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Special kids celebrate New Year
Chandigarh, January 2 Mr K.R. Sood, Principal of the institute, appreciated that the NRIs were taking keen interest in helping the special children of the motherland. He also appreciated Mr Anil Sharma, for motivating the students to achieve success in life. Any type of physical disability did not become an obstacle in the success of a person who is determined to succeed. The students also organised a small cultural function. They presented jokes, sang songs and prayers. Rohit sang Adnan Sami’s numbers while Mamta, Jaspal, Pooja, Randeep danced. They were very happy to celebrate New Year with the NRI guest. They were very eager to know about New Year celebrations in the USA. They asked many questions about the USA, its culture, education system, functions, festivals and other things.
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Digital hardware training begins
Chandigarh, January 2 Inaugurating the programme, Dr J.N. Roy, scientist G. Semi Conductor Laboratory, Mohali, stressed the need for such training programmes for teachers so that colleges could equip their students with skills that the electronics industry was in dire need of. He introduced the participants to the various steps in the VLSI design process and the advantages of software tools like VHDL and VERILOG. Dr Vijay Gupta, director, Punjab Engineering College, commended the effort and said this programme would help the region which was lacking in practical knowledge and expertise. India had excelled in the software sector. Efforts should be directed towards making the country self-sufficient in the hardware sector too, he said. Earlier, Prof V. Rihani, head, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication, welcomed the gathering. Dr Neelam Rup Prakash, course coordinator, introduced the participants to the course, giving details about its contents. The participants included teachers from engineering colleges in and around Chandigarh, and people from industry such as CSIO and CDAC. Through a series of lectures and laboratory sessions, the course aimed to train the participants in VHDL coding, methodologies and design techniques for efficient design of digital hardware.
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Protesting teachers to intensify stir
Chandigarh, January 2 The president of the union, Mr Baljinder Singh, came down heavily on the Punjab Government alleging that no government representative had come to negotiate with them. He alleged that the authorities concerned were making “back date” appointments in the place of the retrenched computer teachers.
— TNS
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Jagvinder gets 2-day remand
Chandigarh, January 2 Sources in the crime branch of the Chandigarh police said the Ludhiana police today brought Jagvinder Singh on productions warrant. The local police moved an application in the court, seeking custodial interrogation of Jagvinder Singh in the Nikhil Joshi kidnapping
case. Jagvinder was arrested by the Ludhiana police on November 21 last. Jagvinder had allegedly kidnapped Nikhil Joshi from Sector 35 on November 18 and demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom to release him. The Chandigarh Police claimed to have solved the case within two days by arresting two youngsters, Manoj Kumar and Honey Sharma, and securing the release of Nikhil.
Jagvinder was allegedly involved in kidnapping and killing of Vikramjit, son of a Ludhiana-based industrialist, last year.
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55 donate blood at Traffic Police camp
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Stiff challenge ahead for Chandigarh Dynamos
Chandigarh, January 2 The third edition of the PHL is beginning from January 4 in Chennai. The Chandigarh Dynamos will take on Sher-e-Jalandhar on January 5 in their opening match. The last edition runners-up, Dynamos, will have to face tough challenges ahead due to the absence of drag flicker Sandeep Singh and forwards Jaswinder and S.S. Gill. Despite the crisis, the Dynamos are all ready to face any challenge. Their coach, Narinder Singh Sodhi, admitted that though it was a big loss, as they had to redo the whole strategy. “Obviously, it is a great loss. Sandeep’s absence was known to us, but the recent omission of S.S. Gill and Jaswinder is a big blow to us. But still we have done our homework for their replacements”. Sodhi said, “Jugraj will fill the place of Sandeep. He has attained the requisite fitness level. In the last PHL, if he gave his 40 per cent, now he is capable of giving 85 to 90 per cent performance”. “Both S.S. Gill and Jaswinder could make a difference, if they could play. S.S. Gill plays on the right half and Jaswinder on the left half. Both these positions are very crucial for the