Panchkula, December 2
A local court today acquitted two persons, who were allegedly involved in a drug peddling case in Kalka.

The acquitted have been identified as Sachin and Manish, who were allegedly involved in the drug peddling case.

Following contradictory statements by three police officials, the local court held them not guilty in the case.

Lack of circumstantial evidences also worked in their favour.

According to information, when the court asked about the quantity of charas weighed and the spot of weighing the same, the police officials cited different statements. — TNS

Chandigarh, December 2
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajnish Kumar Sharma today directed the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to either remove or capture all stray dogs in the district court complex in Sector 43 within a day. The court issued the orders acting on a petition by advocate Ashok Chauhan.

Irked over the failure of the MC to check the stray animal menace in the city, the advocate, who is also the president of the District Bar Association of Chandigarh, had moved the court, seeking directives to the MC.

As the case came up for hearing today, the counsel for the Municipal Corporation sought time to file a reply on action taken. Before adjourning the hearing, the CJM pointed out that the stray dog menace on the courts complex. The MC counsel assured the court that the stray dogs would be removed from the premises within a day.

It has been pointed out in the petition that a number of accidents and deaths on roads have been caused due to the menace but the Municipal Corporation has not taken any steps to check the menace. 

Chandigarh, December 2
Padam Motors has been penalised for failing to release the sale letter despite taking the entire payment for the car purchased by a complainant. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Padam Motors to pay Rs 40,000 to the complainant for causing immense mental tension, physical harassment and financial loss. The forum also directed it to pay Rs10,000 in litigation expenses.

The complainant, Kitab Singh purchased a Sail U-VA CS (diesel) car by paying Rs 5.70 lakh to the opposite party. He alleged that after he was handed over the car, he was asked to collect the sale letter the next day.

Fearing an increase in registration charges from 3% to 6% on the sale price of the vehicle, the complainant visited the office of Padam Motors several times to collect the sale letter.

Meanwhile, the air-conditioner of the car started showing some problem and a demand of Rs 3,000 was raised when the complaint asked for its repair.

The opposite party contended that the sale letter was not issued to the complainant as he “had failed to supply his salary slip, which was a prerequisite for availing the corporate discount”.

“The plea of the opposite party is totally bereft of any merit. The opposite party, instead of making the complainant a pride owner of the vehicle in question, reduced him to a watchman to take care of the vehicle. The deficiency in service and indulgence in unfair trade practice on the part of the opposite party is writ large and for all these deficiencies and unfair trade practice, it is liable to compensate the complainant,” the forum ruled. 

Mohali, December 2
A seven-year-old boy was reported missing from his school at Mataur village today morning.

“His friends stated that he went to fetch something from a nearby shop in the morning, but did not return to school. We have launched a search operation to trace the whereabouts of the child,” said inspector Navin Pal Singh Lehal, station house officer, Mataur police station. The father of the missing child, Prem, is a rickshaw puller, while his mother works as a domestic help in the area.

The police have registered a case in this regard. — TNS

Chandigarh, December 2
Kabaddi player Manpreet Kaur, former student of Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, has been selected for national kabaddi team. She will be participating in the World Cup Kabaddi Tournament (Punjab Style).

She received the news with a call from Punjab Sports Department. The man on other side confirmed her berth in the Indian women’s squad for the ongoing World Cup Kabaddi Tournament.

Making the city proud, the local player gives all credits to the exposure and guidance, she received from Chandigarh. Among the best catchers of the team, the heavy weight category player is all set to hold the rivals-marching towards her territory. “Shifting from national style to Punjab style is a turning point of my life. I have started practicing the game with my national style teammates. And finally saw a ray of hope when coaches in Punjab appreciated my effort. After the trails and post coaching camp, I finally managed to get a berth in the national team. I am very confident about the basics of the game, thanks to my coach Davinder Singh Kohli,” said Manpreet.

Earlier, in 2011, Manpreet along with another local layer (Moti Chandan) made it to the probable list of senior Indian women’s kabbadi team. Manpreet was also declared as the best blocker during the senior national games for Kabaddi (women) in Uttar Pradesh. She was selected in order to prepare the team for World Cup Kabaddi Championship (national style) schedule to be held in Bihar earlier that year. “I learned a lot during that camp. It was for the first time, we were made to practice on padded mats. I failed to make it to the team but the camp boosted my confidence,” she said.

“It is a proud moment for city. She always plays with high spirit but hard luck halted her always. Now that, she is into the final squad, I hope she will give her best to make us proud. She can play both roles (catcher and raider) and hopefully will be appreciated by the spectators also,” said coach Davinder Singh Kohli.

Chandigarh, December 2
The cricket team of St. John's School, Sector 26, thumped down Gurukul Global School by 112 runs, in the match of 16th Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the St. John's side scored a healthy total of 236-runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Shubranshu (72 runs) and Vaibhav Kaushik (62-runs) helped the team to script the total. Akhil Guleria added another quick fire of 44 off 24 balls. For bowling side, Mehul claimed 1 for 26. Chasing the target, the Gurukul side could manage to score only 124-runs. Amrit (42-runs) and Mehul Bansal (15-runs) were the main scorers for the side. Bowlers Arjun Sharma and Akhil Guleria claimed a wicket each.

