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Akshay, Sonal best athletes
Tribune News Service

Ropar, March 16
Akshay Katoch and Sonal Yadav were adjudged as best athletes at the Annual Athletics Meet concluded at IET Bhaddal Technical Campus here today. The Department of ECE grabbed the overall trophy and the Department of Mechanical Engineering won the best march-past award.

In men's 100m race Akshay Katoch, Dalwinder Singh and Simrandeep Singh attained the first, second and third spot, respectively.

In 400m men's hurdle race, Joginder Singh, Dalwinder Singh and Karandeep Singh won the first, second and third position respectively.

Similarly in 800m men's race, Amit, Vinay Saini and Bhupinder Singh won the first three positions.

Dera Bassi, March 16
A delegation led by Congress leader Manpreet Kaur Dolly met DGP Punjab, Sumedh Singh Saini on Thursday and demanded re-investigation into Rajesh Kumar Bittu’s murder case.

Members of the delegation, in which family members of victim were included, had expressed dissatisfaction over the police inquiry. They raised the issue with the DGP that some accused had been spared by the local police in the murder case.

Congress leader Manpreet Kaur Dolly said, after hearing them, the DGP marked an inquiry to the ADGP Crime Branch and has asked for report with in a week.

A property dealer, Rajesh Kumar Bittu, a resident of Dera Bassi was murdered on February 14 night. — OC

Banur, March 16
The sports meet of the Gian Sagar Group of institutions concluded here. The students of Gian Sagar Medical College, Gian Sagar Dental College, College of Nursing, College of Physiotherapy, and Institute of Hospitality and Management took part in various events.

Harnam Singh, president of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, was the chief guest on the occasion. He recalled the achievements of the students of different colleges of the Gian Sagar group of institutions.

Dr Sukhwinder Singh, vice-chairman of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, underlined the importance of sports on the occasion.

Dr Jasbir Kaur, principal of the Gian Sagar Medical College, Dr Kamaljit Singh, chief executive officer, Dr HM Swami, medical superintendent of the Gian Sagar Hospital, and principals of all other Gian Sagar institutions were present at the occasion.

A colourful cultural programme was also organised to conclude the function at the sprawling grounds of the college. At the end of the event, the winners of the sportsmeet were honoured by the chief guest. 

Zirakpur, March 16
A 27-year-old woman, Anu, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Gurunanak Colony, Dhakouli, on Wednesday night, was allegedly murdered by giving poison said doctors, who conducted the postmortem examination of her body on Friday.

SMO Dera Bassi, Dr SK Mittal, said according to doctors, who conducted the postmortem examination, the victim was forced to consume some poisonous substance. He said the samples of dead body had been sent at Kharar laboratory for investigation and reality would be revealed after receiving the results of postmortem samples after 10 days.

Meanwhile, SHO Zirakpur Shinderpal Singh Bhullar said the police was investigating the case from all aspects. He further said the police was interrogating Ashok Kumar, husband of the victim, who had been booked under Section 302.

The police has collected Ashok's records of all the mobile phone calls and is examining them deeply. An appropriate action would be taken after reaching any conclusion, SHO added.

Anu’s body was found lying on the floor of house, wrapped with duppatta. She was a typist at a private hospital and had not gone to her office on that day. Her husband, Ashok, who was booked and arrested in this case, is an engineer in a printing press of an English newspaper at Chandigarh.

Anu’s parents have also alleged that her husband had been harassing her for dowry for the past some time.

Dera Bassi, March 16
A 36-year-old man was killed after he was hit by a truck while crossing road on the Derabassi-Barwala road on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Harnek Singh. Sources said, Harnek was rushed to the GMCH-32; Chandigarh, where doctors declared him brought dead. — OC

Mohali, March 16
The police has arrested a gang of five persons and seized fake currency of Rs 94,000 and 1 kg of poppy husk from their possession.

SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said at a press conference here today that the arrested persons are Tarlochan Singh, an auto rickshaw driver of Phase III B 1, his wife, Kailash Kaur, his son, Harjeet Singh, Naresh Kumar and Sanjay Kumar, both residents of Sector 45, Chandigarh.

