NEIGHBOURHOOD

Punjabis must patent ‘makki di roti, sarson da saag’
Surinder Bhardwaj

Banur, November 24
Dr Harjinder Singh Rose Principal of Shaheed Udham Singh College of Research andTechnology has been awarded with the Eminent Scientist of The Year award by the National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi. Rose did his PhD from department of zoology, Panjab, University , Chandigarh, in 1977 and has taught for 35 years in Punjabi University, Patiala, in various capacities. He has guided more than 22 students for PhD and 18 students for M.Phill.

Rose has attended 70 national and international conferences and resource person for many. He chaired many national and international conferences also. Rose had been awarded as many as 10 fellowships during his research career. Before joining SUS Group Dr Rose Retired as Professor and Head from department of Zoology Punjabi University, Patiala. — OC

Lalru, November 24
Following the campaign to make SAS Nagar district smoke free, a team of health department raided some public places to implement the law. Lalru SMO Dr Neena Singla said that a team from the Community Health Centre, Lalru, under Nodal officer Dr Gunider raided Lalru mandi, bus stand and railway station.

Nearly 20 road-side vendors were checked. During the campaign 9 persons, including 7 vendors, were found violating the COTPA ACT. they were challaned and left with a future warning.

Dera Bassi, November 24
A campus placement drive was conducted for the students of Sukhmani Institute Of Engineering And Technology, Dera Bassi. Companies like Syntel, HCL,Sleep Free, Abode Realtors, Business Associates Of Dhanlaxmi Bank, participated in the drive. Sleepfree Company has selected 7 students after conducting written tests and interviews.

HCL has selected 6 students, whereas 5 students (each) have been selected by Abode Realtors and Business Associates Of Dhanlaxmi Bank, Chandigarh.

There were pre-placement talks, and presentations by HR managers of these firms who gave brief description about the company and job profile.

During the event principal Dr GN Verma, all head of departments and other faculty members were also present.

Prof Avtar Singh, chairman of the Sukhmani Group thanked all for the coordination.

Chandigarh, November 24
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the State of Haryana and UT Chandigarh to take a policy decision on whether the wards of the High Court employees are eligible for reservation meant for the children of Punjab and Haryana government employees.

The direction came on a petition filed by Kanchan Sindhu. In her petition, the student had earlier asserted that she was denied admission to the first year of integrated BA-LLB (hons) course in Kurukshetra University, even though her father was an employee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The reason behind the denial was that “she cannot be considered against a quota reserved for the wards of the employees of the State of Haryana,” counsel NC Kinra had told the court.

As the case came up for resumed hearing, Justice Surya Kant asserted that the petitioner had been granted admission, rendering this writ petition infructuous.

“Nevertheless, it shall not absolve the States of Punjab, Haryana or UT Chandigarh from taking an appropriate policy decision in accordance with the law. At this stage, counsel for the State of Punjab submits that a policy decision has been taken and is likely to be notified soon”.

“The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the State of Haryana and UT Chandigarh to take the policy decision in accordance with law and notify the same,” Justice Surya Kant asserted, while setting the deadline of a maximum three months for the implementation of the order.

The Bench on October 12 had directed: “Let both State counsels have categorical instructions as to how the employees working on the establishment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court are not held entitled to weightage/benefit/reservation being granted to the wards of the employees of the States of the Punjab and Haryana, failing which this court shall be constrained to restrain the state governments from granting such benefits to the wards of their employees”.

During the hearing, an affidavit was filed by the State of Haryana “categorically mentioning that the state government has decided to grant equivalence to the High Court employees with the employees of the Government of India posted in Chandigarh or Haryana in connection with the affairs of the Haryana Government for the issuance of a residence certificate”.

Chandigarh, November 24
The police today recovered nine .12-bore cartridges from outside Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 45. The cartridges were spotted by a passerby, who informed the police control room.

Chandigarh, November 24
The UT electricity department has slapped a penalty of Rs 65,000 on a Mani Majra resident for electricity theft. He reportedly placed a high-power magnet on his electricity meter.

