EDUCATION

SITM get-together held
Our Correspondent

Rewari, June 14
A get-together of students and staff of the Somany Institute of Technology and Management was organised to mark the expiry of the first session (July 2001 to June 2002) on the college campus today.

In his brief address, the Principal, Mr I. D. Bansal, highlighted the achievements of the institute. He said it was a matter of pride that two of their students, Mohit Gupta and Nitish Mahajan, had made a commendable contribution in developing the institute’s website, www.sitmeducation.com, while Chirag Wadhwa, Deepak Rohilla and Jitender Malik secured first position in the institute, respectively, in electronic engineering, computer science and information technology exams. He also said that both boys and girls would be provided full-fledged hostel facilities on the college campus from the next session.

All students who had distinguished themselves in studies, sports and cultural activities were awarded mementoes on this occasion.

Mr Vijay Somany, Chairman of the institute, urged the students to put in more work and dedicated efforts to bring glory to themselves as well as the institute.

Caste feud in men’s hostel on North Campus
Our Correspondent

New Delhi June 14
The post-graduate Men's hostel on North Campus has become a battle ground for two group of students belonging to two different castes. While one group is demanding the removal of the provost, the other is vehemently opposing this.

The matter came to a head recently when Suresh Chander Nagar, a Dalit resident of the hostel and the mess secretary, charged a fellow resident, Rakesh Singh Dhanda, of making disparaging remarks against him in the dining hall on May 21. “Rakesh approached me aggressively and started to abuse me,” he alleged.

Suresh is now on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the immediate removal of the hostel Provost Prof Abhai Kumar Maurya. He is also demanding the expulsion of Rakesh and a thorough and independent time-bound enquiry into the administration of the hostel.

These charges are, however, vehemently denied by Rakesh. “This complaint against me is vague, vexatious and actuated by malicious considerations. All the allegations of Nagar would fly in the face of a letter dated May 23 of Attar Singh, Mess bearer, informing the office that he had supplied the evening meals to Nagar on May 21 and 22 in his room,” Rakesh said.

“As I was exposing the gross irregularities committed by Suresh in managing the affairs of the mess, therefore he has filed this complaint with malicious intentions”, he added.

Suresh, who succeeded Rakesh as the mess secretary of the hostel in May, alleged that Rakesh had stockpiled the ration for May on the last day of April itself, thereby interfering in the functioning of the mess. Suresh has also charged the Provost, Prof Maurya, of trying to “blackmail” and seeking to “bargain” with him.

Prof Maurya, on his part, has dismissed all allegations of caste and regional bias and held some “vested interests and political forces” responsible for vitiating the atmosphere in the hostel.

“All the hostels are mostly dominated by students from one State which I don’t want to mention. And I have done my best to break their monopoly. That is precisely the reason why they are all ganging up against me and using SC/ST students as their weapon. And they can go to any extent to prove their dominance. But I would not let that happen’’, Prof. Maurya said.

A probe committee has been constituted by the authorities to look into the matter. The committee, headed by Prof Anil Sadgopal, will inquire into the incidents leading to the allegations and counter-allegations and will also suggest appropriate measures to restore normalcy in the hostel. The committee will submit its report within a month.

SPORTS

Durga Prasad stars for Super Star Club
Our Sports Reporter

Scores: Inborn Cricketers: 348 for one wicket in 37 overs (Sonu Vaid 140 n.o., 2x6, 19x4, 100b; Vishal Razdan 79, 2x6, 11x4; Dilip T.T 102 n.o., 59b, 2x4, 13x4).

Youngsters move up in Hari Ram Cricket
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 14
Last year’s runners-up Collage Group and Youngsters Club played a tied match but the spin of coin favoured the Youngsters and they moved into the quarter-final of the sixth Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Tournament at the Karnail Singh Stadium in the Capital.

Collage Group captain Mahesh Bhati won the toss and elected to bat. Collage Group scored 182 for 8 in 30 overs, mainly on the strength of an 82-run third-wicket partnership between Mayank Tehlan and Ashish Sharma.

Mayank scored 42 with the help of five fours and Ashish Sharma made 33, which contained four boundaries. Rajeev Rathore fired a rapid 33 with three fours and one six. For Youngsters, medium-pacer Jitender Solanki proved a deadly striker as he claimed three wickets for 20 runs. Off-spinner Kapil Mehta and Savit Chaudhary claimed two wickets each. In reply, Youngsters made 182 all out in the stipulated 30 overs. Tarun Gupta (52, 2x4, 1x6) and Jitender Solanki (30, 18b, 2x4, 2x6) put on a fine batting display. Jitender Solanki was declared the man of the match. He was presented with a BDM bat by Union Minister Ashok Pradhan. Tarun Gupta was named the man of the match and Raju Sharma was given the best bowler award.

