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MCM DAV girls clinch netball
title Chandigarh, November 8 In the league matches played today, MCM DAV-36 defeated the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, by 30-08 while GGS College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh, got the better of Government College for Girls, Sector 42, with scores being 16-12. Skaters honoured Four young skaters of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula, were honoured by the school Principal, Mr Sandeep Sardana, here today. Shubham Narang, Rohit Bajaj, Bharat Choudhary and Karan Narang have in all clinched 12 medals at the Panchkula District Roller Skating Championship held recently. All of them have also been selected for the Haryana State Roller Skating Championship to be held at Ambala from November 18. Inter-house cycle race More than 1,500 children of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, will flex their muscles tomorrow as part of the inter-house cycle race. The one-day event is also part of the silver jubilee celebrations of the school and it will have various distances divided in various age groups. The route will have Mohali and parts of Chandigarh near Sectors 41, 42, 43, 44 where senior section students will cycle down in the race. The junior section students will move within Mohali only. Various check points have been put up and students will be monitored by a medical team as well as the marshals at various crossings and other points. Kavita, Rudra excel Kavita and Rudra Mukherjee bagged first place in the sub-junior girls and boys sections, respectively, in the 26th Chandigarh Open Yoga Championship which concluded last evening at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41. Earlier, the meet was inaugurated by Mr Dharamvir, president of the Indian Yoga Federation, while the prizes were given by Mr Mandeep Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Moga. Various other winners in different categories are: Sudesh — junior girls; Vikas — Junior boys, Ritu — senior girls; Munish Kumar — senior boys; Pooja Dhanda— elderly women; Kumar Giri —elderly men; and Ram Chander — veterans men. |
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Abhimanyu brings laurels to
city Chandigarh, November 8 The significance of his performance could be gauged from the fact despite the presence of top ranked swimmers from Karnataka in the fray, he won the gold medals. Abhimanyu said he got training for few months in Bangalore which enabled him to improve his weak points as well as to judge the competition level of various other top ranked swimmers in the country. Though the city do not have an all-weather swimming pool at present, still the youngsters in this sport were keen to improve their timings and performance, he added. Earlier, Abhimanyu had won medals in the state swimming championship and in the Open National Swimming Meet held last year. |
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UT granted Rs 63 cr for salaries Chandigarh, November 8 This additional Rs 63 crore was required for meeting expenses for the remaining five months of the financial year ending March 3, 2005. The demand is part of the revised budgetary estimates for this financial year. A team of the UT Administration led by the newly appointed Finance Secretary, Mr S.K. Sandhu, made the presentation before the Union Finance Ministry today. The finance section within the Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA), the controlling ministry for Chandigarh, had already agreed to the demand last week. However, the final nod from the Finance Ministry was required. |
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