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Medicos present ‘Sur Sangam’
Our Correspondent

Panchkula, June 17
A mix of old and contemporary melodies was presented during ‘Sur Sangam’, the annual event organised by a unit of medical professionals and surgeons at Panchkula today.

This year’s event, under the direction of Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj, is the ninth in the series.

A strong crowd of over 4000 music lovers is a veritable testimony to the popularity of this annual musical bonanza.

After the traditional lighting of the lamp by the chief guest, Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chander Mohan, the programme began with Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj’s rendering of ‘Pyaar baante chalo’.

Dr Suman Joshi sang the romantic ‘Kaliyon ne ghungat kholle’ and the patriotic ‘Kar chale ham’ while Dr Rozy Aneja from Ambala enlivened the pathos with her song ‘Gairon pe sitam’

Noted surgeon Dr Rupak, who has the experience of such concerts in London, captivated the audience with ‘Nee sayio’. Jainendra Singh of AIR was the compere of the show.

Camp on waterborne diseases
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Chandigarh, June 17
The Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Panjab University, organised a one-day awareness camp in Sarangpur Village on the prevention and care of waterborne diseases here today. More than 50 women from the village participated in the camp.

Dr Sween, Director of the centre, said prevention is easier than cure.

One needs to guard against the danger of food and water getting contaminated in the wake of the forthcoming monsoon to guard against cholera, typhoid, dysentery and diarrhoea.

Dr R.K. Khullar, additional chief medical officer from PU, Upasana Walia, Government Hospital, Sector 16 and Ms Bhupinder Kaur, a former sarpanch of the village, also spoke on the occasion.

Amit, Raghav reach final
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Karan Patnaik in action during a tennis championship in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Chandigarh, June 17
Amit Chauhan and Raghav Shingal reached the final of the under-14 category beating their respective opponents Gagandeep Singh 6-1, 6-2 and Jaiwardhan 6-2, 6-4 on the penultimate day of the L.D. Kapoor Memorial YMCA Yonex Total Tennis Championship held at YMCA Total Tennis complex, here today.

In girls u-12 category, Sheshna Sekhri had mixed success winning over first-time semi-finalist Harkirat Kaur but she lost to Ravnoor Kaur in the u- 14 category.

In doubles, the top-seeded duo Sunny and Sachin Patil were the first to reach the final defeating Gauravinder Singh Toor and Shobit 6-3, 6-2. Now, they will face the fourth seeded pair of Devinder Kapoor and Karan Patnaik, who defeated the second seeded pair of Akshat Joshi and Nikhil Hooda in straight sets at 6-1, 7-5.

The Results (semifinals) :

Girls u- 12 : Sheshna Sekhri b Harkirat Kaur 7-6(3), 6-4

Girls u- 14: Prabhamrit Kaur b Rhythm 6-0, 6-1; Ravnoor Kaur b Sheshna Sekhri 6-3, 6-2

Boys u- 10: Kritarth b Sanchit Thakur 6-2, 6-0; Fatehdeep Singh b Rohin Vinayak 6-4, 6-4

Boys u-12 : Nischay Rawal b Jatin Khar b 6-4, 6-2 Pragun Vinayak b Srijan Uppal 7-5, 6-3

Boys u-14: Raghav Singhal b Jaiwardhan 6-2, 6-4 Amit Chauhan b Gagandeepsingh 6-1, 6-2

Boys u- 18 : Gauravindersing b Ravneet Saini 6-4, 6-1; Abhairaj Singh b Akshat Joshi 6-4, 6-2

Men’s (singles): Karan Patnaik b Gauravinder Singh Toor 6-3, 6-3; Sunny b Sachin Patil 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Men’s (doubles): Sunny and Sachin Patil b Gauravinder Singh Toor and Shobil Phutela 6-3, 6-2; Devinder Kapoor and Karan Patnaik b Akshat and Nikhil 6-1, 7-5.

Harkarman is u-4 boys champ
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Chandigarh, June 17
Harkarman emerged winner in the under-4 (boys) while Pratibha won among girls in the 4-6 year category in the speed skating on the opening day of St Xavier’s Roller Skating Carnival held at Skating Rink, Sector 10, here today.

In the roller hockey senior men’s event, Chandigarh registered a thumping victory over Sangrur 5-1. The Kurukshetra team gave a tough fight to the Patiala team but finally lost the match 4-5. In the sub-junior boys’ group KB DAV, Chandigarh team defeated Rollar Hawk team 4-1 while AKSIPS team beat Sangrur team 4-1. In another match, Kurukshetra team defeated the Blue Birds, Panchkula team 3-0.

As many as 300 skaters from Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana are taking part under different age groups in this two-day skating meet in which events in Roller Skating, Roller Hockey, Speed Skating and artistic skating are being held.

