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IIT Council decried for effecting changes
Chandigarh, November 13 He said effective training/ counselling should have been provided to students and also the new pattern of question papers should have been implemented from April 2007. “The IIT Council should have given sufficient notice before making the changes. Moreover, they should have issued a model question paper for the students to refer to. Such a short notice and no information have created utter confusion among the IIT aspirants,” he said. “The basic aim of changing the pattern was to stop the growing culture of coaching. However, with this confusion, the students are now all the more running to them for guidance,” he added. Commenting that the IIT culture was a class apart and the students should aspire for it, he suggested that the students should not worry about the changed pattern of the IIT as the skills required to succeed in the IIT JEE were analytical.
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No substitute for mother tongue, say
experts
Mohali, November 13 Dr S.S. Joshi, a linguist, said mother tongue was a tradition that emerged from the family as its primary source. In order to learn a foreign language, knowledge and grip over the mother tongue was helpful. Mr Avtar Singh Dhaliwal, former Vice-Principal, Government College of Education, Chandigarh, said though Punjabi belonged to Punjab, linking it to religion or a particular community was a dangerous phenomenon. He condemned the decision of the Punjab Government to impart English from Class I. Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir said despite the fact that Punjabi was spoken by millions across the state, there would not be even a handful of persons ready to fight for its cause. Others who participated included Mr Tirlochan Singh Rana, Mr Darshan Dhaliwal, N.S. Sitta and Mr Manmohan Singh Daon.
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Canadian students perform havan
Panchkula, November 13 The visitors were greeted with the traditional tilak and presented garlands by Nupur Sood and Sabia Sachdeva. The visitors then performed a havan conducted by students Gaurav Garg and Anshul Arora.
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Cultural evening by bank staff
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Dengue patient admitted to GMCH-32
Chandigarh, November 13 Dr Atul Sachdeva, Head of the Department of Medicine, confirmed that a male patient with high fever indicating symptoms of dengue has been admitted to the hospital.
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Kanwar, Simran bag shooting titles
Mohali, November 13
Mohali shooting range
Shooting ranges, Phase VI, Mohali, is perhaps the only place in the region where the facilities for clay pigeon exist. Thanks to the National Games 2001, which led to the gifting of this range by the Punjab Government to the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association. Though the facilities for air weapons are available at many places including the Sector 25 shooting range, Chandigarh, but for clay pigeon a massive structure and technical knowhow is required. Clay pigeon consists of both trap and skeet events and the machines itself costs lakhs of rupees.
In Mohali the trap and skeet machines were actually purchased from
Spieth, Spain, in 1991 when Punjab was allotted the National Games, which were not held due to militancy. For years the machines remained unused in Patiala. In 2000 these were installed in Mohali. Shooting experts feel it is high time the new machines are purchased as the present one have gone obsolete and require massive amount of money to repair. —
A.K. Kanwar has also led Sangrur team to winning the team championship. Anumeet, son of former international shooter Rana Gurmit Sodhi, also gave a good display. Anumeet represented Ferozepore and was joined by his younger brother Raghumeet in securing silver medal in team championship. Interestingly, his younger sister Gayatri Sodhi also wrapped up silver medal in women trap event title. The results are — individual: trap (men): Kanwar Dhillon1, Anumeet Sodhi 2, Amrinder Aulakh 3. Women: Simran Maan1, Jeeva and Gayatri Sodhi 2. Team championship (men): Sangrur (Kanwar and Amrinder Aulakh) 1, Ferozepore (Anumeet and Ragumeet Sodhi) 2. Bathinda (Raja K.S. Sidhu and Deep Sidhu) 3. |
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14 pugilists selected for nationals’ training camp
Chandigarh, November 13 As many as 53 boxers of various local colleges and clubs participated in the tournament. After the competition, 14 pugilists were selected for a training camp starting from November 17 at the boxing centre in Sector 42. Of these boxers, nine will be selected for national championship to be held at Jamshedpur from November 27 to December 2. The chief guest, Mr Gurmail Singh Gill, Chairman, Indian Sports Committee of Norway, distributed the prizes. Meanwhile, in the 28th Junior Men Championship State Boxing Championship held simultaneously at the same venue, Sham Yadav of the Boxing Coaching Centre (BCC), Sector 42, lost to Ravi Chaudhary in welter category. Over 32 pugilists took part in the championship. The events were organized by the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association. The other results are as follows: Senior women championship: 46 kg — Pinki Dhanwantry
College (DC) b Babli Home Science College
(HSC); 48 kg — Anjali (BCC-42) b Kalpana (HSC); 50 kg — Ankita (HSC) b Kirti (Friends Club); 52 kg — Veena (Dev Samaj College) b Navdeep
(HSC); 54 kg — Arpana (DC) b Bharti (HSC); 57 kg — Surinder (HSC) b Suman Friends College; 60 kg — Aditya (GCG-42) b Manpreet
