Chandigarh, May 28
Just about a week after The Tribune reported that the government houses in Chandigarh, which are meant for migrants from Jammu and Kashmir, have either been sold off illegally or have been sublet, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today called for a list of all other properties owned by the UT Administration to check their misuse.

“Let an exercise of other properties owned and controlled by the UT Administration be carried out to find whether there are illegal unauthorised occupants staying there,” ruled Justice Rajesh Bindal.

The UT Home Secretary, Anil Kumar, too, was present during the hearing. Before parting with the case, Justice Bindal asserted: “The Court be apprised of further action taken in this matter on or before the next date of hearing”.

The Tribune had earlier reported that the Jammu and Kashmir government was “feeling helpless” in initiating action against the culprits. The UT Administration, too, was yet to explain under which policy were the houses given to the Jammu and Kashmir government.

Miffed at the inaction on the part of the UT Administration to deal with the matter, Justice Bindal, on the previous date of hearing, had asked the Chandigarh Home Secretary to appear in person “to explain as to why the administration is sleeping over the matter, where it has been found as a matter of fact from a report furnished by the government of Jammu and Kashmir that persons are living unauthorisedly in the houses belonging to the Chandigarh Administration”.

The Jammu and Kashmir government had earlier informed the High Court that about 60 houses in Sector 29-B, and in Sector 26 Bapu Dham Colony were “in possession of certain persons, which were initially given to the Jammu and Kashmir government”.

Taking up the petition, Justice Bindal has asserted: “From the contention of the counsel for the Jammu and Kashmir government, it is apparent that the government is feeling helpless in taking appropriate action in accordance with law against persons who are in occupation of the government accommodation meant to be used as a night shelter during the period of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.

“The fact is that the persons are in occupation of the properties for last more than 25 years, some of which have been sublet and have been sold as well."

Chandigarh, May 28
A 22-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at Sector 21 this afternoon. The victim, Harpreet Kaur, hung herself with a bedsheet. She was suffering from extreme depression.

Inspector Harjit Kaur, SHO, Sector 19 police station, said the victim was suffering from illness due to liver. She was pursuing a nursing course in a private institute. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 28
Continuing his wining streak, the ace tennis player Yuvraj Singh won both titles of boys (U-12 and U-14), during the Mount Carmel Total Tennis Championship, being held, here today.

In the final of boys (U-12) category, Yuvraj Singh ousted his opponent Daksh Marwaha in a match that lasted over an hour. Yuvraj won the first set after conceding a single game with a score of 4-1 and strike again in the second set after naming it 4-0. In the finals of boys (U-14) category he sweat out hard to defeat his opponent Karan Bhalla in a tough encounter lasted over 150 minutes.

Yuvraj took an early lead of 4-2 but Karan fought hard to level the score at 5-5. Later, in the 11th and 12th game of the set Yuvraj and Karan held their service till 6-6 but in the tie-breaker Yuvraj played well and conceded only three points to win the first set 7-6 (7-3).

In the second set, Karan held his nerve and took an early lead of 4-1 the winner came back strongly and won five games in a row to win the second set and wrap up the match 7-6 (7-3) and 6-4.

On other hand, in the boys (U-10) category, Udayvir Singh won the title after defeating Dharya in a one-sided affair by 4-1 and 4-1.In the final of girls (U-12) category Hansika defeated Hargun in straight sets by 4-0 and 4-0.

Results:

Boys (U-10)- Uday Vir Singh beat Dharya 4-1, 4-1; Boys (U-12)-Yuvraj Singh beat Daksh Marwaha 4-1, 4-0; Boys (U-14)- Yuvraj Singh beat Karan bhalla 7-6 (7-3), 6-4; Girls (U-12)-Hansika beat Hargun 4-0, 4-0; Girls (U-14)-Komaljeet Kaur beat Arshia 4-0, 4-1.

Panchkula, May 28
Tennis players, Akshit Chabra defeated Navneet Singh while Vaibhav Sahini overcame Abhi Garg, to reach the final of boys (U-12) category, during the ongoing Manav Mangal School and Ideal Tennis Academy Lawn Tennis Tournament, being held, here today.

In the semi-finals of the championship, Akshit Chabra defeated Navneet Singh by 8-0 and Vaibhav Sahini defeated Abhi Garg by 8-6. In other semi-finals of (U-14) category, Kriti Soni overcame Nehal Takeja (6-0) and Inayat Sandhu overcame Khushi Gupta (6-3).

Results-

Semi-finals: Boys (U-12) Akshit Chabra beat Navneet Singh (8-0); Vaibhav Sahini beat Abhi Garg (8-6); Boys (U-14)-Amitoj Singh beat Navneet Singh (6-2); Saurav Sharma beat Saurav Yadav (6-0); Kanu Malviya beat Rohan Sahini (6-2); Boys (U-14)-Amitoj Singh beat Jayant Kalra (8-4); Saurav Sharma beat Kanu Malviya (8-4).

Chandigarh, May 28
The women cricket team of LIC cricket academy won the T-20 Cricket Tournament for Women after defeating Sacred Heart, at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, here.

In the finals of the championship, the losing side elected to bat first and bundled out in 9 overs after scoring a total of 43 runs. Aayush (14) and Nandni (10) were the main scorer for the team. For the bowling side, Monika Pandey claimed 3 for 8 while Preeti and Neha grabbed two wickets each.

In reply, chasing the low score Rajni (11) and Preeti (24) scored unbeaten runs to help the wining side, to name the title by nine wickets.

Later, VK Singh, Education and Finance Secretary gave away the prizes to the winning team and runners along with cash prizes for performing their best in the tournament. The players, who outnumbered others during the cricket tournament received the following titles. Nandni was awarded with best bowler title while Dolly bagged the best batswoman award. Preeti bagged the title of Woman of the match.

Panchkula, May 28
A brilliant all-round performance by skipper Tushar Goyal (48 off 32 including seven boundaries and three wickets) guided the Hansraj Red team to overcome Hansraj Blue by ten wickets, in the match of three-match cricket series for boys (U-11), here.

The Blue team won the toss and posted a total of 134 runs with Mehul Goyal (38), Ajinkya (31), and Mantavya Vohra (18) contributing the lion’s share. Along with Tushar, Paras Kumar and Shaurya Sharma claimed two wickets each.

In reply, the wining side chased the target with skipper’s quick-fire knock. The team’s win was also studded by a fine 60-run knock by Tanish Dhingra.