NEIGHBOURHOOD

Delivered in ambulance, baby dies
Our correspondent

Ambala, February 19
A newly born baby died after its delivery in the ambulance near the main gate of Ambala City, Civil Hospital. Rani, who had delivered the baby, is the resident of Ajrani village in Kurukshetra.

Pala Ram, Rani’s husband, said that he had admitted his wife at maternity ward, Civil Hospital, Kurukshetra, today morning after she had complained of pain. Later in the noon, the doctor, who was attending her, referred her to Civil Hospital, Ambala City. When she was reaching just close to Civil Hospital, Ambala City, in the ambulance, she delivered a baby boy.

Pala Ram alleged that the doctor of the Civil Hospital, Kurukshetra, did not attend to his wife properly and without proper examination she was referred to Ambala City hospital. He said that his son would have survived if his wife was not referred to the Ambala City.

He said that similar facilities were available in Kurukshetra and Ambala City civil hospitals and there was no reason to refer his wife to Ambala. The staff nurse on duty at Ambala civil hospital brought the newly born baby and the mother to maternity ward where the doctor declared the baby brought dead. Rani was admitted to the civil hospital.

Lalru, February 19
A two-year-old child was killed and three women were injured in a road accident near Handesra village on Monday. The deceased child was identified as Kallo, hailing from Bihar, and the injured women, who were the relatives of victim, were admitted to a private hospital of Ambala city.

Sources said the accident occurred when a three-wheeler taking all victims from Ambala was going to Sehjadpur when it collided with a tractor near Khelan village. The victims were going for work at a brick kiln near Sehjadpur.

The police has registered a case against the driver of the three wheeler who had fled from the spot.

In another accident, four persons were injured when a truck hit a ca coming from Ambala side on the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway near Jharmari village, here today. The injured were admitted to the GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh.

Dera Bassi, February 19
A declamation contest in English was organised in the college campus of Longowal polytechnic Dera Bassi on Saturday.

The students had different topics like “Female Foeticide, Influence of Western Culture, Role of Parents, Role of Education in life, Computer Generation, Democracy, Corruption”.

Kusum got the first prize. The Vice-Chairman handed over the certificates to all the participants.

Chandigarh, February 19
A woman residing in Sector 34 here poured kerosene on her body and tried to commit suicide on February 16.

She was rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. A case under Section 309 of the IPC was registered at the Sector-34 police station.

Held for consuming liquor publicly

The police arrested Devika Nandan of Mani Majra and Deepak Sharma of Panchkula from Sector 8 on Saturday for consuming liquor at a public place.

Chandigarh, February 19
The Chandigarh Police foiled a dacoity with the arrest of six persons from the Zerri mandi, near Maloya, here today.

Acting on a tipoff, the police arrested Davinder Singh, alias Buta, of Dhanas, Gagandeep and Noorhasan of Yamunanagar, Sanjeev Kumar of Sahranpur, Ashok Kumar of Karnal and Harkaran Singh of Hoshiarpur from the greenbelt in the area on the rear side of the mandi.

The police recovered two countrymade pistols, a knife, a slugger and an iron rod from their possession. A car (CH04A-3763) was also recovered. A case under Sections 399 and 402 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered.

Chandigarh, February 19
Unseeded Kevin Jordi (Switzerland) created the first upset in the singles qualifiers when he defeated top seed Kenny Bun (Cambodia) in straight sets 6-2, 7-6(6) at Tennis Stadium, Sector-10. Having won the first set easily, Kevin Jordi was made to sweat hard by Bun Kenny in the second set which went in Kevin’s favour at 7-6 (6).

Second Seed Akash Wagh (Ind) got past his compatriot rival Ronak Manuja in straight sets 7-6(2), 6-3. The third seed Shien Yin Peng (Taiwan) beat Vivek Shokeen (Ind) 6-2, 6-4, but Vivek Shokeen still made to the main draw as a lucky loser in place of the main draw entrant Vijayant Malik (Ind), the second seed, who failed to report.

Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (Sri Lanka), the wild card entrant, got the better of fourth seed Biles Bugby (Great Britain) 7-6(4), 6-2. Miles Bugby and Thangarajah were involved in long rallies in the first set before Thangarajah was able to hold sway over his opponent in a tie breaker 7-6(4). Chandril Sood (Ind), the fifth seed, was made to bite the dust by his compatriot, the twelfth seed Arun Prakash Rajagopalan (Ind) 6-3, 6-2.

