chandigarh, November 17
On the first day of its sitting in Chandigarh, the Circuit Bench of the National Consumer Commission headed by Justice DK Jain disposed of three of the seven cases listed for the hearing today.

The cases were of Life Insurance Corporation of India, ICICI Lombard Insurance and Sahara India. All the cases related to 2009 and have primarily gone in favour of the consumer.

Justice DK Jain, president, NCDRC, appreciated the Chandigarh Administration for its pro-active role in consumer protection cases. Advocate Pankaj Chandgotia said there were a total of 177 cases that would be heard by the NCDRC Bench in the coming days and maximum number of cases amounted to medical negligence.

chandigarh, November 17
The CBI Court of Special Judge Vimal Kumar today awarded two years imprisonment to a UT police Sub Inspector convicted in a graft case. The SI’s wife and son have been awarded imprisonment of one year each in the case.

The court sentenced Sub-Inspector (SI) Sakattar Singh to two years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on him. Co-accused in the case, his wife and son have been awarded one-year-jail for disappearance of evidence and criminal conspiracy.While pronouncing the order, the court stated that corruption devalues human rights, chokes development and undermines justice, liberty, equality, fraternity which were the core values in our preambular vision. “Therefore, the duty of the court is that any anti-corruption law has to be interpreted and worked out in such a fashion as to strengthen fight against corruption. That is to say in a situation where two constructions are eminently reasonable, the court has to accept the one that seeks to eradicate corruption to the one which seeks to perpetuate it,” said the court.

As per the prosecution, on March 29, 2011, the CBI had arrested SI Sakattar, his wife Baljinder Kaur and son Baldeep Singh. The CBI had received a complaint that the SI was demanding and accepting Rs 15,000 as bribe, following a complaint by Ranjeet Singh, who was booked in a case of illegal confinement and rape.Ranjeet had been arrested and released on bail. But his car had been impounded from his house. He had complained to the CBI that the SI had been demanding Rs 20,000 for helping him get his car back. — TNS

Mohali, November 17
In a case involving discrepancies in Kharar Forensic Chemical Laboratory, a Mohali court today rejected the bail plea of one of the accused Charanjit Kumar.

Charanjit Kumar was Class IV employee and one of the accused in the case. He had moved an application for regular bail in the court of the Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge.

The lab had come under the scanner as a large number of cases of drug samples failed there. Later, the Tarn Taran police registered a case against the accused on October 27, 2013. The other accused included Dr Lekhraj, lab technician, Dr Rajwinder Singh, assistant chemical examiner, RK Mishra, junior assistant and Darshan Singh, peon at the lab. Later, the police also booked some other persons in the case.

Charanjit Kumar is lodged at the Nabha Jail at present.

Mohali, November 17
A Mohali court today sent a man to jail for 10 years for attempting to murder his wife. Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge Tarsem Mangla has awarded 10-year sentence to Rajesh Kumar, along with a fine of Rs 1,000, in the attempt-to-murder case.

The convict, a resident of Jagdishpur village, Bihar, had stabbed his wife, Muskan, five times in an inebriated condition on March 17, 2013.

A case was registered at the Sohana police station in this connection.

The accused had attacked his wife as he had doubts over her character.

The victim was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32, Chandigarh, where her life was saved.

The convict has been shifted to the Ropar Jail today.

Mohali, November 17
Ther Mohali Police today brought four accused on production warrant from Gurdaspur, who were involved in kidnapping of a local person along with his car from a local market on November 3.

The accused including Gurwinder Singh, Janak Raj, Robert Massih and Ranbir Singh were produced in the local court, which sent them on police remand for three days.

A case was registered under Sections 365,382,148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code at Phase 1 Police Station, Mohali.

Chandigarh, November 17
For engaging in pickpocketing at the ongoing National Crafts Mela at Kala Gram, the Chandigarh Police on Sunday arrested four youths and four minors.

Those arrested are residents of Bihar and Jharkhand. Giving the information, Inspector Charanjit Singh, SHO, Mani Majra police station, said the arrest of a 12-year-old boy led to the whereabouts of kingpin Mithun (20), Vikas(19), Ajay (20) and Jitan(19) .

“All the accused are arrested and booked on charges of theft and possession of stolen property under the Indian Penal Code. At first, we detained the 12-year-old, who was arrested earlier too” said Charanjit. On a tip off, the police raided a rented room in Hallo Majra from where all the accused were arrested. The police have recovered 21 mobile phones from their possession. The police are also expecting recovery of some vehicles. The accused used to sell mobile phones in their native states. The accused work in a planned manner. The minors get Rs 500 per day for stealing mobile phones while the adults divide the money among themselves after selling the phones.The recovered phones have been stolen from the National Crafts Mela, the mela at the Exhibition Ground in Sector 34, Sector 22 market and Sector 19 market. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 17
Athlete Sukhwinder Singh from Babe Ke College of Education, Mudki, won the top honors in the 100 m event of the Panjab University Annual Athletics Meet that commenced at the grounds of the Panjab University campus here today.