(HSC); 63 kg — Satinder (BCC-42) b Amanpreet (DSC); 66 kg — Neetu (DC) b Ruchi Friends Club; 70 kg — Kiranjeet
(HSC) b Upasana (DC); 86 kg — Amarinder (HSC) b Minakshi (DC). Junior men championship: L/Fly — Tara Singh (Sharda-40) b Rinkku (GHS-24); Fly — Arvind (Burail Club) b Pardeep (S-40); Bantam — Mohit (S-40) b Parveen (DAV-8); Feather — Dalbir (BCC-42) b Gurkirat (GHS-7); Light — Vikas (S-40) b Arjun (BCC-42); L/Welter — Pawan b Hitesh (S-40); Welter — Ravi Chaudhary (GC-11) b Sham Yadav (BCC-42); Middle —Charanjit (S-40) b Ajay Partap (DAV-15); L/Heavy — Rahul (GMS-46) b Hartaj (GMS-35); Heavy — A Chaudhary (GMS-33) b Ankit (S-40); S. Heavy — Gurneet (S-40) b Tarunjeet (SGGS-26). |
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Balwinder enables St John’s
beat GNPS
Chandigarh, November 13 In another semifinal played today, Mohali Cricket Association beat ICL XI by seven wickets,. Brief scores: St John’s: 109 for 8 in 25 overs( Balwinder 19, Karan 17, Shivam Kashyap 20, Arjun 3 for 18) GNPS-36: 80 all out in 22.3 overs ( Jaskaran 56 n.o., Balwinder 4 for 17, Ravipritpal 2 for 9, Vardaan 2 for 17). ICL: 64 all out in 21.3 overs (Amish 22, Akash 3 for 6, Munish 3 for 12) MCA: 68 for 3 in 16.1 overs (Suber 26, Karan Khosla 1 for 1) The final will be played on November 15 at 9.30 am. |
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Sigma XI, Spice XI crush rivals in cricket tourney
Panchkula, November 13 In another match of the tournament, Spice XI beat Infosys XI by two wickets. Brief score: Sigma XI: 130 for 9 in 25 overs. (Balinder Singh 39, Gurpreet Singh 22, Manjeet 3 for 17, Ashish Mishra 2 for 19). Tata XI: 78 all out in 23 overs ( Mankesh 23, Parminder Singh 5 for 8). |
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Coaching centre-23, DAV academy win u-12 TT
championship
Chandigarh, November 13 The finals of the under-12 team championship were conducted. The girls section team championship went in favour of coaching centre-23, which downed DAV Public School academy, Sector 8, 3-1, while in the boys under-12, 3, category DAV Public School 8 academy got the better of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, 3-1. The matches of the sub-junior girls team championship also began today. Team championship finals: cadet (under-12) — DAV-8 academy b Manav Mangal-21(Mayank Sharma b Aditya Pandey11-5,11-9,11-7; Mayank Kapoor b Kashish11-5,11-9,11-7; Tushar lost to Tushar 2-11,6-11,4-11 and Mayank Kapoor b Aditya Pandey 13-11,11-4,9-11,11-8. Cadet girls (under-12) finals — coaching centre-23 b DAV academy 3-1
(Meghna Kakria b Garima 11-9,11-8,12-11; Kalyani b Barbie 7-11, 11-5,11-8,11-9; Yamini Wadhwa lost to Naina Suri 8-11,5-11,6-11; and Meghna Kakria b Barbie 10-12,11-6,11-5, 9-11,11-4. |
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4 names announced for world mobile games
Chandigarh, November 13 The championship has four official games — Midtown Madness 3, Chopper Rescue, Bruce Lee and Goolie. Team India will comprise Airtel subscribers. Deepinder Singh from Patiala (Chopper Rescue), Sundeep Singh from Jalandhar (Midtown Madness 3), Kamal Arora from Delhi (Bruce Lee) and Nanasekar Nagrajan from Salem (Goolie). The championship has been included this year as part of the world cyber games, which is considered as the Olympics of virtual gaming. Mobile gamers from India, USA, Australia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong will be competing in this championship for a prize money of $ 12,000. |
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Shilpa outclasses Ravnoor in TT
Panchkula, November 13 In the finals of the under- 10 (boys) category Digvijay Singh Naruka of Chandigarh Baptist School, Sector 45, beat Harmeet Singh of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, Chandigarh 6-0. In the finals of the under- 14 (boys) category Anshul Dev of Gymkhana Club, Panchkula, beat Karanvir Singh of Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh, 6-5. Chervi Saxena of Delhi Public School, Sector 40, thrashed Astha Thakur of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, 3-0 in the finals of the under-10 category. Later, the winners of the tournament, in which 86 players of various schools and clubs of Panchkula , Chandigarh, Mohali and neighbouring districts participated, were honoured by the school Principal, Mr Krit
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Patiala house wins overall trophy
Chandigarh, November 13 The day began with junior school students covering a distance of more than 3 km during the race. This was followed by various other events. Marshals also followed the cyclists who braved the difficult terrain in different batches. The starting point was the athletic ground of the school. The race was confined to Mohali and few other areas bordering Chandigarh. The children from all five houses Ranjit, Tagore, Nalagarh, Aitchison and Patiala took part. Ms Komal Singh, vice-president, of the school, gave away the prizes. Patiala house won the race. The overall trophy was also awarded to the Patiala House. |
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10-day tennis camp on at CLTA
Chandigarh, November 13 Mr Akhtar Ali is being assisted by CLTA’s coaches and physical trainers in this camp. |
Admn gets award for e-governance
Chandigarh, November 13 Mr Rjay Rampal, State Informatics Centre- National Informatics Centre, Chandigarh, received the award on behalf of the Chandigarh Administration at Hyderabad. The award was earlier announced by the CSI Nihlient keeping in view the fact that Chandigarh is among the leaders in terms of e-readiness as per the Government of India rating. The city has also won the Golden Icon Award for the e-sampark project. |
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