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Ambala, April 29
Two Muslim couples have come forward to adopt a three-day-old male child who was found abandoned near the entrance gate of a mosque in Zaffarpur village around 25 km from here two days ago.

An unknown woman had left the child along with a letter close to mosque. The woman did not disclose her name and address in the letter. She said in her letter that she was not able to bring up her child due to poverty and that she was leaving him abandoned with the hope that some family would come forward to adopt her kin. She had also mentioned in the letter that the circumstances had totally disappointed her and no alternative was left but to end her life leaving her son all alone.

The maulvi of the mosque who noticed the child had informed the sarpanch of the village. Later, the matter was reported to the police.

On the direction of Deputy Commissioner, the child was handed over to the Child Line Welfare Society (CLWS). The police has also registered a case against unknown mother in this regard.

Mushtaq, a resident of Zaffarpur village, who has two daughters, had approached the administration for the adoption of the abandoned child. Another muslim couple, resident of Dhanora village, who already has five girls, also expressed its willingness to adopt the child.

Panchkula, April 29
The local police has foiled a major theft with the arrest of three hardcore criminals possessing countrymade weapons. They were planning to strike at a locked house in Sector 11 late last night.

The three robbery accused being taken to the district court at Panchkula on Sunday. A Tribune Photograph

The accused were identified as Krishan Kuma and Shankar, residents of Gopalganj in Bihar, and Santosh Kumar of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.

They were in the age group of between 20 years and 23 years. At present, they were residing in the Ashiyana flats, allotted by the Haryana Urban Development Authority a few months back.

According to information available, a police team led by CIA inspector Karamvir received a tipoff that the accused planned a robbery and were carrying weapons.

The police swung into action. As the accused arrived at the Sector-11 market, the police nabbed them. One of them managed to escape, but was nabbed later.

Inspector Karamveer said investigations were on and they were hoping to crack more cases of theft at locked houses and showrooms in various sectors.

A case was registered under Sections 398 and 401 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the Sector-5 police station.

The police recovered a countrymade pistol, an iron rod, a razor and 25 grams of red chilly powder. They were produced in court, which remanded them to police custody for five days.

This was the second time that the police nabbed the accused before they could commit the crime. It had arrested two accused planning to murder a businessman after he refused to pay ransom.

Chandigarh, April 29
At the age of three, he had a dream to excel in the field of golf and to play for his country. In next 10 years, Karandeep Singh Kochhar, gain all the experience to make his dream come true one day.

Karandeep Singh Kochhar

A student of St John’s High School, Sector 26, Karandeep Singh Kochhar wants to become a professional golfer, of an international level. The 13-year old golfer, hit the headlines after playing the first IGU (Indian Golf Union) competition at the after of five and later putting himself at number one in the merit list standings in category ‘D’ in the IGU (Indian golf union) categorized tournaments, number one in the merit list standings in category ‘D’ in the albatross junior tour tournaments, number one in the merit list standings in category ‘D’ in the US Kids golf in India 
(2009-2010).

“My family is my source of interest in my game. Football is my second love but golf is what I love and live for. I want to be a professional golfer and that too of an international level. Since my childhood, I have been learning the game and hopefully, one day I will master it,” said Karandeep Singh Kochhar.

The ace golfer, last year, represented the nation at the 32nd Asia Pacific Junior Golf Tournament, held in Thailand.

He was the only player from the city to get selected in this category. He finished 10th in the tournament.

Last year, he also remained, number one in the merit list standings of category ‘C’ of The IGU and number 3 in the merit list standings of category ‘C’ of the IGU.

“I am looking forward to some more international tournaments. Hopefully, I will bag it soon. My main focus is to work on all aspect of the game both mentally and physically. My mentor is helping me a lot and after my academic session, I will again hold the club to learn more about the game,” 
said Karan.

