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Top teams for Lala Raghubir Singh Cricket tourney New Delhi, May 24 Some of the top teams of Delhi will take part in the tournament, which will have a winners’ prize of Rs 50,000. The runners-up will pocket Rs 30,000. Reebok will provide coupons worth Rs 1200 to each “man of the match”. The other participating teams are: Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Sonnet Club, Malviya Club, Madras Club, Delhi Blues Club, K N Colts, Chand Khanna Club, Indian Airlines, Rajdhani Sports, Steel Authority of India Ltd. Collage Group and Gemini Club. Modern School principal Mrs Lata Vaidyanathan said the Raghubir Singh Cricket Tournament, over the years, has produced many outstanding cricketers, and the tournament was a feather in the cap of the school. Mrs Lata Vaidyanathan said Modern School will make sports part of the school curriculum, instead of it just being a co-curricular activity. The sports-loving principal announced that no effort would be spared to make Modern School the numero uno, both in academics and sports. All the matches will be of 40 overs each side. ONGC and Sonnet Club have been given byes into the second round. The final will be played on June 8. A large number of cricketers and cricket officials were present at the press meet. Among those present were Indian women’s cricket captain Anu Chopra, Delhi and North Zone cricketer Gautam Gambhir, former India player Surinder Khanna, DDCA general secretary Sneh Bansal, former Test umpre Ram Babu Sharma, DDCA club secretary Sunil Khanna, joint secretary Dr S S Sareen and organising secretary of the tournament J P Sharma. Mrs Lata Vaidyanathan said the Modern School cricket ground is considered as the second best ground in Delhi, and efforts would be made to organise more number of matches on the ground for the larger benefit of Delhi cricket.  |
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IA to meet ONGC in Goswami final New Delhi, May 24 In the second semi-final in the Capital on Friday, Indian Airlines nosed past Collage Group by 19 runs. Indian Airlines have an enviable record in the tournament, as they have lifted the title ten times and were runners-up twice. ONGC made the challenge round thrice, and emerged winners once. Nikhil Chopra, who scored a stroke-ful 50 and took 2 wickets for Indian Airlines, was declared the man of the match. Indian Airlines skipper Vijay Dahiya won the toss and opted to bat. And they made a fine use of the first use of wicket by scoring 275 for six wickets in 40 overs. J Arun Kumar, Shankar Saini, Ravneet Ricky, Chandan Madan and Nikhil Chopra displayed their exemplary batsmanship to help Airlines post the highest total of the tournament this year. India-discard Nikhil Chopra showed superb form, adding 58 runs for the sixth wicket with Rajat Bhatia in the last five overs. Earlier, J Arun Kumar and veteran Shankar Saini had added 75 runs for the second wicket in 10.3 overs. Left-arm spinner Rajiv Rathore bowled well to take three wickets for 42 runs. In reply, Collage Group lost their top order batsmen Sanjay Gill, Virender Sharma, Ashish Sharma, Pankaj Sharma and Sanjay Verma for a total of 86 runs. Though latter order batsmen Rajiv Rathore, Oniel Wilson, Harish Kumar and Sanjay Saini waged a fine reargurd action with the bat, their efforts were not enough to see Collage Group past Indian Airlines. Scores: Indian Airlines: 275 for 6 in 40 overs (J Arun Kumar 40, 5x4, 40b; Shanker Saini 61, 8x4, 1x6, 53b; Ravneet Ricky 44, 2x4, 2x6, 42b; Chandan Madan 54, 5x4, 52b; Nikhil Chopra not out 50, 5x4, 2x6, 29b; Sanjay Gill 1 for 49; Mahesh Bhatti 1 for 47; Rajiv Rathore 3 for 42; Sanjay Saini 1 for 36). Collage Group: 256 all out in 38.4 overs (Sanjay Gill 19, 3x4, 1x6, 9b; Mayank Tehlan 55, 6x4, 1x6, 62b; Virender Sharma 18, 3x4, 21; Rajiv Rathore 18, 1x4, 1x6, 11b; Gagandeep Singh 2 for 42; Vineet Jain 1 for 45; Shanker Saini 1 for 32; Rajat Bhatia 3 for 42; Nikhil Chopra 2 for 45; Subhash Chaudhary 1 for 38). There will be no match on Saturday. The final will be played on Sunday. |
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DSA to organise
