Pulse polio awareness rallies 

With the next stage of the Pulse Polio programme scheduled for April 10 the health care centres in colonies and villages in and around the city organised awareness rallies to motivate the maximum number of parents to bring their children below the age of five years to the booths where polio drops would be administered to them.

As many as 100 students of government High School Mauli Jagran took out a rally to generate awareness about the intensive pulse polio campaign to be held on April 10. The rally was flagged off by the local councillor, Mr Balraj and was conducted by Dr Sudha Sharma and Dr Vandana Lor, Sector Supervisors.

In another rally organised in Vikas Nagar, Makhan Majra and Raipur Kalan as many as 150 children took part. It was planned by Dr Harbhajan Singh, Sector Supervisor under the guidance of Dr Anil Garg, Area Supervisor. In yet another rally by Government Senior Secondary School, Ramdarbar, as many as 150 students took part. Dr Rajender Samhotra, Dr Naresh Singla and Dr Neena Choudhary participated in the rally, which was flagged off by Mr D.P. Singh, principal of the school. Residents of these areas were advised to bring all children below the age of five years to the pulse polio booths on Sunday and administer polio drops to them. TNS

Mehak, Mandeep win semifinals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 6
Mehak snubbed the challenge posed by Poorna both of Chandigarh, to register a 6-2,3-6, 6-1 victory in the girls’ section of under-14 semifinals of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association Talent Tennis Series-2005 which got underway at the Chandigarh Club here today.

Mandeep Gill of Chandigarh defeated Akshat Joshi of Chandigarh in the semifinals of the men’s category by 6-2, 6-3. In the men’s quarterfinals, Pulkit Mishra of Delhi gave Chandan of Chandigarh a straight set defeat at 6-3, 6-2.

In the girls’ under-18 doubles semifinals Mehak and Simar toppled Roop and Noor getting straight set win at 6-1, 6-2. Anmol S Ladhar and Chandan Shaolin of Chandigarh were toppled by Kush Jagga and Pankaj Kalsia of Delhi in a one-sided affair at 6-1, 6-4.

Results:

Boys u-14: quarter-finals — Mandeep Singh bt Digvijay Singh 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Akshat Joshi (Chd) bt Siddharth Rawat (Dli) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Amit Chauhan (Chd) bt Gurinder Singh (Pb) 6-2, 6-4; and Abhairaj Singh (Chd) bt Arjun Sehgal (Pb) 6-3, 6-1

Semifinals — Abhairaj Singh (Chd) bt Amit Chauhan 7-5, 6-1; and Mandeep Gill (Chd) bt Akshat Joshi (Chd) 6-2, 6-3.

Boys u-18: quarter-finals — Manav Dhawan (Pb) bt Sourav Sharma (Pb) 6-1, 6-3; Pulkit Mishra (Dli) bt Chandan Shaolin (Chd) 6-3, 6-2; Kush Jagga (Dli) bt Pankaj Kulsia (Dli) 6-2, 6-2; and Tanuj Keshwani (Dli) bt Mandeep S. Gill 6-3, 6-3.

Semifinals — Manav Dhawan (Pb) bt Pulkit Mishra (Dli) 6-4, 6-2.

Girls u-14: semifinals — Mehak (Chd) bt Poorna (Chd) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; and Nandini Singh (Raj) bt Sadhna (Har) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Girls u-18: quarterfinals — Simer (Chd) bt Pooja Narayana (Dli) 6-1, 6-1; T. Narayana (Dli) bt Jaanesh M. Kaur (Chd) 6-1, 6-4; Ankita Singh (Chd) bt Tanvi Gupta (Dli) 6-3, 6-4; and Arushi Sharma (Dli) bt Poorna (Chd) 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-4.

Semifinals: Simer (Chd) bt T. Narayana (Dli) 7-5, 6-2.

Double boys u-14: — semifinals — Fateh S. Ladhar (Chd) and Gaurav Inder S. Toor (Chd) bt Raghav Singhal and Karanvir (Chd) 6-3, 6-3.

Double boys u-18: semifinals — Kush Jagga (Dli) and Pankaj Kulsia (Dli) bt Anmol S. Ladhar and Chandan Shaolin (Chd) 6-1, 6-4.

