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Two killed in accidents

The second such incident in three days should act as a wake-up call for the police and the Child Welfare Department. Strict action should be taken against people who dump their baby girls. They should be identified and booked immediately. 

Chandigarh, November 17
In a case of evasion of the value added tax (VAT) in sale of cars by Padam Motors, the UT Excise and Taxation Department has so far detected at least 36 cases in which the vehicles have been registered on the basis of bogus sale invoice numbers. Yesterday, the department has imposed a penalty of Rs 21.50 crore on the dealer for evasion of the VAT.

Details of around 300 cars sold through the dealers in 2011, 2012 and 2013 are being scrutinised by the department.

Since the Chandigarh Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) does not have any mechanism to establish the authenticity of the sale invoice numbers, the vehicle were registered. In some of the cases, the car dealer has used the sale invoice number and details of the purchaser to generate a bogus sale invoice for another vehicle.

Commissioner, Excise and Taxation, Mohammed Shayin, said after asking for the penalty from the defaulting dealer, the issue of bogus invoice number for registration of vehicles would be taken up. It has been seen in some cases that same invoice number was used to sell four different cars, thus evading the VAT at a rate of 12.5 per cent.

As per the rule, even if the dealer goes in appeal against the tax demand he has deposit 25 per cent of the tax amount.

During a door-to-door survey of the car owners, the department was surprised to find out that the purchaser of the car was not aware about the bogus sale invoice papers and different vehicles being registered against the same persons and same invoice number.

Sources reveal that after a similar fraud was detected in Punjab, the transport department verifies the sale invoice numbers. 

Chandigarh, November 17
Govind National College, Narangwal, Ludhiana, defeated Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management, Ludhiana, to win Panjab University Inter-College Cricket Championship trophy for Boys (B -Division), that concluded at the cricket grounds of the Panjab University campus, here today. The Narangwal team beat the Ludhiana side by five wickets.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management, Ludhiana, posted 140 runs and was all out in 27.5 overs. Piyush Gulati played sensibly and contributed 44 runs while Vishal Bawa scored 29 runs. Amandeep (26 runs) and Sahil(22 runs) were the other noticeable scorers for the team. For bowling side, Thakur Singh claimed 4 wickets by giving away 22 runs in 6 overs. Ramandeep supported Thakur and claimed 3 wickets by giving away 15 runs in 6 overs. Jagdeep was the other noticeable wicket taker. He took 2 wickets by giving away 47 runs in 5.5 overs.

In reply, Govind National College, Narangwal, reached the target with the loss of 5 wickets in 21.5 overs. Athul Thakur scripted his team’s win with his 59-run contribution whereas Sanjay scored 45 runs for sealing the victory. Among bowlers, Bhupinder claimed 2 wickets by giving away 20 runs in 3 overs while Dilveen took 1 wicket by giving away 19 runs, Amandeep took 1 wicket by giving away 25 runs and Sahil took 1 wicket by giving away 40 runs. 

Chandigarh, November 17
Cricket team of St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, went down against Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, in a match of the ongoing St Joseph's U-13 Super League-cum-Knock Cricket Tournament, being held here today.

After electing to bat first, the winning side set a low target of 110 runs before getting all out in 19.1 overs. The team’s innings was studded with a power-packed batting by Manveer Singh. He chipped in 30 runs for the team’s total. He was equally supported by Yuvraj Rai, who scored 25 runs. For bowling side, Arshpreet and Ran Soldier Singh claimed three wickets each. Arshpreet claimed 3 wickets by giving away 22 runs while Ran claimed 3 wickets by giving away 10 runs.

Chasing the target, St Joseph’s School started off well with Anshul Negi. Anshul scored an unbeaten knock of 41 runs off 37 balls. Needing 13 runs in last over, the Joseph’s side failed to reach the target. From the bowling side, Jaggi Singh took 3 wickets by giving away 11 runs. 

Chandigarh, November 17
The Chandigarh Athletics Association will conduct the State Sub-Junior and Junior Athletics Championship on November 22 and 23 at the athletic track of the sports complex, Sector 7, Chandigarh.

According to the organisers, only bonafide athletes (residents/employees/students) of Chandigarh can participate in the event. The interested participants can get themselves enrolled in the competition at the venue by November 22 (8 am).

The meet will be held in U-14, U-16, U-18, U-20 category for both boys and girls.—TNS

Mohali, November 17
Rachinder Singh retained the title of Mohali District Chess Championship (U-19 category) with four points. The tournament concluded at Gurukul World School, Sector 69, Mohali, today.

Karanveer Singh attained the second spot with three points and Jagjeet Singh managed to secure third position. In the girls’ (U-19) category, Rhea Sharma led the category with four points, while Pallavi Jatian and Saumya Gohil ended their campaign at second and third spot, respectively.

In the girls’ (U-15) category, Ishita, Sameer Jessica and Millipreet Kaur finished first, second and third, respectively. In the boys’ (U-15) category, Harshit Garg, Armaan Gohil and Mehul Puri secured first, second and third position, respectively. Aditya Dubey won all the five games to bag boys’ title in U-11 category while in the boys’ U-13 category, Mareedu Sriharsha, Kumar Pranav, Yuvraj Singh and Abhinav secured four points each. In the girls’ category, Muskandeep Kaur with five points won the event while Aarho Garg scored 3.5 points to finish as runners-up.

Prathna with three points managed to attain third position. Abhijit Garg was the champion in the senior category with four points while Atul Kumar and Keshav Kumar secured second and third, respectively.

Vanik Singh was declared as the champion in the boys U-7 category while Amanjot Kaur won the girls’ title in U-7 category. 

Chandigarh, November 17
Pratush won four gold medals, Vidushi won three medals and Nadr Kaur Gill bagged two gold medals during the concluding day of the Chandigarh State Roller Skating Championship today.