HEALTH

Medical camp at Mauli Jagran police post
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 19
A medical camp was organised by the Chandigarh police at Mauli Jagran police post here today.

The function was organised to launch the third Youth Club supported by the police in labour colonies. The club was organised by IG Rajesh Kumar at the Mauli Complex where a volleyball court, gymnasium and sport material were provided.

The doctors on the spot referred 100 patients to hospitals. Sources said the police would provide the patients a bus to go to the hospital on a particular day.

The medical camp was held by the Shri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Eye Hospital and Trust, Sohana.

The police also provided a gym and a volleyball court to the members of the youth club with sport kits.

Office-bearers of the Citizens Welfare Association and Mr Balraj Singh, Councillor and senior police officers of the city police were present on the occasion.

Modern complex of dental college opened
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, January 19
Dr Anil Kohli, President of the Dental Council of India, today inaugurated a new modern complex of BRS Dental College and Hospital, near Kot village today.

Principals and faculty members of various dental colleges in the region participated and presented him a cheque of Rs 1.11 crore for the tsunami disaster victims.

SPORTS

CC-42, DAV Club clinch handball titles
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, January 19
Coaching Centre, Sector 42, and DAV Club ‘A’ team clinched girls and boys section titles, respectively, in the Chandigarh Senior State Handball Championship which concluded here today at the DAV Senior Secondary School grounds, Sector 8.

In the men final, DAV Club ‘A’ team outplayed Coaching Centre-42 with scores being 37-29 and half time score of 18-10.

For winners, Sunil scored eight goals, Sachin and Shiv Dayal scored seven goals each and Shivkaran four goals. For losers, Bhupinder and Shivinder scored seven goals each while Devinder and Harpreet scored six goals each. Third place in this section went in favour of Coaching Centre-19 who defeated Coaching Centre-21 at 23-21 with half time score of 10-7.

In the women final, Coaching Centre-42 prevailed upon Coaching Centre-19 by 19-14 with half time score of 13-07. For winners, Kamini scored eight goals, followed by Rakesh with six goals and Nirmala who scored four goals. For losers, Sushma scored five goals and Ravinder three goals.

Third place in women section was attained by Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, when they defeated Coaching Centre-21 at 13-08 with half time score of 6-4.

Athletics meet

Anju stole the limelight by winning first position each in javelin throw and 100-metre race in the 50th annual athletics meet of the Government College of Education, Sector 20, which began here today. Earlier, Ms S.K. Tangri, Principal of the college, inaugurated this two-day meet. In 200 metre(boys), Jitender won first place. In shot put, (girls), Jasvir Kaur got first place while in high jump, Simi won first position.

Sania’s performance makes fellow players happy
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, January 19
Two national women tennis players of the country, who have played with and are friends of tennis sensation Sania Mirza, are jubilant on her making history by reaching the third round of the Australian Open Tennis meet, in progress at Melbourne. This 18-year-old Hyderabad girl on Wednesday surprised Petra Mandula of Hungary, the 84th seed, and earlier on Monday Cindy Watson of Australia to finally have a dream clash with seventh seed Serena Williams on Thursday morning.

Isha Lakhani of Mumbai and Shruti Dhawan of Chandigarh, both international tennis players, expressed their happiness over the superb confidence shown by their fellow Sania Mirza in the Grand Slam.

Isha, who is nowadays practising in preparation for the WTA tennis meet to be held in Hyderabad from February 5, said playing in a Grand Slam tournament of this level gives a lot of boost to a player, and Sania truly deserves to be complimented. Isha, who had beaten Sania in the 2003 ITF Futures Meet in Mumbai in the quarter-final, said Sania is a gutsy player and in the past few years with the backing of a regular sponsor and the help of the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP), she has played a lot of tournaments abroad.

Isha, now ranked 620, said even Sania was at one time ranked 400, but by playing more her ranking has improved to 60. She said Sania has enhanced India’s image in the tennis world, especially in women tennis.

Chandigarh-based Shruti Dhawan, another national tennis player who has been playing in England for the past one year, said during the past five years of Sania’s playing career, she was pitted against her only once. This was in 2003 in the ITF Futures Tennis meet held in Indonesia where she lost in three sets to Sania. Shruti said it was only another Indian Nirupama Vaidyanathan, who once won a round in the Australian Open.

On Sania’ current performance, Shruti, ranked 720, said it has opened the doors to other Indian women tennis players, as now they could also think of improving their rankings by taking part in different international tournaments.

No wonder, one day she might also get her entry in the main draw of any grand slam. Shruti was optimistic that Sania’s encounter with Serena would be exciting and here Sania might give tough resistance to Serena, the Women’s Singles title holder of 2003 Australian Open.

ADMINISTRATION

Encroachments removed
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, January 19
Following directions of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, the enforcement wing of the Dera Bassi Municipal Council today removed encroachments from the local market.

A team of the enforcement wing removed the establishments spread by shopkeepers in the streets of the market. The streets had been virtually taken over by the encroachers, leaving little space for the general public to move around.

The encroachments had been proving bottlenecks in the streets and to ride the two wheelers inside the market had become a tough task.

Mr Amrit Pal Singh, president of the Municipal Council, claimed that the encroachers had been ignoring the warnings issued to them. They even turned a deaf year towards repeated notices and muniadi, a public announcement in this regard, he added.