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Punjab clinch rugby title
Chandigarh, December 13 Pradeep was the top-scorer with 10 points, followed by Gurbinder (7 points), Harpreet (5) and Sukhbir (2). For Rajasthan, Baljeet was the lone ranger, scoring 10 points. With the win, Punjab pocketed a cash award of Rs 21,000 along with a trophy. Runners-up Rajasthan got Rs 15,000 and a trophy. In semifinals, both Punjab and Rajasthan reached final by defeating Maharashtra (40-0) and Chandigarh (3-0), respectively. Chandigarh got the third prize of Rs 10,000 beating Maharashtra 26-0. Pradeep Singh (Rajasthan), Baljeet Singh (Punjab) and Deepak Huda (Chandigarh) shared the best player of the tournament, getting Rs 7,000 each. Chief guest Ashok Lakhanpal, director (north), Doordarshan, gave away the prizes to the winners. |
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Football
Chandigarh, December 13 In another game, East Bengal Football Club thrashed Eastern Sporting Union, Manipur, 5-0. In a well-contested tie, St Stephen’s dominated the proceedings by opening their account in the 32nd minute through Johny Singh. Keeping the pressure up, St Stephen’s doubled the margin through Satpal Singh in the 35th minute. In the second match, Rajib Ghouri netted four goals for East Bengal. Rajib struck in the 9th, 16th, 30th and 32nd minutes whereas Ajay Roy scored a goal in the 25th minute. Eighteen teams are participating in the tournament. From the tournament, four teams will qualify for the India finals to be conducted in Goa from January 15 to 20. Cosmos Football Academy of Tamil Nadu and Mahindra United of Mumbai Salgaokar Football Club, Goa, Sporting de Goa have already qualified from South-West Zone. |
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PU rowers impress
Chandigarh, December 13 The results: WIX: 1 Madras University, Chennai; M2x: 1 Kerala University, 2 GND varsity, Amritsar; W2: 1 Madras University, 2 Panjab University, Chandigarh; M4: 1 Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram; M1x: 1. Panjab University; W2x: 1 Punjabi University, Patiala, 2. GND varsity: M2: 1 Kerala University; M4: 1 Panjab University; W1x: 1 GND varsity, 2 Punjabi University;M2x: 1 Madras University, 2 Punjabi University; W2: 1 Punjabi University; M1x: 1 Madras University; M4: 1 Punjabi University; W2x: 1 Kerala University; M1x:1 Panjab University; M2: 1 Panjab University; W4: 1 Punjabi University; W2x: 1 Madras University; M2: 1 Punjabi University; Mx: 1 Pune University; W4: 1 Kerala University, 2 Panjab University; M2x: 1 Panjab University; M2: 1 Calcutta University; M4: 1 Anna University; M2x: 1 Calcutta University; M2: 1 Osmania University, 2 Kurukshetra University. |
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Equipment, not talent, hurting India: Rower
Chandigarh, December 13 “After seeing the preparation and latest equipment of foreign teams during the Germany visit for Olympics qualifiers, we felt that it was not the dearth of talent here but the scarcity of adequate facilities and infrastructure that was responsible for poor performance,” says Manjit Singh, who is competing in the All-India Inter-University Rowing Competition at Sukhna Lake. A student of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, Manjit Singh was member of lightweight coxless-four squad. “Competing with teams from 67 countries, our team secured 24th position in the qualifying competitions. The difference between qualifying timings and ours was 14 seconds,” he says, adding that only proper infrastructure and advanced training programmes can help Indian rowers match teams like Germany, New Zealand and Great Britain in the sport. Manjeet won two silver medals in the Junior Asian Championship at Singapore in 2006. A regular participant in national events, Manjeet brought laurels to the country by winning a gold in the South Asian Games held in Sri Lanka last year. Lamenting the indifferent attitude of the Chandigarh administration and the Chandigarh Rowing Association, the rower feels they care little for less popular games. |
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Shivam stars in Vivek academy win
Chandigarh, December 13 Vivek High XI won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 105 runs in 19.4
overs. Karan Khosla claimed two wickets for 14 runs. In reply, Vivek High Asian Cricket Academy reached home in 16.3
overs. Manik Khanna and Arjun Singla of Vivek High XI took three wickets each. Brief scores: Vivek High XI: 105 all out in 19.4 overs
(Shiven Bali 32, Aman Sharma 20, Anek Brar 18 n.o.; Shivam Bhambri 3 for 9, Karan Khosla 2 for
14). Vivek High Asian Cricket Academy: 106 for 6 in 16.3 overs (Shivam Bhambri 42, Karan Khosla 22
n.o.; Manik Khanna 3 for 21, Arjun Singla 3 for 14). |
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Athletics meet for special children
