HEALTH

Sitaram Bhartia doctors honoured
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 25
Three eminent doctors of the Sitaram Bhartia Institute have been conferred prestigious awards. Dr Gopinath, founder of Sitaram Bharatia Institute, Delhi, has been honoured for ‘Medical Excellence’ by the Wockhardt Heart Institute, Dr R. Tandon has been bestowed with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution towards the development of Paediatric Cardiology by PCSI. Prof J.S. Guleria has been awarded the prestigious `Padamshree’ for his contribution to General Medicine and cardio-respiratory disease. Dr N. Gopinath, founder of the Sitaram Bhartia Institute, and also the recipient of the ‘Medical Excellence Award’ was one of the first to perform a successful open-heart surgery at VST.

SPORTS

Ishan Ganda bowls IA to title win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
A devastating 5 for 32 bowling spell by off-break bowler Ishan Ganda and dashing batting by Shafiq Khan (76, 1x6, 8x4, 80b) and Rajat Bhatia (78, 1x6, 9x4, 98b) helped Indian Airlines beat Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) by 68 runs to lift the fourth Roshanara Cricket Tournament trophy at the Roshanara Club ground on Tuesday.

Indian Airlines won the toss and elected to bat. The electrifying batting display of Shafiq and Rajat ensured that Airlines posted a handsome total of 280 in 49.5 overs.

And then Ishan Ganda’s fiery bowling devastated the ONGC batting line-up and they folded up for 212, with almost six overs to spare from the stipulated quota of 50.

Ishan Ganda was named the man of the final, Ravneet Ricky got the best batsman award while Amit Bhandari was adjudged the best bowler. Rajat Bhatia was named the man of the tournament.

Scores: Indian Airlines: 280 in 49.5 overs (Rajat Bhatia 78, Shafiq Khan 76, Chandan Madan 48, Amit Bhandari 3 for 43, Sarandeep Singh 2 for 53,Sanjay Gill 2 for 53).

ONGC: 212 in 44.1 overs (Gagan Khoda 64, Sandeep Sharma 38, Rizwan Shamshed 32, Ishan Ganda 5 for 32, R P Singh 2 for 36).

Rajdhani Cup Cricket from March 28
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
The second Rajdhani Cup Cricket Tournament, organised by the Najafgarh Sports Club, will be held at the Najafgarh Sports Complex ground from March 28. Sixteen teams will participate in the tournament, which will be played on a league basis. Entries close with organising secretary Shashi Sharma on March 27. Ph: 25028758.

HDFC enter semi-final

HDFC Bank beat B L Kashyap by eight runs and entered the semi-final of the second Turf Sports Management Cricket Tournament at the Gargi College ground. Girish Sharma, who played an all-round role, was named the man of the match.

Scores: HDFC Bank: 192 for 5 in 25 overs (Sant Ram 60, Girish Sharma 55, Harmeet Singh 3 for 34, Monu Thapa 2 for 35).

B. L. Kashyap: 184 for 9 in 25 overs (Deep Singh 35, Vikram Kashyap 30, Kannan Kumar 29, Girish Sharma 5 for 35, Muni Singh 2 for 36).

Hughes down Hero Honda

Hughes Software defeated Hero Honda by four wickets in the Reebok Cricket Tournament.

Scores: Hero Honda: 136 for 9 in 25 overs (Raghuveer Singh 25, 20b, 4x2, 6x1; Sanjeev Sharma 20, 19b, 4x2; Sachin Singh 3 for 14, Tarun Makkar 2 for 24).

Hughes Software: 137 for 6 in 23.3 overs (Praveen Kumar 69, 53b, 4x9; Vidhur Krishan 15 n o, 15b, 4x2; Joy Ganguly 4 for 19). Parveen Kumar was named the man of the match.

Om Nath Sood Cricket from April 5

New Delhi, March 25
The 13th All-India Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament, affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will be held from April 5 at the Khalsa College ground, Maurice Nagar.

President of the tournament committee Sarabjeet Singh said the winners of the title will be given a cash prize of Rs 25,000 while the runners-up will be awarded Rs 15,000.

GAIL beat Teri

Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) beat hots Teri by two wickets and entered the semi-final of the tenth Teri Cup Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval.

Scores: Teri: 159 for 7 in 25 overs (Mahesh 80 n o, 8x4; T P Sankar 21, Vimal 2 for 37).

