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Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, February 29
Manpreet was adjudged the best athlete in the 5th Annual Sports Day of the Chitkara College of Education for Women, which was held at the Chitkara campus today.

As many as 100 students participated in various track and field events.

The chief guest Dr Raj Kumar, director sports, Punjabi University, Patiala, exhorted the students to make sports a part of their daily routine.

Results: High Jump: 1 Manpreet, 2 Mohinder, 3 Harpreet; shot put: 1 Manpreet, 2 Jaswinder, 3 Ravinder; 100m: 1 Narinder, 2 Poonam, 3 Jaswinder; 200m: 1 Poonam, 2 Vandana, 3 Ravinder.

Relay Race: 1 Tulips 2 Lotus, 3 Carnations; long Jump: 1 Mohinder, 2 Richa, 3 Harpreet; discus throw: 1 Jaswinder, 2 Gurpreet, 3 Prabhjot.

Ambala, February 29
A bomb hoax in Ambala Cantt and Ambala City had the police on tenterhooks today. Officials informed that a threat had been received at the residence of the SP K.V. Ramna, today morning.

Officials informed that an anonymous caller made a call to the SP’s residence and stated that a bomb would go off at the Galaxy Mall, Ambala railway station and bus stand, at noon. The police force was immediately deployed at the said places and the bomb squad was also pressed into action.

Talking to The Tribune the SP said, “We took the threat very seriously and immediately deployed the police and pressed the dog squad into action.”

Passengers at the railway station and bus stand were also checked and were asked to remain alert and report any untoward incident to the police. Though the police withdrew after thoroughly checking the places and not finding anything, however leaving nothing to chance the police deployed a few security personnel till late night. The police also traced the anonymous call; it was made from an STD booth in Ambala Cantt.

Bassi Pathana, February 29
The police today arrested a peddler, Babandeep Singh alias Babbu of Hakima Mohalla, with smack. According to the DSP the police has started a campaign against the anti-social elements, particularly drug sellers. 

SHO noticed a suspicious person during patrolling near Jarkhelan Chowk and on search, found 3 gm smack from his possession. A case has been registered under Sections 21, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act.

Bassi Pathana, February 29
On the complaint of a retired teacher Kailsah Kaur, the district police has registered an FIR against Tejinder Singh and others, who were owners of a Chandigarh-based firm, Top Indian Promoters and Colonisers. They were developing a residential colony 'Anmol City' at Fatehgarh Sahib.

Kailash, who had retired as a government teacher, in a complaint to the SSP had alleged that she had purchased a plot of 256 sq yards in Anmol City from Top Indian Promoters and colonisers for Rs 8.34 Lakhs. She paid Rs 6 lakh in three instalments. As per the agreement, the registry date was February 28, 2007. She said when she approached the company with the final amount; they failed to get the registry done in her name as they failed to get the colony approved from PUDA. They further extended the date to June 6, 2007, but again failed.

She said on August 2, 2007, she approached the company to get her agreement cancelled. The company issued a post-dated cheque which bounced. While talking to the mediapersons, she said she contacted the colonisers repeatedly but they refused to pay back the money. SSP marked the enquiry to DSP and DSP in his enquiry had recommended registering an FIR against Tejinder Singh and Rajwant Singh, who were partners. 

Fatehgarh Sahib, February 29
As many as 14 nursing students of Canadian Institute of International Studies (CIIS) were awarded bachelors degrees and advanced citations under CIIS- UCOL joint programme in nursing during a convocation-cum-pass out ceremony organised here today on CIIS Jalvehra campus.

Top functionaries of the CIIS and Universal College of Learning (UCOL), New Zealand, were present.

Chandigarh, February 29
Lashing out at huge expenditure on organising mega events like the forthcoming Commonwealth Games-2010, renowned Indian women hockey captain Avinash Sidhu said it would not benefit in the development of sports scenario here.

“Spending around Rs 4,500 crore on hosting the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi is certainly not a wise step. Instead, the amount should be used to develop the sports infrastructure as well as to prepare the sportspersons at grassroots level. Ours is a poor country. So the emphasis should be on the development of the sports culture at junior level”, said Dr Avinash Sidhu, who was in the city to participate in national seminar on ‘Sports, Exercise, Health Connections’ being held at Panjab University Premises here today.