The results of Speed Skating:

U-4 years (boys): 1 Harkarman, 2 Manan, 3 Nirbhai; U- 4 years (girls): 1 Ananyaa, 2 Tanisha, 3 Khayati; 4-6 years (boys): 1 Anmol, 2 Kartik, 3 Ansh; 4-6 years (girls): 1 Pratibha, 2 Kartik, 3 Komal; 6-8 years (boys): 1 Mohit, 2 Shubkaram, 3 Akshit; 6-8 years (girls): 1 Tamana, 2 Karan/Sirjana 3 Richa; 8-10 years (boys): 1 Akshay, 2 Sahil, 3 Hemant; 8-10 years (girls): 1 Darshvinder, 2 Navroop, 3 Ambika; 10-12 years (boys): 1 Hardeep, 2 Sarabjot 3. Anshul; 10-11 years (girls): 1 Celeste, 2 Aditi, 3 Apurva; 12-14 years (boys): 1 Maninder, 2 Rahul, 3 Vipin; 12-14 years (girls): 1 Mehak, 2 Pawandeep, 3 Pragya; Above 14 years (boys): 1 Amanbir, 2 Gurnazar, 3 Sachin; Above 14 years (girls): 1 Anupria, 2 Gurleen, 3 Deepika.

Tennis tourney gets underway
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Chandigarh, June 17
Gurinder Singh beat Sachin Jindal (7-0) in the boys’ under-14-(second round) on the inaugural day of the CLTA Hot Weather Tennis Tournament, being held at CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here today.

In the girls u-14 (first round), Shivika Sharma defeated Sheshna (7-4),

The results:

Boys u-12 (first round): Anubhav Wadhera b Jaideep Sidhu (6-1), Bhavya Jain b Sumit Pal Singh (6-4), Rajat Sindhu b Gurpreet Singh (6-0), Ranraj Singh b Anshul Chawla (6-3), Shashwat Poddar b Ashish (6-2), Himanshu Gupta b Rachit Jain (6-2), Sarthak Das b Shorab Singh (6-5(4)), Prabhsimran Singh Bal b Dilpreet Singh Khalon (6-3), Rajveer Singh b Puneet (6-2), Angad Singh b Gursimran Singh (6-5 (5)), Parampun b Arjun Singh (6-1), Dhawal b Manav Poddar (6-1).

Boys u-12 (second round) Digvijay Singh Naruka b Anubhav Wadhera (6-1), Bhavya Jain b Dhruv Walia (6-1), Srijan Uppal b Ranraj Singh (6-1), Jatin Kharb b Shashwat Poddar (6-0), Nikhil Peshawaria b Jivtesh Singh Dhaliwal (6-4), Pranav Suri b Raghav Talwar (6-1), Pragun Vinayak b Rahul (6-0), Bhavtaranpreet Singh b Himanshu Gupta (6-1), Shubham Viz b Sarthak Das (6-0), Uday Singh Mann b Prabhsimran Singh Bal (6-1), Harmeet Singh b Harpreet Singh (6-2), Arjun Mehra b Rajveer Singh (6-2), Rohin Vinayak b Angad Singh (6-2), Anhad Singh Miglani b Param Pun (6-1), Jatinder Singh b Dhawal (6-3).

Boys u-14 (first round): Devbir Singh b Dhawal (7-1), Ishaan Gupta b Gursimran Singh (7-6(6)), Hittes Gupta b Raghubir Singh (7-1), Samman Verma b Jatinder Singh (7-3), Siddhartha b Manjinder Singh (7-0), Anupam Chetri b Amol Singh (7-3), Jaivardhan Gupta b Arjun Mehra (7-4), Vishabhdeep b Anshul Chawla (7-5), Raghav Singal b Uday Mann (7-4), Bikramjeet Singh Kang b Kuldeep (7-0), Nitesh Peshawaria b Taranveer Singh (7-2), Digvijay Singh Naruka b Shagun Siddhartha (7-1)

Boys u- 14 (second round): Gurinder Singh b Sachin Jindal (7-0), Devbir Singh b Ishaan Gupta (7-2), Hitesh Gupta b Samaan Verma (7-0), Anupam Chhetri b Siddharth (7-4), Jaivardhan Gupta b Vishabh Dev (7-2), Digvijay Singh Naruka b Nitish Peshawaria (7-0).

Girls u-14 (first round): Shivika Sharma b Sheshna (7-4), Bhavika Wadhawan b Apoorva (7-1), Arpan Chahal b Ramneek Kaur (7-6 (3)), Inderjot b Shiana Dewan (7-1), Ravnoor Kaur b Ganeev (7-0), Rhythm b Avneet (7-6 (2)).

Boys u-18 (first round): Sukhsimran b Ranbir Singh (8-3), Raja Singh b Nitish Peshawaria (8-6), Aneet Singh b Suneer Verma (8-4), Amanjeet Singh b Ankit Rana (8-2), Vaibhav Gupta b Gursimran Singh (8-0).

Boys u-18 (second round): Mandeep Gill b Jaivardhan Gupta (8-0), Gurvinder Singh b Sian Das (8-3), Akshat Joshi b Sukhsimran Singh (8-5), Raghav Singal b Raja Singh (8-0), Ashok b Amanjeet Singh (8-6), Amrinder Singh Mann b Sunny (8-4), Gurinder Singh b Suneer Verma (8-2), Vaibhav Gupta b Ravneet Saini (8-6).