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‘Never say die spirit’ keeps ex-Sanawarian going
Sanawar, October 5 On the premises of Lawrence School, Sanawar, yesterday, to participate in the 161st Founder’s Day celebrations, Sarabjit, on his wheelchair, was no celebrity but his unsung sacrifice virtually stood him apart from the crowd. While talking to The Tribune, Sarabjit told that he lost his legs during 1989 when he was shot by the terrorists. “I was head of the department (personnel) with the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. One fine evening I along with my wife was strolling when some miscreant elements fired indiscriminate gunshots at both of us. Luckily, my wife escaped but three bullets hit me and since then, I am on this wheelchair,” said Sarabjit with a sheer determination and wit in his eyes. But with the support of my wife and family members I braved this loss and the “never say die” spirit kept me going and today, I am enjoying the show, said Sarabjit, while proudly wearing the badge which says ‘Sarabjit A. Singh, Vindhya House, 1958. Getting nostalgic, Sarabjit recalled the day with a sparkle in his eyes, when he was a part of the founders’ day celebrations. Incidentally, this year, his house “Vindhya House” bagged the Chief of Army Staff’s Running Trophy for academic excellence 2007-08. “Not only this my house has also won Catherine Longman Cup for public speaking 2007. The time has changed but the customary ‘Sanawarian spirit’ is the same, I feel. It teaches you sportsmanship, spatter values in you. Education to me, is not only about preparing for exams but preparing for life and ethical and spiritual components of it, which is non-negotiable,” he advised. After getting retired in 2003 from the Indian Railways as secretary to the Government of India, Sarabjit, shifted his base from Chandigarh to Gurgaon and became the member of principal board of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) two years later. Later, he got associated with the World Bank on the issue of disability problems and financial management. “As a part of the World Bank’s world-wide initiative, I was able to work for the disables, focusing on their accessibility issues”, he told.
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Kerala boys, girls lift titles
Patiala, October 5 In the final, Kerala eves showed enough resilience to down fighting Chattisgarh 8-7. For a major part of the absorbing contest, the teams engaged themselves in the match on an even keel. Chattisgarh took the lead, but Kerala, who started as favourites keeping in view their impressive track record, came back into the match in style with Saranya spearheading the fight back by scoring five goals. With time running out, it was left to K. Lakshmi to settle things down and she did it in style by scoring a peach of a goal to make it 8-7 for Kerala. Lakshmi held her nerves at the right time to give her team a well deserved win. Earlier, in the semifinals, Kerala pounded Maharashtra 19-1 with Saranya scoring as many as 10 goals. In the other last-four match, Chattisgarh downed Punjab 16-0. For the past couple of days, Punjab, by beating less fancied outfits by big margins, seemed to be on a high. However, the pounding they got from Chattisgarh players will be remembered by the hosts for a long time to come. For the record, Maharashtra downed the hosts 8-3 to pick up the bronze medal. In the boys’ section, Kerala rode on a slick display by Jijiraj to beat Uttar Pardesh (UP) 12-6 to lay their hands on the title. Jijiraj was the cynosure of all eyes as he scored goal after goal with embarrassing ease. At no point of time were the UP team in the reckoning and Jijiraj’s superb display reduced the match to a one-sided drab affair. Bronze medal was won by Chattisgarh, who beat Vidharba by a whopping 25-0 margin. Hat tricks were galore with six Chattisgarh players scoring three goals apiece.
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Bio-insecticides production at Thapar varsity
Patiala, October 5 The unit is the first of its kind in Punjab and will produce four tons of insecticides in the first year, he added. He said a nursery at the university's Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) had also been established for developing neem (Azadirachta indica) seedlings that would be supplied for plantation. This backward integration would ensure a sustained supply of neem fruits for bio-insecticides production, he said. Dr Mukherjee said, "We are confident that herbal bio insecticides have tremendous market potential and will become a promising small-scale business venture." "Bio-organic farming is of significant importance as bio insecticides and bio pesticides are herbal, non-toxic and environment friendly. Broad-spectrum insecticides offer effective protection against pests. These environment-friendly products do not cause contamination of soil and ground water and have wide applications," added Dr Mukherjee. Discussing future plans, he said, "We aim to promote production, processing and use of herbal bio insecticides for environment-friendly and hazard-free farming in Punjab." He revealed that in the first phase, i.e. July-August 2008, 22 tons of neem seeds were procured. He said the first batch was ready and the university's faculty had organised several farmers’ meets and awareness camps in adjoining villages and on campus to popularise the use of bio insecticides. Indiscriminate use of chemical insecticides and pesticides had a detrimental effect on the soil, ground water and final produce. Besides, bringing down production costs and eliminating pesticide residues, bio pesticides like the one developed by Thapar University are also eco-friendly, he added.
