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Patiala, October 16
Three three-day zonal youth festival of Punjabi University entered its second day at Patiala College of Education, Hardaspur, today. Dharampal Gupta (IAS) was the chief guest on the occasion.

On the second day of the fest, various competitions such as plays, mimicry, playing classical instruments, debate, elocution, collage making, cartooning, poster making and photography were held.

Dr Satish Kumar Verma, director, Youth Welfare Department of the university, had inaugurated the festival yesterday.

College chairman Satish Goyal, managing director Rakesh Goyal and director Jagjit Singh welcomed the guests and the participants.

On day 1 events such as Gidha, quiz, clay modelling, rangoli making were held. An on the spot painting competition was also organised on the occasion.

Government College for Girls lifted the Gidha trophy, while Punjabi university stood second. Khalsa College and Modi College were bracketed third.

Banur, October 16
Following a family dispute, a married woman was allegedly murdered by her in-laws a few days ago. The deceased has been identified as Neha.

The Police has registered a case against in-laws for murdering the woman after the father of the victim lodged a report at the police station accusing the husband of the deceased, Deepak Khanna, his father Parmanand Khanna, his mother Raj Rani, sisters Vandna and Kiran Ahuja, and brother Balkishan Ahuja, as responsible for the death of his daughter.

According to information, the victim was allegedly shot dead by her husband and the body was thrown at a hilly area in Himachal Pradesh. The body of the deceased has not been found yet and the accused are also absconding. Station House Officer Bikramjeet Singh said a police party has gone to Shimla to search for the dead body.

A case has been registered under Sections 302, 201 and 120-B of the IPC against all the accused. 

Dera Bassi, October 16
Workers of Panacea Biotech Limited, Lalru, have accused the company management of continually harassing them by transferring workers to other plants and alleged that their demands are also lying pending.

President of Employees Union, Jasmer Rana and leader of Employees Union, AITUC, Venod Chug said the company workers formed a union at the Lalru plant some days back, but the company management wants to break the union and so they are transferring them at the Gurgaon plant unnecessarily. “Workers have written a letter to Labour Commissioner, Punjab, for the registration of the union but due to the pressure put by company officials, no union certificate has been issued yet,” alleged a worker.

Union leaders have demanded that transfer of workers should be cancelled and genuine demands should be accepted. 

Ropar, October 16
Two students of IIT Bhaddal Technical Campus won gold medals in the PTU examinations.

While Eru Mahajan bagged first position in BTech EIE, Jasdeep Kaur stood first in BArch.

Eru Mahajan scored 84.41 per cent in the examinations and Jasdeep Kaur got first position by securing 80.63 per cent.

Mohali, October 16
A lok adalat will be held here on November 23 to settle bank-related cases.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the District Legal Services Authority, which was presided over by Jagroop Singh Mahal, Chairman, Permanent Lok Adalat, Mohali.

Regional representatives of banks whose cases were pending in various courts were among those present.

Mahal asked the bank officials to bring as many cases as possible to the permanent lok adalat for settlement.

He said at the lok adalat cases were settled much faster and time and money were saved.

Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority Tarn Taran Singh Bindra asked the officials to draw up a list of the ongoing cases in the Mohali courts.

The bank officials gave an assurance that they would try to present the maximum number of cases at the November 23 lok adalat.

Mohali, October 16
In the murder case of local advocate Amarpreet Singh, the court today issued notice to jail superintendent, Ludhiana, for not sending two of the nine accused to attend the court hearing today.

The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Manjot Kaur issued notice to the jail superintendent as two accused, Dharminder and Jaswinder, who have been lodged in a Ludhiana jail, were not sent to today’s court hearing.

The court directed the jail superintendent to give his explanation in this connection. It also issued production warrants of the duo and issued directions to appear in the next hearing on October 23 by all means.

The other accused - Rajat, Kevin Sushant, Sunbir, Onkar Singh, Sunil Bhanot, Vishal Shekhawat and Deepak Kaushal - were present in the court.

The accused had shot down local advocate Amarpreet Singh in an indiscriminate firing on February 27 at Phase 3B1, here.

Amarpreet’s cousin Gaganjot Singh and his friend had also sustained injuries after receiving shots in the firing following which the police had registered a case under Sections 302, 307, 427, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54, 59 of the Arms Act against the accused at the Mataur police station.

Zirakpur, October 16
A 17-year-old teenager, a caterer by profession, was reported to be missing from October 7.

The teenager has been identified as Sawan Kumar, a resident of the Barmajra Colony, Mohali.

According to information, Sawan had come to Zirakpur in search of work. He was involved in catering work from quite some time, said his father, Satpal Verma.

A case has been registered under Section 365 of the IPC.

Chandigarh, October 16
A scuffle between two residents of Vikas Nagar resulted in one of them losing his life as he was pushed on the railway track by the other.

An eyewitness told the police that late evening both youths were having a serious argument on some issue and tried to manhandle each other near the railway track in Vikas Nagar. When Mashin was pushed by the accused on the track, a rail engine that was passing through the track crushed his body.

Railway police station SHO Tirath Ram said a case had been registered against the unidentified accused and efforts were on to arrest him. Sources said as the eyewitness had denied to reveal any other details, the police was facing problem in apprehending the culprit.

The sources said Mashin had a criminal record and was involved in theft and snatching cases.

Patiala, October 16
Riding high on the unbeaten double century scored by Ibadat Thaman (204), hosts Black Elephant Cricket Club (BECC) defeated Sunshine Cricket Club (SCA), Rohtak, by 157 runs to enter the final of the second edition of Dussehra Cup Cricket Tournament.

