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Supporters of parties trade rigging charges; polling peaceful in Kalka
Bipin Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service

The maximum polling (90.65 per cent) was recorded at the Booth No 117 in Pinjore while the minimum was 35 per cent at the Booth No 56 in Kalka at 5 pm.

EVMs kept at strongroom in Panchkula college

The election parties from across the constituency submitted the EVMs, which have been kept at a strongroom set up in the Government College, Sector 14, Panchkula. The election parties from Bhoj Godam, in a remote corner of the Morni Hills, travelled for almost three hours to reach Panchkula for depositing the EVMs this evening.

Candidates of main parties didn’t vote in constituency

• Of the 12 candidates contesting the Kalka Assembly seat, contestants of main political parties, including Latika Sharma (BJP), Pradeep Chaudhary (INLD), Shakti Rani Sharma (HJC-HJCP), Manvir Kaur Gill (Congress) and Satvinder Singh Rana (BSP), did not cast their vote in the constituency.
• Observing ‘Ahoi’ fast, Shakti Rani Sharma, the HJCP candidate, toured the constituency to ensure proper election arrangements. She was upset on finding that booths of her party were not set up at some places till 11 am.

Chandigarh, October 15
Two persons were killed while a two-year-old boy was injured in three separate accidents reported from the city.

In the first incident, Harinder Singh, a resident of Dhanas, was killed after a bus of Chitkara College hit him while he was going to work. The incident took place in the wee hours when the bus, carrying students, hit to the cyclist on Dhanas and Dadu Majra road.

The victim (20) was rushed to the PGI where doctors on duty declared him brought dead. The police have arrested the bus driver, Ashok Kumar, and a case has been registered at the Sector 11 police station.

In another fatal accident, a recklessly driven Swift car hit an eighty-year-old pedestrian identified as Rameshwar Dass, a resident of Sector 38, on Tuesday evening. Dass was a retired superintendent from the Punjab Irrigation Department.

The victim was hit near Sector 38-40 light point. Dass had gone for a walk at the time of the accident.

Police sources said that the driver of Swift car picked up the victim and rushed him to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16 ,from where he was refereed to the PGI, where he succumbed to his injuries. The victim had suffered injuries on his head and leg.

Police officials said that the driver fled from the GMSH 16, after leaving the victim.

Police sources said that the registration number of the vehicle could not be noted down.

A case at the Sector 39 police station has been registered and an investigation has been initiated.

Meanwhile, in another case a two-year old child was seriously injured after a SUV reportedly hit him near the entry of Dadu Majra colony. The child identified as Karan came under the front wheel of the SUV, which was later intercepted by the eyewitnesses.

Naresh Rana, an eyewitness, recollecting the scene said that the rashly driven Scorpio hit the child and fled from the scene. “I was sitting at a barber’s shop and saw what happened. I immediately picked up my motorcycle and started chasing the vehicle”, Rana said.

Rana further said that he and another person managed to nab the driver near the Sector 38/38 (west) light point. “We informed the police about the incident”, he added. The child was meanwhile rushed to the GMSH-16 from where he was referred to the PGI. Maloya police post in charge Sub Inspector (SI) Harminderjit Singh said that they were yet to receive a complaint regarding the accident. The police, however, have impounded the vehicle.

Chandigarh, October 15
The Chandigarh Police arrested a Sector-37 resident and recovered 18 cycles from his possession which were stolen from different parts of the city.

The staff of Burail police post arrested Manoj Kumar, alias Chujja, and recovered the stolen cycles from him.

The police said that these cycles were stolen by the accused from Apni Mandi held in different Sectors of the city.

Nithyaraj Baburaj in action during a quarterfinal match of The Tribune Cup at the CLTA courts in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

The singles semifinal matches will be held at the CLT Complex from 9 am onwards and all doubles semifinals will be held after 12 pm.

Results

Men’s singles quarters: Mohit Mayur bt Brahmjot Singh 6-1, 6-2, Rishi Rakshit bt Dalwinder Singh 7-6, 6-3, Hardeep Sandhu bt Sorav Sakul 6-2, 6-2, Hadin Bawa bt. Ranjeet Singh 6-2, 6-1; Women’s singles quarters: Nithyaraj Baburaj bt Himani Mor 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, Manya Nagpal bt Ashima Garg 6-3, 6-1, Samhitha Sai bt Lalita Devarakonda 6-3, 6-3, Rashmi Teltumbdre bt. Nandini Sharma 6-1 , 6-3; Women’s doubles round II: Sagrika Phadke and Chandershekhar Varunya bt Sai Nikita Chikkala and Abhilasha Vishwanath 6-4, 6-1, GS Vasavi and Preethi Sriniwasan bt Ashima Garg and Vineeta Singh 7-5, 6-3, Arushi Bhasin and Nida Kamal bt. Manya Nagpal and Nithyaraj Baburaj 5-7, 6-1, 10-6, Sai Samitha and Rashmi Teltumbre bt. Gayatri Kumaraiah and Sanya Madan 6-0, 6-4; Men’s doubles round II: Manav Chakma and Mohit Mayur bt Shabaj Khan and Hadin Bawa 6-1, 7-6(5), Vilaser Khate and Digvijay Mehta bt. Barahmjot Singh and Rubal Shandilya 3-6, 6-3, 10-4, Jajbir Singh and Harinder Sandhu bt Jairaj Sirohi and Divay Chopra 6-1, 6-2, Sukul Saurav and Sagar Manjana bt Maninder Singh and Osama Shaik 6-1, 6-4.

