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Fatehgarh Sahib, August 4
Kulwinder Kaur, a confidant of Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, General Secretary, SAD (B)-cum-SAD (B) Halka Incharge for Fatehgarh Sahib, was elected as the chairperson of the Block Samiti, Khera, in an election meeting held at Community Center, Khera, today.

Kulwinder Kaur’s name was proposed by Ashok Kumar and seconded by Sukhdev Singh Patarsi. The house unanimously elected her as the chairperson.

The officials had earlier gathered at the residence of Chandumajra and authorised him to give a name for the post of the chairperson and vice-chairman. A confidant of Prof Chandumajra then disclosed the names in a meeting.

Assistant Commissioner Harjot Kaur and 13 out of the 15 newly elected members were also present in the meeting.

Dera Bassi, August 4
A five-day faculty development programme on Induction Training on Cloud Computing through ICT concluded on Friday at Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi. The programme was organised by SSIET in collaboration with National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR).

Over 50 participants from Sri Sukhmani Polytechnic, Dera Bassi; PCET, Lalru; Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi; SVIET, Banur; and Ram Devi Jindal, Lalru, participated in the closing ceremony of the video conferencing schedule. Prof Avtar Singh, chairman, Sukhmani Group, expressed his concern over the quality of technical education in various colleges.

Patiala, August 4
A fine knock of 99 runs by Ibdat and a well supported 52-run contribution by Anshuman Thakur helped Black Elephant Cricket Club (BECC) score 262 runs before being all out in 45.4 overs in the Sunday League U-14 Cricket Tournament. The Black Elephant Cricket Club defeated the DMWCC by 170 runs in the match played at the host’s ground today.

After winning the toss, the DMWCC elected to field first. The decision of the DMWCC backfired when the BECC scored 262 runs. Chasing the huge total, DMWCC were bowled out after scoring 92 runs. Rahul Kumar with 19 runs was the top scorer for the DMWCC. 

Chandigarh, August 4
The UT police today arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman on the pretext of providing her a job. The accused has been identified as Jasmer Singh, a resident of Raipur Khurd village in Mohali district.

The police said the accused and the victim were known to each other and he assured her a job. The complainant stated that the accused had brought her to a Sector 45 hotel where he allegedly raped her on July 29.The victim later approached the police and medical examination confirmed rape. The victim alleged that the accused threatened her of dire consequences if she reported the matter to the police.

The accused was presented in a local court which sent her to judicial custody. 

Chandigarh, August 4
The UT police has arrested two persons and recovered a stolen motorcycle from their possession. The accused have been identified as Tejinder Singh, a resident of Sohana village, and Saleem Khan, a resident of Manouli village, SAS Nagar district.

The accused were on a motorcycle bearing a fake registration number CH-01Y-1964. The police said the accused were stopped near the Sector 43/44 roundabout for routine verification and the police found the registration number to be fake.

During questioning, the accused told the police that they had stolen the two-wheeler.

The accused were produced in a local court which remanded them in police custody. 

Chandigarh, August 4
Girls’ and boys’ (U-14) teams of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, won the finals of the 1st Sub-Junior State Netball Championship for Moti Ram Arya Netball 
Trophy.

In the final match of the girls’ category, the winning side defeated Moti Ram School, Sector 27, 8-7. In the same category, the team of Unified Club defeated St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, 6-3, to win the third place in the event.

In the finals of boys’ category, the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, clinched the title by defeating Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, 14-12. In the match for attaining the third place, the team of Moti Ram School, Sector 27, beat Golden Club 15-10.

Results: (finals U-16): Girls’ (U-16): Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, beat Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, 10-7. 3rd place: Unified Club beat St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, 9-4. Boys: Moti Ram Coaching Centre, Sector 27, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School Club, Sector 20, 16-15. 3rd place: St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, beat KBDAV School, Sector 7, 13-9. 

Chandigarh, August 4
In the ongoing 4th St Joseph’s League-cum-Knockout Inter-School Cricket Tournament, the team of Satluj Public School, Panchkula, and St John’s School, Sector 26, registered wins in their respective matches, held at St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, today.

In the first match, the Panchkula outfit defeated Chitkara International School by 124 runs. All-rounder Sharvan helped his team script a thumping victory by scoring 55 runs.

