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Fatehgarh Sahib, April 17
Government aided school teachers today said they were not been paid salaries for the past three months.

In a press release issued here today, Ravinder Joshi, president of government aided schools in Fatehgarh Sahib, said teachers working in government aided schools found it difficult to keep their pot boiling.

Besides salaries, the teachers also demanded that pension scheme for teachers of government aided schools should be restored. Joshi said besides increasing the standard of these schools with the hard work of teachers, they had not been paid properly by the government.

A large number of seats were still lying vacant in almost all schools and teachers were overburdened. Demanding immediate solution of all problems being faced by the teachers, Joshi said the teachers would be forced to launch an agitation in this regard if their long pending demands were not met soon.

Patiala, April 17
Trials were conducted in both boys and girls’ categories for summer coaching camps and admissions to sports wings of various colleges affiliated with Punjabi University, Patiala, during the next session at the Sports Complex of the university here.

The trials were conducted under the guidance of university sports director Dr Rajkumar Sharma.

Dr Sharma said a large number of players took part in the trials. The games for which the trials were conducted were athletics, archery, badminton, basketball, boxing, chess, cricket, cross country races, cycling, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi (national style), kayaking and canoeing, kho-kho, korfball, netball, pistol shooting and air rifle shooting, weightlifting, powerlifting, best physique (men), rowing, swimming, squash racket, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, wrestling and yachting.

The director said there had been an increase in the number of players for trials this year.

He gave the credit to the facilities the university was providing to its players i.e. free education, hostel facilities, diet system, etc.

“I am sure the university will once again fair well in all-India inter-university and various national events,” he added.

He said the summer camps would be organised for selected players and the final trials for the admissions would be held on May 18.

Dera Bassi, April 17
An International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Technology And Education” (ICETTE-2010) concluded at the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, Punjab. The research and development centre of the college initiated the proceedings of the conference.

Sri Sukhmani Institute organised the international conference with the primary goal to promote research and developmental activities in technology and education, scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, scholars and practitioners working in India and abroad and to make an ideal platform for research scholars to share views and experiences in emerging and latest trends in education and technology.

The conference aimed to provide an international forum where researchers, professionals, students and academicians could present their research and study from different areas of education and technology .The major areas and topics for the international conference and research included, wireless communication, automation and robotics, sensor networks ,data and web mining, career oriented skills, biometrics, soft computing techniques, cryptography, waste and energy management, system simulation, etc.

The conference drew an overwhelming response from academicians, scholars, engineers, student’s research scholars from India and abroad. Numerous papers submissions have been received from different countries. The International Advisory Committee included experts from all over the world. 

Dera Bassi, April 17
Longowal Polytechnic and Pharmacy College, Derabass, organised the 3rd blood donation camp in collaboration with Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, on the college premises here.

The event was inaugurated by chief guest Prof Ashok Kumar Garg (retired), Former HoD, English, DAV College, Sector10, Chandigarh. Kapil Katyal, Director of the college welcomed the chief guest and Kanta Katyal, chairperson, Longowal Polytechnic College, presided over the event as the guest of honour. It aims at spreading awareness among the community on the importance of blood donation and how a drop of blood donated can be instrumental in saving life. The college staff and students came forward and donated blood. Around 240 units of blood were donated. — OC

Ambala, April 17
Ambala railway division was declared the best division in Northern Railway this year for its excellent performance in various fields.

DRM, Ambala Railway division, YP Singh informed that the best performance trophy to this division was awarded in a function at Delhi yesterday. The Ambala Division was also awarded with a trophy for promoting Hindi in the official works. The commercial department, safety department, sanitation department, loco department and technical department were also awarded trophies for their excellent performance, he added.

Talking to mediapersons the DRM said that the division had taken up the security of the passenger on the priority basis and close circuit cameras had been installed at Ambala Cantt and at a few other railway stations. He said that following the summer season the arrangement of sufficient drinking water had also been made on various railway stations in the division. ADRM, RK Saxena and senior DCM Karan Singh were also present on this occasion.

Panchkula, April 17
A Hyundai car dealer has been penalised by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum for denying discount on an i10 car to Anita Mittal, a government employee and a resident of Sector 12.

The dealer has been directed to pay Rs 15,000 to the complainant for indulging in unfair trade practices, mental agony, harassment and litigation charges besides paying her discount of Rs 9,429 to her. The amount is to be paid within 30 days from the receipt of order otherwise the dealer would be liable to pay an interest of 9 per cent per annum till the payment is made.

Anita, in her complaint to the court, had said she had purchased an i10 Magna from Ultimate Automobiles Ltd in Industrial Area, Panchkula, on March 29 last year.

