 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Inter-university rowing championship begins
Chandigarh, December 12 Swathy Sanjay from Madras University, was part of Indian rowing team during the Asian Games while Rohit Ravindra and local lad Manjit Singh have participated in many junior international rowing competitions. Manjit Singh, a student of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, represented the country in the Olympic qualifiers held at Germany where he participated in coxless-four event in lightweight section. Talking to TNS, deputy director of Panjab University Sports Department Vishav Mohini said, “In the four-day meet, being hosted by Panjab University, 14 boys’ teams, consisting of 101 rowers and 9 girls’ teams, having 54 girls in total, from 14 universities across the country, will be vying for top honours. There will be four events, coxless-pair, coxless-four, single skull and double skull”. All the sportspersons are being put up in the sports hostel of the university, added the deputy director. Meanwhile, all the rowers practiced at the lake to get acclimatised of the prevailing cold conditions here. The events will start tomorrow at 9 am. Names of participant universities: Punjabi University (Patiala), Kurukshetra University (Kurukshetra), Panjab University (Chandigarh), Guru Nanak Dev University (Amritsar), Kumaun University (Uttarakhand), Calcutta University (Kolkata), Madras University (Chennai), Pune University (Pune), Kerala University (Kerala), Shivaji University (Kolhapur), Osmania University (Hyderabad), University of Allahabad (Allahabad), Banaras Hindu University (Varanassi), Anna University (Chennai).
|
|
International license for rowing umpires
Chandigarh, December 12 Singla is the first and the only person from the northern region, who has qualified for the test. A total of six Indian national umpires (one each from Chandigarh and Pune and four from Kolkata) have qualified for the international umpiring license beside one lady umpire from Japan. |
|
|
List of T20 probables
Chandigarh, December 12 The five-day camp will be organised from December 18 at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 32. All players are required to report to Amarjit Kumar at 9 am. The list of probables: Vikramvir Sharma, Vivan Chopra, Tarushant, Amalvir Singh, Pardeep Singh, Sukhvir Singh, Gursahab Singh, Aman Dutt Sharma, Rubal, Rahul Sharma, Parmeet Singh, Aditya Bali, Rozal, Himanshu Sharma, Jaspreet Singh, Pardeep Gill, Shreshtha, Mohit Singh, Ajay Malik, Amrinder Singh, Vishal Gupta, Leeninder, Raman, Nakul Malik, Shamsher Singh, Nitish Choudhary, Navdeep Thakur, Sahej Mahajan.
|
|
Rugby
Chandigarh, December 12 In today’s quarterfinal matches, Chandigarh emerged winner, drubbing Punjab Academy by 25-5 while Rajasthan thrashed Himachal Pradesh team by 17-0. The other frontrunners Punjab team and Maharashtra defeated Haryana (26-5) and Jammu and Kashmir 23-20, respectively, to be in the top-four bracket. In the tournament, being organised by the Seven-A-side Rugby Football Federation of India (SASRFI) to promote seven’s rugby in the country, a total of 12 teams participated. Tomorrow, the semi-final and final matches will be held in afternoon. The results: (Quarterfinals) Chandigarh b Punjab Academy 25-05; Rajasthan b Himachal 17-0; Punjab b Haryana 26-05; Maharashtra b J&K 23-20.
|
|
CCC to organise chess festival
Chandigarh, December 12 According to the organisers, the competition is open to all as the event will be held for various age groups, including under-8, under-12, under-16, under-20 and senior categories, in both men and women sections. Interested people can send their entries till December 20.
|
|
Boxing trials on Dec 14
Chandigarh, December 12 The senior boxers/state gold medallists of this year are eligible for the trials. The selected boxers will participate in the 15th All-India A.K. Misra Memorial Boxing Championships to be held in the city from December 26 to 30 under the auspices of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation, New Delhi.