execution of a goal. But, we have put in extra efforts to fill their gap”. Sandeep and S.S. Gill can be ruled out straightway as they are under long medical treatment. However, Jaswinder, who is suffering from chicken pox is most likely to appear in the second leg of the tournament. S.S. Gill, who came to cheer up his team, was a bit dejected. “I am off the field as per medical advice, I had to undergo radiography tests and my treatment will get prolonged. I am missing my mates. Whenever there is a crisis because of the absence of prominent players, the other players had to put in extra efforts. Last time too, when captain Rajpal was injured and could not play we all redid our strategy and went through. I wish them all the best”. “We have three foreign players in the first leg — Balder Bomans and Timo Bruinsma, both from Holland, who had played last year as well and Pakistan full back Ishan Ashraf. We are all in a good shape and almost everybody played for the Chandigarh Dynamos last year”, said the skipper. Some veteran gold medallist Olympians- Tarlochan Singh Bawa (1948, London) - and Balbir Singh Senior (1948 London; 1952 Helsinki; and 1956 Melbourne Olympics), too had a word of advice for the skipper. “Never hold on the ball for long. Try to cover up the mistakes of fellow players. Avoid raising objections to umpire. Keep a balanced state of body and mind and follow all rules and regulations”, advised Balbir Senior. Tarlochan Bawa advised them ‘to pray for their win’ but never ask for other’s defeat. |
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2 local lads in third round of tennis tourney
Chandigarh, January 2 Patiala’s Navinderpal Singh Sidhu also scored an impressive victory to move into the boys’ singles third round. However, six seeded players, including three in the boys singles made their exit from the tournament. Wild card Yuki Bhambri (ITF ranking 1947) of India caused the biggest upset of the day as she stunned fifth seed B Vikram Reddy (279th ranked) , also of India, in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. Other seeds to make their inglorious exit were 11th seed Vishesh Bhatia (422 nd ) and 16th seeded Priyank Gangadharan (613rd). Parul Verma, with ITF ranking of 1222 nd , staged a brilliant rally to down 16 th seed Priyank Gangadharan) in three hotly contested sets 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2. Another seed to fall was on court number 8 as 948 th ITF ranked player Sudhanwa Sitaram stunned Vishesh Bhatia 7-6 (5), 6-2. Vijayant Malik, a trainee of CLTA Rural Academy, served a stern warning to his opponents as raced to an impressive 6-1, 6-1 victory over Prateek Bhambri. Fourth seed Malik broke his opponent in the first and third games in the first set and fourth and sixth games in the second set for an easy passage to the next round. Navinderpal Singh Sidhu disposed of the challenge of Harshvardhan Thirani in straight sets 7-5, 6-1. Two local boys Mandeep Singh Gill and Deepinder Singh Bains bowed out. Jeong-Han Seo (Korea) beat Mandeep Singh 6-1, 6-1 while Prajnesh Gunneswaran accounted for Deepinder Bains 6-0, 6-2. Girls singles second round matches also witnessed a number of upsets, including second seed Liu Shao Zhou of China, who had a first-round bye, withdrew from the competition on medical ground and her opponent Nurpur Kaul of India made it to the third round. Ninth seeded Sweta Solanki of India was stunned by Ashwarya Srivatava by 7-6 (5), 6-3. Tenth seeded Janaki Gunaganti and 16 th seeded Olga Makhova of Russia also bowed out. At the centre court, Prerna Mythli Appineni of India showed the exit door to Olga Makhova in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 and Prerna Bhambri upset Janaki Gunaganti 6-4, 6-3. |
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St John’s bt Guru Nanak lads on opening day of cricket tournament
Chandigarh, January 2 The tournament, which is being held at St John’s ground, Sector 26, was inaugurated by Mr Inderjit Singh Sandhu, Director, Sports, Chandigarh Administration. After winning the toss, St John’s team elected to bat and piled a huge total of 167 runs without losing a wicket. In reply, the Guru Nanak team succumbed under pressure and were bundled out for 85 runs. Only Shubham Mahajan showed some resistance by playing a valiant knock of 44 runs. In the second match, CCA, Haryana bt
D.P. Azad Cricket Academy by 18 runs. Brief scores : St John’s 167 for no loss in the allotted 30 overs (Manan Vohra 82
n.o, Veer Karan Goyal 51 n.o). Guru Nanak 85 all out in 27.5 overs (Shubham 44, Manan 2 for 3, Shivam 2 for 18, Vardaan 2 for 20). CCA Haryana 178 all out in 29.5 overs ( Hitesh 52, Azil 42, Jagnoor 2 for 19, Abhilash 2 for 22, Sahil 2 for 23). Azad Academy 160 for 6 in 30 overs
(Talvinder 59, Sachit 35, Abhishek 5 for 18). |
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