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Medical camp held
Chandigarh, December 10 |
Hunt for fastest bowler in city today
Chandigarh, December 10 The event is being organised by the IMG, a sports and entertainment management and marketing company, Mahindra and Mahindra Limited and Khadi Line. According to Mr Dheeraj of IMG, Abid Khan of Delhi leads the table of top speedsters with an unprecedented speed of 138 kmph. Parvinder Awana, the runners-up of Delhi, follows close behind with speed of 135 kmph. The Chandigarh leg will be held from 4 pm and 10 pm on both days and is open to all above the age of 16 years. The winner and runners-up awards in the Chandigarh finals will be held on December 12 at 9 pm. The hunt for India ’s fastest bowler, which began on September 30 in Mumbai, has witnessed a plenty of enthusiasm. Dheeraj said the contest met with an overwhelming response in every city with 3,050 contenders in Delhi, 2,332 in Mumbai, 2,570 in Pune, 2,890 in Ahmedabad, 1,055 in Chennai, 2,488 in Bangalore, 2,577 in Hyderabad, 1,867 in Kanpur and 2,111 in Kolkata vying for the Scorpio Speedster title. The fastest bowler from each city and the next four fastest bowlers will travel to Mumbai for the Grand National Final on December 19. The winner will get a cash prize of Rs 75,000 and the chance to attend a three-week training programme at the Australian Center of Excellence in Brisbane. The national runners-up will receive Rs 25,000. In the regional contests, the winner in each city will receive Rs 8,000 while the runners-up gets Rs 2,000. |
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At 72, he wins a bronze in shot put
Captain Sidhu is also a practising lawyer with the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Captain Sidhu, who arrived today from Bangkok, said in this meet, 17 country athletes took part and gold medal and silver medal in shot put in this category was won by Japanese. He said he started practice daily from 5 am at Sector 46 Sports Complex and also rode a cycle for a few kilometres. He said now he set an aim for the National Veteran Athletics meet in February and also for the two international tournaments in Canada and Spain later this year. In Canada, he would compete in the World Masters games in shot put as well as discus throw in the 70-74 years category. Captain Sidhu, who retired as Joint Director, Public Relations Department, Punjab, said he started devoting more time to athletics after his retirement. Earlier also, Captain Sidhu had won two gold medals and one silver medal in shot put in the 25th Punjab Veterans Athletics meet in October this year. Last year, he also bagged the gold medal in the 25th National Masters Athletics meet held at Hyderabad. |
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Gymnasts fail to attend meet due to CGA apathy
Chandigarh, December 10 The Chandigarh gymnastic teams for boys and girls were selected in the below-15 and below-17 sections for the meet. The secretary of the CGA, Mr S.S. Budhwar, had also confirmed the selection of both boys and girls team. Mr N. Dutta was asked to go with the boys team and Ms Madhavi with the girls team. On December 6, Mr Budhwar sent a letter to the heads of the institutions in which the selected girls were studying that since coaches were not available the girls team could not be sent. The boys team went to Hyderabad from Delhi on December 8 by train with proper reservation but the girls team was not sent. In the same evening, after much persuasion from various institution heads and after publishing of media reports, a letter was given to the parents of the girls by Mr Budhwar stating that the girls could leave on their parents’ responsibility and also make their own travel arrangements. Mr Budhwar stated that he had already cancelled the reservation for the girls. Due to this the girls could not go to Hyderabad for the meet. “It was a drama enacted by Mr Budhwar as for a long journey to Hyderabad and that too with meet date December 10 approaching fast, this would not have been possible,” said a senior gymnast. He said Mr Budhwar had been occupying the secretary post for many years and should step down. Mr S. Marriya, principal of the DAV College, Sector 10, who has provided a gymnasium hall where free gymnastics coaching centre is being run, said when the association knew well in advance about the composition of team so it could have decided earlier on the accompanying coaches. Mr Marriya said he phoned the secretary many times and requested him to allow the parents to go in case no coach was available but Mr Budhwar did not heed to that in time. Mr J.S. Kandhari, president of the association, was not available for comments. Ms R. Sachdeva, principal of the DAV Model School, Sector 15, says, “The association officials are trying to demoralise the talented gymnasts”. Sources disclosed that the coach who had refused to go with the junior team was already being tipped to go as coach with the UT senior gymnastics team in the senior nationals
beginning December 28. The girls were also suggested by CGA officials that they could take part in National School Games and why make hue and cry for taking part in Junior Open Nationals. It is high time that the CGA adopts a professional approach to run the association. |
17 ASIs to be recruited
Chandigarh, December 10 As many as 13 ASIs are to be taken from the general category while the remaining four will be women police officers. The recruitment of the ASIs will be from the quota fixed for the direct recruitment. The police will take eight male candidates from the general category, three from the Other Backward Classes and one each from the Scheduled Caste and Ex-Servicemen categories. The minimum qualification of a candidate has been fixed as graduation while the physical standards will be of the same level as set during the recruitment of 230 constables recently. The standards are that a male candidate should be 5 feet and 7 inches tall. His chest should measure 33 inches in an unexpanded condition and 34.5 inches in an expanded condition. The forms will be sold and deposited between December 15 and 31. |
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Move on friendly building
passing plan
Chandigarh, December 10 A delegation of private architects met the Adviser, Finance Secretary, and the Chief Architect and explained their difficulties. They said the present procedure was consuming, cumbersome and outdated. They also discussed the functioning of the Estate Office and said a new format of self-certification scheme, as adopted in Noida, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Uttaranchal could also be adopted by the Administration. The Adviser asked the delegation to evolve the scheme on following lines: minimum requirement for the empanelment of architects working in Chandigarh, once the plan is submitted. The Estate Officer will check whether the architect is empanelled for self-certification and other details like ownership if the plan is deemed sanctioned, the owner can start the construction. At the time of completion, the architect will submit the plan as built at site and it will be checked by the authorities concerned whether there is any violation of building bylaws or not. If there is no violation, completion certificate will be issued in a time-bound manner. If there is any violation, it will be rectified and demolished at site and accountability will be fixed. A draft on these lines is being prepared by private architects and the Administration, members of the public are free to give their opinions, said the Finance Secretary, Mr S.K. Sandhu. |
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Health club for babus
Chandigarh, December 10 The idea is to promote the health of employees, said the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar. Employees of the DC office, the Estate office, the Excise and Taxation Department, the Agriculture Department, and the Elections Department located in the Town Hall building and Additional Town Hall building, besides Civil Defence personnel, will be able to use the gym. The Adviser to the Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma, inaugurated the health club. This facility has been created on the ground floor of the Town Hall building. The gym has facilities like treadmill, recumbent bike, multi-gym, twister, vibrator, weighing machine and weights. The gym is air-conditioned and a sum of Rs 5 lakh has been spent on it. |
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Chandigarh, December 10