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Patiala, November 8
Inter-District Police Games of Patiala Range began at NIS, Patiala, here today amidst loud cheers.Patiala DIG SK Asthana was the chief guest. The games began with a flag hoisting ceremony by the chief guest. It was then followed by march past led by Arjun awardee boxer Harpal Singh.

Olympian athlete Rajwinder Kaur and Harpal Singh took the oath on behalf of all sportspersons.

Cultural wing of the Punjab police presented Malwai giddha under the guidance of Nachattar Singh and Mast Ali.

Games were held under SSP Ranbir Singh Khatra.

Results

100m (women): 1st Manjeet Kaur (Mohali), 2nd Sapinderpal Kaur (Sangrur) and 3rd Anupam (Patiala); Men: 1st Jagpreet Singh (Sangrur), 2nd Baljit Singh (Patiala) and 3rd Daljit Singh (Mohali).

Long jump (men): 1st Baljeet Singh (Patiala), 2nd Jagpreet Singh (Patiala) and 3rd Raja (Patiala); Long jump (women): 1st Shaminder Kaur (Sangrur), 2nd Kamaljit Kaur (Sangrur) and 3rd Manjeet Kaur (Mohali); Shot up: 1st Manjeet Kaur (Mohali), 2nd Narinder Kaur (Sangrur) and 3rd Rita Rani (Mohali).

In kabaddi, Patiala, defeated Barnala by 43-40.

Chapparchidi (Mohali), November 8
After the Punjab Chief Minister asked the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) to identify land in the historic village here to raise a memorial to commemorate the victory of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and his brave soldiers over the Mughals, the later is finding itself in a tight spot.

The chunks of land identified as ‘chidis’, ‘tibbas’ and the historic battlefield by the coordination committee for the memorial of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur is owned by Madanpur Cooperative House Building Society, which owns 94 acres of prime land in the area. A few months ago, GMADA had declined a request of the society for change of land use (CLU).

Under the aegis of the 1984 Madanpur Riot Affected Persons Charitable Society, members of the society had been seeking change of land use after it had bought the land in the village, which otherwise had been reserved as an institutional area in Sectors 91 and 92.

Sources in GMADA disclosed that members of the coordination committee had been asking for around 20 acres. Acquiring land on behalf of the society would burden it by a few crores. Due to paucity of funds, GMADA was going slow on a number of projects and acquiring land for the memorial would further burden it.

The issue was recently discussed at a meeting convened by the Principal Secretary (tourism), Geetika Kalah. While GMADA was of the opinion that the memorial could be developed on panchayat land adjoining the existing gurdwara, the committee members were keen on getting specific chunks of the land.

Incidentally, the points identified as ‘chidis’ and ‘tibbas’ have been levelled by the Madanpur Cooperative House Building Society few years ago.

The coordination committee had sought the battlefield that was more or less preserved in its old form and meant for guerrilla warfare.

It may be mentioned that the panchayats of Chappar Chidi Kalan and Chappar Chidi Khurd villages in a unanimous decision have sought the memorial and golf course.

“While the golf course would give economic impetus to the backward area, the memorial would represent the historical saga of the area,” said RS Tiwana, a resident of the village.

Already two gurdwaras have been set up in the villages in the memory of Baba Banda Singh and the historic sites should be preserved. A gurdwara in the village displays five handmade iron weapons and turban rings reportedly dug out near the site.

Patiala, November 8
The 13th annual conference of the Indian Political Economy Association organised by Punjabi University, Patiala, concluded at the university’s Senate hall here last evening.

Majority of the papers presented during the conference revolved around the breakdown of economy and the global crisis that affected the social, political and economic development of the country and that the crisis was the result of unending greed of the imperialist forces.

MP D Raja highlighted the fact that the Indian experiment of capitalist dynamics and dynamic communalism could prove viable for India since it was a welfare state.

The present global crisis was being viewed differently by capitalists and communists, he said. While the capitalists opined that the crisis was mainly due to the activities of some capitalists, the communists on the other hand view it as a part of overall capitalist manoeuvers, Raja added.

