Panchkula, April 8
The Vigilance Bureau today caught a clerk with the Haryana State Pollution Control Board red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs 50,000.

The accused, Ajit, has been arrested for taking the bribe to grant a permanent license for a kiln to a Barwala resident. The victim said he had a temporary licence to run the kiln and when he approached Ajit for getting a permanent licence, the latter said it would cost Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 had to be given in advance. — TNS

Chandigarh, April 8
Aesha Patel from Gujarat defeated Ishwari Matere, in straight sets 7-5 and 6-2 in the girls’ (U-16) category, during CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament, being held at the CLTA tennis courts here today.

In the boys (U-16) category, top seed Param Pun defeated Jagdeep Bajwa in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 while 2nd seed Vikrant Dahiya beat CLTA trainee Rishabh Sharda 6-1 and 6-0. CLTA trainee, Sumit Pal Singh defeated another local trainee Rohit Kumar 6-1 and 6-3. In the boys (U-12), Bhupender Dahiya and Krishan Hooda reached quarter-finals with straight set wins over their opponents.

Results

Boys (U-12) singles pre-quarters: Dev Javia bt Naresh Badgujar 6-3, 6-3; Shrut Mohan Nagreta bt Kanishk Pal 7-5, 7-5; Mahesh Mohapatra bt Nikhil Niranjan 6-0, 6-0; Divesh Gahlot bt Akash Ahlawat 6-4, 6-4; Bhupender Dahiya bt Sandesh Kantimahanti 6-4, 6-0; Asav Kumar bt Ashray Gupta 7-6(1), 6-0; Krishan Hooda bt Jaishvin Sidana 6-3, 7-6 (3); Neel Garud bt Sidharth Goel 6-0, 6-0.

Girls (U-12) singles pre-quarters: Shreya Gulia bt Amreen Sidhu 6-2, 6-0; Tanisha Kashyap bt Ishita Singh 6-1, 6-0; Kiran Kalkal bt Rahat Mangat 6-4, 6-1; Alisha Menon bt Riya Uboveja 6-2, 6-0; Mushrath Shaik bt Shmbhavi Tiwari 6-2, 6-0; Sanya Singh bt Yana Dhamija 6-1, 6-0; Gauri Bhagia bt Bindu Kulharia 6-0, 6-1; Mubashira Sheik bt Durva Deo 6-1, 6-0.

Boys (U-16) singles pre-quarters: Param Pun bt Jagdeep Bajwa 6-3, 6-1; Arnav Bhardwaj bt Sanket Tomar 6-0, 7-5; Sumit Pal Singh bt Rohit Kumar 6-1, 6-3; Paras Dahiya bt Anav Vadhera 6-2, 6-4; Shubham Malhotra bt Naithaolin Golmei 7-6(3), 6-3; Nihit Rawal bt Siddharth Bedekar 6-0, 6-4; Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Vaibhav Kundu 6-1, 6-1; Vikrant Dahiya bt Rishabh Sharda 6-1, 6-0.

Girls (U-16) singles pre-quarters: Aarushi Kakkar bt Kavya Gupta 6-0, 6-2; Aesha Patel bt Ishwari Matere 7-5, 6-2; Neeru bt Prakriti Bhanwani 6-4, 6-2; Shreya Gulia bt Abhirani Prakashan 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Seerat Pannu bt Jannat Khurana 6-0, 6-2; Urmi Pandya bt Gurleen Singh 6-0, 6-2; Seerat Sidhu bt Kashish Bhatia 6-0, 6-2; Tanisha Kashyap bt Harleen Kaur 6-0, 6-1.

Chandigarh, April 8
The Chandigarh Amateur Body Building Association will organise 25th Silver Jubilee Senior Mr. Chandigarh and 12th classic Mr. Chandigarh Body Building Championship on April 13 at Maharashtra Bhawan, Sector 19, Chandigarh. 

The organisers informed that weighing-in will be held on April 12th at CABBA office in, Sector 17-A, Chandigarh from 03.00 pm to 05.00 pm. The pre-judging and the final pose down will be held on April 13th at 10 am onwards at Maharashtra Bhawan. The Championship will be held in the following weight categories for 24th Mr Chandigarh Body Building Championship 55 Kg, 60 Kg, 65 Kg, 70 Kg, 75 Kg, 80 Kg, 85 Kg & above 90 Kg. 

Chandigarh, April 8
Cricket team of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, defeated KK Cricket Academy and lifted the 1st KK Cricket League Championship for boys (U-14), being held here. In the final match, the GNPS side defeated Kk Cricket Academy by 2 wickets. Batting first, the host side bundled out on a mere total of 118-runs in 26 overs. Aayush (56 off 46) and Prithivi Lohtiya (24 off 26) scored the major share in team's total while for Pankaj claimed 4 for 23 and Karanveer took 2 for 26.

In reply, GNPS scored 120 runs for 8 wickets in 29 overs. Ritik Shukla (37 off 25), Anshul Negi (22 off 22) and Karanveer (23 off 23) spearheaded the team to victory. For bowling side, Prithivi Lohtiya claimed 3 for 27.

Chandigarh, April 8
Local representative Pawan Kapoor reached in the final of Rabo Bank Tennis tournament, being held in Holland, today. Pawan Kapoor defeated Mick Vanmeines in a keenly contested three-set match, which lasted over 2 hours. Pawan lost the first set 4-6 however in second set Pawan started playing his top game and on the back of some solid ground-strokes took the second set 6-4.

In the final set both the players played tough and leveled at 3-3. Pawan, reducing his own unforced errors, took the final set 6-3. The final score was 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.