Chandigarh, April 24
The Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party (BJSP) today filed a complaint with the police against the PGI for alleged negligence leading to the death of Nirmala Singh, wife of Vinay Kumar Singh, general secretary of the party.

Working president of the party K.S. Lamba alleged that Nirmala was operated upon by the doctors of the department of general surgery for a routine operation of the gall bladder. However, negligence by the doctors had led to the death of the patient.

Lamba said a delegation of the District Bar Association(DBA) would call on the PGI Director tomorrow for initiating action against the erring doctors.

Chandigarh, April 24
Pankaj Kumar of Chandigarh and Sudhir Tanwar of Delhi upset seeded players in their respective boys’ under-14 singles second-round matches in the AITA Championship Series Tennis tournament today.

The tournament is being conducted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the CLTA Stadium, Sector 10.

Sudhir registered a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory against second seed Maninder Singh of Haryana, while local lad Pankaj beat Om Dalvi of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-4 in a keenly contested match.

Tarun Chopra (Delhi) and Karan P. Kurup (Tamil Nadu) defeated Resham Singh (Haryana) and Ajay Thakur (Punjab) 7-5, 6-0 in boys’ under-14 doubles’ event.

Top seed Digvijay Singh Mehta (HP), third seed Ajay Yadav (Chandigarh), sixth seed Anidudh Darp (Mah), fifth seed Karan P Kurup (TN), qualifier Shikhar Kumar and seventh seed Gurinder Singh (Punjab) joined Pankaj and Sudhir in the quarter-final round.

Meanwhile, Maninder Singh (Haryana), Bharat Bhardwaj (Haryana), Ankit Chaudhary (Delhi), wild card Naveen Shankar (CHART) and second seed Mandeep Singh Gill (Chandigarh) also advanced to the quarter-finals with easy wins.

Two upsets were also recorded in the girls’ under-14 singles second-round matches. Unseed Vidhushi Bhalla of Delhi shocked sixth seed Kritika Paul, also of Delhi, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. Another unseeded player, Ikttesh Chahal of Chandigarh, upset fourth seeded Seeule K. Upadhaya of Orissaa 6-3, 6-2.

Top seed Jaanesh Kaur (Chandigarh) got the better of Saumya Sanghi (Delhi) 7-5, 6-3 in another second-round match.

Results (singles second round):

Girls under-14: Namita Bal (Maharashtra) b Ravnoor Kaur (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-2; Vidushi Bhalla (Delhi) b Kritika Paul (Delhi) 6-1, 6-2; Ikttesh Chahal (Chandigarh) b Seeule Upadhya (Orissa) 6-3, 6-2; Arzoo Malik (Delhi) b Shriya Malhotra (Delhi) 6-0, 6-2; Likhita Shetty (Karnataka) b Indu Punia (Haryana) 6-2, 6-1; Saumya Sanghi (Delhi) b Parminder Kaur (Chandigarh) 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3; Tarranium Handa (Chandigarh) b Ankita Bhatia (Haryana) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5; M. Spurthi (Andhra Pradesh) b Vignyatha Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) 6-4, 6-2.

Girls under-16: Baljinder Kaur (Haryana) b Harnoor Kaur Mann (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-1; Shilpa Naruka (Chandigarh) b Kritika Paul 6-3, 6-1; Mehak Singh (Chandigarh) b Arzoo Malik (Delhi) 4-1 (conceded); Namita Bal (Maharashtra) b Tarranium Handa (Chandigarh) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Jaanesh Kaur (Chandigarh) b Saumya Sanghi (Delhi) 7-5, 6-3.

Boys under-16: Digvijay S. Mehta (Himachal Pradesh) b Garry S. Amor (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-1; Naveen Shankar (Chandigarh) b Kamal Kishore Maderana (Rajasthan) 6-4, 6-3; Ankit Chaudhary (Delhi) b Sunny Sharma (Delhi) 6-3, 6-4; Pullok Bhatacharya (Delhi) b Akshat Joshi (Chandigarh) 6-4, 6-4; Vijay Bhardwaj (Haryana) b Karanvir Singh (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-1; Mandeep S. Gill (Chandigarh) b Vaibhav Gupta (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-2; Maninder Singh (Haryana) b Sajal Chaudhary (Delhi) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Bharat Bhardwaj b Digvijay S. Naruka (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-1.

