SPORT

YPS student wins tennis tourney
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 27
Arjun Sehgal, a student of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, was at his best when he defeated Akshat Joshi at 6-0, 6-1 to wrap the under-10 singles title in the Total Tennis Championship at the YMCA Tennis Courts, Sector 11. Arjun displayed sound ground strokes to overpower Akshat, a trainee at the Lake Club Coaching Centre. Sector 6. Karan Patnaik, a student of St Xavier’s School and trainee of the Total Tennis Academy, who stormed into the finals in under-14 and under-16 section, defeated Sahil Thapa in under-16 singles semi-final.

Kinshuk Sharma of the CLTA and a student of St John’s High School, Sector 26, displayed his prowess in under-14 singles and made it to finals after defeating Kulwinder Singh in straight games. Inayat Khosla, a Class VI student of Vivek High School and a trainee of Total Tennis Academy, proved her worth by sailing into finals of under-12 girls section and she will now cross swords with Ujala Joshi in the final.

Results — final: (boys under-10: Arjun Sehgal b Akshat Joshi 6-0, 6-1; semi-finals (under-14): Karan Patnaik b Sanjog Kapoor 6-2, 6-3; Kinshuk Sharma b Kulwinder Singh 6-4, 6-0. (Under-16): Karan Patnaik b Sahil Thapa 6-1, 6-3; Satvir Singh b Manjit Singh 7-6(5), 6-3. (Under-12) girls: Inayat Khosla b Mehak Thakur 6-1,6-2; Ujala Joshi b Hana Kumar 6-2, 6-1. Quarter finals (Under-12) Inayat b Taruni; Mehak Thakur b Amber; Ujala b Shaleen; Hana b Prerna.

UT badminton team

A 10 member UT badminton team was selected by the Chandigarh Badminton Association for its participation in the Ist Kotwal Memorial Prize Money Badminton Tournament to be held at Jammu from May 7 to 9, told to Mr Gian Chand Gupta, President of the association. The selection committee Chairman, Mr B.D. Gandhi, announecd the team after assessing the performance of the players on the basis of trials held at PU Gymnasium Hall.

The team is: boys — Vivek Sharma, Deepak Sidhu, Varun Sharma, Puneet Bansal, Paras Gupta and Akash Sethi. Girls — H. Sarda Devi, Mala Gaba, Parnita Verma and Isha Sharma.

TT promotional camp

To promote table tennis among school children, the Talent Hunt Trainees Welfare Organisation will hold its first table tennis promotional and awareness camp in second week of May. The prominent players of the city headed by Mr A.S.P. Singh will impart training to youngsters and already their trainees had produced laurels at various levels. Those interested may contact at phones-700801 or 260901.

Athletic Meet

The first Mohali Inter-School Athletic Meet was held here today with more than 300 participants drawn from 12 schools of the SAS Nagar turning up for the meet. The various winners included: shot put: (16-18yrs): boys —Harvinder Singh 1, Kamarvinder 2, Jaideep Sandhu 3; (girls) Manmita 1, Ravneet Kaur 2, Nausheen Sandhu 3. 400 m (16-18 yrs) boys — Babbanjeet 1, Indermohan 2, Ravinderpal Singh 3. 100 m (16-18 yrs) Amninder Sidhu 1, Rinku Chauhan 2, Imroze Singh 3. 100 m (16-18 yrs) girls: Jasmine 1, Jasmeet Kaur 2, Mandeep Kaur 3.

ADMINISTRATION

Poor response to booth auction
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 27
The auction of booths in Modern Housing Complex in Mani Majra by the Chandigarh Housing Board(CHB) today evoked poor response as only two of the eight booths could be auctioned.

According to sources, the response from the bidders was very poor with the result that the CHB had to withdraw six booths. The highest price fetched by a booth was Rs 13 lakh. The other booth was sold off for Rs 9.5 lakh.

It may be recalled that the last auction in the complex in December last year had evoked good response. Similarly, the auction of commercial property in the West of Sector 38 had also evoked good response from the bidders.

32 plots fetch 5 crore in auction
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, April 27
In an auction of residential plots in the town, the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) earned around Rs 5 crore by selling 32 plots here today. A total of 62 sites had been put up for auction in four sectors in the town.

A 100 sq yard plot in Phase 7 attracted the highest bid of Rs 12.30 lakh against a reserved price of Rs 5.52 lakh. Another plot in the same category in Phase 7 was, however, sold for Rs 9.50 lakh against a reserved price of RS 5.52 lakh. All the 32 plots in Phase 7, measuring 262.5 sq yards, 200 sq yards, 100 sq yards, were sold by the authority. A 75 sq yard plot with a reserved price of Rs 4.14 lakh was sold for Rs 9.50 lakh. Among the plots of 262 sq yard category, a plot was sold for Rs 17.50 lakh against a reserved price of Rs 14.50 lakh. Another plot of 200 sq yards was sold for Rs 16.10 lakh against a reserved price of Rs 11.05 lakh. A plot of 133.33 sq yard in Phase 7 was sold for Rs 12.35 lakh against a reserved price of RS 7.36 lakh.

All the 14 plot put to auction in Sector 68 were withdrawn in the wake of a few takers. In Sector 69, only three of the 15 plots of different categories were sold. In Sector 70, a plot measuring 262.10 sq yard was sold for Rs 17.10 lakh against a reserved price of Rs 15.53 lakh.

Admn order to cable operators
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 27
Citing instructions from the Government of India, the Chandigarh Administration today said that cable operators cannot broadcast obscene programmes or channels at night or at any other time. Advertisement of tobacco, including tobacco products, liquor (alcohol) and infant milk products, cannot be made on TV or on cable networks.

A spokesperson of the Administration said the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had enacted the Cable Television Network Amendment Act, 2000, and issued these instructions. Also on the list of instructions is that cable operators cannot show films on their channels for which they have not obtained authorisation from copyright owners of the film. The cable operators have to necessarily offer DD-I, DD-II and regional channel of Doordarshan, as notified by the Prasar Bharti.

The Amendment Act has given authority to district magistrates, SDMs and police commissioners to take action under the Cable Television Networks Act against the offending cable operators. The Act authorises these officials to seize the equipment being used by the cable operators.