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Outsourcing in lab boon for patients
Chandigarh, May 3 As many as 5,552 patients obtained the facility during this period. There was no laboratory facility in 21 dispensaries. The various advanced tests facility was being given at dispensaries by the outsourced agency. With the provision of this facility, 20,093 tests were conducted by the laboratory. UT Home Secretary Krishna Mohan said the facility might be started in ESI dispensaries also.
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A sports prodigy with a vision
Chandigarh, May 3 She’s none other than shy but much confident Aanchal Bajwa, the recipient of an international award for working in slums and for schools for the blind. “Besides being a sports person, I love to work for the needy and suffering humanity. I am associated with the Bright Spart Charitable Trust and have designed cards, supposed to be dedicated for providing education to the underprivileged children”, she said. Aanchal, a Class XI student of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, came to limelight during the 15 th Chandigarh Open Swimming Championship held at the Panjab University pool in September 2003, where she won four gold medals, three in 50 m breast stroke, free style, butterfly and one in 100 m free style. Then she graduated to the state level swimming championships where she secured the second position in the 50 m breast stroke event and the third position in the 50 m back stroke event. “It was during this meet that I got prizes of Rs 200 and Rs 100, respectively. Though it was just a token money, but for me it was much more than that”. After that there was no stopping for her and she kept on winning medals in state and district level swimming championships. “I got one silver (50 m, free style) and two bronze medals (950 m breast stroke and 100 m breast stroke) in the district swimming championship held at Ropar and a gold and a bronze recently during the Pathways Invitational Interschool Swimming meet. Being adventurous from the very beginning, she completed a trekking programme conducted by the National Foundation Himachal Pradesh twice for Kulu Manali and Narkanda. “It was an out of the world kind of feeling to track at the height of 13,500 feet at Kulu valley. I also did river rafting and rock climbing at Narkanda, which is 9,500 ft above sea level”. “Actually, I think my biggest asset is my versatile nature. That’s why I keep on switching over from one game to the another. Suddenly, I generated immense interest in athletics”, she said. Aanchal participated in many athletics events and she always returned home with medals. Aanchal set new records in 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m, long jump (field event) during the inter house cross country meet held at her school and bagged the PT Usha trophy for being the best runner. She won five gold medals in different track events and got a special trophy for being the best athlete. Then she tried her hand at martial arts. How could it have been that she should go unnoticed here too. She clinched the best player’s trophy in the Chandigarh State Junior Wushu Championship held at the Skating Rink, Sector 10, and also participated in wushu championships. Aanchal is equally focused for her studies. She received a ‘Scholar’s tie’ for securing above 85 per cent marks for three consecutive years (2003-2005) and also received a scholarship of Rs 16,000. Besides, she was awarded many a time for her being exceptionally good in studies. This is not all, she is a good singer too. A CD of her devotional songs “Swaranjali” was released in 2004. And not the least, she has a taste for paintings also and has won numerous accolades in it. |
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Om’s spell leads Himachal club into semis
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 3 The other teams that have reached the top four bracket are Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, the Professional Cricket Club and the All India Electricity Sports Control Board in the semifinals. The Himachal Cricket Club defeated the Chandigarh Lawyers Sports Association. In today’s match against the Chandigarh Lawyers Sports Association (CLSA), the HCC registered win by 68 runs in their last group A encounter. It accumulated eight points in their league programme with two wins and one defeat. Batting first after winning the toss, the HCC piled up 159 for 6 in the allotted 20 overs. For the first wicket stand, openers Supandeep and Ashish Kukraiti put on 68 runs. Supandeep made 46 runs hitting five fours and two sixes, while Ashish contributed 17 runs. Himmat (22) and Karan Bhala (37) also stitched a valuable partnership of 45 runs. Pawan Chadal scored an unbeaten 29. In reply, the CLSA could put on the board only 102 runs losing all batsmen in 16.5 overs. It was Om Parkash who ripped apart the batting lineup of the rivals with his clinical spell claiming 5 for 19. Skipper Narinder Kwatra also bowled superbly and claimed three wickets for 12 runs. Only Hunal of the CLSA played a defiant knock of 24 runs. Om Parkash was adjudged the man of the match. Earlier, in an inconsequential fixture, the Moody ICL defeated the JJ’s XI by five wickets. Batting first, the JJ’s XI made 122 for 9 in 20 overs. Umesh Kaira (21), Charanjit Singh (17), Kulwinder Singh 