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class xii results
Three royal city students score 97.8% 
Tribune News Service

Patiala, May 28
Patiala students have come out with flying colours in the Class XII CBSE results that were declared today. With large number of students crossed the 90 per cent bench mark, the students and schools are on a new high. Nitish Kant, a student of DAV School, Patiala, made the school proud with his stupendous performance bagging top position in medical stream scoring 97.8 per cent and Pritish Singla of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School, Patiala, topped in non-medical stream scoring 96.8 per cent. In Commerce, Budha Dal School students Diksha Pahuja and Kanika Berry topped scoring 97.8 per cent and in humanities, Narpaljeet Kaur of Modern Public School, Patiala, topped with 93 per cent marks.

Budha Dal Public School: In Commerce, Diksha Pahuja and Kanika Berry bagged first rank scoring 97.8 per cent marks. In Science stream, Rajbirinder Singh came first scoring 92.8 per cent and in Humanities Paramjot Kaur came first with 91.6 per cent.

DAV Public School, Patiala: In medical stream, Nitish Kant stood first with 97.8 per cent. In non-medical, Gautam Jain came first with 96.6 per cent. Supriya bagged first position in Commerce with 95.8 per cent marks.

Bhupindra International Public School, Patiala: Hitisha topped the medical stream with 96.2 per cent. In non-medical, Nikhil Sharma topped with 96.2 per cent. In Commerce, Ankit Goyal topped scoring 89.2 per cent.

Modern Senior Secondary School: Narpaljeet Kaur topped the city in humanities with 93 per cent. In medical stream, Amanpreet Kaur stood first with 94.2 per cent. In non-medical, Gunjanpreet Kaur stood first with 95.8 per cent, In Commerce Sukhdeep Kaur topped with 94.4 per marks.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School, Patiala: Pritish Singla topped the city in the non-medical scoring 96.8 per cent. In medical stream, Angad Singh scored highest marks with 93 per cent. In commerce, Japanjot Singh topped securing 96 per cent. In humanities, Jasneet Kaur topped in the school scoring 90 per cent.

Scholar Field Public School, Patiala: In the medical stream, Sumanjot Kaur obtained 93 per cent and stood first whereas in non-medical Vishad Goyal stood first with 93 per cent. In humanities, Navjot Singh topped securing 91.2 per cent marks.

Narain Public School, Patiala: Prakul Arora topped the medical stream securing 92.6 per cent and Sukhber Bansal topped non-medical stream with 92.6 per cent. In humanities, Ramanpreet Kaur topped with 90.2 per cent marks.

Blossoms Senior Secondary School, Patiala: Anshul Modi stood first with 93.3 per cent commerce. In non-medical stream, Parul Sidhu, Kartar Singh and Angadjot Singh shared first position by getting 88.8 per cent. Reeva Dhamija has topped in medical stream by getting 90.8 per cent. In Humanities, Chanpreet Singh Shergill topped by securing 78.4% marks.

Akal Academy, Reetkheri: Jashanpreet Kaur topped the school scoring 91 per cent marks. As many as 21 students scored above 80 per cent marks and the result of the school is 100 per cent.

Akal Academy, Balbehra: The school achieved 100 per cent result and all students scored above 75 per cent marks. Ranpreet Kaur topped the school by scoring 94 per cent marks in non-medical stream. Komalpreet Kaur stood first in medical scoring 93.2 per cent and Rupinder Kaur stood second securing 92.6 per cent.

Teja Singh Kandhari Public School, Patiala: In the science stream, Sanyam Kapoor stood first with 96 per cent marks. In Commerce Stream, Lovish Goel stood first with 95.4 per cent.

Apollo Public School: Mansimran Kaur from the science stream stood first with a creditable 94.2 per cent marks. In commerce, Avneet Kaur Virk stood first with 93.4 per cent and in humanities Kanwarprabhdeep Singh topped scoring 87.4 per cent.

Ryan International School: In non-medical stream, Bhavdeep Singh stood first with 84.2 per cent marks. The average percentage of the school was 73 per cent.

Mukat Public School, Rajpura: The result of the schools is 100 per cent. Akash Goel of non-medical stream stood first by scoring 95.2 per cent marks. Akash Gupta of medical stream scored 92.8 per cent and Tamanna of commerce stream scored 94.6 per cent. Ramanjit Kaur topped in humanities.

