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Dera Bassi, April 1
The poor condition of link roads at Dera Bassi and Lalru has been causing inconvenience to residents and other commuters, but it does not seem that the authorities concerned are bothered.

Most link roads of the area have not been repaired since 2005. Residents have been complaining to the authorities concerned, but no action has been taken so far.

Heavy rain and the plying of overloaded heavy vehicles have damaged the roads. Deep potholes have also caused a number of accidents. Mandi board officials say following a government directive, a list of link roads which are in a poor condition has been sent to it.

The link roads from Dera Bassi to Jolly, from Lalru to Bhagwasi and Mianpur, from Jolly to Bhukri and Bhagsi, from Dappar to Aganpur, from Malkpur to Jolly, from Dera Bassi to Behra, from Dera Bassi to Amlala, from Dera Bassi to Samgouli, from Lehli to Jalalpur and from Dappar to Gholu Majra are in this category.

Block Congress president Harbhajan Singh and block CPI secretary Avtar Singh Dappar claim that the government has been making tall claims on development in rural areas, which have turned out to be false.

Chandigarh, April 1
In a stern warning to the subordinate judiciary, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has cautioned the judicial officers against making attempts to avoid the performance of "pious judicial functions entrusted to them".

Setting its own house in order at the subordinate level, Justice Ranjit Singh has asserted: "A Judicial officer is expected to deal with any case put up before him, unless he considers him or herself to be disqualified in any manner to decide the case.

"They are under oath and obligation to decide the cases without any fear, favour or affection. No attempt should either be made or should seem to be made by any officer giving indication of avoiding to perform the pious judicial functions entrusted to any officer". The first of its kind admonition came after the High Court received a reference from the UT District and Sessions Judge for transfer of a case registered by the CBI against Superintendent of Punjab Police Surjit Singh Grewal and other accused.

He, along with six other Punjab Police personnel is facing trial for allegedly killing Mohali youth Kulwinder Singh, alias Kid, in a fake encounter.

The reference to the HC was made on the basis of a communication by trial Judge Ritu Tagore. Designated as Special Judge for CBI cases, she had sought the transfer of the case on the ground that a High Court Judge, related to her, had passed an order in the case.

Justice Ranjit Singh observed the trial Judge, Ritu Tagore, has since been transferred. "Though the reference and issue of transfer of this case is rendered infructuous, I would wish to observe that the reasons by the trial court to make this reference seeking transfer of trial, gives an appearance that the court was avoiding to decide this case considering to be uncomfortable or for any such reasons".

Justice Ranjit Singh added: "I have not been able to appreciate as to how an order passed by a judge of this court even if he is related to the trial judge would have had effect on the trial judge to decide this case.

"It is not that any party had objected to the case being tried by the court of Ritu Tagore. The trial judge herself informed the parties about this order and then sought their comment in this regard".

Referring to the background, Justice Ranjit Singh observed at least two other High Court judges had dealt with the matter before the case was dealt by Justice VK Jhanji. The orders by him "could have been so passed by any judge of this court. Any trial judge dealing with the case ought to appreciate that final decision of the case would have rested on evidence led before the court".

Mohali, April 1
The police has registered a case of cheating against two applicants for the post of physical teacher for attaching fake certificates and furnishing wrong information with their applications.

Police sources said the applicants, Kewal Chand and Sukhwinder Maggar of Abohar had attached fake certificates and furnished wrong information about eight months back.

The investigation into the case was conducted by SP (Detective), following which Mohali SSP GS Bhullar ordered the registration of a case.

Mohali, April 1
Man of the match performance by opener Bhagminder Singh (132) enabled DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, to defeat St Stephen School by 84 runs in the Coca Cola (U-16) final played at the PCA Stadium, here today.

After winning the toss, DAV skipper, Bhagminder Singh, opened with Pardeep Yadav and put on 37 runs for the first wicket before Pardeep Yadav was run out for 11. DAV lost two quick wickets of Jasnoor 9 and Raman Bishnoi 7 before Bhagminder in company of Vineet Dhaka retrieved the position by building up a partnership of 164 for the 4th wicket in 25.1 overs. Vineet was the first to go when he was caught and bowled by Gaurav Pawar for 78 inclusive of 9 boundaries and a six.