‘Soccer Mela’ New Delhi, May 24 The “Soccer Mela” will encompass a series of activities. In the first stage, the Delhi Veteran Football Club will organise the second “Five-a-Side” Football Tournament for the Ambuja Cement Cup for teams affiliated to the DSA. Tournaments will also be conducted for sports journalists, public sector organisations, multinational companies, corporate houses, foreign embassies, veterans and school and college teams. The Veterans Club will also release the sixth edition of the “Soccer Diary”, containing detailed information, particularly with regard to the World Cup Football Championship. Entries, with a fee of Rs 300, close with Joint Secretary N K Bhaita, or Mr Hem Chand at the DSA Office, Ambedkar Stadium, by
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Royal Springs Golf put off New Delhi, May 24 The tournament, sponsored by the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism, will now be played from July 17 to 21. The Royal Springs Open would have been the second professional event on the Royal course. The prize money will remain the same. The title winner will receive Rs 2.43 lakh while the runner-up will be richer by Rs 1.68 lakh. A full field of 100 professionals is expected to tee-off in the Tournament. |
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UHBVN recovers Rs 3.14 lakh Sonepat, May 24 Mr S. N. Roy, Deputy Commissioner, told mediapersons here today that the officials of the nigam had checked as many as 273 premises of power consumers and detected 48 cases of power theft during the first two weeks of the current month. The officials of the nigam, he said, had imposed a penalty of Rs 5.53 lakh on the erring consumers and recovered Rs 3.14 lakh from them on the spot. He disclosed that the officials had checked 141 power connections in the Sonepat division and detected 26 cases of power theft during the period under review. The officials had imposed a penalty of Rs 2.82 lakh and recovered Rs 2.20 lakh on the spot. According to the DC, the officials had also checked 75 power connections in the rural areas and detected only five cases of power theft during the period under review. A penalty of Rs 61,000 had been imposed of which Rs 34,000 had been recovered on the spot. In the Gohana division, the officials had checked 57 premises and detected 17 cases of power theft during the period. The officials had imposed a penalty of Rs 2.1 lakh on the erring consumers but could recover only Rs 6,000 on the spot, he said. Mr Roy also disclosed that the state government had introduced a number of schemes for giving concessions to the power consumers who would clear their arrears outstanding against them for the past few years. He appealed to such consumers to take advantage of these schemes by May 31 positively. Otherwise, strict action would be taken against them. He appealed to the people not to indulge in power theft but co-operate with the administration in checking the menace. If this was done, the power supply would be improved considerably in this district and elsewhere in the state. |
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Licences for canteens: Units oppose MCF move Faridabad, May 24 The factory owners have started opposing the move stating that it is illegal. The MCF has already sent notices to the units informing the decision. The industrialists have claimed that running a canteen or kitchen inside factory premises was not a commercial activity and therefore there was no need of acquiring any licence or depositing a fee for it, as notified by the MCF. The corporation sources revealed that the move had been made to improve the sources of income of the MCF whose financial position had become poor since the abolition of the Octroi. It may be recalled that the labour laws make it mandatory for a factory or industrial unit to start a canteen for its staff if it had over 50 employees on its roll. The general secretary of the Faridabad Small Industries Association (FSIA), Mr Rajiv Chawla, has condemned the move and has said that running a canteen was not a commercial activity. He said that such a step could not be justified as it would lead to further harassment of industrial units. The FSIA and other bodies representing the industries here have already described some of the taxes imposed by the MCF as improper and unjustified. |
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