Scholars Public School, Rajpura: In Commerce, Ankisha Roy came first with 96.6 per cent marks. In medical, Bawika Punshi stood first with 94.8 per cent. In non-medical Ishant Gupta stood first with 96.2 per cent.

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PKR students bring laurels

Ambala, May 28
As many as 34 students of PKR Jain Public School secured above 90 per cent marks in the CBSE XII resu

Students of MDAV Public School Tanvi got 97 per cent marks in non-medical while Pallavi secured 96.4 per cent marks in Commerce and Rashmeet got 96.2 per cent marks in medical stream. Several students of Police DAV Public School, Ambala City, secured more than 90 per cent marks. Savi Batra got 95 per cent while Viksit Kohli secured 94 per cent, Arti 92.2 per cent and Komal 91per cent marks. — OC

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Congress leader acquitted in hate speech case
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
A local court today acquitted Congress leader and chairman of the party's minority cell Imran Kidwai, who was booked for making a hate speech during the 2009 parliamentary elections while campaigning for Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal.

As per the case, during a rally, comprising population of a particular community, held opposite the Jama Masjid in Sector 20 here on March 15, 2009, Kidwai had indulged in the hate speech.

He said some people of the community still voted for the BJP seeking personal benefits. Party general secretary Mohsina Kidwai was also present at the rally.

“If I were a cleric, the only fatwa I would issue would be that to vote for the BJP is like committing a sin,” he had stated in the speech then.

The BJP had sent a complaint to the Election Commission stating that the speech was in violation of the code of conduct and could fuel communal hatred.

UT Chief Electoral Officer Pradip Mehra had sent a report to the EC, along with a CD containing Kidwai’s speech. Following this, a case was registered on the recommendation of the EC.

The defence counsel had stated that the case against Kidwai was not made out and Section 25 of the Representation Act applied only in cases where one’s act or speech created hatred among communities, which was not the case.

The case fell flat in the court after two employees of the Estate Office, who were on duty at the ground where the speech was made, denied their presence inside the ‘pandal’.

The case

During a rally, comprising population of a particular community, held opposite the Jama Masjid in Sector 20 here on March 15, 2009, Kidwai had indulged 
in hate speech.

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bribery case
Accused woman acquitted
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
A local court today acquitted a woman, resident of Sector 28, on the charges of offering bribe to secretary of State Transport Authority (STA) in July 2010.

The court acquitted Geeta Narwal on the charges of corruption. It was alleged that she offered a sum of Rs 50,000 to the then STA secretary, Vandana Disodia, for the job of a clerk. She was employed as a data entry operator on contract-basis when she had offered the bribe. The STA secretary had then submitted a complaint to the Sector 19 police station following which Geeta was booked.

As per the prosecution, the accused had twice entered the office of the secretary and offered her bribe.

However, the charge could not be proved in court following which Geeta was acquitted.

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20-yr-old girl commits suicide
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
A 20-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Sukhna Lake here. Her body was fished out from the lake this morning. The girl, a resident of Sector 27, here, was working as an executive with a call centre.

The deceased has been identified as Kalawati, alias Kirti. Before jumping into the lake, the girl had sent a text message to her colleague yesterday night in which she had stated that she wanted to end her life. After that, she switched off her cellphone.

Kirti was working as a call centre executive at Sector 26 here. She did not return home since Tuesday. Her parents were looking for their daughter till late night.

The incident came to light when a morning walker noticed her body floating in the lake. He informed the local police about the incident.

The police reached the spot and took the body to the General Hospital, Sector 16, in Chandigarh where doctors declared her brought dead.

A team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) also reached the spot and collected samples.

No suicide note was found from the spot. The girl was identified with the help of identity proof of her office.

Kirti’s father, who works at the Haryana Secretariat, told the police that Kirti had left the home on Tuesday night for office.

When she did not return home at night, her parents lodged a complaint with the police. A search operation was launched.

The police scrutinsed the message sent from her cellphone. They also rounded up her colleagues for questioning.

However, the reason behind taking such an extreme step could not be ascertained, the police said.

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Proclaimed offender held
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
The UT Police today arrested a proclaimed offender (PO) who was wanted in a murder and rape case dating back to 1993. The accused was arrested from Bihar.

The police said the accused, Mohammad Mahaquil, a resident of Kajheri village, was arrested from his native place at Saharsa in Bihar.

