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Ensure quality of mid-day meal: DC
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 25 He also asked them check the iron supplements being given to students. He asked the officials to redress the grievances of residents. Action would be initiated against officials found wanting in their duty, he warned. He also directed the revenue officials to decide the division of land cases with in a year. He said old cases should be decided at the earliest. He directed tehsildars and naib tehsildars to ensure that the mutation of registered deed was entered with in a week. The Deputy Commissioner asked them to decide the recovery cases related to different departments on priority basis. He also issued instructions to officials of the Public Works Department to ensure quality of the new link roads being constructed in the district. The Deputy Commissioner directed the water supply officials to ensure that all tubewells in rural and urban areas were in working condition. |
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‘112% target achieved by PEDA’
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 25 Rs 23 lakh has also been disbursed as financial assistance to the beneficiaries of the bio-gas plant,” said Arun Sekhri, Deputy Commissioner. He said the district administration would also arrange exhibitions to promote the non-conventional energy. “An amount of Rs 8,000 was provided as subsidy for each bio-gas plant
and an additional amount of Rs 1,000 was provided for the domestic restroom, if attached with the plant,” said the Deputy Commissioner. As many as 84 bio-gas plants have been set-up in Amloh, 77 in Sirhind, 59 in Khamano, 36 in Bassi Pathana and 23 in Khera block under the National Board for Material Management (NBMM) Programme, said the Deputy Commissoner. He said by setting up 62 bio-gas plants in the first quarter of the financial year 2013-14, 100 per cent target had been achieved. |
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Assistant prof gets Rs 25 lakh grant for research project
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 25 She will carry out research on ‘nano-composite coatings to control erosion of boiler tubes of steam generating plants’. Secretary of the trust Avtar Singh Sampla received the demand draft. He encouraged other teachers to contribute to the research field as well. Dr Niraj Bala was conferred with the Best Engineering College Teacher Award for Punjab State 2012 by the ISTE, New Delhi. She had earlier received a research grant of Rs 22 lakh from the AICTE, New Delhi. |
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Blood centre gets new equipment
Patiala, July 25 “With the help of this analyser blood grouping, screening for red cell antibodies (ICT), antibody identification, platelet cross match, extended phenotyping, and many more tests can be carried out in a more accurate and speedy manner,” said Dr Rimpreet Singh, supervisor of the charitable blood bank.. The doctor said, “The tests will be beneficial for the patients suffering from cancer, thalassemia and those who are dependent on dialysis. It will also be helpful for obstetric patients where severity of the hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn will be easy to predict.”
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2 feared drowned in Bhakra canal
Ropar, July 25 The police said that the victims left their home at 8 am to feed fishes in canal, but did not return home. Their relatives found their footwear on the bank of the canal. Following this, divers made a futile attempt to trace their bodies. Bodies could not be recovered till the evening, said the police.
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Decision to amend liquor policy midway under HC scanner
Chandigarh, July 25 The development is significant as no less than 90 vends in Chandigarh are affected by the amended policy. It transpired during the course of hearing that the Chandigarh Administration had initiated the process of allocating more than 200 vends in the city. While most of the liquor vends were allocated in accordance with the policy earlier announced, the administration came out with the new policy affecting 90 vends yet to be allocated for 2013-14. As the matter came up for hearing, the Division Bench of Justice Rajive Bhalla and Justice Bharat Bhushan Parsoon issued notice of motion to the Administration and other respondents on the petition challenging enhancement of earnest money payable for the allotment of remaining 90 liquor vends in Chandigarh. The notice was accepted by the UT senior standing counsel on behalf of the Chandigarh Administration. The case will now come up for further hearing on August 2. Counsel for the petitioners Vikram Jain contended the minimum reserved price for each vend was specified by the Administration in the excise policy announced for 2013-14. The earnest money payable for each vend was also notified. Most of the liquor vends were allotted on the basis of the excise policy so announced. But all of a sudden, the department enhanced the earnest money payable for allotment of pending
vends. Jain, also Haryana Additional Advocate-General, added the earnest money payable for the allotment of liquor vends with a licence fee up to Rs 60 lakh was Rs 7 lakh as per initial excise policy. It was increased to Rs 35
lakh, irrespective of the minimum reserve price. Jain contended small players would be ousted as a result of the enhancement. It would result in monopolisation of the trade by “big players”. Pointing at the irrationality of the new policy, Jain said in some cases the earnest money was more than the total licence fee for the entire licensing period. It was totally unheard of and out of proportion, he contended. On behalf of the prospective bidders, Jain submitted that the rules of the game stood changed by the alteration in the excise policy, something not permissible in terms of law settled by the Supreme Court.