Achievements (of his major tournaments):

n 1st runner up in the Costal Junior Golf Tour in North Carolina, United States of America, held at the Wilmington Municipal Golf Course in June, 2008.

n Winner in the Costal Junior Golf Tour in North Carolina, United States of America, held at the Beau Rivage Plantation, Wilmington in July, 2008.

n 1st runner’s up in the 8th Albatross Junior Golf Tournament at Chandigarh in October, 2008.

n 4th in IGU Chandigarh Junior Championship at Chandigarh Golf Course in October, 2008.

n Winner in the 1st Chandigarh Amateur Golf Championship April, 2009.

n Winner in the IGU Karnataka Junior Golf Championship held at KGA Bangalore, May 2009.

n Winner in the IGU Lalit Suri Southern Indian Junior Golf Championship, held at the CGC Coimbatore in June, 2009.

n Winner and Qualifier for the US Kid Junior Golf World Cup held in Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA, form in August, 2009, Ranked 85th in the World in his category.

n Winner in the 2009 Costal Junior Golf Tour held at the Lakes, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, in August, 2009.

n Winner in the 2009 Costal Junior Golf Tour (Advance Championship) held in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America, in August, 2009.

n Winner in ALBATROSS All-India Junior Golf Tournament Tollygunje Club, Calcutta, on 8th November, 2009.

n 4th in IGU Northern India Open Junior Golf Tournament at Noida Golf Course, May 2011.

n Second Runner I.G.U Sir Nick Faldo Series Pune Golf Club Pune 27th-30th September 2011.

n Winner of the All-India Albatross Inter-School Junior Golf Tournament (Team Category) December 2011 at ITC Classic Resorts, Gurgaon.

n Second runners-up IGU All-India Junior Golf Tournament Army Golf 
Club, New Delhi, December 2011.

Chandigarh, April 29
Proving the mettle, chess player Himal Gusain, bagged the Chandigarh Chess Championship title for the fifth time in a row, after winning the 23rd Chandigarh Chess Championship 2012, here at St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, here today.

A student of the GGDSD College, Sector 32, bagged the title after scoring 5½ points during the championship. Pardeep Singh Negi scored another 5½ points for securing the runners-up berth while Tarini Goyal of Sacred Heart School finished third with 4½ points followed by her sister and fourth position holder, Arunima Goyal with 
4½ points.

All the top four position holders were selected to represent the city in the forthcoming National Challengers Championship, which is supposed to be held at Tirupathi, from May 18 to 28.

Points position at the end of 6th and final round are as follow: 5½ Points-Gusain Himal and Pardeep Singh Negi; 4½ Points-Tarini Goyal and Goyal Arunima, 4 Points-Naveen Bansal, Vohra Abhinandan, Nitin, Piyush Manuja, Chander Mohan Sharma, Rahul Arora, Shweta and Jaskeerat Singh; 3½ Points-Vipan Negi, Manmohan Singh and Sunil Bansal; 3 Points-Kritika Kapila, Hitesh Issar, Levanshu, Manveer Singh, Mauraya Mahajan and Rishabh Jain; 2½ Points-Lakshay Bhatia, Aryan Oswal, Navneet Kaur Ahuja, Kashish Jain, Jashan Singh, Harpreet Singh and Shishir Lamba; 2 Points-Anhat and AS Chopra; 1½ points-Devesh Bibra, Abhinav, Mohit Chaudhary and Mohit Thakur; 1 Point-Mayank Verma, Hitesh and Puneet Kumar.

Fatehgarh Sahib, April 29
Playing with white pieces Arvinderpreet Singh (Ludhiana) of Indian Railways won Punjab ‘A’ Chess Championship by defeating Harbans Singh in the last round on the final day of Punjab "A" Chess Championship. The championship was being organised at Mata Gujri College, here today.

Vikas Sharma secured second position and Vivek Astir scored third position in the championship. Prof Bikramjit Singh Sandhu, honorary secretary, Punjab State Chess Association, said that Arvinderpreet Singh, Vikas Sharma, Vivek Astir and Pardeep Arora would represent Punjab at National Chess Tournament to be held at Tirupathi, Andra Pradesh, from May 18 to 28, 2012.

