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Patiala, August 25
Several dignitaries honoured newly appointed vice -chancellor Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, here.

The function was organised at Khalsa College. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Walia expressed his heartiest gratitude to all, who had played a pivotal role in the growth of his career.

He assured l that the University will always pave way for new researches as Sri Guru Granth Sahib offers inexhaustible topics of research.

“We are sure that under the headship of Dr Walia, the university will create its place among the top universities of the world, Former SGPC president, Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, said.”

Khalsa College principal Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha and former Punjab Minister Harmail Singh Tohra were also present on the occasion. 

Dera Bassi, August 25
The residents of Dera Bassi have been facing problems due to the poor condition of roads here. Some main roads, including Tehsil road, Government College and Longowal College roads are also lying in bad condition. During morning and evening, particularly in the rainy seasons, students and other commuters face problems due to the poor condition of roads. The residents have been continually demanding the repair of the roads as poor condition of them causing inconvenience to people.

Varinder Jain, Executive Officer, Dera Bassi Municipal Council, said roads will be repaired soon. Earlier, repairing work was stopped to lay sewerage in some parts of the town.

Patiala, august 25
Jain Cricket Club, Patiala, (JCC) defeated Friends Cricket Club, Samana, by 141 runs in the ongoing Heavenz League Open Cricket Tournament.

The tournament is being played at Army Ground. The Jain Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat first.

It scored 243 for 7 in allotted 50 over match. Following the win, Jain Cricket Club has made its way into the semifinal of the Heavenz League Open Cricket Tournament.

Main contributions came from Sunpreet Singh 61, Aman Kumar 62 and Gaganature 40.

In reply, the Friends Cricket Club (FCC), Samana, started its inning in disappointing fashion and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

Only Pargat 14, Monu 26 and Happy 18 could manage double figures following a deadly spell of leg spin by Vishek who claimed 4 for 13.

Brief Score:

Jain Cricket Club, Patiala-243 for 7 in 50 overs (Gagnature 40, Aman Kumar 62, SP Singh 61, Lovel Jalota 20 not out, Yadwinder 3 for 40, Sonu 2 for 48, Mohinder 2 for 43).

Friends Cricket Club, Samana-102 all out in 24.2 over (Pargat Singh 14, Monu 26, Happy 18, Vishek 4 for 13, Rocky 3 for 18 Loval 2 for 6 and SP Singh 1 for 12).

Kalka, August 25
Saroj Ahuja, a resident of kalka, have lodged a complaint against an unknown youth, who illegally withdrew Rs 80,000 from her account. In her complaint to the Pinjore police the victim alleged, that on August 15, 2012, she had went to the ATM of SBI to withdraw money from her account. Meanwhile, a youth was also standing there , who helped her in withdrawing the money.

But on August 21, when she again went to withdraw some money, her account showed zero balance. She said when she enquired about the matter in the SBI, she was told by the bank that on August 15 the balance of her account was Rs 92,000 and Rs 80,000 were withdrawn by her from the same ATM.

The women later came to know that the youth had exchanged his ATM with her during the withdrawal of Rs 12,000 on August 15, after knowing her secret code.

The police have registered a case of forgery against the unidentified youth.

Chandigarh, August 25
The UT police today registered a case against two employees of Panjab University for withdrawing cash from the Punjab University Employees Fund. Both the employees have been booked under Section 409 and 120-B of the IPC.

A complaint was filed by PU Chief Security Officer (CSO) PK Dhawan against the two PU employees. “Ajay Kumar Gupta, who works at the PU account branch and Ashutosh Sharma, senior assistant at the university, transferred about Rs 3.30 lakh to their account which was actually to be transferred to Aruna Sood’s account,” Dhawan said.

He added Ajay transferred the amount to Ashutosh’s account on July 11. The woman later came to know about the fraud and reported it to the university.

The SHO of the Sector 11 police station, Gurmukh Singh, said the police found that both the PU employees transferred the cash to their accounts and on being coming under the scanner Ashutosh deposited some amount in Ajay’s account who further transferred it back to Aruna’s account.

Ajay’s services have been terminated while Ashutosh has been suspension. 

Chandigarh, August 25
High drama prevails when a juvenile inmate and a home guard volunteer of the Chandigarh Police engaged in heated arguments with each other inside the Juvenile Home, Sector 25, Chandigarh, today.

The incident took place this morning when the juvenile, who was put on the ground floor in the category of repeated offenders, started shouting and the volunteer, Naresh Kumar, tried to pacify him.

Sources maintained Naresh tried to overpower the juvenile, who caught him from his collar and also called up the police.

Sources said the juvenile was shouting and singing in a loud voice in the balcony. Even when a female staff member raised an objection to it, he did not pay any heed to the warning.

The volunteer was appointed for the security of the Juvenile Home by the Chandigarh Police.

Sub-Inspector Harminder Singh, in-charge of the Sector 24 police post, said a detailed DDR was lodged in this regard.

