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Kalka, August30
The miscreants decamped with jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh from a house at Bitna village.

According to information, the thieves committed the crime around 2 pm by breaking open the locker of a Godrej almirah from the house of Krishan Kumar near Gugga Mari in Bitna village of Pinjore block. Investigations are on. — OC

Chandigarh, August 30
One of the witnesses in the Mohali DSP Raka Gira’s bribery case turned hostile in the special CBI court here today.

Ram Kumar, a naib reader in the office of Mohali SSP who was mentioned as a witness in the case, today stated before the court that he did not handle one of the files relating to the case.

Ram Kumar in his earlier statement reportedly said that a file pertaining to Dr Nirmal Brar was sent to Raka Gira for re-investigation.

It was on July 24, 2011, that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Raka Gira while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh at her Sector 15 residence here. The CBI also recovered Rs 1 crore, jewellery and some property-related documents from her residence. On the following day, the DSP’s reader Manmohan Singh was also arrested for conniving with her. He turned approver later on.

The CBI officials were acting on a complaint of a Mohali-based builder, Krishan Malhotra. He has cases registered against him by the Punjab Police and Raka Gira was probing two of these. The deal was initially struck for Rs 2 lakh for conducting inquiries in Malhotra’s favour. The DSP was arrested while accepting the first instalment.

Chandigarh, August 30
The court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) PS Kaleka today granted the local police time till September 30 to file its investigation report in response to the petition seeking registration of an FIR against the Municipal Corporation authorities for causing Avinash Kumar’s death due to negligence.

Advocate Pankaj Chandgothia, who filed the petition on behalf of Avinash's kin under Section 156(3) of the CrPC, contended before the court that the police post in-charge at Colony No. 5 was refusing to register an FIR regarding Avinash’s death after hitting stray cattle on a road.

The police had only registered a daily diary report and was not investigating the matter further, he said.

Chandgothia argued that offences under Section 283 (dangerous obstruction on pathway), Section 289 (negligent conduct with regard to animal) and Section 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC were clearly made out against the officials of the Municipal Corporation, including the Mayor, Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and area councilor. He said the police was trying to protect them by not taking the required action.

Chandgothia said cattle carry identification marks made by their owners, and the one that caused the accident should be traced to its owner, so that he could be brought to book.

Chandgothia said the charge of negligence was clearly made out against the corporation officials as they had failed to remove the stray cattle even after a court order, dated September 21 last year.

Following this the pleader from the government sought more time to file the report. The judge directed the police to file the investigation and status report on September 30, the next day of hearing.

Mohali, August 30
The police has arrested a man on the charge of cheating a resident of Chandigarh of Rs 75 lakh. According to the police, the accused, Gurinder Singh was arrested yesterday.

Mohali, August 30
The Mohali police arrested five persons for possessing narcotics and other intoxicating substances.

In all, four kgs of poppy husk, 20 bottles of habit-forming drugs and 500 grams of intoxicating powder were seized from the arrested persons. While the bottles were recovered from one Amrik Singh, Gulzar Singh, Balwinder Singh and Jasvir Singh were arrested for carrying poppy husk. Another accused, Vinod Kumar was held for carrying 500 gms of intoxicating powder. —OC

Chandigarh, August 30
Eklavya Singh of the CLTA won a match that lasted for 3 hours and 30 minutes to beat top-seeded Vikrant Dahiya 5-7, 6-2, and 7-6 in the final match of the U-16 boys' category of the CLTA-AITA Talent Series.

Vikrant took an early break point and had 2-0 lead but Eklavya made a comeback. In the 6th game Eklavya who won the set 7-5.

In the second set, Eklavya used good variations and forehands to win the set 6-2. In the final set, both the players made a good match. Eklavya took a 3-0 lead in the tie- breaker and won the match.

In girls' U-16 category, Prinkle Singh defeated Jannat Khuranna 6-4, 6-1. She took an early lead in the first set against Jannat Khurana. After leading 4-1 in the first set, Prinkle made some unforced errors, which led to Jannat’s win in the next two games. Prinkle, however, maintained her lead and won the first set 6-4. She dominated the second set too and threw her out of competition after winning the set 6-1.