Mahaquil was earlier arrested by the Mohali Police in a rape and murder case. He was also sentenced to life imprisonment by the district court in Mohali then.

Mohaquil was released on parole in 1993 by the court, but he did not return. The UT Police had registered a case against Mohaquil at the Sector 36 police station for jumping parole.

The accused had been absconding since 1993. Several raids were conducted to arrest him. A team was again sent to Bihar to arrest him and he was brought back to Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, he has been sent to judicial custody on Wednesday and further investigations are on.

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Three booked for culpable homicide
Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 28
Following the death of a Kharar-based youth due to drug overdose, the police have booked three persons, including a woman, here today.

The police have registered a case under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC against the accused - Talwinder Singh from Kharar, and Harjinder Singh and his wife Sandeep Kaur, both residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.

According to the police, the trio had administered an injection of synthetic drug to the victim, Tanveer Ahmed (26), who died yesterday at a hospital in Mohali. Tanveer, who is said to be a drug addict, was an agent in the Kharar vegetable market.

In his complaint to the police, Parvez Mohammad, father of the victim, alleged that Talwinder took his son to some place on May 19. He (Talwinder), along with Harjinder Singh and his wife Sandeep Kaur, forcibly administered the drug injection to Tanveer. When his condition deteriorated, they shifted him to a private hospital in Mohali and fled,” said Parvez Mohammad.

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Youth booked for demanding dowry
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
The police have booked Dharminder (18), a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, under preventive measures for allegedly demanding dowry from a minor girl with whom he was having live-in relationship for the past two years.

The 16-year-old girl was staying with Dharminder for the past two years at Bapu Dham Colony. They also have a 10-month-old baby girl.

The victim had given birth to the girl child when she was just 15-year-old. The minor girl gave a formal complaint that she was being harassed by Dharminder and her parents for dowry. The minor girl was turned out by her parents and had no place to live.

The matter was referred to the Social Welfare Department, Chandigarh, who sent the teenager along with her 10-month-old baby to Mother Teresa Home in Sector 23, here.

Dharminder and the girl had met about two years ago. At that time, Dharminder was 16 and the girl was 14. They had met through a common friend. The girl was studying at a government school, while the boy was studying at a private school. The girl left her home and started staying with Dharminder at his house at Bapu Dham Colony.

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Another self-styled godman lands in police net
Property dispute led to the killing of BJP youth leader
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 28
Another ‘self-styled godman’, also a wanted criminal, was among those who murdered BJP leader in Sakteri on Monday. It was a property dispute between the two parties that led to the murder of Ashutosh Bhardwaj.

The alleged accused, Sanjay, who was arrested with his accomplice Tinku (20) had become a saint eight years ago, after he was wanted in many robbery cases in Haryana.
The accused in police custody at the Sector 14 police station in Panchkula on Wednesday
The accused in police custody at the Sector 14 police station in Panchkula on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Styled in saffron clothes, Sanjay was picked up from Rishikesh in Haridwar by a team of the Crime Investigating Agency (CIA) in the wee hours today.

Sanjay had provided the pistol for the murder. He is the real brother of Saroj Hooda.

With the arrest of two more persons, all the alleged accused stand arrested.

“Already a wanted criminal and proclaimed offender of the Rohtak police, Ajay alias Ajju has already been arrested by the police. He was hiding as a self-stled godman in Haridwar. He murdered Manjit, a local resident, thereafter he came to know that the person had illicit relations with his friend’s wife,” said a police official.

The police have also recovered the pistol and seven cartridges from the accused.

A youth leader of the Panchkula unit of the BJP was shot dead while his younger brother and father were injured seriously when a group of youths, equipped with firearms and sharp weapons, attacked the family at their residence in Manav Colony near Saketri village on Sunday night.

Ashutosh Bhardwaj (25) and his younger brother Rahul Bhardwaj (23) were asleep in a room on the first floor when the armed assailants entered the house after scaling the boundary wall.

The assailants entered the room and one of them fired a gunshot on the right side of Ashutosh’s chest while the others attacked both the brothers with sharp-edged weapons, leaving them with serious injuries. 

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Kundan Tennis Academy Tournament
Kshitij to face Kabir in title clash
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
Kshitij Joshi will face Kabir Kohli in the finals of the ongoing Kundan Tennis Academy Tournament at Kundan International School, Sector 46, tomorrow.