In the men evening studies category, Sukhwinder won the gold medal by completing the race in 12.90 seconds. Varinder Singh of Guru Ram Das BEd College, Jalalabad, won the silver medal in 12.93 seconds while Harwinder Singh of JD College Education, Muktsar, and Vijay Kumar of Guru Ram Das BEd College, Jalalabad, attained the third and fourth place in 13.03 seconds and 13.08 seconds, respectively.

In the 800 m event of the same category, Harpreet Singh from the Department of Evening Studies, Panjab University, claimed the top honour with a timing of 2.14.49 seconds while Ravi Kumar of DAV College of Education, Abohar, followed him at the second spot. He completed the patch in 2:16.90 seconds. Gurwinder Singh of the Department of Evening Studies, Panjab University, claimed the third spot in 2.19.76 seconds while Bhajan Lal of MD College of Education, Abohar, claimed the fourth spot in 2.27.61 seconds.

Results

Women’s 100 m: 1st Jaspreet Kaur of Guru Gobind Singh College for women, Sector 26, Chandigarh- 12.78 m, 2nd Veerpal of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh-13.29 m, 3rd Baljit Kaur of Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, Chandigarh- 13.39 m, 4th Rajpreet Kaur Saini Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26- 13.50 m; 800 m: 1st Lovepreet Kaur of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26- 2:19.84, 2nd Jyoti of Guru Teg Bhadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya- 2:26.10, 3rd Parveen of Siri Guru Har Rai Sahib College for Women, Chabbewal- 2:30.31, 4th Sukhvir Kaur Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana- 2:35.07; shot put: 1st Ramanpreet Kaur of Guru Teg Bhadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya- 14.27 m, 2nd Kiranjot of Guru Teg Bhadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya 11.66 m, 3rd Rhytham of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, Chandigarh- 8.49 m, 4th Rajinder Kaur of Govind National College, Naragwal- 7.58 m; 10,000 m: 1st Aneeta Chaudhary of Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana- 40:12.42, 2nd Surinder Kaur Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26- 40:37.21, 3rd Seema Devi of Guru Teg Bhadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya- 41:33.49, 4th Jaspreet Kaur of Guru Teg Bhadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya 42:19.76; Men (Evening Studies) 100 m: 1st Sukwinder Singh of Babe ke College of Education, Mudki- 12.90, 2nd Varinder Singh of Guru Ram Das BEd College, Jalalabad- 12.93, 3rd Harwinder Singh of JD College of Education, Muktsar- 13.03, 4th Vijay Kumar of Guru Ram Das BEd College, Jalalabad- 13.08; 800 m: 1st Harpreet Singh of Department of Evening Studies, PU, Chandigarh- 2:14.49, 2nd Ravi Kumar of DAV College of Education, Abohar- 2:16.90, 3rd Gurwinder Singh of Department of Evening Studies, PU, Chandigarh- 2:19.76, 4th Bhajan Lal of Maharishi Dayanand College of Education, Abohar- 2:27.61; Women (BEd College) 100 m: 1st Sukhpal Kaur of Sant Darbara Singh College College of Education, Lopon- 15.41, 2nd Davinder Kaur of Darbara Singh College College of Education, Lopon- 15.57, 3rd Sharandeep Kaur Desmesh College for Girls, Muktsar- 15.83, 4th Manjeet Kaur of Doraha College of Education, Doraha- 16.06; shot put: 1st Ramandeep Kaur Sant Darbara Singh College College of Education, Lopon- 07.09m, 2nd Pooja Rani of Lala Jagat Narayan of Education, Jalalabad 07.00m, 3rd Amandeep of Sant Darbara Singh College College of Education, Lopon- 06.79m, 4th Simranjeet Kaur of Desmesh College for Girls, Muktsar 06.70m.

Chandigarh, November 17
Cagers of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, defeated Ishwar Singh Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, lifted the title of the Inter-School Basketball Championship for (U-19) Girls being held here today.

In the finals, the title winners defeated the rivals by 25-08. Meanwhile, in another hard line match, Vivek High School, Sector 38, defeated Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, by a score of 20-6.

Chandigarh, November 17
Indus Valley Private Limited, Dera Bassi, defeated Lakshay Chartered Accounts team by 51 runs in a match of the ongoing (U-19) Copper Cup Corporate Cricket Championship here today.

In the opening innings, the winning side posted 14 runs in the allotted slot of 20 overs. For the winning side, Virender topped the team’s score chart by contributing 29 runs while Anurag contributed 23 runs. Saurav remained the other main scorer for the side by contributing 21 runs. For the bowling side, Virender Negi claimed six wickets for 10 runs. In reply, the losing side, bundled out on a mere total of 96 runs in 13.3 overs with Yuvraj (28 runs) scoring the lion’s share for the team. For the bowling side, Vijay claimed five wickets for 22. — TNS

Panchkula, November 17
Bodybuilder Karamveer Singh was adjudged the overall champion of the Bicep Competition organised at the Exotica Health Club here.

Karamveer Singh bagged the title by lifting a 90-kg barbell. Vickey attained the second spot while Abinav Pal managed to finish third in the championship. The event was organised to mark the fifth anniversary celebrations of the club. Two times Mr South Asia and former Mr India Hardeep Singh Malhi distributed the prizes among the winners. 

