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122 donate blood at camp CHANDIGARH, May 14— As many as 122 persons, including staff members of the State Bank of India, donated blood at a camp organised by the Sector 17 main branch of the bank in collaboration with the local Chapter of "Art of Living’’ here today. Mr T.S Bhattacharya, General Manager (Commercial), SBI, Chandigarh Circle, who inaugurated the camp said that blood donation is a noble cause as it leads to saving precious lives.The Deputy General Manager, Mr V.K Gupta, in a press note claimed that the State Bank of India has been the largest blood donor in the city and several of its employees have donated blood more than 20 times. The Art of Living made the contributions to mark the birthday of its founder Sri Ravinshankar.
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Nurses take part in contest CHANDIGARH,
Ms Davinder K.S. won the first prize, Ms Madhu Bali and Ms Harpreet R.S. shared the second prize and Ms Paraminderjit Pal Kaur won the third prize. According to Ms Rajinder Dhadda, President of the association, the contest was organised to update the technical skills of nurses working in operation theatres. Ms S. Kathuria, Superintendent of GMCH-32; Dr Joginder Wati, lecturer in the College of Nursing; and Ms Bhagwan Mehta, Deputy Nursing Superintendent, Nehru Hospital, PGI; evaluated the contestants. A seminar was also organised to educate nurses about diabetes mellitus and hepatitis-B. |
HPS under-14 cricket champs CHANDIGARH, May 14 — Gaurav Chopra of Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, was the star of the final of the Inter-School (under-14) Cricket Tournament at the Sector 5 ground in Panchkula today. In the final between HPS and Army School, Chandi Mandir, the former beat the latter by 22 runs.The HPS team won the toss and opted to bat first. It lost three quick wickets, including two in the first over to Sunny Sharma. Gaurav consolidated the innings and made 88 runs in 97 deliveries. His knock helped the team score 150 runs for eight wickets in 35 overs. The knock included 14 hits to the fence. Sunny Sharma of Army school took three wickets for 19 runs. Chasing the target, Army School began confidently. Sunny Sharma batted well and took the score to 85. However, a fine bowling spell by Apar Shakti changed the course of the match. The Army School were all out for 128. Gaurav Chopra won the 'best batsman of the tournament' and 'the man of the match' awards. Apar Shakti of the HPS team was declared the best bowler and Sunny Sharma the best allrounder. Mr Vivek Attray, Director Public Relations of Haryana, gave away the prizes. Brief scores: HPS, Panchkula — 150 runs for eight wickets in 35 overs (Gaurav Chopra 88 n.o., Sunny Sharma 3 for 19, Saurabh Dewan 2 for 32); Army School Chandi Mandir — 128 runs all out (Sunny Sharma 43, Dhawal Lekhi 19, Apar Shakti 5 for 21). TT tourney: Rajan Raikhy and Navtej Singh moved into the final of the doubles section by beating Sanjay and A.C. Bali in three games in the fifth table tennis tournament organised by The Tribune Colony Committee here today.Results: Doubles — Rajan and Navtej b Sanjay and A.C. Bali, 23-21, 19-21, 21-16; singles (quarterfinals) — Umesh b Sanjay, 21-13, 21-18; Rajan Raikhy b Raj Kumar, 21-13, 21-8; Rajesh Malik b A.C. Bali, 21-15, 21-13. In Pool 'A' of the regular doubles event, Rajiv Bajaj and Vikas Ghai, besides Rajesh Malik and Lovkesh, reached the semi-finals of the tournament. Summer cricket: In the first match of the Summer Cricket Tournament organised by the Masters Sports Welfare Society at the Sector 15 grounds here today, Neeraj Malik XI beat Saurabh Vij XI by 57 runs. Neeraj Malik XI batted first and made 136 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Puneet scored 27 runs, Sumeet 24 and Abhinav 19. Saurabh Vij took three wickets for nine runs.In reply, Saurabh Vij XI could made only 79 runs in 11 overs and were all out. Neeraj Malik got four wickets in four overs.
