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HEALTH

Ambulance service launched
Our Correspondent

Panchkula, June 13
A round-the-clock free ambulance service, run by the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Sewa Society, was launched here today. The service would be available to the residents of Panchkula . For availing the service, the residents can contact at Phone no 98140-00110.

The ambulance was launched by the Executive Director of Bank of Punjab, Mr Tejbir Singh.

The society is already running five ambulances in different areas, including Chandigarh-Panchkula, Mohali-Kurali and Chandigarh-Lalru highways.

The society also provides service to accident victims. According to a press release, till date these ambulances have picked up 949 accident victims, including 340 serious ones and then shifted them to the hospital for timely relief. The society is also into organising eye camps, medical camps and blood donation camps.

CBI checks GMCH records
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 13
The CBI sleuths carried out investigations at the site office of UT Engineering Department at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 this morning. Today's investigations are said to part of the ongoing raids of the CBI.

Sources told that the sleuths carried out their investigations for about two hours. According to sources CBI personnel also inspected documents pertaining to various purchases done by the engineering department of the GMCH.

SPORTS

YPS cricketer returns from UK with laurels
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, June 13
Sunny Singh Clark, a lanky and tall batsman from Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar, has just returned from England after playing in West Midlands. Sunny, who remained school cricket team captain for continuously four years from 1998 to 2002, has just passed his class XII commerce examinations with 65 per cent marks.

Sunny who took to cricket about five years back, said: “It was his parents and the school Principal, Mr H.S. Dhillon, who all these years encouraged him a lot to do well in cricket as well as in his studies”. He took cricket coaching from a SAI coach, Sukhwinder Singh Bawa, at the DAV Senior Secondary School coaching centre in Sector 8 and said he always made it a point to train hard for excelling in his batting and that too an opening batsman.

On his recent tour to the UK, Sunny said he played for Bloxwich Cricket Club, which was founded in 1848. The club runs three Saturday teams competing in the Staffordshire Clubs Cricket Championship, two Sunday teams competing in the V Sports Sunday Cricket League and three junior teams playing in the West Midlands Youth Cricket League.

He represented the club in league and friendly fixtures during April and May and at first and second team levels. Sunny, a right-handed batsman, had scored unbeaten 64 runs against Wombourne Cricket Club, while another fine unbeaten 52 runs against Pelsall Club. Sunny said his top order batting also earned him first team league place, opening the batting. He got commendation certificate from Mr Paul Bailey, secretary, Bloxwich Club, where he was described as a batsman with considerable talent, possessing an array of attacking shots as well as defensive ones. Bailey said in both off and off the field, his attitude had been excellent and further described him as a worthy player.

Even in the appreciation certificate given by the Principal of YPS School, Sunny was praised for his all-round ability to perform well in sports and studies. It may be recalled that Sunny also played cricket at district level for Ropar in under-19 and under-16 section. He played against Hoshiarpur, Nangal, Kapurthala and Chandigarh. Sunny also captained the YPS School team in their match against Doon School, Dehradun, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, Pine Grove School, Solan, and Punjab Public School, Nabha. Sunny also played for the ICSE Schools’ Cricket Meet and was given school colour in cricket and certificate in excellence in cricket.

His mother, Gick Grewal, a renowned artiste, is as a source of inspiration for him. He said she always advised him to give equal importance to sports along with studies as the former help in building confidence, concentration and patience in life.

Sunny now plans to play in inter -college and inter-varsity meets and also the inter-district tournaments to hone his skills in cricket.

Taskeen enters final
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 13
Local eve Taskeen Bains entered finals in the girls’ under-14 and under-16 sections on the penultimate day of the AITA North Zone Ranking Tennis Tournament played at the tennis stadium, Sector 10, today. Taskeen created a flutter when she beat AITA champion Isha Toor in a three set thriller. Now she will take on top seed Neha Singh in tomorrow’s under-16 final. In the under-14 section final, Taskeen will meet Anukriti Prasad of New Delhi in the final.

However, in the boys’ section in both under-14 and under-16 sections, it will be an all Chandigarh affair in finals slated for tomorrow. While in under-14 section, Gursher Harika to cross swords with Vijayant Malik and in under-16, Jitin Bishnoi to vie with Sanam K Singh in the final.

Today’s results: all semifinals — girls: under-14: Anukriti Prasad (Delhi) b Amrita Seth (Delhi) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Taskeen Bains (Chandigarh) b Shubhneet Sandhu (Punjab) 6-3, 6-1.

Under-16: Neha Singh (Chandigarh) b Simmer (Chandigarh) 6-3, 6-2; Taskeen Bains (Chandigarh) b Isha Toor (Chandigarh) 6-3,1-6, 6-3.

Boys: under-14: Gursher Harika (Chandigarh) b Kinshuk Sharma (Chandigarh) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; Vijayant Malik (Chandigarh) b Simmer Veer Singh (Chandigarh) 7-5, 6-2.

Under-16: Jitin Bishnoi (Chandigarh) b Gursher Singh Harika (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-0; Sanam K Singh (Chandigarh) b Paras Thakur (Chandigarh) 7-5, 6-4.

Coaches’ training

The first phase of coaches’ training organised by the Punjab Sports Department concluded at NIS, Patiala, on Thursday. Briefing newspersons, Mr Kartar Singh, Director, Sports, said more than 100 coaches of their department attended the programme. Mr M.S. Malik, Director-General, Haryana Police, and president, Wrestling Federation of India, addressed the gathering. Coaches attended the training in badminton, gymnastics, tennis, table tennis, basketball, cycling, judo, swimming and weightlifting. Mr K.S. Kang, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Patiala, and president, Punjab Archery Association, was the chief guest on the concluding day.

ADMINISTRATION

Taxi stand operators served notice
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 13
The councillors’ committee to fix rent for taxi stands here today issued notice to tax stand operators to come before the committee on Wednesday to clear their Rs 25 lakh dues accruing from January, 2000.

The decision to call taxi operators was taken today after the committee under the chairmanship of Mr Chhabra visited around 20 authorised and unauthorised taxi stands at various places.

The committee found two stands with kundi connections in Mani Majra and Sector 43.

The committee visited taxi stands at High Court, MLA Hostel, Sectors 7, 8, 26, Mani Majra, 49, 43, 35, 22 and 17.

The committee chairman indicated that the representation of the taxi stand operators could only be considered if they first cleared their dues as per a formula to be worked out through negotiations.

He said the operators had offered Rs 2,000 per month parking fee for a plot above 2,000 sq mt and Rs 1,500 for smaller plots, which could not be acceptable for recovery.

The corporation had slapped Rs 7,500 and Rs 5,000 per month parking fee in a decision in January, 2000, which was never paid by the operators.

The operators had approached the High Court where their application was rejected.