Boys under-14: Digvijay S. Mehta (Himachal Pradesh) b Sajal Chaudhary (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0; Pankaj Kumar (Chandigarh) b Om Dalvi (Maharashtra) 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-4; Ajay Yadav (Chandigarh) b Digvijay S. Naruka (Chandigarh) 6-7, 6-1, 6-1; Darp Anirudh Milind (Maharashtra) b Kamal Kishore Maderana (Rajasthan) 6-1, 6-2; Karan P. Kurup (Tamil Nadu) b Archit Sood (Punjab) 6-1, 6-1; Shikhar Kumar (Delhi) b Manoj Kumar (Chandigarh) 6-4, 6-4; Gurinder Singh (Punjab) b Suraj Beniwal (Haryana) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Sudhir Tanwar (Delhi) b Maninder Singh (Haryana) 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles (first round): Boys under-14: Tarun Chopra (Delhi) and Karan P.Kurup (Tamil Nadu) b Resham Singh (Haryana) and Ajay Thakur (Punjab) 7-5, 6-0; Gagandeep Singh Gill (Punjab) and Jashanvir Singh (Punjab) b Ishan Gupta (Chandigarh) and Manoj Kumar (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-2; Sudhir Tanwar (Delhi) and Archit Sood (Punjab) b Karan P. Kurup (Tamil Nadu) and Sidhant Deka (Assam) 6-3, 6-2; Abdul Rasheed Zian (Maldives) and Davinder Singh (Chandigarh) b Neeihar Yeraavadekar (Maharashtra) and Vikas Berwal (Haryana) 1-6, 6-2, 10-6; Digvijay S. Naruka (Chandigarh) and Pankaj Kumar (Chandigarh) b Ranjeet Singh (Chandigarh) and Sachin Kumar (Chandigarh) 6-3, 6-1; Manish Kumar (Delhi) and Shikhar Kumar (Delhi) b Suraj Beniwal (Haryana) and Kamal Kishore Maderana (Rajasthan) 5-7, 6-7 (6), 13-11.

Boys under-16: Vijay Bhardwaj (Haryana) and Bharat Bhardwaj (Haryana) b Vaibhav Gupta (Chandigarh) and Dinesh Goyal (Haryana) 6-3, 6-2; Sunny Sharma (Delhi) and Rishab Arora (Delhi) b Md. Aiman bin Abdullah (Brunei) and Jatinder Singh (Chandigarh) 6-3, 6-3; Akshat Joshi (Chandigarh) and Anubhav Chaudhary b Karanvir Singh (Chandigarh) and Hitesh Gupta (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-2; Paramveer S. Toor (Chandigarh) and Naveen Shankar (Chandigarh) b Anupam Chhetri (Chandigarh) and Suresh Band 6-1, 6-3.

Chandigarh, April 24
A splendid knock by Harpreet, who scored 52 runs off 28 balls, ably supported by Shunav (42), enabled India ‘A’ team beat T20 CFI XI by 8 wickets in the final of the under-19 Twenty20 Cricket Tournament, which concluded at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, today.

The tournament was conducted by the Twenty20 Cricket Federation of India.

T20 CFI XI won the toss and elected to bat first. The team managed to put up 124 runs on board.

Razal made 31 runs and Saurabh contributed 19 runs.

For India ‘A’, Navrosepreet Singh Sihota took four wickets for 35 runs. Atar Khan took two wickets for 15 runs, followed by Vijay who also took two for 15 runs.

India ‘A’ team chased the target in just 12.5 overs at the loss of two wickets. Vishal remained unbeaten at 20.

For T20 CFI XI, Saurab took one wicket for 12 runs in three overs, while Aditya claimed the other wicket for 24 runs in 2.5 overs.

At the felicitation ceremony, India A’s Harpreet Atwal was declared man of the series, while Shubhang Nayank was adjudged best batsman.

Navrosepreet took away the best bowler prize. Akshit Kohal was declared best catcher, while Hitesh Vohra was selected best wicketkeeper.

Gurprit Singh Sihota, Chairman of the Twenty20 Cricket Federation of India, later announced that the federation would host a world series under the Challenger Cup in September at the cricket stadium, Sector 16, Chandigarh, and PCA stadium, Mohali.

Under-19 teams from England, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Pakistan, Nepal, etc. will take part in the tournament, he added.

Mohali, April 24
A magnificent century scored by Manan Vohra (110 runs in 213 balls) studded with 14 fours consolidated the position of the Chandigarh team against the Mohali team on the first day of the semifinal of under-15 tournament for the Sushil Bali Trophy.

The match is being held at the PCA Cricket Stadium, here.

Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat first. The team scored 250 runs in 88.5 overs. Apart from Manan, Sandeep Dangi scored 33 runs. Jaskaran Singh (18), Naveen Dhiman (16), Shubham Mahajan (17) and Hitesh Bhutani were the other scorers for Chandigarh side.

On the other hand, Sumit Agnihotri claimed two wickets at the cost of 73 runs, Anshul Sharma took 3 wickets at 61 while Paramdeep (1/29) and Navjot Singh (1/9) were the other wicket takers for Mohali.

At the end of the day's play, Mohali scored 36 for no loss in 19 overs. Navjot and Veerkanwar were playing at 27 and 5 runs, respectively.

Chandigarh, April 24
The Chandigarh administration has achieved Rs 463.26 crore as non-plan surplus, an excess of income over expenditure during the 2006-07, an official press note said here today.

The entire amount has been contributed to the consolidated fund of India. The budgetary performance for 2006-07 had recently been reviewed.

The spokesperson for the administration said the administration had achieved a positive resource position.

The utilisation of plan allocation of Rs 249.23 crore was almost 100 per cent (99.96 per cent).

Similarly, the utilisation of non-plan allocation of Rs 1,153.89 crore was 99.96 per cent. The realization of recoveries during the year was 103 per cent.

The estate officer realised Rs 264.88 crore from the sale of plots/land against the target of Rs 256.08 crore.

It added that the realisation of revenue during the year was Rs 1,292.73 crore, against the target of Rs 1231.99 crore. The excise and taxation department collected Rs 585.65 crore against the target of Rs 540.00 crore fixed under sales tax and it was more than the previous year by Rs 71.37 crore. — TNS