Girls u-18: double semifinlals — Mehak and Simer bt Roop and Noor 6-1, 6-2. 

DAV-8 win cricket tourney
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 6
An unbeaten knock of 54 by Shivam Khurana enabled DAV, Sector 8 cricket team beat Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 team in the finals of ICL Certifications under-15 cricket tournament held at St John’s High School, Sector 26 here, today. The tournament was organised by the Chandigarh Cricket Association, affiliated with the Punjab Cricket Association.

Cricket Stadium-16 won the toss and elected to bat first. Due to precise bowling and tight fielding by DAV-8, the team was bundled out at 128 in 48 overs.

Chasing the total, DAV-8 openers Vaibhav (38) and Shivam Khurana (54 n.o.) gave good performance and contributed 111 runs. DAV-8 achieved the target in 22 overs.

Later, the principal of St. John’s High School, Ms Pushpinder Cheema, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes.

Vaibhav Narang of DAV-8 and Navtej of Stadium-16 were adjudged the man of the match and the man of the series, respectively, while Shivam Khurana and Rahul were declared the best batsman and the best bowler, respectively.

Brief scores:

Stadium-16: 128 all out in 48 overs

Raj Karan 29, Navtej 22

Vaibhav Narang 3 for 13, Karan Seth 2 for 25:

DAV-8: 129 in 22 overs

Shivam Khurana 54 n.o., Vaibhav 38, Anil 13:

DAV-8 won the match by 9 wickets.

Under-15 trials on April 9

The trials to select under-15 district team will be held at DAV School, Sector 8, on April 9. The players born after August 31, 1990, are eligible to participate.

The aspirant players will have to report to Mr Mohinder Singh, secretary, Chandigarh Cricket Association, with kit on April 9 at 2 p.m.

Minerva Academy reach final

The team of Minerva Academy thrashed A G Haryana by nine wickets in the semifinals of SSP Network Cricket Tournament on Sector 32 grounds here today.

Minerva Academy will meet Chetna Club in the final.

Brief score: AG Haryana: 148 for 8 in 20 overs (Jatinder 36, Mandy 28, Amardeep Singh 2 for 15).

Minerva Academy: 149 for 1 in 14.3 overs ( Zayda Khan 67, Harish 40, Satnam 2 for 28).

ADMINISTRATION

Probe ordered in land grab case
Tribune News Service

Mohali, April 6
The Senior Superintendent of Police, Ropar, has marked an enquiry into the alleged land grab attempt at Kansal village on April 3. SP (Detective) S.S Grewal has been asked to enquire into a complaint given by a Kansal resident, Devinder Kaur, alleging that an office-bearer of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) was involved in falsely implicating her family in the land grab case.

Devinder had met SSP, Surinder Pal Singh after her husband Sampuran Singh, brother-in-law Darbara Singh and son Ashwinder Singh were arrested on March 3. The three were arrested on a complaint of Vipin Kumar, a resident of Civil Lines, Fazilka, who had alleged that the accused were removing barbed wires and pillars on a piece of land owned by him in Kansal village.

However, Devinder told the SSP that the land was jointly owned by her family and not Vipin. She added that she had original registries of the land to prove her case. She alleged that a former sarpanch of the village along with the Congress leader had encouraged Vipin to lodge a false complaint against her family since they wanted to grab the land which was worth crores.

The SSP, however, gave a clean chit to the Congress leader stating that Devinder had no proof against him.

Wahi proceeds on leave
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 6
UT Cadre IAS official K.S.Wahi, who had created a furore in bureaucratic circles two days ago by claiming that he was the Chairman of the Chandigarh Housing Board, today proceeded on leave till Monday.

Meanwhile the present incumbent, Mr S.C. Poddar rejoined duties as the Chairman, CHB after returning from a tour.

Officials said Mr Wahi was on leave and the matter to seek a fresh panel of names from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had been speeded up. It would be carried forward in the next few days.

Both Mr Wahi and Poddar would have to go in case the Administration pushed for a fresh name.

Two days ago Mr Wahi, armed with an order from the MHA (but not an order from the Chandigarh Administration), went and sat on chair of the Chairman CHB. The Adviser to the Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma, had then asked Mr Wahi to wait for his posting.

On Tuesday the room of the Chairman was locked.