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Chandigarh, April 7
High drama was witnessed at a house in Sector 27 when a man was booked for beating up his wife and later trying to commit suicide after the police reached the spot.

The police booked Amitinder Singh, for allegedly beating up his wife and later making an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide at his residence in Sector 27.

The police has registered a case on the complaint of Amitinder’s wife’s brother, Kulwinder Brar.

The police said that Amitinder came to their residence drunk and started beating up his wife and created a scene. When the police was informed, the accused tried to kill himself with a knife by inflicting injury on his hand.

The accused was arrested and was taken to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital in Sector 16, where his medical report confirmed that he was under influence of alcohol. The wife of the accused also sustained injures.

A case of voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation and attempt to suicide has been registered under Sections 323, 506 and 309 of the IPC at the Sector 26 police station.

Mohali, April 7
The police has booked three persons, including a woman on the charges of theft, trespassing and criminal intimidation at Sohana Police Station today.

The accused, Rashpal Kaur, Sukhwinder Singh and Preet, are said to have encroached upon the vacated house of a Chandigarh resident, Kiran Luthra, at Akal Ashram Colony yesterday.

The victim is currently residing at Rohini, New Delhi, for treatment of her husband Surinder Luthra.

In her complaint to the police Kiran Luthra alleged that she got a phone call from her neighbours about the encroachment by Rashpal Kaur, Sukhwinder Singh and Preet.

“When we reached today, the accused not only started quarrelling with us but also threatened us of dire consequences following which we called up the police,” said Luthra.

After the verification, the police initiated action and removed the encroachers from the house and registered a case under the Sections 447, 380, 506 and 34 of the IPC against the accused. 

Panchkula, April 7
Two tragedies stuck a woman of Sector 2, Panchkula, when her gold chain was snatched after she was walking to the hospital as her son had met with an accident on the Kalka-Shimla highway.

The victim, Sudesh, was crying while she was walking towards the hospital after her son was hit by a vehicle. At that moment two youths came on an Activa and snatched her chain.—TNS

Chandigarh, April 7
Every time his luck poses a challenge, he accepts it bravely. Manan Vohra, who was dropped out of the world cup (U-19) winning squad.

Thereafter his prolonged injury kept him out of the Punjab state cricket team. But once again he has proved his critics wrong by bagging man of the match award, in his very first match of Indian Premier League (IPL) season six.

Representing the Kings XI Punjab team, this 19-year-old- young lad scored 43 off 28 balls, studded with seven boundaries with a strike rate of 153.57 to edge past the Pune Warriors side, at their home ground, today.

Manan, who has been signed by the Kings XI franchisee this year, started his Indian Premier League campaign on a blasting note. Although his team was chasing a low total of 99-runs, he played like a champion. After bagging man of the match award, he explained his first-match-nervousness and said, "I was nervous before the start but as the wicket kept getting better and better, I could play my shots", Manan.

"He played well and started his campaign on a good note. I just wish that he carries on from here and performs well through out the tournament. Everyone is calling and wishing us good luck and I hope he does everything right", Sanjeev Vohra, his father.

He ran out of luck after being dropped from the U-19 World Cup--winning squad with a fractured finger during a practice match. Thereafter he was not entertained by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) for representing the state in T-20 matches.

Along with the man of the match award, he also won the most innovative innings award. During a media conference at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, on April 2, the team's captain-cum-mentor, Adam Gilchrist, showed his full confidence in Manan.

"He looks good and is patching up with team nicely. I hope he will get a place in the final eleven. He has been performing well in both batting and fieldind", said Adam, on April 2.

The regular opening batsman, who was sent one-down in today's match, was a part of the India (U-19) squad during the quadrangular series in Australia and the Asia Cup hosted by Kuala Lumpur, last year.

He was involved in a 164-run partnership with Unmukt Chand. The team had won that match and Manan had scored an unbeaten 79 off 35.

Chandigarh, April 7
Showing full confidence while playing with some of the brilliant players, Shreya Singla today defeated Varinda Sharma in the final match of the CLTA Tennis 10’s girls’ category at CLTA sports complex.

In the final match, Shreya registered 4-1, 4-0 lead over her rival. Earlier, she defeated Snigdha Saran in a 2-hour long semifinal match.

In the boys’ category, Krishna Hooda faced some resistance from Pranav Chopra and the match went to the final set tie breaker. Krishna won the first set through a tie breaker but Pranav made a come back and claimed the second set in the tie breaker. Krishna again gained the lead with 6-3 in the decider tie breaker. Pranav managed to hold his nerves and scoring two match-points, but couldn’t manage to stop Krishna from finishing the match on the third match-point. In the Orange Court Boys’ category, Darshan Dilbar Singh defeated Vedant Saini 7-4 whereas in the Orange Court Girls’ category Jyotsna Sharma beat Tanya Gupta in straight set 7-4.