Prof Balwinder Singh Tiwana, organising secretary of the conference, said understanding of political economy was a must to analyse the current problems of the society.

As many as 100 delegates from Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan participated in the conference.

Several papers on the impact of global economic crisis on India and identity politics were presented.

Most presenters were of the opinion that the breakdown of the economy and the global crisis had affected the social, political and economic development. Prof Balwinder Singh Tiwana emphasised that to analyse the current problems of the society understanding of political economy was must.

Ropar, November 8
Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh College of Pharmacy, Bela, is holding an international workshop on next generation tools in life science research and education on November 9 on its premises.

Prof GD Gupta, director, of the workshop and Dr Deepak P Bhagwat, organising secretary of the workshop, said the aim was to acquaint scientists, professors, research scholars of pharmacology with latest technology to assess in vivo and in vitro experiments.

It is useful in postgraduate pharmacology curriculum and research areas like non-invasive and invasive blood pressure measurements, in vitro cardiac functions like heart experiment with cardiac output measurement, isolated tissue, nerve and muscle experiments, etc.

Dr Gupta added that the workshop would emphasise on training and equipping participants on latest technologies in cardiovascular research that provides them a confidence to acquaint themselves with data acquisition systems, signal transducers, thermocouple probes, software and software controlled signal conditioners.

Dr JC Tan, cardiovascular physiologist, corporate tech support and biomedical engineer, ADInstruments Sydney Australia, Prof SK Kulkarni, director, Bombay College of Pharmacy Mumbai, Prof SS Sharma, department of pharmacology NIPER, Mohali, Prof Milind Parle, chairman, department of pharmaceutical sciences, Hissar, and Dr Sarang Bani, scientist, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, CSIR Lab Jammu Tawi, were the main speakers.

Various scientists, professors, postgraduate students of pharmacology discipline will take part.

Ropar, November 8
As many as 110 students from Rayat-Bahra group of colleges were shortlisted for final selection during a joint campus drive by the US-based pharma company Eli Lily and Rayat-Bahra group on Rayat Technology campus, Rail Majra.

Gurvinder Singh Bahra, vice-chairman Rayat-Bahra group said out of 450 participants, 50 students were selected for the final interview. Students of BPharmacy and MBA participated in the drive.

Morinda, November 8
Two motorcycle-borne youngsters were killed in an accident on the Morinda-Ropar road, near Dhanouri village.The deceased have been identified as Karamjit Singh of Kalaran village and Amarjeet Singh from Rauni Kalan village. They were going towards Ropar.

 When they reached near Dhanouri village, a tractor-trolley going ahead of them towards Ropar suddenly took a turn without giving any indicator and the motorcycle rammed into the tractor and trolley.

The youth died on the spot. Irate at the incident, and demanding immediate arrest of the accused, the mob went berserk and put the tractor on fire. The police said a case has been registered against the driver of the tractor-trolley. However, the police had kept the proceedings against the mob for setting tractor on fire pending stating that no one in the crowd named anybody responsible for this action.

Kurali, November 8
Gurcharan Singh, a resident of Charheri village, died in a road accident today. In his complaint to the police, the deceased’s son Amanpreet Singh stated that he and his father were going from Kurali to Morinda.

When they reached near Harjit welding workshop, Kurali, a speeding motorcycle hit Gurcharan. The motorcyclist as well as Gurcharan sustained injuries.

Both were rushed to the Civil Hospital, Kurali, where Gurcharan was further referred to the PGI where he later died during treatment. The police has booked the motorcyclist, Yogesh Sharma, a resident of ward No. 10, Kurali.

Panchkula, November 8
Caught in a catch 22 situation after a relative of the DIG found her ornaments missing at a beauty parlour, the Panchkula police is now looking for ways to locate the missing jewellery. While the owner of the parlour was ready to compensate the loss, the complainant, however, was not ready to compromise and insisted upon getting the same jewellery back.

