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NEIGHBOURHOOD

2-day heritage fest ends on a musical note
Our Correspondent

Kalka, December 1
Heavy footfall of over 20,000 visitors was witnessed on the second consecutive day of the 8th Heritage Festival at Mughal Gardens, Pinjore, organised by the Department of Haryana Tourism. Kuldip Sharma, speaker, Haryana, drew curtains of the Heritage Festival at Pinjore Gardens on Sunday.

Chokhi Dhani had set up a stall that had authentic Rajasthani dishes such as ‘dal bhatti churma’ and ‘gatte ki sabzi’. Also, the street food being offered by the Institutes of Hotel Management from Haryana was a popular choice.

A special treat to watch was the ‘Craft Bazaar’ specially crafted on the bastion of the Mughal Gardens to remind people about the old Mughal traditions. It was a shopping paradise as craftsperson from all over India participated in the festival showcasing the finest traditions of handlooms and handicrafts of various states of India.

The Heritage Festival concluded on a musical note. Amidst the royal setting of the Pinjore Gardens, the music lovers came together to enjoy an evening of Sufi music witnessing Sufi singing by internationally renowned Sufi vocalists Hari and Sukhmani.

The artistes of Northern Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Allahabad, captivated the audience with acts such as Brij ki Holi, Manipuri dances and Badhai from Madhya Pradesh that lent a cultural flavour to the fest.

Students from various schools performed folk dances while the drawing contest witnessed schoolchildren depicting various scenes of the Heritage Festival in an impressive way.

Showstoppers of the day were the senior citizens, who took part in the ‘Heritage Walk’. In their mid seventies, Usha Sharma and Parkash Ahluwalia danced on ‘lungi dance’.

CRIME

Suicide case: PUTA meeting sought
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 1
The Panjab University Teachers’ Union (PUTA) executive member Akshaya Kumar has written to the its president Devinder Singh, asking him to convene a meeting to discuss the alleged role of a teacher of Dr HS Jusge Institute in the suicide case of a student. He said it became the responsibility of PUTA to follow its course of activities. It is unfortunate but we need to play our role, he added.

A 22-year-old second year student of the institute had allegedly committed suicide on Friday. Yesterday, the police booked a teacher after the suicide note held the teacher responsible.

Meanwhile, the union expressed grief over the unnatural and untimely demise of the girl student.

The teacher concerned enjoys impeccable reputation among students and teachers. This is the time to offer condolences to the bereaved family, said the union president, Devinder Singh.

Man killed in road mishap
Our Correspondent

ZIRAKPUR, DECEMBER 1
A person was killed in a road accident that took place on the Zirakpur flyover on Saturday night.

The deceased has been identified as Somain Dang of Savitri Flats, Zirakpur and hailing from Calcutta, West Bengal.

An unidentified vehicle hit the motorcycle of the deceased while he was returning from his duty. The police have registered a case against the driver of the unidentified vehicle under Sections 279 and 304A of the IPC.

Woman accuses rival party of issuing threat

Mohali, December 1
A complaint has been lodged by a woman living in Phase XI here stating that she was allegedly kidnapped by some persons in order to compel her to withdraw a case.

According to the police, Barkha said on November 29 when she was heading towards her house from a temple around 7.45 pm, four persons (aged 28-35 years) in a white car allegedly forced her into the car and later took her to Sector 69 in Chandigarh. She said that they slapped and threatened her to withdraw the case lodged with the Women’s Cell of the police.

A case under Section 365 of the IPC has been registered against the unidentified persons in this regard.

2 duped of Rs 13 lakh

Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Chandigarh, has lodged a complaint against Taneja Developers and Infrastructures Limited for cheating him. He told to the police that he gave Rs 10 lakh to the company for purchasing a plot. However, no plot was allegedly allotted to him and neither was the money returned.

Rajiv Kumar lodged his complained in a court which directed the police to register an FIR after which a case was registered under Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468 , 471, 120 B and 34 of the IPC in this regard.

Same is the case of Abdul Qadir, a resident of Maloya, Chandigarh, where he gave Rs 3 lakh as earnest money to Sushil Kumar of Chandigarh for purchasing a plot in LIC Colony, Kharar. Similarly, neither had he got the plot, nor was his money returned to him.

