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Minor girl raped in Dera Bassi
Parmod Mehta

Dera Bassi, May 31
Two youths died in different mishaps near here in the past 24 hours. A youth was crushed to death by a truck on the Ambala-Chandigarh National Highway, while another died after a tractor overturned at Pragpur village.

The first accident took place when Sitar and his cousin, Hazi Raghav, both residents of Gangoh, Saharanpur district, UP, were crossing the highway yesterday night near Sartaj Hotel and a truck hit them. Sitar died on the spot and Hazi was seriously injured in the accident. The police has registered a case against the unidentified truck driver.

Another accident took place in the fields of Pragpur village when a tractor overturned while levelling the fields.

The police said Kuldeep Singh was levelling the fields and suddenly the tractor overturned. Parmjeet Singh Pammy, who was standing in the fields, came under the tractor. He was brought to the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, where doctors declared him brought dead. 

Dera Bassi, May 31
A district-level function was organised to celebrate the World No Tobacco Pledge Day at Lalru under the leadership of SMO in charge CHC, Lalru, Dr Daler Singh Multani. On this occasion,

Dr Rajiv Bhalla, Civil Surgeon, Mohali, also joined the function. He said that about one lakh school children pledged not to use tobacco and also to motivate their friends and relatives to stay away from tobacco. Thereafter all the children participated in rally along with other schools and NOGs—TNS

Patiala, May 31
Proving their mettle once again, students of Budha Dal Public School, Patiala, excelled in the CBSE Class XII examinations, the results of which were announced recently, with 33 students scoring above 90 per cent. Congratulating the students, Dr Amrit Aujla, principal of the school, said while 33 students had scored more than 90 per cent, as many as 107 students had scored more than 80 per cent.

DAV School: A total of 219 students appeared for the examination and the result of the school was 99.8 per cent. Officiating principal Anita Kataria said out of the total students, as many as 15 students got more than 90 per cent.

Narain Public School: Out of the total 97 students, who appeared for Class XII exams, Vaishali made Narain Public School proud by securing top position in the school with 95.8 per cent in the non-medical stream. Shubham Dhawan secured 93.8 per cent in the same stream. In the commerce stream, Gurdayal Singh and in the arts steam, Tanushi Jain both secured 93.8 per cent.

Mukat Public School, Rajpura: Mukat Public School, Rajpura, achieved 100 per cent result. As many as 19 students scored above 90 per cent. The commerce stream produced the best result with 11 students scoring above 90 per cent. Muskan Arora topped the school with 96.6 per cent. In all, 64 students managed to score above 80 per cent.

Scholar Fields School: Nipun Nagpal, the topper of the medical stream, got 93.4 per cent (467/500), while Sagar Shorey, the topper of non-medical stream, got 93.2 per cent (466/500). Amanat Benipal stood second in the medical stream with 93.2 per cent and Megha got second position in the non-medical with 93 per cent.

Teja Singh Kandhari Public School, Patiala: Isha Goel (95 per cent in commerce), Nilesh Sachdeva (94 per cent in non-medical), Monica (88.6 per cent in medical) and Aalamjeet Kaur (87 per cent in arts) have topped their respective streams in the school. The overall Class XII result is 100 per cent.

Blossoms Senior Secondary School: Ramanjot Singh has got the first position with 93.6 per cent, followed by Amandeep Singh Talwar with 93.4 per cent, while Prashant Jindal has got the third position with 92 per cent in the non-medical stream. Komalpreet Kaur has topped in the medical stream with 92.6 per cent marks, followed by Anurag Singla 92.4 per cent, while Aditya Kishore has got the third position with 87.4 per cent. Navjot Kaur has topped in humanities with 93.2 per cent and Aakarshan Goyal has topped in commerce with 89.8 per cent.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School: Naveen Singh came first in the non-medical stream with 94.4 per cent, while Arunim Chopra got second position in the non-medical stream with 94.2 per cent. Nikhil Arora in the medical stream got 88.8 per cent, Vishaldep Singh in the commerce stream got 89.6 per cent, while Sahilpreet Singh Patang in the arts stream secured 74.2 per cent.

Bhupindra International Public School: Nishant Aggarwal topped the medical stream with 91.6 per cent. Jaskirat Singh from the non-medical stream topped with 90 per cent, Akash Tanwar from the non-medical stream scored 87.6 per cent. Urvashi Kapoor from the medical stream scored 87.4 per cent, while Saumya Rana got 86 per cent.

Guru Nanak Foundation: A total of 190 students appeared for Class XII examinations, out of which nine students scored above 90 per cent. As many as 25 students scored above 80 per cent and 41 scored above 70 per cent. Sarah Chahal stood first in the medical stream with 95.8 per cent, Khushleen topped the non-medical stream with 91.2 per cent and Ridhi Sodhi came first in the commerce stream with 93.6 per cent.

Apollo Public School: Out of the total 86 students who appeared for CBSE Class XII examinations, as many as 35 students got the first division. Komalpreet Kaur topped the school with 96 per cent, while Akashjot Kaur stood second with 93 per cent. Geetu Dhima topped the commerce stream with 83 per cent, while Avleen Kaur and Navdeep Singh stood second with 80 per cent.

Fatehgarh Sahib, May 31
The district police has arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 10 kg of poppy husk and 1,700 intoxicant tablets from their possession.

SSP Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said the police got information that Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Patiala, was involved in the sale of poppy husk in the area. The police erected a naka near Bhadal Thua drain and arrested Kuldeep. During checking, the police recovered 10 kg of poppy husk from his possession.

