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Ace of Aces title for Karun Chandigarh, August 6 Earlier in the semifinal, Karun Chaudhary, Sikander Jaitley, Sumit Singh and Ravsharan were pitted against each other and all of them served at more than 85 mph. Yesterday, the rain had played a spoilsport and men-section events could not be conducted. Ms Roshni Singh Bhullar gave away the prizes.
Judo trials The Amateur Judo Association of Chandigarh (UT) will hold selection trials on August 8 at 2 p.m. at the Judo Centre, Sports Complex, Sector 42, to select the probables from Chandigarh for the national-level trials to be organised by the Judo Federation of India at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, on August 10. The trials will be held in junior girls weight category as, below-45 kg, 48 kg, 52 kg, 57 kg, 63 kg, 70 kg, 78 kg and above 78 kg. In boys section, below-55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg and above 100 kg, trials to be held. The participants should be born on or after August 10, 1982. Mr N.S. Thakur, general secretary of the association, said the participants must possess a valid passport. Judokas may contact for further information at Phone-792670, 655494. |
MC land cleared of illegal taxi stands Chandigarh, August 6 The stands which were removed today were located in Sectors 8-C, 9-D, 20-D; 22, 25, 27, 42 and 43, Industrial Area-I and two others in Mani majra. The staff seized their paraphernelia, including tents, tables, chairs, folding beds and demolished the concrete platforms made by them. The signboards indicating the name and address of the taxi stands were also pulled out. Challans were also issued to them subsequently. The drive, which started around 9 am under the supervision of Enforcement Magistrate, Mr Ishwar Singh carried on till 5.30 pm without report of any untoward incident. Besides the entire enforcement staff of both MC and Estate Office, 20 police personnel attached to them, SDO and JE’s of the areas concerned, Xen’s of road wing I and I of MC, Mr S.K Chadha and Mr Mukesh Anand participated in the drive. One JCB, 7-8 trucks and labourers were used to load the seized goods. Mr Singh said they would continue to inspect these areas from time to time to ensure that these illegal taxi stands do not come up again. Meanwhile, the enforcement wing of MCC today issued 104 challans. These include 90 challans in the southern sectors of 37, 38 and 46, including quite a few of these in the “apni mandi” of 46 and 14 others in the northern sectors of 19, 27, 28 and 30. Those challaned include the “rehri, phari” vendors and shopkeepers, who had encroached the MC land or the public corridors. |
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