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Chandigarh: In an effort to spot and train rural youth of the state, the Punjab Sports Department has taken an initiative to involve the rural youth in developing sports culture by organising rural tournaments at block, district and sate level. According to Pargat Singh , Sports Director, Punjab competitions in all 60 blocks of the state would be organised in the first phase. The block level tournaments for Under-14 boys and girls will be conducted from August 23 to September 9. Pargat Singh said that each block would be allowed to organise competitions in any four sports disciplines out of five -athletics, basketball, kabaddi, hockey and volleyball.

The District level Rural Games for boys and girls in athletics, basketball, kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball, tug of war, football, archery and weightlifting will be conducted from September 23 to 25. The Punjab State Rural Games for boys and girls will be held at Hoshiarpur (for boys) while Bathinda (for girls) in the month of October. The Punjab State Panchayat Games have been scheduled for December at Badal village. Pargat Singh said that all the Rural Games (block, district and state level) and the State Panchayat Games are part of the Punjab Sports Department annual sports calendar.

A committee of experts will keep a watch on the performance of the players in the rural games and provide proper training to groom them into future medal winners.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh: The sixth sub-junior S N Vohra Memorial Hockey Tournament started on a wrong note as the Chandigarh Hockey Academy’s eight players were declared overage in the sub-junior category. The medical committee of the Chandigarh Hockey Association declared the players overage in the category and the opening match of the day between Chandigarh Hockey Academy and Mehta Gurukul Academy was cancelled.

Later in the day, Mehta Gurukul Academy, Doraha played their match against DAV School Hockey Academy, Sector-8. Mehta Gurukul Academy scored a 2-0 victory against DAV School Hockey Academy.

The match began on a fast note with Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy, Doraha getting the first penalty corner in the eighth minute and taking the lead through a goal by Harjeet Singh who converted the penalty corner.

Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy was leading by 1-0 at the end of the first half which saw mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy, Doraha in the attacking mode. In the second half, DAV Hockey Academy, Sector-8 made some counter moves but could not get past the opposition’s goal post.
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Chandigarh: Marigold
CAST: Salman Khan, Ali Larter, Suchitra Pillai, Nandana Dev Sen, Gulshan Grover
DIRECTOR: Willard Carroll
An American actress, and an Indian choreographer meet in Goa. She is called Marigold. Yeah, yeah, like the flower, only prettier. Lots of characters in the movie tells us so many times over, just in case anybody missed the point the first time. He is called, what else, Prem. She’s got two left feet and a bad attitude. He is sunny, and psychic, and dances like a dream.

Willard Carroll parlays this slender thread of an idea into a movie being touted as Salman Khan’s Hollywood debut. So what we get is this: Salman playing second fiddle to the obnoxious Bollywood hero on the sets (he’s just the choreographer, remember?), and holding out a caring shoulder for Marigold to cry on when she finds the going too tough. Ooh, that must have been tough for him.

Carroll tries to be warm and affectionate towards Indian culture and Bollywood, but the film is riddled with clichés. Prem is just masquerading as a common dance-master, see? He’s actually a royal, with a sprawling riyasat in Rajasthan. In other words, Marigold’s Indian Prince Charming. In the second half, we get a bunch of actors playing princes and princesses — at lavish lunch on the lawns of a Jodhpur mahal, liveried retainers in the background, and a glittering mehendi ceremony on the sands. They are at Prem’s sister’s wedding, see?
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Chandigarh: Panjab University is finding it difficult to fill up the vacant posts in its various departments. Numerous advertisements inviting applications for the posts have failed to bring up suitable candidates for the job.

When interviews were conducted in University Institute of Engineering and Technology last month, not even half of the posts could be filled. In the stream of Mechanical Engineering, responding to the advertisement for 10 posts of lecturers, two candidates were selected out of the four who had applied. For the four posts advertised in the Computer Science Engineering department, two candidates appeared for the interview and were selected. In Electrical Engineering, for the four posts vacant, four candidates were interviewed and two were selected.

The situation was similar in Swami Sarvanand Giri Panjab University Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur, where for the two posts each in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering no candidate turned up for the interview.

In the H S Judge Institute of Dental Sciences, there are three posts of professors and six of readers lying vacant. Though the posts were advertised, no one applied. There are two posts of senior lecturers, for which one person applied and was selected.
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Chandigarh: School heads of government schools might soon have residential houses constructed for their stay in school premises. A proposal in this regard was discussed in a recently held meeting between the school heads and DPI (S) SK Setia. According to sources, the proposal of the UT Education Department now awaits the final nod of higher officials in the department.

