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Chandigarh, November 6
A theft was reported at the residence of an employee with the UT Administration. The police said Raj Pal Singh, a resident of Sector 7, reported that on October 5 he and his wife had gone out to work after locking their house at 11 am. Singh complained that on returning in the afternoon he found that the lock of the main door was broken.

The complainant who works at the UT Guest House claimed that the thieves managed to decamp with Rs 50,000, one silver set, and a gold ring from his house.

Chandigarh, November 6
The Chandigarh Police have arrested two persons, both residents of Baltana, for duping a Sector 29 resident by fraudulently withdrawing Rs 3 lakh from his account.

The complainant, Sandeep, had complained that somebody withdrew the money from his account by furnishing a cheque of Rs 3 lakh at a bank’s branch in Sector 27 here.

Anokh Singh, SHO, Sector 26 police station, said during the investigation it was found that Sandeep had given a post-dated cheque of Rs 6 lakh to three persons identified as Vimal Kumar, Tarlochan and Satbir, who had promised to get him Visa for going abroad.

The deal was struck at Rs 20 lakh and the complainant gave a cheque of Rs 6 lakh as advance which had a date of November 30. The accused, however, tampered the cheque and reduced the amount to Rs 3 lakh, changed the date and withdrew the money on October 30.

The SHO said Vimal and Tarlochan had been arrested while attempts were made to arrest the third accused.

Chandigarh, November 6
Sultan lost to Krishna Rajput in the semi finals during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Talent Series (TS-7) Tennis Tournament for boys and girls (U-18), here today.

In a neck and neck game, Krishna named the first set under difficult circumstances. Sultan maintained his regular comeback and was leading the first set at 5-3 however Krishna fought back to lead at 6-5. Later, Sultan cut short Krishna’s serve and leveled it 6-6 at tie break. Struggling against his forearm injury, Sultan failed to perform his best while Krishna maintained his calm and won the set in a tie -break. Sultan later conceded the match due to his injury.

Krishna will face Aditya Vashisht, in the final, on Friday. In the second semi finals, Aditya Vashisht defeated Mridul Kharakwal in straight sets 6-2 and 6-1.

In the girls (U-18) semi finals, Jannat Khurana registered an easy win against CLTA trainee Khushbeen Kaur 6-1 and 6-2. In the second semi final Seerat Kaur Pannu thumbed down Tanamy Patnayak 6-2 and 6-1. In the boys (doubles) tie, pair of Kabir Manrai and Calvin Golmei beat Sagar Sehrawat and Krishna Rajupt 6-2 and 6-0.

Chandigarh, November 6
GGDSD College, Sector 32, posted third consecutive win in the ongoing Panjab University Inter-College Football Championship for men (A-Division), being played at the football grounds of Panjab University, here today. The team registered 1-0 victory over GNN College, Doraha. Strikers of GGDSD sneaked into rival’s defense and tested the custodian on regular intervals.

After packing the first half at 0-0, GGDSD side started off well in the next half and tasted success. In the 60th minute, a stunning shot by Amritpal lead the team to lay foundation of their win.

In the second match, BAM Khalsa College, Garshankar, defeated Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, 3-0 in a tie-breaker while Malwa College, Bondali, defeated Government College, Hoshiarpur, 4-0.

Chandigarh, November 6
The host team of AG Punjab won the trophy of North Zone IA&AD Cricket Tournament, concluded at the Cricket Stadium of Sector 16, here.

In the final, the title winners registered a 245-runs victory over AG Delhi. After electing to bat first, the team while riding high on a brilliant performance of Amit Parashar ton amassed 403 runs. Amit scored 117 runs off 712 balls studded 16 boundaries and five sixes. He was equally supported by Kunwar Raina, who posted 79 runs off 73 balls studded with 12 boundaries, Abhinav Bali, who chipped in 85 runs off 33 balls including six boundaries and seven sixes and Ankit Kaushik, who 84 runs off 45 balls studded with five boundaries and six sixes. For Delhi, Rohit Saini claimed 2 for 79.

In reply, AG Delhi side bundled out on 158 runs in 30.3 overs with Pankaj Joshi (44 runs) and Rohit Saini (41 runs) scoring the major share. For winning side, Jatinder claimed 3 for 10 while Abhinav and Jaswant claimed 2 wickets each. — TNS

Panchkula, November 6
Tennis player Priyanka Khanna defeated Nikita Khrangra in a well contested final of the IDEAL Tennis Academy (ITA)-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament, concluded at Manav Mangal School, here today.

Priyanka after winning the first set at 6-4 failed and tasted 5-7 defeat in the second game. In the third set, Priyanka and posted 6-2 victory.

In the boys’ final, top seed Uddayvir Singh defeated second seed Vikramaditya Singh Kadian 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 to win the title. — TNS