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Robbers make failed bid to break into ATMs
Our Correspondent

Ambala, June 11
Unidentified robbers made a failed attempt to break into the ATMs of Syndicate Bank and Axis Bank at Bazaar Basti Ram in the heart of Ambala City in the wee hours this morning.

The robbers disconnected the CCTV camera and also broke the cover of the ATM, but could not take any cash from it. Some of the tools, including a cutter and screwdrivers, used to break the machine were recovered from the spot.

Senior manager, Syndicate Bank, BM Gulati said he got the information about the robbery bid around 2 am, from an employee of the hotel on the ground floor of which the bank is located.

Axis Bank reported the bid in the evening. The police has registered a case against unknown robbers.

Pbi team visits Mohindra college

Patiala, June 11
An inspection team headed by Professor JS Pasricha sent by Punjabi University, Patiala, visited Government Mohindra College, Patiala, here today to inspect the available infrastructure and other facilities required to run various new courses, the demand for which has been put up by the college authorities.

Notably, Government Mohindra College, Patiala, is going to offer new courses namely BSc Agriculture, BCom Professional and Diploma in Hardware and Networking from the coming academic session (2013-14) to students. The college authorities had applied to Punjabi University to give permission to start these courses. The Punjab Government has already granted the permission to run these courses.

College principal Dr Sukhbir Singh Thind welcomed the team and provided them with the required information. — TNS

15 students get placements
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, June 11
The Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology invited India Dyechem, Delhi, for the recruitment of BTech (ME) final-year students.

In the pre-placement talk, Tanya, HR manager of the company, told the students about various products of the company.

After the pre-placement talk, interviews were conducted in which 50 students took part. Finally, 15 students were selected after the interviews.

Prof Avtar Singh, chairman, Sukhmani Group, welcomed the company officials and complimented them for recruiting young and dynamic technocrats.

CRIME

Two students hit by Skoda, injured
Accused’s car was involved in race
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 11
Two students were injured after being hit by a car in Sector 9 market last night. The incident occurred near the light point of the Sector 9 inner market around midnight and Gagandeep Singh Arora and Rishab, both students of BA-I of DAV College and residents of Sector 23, were hit. Both the victim suffered serious injuries. The doctors had to amputate Rishab’s left leg.

The accused has been identified as Shammi Khakhar, a resident of Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 4, Panchkula, and he was driving a Skoda car bearing registration number CH-01-AM-0802. The accused fled from the spot and was arrested near Sector 7.

The victim’s family alleged that the students were hit by one of the two cars that were racing with one another.

The victim’s father alleged that Gagandeep had called him to inform after the accident that they were hit by a car.

However, the police denied the allegations. A case of rash driving and causing hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others has been registered against the accused under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Sector 3 police station. The accused was later released on bail.

JE caught taking bribe
Tribune News Service

The accused in police custody in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Chandigarh, June 11
The Vigilance Cell of the UT police today arrested a Junior Engineer (JE) of UT electricity department while accepting bribe of Rs 5000 for waiving off a fine on electricity metre tampering at his shop.

The accused, Jitender Prasad, was caught red handed while taking bribe near the Housing Board intersection in Mani Majra. The Vigilance Cell received a complaint from a Mani Majra-based shopkeeper Gulshan Kumar that the JE was demanding bribe to waive off the fine for tampering with the seals of the electricity metre.

DSP (Vigilance) JL Meena said that the JE told the complainant that since he had tampered with the electricity metre, he was liable to pay a fine of Rs 2.11 lakh. As Gulshan Kumar expressed his inability to pay such a huge amount, the JE asked him to pay Rs 50,000 as bribe of remittance of the fine amount.The deal was then settled for Rs 20,000 and Gulshan Kumar had already paid one installment of Rs 5,000 earlier. He had come to pay the second installment today when he complained to the Vigilance Cell. The accused has been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and will be produced in the court tomorrow.

Senior officials under scanner

Police sources said the accused JE told them during interrogation that the bribe money was to be shared amongst seniors as well as juniors including SDE and lineman. Police is verifying this aspect.

SPORTS

Chandigarh beat Patiala, grab 3 points in cricket meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 11
In the second round of the ongoing non-residential inter-academy matches for boys (U-12 to 14), the Chandigarh team defeated Patiala by first innings lead and attained three points. Meanwhile, the Patiala team secured one point from this match. Riding high on Ayush Sikka’s unbeaten knock of 52-runs, the team achieved three points. Mannu Sharma (19 runs) and Satyam Sharma (15 runs) were the other main scorers for the team. Earlier, the Patiala team was bowled out for mere 60-runs in 44.2 overs.

Only Pulkit could reach the double figures with his contribution of 11 runs, followed by Rahul Prasad, who scored 9 runs. While rest of the team completely failed to put up any respectable total on the board. For the bowling side, Satyam Sharma claimed four wickets for 12 runs, while Tavleen Singh supported him well by claiming three wickets for 13. Other than these two, Prabal Sharma chipped in with two wickets for seven runs. In their reply, the Chandigarh team scored 107 runs for the loss of wickets at the end of the match.

