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Patiala, December 19
Computer science department at Khalsa College, Patiala, organised a seminar on “Handshaking with Simulation Modelling through Digital Computer” here yesterday.

Dr Kanwaljeet Singh, director, computer centre, Punjabi University, Patiala, delivered a lecture.

He expressed the idea of simulation modelling by taking the practical examples of game theory, queuing problem, probability and random distribution. He also discussed the case studies on simulation Modelling.

Principal Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha emphasised that such academic activities help faculty members and students to cope with trends in information technology.

He said such events proved beneficial for the overall development of the students.

Patiala, December 19
Residents of many parts of the royal city are up in arms following the failure of the municipal corporation to shift dairies out of the city, which has resulted in choking of sewerage in many parts of the district.

MC officials claim to have constituted a special team under a senior officer to solve this problem caused by the residents who throw waste inside the drains.

Numerous locality residents have claimed that choked sewerage is a continuous problem which has no permanent solution. “Every week we have to complain to the MC authorities and they send their staff and the problem is solved temporarily,” alleged residents of Sewak Colony.

Residents in Model Town, Gobind Nagar, Badoongar, Charan Bagh, Sewak Colony, Sant Nagar and Gian Colony alleged that dirty water accumulate in their colonies. Blockage in the lines was pushing waste back into the toilets.

“I had asked a private plumber to try to clear the choked sewerage, but the problem is bigger than what can be solved by a private worker and hence we have no option but to wait for the MC team to arrive,” claimed Joginder Singh, a resident of Kishore Colony.

Numerous dairies located in the heart of the city have been found guilty on many counts for releasing their waste straight into the sewerage. “They throw everything in the open drains which ultimately gets into the sewer line, resulting in choking of underground sewerage,” claimed MC officials.

“Blockage in old, worn out underground drainage lines led to sewerage bursting through manholes and stagnation on various streets in the aforesaid localities. At certain places we have found plastic bags and even clothes thrown inside drains, which leads to choking,” claimed MC staffers.

Patiala MC Commissioner MS Narang confirmed that there were problems earlier and majority of them were due to the apathetic attitude of the sewerage board, which had locked many inside passages. “However, we have a new team, headed by an SDO-ranked officer, which is now available for the entire city to clear out this mess,” he added.

SDO (operation and maintenance) Suresh Kumar told The Tribune that though the problem was solved at many places, certain areas were still facing problems as residents were throwing solid waste inside the sewage. “We would further start an awareness programme to educate them to avoid this menace,” he added. 

Kalka, December 19
The three-day Heritage Festival at Yadavindra Gardens, Pinjore, organised by the state tourism department concluded here today. Heavy rush of visitors from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali and from some part of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab was witnessed during the festival.

People could be seen enjoying puppet show and Rajasthani folk dance. The traditional folk orchestra of Haryana, African folk dance by artistes of West Zone Cultural Centre, Gujarat, remained the main attraction of the festival. Haryana Governor Jagan Nath Pahadia was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. He was received by OP Jain, minister of tourism, hospitality, transport and civil aviation, Haryana.

In his address, the Governor congratulated the Haryana tourism for the success of Heritage Festival. He further complimented the authorities for making it an annual event. He has assured his full support for the upcoming tourism projects in the state.

He further said Haryana was known all over the country for its rich vedic culture. He said the Central government had given Rs 8 crore for the preservation of the historic Mughal Garden, Pinjore. He also emphasised on enhancing tourism in Haryana.

OP Jain while welcoming the chief guest stated that the Heritage Festival had proved to be a unique platform for the promotion of art and crafts amongst tiny tots. A number of competitions were held for children like fancy dress, Sudoku, mehandi, pankhi decoration, painting, face painting, matka decoration, group and solo dance competitions.

Hussain Brothers cast spell

Hussain Brothers, Ustad Ahmed Hussain and Ustad Mohammed Hussain, well known ghazal singers of Jaipur, on the concluding day of the Heritage Festival regaled audience by rendering their popular ghazals.

