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Anti-malaria camp Chandigarh, June 21 Dr J.K. Kalra, Assistant Director, Malaria highlighted the importance of the anti-malaria month and the camp. Later the malaria wing pressed various teams into action which were later deployed in various colonies and the adjoining areas among the masses. A special magic show on prevention and control of malaria was also organised on the occasion. The disease surveillance teams also selected more than 360 slides from different persons suffering from fever were give presumptive treatment to control malaria. |
Soccer mania grips city Chandigarh, June 21 City residents seemed to be taking soccer matches very seriously. Dr Purshottam Rana, a former football coach of the National Sports Authority of India who is now settled at Chandigarh, said, “It is the media which has given the desired boost to the game”. Rana said according to him Brazil, Germany and South Korea had a better chance of occupying top three positions. He said Brazil was now having a world class player in Ronaldinho and he, in the company of Rivaldo, had the potential to defeat any team. He said Yokahama, the venue of the final, might become the lucky hunting ground for Brazil. He said Brazil had met England on three occasions in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and had won all these games. Rakesh Bakshi, secretary of the Chandigarh Football Association, said, it was nice that majority of people were watching football matches with interest. He said the today’s quarter-final ties between Brazil and England and Germany and USA were of much interest to the fans. He said people even missed offices to watch the Brazil-England match live. He said it was lunch time for office-goers who cheered for every moment by watching the dying minutes of the match in various showrooms in Sector 17. When Brazil was declared the winner, most of the people were unanimous in their view that if a team like Brazil could bounce back after trailing 0-1, then they could do wonders. Rubal Soni and Sidharth Soni, both brothers and aged 13 and 15 respectively, said they were glued to their television sets to specifically watch Ronaldinho in action. Rubal said though he played cricket and did cycling, but watching football live on TV was a great fun. He said the excitement increased when Ronaldinho equalised the game. Sidharth said, he was disappointed when Brazilian forward and favourite was sent off the ground for committing a foul. Shefali, a Class XI student, said she was not much interested in sports but today when she watched the Brazil-England tie, she was quite impressed with the kind of fast-paced game that both teams played. Shefali said, she wished, to see Brazil and meet Germany in the final. Mr Jagdish Chander, a retired professor, said, “The world cup soccer has generated a lot of enthusiasm even among the old persons this time”. He said even while strolling in the evening hours, politics was not the topic of discussion these days, football had eclipsed other topics. He said in his view Brazil was the most favourite. |
Under-17 cricket tourney Chandigarh, June 21 In the first match, between the Young Brigade and the PCA XI, the latter batted first. They scored 188 runs and were all out in 38 overs. Sunny Sohal and Nikhil Dwivedi scored 54 and 40 runs, respectively. Nakul, Rajinder and Gaurav Sharma claimed two wickets each. In reply, the Young Brigade XI were all out for 165 runs. Ajit Ranjan and Rattan scored 48 and 26 runs, respectively. Sunny Sohal and Gagandeep claimed five and two wickets, respectively. In the second tie, the Sports Promoter Club batted first and were all out for 222 runs. Sunny Sharma scored 55 runs, while Vivek scored 33 runs. Urajul Istam bagged eight wickets. In reply, Bengal Young Stars made 138 runs for five with Sani Das scoring 43 runs. D.Roy scored 27.  |
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Golf camp for youngsters Chandigarh, June 21 The main features of this camp are grip, aim, alignment, stance, posture, chipping, pitching, sand play and putting along with safety, etiquette and rules of the game. Those attending the seven-day camp are Sahil, Namrata, Anu, Manishi, Dhruv and Rajat Ajay’s next coaching camp will be held from June 26 to 30 in which he plans to cover similar course contents. |
Encroachers to get notices Panchkula. June 21 A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Zila Parishad held at the Mini Secretariat here today. It is learnt that the meeting was held under the chairmanship of Ms Shimal Devi. It was decided to reclaim all land under encroachment, especially in the villages between Billa in Barwala block and Raipur Rani. A number of defaulters have also constructed houses on this land. A decision to sink a tubewell in Parwala was also taken at the meeting. It was decided that the phirnis in all villages under the Zila Parishad be constructed and the retaining walls strengthened. |
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MCC hires drivers on contract Chandigarh, June 21 The step is being seen as the first in the direction of cutting down the flab in the corporation where a section of politicians feel the number of employees is more than required to maintain the services. The candidates were called by the corporation from the District Sainik Board. The contract is for a period of six months. The new recruits are likely to join in a week. |
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