She said after purchasing the car she came to know that she was also entitled to a corporate discount of Rs 21,000 being an employee of a public sector besides special discount of Rs 4,000 to all State Bank of Patiala employees. She said she approached the local car dealer and the head office of Hyundai motors, but in vain.

However, the council for the opposite parties contended that the complainant had opted for the corporate and exchange scheme in which free insurance amounted to Rs 8,180, corporate bonus of Rs 4,000, cash discount of Rs 1,000 and central locking for Rs 2,265 had already been provided to her.

The council denied that she was entitled to special privilege of Rs 4,000. However, the company later agreed that the complainant was given less discount of Rs 5,555.

After hearing the pleas of both the parties the court observed that the dealer had indulged in unfair trade practice by not giving her benefits of Rs 5,555, and Rs 3,874 incurred on the purchase of central locking system, mud flaps, perfume and number plate.

Chandigarh, April 17
A local court today directed the Chandigarh Police to provide protection to a newlywed couple, Sonu and Shelly.

They have submitted before the court that both of them are from Ludhiana and got married at the Adhyatmic Arya Samaj Mission here on April 15. Shelly told the court that her parents were against their marriage and she was afraid that they would spoil their relations.

The court has also asked the police to verify the place in Chandigarh where the couple are said to be putting up after their marriage. 

Chandigarh, April 17
A local court today awarded two-year rigorous imprisonment to a 35-year-old man who was booked under Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Indian Penal Code by the police.

Additional District and Sessions Judge GC Garg announced this verdict. The accused, Hari Dass, a resident of Bapu Dham colony, had attacked his neighbour Manohar with a sharp-edged weapon on the neck on July 24, 2008.

The police had arrested him on the complaint of Anand, son of Manohar. He was the only eyewitness in the case.

Dass was absolved of the charge of attempted murder, as the court observed that the injury incurred by Manohar was not dangerous enough to kill him.

Besides the two-year jail, Dass was also sentenced to undergo one year in jail under Section 506 (for criminal intimidation) of the IPC. Both sentences will run concurrently.

Chandigarh, April 17
A joint committee constituted by the Chandigarh Administration will submit a report on the status of the N-Choe to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 21, the scheduled date for the next hearing.

The administration will also inform the court about the efforts being made to clean up the choe.

The High Court had taken a suo motu notice of a series of news reports on the pitiable condition of the N-Choe published by The Tribune from April 6 to April 9.

The committee will visit the entire length of the choe to prepare a detailed report on the ground situation, sources said. The committee members include the UT standing counsel, MC Additional Commissioner, and senior-most officials of the public health branches, both from the UT and the MC.

Mohali, April 17
Last year’s junior national champion Gursobha Singh again cornered glory by bagging the Best Child Riders’ Trophy 2010 at the recently concluded Silver Jubilee Delhi Horse Show at the Army Equestrian Centre, Nicholson Ranges, New Delhi.

Eleven-year-old Sobha won two individual gold and a bronze medal besides winning two medals in the team events.

The individual gold medals came in “accumulator” and “show jumping” (normal) events while in team category, he clinched a medal each in the “dressage” and “junior and children rescue relay”.

The championship, organised by The Army Polo and Riding Club, New Delhi, is considered to be the biggest and the most prestigious equestrian show in the country.

This year happened to be the show’s silver jubilee year, having successfully completed 25 years as the nation’s top rated horse show.

Gen VK Singh, Chief of the Army Staff, gave away the prizes to the winners.

Elated Sobha, who is a student of Yadvindra Public School here, is eyeing a medal in Olympics.

“I want to win a medal for my country in Olympics,” said the junior champion.

Earlier, at the Great Noida Horse Show held by the UP Equestrian Association, Sobha claimed four individual gold and a silver medal.

In an icing on the cake, he was declared “Best Upcoming Rider” there.

Chandigarh, April 17
It was Rahul Bajaj all the way. This Noida golfer led from day one and remained on top of the leaderboard on all four days to clinch the IGU categorised season opener Chandigarh Open Amateur Golf Championship on the par-72 greens of the Shivalik Golf Course in Chandi Mandir yesterday.

Rahul signed off with a final round card of one over par 73 and a final tally of two under par 266, leaving second-placed Ashbeer Singh Saini of Kapurthala four strokes behind at two over par 290.

This win will boost Rahul’s confidence as he tees off in the ITC Amateur Championship next week.

Ashbeer Singh Saini also played a one over par 73 card on the final day. This was a good experience for the top-ranked junior player from Kapurthala who will be matching his skills with top professionals in the Nepal Open next week.

Saurabh Bahuguna fired a par round to be placed third.

Ambala’s Manav Das shared the day’s best card of one under par 71 with Rishi Arora. With this last round score, Manav jumped up the ladder to finish tied fourth along with Chandigarh’s Abhijit Chadha who carded a two over par 74 in the final round.