Gurmeet said the anti-narcotics cell arrested Jhirmal Singh, a resident of Bassi Pathana, and recovered 1,700 intoxicant tablets from his custody. Both accused had been booked under the NDPS Act. — OC

Ropar, May 31
Two youths were found dead reportedly, after they had consumed an overdose of drugs at Ghanouli village. The deceased have been identified as Rajvinder Singh (22), a resident of Daburji village and Aman (24) of Dugri village.

Rajvinder was roaming around the market when he suddenly fell down and there was ambulance was called up, but Rajvinder had died meanwhile. A few hours after another youth Aman was found under serious condition near village gurdwara. He was taken to hospital where was declared brought dead.

Chandigarh, May 31
The court today framed charges against 43 farmers who had gone on rampage in the city during a farmer rally in 2009.

The UT police had booked around 43 farmers in September 2009, after the agitation called by the Ekta faction of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and four other farmers’ organisations turned violent. A man, identified as Jagsir Singh from Mansa district, was killed while 40 farmers and 34 police personnel suffered injuries in the clashes that took place after the agitation turned violent.

The farmers had even damaged more than two dozen police, government and private vehicles. The case was registered on September 8, 2009, after the agitation of five farmers’ organisations against the possible unbundling of the Punjab State Electricity Board into four companies turned violent.

The police had filed a chargesheet in this connection in March 2011, and had claimed that a group among the agitators torched a stationary police vehicle near the Sector 16 cricket stadium. As the police personnel moved in, a section of the protesters began to hurling stones at them, following which the police used force. The protesters were cane charged and tear gas shells were used to disperse the crowd.

Around 43 farmers belonging to the Bharti Kissan Union (Ekta) would now be facing a trial for vandalising and damaging vehicles during the protest in 2009, as the local court has framed charges against them. 

Chandigarh, May 31, 2013
An all rounder performance by Avirudh Tandan helped St Kabir, Sector 26 beat Strawberry Fields by 11 runs in the final of 2nd Brother McCann Cricket Tournament. Apart from a useful contribution of 30 runs, he took three wickets for just six runs.

Batting first, St Kabir cricket team put up a splendid show and scored 104 for 8 in 20 overs. Avirudh's score of 30 was followed by Shivang (26), Naman (20).

In reply, the batsman of the Strawberry fell short of the target and were restricted to just 93 for 7 in 20 overs. Cherag Vir remained the highest scorer with14 run. Avirudh Tandan was declared man of the match, whereas Cherag Vir was declared as the best batsman. Principal Kavita Das gave away the winners trophy

Chandigarh, May 31
The CLTA trainee Digvijay Pratap Singh defeated Aditya Vashisht to win U-14 Singles title of the CLTA-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament here at CLTA complex in Sector 10. Digvijay and Rishabh Sharda of CLTA won the doubles title by defeating Drona Walia and Sagar Bains 4-2, 4-0. Notably, Sarah Dev continued her domination in singles and doubles defeating second seed Harleen Kaur in the U-12 girls singles by conceding only two games. She won 6-1, 6-1. In U-14 Girls singles also, she defeated Tanya Batra 6-0, 6-1. She also won the doubles title partnering Ashpreet Kaur of CLTA and defeated Harleen Kaur and Hansika 4-0, 4-0. In the Boys U-12 singles, Ishaan Anirudh played a steady game to defeat Drona Walia. After losing the first set 4-6, Ishan used a good variation of strokes and won next two sets 6-2, 6-3. Shrut Mohan and Daksh Marwaha won the U-12 doubles title by defeating Chiraz Dandona and Vansh Kapoor 4-2, 4-1.

Results:

Boys U-12, Final: Ishan Anirudh bt Drona Walia 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Boys U-14 final: Digvijay Pratap Singh bt. Aditya Vashisht 6-2, 7-5; Girls U-12, final: Sarah Dev bt. Harleen Kaur 6-1, 6-1; Girls U-14, final: Sarah Dev bt. Tanya Batra 6-0, 6-1; Boys U-14 doubles final: Rishabh Sharda/Digvijay Pratap bt Drona Walia/Sagar Bains 4-2, 4-0; Boys U-12 doubles final: Shrut Mohan/Daksh Marwah bt Chiraz Dandona /Vansh Kapoor 4-2, 4-1; Girls U-14 doubles final: Sarah Dev/Ashpreet Kaur bt Harleen Kaur/Hansika 4-0, 4-0

Chandigarh May 31
GS Sandhu (IAS), President of Chandigarh Golf Club, inaugurated the 3rd Pitch ‘n’ Putt Golf Tournament for Junior and Sub-Junior Boys and Girls at The British School Golf Academy’s, 9-Hole Miniature Golf Course in Sec-44 B, Chandigarh today. As many as 93 golfers in the age group of 8 to 18 years are participating and the prize distribution to victorious participants will take place tomorrow evening at the academy itself. Besides, other age groups 16-18 , 13-15, 11-12 years and below 10 years are also participating.

Mona Shri Sethi, principal, The British School, Chandigarh, said that the tournament was being played on gross score that would be calculated after two rounds of 9 holes, to be played by the children over two days. The technical support and aspects like score keeping etc are being handled by experts of the Academy of Golf, Chandigarh Golf Club. Manjit Kochar, Jt Director, Academy of Golf, said, “Academy has been trying to make the sport popular among children. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 31
All India Open Junior and Amateur Snooker Championship was held in Dera Bassi. As many as 40 players from the entire country participated in the championship. 

Nitin sharma, 5th rank at the national level, was the winner of the tournament after beating Shobhit from Rajpura, who is currently the No 1 sub junior in Punjab. —TNS