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SPORT

Dev Samaj annex basketball title
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Oct 6 — Hosts IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, defeated Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, 42-34 to win the basketball title in the Ishwar Shriman basketball tournament here today.

At the end of the first half, the score was 19-17 in favour of Dev Samaj. The second half was more absorbing than the first. For the winners, Harpreet and Navneet scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, while Lucky and Shveta scored 8 points each. For the losers, Anchal scored 12 points, followed by Sapna with 11 points and Geeta with 10 points.

Mr Bhim Sain Bassi, Inspector-General of Police, was the chief guest. Mr Sajjan Singh, an Arjuna awardee, and Harminder Singh and Ankur Sharma, members of the junior national team were honoured. The best performance award was given to Shweta and Lucky of IS Dev Samaj School, Anchal of GGSSS-18 and Rajita of Bhawan Vidyalaya, Sector 27. In the semi-finals, held earlier in the day, GGSSS-18 outplayed BV-27 37-22 and ISDSSS-21 defeated GMSSS-16 43-14.

DAV-8 win

Nadia Saini of DAV Public School, Sector 8, helped her school win the cadet girls title in the 13th Chandigarh state table tennis championship at Sector 23 TT hall. Nadia's brother Divey helped DAV Public School, Sector 8, win the boys title.

Results:
Girls — Nadia Saini b Sadhika 21-8, 21-10; Mahima b Preeti 21-18, 21-11; Nadia and Mahima b Sadhika and Preeti 21-9, 21-14;
Boys — Manik b Sumit 21-10, 22-20; Divey b Sameer 21-9, 21-16; Divey and Manik b Sameer and Sumit 21-17, 21-15.

ADMINISTRATION

Dasehra venue row resolved: Admn
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, Oct 6 — Even as the local Fire Department has expressed its reservations over holding the Dasehra celebrations adjacent to the site of tents for holding the shows of Amar Circus in Phase 8 here, the local administration today claimed to have resolved the impasse between the local Dasehra Committee and the management of Amar Circus over holding the Dasehra celebrations.

The effigies of Ravana, Meghanada and Kumbhkarna will be consigned to flames in one corner of the Phase 8 ground, which is around 80 metres from the encircled area of the circus. The police force available with the Phase 1 police station and the Central Police Station will be deputed to control law and order. Officials are keeping their fingers crossed as a gathering of around 10,000 festival revellers is expected on the occasion.

The Station House Officer of the Central Police Station, Mr Balwinder Pal Sharma, today intervened in the matter after being directed by the senior officials. After members of the Dasehra Committee refused to change their venue to some other site in Phase 8, the SHO held parleys with members of both parties. It was decided that the effigies would be erected in one corner of the ground at a distance of about 270 feet from the enclosure of the circus. Mr Lala Chand, general secretary of the Dasehra Committee, said no rockets and other crackers which spread on bursting would be used in stuffing the effigies. Moreover, some suitable distance between the stage and the enclosure of the circus would also be kept.

The management of the circus, as part of the compromise formula, had decided to reschedule its 7 p.m show to 8 p.m as a preventive step. The animals of the circus would be kept at a safe distance and fire tenders would be in place to check any untoward incident.

It may be pertinent to mention that the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) had given permission to the circus prior to the permission given to the management of the Dasehra committee. Both parties maintain that the local administration should have kept in mind the venue of the Dasehra before given permission to the circus.