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Chemists’ body threatens strike Panchkula, February 18 In a statement issued to the Press, Mr B.B. Singhal and Mr Sanjiv Goyal, president and general secretary, respectively, of the association, said they met the State Drug Controller today and submitted a memorandum to him. They demanded that Puri should be suspended and a criminal case be registered against him. They alleged that the Inspector, under the influence of liquor, forced chemists in Sector 6 to close their shops on January 25. He had allegedly threatened the chemists and of late had been issuing show-cause notices to them over frivolous reasons, they alleged. |
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This sportsperson holds lot of promise Chandigarh, February 18 A native of Jalaldiwal village (Raikot) in Punjab, Hardeep hit the headlines with her brilliant performance in the shot-put event. Hardeep is now a trainee at the local Sports Authority of India, Sports Training Centre, Sector 18. Hardeep, who was selected for this centre only last year, said prior to shifting to Chandigarh, she studied at Raikot. With no qualified athletics coach, she had to struggle hard to live up to the expectations. She feels very happy now as she is in the safe hands of senior SAI athletics coach, Jasbir Singh, at the centre. Jasbir has been a player of repute. So his guidance and training will be of tremendous help to budding sportspersons like her, Hardeep says. A student of First year BA at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women in Sector 26, Hardeep praised her college for having given a boost to sportspersons. She said her college is spending over Rs 17,000 per annum on her sports activities. Hardeep took to shotput at the age of 12 after being inspired by her father. Only a few months back, she stood third in the Junior National Athletic championships held at Chennai. Her record was 10.51 metres. The same distance was maintained during the All India Inter Zone Athletics Meet at Kanpur where too she occupied the same position. Hardeep, who aims to don international colours in shotput, said at the school level also, she took part in the National School Games several times in different age groups. In the state schools athletic meet, she stood first with a distance of 10.74 metres. However, the absence of a trained coach hampered her performance to some extent, she says. In the Panjab University Inter College Athletics Meet, she clinched third place this session by throwing at 10.63 metres. She said in the camps, she had watched the video-clippings of renowned shotputters like Shakti Singh, Bahadur Singh and others, which helped and motivated her to do well. She was of the view that regular training under an expert coach was very much essential. In sports, if one does hard work with sincerity and earnestness, one can achieve the goal, she says. For a shotputter, weight training was very essential along with a balanced diet. This area gives rise to stress, she says. The facilities being extended at the STC-18 were commendable. In this context, she is all praise for the Assistant Director, SAI, Mr Ritu Pathik who treats the inmates the “friends”, she maintains. Hardeep, who had played for Punjab earlier, now plans to represent Chandigarh in the forthcoming tournaments at the national level. |
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Ranjana wins gold in judo meet Chandigarh, February 18 The winners in senior women section were, Sonia Kanwar, Vipin and Sangeeta. The winners in various weight categories were: Mandeep Thakur, Jagdeep Singh, Hari Om, Aseem and Gurvinder Singh. The winners in junior boys section were: Vivek Thakur, Rajiv Kumar, Hemant and Pankaj. The tournament could not evoke good
response as the fear of forthcoming examinations haunt judokas.
Inter-media cricket meet The First Chandigarh Inter-media Limited Overs Cricket Tournament will be organised under the aegis of the Chandigarh Press Club on March 2 and 3 and then on March 9 and 10. According to Mr Sarabjit Pandher, secretary general of the club, there shall be only one team from one media group of publications. Mr Pandher said a
maximum of 14 players would be allowed per team. The matches would be of 20 overs a side up till the knock-out stage. From semifinal onwards matches will be of 25 overs a side. The finals will be played on March 10. Two matches will be played on each of the tournament days and will commence at 9 am and then at 1 pm. Interested teams could contact Mr Rajesh Deol, tournament coordinator, at 601084, or the Manager, Press Club. Entries close on February 25. |
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MCC proposes 11.6 cr for Kajauli waterworks Chandigarh, February 18 The proposal shows an increase of around Rs 10 crore over the last year provisions with 2002-2003 amount going to Rs 161.33 crore against Rs 151.78 crore last year. However, the development money in this year has been reduced to Rs 45.56 crore against last year’s provisions of Rs 46.6 crore. Almost the whole increase in the Budget outlay has gone on the non-plan account that has gone to Rs 115.77 crore against Rs 105.72 crore of the last year. The corporation has again failed to impose an acceptable tax proposals to bring it out of a financial mess and provide world-class amenities pegging its resources of Rs 15 crore on the property tax that seems unlikely to be accepted by the Congress and other parties. The corporation, however, expects to get Rs 36 crore as grant-in-aid from the Chandigarh Administration for development against last year’s allocation of Rs 23.75 crore. The non-plan grant-in-aid seems to have been frozen with allocation of Rs 50 crore being the same as that of the last year. The MCC proposes to spend Rs 3.5 crore on a new fire-tender for multi-storeyed buildings, Rs 3.8 crore only on improving the condition of vast network of roads, Rs 2 crore on improvement of water supply and tubewells, Rs 1.11 crore on management of dumping grounds and Rs 1 crore on green belts and fragrance garden. The Budget has made Rs 2 crore provision for the councillors’ fund also for the first time this year. The corporation expects to collect Rs 27.7 crore from water charges, Rs 2 crore from sewage cess, Rs 24 crore from estate receipts and Rs 15 crore from property. Rest of the receipts are likely to fetch Rs 8.35 crore. |
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Inform arrest within
1 hr, cops ordered Chandigarh, February 18 Meanwhile, the SP (City), Mr Baldev Singh, today visited the Burail Jail to record the statement of one of the undertrials, Ramesh Kumar, who is currently lodged there. It may be recalled that Ramesh, along with another undertrial, Satpal, had been tortured in police custody. Satpal had been admitted to the Sector 16 General Hospital for treatment. They have been accused of several incidents of chain snatching. |
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UT depts asked to submit unutilised money Chandigarh, February 18 The budget utilisation of Chandigarh and revenue collection is in line with targets, this was informed during the senior officers’ conference of the Chandigarh Administration today. The bio-monthly meeting of officials lasted for an hour and was held in the afternoon. The issue of filling posts of handicapped persons was also discussed. The Adviser to the UT Administrator, Ms Neeru Nanda, who chaired the meeting, discussed various issues with officials. |
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10 Duty Magistrates Chandigarh, February 18 The duties on rotational basis will be Mr D.S. Saroya (1st to 3rd of every month), Mr Amar Pal Singh (4th to 6th), Dr Dilraj Kaur (7th to 9th), Mr Ashok Vashist (10th to 12th), Mrs Madhavi Kataria (13th to 15th ), Mr H.S. Khandola (16th to18th ), Mr Ashwani Kumar (19th to 21st), Mr Vivek Atray (22nd to 24th), Mr Sunil Bhatia (25th to 27th) and Mr N.S. Brar (28 th to end of the month). |
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