At this stage Kulbir Singh joined Bhagminder and the duo clobbered 46 runs for the 5th wicket before Kulbir was castled by Gaurav for 24 inclusive of 3 boundaries and a six with the team’s total reading 277 for 5 in 49.2 overs. Bhagminder Singh was run out of the next ball after a brilliant century (132) inclusive of 15 boundaries and one six. Shubham Chand who came in next blasted 10 runs of three balls inclusive of two boundaries. DAV, Sector 8, scored 292 for 6 in 50 overs. For St Stephen’s School Gaurav was the most successful bowler capturing 2 for 56.

In reply St Stephen opened with Jashanpreet and Karan Aggarwal and the duo added 52 runs for the first wicket before Bhagminder cleaned up Karan for 16. Jashanpreet who has been in great nick having scored a polished 70 in the semi-final went on to score a business like 72 before he was run out while attempting a single. His innings was punctuated with 10 scintillating boundaries. Siddharth Rawat also came up with another enterprising innings of 66 not out. St Stephens scored 208 for 7 in 50 overs. DAV, Chandigarh, won by 84 runs and now they would be traveling to Mumbai as representatives of Punjab to play in the intercity challenge. DAV-8 got Rs 50,000 as cash prize while St Stephen’s got the runners-up trophy and a cash award of Rs 30,000. Bhagminder Singh was declared man of the 
match while Siddharth Rawat got the man of the series award.

Brief Scores:

DAV Sector 8 Chandigarh: 292 for 6 in 50 overs (Bhagminder Singh 132, Pardeep Yadav 11, Vineet Dhaka 78, Kulbir Singh 24 and Shubham Chand 10 not out, Gaurav Bedi 1 for 57, Gaurav Pawar 2 for 56 and Shubham Bedi 1 for 48).

St Stephen’s Togan: 208 for 7 in 50 overs (Jashanpreet 72, Siddharth Rawat 66 not out, Shubham Chand 2 for 47).

Winners: Cash prize of Rs 50,000 with winner’s trophy.

Runners: Cash prize of Rs 30,000 with runners up trophy.

Chandigarh, April 1
Coaching Center Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, (CC GMSSS-19) Chandigarh beat Coaching Center -42 Chandigarh in the senior section of Men by 30-26 to lift the

Chandigarh State Handball Championship that concluded at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, on Saturday.

Ravinder Talwar, secretary general, Chandigarh Olympic Association was the chief guest of the closing ceremony and distributed the prizes and medals to the winners and also honoured the international handball players of Chandigarh who brought laurels for Chandigarh in the toughest and fastest game of Handball.

Main scorers from winner side are Ramesh Scored 06 goals, Shiv Dyal -05 goals, Kunal-04. Main scorers from looser side are Manish scored -07 goals, Pardeep-05 Arjun-06.

For IIIrd place match in senior section Men Coaching Centre-23 beat CC GMSSS-19 by 35-33. Main scorers from winner side were Vikender-12 Ramakant-04 Jagdish-03. Main scorer from looser side were Vickey-12 Rajveer-07 Sahil-04.

In Senior Women section, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, beat Coaching Center 42, Chandigarh, by 27-20. Main scorer from winning side, Veena scored-10 goals Nishu-05 Vanita-05.

Main scorers from looser side were Gulshan-06 Anjali-05 and Rajni-04.

In women, section third place match, Coaching Center-23 beat Coaching

Center-42 by 13-14. Main scorer from winning side are Nancy-05 Madhu 03 and Kavita-03. Main scorer from looser side are Pooja scored-06 goals, Jyoti-04 and Pooja Joshi-03.

Panchkula, April 1
Modern Agencies fought neck and neck with RealCon XI in a match that ended in a tie in the Bharat Kesho Gupta Memorial League Cricket Tournament held at Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, here today.

RealCon XI did batting first. Openers aurav Tandon and Navdeep ashed the ball to all corners of the stadium. The duo put together a partnership of 71 runs to give their team a solid platform to build upon. Gaurav was removed by Rajan while Navdeep continued his brilliant display of strokes at the other end and kept scoring at a brisk pace. He completed his half-century in 44 deliveries and was bowled out on the very next ball. Rohit Singh also chipped in with 36 runs towards the end of the inning and remained unbeaten. RealCon managed to put up 156 runs in their 20 overs.

In reply, Modern Agencies also picked up the run rate from the first over itself, with the first wicket falling at a score of 48 runs. Deepinder was aggressive from the beginning and scored 35 runs off 23 deliveries. Two wickets fell quickly and Modern was at 71 for 3. Gaurav partnered with Piyush to take the team to within the grasp of a win. Modern required 13 runs in the last over. The batsmen managed to chalk up 12 runs off the first five deliveries losing one wicket in the process. One run was required off the last ball, but the batsman failed to make contact and in a bid to sneak a single, was run out. With the last ball, the match ended with the teams tied at 156 runs. As per the tournament rules, the teams split the points, handing RealCon a semi-final berth.

