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Murder accused remanded
Mohali, June 8 The Phase I police station SHO, Sub-Inspector (SI), Rajiv Kumar, said Pardeep Kumar (22) was murdered following a tiff over a petty issue. Pardeep’s body bearing multiple stabbing wounds was found in a park near his village on Saturday morning. — TNS
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P’kula couple booked for land fraud
Panchkula, June 8 The accused, identified as Rajeshwar and his wife Meenakshi, Gulab Singh, Devraj, Jasbir Singh and Sunil have been booked under the IPC at the Sector 20 police station. While Rajeshwar and Meenakshi reside in Sector 20, the other accused hail from different villages of Panchkula. The complainant, Mohinder, a local resident, alleged that he entered into an sale agreement a piece of land for Rs 8.5 crore. He paid Rs 84 lakh to the accused and received some documents, which allegedly turned out to be fake. The complainant stated that when he asked the accused to get the registry of the land done, the latter refused to do so. The police said the investigations were on.
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40-yr-old woman dies in mishap
Chandigarh, June 8 The deceased was identified as Guddi, a resident of Mauli Complex. The incident occurred when they were returning home after meeting a relative in Sector 20, Chandigarh. While they reached near the Kalagram light point, the speeding truck rammed into their scooter from behind. After the truck hit their vehicle, the deceased fell on the road and was run over by the truck. The injured was admitted to the GMSH in Sector 16. The police said the truck driver, Satish Kumar, was arrested and the vehicle was impounded. A case has been registered.
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Five arrested in separate drug cases
Chandigarh, June 8 The Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police arrested a woman from near the cremation ground T-point, Sector 25, and recovered 100 gram of charas from her possession. Another woman was arrested from near Shahpur Chowk. She was found in possession of 100 gram of charas. In another case, the police arrested Lokesh Walia, a resident of Ram Darbar, from the Mauli Complex and recovered 500 gram of ganja from his possession. In yet another case, one Sanjeev Kumar, a resident of Sector 46, was arrested from near Hallo Majra along with 328 capsules of prohibited drugs. Further, the police arrested Kailash, a resident of Sector 25, from Sector 38 (West) and recovered 25 gram of charas from his possession. Separate cases under the Narcotic, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act have been registered against the accused at various police stations and investigations have been initiated. Liquor recovered
The Chandigarh Police arrested Vijay Tiwari, a resident of Mauli Complex, from near the booth market at the complex and recovered 35 quarters of country-made wine from his possession. In another case, the Operation Cell of the police arrested Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Ropar district, from near the light point of sectors 44/45 and recovered six boxes of wine from his possession.
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Mother names victim’s five friends
Tribune News Service
Mohali, June 8 Notably, Gunreet Kaur (17) had gone missing from her Sector 90 residence on May 19. She had left behind a letter addressed to her mother. However, Gunreet’s mother Sukhdeep Kaur alleged that her daughter had been abducted, following which the police registered a case of abduction. In her fresh complaint, the victim’s mother alleged that her daughter had been kidnapped by these youngsters and demanded that the police should register a case against them. Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti said cross-questioning of the youngsters, whose names have been given by the victim’s mother in her fresh complaint, was being done. “If we find anything substantial against them, we would include their names in the case,” the SSP added. “We have constituted a special investigating team (SIT) to locate the girl and have sent some teams to metro cities,” said SSP Bhatti.
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Don’t keep calm, it’s FIFA World Cup: Bhutia
Chandigarh, June 8 One of the world’s biggest events, the world cup is scheduled to start from June 12 in Brazil with the host playing their opening match against Croatia. A total of 64 matches will be played among the top 32 soccer nations of the world. The 31-day long tournament will witness top players, representing their respective nations, vying for the winner’s running trophy. “All budding players must watch the matches in order to boost their interest for the game. If one follows the thing he or she likes the most on a regular basis, it becomes passion. One day, one of them may just make our country proud by representing the nation in the tournament,” said Baichung. “Like everyone else, I am also looking forward to seeing Indian soccer team finishing on the high grounds. If we continue to boost our players at the grassroot level, our dream would shape up into reality soon. We must encourage young players. They are still unaware about the system and all they know is the names of their favourite players. Many would want to shine in the world of soccer and this event will certainly leave an impact on them, at least for the next four years,” said the ace player. “I will be supporting Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. These four teams are my favourite and feature star players from the main leagues of the country. Brazil and Germany will remain my favourites, if they reach in the knock stage,” Baichung Bhutia. Goodbye to politics not yet In his maiden elections (Trinamool Congress ticket), the former Indian football captain faced a humpty defeat of 4.91 lakh votes. But this has not act as a deterrent, rather he says he will ensure win in the next elections. “If elected, my preference would remain to push the authorities concerned for new sports bill, solely for the welfare of the sportspersons. My motive, behind trying my hand in politics is to improve the nature and value of sports in our nation,” said Bhutia. Baichung remains cynosure of all eyes In Chandigarh to promote Chandigarh Football League, organised by Baichung Bhutia Football Schools, Baichung remained the centre of attraction for the players present at the Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46, here this evening. Budding players clicked photographs with their favourite star and also took his autographs. Baichung distributed prizes among the winners of the Chandigarh Football League on the occasion. “It’s a proud moment for me. I have a signatured football and a photograph with him. I will always remember it as a motivational gesture as this would motivate me to be like him,” said Pritam Rattan, a budding player. |