BECC will face DCC, Delhi, in the final, to be played on Thursday. Left-handed batsman Ibadat Thaman helped his team script a thumping victory by scoring 204 (not out), including 25 boundaries. He was supported by Jagjit Dass and Abhisek, who scored 64 runs and 31 runs respectively, to help their team gather 332 runs for the loss of one wicket in 50 overs match.

Chasing the total, SCA, Rohtak, was bowled out for a paltry score of 157 runs in 44.2 overs.

Brief Score

BECC, Patiala - 332 for one in 50 overs (Ibadat 204 not out, Jagjit 64, Abhisek 31 not out, Sushant one for 31 runs)

SCC, Rohtak - 175 all out in 44.2 overs (Abhishek three for 31 runs, Abhisek Vaid two for 18 runs)

In the second semi-final, Dronacharya Cricket Foundation (DCF), Delhi, defeated Sanklap Cricket Club (SCC) by 79 runs at the YPS ground.

Batting first, DCF, Delhi, scored 218 for the loss of six wickets in 50 overs. Parduman (109 runs), Manveer (44) and Likhit (34) contributed the lion’s share.

Sonipat team was all out for 139 runs, while Paraduman claimed three wickets for 13 runs.

Brief score

DCF, Delhi : 218 for six wickets in 50 overs ( Paraduman 109, Manveer 44, Likhit 34, Sagar Dhiya three for 41runs, Anshy Narang three for 53 runs)

SCC, Sonipat : 139 for all out in 46 overs (Gaurav 36, Tarun 19, Sagar Dhiya 17, Saurav 14)

Chandigarh, October 16
The national selector and vice-president of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), Tejinder Singh Dhillon, has been appointed as the jury member for the upcoming 6th Asian Championship by the Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC).

Dhillon was also recently appointed as the General Manager of Lake Sports Complex, by the UT Administration.

Inspector-General of Police Dhillon (retd) will be the only Indian jury member, among the 12-member jury panel for the tournament starting from October 19 at Tehran, Iran.

The event will host events of pistol and rifle categories in men, women, junior and senior groups. It is for the first time that the 6th Asian championship will witness all the events of pistol and rifle categories. Earlier, the championship was organised only in the Air gun category.

“Last year, I was appointed as a judge in the 5th Asian Air gun Championship held at Nanchang, China,” said Dhillon.

“As a judge, our panel would supervise the entire proceedings of the tournament. The members will also take charge of any objections, total marks, dress code, trigger weight and other aspects of the competition,” said Dhillon, also a recipient of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award.

“As many as 66 shooters will represent the nation in all the categories of the competition. And as per the recent performances, I am hopeful that the shooters will bag good amount of medals. Samaresh Jung, Sanjeev Rajput, Digvijay Kumar, Anjali Bagwat, are some names that are expected to lead our nation’s medal tally,” said Dhillon.

On his appointment in Chandigarh, he said he will try to make it a must visit place for sports lovers. “The facilities will be upgraded soon,”said the jury member.

Chandigarh, October 16
GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar, won the Inter-College Football Championship for women (A-division) today. SGGS Khasa College, Mahilpur, and SHSM College for Women, Chella Makhsuspur, secured second and third positions respectively.

In the last league matches, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, beat GNCG, Muktsar, 6-0, while GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar, ended the match in a 1-1 draw against SHSM College Chella Makhsusrpur.

Chandigarh, October 16
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has planned to come up with a SAI Coaching Centre for the northern centre near Zirakpur.

“We are ready with a lay out of the complex. Now, the government will be taken in confidence so that we can start with the project. All we need is to get some land and build over the international standard complex,” said the director general of SAI, Jiji Thomson.

The director general said the complex would be an internationally-acclaimed sports complex with all ultra modern facility.

“Punjab has contributed a lot but at present the area needs to be uplifted with coaching, equipment and exposure. Keeping in mind the future of the state and players, we have come up with this project,” said Jiji Thomson.

Much concern on extension centres

“The local authorities are looking after the extension centres,” said Thomson. The regional director said if there are some complaints at the local level, the matter will be looked into.

Directorate of Sports, PU, has administrative problems

When asked about the recent non-participation of football and hockey teams (boys and girls) in an inter-college tournament, the officials put the blame on the administrative tribulations in Directorate of Sports, Panjab University. “I was conveyed that there is some problem in administrative part of the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University,” said Sanjeev Sharma, regional director coaching. About non-participation of other teams, the official said coaches have been asked to give explanations for the setback.

Chandigarh, October 16
As many as eight local boxers bagged medals in the recently concluded 20th Senior Men Northern India Boxing Championship, at Srinagar. The tally includes three silver and five bronze medals.

Winners

Lakshya 54 kg (silver medal), Neeraj 69 kg (silver medal), Jaspreet 75 kg (silver medal), Vijay 49 kg (bronze medal), Ajay 51 kg (bronze medal), Shubam 60 kg (bronze medal), Varinder 64 kg (bronze medal), Navjot +91 kg (bronze medal)

Chandigarh, October 16
The Idea cellular company will be hosting the Idea Junior Champions League’ in Punjab, for the third consecutive year.

The championship will be organised in athletics, volleyball, basketball, hockey and judo events. Tournament will be held across six cities, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda. 

Chandigarh, October 16
Punjab will face Chattisgarh in the final of the ongoing All India Invitational Handball Tournament for women.

In the first semi-final played today, Chhattisgarh defeated Haryana 29-27.

For the winning side, Matti Murmu contributed 10 goals, while Anita and Durga scored five goals each. Rajni remained the other main scorer for the team.

Punjab defeated host Chandigarh, 38-24, in the second semi-final.

Pawandeep scripted the team’s win with scoring 10 goals. Rajwant netted eight goals to add to the tally, leading the team to emerge victorious.