Chandigarh, February 12
Acting on a tip-off by the local unit of People for Animal (PFA), the police arrested Baljinder Singh, owner of a pet shop in Zirakpur, for allegedly selling rare species of tortoise, at Sukhana Lake, here today.

The accused was charged under the Wildlife Protection Act to indulge in a deal of selling rare species of tortoises worth Rs 85 lakh. A team headed by local PFA activist Chetan Sharma along with police personnel, posing as decoy customers finalised a deal of 15 tortoises in Rs 20 lakh.

Panchkula, February 12
High drama was witnessed at Mansa Devi Complex in Sector 5 when a drunk man tried to sexually assault a woman after entering her house this evening. He even thrashed her husband. On hearing the cries of the woman, neighbours rushed to the place and thrashed the miscreant, who later tore the uniform of one of the policemen.

"We were sleeping when the man entered our house. He beat up my husband and tried to outrage my modesty. When I resisted, he slapped me," said Pushpa.

One of the residents said the man abused him and tried to escape.

Chandigarh, February 12
The DAV College, Sector 10, organised its Annual Athletics meet, at college grounds, here. The Principal, Dr BC Josan, announced a total cash prize of 10 lakh for the outstanding sports person. During the meet, Ashish Lohan and Raveena Thakur were adjudged the best athletes in the men and women category respectively.

Men 100m-- Ashish Lohan; Pankaj Pandey; Navdeep Singh; 200m-- Ashish Lohan; Harpreet Singh; Yadwinder Singh; 1500m-- Rohit; Gurpreet Singh; Jatinder; Shot put-- Paramjeet Singh; Ashok; Amandeep; Long Jump-- Ashish Lohan; Jagjeet; Navjeet;

Women100m--Raveena Thakur; Shikha Dalal; Mamta; 200m--Raveena Thakur; Parul Sharma; Shikha Dalal; 800m-- Mamta; Raveena Thakur; Jaspreet; Shot put--Richa Kashyap; Balwinder Kaur; Raveena Thakur; Long Jump-- Parul Sharma; Raveena Thakur; 
Shikha Dalal.

Chandigarh, February 12
In the ongoing First Mohali Cricket Cup, the Sarvitakari Cricket Academy, defeated YPS Cricket Academy. While batting first, the Sarvitakari team posted 203 runs on the board, before getting all-out in 40 overs. A half-century by Rahul and 32 runs by Kohinoor Sidhu, made the big difference to the total.

For the bowling side, Aman grabbed 4 for 40, while Davinder claimed 2 for 36. In reply, the YPS were bundled out for 128 runs and only Aman with his 37 off 65 played a respectable knock for his team. Bowler, Kohinoor Sidhu claimed 4 for 15, while Gagan claimed 1 for 10. — TNS

Chandigarh, February 12
Top seed Yuvraj Singh Kooka went down against Sammar Raina 4-2, 4-0, during a match of the ongoing CLTA -AITA Tennis Championship being held here. In the Boys(U-16) singles group, Jagdeep Singh beat Sahishnu Sharma, while Calvin Golmei defeated Sagar Bains .

Results:

Boys (U-12)-- Yuvraj Singh Kooka bt Sammar Rania 5-3, 2-4, 7-3; Shrut Mohan Nagreta bt Ishaan Khushu 5-4, 4-1; Asav Kumar bt Tarush 4-2, 4-0; Divesh Gehlot bt Akshit Chhabra 4-2, 4-1; Nishant Dabas bt Udayvir Singh 5-4 (3), 4-1; Ishan Anirudh Sethi bt Dhruv Tangri 4-1, 4-2; Chiraz Singh Dandona bt Naresh Badgujjar 4-1, 5-4 (4); Naman Sharma bt Daksh Marwaha 4-1, 5-3; Boys (U-16)-- Jagdeep Singh bt Sahishnu Sharma 9-2; Kabir Manrai bt Rahul Verma 9-3; Atul Patel bt Rohit Kumar 9-8 (4); Calvin Golmei bt Sagar Bains 9-8 (3); Adhhayan bt H Devasish 9-4; Eklavya Singh bt Rishi Khirwar 9-2; Digvijay Partap bt Krishan Rajput 9-3; Param Pun bt Raunaq Marwaha 9-1; Girls (U-12)-- Prinkle Singh bt Tanisha Indrayan 4-0, 4-0; Alisha Menon bt Mansi Singh 4-1, 4-0; Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Rahat Mangat 4-1, 4-0; Ashmita Kaur bt Reet 4-2, 3-5, 7-4; Itika Sharma bt Manya Negi 4-0, 4-0; Harleen Kaur bt Hunsal 4-0, 4-1

Chandigarh, February 12
The Vivek High Asian Cricket Academy, defeated St Stephens School, Sector 45, by 25 runs to enter the semifinals of the ongoing 2nd Sardar Bhagwant Singh Memorial Cricket tournament, being held at Vivek High School, Sector 38, here.

The wining side posted 172 runs in their allotted slot of 25 overs, after they elected to bat first. For them, Shivam Bhambri with 52 runs and Karan with 37 runs, made healthy contributions towards the total. Meanwhile, Anant and Anhad Sachdeva scored unbeaten knocks of 33 and 37 runs respectively. For the bowling side, Himanshu claimed 3 for 38 while Akash Rana took 2 for 28.

In reply, the St Stephens' side could manage to score only 147 runs in their alloted overs. Saksham Katoch with 61 runs and Rahees Singh(35-runs) were the only contributors for the team. For the bowling side, Ransher Randhawa and Karan grabbed three-wickets apiece whereas, Angad Khera took 2 for 23.