Locking up of comrades irks DMCH union
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 24
The dispute between the employees union and the management of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital worsened today when some persons loyal to the management allegedly locked up some employees to prevent them from joining the agitation.

Mr Chander Mohan Kalia, president of the union; Ms Navraj Kaur, its joint secretary; and Ms Rajwant Randhawa and Mr Irfan Ahmed, its members; in a joint statement issued here today, said the incident showed the management’s desperation and its unwillingness to restore peace. Mr Kalia said: “The management’s charges are baseless and the union has been agitating peacefully. We are, now, being forced to adopt violent means.”

The union leaders said they had met Dr S.C. Ahuja, Principal of the college, and Dr Rajoo Singh Chinna, its Medical Superintendent (P), to initiate a dialogue for a peaceful solution to the problem, but the management seemed uncooperative.

The union leaders said, due to this stalemate, patients and the hospital were suffering. “The DMCH has become a one-man show run by Mr Prem Nath Gupta, Secretary of the DMCH Managing Society, who is against the union,” Mr Kalia said.

The union leaders said they would continue their peaceful agitation as long as their demands were not met.

SPORTS

LDCA XI, Friends Club for title clash
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 24
LDCA XI trounced the PAU Club by eight wickets to set up the title clash with the Friends Club who defeated Riat Club by three wickets in the VIIth Invitation Cricket Cup Tournament being organised by the College of Agriculture, PAU, here at the Punjab Agricultural University ground. The final will be played on June 30.

In the first semifinal, Riat Club, batting first after winning the toss, made 190 for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated 25 overs. The main contributors were Joga Singh (29), Pritpal Mukhi (28) and Arun Passi (28).

Harbhajan Kala made a quick fire of 79 off 58 deliveries which contained nine hits to the fence and R. P. Singh hit 39 as Friends Club (197 for 7) achieved the target with two balls to spare.

Brief scores: Riat Club — 190 for 9 in 25 overs (Joga Singh 29, Pritpal Mukhi 28, Arun Passi 28, Inderjit Happy 25, Anil Singla 24, Kamal 3 for 33, Rajan Singh 2 for 35, Sandeep 2 for 13 and Satbir Satti 1 for 27 ); Friends Club — 191 for 7 in 24.4 overs ( Harbhajan Kala 79, R P Singh 39, Rajan Singh 17, Satnam Singh 17, Harpal 4 for 18, Kuldeep Singh 1 for 31 and Rajan 1 for 27 ).

The second semifinal between the PAU Club and LDCA XI was a one-sided affair as the former were no match to their superior opponents. Batting first, the PAU Club scored 193 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted quota of 25 overs. Tarun top scored with 59 runs, followed by Varun and Harjeet who chipped in with 34 and 26 runs, respectively.

LDCA XI, powered by their skipper, Punjab Ranji player, Ankur Kakkar's (76) and Varun's 64 (not out) made the required runs in 21.1 overs after losing just two wickets. Later, Ankur was penalised for disobeying the umpires and had been banned from participating in the final to be held on Sunday next.

Brief scores: PAU Club — 193 or 7 in 25 overs (Tarun 59, Varun 34, Harjeet 26, Ankur Kakkar 2 for 29, Ashish 1 for 36 and Gaurav 2 for 38); LDCA XI — 194 for 2 in 21.1 overs (Ankur Kakkar 76, Varun 64 not out, Ravi Pal 1 for 33, Sohail 1 for 41).

Hockey meet: The first Alankar Tony gold cup six-a side hockey tournament to be organised by the Aryan Hockey Club will be held on the Punjab Agricultural University ground from June 29. This tournament is being held in memory of Alankar Tony (18), a promising national kabaddi player who died of blood cancer last year.

According to a press note issued jointly today by Mr Manmohan Mishra and Mr Kulwant Singh, chief organiser and secretary, respectively, of the tournament committee, eight teams will take part in this tournament to be held on the league-cum-knockout basis. The matches will be played on Saturdays and Sundays. The final is slated for July 7.

The teams have been divided into two groups. Group ‘A’ consists of Namdhari XI, Doraha Club, Master Club, Ludhiana and Sonu Ghuman Club, while teams of Police Range, Ludhiana, Gurnam XI of Bhaini Sahib, Kila Raipur and B Baker Club, Ludhiana, have been placed in Group ‘B’. Two top teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.

Besides, the organisers have also planned to conduct a meet for sub-junior boys . Four teams of local schools will take part in this meet. Mr Devi Dyal, president, Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council, will inaugurate six-a-side meet on June 29.

Khanna
Selection trials: Trials to select the teams of Ludhiana district for participation in the Punjab State Sub-Junior Gymnastic Championship to be held at Malout from June 29 to 30 will now be held on June 26. The trials for boys will be held at Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Khanna, under the supervision of coach Bhupinder Singh and for girls at Multipurpose Gymnasium Hall at Ludhiana under the supervision of coach Ms Surinder Kaur.