Earlier, batting first, the Satluj side posted a total of 159 runs in 20 overs. Along with Shaarvan, his counterpart Nehal Panji contributed 35 runs for the team’s total. For the bowling side, Nishant hogged the limelight claiming 3 wickets by giving away 22 runs. Ritik took 2 wickets giving away only 13 runs. In reply, the batsmen of Chitkara team failed to face the bowlers of Satluj team and were bowled out for a paltry score of 35 runs in 12 overs. For the bowling side, Sahil Vashisth claimed wickets with Aryan and Kshitiz taking two wickets each.

Brief scores: Satluj Public School, Panchkula: 159/8 in 20 overs ( Sharvan: 55, Nehal Pajni: 35, Ritik: 2 for 13, Nishant: 3 for 22).

Chitkara International: 35/11 overs (Joban: 10, Jai: 5, Sahil Vashist: 3 for 7, Aryan Verma: 2 for 5, Kshitiz: 2 for 5).

In the second match, St John’s High School defeated St. Annie’s School-32 by three wickets. Batting first, St Annie’s team posted 71 runs before being all out in 17.1 overs with Rashandeep (16 runs) and Rajkamal (9 runs) making major contributions.

For St John’s team, Spandan claimed 3 wickets giving away 19 runs. Chasing the target, the winning side scored the required 72 runs in the 18th over, with the help of Nikhil (23 runs) and Tanish (10 runs).

Brief scores: St Annie’s School: 71/10 in 18.5overs ( Rashandeep: 16, Rajkamal: 9, Manan: 8, Paritosh 2 for 15, Spandan: 3 for 19,Ratish: 2 for 10).

St John’s School-26: 72/ 7 in 17.1 overs (Nikhil: 23, Tanish: 10, Madhav: 2 for 11).

In tomorrow’s matches, St Stephen’s School-45 will face Baptist School and in the boys’ (U-12) category, St Kabir School-26 will play against Mount Carmel School- 47. 

Chandigarh, August 4
Chandigarh Rifle Association will organise the 38th Chandigarh State Shooting Championship from August 10 to 12 at the Markfed Shooting Ranges, Phase VI, Mohali.

The categories for events include .177 air rifle/pistol, .22 rifle, .22 standard pistol, .22 free pistol .22 sports pistol and centre fire pistol. 

Mohali, August 4
The 65th Annual General Body Meeting of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) was held at the Dhruv Pandove Conference Hall of the PCA Cricket Stadium, today.

The meeting was held under the presidentship of IS Bindra and MP Pandove, Honorary Secretary of the PCA. An award ceremony was also held to felicitate two senior members, RK Mahajan from Jalandhar and Dr DN Jauhar of Patiala. The president of the PCA also honoured Chaman Lal Malhotra and Swaranjit Singh Bhatt, two veteran cricketers for their outstanding contribution to the game. Malhotra, Chairman of the Punjab Senior Selection Committee, had represented the state from 1952-1971 while Swaranjit Singh Bhatt played cricket with distinction from 1952-1962.

In the upcoming talent categories, Siddharth Kaul was declared the best emerging cricketer of the state for his haul of 68 wickets during this season. In the women’s category, Harmanpreet Kaur of Moga was honoured for being the first women cricketer from Punjab to captain India’s women’s team against Bangladesh.

During the meeting, the Chandigarh Cricket Association was awarded Rs 5,00,000 and declared as the best district for securing 12 points in the inter-district championship while Patiala captured the second spot.

Justice SS Sodhi (retd) presented a cash award of Rs 2,50,000 to RP Pandove, Honorary Secretary, Patiala Cricket Association.

The House also unanimously elected its executive Committee for the year 2013-14.

The executive committee is as under: Surjit Rai, Vinod Chitkara, RP Pandove, Mohinder Singh, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Dr AGS Bawa, OD Sharma, Sandeep Budhiraja, Raman Ghai, Krishan Lal Saraf, Rakesh Rathore, Ajay Tyagi, RP Singla, Amar Bindra, Rajiv Mittal, RS Sachdeva, PMS Banga, Chief Administrator, PUDA, representative of the GNDU, Amritsar.

