SPORT

Sacred Heart, KVM cricketers win
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Sept 8 — Sacred Heart Convent School (SHCS) of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar won the Inter-School Ludhiana Zone II (under-19) Cricket Tournament held here after defeating Sacred Heart Convent School of Sarabha Nagar by four wickets.

Sharminder gave a display of bowling and batting and led his team to a comfortable victory. He hit three sixers in the 11th over and remained unbeaten after scoring 34 runs in just 27 balls. He also took three wickets for 12 runs in 2.1 overs.

The Sarabha Nagar boys won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored 84 runs in 19.1 overs and lost all its wickets in the process. The boys of BRS Nagar scored 86 runs in 19.2 overs for six wickets.

Meanwhile, Kundan Vidya Mandir were the winners in Zone I of the tournament. They defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS) in PAU.

Excellent bowling by Karan Puri and Karan Goyal led the team to victory. Karan Puri took four wickets for 23 runs in four overs and Karan Goyal took three wickets for 18 runs in four overs. Vaibhav scored 20 runs in 18 balls and remained not out.

The KVM boys won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 90 runs in 20 overs and lost 9 wickets. The GMSSS team was all out for 88 runs in 18.5 overs.

Jubilee Memorial Inter-Convent Tournament
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Sept 8 — Sacred Heard Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, (SHCS-SN) reached the final of the Jubilee Memorial Inter-Convent Tournament held here, after defeating Sacred Heard Convent School, Khanna (SHCS-K).

The fiery bowling and batting by Sandeep Dhand make the victory possible. Sandeep took four wickets for 21 runs in four overs, while Rishab, Gaurav and Saurab took one wicket each. Sandeep contributed 39 runs in 49 balls. A hard hitting knock by Rohan Thapar saw him making 45 runs in just 30 balls.

SHCS-K won the toss and invited SHCS-SN to bat first. SHCS-SN scored 141 run in 20 overs after losing four wickets. SHCS-K could not face the fiery bowling of SHCS-SN and made only 135 runs in 20 overs.

SHCS win cricket tourney
From Our Sports Reporter

BADDOWAL (LUDHIANA), Sept 8 — Sacred Heart Convent School (SHCS) of Sarabha Nagar, won the Inter-School Ludhiana Zone II (under-16) Cricket Tournament held at Baddowal after defeating R S Model (RSM) Senior Secondary School by eight wickets.

Excellent batting and bowling by Sandeep Dhand led the team to a comfortable victory. Sandeep made 28 runs in 22 balls and remained unbeaten. He also took three wickets for 14 runs in 3.4 overs. Saurab also bowled well and took three wickets for just 11 runs in 4 overs.

SHCS won the toss and invited RSM to bat first. RSM scored 80 runs in 15.4 overs and lost all its wickets in process. SHCS achieved the target in just 10 overs and lost only two wickets.

ADMINISTRATION

New OSD to Deputy Speaker
Tribune News Service

LUDHIANA, Sept 8 — Dr Tejinder Pal Singh, a well-known homoeopathic doctor, has been appointed Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the newly-appointed Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Satpal Gosain.

Dr Tejinder Pal Singh is also a member of the Punjab Homoeopathic Council and the Central Homoeopathic Council, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Dr Singh has also remained Chairman of the Punjab Homoeopathic Council.

Top cop ducks questions on transfers of officers
Tribune News Service

LUDHIANA, Sept 8 — “The proposal for the transfer of certain top police officials in the state, particularly those in the border range, has been sent to the state government. It is for the government to decide whether it is to be accepted as such or in a modified form.”

The Punjab Director General of Police, Mr Sarabjit Singh, said this while talking to mediapersons here today. The DGP was here to attend a meeting of all range officers and the Zonal Inspector Generals of Police. At the meeting, these top police officials discussed crime rate, security arrangements, traffic rules and anti-terrorist activities.

Mr Sarabjit Singh refused to give much information on the transfers of officials in the state who are not serving in the border range.

Answering a question on the promotions of some police officers, the DGP said promotions were being given only in cases where these were long overdue and no new vacancies in the next higher cadre existed. He said the policy for giving ORP promotions was reviewed in 1997. He said, even in 1999, 100 persons had been promoted to the level of DSP in their own rank and pay.

Mr Sarabjit Singh said recent trends in crime, measures to curb the crime rate and the investigation in certain sensational cases were discussed at the meeting held earlier in Police Lines. He said there had been a marginal increase in the crime rate in the state. “A disturbing violent trend is seen in property-related crimes, kidnappings for ransom and the emergence of organised gangs that hired contract killers,” he said.