Chandigarh, December 9
Resuming from the overnight score of 309 runs for three, Karnataka today batted formidably to pile up a huge total of 511 runs for five before declaring their first innings in the Cooch Behar (Under19) Cricket Tournament which entered the second day here today at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.

Ganesh remained unbeaten for 130 runs with 14 hits to the fence. Amit Verma was another star batsman who scored 118 runs . He had 14 boundaries and two sixers in his total score. Ali Murtaza of Uttar Pradesh bagged two wickets for 93 runs.

In reply, Uttar Pradesh played 32 overs and were one wickets down for 111 runs. Gaurav Goel batted well with 48 runs and scored six boundaries. Brijinder was unbeaten with 28 runs. Tomorrow is the final day of the tournament.

Chandigarh, December 9
Pooja and Mohit Rana of Lily House secured first place in 100 metres on the second day of the annual athletics meet of Sri Guru Harkrishan Model School, Sector 38-D, at Sector 46 sports complex. The 400 metres race for girls was also a close finish, with Amandeep of Rose House winning by a split second.

Results: Category — I 100 mts (girls): Pooja 1, Nancy 2, Mandeep3, 200 mts (boys): Deepak 1, Ramandeep 2, Satbir 3, (girls): Amandeep Kaur 1, Harjeet 2, Sarabjeet 3, 400 mts (boys): Jaspreet Singh 1, Dapinder 2, Ramandeep 3, (girls): Amandeep 1, Pooja 2, Mandeep 3, 800 mts (boys): Harpreet 1, Dheeraj 2, Karanveer 3, 1500 mts (boys): Navneet 1, Sumit 2, Harpreet 3, long jump (boys): Dheeraj 1, Deepak Rana 2, Sumit 3, high jump (boys): Raman 1, Swapnil 2, Jatin 3.

Category — II: 100 mts (boys): Mohit Rana 1, Raman 2, Gaurav 3, (girls) Palak 1, Priyanka 2, Harpreet 3, 200 mts (boys): Gurpreet 1, Amandeep 2, Harminder 3, (girls) Vaninder 1, Guddi 2, Pooja 3, 400 mts (boys): Gaurav Singh 1, Parwinder 2, Himanshu 3, (girls): Gursahib 1, Tanya 2, Shivati 3, 800 mts (boys): Navneet 1, Mohit 2, Jaswinder 3.

Category — III: 100 mts (girls) : Shally 1, Manisha 2, Manmeet 3, 200 mts (girls): Vibha 1, Gurpreet 2, Deeksha 3, 400 mts (girls): Pooja 1, Avantika 2.

Chandigarh, December 9
The Chandigarh Administration has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Adviser to the UT Administrator for setting up a Heritage Conservation Centre in the direction of placing the city on the list of World Heritage City.

An official press note here yesterday said the Home Secretary who is also Secretary Tourism would be the Vice-Chairman of the committee. The other members of the committee include the Finance Secretary, Chief Architect, Principal of College of Architecture, Mrs Kiran Joshi, Lecturer at CCA, Mr M.N.Sharma, a former Chief Architect, Director of Tourism, Director Public Relations and Mrs Sangeeta Mehta Bagga, a lecturer at CCA.

The Adviser has constituted a state-level committee to screen and scrutinise the proposals received from voluntary organisations, which would be subsequently forwarded to the National Archives of India for financial assistance. The non-official members of the committee include Prof Indu Banga (history), Prof Pushpinder Syal (English) and Prof H.R. Chopra (library and information science), all from Panjab University.

The committee will receive all applications or proposals for financial assistance under the scheme from various non-governmental organisations or individuals located within its jurisdiction. It will examine the proposals to ascertain the coverage of applicant under the said scheme and the status of the applicant institution/individual, including their capacity to pool in their matching share.

The importance and feasibility of the proposal or project will also be examined. It will submit the recommendation and observation to National Archives of India for consideration in the meetings of the grants committee for the said scheme.