Chandigarh, December 13 12-15 years: standing long jump, 100m dash, 100m walk, softball throw, 50m dash. Low ability: 25m walk, 100m walk, 50m dash, softball throw. 16-21 years: shot-put, running long jump, 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, 200m walk, relay race, basket ball individual skill. 22-30 years: short put, running long jump, 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, 200m walk, relay race, basket ball individual skill. |
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Table tennis trials
Chandigarh, December 13
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Encroachments
Kalka/Pinjore, December 13 Even as the executive engineer, construction division (NH), PWD border and roads, Panchkula, has issued notices to hundreds of people in the city to remove encroachments by December 13, the residents seem in no mood to oblige the authorities. Now, miffed at the attitude of the authorities concerned, the residents have decided to organise rallies, dharnas and hunger strike, protesting against the proposed demolition of alleged encroachments. The shops on the highway at Kalka remained closed for the fourth day today. “Rallies will be held in the market every day in the morning as well as evening while shopkeepers will sit on a relay hunger strike,” said S.S. Nanda, a municipal councillor. Meanwhile, indiscriminate removal of encroachments by Pinjore residents have resulted in long traffic jams between Surajpur bridge and Pinjore bus stand. It takes at least two hours to cover this stretch of just a few kilometres as the traffic moves at a snails’ pace due to piling up of debri on road sides and lack of substantial police presence. The administration has also started demolition in Kalka by razing the encroachments by government departments. The boundary walls of the Kalka and Pinjore police stations were also demolished. Residents of Kalka, however, said the administration was showing undue hurry in demolishing their buildings as the court had asked for the details of the encroachments while the administration had started forcing the people to demolish their buildings without justifying the encroachments. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the deputy commissioner, Panchkula, and highway administration, PWD, Haryana, to present before it, on December 18, complete details with regard to the measurement of the road as per the revenue record and its width as it exists today. |
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Two robberies in 24 hours
Ambala, December 13 Three robbers looted cash and jewellery from a resident of Ambala City late last night at pistol point. According to information, Manoj Kumar, an employee of the education department, was returning home on his scooter. When he reached close to his house in Prem Nagar area, three muffled youths, on a motorcycle, reached the spot. They pointed a pistol towards him and asked him to hand over his mobile, cash and gold chain. Manoj handed over the valuables to them. After getting information about the incident, Ambala SP K. Rammana and other senior police officers reached the spot. However, no clue about the robbers could be ascertained so far. Meanwhile, Bansi Lal and his wife Sheresth of Jaggi colony sustained serious injuries when two robbers attacked them. According to information, two robbers knocked the door of Bansi Lal’s house. When he opened the door, they asked him and his wife to hand over all the valuables to them. When the couple resisted, the robbers attacked them with a knife. The couple is admitted to the local civil hospital. In another incident, the body of a waiter of Mahak Hotel was found today on the hotel premises. According to information, the deceased Sunil had joined this hotel recently. The police suspects that one of the employees of the hotel could be involved in the crime. The police have rounded up a waiter of the hotel for investigation. The body was sent to civil hospital for postmortem. |
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Revoke suspensions by previous VC, says panel
Patiala, December 13 The committee has recommended revocation of suspensions and other “penalties”-- like ban on entry into the campus-- and sought declaration of result of several students including, Gurpal Singh, Harvinder Singh, Gurnam Singh, Jaspal Singh, Jatinder Singh, Bakshish Azad, Gurbakshish Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Raminder Singh, Dharminder Singh, Rajiv Kumar and Arvinder Singh. The committee has recommended relief for “victimised” employees, including Malkit Singh, Harish Tiwari, Darshan Singh, Harminder Singh and Rajesh Kumar. Some of these employees were facing action for participation in JAC dharna. It has been recommended that the probe against Prof Bhupinder Singh Khaira be stopped, suspension of teachers, including Prof Hem Raj Verma, Prof Manjit Singh, D. Kulbir Singh Dhillon and Samarinder Singh, be revoked. The committee has also sought withdrawal of cases pertaining to trespass and other minor offences against students. |
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