They started the programme by rendering Ganesh Vandana “Gaiye Ganpati Jagvandan” written by Goswami Tulsi Dass, which was composed in raga Marwaha followed by their famous ghazals “Pyar ka Jazba Naya Rang Dikha Deta Hai”, “Mein Hawa hoon Kahan Vatan Mera”, “Aaya Tere Darr Pe Dewana” and “Daas Na Jaye Mujhko Julfe Kalian”.

Panchkula, December 19
Fraudster Manjit Singh Rattu, who was on police remand for two days, was produced in the district court here today which handed him over to Jalandhar police for his alleged involvement in a human trafficking case.

Rattu, who was arrested by the local police from Chandigarh on December 17, was produced in the court of Duty Magistrate Jyoti Birban after his two-day police custody ended today.

Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh languishing in Kot Lakhpat Jail of Lahore for his alleged involvement in the 1990 Lahore bomb blast, was also present in the court and expressed satisfaction with the turn of events.

However, Rattu reiterated that he was being falsely implicated in the bomb blast case and had been a victim of conspiracy.

Even though the local police did not seek further police remand of Rattu, the Jalandhar police, which had also arrived in the court early today, moved an application in the court seeking transit remand of the accused in connection with a recent human trafficking case registered against him.

Accepting the application moved by the Jalandhar police, the court awarded Rattu’s transit remand to Jalandhar police with a direction to produce the accused before the Duty Magistrate of Jalandhar before 6 pm.

Meanwhile, sleuths of Intelligence Bureau and the local police, who had been interrogating Rattu for the past two days failed to get any information about his alleged involvement in the blast case.

The police sources said that Rattu had completely denied his link with the Lahore blast case even though he had confessed that he had visited Pakistan a number of times due to his journalism profession. 

Panchkula, December 19
It was Jagdeep Dhillon all the way. This US golfer who plays with a handicap of five, took the lead from day one to emerge the champion clinching the Le Monte Championship Trophy in the three-day sixth Chandigarh Golf Tour for NRIs that concluded at the Panchkula Golf Club here today.

The tournament was organised by the Chandigarh Golf Association for promoting the region as a golf tourism destination. The sixth leg of the golf tour attracted 118 NRI entries from 12 countries.

On the final day today, the challenging fairways and fast greens of the Panchkula course played true and the players took time to get the hang of the course. The golfers had difficulty in hitting accurately through the narrow fairways. A number of strokes saw the balls flying off their targeted destinations.

It was chilly in the morning. But as the day progressed the sun brightened up the greens spreading its warmth providing perfect playing conditions.

The bonhomie and enthusiasm was evident throughout the tournament as the curtain came down on the three-day event.

Haryana Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati gave away the prizes and released the souvenir of the sixth Chandigarh Golf Tour. CGA secretary Jagdeep Singh Cheema thanked the NRIs for participating in the tournament and making it a grand success.

Results

Overall Le Monte Championship Trophy 2010: Jagdeep Dhillon (USA).

Invitee prizes: T.P.S. Bakshi 1, R. Jung 2.

Daily prizes:

15-24 handicap: Day one - Gross Pritpal Deol 1, Amar Vanmali 2; Nett Davinder Sandhu 1, Anil Sharma 2. Day two - Gross Akhil Bhardwaj 1, Charanpal Singh 2; Nett J.S. Virk 1, Jagjit Singh 2.

Day three -Gross Dax Singh 1, Kamal Sangha 2; Nett Jatinder Kalia 1, Karnail Sivia 2.

0-14 handicap: Day one - Gross Jagdeep Dhillon 1, Jazzy Sihota 2; Nett Balwant Singh 1, Jagdish Singh 2.

Day two - Gross Anil Sharma 1, Amar J. Vanmali 2; Nett Manpreet Gahra 1, Bobby Kang 2.

Day three - Gross Anil Sharma 1, Jagdeep Dhillon 2; Nett Vijay Sharma 1, Amardeep Sandha 2.

Chandigarh, December 19
Harry put up a good show with both bat and ball (75 off 42 and 3 for 35) to steer his BTS Cricket Academy team to beat South Africa team by five wickets in the South Africa Series (under-16) match at BTS ground, Sector 48, here, today.