Brief Scores: RealCon XI: 156 for 4 in 20 overs. (Navdeep 50, Rohit 36 not out, Gaurav 34, Rajan 2 for 32). Modern Agencies: 156 for 6 in 20 overs. (Gaurav 43, Piyush 32, Deepinder 35, Pawan 1 for 20).

In the second match of the day, ITC XI defeated Realty XI by a huge margin of 69 runs to top the points table.

Brief Scores:

ITC XI: 168 for 6 in 20 overs. (Jai Kapil 74 not out, Vaneet Chawla 27, Aamir Hussain 2 for 32). Realty: 99 all out in 17.5 overs. (Sushil 20, Aamir 19, Kulwinder 3 for 3, Kulwinder 2 for 2).

MATCH III:

Brief Scores: MG Construction XI-148 for 5 in 20 overs. (Harish 63, Naresh 28, Rahil 2 for 31). Infosys XI: 150 for 5 in 18.3 (Sahil 37 not out, Ajit 37, Sahil 43, Umesh 2 for 35).

Panchkula, April 1
In order to promote golf in the region and give an opportunity to budding golfers learn the game, the Panchkula Golf Club has planned to conduct first two-month EGTF Golf Coaching Programme starting from April 7, in Sector 3 here.

This is the fifth coaching camp and the coaching would be given twice a week, every Saturday and Sunday, for a duration of two months for children, women and men of all ages. The Camp will be conducted between 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm and the members as well as the non-members of the club can also enroll for it. Those who enroll for the camp would be taught dress code, safety, etiquette, rules of golf, grip, aim, alignment, stance, posture, hitting, chipping, putting, long irons and short irons. A nominal fee will be charged from all participants.

The spokesman of the Panchkula Golf Club said that prizes worth Rs 2,000 would be given to the participants in a fun competition, which will be conducted on the last day.

Those who would like to learn the finer nuances of the game could register themselves with the EGTF certified coach Ajay Gujral who has over 12 years experience in teaching golf in India and abroad on his mobile phone No 9814356013 or at the Panchkula Golf Club Reception. Each participant will get four Premium Golf Magazines worth Rs 400 free, he added.

Chandigarh, April 1
It seems that the UT sports department is facing a tough time to find bidders through the new system of E-tendering, for purchasing different new sports equipments.

According to information, various bidders have failed to submit their quotations even after repeated efforts, due to the tedious process of E-tendering. The department has also far failed to purchase gym equipments, athletic equipments and other sports gear for various coaching centers of city.

An official on the condition of anonymity said, “The process of E-tendering is very complicated and moreover many bidders failed to understand the process, hence many a time they commit mistake while filing their quotations, that lead to their rejection of the application,” said the official.

He added, “Many bidders have approached us and asked to change the process but we cannot as we are also bound to rules. As per my knowledge as many as four times, many applications have been rejected only because they failed to know the difference between the technical and financial bid. If they successfully get pass through technical bid they failed to cross the financial bid. The procedure includes online tendering, technical bid, financial bid, order inspection and later delivery. All this is about a month long process.”

Panchkula, April 1
The Cricket Federation of Haryana will conduct trials to select boys (U-17) Haryana cricket team on April 5 (11 am) at Hansraj Public School Cricket Ground, Sector 6, here.

The organisers will select the probables for the upcoming 15th All-India (U-17) National Cricket Championship to be held at Chennai in Tamil Nadu from April 26 to 29.
General secretary of the association players from all over Haryana and Chandigarh born on or after January 1,1995 can participate in the trials. Later, the final 15 members-squad will be selected on the basis of player’s performance during the week long coaching and conditioning camp to be start from April 7. — TNS

Chandigarh, April 1
Dr Nilesh (PGIMER) won the singles title against Kul Sajan Bhatia (GMCH-32) 21-9, 21-6 in the badminton tournament organised by the ARD, PGIMER, as part of the Inter-Medical Spring Fest on March 31 and April 1 at Punjab University indoor badminton stadium.

In the doubles event, the PGIMER team consisting of Dr Nilesh and Dr Sandesh Kumar won the doubles title against Bhatia and Sandeep from GMCH-32 (21- 6, 21- 9).