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Chandigarh, November 12
Four cases of vehicle thefts were reported in the city. Vishal Kataria, a resident of Sector 15, Chandigarh, reported that someone had stolen his vehicle from in front of his residence. A case has been registered.

In another case, Kiran Chabri, a resident of Housing Board Colony, Maloya, reported that someone had stolen her Esteem car from Rehri Market, Sector 19. A case has been registered

Parvinder Singh, a resident of Sector 41, reported that his motorcycle was stolen from the parking lot of SD College, Sector 32. The police have registered a case . A complaint of vehicle theft was given by Girdhari Lal, a resident if Phase-3B2, Mohali, who stated that his Innova car along with I-phone and some documents were stolen from the parking lot of ISBT-43, Chandigarh. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 12
High drama was witnessed at Sector 15 when two girls were eve-teased and their male counterparts were attacked by a group of youths. Sources stated that Nitish Negi, a resident of Sector 19, had come to Apni Mandi with his two female friends to purchase vegetables.

The accused who were in group started misbehaving with the girls.

On objecting to this, one of the accused hit Nitish on his head. Injured Nitish was taken to GMSH 16 for treatment. A case was yet to be registered. — TNS

Mohali, November 12
The Mohali police have arrested a person, who along with other assailants, had threatened the owner of an immigration company and demanded a ransom of Rs 25 lakh here today.

The accused has been identified as Ram Bilas (36), a resident of Sector 43, Chandigarh. The accused along with others had thrown a threatening letter in the house of Rakesh Rikhi, an owner of Rudraksh Immigration Company, and demanded Rs 25 lakh. “In the letter, the victim and his family members were threatened with their lives,” said SI Navin Pal Singh Lehal, station house officer of Phase XI police station.

SI Lehal added that around six persons, posing as mediapersons, had also gone to Rikhi’s office and threatened him to give them hefty amount or gold jewellery. “At that time, Rikhi remained mum about the incident. But when he received the threatening letter, he approached us,” the SI said.

The accused a was former employee of Rikhi, who later opened his own company under the name of Indian Immigration at Sector 34, Chandigarh, after leaving the job around nine years ago. “As he suffered losses in his business, he conspired with other assailants against his former employer,” the police said.

A case under Sections 387, 452, 506, 149 of the IPC has been registered at Phase XI police station. 

Chandigarh, November 12
A Sector 27 resident was allegedly stabbed and robbed of his mobile phone by three unidentified youths in Sector 28 on late Wednesday evening.

The police said the victim, identified as Dharam Singh Pandey, was returning home from Hallo Majra when the miscreants approached him and told him to hand over his belongings.

Even after the victim handed over his mobile phone, the miscreants started searching his pockets, said the police. When the victim resisted, two youths allegedly caught hold of him and the third stabbed him near his eye and shoulder, before fleeing.

The victim, who works with a contractor at the IT Park, was rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. His condition is said to be stable. A case has been registered in the matter.

Chandigarh, November 12
CLTA trainee fourth seed Rishabh Sharda defeated fifth seed Sabrang Sandal in a closely contested match of the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) (U-16) Tennis Tournament to book a semifinal berth here today.

Sharda used his experience to beat Sandal in the match that lasted over two hours and 12 minutes. Sabrang started with aggressive ground strokes and won the first set 6-3. Both the players were tied at 2-2 when Rishabh used variation to break Sabrang’s rhythm. Rishabh won the next four games to take the second set 6-2.

In the final set, Rishabh got an early break and a lead of 2-0 but once again Sabrang played some fine shots to level the set at 3-3. Rishabh kept his cool and clinched the set 6-4.

Another CLTA trainee third seed Calvin Golmei had to contest hard against Chandigarh Rural Academy for Tennis (CHART) trainee Shashikant Rajput to win the first set 6-1 but in the second set, Shashikant took a 4-1 lead. After this, most of the games went in deuce. Experienced Calvin Golmei took the set at 7-5 after saving two set points in the ninth game. Calvin will now face second seed Aditya Vashisht, who defeated Ramanjot Dhindsa in a one-sided match by conceding only one game.

In other match, seventh seed Gurjot Singh upset top seed Kabir Manrai to fix a clash with Rishabh Sharda in the semifinals. Kabir Manrai had a commanding lead in the first set. He was leading 5-1. From there, Gurjot used good variation to break Kabir’s rhythm and won the next six games to win the set. In the second set, Gurjot again raced to a 4-0 lead. However, Kabir managed to win two games in the second set.

In the girls’ quarterfinal, top seed Seerat Kaur Pannu conceded only two games to move into semifinals. She beat Rahat Mangat of CLTA by 6-2, 6-0. Seerat will clash with Alisha Menon, who defeated qualifier Luvya Lamba of CLTA with an identical score of 6-2, 6-0.

Meanwhile, fourth seed Jannat Khurana defeated qualifier Mehak Khurmi 6-1, 6-0. Jannat will next play with second seed Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa, who defeated CHART trainee Princy Panchal in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

