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Cong organises blood donation camp New Delhi, December 9 The Youth Congress president, Mr Rajesh Lilothia, said that youth Congress activists took a pledge on the occasion to make the country corruption free and work for achieving the goals of secularism, social equality and progress for the country. They also took pledge to fight for unity and integrity of the nation by following ideals and principles laid down by Sonia Gandhi. It was right time when youth of the country should come forward to fight for their rights and make contribution in making India corruption free, he added. The president of the National Medical Forum, Dr Prem Aggarwal, said that through this programme, the Youth Congress activists wanted to save precious human lives. TNS
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Orissa, Tripura schools enter Subroto Cup semis New Delhi, December 9 In another match, Kabiraj Tilla High School, Badharghat (Tripura) trounced Sports Authority of India (SAI), Kolkata 4-1 also to enter the semi-final. In the third match, Don Bosco High School, Mumbai edged past Shah Satnamji Senior Secondary School, Sirsa (Haryana) 2-1. Army Boys, BRC Danapur defeated Govt. Middle School, Tamaloo (Carnicobar) 2-0. In a Group VII Under-17 quarter-final match, Town High School had to strain hard to subdue Good Shepherd, and their match winner came only in the second half when Khridadhar Say converted a penalty kick in the 49th minute. The penalty was awarded when Samara Oram was brought down inside the goal box by a Meghalaya defender. In a Group VIII, Kabiraj Tilla School called the shots and scored a comfortable victory against SAI. Interestingly, SAI had scored the first goal when Hiralal Chetry found the mark, after dodging past two defenders. But the Tripura school pulled back the equaliser immediately when Binodh Kishore Jamatia sent in a sliding volley. Tripura struck three more goals in the second half through Kishore Jamatia, who headed in, Neia Darlong, who shot in a 30-yard free kick and Sanjib Rema. Don Bosco School had to wage a close battle against Shah Satnamji before prevailing. Nihal Chandran put Don Bosco ahead in the 13th minute. Mandeep levelled for Sirsa in the 21st minute. Harmeet Singh Vig scored the match-winner in the 37th minute. Army Boys scored both their goals through Abhijit Dey in the second half. Wednesday’s fixtures (Under-14):
Apex School, New Delhi vs St. Joseph School, Dimapur (9 am); Vivekanand Vidyapeetha vs St. Ignatious School, Gumla (10.30 am); Sri Kamlakar Chaubey Vidhyapeeth vs St. Joseph School (1.15 pm); Maharana Pratap Sports College vs Govt Model High School, Chandigarh (3 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium.
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Karthikeyan to drive in Rome New Delhi, December 9 Karthikeyan is scheduled to drive one of the Faenza squad’s PS03 chassis on December 12. The team has been following Karthikeyan’s career closely in recent years, and impressed with his on-track performances, wants to evaluate him in a current Formula One car. If the session goes well, there is a strong possibility Karthikeyan could be asked to join the team in 2004. European Minardi has developed a reputation as the “team of choice” for talented young drivers looking to launch their Formula One careers. |
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Salwan Boys enter World Cup semis New Delhi, December 9 Scores: Willes Little Flower: 133 all out in 33.1 overs (Saif Mahmood 46, Kamrul Islam 42, Ashutosh Sharma 2 for 14, Narender Singh 2 for 21, Arun Choudhary 2 for 26). Salwan Boys:
134 for 6 in 34.1 overs (Gaurav Chabra 40, Ratan Rawat 40, Narender Singh 20 n o, Saif Mahmood 2 for 21, Mehrab Hossain 2 for 28). DAV School, Chandigarh defeated Aizer School System, Pakistan by ten wickets. Scores: Aizer School:
116 all out in 35.1 overs (Imran Maqsood 35, Naresh Gogyan 5 for 21, Bharat Sharma 2 for 23) DAV School:
