SPORTS

Haryana KO Punjab in judo
Our Correspondent

New Delhi, July 18
Defending Champions Haryana defeated Punjab 3-2 in a tough final to retain the men’s title in the National Federation Cup Judo Championship at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in the Capital on Thursday.

In the women’s final Haryana women failed to match their men and had to go out with a silver against Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) 2-3.

Earlier, defending champions Punjab made their exist as they finish second behind CISF in pool ‘B’. Punjab women also failed in their quest for bronze after losing to CRPF 1-4.

In the men’s section, Delhi Judokas routed CRPF 3-0 to win the third place.

There were quite a few walk-overs from some of the teams as the results of their bouts would not have made any difference to the ultimate outcome.

Final medals standings: Men: Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.

Women: CISF, Haryana, CRPF. Judo Federation of India president Jagdish Tytler gave away the prizes.

In the morning, in the men’s matches, Border Security Force beat Madhya Pradesh 4-1, CRPF beat CISF 3-2, Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh 3-2, Punjab beat Rajasthan 4-1, Haryana beat BSF 5-0, CRPF beat ITBP 3-2, Madhya Pradesh beat Uttar Pradesh 3-2, Punjab beat CISF 3-2, BSF beat Delhi 5-0 and ITBP beat CISF 3-2.

In the women’s section, Haryana beat Uttar Pradesh 3-2, Punjab beat CISF 3-2, Delhi beat Haryana 3-2, Punjab beat Madhya Pradesh 5-0. In another interesting Delhi beat UP 3-2, UP beat BSF 5-0, Delhi beat UP 3-2 and UP beat BSF 5-0 (Men).

Kalmadi hails Malhotra's appointment
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 18
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday hailed the appointment of senior vice-president of the IOA Vijay Kumar Malhotra as the Chairman of the recently revived All-India Council of Sports (AICS).

Mr Kalmadi said with Mr Malhotra, who is also the president of the Archery Association of India, at the helm, the AICS was bound to do a wonderful job in giving a big boost to sports in the country.

Mr Kalmadi felt that the revival of the AICS would give a new impetus for the growth of sports in the country as there was space for every one to work together—the Sports Ministry, the AICS, the IOA and the Sports Authority of India—for the betterment of Indian sports.

The AICS was once the supreme body of Indian sports before the Sports Ministry was created after the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi. The AICS has been revived mainly as an advisory body to the Sports Ministry, though Mr Malhotra, as Chairman of the AICS, enjoys a Cabinet rank.

Raman Gujral hits century
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 18
A remarkable century knock of 112, studded with 14 boundaries by Raman Gujral, helped Hari Nagar Sports Complex Coaching Centre beat Khalsa Cricket Club by 56 runs in the first Hari Nagar Sports Complex Cricket Tournament and claimed four points.

Hari Nagar Sports Complex won the toss and opted to bat. They made 312 for 6 wickets in 40 overs, and then dismissed Khalsa Cricket Club for 256 in 36.5 overs.

Scores: Hari Nagar Sports Complex Coaching Centre: 312 for 6 in 40 overs (Raman Gujral 112, Vivek 97, 10x4; Pankaj 31 n o, Davinder 3 for 48). Khalsa Cricket Club: 256 all out in 36.5 overs (Kamal 28, Saleem 2 for 32, Manik Anand 4 for 45).

Priyank powers Salwan to victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 18
With a fiery bowling spell form Priyank Shandilya, including a hat-trick, powered Salwan Public School to a 4 runs victory over North Delhi Cricket Academy in the ‘Pool B’ league match of the first Shiv Narain Khinchi Memorial (Under-15) Cricket Tournament being played at Salwan School. Priyank (25, for 15) declared the Man of the Match.

Scores: Salwan Public School (Eve): 159 for 8 in 35 overs

Vishnu Mishra 29, Priyank Shandilya 25, Rajat Taneja 22, Love 3 for 13, Kush 2 for 32.

North Delhi Cricket Academy: 155 for 9 in 35 over Mudit Jain 39, Aksay Sharma 26, Aditya Gulati 18 Priyank Shandilya 4 for 15.