A case was registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120 B of the IPC in this regard. — OC

SPORTS

PU girls win kabaddi meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 1
Bringing laurels to city beautiful and Panjab University, for the first time in the history of the institution, the Women Kabaddi team of Panjab University has won the All India Inter-University Kabaddi Championship.

The championship concluded today at the YS Parmar University of Horticulture, Nauni (Solan). In the final match the team of Panjab University defeated CCS Meerut University 27-11. Earlier, in the quarter-finals and league stage matches, the team outclassed Kamraj University, Madhurai, Krishna University, Andhra Pradesh, MGK University, Varanasi, and RPM University, Nagpur.

Earlier, on two occasions, the women’s Kabaddi team bagged silver medals in the all-India inter university championship. Back in years 1994 and 1996, the team performed well and bagged the medals. On reaching to Panjab University, the vice-chancellor welcomed the team members and promised to honour the entire team. Later, the team was given a tea party by the officials of Directorate of Sports. “Our team deserved this victory. All the players gave their best and nailed down their strong rivals. It is after a long period that the university has won gold medal in the Kabaddi event at an all India inter-university level,” said Sanjeev Sharma, manager of the team.

“All the members contributed equally. Tips given during coaching camp, prior to the competition, proved fruitful for us. We all are very happy,” said Nidhi, captain of the team. A total of twenty teams, representing various universities, participated in the tournament.

Team members: Nidhi (captain), Harpreet Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Jaspinder Kaur, Shalini, Krishna, Reema, Gurmeet Kaur, Tina Rana, Dawinder Kaur ;Sarbjit Singh (coach);and Sanjeev Sharma (manager).

Achievers Club, Black Elephant reach final

Patiala, December 1
A fine batting by Jashan Bhangu (91) helped BECC defeat Air Force Club, Patiala, by 76 runs. BECC posted 140 runs in 25 overs after electing to bat first. In reply, Air Force team was bundled out after scoring 64 runs in 15.1 overs. The main wicket taker from BECC side was right arm medium pacer Harry 3 for 12 and leggie Arun Bharti 2 for 7.

In another match, Achievers Club defeated Liya Cricket Club Ludhiana by 18 runs and entered the final. Achievers elected to bat first. Aman, captain of the team, played a solid knock of 72 runs and was well supported by Sunpreet Singh who made 22 runs.

Brief Score: Black Elephant Cricket Club: 140 for 6 in 25 overs (Jashan Bhangu 91, Arun Bharti 10, Mustafa 2 for 18, Manohar 2 for 19).

Air Force Cricket Club: 64 all out in 15.1 overs (Manohar 15, Harry 3 for 12 Arun Bharti 2 for 4 and Saurav 2 for 7).

Achievers Club Patiala: 149 for 6 in 25 overs (Aman 72, Satinder Pal 22, Harikrishan 15, Sanjeev 1 for 22, Aman Singh 3 for 29 ).

Liya Cricket Club Ludhiana: 131 all out in 24.2 overs (Sumeet 26, Aman Kumar 18, Gaurav 2 f or 26, Naman 2 for 19 and Napinder 2 for 23). — TNS

Farid beats Sanjay in straight sets
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 1
In the ongoing 38th Junior National Badminton Championship, Farid S. of Karnataka beat Sanjay Thakur of Madhya Pradesh 21-6, 21-14, in the second round of boys (U-17) category, here today. In another match of same category, Aarush Setia of Delhi bt Kunal Kumar Sinha from Bihar 21-11, 21-12.