In the second match, the Chandigarh Baptist School defeated Ryan International by 8 wickets. The latter team could manage to score only 59-runs in 20 overs with Manveer scoring 15 runs. Baptist bowlers, Harsh (3 for 3) and Manu (2 for 13), damaged Ryan’s batting line-up. In reply, the Baptist side scored 62-runs in 7.4 overs. Nikhil (24-runs) and Karamvir (12-runs) were the main scorers for the team. Samprak grabbed 2 for 20. 

Chandigarh, December 2
The women cricket team of IS Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, defeated the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 56, by 2-runs, in the ongoing State Junior Cricket Championship for Kailash Behl Trophy.

Batting first, the winning side posted 102-runs in 20 overs. Priyanka contributed an unbeaten share of 39-runs while Lovely (18-runs) and Monika (19-runs) were the other main scorers for the team. In reply, the losing side could manage to score 100-runs with Anjali (26-runs) and Babli (18-runs).

Chandigarh, December 2
Archers of DAV College, Abohar, won the Panjab University Inter-College Archery (Men) Indian Round Championship, concluded at the Panjab University grounds, here today. The team bagged the championship with 1725 Points. DAV College, Chandigarh, attained second spot with 1668 Points, followed by SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, with 1659 points. The GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, attained fourth spot with 1472 points.

Results

30 m distance

Karanveer Singh, DAV College, Abohar(308 points) 1, Lakhveer Singh, DAV College, Abohar (306 points) 2, Udham Singh, PU Campus, Chandigarh (304 points) 3.

50 m distance

Sumit Saroha, DAV College, Chandigarh (297 points) 1, Karanveer Singh, DAV College, Abohar (293 points) 2, Varinder Singh, DAV College, Abohar (285 points) 3.

Individual all round best archer: Karanveer Singh, DAV College, Abohar (601 points) 1, Sumit Saroha, DAV College, Chandigarh (599 points) 2, Udham Singh, PU Campus, Chandigarh (585 points) 3.

Chandigarh, December 2
In the ongoing 29th State Billiards and Snooker Championship, Manjinder defeated Rahul Garg 2-1. Rahul potted a long black to win the first frame 53-50 and also covered the second set with a lead of 26-5. 

Majinder potted a long red placed a blue and made a break of 26 to cover the lead. He again got an opportunity and cleared the table to win 2nd frame 46-30. Majinder again made a break of 23 to take a lead and won 60-40. 

Chandigarh, December 2
Athletes of St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, won laurels during the ICSE Inter-School Cross-Country Race at Kotbilla near Ramgarh. Seven schools from the region participated in the competition.

Results: Boys: Nikhil Verma, St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, 1; Anmol Gupta, St. Stephen,s School, Chandigarh, 2; Rishabh Vashisht St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, 3.

Girls: Rydhyna Dwivedi, St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, 1; Aarushi Kakkar, St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, 2; Ananya Chioker, St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, 3.

Chandigarh, December 2
Local badminton player Rupinder Singh defeated 9th seeded Manjit Singh RK, in the third round of boys’ singles (U-19) match, of the ongoing 38th Junior National Badminton Championship, being played at badminton hall, Panjab University, here today. Rupinder outclassed his rival with a score of 21-10, 15-21 and 21-19.

Results

Boys (U-17)

Daniel Farid S bt Mithun M 21-13 21-12; Aarush Setia bt Piyush Meena17-21 21-16 21-14; Siril Varma ASS bt Siddharth Pratap Singh 15-21 21-10 21-15; Chandra Kumar D bt Bodhit Joshi 21-15 15-21 21-10; Talar Laa bt Sribalaji S 23-21 21-14; Sahil Sipani bt Sai Dinesh Reddy 21-11 21-17; Kanishq M bt Dharma Sekaran K 21-12 21-11; Aman Kumar bt Himanshu Saroha 22-20 21-10; Shubham Prajapati bt Shourya Singh 21-12 21-19; Chirag Shetty bt Satish Naidu J 21-16 21-14; Lakshya Sen bt Kartikey Gulshan Kumar 21-17 21-15; Chirag Sen bt Kartik Jindal 21-19 21-12 ; Kaustubh Rawat bt Kiran Kumar M 21-11 21-19; Ansal Yadav bt Ajay Meena 21-12 21-6; Sankeerth BR bt Febin Dileep 21-10 21-10; Rahul Yadav C bt Harsh Jagdhane 21-8 21-16. Girls (U-17)

Karishma Wadkar bt Priyanka Kumawat 21-16 21-6; Rahi Doshi bt Dapasha Joshi 21-19 21-7; Malvika J K bt Manidipa Dey 21-16 21-8; Vrushali G bt Nikita Singh 21-6 21-5; Shriyanshi Pardeshi bt Sri Krishna Priya K 21-12 21-15 ; Ashmita Chaliha bt Diksha Choudhary 21-11 21-11; Shikha Gautam bt Santoshi Hasini R. 20-22 21-19 21-14; Riya Mookerjee bt Uttejitha Rao 21-16 22-20.