He added that the association will make all out efforts to organise state-level chess tournaments in the remote villages and announced that the process will be started from Roran Wala Khurd which falls near Indo-Pak border.

As per the results of the final round Gursher Singh lost to Vikas Sharma, Arvinderpreet Singh beat Harbans Singh, Jagpreet Singh drew with Chetan Bansal, Vivek Astir beat Anirudh Trehan, Pardeep Arora beat Varun Kumar, Raminderbir Singh beat Naveen Kumar, Vibhor Sharma beat Jeet Singh.

Dr Sukhdev Singh, principal, Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Khalsa College, Panjokhra Sahib (Haryana), Intkhab Alam, Secretary, Sangrur Chess Association, prof NK Sood, Amit Sharma, VK Puri, Engineer Lakhvir Singh, RB Singh, Tara Singh, Patron Barnala Chess Association and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.

Panchkula, April 29
The cricket team of Airtel Tigers, Infosys and that of the IBM Warriors, won their respective matches of the ongoing Corporate Cricket Cup T-20 Championship, played at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium, here.

In the first match, Airtel Tigers defeated ACC Lions by 151 runs. After elected to bat first, the team set away a target of 208 runs after loosing six wickets. Sarang Vinayak Kanade (52 runs) and Vinay (63 runs) were the main run getters for the teams. Bowlers, Praveen and Rajeev Rampal took three and two wickets, respectively.

In reply, the ACC Lions team failed to achieve the target and bundled out on a total of 57 runs. Sarang Vinayak Kanade, for his all round performance bagged the man of the match award.

In the second match, the Infosys team defeated Aircel by 83 runs. Batting first, the winning side scored a total of 150 for 8. Sahil Aneja scored 44 runs while Nikhil Walecha contributed 24 runs, in team’s total.

Aircel’s bowler, Mast Ram, was the puck of the bowler after taking here wickets. Chasing the target, the Aircel team was bowled out for 67 runs.

In the third match, the IBM Warriors defeated MY FM by 90 runs. Batting first the winning side scored 196 runs in 20 overs while the loosing side managed to score 106 runs in the allotted slot. Rahul of the IBM was adjudged as the man of the match for contributing 89 runs and grabbing two wickets.

Chandigarh, April 29
The 35th Junior Boy’s and 9th Junior Girl’s State Boxing Championship, started, today at the Boxing Centre of Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

In the girl’s (46kg) category, Shallu of Government High School, Sector 41, defeated Pooja of the SD club by the win on point while in the 50 kg bout, Kamlesh of the SD Club overcome Ritu by the win on point.

In the boy’s (56kg) bouts, boxer Sandeep thrashed his opponent Jahul Alam by a point while in another fight of boys’ 60 kg group, Neeraj of the SD Club outclassed boxer Rana Kamaljeet.

Results: Boys (56 kg)-Himanshu beat Mohit Dakka, Vijay Singh beat Sandeep; boys (60kg)-Manoj beat Naveen Singh; Neeraj beat Prabal Vikrant; boys (64 kg)- Shubam Gukati beat Manjeet Singh, Joginder Kumar beat Sunil; boys (91kg)-Vaibhav beat Manjeet Singh.

Chandigarh, April 29
The cricket team of Gallant Riders defeated Trishakti Lions in the inaugural match of seven-a-side cricket tournament begin played to promote body donation after death gallant, here today.

The winning side while field first restricted the opponents on the total of 60-runs in the allotted slot. Rohit (18) and Krishan Singh Rana (21) helped the team to achieve the target. For the bowling side, Sudhanshu Rana took 3 for 7.

In reply, the winning team achieved the target in the 6th over with Krishan Singh Rana (21) and Rohit (16) contributing the lion’s share.For the bowlers; Sanyam, Vishal and Neeraj Kumar grabbed one wicket each. — TNS