Chandigarh, July 29
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Tata AIG General Insurance Company to 
pay Rs 47,534 as the net payable amount towards insurance claim of the damaged vehicle owned by a Zirakpur-based man.

The forum also directed the company to pay Rs 15,000 for the mental agony caused due to rejection of the claim to the complainant and Rs 7,000 towards the cost of litigation.

The complainant alleged that his car, duly insured with Tata AIG, had met with an accident. The vehicle was taken to Berkley Hyundai in Chandigarh for repair and the insurance company was informed.

“After repair, the complainant requested the insurance company to pay the insurance claim, which was refused and as such, an amount of Rs 56,075 was paid by the complainant to the repair centre,” it was stated.

The complainant alleged that the opposite party rejected his claim on the grounds that no-claim bonus was wrongly sought by the complainant.

The opposite party in its reply stated that since there was violation of the no-claim bonus, the complainant’s claim was repudiated.

“The plea raised by the insurance company that the complainant was guilty of concealment of facts regarding the no-claim bonus does not stand to reason. It was the duty of the opposite party to verify about the entitlement of the no-claim bonus to the complainant at the time of issuance/renewal of the policy,” the forum ruled.

Panchkula, July 29
The police today arrested the two candidates in whose place two youths were taking the physical test for the post of constable in the Haryana Police.

Virender and Mandeep, who had applied for the posts, had fled the spot yesterday. The police had arrested Ajay and Jasbir, who impersonated Virender and Mandeep in 200-metre race at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Sector 3 here.

In the morning, Virender, a resident of Karnal, and Mandeep, a resident of Rohtak, got their heights measured. When they were to take part in the 200-metre race, Ajay and Jasbir took places of Virender and Mandeep, respectively, the police said. The examiners got suspicious when during a 400-metre race, the finger impressions of Ajay and Jasbir did not match with the records.

A case under Section 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered yesterday.

Chandigarh, July 29
In-form carrom prodigy Mohd Talib of St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here, had a double delight by winning the men’s singles and boys’ junior singles title on the concluding day of the 24th Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament.

The tournament was held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, today.

In the men’s singles final match, Talib thrashed his opponent Mohd Hassan in two straight away sets (25-02 and 25-05). Earlier in the semi-finals, Mohd Talib defeated his father Umeed Ali (25-00 and 25-07) while Hassan overpowered his father Mazhar Khan (25-08 and 22-07).

In the Boys’ junior singles final category, Talib ousted Aarish (14-10 and 19-08). In the semi-finals, Talib defeated Mihir Yadav (22-00 and 15-08) while Arish defeated Paras Arora (16-07, 05-20 and 19-05). In the finals of the women’s category, Farheen excelled against her sister Tuba in straight sets (24-11 and 15-10). Earlier, Farheen defeated Priya Sharma (15-16, 23-18 and 18-10) and Tuba defeated Manu Gupta (19-05 and 23-04). Malik Singh, former director, Haryana Cooperative Bank, awarded the winners.

The Chandigarh Carrom Association also honoured Mohd Talib and Tuba who claimed the top two positions in their respective category of junior nationals held at Moradabad in January 2014. The junior and sub-junior girls’ teams were also honoured for securing the 2nd and the 3rd position in the National Championships 2013-14.

Chandigarh, July 29
On the opening day of the inter-school volleyball tournament for boys and girls’ (U-14), Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, defeated Delhi Public School, Sector 40, (2-0). The tournament was being held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, here.

In the match of the girls’ (U-14) category, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, defeated their rivals (25-04 and 25-08).

In the second match, Government Model High School, Sector 43, trounced Saupin’s School, Sector 32, (25-03 and 25-00). On the other hand, in the matches of boys’ (U-14) category, the team of Government Model School, Sector 26 (Bapu Dham), went down against Tender Heart School, Sector 33, (25-14/25-09), Government Model High School, Sector 29, trounced Government Model High School, Sector 39, (25-05/25-13) and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, (25-19 and 25-17).

Results: Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 56, (17-25,25-21,15-11); Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 47, bt Tribune Model School, Sector 29, (25-07,25-10); Government Model High School, Sector 28, bt AKSIPS (25-11,25-07); DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, bt MRASSS-27 (25-21,12-26,25-14); GMHS-43 bt Saupin’s School, Sector 32, (25-08,25-06); Government High School, Sector 32, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, (25-14,25-19); Government Model Senior Secondary School, Vikas Nagar, bt Arobindo School, Sector 27, (25-13,25-08).

Chandigarh, July 29
Local tennis players performed well and booked their berths in the quarterfinals stage of the ongoing HTA–AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament being played at the synthetic courts of the Harvest Tennis Academy, Jassowal, today.

In Boys’ (U-16) singles pre-quarter finals round, local lad Param Pun marched ahead by defeating Calvin N Goelmei from Chandigarh.