Jordi Munoz Abreu (Spain) crushed sixth seed Danilar Duldaev (KGZ) in straight sets to secure a berth in the main draw.

The clash between Vijay Kannan (Ind), seeded eleven, and Kunal Anand (Ind), seeded seven, was a keenly contested affair, with Vijay Kannan winning the battle in three sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. The last match of the day between Matthiew Vierin (Italy), eighth seed, and Motoaki Kita (Japan), fourteenth seed, was well contested. Motoaki Kita set up a blistering pace as he wrapped up the first game 3-6. Vierin Matthiew then steadied himself and won the second game 6-4. The third set was an anticlimax with Motoaki Kita going down tamely 6-2.

With the completion of the singles qualifiers, three Indians, and player each from Switzerland Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Spain and Italy have made it to the main draw, along with Vivek Shokeen of India made it on account of the withdrawal of second seed Vijayant Malik (Ind).

The four wild card entrants in the main draw are Ranjeet Singh, Sidharth Rawat, and Abhijeet Tiwari from India and J Santos Los from Malaysia. A total of 32 players have entered in the main draw.

There are 16 doubles pairs, including 9 from India, in the doubles main draw. Han Hsin Lee and Yin Hsien Peng from Taiwan is the top seeded pair in the doubles main draw, followed by Sam Barry (Ireland) and Miles Bugby from Great Britain (seeded second), and Arata Onozawa and Kento Takeuchi of Japan (seeded third).

Three Indian pairs, Lakshit Sood and Chandril Sood, Dheeranush Singh Bhatti and Digvijay Singh Naruka, and Vijay Kannan and Arun Prakash Rajagopal have been given wild card entries in the doubles main draw.

Chandigarh, February 19
Panjab University, Chandigarh, beat Delhi University by 8-4 on the fourth day of the All India Inter University Softball Championship for Women here today.

Result of league matches:

PU, Chandigarh, beat Delhi University 8-4; GND University, Amritsar, beat Calicut University 9-2; PU, Chandigarh, beat Calicut University 8-6; GND University, Amritsar, beat Delhi University 3-2.

Chandigarh, February 19
Saroj bagged first the prize in 100m race in the annual athletics meet held at the Aryans Group of Colleges (AGC) at the college campus, Thuha village, near here today. Around 500 students participated in the meet.

In the outdoor category, students took part in 100m and 200m races, volley ball, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, football, and kabbadi. Students also took part in various indoor games like table tennis, badminton, carom, chess, and gymnastics. Fun games like potato race, sack race, noodle-eating, three-legged race, tug of war, etc had everyone in splits.

Dr Anshu Kataria, chairman of the group, gave away the prizes to the
winners.

The results:

100m race (girls): Saroj 1, Sukhwinder 2, Roshni 3; 100m race (boys): Rohit 1, Sanjay 2, Sunil 3; 200m race (girls): Saroj 1, Sukhwinder 2, Karamjit 3; 200m race (boys): Rohit 1, Sanjay 2, Zahoor 3; 200m race (girls): Saroj 1, Sukhwinder 2, Karamjit 3; Volley ball: Ishfaq and team, Badminton singles (girls): Swati 1, Jaswinder 2; Badminton singles (boys): Vishal 1, Deepak 2; Badminton doubles (girls): Swati and Harpreet; Badminton doubles (boys): Vishal and Deepak; Carom: Ajay and Naman; Chess: Pankaj 1, Towkeer 2; High jump: Ajay 1, Neeraj 2, Sanjay 3; Long jump (girls): Sukhwinder 1, Saroj 2, Anita 3; Long jump (boys): Auqib 1, Sanjay 2, Ishfaq 3.

Chandigarh, February 19
Children from pre-nursery to class V took part in various races, fun games, and inter-class group games at the annual sports day at Sharda Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40-D, here today.

Chanchal Singh, Deputy Director Education, Chandigarh, was the chief guest.

A well turned out march past followed the hoisting of the flag. The tiny tots of pre-nursery won everyone’s heart in the goggles race. Matki race, hanuman race, skipping, balloon bursting and relay, also received roaring applause.

Medals and certificates were given to the winners by the chief guest who said that young, impressionable children learn values like discipline, confidence, and responsibility through sports.