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TT Tourney
Anshul, Manisha clinch twin titles
Mohali, October 27
Anshul Garg of Railways and Manisha Sharma of Patiala claimed double titles each on the final day of the VI Manav Mangal Open Table Tennis Tournament. The meet was held at the multipurpose hall of Manav Mangal Smart School, Sector 64, here, today.
Dhan Bahadur is best gymnast
Chandigarh, October 27
Dhan Bahadur of Guru Harkrishan Public School made a clean sweep by winning gold medals in all apparatus competitions for junior boys in the 34th Chandigarh State Gymnastic Championship for sub-juniors, juniors and seniors at the Sector 7 Sports Complex here, today.
Hockey
 Dharamvir proves mettle
Chandigarh, October 27
Local striker Dharamvir, a player of the Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Sector 42, won the ‘Best Player of the Tournament’ award at the six-nation Singapore International Hockey Challenge tournament that concluded at Singapore last week.
Dharamvir
Shivam leads Vivek High to victory
Chandigarh, October 27
With his overall fine performance, Shivam Bhambri (63 n o and 4 for 21) propelled Vivek High School, Sector 38, to beat YPS, Mohali, by seven wickets to enter the semi-finals of the Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament being played at St. John's High School, Sector 26, here, today.
Naman is snooker champ
Panchkula, October 27
Naman Nagpal beat Parmod Kumar 2-0 in the sub-junior snooker category in the Haryana State Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior Billiards and Snooker Championship-2007 that started at Haryana Billiards, Sector 11, here today.
GREEN CANOPY: In City Beautiful, 7.7 per cent area is under green cover, which is one-third of the national average (23 per cent). But in Haryana and Punjab, the picture is even more dismal with forest cover being only 3.43 per cent and 3.14 per cent, respectively.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Plot Allotment
HC allows Mansa Devi Board’s plea
Chandigarh, October 27
Holding that the concession given by the then Haryana advocate-general of handing over a plot to a resident in connection with the land to be acquired for developing area around the Mansa Devi complex was erroneous, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the maintenance of status quo in this regard.
Plaintiff fined for forgery
Chandigarh, October 27
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on a petitioner, Surinder Singh, for wrongly dragging BSNL into litigation.
All set for PEC fest
Chandigarh, October 27
The stage is set for the three-day ‘Vodafone PECFEST 4th Dimension’ from
November 2.
Bid to sell stolen cell lands student
in police net
Chandigarh, October 27
The police has arrested a college student who was trying to sell a stolen mobile set to a shopkeeper.
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From Schools and Colleges
Students attend career guidance programme
Chandigarh, October 27
The career counselling and placement cell, Government College, Sector 11, has organised a two-day programme on career guidance. On the first day, 137 students participated in several events that were held in collaboration with Career Launcher. On the second day, a workshop on students’ empowerment was conducted for final-year students.
Myanmar delegation visits Fortis
Mohali, October 27
A delegation, comprising 25 members from Myanmar, visited Fortis Hospital here yesterday to understand the functioning of a state-of-the-art hospital with international recognition. The delegation comprised senior officials from various ministries of Myanmar, including health, energy, mines, railways, law, planning commission and education.
Cops fight stress by doing yoga
Chandigarh, October 27
In a unique effort, a yoga and meditation camp was conducted at the Sector 3 police station to equip the policemen to tackle pressures of job effectively.
Save the Planet
It’s now or never, warns UN report
Humanity is changing earth’s climate so fast and devouring resources so voraciously that it is poised to bequeath a ravaged planet to future generations, the UN warned in its most comprehensive survey of the environment.
Celebration fiesta in city from Nov 2
Chandigarh, October 27
Festival season is also the season of exhibitions in the city with a number of shopping fests lined up to add zing to the shopping experience. Celebration fiesta is one such event to be organised at Chandigarh Club on November 2 and 3 but with a difference as this is a baazar with a cause which will benefit the mentally challenged children of Vatika school for special children, Sector 19, Chandigarh.
55 delegates attend conference
Chandigarh, October 27
DSM, which creates innovative products and services in life sciences and material sciences, organised a conference at CII here recently on “Sustainable development and safety health and environmental compliance”.
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