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Kalka, April 5
A rapist, who was arrested by the Pinjore police yesterday on charges of kidnapping and raping a minor girl of 14 years, was today produced in the Kalka court. The court sent the accused to judicial custody for 14 days, said the police sources.

Parents of the victim, resident of a near by village in Pinjore, had lodged a complaint with Pinjore police station on June 28, last year regarding their missing minor girl. They suspected that Rohit of the same village had kidnapped the daughter.

The Pinjore police arrested the accused with the minor girl from Pinjore bus stand on Thursday. The police sources said that the medical examination of the minor girl confirmed that she was raped.

In yet another case, the Pinjore police arrested four persons for eve-teasing after a woman complained against them. The four accused were produced in the Kalka court, which sent them to judicial custody for 14 days.

The alleged accused have been arrested on the complaint of a woman, who had alleged that on April 2, the four had misbehaved and manhandled with her, following which the police arrested them.

Patiala, April 5
A lecture on gynaecology was organised at Khalsa College by gynecologist Dr Pooja Gupta from Government Medical Hospital, Patiala, on the college campus, here today. She spread awareness regarding the various diseases that women today suffer from and the solutions for their protection. Fast food, she said, is playing havoc with the youth of today and especially girls are adversely affected by it.

She advised the women students to include green vegetables, fruits and milk in their diet to make them strong healthy and combat the alarming problem of anaemia.

College principal, Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha, while speaking on this occasion said it was essential to give education to girls regarding their physical fitness because they play a major role in establishing a healthy society. That is why they should be sensitised about the health problems engulfing them and the dire need to address them seriously.

Girl students shared their problems and were provided with remedial solutions.

Dr Pooja also told them not to enter into early marriage and bear children because it proves to be detrimental to their health. This message, she said, has to be imbibed seriously by our society to render women stronger and fitter than they are today.

Dera Bassi, April 5
Annual election of the Bar Association was held today in which different office-bearers were elected.

Advocate, Jaspal singh Dappar, was elected as the president of the association. He defeated his rival, Chaudhary Manmohan Singh, with a margin of eight votes. Jaspal Singh Dappar secured 59 votes while Manmohan Singh received 51 votes.

Besides, Mahadev Singh was elected as vice-president, Samit Goyal as general secretary and Leeladhar Sharma was elected for the post of cashier.

Dera Bassi, April 5
A placement week was organised by the training and placement cell of Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi. During the placement week, various companies were invited for recruitment of candidates.

The placement week resulted in creating job opportunities for students of the CSE, ME, IT, ECE, MBA, MCA, EE, etc.

The candidates, who appeared for selection screening tests and rigorous interview sessions were also given feedback and tips to improve their performance further.

More than 95 students were recruited during the one-week drive that was organised at Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Panchkula, April 5
The court today convicted a domestic help, who was accused of killing a 65-year-old woman and injuring three others at Sector 12, Panchkula, for robbery. The accused was identified as Akhilesh. He was later arrested in August 2011.

Recently, the victim tried to prove that he is a juvenile. But his medical examination confirmed that he was above 18 years.

It was in August 2011 when Akhilesh, a domestic help had murdered Shanti Devi (65), mother of a businessman, with the aim of committing a robbery. When the daughter-in-law of the victim reached the house with her two children, she foiled Akhilesh's loot after which Akhilesh fled from the spot after beating them.

Meanwhile, the two children, who had suffered injuries through Akhilesh's hands, also identified him in the court saying that he was the one who had killed their grandmother.

Akhilesh had stabbed Shanti Devi brutally with a pair of scissors.

During the police investigations, Akhilesh had revealed that he wanted to steal some cash in the house and due to which he had to kill Devi who was sleeping at that time at her room.

Panchkula, April 5
A head constable of the Haryana police was arrested by the Panchkula police today after he was accused of kidnapping three youths outside Tawa Restaurant, Sector 10, Panchkula, recently.

The accused, Vishpal, will be produced in the court tomorrow.

Three youths were allegedly kidnapped on gunpoint from the busy market of Sector 10, Panchkula, outside the Tawa Restaurant by around 15-20 unidentified youths. The police managed to trace the kidnappers and the victims in the evening. As many as 11 persons have been arrested in the case till now.

The victims have been identified as Karanvir, Lucky and Sonu, all residents of Mansa Devi Complex (MDC), Sector 5, Panchkula.

According to the police, it was a property dispute which led to the kidnapping.

The police said that the victims who were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly taken in cars owed Rs 30 lakhs to the youths.

One of the victims, Karanvir, a resident of Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 5, Panchkula, has a case registered against him at Kurukshetra where he along with two men and one woman had reportedly duped Pradeep Kumar, a local resident, for not getting the registry of a plot executed.

