SPORTS

Dyal Singh College take seven-point lead
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, December 6
Pavneet Kaur Chimni of Jesus and Mary College, who set a new meet record while winning the women’s 100 sprint, won the 200m gold too with a new meet record time while Varun Sabherwal of Kirori Mal College set a new record in the men’s 200m race, on day two of the Delhi University Inter-College Athletic Meet at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday.

Dyal Singh College took a seven-point lead to head the points table. Pavneet Kaur clocked 24.6 secs to erase the old record of 25.1 secs established by Rajni, also of Jesus and Mary, in 2000. She also bagged the silver medal in long jump. Varun Sabharwal clocked 21.7 secs to erase the old record established by B C Gotte of Stephen’s in 1984-85.

Ram Niwas of Dyal Singh College annexed a golden double when he overcame all hurdles to win the 400m hurdles and 110m hurdles titles. In the 110m hurdles, the bronze medal also went to Dyal Singh College when Lalit Kumar clocked 18.00 secs.

Dyal Singh College made a one-two in pole vault when they cantered away with the gold and silver. Devinder Kumar cleared 4.10 metres to lift the gold while Vikas took the silver clearing 3.50 metres.

Following are the results: Men: 400m hurdles: Ram Niwas (Dyal Singh) 54.8 secs, Pankaj Tomar (Zakir Hussain), Neeraj (SGTB Khalsa). 110m hurdles: Ram Niwas (Dyal Singh) 15.6 secs, Momin Khan (B R Ambedkar), Lalit Kumar (Dyal Singh). 200m: Varun Sabherwal (Kirori Mal) 21.7, Dharmender (B R Ambedkar), Sunil (Shardhanand). 5000m: Virender (B R Ambedkar) 15:36.3 secs, Devender (SGTB Khalsa E), Parveen (SGTB Khalsa E). Pole vault: Devinder Kumar (Dyal Singh) 4.10 metres, Vikas (Dyal Singh), Vipin Tyagi (Moti Lal Nehru).

Long jump: Momin Khan (Ambedkar) 6.76 metres, Anil Sharma (Khalsa E), Ram Niwas (Dyal Singh).

Discus throw: Sanjeev Kumar (Moti Lal Nehru) 42.24, Ashish Gaur (Satyawati E), Saurabh Dalal (Shivaji).

4x400m relay: Ambedkar College (Ashish, Sandeep, Dharmender, Virender) 3:24.5 secs, Khalsa Evening (Amit, Ravi, Amit and Neeraj), Dyal Singh (Lalit Kumar, Jagbir, Ram Niwas and Lakshya).

Women: 400m hurdles: Sushma (Lakshmi Bai) 1:08.8, Anuradha (Jesus and Mary), Asha (Daulat Ram).

5000m: Geeta (Daulat Ram) 18:56.25, Shazia (Janki Devi), Dayawati (Moti Lal Nehru).

Shot put: Asha (Moti Lal Nehru) 10.52, Urvashi (Gargi), Ritu (Daulat Ram). Long jump: Neetu Kumari (Miranda) 5.18m, Pavneet Kaur (Jesus and Mary), Sushma (Lakshmi Bai).

100m hurdles: Neetu Kumari (Miranda) 17.1 secs, Asha (Daulat Ram), Anuradha Rana (Gargi). Discus throw: Reetu (Daulat Ram) 28.98 metres, Asha (Moti Lal Nehru), Rani (JDM). 200m: Pavneet Kaur Chimni (JDM) 24.6, Meera (Daulat Ram), Suman Sajwan (Gargi).

New Delhi Heroes beat Frontiers Club

New Delhi, December 6
New Delhi Heroes defeated Frontiers Club by a lone goal in a Group A preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Senior Division Football League Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium East ground.

After a barren first half, striker Abhishek sent in a powerful left-footer off a pass from defender Mehtab in the 27th minute to net the match-winner. Saturday’s fixture: Indian Air Force (New Delhi) vs Shahdara (3 pm)—Nehru Stadium East.

Hughes defeat Canon

New Delhi: Hughes Software Systems defeated Canon India by seven wickets in the second Eventus Cup Cricket Tournament at the Central Secretariat ground. Scores: Canon India: 102 for 6 wickets in 23 overs (Sandeep Minocha 37 n o, Roy Joseph 24, Amit Khullar 2 for 10, Upen Babu 2 for 22). Hughes: 105 for 3 in 16.3 overs (Praveen Kumar 37, Ashwani Kr Dosaj 23). Amit Khullar was adjudged the Man of the Match.