Results

Boys’ singles quarterfinals: [7] Gurjot Singh bt [1] Kabir Manrai 7-5, 6-2, [4] Rishabh Sharda bt [5] Sabrang Sandal 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, [3] Calvin Golmei bt [Q] Shashikant Rajput 6-1, 7-5, [2] Aditya Vashisht bt Ramanjot Dhindsa 6-1, 6-0; girls’ singles quarterfinals: [1] Seerat Kaur Pannu bt Rahat Mangat 6-2, 6-0, [LL] Alisha Menon bt [Q] Luvya Lamba 6-2, 6-0, [4] Jannat Khurana bt [Q] Mehak Khurmi 6-1, 6-0, [2] Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt [LL] Princy Panchal 6-3, 6-2; boys’ doubles quarterfinals: [1] Aditya Vashisht/Gurjot Singh bt Sagar Sehrawat/Jagdeep Singh Bajwa 6-1, 6-4, [4] Rishabh Sharda/Raunaq Singh Marwaha bt Rahul Verma/Vatsal Chauhan 6-2, 6-4, [3] Sohraab Singh/
Kabir Manrai bt Rohit Kumar/Ramanjot Dhindsa 5-2, conceded, [2] Sabrang Sandal/Calvin Golmei bt Naresh Badgujar/Shashikant Rajput 4-6, 6-2, 10-1; boys’ doubles semifinals: [1] Aditya Vashisht/Gurjot Singh bt [4] Rishabh Sharda/Raunaq Singh Marwaha 7-6(1), 6-2,
[2] Sabrang Sandal/Calvin Golmei bt [3] Sohraab Singh/Kabir Manrai 6-3,
3-6, 10-6; girls’ doubles
semifinals: [3] Princy Panchal/Himaanshika bt [1] Jahanvi Shivran/Khusbeen Kaur 6-3, 6-2, [2] Komaljeet Kaur/Ashpreet Bajwa bt Bindu Kulhriya/Priyanka Jakhar 6-3, 6-3. 

Panchkula, November 12
Golfer Jaiveer Sandhu returned a card of one over 73 to lead on the opening day of the first leg of the CGA Juniors Golf Tournament at the Panchkula Golf Club here today.

The tournament saw the participation of 97 players. Last year’s leaders maintained their performance this year as well.

In Category A, Jaiveer Sandhu was leading while in Category B Aadil Bedi was leading with a score of seven over 79. In Category C Inderpreet Singh was leading with a score of eight over 80.

Meanwhile, in category D and E Aditya Sood and Angad were the leaders in their respective categories.

In the girls’ category, Lakhmaher Pardesi, Divya Dutta, Komalpreet Deo, Puneet Bajwa and Unaiza Babutta were the leaders in their respective categories.

Chandigarh, November 12
Making use of the home ground, hosts AG Punjab thrashed AG Uttarakhand in a one-sided affair by 5-0 and sailed into the semifinals of the three-day North Zone IA and AD Football Tournament which commenced at the football stadium in Sector 17 here today.

Right from the outset, hosts dominated the game and made furious attack on Uttarakhand’s goal post. Their efforts bore the fruit when they earned a penalty kick in the sixth minute of the game. Forward Amandeep made no mistake to convert the penalty kick into a goal and ticked the scoreboard. In the 10th minute, Amandeep again dodged the defence line of Uttrakhand and netted the ball. AG Punjab scored their third goal in the 13th minute, when mid-fielder Gagandeep intercepted the ball from left end and kicked it into the goal post.

In the next minute, Punjab again made a move from the right side and Gagandeep again utilised the opportunity by scoring the fourth goal for his team. Amandeep of Punjab once again struck in the 20th minute and gave his team an invincible lead of 5-0.

In the second half, both the teams tried to score a goal but all in vain and AG Punjab won the match.

Meanwhile, in the second match of the day, AG Haryana outshined AG Uttar Pradesh by 4-0 and confirmed their berth in the semifinal.

AG Haryana opened their accounts in the 16th minute when Akhib Javed kicked the ball into the goal post by dodging the goal keeper. Haryana led the scoreboard by 1-0
at drinks interval. After drinks, Akhil Javed moved the scoreboard again when he scored the second goal for his team in the 44th minute of the game.

Aman Batra further improved the tally of his team by scoring two goals consecutively in the 54th and 68th miunte, respectively, helping Haryana clinch the match.

In the last match of the day, Delhi Audit beat AG Himachal Pradesh by 5-0 and secured their berth in the semifinal. 

Chandigarh, November 12
Government Model High School, Mani Majra, routed Government High School, Dhanas, by a score of 46-12 in the (U-17) boys category of the Inter-School Kabaddi Tournament at the sports complex in Sector 42 here today.

In another match, Government Model High School, Sector 39, thrashed Government High School, Sector 41, by 26-12.

Chandigarh, November 12
Maintaining its winning streak, Punjab today defeated SSCB by six wickets in the league encounters of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

After winning the toss and opting to field, Punjab restricted SSCB to 200 all out in 42.1 overs. Sandeep Sharma who bowled a tidy length snarled five wickets for 31 runs. He polished all the top order reducing them to 26 for four in 6.2 overs. Later, skipper Harbhajan Singh joined him to take three wickets for 38 runs. SSCB innings was redeemed by Rajat Paliwal scoring 52 off 74 balls with five boundaries and skipper Yash Pal Singh, who scored 71 off 81 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries.

In reply, Punjab opened with Manan Vohra and Amitoze Singh. The duo put on 76 runs for the opening stand before Manan Vohra was caught by Skuja off Narinder Kumar for 47 off 28 balls with five boundaries. Amitoze then joined by Mandeep Singh put on 82-run partnership for the second wicket before Amitoze Singh was caught by S Nazar off Narinder Kumar for 73 off 102 balls with seven boundaries and one six. Mandeep Singh was next to go, being caught by Nakul Varma off S Nazar for 33 off 39 balls with three boundaries. Taruwar Kohli remained unbeaten on 30 off 16 balls with four boundaries and one six. Punjab scored 204 for 4 in 41.2 overs and recorded a six-wicket win.

This was Punjab’s second win which raised their points tally to 8. Punjab will now meet Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) in the last league encounter.

Chandigarh, November 12
DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, bagged the Panjab University Inter-College Best Physique Championship for the session 2014-15 with 17 points here today. Meanwhile, Parik Sood of GNN College, Doraha, was adjudged as Mr Panjab University.