Police officials, despite registering a case under Section 380 of the IPC, has been finding it difficult to make arrests as all suspects were women.

According to the police, the relative of the DIG had visited a beauty parlour on November 2. She kept her jewellery worth around Rs 40,000 in a box at the parlour. However, while leaving the parlour she realised that her jewellery was missing. Though the box was later found abandoned in the parlour, the valuables were missing, said the police.

The parlour is run by the wife of a renowned doctor of the town. Following the complaint, the owner, however, in order to avoid harassment to her and her employees, decided to compensate for the loss.

The complaint, however, remained adamant to get her same jewellery back. The police was now was preparing to arrest the suspects.

Chandigarh, November 8
The Union Academy Senior Secondary School, New Delhi, thrashed NCC (A) team in the Pool H by five goals in the third phase of the 38th ATS Junior Nehru (U-17) Hockey tournament held at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here today.

In one-sided affair, Delhi team scored the first goal in the 10th minute by converting penalty corner through Sumit and after 12 minutes, Mohit converted the penalty corner to give 2-0 lead to his team after the end of the first session of the game.

In the second half, Parveen Kumar scored two successive field goals in the 42nd and 61st minute of the game.

In the 64th minute, Manish sounded the board to seal the fate of the NCC team, who despite getting three penalty corners could not score any goal.

In the second match of Pool I, SS High School, Ranchi, beat Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, by 6-1.

Ranchi’s Nirdosh scored the first goal for his team in the 17th minute while Enem Dodray hit the board in the 26th minute to give 2-0 lead to his team.

However, the Ludhiana boys not deterred by the continuous attack by their opponents managed to get penalty corner, which was converted by Sukhjit Singh. Thereafter, Ranchi players again scored the field goal in the 34th minute through its player Vinod to take 3-1 lead during the half time.

In the second half, Ranchi’s Nirdosh, Enem and Manish Das scored one goal each in the 38th, 50th and 68th minute to take the final tally to 6-1.

In Pool J, Bright Scholar Senior Secondary School, Sonepat, thrashed Government Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, by 6-0.

Navpreet Singh of Sonepat School scored first goal in the 6th minute by converting the penalty corner while Siddharth scored another goal for the Sonepat team in the 8th minute to give 2-0 lead to his team.

Another Sonepat player Navdeep scored two successive field goals in the 20th and 51 minute while Manish scored two goals in the 61st and 67th minute of the game through field goal and penalty corner to make it a one-sided affair.

The match between Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar, and Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Luckhnow, was drawn as both the teams scored five goals each.

Amritsar boys scored their first goal in the 7th minute of the game through Jugraj Singh and continued to hold the lead till the half time, as both the teams continued to attack their opponents without any success.

In the second half, Rupinder Singh of Spring Dale scored a field goal in the 37th minute while Jugraj and Narinder Kumar again hit the board in the 43rd and 46th minute to give 4-0 lead to their team.

However, the Luckhnow boys scored two goals in the 47th and 55th minute through Gaurav Singh and Lalit Kumar. But one minute later Harmandeep Singh of Spring Dale scored another goal through penalty corner.

Chandigarh, November 8
Tejas Nagpal and Tarini Goyal bagged the first and second positions in the under-13 boys and girls chess championship-2009 that concluded at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-C, here today.

In the under-13 open category, Tejas emerged as undisputed champion with 5 points while Tarini Goyal with 4 points secured the second position.

In the under-13 girls category, Simranjeet Kaur emerged as champion with 3.5 points on better tie-break than Arunima Goyal, who came second with 3.5 points. The above four players will be representing Chandigarh at the 10-day Nationals to be held at New Delhi from December 10.

