 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
Football Tourney
Patiala, October 17 The organisers have made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the tourney. The six-day tournament, through which various professional clubs spot and later recruit talented players, has attracted 34 teams from the region. The teams have been lodged in the hostel of the Model Senior Secondary located within the Punjabi university campus. Coaches and managers of Punjab’s top clubs like JCT Mills, Punjab Police, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, and Border Security Force (BSF) have already reached the venue. They will be keeping a hawk’s eyes on talented players and later these hand picked footballers will be offered employment opportunities to the players by these clubs. Earlier, the All India Gurdarshan memorial football, used to be played at Nabha, 20 kms from here. However, infighting among the organisers of the three-decade-old tournament led to the natural death of one of the country’s premier football tournaments to be played in this part of the country. This development has led to football lovers focusing their attention on the inter-university tournament. The teams, which have been seeded directly into the quarterfinal stage, are Punjabi University, Panjab University, Chandigarh, GNDU, Amritsar and Kurukshetra University. Panjab University and GNDU are expected to make things tough for the hosts who are the reigning champions. About 14 players of Punjabi University are from the Dalbir Football Academy. Interestingly, renowned football coach Dalbir Singh, who runs the academy, is also the coach of the Punjabi University team. At present the hosts are making waves in the Punjab football league (B division) and are sitting at the top of the table by garnering nine points. The Punjab football league will resume after the commencement of the North zone tournament. The semi-final will be played on a league basis and all the four teams making it to the last four leagues will figure in the All India inter-university football tournament slated to be played at Goa University from November 10 to 15.
|
||||
|
Scrap Electricity Act: Employees’ body
Patiala, October 17 Speaking on the occasion, PSEB Employees Joint Forum leader Pal Singh Moga said that if their demand was not met, they would be forced to intensify their agitation. He said the decision had been taken under pressure from outside agencies and if the power board was unbundled, it would jeopardize the future of thousands of PSEB employees. Thousands of protesters gathered outside the PSEB headquarters and held a protest rally. The employees leaders said the privatisation of the board would mean handing over the management of the key power sector to the private players and the employees and different sections of the society would be left at the mercy of the multinational companies. The leaders alleged that a large number of employees had been victimized and this was being done to browbeat them. They demanded that the board should create congenial conditions for holding talks with the protesting employees to find an amicable solution to the vexed issued. |
|||||
|
Youth commits suicide in Ambala
Ambala, October 17 According to the police, a train ticket in his pocket suggested that Harneet reached Ambala last evening by train from Dehradun. He then checked into Ashoka Hotel, Machhi Mohalla, Ambala Cantt. The incident came to light when the hotel staff knocked the door of his room at around 10.30 am. There was no response and the staff informed the owner Ashok Dua, who in turn informed the police. According to the hotel staff, Harneet was served dinner at 9.30 pm and they did not suspect
anything. At about 11 am, a police team, led by SHO, Ambala Cantt, Dharamveer Singh and DSP, Ambala Cantt, Rajesh Sharma reached the spot and broke open the lock of the door. Harneet was found hanging from the ceiling fan of the room with a ‘patka’. The police found a note in his pocket with the mobile numbers of his parents. His uncle, who reached here from Dehradun, however, informed the media that there was no rift in the family or any such problems. He said that Harneet was a turbaned Sikh and sported a beard and until yesterday when he was in Dehradun. However, today when he saw his body his hair were cut and he was clean shaven. |
|||||
|
VB seals Rajpura MC records
Rajpura, October 17 Jagdish, while talking to TNS, said the council would suffer loss of more than Rs 1 crore due to this fraud. “The contractors have not done this on their own. MC officials are also hand in glove with these contractors and have earned handsomely out of finalising the deal,” he alleged. Municipal engineer Tarsem Rai said that contractors have now been told to give new tenders with revised rates, which should be more than their earlier rates for various developmental works. He added that developmental works worth Rs 3.25 crore were to be completed in coming few days. “However, due to less amount prescribed by contractors in almost all tenders, they have now been told to make entries with revised rates. We have already shot letters to them on Monday,” he said. |
|
|||||
|
High Court
Chandigarh, October 17 Taking up their application, a Division Bench of the High Court yesterday fixed October 31 as the next date of hearing. Both resident welfare societies have been allowed to become the parties. The petitioners had sought directions for allowing them to become intervener in a civil writ petition earlier filed before the high court. The High Court, in its order dated September 6,
2007, had observed that the mandi be shifted to some other suitable site. Advocate A.P. Bhandari, appearing on behalf of the welfare societies, submitted that the original civil writ petition has not sought relief in the form of shifting the mandis from the present site. It was only for stalling the construction of kiosks for the old book sellers.
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Theft at Shiv temple
Chandigarh, October 17 Scooter lifted
Rajesh
Raghu, a resident of Sector 26, has filed a complaint with the police alleging that his Kinetic Honda scooter (CH-01-D-7568) was stolen from Sector 15 on October 16. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station.