Panchkula, August 25
In yet another incident in Panchkula, a resident of Lalru was robbed of Rs 27 lakh by five unidentified youths at Barwala today.

The victim, Sampuran Singh, a property dealer, was on his way back to Lalru after taking a token payment from a resident of Barwala as he had a deal struck.

“Sampuran Singh and his friend, Pawan Randhawa, had struck a land deal with a resident of Mowli village, Mamta. Sampuran was to collect the token money from Mamta and while he was on way back to Lalru, five youths in a Swift car stopped Sampuran’s car forcibly at Barwala,” said the SHO of the Chandimandir police station, Narender Kumar.

Narender said, “The youths tried to snatch the bag containing money. But when Sampuran resisted, they fired some shots in the air and threatened to kill him. Sampuran got so scared and handed over the bag to them after which the youths fled.”

A case has been registered at the Chandimandir police station. This is the third incident in the last 20 days.

It was on August 10, when three youths were robbed of cash Rs 48,000 and mobile phones by four unidentified youths. The robbers had posed themselves to be officials of the excise department and stopped the victims.

Chandigarh, August 25
The Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, will face Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Sector 42, in the final of ongoing 11th ONGC SN Vohra Memorial (U-14) Hockey Tournament, tomorrow.

In the semi-finals of the tourney played today, the Surjit Hockey Academy overcame the CRZ Hockey Academy, Sonepat, by 2-1. For the loosing side, Sunny scored the first goal in the 5th minute but the Surjit Academy came back through Gurpreet in the 29th minute and Kuljeet scored the decider in the 48th minute of the match.

In the second semi-final, the CHA defeated SSGS Vidya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib, by a solitary goal scored by Pushpinder in the 63rd inute.

Earlier, the Jarkhar Hockey Academy, Ludhiana, defeated BP Hockey Academy, Butala, by 3-2. The wining side took the lead through Pawanpreet in the 5th minute while Butala side levelled the score in the 11th minute through Babbaldeep. The Butala team took the lead after scoring 22nd minute with Raman Kumar striking the wooden plank. Later, Jarkhar team levelled the score with Rakesh scoring the goal in the 32nd minute while Sunil sealed the team’s victory by the 44th minute.

The CRZ School Sonepat defeated MRS Academy, Amritsar, by 11-0. Mohit (4th minute), Sunny (10th minute), Deepak (16th minute), Abhishek (19th minute, 21st minute, 22nd minute, 30th minute, 48th minute, 60th minute), Sunny (26th minute) and Deepak (56th minute) were the main scorers for the team.

In other match, the MGH Academy, Doraha, beat MRS Hockey Academy, Amritsar, by 4-0. Arpit (16th minute), Rakesh (27th minute, 38th minute) and Babbdeep (46th minute) did the honours. The local side, CFHA overcame BP Hockey Academy, Butala, by 4-0 with Sukhman (12th), Harnek (26th minute, 46th minute) and Maninder (35th minute) scoring the goals.

Panchkula, August 25
In the ongoing Panchkula District Table Tennis Championship, the players of Manav Mangal School lifted the title of Boys (U-18) while Bhavan Vidyalaya won girls (U-18) event, here today.

The team of Manav Mangal lifted the trophy for the sixth consecutive year. In the finals of Boys (U-18) category, the wining side posted a 3-2 win over Bhavan Vidyalaya 3-2 whereas in the Girls (U-18) team championship, the team of Bhavan overcame Manav Mangal by 3-2.

Results:

Boys (U-18)-Manav Mangal beat DAV, Sec 8 by 3-0, Shashwat (MMS) beat Sarthak (DAV) by 11-2, 11-5; Harshdeep (MMS) beat Akshit (DAV) by 11-5, 11-6; Parth (MMS) beat Parv (DAV) by 11-5, 11-3; Bhavan Vidalaya beat CL DAV 11 by 3-0, Paras (BV) beat Alok (CLDAV) by 11-5, 11-7, Divyankar (BV) beat Anmol (CLDAV) by 11-3, 11-7, Rohan (BV) beat Rahul (CLDAV) by 11-1, 11-0; Manav Mangal beat Bhavan Vidayalaya by 3-2, Shawhwat (MMS) beat Paras (BV) by 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, Chahak (MMS) lost to Rohan (BV) by 11-13, 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, Harsh (MMS) lost to Divyankar (BV) by 11-13, 11-3, 7-11, 11-13, Shawhwat (MMS) beat Rohan (BV) by 11-3, 11-3, 11-8, Chahak (MMS) beat Paras (BV) by 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-5; Girls (U-18)- Manav Mangal beat CL DAV / 11 by 3-0. Ankita (MMS) beat Apurva (CL/DAV) by 11-4, 11-6, Kanchi (MMS) beat Pratibha (CL/DAV) by 11-2, 11-4, Akshita (MMS) beat Khyati (CL/DAV) by 11-1, 11-2; Bhavan Vidalaya beat DAV, Sector 8 by 3-0-Poonam (BV) beat Surbhi (DAV) by 11-1, 11-1, Komal (BV) beat Upma (DAV) beat by 12-10, 11-5, Diksha (BV) beat Sheokma (DAV) by 11-5, 11-1; Bhavan Vidyalaya beat Manav Mangal by 3-2-Komal (BV) beat Akshita (MMS) by 13-11, 11-6, 11-6, Poonam (BV) lost to Kanchi (MMS) by 7-11, 9-11, 9-11, Ananya (BV) lost to Sanya (MMS) by 7-11, 8-11, 7-11, Komal (BV) beat Kanchi (MMS) by 11-9, 11-9, 8-11,11-7, Poonam (BV) beat Akshita (MMS) by 13-11,11-8, 11-9.