Open category results:

Nagpal Tejas (5 points), Tarini Goyal (4 points), Rishab Jain (4 points), Jaskeerat Ahluwalia (3.5 points), Sachleen Singh (3.5 points), Mayank Kaura (3 points), Anubhav Tuknayat (3 points), Amartya Bhattacharjee (3 points), Akash Bhardwaj (3 points), Anmol (3 points), Pranjal Kaura (3 points), Archit (3 points), Pranay Garg (2 points), Jashan Khurana (2 points), Manu Anmol Singh (2 points), Arunav Sharma (2 points), Manav (2 points), Anchit (1 point), Gagandeep Singh (1 point), Moksh (1 point), Mimanshak (1 point).

Girls category result:

Simranjeet Kaur (3.5 points), Arunima Goyal (3.5 points), Tanya Kaushal (2.5 points), Roopam Bhardwaj (2.5 points), Shivika (2 points), Kashish Kaushal (2 points), Arushi (2 points), Kritika Kapila (1 point), Ishita Aggarwal (1 point), Shreyasi (1 point).

Panchkula, November 8
Propped up by an unbeaten knock of 65 by captain Vaneet Chawla, Godrej and Boyce XI defeated Innovative Consultants, by 12 runs and entered the semifinal of the IVth Mg Cup League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 here.

In semifinal, Godrej and Boyce XI will meet Sigma XI and Indian Railways (DMW) will face HDFC Bank XI on November 15.

Openers Vinod Sharma (23) and skipper Vaneet Chawla gave Godrej and Boyce XI in fine start as they put together 53 runs in nine overs. Rajiv Sidana (one for 26) broke this partnership by dismissing Vinod on the very first ball of his spell.

Vaneet hit five boundaries and a six off Rajiv. Jai Kapil played a cameo inning of 28 runs but was retired hurt in the penultimate over.

Godrej scored 131 for one in allotted 20 overs. The Innovative batsmen replied with 119 for six in stipulated 20 overs. After losing two wickets for nine runs in three overs, Innovative’s Manjit Singh played a patient knock of 51 in 41 balls. Even a late charge by Amandeep (21 not out) proved futile as Innovative fell short of the target by 12 runs.

Inderjeet scalped two wickets for 19 runs. Naresh Dhingra bagged two for 11.

Score:

Godrej and Boyce XI: 131 for one in 20 overs (Vaneet Chawla 65 n.o, Jai Kapil 28, Vinod Sharma 23 and Rajiv Sidana one for 26)

Innovative Consultants: 119 for six in 20 overs (Manjit Singh 51, Amandeep 21 n.o, Inderjit two for 19, Naresh Dhingra two for 11 and Kapil Puri one for 14).

In the second match, Indian Railways (DMW) routed Airtel XI by seven wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, Airtel XI posted 72 in 21.4 overs. Kiran Kumar was the wrecker-in-chief as he bagged three for 14. Sanjay cleaned up the tail with his two for 15.

Raj Bhardwaj was the top scorer for Airtel with unbeaten 26.

In reply, the DMW batsmen had a jittery start with the first wicket falling in the first over. However, Shiv Shanker played sensibly adjusting to the conditions and sneaking runs from the oppositions. Indian Railways scored 73 for three in 12.3 overs.

Scores

Airtel XI: 72 all out in 21.4 overs (Raj Bhardwaj 26 n.o, Amitesh 17, Kiran Kumar three for 14, Roshan two for 12 and Sanjay two for 15)

Indian Railways (DMW): 73 for three in 12.3 overs (Shiv Shanker 29, RK Kaul 15 and Mandeep one for 17).

Chandigarh, November 8
The Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University Inter-College Badminton (Men) Championship for the session 2009-10, beating SGGS College by 3-2 games. GGD SD College and DAV College bagged the third and fourth position, respectively.

Earlier in the semifinal matches, SCCS College beat DAV College, Chandigarh, by 3 games to nil and the PU Campus beat GGD SD College, Chandigarh, by 3 games to nil to enter the finals of the tournament.

GGD SD College secured the third position by beating SGGS College by 3 games to 1 to decide the third and fourth place in the tournament.

In the Paunjab University Inter-College Badminton (Women) B-Divison Championship being held on the PU campus here today, GN College, Narangwal, and SHSM College, Chella, have entered the finals.