According to the police, these persons allegedly used to get fake currency and intoxicants from the Nepal border and UP. Then they tried to dispose off fake currency at petrol pumps or shops. They would also sell intoxicants to drug users.

A case under Sections 489 A, 489 B and 489 C and the 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered at the Matour police station in this regard. — OC

Panchkula, March 16
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by a boy near Budanpur village, Sector 16, Panchkula, on pretext of marrying her. While in another case, a 30-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped by a few unidentified persons after he went near the Chandimandir petrol pump.

The minor girl had gone out with her friends. After sometime, when she did not return home in the evening, her parents searched for her but failed to trace her. They then approached the local police which registered a case at the Sector 14 police station.

The girl’s parents are suspecting that their daughter has been kidnapped by a boy by puring her for marriage.

In another case, a 30-year-old man, identified as Kunal Bhamri was allegedly kidnapped by some unidentified persons.

The victim was identified as Kunal Bhamri, said that he was going to Sector 26, Chandigarh, for some work but did not return. Station house officer of the Pinjore police station, Inspector Raj Kumar said a case under Section 365 (kidnapping) has been registered against unknown persons.

Chandigarh, March 16
As many as 190 phones calls were received to enquire about the tickets at the Central Bank of India, the only outlet in the City Beautiful to get tickets for the ongoing third test match between India and Australia, but there was not even a single ticket to sell. Though it has been decided by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) authorities to sell the tickets on a daily basis, they did not deliver the lot of vouchers at the above mentioned venue till 1 pm.

The situation prevented the local cricketing enthusiasts from witnessing what infact turned out to be a day of records.

“I have received around 190 calls on my official phone, to confirm the status of tickets, till now but the branch, has not received even a single ticket to sell. The delay is from the PCA authorities as they asked for some more time to delive the lot. As soon it is delivered, we will start selling the tickets”, said RK Bhalla, branch manager, Central Bank of India.

Generally, on Saturdays, the functioning of bank closes at 12 noon. When asked whether the branch would sell the tickets even after the stipulated hour, the manager added, “We have been assigned this duty and the branch will perform it. We will sell the tickets till the closing time. In addition, to this the bank will also sell the tickets on Sunday”.

Confusion among masses:

The decision to sell tickets through the bank branches has landed the local cricketing buffs in confusion. Usually the banks remain close on Sundays and function only during the first half on Saturdays. Although, it was decided to sell the tickets on Sunday, non-intimation of the same led to worry among people. “After getting to know about the new status of tickets, we rushed to the ticket-selling counter but failed to get a ticket. Hopefully, the tickets will be available by this evening or tomorrow", said a group of youngsters.

Stats Records:

The day witnessed series of records being made here. The 85th test match between two nations witnessed India’s highest first-wicket partnership (in India) against Australia as Shikhar Dhawan and Murli Vijay scored unbeaten 283 runs for the first wicket. This partnership broke the earlier record of Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan of 192 runs for the first wicket, at Mumbai in 1979. Out of India’s 471 test matches, it was for the 11th time when the opening pair crossed the 200-run mark. 

Dhawan’s charm

• Those who think that test cricket is a boring format of the game were proved wrong when Dhawan scored fastest century on debut, a hundred off just 85 balls. He went on to score unbeaten 185 runs off just 168 balls, studded with 33 boundaries and 2 sixes.
• He becomes the first Indian batsman to score 185 runs (unbeaten) on a debut and now holds the 21st spot in the all time debutant-centurion club.
• The 283-run partnership between Shikhar and Murli is the highest-opening-stand at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. 

Chandigarh, March 16
Judoka Anjali of Panjab University and Pallavi of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, attained the top spots in the 44-kg category, during the All-India Inter-University Judo Championship for Women, held here.

In the same category, Krishna of Ch Devi Lal University, Sirsa, and Gaganpreet from Delhi University, Delhi, attained joint-third place, respectively.

Results78- kg category: Manisha Sharma of Panjab University; Rekha of Punjabi University, Patiala; Latika of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra; Sukhpal Kaur of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Open-weight category: Garima Chaudhary of Panjab University; Rangeeta of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Stephnie of Delhi University, Delhi and Jyoti of M.D. University, Rohtak.