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School buses continue to ply on internal roads
Mohali, November 24 Residents have been making complaints of rash driving by drivers of school buses on C roads. This had led to accidents a number of times. Mr Anil Sharma, a resident of Phase X, complained that not only mini-buses of various schools, but even full-sized buses of two schools were passing through the C roads in his locality. He said about a month ago, he had stopped the bus of the Banyan Tree School and told the driver that buses were not allowed to ply on C roads, but this failed to make any difference. Mr N.K. Marwaha, a former senior vice-president of the municipal council, and now the general secretary of the Mohali district unit of the Congress, said children played in the streets and their life was put to danger by often rashly driven school buses plying on internal roads. A number of cars were parked on C roads by some house owners due to shortage of space and the schools buses added to the chaos in such areas. Parents should take the responsibility of dropping and picking up their children from bus stops located on B roads. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Tejveer Singh, had written letters to heads of schools running in the town on July 3, in which he had stated that the local municipal council had earmarked bus stops for school buses on B roads and these buses were not supposed to ply on C roads. The letter further said as the school was the nodal agency for the operation of these vehicles, it was their responsibility to see that the rules and regulations were complied with in letter and spirit. In case of non-compliance, strict action would be taken in public interest. The District Transport Officer along with DSP (Traffic) would have a liaison with schools to ensure compliance. Mr P.S.Kailay, DTO, said he joined here on October 10 and was not aware of the directions given in this regard by the Deputy Commissioner. He said he would get a copy of the letter and then ensure that the directions were strictly implemented. Mr Arun Saini, DSP (Traffic), said school buses plying on internal roads were being challaned daily. Yesterday 20 such buses were challaned in Zone I. He said the authorities of local schools had started cooperating in this regard but buses of schools located in Chandigarh were indulging in violations. He said residents could bring to his notice the areas where such violations were going on so that stricter action could be taken against violators.
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Admission-seeker made to run from pillar to post
Chandigarh, November 24 Mr A.K. Sood, a resident of Sector 47, has alleged that he and his niece were forced to spend the entire day yesterday running from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Mohali, to the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) office in Sector 17, here for a simple work. “We were not allowed entry at the CDAC gates and, at the SCERT office, we were told to get lost,” he said. According to Mr Sood, his niece Mukti Sood had been given provisional admission to the Elementary Teachers Training (diploma) course on November 21 during one of the counselling sessions at the CDAC, Mohali, which was conducted by the SCERT. Mr Sood said candidates, who had some deficiency in their paper work, were being admitted provisionally and were asked to complete their papers before November 27 when the next phase of counselling begins. “We were told to complete our papers and submit these at the CDAC. My niece reached here yesterday morning from Noor Mahal with after completing the papers but was refused entry. There was a notice pasted stating that for any inquiry regarding ETT, we should contact the SCERT office numbers or SCERT Director, Mr Avtar Singh. We rushed to Sector 17 and met Mr Avtar Singh but he refused to listen to us saying he had the discretion to deny admission to anyone,” said Mr Sood. Mr Sood has, in a written compliant to the Chief Secretary Punjab and Principal Secretary Education, Punjab, also alleged foul play on part of the director Mr Avtar Singh stating that all efforts were being made to accommodate students with lesser merit. Mr Avtar Singh could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. His mobile number was also blocked for incoming calls.
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Donations being sought for B.Ed seats, say students
Panchkula, November 24 Maintaining that the college offered seats in all courses for money, they said that a B.Ed degree could be had for Rs 1.5 lakh. During interaction with a cross-section of students, studying at the college, The Tribune team found that students had paid between Rs 50,000 to 1.5 lakh for admission in various courses depending on the seats available. “The donation charged for admission varies from course to course. There is a huge demand for the B.Ed course. However, when contacted, the college management denied admitting students in lieu of donations. “According to norms laid down by Kurukshetra University, 85 per cent students come through merit in the examination conducted by them. The rest of the 15 per cent are NRI seats which are converted into general seats if no candidates apply for these. These admissions, too, are made in the presence of observers from KU. There is no scope for donations,” the Vice-President of the college management, Mr Moti Lal Jindal, said. The Chairman of the management committee, Mr Roshan Lal Jindal, too said that students were not admitted on the basis of donations. “We have a number of colleges and follow a transparent procedure for admission everywhere. Merit lists are displayed and a time limit set for candidates after which the seats are passed on to the next candidate. All this is done in the presence of observers from the university. These allegations are only an attempt to bring a bad name to us,” he added.
