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July 31, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Handball association selects 20
probables for National Games Chandigarh, July 30 According to Mr Rahul Talwar, secretary of the association, the players have been asked to report on August 1 for the camp. Those selected are: Mandeep, Asha, Sameena, Rinki, Upma, Gagandeep, Ritika, Reema, Simpi, Poonam, Naresh Saini, Kamini Gautam, Kiranjit, Sushma, Karamjit, Vishwas, Santosh, Nancy, Gurpreet and Lakshmi.
Badminton meet Sachin Garg romped with three titles in the VIIth Panchkula District Badminton Championships which concluded last evening at Sector 7 Community Centre. Sachin won boys (U-16) singles, doubles and men doubles title. Peeyush Aggarwal showed his prowess by winning both men singles and doubles title. Preetika Sharma became the women singles champion when she defeated Gauri in the final. Akshit Mahajan, a student of Hansraj Public School, won U-10 singles title, while Mohini outplayed Muskan to wrap U-10 girls title. Adhiraj Neogi won U-13 boys title while girls title in this section went in favour of Kannu Priya. Raski and Bhanu won U-13 doubles title and runners-up were Prerak Sharma and Dhruv. Ms Jyoti Arora, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, gave away the prizes.
Soccer tourney Shishu Niketan Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, made it to the U-17 finals by overpowering Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, at 6-5 in the tie breaker in the Pre-Subroto Soccer Tournament played here today at football stadium, Sector 17. The scores read at 2-2 till the final whistle. Anoop, Thinley, Sumit and Atul were the scorers in the tie breaker for winners, while Mandeep, Madhur and Dashmesh scored for the losers. The second semi-final pitted between Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, was called off today as few players of DAV School were not present for appearing in examinations. Now the match will be played tomorrow. In an U-14 match, St Xavier’s-44 outplayed St Kabir’s-26 at 5-2.
Karate meet A team of 11 players who took part in the National Karate Championship held at Shimla from July 27 to July 29 under the guidance of B.S. Thapa, chief instructor, Haryana Choi Kwang Do Martial Art, returned by winning seven medals. Dakshi Agnihotri of Saupin’s School, Panchkula, and Divanshu Singla of Little Flower School, Panchkula secured bronze medal each in sub-junior section. In junior section, Rakesh Pardhan won silver medal while Rudal Kumar bagged gold medal. In senior boys section, Ashwani Sharawat and Surjit Singh clinched gold medal, while Kapatain Singh won silver medal. Meanwhile, in a press release sent by Amateur Karate Association, Chandigarh, stated that out of 30 players who participated, 13 won gold medals, 12 silver medals and five bronze medals in the meet.
Trials on Aug 3 The Chandigarh Women Volleyball team got a big boost when their women volleyball players were given permission to take part in the forthcoming National Games. According to Mr B.L. Malhotra, Honorary Secretary, CVA, the Volleyball Federation of India has confirmed the participation of the city team. The trials for the same will now be held on August 3 at 4 pm at SAI Training Centre, Sector 18. |
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Cricket
tournaments this year Chandigarh, July 30 The meeting was informed that the offer to conduct the tournament was made to the secretary of the association, Mr S.S. Bawa, by the UT Education Department. After discussing all aspects of holding the tournament, including the financial aspects, the association decided to conduct the tournaments which would go a long way in promoting the game in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The meeting constituted a special task force, consisting of Col Judge and Mr Bawa to press the matter of affiliation of the UT Cricket Association with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In this connection the meeting was informed that the association would have to lobby hard to get affiliation. The groundwork for the affiliation has already been done with a high-powered team of the BCCI having visited Chandigarh and inspected the cricketing facilities. The two-member task force will go to Mumbai where the working committee of the BCCI is scheduled to meet in August. This would be the last meeting of the working committee prior to the annual general body meeting of the board which is generally held in late week of September every year. The annual general body adopts all recommendations made by the working committee, and the UT Cricket Association is hopeful that this body would recommend the affiliation of the association with the board. Meanwhile, a clinic for cricket umpires was also held at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. About 15 PCA qualified umpires attended the clinic. During the clinic all aspects of the game were discussed in detail. |
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Promising
spiker on the horizon Chandigarh, July 30 “Poonam (18) is a bright star, grooming into a class player”, said Shiv Bedi, SAI coach, who has been coaching her for the past nearly two years. Poonam had joined this centre in 1995 when she was in Class VI and over the years the hardwork of the girl has helped her go places. She represented UT in the senior national volleyball meet at Salem in1999-2000, junior national volleyball meet at Gurgaon in December last year, and in National Schools Games at Rewa (MP) in January this year. It was her magnificent performance at the junior nationals which forced the national selectors to include her in the national camp. The camp was meant mainly for the forthcoming Asian junior volleyball meet and other major championships. Bedi said it was the gradual improvement in her jumps which infused more confidence in Poonam. Poonam is a Class XII student of SD Public School, Sector 32. She is of the view that Chandigarh is the right place to go higher in sports but one must have a good coach and the urge to be regular in practice. She is all praise for the SAI centre, where she is residing, and is happy with the food, stay and other facilities at the centre. |
Improve sanitation in slums:
Jacob Chandigarh, July 30 It may be mentioned that one case of cholera was recently reported from Bapu Dham Colony and three other cases from outside the city have been admitted to the PGI. Taking a serious note of the prevailing situation of General Jacob has asked the Home Secretary, Mr R.S. Gujral, the Finance Secretary, Mr Karam A Singh and the Commissioner, MC, Mr M.P. Singh, to collectively work towards improving the sanitation, inoculating the vulnerable residents and gearing up the health infrastructure to meet any eventuality. He has also asked the MC to keep a strict watch on the potable water being supplied to the city and take regular samples and monitor its quality. He has also urged the health authorities to launch a special drive to check sanitation in various eating places in the city. |
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Kala seeks more funds
for development Chandigarh, July 30 While urging Mr Jacob to transfer some percentage of levy on liquor, imposed by the UT Administration, to the MCC, Mr Kala requested the Administrator to transfer more percentage of sales tax, collected by the Administration, to the civic body. During the meeting, the Administrator expressed happiness over the successful working of the last meeting of the House and assured that funds would not be a restraint for the development work. The Governor asked the acting Mayor to visit the slum areas and colonies and try to redress the grievances of the inhabitants. He asked him to give priority to those works which had been stalled during the last seven months due to inter-party and intra-party rivalries. Later, Mr Kala also took up the issue of cantilever removal with the Adviser to the Administrator, Ms Neeru Nanda. While urging the Adviser to regularise cantilevers in Mani Majra, he suggested that the Administration in lieu of doing so might even impose some fine on the owners. Ms Nanda assured him that she would take up the matter with the Finance Secretary, Mr Karan Avtar Singh. She will be shortly visiting the Transport Area and Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 to have a better understanding of the problems of the residents. |
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Surprise
check at HUDA offices Panchkula, July 30 Sources said the team came at around 10.30 a.m. and checked the presence of employees in various offices as well as the attendance registers and office work. The report of the checks carried out would be submitted to the Secretary concerned. It was also stated that most of the employees were found in their offices and that the carrying out of surprise checks was a regular feature. |
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