Bag missing
Ranjodh Singh, a resident of Sector 22, has filed a complaint with the police alleging that a bag containing cash of Rs 12,000, three mobile phones, three passports and income tax returns were stolen from his car from Bank Square, Sector 17 on October 15. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 17police
station.
Stolen
Channan Singh, a resident of Sector 28, has filed a complaint with the police alleging that his gas cylinder, metal crockery and Rs 2,000 were stolen from his residence on October 15. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 26 police station.
Theft in park
Angrej Singh, a resident of Sector 40, has filed a complaint with the police alleging that the four iron benches were stolen from the park in front of his house during the intervening night of October 15-16. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station of Sector 39.
|
|||||
|
Man bids to kill wife in Panchkula
Panchkula, October 17 The family tried to hide the incident fearing the police action and did not take them to hospital till their condition deteriorated
at night. The accused, Pawan, and his wife Kamlesh, parents of six children, are now struggling for life at PGI, Chandigarh. According to the police, the relatives brought Kamlesh with about 70 per cent burn injuries at General Hospital, Sector 6, around 8 pm. The victim in her statement to the judicial magistrate stated that there was an animosity between the couple and in the morning Pawan, with the help of his two brothers, set her on fire after sprinkling kerosene oil. While the doctors were treating the woman the relatives brought the husband also with
burn injuries. The police arrested one of the accused brothers Jhimra after registering a case against the three brothers while other accused Deep was still at large.
|
|||||
|
7 quintals of spurious sweets seized
Mohali, October 17 The Mahindra utility van was intercepted near the Phase I bus stand by a team of officials led by district health officer, Dr S.P. Surila. He was accompanied by the civil surgeon, Dr Avtar Singh, and food inspector, M.S. Dhillon. Dr Surila said a campaign to check the preparation of sweets out of spurious khoya was being carried out on the directions of the health minister, Laxmi Kanta Chawla. He said barfi, milkcake and patisa were seized as it was suspected that these sweets were prepared out of spurious khoya. Samples collected in this regard have been sent to a laboratory for testing and if these failed the seized stock would be destroyed.
|
|||||
|
|
Record-breaking Tendulkar gets standing ovation
Mohali, October 17 With the shot Sachin Tendulkar reached summit by surpassing Brian Lara’s record of 11,953 runs to be number one run-getter in Test cricket. The PCA Stadium, where the second Test between India and Australia teams is on, erupted in joy immediately. Five-minute long firework, loud cheers, big applause and standing ovation by the spectators, though present in thin number, marked the accomplishment of the feat. “We are very lucky to be part of the history”, was the common statement of almost all the spectators at the stadium. “I can say today is my best day as this is the first time I am watching any cricket match in the stadium. And its an icing on the cake that the biggest record of the cricket arena has been broken in front of my eyes”, said Harinder, who came along with the other students of Dashmesh Girls School of Badal village. Echoing the sentiments, Gagan and Sunny, who purchased their tickets only after India elected to bat today morning, said, “We knew Sachin would create history today. We are extremely happy to be part of it”. Equally overjoyed were PCA authorities as the history was created in their ground. “We are proud today as the name of our stadium has been
associated with record-breaking event”, said MP Pandove, Honorary Secretary of the PCA. It seems that most of the spectators, which consists mainly the students of Punjab rural areas, immediately started leaving the stadium after the breaking of the record. Sachin, who has aggregated 12026 runs with his today’s 88-run knock, required just 15 runs to overcome Lara's record before the Mohali Test. |
|
Cheema academy beats Hyderabad 4-0
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 17 After a barren first half, Cheema Academy, looked a transformed lot and went all out as they pumped in four goals without reply. Ritesh contributed two by scoring in the 58th and 66th minutes. Harpal had given the winner lead in the 54th minute and Jatinder Singh scored his team's third goal in the 63rd minute. In pool A match, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Academy of Amritsar rallied to snatch full points from Sukhchain Hockey Academy of Faridkot as they registered a 4-1 victory. Sukhchain Academy drew the first blood in the 37th minute through Karamjit Singh. After wasting four penalty corners, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Acadmey converted their fifth penalty corner through Harmandeep Singh in the 46th minute to restore parity. Harmandeep converted another penalty corner in the 48th minute to give his team the lead. Later Ramandeep Singh (55th) and Lovedeep (63rd) contributed one goal each to ensure a clear win for MRS Academy in pool A match. Earlier, Punjab and Sindh Bank Academy of Jalandhar toiled to beat Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy of Doraha by 1-0 in a pool C match. Lucknow Hockey Academy showed their skills as they outclassed Amritsar XI by 8-0 in a pool D match. Dominating throughout the match, Lucknow Academy virtually camped inside the rival territory. They, however, took time to settle down and had to wait for 16 minutes for their first goal, which was scored by Amit Prashar. After that Amritsar XI were seen defending their goals. Three minutes later, Lucknow Academy, forced a penalty corner which Amit Prashar converted it. The winners led 2-0 at half time. Brijesh Kumar scored three goals in the 43rd, 48th and 69th (pc) minutes. Vijay Kumar (44th), Faiz Alam (54th pc) and Ram Prakash (65th) contributed one goal each.