Chandigarh, November 17
For 14-year-old tennis prodigy Eklavya Singh, a resident of Jharkhand, playing tennis is not only restricted to winning medals but is a platform to achieve his dream of reaching the numero uno spot.

A trainee of CLTA (Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association), in the recently concluded The Tribune All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament, has not only impressed the coaches but also his superiors playing against him on the green layer. In this Rs 2 lakh prize money competition, Eklavya Singh surprised everyone by sailing into the pre-quarterfinals of the competition without any trouble. However, in the pre-quarterfinals, he went down giving a tough fight to his top seed rival. His coach Gajendra Singh also believes that his ward is among the rarest of talent in India. “He is great with the game even at this age. At this learning stage, when most of the players play in junior circuit, he is playing against players of senior circuit. If, he continues to perform at this pace, he would land up winning major tournaments in the coming future,” said Gajendra, who is also a coaching director at CLTA.

Notably, Eklavya’s father Rajinder Singh is a triple jump gold medalist at the international level that boosts him to give his best. Eklavya is playing tennis from past four years and have bagged titles of major tournaments, including talent hunt series ranking tournament for (U-16) and (U-18) boys. He also featured in the ITF Junior Circuit Tennis Championship. In the upcoming months, he will be featuring in the ITF men’s championship. “I am still learning and will continue to work hard. Even in this tournament, I lost the quarterfinal berth due to my own mistakes. Playing in such a big tournament is a real good experience and facing some good fight will make me confident to move ahead in life. I want to attain the No. 1 spot in the world of tennis and for attaining my dream, I have to move in the right direction giving my best,” Eklavya said. 

Chandigarh , November 17
Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, beat Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20 by 106 runs in a match of the ongoing (U-19) Junior State Women Cricket Championship at the cricket grounds of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 56, here today.

The winning side maintained batted first and scored 204 runs in the allotted slot of 20 overs for 5 wickets. The team’s innings was studded with a 78 runs contribution by opener Samita. She was ably supported by Janvi, who scored 30 runs. For bowling side, Shivani and Priyanka claimed 2 wickets each.

In reply, GMSSS-20 bundled out on a mere total of 98 runs in 17.1 overs. Opener Geeta (18 runs) and Kamal (15 runs) were the main scorers for the team. For bowling side, Mahima and Nandini took 3 wickets each while Mani grabbed 2 wickets. On Tuesday IS Dev Samaj School-21, will face Ryan International School-47. 

Chandigarh, November 17
Hosts SBI, Chandigarh, defeated SBI, Guwahati, by 43 runs during the opening match of the All-India State Bank of India (SBI) Inter-Circle Cricket Tournament at the cricket stadium in Sector 16 here today.

After electing to bat first, the winning side posted 154 runs for nine wickets in the allotted slot of 20 overs. For the batting side, Sachin Luthra and Sonam contributed 39 runs each in the team’s total. For the bowling side, Avonish Dewan remained the pick of the day by claiming three for 22. In reply, Guwahati could manage to score only 111 runs for six wickets with Damber Chetri (41 runs) making the highest contribution.

In the second match, Hyderabad circle defeated Kolkata circle by four wickets. After putting to bat first, Kolkata scored 101 runs in the allotted slot of 20 overs. Tapash hogged the limelight by scoring 39 runs. In reply, Hyderabad scored 102 runs with GN Srinivas scoring 53 runs for the team. For the bowling side, Shyam Sundar claimed three for eight runs.

Meanwhile, in the other matches, Patna circle registered a seven wicket win over Kerala while Delhi defeated Bangalore branch by 21 runs. A total of 14 teams are participating in the meet. The tournament was inaugurated by Lingaraj Mahapatra, Chief GM, Chandigarh. All the matches are being played under league-cum-knock out basis. 

Chandigarh, November 17
Dabur XI and Infosys XI registered wins in their respective matches of the ongoing 5th AG Corporate T-20 Cricket Tournament being played here today.

In the first match, Dabur XI defeated Fortis XI by six runs. Batting first, the winning side scored 162 runs for five wickets with Om (48 runs) and Geru Ram (29 runs) scoring the major share. For the bowling side, AP Singh claimed 3 for 26.

In reply, Fortis bundled out on 156 runs with Puneet (46 runs) and Sumit (55 runs) scoring the major share. For the bowling side, Ravinder claimed 2 for 35.

In the second match, FCI went down against Infosys by 14 runs. The winning side, posted 199 runs for 3 wickets. In reply, FCI folded their innings on 185 runs for four wickets. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 17
The UT Sports Department will conduct trials to shortlist city’s Civil Services Badminton team on November 21 from 3:30 pm onwards at the badminton hall, sports complex, in Sector 42 here.

Officials working in all the departments of Chandigarh Administration are eligible to take part in the trials. The participants are advised to carry their individual identity card for verification of the eligibility criteria. According to KS Bharti, district sports officer, the selected team will represent the Chandigarh Civil Services team in the All-India Civil Services Badminton Tournament to be held from February 10 to 15 at SDAT Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. — TNS