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Two Indians register win in snooker tournament
Chandigarh, June 8 In a close table battle, Hamza Akbar won the initial frames. Akbar, however, failed to keep the momentum subsequently frame over frame. Hamza made a brilliant 76 points break in the opening frame and continued to strike well with a lead of 3-1 over Thanawat. In the best of seven frames match, besides having an opportunity, he failed to make a breakthrough to save the frame. From thereon, both players had a tough contest. Thanawat registered wins in the last moments of play to set a decider with Hamza. In the decider frame, Thanawat made an impressive break of 59 points to win 83-6 and the match 4-3 (24-92(76), 47-58, 94(65)-01, 27-75, 66-54, 67-35, 83(59)-06). In the Indian contingent, Sahil Nayyar played two matches and won both. He defeated Chang Yu Kiu of Hong Kong 4-0 and MFM Fazil of Sri Lanka 4-1. Another Indian player, Ishpreet Chadha also registered a comfortable win against Amir Tariq of Pakistan 4-2. Results
15th Under-21 Snooker 13th English Billiards Score |
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Pandove trophy: Chandigarh, Patiala match ends in a draw
Chandigarh, June 8 The draw, however, failed to stop Patiala from garnering 3 points on the basis of the first innings lead. With this draw, Chandigarh team attained one point. Resuming at overnight score of 403 for 9, Patiala was bowled out for 410 runs in 159.3 overs. Trailing by 32 runs, Chandigarh opened their second innings with Bhagmender Singh and Shivam Bhambri and lost a quick wicket when Shivam was castled by Sukhwinder for 9 runs. Thereafter, Bhagmender and Abhimanyu added 40 runs for the second wicket before he was caught out by Jashanpreet off Ikjot Singh for 21, inclusive of three boundaries. First innings centurion, Arjit Singh joined Abhimanyu and added 34 runs for the third wicket before being caught out by A Malhotra off Sanveer for 20 off 28 balls with two boundaries. Middle-order batsman Gogia then stumped Vineet Dhakka by clean bowling him for 8 runs. Abhimanyu was next to go on 70 off 148 balls with 11 boundaries and one six. Struggling at 139 for five in 52.1 overs, Arpit Singh and Arvind Chauhan salvaged the position by stitching an unbroken 84 runs partnership in 22 overs, before the stumps were drawn. At close of play, Chandigarh were 223 for five in 74 overs with Arpit Pannu remaining unbeaten on 50 off 76 balls with seven boundaries and Arvind Chauhan unbeaten on 38 with seven boundaries. For Patiala, G Gogia claimed two for 61 runs while, Ikjot Singh, Sanveer and Sukhwinder Singh claimed one wicket each. Brief scores
Chandigarh (1st innings)-378 all out in 135.1
overs. Patiala (1st innings)-441 all out in 159.3 overs (Sanveer Singh 161, Mandeep Singh 56, Ikjot Singh 23, Sagar Kumar 34, Anmol Malhotra 37, Karan Pathak 33, Hemank Gupta three for 43 runs, Vineet Dhakka three for 53 runs and Bhagminder Singh four for 120 runs) Chandigarh (2nd innings)-223 for five in 74 overs
(Bhagmender Singh 21, Abhimanue 70, Arjit Singh 20, Arpit 50 not out, Arvind Chauhan 38 not out, G Gogia two for 61 runs, Ikjot one for 12 runs, Sanveer one for 23 runs and Sukhwinder Singh one for 63 runs). The second match between Mohali and Jalandhar also ended in a draw with Mohali garnering three points on the first innings lead basis. Jalandhar in their second innings were 227 for six in 81 overs when the play ended. Mansab Gill (61 of 69 balls), Rajat Sharma (41 off 107 balls) and Akshit (33 of 71 balls) were the main run getters for the batting side. For
Mohali, Khushpreet (three for 26 runs) and Jasinder Singh (two for 81 runs) remained the most successful bowlers. Brief scores
Jalandhar (first innings)-379 all out in 119.4 overs, Mohali (first innings)-462 all out in 160.4
overs, Jalandhar (2nd innings)- 227 for 6 in 81 overs(Mansab Gill 61, Rajat Sharma 41, Akshit 33, Khushpreet 3 for 26, Jasinder 2 for 81 ) In the last match, Amritsar outclassed Ludhiana by 10 wickets to garner seven points, including bonus. Resuming at 323 for 9, Ludhiana’s batting line up was bowled out for 343 in 146.2 overs leaving Amritsar with a target of 36 for an outright win. Brief
scores
Amritsar (1st innings)-519 all out, Ludhiana (1st innings)-211 all out, Ludhiana (2nd innings)-323 for all out in 146.2 overs(Rajat 112, Kashish 63, Parul 52, Rahul 3 for 92, Rohit 3 for 115 and Karan 2 for 27), Amritsar (2nd Innings)-36 for no loss in 4 overs
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Tennis tourney: Main draw to begin today
Chandigarh, June 8 CHART trainee Krishan Hooda maintained his winning streak and defeated Dhruv Tangri in a keenly contested three-setter match 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3 while, Nikita Devi, Princy Panchal and Bindu Kulhriya of CHART also made it to the main draws. The main draw of both boys and girls’ (under-14) will start tomorrow. Results
Boys final qualifying round:
Vansh bt Dharmil 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, Krishan bt Dhruv 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3, Drumil Thakkar bt Bhupender Dahiya 6-3, 6-3, Udit Kamboj bt Sarang Garg 6-2, 7-6(3), Neeraj Yashpaul bt Parshwa Bavishi 6-1, 6-1, Tushar bt Jaskaran Singh Riar 6-4, 6-3, Abhimanyu bt Udgam 6-2, 6-1, Dipin Wadhwa bt Onkar Apte 6-4, 6-4.
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Football trials on June 11
Chandigarh, June 8 Selected players will be provided free boarding, lodging in hostel along with free-ship in the college fee.
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