Mohali, January 25
The Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Mohali, has dismissed an application filed by a leading telecom provider against a subscriber for the recovery of the usage charges of a broadband connection and also directed it to pay the cost of litigation.

The Permanent Lok Adalat headed by Jagroop Singh Mahal dismissed an application of Bharti Airtel Ltd, Chandigarh, against Bawa Singh for the recovery of Rs 1,834 as usage charges of a broadband connection and Rs 2,500 as legal expenses of litigation for causing him harassment by filing the frivolous application, which had to be defended by him.

According to Bawa Singh, he had already moved an application on February 4, 2011, to Bharti Airtel for deactivating the service with effect from February 7, 2011. No arrears were due from Bawa Singh and the entire amount claimed by Bharti Airtel was the rental of the broadband service after February 10, 2011, which, in view of the request for the deactivation of the service, was not due from him.

Chandigarh, January 25
The annual athletic sports meet - 2014 of Gurukul Global School, Chandigarh, concluded at the Sports Complex, Sector 7, here today. Kamlesh Kumar, DPI, UT, was the chief guest on the occasion.

The two-day event concluded with a grand finale. The second day of the meet started with a prayer and a welcome song by the students. The prize distribution ceremony was followed by the performance of aerobics display by students of Class VI.

Prateeti House won the best house trophy. Darpan Galhotra (XI-C) and Eshaan Khertarpal (VIII-B) were declared the best athlete in the boys' senior category, while Saundriya Tyagi (X) was declared the best athlete in the girls’ senior category.

Animesh Sindhu was declared the best athlete in the boys’ junior category, while the Gauri Sharma (VIIA) was the best athlete in the girls’ junior category.

Kamlesh Kumar appreciated the efforts of the school as well as parents who have started taking a keen interest in the activities of their wards.

Dr VD Singh, chairman, Gurukul Global, said the experience took him down the memory lane to his school days. He stressed the need for physical activities, along with literary, which seem to have taken a back seat with advent of gizmos, television, Internet, etc. 

Chandigarh, January 25
Paramjeet Singha, former DIG, CRPF, won three gold medals in 5-km walk (26 minutes), 1,500M race (6.9 seconds) and 800M race (3.5 seconds) in the above 65 age group category of the Haryana State Masters Athletics Championship. It concluded at Tau Devi Lal Stadium today.

His Son, Harmilan Singh, front office in-charge, Mountview, bagged a silver and a bronze in the above 35 age category in this championship. They both will now participate in the National Masters Athletic Championship to be held in Jaipur from February 20 to February 24.