Besides leading the Indian women hockey team to bronze medal in the Ist Asian Hockey Championship held at New Delhi in 1968, the versatile sportsperson Avinash has also captained the country’s volleyball team. She has won third position in 4X 100 m relay race, representing Madhaya Pradesh in the XX National Games in 1962 and National Basketball Championship in 1964.

“Undoubtedly, there is an overall improvement in sports scenario but we still lack in good basic foundation, which is the major reason of failure of our sportspersons at big level.

“We need organised physical education programmes in schools. In my viewpoint, most of the sports associations and federations have been working for their vested interests. This menace should also be checked”, said Dr Avinash, who has acted as umpire in various international events, including three Asian Games in 1986 (Seoul), 1990 (Beijing) and 1994 (Hiroshima).

Dr Avinash has also served as a consultant sports psychologist at Bangladesh Institute of Sports at Dhaka.

Underlining the role of education in sports, Dr Avinash said intellectual abilities were equally important for a sportsperson to reach top level.

There should be provisions in the sports policy to provide good education to talented sportspersons”, said Dr Avinash.

Mohali, February 29
Mohammad Wasim of Tagore House cornered glory by clinching two gold medals in 400 and 800 meters races in above 16 boys’ category on the fifth day of the 29th Annual Athletics Meet of YPS that concluded at Yadavindra Public School here today.

In the girls (above 15) shot put event, Vasundhra of Patiala House secured first position while Navdeep Dhillon of Ranjit House and Simrata Dhanjal of Nalagarh House finished second and third, respectively.

Other results:

Girls: 4X400 meters (above 15): 1 Nalagarh House, 2 Patiala House, 3 Ranjit House; high jump (above 15): 1 Ravinderpreet, 2 Aanchal, 3 Sumeet Gill.

4X400 m (U-11): 1 Nalagarh House, 2 Tagore House, 3 Patiala House; 4X400 m (U-13): 1 Aitchison House, 2 Tagore House, 3 Ranjit House; high jump (U-15): 1 Harkiran Nain, 2 Ada Gupta, 3 Disha Likhari.

200m (above 15): 1 Aanchal Bajwa, 2 Vasundhara, 3 Dilshad; 4X100 m (U-11): 1 Tagore House, 2 Ranjit House, 3 Nalagarh House; shot put (above 15): 1 Vasundhara, 2 Navdeep Dhillon, 3 Simrata Dhanjal.

4X100 m (U-15): 1 Tagore House, 2 Patiala House, 3 Ranjit House, 1500 m (above 15): 1 Aanchal Bajwa, 2 Navdeep Dhillon; 200 m (U-13): 1 Palak, 2 Tarini, 3 Jasleen; 200 m (U-11): 1 Sandeep, 2 Amanat, 3 Harleen; 4X400 m (U-15): 1 Tagore House, 2 Patiala House, 3 Ranjit House.

Boys: 4X400 m (U-12): 1 Tagore House, 2 Ranjit House, 3 Nalagarh House; 4X400 m (U-10): 1 Tagore House, 2 Patiala House, 3 Aitchson House; 200 m (U-14): 1 Kirtanbir, 2 Simran S. Soni, 3 Aman Sharma.

800 m (above 16): 1 Mohammed Wasim, 2 Arshdeep Brar, 3 Gurjinder; 200 m (U-16): 1 Ankit Saini, 2 Kabir, 3 Ravnoor;

400 m (U-12): 1 Siddharth, 2 Shubham Rathore, 3 Himanshu Saggu.

4X400 m (U-16): 1 Aitchison House, 2 Patiala House, 3 Nalagarh House; 4X400 m (U-14): 1 Tagore House, 2 Aitchison House, 3 Patiala House; 400 m (above 16): 1 Mohammad Wasim , 2 Aatish Bhalaik, 3 Akash.