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Students to be trained
in first aid: VC
Patiala, October 5 He said that community outreach programmes would also be organised to make people aware about the significance of first aid in the face of natural calamities, accidents, heart attacks and other emergency situations. Inaugurating a seminar-cum-free heart care camp on “cardio-pulmonary resuscitations and first aid management”, organised by the department of physiotherapy, in collaboration with Satguru Partap Singh Apollo Hospital, Ludhiana, on the university campus here today, the V-C said that high-level professional skills can help in early detection of threatening diseases which were on the rise as a result of sedentary lifestyle. Speaking on the occasion, cardio-pulmonary specialists from Apollo Hospital Dr Anupam Srivasatva and Dr Chetan Sharma said that over 30 per cent lives could be saved by giving timely first aid. They gave tips to participants and heart patients during a special workshop organised on the occasion. Giving details of the seminar, head of physiotherapy department Dr Narinder Kaur Multani said that cardio-pulmonary diseases were the third highest cause of deaths in the world.
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Woman receives 75 pc burns
Kharar, October 5 According to the relatives of the woman, she ran out of the house crying for help. The area residents managed to douse the flames and rushed her to the PGI, |
Pink Rose Society case
Chandigarh, October 5 While complying with the orders, the DC has submitted an affidavit in the court to report an unconditional and unqualified apology for the delay in the compliance of the judgement dated April 25, 2007, passed by the court. The affidavit, dated October 1, say: “This delay was neither intentional nor due to any negligence on the part of the deponent, therefore, it is respectfully prayed that the apology may kindly be accepted”. On a petition filed by some original members of the society, Justice Permod Kohli of the high court had given three weeks' time to then home secretary and cooperation secretary Krishna Mohan, DC, and RCS RK Rao, additional RCS RS Verma and administrator of the society Amarjit Singh to either comply with the court orders or face contempt of court. In its order dated April 25, 2007, the high court had directed the RCS to hold elections to the executive committee of the society on the basis of the original list of 151 members supplied by the Chandigarh Housing Board. However, in the election held on June 11, 2007, 25 original allottees were allegedly restrained from voting by RCS officials. The members had filed a contempt of court petition in the high court. The high court, acting on the petition, issued a show-cause notice to the UT officials asking them why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them. Later, the high court had stayed the election of the executive committee of the society and appointed the RCS as the administrator of the society. "Insofar as the present contempt proceedings are concerned, the court's directives have not been complied with despite holding that the respondents are prima facie guilty of non-compliance of the court's directions, " the high court order said. Instead of the Pink Rose premises in Sector 49, the venue for holding the elections scheduled to be held on October 15 has been fixed as Panchayat Bhawan in Sector 18, this time too. It is the same venue where the previous elections were conducted in an illegal manner.
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Rape Case
Chandigarh, October 5 The complainant, Bir Pal, stood by his statement that 31-year-old Chander Paul, a resident of Rajiv Shahpur Colony, Sector 38 (West), had been raping his stepdaughter for the past four years. The court sent the accused in judicial custody.
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Duping by Woman
Chandigarh, October 5 A police officer told TNS jokingly that most of her victims were found lying with their pants down. So, they did not report the matter to the police as they would suffer a loss of face before the family and the public. This made her modus operandi fool-proof. All her victims said they were hypnotised by her to take drinks. But it is not possible as no one can be hypnotised with his or her will. Shushma of Ludhiana was arrested from Dhanas on September 28 following a tip-off. She was identified a victims after which the police arrested her. DSP Vijay Kumar said investigating officials had recovered about 15 tolas of gold ornaments, including chains, karas and rings, along with four mobile phones, from her. The other stolen mobile phones had been put on surveillance. Sources in the police said she used to target the men travelling alone in cars and on two-wheelers looking for women. She used to stand near Piccadilly Chowk, on the road dividing Sectors 42 and 44, 39 and 40, 45 and 46. She used to lure them by promising to provide young girls and then engage them in conversation. In between, she asked them to buy her some drinks and in the process she clandestinely poured grinded sleeping pills into their drinks. A victim from Patiala and government employee in his forties told TNS that she met him in a park on June 3 while he was taking a walk. Soon after gulping a glass of cold drink, he fell unconscious and only came back to his senses after three days in an intensive care unit of a private hospital. He lost a four-tola gold kara, three-tola gold chain, about two-tola gold ring and Rs 1,600. Similarly, Sunil Kumar (name changed) of Sector 52 lost his mobile phone, a gold chain, a kara and a locket on September 10. He gave her lift from Sector 36. In another incident, which occurred on February 14, Baldev Singh (name chaned) of Sector 41 gave a lift to Shushma from the PGI and was duped of his valuables. A youth from Mohali also fell prey to her and was looted. Vijay Kumar added that Shushma was sent to judicial remand on Saturday and the Patiala police would take her on production warrants to solve their cases.
