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Chandigarh, May 30
A Chandigarh Police constable, Bhudev, was injured after his motorcycle was hit by a car near Night Food Street, Sector 14. Bhudev was coming from IRB complex, Sarangpur, to join his duty when the speeding car hit him around 9.45pm. He was rushed to the PGI and his condition was stable. The police said Bhudev failed to note down the registration number of 
the car. A case was registered at the Sector 11 police station.

Sector 33 house burgled

Electronic items, a laptop, gold ornaments and Rs 50,000 were stolen from the house of Mela Chaba, a Sector 33 resident, Chandigarh, on Thursday. A forensic team collected fingerprints. Meanwhile, a Kangra resident, Amit Sharma, was arrested for stealing a laptop, cellphone and a purse containing Rs 1,000 of a passenger at the Sector 43 bus stand. Naveen Bathla, a resident of Mohali, was yet to board a bus when Sharma stole his valuables. A case was registered at the Sector 36 police station.

2 vehicles stolen

Two vehicles, a Hyundai Verna and a Maruti Swift, were stolen on Thursday night. Daljit Singh of Sector 20 alleged he had parked his Verna outside his house at around 9pm and found that it had been stolen. Randhir Singh, a resident of Sector 43, reported to the police that his car bearing a Haryana registration number was stolen from outside his house. The oolice have registered two FIRs.

Chandigarh, May 30
Kalpana Singh, a tae kwon do player, claimed gold medal in the sub-junior (18 to 20kg) category of the 14th Chandigarh State Sub-Juniors/Cadets Tae Kwon Do Championship being held here today.

In the same category, Nisha of the BDTC Club claimed a silver medal while Yashika of the BDTC Club claimed a bronze along with Nimisha Arvind (second bronze).

Results

Sub-Junior Girls 18 kg to 20 kg:

Gold - Kalpana Singh (Velocity Club)

Silver - Nisha (BDTC)

Bronze - Yashika (BDTC)

2nd Bronze - Nimisha Arvind (BDTC)

20 kg to 22 kg:

Gold - Ashmita Bhardwaj

Silver - Shruti Poddar (Miracle)

Bronze - Himanshi (Guru Harkrishan Public School, Sector 40)

2nd Bronze - Prtiksha (Dynamic Club)

22kg to 24kg:

Gold - Ana Patial (Diamond Club)

Silver - Shambhavi Bhroria (Arhan Club)

Bronze - Sneha (Negi Club)

2nd Bronze - Zoya Khan (Diamond Club)

24kg to 26kg:

Gold - Shreya Singh (Arhan Club)

Silver - Komal Yadav (Defence Club)

Bronze – Khushi (Guru Harkrishan Public School, Sector 40)

2nd Bronze - Pramya Nayyar (Defence Club)

26kg to 29kg:

Gold - Jyotsna Sharma (Negi Club)

Silver - Jiya Gauri (Negi Club)

Bronze - Kamal Preet (BDTC)

2nd Bronze - Tanishka Walia (Defence Club)

29kg to 32kg:

Gold - Arushi Mishra (Arhan Club)

Silver - Manasini Dwivedi (DPS 40)

Bronze - Nandini (Defence Club)

2nd Bronze : Sneha (BDTC).

Chandigarh, May 30
The Chandigarh Golf Club will host the 8th North Zone Civil Service Golf Tournament on Saturday (7am), here.

Civil servants in six teams, including Northern, Central, Eastern, Western, Southern and North East Zone, will via for the cup.

CSR Reddy, IPS, ADGP, Punjab Police, is the president of the North Zone. The North Zone team comprises of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chandigarh.

Chandigarh, May 30
AG Sports World Private Limited will organise the first AG League T20 Cricket Tournament here.

It will be organised in Chandigarh from the first week of July onwards. Players above 18 years of age are eligible to participate in the tournament. The interested teams can register their entries with Dr Paramjit Singh (9815553749). 

Chandigarh, May 30
In the ongoing Punjab Inter-District Cricket Championship for Boys (U-25), both Chandigarh and Patiala sides got one point each at the end of the day.

Earlier, resuming at the overnight score, the Chandigarh team failed to add any run in their total of 293 runs. For Patiala, Beant Singh finished with 5 for 45 while Amrinder Singh took his tally to 2 for 60.

In reply, Patiala lost their opener Prabhjot Singh for 4 runs. However, the 2nd wicket stand of 44 runs between Kunwar Raina and Harinder Singh stabled the innings. The Patiala innings was further halted after Gaurav Puri snapped Himanshu Chawla of Rahul Thakur for reducing Patiala to 50 for 3 in 18.3 overs. In form player Kunwar Raina was the next victim when he was run out by Gaurav Puri for 33 off 80 balls inclusive of 3 boundaries.

Thereafter, Kanwarpal Singh and Karan Kaila got together to make a stand of 170 runs partnership before Kanwarpal Singh was run out by Akshay Kaushik for a match saving 88 off 214 balls consisting of 9 boundaries and one six. Flowed by his partner wicket, Karan was caught by Aman Bharti off Rahul Thakur for a well made 91 off 171 balls inclusive of 4 boundaries and one six. Amrinder Singh (7) and Aman Bharti (04) batted out the four overs to take the team’s total to 277 for 7 in 94 overs. Since 1st innings was not completed both the teams were awarded one point each. For Chandigarh, Rahul Thakur (3 for 83) and Sachin Rawat (1 for 24) were the successful bowlers.