CRSU handball teams qualify

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The Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University (CRSU) men and women handball team defeated their rivals and qualified for the All-India Handball Championship. Vice Chancellor Ranjit Singh said the men and women team defeated MDU Rohtak and Kurukshetra University, respectively. — TNS

Sports function in Ahirka

During a sports function at Ahirka village on Sunday, residents pledged to prevent the use of narcotics in their area. “All villagers have pledged to oppose the use of narcotics and promote sports,” said Raj Kumar Bholla, president, Mahatma Gandhi Social Welfare Sangathan. — TNS

Yamunanagar

Chauhan is gymnastics association chief

Ajay Singh Chauhan was made president of the Yamunanagar Gymnastics Association during a meeting at Mukand Lal National College, Yamunanagar. Vibhor Datta was appointed secretary. — OC

Sirsa

Man dies of cold

Goverdhan Pandey of UP died of cold while sleeping under a tree after consuming liquor in the local grain market on Saturday. Pandey had been living here for the past many years . He used to live in the grain market and eked out a living as a cook. —TNS

Sonepat

Mason falls from sixth floor, dies

Jitender, a mason and a native of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, fell from the sixth floor of a building at SRM University in Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Rai. He was taken to the Sonepat Civil Hospital, where doctors declared brought dead. On his brother Manoj’s complaint, a case has been registered against Vice Chancellor Dr Raja Rajan, Registrar Manish Bhalla, contractor Sanjay Aggarwal and two others. —OC

Sonepat

Woman killed

Sumitra (50), a widow of Liwaspur village, was attacked with lathis and sharp-edged weapons by miscreants on Saturday  when she was returning to her house from an industrial unit located on the Liwaspur- Rathdhana road.   After a night-long search by her son Praveen Kumar, villagers and police personnel, she was found unconscious in the fields this morning. She was brought to the local civil hospital but doctors referred her to the PGIMS, Rohtak, where she declared brought dead. —OC

Panipat

Girl found dead in gutter

A one-year-old girl was found dead in a gutter in Sector 29 (part-II) on Sunday. The girl was reported missing Saturday. SHO Ram Kumar of Chandnibagh police station said the girl seemed to have fallen into the manhole while playing there last evening. —TNS

Mathura

Retired Gurgaon judge robbed in Mathura

A retired judge from Gurgaon was robbed of his bag containing cash and important papers by three motorcycle-borne miscreants. The police said the incident took place near the Kosi Kalan bus stand in Mathura on Sunday. The three motorcycle-borne persons rode up alongside the vehicle of JN Yadav and stopped him. — PTI