|
|
Bodybuilding trials
Chandigarh, December 12 Aspirants need to bring their birth certificates in original. |
|
|
Holy Child cagers beat St Xavier’s
Panchkula, December 12 In the boys’ section, St Xavier’s High School got the better of Holy Child School 32-30. Six teams from various schools of Panchkula participated in the event.
|
Removal of Encroachments
Kalka, December 12 Confrontation between the administration and locals seems to be imminent as the administration is adamant on removing the alleged encroachments. On the other hand, the shopkeepers have decided to protest the move aggressively with their families. In order to widen national highway 22, the Panchkula administration has issued notices to a total of 255 shopkeepers at Kalka and about the same number at Pinjore, ordering them to remove the encroachments. These shopowners have their shops on both sides of the Zirakpur-Parwanoo road. The notices mention that they have encroached upon government land and the encroachments be removed by Friday. Though people at Pinjore have started removing the encroachments on their own, the residents of Kalka, however, have decided to oppose the move tooth and nail claiming that they were being victimised because of the unjustified records of the administration. The shopkeepers, already on strike for last three days, have decided to sit on a dharna with their families on road protesting the decision. “We are ready to cooperate with the administration on the issue provided the authorities justify that we have encroached on government land,” said the shopkeepers. “The administration cannot punish us because of the faults of those who have prepared the plan and maps according to which the notices were issued,” said Sushil Kumar Garg, former president of municipal committee, Kalka. In fact, the shopowners possess maps, registration deeds and no objection certificates (NOCs) to cement their claim that the action of the administration was unjustified. “The owner of Ram Niwas, one of the oldest buildings of the town built in 1902 at Gandhi Chowk, has also been asked to demolish the construction upto 2 metres. The owner of Talwar Watch company has also received a notice for removing the encroachment upto six-and-a-half feet even as the total depth of the shop was merely 4 feet,” said Anil Aggarwal, president of Beopar Madal, Kalka. This only highlighted the negligence of the authorities concerned while issuing the notices, he said. Deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria, when contacted, denying any lapse in preparation of the maps, said these were prepared after involving all concerned agencies including the revenue department, municipal committee and national highway authority. Moreover, the administration was in touch with the government over providing alternative sites to the affected people, he added.
|
||
|
No coordination between rural, district docs
Kharar, December 12 As many as 1,193 rural medical officers falling under the jurisdiction of zila parishads are finding it increasingly difficult to coordinate with the district-level health authorities in their respective areas. Recruited under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), these doctors are answerable to zila parishads instead of the state health department. Juggling with different departments and different ministries, it is becoming difficult for them to implement national plans like family planning, TB and HIV programme in a full-fledged manner. These doctors are not even empowered to coordinate with paramedics like ANM nurses and midwives operating in the same areas. "In same regions, a paramedic and an RMO have got targets for family planning programme within the same limited population. This leads to utter commotion and unnecessary problems," points out president of the RMOs Association Dr Aslam Parvez. Since the recruitment of these doctors, the OPD in rural dispensaries has increased by seven to eight per cent. Also, these RMOs are responsible for 90 to 95 per cent of school health programmes. Interestingly, both RMOs and other health workers fall under different state ministers. While RMOs are answerable to the rural development and panchayat minister, the rest are governed by the state health minister. With no coordination even at ministry-level, even health workers find it difficult to adjust. "Very often, the area paramedics come to us with problems that can be solved at the RMO level. The government should send a proposal for bringing RMOs and health department under the same wing to ensure easy execution of health programmes," added a senior doctor at the Kharar civil hospital.
|
One killed as vehicle rams into bull
Kharar, December 12 Darbara Singh was going in his Tata 407 when a stray bull suddenly came on road. In his bid to save the bovine, Darbara applied brakes. The sudden application of brakes resulted in the skidding of the vehicle and it overturned. The driver was killed on the spot due to head injuries. The Balongi police have initiated proceedings under Section 174 CrPc.
|
|||||
|
|||||
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Mailbag | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