25, Tejwinder Gill (17) and Narender (18 n.o.) were the main scorers. Rocky Ratta captured four wickets for 23 runs followed by Sudhir who took two wickets for 17 runs. In reply, a 79-run partnership for the second wicket between Vipul Chadha (45) and Rajeev Nayyer (33) enabled the Moody ICL to score 123 for 5 with three balls to spare. Harinder bagged two wickets for 18 runs. The tournament is being organised by the Chandigarh Twenty20 Cricket Association under the patronage of the Indian Twenty20 Cricket Federation and the Chandigarh Olympic Association. The line-up for the semifinals for May 6 is Pool A winners ONGC vs Pool B runners up electricity board and Pool A runners up HCC and Pool B winners Professional Cricket Club. Brief scores Himachal Cricket Club: 159 for 6 (Supandeep 46, Ashish Kukraiti 17, Himmat 22, Karan Bhalla 37, Pawan Chadal 29 n.o., S. Sidhu 2 for 34, R. Sehgal 1 for 12, P S Hunal 1 for 33). Chandigarh Lawyers Sports Association: 102 all out in 16.5 overs (R. Sehgal 14, P.S. Hunal 24, Sunil 13, Om Parkash 5 for 19, Narinder Kwatra 3 for 12, Vijay 1 for 13, Karandeep 1 for 15). JJ’s XI: 122 for 9 (Umesh Kaira 21, Charanjit Singh 17, Kulwinder Singh 25, Tejwinder Gill 17, Rocky Ratta 4 for 23, Sudhir 2 for 17). Moody ICL: 123 for 5 (Vipul Chadha 45, Rajeev Nayyar 33, Ainder 15, Harinder 2 for 18, Umesh 1 for 17, Kulwinder 1 for 37).
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NPS cagers win championship
Chandigarh, May 3 In the girls category, Versha and Neha performed very well and helped the NPS team to win the title beating Dev Samaj School, Sector 21 32-27 in a well-contested final match. Both cagers scored 10 points each. The other player Megha also contributed 8 points for the winners. For losers, Sushma displayed a very good show as she scored 13 points. In the boys section, NPS lifted the trophy thrashing DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, 57-40. From the very start, NPS put their rivals under pressure. At half time, NPS was leading by almost double points as the score was 37-18. The key scorer for the winners was Sumit with 18 points followed by Parveen (12) and Istean (11). The fine play of Vinay of DAV could not help the team. Vinay scored 16 points while Deepak and Sandeep scored 9 points each. |
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Vishal drubs Ajay in
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Chandigarh, May 3 In a well-contested 150 game match, Vishal Gupta dominated the proceedings all the time with his fine shots. He finished winner with a lead of 18. In the second match between Judge Bali and Amrit Sidhu, Bali thrashed Sidhu by a lead of 40. The final score of the match was 155-115. Earlier, club president Mukesh Bassi played the inaugural shot to open the 11-day championship, which is held for the club members and their dependants every year. The championship would conclude on May 13.
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Chandigarh, May 3 All eligible sports persons of the city have to submit their applications on the prescribed proforma in the office of the director sports at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, here before May 21. The sports persons must report at the stadium on May 24 morning along with their original sports certificates. — TNS
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Takshima, Pawandeep best players
Chandigarh, May 3 Girls: Twinkle Bhatia, Shristhi Bhalotia, Ronika Raaj, Palak Dhingra and Takshima Seth. Boys: Gaganpreet Singh, Ravi Dhir, Ajay Singh, Mohit Sharma, Jagreet Singh, Ashish Pathak, Anitpal Singh, Sukhwant Singh, Pawandeep Singh, Satinder Pal, Jasdeep Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Gaganpreet and Jaspreet Singh. |
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Women cricket cell set up
Chandigarh, May 3 The cell will provide regular net practice to the women cricketers at the CCA, the Guru Nanak Public Cricket Academy, Sector 36. Besides, the cell will also select the district women cricket team, which will participate in the Punjab Inter District Cricket Tournament to be organised by the Punjab Cricket Association. The names of the office-bearers of the cell are: president--Jagdish Kumar Bains; vice-presidents--Archana Bhardwaj and Naib Singh; members--Upkar Kaur, Paramjit and Harish Sharma;and converner--Mohinder Singh. Anju and Jaswant Singh will be the coaches. |
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Carrom tourney from May 19
Chandigarh, May 3 The tournament will be organised under the auspices of the Chandigarh Carrom Association. In the tournament, singles events will be conducted in the senior, junior and the sub-junior categories under men/boys and women/girls sections. For the junior category, the interested player must be below 18 years as on December 31, 2007, while players below 14 years as on June 30, 2007, are eligible for participation in the sub-junior category. The players may submit entries with Diwan Singh Aithani, assistant general secretary of the association at 564-A, Sector 32-A. Entries will close on May 14 at 5 pm. |
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Wrestling tournament
Mohali, May 3 The interested wrestlers from Mohali district should report with their date of birth certificates at 10 am on May 13.
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