He overpowered his rival with a marginal set victory 6-4 and 6-3. In another match of the same category, Sagar Bains from Chandigarh defeated Siddharth Bedekar from Delhi 6-0 and 6-3. Top seed Digvijay Pratap Singh defeated his counterpart Kabir Manrai (from Chandigarh) 6-3 and 6-0.

Chandigarh, July 29
Olympic champion ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, who recently bagged a gold medal in 10m air rifle event of the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, reached his hometown in Chat village, Zirakpur, at around 12 noon, on Tuesday.

Bindra, who reached Delhi yesterday, came to his farmhouse today along with his father. On his arrival, he opted to maintain distance from mediapersons who were waiting outside his farmhouse in Chat village.

Talking over intercom, his father alleged: “With due respect, we will call you whenever we get a chance to interact with the media. You (the reporters) could have sent your representatives to Delhi to receive Abhinav and interacted with him there.”

“Abhinav is not bound to entertain as per the wish of mediapersons or any publication. He will not be available today and the rest of his schedule will be conveyed to you (mediapersons) whenever there will be any possibility,” he said.

After striking a gold medal, Bindra, during an interview recently, cracked a joke by saying that he wished to take up journalism as profession. He said: “Journalism is an easy job, I may become a journalist after my shooting career.”

After witnessing today’s incident where a few mediapersons despite their efforts failed to get his picture, he may change his opinion. Bindra bid the CWG adieu after winning the gold medal in the recently held games.

Chandigarh, July 29
The 21st edition of the All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament will be held from September 29 to October 8 at the cricket grounds of the PCA Stadium, Mohali; the Cricket Stadium of Sector 16 Chandigarh; the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, Panchkula; LIC Cricket Academy of Government Model High School, Sector 26, Chandigarh; St John’s School, Sector 26, Chandigarh; and Government College; Ropar.

The tournament will be organised under the aegis of the Punjab Cricket Association. Sushil Kapoor, organising secretary, said a total of 16 teams from across the nation would participate in the tournament. The tournament would be played on a league-cum-knock-out basis with 50 overs each innings. The final match of the competition would be played at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, on October 8 under floodlights and the winners will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh along with the winners’ trophy while the runners-up side will be given a cash award of Rs 1 lakh with the runners-up trophy. The organising committee will also spot ‘Man of the Match’ for each match and also ‘Best Batsman’, ‘Best Bowler’ and ‘Player of the tournament’.

The committee has also decided to award DP Azad Trophy for most technically sound young batsman. The participating teams will be divided in four pools and top two teams from each pool will qualify for the quarter finals.

The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association; Baroda Cricket Association; UP Cricket Association; Maharashtra Cricket Association; Delhi District Cricket Association; Cricket Association of Bengal; MRF, Chennai; ONGC, Delhi; CAG, Delhi; AIR India, Delhi; Indian Oil Corporation, Mumbai; and last year winners Reliance Industry, Mumbai, and runners-up Punjab Cricket Club are expected to mark their presence in the tournament. Around 31 matches, including the finals, will be played during this 10-day cricket tournament.

Chandigarh, July 29
Paddlers of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, maintained their winning streak and defeated Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, to win the final of the Inter-school Table Tennis Championship for Boys (U-14), held at the table tennis hall of Sector 23 here.

In the final, the DAV side outclassed its rivals 3-0. Ishan Kapoor defeated Paarth Garg (13-11,11-6 and 11-9), while Sachit outclassed Trivir Garg (11-2, 11-1 and 11-2). In the last match, Vansh came from behind and posted back-to-back victories in the last sets to win the game. After losing two initial sets (8-11 and 9-11), Vansh played well and won the last three games (11-7,11-9 and 11-5). Earlier, in the semi-finals, the DAV side defeated Sri Aurobindo School, Sector 27, 3-0. Ishan Kapoor defeated Divin (11-9, 11-8 and 11-7) while Sachit beat Naman (11-7,11-8 and 11-8) and Pawan defeated Lakshya (11-4,11-6 and 11-3).

Chandigarh, July 29
Failing to repair the filters and unable to drain out the stagnant water –- which is turning into a breeding ground for larvae — the PGIMER authorities have kept its swimming pools, located on the campus, closed for the past over 2 years.

Even as 3,000 employees of the institute cannot use the swimming pool, the stagnated water also exposes people to mosquitoes causing dengue and malaria.

In 2012, Chandigarh Tribune had highlighted how the two pools –- one for the staff and the other for children — at the city’s premier health institute had developed fungi on the surface of the unfiltered water. The members had stopped visiting the pool and eventually the authorities were forced to close them. There are four in-built filters in the pools.

When contacted, an official spokesperson, said, “The special repair of the filtering system of the swimming pools is in progress and is likely to be completed in six-seven days.” — TNS