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April 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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‘Neighbourhood clinics to meet health needs’ New Delhi, April 26 This was stated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today while inaugurating the Apollo Family Health Clinic in Janakpuri – the first of 35 such centres proposed to be set up by Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited (a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Apollo Hospitals Group) in the country. The Chief Minister said such neighbourhood clinics would go a long way toward meeting the increasing health demands of the people. “Since 30 per cent of all government hospitals in the Capital are being utilised for people from outside Delhi,” Ms Dikshit said, “there is an urgent need to set up neighbourhood clinics here.” “Although the population of Delhi is 1.4 crore, we have one million people from as far as Meerut, Gurgaon and Alwar coming and going every day,” she said referring to Delhi posing an attractive destination insofar as quality of medicare was concerned. “Such a large influx of people for medical treatment leads to a severe burden on all the services of the Capital,” she said. |
Shastri Club enter final New Delhi, April 26 Lal Bahadur Shastri Club won the toss and elected to bat. They suffered a rude jolt when openers Gautam Gambhir (8) and Himanshu Mehta (12) crashed at the same score of 34. But Rajan Gupta stood like a solid rock, and in the company of Sandeep Yadav, setup a rollicking stand, and after the exit of Sandeep, Dalip T T joined him to push up the run rate to take Shastri to 235 for eight wickets in 40 overs. ONGC, boasting of a number of star players, failed to reach the modest target despite a swashbuckling century by Mithun Manhas, who scored 109 off just 36 balls. Deepak Sain was the wrecker-in-chief of ONGC as he plucked four vital wickets for 53 runs. From a comfortable 2 for 85, they crashed to 183 for nine, before crawling to make 223 in 40 overs. Though ONGC had setup a blistering scoring pace, making 104 for three wickets in 15 overs compared to 49 for 2 by Shastri, and 161 for 7 at the 30-over mark, compared to 129 for 3 by the eventual winners, they failed to maintain the momentum at the last lap, and crashed out. Rajan Gupta was declared the Pepsi man of the match. Scores: Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 235 for 8 in 40 overs (Himanshu Mehta 12, Rajan Gupta 102, 101b, 9x4, 4x6; Sandeep Yadav 41, Dalip T T 28, Grand Bell 2 for 28, Sandeep Sharma 2 for 35, Amit Sharma 2 for 50). ONGC: 223 in 40 overs (Rizwan Shamshad 28, Mithun Manhas 109, Deepak Sain 4 for 53). |
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Jeev Milkha on comeback trail New Delhi, April 26 On the second day, Jeev added a three-under 68 to aggregate five-under 137 after two rounds. Jeev was four strokes off the leader, Hiroyuki Fujita, who shot round of 67 and 66 to tally nine under-133. Kazumasa Sakaitani was second at seven-under 135, while American Dean Wilson was third at six-under 136. The 30-year-old Indian ace could have finished as joint leader after the first day, but for an unfortunate double bogey on the par-4 14th hole, where he missed the green in regulation and then three-putted. However, he made up for the mistake with an eagle on the very next hole, the par-5 15th. Jeev’s putting was much better on Friday and he completed the round with just 26 putts. He made birdies on the fourth, sixth and eighth holes in his front nine. On the back nine, a birdie on the 10th was negated by a bogey on the 11th. The Tsuruya Open is Jeev’s second Japanese PGA Tour event of the season. Earlier, he had finished tied for the 33rd place in the Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open. Jeev had a brilliant 2001 in Japan where he finished in the top 10 on six occasions and was runner-up in Iiyama Cup, a major on the Japanese Tour. Meanwhile, Arjun Atwal, the only Indian and fourth Asian to win an European PGA Tour event, began the 1.7 million Euro Canarias Open de Espana in a disastrous fashion when he dropped five strokes in the last three holes and finished the opening day at six-over 78. That put him in tied 144th place and in a distinct danger of missing the cut. Atwal was one-over after 15 holes, but made double bogies on the 16th and 17th and closed with a bogey. David Gilford of England and Soren Hansen of Denmark led the tournament, being played at El Cortijo Club de Campo course, at six-under 66. Spanish superstar Sergio Garcia was among four tied for the third place at five-under 67. Daniel Chopra, the Indian based in Sweden, who honed his skills in India, made a steady start at the $525,000 BMW Charity Pro-Am, the second event of the 2002 season of the
Buy. com Tour in the United States, when he shot a two-under 70 on the opening day to be tied for the 44th place. Daniel’s round included five birdies and three bogies. He was five strokes off the lead, which was shared by Joe Daley, Ken Green, Stan Utley and Andy Sanders at seven-under 65. |
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Goswami Ganesh Dutt Cricket from May 5
New Delhi, April 26 Defending champions Indian Airlines, runners-up Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Food Corporation of India, Central Warehousing Corporation, Collage Group, Trans Yamuna Cricket Association (TYCA),Young Friends, Sonnet Club, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Chand Khanna Club, Rajdhani Sports, Scindia XI, Lal Bahadur Shastri Club, Goswami Ganesh Dutt Club, District Cricket Association, Faridabad and Ace Group, Agra have confirmed their participation in the tournament. Mr Katyal said Indian Airlines, ONGC, Collage Group and Sonnet Club have been given two byes up to the quarter-final stage while FCI, Chand Khanna, SAIL and Ace Group have been seeded directly into the second round. Pepsi will give a man of the match award for every match. A limited-over match between the Delhi Sports Journalists Association and the Organising Committee will be played on May 12. OSR