The winds picked up early in the morning making the proceedings a bit difficult for players, which resulted in some high scores over all. The soaring temperatures unlike for April in Chandigarh and the winds took the toll on the scoring pattern. The ball tended to veer a lot due to the crosswind.

The final leaderboard: 286 Rahul Bajaj (69-73-71-73); 290 Ashbeer Singh Saini (73-71-73-73); 291 Saurabh Bahuguna (73-75-71-72); 293 Manav Das (75-74-73-71) and Abhijit Chadha (73-73-73-74); 298 Samaresh Sardar (77-76-71-74), Moin Malak (79-71-72-76) and Aditya Bhandarkar (72-72-77-77); 299 H.S. Kang (77-70-80-72), Varoon Parmar (80-73-71-75), Pawan Kumar (74-79-70-76) and Gagan Verma (73-76-71-79).

Panchkula, April 17
Around 80 golfers will tee off tomorrow on the par-72 greens of the Panchkula Golf Club here for the first Golf Medal Tournament to be held in association with the State Bank of India.

The tournament will begin at 6.30 in the morning and the prizes will be given away by SK Sehgal, chief general manager, SBI, Chandigarh region, at 11.15 am.

Brig IS Punia, general manager of the Panchkula Golf Club, said the greens and fairways of the club were in perfect shape and could be compared to the best international courses of the country.

An all-weather swimming pool would be a new facility at the club once the construction work is over.

Spread over an area of 13 acres, the Panchkula course runs along the banks of the Ghaggar with the Shivalik Hills forming a perfect backdrop.

The tournament is the initiative of the SBI’s local head office to promote golf in the region.

Chandigarh, April 17
Punjab’s Fatehdeep Singh and Delhi’s Riya Bhatia emerged champions in the under-16 singles boys and girls’ categories champions, respectively, in the All-India Tennis Association Championship Series at Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association’s Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here yesterday.

For Fatehdeep, who defeated Shailender Boniface of Delhi in well-contested sets 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6), it was not an easy going. On the other hand, Riya Bhatia outplayed her rival Victoria Chahal of Haryana in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in the title clash.

Earlier, Fatehdeep Singh, who won the first set 6-3 lost the next one 5-7. In the decider, the match came to a thrilling stage when the score was 6-6. In the tie-breaker, Shailender established a commanding 5-1 lead before Fatehdeep again came from behind and made it 5-5. Shailender won the next point and had a match point but Fatehdeep kept his cool and clinched the issue 8-6.

In the girls’ under-12 category, Vanshika Sawhney of the CLTA, who is a student of Carmel Convent, proved too good for Himani Mor of Haryana whom she beat in straight sets 6-0, 6-1.

Results (finals): Boys’ U-16 singles: Fatehdeep Singh (Pb) b Shailender Boniface (Dli) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6).

Girls’ U-12 singles: Vanshika Sawhney (Chd) b Himani Mor (Har) 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ U-12 singles: Ishaque Eqbal (Chd) b Shrey Gupta (Har) 6-3, 6-2.

Girls’ U-16 singles: Riya Bhatia (Dli) b Victoria Chahal (Har) 6-1, 6-1.

Chandigarh, April 17
The state-run Chandigarh Football Academy shortlisted 30 probables for a coaching camp through trials held at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, here today.

The sports officials said during the camp, a team would be selected to participate in the Junior National Football Championship for Dr BC Roy Trophy, scheduled to be held in Kolkata from the first week of June.

Earlier, around 125 players participated in the trials. To assess the talent of participants, a selection panel comprising Tejinder Kumar, Narinder Thapa, Rajiv Rattan and Gurpreet Bedi was formed.

Besides selectors, association office-bearers Rakesh Bakshi and Surinder Singh were also present.

In all, 14 probables are from the state-run Chandigarh Football Hockey Academy. The probables have been directed to report at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, on April 19 at 4.30 pm.

The selected players are: Ruat Fela, Abraham, Laltha Zuala, Sandeep, Amandeep, Akashdeep, Ramanjot, Rajinder, Samuel, Sehnaj Singh, Chinkash, Summit Passi, Sarabjit Singh, Gagandeep (all Chandigarh Football Academy), Harpreet Bedi (DAV-15), Sandesh Jhingan (Shishu Niketan), Sachin (NPS-18), Vikram Chauhan (DAV-15), Manpreet Singh (NPS-18), Anmol (Shivalik Public School-41), Shamindra (DAVSSS-8), NC THoinensana (DAV-18), Rochan Kakkhar (Vivek-37), Amit (DAVSS-8), Sonu Majhi (DAVSSS-8), Shubham (Shishu Niketan), Arsh Sadana (St John’s-26), Ameen (St John’s-26), Anoop (KV) and Parminder Singh (NPS).