In the semifinal matches played today, GN College, Narangwal, beat GP College also of Narangwal by 2 games to nil While SHSM College, Chella, beat MBBG RGC, Mansowal, by 2 games to nil.

Earlier MBBS RGC, Mansowal, beat DM College, Moga, by 2 games to 1 to enter the semifinals of the tournament. Similarly, SHMS College, Chella, beat MRBG College, Taprian Khurd, by 2 games to 1 to grab the place in the semifinals. 

Chandigarh, November 8
Maharashtra beat Haryana by 10 wickets in the one-sided affair during the National Junior Women Cricket Championship (U-19) held at Sector 16 cricket stadium here today.Batting first, Haryana batswomen could not face the stiff line and length of Maharashtra bowlers and got out cheaply, scoring only 26 runs in 14.2 overs.

 About seven players could not make their mark on the notice board and were out for a duck putting their team in trouble. Opening batswomen Kavita (6), Sheena (7 not out) and Meenakshi (4) were the only main scorers for their team. Maharashtra’s Amruta did a fine job by scalping 5 wickets in 4.2 overs and just gave away 3 runs. Rameshwari took two wickets in two overs by giving away only 3 runs.

In reply, Maharashtra’s opening pair of Amruta and Prachi achieved the target of 27 runs in just 6.3 overs. Prachi had scored 13 runs while Amruta scored only 3 runs and continued to give consistent support to her partner from the other end.

Earlier, inaugurating the tournament, Brijendra Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, encouraged the girls to participate more and bring the name of the country on the world sports map. He also appreciated the role of the Chandigarh Women’s Cricket Association for promoting the game among the girls in the region. Former India Captain Sunil Gavaskar’s wife Nutan Gavaskar was the guest of honour in the opening ceremony of the tournament in which eight teams from North, east, west, south and central zone are participating.

Brief scores:

Haryana
Kavita b Rameshwari - 6, Himangni b Amruta - 0, Praveen run out - 0, Sheena lbw Amruta - 0, Aarti lbw Rameshwari - 0, Seema not out - 7, Sarita b Amruta - 0, Preeti lbw Amruta - 0, Pooja run out - 0, Meenakshi c Pramodhini b Vishakha 4, Rama b Amruta -1.

Extra – 8.
TOTAL 26 in 14.2 overs
BOWING Vaishnavi 3-0-5-0, Pramodhani 3-1-4-0, Amruta 4.2-2-3-5, Rameshwari 2-1-3-2, Vishakha 2-0-10-1

Maharashtra
Amruta not out – 03, Prachi not out 13.

Extra – 11
TOTAL 27 in 6.3 overs
BOWLING Kavita 2.3-0-9-0, Sarita 1-0-9-0, Parveen 1-0-5-0, Pooja 2-0-4-0.

Chandigarh, November 8
In order to enhance their skills in cricket, women cricket players of the city beautiful will now be able to practice at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium soon.

Dr Satinder Dhillon and Rani Sharma, president and general secretary of the Chandigarh Women’s Cricket Association have taken up the matter with Nutan Gavaska, wife of former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, who was in the city for the inaugural function of the National Junior Women Cricket Championship, which began today.

Nutan had taken up the matter with Brijendra Singh, Deputy Commissioner and chief guest, who had assured her that the matter would be resolved soon besides re-allotting them a room in the stadium, which was taken back by the authorities.

Dr Dhillon told The Tribune that earlier, she along with Rani Sharma had taken up the matter with the administration several times to at least allot one corner of the practice site in the stadium so that the girls could practice but there was no response from the authorities.

She said they had to arrange pitches in the private schools so that the budding players could practice to prepare for the state or national-level games.

She hoped that with the initiative of the DC the young girls would now be able to practice along with their male counterparts.

Answering a query about only two days allotted to them at the stadium for holding national championship, she said they had taken up the matter with the authorities concerned but as the stadium had already been booked for holding some other matches they had to shift the rest of the matches which would now be played at DAV School for boys and Government Model School, Sector 26.