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Education City Project: 25 institutes apply
Chandigarh, November 24 The names on the list of applicants are: All-India Management Association (New Delhi), Business School of Fashion, Chitkara Educational Saraswati Kendra, Compact Disc Limited, DAV College Management Committee, FIIB (New Delhi), Gian Jyoti Educational Society, Global Institute of Technologies Society Jaipur), IL and FS Financial Centre (Mumbai), IndSwift and Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (New Delhi), Institute for Integrated Learning in Management Steel Technology (Mandi Gobindgarh), Institute of Management Studies (Hathibrakala), Institute of Marketing and Management (New Delhi), JCBL Group Company, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (Delhi), Mintra Mandal (Delhi), Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (New Delhi), Sri Dhanvantry Educational Society and Sri Raghunath Rai Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust, besides others. The administration has identified 150 acres for the project. The areas of specialisation as envisaged in the master plan include management institutes, design, language and residential schools. It is to be noted that an IIM for the city is under consideration of the Centre.
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Assurance on new girls’ college
Panchkula, November 24 He was speaking at a
function held after the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the girls
hostel in Sector 14, here today. Mr Chander Mohan added that education
topped the agenda of the state government which was trying its best to
provide quality education to the people of Haryana. He said that the
government had also introduced cash awards as incentive for students to
study. He assured the college principal, Ms Jaishree Rana, of help in
the early completion of construction of the library, commerce block,
staff quarters, basketball and table tennis courts. Addressing the
ghathering, the president of the district Congress, Mr Om Prakash
Devinagar, said that former Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, had worked
for the overall development of the district and Mr Chander Mohan, too,
was comnmitted to the development of the city. In her welcome address,
Ms Rana said the hostel would have 30 rooms and the hostel would be
ready for occupation by July next year when the new session get
underway. She said the all-girls’ college would have the latest
facilities available at its premises.
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Exploring secularism
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 24 Dr Chandhoke is from the Department of Political Science, Delhi University and is also the Director of Developing Countries Research Centre (DCRC) and spoke on “The historical constitution of secularism in India”. Prof Chandoke said: “Bhagat Singh’s conception of secularism revolved around three dimensions, namely, the state shall not adopt any religion, there shall be no discrimination on the basis of religion and people have the freedom to practise their religion. This understanding was also shared by Nehru but given the nature of the national movement and in the aftermath of the Partition, he realised that the role of religion in politics cannot be ignored. Prof Chandoke’s lecture charted out some of the historical debates and went on to suggest that secularism was part of the democratic imagination. She concluded that to be democratic was to be secular, and to be secular was to be democratic. The session was presided over by Prof Veer Singh, DUI of Panjab University. Dr Ashutosh Kumar, Chairperson of the department, spoke about Bhagat Singh and the need to look at him as a thinker and a pioneer of radical politics. Journal released: Professor R.C. Sobti Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University today released the “Indian Journal of Education and Learning” during the valedictory session of the three exhibition and symposia on “Education and Learning”. The symposium was organised by the Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, PU and EduCARE-India.Prof Sobti said best teachers were able to translate good judgement, experience and wisdom into the art of communication and the teachers and counsellors had a key role as facilitator, motivator and guide to shaping the future of pupils. Teachers should be able to bring behavioural changes in such a way that they become productive and responsible citizens. Prof Vidhu Mohan, an eminent counsellor and former Chairperson of the Psychology Department, Panjab University enlightened the participants about the power of love, charisma and knowledge to create interest and desire for learning. She stressed that recreational and other extra-curricular activities in schools and colleges could relieve teachers and students from the boredom of teaching-learning process. Dr Sween, Director, Centre for Adult Education and Mr B.S. Bhullar, Director, EduCARE-India announced that the capacity of the event would be increased manifold to benefit the wider number of stakeholders. Prof Anil Sarwal from DAV College and Dr Latika from the Department of Education, Panjab University also spoke on the occasion.