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Rachit’s ton helps RR Gym win New Delhi, April 26 Scores: R R Gymkhana: 223 for 3 in 40 overs (Rachit Kapoor 104, Hemant Banswal 65 n.o, Naman Khanna 2 for 40). Gyan Bharti South Delhi Club: 142 all out in 38.2 overs (Manav Sharma 53, Ankur Gymkhana move up:
Scores: A R Gymkhana: 220 for 9 in 40 overs (Sachin Chaudhary 69, K K Dixit 46, Udit Sharma 27, Akash Mehra 3 for 47). Young Friends: 208 for 9 in 40 overs (Sarfraz Ali 49, Yogender Negi 33, Raju Sharma 27, Manoj Singh 2 for 27). Sonnet trounce FCI:
Scores: FCI: 186 for 8 in 40 overs (Rajinder Bisth 48, Akash Malhotra 30, Iresh Saxena 2 for 20, Rohit Mehra 2 for 26). Sonnet Club: 187 for 3 in 34 overs (Akash Chopra 106 n.o,10x4; Devender Sharma 33, Mayank Sidana 27). Sonnex Club beat Roop Nagar Gymkhana by 107 runs in a B Division match at the Ramjas Sports Complex. Scores: Sonnex Club: 201 all out in 38 overs (Harsh Kapoor 39, Avnesh Kumar 28, Salaj Sodhi 3 for 30, Varun Sood 3
for 31). Roop Nagar Gymkhana: 94 all out in 39 overs (Saurabh Kumar 25, Fazil Khan 4 for 12, Harsh Kumar 3 for 20). |
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Big boys are here for the big show New Delhi, April 26 The Showstopper, towering over seven feet two inches, and weighing 500 pounds, has a shoe size of 17, chest 62 and bicep 22 inches. Big Show entered the World Wrestling Federation at St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in February by ripping through the ring canvas and showing off his strength by throwing Stone Cold Steve Austin through a steel cage. Whether it is lifting up an entire ring, or pulling the entire Titan Tron down to the floor, he puts on a show that fans won’t soon forget. Big Show has had such an amazing impact in only a few months. Since making his WWF debut in February 1999, the Big Show has been wooing WWF fans with a unique mix of power, charisma and ability. A former WWF champion, Show has also held the Tag Team championship. |
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Satya Prakash Soccer New Delhi, April 26 Rahul, the young son of the late Satya Prakash Ghildiyal, a former Delhi State soccer player, who died a few months ago, inaugurated the tournament. The scorers for Upras School were Joel, who struck a brace, and Siemthar. In another match, Mount Carmel trounced Navyung Public School 5-0. Riyan (2), Khaling, Shivam and Jimothy were the scorers. There will be no match on Saturday. On Sunday, CRPF will take on Modern School, Vasant Vihar at 9 am while Naval Public School will take on General Raj School at 10 am.
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New code for rickshaw owners, pullers CRACKDOWN
* Licence made mandatory for every puller. * Identities of pullers to be recorded by the police, municipality. * Police have identified 1,800 pullers to be granted licences. * All rickshaws must have number plates. * Only 3,800 number plates will be issued in a year. * There are about 11,000 rickshaws on the roads at present. Gurgaon, April 26 The blueprint of the proposed campaign has already received finishing touches, and its execution would have its run from May 1. “Those found on the left side of the rule would have to face the ruthlessness of the law” is the fiat of the district police chief, Mr Kuldip Singh Sihag. There had been several campaigns against the unauthorised plying of cycle-rickshaws in the past but they had fizzled out soon after. This time, however, the sense of urgency shown by the police raises some hope. Although the two departments have pooled in their resources against the unauthorised operators for different reasons, the police are playing the first fiddle in the campaign against them. According to the new plan, it will be required on the part of all rickshaw-pullers to procure a licence from the municipality. Their identities with full details would be recorded with the police as well as the municipality. No rickshaw will be on the roads without a number plate. As a follow-up action, the police are said to have scrutinised and identified the case of 1,800 pullers to be granted licences. Both the departments have worked out the details and have decided to allow only 3,800 number plates. The unwanted pullers and the rickshaws will automatically be driven out. According to official sources, the municipality issued about 3,000 number plates last year. These numbers are reviewed annually and the owners are required to pay fees to the municipality for the same. However, according to an official study, there are about 11,000 rickshaws on the roads at present. Most of the pullers work on a daily basis for the owners. They are migratory labourers, with a large number of them coming from states like West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh etc. What has alarmed the authorities is the fact that a large number of labourers from Bangladesh are also operating as rickshaw-pullers in the city. The identities of the pullers are not documented, making the city susceptible to crimes. The authorities feel that the loopholes will have to be plugged before the problem becomes worse. Several pullers were found to be involved in criminal incidents, especially in the sectors and colonies. A number of small-time crimes like thefts, chain snatchings etc are attributed to them. There is another angle to the burgeoning rickshaws in the city. The entire issue has assumed the proportion of a major racket. Many local residents procure name plates for one rickshaw, but own more. In some alleged cases, the number of rickshaws owned by single person is over two scores. Some do not procure number plate for their only vehicle. This anomaly robs the municipality of a whopping sum on the revenue front. The owners are an organised lot. These irregularities could not have taken place without the collusion of the authorities concerned. The fact that the police are now taking steps to check the growth of unauthorised rickshaws, they do not exonerate them from their apparent inaction in the past.
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