SPORTS

VRV Singh emerges as fastest bowler
Our Sports Reporter

The fastest bowler will travel to Mumbai to compete in a grand national final to be held on November 21.

Nine-ball pool meet

The third national nine-ball pool championship, 2003, will begin here tomorrow at the Chandigarh Club. This eight-day meet is being held under the auspices of the Chandigarh Billiards and Snooker Association.

A total of 80 pool players from 20 states, including world champion Geet Sethi, Asian Games gold medaliist Ashok Shandilya, and national-level players Pankaj Advani, Manan Chandra, Rishab Thukral and Sidharth Anand, will take part. Earlier, Chandigarh had played host to the national billiards and snooker meet in 1986. The meet will be inaugurated by Mr Sunil Khanna, president of the club.

Golf camp

A nine-day golf coaching camp will be conducted by Ajay Gujral from September 27 to October 5 at the Chandigarh Golf Club. Each student will be given a comprehensive golf manual which will contain issues of safety, etiquette, rules of golf and a golf dictionary. Boys and girls in the age group of 10-21 years can take part. The timings of the camp will be from 4 pm to 5 pm.

Kho-kho meet

Sanjay Public school, Sector 44, defeated Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, by 12 points and one turn to enter the finals of the CBSE cluster XI kho-kho meet here today at the St Soldier’s International school, Sector 28, Chandigarh. In the girls section, IS Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School, Sector 21 made it to the finals by beating Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, by eight points and one turn.

Hockey tourney

DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, lifted the under-17 pre-Nehru hockey tournament, which was played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35.

In the finals, DAV boys outplayed Sri Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, by four goals to one. The goals were scored by Subeg Singh in the 25th minute, Mukul Bharger in the 30th minute, Jagdeep Singh in the 55th minute and Manish Kumar in the 65th minute. Amardeep Singh was the lone scorer for the losers. He scored a goal in the 50th minute.

Carrom meet

The Chandigarh Carrom Association will hold the 13th Chandigarh State Carrom Championship from October 7 to 12 at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45. The events to be held include men and women, veterans, boys and girls in junior and sub-junior sections.

Super sixes team

Tarun Sood and Parvesh Kanwar, both students of SD Public School, Sector 32 have been selected in the Indian super sixes cricket team which will take part in the first international super sixes tournament to be held at Kathmandu (Nepal) from September 29 to October 1.

City boy for world speed skating meet
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, September 19
Harkiran Singh “Nippy” of St. Stephen’s Skating Club has done the city proud by getting selected in the Indian speed skating team for the World Speed Roller Skating Championship, to be held at Barquisimeo, Venezuela, from November 1 to 9.

Harkiran, a student of BA Part II in DAV College, Sector 10, attributes his success to his coach, Balwinder Singh. He said his coach had advised him to concentrate on inline skating, which was a departure from his previous event, roller hockey.

Since then there has been no stopping for Harkiran, whose parents also motivate him to bring glory to the state and the country in skating.

Mr Harold Carver, Principal of St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, was all praise for the coach for fine-tuning the skills of young skaters.

Eighteen-year-old Harkiran has just returned after attending the fourth phase of the national speed skating camp at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), which was organised under the aegis of the Roller Skating Federation of India. The final camp will be held from October 15 at Ludhiana.

Harkiran took to skating when he was 12. His major achievements include winning the gold medal in the road race in the national school games held at Moga in 1999. In the senior national skating meet held at Chandigarh, he proved his worth by winning the gold medal in the road race. In the senior national skating meet at Faridabad, he bagged the gold medal in the road race as well as the rink race. In January, 2001, he won the gold medal in the road race and rink race held at Visakhapatnam.

Earlier this year, Harkiran shifted from quad to inline skating. In the national skating meet held in Kolkata, he secured the third place in the inline skating event.

Harkiran devotes more than three hours daily to training and aims to do wonders in the world skating meet.