St. Marks School beat Blue Star
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 18
Dashing knocks by Hanshit Sinan (81) and Saransh Sharma (78), and fierce bowling by Nipun Malhotra (4 for 3) helped St. Mark School, Meerabagh defeat Blue Star Club by 261 runs in the first Master Prabhu Dayal Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Ashok Vihar ground.

Hanshit Sinan was named the Man of the Match. Saransh Sharma was adjudged the best batsman and Nipun Malhotra the best bowler.

Scores: St. Marks School, Meerabagh: 350 for 7 in 40 overs (Hanshit Singh 81, Saransh Sharma 78, Nikhil Mahajan 51, Mohit Narula 40 no, Kapil Mohan Sharma 4 for 31, Sachin Sharma 2 for 84). Blue Star Club: 97 all out in 24.1 overs (Anil Tripathi 34, Nipun Malhotra 4 for 3, Angad Singh 2 for 17, Kunal Gaba 2 for 41).

Pawan Chauhan deadly
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 18
A devastating bowling performance of 6 for 41 by 14-year-old left-arm spinner Pawan Chauhan helped DAV School, Shalimar Bagh beat Maharaja Agarsen Sports Club by 73 runs in the Maharaja Agarsen Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the Picknick Hut ground.

Scores: DAV School, Shalimar Bagh: 340 for 5 in 40 overs (Tapan Jain 75, Manas Malhotra 68, Honey Garg 65, Love Sehrawat 45 n o, Aman Preet Singh Lamba 3 for 53). Maharaja Agarsen Sports Club: 267 all out in 38.1 overs (Gaurav Saini 96 n o, Nishan T Kumar 36, Shobhit Sharma 32, Pawan Chauhan 6 for 41, Abhishek Sakuja 2 for 34, Abhishek Marwah 2 for 35).

ADMINISTRATION

MCD to introduce unit area method to assess property tax
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 18
The first meeting of the experts committee on the introduction of property tax assessment in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was held today at India Habitat Centre under the chairmanship of Mr K. Dharamarajan, IAS.

The Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Rakesh Mehta, said that MCD had decided to introduce the unit area system to remove a number of problems that were being faced by various property owners in respect of their residential properties. He pointed out various problems and invited members to participate in the deliberations of the expert committee so that its report could be given at the earliest.

The chairman of the committee, Mr Dharmarajan, stated that the unit area method had to be introduced to curb the problems of collecting property tax and this could be the starting point of the deliberations.

He emphasised that the recommendations of the expert committee had to stand judicial scrutiny and they involved amendments to the existing legislation. The committee would hear views of the MCD, specially holding consultations with Mayor Jaishree Panwar, Chairman of the Standing Committee Ram Babu Sharma, leader of Opposition Subhash Arya and other important public representatives.

Subsequently, a presentation on the unit area method of property tax was given by the Commissioner of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Mr P. Panneervel. The unit area method of property tax is in practice in Ahmedabad.

In his presentation, Mr Panneervel gave the account of how the system was introduced and stated that litigation had come down to nil from over 50,000 in the earlier system. At the same time, the revenue of the corporation on account of property tax had gone up substantially.

Tax camps

To facilitate the property tax payers, the MCD will organise camps in Rohini Zone on July 20 and July 21. On July 20, the camps will be organised in BG and BJ Blocks of Shalimar Bagh. Another camp will be held in the office of Resident Welfare Society, Saraswati Vihar. Facilities to issue duplicate bills and payment of property taxes will be available at these camps, a press release said. 

Encroachments on nullah razed
Our Correspondent

Rohtak, July 18
demolition squad of the district administration today cleared encroachments on the nullah passing along the Malgodam road here. Four shops constructed in an unauthorised manner in front of Durga Bhawan temple were also razed with the help of JCB machine.

Almost all the traders and residents of the locality hailed the demolition campaign. They said the desilting of nullah had not been carried out for the last over ten years as owners of different business establishments had encroached upon it completely. They said the nullah could not serve its purpose of draining the floodwater out of the town due to large-scale encroachments. They said the Railway road, Jhajjar road, Civil road, Subhash Road, Arya Nagar road and the Agrasen chowk had been widened after the demolition drive, which had reduced the traffic hazards and bottlenecks on these busy roads.