4X100 m (U-12): 1 Tagore House, 2 Aitchison House, 3 Patiala House; 4X100 m (U-10): 1 Patiala House, 2 Ranjit House, 3 Aitchison House; 4X100 m (above 16): 1 Aitchison House, 2 Nalagarh House, 3 Ranjit House. 4X100 m (U-16): 1 Aitchison House, 2 Patiala House, 3 Tagore House; high jump (U-16): 1 Kabir, 2 Parambir S. Brar, 3 Sharad Aneja.

Panchkula, February 29
Dharamvir of Rewari won three gold medals in 100 m race, 200 m race and long jump event on the opening day of the two-day 10th Annual Sports Meet of Haryana Warehousing Corporation that started at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, here today.

Amit, another sportsperson from Rewari, clinched two gold medals in 400 m and 800 m races.

In badminton singles, Rewari maintained their supremacy as Dilawar Singh got the better of Bodh Raj of Kurukshetra 21-16, 21-16 to lift the top title.

Host Panchkula district emerged winners in the singles as well as doubles in table tennis. In the singles final, C.K. Sood beat V.K. Chakravarty, also from Panchkula, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8.

In the doubles, which was also all-Panchkula affair, Sood and Chakravarty partnered to beat the duo of R.K. Nayyar and Sandeep Gujaral 11-6, 10-12, 11-3.

Earlier, Haryana agriculture minister H.S. Chatha inaugurated the meet.

Results: Athletics

100m: 1 Dharamvir, 2 Amit Kumar, 3 Rajit Kumar; 200m: 1 Dharamvir, 2 Dhirpal, 3 Dilbag Singh; 400m: 1 Amit Kumar, 2 Dilbag Singh, 3 Dharamvir.

800m: 1 Amit Kumar, 2 Dharamvir, 3 Gulshan Kumar; long jump: 1 Dharamvir, 2 Gulshan Kumar, 3 Rajinder; shot put: 1 Mahinder Singh, 2 Dalip Singh, 3 Mohan Lal.

Badminton (singles): Final: Dilawar Singh b Bodh Raj 21-16, 21-16; for third and fourth places: Dharamvir (Rewari) b Vivek (Hisar) 21-6, 21-8.

Table tennis (singles final): C.K. Sood b VK Chakravarty 9-11, 11-8, 11-8; for third and fourth places: R.K. Nayyar b Sandeep Gujral 11-8, 11-6.

Doubles (final): V.K. Chakravarty and C.K. Sood b R.K. Nayyar and Sandeep Gujaral 11-6, 10-12, 11-3.

For third and fourth positions: Avinash Goel and Dilawar Singh (Rewari) b Satish and DL Wadhawan (Faridabad) 11-3, 11-4. 

Chandigarh, February 29
Chandigarh girls thrashed Uttaranchal by 2-0 on the opening day of the 2nd Under-18 Junior Dodge Ball Championship, which began at the Sector 7 Sports Complex here today.

S.K. Setia, DPI (S), inaugurated the championship.

P.S. Brar, one of the organisers, said more than 400 players were participating in this three-day championship.

Results: Boys: Delhi b Tamil Nadu (2-0), Goa b Karnataka (2-0), Rajasthan b Karnataka (2-0), Delhi b Bihar (2-0).

Girls: Tamil Nadu b Jammu and Kashmir (2-0), Maharashtra b Jammu and Kashmir (2-0), Pondicherry b Haryana (2-0), Maharashtra b Tamil Nadu (2-0). 

Chandigarh, February 29
The joint meeting of the International Society of Heart Research (ISHR), the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (IACS) and the Heart Failure Society of India got under way at the PGI here today. Speaking on the rheumatic heart disease and rheumatic fever, Dr Kiran Sagar highlighted that echocardiography and corrective measures for these diseases using minimal surgical intervention were not available. This provides hope for future interventions in young Indian patients.

As the country is undergoing socio-economic and epidemiological transition, it is witnessing an epidemic of ischemic heart diseases. Cardiometabolic syndrome, a constellation of conditions that increase the risk of development of cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes, is widely prevalent in the country.