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Promising debaters
Chandigarh, November 24 The results: First — Samikshya Losholi (Kundan Vidya Mandir, Ludhiana) and Aashish Markan (DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana); second — Vaibhav Chauhan (Major R.N. Kapoor DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt.); third — Prerna (Chaman Lal D.A.V. Senior Public School, Sector-11, Panchkula) and Rohit Kapoor (Kundan Vidya Mandir, Ludhiana). Consolation Prizes: First — Pooja Lakhanpal (Institute of Blind, Sector-26, Chandigarh); second — Kashish Bakshi (Major R.N. Kapoor DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt.) Maharishi Dayanand Memorial Sanskrit Shalokas Recitation competition: First — Anshul Sundriya (GMSSS-16); second — Sandeep Singh (Jawahar Navodaya Vidayala, Sector-25, Chandigarh); third — Simran (Major R.N. Kapoor Senior Secondary School, Ambala Cantt). Consolation Prizes: First — Kriti (Institute of Blind, Sector-26, Chandigarh); second — Konark (Major R.N. Kapoor Senior Secondary School, Ambala Cantt); third — Mandeep Saini (GMSSS-16).
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Positive and negative of globalisation
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 24 Prof S.L. Sharma, Director Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh in his inaugural address brought to focus the various challenges that has impinged upon education in the era of globalisation. He emphasized that solution lay in terms of reinvesting and restructuring the educational system. Prof V.K. Tiwari, General Secretary, AIFUCTO touching upon the historical perspective of globalisation asserted that globalisation was not in the favour of developing countries so the solution lay in making sensible choice. Prof Rajesh Gill while enumerating various facets of globalisation mentioned the positive aspects of competition that the era had generated on the positive side. “On the negative side it had swayed us away from our roots”, he said. Dr Kuldeep Puri, Department of Correspondence Studies, Panjab University reflected upon the important issues like the role of government institutions in future. Dr Amrinder Pani from the Association Indian Universities, New Delhi, said globalisation was a reality nothing could be done to escape from it. The only solution was in negotiation. Quiz contest: An inter-class literary quiz competition was organised at Government College for Girls, Sector 42 here today. The Principal of the college, Ms Inderjit Kaur, chaired the function and gave away prizes to the winner. Ms Shobhana of BA-II bagged the maximum prizes.Pharmacy exhibition: An exhibition of models on pharmacy, “Pharmakon”, was put up by students of the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy, Sector 26, here today. Dr K.C. Jindal, executive vice-president, Panacea, Lalru, inaugurated the exhibition. This was followed by a seminar.Seminar on global peace: The two days national seminar organised by the Department of Philosophy (ICSSR sponsored) on “Terrorism and global peace: policy issues for India” ended here today.Dr Maheshwar Singh from Rayat College of Law spoke on “ethnic conflicts, structural violence and security: theoretical considerations”. He said there was need to have democratic dialogue among the nations for the creative resolution of the conflicts. In the same session Dr Asha Maudgil presented a paper on “Feminism: A voice against violence”. In the next session, Mr Lallan S. Baghel spoke on Imperialism. Professor A.C. Jhulka, delivered valedictory speech. In his presentation he underlined the Indian foundation of peace. — How peace could not be constructed through constructivist approach rather it was routed in the philosophy of “Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam”.
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Festive feat at Gian Jyoti
Mohali, November 24 The function began with the lighting of ‘deep shikha’ the lamp of knowledge, which was followed by the release of a souvenir ‘Heights - 2006’. Shabads were recited and a cultural programme was presented. William Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ was
enacted. The student exhibited their creations in the subjects of science, maths, economics and art and craft. The Principal, Ms Ranjeet Bedi, presented the annual report of the school. Mr Ajoy Sharma presented cheques of Rs 8000 each to students who scored more than 90 per cent marks in their Class X Board Examination
during the session 2005-2006. He also distributed prizes to the prize winners for their academic
achievements.