Chandigarh, August 4
Cricket academy of the Millennium School registered a 3-wicket win over the Golden Cricket Academy during a match of the 4th Vivek Trophy Cricket Tournament for boys (U-14) being held at Vivek High School, Sector 38, today.

After electing to bat first, the winning side restricted the Golden Cricket Academy to a mere 102 runs in the allotted 20 overs. The team’s innings was studded with a 48-run partnership between Akshay and Bharat. Akshay contributed 28 runs while Bharat scored 20 runs for the team’s total.

Satpreet remained the other main scorer with his 18-run contribution. For the bowling side, Yuvraj and Prabhmehar claimed two wickts each. On the other end, batting second, the team of Millennium School achieved the target in 18.5 overs. Jasdeepak contributed 25 runs whereas Adeshwar scored 19 runs to guide their team to victory. Prabhmehar of the Millennium School, was adjudged the man of the match for contributing 21 runs and claiming two wickets off 21 runs.

Brief scores

Golden Cricket Academy: 102/6 (Akshay: 28 runs, Bharth: 20 runs, Satpreet: 18 runs, Yuvraj 2 for 20 runs, Prabhmehar 2 for 21 runs).Millennium School: 103/7 in 18.5 overs (Jasdeepak: 25 runs, Adeshwar: 19 runs, Prabhmehar: 21 runs, Ninaad 2 for 16 runs, Divyam 3 for 4 runs). 

Chandigarh, August 4
After years of wait, the ball has finally been set rolling for the Punjab Cricket Association's new stadium at Mullanpur near the PGI.

The stadium will finally start taking a concrete shape as the construction work for the boundary wall will begin shortly.

Punjab Cricket Association secretary MP Pandove said, "The work will start shortly. All the formalities have been completed and we are now in the final stages now." If his words are to be believed the PCA is in the process of erecting a top class stadium with probably the best facilities in the world.

Pandove said, "We have written to four-five top architects of the world who specialises in building stadiums." Among those to whom the PCA has written are the architects of Jamtha Stadium run by the Vidarbha Cricket Association.

Chandigarh, August 4
Two local cricketers, Vaibhav Kaushik and Ramandeep Singh, have been selected to represent the nation in the upcoming international cricket tournament for boys (U-16) under the aegis of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI).

Vaibhav, skipper of the St John's School, Sector 26, and Ramandeep Singh, player of Saupin's School, Sector 32, have been short listed for the 16-member final squad during the final selection procedure held at Agra today. A total of five players from City Beautiful were attending the probables’ camp at Agra-based pre-selection coaching camp. A player, Uttkarsh, has been selected in the reserves list.

Vaibhav started following the game when he was seven-years old. In his early days, he went to Lahore to watch an India-Pakistan ODI at the Gaddaffi Stadium, Lahore, and soon after returning to City Beautiful, he joined a local cricket academy. Since, then he is playing the game and eyeing the laurels. "I am very happy with my selection in the squad. This will be my maiden representation for the country and I will try to give my best. The pre-selection coaching camp and precise practice sessions at Chandigarh helped me book my place in the final squad.

"An event held in Chandigarh was a real exposure and on the basis of my performance in that tournament, I was called for the pre-coaching camp," said Vaibhav, who aims to be like his favourite cricketers Rahul Dravid and AB de Villiers".

The 16-member final squad will tour Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England over the course of a year. Earlier, this year in January, the local cricket team of boys (U-16) secured third place at the national school games for cricket (boys' U-16) tournament organised under the School Games Federation of India. Both the players were short listed on the basis of their performance in nationals.

"I am very excited about the upcoming competition. The tournament will be a great exposure after the recently held nationals. During the 5-day camp at Agra, we underwent precise training sessions so as to overcome pressure. As a middle-order batsman, there remains a high pressure to perform. Hopefully, I will be standing up for my team," said Ramandeep.

The Panchkula lad is the only player from Haryana in the 16-member squad.

Yuvraj Singh, a student of Hansraj Public School Panchkula, and a member of Chandigarh team that won the third place in the nationals also successfully made his place in the final team of the 16-member squad.

He is the only player from Haryana who got selected in the 16-member squad. The all-rounder is looking forward to perform well in his upcoming international tournament.