SDO Raja Singh said they had conducted late-night raids in the area and detected the electricity theft. He added that the person used to put the magnet on the meter for around 20 days a month.

Superintending Engineer MP Singh said the department registered an FIR with the police. He added that the imposition of a heavy penalty and the lodging of an FIR were as per latest instructions of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Zirakpur, November 24
A 27-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at New Generation Apartment in Dhakoli, Zirakpur, here this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Shruchi. She had married Rohit Goel nearly two years ago and is survived by her three-month-old baby. Her husband worked with a medical company in Baddi.

Giving details, SHO Zirakpur Yogi Raj said they got information about the suicide in the evening. Around 2.30 pm, her in-laws found her hanging from a fan and informed her parents.

The SHO said her family members revealed that she had attempted suicide in August by jumping from the top floor of the house and sustained a fracture in her leg. No suicide note was found from the spot, the police said.

Preliminary investigations point to a suicide as her family members said she was under depression in connection with her health. The body of the deceased has been sent for a postmortem at the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital and an inquest proceeding has been initiated.

Chandigarh, November 24
Team members of Coaching Centre (B) team defeated members of St Soldier School (B) team by 3-0 during the inaugural match of the 24th Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship, being held at Table-Tennis Hall Sector 23, here today.

For the winning side, Satyam defeated Himansh (11-9, 11-9 and 11-9), Tushar beat Piyush (11-5, 11-6 and11-4) while in doubles category pair of Satyam and Pranjal overpowered Romil and Himansh (11-5, 11-6 and11-4).

In another match, the players of Manav Mangal Coaching Centre defeated PGI Club by 3-0.Tushar Gupta defeat Shobit (11-7, 11-9 and 11-8) while Aditya overcame Harnoor (12-10, 11-3 and 11-6). The duo Aditya and Pankaj defeated Shobit and Shashwant by 11-7, 11-7 and 11-9.

Results: The players of table tennis club bt Metco Table Tennis Academy by 3-0 (Mukund bt Arshjot Singh 11-5,11-4,11-9; Lovnish bt Charanjot 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Mukund and Sidharth beat Arshjot and Charanjit 11-4,11-5,11-5); St Xavier bt Coaching Centre (c) by 3-1 (Shaurya Raj bt Hardesh 11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 8-11, 9-11; Amay bt Naman 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; Hardesh and Amay bt Shaurya and Naman 11-4, 11-8, 11-8; Hardesh bt Naman 11-6, 11-4,11-8); St Soldier (A) bt High players by 3-1 (Bhuvan bt Bhuvan 8-11, 11-2, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 8-11; Tareshwar bt Arpit 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8; Gurmesh and Dapinder bt Hardey and Varun 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Dapinder bt Arpit 11-9, 11-5, 11-8).

Chandigarh, November 24
The local tennis players Param Pun and Paramveer Singh Bajwa won the Boys’ (U-14) title while Sagar Bains and Himanshu Mor of Haryana registered triumph in the finals of Boys’ (U-12) category during the ongoing Shivalik Public School CLTA-AITA Championship series tennis tournament being held at CLTA Complex Sector 10, here today.

In the finals of Boys’ (U-14) category, the winning pair got better of Sidharth Basnet from Sikkim and Dheeranush Singh Bhatti in direct sets 6-4 and 6-3.

While in the finals of Boys’ (U-12) group, the pair of Sagar Bains and Himanshu Mor overcame local player Rishabh Sharda and Utkarsh Bhardwaj of Uttrakhand 3-6, 7-5 and 10-8.

Semi-final results:

Boys’ (U-12)-Abhimanyu Vannemreddy (TamilNadu) bt Rohit Kumar (Haryana) 7-5, 6-1; Utkarsh Bhardwaj (Uttrakhand) bt Sacchitt Sharma (Delhi) 7-5, 6-2; Boys’ (U-14)-Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Chandigarh) bt Nihit Rawal (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-2; Param Pun (Chandigarh) bt Arjun Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6-0, 6-3; Girls(U-12)-Shreya Kalia (Himachal Pradesh) bt Sabhyata Nihalani (Delhi) 6-2, 6-2; Aarja Chakraborthy (Uttar Pradesh) bt Akanksha Bhan (Gujrat) 6-1, 6-1; Girls(U-14)-Gayatri Kumariah (Chandigarh) bt Aarja Chakroborty (Uttar Pradesh) 6-3, 6-2; Sabhyata Nihalani (Delhi) bt Akanksha Bhan (Gujrat).