Chandigarh, October 15
Hosts and defending champions Saint Soldier International School, Sector 28, failed to retain the title of the North Zone CBSE Cluster XIII Football Tournament that concluded here today.

In the finals of the championship, the hosts lost to Army Public School, Chandimandir, by a solitary goal (1-0).

In a closely contested match, both the teams played at par however, in the 45th minute Deepak Rana of Army Public School displayed a brilliant solo effort and posted the goal.

Earlier, in the semifinal matches, Saint Soldier International School defeated Durga Public School, Solan, by 2-0. Sumit Dhankar netted the first goal in the 15th minute while Shubhkarman doubled the lead in the 33rd minute of the match.

In the second semifinal, New Public School, Sector 18, went down against Army School, Chandimandir, by 2-1.

For the winning side, Kartik and Pawan Negi posted goals each in 36th minute and 40th minute, respectively.

Sumit Dhankar of Saint Soldier International School, Chandigarh, bagged the best player award while Deepak Rana of Army Public School, Chandimandir, was adjudged as the best scorer of the tournament.

Chandigarh, October 15
Local women’s cricket team defeated hosts Uttar Pradesh by nine wickets during a match of the All-India Late Chaman Bhai Patel Twenty-Twenty Tournament at Mathura.

After electing to bat first, Uttar Pradesh was restricted to a total of 118 for seven wickets in 20 overs. Priyanka took two wickets while Sunaina claimed one. For the hosts, Prithi Paswan scored 21 runs. In reply, the local side achieved the target by losing only one wicket. Sunaina (48 runs) and Manisha (42 runs) with their unbeaten contribution scripted city’s win. Sunaina for her overall performance was the woman of the match.

Chandigarh, October 15
Amit of DAV School, Sector 8, knocked out Shivan of Sharda Sarvhitkari School, Sector 40, in the 54kg weight category of the (U-17) boys event during the ongoing Inter-School BoxingChampionship at PML SD Public School in Sector 32 here today.

In the same weight category, Vinay of Government Model High School, Sector 12, beat Manimahesh of St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, while Aman of PML SD School, Sector 32, defeated beat Deepak of Guru Nanak Khalsa School, Sector 30. In the last game of the same category, Vikas of Government Model High School, Sector 28, defeated Harman of Government Model High School, Sector 37.

Chandigarh, October 15
The decline in performance of local soccer teams, in the recently concluded 12th Administrator’s Football Cup, is a clear indication of lackadaisical attitude of experts in raising the standards of the game in the city.

Despite having a vast infrastructure for promoting soccer in city, the standards are only limited to the Chandigarh Football Academy.

In the recently concluded All-India Championship held at Chandigarh, out of three local teams, no team cleared even the league stage of the championship. Delhi Public School lost their all matches while the team of Chandigarh Football Association won one match and lost another. Meanwhile, DAV Senior Secondary School also registered win in one match while tasted defeat in the other two.

CFA pulled back their name, this year, due to non-availability of the junior batch. The team recently finished at the runner-up spot in the (U-14) Subroto Cup Football Tournament.

“In Chandigarh, we have many professional academies. And notably, an academy is being run under the name of former Indian team skipper. We wonder what they are doing. The Sports Authority of India has its two main centres while other schools have their own academies. However, when it comes to performance, no one is coming forward to make city’s stake atop. In a city like Chandigarh, where all the facilities are easily approachable, we are only left with CFA to rely on,” said a member of players’ association of Chandigarh.

The recent performance of the local teams also raises serious concern over the quality of exposure for junior level players in city. “The players are not enough mature to face such tough competitions. The teams coming here are professionals. And fielding our players without any exposure is nothing but imprudence. The local soccer association should join hands and organise seasoned practice session so that soccer doesn’t stay restricted to state-run CFA,” said Suraj Minchand, a senior level soccer player.

Chandigarh, October 15
St Kabir School, Sector 26, defeated Aashiana Public School by 112 runs in the first match of the St Kabir Trophy for (U-16) boys being played today.

After electing to bat first, St Kabir posted 180 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Tanmay top scored with 58 runs while Ujjwal and Ridham supported him by scoring 47 runs and 31 runs, respectively. Shivang with his contribution of 25 runs remained the other noticeable scorer for the side. In reply, Aashiana Public School mustered out on a mere total of 68 runs with Mandeep contributing a major share of 16 runs. For the bowling side, Shivang claimed 2 for 16 runs. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 15
The Punjab State Inter-District One Day Limited Overs Tournament for FC Mittal Trophy will start from October 21 to 28 to be held at various venues across the state.

Three league matches will be held every day between Chandigarh, Mohali, Patiala, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana. On the concluding day, the selectors will shortlist the Punjab state team for the One Day Vijay Hazare Trophy.

According to Sushil Kapoor, spokesperson PCA, the North Zone league matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy will be held in Himachal Pradesh from November 7.

Chandigarh, October 15
The Chandigarh Athletics Association will conduct trials to select Chandigarh’s junior athletics team.

The trials will be held on October 18 from 2pm onwards at the sports complex in Sector 7 here. The selected team will participate in the 30th Junior National Athletics Championship to be held at Vijayawada from November 26 to 30. — TNS