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Free health camp organised
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 1
A free health camp was held at Government Model School, Sector 21, for residents of the sector to celebrate Doctor’s Day today. Dr Rajan Chugh, an eye doctor specialising in laser surgery, examined patients and gave tips to prevent eye strain, especially in the computer era.

He elaborated on ‘computer vision syndrome’, which occurs when one is not aware or careful while working on computers.

He advised various eye exercises and measures like frequent blinking, changing the focus of eyes from screen to a distant object, taking adequate breaks in between computer work, getting up from the seat and taking a stroll for two-three minutes and using computer spectacles.

Dr Sonica Chugh laid emphasis on ‘prevention’ of ailments, especially of life-style diseases like hypertension, diabetes and heart problems apart from various gynaecological problems and child-birth related fatalities.

She stressed the need for a strict regimen involving 30-40 minutes of physical activity like brisk walk, cycling or jogging and healthy foods comprising of high-fibre, low calorie diet.

Anju Beniwala, councillor, ward No. 17, representing Sector 21, announced that such health camps would be a regular feature in Sector 21.

These would be held on the first Sunday of every month.

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300 examined at medical camp
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 1
More than 300 workers and their family members had their medical check-up at a free camp at the community centre, Industrial Area, Phase I, here today. The camp was sponsored by the specialised commercial branch, State Bank of India, on the occasion of state bank day.

Doctors from Apollo Health Clinic provided free consultation. Medicines were distributed free of cost.

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Inter-School Shooting Tourneys
 Preeti, Surinder, Angad shoot bull’s eye

Mohali, July 1
Preeti Tomar clinched the top position in the peep sight air rifle (ISSF) junior women’s category in the 8th Punjab State Inter-School Shooting Championship-2007, which concluded at the shooting range at Phase 6 today.

Tomar shot 384/400 for the top slot and was followed by Sargam Marwaha, who shot 364 points to finish second.

In the same event for junior men, Surinder Preet S. Thind won the top honours with 572/600 points.

Around 125 shooters from schools from all over Punjab took part in the championship. The results: Peep sight air rifle (ISSF) junior men: 1-Surinder Preet S Thind (572/600); 2-Jag Preet Singh (556/600), 3-Shivtaj Singh (554/600).

Peep sight air rifle (ISSF) junior women: 1-Preeti Tomar (384/400), 2-Sargam Marwaha (364/400).

Open sight air rifle (NR) junior men: 1-Pulkit Sabharwal (275/400), 2-Sambhav Jain (218/400), 3-Abhishek Nimal (175/400).

Open sight air rifle (NR) sub-junior men: 1-Manik (192/400), 2-Akhilesh (164/400), 3-Kamsin Deep (136/400).

Open sight air rifle (NR) junior women: 1-Aanchal Sood (231/400).

Open sight air rifle (NR) sub-junior women: 1-Poojan (104/400).

Peep sight air rifle (NR) junior men: 1-Kunal Mathur (362/400), 2-Rupinder Singh (360/400), 3-Satwant Singh (347/400).

Peep sight air rifle (NR) sub-junior men: 1-Joydeep Singh (352/400), 2-Ashish Pandey (318/400), 3-Karan Veer Singh (301/400).

Peep sight air rifle (NR) junior women: 1-Param Deep Maru (380/400), 2-Gursimran Sekhon (375/400), 3-Babban Deep Kaur (370/400).

Peep sight air rifle (NR) sub-junior women: 1-Aman Deep Saran (361/400), 2-Jasmeen Dhadli (321/400), 3-Ridhi Kumra (319/400).

Air pistol (ISSF) junior men: 1-Raghav Bhardwaj (561/600), 2-Ajitesh Kaushal (560/600), 3-Akshay Jain (544/600).

Air pistol (ISSF) junior women: 1-Mandeep Sandhu (340/400), 2-Nisha Panwar (337/400), 3-Patibha Rana (334/400).

Air pistol (NR) junior men: 1-Kuldeep Kumar (368/400), 2-Atinder S. Garcha (362/400), 3-Amar Deep Singh (346/400).

Air pistol (NR) sub-junior men: 1-Gurpartap Singh (342/400), 2-Anurag Singh Sekhon (341/400), 3-Aank Dhanda (332/400).

Air pistol (NR) junior women: 1-Jasleen Kaur (348/400), 2-Rubab Kaur Sekhon (347/400), 3-Aman Deep Kaur (337/400).

Air pistol (NR) sub-junior women: 1-Aditi Sewak (344/400), 2-Sumeet (311/400) and Seerat Bajwa (311/400).

Chandigarh: Angad Singh clinched gold medal in the air pistol (NR) junior category scoring 347/400 points in the 9th Chandigarh State Inter-School Shooting Championship that concluded at Patiala Ki Rao Shooting Range, Sector 25, here today.

Gurpartap Singh remained second with 315 points, whereas Harkirpanjeet got third position with 294 points in the event, organised by the Chandigarh Rifle Association (CRA).

The results: Peep sight air rifle (ISSF) (junior men): 1-Gurman Deep Singh Sidhu (555/600); (junior women): 1-Roopmeet Maan (368/400).

Open sight air rifle (NR) junior men: 1-Harkir Panjeet Singh (136/400); sub-junior men: 1-Shivdeep Singh Sidhu (247/400).

Peep sight air rifle (NR) junior men: 1-Hitesh Singh (362/400), 2-Abhinav Kumar (346), 3-Mansimran Singh (344); sub-junior men: 1-Vishwajit Singh (276/400), 2-Nupun Nagpal (248), 3-Arjun Singh (164); junior women: 1-Nimisha Nagpal (117/400); sub-junior women: 1-Asavari Tayal (204/400), 2-Nina Chandel (124).

