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Chandigarh, November 25
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge KK Kareer on Tuesday sentenced three members of a family to three years rigorous imprisonment in a case of brawl. The court had also imposed a fine of Rs 3,500 to each of the three accused in the case. Those sentenced have been identified as Amit Kumar, Sandeep Kumar and Rajpal. While Amit and Sandeep are brothers, Rajpal is their father.

The court awarded punishment to them under Section 323and Section 325. All the convicts are of Dadu Majra Colony.As per the prosecution, the victim, an auto-rickshaw driver, was lying in a park of the colony in an unconscious condition and had received injury on his head. During investigation the police came to know that the three had picked up a quarrel with the victim over some petty issue. 

Panchkula, November 25
The body of a seven-month-old baby was found floating in the Ghaggar in Sector 23 here this afternoon. The police have taken the body into possession and sent it to the morgue. The police have not disclosed the gender of the infant.

Arvind Kumar, Station House Officer, Chandimandir, informed that some employees of a company, informed the police control room, after noticing the body floating in the water.

A team of forensic experts was also called to examine the body that was fished out by the police personnel at about 3 pm, the Station House Officer claimed.

“It seems that the body was thrown few days ago,” Station House Officer said. A case under Sections 317 and 318 of the IPC was registered at Chandimandir police station. Further investigations is on in this regard, said a police official.

Chandigarh, November 25
The city girls’ team comprising Sehjnoor and Jaismeen moved ahead after beating Jammu and Kashmir 41-4 in the quarterfinals (Loser knockout) during the 41st Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship at Nashik.

Defending champs Chhattisgarh beat Kerala 65-60. Maharashtra girls got the better of Punjab with a 42-5 win.

In the boys’ category, Chandigarh moved to the upper pool. The local team posted win against West Bengal 81-50.

Results

Girls-Qualifying matches (winner moves to Level 1)-West Bengal (L Deb 14) bt Odisha (Saraswati B 21) 55-46 (4-17, 13-3, 16-16, 22-10), Haryana (Meenu 23) bt Telengana (Divya Lohiya 4) 42-14 (13-0, 12-7, 14-7, 3-0)

Losers knockout (quarterfinals)-Assam (M Begum 12, M Ranivya 12) bt Goa (Ninoshka Fernandes 5, Wallencia Cardozo 5) 34-17 (5-2, 2-6, 14-8, 13-1), Chandigarh (Sejhnoor 10, Jaismeen 10) bt Jammu and Kashmir (Akanksha Charak 2, Ankita Rajput 2) 41-4 (10-0, 9-2, 12-2, 10-0), Gujarat (Tanisha Shah 8, Renita Correya 8) bt Himachal Pradesh (Damini 10) 28-15 (12-1, 9-0, 1-9, 6-5)

Boys-Qualifying matches (winner moves to Level 1)-Assam (Sachin Samarin 18, Sanjajpal Baimik 18) bt Punjab (Jiwan 23) 57-50 (17-7, 10-13, 16-16, 14-14), Chandigarh (Karamveer S 41) bt West Bengal (Rohit K 20) 81-50 (21-22, 25-8, 14-7, 21-13).

Chandigarh, November 25
The Wushu Association of Chandigarh will hold selection trials at Labour Hall in Sector 30 at 3.30 pm tomorrow.

The trials will be conducted to select the senior national wushu team. The team will participate in the 23rd Senior National Wushu Championship in Patna from December 26 to 30.

Players, who are residents of Chandigarh and born on December 30, 1979, to December 15, 1996, are eligible to take part in the trials.

The selection trial in sanshou (sanda) section will be held for 11 weights starting from 48 kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 75 kg, 80 kg, 85 kg, 90 kg, and 90 kg + in mens’ category and 8 weights starting from 45 kg, 48 kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg, 75 kg in womens’ category.

In taolu section, only eight players, including men and women, will be selected.

The selected players will be attending a practice camp starting from December 1. The camp will conclude on December 24.

Chandigarh, November 25
Ridhima, with her unbeaten knock of 64 runs, propelled LIC (Club), Sector 26, to win Junior State Women Cricket Championship 2014 (U-19) for Pandit Kedarnath Trophy.

The team drubbed Secret Heart School, Sector 26, by 28 runs.

The match was played at Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 56 today.

After winning the toss, Sacred Heart elected to field first.

The LIC (Club) made a total 151-run for five in the allotted 20 overs.

Ridhima was well supported by Anita, who hit 32 runs.

Nandini claimed two wickets for Sacred Heart School, Sector 26.

In reply to the set score, Sacred Heart School. Sector 26, scored 123 runs for 8 wickets.

Ashmita remained the top scorer for the team. She scored 36 runs. Nandini scored 30 runs.

For LIC Club, Sector 26, , Anu and Rajni claimed two wickets each. 

Chandigarh, November 25
A Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) trainee, Prinkle Singh, lifted the singles title (under-16) of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) National Series. The meet was held in Pune.

Prinkle drubbed fourth seed Shivani Amineni 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 to win the title.

In the doubles’ category of the same event, third seed Prinkle and Kritika Chibra upset top seed Shivani and Harsha 6-4, 6-3.

The duo, however, lost the final to fourth seed Megha and Shivanuja Peddada in the tie breaker 3-6, 6-3, 4-10.

In the ITF Pakistan International Junior Tennis Championships 2 held at New Delhi, Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) trainee Prinkle partnering Aarja Chakraborty upset third seed Himani Mor and Sabhyata Nihalini 7-6(2), 4-6, 10-7 in the semifinal.

In the final of the tennis match, the duo, however, lost to top seed Zeel Desai and Snehal Mane 3-6, 7-6(4), 1-10.

Chandigarh, November 25
The 13th Satluj Open Tennis Tournament will begin on November 29 at Satluj Public School in Sector 4 at Panchkula.

The tournament will be held for six groups-girls’ under-19 category, boys’ under-17 category, boys’ under-14 category, girls’ under-14 category, boys’ under-12 category and boys’ under-10 category.

The organiser said all the schools/students participating in the event would be given certificates and medals. The winners would get trophies, added the organiser.