Scores: Collage Group: 182 for 8 in 30 overs (Mayank Tehlan 42, Ashish Sharma 33, Rajeev Rathore 33, Jitender Solanki 3 for 20, Kapil Mehta 2 for 25, Savit Chaudhary 2 for 25).

Youngsters Club: 182 all out in 30 overs (Tarun Gupta 52, Jitender Solanki 30, Sonu Vaid 25, Rajeev Rathore 2/11, Raju Sharma 2 for 19).

ONGC will meet Youngsters in the next match.

DPS lift Shakti Cup cricket
Our Sports Reporter

DPS player Gaurav Jangra receiving the winner’s prize from chief guest Dr Bhupender Singh after the final of the Shakti Cup Cricket Tournament.

Ashish Monga hits century
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 14
A blazing century by Ashish Monga, who scored 113 off just 86 balls with four sixes and ten boundaries, helped Tyagi Sports Academy beat Baptist School by 83 runs in a limited-over match played at the Tyagi Public School ground. Ashish Monga was named the man of the match, and the prize money for the award was presented by Suresh Tyagi.

Scores: Tyagi Sports Academy: 240 for 6 in 35 overs (Ashish Monga 113, Ashish Kukreja 42, Deepak Yadav 3 for 42).

Baptist School: 157 all out in 32 overs (Charles Massey 46, Anand Sharma 15, Dinesh Rohila 4 for 42, Rishi Chauhan 2 for 7).

Dalbir Singh to lead Indraprastha Academy
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 14
Dalbir Singh will lead a 16-member Indraprastha Sports Academy team for participation in an All-India Cricket Tournament to be held in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.

The team will leave for Chamba on Saturday.

Scindia Club of India chairman and Member of Parliament Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that “Sports Son” cricket kit will be provided to each player. DDCA Club Secretary Dr S.S.Sareen presided over the meeting.

The team: Dalbir Singh (captain), Parul Jain (vice-captain), Yogender Singh, Sobers Joban, Rohan Kapoor, Kamal Arora, Raj Malkiya, Sonu Singh, Satvinder Singh, Amit Malik, Cristi Joshi, Harpreet Singh, Basant Kumar, Abhishek Garg, Demanpreet Singh and Tejinder. Manager: Manjit Kaur.

Coach: Baljeet Joban.

Haryana Senior Hockey

Rohtak
Haryana Senior Hockey Championship will be held at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantt, from 8 to 12 July, 2002.

Giving this information, the secretary of the Haryana Hockey Association, Mr B.S. Nandal, said that those interested may contact Harbhajan Pandit, 120/84, Railway Road, Ambala Cantt by June 30, when entries close.

Sheethal Goutham to meet Shruti Dhawan in final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 14
Top-seeded Sheethal Goutham will take on second-seeded Shruti Dhawan in the final of the ITF Women’s Tennis Circuit Tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association court on Saturday at 4.30 pm.

In the semi-finals played on Friday, Sheethal Goutham, after losing the first set at 5-7, bounced back to lift the next two sets rather effortlessly to have a 5-7,6-1,6-1 victory.

Shruti Dhawan did not want to expend much energy in the searing heat and disposed of sixth seeded Radhika Tulpule in straight sets at 6-3,6-1.

Top-seeded Shruti Dhawan and Sheethal Goutham won the doubles title after they downed the fourth-seeded pair of Ankita Bhambri and Sonal Phadke 6-3,2-6,6-3.

Cricket stars wish Jeev luck
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 14
Leading cricketers Ashish Nehra, Murali Karthik, Nikhil Chopra, Rahul Sanghvi and Vijay Dahiya wished good luck to Jeev Milkha Singh, who became the first Indian to make it into the main draw of the US Open Golf Championship, which started at the par-70 Bethpage Black course on Thursday.

In a fax message to Jeev, the cricketers said, “You are our own Tiger Woods. You have made all of us proud. As sportsmen, we can appreciate the significance of your achievement. You have set an excellent example for us cricketers and the multitude of other sportsmen in the country, as to what single-minded dedication and hard work can produce”.

According to information available in Delhi, Jeev was thrilled to receive such a message from the cricketers.

“It was a pleasant surprise, receiving a message from the cricketers. I am a pretty big cricket fan myself and it is a nice feeling that the cricketers too keep track of my career”, said the 30-year-old Jeev.

Jeev, who has achieved a life-long ambition of playing in the US Open, is looking for an improved performance in his second round after shooting a five-over 75 in his opening round, to be tied for the 74th place. Tiger Woods led the field with 68, followed by Sergio Garcia at 69.