118 for no loss in 22.1 overs (Deepak Saini 60 n o, Siddharth Sharma 49 n o). Ravindra Public School defeated Aricha Belayet Hossain High School, Bangladesh by eight wickets at the DDA Siri Fort ground. Scores: Aricha Belayet: 148 for 8 in 40 overs (Prince Khan 41, Pradip Dass 37, Pankaj Sethi 2 for 16, Sandip Singh 2 for 23). Ravindra School:
152 for 2 in 32.4 overs (Sandip Singh 47, Hemant Singh 46, Shawej Khan 33, Arpan Sikdar 2 for 30). Barguna Zilla School, Bangladesh beat DPS, Mathura Road by four wickets at the Saket ground. Scores: DPS:
160 all out in 31.1 overs (Varun Khanna 53, Rameez Nemat 22, Akhand Rathore 22, Sakil Uddin Milon 4 for 37, Sawon Talukdar 3 for 23). Barguna Zilla School:
163 for 6 in 31.3 overs (Nazmus Sakib 35, Sohag Gazi 34, Sowan Talukdar 33, Shivam Shram 2 for 18, Aditya Aima 2 for 27). Wednesday’s fixtures (quarter-finals):
DPS, R K Puram vs Parzowar Kalindi School—DDA, Saket; Ravindra vs Razzak School—Guru Gobind College, Pitampura; Chandigarh vs Barguna Zilla School—SGTB Khalsa College. |
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Singh races to gold in Police Athletics New Delhi, December 9 In the men’s hammer throw final, Rakesh Kumar of Uttar Pradesh Police cleared a distance of 64.73 metres to annex the gold. Kulwinder Singh and Harpal Singh, both of Punjab Police, accounted for the silver and bronze, respectively. Ajit Singh of Punjab scaled over 2.06 metres to win the high jump gold. Vikul Tyagi of BSF and Shashidharan Nair of Bihar took the silver and bronze, respectively. In the 1500m women’s final, Deepika Vishwas of CRPF clocked 4:29.6 secs to bag the gold while her team-mate Salma M C won the silver. Ramla Devi of Punjab clinched the bronze. Union Minister of State for Home I D Swamy inaugurated the meet. BSF director-general Ajay Raj Sharma was also present. |
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Corporate Golf at DLF New Delhi, December 9 The winning team from Delhi, along with R K Pitambar and Prabal Banerjee of Mumbai, will go onto play at the coveted World Corporate Golf Challenge. This is India’s only qualifying event to the WCGC, and is thus a singular opportunity for corporates in India to compete with golfing peers at the international level. The WCGC finals are conducted every year at La Manga in Spain, where corporate teams from all over the world, which have won their respective national events, represent their country. The Indian team who competed in the 2003 WCGC trophy were Ajay and Vijay Chauhan and Pankaj Munjal and Pawan Puri. |
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Pradeep Sangwan shines in Kehar tourney New Delhi, December 9 Scores: Vikaspuri: 159 for 6 in 30 overs (Pradeep Sangwan 54, Himanshu Tyagi 35, Gaurav Pundir 3 for 29). R K Foundation:
50 all out in 28.2 overs (Pradeep Sangwan 3 for 4, Ravi Kant 3 for 5, Yuvraj 2 for 9, Prakash Chand 2 for 10).
Raghuvir win Raghuvir Willowers defeated Rajdhani Club by 204 runs in the DDCA A-I Division League at the Mohan Meakin ground. Scores: Raghuvir Willowers: 321 for 4 in 40 overs (Vinay Yadav 120 n o, Aman Arora 107, Umesh Joshi 59). Rajdhani Club: 117 all out in 37 overs (Qazim 29, Jaggi Singh 4 for 16, Vishal Sahni 2 for 33). Daryaganj beat Mohan Meakin by 64 runs in a Super A Division match. Scores: Daryaganj:
220 for 6 in 40 overs (Hardeep Singh 57, Jagpal Singh 44, Sunny Bhatia 42, Vishal Digani 2 for 43).
Mohan Meakin: 156 all out in 33.5 overs (Rajesh Bisth 39, Vishal Digani 36, Jagpal Singh 3 for 25, Bhavesh Arora 3 for 28).
Pan Business win Pan Business defeated GE Capital by six runs and entered the semi-final of the third Turf Twenty20 Cup at the Guru Gobind Singh College ground. Scores: Pan Business: 129 for 9 in 20 overs (Harinder Rawat 45, Gaurav Verma 2 for 25, Rodeny Charles 4 for 24). GE Capital:
124 for 6 in 20 overs (Joginder Sehgal 50, Surender 30, Subodh Badola 2 for 21).
HSS advance in Eventus HSS defeated Global Vantedge in the third Eventus Cup Cricket Tournament.
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