NTPC move up

NPTC beat International Travel House by 92 runs in a league match of the Luminous Cup Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground. OSR

Young Fighter move up
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New Delhi
New Delhi Young Fighter defeated Brother Club 9-3 in the fifth DDA Invitational Hockey Championship at the Shivaji Stadium ground. J Minz scored four goals, Kishore two, Marshal Surin, Rajesh Sikka and Cuprian Sikka one each. Harpreet Singh (two) and Surinder Singh were the goal-getters for the losers. Rajpoot Club beat Shahdara Heroes 10-2 in another one-sided match. Deepak (three), Vivek (two), Sanjeev (two), Anil Bakshe (two) and Anurag were the goal-scorers of Rajpoot. Rakesh and Rajesh were Shahdara’s goal-scorers. Delhi Stars beat MBSXI 1-0.

Rakesh shukla for Asia Cup

Former Test cricketer Rakesh Shukla has been appointed as tournament director of the Under-25 Asia Cup Cricket , to be played at Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, from December 7 to 22, by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, according to Delhi and District Cricket Association vice-president C K Khanna.

Cricket tourney

Criswim Academy will organise a Super Seven Inter-Corporate Cricket Tournament at the Jasola Sports Complex ground. Entries close on December 20.

Bali bowls Gyan Bharti to victory
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New Delhi, December 6
A devastating 5 for 14 bowling spell by Kapil Bali and a fine knock of 43 by Puneet Singh helped Gyan Bharti South Delhi Cricket Academy bet Emu Plains Club by 58 runs during their Australian tour match. 

Scores: Gyan Bharti South Delhi Cricket Academy: 185 all out in 44.3 overs (Puneet Singh 43, Anuj Jain 37, Karan Seth 31, Ben Owen 2 for 18, Mathew Karreyan 3 for 19, Glen Franshaw 2 for 21). EMU Plains: 127 all out in 38.2 overs (Colin Parsons 29, Chelis Longhurst 35, Kapil Bali 5 for 14, Arjun Juneja 2 for 9).

Amity School Cricket starts today
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New Delhi, December 6
The Amity School of Insurance and Actual Science (ASIAS) will organise a cricket tournament in aid of Amitasha, a non-government organisation working with girls living in slums. The tournament will feature a series of matches, stretched over a month and half, starting on December 7 at the Amity Campus in Noida.

Ten leading insurance companies of India—Aviva Life Insurance, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, Birla Sunlife Insurance, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Max New York Life Insurance, Metlife Insurance, Royal Sundram General Insurance, Tata-AIG General Insurance — will play matches over week-ends till January 12.2. Birla Sunlife will take on Max New York in the opening match. All proceeds from the tournament will go to Amitasha, which is an all-girls day-boarding school, based in Noida. The school provides education, medical care and nutritional requirements of children living in slum areas in and around Noida.

GURGAON
Panel formed to examine tax reforms in Haryana
Our Correspondent

Gurgaon, December 6
The Haryana Government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to look into the tax reform process in the state. This was revealed by Mr A. N. Mathur, Chief Secretary, while speaking at the 23rd annual general meeting of the Gurgaon Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).

Mr Mathur said that the government intended to make the tax structure more simplified and less time consuming. “We are also committed to cut subsides and reduce expenses,” said the officer.

He elaborated that the government had already scrapped a number of boards and corporations, which had become defunct and had not been doing any concrete work for a long time, to cut short the expenses.

In the information technology (IT) sector, Haryana in general and Gurgaon in particular had achieved a distinguished place in the country. Now Gurgaon was ahead of Hyderabad in software exports, he claimed. Besides other IT-related activities in the district, there were more than 20 call centres catering to international customers, he said.

He said that the district administration had decided to chalk out a plan to improve the transport facilities in the city. Different new facilities with better infrastructure were being introduced here. Local bus services were introduced in the city sometime back but it was not being fully utilised by the masses, lamented the CS. He said that a comprehensive study would be undertaken on the transport facilities needed in the city.

The newly appointed president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), Mr P. K. Jain, requested the Chief Secretary to form an expert committee comprising representatives of industrial associations and senior government functionaries to sort out the problems of industrialists in less time.

Mr Jain further said that a single window agency should be formed where different types of formalities of different departments concerning the industries could be fulfilled and resolved.

Welcoming the guests and other delegates, Mr Sunil Sabharwal, president of the GCCI, said the industry in the state had grown manifold. More industries could come if better facilities were provided.

Ms Meenakshi Anand Chaudhary, senior IAS officer and in charge of the electricity department, appealed to the industrialists to extend help in the power sector reforms. If the industries would continue in paying the bills for the power consumed by them, the government would be in a position to provide better power facilities to them.