COURTS

Hearing on MC chief’s plea today
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 14
The hearing on the petition filed by the Municipal Council President, Mr Tarun Bhandari, against the taking up of a no-confidence motion against him, has been postponed till tomorrow. Mr Justice H. S. Bedi, who heads the Division Bench, before which the case was filed, was on leave today.

The fate of the no-confidence motion, which will be taken up tomorrow, rests on the outcome of the Punjab and Haryana High Court decision. Though the re-grouping of the councillors in the Municipal Council (between councillors supported by Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chander Mohan and INLD councillors) is on for the no-confidence motion, it is likely the INLD candidates may not come to the rescue of Mr Bhandari.

Mr Bhandari had challenged the legality of holding a meeting by the members tomorrow to decide on a no-confidence motion against him. In his petition, Mr Bhandari has stated that a similar motion had been brought sometime back but the Congress councillors, who had moved the no-confidence motion against him, had withdrawn the motion. In his petition, Mr Bhandari has claimed that the councillors could not have withdrawn the motion, as the meeting had already begun when they gave their application for withdrawal.

CULTURE

Protection of cultural property discussed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 14
The sixth conference of the International Council of Biodeterioration of Cultural Property (ICBCP) was inaugurated today at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, by Nek Chand Saini, director, Rock Garden.

“I am not in the habit of delivering lectures,” he said in his inaugural address, “so I wish success for the conference.”

The aim of the conference is to discuss advancements in the protection of cultural property from the vagaries of biological degradation. Cultural property comprises caves, historical buildings, wan paintings, wooden artefacts, stone sculptures, paper paintings, paper and palm-leaf manuscripts and textiles.

According to a survey done by Dr O.P. Agrawal, Director-General, INTACH’s Indian Council of Conservation Institute, Lucknow, and president of the ICBCP: “Almost 80 per cent of damage to heritage material is due to biological factors.”

The research generated by the ICBCP is then used to energies universities, museums and libraries to take up biodeterioration as a subject but Dr Agrawal says this is not happening. “This is still a nascent field of study where research and treatment must grow simultaneously,” he said.

In his address, Dr Hideo Arai, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, ICBCP reiterated, “Our strong initiative with respect to research and communication must be hastened. Apart from national dignitaries, who must play a crucial role in protection of cultural property, even the young generation should get involved.”

The organisation meets every three years with earlier conference sites being Lucknow (where the organisation was founded), Yokohoma, Bangkok, Teheran, Sydney and now Chandigarh after a gap of five years.

The research material generated will be compiled into articles and published in the form of a book as well, to serve as reference material for museums, libraries and universities. 

SPORTS

Deepika, D’souza enter badminton finals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 14
Deepika of the Punjab and Haryana team will take on A D’souza of Mumbai -A in the finals of badminton Individual Event beating Aswini Kale of Maharashtra in the semifinals held at the Sector 42 Badminton hall , here, today.

The Nabotsav sports meet is being organised by the NABARD Employees Sports and Recreation Club, Chandigarh, in various disciplines at various centres of the city. In table tennis meet, under women singles final, Kiran Kapoor of Mumbai defeated Rajashree also of Mumbai 3-0.

Badminton

Team event (Semifinal): Mumbai-B b Punjab-Haryana; Mumbai-A b Andhra Pradesh;

Andhra Pradesh b Punjab-Haryana (AP-3rd Position; Punjab-Haryana-4th Position)

Individual event (semifinal): Open Women’s singles Deepika (Punjab and Haryana) b Aswini Kale (Maharashtra) and reached final.

Deepika will play A D’souza (Mumbai-A) tomorrow.

Mixed Doubles (Semi Final): Mumbai-A b Andhra Pradesh. Gujarat b Maharashtra.

Men’s Singles (Semifinal): V.K. Sharma (Mumbai-A) b MA Narasimhan (Mumbai-B) S. Dwivedi(AP) b Rahul Tandon (Mumbai-A).

Men’s Doubles (Final): Mumbai-A b Rajasthan (Mumbai-A: Winner and Rajasthan: Runner-up).

Table Tennis

Women Singles (final) Kiran Kapoor (Mumbai) b Rajashree (Mumbai) 3-0.

Men’s Doubles (Semifinal): V.K. Pawha & N.K. Gupta (Punjab-Haryana) b Milind Kulkarni and Natrajan (Mumbai) by 3-2, G Kapoor and Madhu Murty (UP) b SH Bhagora and K.K. Meena (Gujarat) by 3-2.

Mixed Doubles (Final)

G Kapoor and K Mahendru (UP) b NK Gupta and Poonan (Punjab and Haryana) by 3-2

Chess (Final)

First Position: D Roy (West Bengal) Second Position: Manoj Kumar (Bihar)

Third Position: RK Sharma (MP) There were 20 states in the fray and RK Acharya

(Punjab-Haryana) ranked fourth.

Cricket

Mumbai vs Punjab-Haryana:

Mumbai 147 for loss of 8 wickets

Punjab-Haryana all out for 92

Mumbai reached final

Kiran Raut of Mumbai : Man of the Match

North Zone vs South Zone:

North Zone all out for 152

South Zone 154 for loss of 5 wickets

South Zone won by 5 wickets

M Raju of South Zone : Man of the match

Mumbai meet East Zone in final tomorrow.

Carrom

Men’s Singles (Quarter Final) : Winners - Mumbai-A(2), Mumbai-B, Maharashtra

Women’s Doubles (Quarter Final) : Winners - Mumbai-A, Mumbai-B, UP and Bihar Mixed Doubles (Semifinal): Winners-Mumbai-A and Bihar.

Music

Vijay Khapekar (Mumbai) — First Pramod Patil (Maharashtra) — Second C. Saraswati (BIRD, Lucknow) — Third Awadesh Bahadur (Rajasthan) — Consolation Prize B Thyagrajan (Gujarat) — Consolation Prize.