ADMINISTRATION

Dhawan in DSP promotion list
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 19
The Chandigarh Administration has cleared the name of Inspector P.K. Dhawan for promotion as DSP. His name has been placed on the ‘G’ list for promotion, along with two other inspectors, Mr Arjun Singh Jaggi and Mr Inderjit Singh. The other two were cleared for promotion on May 19.

Mr Dhawan is still not cleared of his alleged role in the ‘‘missing files’’ case. Sources said formal announcement would be made next week. Two posts are vacant and it is likely that two inspectors will be promoted.

Mr Arjun Jaggi, posted as Officer on Special Duty in the Vigilance Department, should have also got promoted as the third contender, Mr Inderjit Singh, is away on a UN assignment. However, the matter was delayed as Mr Dhawan had claimed that his case of promotion may be opened from the ‘‘sealed cover’’. A final decision is expected within the next few days. The ‘‘sealed cover’’ means the contents of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC)cannot be revealed till Mr Dhawan is exonerated of his charges.

Mr Dhawan is the seniormost inspector of the Chandigarh Police, followed by Mr Inderjit Singh and Mr Arjun Jaggi. Since Mr Dhawan, was suspended in the ‘‘missing files’’ case in May 1999, his name was not put on the promotion list during the last DPC meeting. The names of Mr Jaggi and Mr Inderjit Singh were put on the promotion list.

Sources in the Administration said Mr Dhawan had quoted a judgement of the Supreme Court to beef up his case. The vacancies of DSPs have arisen after the SP City, Mr Baldev Singh, retired on July 31 and Mr Jagat Mohan on August 31.

Allotment of sanitation tenders put off
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, September 19
The allotment of tender for sanitation works in Panchkula has been deferred by a fortnight today.

The decision was reportedly taken after a number of applicants complained that they were unable to fulfil the terms and conditions , as specified in the tender notice. As they demanded more time, the Municipal Council agreed to defer allotment of sanitation contract for 15 days.

Yesterday eight councillors had accused the President of the Panchkula Municipal Council of working in an unconstitutional manner while floating the tender for sanitation works, and had asked the Deputy Commissioner to intervene and postpone the alloting of tender.

In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Satwanti Ahlawat, through the SDM, Panchkula, seven Congress Councillors — Mr V.K. Kapoor, Mr Dalbir Singh, Ms Jalmegha Dahiya, Mr R.K. Kakkar, Mr Naresh Rawal, Mrs Manvir Gill and Mr Tarun Bhandari, and BJP councillor Mr C B Goel, have accused council President, Mrs Seema Chaudhary, of violating the rules to favour certain people.

It is alleged that in spite of a decision taken during a special meeting of the council on August 29, for finalising the terms and conditions of the new contract for sanitation, the MC president had made changes without taking the House into confidence. The councillors alleged that though the House had agreed that a person having a minimum five years of experience could apply for the contract, but the tender notice issued says that any person having experience in labour management can apply for the contract.

They have further alleged that it was also decided in the meeting that the contractor was to submit Provident Fund and ESI number with the tender, whereas the tender notice says that the contractor applying for the contract can submit the Provident Fund and ESI account number within two months of the allotment of contract.

Meanwhile, the MC President, Ms Seema Chaudhary, when contacted by TNS, denied the charges and said that the changes in the contract had been made after taking the permission of the district administration and seeking a legal advice.

More facilities at RLA office
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 19
The office of the Registering and Licencing Authority (RLA) in Sector 17 here has added a few facilities, including separate counters for senior citizens, disabled and defence personnel. The counters will run on all five days of the week.

Besides this all work of the RLA office being handled from the Deputy Commissoner’s Office has been shifted. Five more data entry operators will be posted . The authorities have also arranged a big sized colour television and newspapers for those of waiting for delivery of documents , a press release of the RLA branch said today.

Besides this all records are being streamlined. For this new racks have been purchased. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, had visited the office a few days ago and suggested some changes.

Use-helmet campaign
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 19
The Traffic Police and the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will launch a week-long campaign to promote the use of helmets.

It will be launched from the Sector 21 filling station. The IOC has prepared handouts to bring awareness among the people. These will be distributed by NCC cadets and Home Guards at traffic light points.