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Banur, September 6
A 22-year-old girl, suffering from Celiac Axis Syndrome, a rare ailment, was successfully operated upon at Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, here.

The young girl from Ambala, was operated upon by surgical gastroenterologist Dr Mudit Kumar and his team.

Dr Mudit said, “The pain used to worsen after intake of meals and was almost followed with repeated vomiting. As a result, she had not been unable to eat and drink properly. She had lost weight too.”

It was found that she was suffering from diabetes. Medical investigated further diagnosed her to be suffering from a very rare condition Celiac Axis Syndrome. “In this disease, the artery, which supplies blood to liver, stomach, abdominal esophagus, spleen and the superior half of both the duodenum and pancreas, gets compressed, leading to reduced blood flow to these organs which causes pain. The severity of pain varies according to the level of compression,” added Dr Mudit. — TNS

Chandigarh, September 6
The special CBI court here today sent the SHO of the Sector 34 police station, Inspector Rajesh Shukla, who was arrested in a bribery case three days ago, to 14-day judicial custody.

Shukla was arrested on September 3. Two days ago, the CBI had stumbled upon evidence to establish Shukla’s involvement in the purchase of illegal properties worth around Rs 85 lakh during his tenure.

The CBI had seized some property documents, following the raid at the Inspector’s residence on September 3.

Besides, the CBI is also investigating if the SHO collected monthly bribe from various other quarters such as liquor contractors and owners of shops in the area as well as parking contractors.

On September 3, the CBI had arrested Inspector Rajesh Shukla, SHO of the Sector 34 police station, along with head constable Mukesh Kumar and constable Dilbaj Singh in a bribery case of Rs 10,000.

Zirakpur, September 6
With the arrest of nine persons, including seven girls and their two accomplices from a housing society on late Friday night, the local police today claimed to have unearthed a flesh trade racket.

All accused were today produced before a court in Dera Bassi and remanded to judicial custody.

Acting on a tip-off, the police laid a trap and sent two police personnel as decoy customers to a flat in Royal Estate and nabbed nine persons from the spot.

Investigating officer (IO), Kewal Singh, claimed to have arrested the kingpin of the trade, Nisha alias Rani of Samana, and Rajji, a resident of Mani Majra, besides seven teenaged girls from the flat.

A case under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, was registered against them at the Zirakpur police station.

The IO said of the seven girls, two were from Ghaziabad, one each from Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Ambala.

He said accused Nisha was operating the racket from the flat for the past over four months.

“Accused Rajji used to work for Nisha on a commission basis and supplied the girls to customers for Rs 4,000-Rs 5,000 per night,” said Singh.

“Nisha paid Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000 to every girl and kept the remaining amount with herself,” claimed the Investigating officer.

Mohali, September 6
The Mohali police today arrested a domestic help, who allegedly stole gold jewellery, worth around Rs 19 lakh, from two houses where she had been working.

The accused, identified as Babli of Kajheri village, had been working in two houses in Sector 70. She stole 170 gram of gold jewellery from one house and 510 gram of gold ornaments from the other. “We got suspicious when we learnt that the same domestic help was working at the two houses that were targeted,” said a police official.

Babli had applied for interim bail, which was rejected by the court. “Today, we arrested her after registering a case under the IPC. She was produced before the court, which has sent her on two days remand under the police custody,” said the police.

Chandigarh, September 6
Baba Uttam Singh Hockey Academy (BUSH), Khadoor Sabib, emerged victorious after defeating Surjit Hockey Academy Jalandhar, 6-4, on the concluding day of the 13th ONGC SN Vohra Memorial Sub-Junior (U-14) Hockey Tournament at the hockey stadium of Mohali here today.

The winning team also bagged a cash award of Rs 45,000 while, the runner’s up team pocketed Rs 35,000.

BUSH, Khadoor Sabib, posted the opening goal in the first minute. Prabhjot opened his team’s account with a field goal.

After an early jolt, Jalandhar side stabled their play and soon made a comeback through Vikremadit in the 14th minute. He smartly dodged past the main stopper and leveled the score with a brilliant swing enough to beat the custodian.

After a 1-1 draw, both teams kept their calm and started playing a possession. Khadoor Sabib bounced back through an awarded penalty corner.

Drag flicker Ravinder, in the 24th minute, without any hesitation posted 2-1 lead. Just two minutes after conceding the goal, Jalandhar marched their campaign and proved too good for Khadoor Sabib’s defense line. Jaspreet Singh again leveled the margin, 2-2, with a solo effort.

Overcoming the defending nudge, strikers of Khadoor Sabib side scored three goals, Just before the lemon break, Balbir put the score ahead in the 30th minute through an awarded 23-meter hit. Later, after coming back from the midway rest, Prabhjot sounded the wooden plank in the 38th minute while Balkar made the lead 5-2 in the 48th minute with his ace shot in the awarded penalty corner.

