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Patiala, August 5
Team from Lawrence School, Sanawar, lifted the 13th Padma Shri JK Kate Memorial All-India Inter-Public School English Debate Trophy after defeating their arch rival Vivek High School, Chandigarh.

The topic for the debate was “freedom of expression must include the licence to offend”. The chief guest for the grand finale to the two-day marathon modified Cambridge format debate was Dr Sardar Anjum, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri.

The best speaker of JAM was Eastpal Singh from Punjab Public School, Nabha, (PPS) The best speaker award for Turncoat and Semifinal-I went to Shivani T Munshani from Lawrence School, Sanawar. The best speaker award for final and overall best debater award went to Shivani T Munshani from the same school. Anahita Sachdev from Vivek High School, Chandigarh, was adjudged the best speaker for semifinal-II. The team from Vivek High School, Chandigarh, was awarded the runners-up trophy.

Speaking on the occasion Dr Anjum said the future of the country was safe when we had such vigilant and enlightened debaters in our midst. Dwelling further on the values of heroism and patriotism, he gave a clarion call to the young minds to cultivate and nurture the sense of sacrifice for the country. Jagpreet Singh, headmaster, Punjab Public School, Nabha, presented the chief guest with a memento as a token of love and fond remembrance. Singh proposed the vote of thanks and assured all the participating teams from different parts of the country that debating in PPS will be even more stimulating next year with a new format coming into being.

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 5
SAD (B) candidate, Devinder Singh Behlolpur, was unanimously elected as chairman of block samiti, Sirhind, whereas Soma Rani, who was elected as the Congress candidate from Ajnali Zone but joined SAD (B) recently, was made vice chairperson. 

SDM Fatehgarh Sahib, Pooja Sayal, conducted the election meeting. Ten members out of 15 attended the meeting. Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra Halka in charge along with his supporters was keeping a close watch on the election outside the venue of the meeting. Name of Devinder Singh Behlolpur was proposed by Kuldeep Singh Sondha and seconded by Harinder Singh Lucky, the house gave its consent and he was declared elected chairman unanimously. Similarly, the name of Soma Rani was purposed by Surinder Singh Suhagheri seconded by Gurbhaj Singh and house gave its consent and she was declared elected vice-chairperson. Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra said he was assigned the job by party president, Sukhbir Badal, for the election of block samiti chairman, Sirhind. — OC

Mohali, August 5
With the arrest of seven persons, the police has claimed to have cracked several cases of burglary and theft.

The police said it had recovered stolen items worth Rs 8 lakh from the accused, identified as Jagtar Singh, a resident of Mundi Kharar, Bhag Singh, alias Lalli, a resident of Sohana village, Suraj Kumar, a resident of Daun village, Charanjit Singh, alias Channa, Hardeep Singh, alias Tony, Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, and Sapinder Singh, alias Lallu, all resident of Morinda.

SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said they had also recovered a three-wheeler, a motorcycle, two two-wheelers, three watches, one laptop, gold, silver jewellery and seven mobile phones from the accused. that these miscreants were active in Mohali area for past few months.

Special checkpoints were being laid in various parts of the town, he said.

Chandigarh, august 5
A father has been booked by the Chandigarh Police for molesting his 17- year- old daughter here at Mani Majra.

The police said Kuldeep Singh working as peon with the Haryana Horticulture Department was accused of sexually abusing his daughter.

Police sources said the teenager told her mother that Kuldeep Singh used to sexually abuse her on several occasions.

Acting on the complaint, the police has registered a case of offensive sexual behaviour and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against Kuldeep Singh. Kuldeep Singh was later arrested from Mani Majra.

Chandigarh, August 5
Players participating in the ongoing inter-school tae kwon do championship for boys and girls are facing a harrowing time, with the tourney being organised in a small hall situated at the basement of a local school.

Instead of organising the tourney at some prominent place, the UT Education Department is conducting the tourney in a small hall at Shishu Niketan School, Sector 43, leaving the players suffocated and under high risk of injury. The basement is witnessing the presence of more than 50 people, including officials, at a particular time. The crowded hall and absence of a proper ventilation system left the players gasping.

“As per the guidelines and common understanding, the tourneys should be organise in a proper manner. Every government school has a big hall. We have a sports complex at Sector 42, hall at Panjab University but even then, the UT Education Department opted to organise the tourney in this small room. Being the only martial art event, the tournament has witnessed an overwhelming response, but everything is going waste,” said a coach.

Also, the carpet area for organising the fights is being laid near a pillar, which could have become a reason of major injury for the fighters. “To avoid any kind of injury, these kinds of fights should be organised in an area with open space. But here, the players are playing under high risk of injury. The pillar on the carpet is a major danger to these players. And ironically, there is no space between the carpet and the table of the technical bench. If a player, while falling down, comes in contact with any sharp corner or the bench or table, it could turn fatal for him,” said Suraj Maheshri, a spectator.

Notably, the first-aid box kept for the convenience of players does not carry bandages or ice-pack. The players in these games mostly face internal injuries. “The organisers should have conducted the tourney somewhere else. There is no place to perform. It is too suffocating in this small hall,” said Piyush Rana, a player. 

Patiala, August 5
Gursewak Singh Sidhu defeated Manish Saini to emerge victorious in the 1st Dr Bipin Saronwala Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament at Patiala. In the women’s single category, Neha emerged champion by defeating Pallavi.

Cabinet Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra gave away the prizes to the winners. Director, Sports, Punjab, Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon, and Dr Naveen Saronwala were also present on the occasion.