Speaking to Newsline, president UT Principal’s Association JS Basota said, “It was a long pending demand of the school heads, we initiated it and it was well received by the DPI (S). An accommodation for the school heads would definitely improve their performance, as they will have no reason to think about their families.”

When contacted, DPI (S) SK Setia said, “All technical institutions and other institutes in the state have constructed residences for their heads, therefore, we thought the government schools in the city, too, may accommodate their heads.

The residence would facilitate the school heads to work in double shifts and they will have no problem in supervising the activities of the school.” He added, “Of late the school heads in the government schools could be seen working from 8 am to 6 pm. If they are accommodated on the school premises itself, they would be motivated to produce better results.”

Source: Express News Service

ALL PARTY MEETING : UNIONS DEMAND MORE FACILITIES TO REDUCE THE USE OF MONEY

Chandigarh: The representatives of all students’ unions of Panjab University (PU) today held a meeting at Students’ Centre to discuss issues pertaining to elections, particularly incidents of violence between the unions contesting elections.

The important demands made by the students at the meet included recognition of students’ unions, election reforms and more facilities to reduce the use of money and muscle power in union elections.

The participants included representatives of Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU), Students’ Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), Students’ Organisation of India (SOI), National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Indian National Students Organisation (INSO).

The representatives alleged that directionless policies of PU administration were responsible for the violence during the elections. They added the university should ensure availability of separate notice boards and publicity material for each union. They also demanded that notice boards should be allotted in all the teaching blocks and hostels, where unions’ policies, programmes and publicity material could be put on display.
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Panchkula: In two different cases in Panchkula, a 35 year old resident of Rajiv Colony committed suicide by hanging himself and a 19 year old resident of Barwala died after an accident on Sunday. Both the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after the post mortem was conducted at the General Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula.

“Suraj Bhan, a rickshaw puller residing in Rajiv colony in Sector 17 committed suicide late last night. In the morning, that when his wife Aarti tried to open the room which was locked from inside, she found him hanging. Suraj Bhan was drunk last night. His wife and the three children were sleeping on the upper floor of the house. He was alone in the room when he committed suicide,” said a police official.

In another case, a resident of Rehori village in Barwala, 19-year-old Rohit Kumar, succumbed to his injuries when a trolley hit his motorcycle.He died on the spot. The Barwala police official said, “Rohit was driving his motorcycle on way to the city when a trolley from the opposite side hit him. Rohit used to work with his father, Pradeep in the fields.” Both the bodies have been handed over to their families.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh: A 19-year-old killed himself at his Hallomajra resident on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased identified as Raju Kumar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room. According to the police, victim’s sister had gone to meet Raju along with her children. “When she peeked through a window, she found the body of his brother hanging inside. The police was informed immediately and the door was broken,” the police said.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh: Even after the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation spent lakhs of rupees on the development of parks located in the residential areas, the residents are unable to enjoy them as the parks are surrounded by wild grass and weeds.

Many of these parks give a deserted look inspite of having swings, benches, sea-saw, slides. Wild grass and Congress weeds were seen surrounding the benches and other installations in the parks.

President of Resident Welfare Association of Sector 28D Major General(retd) Avtaar Singh, said there are five parks in the locality but wild grass can be seen all around them and the civic authorities have failed to clear them up. The benches are seen covered with the grass, he added.

Area Councillor Davinder Singh Babla, expressing resentment over the failure of authorities in the matter, said that despite his repeated requests the authorities have still not taken any action.

“There used to be two tractors to clear the grass from parks in Sector 28 earlier, but now there is none.”

Source: Express News Service

Panchkula: Gurgaon is all set to have a state-level model park called Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park to showcase various energy efficient technologies and for holding exhibitions to make the students and the public aware of the importance of renewable energy. The park at the cost of Rs 1.5 crore will come up on 1.6 acres of land located in the heart of the city.

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“The entire purpose of the park is to display energy efficient technologies like solar street lights, water pumps, solar battery run power cars, solar dryers etc. This park is expected to attract good number of visitors. The department also plans to organise trips for school children so that they can visit the park and see how the various energy efficient technologies are used,” said Director of the Haryana Renewable Energy Department Sumita Mishra. Solar battery run cars would also be arranged with special tracks in the park so on which children can take rides.

Mishra also said that the park would have a specially designed building with conference hall and an office. A 10 kilowatt solar plant would be installed in the premises to meet the energy requirements of the building. The Government of India will provide Rs 72 lakh for the project while the rest will be funded by the state government.
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