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New acupressure
technique introduced CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — Dr Attar Singh, an acupressure therapist, has introduced a new technique to ensure speedy treatment of various ailments. According to him the new technique is combination of
body-balancing-cum-acupressure. He maintains that before giving acupressure for a particular disease, over active as well as inactive energy channels in the body are found through a special technique which is based on concentration of mind by the patient as well as the
therapist. Once the defective energy channels are found, it becomes easy to restore natural balance in the body through acupressure. Dr Singh claims that this technique, which has been developed by him by studying the oriental concept of healing, will greatly help in the speedy cure of numerous diseases. He runs an acupressure health, centre in Sector 43. |
SAI schemes in doldrums CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — All is not well with the Northern Centre of the Sports Authority of India, Sector 42, if one goes by the progress of the schemes announced this year. This centre became operational more than a decade ago and has been conducting National Sports Talent Centre (NSTC) schemes and Sports Training Centres (STCs) covering Punjab, Haryana, HP, J&K and Chandigarh. Players from all over India had been coming here for training under SAI coaches. This year a number of schemes were announced for the new centres along with new inputs for the existing ones. Selection trials in athletics, volleyball, hockey, gymnastics, football and rowing were allotted to DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, and held twice before the beginning of the session of the NSTC scheme. Earlier, four of the six centres were being run at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41. Even if it has been decided to shift these to DAV School, still the coaches working there have not been relieved by the school. After a long wait, DAV School was told that since the NSTC schemes were under review, they would be given day boarding schemes. This was declared by Dr P.C. Kashyap, Director-Incharge, SAI, at a press conference on July 11. But according to sources in the corporate office at Delhi, no day boarding scheme had yet been allotted to DAV School. This has disturbed the work in the current session. Meanwhile, Shivalik Public School decided to set up hockey and volleyball academies at the school. The hockey academy which started two months ago, is being run under an SAI coach, Mr B.S. Randhawa. For the volleyball academy, trials concluded on August 8 and another SAI coach, Mr Mohan Nargeta, will do the coaching. The new STC centres for girls at Badal (Muktsar) and for boys at Mastuana Sahib (Sangrur) and Special Area Games (SAG) at Anandpur Sahib were also to be opened in the last week of this month. As far as the sports sciences centre proposed to be set up in Sector 42 is concerned, the Governor of Punjab, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), was told during his visit on June 7 that it would be completed in three months. But with the stipulated date approaching fast, only one rowing exercise Ergometer machine is seen in the hall meant for the centre. Trials for the proposed Centre of Excellence scheme in women’s hockey were held last month and it was considered an effort duplicated since the STC, Sector 18, was already producing women’s hockey players. This centre to be established at Sector 42 does not have a playing turf as the astro-turf there has been damaged and needs to be replaced. Four rooms have been allotted to this centre and six girls will be accommodated in each room. No coach of national repute has been appointed for this centre which is expected to produce international players. The Chandigarh Football Academy became operational on August 7. It will give daily practice to 24 boys. Dr Kashyap said that funds were no problem for any of the scheme, but he was facing the problem of co-ordination with the UT Administration. This month, the UT Sports Department also shifted its offices to the Sector 42 complex. The Sports Department has also written to the Northern Centre of SAI to pay the arrears of electricity and water bills which have been pending for the past many years. According to an agreement between the SAI and the UT Administration, no rent was to be charged but the SAI was liable to pay other charges, said Mr J.P.S. Sidhu, Joint Director Sports, UT. |
Independence Day celebrated CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The eves of Sports Authority of India, Sports Training Centre, Sector 18, celebrated Independence Day on their hostel campus this morning. The chief guest at this one-hour programme was Mr D.S. Saroya, DPI (Schools). The girls presented patriotic songs, poems and skits. Volleyball players won most of the prizes, which were given away by Mr R.K. Gupta, Deputy Director, SAI. Ms Ritu Pathik, Assistant Director, was also present. In group song category, volleyball girls were placed first and basketball eves second. In solo song category, volleyball players were first and hockey girls second. DAV-8 win Tennis tourney The tournament is being played in four events — cadet boys and girls, sub-junior boys and girls, junior boys and girls, and men and women. As many as 300 players from the region will take part. Varun Kassal and Amarpreet Kaur are top seeds in under-17 boys and girls sections, respectively. Aditya Puri and Akshdeep Kaur have been given top billing in under-14 section. In cadet boys and girls sections, Sameer Singla and Preeti Jain have been given pride of place. Carrom tournament Hockey trials School premises Inter-school Akshit a class 3 student played valiantly to overpower Aman Sethi of Bhavan Vidyalya, Sector 27 in straight games while Dhruva got the better of Harry of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 also in straight games. In girls under-14, Sacred Heart School, Sector 26 will take on Little Flower School, Sector 14 Panchkula. In the semi-finals the former won against Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23 at 2-1 while LFS-14-Pkl beat Government Model SS School, Sector 35 at 2-0. The under-19 girls of Hansraj Public School led by Shruti and Gauri helped their team in reaching finals when they defeated Sacred Heart School, Sector 26 by 2-0. However, HPS boys went down fighting to Bhavan Vidyalya School Sector 27, at 1-2 in the under-19 quarter-finals. In under-19 boys’ section, Bhavan Vidyalya, Sector 27, DC Model S.S. School, Sector 7, Panchkula, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 reached the last
four. |
17 XENs , SDOs
transferred CHANDIGARH,
Aug 11 — The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) today shifted 17 Xens and SDOs. According to sources, the transfers have been effected as per the directions of the Personnel Department that the officials manning “sensitive” posts for over three years should be transferred. The Xens, Mr Shyam Singh (Division No 2) and Mr Swaran Singh (Division No 4) will swap their posts. The SDOs and SDEs transferred are Mr AK Duggal, Mr Rajinder Singh, Mr AK Aggarwal, Mr S.S. Malhotra, Mr Subhash Chaudhary, Mr Bhupinder Singh, Mr Amin Chand, Mr V.D. Shahi, Mr Sham Lal and Mr H.S. Bedi, all from the Public Health wing. The other officials, who have been transferred are Mr R.S. Sharma, Mr Mohinder Singh (horticulture wing) and Mr Prem Paul, Mr Vinod Sharma and Mr Sandeep Kaushik (bridges and roads wing). Gate meeting: Members of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Public Health Workers Union on Friday held a gate rally on the premises of the Sector 12 water works in support of their demands. Speakers condemned the Chandigarh Administration for its failure to implement the agreement entered into with the coordination committee of the UT and Municipal Corporation Employees and Workers on November 13 last year. |
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