HEALTH

Hospital gets 9 more medical officers
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 20
The long wait for doctors in the newly constructed General Hospital here is finally over. The state government today ordered the transfer of nine medical officers from different parts of the district and neighbouring district of Ambala to General Hospital here.

The local health authorities had requested the state government to sanction over 100 posts, ever since the General Hospital here was upgraded from a 50-bed to 150-bed hospital in October last year.

SPORTS

Chandigarh restrict Mohali to 194
Tribune Reporters

Chandigarh, May 20
Chandigarh team that had scored 268 runs in its first innings restricted Mohali team to 194 runs in its first innings on the second day of the three-day Punjab Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar, today. Later, Chandigarh, in their second innings, had scored 15 for no loss after facing four overs.

Brief scores: Chandigarh — 268 and 15 for no loss. Mohali — 194 (Simranjit 65, Gauravjit 25, Nikhil 26, Naresh 3 for 64 and Karanveer 3 for 67).

Roller Skating

Parminder Kaur has won gold medal in the Rink Race II, in the above 14 category, during the second Bhavan Hawk Roller Skating Championship. She has also won silver medal in roller hockey.

In the 10 to 12 year age group, Jyoti Pannu won silver medal in Rink Race I and II, besides a silver in roller hockey. In the junior roller hockey, Harattan Singh, Robinpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh won silver medals. The two-day championship held at Bhavan Vidyalaya, concluded on May 19.

KALKA

St Bir girls excel

District champion softball team of St. Bir School, Kalka, won the fist position in the sub-junior section (girls) of the State Softball Championship held at Rohtak on May 17 and 18.

Today morning, when the team arrived here by the Himalayan Queen, it was welcomed by school Principal Kulbir Rana, teachers, staff, students and their parents. Members of the team were garlanded at the railway station. Thereafter, they were taken to the school in a procession.

Swati, captian of the team, said the team played with determination and was able to win the championship.

The boys’ team of the school had secured the second position in the sub-junior section of the state championship.

Both the teams have qualified for the National Softball Championship to be held at Mathura.

PARWANOO

Snooker toruney

The snooker tournaments that started here last Sunday, concluded on Monday in Hotel WindsMoor at Parwanoo. The tournaments were conducted by the Snooker Association of Parwanoo. About 50 participants from Parwanoo, Pinjore, Kalka and surrounding areas took part in the tournaments.

Ish Kapoor, State Organiser of the Congress Seva Dal, was the chief guest of the concluding function. Surendar Verma, DSP, Parwanoo, and Pradeep Sharma, regional manager of Nerolac Paints, were special invitees.

The final match (singles) was played between Sushil Jal Puri and Bittu Jaswal. Sushil Jalpuri was declared winner. In the doubles final, Manoj Jain and Amit Jain of Jain Brothers of Kalka were declared winners.

Old scoring pattern is back in badminton
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, May 20
Succumbing to the pressure of Asian badminton superpowers, whose players had earlier advocated for switching back to the old scoring format, finally the International Badminton Federation has okayed the proposal.

As per the guidelines received here by the Chandigarh Badminton Association, there will be 15 points in men’s (singles) games and 11 points in women’s (singles) games. Doubles games (for both men and women) will be of 15 points each. The scoring pattern will be used throughout the Olympic qualifying period that started on May 1.

The play will go on continuously from the first service till the end of the match, except for an interval of 90 seconds between the first and the second game and then not exceeding five minutes will be allowed between the second and the third game. The rules also prohibit players from seeking outside guidance during the match.

Meanwhile, as per the latest rankings announced by the Badminton Association of India, Mandeep Singh, a 15-year-old boy from Chandigarh, has been accorded the 10th rank in the sub-junior singles. Saurav Kapoor of Haryana, who plays at Panchkula, however, got the 12th rank. Nitin Dahiya of Haryana got the 14th rank in Midget event. Akshit Mahajan, a student of Hansraj Public school, Sector 6, Panchkula, was accorded the third rank in the under 10 events. Akshit is son of former state badminton player Jatinder Mahajan.

In the junior boys section, Mayank Behl of Jalandhar got the ninth rank. Badminton experts were, however, worried over the falling standards of the game in the region. Players from Chandigarh, Panchkula and other parts of the region could not rank among top 20 players in men singles, women singles events. Most of the top rank holders were from Assam, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

A former national-level badminton player has appreciated the recent experiment undertaken by the Haryana Badminton Association under which Hafed will be involved in efforts to promote the game. Under the new scheme, Hafed will have a badminton academy where the financial part will be taken care of by the corporation itself.

Chandigarh beat Srinagar in volleyball 
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, May 20
The Chandigarh area defeated the Srinagar area 25-12, 25-8 in the ongoing Western Air Command Inter-Area Volleyball Championship at the 12 Wing, Air Force Station, here today.

In the second match the Halwara area got the better of the Hindon area 25-10,25-15 and then defeated the Ambala area 25-14,25-23 . The Adampur area came out on top against the Jammu Area, 27-25, 25-14 and then defeated the Bathinda area 25-15, 25-16. In another match Srinagar defeated Jammu 25-18 ,25-19. 

Sidhu to attend SBI function
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, May 20
Former Indian cricketer and commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu will deliver term-deposit receipts to customers of the local branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) here on Monday.

According to Mr I.G. Gupta, Branch Manager, the cricketer will deliver receipts signed by him to the customers at a function here. Senior bank officials, including Mr N.S. Despandey, DGM, and Mr R.S. Singhal, AGM-I, Patiala, will also be present of the occasion.

Mohali to have new Estate Officer
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, May 20
The township will have a new Estate Officer soon. Mr T.K. Goel currently serving as the Estate Officer here has been ordered to be transferred to Dhuri as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, barely after he had completed 11 months in the office.

Since no orders to the effect that who will replace Mr Goel have come in, the Estate Office is rife with rumours as to who will replace him.

While till yesterday the name of a PCS officer Mr Ajmer Singh, was doing the rounds of the Estate Office, today the name of Ms Indu Malhotra was being doled out by sources.

DC appoints 9 Duty Magistrates
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 20
The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Satwanti Ahlawat, today appointed nine Executive Magistrates as Duty Magistrates in various parts of the district following a strike call given by the Sarvkaramchari Sangh and other allied employees’ associations.

It is learnt that Mr Jagtar Sandhu, District Transport Officer, Ms Monica Mallik, Estate Officer, Mr H.S. Sihag, District Revenue Officer, Mr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Tehsildar, Mr Suresh Kumar, Naib Tehsildar, Kalka, Mr Mohinder Singh, Naib Tehsildar, Morni, Mr Harish Kalra, Naib Tehsildar, Raipur Rani, Mr Narinder Singh, Naib Tehsildar, Barwala and Ms Ritu Chaudhary, District Development and Panchayat Officer, have been appointed Duty Magistrates.