Results

Gursewak Singh Sidhu won gold medal in men’s singles category, Manish Saini won silver. In women’s singles, Neha won gold medal and Palalvi won silver medal. In veterans above 60 years category, Jitender Kishore won gold medal and Ravi Dhawan won silver. In veterans above 50 years category, JL Bhandari won the gold medal while Amarot Singh won a silver medal. In veterans above 40 years category, Manmeet Singh won gold and RK Aggarwal won silver. In women singles category, Avinash Kaur won gold medal and Suman Gupta won silver. In club single category, Dr BP Singh won gold medal and Pardeep Monga won silver.

In lucky doubles category, the duo of Jawahar Bhandari and Abhimanyu won gold and Manish Saini while Ritika Bansal won silver. In boys’ U-18 category, Abhimanyu won gold medal and Nikhil Saini won silver. In girls’ U- 18 category, Ritika won gold and Pohmi Khosla won silver medal. In boys’ U-15 category, Nikhil Saini won gold medal and Kanav Malhotra won silver medal.

In girls’ U-15 category, Prabhsimran Kaur won gold medal while Shreya Bhatacharya won the silver. In the boys’ U-12 category, Karan Singh won gold medal while Karan Kalra won the silver medal. In girls’ U-12 category, Bhakti Goyal won the gold medal and Tarninder Kaur won the silver medal. 

Chandigarh, August 5
Sharks Football Club has won the SJOBA Six-a-Side Sandeep Bangia Memorial Soccer Tournament.

In the final match, the team defeated Phoenix XI by 4-1. Winning skipper Ranjit Bajaj scored first goal through a brilliant free-kick to put the Sharks ahead 1-0 in the 11th minute. Four minutes later, Sahil Sahgal doubled their lead to seal the half at 2-0. In the second half, the strikers of Shark club continued their goal streak and scored two more goals through Amanpreet Singh and Samreet Lega in the 25th and 30th minutes, respectively. Later, Phoenix XI reduced their margin through Abhinav to seal the match 4-1. During the prize distribution ceremony, Ranjit Bajaj (Sharks) was awarded the best goal keeper (golden gloves), Sahil Sahgal (sharks) was awarded best striker . Chander Singh (St John's High School Team) was awarded as the best defender. Amanpreet Singh Bonny was adjudged best midfielder while Varun Chabbra (Superstars) was given the best veteran player award.

Chandigarh, August 5
Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) will organise the 3rd All India Invitational Cricket Tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy of boys (U-19) from October 1 to 13 at the cricket grounds of Chandigarh, Mohali and Patiala.

A total of 8 teams will participate in the tournament and the participating teams will be divided into two pools consisting of four teams each. The tournament will be played on league basis and the matches will be of two days duration while the final will remain a four-day affair. Top teams of each pool will qualify for the finals and the decider will be played at the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, Patiala from October 10 to 13.

According to Sushil Kapoor, tournament director, the winning team will be awarded a cash prize of Rs1 lakh and a winner’s trophy while the runners-up team will get Rs 50,000 and a runners-up trophy. During the tournament, the organisers will also adjudge man of the match, best bowler, best batsman and best all-rounder of the tournament. 

Chandigarh, August 5
Cricket team of St Stephen School, Sector 45, defeated Shivalik School, Mohali, by 133 runs during a match of ongoing 4th league-cum-knock out cricket tournament for boys (U-14) at St Joseph's School, Sector 44.

Anshul and Khushleen Singh enabled the team to register an impressive win over their rivals. After electing to bat first, the winning side posted a score of 182 runs in 20 overs. The team's inning was studded by a quick-fire of Anshul, who scored 74 runs off 47 balls. He was equally supported by Khushleen Singh, who later chipped in 47 runs off 32 balls. The duo stood for a 95-run partnership for the opening wicket. In reply, the team of Shivalik School could manage only 49 runs. For Shivalik, Arshdeep scored 16 runs and was the top scorer. 

Mohali, August 5
Rishabh Sharda defeated Abhay Mohan, in a first round match of boys (U-14) category, during the ongoing AITA Total Tennis Championship being held at The British School, Sector 70, today.

Rishabh trounced his opponent 9-0. In other matches of the same category, Raghav Negi defeated Chaitanya Choudhary 9-4 while Chiraz Singh beat Puru Mehta 9-3. The other matches were postponed due to heavy showers. 

Chandigarh, August 5
Fencers of Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 10, brought laurels in the ongoing Inter-School Fencing Competition for boys (U-19).

The team secured the top spot with a total of 48 points. The team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, finished runners-up with 13 points while fencers of AKIPS School, Sector 71, secured third spot with 10 points.

Results

Boys (U-19): Team- Foil-1. Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-10; 2. Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-15; 3. Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-40; Epee: Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-10; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector -15; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector -33;Sabre: Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15; Government Model Senior Secondary School Sector -33; Individuals: Ravi (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector -10); Kanav (PMLSD-32); Ravi (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-10); Deepak (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector -10); Puran(Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector -10) Puran (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector -10); Kanav (PMLSD-32); Mohan (Government Model Senior Seconday School, Sector -10);Taruwar (Government Model Senior Seconday School, Khud Ali Sher); Ramesh (Government Model Senior Seconday School, Sector -15) ; Sahil (Bhavan Vidlaya); Harkiran(SGHPS-40).—TNS

Panchkula, August 5
Players of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, won top positions during the Panchkula District Inter-School Lawn Tennis Championship held at Gymkhana Club, Sector 6.

The competition was organised by District Education Department, Panchkula, with over 100 players participating in it. — TNS

Chandigarh, August 5
Softball team of the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, during a match of ongoing Inter-School Softball Tournament for boys (U-19) at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, today.

In another match, the team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, trounced Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 47.—TNS