GAIL: 160 for 8 in 22.3 overs (Vimal 83, 10x4, 3x6; P K Pachauri 3 for 17, P V Jayaprasad 2 for 28). Vimal was named the man of the match.

Dynamic Club win

Dynamic Club beat Clintus by five wickets with eight balls to spare in a thrilling limited-over match at the Palam ground.

Scores: Clintus: 125 for 4 (Franklin Andrews 53, Varun Mehta 47, Rana Abhinav 2 for 21). 

Dynamic: 126 for 5 (Rana Abhinav 30, Kapil Solanki 29 n o, Tarun Kataria 25, Arvind Joshi 3 for 20). OSR

Air Force emerge champions

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force drowned Indian Navy by five wickets to win the title clash of the 51st Inter-Services Cricket Tournament after a gap of seven years.

Air Cmdr K D Singh, AOC, Air Force Station, Palam, presented the trophy to Indian Air Force captain Sq Leader Deepak Bhaskar.

Scores: Indian Navy: 197 all out (C D Thomson 87, Pankaj 4 for 38, Jaykrishnan 2 for 39) and 324 all out (C D Thomson 74, Sachin 40, A K Mohanty 4 for 45, Karmakar 3 for 89).

Indian Air Force: 310 all out (Imtiaz Khan 102, 15x4; PMS Reddy 82, Javed 2 for 38, C D Thomson 5 for 87) and 212 for 5 wickets (PMS Reddy 110, 2x6, 12x4; Imtiaz Khan 27, S Ghag 2 for 57).

ADMINISTRATION

Commissioner reviews project works
Our Correspondent

Panipat, March 25
The Financial Commissioner of Administrative Reforms in the state government, Mr Piyush Panderwani, today reviewed the progress of the ongoing developmental and welfare projects in the district. He inspected the sites and held a meeting of the officers of the departments concerned.

In the meeting, he was informed that a police line was being constructed at a cost of Rs 123.68 lakh in an area of 65 acres.

He directed the authorities that a rest house must also be constructed on the police line premises.

The Estate Officer of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) informed that the construction work of Gymkhana Club would be completed within four months.

An officer of the Public Works Department (B& R) informed that there was a proposal on constructing a by-pass from Siwah village at an estimated cost of Rs 22 crore, out of which Rs 7 crore would be contributed by the Panipat Refinery.

A Forest Department officer stated that the department had already completed plantation of 14.74 lakh saplings against an annual target of 13.90 and also planned to plant 13 lakh plants during the next year.

Of these, 10 lakh saplings would be distributed among the farmers and the remaining three lakh would be given to the government departments. The officer also disclosed that the department had planned to grow medicinal plants in 40 acres on the Bhalsi-Jatal road.

During the inspection of the ongoing work of Ch Devi Lal Town Park in Sector 7, the Financial Commissioner instructed that a musical fountain must be installed for entertainment of the visitors and beautification of the park. The park was being developed in 48 acres at a cost of Rs.50 lakh. 

Probe demanded into erratic canal water supply 
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, March 25
Representatives of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), the Haryana Kisan Sabha, the Haryana Farmers’ Forum, the Krishak Welfare Sabha and other farmers organisations today urged the Haryana Government to order a high-level probe into the erratic supply of canal water and its non-availability at the tail-end villages falling under the jurisdiction of the Gohana water service division.

In a joint memorandum sent to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, a copy of which was released to the press here, they also expressed their grave concern over the unsatisfactory working of this division and demanded the immediate “suspension of the Executive Engineer, the SDOs and other subordinate officials responsible for the scarcity of canal water” even during the rotation period.

They also demanded the immediate transfer of these officials so as to ensure an independent and impartial inquiry into the “scandalous” working of this division.

The memorandum blamed the officials of this division for not cleaning the canals and distributaries properly despite the clear instructions issued by the Chief Minister and allocation of funds for this purpose.

It alleged that the desilting and deweeding operations carried out occasionally by the officials were “merely an eye wash” as the farmers, whose fields are situated at the tail-end villages, had been facing shortage of canal water for irrigation purposes and consequently suffering huge financial losses.

The memorandum also pointed out that the standing wheat crop needed immediate supply of canal water, which is not available at this stage. As a result, the standing wheat crop is likely to be adversely affected in the absence of canal water.

The memorandum also demanded effective check on increasing incident of canal water thefts and stern action against unscrupulous farmers.