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No headway in murder case
Ambala, January 8 The manager of hotel Mehak, Amar Verma, died after a group of people, who had come to the hotel to have dinner, had thrashed him over some issue. He was rushed to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injuries. The deceased and one of his friends had taken the hotel on lease. Amar, who had earlier worked with the BSF, was associated with the hotel for several years. A case was registered against six persons under Section 304 on the complaint of Amar's partner Sanjay, who was the eyewitness of the incident. The police has sent a sample of the visra of the deceased to the state laboratory for examination. The police said the cause of death could be established after receiving the report of visra.
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Maruti Suzuki told to repaint car, pay Rs 50,000
Chandigarh, January 8 The complainant has purchased a Maruti Suzuki Wagon-R from an Industrial Area-based dealer (the authorised dealer of Maruti Suzuki), in January 2011 at Rs 3,91,470. The complainant noticed that within 2-3 weeks of its purchase, small spots appeared on bonnet and rooftop of the car. This was brought to the notice of an adviser at an authorised service station, when the vehicle was taken to its premises for the first free service. However, the adviser did not mention the said defect on the job card on the pretext that the same would vanish after washing and teflon coating of the paint. The complainant, on the advice of the service centre adviser, got a Teflon coating done in the same month after paying Rs 1,406, but the problem subsisted. The complainant brought the matter to the notice of Maruti Suzuki officials in March and April, 2011, through feedback letters. Through these communications, the complainant requested the company officials to appoint an official to inspect the vehicle in question regarding the defect reported by him. The black spots intensified over these months. The matter was again reported to the dealer in June at the time of the second free service. However, the dealer failed to mention the said defects in the job card. Though the officials of the dealer said due to inherent manufacturing defect in the paint of the vehicle in question and because of its poor and substandard quality of paint, the base of the paint had started to show. Writing to the regional head office of Maruti Suzuki, the complainant received a call inviting him to get his vehicle inspected by an expert. Accordingly, the vehicle in question was taken to the workshop where again the officials refused to issue the job card to this effect, denying the request of the complainant. After making numerous representations and finding no response from their side, the complainant filed a case in the consumer forum. “We direct Maruti Suzuki to take back the vehicle in question and repaint all body parts again after peeling off the old paint at one of their manufacturing plants. Thereafter, all components shall again be fitted to the body shell in their assembly line and inspected to be okayed as per their original manufacturing standards. The company shall also pay an amount of Rs 50,000 as compensation on account of deficiency in service and having caused harassment to the complainant and Rs 10,000 as litigation costs,” the court announced.
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Six thefts reported from city
Chandigarh, January 8 Shekhar Chawla, a resident of Sector 40-B, reported to the police that four Indane gas cylinders were found missing from his residence on the night of January 6. In a similar incident, two gas cylinders, along with Rs 20,000 and a mobile phone were burgled from the residence of one Jaipal of Manimajra yesterday. In both the incidents, the police has registered cases of theft at dwelling under Section 380 of the IPC. Meanwhile, three motor vehicle thefts were also reported in the city. Captain Sharma, resident of Sector 22-C, reported that his Passion Plus motorcycle was stolen from the Sector-22 market area. The police said that Sharma’s motorcycle (number CH-03R-5964) was stolen from the parking lot at the rear side of Punjab National Bank in Sector 22-D. In a similar incident, a Pulsar motorcycle (number CH-04C-8903) of Rajiv Bhardwaj, a resident of Housing Board Colony, Dhanas, was stolen from the Sector-7 market. In another incident, Vikrant Kumar, resident of Colony Number 5, reported that his motorcycle (number CH-23(T)-3216) was stolen from outside his house in Sector 44. In another incident of theft, Jagdish Sharma, a resident of Sector 35-A, reported that someone had stolen a spare wheel, music system and some electric spare parts from his Maruti Suzuki Alto car. The police said Sharma’s car (number CH01-AL-7339) was parked in front of his house yesterday night when the theft took place. The police has registered separate cases of theft under Section 379 of IPC in all the incidents.
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Man held for rash driving
Chandigarh, January 8 The accused, Vinod Kumar, had allegedly injured a girl after his speeding Santro car hit her in Sector 11 here yesterday. The victim, Vistata Aggarwal, was hit by the car in front of her college, Post Graduate Government College for Girls. The car fled from the spot. Vistata, a BSc final-year student and a resident of Sector 38, noted the number of the car that led to the arrest of Vinod Kumar.
