Haryana, the reigning champions in the girls section, successfully defended their title after finishing on top of the table with 64 points. They won 10 medals which included seven gold, one silver and two bronze.
Sixteen Haryana boxers and Delhi’s six pugilists clinched victories to enter the finals at the 3rd Sub Junior National Championship at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.
The girls from Haryana managed to secure 10 medals while the boys sealed the semi-finals berth in nine categories.
For Haryana, Uday Singh (37kg) started the day on a winning note with a 5-0 win over Jharkhand’s Youraj. Continuing the domination, Dev (43kg) and Sanchit Jayani (46kg) also grabbed identical 5-0 wins against Mizoram’s V L Rohluzuala and Maharashtra’s Sunny Yadav respectively.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out searches at 30 locations across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh in connection with its ongoing probe in terrorist-gangster nexus case.
Numerous rivers in the area, particularly the Beas, were in spate as a result of the intense rain.
Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad was shot at by unidentified persons in Deoband area in Saharanpur on Wednesday afternoon.
Appreciating their dare-devil act, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced a cash reward of Rs 315,000 for 15 villagers who saved the life of woman from the swollen Ghaggar rivulet.
A 24-year-old man died after he jumped into the Yamuna river from the Delhi�Noida Direct (DND) flyover on Wednesday afternoon, the police said.
Speaking to The Statesman, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Haryana president Rattan Mann said the protest will continue till the state government implements the Rs 6,400 MSP for sunflower seeds as announced by the Centre.