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Explore new energy resources, says Pande
Chandigarh, November 24 “As the conventional hydrocarbon resources are not going to last forever, the need of the day is to understand and explore the unconventional hydrocarbon resources such as coal bed methane, gas hydrates and oil shales, but it is not an easy task. Therefore, emphasis should be on the available renewable sources of energy to sustain us,” he said. The main concern of his presentation was to bring out the total energy matrix and endowment of Indian subcontinent in terms of renewable (solar, biomass, geothermal, wind fuel cells and hydel), and non-renewable (coal, oil and gas) and nuclear energy.
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J&K sex scandal: 6 accused released
Chandigarh, November 24 However, three other accused who were granted bail could not be released on technical grounds. The counsel for the accused furnished bail bonds before the Duty Magistrate, following which the orders to release the accused were given.
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Shehnai maestro to unveil his genius today
Chandigarh, November 24 According to him, the melodious structure of all forms of Indian music had been groomed, revitalised and enriched with fresh innovations by the masters from time to time. “This phenomenon had, however, been equally influenced by changing cultural developments and the overriding taste of the people for vocal or instrumental music, and more precisely a particular instrument,” he added. Talking to the Tribune, Ustad Ali Ahmed disclosed his cherished desire to emulate the rare achievement of his grandfather Ustad Wazir Ali Khan, who was the first Indian shehnai maestro to perform at the Royal Buckingham Palace way back in 1910. Despite being a gifted vocalist himself, he was determined to master the shehnai under the tutelage of Ustad Nazir Hussain and Imdad Hussain of Benaras. Ustad Ali Ahmed Khan mesmerised Western audiences during his music concerts in Europe and Russia in 1976. Later in 1984, he performed extensively in Germany, Switzerland, Paris, Holland and also Tunisia. He also performed at concerts in the USA, Canada, Armenia and London festivals. But the Ustad lamented that there were not many takers for shehnai because of its technical limitations in the range of ‘swaras’ and rigorous toil that is required to accomplish a certain level of proficiency. A strong proponent of the ‘guru shishya parampara’ and the pristine purity of the ragas, he said that Ustad Bismillah Khan gained popularity as his shehnai recitals had the individualised familiarity of folk music laced with experimental adventurism. He was candid enough to comment that at the pinnacle of his prominence and influence, Bismillah Khan had not ‘propagated’ the shehnai. The government too promoted what caught the people’s fancy and not the art. He even nurses a grouse against film music that it has lowered the dignity of pure classical music. “In the good old days, I used to get Rs 12 for a rehearsal and Rs 20 for the final recording for a film song,” recalled the Ustad. |
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Jazz groups to perform at PU on November 30 Chandigarh, November 24 Dr J.K. Sharma, Chairman, German Department, Panjab University, said, “As music has no barriers, such events promote understanding of different cultures and interactions between different people from different social backgrounds. These events have been organised earlier also by both embassies and due to overwhelming response of public, German and Swiss jazz groups are again performing in the City Beautiful.”