In the U-12 girls' category, Kiran Kalkal defeated Alisha Menon 7-5, 7-6. Both the players rallied with a variety of strokes and played a match that lasted close to 3 hours. In the end, Kiran Kalkal managed to win the title. U-12 boys’ singles final was a one-sided match for Divesh Gahlot. Divesh beat Onkar Apte 6-0, 6-1.

Chandigarh, August 30
Vidushi Rawat of Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, clinched two gold medals at the Inter-School Roller Skating Championship organised by the UT Education Department.

She won both gold medals in rink race -2 and road race of the U-14 category. She has been selected for the National Roller Skating Championship to be organised in January 2014 at Thane in Maharastra. Vidushi has won over 80 medals in the state and national-level skating events. She has won gold medals in the CBSE National Roller Skating Championship held at Kohlapur (Maharastra) and Amritsar (Punjab). She had received the state award from the UT Administration on the Independence Day. She is taking training from Rolling Tigers. Her aim is to win gold medal at the National Open Roller Skating Championship.

Chandigarh, August 30
GMSSS, Sector 19, trounced GSSS, Sector 37, to win the match by 50 runs in the Inter-School Women Cricket Tournament U- 19, today.

Due to rain, the match was reduced to 15 overs. After winning the toss, GMSSS, Sector 19, elected to bat first and without losing any wicket piled up 115 runs in 15 overs. In reply, GSSS-37 did not play well and lost the match by 51 runs

Brief scores

GMSSS, Sector 19: 115/0 in 15 overs. (Manisha 66, Himanshi 23)

GSSS, Sector 37: 65/ 6 in 15 overs (Jyoti 25, Manisha 3 for 9, Kulwinder 2 for 12)

Chandigarh, August 30
In a semifinal match today, all-round performance by Prabhsimran Singh helped St Stephan's, Sector 45, in beating Saupin's School, Sector 32, by two wickets.

St Joseph's has now entered the finals of the U-14 Inter-School League-cum-Knockout Champions Trophy.

Saupin's school skipper Prabhjeet Singh won the toss and elected to bat first and contributed 44 runs. No other batsman, except Gauravdeep Gill, could score in double figures. As a result, the team’s total was restricted to 108 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Bhupinder Singh, Prabhsimran and Anshul Chaudhary took two wickets each. While chasing the target, St Stephen's opener Khusheen Singh added valuable partnership of 52 runs for the opening wicket and lifted up the team's morale.

Saupin’s skipper Prabhjeet successful captured two wickets for his team. Middle order batsman Prabhsimran Singh played well and lifted pressure from his team with his singles and doubles.

The team required 15 runs in the last 2 overs and he scored 13 runs in 19th over and gave crucial victory to his team.

Now, Satluj Public School, Panchkula, will take on St Stephan's in the final match tomorrow.

Chandigarh, August 30
Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, registered a thrilling win over Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS), Sector 36, at the cricket ground of Guru Nanak Public School as part of the ongoing Guru Nanak Public School ’s U-17 Boys’Inter-School Cricket Tournament.

The tournament is being organised by the Chandigarh Cricket Association affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association.

Mount Carmel team won the match with just 2 runs. The winning team won the toss and elected to bat first. But its players did not perform well and the team was bowled out at 80 runs in 20 overs. Rohin and Sarab were the top scorer for Mount Carmel. The Guru Nanak Public School’ Ishan Mavi did most of the damage with his 4-wicket haul.

In reply, the GNPS team could not bat well and was bowled out for 78 runs in 19.5 over, thereby losing the match by 2 runs.

Mount Carmel’s Anantbir played a vital role in the victory of winning team with his four quick wickets for 18 runs. Other bowlers, Vinay and Kanav, who took two wickets each also, played a vital role

Tomorrow, Chandigarh Baptist will play against Saupin’s at the GNPS cricket ground in Sector 36.

