The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories

HEALTH

150 students donate blood
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 11
Indian and Pakistani cricketers motivated students of Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology (CIET) for donating the blood by signing blood donation certificates given to the students. The blood camp was organized by The Rotary Blood Bank Society Resource Centre, Chandigarh and the NSS. Over 150 students and faculty members donated blood.

Mrs Madhu Chitkara, Director, CIET said the objective of the camp was to create awareness about blood donation. She thanked Indian and Pakistani cricketers in spreading the message of blood donation.

SPORTS

Rahul, Bhajji, Balaji in Sec 17
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, March 11
“I am so far satisfied with our batting performance and hope to do better in the forthcoming matches also.” This was stated by star of Indian team, Rahul Dravid talking to this correspondent at a showroom in Sector 17 today. Rahul was accompanied by Harbhajan Singh, to unveil the premier running collection of Reebok. Star cricketer L. Balaji also visited the venue.

On being asked whether the absence of Shoaib Akhtar in the test could be the reason for the poor bowling performance of Pakistan team, Rahul said, “No that is not the reason, in fact we batted well”.

Rahul denied that whenever India and Pakistan teams played there was a lot of pressure, he said, “This is not true. we always try to do justice to our performance but rather it could be media hype, which creates this impression.”

Rahul said, both sides were equally good and praised the Mohali pitch and said it had proved good for batsmen as well as for bowlers. He was, however, confident that tomorrow India would do well.

India beat Pakistan in kabaddi
Our Correspondent

Zirakpur, March 11
India thrashed Pakistan in a kabaddi match during the Indo-Pak kabaddi and wrestling competitions organised by the Saanjh Dilan Di Sports Club, Zirakpur, here today.

The Indian players won the match by just four points. The Pakistani team scored 42 points against a score of 46 points by the host team.

During the wrestling competitions, six matches were held and out of them Indian wrestlers won three matches.

Earlier, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, a former Finance Minister of Punjab, inaugurated the wrestling competitions.

Taxmen raid showroom
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, March 11
Income Tax sleuths carried out a search and seizure operation at a sanitary hardware showroom, Bhagwati Building Store, Sector 11, here today. The search operation was continuing till late in the evening.

Sources in the department revealed that the operation had started in the afternoon and the stock position was being checked to ascertain certain discrepancies. The stock position and accounts books were being studied.

The details of evasion of income tax, if any, would be revealed after the survey was completed, said a senior officer. It is learnt that the surveys were being carried out by the Income Tax Department to meet the targets of revenue from the IT.