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2 young hearts now beat in rhythm
Mohali, November 24 According to a press note, Syed Kumail from Karachi, Pakistan, and Harpreet Singh from Samrala had complicated heart ailments. When Syed was admitted to Fortis, he weighed just 20 kg, and showed symptoms such as severe breathlessness. It was detected that the child had a bicuspid aortic valve with severe stenosis. Dr G.S. Kalra, Director, Cardiac Catherization Lab, conducted a balloon aortic valvotomy. Syed is now stable and is recuperating. Harpreet Singh was brought with severe breathlessness and was diagnosed to have a big hole in the heart and a connecting tube between the two great vessels, leading to increased blood flow in the lungs, with sub-aortic membrane. The parents, who are very poor, were aware of his problems but were helpless due to their bad financial situation. On referral, the child was stabilised with anti-failure measures and the child was taken for open heart surgery wherein the anomaly was corrected by Dr T.S. Mahant, Executive Director, Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Fortis Hospital. The child was taken off the ventilator the next day. The Rotary Heartline Project is a sequel to the Gift of Life project of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh, which was conceived in 1999 by the former world president of Rotary International, Mr Rajendra K. Saboo, to save the lives of children from underprivileged sections of society suffering from congenital cardiac disease, informed club president Manmohan Singh. |
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First homoeopathic varsity to be set up in HP
Chandigarh, November 24 The founder-president of the World Homoeopathic Development Organisation (WHDO), Dr Mathur claimed that the university would be set up near Solan in Himachal Pradesh and the state government had granted him permission for the same. The university would also have a 500-bedded hospital and a cancer research institute named “Amrita”. Dr Mathur was in the city to address an international homoeopathic seminar organized by the WHDO at Kisan Bhavan, Sector 35, today. He said an industrial unit for manufacturing drugs for treating cancer, AIDS and heart diseases had already been set up at Parwanoo. He claimed that latest advancements in the field of homoeopathy had been proving a boon for curing diseases like cancer, HIV AIDS and other serious ailments. Dr Mathur claimed to have patented his two works — cancer cure, a drug for curing cancer and ‘rodex’, for treating thalassemia from the government of India. He claimed to have cured almost 2,500 cancer patients in countries like UK USA, Nepal and Maritius. He expressed his concern over the homoeopathic doctors for not giving written prescriptions to their patients. He appealed to the homoeopathic doctors to come on a common platform for getting recognition for homoeopathic medicines at the national level. The doctor claims to have authored a book on the homoeopathic treatments for these diseases. The book would be in the market after its release shortly, he added. Dr Mathur was also accompanied by his patients whom he had treated for the diseases. One of his patients, Mr Gurmeet Singh, a Sector 42 resident, claimed that he was suffering from bone cancer and the PGI authorities had showed their helplessness in treating him. He claimed that homoeopathic treatment of Dr Mathur saved his life. A number of patients suffering from such ailments were also examined by Dr Mathur on the occasion. |
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Rescued Vikram examined at P’kula hospital
Chandigarh, November 24 Hailing from Ramshila in Kulu district of Himachal Pradesh, Vikram is now being looked after by member of the organisation Bala Bajaj at her Panchkula house. Organisation members have decided to pool money to meet the requirements for Vikram’s medicines and food besides other sundry expenses. While talking to Chandigarh Tribune, vidyalaya’s founder president Mansa Ram Ahuja said orthopaedicians at the hospital examined Vikram and advised him certain exercises and said the recovery would take around eight months. He also claimed that the organisation had decided to locate the contractor who had employed Vikram and the owner of a Ludhiana-based guesthouse where he was working. The organisation will also verify Vikram’s past to know whether he was involved in any kind of criminal activity or not. His parental palace would also be visited to sort out his family problems, claimed Mr Ahuja. Discarded by his father Punji Ram after the death of his mother in childhood, Vikram used to live with his grandmother. His grandmother died around eight year ago and harassment by his uncles and father forced him to leave his home, added Mr Ahuja. |
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Blood donation camp organised