Air pistol (ISSF) junior men: 1-Shivandu Sharma (539/600); junior women: 1-Akanksha Arora (366/400).

Air pistol (NR) junior men: 1-Angad Singh (347/400), 2-Gurpartap Singh Chadha (315), 3-Harkirpan Jeet Singh (294); sub-junior men: 1-Manik Kalra (313/400), 2-Arjun Singh (312), Akash Thakur (304); junior women: 1-Harnoor Gill (351/400); sub-junior women: 1-Asavari Tayal (320/400), 2-Nina Chandel (285), 3-Gauri (202). — TNS

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Cricket
 CCA-GNCA academy register win
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 1
CCA-GNCA Cricket Academy beat Sector-16 Cricket Stadium by 29 runs in the Triangular U-13 Cricket Tournament at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, grounds here.

CCA-GNPS Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 136 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated 25 overs.

Chasing the target, Sector-16 Cricket Stadium’s wickets fell like a house of cards and the team could muster only 107 for nine wickets in 25 overs.

Brief score: CCA-GNPS: 136/5 (Abhisekh 26, Shivam 23; Kanwar 3 for 9).

Sector-16 Cricket Stadium: 107 for 9 (Prashar 18, Akshay Sharma 3 for 14).

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Sports calendar released

Chandigarh, July 1
The School Games Federation of India, after deliberations at the general council meeting held at Delhi recently, released its sports calendar here today. The calendar is as follows:

Chandigarh: Sector 42 stadium: IInd week of November: hockey: boys & girls (u-17); softball: boys & girls (u-14, 19).

Panchkula: December last week: badminton: boys & girls (u 14 & 19),

Delhi: Chhatrasaal stadium: December 23 to 28; wrestling: boys (u-14, 17 & 19); hockey: boys & girls (u-19); handball: boys & girls (u-14); baseball: boys & girls (u-14 &19); cricket: boys (u-19); yoga: boys & girls (u-14, 17, 19); softball: boys & girls (u-17); throwball: boys & girls (u-14); kabaddi: boys & girls (u-19); judo: boys & girls (u-19); netball: boys & girls (u-14); shooting ball: boys & girls (u-19).

Maharashtra: Thane: IIIrd week of December; badminton: boys & girls (u-17); Mumbai: IInd week of December; cricket: boys (u-14, 16); Nagpur: lawn tennis, boys & girls (u-14, 17 & 19); IInd week of December: martial art: boys & girls (u-17); Nashik: 1st week of December; fencing: boys & girls (u-19); Akola: IIIrd week of November; boxing: boys (u-17); Sangli: 1st week of December; weightlifting: boys & girls (u-17, 19); Kolhapur/Mumbai: 1 st week of December; rifle shooting: boys & girls (u-17, 19); Pune: IInd week of December; road cycling: boys & girls (u-17, 19).

Andhra Pradesh: kho-kho: IInd week of October/last week of December: boys & girls (u-14, 19); Hyderabad: December 23 to 27; netball: boys & girls (u-17); IInd week of November; throwball: boys & girls (u-17); IInd week of January 8; kabaddi: boys & girls (u-17); Warangal: 1st week of December; wrestling: girls (u-19).

Chhattisgarh: Raipur/Rajnandgaon: Last week of November; netball: boys & girls (u-19); kabaddi: boys & girls (u-14); basketball: boys & girls (u-17); cycle polo: boys & girls (u-19).

Mizoram: Aizwal: December 10-15; table tennis: boys & girls (u-14, 17, 19); judo: boys & girls (u-14 & 17); football: girls (u-17).

Gujarat: Ahemdabad: October last week; swimming: boys & girls (u-14, 17 & 19); diving: boys & girls: (u-14, 17 & 19); water polo: boys (u-19); skating: boys & girls (u-11, 14, 17 & 19); roller hockey: boys (u-19).

Himachal Pradesh: Shimla: November last week; boxing: boys (u-19).

Uttarakhand: Dehra Dun: December first week; volleyball: boys & girls (u-17).

Karnataka: Chitradurga: December first week: kho-kho: boys & girls (u-17); Dhawangree: last week of December; basketball: boys & girls (u-14); last week of November; volleyball: boys (u-14).

Orissa: Bhubaneswar: January second week; kick boxing: boys & girls (u-19).

Rajasthan: Gotan Nagore: basketball: boys & girls (u-19).

West Bengal: Kolkata: September IIIrd week; football: boys (u-14); December last week; athletics: boys & girls (u-14, 17 & 19).

Goa: Madgaon: October 28- November 3; football: girls (u-19); baseball boys & girls (u-17).

J&K: Srinagar: IInd week of September; football: boys (u-19); Jammu: IIIrd week of December cricket girls (u-19).

Punjab: Kapurthala: IIIrd week of November: handball: boys & girls (u-19).

Assam: Guwahati: Ist week of January; chess: boys & girls (u-14, 17 & 19). — TNS

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Bhatt given charge of UT SSP
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 1
Senior superintendent of police (SSP) (operations), Dinesh Bhatt, has been given the charge of UT SSP following the repatriation of SSP Gaurav Yadav to his parent cadre Punjab. Bhatt currently holds the charges of the vigilance department and the women and child support unit.

It has been reliably learnt that Yadav had handed over the charge to Bhatt on Friday. A 1992 batch IPS officer, Yadav had spent four-and-half years on the coveted post of SSP.

The UT has not received the name of the new SSP from the MHA as yet. The UT is learnt to have recommended the name of S.S. Srivastva.

On the other hand, as UT IGP S.K. Jain has proceeded on leave, DIG Vivek Gogia will take charge in his absence.

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