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3 vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, October 5 L.K. Mahajan, a resident of Sector 48, also filed a complaint that his Esteem (PB-10-AK-8709) was stolen from Sector 30 on October 4. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Industrial Area police station. Meanwhile, Sunita Sharma, a resident of Sector 47, reported to the police that her Bolero (CH-03-Z-8015) was stolen from her residence on the night of October 3. A case has been registered under Section 379 of the IPC at the Sector 31 police station. Injured
Sukhdeep Singh, a resident of Sector 33, was hit by a Bolero (HR-01-N-2575) driven by Rajinder Kumar near Sectors 43-44 on October 4. He was admitted to the GMCH-32. A case under Sections 279, 337 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station.
Hit and run
Kaka Singh, a resident of Khuda Ali Sher, was hit by a scooter (CH-03-N-3074) near the PGI on September 15. He was admitted to the PGI. The scootrist manged to flee. A case under sections 279, 337 of IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station. The police is investigating the matter. Another unknown pedestrian was hit by a vehicle near the Sector 15-16 light point on October 4. She was admitted to the PGI in an unconscious condition. The driver managed to flee. A case under Sections 279, 337 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station.
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Man held for dacoity
Panchkula, October 5 It is alleged that Saini was involved in the conspiracy of looting of a Canter from Chandigarh loaded with goods, including medicines, on August 6. Later, they reportedly killed the driver, but the cleaner managed to escape, leading to the arrest of the gang. It was also alleged that the car used in the crime was provided by Saini. Seven members of the gang identified as Sagar Chauhan, Sandip Dahiya, Amit Gudha, Krishan Kumar, Bajrang, Bhola and Praveen had already been arreted by the police on September 4. The gang impersonating as a team of the excise department stopped a Canter loaded with goods on August 6 near the Mouli-Handesra road. They introduced themselves to the truck driver, Kamal Singh, as excise officials. As soon as the driver and the 16-year-old cleaner got down, they overpowered them and took them to Rohtak. Later, they took them to Rudraprayag and threw the driver in a river after injecting him with a sedative and put the cleaner in a sack after strangulating him and presuming him to be dead. However, he managed to get free after gaining consciousness and informed the Uttarakhand Police. Saini was arrested from a house in Sector 33, a government accommodation. Saini, who is involved in more than a dozen of cases in Chandigarh, was also allegedly involved in the contract killing of the manager of Kiran Cinema in 2002. During interrogation of drug peddlers Ajay Malik, Devinder Singh and Lingraj, it came to light that O P Saini gang was linked to Chhota Rajan and Dawood Ibrahim.
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Moody ICL, Delhi reach quarters
Chandigarh, October 5 In the first match, Moody ICL defeated ICC by 38 runs. After winning the toss, ICC elected to field first which proved wrong for them as Moody piled up 116 runs for 7 wickets in 15 overs. AP Singh scored 27 runs and Sunny Gandhi contributed 25. Rahul Panta of ICC took 3 wickets for 17 runs. Chasing the target, ICC scored 78 runs for 5 wickets. Rahul Panta scored 49 runs and Rajnish of Moody ICL took 2 wickets for 11 runs. In the second match, Delhi defeated West Bengal by 7 wickets in their final league match. After winning the toss, Delhi elected to field first. In the first innings, West Bengal scored was bowled out on 134 runs in 18 overs. Inderjit scored 69 runs. In the second innings, Delhi achieved the target of 135 runs in 14.5 overs by losing 3 wickets. Jagdish Allah scored blistering 52 of 38 balls by scoring 8 boundaries.
