Senior leaders give campaigning a miss in Dera Bassi area
Bipin Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, April 29
Senior leaders of the main political parties, including Congress, SAD and BJP, gave campaigning a miss in this Assembly segment falling under the Patiala Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency. Campaigning for the elections ended in Punjab yesterday.

Former MLA of Banur Jasjit Singh Bunny, son of late SAD leader Capt Kanwaljit Singh, did not turn up in the segment. Bunny was elected in a by-election held after his father died in a car crash on March 29, 2009. He had defeated Congress candidate Deepinder Singh Dhillon.

Congress leader Jasjeet Singh Randhawa, who lost to SAD’s Narinder Sharma in March 2012 Assembly elections, also did not visit the area after the defeat.

RR Bhardwaj, who was vice-chairman of the state development board during Capt Amarinder Singh’s government and was politically active in the constituency as he was also an aspirant for the ticket this time, was not spotted anywhere all through the campaigning

Manpreet Kaur alias Dolly, daughter of late Capt Kanwaljit Singh, who quit the SAD and unsuccessfully contested the last Assembly elections from Dera Bassi as an independent candidate was, however, a bit active as she campaigned for the Congress candidate for the Patiala constituency, Preneet Kaur. After losing the Assembly election as independent candidate, Dolly joined the Congress under MP Preneet Kaur.

However, the sitting MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Narinder Sharma campaigned for the SAD candidate Deepinder Singh Dhillon, while Jaspal Singh, a former sarpanch of Zirakpur, and Kuljeet Singh Randhawa, president of Punjab Raj Parishad, urged voters to vote for the Congress candidate Preneet Kaur. The three are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their party candidate’s win.

Man gets 10 years in drugs case
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 29
A local court today sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a drug peddling case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict. As per the prosecution case, Jagtar Singh (37), a resident of Allapur village near Kurali in Mohali district, was arrested by the Chandigarh Police with 100 kilogrammes of poppy husk, on August 17, 2012.

A case against him was registered under Section 15 (punishment for contravention in relation to poppy straw.) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Industrial Area police station.

3 acquitted in dowry case

A local court today acquitted three persons in a dowry harassment case. The court acquitted the complainant’s husband Ravinder, mother-in-law Manjit and brother-in-law Baljit of the charges.The complainant in the case was Veena, alias Mona, a court employee. She had alleged she was harassed for dowry.

The defence counsel aid the case was a frame up to implicate her in-laws.

1st State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Cricket Championship
CCA beat Playing XI by 31 runs
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 29
Chandigarh Cricket Association (affiliated to Haryana Cricket Association) defeated Playing XI by 31 runs in the ongoing 1st State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Cricket Championship for (U-16) boys at cricket stadium, Sector 16, Chandigarh, today. Making a good start, the winning side elected to bat first and posted a target of 143 runs in the allotted slot of 36.3 overs. Their innings was studded by 31-runs contribution by Ritik Shukla. While Vivek scored 25 runs off 39 balls. Utkarsh (21 off 40) remained the other noticeable scorer for the team.

For the bowling side, Makhan was the pick of the day as he claimed 3 for 38 while Sandeep (2 for 24) and Rohit (2 for 22) grabbed two wickets each.

Chasing the target, the losing side bundled out on a mere total of 112 runs in 29.5 overs. Vickey (36 off 36) and Unhad (20 off 27) were the main scorers. On other hand, Rahul led the day for Chandigarh Cricket Association by claiming 4 for 7 while Vivek claimed 2 for 15.

Netball meet: GMSSS-20 log win
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Chandigarh, April 29
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, defeated KB DAV School, Sector 7, while Dynamite Club, Sector 8, beat Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, in the respective matches of the ongoing 6th Kailash Bahl Netball Trophy for Chandigarh Junior State Netball Championship for boys and girls being held under the aegis of the Netball Association of Chandigarh (Regd) affiliated to Chandigarh Olympic Association and the Netball Federation of India.

The championship is being held at KB DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, today.

In the first match of the (U-19) girls’ category, GMSSS, Sector 20, beat KB DAV School, Sector 7, by 12-8. In the second match, Dynamite Club, Sector 8, beat Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, by a hairline margin of 6-4.

Later, in the semi-finals of (U-19) boys, played today, Moti Ram School Coaching Centre, Sector 27, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, by 15-11 and Spartan Club defeated Government Senior Secondary School, Khuda Ali Sher, by 14-10. Both the teams will lock horns in the finals of the category, to be held tomorrow.

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