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Chandigarh, January 19
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed National Insurance Company Limited to pay Rs 10,000 to the complainant. The company was also told to pay Rs 5,000 as litigation cost.

The complainant's vehicle, which was insured, met with an accident. The vehicle was given to M/s Swami Auto Care Private Limited for repairs. As the complainant needed Rs 7.5 lakh, he filed an insurance claim.

But the company rejected his application stating that the driver's licence of Sukhwinder Singh, who was driving the vehicle, was invalid.

The complainant said it was not his fault. The forum ruled: "The company cannot deny the claim." It directed the company to settle the claim on a 'non-standard basis'(as per the amount assessed by the surveyor).

Chandigarh, January 19
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a resident of Sector 22 to pay Rs 15,000 to the complainant. Sukhwant Kaur Bajwa (the opposite party) was told to provide an NOC and Form No. 35 to Jatinder Kumar Nakra.

Jatinder purchased a second-hand Hyundai Accent car from Sukhwant. He paid him Rs 68,000. The State Bank of Hyderabad had financed the vehicle. Sukhwant was supposed to hand over the NOC to Jatinder within a day, but he failed to do so. When Jatinder went to the bank, the manager told him that Sukhwant had failed to repay the car loan amounting to Rs 95,000.

Sukhwant did not transfer the vehicle in the name of Jatinder. The forum also told the opposite party to pay Rs 5,000 as litigation cost.

Chandigarh, January 19
The organisers of Chandigarh State Rowing Championship missed the watch-tower at the Sukhana Lake. According to them, the four-storey building was the best and the only spot to judge the water sports competitions conducted at the lake.

The building was situated on an island in the lake. However, on October 7, 2009 the glass-tower was destroyed in a fire that broke out allegedly due to a short circuit. At present, the non-availability of any centralised place made it difficult for organisers to conduct water sports.

“The finish tower was the real identity of this lake. In addition to that it was a boon for the organisers. At present, we don’t have any specific space or marked area to make a finish line. We are unable to keep a view and judge the exact situation of a rowing match. And it becomes difficult for us to have accuracy. The finish tower was media centre and a place for the judges. Water sports participants also miss the same. The tower provides them the confidence of being judged well,” said Parmod Kumar Singla, honorary secretary, Chandigarh Rowing Amateur Association.

“Even after repeated requests, no action has been taken to build up the structure again. The tower also ensured safety the general public while boating. It gave them a sense of security. The life guards used to keep an eye through the tower situated,” added Singla.

Chandigarh, January 19
Local judokas brought laurels in the 4th National Sambo Championship (junior and senior) held at Mulodi (Haryana). A total of 11 judokas won top honours in different weight categories. The national event was organised by Sambo Federation of India under the patronage of Federation Internationale Amature Sambo (FIAS).

Results: Kamal (57kg) Gold; Sarwan Kumar (60kg) Gold; Babu Kumar (52kg)-Silver; Sunita (44kg) -Silver; Kiran (48kg) -Silver; Kanchan (40kg) Bronze; Neha (52kg) Bronze; Sumit Kumar (48kg)-Bronze; Vicky (52kg) - Silver; Parmod (57kg) Silver; Rajni (56kg) - Bronze. — TNS

Chandigarh, January 19
Gurjant Singh, Gulshan Singh and Shishan Pal won top honours during the single scull (M1) event of the Chandigarh State Senior Rowing Championship, conducted by the Chandigarh Amateur Rowing Association at the Sukhna Lake, here today. Gurjant won the gold medal with completing the patch in 7:31:474 minutes while Gulsham followed him and bagged the silver medal in 7:46:073 minutes. Shishan Pal claimed the bronze medal in 7:53:105 minutes.

The championship was conducted in 1,800m single scull (1 x) (open for men), double scull (2x), coxless pairs and coxless four (open for men), single scull (1 x) (open for women), double scull (2x) (open for women), coxless pairs and coxless fours (4 x) (open for women), events.

Results

Men: Single sculls (1X) ) 1,800m Gurjant Singh 1st (gold medal) 7:31:474; Gulshan Singh 2nd (silver medal) 7:46:073; Shishan Pal 3rd (bronze medal) 7:53:105.

Lightweight double sculls (LM2X)- Ashish and Gurmej Singh 1st (gold medal)-6:57:459; Vipan Kamboj and Ravinder Singh 2nd (silver medal) 7:18:361; Babbu Singh and Harish Singh 3rd (bronze medal) in 7:25:403.

Coxless pairs (M2-)-Tarsem Singh and Rajinder Singh 1st (gold medal) 7:07:102; Sunil Kumar and Ravi Kumar 2nd (silver medal) 7:12:265; Angrej Singh and Jagraj Singh 3rd (bronze medal) 7:24:335. Coxless fours (M4)Rajinder Singh, Tarsem Singh, Jaibir Singh and Sharma Singh (gold medal); Ravi Kumar, Gurkanwal Singh, Sunil Kumar and Des Raj Singh (silver medal); Jaswinder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Angrej Singh and Jagraj Singh (bronze medal)

Women: 1,000m Single scull (W1X): Amrit Pal Kaur (gold medal) 8:49:54; Pooja (silver medal) in 8:53:23; Ranjan Devi (bronze medal) 9:13:73. Double sculls (W2X)- Harpreet Kaur and Beant Kaur (gold medal) in 7:37:259; Ranjan Devi and Pooja (silver medal) in 7:45:066.

Coxless pairs (W2) O.Rameswri Devi and NG Tababi Devi (gold medal) 8:01:05; Mamta Jena and Mona Lisa Mohanty (silver medal) 8:27:97; Puneet Kaur and Babli Kumari (bronze medal) 8:34:19.

Coxless fours (W4) Mona Lisa Mohanty, O Rameshwori Devi, NG Tababi Devi and Priyadarshni Rout (gold medal) 7:12:419; Nisha Hooda, Puneet Kaur, Babli Kumari and Sandeep Kaur (silver medal) 7:24:127; Jyoti Shamra, Arshpreet Kaur, Ritu Kalyan and Ashwini Patil (bronze medal) 8:27:859.

Due to non-availability of the 2,000m rowing course, the organisers conducted all the events under 1,800m.

Mohali, January 19
The Chandigarh tricity chapter of the Young Indians (Yi) of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised a CII Yi Marathon at Millennium School in Sector 67here today.

About 1,200 students from various schools, including the Millennium, Vivek High School, Ryan International School, Gurukul Global School, Paragon School and Government Model Senior Secondary Schools, participated in the event.

The event was organised in four categories, namely 1.5-km run for under-10 age group, 2-km for under-12 age group, 3-km run for under-15, and 4-km for the above-16 age group.

The top six winners in all the categories were rewarded cash prizes.

Organisers of the event said funds raised would be utilised to provide books, sports equipment, computers and other things to underprivileged children.