Chandigarh, November 24
The basketball team of St Joseph School, Sector 44, won the Inter-School Basketball Tournament for Boys (U-14) here today.

In the final match, held at Sports Complex, Sector 46, here today, St Joseph defeated Bahvan Vidalaya School Sector 27.

In another match Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41, defeated St Kabir School, Sector 26, to finish third in the competition. In the finals of Girls’ (U-17), IS Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, defeated St Anne's School, Sector 32, by 21-8 to win the title. In the matches of Girls’(U-14) team of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, overcame Bhavan Vidayalaya School by 22-9 while Government Model Senior Secondary school sector 20 beat St Anne School, Sector 32, by 23-2. In the finals of Girls’ (U-19) group, New Public School, Sector 18, (NPS-18) will face Carmel Convent School Sector 9, tomorrow.

During the semi-final matches NPS-18 defeated St Anne's School, Sector 32, by 41-20 while in second clash Carmel Convent School defeated Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, by 29-25.

Chandigarh, November 24
The baseball team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, won the final of Girls’ (U-19) Inter-School Baseball Tournament, being held here today. The team overcame St Anne's School, Sector 32, by 11-4. Krishna with his three home runs guided the team to victory.

On other hand, Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, defeated Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, by 10-0 to finish third in the tourney. For winning outfits, Pooja and Archana scored two home runs each to ensure team’s victory.

Chandigarh, November 24
The team of Coaching Centre, Sector 42, won women’s title during the finals of Chandigarh State Kabaddi Championship, held on Wednesday.

The winning team defeated Post Graduate College for Girls, Sector 42, in the finals of the competition. Kabaddi Club, Sector 40, finished third in the event.

In Boys’ (junior) category, Maloya Kheda Club won the top honours after defeating Chandigarh Club while DAV School, Sector 8, secured third position in the category.

Results: Finals-Boys’ (Sub-Junior)-Government Model School, Sector 46, Government High School, Sector 41, Government High School, Sector 40, Girls’ (Sub-Junior)-Government Model High School Sector 22, Government High School, Sector 41, Government Model High School, Sector 39, Girls’ (Juniors)-Saket Club, Maloya Club, Club Sector 40.

Chandigarh, November 24
In an exciting match of table-tennis during the 9th zonal ESIC Sports Meet, regional office Delhi defeated regional office Punjab, here today.

Regional Office Delhi won the women’s doubles title after defeating Punjab team by 3-2 while SRO Ludihana routed regional office Punjab to name the Men’s (singles) title.

In the final of Women’s (single) group regional office Punjab overcame regional office Himachal Pradesh.

Results: Cricket-Head quarters defeated regional office Haryana by 9-runs; Regional Office Himachal Pradesh defeated DMD by 19 runs; Badminton- (Men) Regional office Delhi defeated SRO Ludhiana by 2-0; Regional office Punjab defeated DMD by 2-0; (Women) SRO Ludhiana defeated Regional office Punjab by 2-0; Regional office Haryana defeated DMD by 2-0;Chess- Head quarters defeated SRO Ludhiana; Regional office Delhi defeated Regional office Haryana; DMD defeated Regional office Uttrakhand; Regional office J&K defeated Regional office Punjab; Football- Head quarters defeated Regional office Punjab by 5-0; Regional office Delhi defeated DMD by 4-0;Volleyball-Headquarters defeated DMD by 3-1; Regional office Punjab defeated Regional office Delhi by 3-0.

Chandigarh, November 24
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, thrashed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, in a league match of the ongoing Inter-School Handball Tournament (b) by 16-0, held at Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

In another match of Girls’ (U-19) category, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, defeated Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, by 18-13. Government Model High School, Sector 43, beat Government High School, Sector 35, by 5-0 in Girls’ (U-17) category.