Brief score:

Mount Carmel: 80/10 in 20 Overs (Rohin 24, Sarab 20, Ishan Mavi 4 for 11, Aman 2 for 14)

Guru Nanak Public School: 78/10 in 19.5 (Siddharth 36, Bheem 15, Anantbir 4 for 18, Vinay 2 for 14, and Kanav 2 for 10)

Chandigarh, August 30
Second round of Punjab state inter-district group matches for Katoch Shield Trophy will start from August 31.

As per the schedule, Chandigarh will take on Patiala at the DMW Ground, Patiala; Ludhiana will cross swords with Amritsar at the PAU, Ludhiana, while Jalandhar will take on Mohali at the FC Sondhi Cricket Ground, Jalandha,r from August 31 to September 3.

Chandigarh, Mohali and Jalandhar are on top of chart with 3 points each at the end of the first round. Amritsar, Patiala and Ludhiana have one point each.

“The newly developed grounds of DMW Patiala and FC Sondhi Cricket Ground, Jalandhar, will be used for the Katoch Shield matches. All the matches will start at 9.00 am and will be watched by members of the Punjab Senior Selection Committee,” said Sushil Kapoor, spokesperson, PCA.—TNS

Chandigarh, August 30
The team of PMLSD Public School, Sector 32, Chandigarh, won the 14th Pandit Mohan Lal Memorial Basketball Tournament in the boy’s category today.

Sriguru Harkishan Public School, Sector 38, Chandigarh was the first runners-up while DAV School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, was the second runners-up in boys’ section.

Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, Chandigarh, clinched the basketball tournament in girls’ section. The other runners-up were St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32 and ARE Dev Samaj Girls School, Sector 21.

The concluding ceremony was held at PML SD Public School, Sector 32, and Chandigarh. Shweta Arora, Assistant Sectary, Regional Office, CBSE, Panchkula was the chief guest on the occasion.

The host team clinched the winning trophy by thrashing Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School 55-23. A colourful cultural program was presented which enthralled the audience. In the morning too, “hawan” was performed to pay tribute to Pt Mohan Lal, the founder of the institution.

Chandigarh, August 30
Government High School (GHS), Sector 46, defeated Government Model School (GHS), Sector 41, by one point in U-17 boys’ category of the ongoing Inter-School Kho-Kho Competition at Maharishi Dayanand Adarsh Vidyalya, Sector 22.

In another match MDAV, Sector 22, beat GMHS, Sector 41, by 40 points.—TNS

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 30
National boxing champion Jaspalpreet Singh Grewal has won silver and bronze medals in the recently concluded inter-college swimming championship held at Ludhiana.

Jatinder Singh Grewal, a senior boxing coach of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and also the boxing coach of Jaspalpreet said that the boxer has won silver and bronze medals in 50 and 100 meter breaststroke events. He said the inter-college swimming championship for men and women was organised at Guru Nanak Engineering College, Ludhiana, by Punjab Technical University.

Grewal said that Jaspalpreet (20), a student of Gurukul College, Mandi Gobindgarh, has become the first boxer of the college to win medals in swimming events.

Chandigarh, August 30
Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 20, beat Government Senior Secondary School, Khuda Ali Sher, 2-0 in the inaugural match of boys' U-16 category of the 2nd Dev Samaj Dodgeball Trophy at Dev Samaj School, Sector 21.

Matches for boys' U -6 and U-14 categories were played today. In another U-16 category match, Raipur Khurd Club beat Golden Club 2-1(6-3, 2-5, 4-3).

Sri Aurobindo School, Sector 27 A, beat Government Model High School, Sector 26, 2-0 (8-4, 6-2).

Dev Samaj Club beat Supreme Club 2-0 (5-2, 8-3) and Raipur Royals beat Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra, 2-1 (9-6, 5-7, 4-2). In boys' Under-14 category, Sri Aurobindo School beat Prince Club 2-1 (4-2, 3-5, 7-3), and Warrior Club beat Night Rider Club 2-1 (5-4, 3-7, 6-4).