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400 attend yoga camp CHANDIGARH, May 14 — Residents of Panchkula woke up in the early hours of Sunday morning to gather at the Sector 5 Town Park. They had to attend a free yoga camp here. It was part of an annual yoga programme organised under the aegis of the Bhartiya Yog Sansthan of Delhi. About 400 persons attended the camp. Experts demonstrated various asanas and other curative yoga methods. Mr R.S. Bhalla, one of the coordinators of these classes, said more persons were coming forward to attend these classes. He said many ailments could be cured through yoga, without any medicine. He said as stress-level was rising in all persons, yoga was a blessing in disguise for them. Powerlifting team: The team is as follows: Karamjit Singh, Jaideep Singh, Paramjit Singh, Sandeep Singh, Ravinder Singh, Gurjinder Singh, Mandeep Singh and Vikas. Mr H.S. Bansal and Mr R.P. Aeri will accompany the team as coach and manager, respectively. CNS XI win: Brief scores: CNS XI — 145 runs for seven wickets (Satbir Singh 34, Vivek Jain 31, Sandeep 24 n.o., Raju 2 for 27, Babla 2 for 30); Lucky XI — 131 for 7 (Rajesh 69, Vivek Jain 4 for 23, Atul Kapur 2 for 31). Second match: JAL XI — 174 for eight in 25 overs (Anil Sharma 62, Chandan 2, Jagmohan 19, Rajan 2 for 17); Pioneer XI — 97 all out in 19.3 overs. Samsung league: The tournament is held in the memory of Samuel Banerjee by the Chandigarh Cricket Association affilitated to the Haryana Cricket Association. In another match, Chetna Cricket Club beat Punjab Secretariat XI by 12 runs. In the last match of the day, KL Foundation XI beat Krishna Club by 76 runs. |
Iron grills welcome as road divider The loss of freshly planted bougainvillea shrubs along some stretches of Madhya Marg and Dakshin Marg was recently reported in your paper. The reason ascribed to the loss is lack of after-care. Maintaining these shrubs on the road dividers is an impractical and a dangerous idea. It appears out of context in the present age to maintain such plants, which require labour-intensive upkeep. Plants demand frequent watering, manuring and hoeing to grow luxuriantly to be able to serve purposefully as hedges. Besides, once established, bougainvillea grows quite fast. It, therefore, constantly requires regular watering and trimming too. And as by nature it is thorny, if there is a delay in trimming it, its vagrant/ wanton branches pose a risk of slapping, especially two-wheeler drivers, on the face and in the eyes, causing grievous bodily harm and accidents. Trimmings of this shrub left scattered on the road after pruning pose the risk of bursting tyres and forcing commuters to lose control over their vehicles. If the area needs a touch of green, then tall, slender trees like eucalyptus or poplars can be considered as possible candidates. Not only will they lend some greenery to the roads, but occupy less space sideways. These will also require little after-care, watering or trimming, and be comparatively safe for commuters. The Chandigarh Administration recently undertook making Madhya Marg safer by erecting iron grills on the road divider from the railway bridge towards the sabzi mandi. May I suggest that the good work be extended along the full length of the road. It will be doing yeoman’s service to commuters along this route. Obviously, a number of accidents that occur during the rush hour, due to cycle-wallahs, rehri-wallahs, pedestrians and even a few scooterists foolish enough to dare sudden short-cuts across this road, will be definitely prevented. Vivek Khanna Sector 20 park THE Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh spent a large amount of money for the construction of a park in Sector 20, adjacent to Chatanya Gauria Math. It was a long-pending demand of Sector 20 residents, which has been fulfilled by the corporation. The garden is nicely maintained and there is a good arrangement of seasonal flowers, which freshens up the visitors. Jhulas have also been provided for children to play. But there is a drawback in this park. In the periphery of the park, no pucca pathway for morning and evening walkers has been constructed. People feel great inconvenience while walking not only during rainy season but also when the garden is watered. The corporation should review its planning and for the better maintenance of the garden and for the convenience of the people, a pucca pathway should be immediately constructed. Vinod Jaidka Garden demolition Apropos news item ‘HUDA destroys mini-cacti garden,’ published in Chandigarh Tribune. It was a heart-breaking and shocking news for environment-loving people. It was,
in fact, a unique collection of rare varieties by Mr Lal from his own resources. I have seen the garden. It had quite an inspiring collection. The land on which the garden was established was lying idle, having no use for anybody nor did it create any hurdles to traffic or public. Gobind Rai Ahuja |
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