Boys Single (U-12)-Vaibhav (MMS) beat Tushar (BV) by 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-6), Adeesh (BV) beat Atul (MMS) by 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-8), Adeesh (BV) beat Vaibhav (MMS) by 3-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11); Girls Single (U-12) Ishita (DAV) beat Priya (Army School) by 3-1 (12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8), Apurva (CLDAV) beat Khushi (MMS) by 3-0 (11-3, 11-4,11-8), Ishita (DAV) beat Apurva (CLDAV) by 3-1(11-7, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8).

Chandigarh, August 25
SGGS College, Sector 26, (SGGS-26) won the Panjab University Inter-College Cross County Championship for Men with 42 points, being held, here today.

The athletes of DAV College, Sector 10, finished runners-up in the competition with 70-points.

JCD DAV College, Dasuya, and GKSM Government College, Tanda Urmar secured third and fourth positions with 134 and 156 points, respectively.

Results: Ravi Parmar of DAV College-42:35.15 seconds. Gurmej Singh of SGGS College, Sector 42-42.28 seconds. Amit 42:47.49 seconds. Women-Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana-38 points. Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana-43 points; SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur-51 points; Khalsa College, Dasuya-58 points. Harpreet Kaur of GTB Khalsa College, Dasuya-18:09.34 seconds. Daljit Kaur of Dasmesh Girls College, Mukerian-18:28.98 seconds. Amandeep Kaur of Khasla College for Women, Ludhiana-18:52.71 seconds.

Chandigarh, August 25
Tennis players Bhavraj Singh and Shreyas Chopra moved in the qualifying rounds after defeating their respective opponents during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-14 and U-18), at the CLTA Courts, here today.

In the singles qualifying first round matches, Bhavraj Singh overcame Nikhil Savank by 8-2 while Shreyas registered an easy 8-2 win over Parth Kakkar.

Results: Boys (U-14)-Bhavraj Singh beat Nikhil Savank 8-2. Shreyas Chopra beat Parth Kakkar 8-2. Rahul Kumar beat Vaibhav Kundu 8-3. Manvir Sohi beat Rashbegh Singh 8-0. Manvir Dawar beat Abhishek Jain 8-0. Navneet Singh beat Navkaran Singh 8-1. Kanav Khurana beat Saving Singh 8-1. Bharat Bhanger beat Yuvraj Singh 8-5. Harshdeep Mehta beat Savneet Singh Bajwa 8-6. Amitoj Singh beat Arman Singh 8-2. MS Karthik beat Sakshant Khunger 8-5. Aditya Dhawan beat Ravi Karan 8-7(5). Arnav beat Rustam Dahiya 8-1. Devashish beat Saurav Kalkal 8-5. Ananya Anand beat Kunal Patial 8-0. Keshav Sharma beat Harsh Jain 8-2. Ayush Deswal beat Deepak Chahal 8-4.

Chandigarh, August 25
In the ongoing Inter-School Roller Skating Tournament for Boys (U-4 to U-11), Gurnoor Singh of St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, won first place while Aryan Dua managed to attain second place category, here today.

Kartik Jindal of St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, and Tanvir Singh Dehol of KBDAV, Sector 7, won third and fourth place, respectively.

In the event of Line boys, Vihan Wadhawan of Vivek High School, Sector 38, and Rishit Puri of Gurukul Global School claimed top two spots while Haren Chaudhary finished third in the competition.

Winners: Sanyam Gupta, Gurnoor Singh, Gaganjot, Arjun; Boys (U-4 to 11) R-IV-Rishit Puri; Manharsh Pal; Vihan Wadhawan; R-V-Vihan Wadhawan; Haren Chaudhary; Manharsh Pal. Boys (U-14)-Sahibdeep Singh, Vikram Singh, Milind, Pranshu. R-II-Sahibdeep Singh, Milind, Rohil, Naval. R-III-In Line Boys-Akhilesh, Pritish, Akashdeep, U-14, R-IV- Love Verma, Pranav, Akhilesh Singh, Akashdeep Singh. R-V-Love Verma, Pranav Dadwal, Pritish Chugh, Akashdeep Singh, Boys (U-17)-Anubhav Jain, Harshdeep, Ketan, Balkirat. — TNS