Brief scores

Chandigarh (1st innings): 114 all out in 52 overs

Patiala (1st innings): 60 in 44.2 overs (Pulkit 11, Rahul Prasad 9, Satyam Sharma 4 for 12, Tavleen Singh 3 for 13 and Prabal Sharma 2 for 7).

Chandigarh (2nd innings): 107 for 5 in 34 overs (Ayush Sikka 52 not out, Mannu Sharma 19, Satyam Sharma 15, Tejpreet Singh 4 for 46).

In another match, the Amritsar team secured six points while Mohali managed to attain one point. The Amritsar team resume their overnight score of 86 for 5 in 23 overs and went on to finish at 158 runs in 44.3 overs. For them, Abhishek Sharma with his useful knock of 39 runs led the team’s score. He was well supported by Arjun Pappal, who added 29 runs to the team’s total. For Mohali, Ankur claimed seven wickets for 51 runs, while Arjun took one for 46.

In second innings, the Mohali team was bundled out for 101 runs in 40.3 overs, to give a target of 52 runs for Amritsar. Manav Malhotra (46 runs) and Gurdeep Singh (13 runs) were the highest run getters for the Mohali team. Meanwhile, for Amritsar Abhishek Sharma took a five-wicket haul for 51 runs. Dipanshu with his bowling figure of 4 for 18 remained the other noticeable bowler.

In reply , the Amritsar team chased down the target for the loss of just one wicket. Abhishek Sharma (33 run) guided the team to victory.

Brief scores

Mohali (1st innings): 108 in 44.1 overs

Amritsar (1st innings): 158 runs all out in 44.3 overs(Lakshay Mohan 27, Abhishek Sharma 39, Arjun Pappal 29, Ankur 7 for 51, Arjun 1 for 46).

Mohali (2nd innings): 101 in 40.3 overs (Manav Malhotra 46, Gurdeep Singh 13, Abhishek Sharma 5 for 51, Dipanshu 4 for 18). Amritsar (2nd innings)- 53 for 1 (Abhishek Sharma 33).

Udayveer beats Chiraz to lift title
Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 11
Udayveer defeated Chiraz 4-1,1-4 and 7-5, to lift the boys (U-12) category title, during the ongoing Manav- Mangal Total Tennis Academy's Tennis Championship, being held here today. In the girls(U-18) category, Naemat Aulakh registered an easy win over Arshna to book her place in the final of this category. She defeated Arshna 6-3 to face Ashmita Jalali in the semifinal. In another semifinal match of the same category, Ashmita defeated Adita 6-4.

In the semifinal matches of girls (U-12), Mansi outclassed Shreen 6-4 while Samera beat Adita 6-3.

Results

Girls (U-12) quarterfinals- Shreen bt Jasmine 6-1; Samera bt Abhiraj 6-1; semifinals- Mansi bt Shreen 6-4; Samera bt Adita 6-3; Girls (U-18) quarterfinals- Ashna Sharma bt Gurleen Kaur 6-4; Adita bt Arshiya 6-4; Ashmita bt Gulnaj 6-4; Semifinals- Naemat Aulakh bt Arshna 6-3; Ashmita Jalali bt Adita 6-4; Boys (U-14) quarterfinals-Chiraz Singh bt Sehaj Sidhu 6-3; Gourav bt Jyot 6-4; Siddarth bt Shreyas 6-4; semifinal- Chiraz bt Puru Mehta 4-1,1-4,4-2; Boys (U-12) Final-Udayveer bt Chiraz 4-1,1-4,7-5.

Cricket tourney
Chandigarh, Faridabad share points as rain stops play
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 11
In the ongoing Chaudhary Bansi Lal Memorial Cricket Tournament for boys (U-16), organised by Chandigarh Cricket Association (Affiliated with Haryana), the Rohtak Cricket Association team shared an equal point with Faridabad Cricket Association, at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here today. The teams were allotted one-point each, when the match stopped due to rain.

After winning the toss, the Rohtak team posted 254 runs in 24 overs. For them, Shubham scored a useful 61 runs, including 10 boundaries and 2 sixes. Aashish played a 44-run knock, studded with 8 boundaries, while Akshay scored 27 runs, including two boundaries and two sixes. For the bowling side, Vaibav claimed 4 for 63, while Ayush and Ankit claimed two-wickets each.

In reply, the Faridabad Cricket Association could manage to score only 126 runs for 5 wickets in 32 overs before rain poured in. Ankit (45 runs), Robin (32 runs) and Krishna (25 runs) were the substantial scorers for their team. For the bowling side Mohit and Shubham claimed two-wickets each. Shubham of Rohtak and Ankit from Faridabad were adjudged as jointman of the match.