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Ban on ICL should go: Cairns
Chandigarh, October 5 Terming the Indian squad his hot favourite in the series, the New Zealander was of the view that Kangaroos will have to rely on Michael Clarke in the absence of any quality spinner in their squad. Cairns, who is leading the local outfit, Chandigarh Lions, in ICL, is in the town with fellow cricketers, including Michael Tuffey and Lou Vincent, to join the conditioning camp ahead of forthcoming domestic series of the league. The Kiwi all-rounder, who has also been appointed as coach of the team, is enjoying every bit of the new responsibility. “I am happy with the offer and trying that guys play high level of cricket on the field,” he added. Terming the Test cricket “the heart of cricket” he said the Test cricket is the real test of any cricketer. To maintain its charm, world test series should be organised. However, he opined that Twenty20 could be a threat to the existence of one-day international game. The ODI might vanish in future because of Twenty20 cricket’s wide popularity, he added. The cricketer felt that the BCCI should lift the ban on ICL for the better interests of the game as well as its lovers. ICL is widely liked by people and the BCCI cannot ignore the public interests. Hence the BCCI should lift the ban, he said. The camp is being organised at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula. The teams will leave the city on October 9 for Hyderabad.
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Jeev finishes tied 24
Chandigarh, October 5 It was a grand finish by the Chandigarh golfer who had carded 71, 75 and 72 in the first three rounds. The 24th spot got him a prize money of 35,041 Euros. Jeev began the final round firing a flawless first nine of four under par 34 with four birdies. After sinking birdies on the third, sixth, seventh and ninth, the Chandigarh golf icon shot birdies on the 11th and 16th to be six under. But then a bogey on the 17th saw him finish the day at five under 67. Ranked 58th in the world and ninth in the European Tour order of merit, Jeev is now all set for the Indian Open, starting on the ninth. Three golfers tied for the top spot. Ross Fisher (England), Robert Karlsson (Sweden) and Martin Kaymer (Germany) finished with an identical final score of 10 under par 278. A playoff was played to decide the winner. In the Asian Tour event at Seoul 20-year-old Gaganjeet Bhullar played a one over par 72 card on the final day to finish tied 43rd in the one-million-dollar Kolon Hanaa Bank Korean Open today. His one over par on the par 71 greens of Woo Jeong Hills Club saw him finish with a five over par 289 (73-71-73-72) score. He pocketed a prize money of $4384. Bae Sang-moon enjoyed a memorable home triumph as he fired a final round of two-under-par 69 for a winning total of 11-under-par 273 to hold off Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter of England who shot a 70 to claim second place. As a result of his success, Bae walked away with the top prize of $240,384 and rose to the fifth place on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit.
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Chandigarh lift overall trophy
Chandigarh, October 5 Punjab secured the runners-up position while Delhi stood third. Arshad Mohammed of Chandigarh won the open singles title. Sheetal Negi and Jyoti Kaushik, both of Chandigarh, emerged winners in the girls under-19 and open girls singles categories, respectively. Results: Open singles: 1 Arshad Mohammed (Chandigarh), 2 Ajay Singh (Punjab), 3 Jyoti Kaushik (Chandigarh), 4 Devesh Singhal (Delhi). |
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City colleges taste defeat
Chandigarh, October 5 Earlier, SGHRS College for women, Chabbewal, in their league match, had defeated MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, 1-0. Both teams tried hard in the first half, but failed to net any goal. However, in the second half, Rajwant Kaur’s hard efforts bore fruit when she scored the lone goal in the 89th minute of the game to win the match.
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Mini Tennis
Chandigarh, October 5 In the Parents’ (mothers) second-round fixture, Pooja got the better of Ritu Garja by 15-13. Kids: First round: Manya bt Udaivir 10-4, Shrinik Bhalla bt Angat Sidhu 10-6. Second round: Siddant bt Adesh Partap 10-7, Manya bt Siddant 10-5, Joy Chopra bt Diya 10-7, Megha bt Kamal 10-8, Tejas Dhammi bt Angat Singh 10-7, A. D. Gupta bt Ansh 10-6, Rajat Banerjee bt Ajay Shukla 10-2. Third round: Shrinik bt Manya 10-9, Megha bt Joy Chopra 10-7. Parents’ (mothers) 2nd round: Pooja bt Ritu Garja 15-13. Fathers’ 2nd round: Teja Singh bt Vivek Mohan.
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New Public lift title
Panchkula, October 5 While DAV Model School, Sector 15 trounced SD Public School, Sector 32 by 6-1 to win the third position.
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