Mohali, November 24 The camp was inaugurated by the SDM, Mr Sandeep Hans. A team from the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, under the supervision of Dr Ravneet Kaur, collected blood. The blood donors were honoured with the mementoes. |
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Colourful sports day celebrations
Chandigarh, November 24 Major General Artillery, Western Command, Maj Gen Deepak Malhotra, who is the Chairman of the School Management Committee, was the chief guest. He appreciated the commendable effort of the staff and students and complimented them for an impressive performance. The Pratap House walked away with the top honours by bagging the sports trophy as well as overall co-curricular activities trophy. Gandhi house and Ashoka House were the joint runners-up in the co-curricular acitivies, in sports. Organised exclusively by the class XI students, the celebrations, besides comprising different track events, also included various
activities such as ring PT, fun races, aerobic and dumbbells. A fusion comprising Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Naga and Goan dances performed by the students and a dandiya performance were the highlights of the cultural show organised on the occasion. The principal, Lt. Col N.R. Baberwal (retd) presented the annual report, highlighting the activities and achievements of the school. |
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Roller skating championship begins
Chandigarh, November 24 As many as 500 boys and girls in categories of under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 19 from North Zone-1, North Zone-2, East Zone, West Zone and South Zone are participating in rink-1, rink-2, road race, inline and quad events. A cultural programme was presented by school children which included Ganesh vandana, artistic presentation on skates, Punjabi dance with fire works, ‘Ooh Aah India’ and ‘Yeh Sama’. Mr Phool Chand Maulana, Education, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister, Ms Sheetal Sharma, Director Public School, DAV CMC, Delhi, Mr D.R. Yadava, Regional Officer cum Joint Secretary, CBSE Panchkula, Mr Ashwani Kumar DPI and Mr Pushkar Vohra, AEO (Sports) CBSE, were also present on the occasion. Results: Rink Race - I (Quad) Boys: 1 Ankit Rana, 2 P.V.S. Ajay, 3 Saksham Choudhary; Raghav Sachdeva, 2 Gaurav Thakur, 3 Siddarth Choudhary; U-12: 1 Ankit Wadhwa, 2 K. Hariharan, 3 Viney Dembla; U-14: 1 Yudhvir Mann, 2 Dhananjay Charak, 3 G. Manoj; U-14: 1 Akshay Kapoor, 2 Yogesh Varma, 3 Varun Chauhan; U-16: 1 Rajat Sethi, 2 Gulrajan Singh, 3 Teh Sunn Liu; Girls: Rink Race - I (Quad): U-8: 1 M.R. Drithika, 2 Divyanjana Nikam , 3 K. Nikhitha; U-10: 1 Kanupriya Awasthy, 2 Shree Raksha K.S., 3 Akhila Roy Chowdhury; U-12: 1 Neha Harish, 2 Manushi Pandit, 3 Ananya Khajuria; U-14: 1Nikitha Harish, 2 Ambica Batas, 3Tanya Thakur; U-16: 1 Raveena Chauhan 2 Mehak Paul, 3 Neha Narwal; U-19: 1 V. Parinitha, 2 K.N. Praneeta, 3 Vaishnvi |
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St Stephen’s beat St Kabir in football
Chandigarh, November 24 The highlight of the match was a fine three-in-a-row feat by Jasbir Singh. He began chasing his hat-trick by scoring his first goal with a solo effort in the seventh minute. His second and third goals came in the 17th and 27th minutes, respectively. Bikram got the fourth goal for the winners in the 35th minute. It was St Stephen’s second successive win in the three-team league programme. Hosts St Kabir School, Sector 26 maintained their all-win record as they blanked Doon International School by 3-0 in their last Pool D outing. Sanchit (5th), Shivam (8th) and Dashmesh (23rd) contributed one goal each for the winners. St Kabir registered their third successive win in the four-team league programme. Pool B leaders St John’s School, Sector 26, also scored an identical 3-0 win over DAV Public School, Sector 8. Chander Mohan scored two goals (19th and 37th minutes) for the winners. Uday Partap Sandhu contributed one goal in the 40th minute. Last year’s runners-up St Peter’s School, Sector 37 toiled to beat Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 18 by 1-0. The all-important goal was scored by Shrish in the 18th minute. A second minute goal by Karan helped Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula beat St Xavier’s of Panchkula by 1-0 in a pool D fixture. Ryan Interntional School, Sector 49 qualified for quarter-final as they beat Mount Carmel of Sector 47 by 2-0. Amit (30th) and Rajatdeep Deol (31st) scored one goal each in a span of two minutes. Moti Ram Arya School, Sector 27 did not turn up for their match as their opponents St Xavier’s-44 were awarded a walkover. At the conclusion of pool matches, the quarter-finalists in the St Kabir Chandigarh State Football Championship for Under-12 were identified today. The quarter-final line-up is: Pool A winners St Stephen’s-45 vs Pool B runners-up St Xavier’s-45; Pool C winners Ryan Interntional-49 vs Pool D runners-up St Xavier’s Panchkula; Pool A runners-up St Joseph’s vs Pool B winners St John’s-26 and Pool C runners-up St Peter’s-37 vs Pool D winners St Kabir School-26. |