Notice of motion issued As the matter came up for hearing, the Division Bench of Justice Rajive Bhalla and Justice Bharat Bhushan Parsoon issued notice of motion to the Administration and other respondents on the petition challenging enhancement of earnest money payable for the allotment of remaining 90 liquor vends in Chandigarh.
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Six children kidnapped in P’kula, rescued
Panchkula, July 25 The accused have also been nabbed and a case has been registered at the Sector 5 police station. The children are between the age group of 8 and 12 years. Police officials said, it was recently when the three men who work at the auditorium as sweepers were accused of stealing some furniture from the same. In order to put the blame on the children, the accused today locked them up in a room of the auditorium. The parents complained to the police and told about the colour of the car the children were taken in, the police during the raid found the car parked outside the auditorium and rescued the children. — TNS
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Robbery in courier company
Chandigarh, July 25 The police stated that four assailants reached the godown at around 4.15 am and overpowered the two security guards identified as Sidh Gopal and Varinder. The accused then locked the security guards in the washroom and started searching the godown. “There was a coffer in the godown where the daily collection of cash was kept. The accused failed to open the coffer following which they took the coffer along, ” the police stated. There were CCTV cameras installed in the godown that recorded the entire incident. The police has taken the CCTV footage. A case has been registered at the Mani Majra police station and investigation has been initiated.
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Mohali police still clueless about victim’s identity
Mohali, July 25 The station house officer of Sohana police station, Deepinder Singh, said there was no development in the case despite the police visiting various colonies and slums of the town to get any vital clues about the victim’s identity. “Our teams are meeting residents in colonies and slums near the N-Choe through which the sewerage of the town flows to the plant. So far, we did not get any information about the victim,” said Deepinder Singh. He said the police failed to get information about any missing woman from its counterparts in Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. “We have kept the body in the Civil Hospital mortuary for identification. The post-mortem would take place soon,” he said. Officials at the treatment plant were shocked when they recovered a woman’s head, wrapped in a polythene bag, tangled in the net of the plant on Tuesday night. The headless decomposed body flowed there the next morning at around 7.30 am, following which the police came into action. The victim seemed to be a migrant woman between the age of 25 and 30 years. She was wearing a magenta-coloured blouse and the word Dharminder was tattooed on her left arm.
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Asia Cup in International School Games
Chandigarh, July 25 The Under-16 players from Punjab state will be leaving for a five-day conditioning camp in Agra on Saturday. Karan, an opening batsman and leg spinner, has represented Punjab three times in the National School Games. He was part of the squad which has won gold medal twice and silver medal once. Ikjot, a promising all-rounder and middle order batsman, is excited to be part of the squad and raring to go in the big tournament. “My current aim is to perform well in the camp and get selected for the national team, said Karan, who is also a leg-spinner. The 16-year-old player is a student of Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Public School, Patiala, practises five hours daily. Recently, Ikjot Singh’s fighting half century (52) put Punjab in driver’s seat against Delhi in U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy match. Ikjot, a student of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, too, has been sweating it out for the past sometime. The right-arm medium-pacer and left-handed batsman said, “It is a great opportunity to showcase our skills and stake our claim in other big tournaments. The duo is being guided by coach Mahesh Inder Singh Sodhi in the NICS Academy, Patiala. “Both are promising players and have been honing their skills in the academy. I am hopeful that both of them will make it to the team after the camp," Sodhi said. Interestingly, Sodhi’s NICS Academy has become a budding ground for international players as six players in the have recently gone to play for Indian teams in various age groups. The illustrious players from the academy are Reetinder Singh Sodhi (World Cup winning India Under-19 team member), Jewanjot Singh, Hardevinder Singh. The coach said, “Patiala has a lot of talent and players from the town have shown over the past few years that if you work hard, success is bound to come sooner or later.
