Tuba, Talib shine in carrom meet
Chandigarh: Tuba Sehar and Mohammed Talib claimed women’s and men’s titles, respectively, in the 23rd St Stephen’s Carrom Ranking Tournament on Tuesday. Talib faced no contest from Sanjay Negi in the men’s singles final. He defeated Negi 25-05, 25-07. In the women’s singles final, Tuba had to struggle against Nidhi Gupta to register victory in straight games 21-20, 15-10. TNS
UT Sports Dept holds cycle rally
Chandigarh: The UT Sports Department, in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Affairs, UT Administration, celebrated “Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav” by organising a cycle rally from Chandigarh Lake Sports Club to Bougainvillea Garden, Sector 2. It culminated at the Lake Sports Club. TNS
Patiala score 249 on Day 1
Chandigarh: Patiala lads scored 249 runs against Sangrur on the opening day of their three-day Punjab State Inter District U-16 Tournament match on Tuesday. In other matches, Jalandhar made 312 runs against Nawanshahr, while Bathinda scored 185 runs against Mansa. Amritsar amassed 334/7 against Fazilka on Day 1 and Ludhiana gained a 12-run lead over Moga. TNS
Paras shines in Kaimbwala win
Chandigarh: Paras Amarjit Kumar helped Baba Balak Nath Cricket Academy, Kaimbwala, defeat Lordstown Sports Cricket by six runs in the 1st Build Back Better U-19 Cricket Tournament. Kumar scored 41 off 46 balls and claimed 2/13. Batting first, the Kaimbwala outfit posted 167/8 in 40 overs. In reply, Lordstown Sports Cricket team scored 161 runs before getting all out in 37 overs. TNS
Kamaljit elected president again
Chandigarh: Kamaljit Singh Panchhi has been unanimously re-elected as president of the Property Federation Chandigarh. The new office-bearers include JD Gupta (chairman), Taraninder Singh (chief patron), patrons Vijay Bhasin and Inderjit Bedi, advisors Sanjay Jain, Narinder Singh and Preet Mohan Bangga, senior vice-presidents SA Khan and HS Monga, vice-presidents Naresh Bansal, Dalip Ghai and Rajan Mahajan, general secretary Amit Jain, Jaspal Kapoor (finance secretary), and secretaries Dheeraj Kumar, Navdeep Sharma, Mahesh Chugh and Manu Bedi. TNS
MNREGA workers hold protest
Mohali: Hundreds of MNREGA workers on Tuesday announced that their dharna outside the Vikas Bhawan in Sector 62 will continue till the government does not regularise their jobs. The MNREGA workers employed under the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats have been sitting on a protest for more than a week at the venue. Union members Amritpal Singh, Gurvinder Singh and others said MNREGA workers were last regularised in 2008. TNS