Boys (U-19)

Harsheel Dani bt Kanishq M 21-13 18-21 21-14; Harshit Aggarwal bt Yogesh Rajgopalan 21-3 21-7; Kaushal Dharmamer bt Aarush Setia 21-9 21-13; Arun George (3), KER, bt Kashish, PNB, 21-12 21-13; Ansal Yadav bt Upendra C. 21-17 21-14.

Girls (U-19)

Rituparna Das bt Lalita Dahiya 21-9 21-10; Mrunmayi Saoji bt Anura Prabhudesai 8-21 21-16 21-19; Vaishnavi Bhale, bt Shruthi S. 21-16 21-13; Karishma Wadkar bt Mahima Aggarwal 21-16 21-6; Rasika Raje bt Ashmita Chaliha14-21 21-8 25-23. Mixed doubles (U-19)

Sanyam Shukla and Meghana J bt Saurabh Sharma and Ningshi Block Hazarika 21-13 21-15; Kawaldeep Singh and Kailash bt Sankeerth VVK and Pooja D 20-22 21-17 21-15; Adarsh Binoy and Sruthi KP bt Ashish Rathee and Lalita Dahiya 21-15 21-10; Chandrabhushan Tripathiand Anushka Kuvelkar bt Hemendrasing Rajput and Shenan Christian 21-9 21-8; Sankeerth BR and Mira Mahadevan bt Utkarsh Arora and Noor Chhatwal 21-16 17-21 21-14; Vinay Kumar Singh and Pragya Rai bt Gangadhara Rao V and Sonika Sai P 10-21 21-16 21-17; Kabir Kanzarkar and Ahillya Harjani bt Kashish and Sumedha Aggarwal 21-19 21-16; Santosh Ravuriand Poorvisha S Ram bt Chirag Sen and Kuhoo Garg 21-14 21-15.

Chandigarh, December 2
A talent-hunt programme for soccer initiated by IFB Industries in collaboration with Argentine football giants Boca Juniors will organise a talent-hunt soccer tournament for local colleges and schools, on December 3 and 4. The competition will be played at Football Stadium, Sector 17. The tournament will be organised in eight cities including Chandigarh, New Delhi, Goa, Pune, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Kolkata and Shillong. At each venue, a separate tournament will be held for schools and colleges. Winners from each leg will get a chance to play the coveted final at Goa.

During the tournament, a panel of scouts headed by Jamshid Nassiri will oversee all the matches and select talented boys from each team. All teams will get an opportunity to train with the Boca Juniors coaches in India for a period of 10 days. After training camp, the Boca Junior coaches will shortlist a team who will then travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for further training and matches.

Chandigarh, December 2
Vidushi Rawat (10 years) and Nadr Kaur Gill (6 years) are the emerging faces in the world of skating. Once they wear their skates, they make sure that they perform their best. For these two local girls winning medals is a cake walk. Vidushi takes skating as the best thing in her life that needs to be nurtured everyday while Nadr wants to skate so that she can carry her genetic sportsmanship further.

Both the skaters had proved their mettle in the recently concluded Chandigarh State Roller Skating Championship. Vidushi bagged three medals whereas Nadr won two gold medals in the championship.

83 medals at the age of 10

Vidushi Rawat, a student of Banyan Tree School, won three gold medals in the under-10 Chandigarh State Skating Championship .But this achievement is a normal affair for her. She has already won 83 medals in her career. She was conferred with State Award in the year 2011 for her performance in Junior National Championship.

“I am happy to with my achievements. The next thing, I would like to achieve is a chance to compete at international level. The game is not easy as it might seem to be. Balancing the body, putting pressure on toes, speed, turning and making quick moves, on wheels is a hard task to perform. Skating needs courage and concentration. My coach Chander Singla helped me a lot and my parents also support me,” said Vidushi. She takes care of her diet herself, prefer to study in night and suggests wearing proper gear while skating.

Baby skater

6-year- old Nadr Kaur Gill, a student of Carmel Convent School, gets a chocolate for every medal. She won two medals, in the rink races of her respective category, during the state championship. She was awarded with a cash prize by UT Sports Department last year for winning medals at local level. “If I won’t get a chocolate, from where I will get the motivation?” said Nadr. She is trained by coach Harpreet Singh. Daughter of sportsperson

parents, she wants to win more medals in future. “My parents are my role model and eating chocolate motivates me. My grandfather helps me a lot. I have learnt skating with hard practice and will continue to learn with same enthusiasm,” said Nadr. 

Chandigarh, December 2
Panjab University Campus won the Panjab University Inter-College Netball championship. The team of Panjab University campus defeated SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, 37-22. 

In the second match, DAV College, Sector 10, beat PG Government College, Sector 11, 28-11 while GGDSD College, Sector 32, beat PU Constituent College, Sikhwala, 33-04. — TNS