In the meanwhile, Jalandhar side reduced the margin with Sudarshan scoring the third goal. The joy was cut short by Balkar in the 58th minute through a fielded goal. He then scored the sixth goal of his team.

In the dying minutes, Jalandhar side scored another consoling goal when Sudarshan, in the 59th minute, beat the custodian in a one-to-one situation.

Chandigarh, September 6
CHART trainee Bindu Kulhria along with Princy Panchal and Nikita Kharangra steered into the main draw of St Stephen’s School’s AITA Tennis Championship Series. The tournament commenced at the CLTA Tennis Courts in Sector 10 here today.

In the girls’ (singles) qualifying round, Bindu Kulhria beat Sakshi Singh, 8-0. Princy Panchal beat Tashneen Makkar 8-7(6).

In the third match, Nikita Kharangra defeated Sukhmani Singh 8-0.

In the boys’ category, CLTA trainee Sidharth Goel defeated Pardeep Singh of Punjab 8-5 while, another CLTA trainee Samarth Suri defeated his counterpart trainee Udayvir Singh 8-4.

Results: Boys’ (Singles) qualifying second round: Shashikant Rajput bt Sahil Garg 8-0, Ritik Rana bt Shashikant Thakur 8-4, Sehaj Punj bt Pranay Sharma 8-2, Srikant Thakur bt Shaurya Benerjee 8-0, Bhupender Dahiya bt Sahaj Nangal 8-2, Sarabjot Singh bt Pranav Chopra 8-7(7), Amaan Siddiqui bt Rishi Jalota 8-1, Dhruv Tangri bt Suraj Kumar A 8-1, Naresh Badgujar bt Avitej Anand 8-2, Pardeep Singh bt Sidharth Goel, MS Kartik bt Ajay Singh 8-6, Krishan Hooda bt Rohit Malik 8-7(4), Samarth Suri bt Udayvir Singh 8-4, Akarshit Mahajan bt Raunaq Singh 8-2, Chiraj Dandona bt Kartik Prahar 8-1, Archit Juneja bt Jasmol Arora 8-6

Boys’ (Singles) qualifying first round: Sahil Garg bt Chetanbir Koonar 8-7 (7), Shashikant Thakur bt Harman Minhas 8-3, Pranay Sharma bt Arshjot Singh 8-1, Shaurya Benerjee bt Kabir Mehrotra 8-6, Srikant Thakur bt Gaurav Kumar 8-2, Sahaj Nangal bt Abhinav 8-1, Pranav Chopra bt Karan Dev Sandhu 8-2, Sarabjot Singh bt Arav Singh Gill 8-1, Rishi Jalota bt Dhananjay Singh 8-1, Suraj Kumar bt Saideep Rao 8-7 (5), Avitej Anand bt Ankit Jaiswal 8-7 (2), Pardeep Singh bt Kiran Vinod 8-0, Sidharth Goel bt Karthik 8-0, Ajay Singh bt Viren Kumar 8-1, Rohit Malik bt Tushar Kumar 8-1, Kartik Prahar bt Kurer Nanda 8-1, Jasmol Arora bt Aditya Aggarwal 8-0, Raunaq Singh bt Gautam Mittal 8-6, Samarth Suri bt Sehajvir Singh 8-0

Girls’ (Singles) qualifying first round: Kshitija Singh bt Adita Vashisht 8-2, Dikshita Rana bt Inayat Sandhu 8-6, Shrishti Dheer bt Amreen Sidhu 8-5.

Chandigarh, September 6
Overnight showers spoiled the opening day match of the Dhruv Pandove trophy finals between the Punjab Cricket Association and the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) at Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium in Patiala.

In the opening day 23 overs were played today.

Batting first, the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association posted 43 runs for one wicket at the close of the first day’s play. Rahul Jain scored 18 runs off 65 balls with three boundaries along with Shivam Tiwari, who scored 16 runs (not out) off 72 balls, with one boundary.

For the Punjab side, Hartejassvi Kapoor claimed one for 13 runs.

Chandigarh, September 6
Shri Guru Gobind Singh (SGGS) College Sector 26, Sector 26, won the Panjab University’s Inter-College Cross-Country Race for Men, organised on the Panjab University campus here today.

DAV College, Sector 10, were the runners-up in the championship while, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, attained the third spot. Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, claimed fourth position.

Chandigarh, September 6
Varun Gupta, Jaskeerat Singh and Anubhav Tuknayat claimed three point lead on the opening day of the Chandigarh (Under-25) Youth Chess Championship at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44.

The three players claimed the lead after the third round.

2½ points: Shubham, Rahul Arora, Suresh Kumar, Rishabh Jain, Yash Yakhmi.

2 points: Ishaan Singh Mendiratta, Abhinav Bansal, Aryandeep, Rajan Gupta, Anu Singh, Rohit Roy, Mansimran, Navratan Randhawa, Tarundeep Singh, Kashish Kaushal, Simran Jeet Singh, Soumiljit.

1½ points: Sahil Bhatia, Kartikaye, Ram Kumar.