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Block president of Haryana Janhit Congress resigns
Ambala September 14 While announcing the resignation in a press conference, Chadda said Kuldeep Bishnoi did not prove a mature politician and his policies and working style had not impressed the party workers. He alleged that he was misguiding the people for his political interest. He said he had committed a political blunder by joining the Janhit Congress without assessing its credibility. He further said that he was given proper regard in the Congress party. When asked whether he would rejoin the Congress, he said that he would take the decision in this regard within a week with the consultation of his supporters. Replying to a question he said that Bishnoi had committed a mistake by leaving the Congress. It was his hasty step for which he had to pay in future, he added. Chadda is also the chairman of Phinex Club, Ambala Cantt, and also associated with a number of social organisations. The post of district president (urban) of the party is also lying vacant for last two months. |
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Rayat, Infosys sign MoU
Kharar, September 14 Detailing about the MoU, Gurvinder Singh Bahra, vice-chairman, Rayat - Bahra group, added that it was an effort to bridge massive disconnect between industry and educational institutes. The MoU is aimed at facilitating both Infosys and Rayat - Bahra management in understanding, appreciating and supplementing needs of each other. It further envisages organising conclaves, road shows, faculty enablement programmes and industrial visits for students and faculty.
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Now, tee off under lights
Chandigarh, September 14 Colourful lights on the water feature at the 18th hole greeted those who arrived late to see those who had teed off with
the inaugural tee shot by the club president, D.S. Bains. Sunday night was the first major night of golf activity. According to the captain of the course, Brig Bath, the club had decided to provide night golf facility to members every Friday. “In fact, today's event was the first of the series,” he said. The first night golf event attracted more than 60 members and the weather was just right for the night competition as the club president made the formal tee off. This appeared the first major attempt to promote night golf after the two-day competition to promote golf tourism The first major night golf competition saw more than 30 diplomats from the US Embassy, Canadian High Commission and corporate and travel and tourism executives in action on the Chandigarh greens. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) wanted to bring Chandigarh on the night golf map of the country. Bains said night golf would not only be popularised for members but also for tourists who wish to avail this facility. He said the greens of the club would be available to tourism and travel agencies on prior booking on Fridays. "The club greens will be available on any other night provided the travel and tourism agency
has a minimum of 40 interested golfers for the night,” said Bains. Golf tourism has been a major plank of Chandigarh tourism director Vivek Atray. So far, three tournaments have been held by the Chandigarh Golf Association and the Chandigarh Tourism Department which
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Ganguly to play in JP Atray cricket tourney
Chandigarh, September 14 Addressing mediapersons, the organiser, Vivek Atray, said that Ganguly has confirmed his participation in the tournament, better known as lung opener of the cricket season. “Ganguly will lead the LIC Cricket Club squad and will take on Rajasthan team, being coached by his bete noire Greg Chappell,” he said. The other star attractions likely to paly in the tournament are Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Wasim Jafar, Rohit Sharma, Rajesh Pawar and Praveen Kumar. Giving details, Chander Shekhar Ghai, ADGP, Punjab and chairman of organising committee, said that as many as 17 teams would vie for the top honours in the 14-day tournament, having total 32 matches. The matches would be played on league-cum-knockout basis at various venues, including PCA Stadium, Mohali, Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, DAV School, Sector 8, St John’s School, Sector 26, and Cricket Stadium, Barwala. “The teams have been divided into four pools. All the matches will be of 50 overs a side and will be played under the ICC rules of One Day cricket. Top teams from each pool will qualify for the semi finals,” said Sushil Kapoor, organising secretary of the tournament. The winners will get cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh while runners-up would pocket Rs 60,000. The second runners-up team will rich by Rs 30,000 and the fourth position prize is Rs 15,000. The final day and night match, which will telecast live on Doordarshan, will be held at PCA Stadium, Mohali, on September 30. Vivek Atray announced that the tournament committee has decided to give a financial aid of Rs 15,000 to the family of late D.C. Worell, a former Ranji player during the final match of the tournament. The teams: Punjab Cricket Club, BPCL, Mumbai, State Bank of Hyderabad, HPCA Academy, ONGC-Delhi, Assam CA, State Bank of Mysore, Bangalore, Indian Oil Corporation, Mumbai, MRF, Chennai, Moody ICL, MPCA XI, CM XI, Haryana, LIC Cricket Club, PCA Colts, RCA XI and India Cements Ltd, Chennai. |
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DAV College bag inter-college title
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 14 GGD SD College, Chandigarh, got the second position. While SCD College, Ludhiana, and SGGS College, Chandigarh, got third and fourth positions respectively. Meanwhile on the first day of the Panjab University Inter College Badminton (men) tournament being played at PU gymnasium hall, GNN College, Doraha, got the better of DAV College, Abhor, by 3-0. Other results: Government College, Hoshiarpur bt AD College, Dharamkot. DAV College, Malout bt BAMKH College, Garhshankar. Government College-11, Chandigarh bt GNN College, Doraha. Government College, Hoshiarpur bt MMD DAV College, Gidderbaha (Muktsar). DAV College, Malout bt RSD College, Ferozepur. KLSD College, Ludhiana bt Government College, Muktsar.