Results-

Boys Orange Court Final-Darshan Dilbar bt Vedant Sani 7-4; Boys( U-10) Green Court Finals- Krishan Hooda bt Pranav Chopra 4-3 (5), 3-4 (5), 7-5; Girls Orange Court Finals-Jyotsna Sharma bt Tanya Gupta 7-4; Girls Green Court Finals-Shreya Singla bt Vrinda Sharma 4-1, 4-0; Boys Orange Court Consolation Finals- Rohan Arora bt Charan Kawal Singh 7-6 (5); Boys Green Court Consolation Finals- Laksh Anand bt Chetanya Choudhary 4-2, 4-0. 

Chandigarh, April 7
The cricket teams of Ranbaxy XI and Dabur India registered win in their respective matches of ongoing 5th AG Pharma T-20 Cricket Cup, today.

In the first match of the day, the Ranbaxy India defeated Fortis XI by 70 runs.

Batting first, the winning side posted a total of 161runs in the allotted slot of 20 overs. Ashish contributed 40 runs while Vikram contributed 39 runs. Sumeet with his individual score of 36 runs remained the other noticeable scorer of the team. From the bowling side, AP Singh claimed 3 wickets while Naveen took 2 wickets.

In reply, the Fortis team was bundled out on a mere total of 90 runs. Munish scored 21runs runs for the team. From the bowling side, GS Raina took a five wicket haul while Sanjiv claimed 2 wickets.

In the second match, the Dabur India team defeated Government Medical College and Hospital team, Sector 32, by 10 wickets.

After electing to bat first, the losing side scored 99 runs. Ajay (35-runs) and Pranay (31-runs) contributed lion’s share in team’s total. Bowler Kuldeep took 3 wickets.

On other end, the Dabur India team achieved the target without loosing any wicket. Opener Ashok remained unbeaten by scoring 81runs off 32 balls. 

Chandigarh, April 7
The soccer team of Mohali District Football Club defeated the team of Coaching Centre, Sector 17, during the final match of six-a-side soccer tournament for mini-cup, held at football stadium of Sector 17, here today.

The winning team took 4-3 lead during the tie-breaker. Earlier, in the semi-final matches, the Coaching Centre team defeated Minerva Academy by 5-4 while Mohali team defeated Mandi Board by 1-0.

Chandigarh, April 7
The Chandigarh Cricket Association, (CCA) affiliated with Haryana Cricket Association, during the general house meeting has elected their general body, here. During the committee meeting, Harlod Carver, chief patron, Sanjeev Mehan, president, Surinder Singh Baijee, general secretary have been elected as office bearers of the association. The CCA has organised various inter-state camps in boys (U-14, 17 and 19) categories and also participated in district cricket tournaments.

The association will conduct trails for selecting an 18-member team for coaching camps of boys (U-14) on April 9 and boys (U-19) on April 11 at 2:30 pm at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here

Chandigarh, April 7
Mahesh Kumar emerged as the winner of the 13th Mahindra Punjab State Golf Championship, held today. He registered this victory with a margin of 3 strokes from Vivek Gupta. During the award ceremony, SK Sharma, IPS and President of Punjab Golf Association, distributed the prizes among the winners .

Winners

JS Kooner; Dr Ravinder; Dinesh Gogna; Shobit Verma; Jagdev Singh; Vipan Bhandari; Bharat Pargal; Gurinderpal Singh; Dr J S Bath; Straightest Drive - Dr RS Bharach; Nearest to Pin - Vivek Gupta ; Maximum Birdies Mahesh Kumar; Handicap 0-10 (Net)- COL R S Behl; Balwinder Singh; COL A S Tut; Handicap 0-10 (Gross)- Ravi Kumar; Vivek Gupta ; Championship Trophy winner- Mahesh Kumar.

Chandigarh, April 7
The handball team of Panjab University finished runners-up and bagged silver medal in the All-India Inter-University Handball Championship held at Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu from April 2 to 4. Despite playing with only eight players, due to the ongoing annual examination, the team went down against host team of Periyar University, Salem 31-27, in the final match. For the losing side, Bhim scored the maximum goals, nine in all, while Tejvir and Kumar contributed seven goals each. Further, Sukhbir and Sanjay scored two goals each.

Earlier, in the quarter-final match, the team defeated Kurukshetra University 27-17 as Tejvir scored 8-goals, Bhim (6 goals), Kumar (6 goals), Sukhbir (4 goals) , Tulsi (2 goals ) and Sanjay (2 goals). In the semi-final of the tourney, the team registered 31-27 win over Madras University. Kumar(8 goals), Tejvir (8 goals), Sukhbir ( 5 goals), Bhim (3 goals), Tulsi (goals) and Sanjay( 3 goals) guided their team to victory. Results Periyar University, Selam- FirstPanjab University, Chandigarh-Second Madras University, Madras- Third Calicut University , Kerala- Fourth

Chandigarh, April 7
A seminar on Choi Kwang Do Martial Arts was organised by the local association in order to felicitate Balraj Johal, president of the Choi Kwang Do Martial Arts of India, here today.

Around 150 students participated in the seminar and during this, the students were given tips by the founder. A presentation ceremony was also organised that was headed by Shiv Raj Gharti, general secretary, Chi Kwang Do Martial Arts of India. He was presented his 4th Degree Black Belt for becoming the first Indian to be awarded with the 4th Degree in Choi Kwang Do in India. — TNS