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Asia Cup: hockey probables raring to go
Chandigarh, November 24 The fours’ Rupinder Pal Singh, Simrandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and Dharamvir Singh, have been selected for attending the coaching camp at SAI Stadium, Bhopal on November 27. Talking to this Correspondent, coach Jasbir Singh Bajwa said: “All are under my training at the academy since its inception in 2002.This would be a good learning experience for them. All are national gold medallists (u-17) and very hard working and good in their respective areas, especially Rupinder Pal Singh and Dharamvir Singh, who were also contenders for the Asia cup tournaments held in Hyderabad in November last.” Elated over selection, Rupinder said: “ I am delighted to represent the Chandigarh academy and I will try my best to give my 100 per cent”. “It is hard to find a full back player like Rupinder , who has speed stamina and skill to execute the goal. He has got the calibre of a world class player and I think he would definitely be an asset for our National squad. Recently he was among the team members which bagged bronze (u-17) in the Nehru Cup tournament held in Delhi. He was also declared as best ‘full back’ in the senior national event held in Amritsar and got Rs 2500 as prize money. Another forward line player, Dharamvir Singh, is a player with speed and great distribution sense”. The others centre half, Simrandeep Singh, is proficient in dragflicking which is an important ingredient for a balanced team. “He is good at slabbing (pushing the ball). In days to come, he could be considered as good as dragflicker Sandeep Singh,” said Bajwa. It is going to be first major exposure for Harmanpreet Singh who is proficient in distribution, dribbling and master in making game strategy. “It’s my first major chance and I will capitalize it very positively,” he said. Talking about their preparation programme, Bajwa said, “They had undergone a special class yesterday evening where they were told to be disciplined . I hope they would definitely make our city proud with their expertise in stickwork.” All are studying in class X in Government Model High School, Sector 42. |
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AG Punjab thrash Haryana in hockey
Chandigarh, November 24 In a one-sided affair, defending champion AG Punjab thrashed AG Haryana by 6-0 while Delhi Audit outclassed AG UP by 3-1 to reach the finals. In the match between AG Punjab and AG Haryana, Tabish Hayat of Punjab opened the account for his team in the third minute. Just after three minute, a reverse hit by Avtar Singh sounded the board to extend the lead 2-0. The next goals came in 19th minute (Harpreet Singh Gill), 26th minute (Vikram Saini), 40th minute (Harpreet Gill) and 56th minutes
(Tabish Hayat). In the second semi-final of the day, Delhi Audit beat AG UP by 3-1. Delhi’s Jagminder converted a penalty corner into a goal in the 17th minute. Sanjeev’s goal in 20th minute enabled Delhi to get alead 2-0 at the half
time. Kamar Ali of UP reduced the margin but P D Gautam sealed Delhi’s victory 3-1 in the 46th minute. Now, AG Punjab will take on Delhi Audit in the final at 2.30 pm at the same venue. |
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Tennis: Mandeep defeats Shaolin
Chandigarh, November 24 The results (final): U-18 (singles): Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) b Chandam Shaolin (Chd) 6-2, 6-0; Boys u-12 (singles): Digvijay Singh Naruka (Chd) b Nischay Rawal (Chd) 6-1, 6-2; Girls u-18 (singles): Noor Paul (Chd) b Poorna (Chd) 7-6 (6), 6-3; Girls u-12 (singles): Bhavika Wadhawan (Chd) b Shreya Malhotra (Del) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Boys u-12 (Double): Digvijay Singh Naruka (Chd) and Kamal Kishore Maderana (Raj) b Ayush Mintri (Pb) and Pankaj Kumar (Chd) 6-4, 6-1; Girls u-18 (Doubles): Noor Paul (Chd) and Shilpa Naruka (Chd) b Ankita Singh (Chd) and Poorna (Chd) 6-2, 6-1; Boys u-18 (doubles): Chandam Shaolin (Chd) and Digvijay Singh Mehta (HP) b Inderjot Singh (Pb) and Santosh Ghatage (Mah) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.
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Table tennis tourney from Dec 3
Chandigarh, November 24
Entries can be submitted to the Manager, Chandigarh Press Club, before December 3. An entry
fee of Rs 50 per category will be charged from each participant. A press note issued
here said the categories in which matches will be held are men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. |
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