ADMINISTRATION

Rs 10.7 crore earmarked for Gautam Budh Nagar
Parmindar Singh

Noida, June 14
The state government has increased the budget for Gautam Budh Nagar district by 10 per cent by approving a sum of Rs 10.73 crore. A sum of Rs 1.11 crore will be spent on building Vikas Bhawan and Rs 25 lakh on setting up a girls’ inter college in Noida town. A sum of Rs 5 lakh will be spent on developing Dankaur from the tourists’ point of view.

The new District Magistrate, Mr Ram Mohan Rao, said Vikas Bhawan will also include a residential complex.

Dankaur town will be developed as a tourist destination and for the first year Rs 5 lakh will be spent for this purpose.

A new community health centre will be set up in the city to improve the health facilities in Noida at a cost of Rs 70 lakh. Another Rs 13.5 lakh have been sanctioned for improving Yunani and Ayurvedic systems of medicine in the district. A budget of Rs 44.62 lakh has been approved for developing educational institutions in remote rural areas of the districts. The Education Department has been asked to take realistic and effective steps to utilise last year’s, which have been lying unused.

Apart from setting up a girls inter college in Noida town, a sum of Rs 3 lakh has been set aside for providing additional facilities to girl students.

A sum of Rs 5 lakh has been approved for the upkeep of gardens and lawns. An amount of Rs 9 lakh has been approved for small irrigation schemes, PVC pipelines and pump sets.

The District Magistrate said proposals put up by the departments of social security, welfare of backward classes, PWD, water, agriculture, animal husbandry and cooperative were all thoroughly examined. Instructions have been issued to all offices in the district to faithfully implement all plans. The employees have been told they should not be found lacking in devotion or responsibility towards their work. A proposal of Rs 8 crore for a road linking Javer with the district headquarters under the Prime Minister’s road programme had also been sent for approval to the administration, Mr Rao added.

Development work in colonies around IAF base stops
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, June 14
Thousands of residents of colonies located within 1 km range of the Air Force Station in the NIT zone of the town are perturbed over the reported decision of the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad (MCF) to suspend development work in the region indefinitely. The agitated residents have now turned the heat on the MCF corporator from the area and the authorities concerned.

While the problem persists, there has been no satisfactory response from either the district administration or MCF officials for halting the work in several colonies in the area.

A former senior Deputy Mayor and the corporator from the area, Mr Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, squarely blamed the MCF for the present crisis. While he and his wife representing Wards 5 and 6, respectively, had been suspended on `bogus’ grounds, he said the decision to stop development works within 900 metres of the Air Force Depot base was illegal and unjustified.

Although the area had been videographed and visited by the Air Force officials several times, he said these colonies had been very old. Some of these, including Dabua, Nangla, Saran Road, parts of Jawahar Colony, and Nangla Extension, had come into existence way back in 1974-75 and the then municipal authorities had even regularised them.

He said halting the development works in these colonies, the residents of which had been paying all taxes and development charges to the MCF, was illegal and shocking. He claimed that the Deputy Commissioner had already announced that no demolition could be carried out within 900 metres of the Air Force base. These areas had thousands of pucca houses and some of them had been older than the station itself, he said.

The Air Force authorities had videographed the area of 100 metres radius around the base and it was stated a few months ago that no further construction would be allowed within this area.

But, according to Mr Sharma, the MCF had stopped all the development works for past over couple of months and the residents had become victims of the discriminatory and biased attitude of the corporation.

He suspected that the vested interests, who had got him and his wife framed in a false case, could be behind this MCF step to harass and victimise him and the people represented by him. He has appealed to the Deputy Commissioner to intervene in the matter and resume the development works in the area.

Elaborate measures for rainy season
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 14
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is making elaborate arrangements to deal with any emergency arising out of rains in the ensuing monsoon season.

The civic body has set up control rooms in all of its 12 zonal offices, as well as at headquarters at Town Hall, which will start functioning from the coming Monday from 6.00 am. These control rooms will function round-the-clock and will do equipped with necessary manpower and equipment. The representatives of engineering, electricity, horticulture, sanitation and dangerous building department will be available at these Control Rooms for prompt redress of the complaints.

Mr Ramose Neg., Additional Commissioner, advised the citizens to lodge their complaints like water logging, sewer blockage, removal of dead animals, dangerous buildings, buildings collapse, repair of roads etc at their respective Ronal control rooms, the same may be lodged at the Central Control Room set-up at the headquarter. For easy remembrance, the last four digits of telephone numbers of these control rooms are 2700. The citizens can lodge their complaint.