Dr Ravinder S Kohli from the USA provided new insights into comprehensive management of this syndrome. Indians are having a high incidence of cardio-vascular diseases, he added. Dr Yash Paul Sharma from the PGI spoke on the flow-directed crossing of complex coronary lesions.

Dr Naranjan S Dhalla from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, suggested the benefits of treatment of congestive heart failure anti-platelet agents. Dr P K Singhal highlighted the role of drug-induced heart failure and its prevention.

Chandigarh, February 29
A day after a newborn female infant was found dead in the city, another dead female child was recovered from a garbage bin in Mauli Jagran here this morning.

Chandigarh, February 29
A scooterist escaped with minor injuries following a collision with a car near the temple in Sector 23 here this afternoon. The car driver is said to be the son of a DSP of the Chandigarh Police.

There was a scene at the accident site with the scooterist charging the police with “bias”. The scooterist, Gurjit Singh of Phase III, Mohali, was booked on charges of rash driving on the statement of an eyewitness, a florist.

Gurjit Singh claimed he was coming from Sector 23 when the car suddenly took a right turn and collided with his scooter. He fell on the road and suffered injuries. His turban came off. Car driver Rohit Bhardwaj, said to be son of DSP Vijay Kumar, called the police, which began pressuring him for a compromise.

According to the police, the car was going towards the Sector 22 and 23 traffic lights and the scooter was trailing the car. Although the car driver signalled a right turn, the scooterist banged into the rear door of the car and fell on the road.

He suffered bruises on his body and was rushed to the hospital where he was discharged after first-aid.

Chandigarh, February 29
Trishna, a play depicting the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, was staged by ‘Roots in Kashmir’ (RIK)-an initiative launched by the Kashmiri youth. The play highlighted the atrocities inflicted upon the minority community.

The play, staged in three parts, depicted the real life incidents of three families that underwent the trauma of terrorism in Kashmir. In the beginning, Rajesh, who was to become a father in two months, was killed by the terrorists leaving behind his pregnant wife Geeta.

The second part highlighted the misery of a father, who suggested his daughters to commit suicide in view of the growing exploitation of women in Kashmir. The last part showcased the plight of a woman crying for help to save her husband’s life who fell prey to the terrorism.

The play was conceived and scripted by RIK members and directed by Ajeet Panwar. Ajeet, a non-Kashmiri member of the group, said, “Kashmiri students on the campus inspired me to come up with this idea.” Narrator of the play Ishaan said, “The presence of a number of non-Kashmiri students suggested the involvement and dedication to the cause of Kashmiri Pandits, who have been the victims of terrorism.”

Nek Chand, who graced the occasion, said, “May you all get justice and return to your homeland as soon as possible.”

Chandigarh, February 29
The 4th annual Guru Madan Lal Koser-Guru Shobha Koser Awards for excellence in the realm of performing arts were presented today at a function organised by Pracheen Kala Kendra at Randhawa Auditorium here.

Accompanied by Gurus Shobha and M.L. Koser, the former

Punjab chief secretary P.H. Vaishnav conferred the awards on sarangi maestro Padma Vibhushan Pandit Ram Narayan and renowned Bharatnatyam danseuse Padma Shri Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan. Each recipient was presented a shawl, memento, citation besides a sum of Rs 50,000.

A scintillating sarod recital by Mumbai-based Brij Narayan, winner of the President's Medal and disciple son of Pandit Ram Narayan, added grace to the occasion. The young artiste displayed his versatility through delineation of raga Saraswati with alaap, jod, jhalla and cadenced ‘tihaies’.

Accomplished sarodist and tabla player Durjay Bhaumik, embarking on a playful interactive dialogue known as sawal-jawab, embellished the next two compositions in raga Bihag.

He concluded his recital with raga Pilu. Saroja Vaidyanathan and her danseuses defined the creative evolution of an artiste through scintillating dance spells. With co-dancers Rashmi, Seetha and Srividvatha, Guru Saroja presented

"Alarippu"(Bloom) before a Meera bhajan and "Draupati cheer haran" from the epic Mahabharta. The programme concluded with "Swaranjali". Kendra director M.L. Koser expressed gratitude to the awardees and audience.