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Parmod Mehta

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 2
The members of Unemployed Teachers’ Union, who cleared the eligibility test for teaching but have not been employed, in a meeting held here today said they would observe Teacher's Day as black day if their demands were not fulfilled.

The union members said they would disrupt traffic on September 9 in Ludhiana if the state government does not advertise recruitment of teachers with amendment in number of posts as per vacancies before September 5.

While talking to media persons after the meeting, Hardeep Singh, district president, said that on August 27 a delegation of the union had met Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and discussed about the 5,178 posts that were advertised for recruitment of teachers after the approval of cabinet.

He said in Punjabi language subject 4,055 posts are lying vacant and there are 3,000 teachers who have cleared the test. But the government is advertising only 446 posts, similarly in Hindi language subject 2,768 posts are lying vacant but not even a single post has been advertised. 

Kharar, September 2
The local police brought Lajpat Rai alias Manveer KD, a suspected Maoist, on production warrant here last night.

Manveer KD name was taken by another suspected Maoist activist during his interrogation, who was arrested from Gharuan about a year ago.

Mohali SSP GS Bhullar said KD was arrested by Muktsar police a few days back. He had been brought here for interrogation at CIA branch. “A case has already been registered against him by Phillaur police and KD has been put on police remand till September 3,” said Bhullar adding that investigations in the case were on.

According to sources, KD has retired from Punjab Mandi Board. His wife lives at Muktsar while daughter lives in Ludhiana. –– TNS

Chandigarh, September 2
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) has prepared to provide tickets in association with State Bank of Patiala(SBOP) for the upcoming Davis Cup tennis matches, which will be played between India and New Zealand from September 14-16 here.

Out of the total capacity of 4500 spectators, 50 per cent of the seats are reserved for students. People can purchase tickets of Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 for the matches. The tickets will be available in all 10 State Bank of Patiala branches, located in Chandigarh at Sectors 10, 8, 35-C, 22-D, 17 and near high court. In Panchkula the tickets will be available at Sector 8 and Sector 20 branches of SBOP while in Mohali tickets will be sold at Phase 7 branch of the bank. For the spectators who want to view matches on all three days, 'season tickets' are available for Rs 200(students only) and Rs 500, Rs 1000 and Rs 2000 (general public).

The CLTA will host the Davis Cup matches at CLTA courts, Sector 10. Notably, local lad Sanam Singh, who had won the gold medal in the Asian Games in 2011, will represent India in the Davis Cup.

Chandigarh, September 2
Carrom players Sahibpreet Singh of St Joseph School, Sector 44, and Tuba of St Stephen's School, Sector 45, clinched the boys' and girls' (sub-junior) singles titles during the ongoing 22nd Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament, which is being held at St Stephen's School, here today. Sahibpreet defeated Yishu Sharma of Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, in a close contest by 17-15, 7-12 and 12-8 while Tuba outclassed Manu Gupta of St Mary School, Sector 46, in straight games by 21-4 and 20-9.

Earlier, in a game of boys'(sub-junior) category, Aditya defeated Anurag by 12-0 and 7-1, Saksham Verma overcame Anish Gupta by 4-1 and 6-1. Meanwhile, in boy's (junior)singles Siddharth Khanna beat Uday Vij by 21-0 and 21-0 while Pranav Goyal defeated Satnam by 21-0 and 21-0, in another game Prashan Kumar outclassed Prashan Mishra with the score of 18-0 and 16-0.

Results:

Boys' sub-junior (singles) pre-quarter finals: Sahibpreet bt Nitin 22-0, 22-0; Ansh Gupta bt Suvirya 22-0, 17-0; Sajan bt Dawalpreet Singh 16-0, 6-4; Mihir Yadav bt Aman Bains 10-0, 15-0; Chirag C bt Imitanshu 12-7, 9-5; Jayant bt Ankit Chauhan 16-0, 13-2; Abhishek Sharma bt Banj 20-0, 16-0; Yishu Sharma bt Saurav Sharma 20-0, 20-5; quarterfinals: Sahibpreet Singh bt Ansh Gupta 11-4, 17-2; Mihir Yadav bt Sajan 7-4, 13-6; Chirag C bt Jayant 10-3, 12-0; Yishu Sharma bt Abhishek Sharma 21-0, 20-7; semifinals: Sahibpreet Singh bt Mihir Yadav 10-1, 7-0; Yishu Sharma bt Chirag C 21-5, 15-1; final-Sahibpreet Singh bt Yishu Sharma 17-15, 7-12, 12-8; boys' junior (singles) pre-quarter finals: Hassan bt Kuldeepak Dhir 25-0, 21-0; Ayush Kumar bt Pranav Goyal 14-0, 15-9; Mohd Arib bt Arshpreet S Dhillon 20-0, 21-0; Mohd Talib bt Chirag C 19-1, 16-0; Saquib bt Preet Kanwal Singh 21-4, 21-0; Ankush Taneja bt Aditya Dabas 21-0, 18-0; Arish bt Shanu Goyal 18-5, 17-1; quartfinals: Hassan bt Ayush Kumar 22-1, 22-0; Mohd Talib bt Mohd Arib 19-3, 13-2; Saquib bt Ankush Taneja 17-8, 21-0; men's (singles) second round: Mohd Talib bt Dhruv Chakarborthy 25-2, 25-6; Riyasat Ali bt Mohd Dilshad 14-13, 10-25, 13-11; Anis bt Ritesh Sood 25-0, 25-0; Saqib bt Jayant 25-0, 25-0; Yishu Sharma bt Mohd Yusuf 25-0, 25-9; Sushil Sharma bt Sursimar 16-8, 25-0; Gagandeep bt Kuldeepak Dhir 25-4, 25-0; girls' sub-junior (singles)quarterfinals: Manu Gupta bt Akanksha Bhatia 21-0, 21-0; Nidhi Gupta bt Kasaf 21-0, 18-0; semifinals: Manu Gupta bt Ashu Sharma 16-0, 9-0; Tuba bt Nidhi Gupta 16-4, 14-4; final: Tuba bt Manu Gupta 21-4, 20-9; girls' junior(singles)quarterfinals: Manu Gupta bt Nidhi Gupta 11-5, 15-5; Tuba bt Kasaf 21-0, 21-0; Priya Sharma bt Gurkiran 21-0, 21-4; Gulshan bt Sanya Chadha 22-0, 10-0; women's (singles)quarterfinals- Farheen bt Nidhi Gupta 25-11, 25-5; Priya Sharma bt Sushila Prasad 25-20, 24-12; Gulshan bt Manu Gupta 12-11, 04-20, 22-17, Tuba bt Anjali Taneja 19-10, 22-20; boys’ sub-junior (singles)first round: Atul Yadav bt Sunpreet Singh 6-0, 5-4; Arunim Vaid bt Lakshya Sharma 7-0, 8-0; Aman bt Vishavraj 16-00, 08-00; Anmol Bhatia bt Saravsukh Singh Juneja 6-9, 4-1, 15-0; Lakshya Gupta bt Lakshya Sharma 12-0, 12-0; Imitanshu bt Dimitanshu 25-0, 11-0; Parnav Golyal bt Angad Arora 18-0, 10-4; Rishu Sharma bt Chankirat Singh Bakshi 17-0, 18-0; Banaj bt Alakdeep Singh 14-4, 0-9, 15-0; Gursimrat Singh bt Abhishek Kanojia 0-10, 5-0, 8-5; second round: Sahibpreet Singh bt Arjun Vij 21-0, 21-0; Aditya bt Nitin 9-0, 11-0; Suvirya bt Hitanshu Sikka 3-2, 7-0; Ansh Gupta bt Saksham Verma 12-3, 5-3; Sajan bt Atul Yadav 9-0, 8-6; Dawalpreet bt Arunim Vaid 15-0; Mihir Yadav bt Anmol Bhatia 12-0, 7-0; Chirag C bt Lakshya Gupta 9-0, 16-0; Imitanshu bt Saurav Saha 18-0, 9-0; Ankit Chauhan bt Simrat Rana 10-0, 12-0; Jayant bt Pranav Goyal 14-0, 14-6.

Chandigarh, September 2
The roller skaters of the Rolling Tigers club won 36 medals during the Chandigarh Inter-school Competition, which was held at skating ring of Sector 10, here recently. All city-based schools participated in the event.

Many of the club's roller skaters have also qualified for the School National Games which will be held at Bhavana, Delhi. "I am confident that our team will perform better this time and the skaters will prove their capability. The players are undergoing a proper training session daily," said Chander Singla, coach of the Rolling Tigers.

Chandigarh, September 2
The local soccer player, Praseej Singh of Government Model Senior Secondary School sector 37, Robin Chhetri and Sachin Malik of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, and Gursewak Singh from Spring Dale Public Senior Secondary School, Khanna, were adjudged as the four 'Airtel Rising Stars' at the Chandigarh Talent Hunt Programme here today. A total of 119 players were short-listed in the two-day event and out of 119 players 33 players were selected for the final round.

These players were selected on the basis of their skills as every player underwent skill tests, including ability to dribble through the finishing line, close-range passing, chest and kick use, trapping the ball, agility moment with the ball and one-on-one tackling.

The selected players will join players from 15 other centres to participate in the six-day final selection trial, scheduled to take place in Bangalore this month. Sachin Malik who was selected as the goalkeeper will have to compete against the north zone goalkeepers for the final selection

After being selected Sachin malik said, "I have never count myself in the professional players. Although, the selection will boost my interest in soccer, yet I am looking forward to get into the final 15-member squad."

"It was my dream to excel in soccer, I have played local tournaments and my father feels proud of me. However, I have not done anything great yet but still my parents think I have achieved something big. Its difficult to tell them the road is long but I will try my best," said Sachin Malik.

Gursewak Singh, who hails from Budhewal village, Khanna district, said, "I have initially started paying the game with my father and now when I have a chance to bring laurels to my family, I will give my best," he added. 

Chandigarh, September 2
The Archers of Saupin's School,Sector 32, brought laurels to the school after bagging the overall winners' trophy of girls'(U-14) category, during the recently concluded Inter-school Archery competition here.

The team, which included Ravleen, Saranshika and Kamaljeet won the top spot. Ravleen bagged three bronze medals in 20 meter and 30 meter events and was also adjudged third in the overall individual champion category.