One of the players, Jeewanjot, was the top-scorer in the Ranji Trophy last season and is doing
well. Reetinder was part of India Under-19 World Cup winning team. I hope these two boys too do
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CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
Chandigarh, July 25 Strawberry Fields World School elected to field first restricting the rival side on a total of 87 runs. Akshat and Chirag were the main scorers for the St Kabir team. Hargun Toor claimed two for 11 and Mivaan Singh claimed two for 21. The winning side achieved the target with skipper and in-form batsman Monarch Goyal
scoring 52 runs. He was equally supported by Yashovardhan Nehra, who added 12 runs in the
team’s total. St Joseph’s School thrashed DAV School by five wickets. Batting first, DAV School made 89 runs for the loss of eight wickets in
20 overs. Navkaran scored 34 runs. Mansimran Singh claimed two for 12, while Divyansh and Anshul Negi claimed a wicket each. Chasing the target, Karan Sood contributed
37 runs off 31 balls to ensure win. Batsmen Rakshit Srivastava and Anshul Negi were the other main scorers for the winning team. Brief Scores: Strawberry Field World School - 89 runs for 3 in 17 overs (Monarch Goyal 52, Yashovardhan Nehra 12) St Kabir Public School - 87 runs for 6 in 20 overs (Akshat 36, Chirag 21, Hargun Toor two for 11 runs, Mivaan Singh two for 21 runs). DAV School - 89 runs for 8 in 20 overs (Navkaran 34, Mansimran Singh two for 12 runs, Divyansh one for 23 runs, Anshul negi one for 16 runs). St Joseph's School - 90 runs for 5 (Karan Sood 37, Rakshit Srivastava 17, Anshul Negi 13, Nitin two for 17 runs). |
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Pooja, Bhavya reach tennis tourney final
Chandigarh, July 25 In the girls’ (U-18) doubles category, the duo of Nandini Sharma and Gayatri Kumaraiah defeated Pooja Mourya and Simarjeet Kaur 4-1, 4-1. In a semifinal encounter of boys’ (U-14) doubles category, Sabrang Sandal and Rishabh Sharda defeated Bhupinder Dahiya and Shashikant 4-0, 4-1. Results: Semifinals Girls’ (U-14) - Bani Singh bt Seerat Pannu 6-4, 6-4; Prakriti Bainwani bt Simran Pritam 7-6 (2), 6-3. Boys’ (U-14) - Aditya Vashisht bt Calvin Golmei 6-1, 6-2; Gurjot Singh bt Sabrang Sandal 6-3, 6-4. Girls’ (U-18) - Pooja Maurya bt Gayatri Kumraiah 6-4, 6-7; Bhavya Wadhwan bt Aarushi Kakkar 6-3, 7-5. Boys’ (U-18) - Jajbir Singh bt Param Pun 6-4, 6-2; Dalvinder Singh bt Udyan Bhakar 7-6 (1), 7-5. Boys (U-14) Doubles category - Sabrang Sandal and Rishabh Sharda bt Bhupinder Dahiya and Shashikant 4-0, 4-1; Gurjot Singh and Aditya Vashisht bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj and Kabir Manrai 4-1, 4-2. Boys’ (U-18) Doubles category - Dalwinder Singh and Jajbir Singh bt Manjot Singh and Karan Thind 4-1, 4-1; Raghav Jai Singhania and Param Pun bt Digvijay Pratap and Sultan Atwal 4-2, 2-4, 7-5. Girls’ (U-18) Doubles category - Bhavya Wadhawan and Aarushi Kakkar bt Nandini and Simran Pritam 4-0, 4-0; Nandini Sharma and Gayatri Kumaraiah bt Pooja Mourya and Simarjeet Kaur 4-1, 4-1. |
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GMSSS-35 beat GMHS-42
Chandigrh, July 25 In another match, Delhi Public School, Sector 40, beat SGGS Khalsa School, Sector 35, 3-0. Harshvir netted the first goal in the 14th minute while Gurkaran doubled the lead in the 28th minute. After the lemon break, Manik sealed the team’s victory by scoring the third goal in the 42nd minute. In a closely contested match, Saupin's School, Sector 32, defeated Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, 4-2. Striker Piyush scored two goals, while Aryaman and Aryan contributed a goal each to complete the team’s winning tally. Meanwhile, St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, defeated Government Model High School (GMHS), Sector 38, 5-4 in the tie-breaker. The score was tied at 1-1. In the stipulated time, GMHS-38 drew the first blood with Dinesh scoring a goal in the 9th minute. Ashish levelled the score for St Xavier’s in the 39th minute. Later, in the tie-breaker, Zohmiga, Ashish, Udit and Stazin scored a goal each, while for
the losing side, Akshmya, Dikshit and Akshay hit a goal each. |
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GNPS-36 script victory
Chandigarh, July 25 Palak scripted the team’s win by scoring 25 points while Shruti bagged 4 points. For the losing side, Rajni gathered 12 points while Shivani and Parul scored 2 points each to reduce team’s winning margin. In another match,
St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, defeated Strawberry World School 19-6. Simran with 9 points, Simranjit with 4 points were the main scorers while for the losing side Mannat Kang gathered
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physical fitness
Chandigarh, July 25 The project in collaboration with Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) is being run at four schools including Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33; and Government Model High School, Sector 41. According to the officials of UT Education Department, around 1,200 students were given training under mini-tennis programme and around 200 students have been
shortlisted for regular coaching. The coaching will be given every morning (7.30 to 8.30 am for beginners and 8.30 to 9.45 am for mini-tennis) and the evening sessions will be held from 4 pm to 6.15 pm. |
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Open Tennis Tournament to be held from August 1
Chandigarh, July 25 The interested players are advised to confirm their entries with tennis coach Shubham Kamboj at the tennis centre of Sports Complex, Sector 42, before July 29. |
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