|
|
|
Invited students left to brave heat without food, water
Mohali, October 17 Many students were seen requesting cops for drinking water as there was no arrangement of water for them. It was at the end of the match that a tanker was brought to quench the thirst of the students. “We were made to sit on the side facing the sun. It was very tiring”, said Hardeep. To give the guests special treatment, the PCA had roped in Hotel Taj, GVK, which provided the lunch to the young cricket lovers. But a number of the visitors were left without food and water. Some of the students claimed that instead of mineral water bottle and a cold drink bottle, a water tanker was arranged at the fag end of the day. The step to facilitate the students of backward areas has been taken at the instance of Sukhbir Badal, president of the SAD and chairman of the PCA organising committee. The special buses, which were put in service free of cost for these guests by the state government, were parked about three kilometres away from the match venue. Having started at 5 am in the morning, the students were already tired by the time they reached the PCA Stadium. The buses deputed to bring students of Gurdaspur, Bathinda, Faridkot, Moga and other districts were withdrawn from rural routes in Punjab. This resulted in harassment to the commuters in the rural areas.
|
|
DPS Pinjore beat St Xavier's on penalties
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 17 St Xavier's, Panchkula, blanked Ryan International School, Patiala by 4-0. Sparsh Sood gave Xavier's the lead with a goal in the first minute. Rahul Rana (9th minute), Aditya (14th) and Rishab Srivastav (24th) added one goal each for the winners. Banyan Tree School also proved good for Saupin's School of Mohali as they recorded a 4-0 verdict. Karam was the star performer for Banyan Tree as he netted in the fourth and 10th minutes. Rajat Rawat and Shahzeb added one goal each in the 5th and 14th minutes, respectively. Other results Stepping Stone, Chandigarh, bt St Xavier's, Mohali, by 4-0 Yadvindra Public School, Mohali, bt St Anne's, Chandigarh, by 2-0 Saupin's School, Sector 32, Chandigarh bt St Marry's School by 3-0 Baptish School of Chandigarh bt St Peter's School, Sector 37, who has withdrawn from the competitions. DPS of Pinjore bt St Xavier's School In the last match of the day, Stepping Stone, Chandigarh, bt Holly Child, Panchkula, by 3-1.
|
|
|
Bhullar fires 4 under to move to 11th slot
Chandigarh, October 17 The Chandigarh challenge ended with Amandeep Johl and Gurbaaz Mann failing to make the cut along with Himmat Rai. Bhullar who was placed 34th yesterday after an opening round card of two under par 69, fired birdies on the second, fifth and ninth holes and dropped a bogey on the sixth to be two under 34 at the turn. Then followed a flawless back nine of two under 33 with birdies on the 10th and 16th for the second round card of four under 67 and a two-day score of six under136. Taking the Indian challenge into the third round along with Bhullar were Anirban Lahiri (138), Rahil Gangjee (139) and Digvijay Singh (140). Seventeen-year-old, Noh Seung-yul, lived up to the reputation as one of the rising stars of Korea by blasting another five under par 66 to take sole possession of the halfway lead with a 10 under par 132 total. He was two strokes ahead of Australia's Terry Pilkadaris. Malaysia's S. Siva Chandhran, who had earlier taken a share of the early round lead, is tied for third together with eight other players who are all bunched together on matching 135s.
|
|
Golf camp for youngsters
Chandigarh, October 17 The Diwali Junior Golf Coaching Programme as the club would like to label it, will be conducted by Ajay Gujral, a coach certified by the European Golf Teachers' Federation. To be held from 4 pm to 5 pm from October 21 to 26 the camp will be open to members as well as non-members. During these six days the trainees will be taught the basics of the game, including posture, stance, alignment, aim, grip, chipping, pitching, bunker shots and putting. Ajay Gujral said there would be a draw and the lucky person would receive golf accessories worth Rs 1,000. Each trainee will also get a comprehensive golf manual containing issues of safety, etiquette and rules of golf and complimentary golf magazines. On the completion of the camp the trainees will receive an EGTF certificate. On the final day of the camp there will be a competition among the trainees with the winner bagging golf prizes worth Rs 1,000. Members or non-members wanting to avail the coaching can contact Ajay Gujral at the Chandigarh Golf
Club. |
|
|
Moksh Chirag excels with 20 points
Tribune News Service
Pinjore, October 17 Moksh Chirag Arora gave an excellent performance as he top scored with 20 points as DPS, Pinjore, outplayed their rivals in a quarterfinal match. In an exciting encounter, Karnal, outpointed Jhakri by 23-13 points. Shanawaz (10) scored maximum number of points for the winners. In another match, DPS, Amritsar, defeated DPS, Jammu, by 30 -21 points. DPS, Jammu, DPS, Manali, DPS, Amritsar, and hosts DPS, Pinjore, have entered the semi-finals.
|
|
|||||
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