Sumer Sandhu returns a shot during a tennis tournament at Kundan International School, Sector 46, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
Sumer Sandhu returns a shot during a tennis tournament at Kundan International School, Sector 46, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

In the (U-10) boys’ semi-finals played today, Kshitij Joshi defeated Sanyam Madaan in straight set 5-2 whereas Kabir Kohli beat Adhiraj 5-1 to march ahead in the finals of the championship. Earlier, in the quarter-finals matches, Sanyam Madaan defeated Ajit 5-0 whereas Kshitij Joshi overpowered Chaitanya Bansal 5-1. In the semi-final of (U-12) girls’ category played today, Sohani Makkar defeated Bani 6-1.

Results

(U-10) boys’ first round: Ajit bt Sarvansh 5-1; Quarter-finals: Sanyam Madaan bt Ajit 5-0, Kshitij Joshi bt Chaitanya Bansal 5-1; Semi-finals: Kshitij Joshi bt Sanyam Madaan 5-2, Kabir Kohli bt Adhiraj 5-1; (U-12) boys’ semi-final: Shrenik Bhalla bt Abhi Jain 6-2; (U-14) boys’ semi-finals: Sumer Sandhu bt Aryan Kamra 7-3, Parveen bt Sehaj Nangal 7-4; (U-16) boys’ quarter-finals: Karan Bhalla bt Rahul Rana 6-3, Jaideep bt Aadish 6-1, Parveen bt Gurmehak 6-3 and Sumer bt Gaurav Seth 6-2.

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2 local karatekas win bronze medals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
Two local karate players won bronze medals, in their respective categories, in the 8th International Karate Championship that concluded recently in Nepal.

Aditya Singh (left) of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, and Anupam Singh of Saupins School, Sector 32, show their medals.
Aditya Singh (left) of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, and Anupam Singh of Saupins School, Sector 32, show their medals. A tribune photograph

Aditya Singh of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, won a bronze medal in the +50 kg category. He won the medal in the individual kumite event and also claimed a bronze in team category of the same event.

Other local representative, Anupam Singh of Saupin’s School, Sector 32, won a bronze medal in the below 25 kg weight category in the individual kumite event. He also attainted another bronze in the team kumite event in the sub-junior category.

Ashwani Kumar, local member of Chandigarh Karate Association, was the referee in the above said tournament. The championship was organised from May 21 to 25 by the Nepal Karate Federation, Member of Nepal Olympic Committee and Nepal Sports Council.

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National referee for tae kwon do appointed

Chandigarh, May 28
The Haryana State Tae kwon do Association, under the aegis of the Tae kwon do Federation of India, had conducted a national kyorugi referee seminar and national kyorugi referee refresher course from May 21 to 25 at War Hero’s Memorial Stadium in Ambala Cantonment. 

Shiv Raj Gharti, the only representative from Panchkula District, had participated in the seminar and has qualified for the post of national referee after appearing in the examination. He will now officiate in the upcoming tae kwon do championship. — TNS

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City girls attend junior hockey camp
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
Two local trainees of the Chandigarh Hockey Academy for girls are attending junior Indian women’s team coaching camp at Bhopal.

Two trainee defenders Shilpi Dabas and striker Poonam has been shortlisted to attend the junior women coaching camp to be held from May 26 to July 7, at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre, Bhopal.

The trainees have already joined the camp and will undergo probables camp prior to the final selection.

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tennis tournament
Brother-sister duo enters quarterfinals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) trainees Sumit Pal Singh and his sister Prinkle Singh marched into the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing AITA Singles Nationals Championship being held in Mumbai. They are competing in the Under-16 category for boys and girls.

In boys (U-16), unseeded Sumit Pal defeated Ponaka Sai Pranav of Karnataka in a long three setter match 6-3, 6-7(4) and 7-5.

In his pre-quarterfinal, Sumit Pal upset seventh seed Anurag Nenwani, again in a closely contested three setter tie 4-6, 7-5 and 6-3.

On other hand, in the girls (U-16), 13-year-old unseeded Prinkle Singh upset 10th seed Ravi Rishika of Taml Nadu in a long tallied match that ended in Prinkel’s favour 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3 whereas in her previous tie, she had upset 5th seed Aarushi Kakkar 6-7 (2), 6-4 and 6-1.

According to Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association’s officials, both of them are unseeded in the tournament and have put up good performance in the U-16 national tournament. 

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