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Pranav outplays Francois
Chandigarh, January 8 After trailing at 2-5 in the first set Pranav fought hard to and put the set at par by 5-5 but lost by 5-7. But in other two sets, Pranav kept his calm and won both by 7-6 and 7-6. In the matches of girls’ category, Vasanti Shinde of India defeated Taipei’s Yuchia Chen in straight sets 6-2 and 6-2 while Nandini Sharma lost to third seed Cheng Ya Ting Chang at 1-6 and 3-6. Anastasia Prokopenko of Ukraine defeated wild card entry holder Isha Budwal by 6-2,7-5. Results: Boys singles (Round 2)-Okkie Kellerman (RSA) beat Rho Jun Lee (TPE) 6-1, 6-0; Girls (Round 2)-Vanshika Sawhney (Ind) beat Ah Somg (Kor) 4-6, 7-6 (2), 3-0 (RET); Raveena Kingsley (USA) beat Tanja Tuomi (FIN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Boys Doubles (Round 1)-Mehdi Abid and Skander Mansouri (TUN) beat Wei De Lin and Shao Chi Yang (TPE) 6-4, 6-1 Djurabeck Karimov (UZB) and Gregor Schefberger (AUT) beat Digvijay S Naruka and Ranjeet Singh (IND) 6-2, 6-0 Rishabh Aggarwal and Sahil Deshmukh (IND) beat Denys Baranevich (UKR) and Tejas Kapoor (IND) 6-1, 6-0; Fatehdeep Singh (IND) and Xander Veys (BEL) beat Garvit Batra (IND) and Majed Kilani (TUN) 6-3, 6-3, Bo Yui Huang (TPE) and Wen Chun Liang (TPE) beat Sachin Kumar and Gagan Sharma (IND) 6-2, 7-5, Anvit Bendre (IND) and Chih Chun Tang (TPE) beat Robbie Ridout (GBR) and Nino Serdarusic (CRO) 5-7, 7-6 (4), [10-5]; Francois Kellerman and Okkie Kellerman (RSA) beat Nuradim Ramdani and Armando C Soemarno (INA) 6-2, 6-4, Duck Hee Lee (KOR) and Aoran Wang (CHN) beat Pranav Suri and Vikas Berwal (IND) 6-2, 6-2; Girls Doubles (Round 1)-S Peddy Reddy and Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) beat Suyeon Choi and Ah Song (KOR) 6-2, 6-7 (4), [10-5], Raveena Kingsley (USA) and Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) beat Petra Piirtola, Tanja Tuomi (FIN) 6-0 7-5 Parminder Kaur and Vasanti Shinde (Ind) beat Riya Bhatiya (Ind) and Greetje Minnen (Bel) 6-4, 7-5; Ya-Ting Chang and Yuchia Chen (TPE) bt Gayatri Kumaraiah and Bhavya Wardhawan (IND) 6-3, 6-1, Pei-Wen Kao and Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) beat Vanshika Sawhney and Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) 6-2, 6-4, Miki Kobayashi (JPN) and Chanikarn Silakul (THA) beat Yu-Ting Hsieh (TPE) and Izabella Ismailova (KAZ) 6-3, 6-3; Snehadevi S Reddy and D Tatachar Venugopal (IND) beat Ekaterina Popova (RUS) and Anastasia Prokopenko (UKR) 6-1, 4-6 [10-6], Dabin Kim (KOR) and Thanthita Suetromng (THA) beat Jennifer Luikham and Nandini Sharma (IND) 6-1, 6-1.
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Swimming a passion for this cop
Chandigarh, January 8 28-year-old Puneet Rana, an Assistant Sub-Inspector in the Haryana police, is still sticking to his roots and wants to gain a hall of fame in swimming. With age no bar; this lad has recently won two silver medals in the National Aquatic Championship held in Pune in both 100 and 200 mts breaststroke events. “It has been over 12 years that I am in love with water sports. Since my childhood, I have participated in all the events including sub-juniors, juniors and senior category. I have served my state, Alma matter, now my department and it’s always been a great feeling to call myself a swimmer,” said Puneet. Notably, Puneet represented the Panjab University in various national and inter-university tournaments for seven years and every time he attained a new meet record. “My time in university was the most amazing period of my sports career. Not only did I made many records but also I learnt a lot with a difference. I, along with my pool mates, used to practice for hours and that thing helped me to achieve laurels and make my name. Being a swimmer, it is very important to maintain my physique and stamina so I usually spend my most of time in pool,” said Rana. He also bagged gold medals in the All-India Police Aquatic Meet held in Trivandrum and won two silver medals in the national games held in Ranchi in 2011. “My exposure in junior and senior level tournaments helped me to prove my iron in the departmental events. I usually represent my department in the national meets and police games and always face a tough competition,” said Puneet. Adding further he siad, “Being a nation lover, I always wanted to bring my nation’s name on top. The nation is making a name in the world of sports and hopefully swimming will also make its name one day” said Rana.