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Gagan emerges tae kwon do champ
Chandigarh, September 14 Shubam, Anish Kaul and Amanjhin got second, third and fourth positions respectively in the same event. Other results: Boys: Light Middle: 1st Annop Singh, 2nd Vishnu Vijaya, 3rd Ankit Mohato and Karan Verma Middle: 1st Pradeep Singh, 2nd Sandeep, 3rd Satinder and Jaideep LightHeavy: 1st Sunil Kr, 2nd Asish Singh, 3rd Rajat and Ankit Heavy: 1st Pritinav, 2nd P Sanket, 3rd Aman and Pushp Karan Girls: Welter: 1st Anjali, 2nd Harsimran, 3rd Gurleen and Gurjot Light Middle: 1st Jaideep Meena, 2nd Nishtha 3rd Sunrita and Shweta Middle: 1st Jyoti, 2nd Merry, 3rd Nivedeeta and Rajneet Light Heavy: 1st Himani, 2nd P.Simran, 3rd Jyoti and Heema Heavy: 1st Jasween, 2nd Simran, 3rd Bandhan and Nitika Best Fighter (boys): Trimandeep Best Fighter (girls): Jasleen Kaur |
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Sumit grabs snooker title
Chandigarh, September 14 In the first frame of match Sumit was in great touch, he gave no chance to Rajat to overcome. But in the second frame Rajat potted good shots and made a break of 45 in the frame and won the frame. After leveling the frame score to 1-1 Sumit won the next two frames and bagged the title with the match score 3-1.
In the second well-contested league match, Sumit got the better of Amit Verma by 3-2. |
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Committee for T-20 Cricket formed
Chandigarh, September 14 The organising committee is as under: Chairman- I D Kamboj; vice-chairman- H S Bhadu; convenor-Munish Kapoor; organising secretary- Prof. Satish Gandhi and finance secretary- CA Pankaj Gupta. |
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3 vehicles stolen, police clueless
Chandigarh, September 14 In three different incidents reported today, a Maruti car (CH-01-V-8899) was stolen from Sector 9, Madhya Marg parking, while a Bolero and another car were stolen from the residential areas of Sector 47 and 44, respectively. “My car was stolen from in front of my house a month back, but nothing has been done. If our vehicles are not safe even in our residential areas, what else can be expected from police?” questioned one of the residents. Speaking to TNS Senior Superintendent of Police Sudhanshu Shrivastava said,” I agree that there is spurt in vehicle theft cases. The figures are alarming but that doesn’t mean that we are not doing the needful. We are making special arrangements to deal with the problem and will soon solve the cases. I appeal to city residents to be a more careful and try to park their cars inside their houses if possible and in authorised parking lots only.”
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Constable commits suicide
Chandigarh, September 14 Constable Sukhbir Singh, a resident of Jind in Haryana, deputed as ‘munshi’ at the ‘maalkhana’ here, took the extreme step following his demotion after a departmental enquiry against him, said sources. He locked himself in the ‘maalkhana’ at around 11 p.m. and shot himself. He died on the spot, said
the police. According to Sector 3 police station SHO Har Sahai, “A suicide note was found from the spot in which Sukhbir mentioned that he was upset with his demotion from the rank of assistant sub-inspector to constable.” The body has been handed over to the family of the deceased after post mortem.
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3 robbers held
Panchkula, September 14 According to the police, the accused Vishal, Jaswant, Ram Parkash, Sandip, Balraj and Dharmabir were planning to loot the petrol pump station of Sector 2 while sitting near the Ghaggar last night. On getting a tip off, CIA inspector Kulbhushan raided the spot and arrested Vishal, Jaswant and Ram Parkash while others managed to escape by taking the advantage of darkness. A stolen car and two country made pistols with 5 cartridges were also seized from the accused. The accused were produced before the additional district judge who sent them to police custody for 8 days.
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