After winning the toss, BTS team elected to field first. SA put on 169 for 6 in allotted 20 overs with the help of 65-run knock by Bevan. He faced 46 balls in the course. Dillon was another batsman, who clicked with the bat, scoring 57 off 42.

Harry produced good bowling spell, claiming 3 for 35. Parvesh, who took two wickets for 32 runs, followed him.

Chasing the target, BTS Academy took 17.3 overs to win the match. They made 170 for 5 with the help of Harry’s 75-run knock. Satyam and Parvesh, who produced 25 and 22 runs, respectively, ably supported him. Martin (3 for 42) was the highest wicket taker for the visiting team.

Scores:

South Africa: 169 for 6 in 20 overs (Dillon 57, Bevan 65, Parvesh 2 for 32, Harry 3 for 35).

BTS: 170 for 5 in 17.3 overs (Harry 75, Satyam 25, Parvesh 22, Martin 3 for 42).

Chandigarh, December 19
Strawberry Fields World School, Sector 26, beat DAV Model School, Sector 15, by a narrow margin of eight runs in a pool B match of the under-12 St Kabir Trophy being played at St Kabir Public School grounds, Sector, 26 here today.

Batted first, Strawberry Fields team put on 95 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Opener Aassees Singh displayed a good show with bat, hitting 43 off 48.

Chirag Vir Singh was another notable contributor with 15 runs.

For the DAV team, Navish and Sidharth took one wicket each for 13 and 23 runs, respectively.

In reply, DAV team were restricted at 88 for six in the allotted overs. Vishwajeet was the highest scorer with 23 off 42.

In another match, St John’s High School, Sector 26, registered an easy victory over Millennium School, Mohali, by 80 runs. Electing to bat first, St John’s put on a huge total of 153 runs on the board. Garry with 38 runs off 40 balls and Angad with 35 runs off 29 balls were the main contributors for the team.

For Millennium, Sahil bowled exceptionally well to pick four wickets for 36 runs, while Jasdeepak took two for 19.

In reply, Millennium team were never in the match, as they could muster only 73 runs in 16.5 overs. Only Ayush showed some resistance with 16 runs.

For St John’s team, Angad claimed four for four, followed by Raj Kanwar, who snapped three for 12.

Brief scores

Strawberry Fields: 95 for 3 in 20 overs (Aassees 43, Chirag Vir 15; Navish 1 for 13, Sidharth 1 for 23). DAV-15: 88 for 6 in 20 overs (Vishwajeet 23, Kavish 16, Aman 16; Avi 1 for 8, Manan 1 for 9).

Match II: St John’s: 153 for 6 in 20 overs (Garry 38, Angad 35; Sahil 4 for 36). Millennium: 73 all out in 16.5 overs (Ayush 16; Angad 4 for 4, Raj Kanwar 3 for 12). 

Mohali, December 19
Aditya and Sohrab will face each other in the final of the boys’ U-12 category in The British Total Tennis Championship for juniors at The British School, Sector 70.

In the semifinal, Aditya beat Anumanit Bains in a tough match that lasted for more than one hour in three sets by 4-5, 5-3, 4-0.

In another semifinal, Sohrab Singh got the better of Hari Om in three sets by 2-4, 5-3, 4-0. In the boys’ U-10 category, Ashav Kumar beat Shreshth by 4-1, 4-1 to secure berth in the final. He will take on Manveer Singh, who beat Daksh Marwaha 4-0, 2-4, 4-0.

Results

Boys’ U-10 semifinals: Ashav beat Shreshth 4-1, 4-1; Manveer Singh beat Daksh Marwaha 4-0, 2-4, 4-0; Boys U-12 semifinals: Aditya beat Anumanit Bains 4-5, 5-3, 4-0; Sohrab beat Hari Om 2-4, 5-3, 4-0; U-14 semifinals: Rohit beat K Sehgal 4-1, 4-1; Nikhil beat Chandan 4-2, 4-2; Girls U-14 quarterfinals Namat beat Harleen; Preetnayan beat Arshpreet 6-2; Asmita beat Komal 7-6; Jasmine beat Samarpreet 6-1. –TNS