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Manjot defeats Parminder in tennis tournament
Chandigarh, January 8 In the finals of Boys (U-10) category of the LD Kapoor Memorial Total Tennis Championship, Pranav Chopra defeated Neel Singh by 4-6,7-5 and 6-4 played at Total Tennis Academy, Sector 11 here in Chandgiarh. Results: Boys (U-10)-Pranav Chopra beat Neel Singh 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Boys (U-12)-Shashikant beat Sehaj Punj 7-5, 6-1; Boys (U-14)-Aniket Khosa beat Karan Bhalla 6-2, 6-2; Boys (U-16)- Sachit Malhotra beat Manjot Singh 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Men’s-Manjot Singh beat Parminder Singh 6-2, 6-2; Girls (U-12)-Harleen Kaur beat Ravita 6-1,6-3.
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Chandigarh, January 8 In the league round, the team defeated Tripura, Assam and Maharashtra while in the semifinals the eves overcame UP. In the title clash of the competition, the team lost to Bihar. Tuba of St Stephen’s School also managed to get runners-up position in the girls’ singles event while Nidhi Gupta and Manu Gupta (both sisters) of St Marry School, Chandigarh, finished with a ranking spot of 3rd and 5th, in the national ranking announced by the All-India Carrom Federation. Sahibpreet of St Joseph’s School Chandigarh attained 5th rank in the National ranking of boys. — TNS
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Vivek wins Caddies’ Golf Tournament
Chandigarh, January 8 The purpose of the event was to promote golf among the weaker sections of the society, specifically caddies. The tournament started at 9.30 am and finished with a prize giving ceremony. Captain of the course, Bobby Sandhu, and Chairman tournament committee, Arvind Bajaj, were present to tee them off in the morning. The youngest participant was Amritlal aged 13, a son of a caddy of the course. After battling it out in windy and cold conditions Vivek Gupta won the championship with a score of 77. Sunder and Monty were second and third, respectively, with a score of 82 and Sunder won in the count back. Vivek Gupta said, “I am very thankful to the Chandigarh Golf Club for giving us this opportunity and helping us at every stage of our golfing career and promoting us all through the year.” Adding to this, Sunder said, “The club sponsors us by giving us travel and boarding expenses when we travel out of the city to play tournaments. This helps us develop our game at the highest level.” Adding to this, Sunder said, “The club sponsors us by giving us travel and boarding expenses when we travel out of the city to play tournaments. This helps us develop our game at the highest level.” — TNS
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Bharti Vij Cricket Academy win by 61 runs
Chandigarh, January 8 After winning the toss, the team posted 129 runs in 20 overs with openers Gagan skipper Ashish contributing a 107 run partnership for the first wicket. Gagan contributed unbeaten 43 runs while Ashish scored 36 off 43. In reply, the Shivam club was bundled on a mere total of 67 runs in 18.4 overs. Ankur (21 runs) was the only main scorers for the team. — TNS
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SGGS-26 register win
Chandigarh, January 8 Amarinder Singh of SGGS College, Sector 26, beat Sahil of MRPD Talwara by 6-0 and 6-0 while another local player Deepinder routed Harjeet at 6-0 and 6-0.
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T-20 cricket tourney from February 26
Chandigarh, January 8 The tournament will be played under the EGIS of Panchkula Distt. Cricket Association. “This championship will be the curtain raiser before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL),” said by Joginder Sharma convener of the tournament at the Press Conference held in Panchkula. “The winners will get a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh along with winner's trophy while the runners up will get Rs 1 lakh and the trophy and third place winner team will get a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and the trophy,” added Sandeep Moudgil, secretry, Panchkula Distt Cricket Association. A total of eight leading teams from all over the country will take part in the All-India T-20 Cricket Tournament and will be played on league-cum-knockout basis. All the matches will be of 20 overs each innings. During the All-India T-20 Cricket Tournament which will be organised by GD Sharma Memorial Cricket Society will be divided in two pools and top two teams from each pool will qualify for the semifinals. Air India, Indian Oil, BSNL, CAG, State Bank of Patiala, India cement, FCI and Delhi Cricket Club are the teams, which are participating in the tournament. There will be 16 matches including the finals in All-India T-20 Cricket Tournament organised by GD Sharma Memorial Cricket Society.
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