Mohali, April 5
The Kharar police has booked a resident of Haryana on charges of criminal breach of trust and cruelty.

According to the police, Poonam Jaswal, a resident of Gold Apartments, had lodged a complaint to the Kharar police on October 3, 2012 that she had got married to Gopal Sood in 2009. She alleged that after few months of her marriage her husband and in-laws started harassing her for dowry. The complaint was inquired into by the official in-charge of the Women Cell and after taking legal opinion from the district attorney, a case was registered under Sections 406 and 498-A of the IPC against Gopal Sood, Rajinder Sood and Mani Sood . — OC

Chandigarh, April 5
Chandigarh lad Alok Kumar, a former Asian champion, confirmed a medal for the country by entering into the semifinal match of the 12th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship 2013 being held at Tennis Club, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

After finishing as third seed in the round robin stage, Alok was placed in quarterfinals to play with his compatriot and sixth seed B Bhaskar. In the opening game, Bhaskar cracked with a break of 70 points to win the first game. Alok immediately countered the same and set the match on level 1-all by winning the next game.

Alok was eyeing to start leading thereon but in third game he missed dicey cannon on 79 points and Bhaskar scored the remaining 58 points and took a lead of 2-1.

After that, Alok geared himself up and produced three consecutive breaks of 96, 74 and 88 points in the next three games to knockout Bhaskar and confirm his berth in the medal round.

In the semifinal match, Alok Kumar will play against Thailand's Praput Chaithanasukan who outplayed K Venkatesham of India in straight set of games 4-Nil. Venkatesham hardly got any chance and had no other option than bowing down to the Thai challenge.

The other semifinal match will be played between reigning world champion Rupesh Shah of India and Thawat Sujaritthurakarn of Thailand.

Chandigarh, April 5
A four-day seminar for the six designated coaches of the PCA Non-Residential Cricket Academies was inaugurated at PCA, Mohali by MP Pandove, Honorary Secretary, PCA.

The BCCI Specialist Academy faculty is conducting the course.

MP Pandove stressed upon the coaches the need for giving training to the youngsters on the basics of batting, bowling and fielding so that they have strong base.

He impressed upon the coaches that sound basics always helped the players to adopt in any format of the game. He advised the coaches that since it was the initial stage of grooming young players, it was very important for the coaches to know the basics and impart training accordingly.

He cautioned the coaches that the association would not tolerate any laxity in this regard. He exhorted them to make full use of this training opportunity, which is being provided to them. According to Sushil Kapoor, spokesperson PCA, the designated coaches would be tested on the ground for their grasp of the basics on the last day of the seminar.

All the non-residential cricket academies will start functioning from April 10.

Chandigarh, April 5
The CLTA’s U-10 tournament for boys and girls began today at the Tennis Academy, Sector 10, Chandigarh.

Chandigarh, April 5
A charitable trust based in Mohali, Chandigarh Round Table, handed over the boxing ring to Sharda Sarvhitkari School, Sector 40, Chandigarh.

Ajit Singh, Deputy Director, Sports Authority of India and Vineet Parikh, president of the Round Table, India, were present during the inauguration. School officials said that the new boxing ring would help the aspiring children to further hone their skills for the game.

The Chandigarh Round Table, a local branch of Round Table International, works for the uplift of the needy students and work for their overall development.

Chandigarh, April 5
The Chandigarh Basketball Association is conducting selection trials for 30th Youth National Basketball Championship which is going to be held at Kolkata from April 30 to May 7.

The trials will be held tomorrow at 5.30 pm at New Public school, Sector 18. Players born on or after 01.01.1997 are eligible for the trials. Players are advised to bring birth certificates signed by the head of the institution along with the trial fee of Rs 75 (per player). — TNS

Chandigarh, April 5
The Fatehgarh Sahib District Cricket Association affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association will conduct trials to select the U- 19 team at Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib at 1 pm, tomorrow.

The team would take part in the Punjab inter district cricket tournament to be organised by the Punjab Cricket Association. All the players either studying or living in Fatehgarh Sahib are eligible for the trials.

The players must be less then 19 years as on 1-9-2013 (i.e. a player must be born on or after 01-9-1994). The players must bring photocopy of the birth certificate or a certificate from the respective institute to confirm the date of birth.

Patiala, April 5
The Sports Department of Punjabi University, Patiala, is going to conduct the sports wing/summer coaching camp trials for the players, who are seeking admissions in graduate courses in coming session of 2013-14.

Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, Director of the sports department, told media persons that the university is going to conduct selection trials at the Sports Complex on April 17 in various games, including athletics, archery, cycling, softball, baseball, handball, hockey, wrestling and cricket.