Results-Boys (U-17)

Mithun M. bt Shivam Sinha 21-9, 21-9; Aarush Setia bt Kunal Kumar Sinha 21-11 21-12; Piyush Meena bt Ishan Verma 18-21 21-10 21-13; Siril Varma ASS bt Dhruv Kapila 21-12 21-17; Siddharth Pratap Singh bt Debasis Mishra 21-14 21-14; Bodhit Joshi bt Ritesh Kothari 21-4 21-8; Chandra Kumar D bt Gagnesh 21-19 21-16; Talar Laa bt Mayukh Ghosh 21-10 21-9; Sribalaji S bt Gokulan A 21-6 21-3; Sahil Sipani bt Arjun MR 21-14 14-21 21-13; Sai Dinesh Reddy bt Kelvin Wong 21-9 21-9; Kanishq M bt Roengliana Joel VL 21-8 21-9; Dharma Sekaran K bt Rupachandra Sharma Anoubam 21-15 21-11; Boys doubles (U-17)

Arjun MR and Chirag Shetty (1) bt Nihar Kelkar and Pauras Kulkarni 21-9 21-10; Kaustubh Rawat and Aarush Setia bt Himanshu Bhardwaj and Ishan Verma 21-6 21-9; Kartik Jindal and Hardik Makkar bt Rupachandra Sharma Anoubam and Dikson Singh L. 21-12 21-10.

Boys (U-19)

Harsheel Dani bt Karan Choudhary 21-4 21-14; Kanishq M bt Sanjay Thakur 21-7 21-11; Harshit Aggarwal bt Nitish Bora 21-8 21-15; Yogesh Rajgopalan bt Belal Mohd. 21-17 20-22 21-16; Kaushal Dharmamer bt Ritesh Kothari 21-7 21-8; Girls (U-19)

Rituparna Das bt Nidhi Singh 21-3 21-6; Lalita Dahiya bt Purnima Devi N 21-18 21-7 ; Anura Prabhudesai bt Sanya Sethi 21-10 17-21 21-14; Mrunmayi Saoji bt Diksha Mahajan 21-4 21-4; Vaishnavi Bhale bt Riya Mookerjee 23-25 21-7 21-8 ; Shruthi S bt Riya Gajjar 21-17 21-13; Karishma Wadkar bt Ruby Singh 21-6 21-11.

Skaters selected for national tourney
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 1
The local Roller Skating Association has selected skaters to represent the city in the 51st National Roller Skating Championship to be held at Sirsa and Bombay. A total of 80 skaters have been selected for this national level championship.

Selected players
Roller hockey

Sub junior (boys)

Pranshu (captain), Tanveer, Gurnoor, Surya (Goal keeper), Chirag, Karanveer, Aryan Maggo, Aditya, Ishaan Joshi, Naman(GK), Unnatveer.

Sub junior (girls)

Trisha; Prabhleen Kaur (captain), Tejal, Somya, Sanya, Ishika, Nandini, Somya Jaswal (GK), Sanchita, Kriti Arora.

Junior (boys)

Sahil (captain), Manshajeet, Shubhkarman, Parth, Kunal Arora, Vikram, Tushar, Sahibdeep, Aseem, Inderjot (GK).

Junior (girls)

Rhea Sodhi (Captain), Ankita (GK), Tamanna Sethi, Vanshika, Kiranpreet, Runjhun, Muskanmeet, Tamanna Mann, Sanjeevni, Ashwita (GK).

Senior (men)

Navdeep Puri (captain), Amol Sood (GK), Gaurav Raheja, Prince Mandeep, Dharampreet, Rahul Mittal, Bhavdeep, Arjun Bajwa, Kartik, Sarabjeet Singh (GK).

Dance performances mark cultural fiesta
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 1
The annual cultural fiesta of Manav Mangal High School concluded at the auditorium of Manav Mangal Smart School, here today.

The programme began with a powerpoint presentation highlighting the achievements of school students during the academic year 2012-13.

Dance performances, including mixing desi and western beats, by the students of the school made the audiences to tap on their feet.

The students performed ‘Lungi Dance’ with the flavours of the great south icon. They entertained the spectators with ‘Lavni Dance’, which is one of the most important folk dance forms of Maharashtra.

Girls of Class X performed beautifully and graciously in ‘Nayi Soch Naya Savera’, a salute to the spirit of womanhood.

Through a touching and soulful performance, children brought forth the pain and misery of the people who can’t see. In their own way, they gave a message that no action is as generous as taking someone from darkness to light.

Young trained dancers of Manav Mangal mesmerised everyone with their electrifying yet subtle performance of kathak.