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by rains in Port Elizabeth PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 13: There was no end to the Indian cricket team’s frustration, with rain . .........more Vimal
Vidyalay Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: Vimal Vidyalay School, Akalpur celebrated Annual Sports Day, the other day. Principal Secretary, Education, Vijay Bakaya was the chief guest on the occasion...........more Children’s
day celebrated Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: Little Flower Public School, Greater Kailash and its Gandhi Nagar branch celebrated the Children’s Day with great enthusiasm.......more JIM
organizes painting, Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Nov 13: Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Batote organized painting competition at Patnitop in which 80 students of different age groups participated. Of these 50 were from Sainik School and the remaining 30 were handicaps........more |
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Concern over rescheduling of IAL flights Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: The Jammu Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Association has expressed surprise over the recent rescheduling of Jammu....more BSF Jammu
lifts Varun Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: Border Security Force (BSF) lifted the Late Varun Sharma Memorial District Jammu Basketball.....more Army
School Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: The two-day Annual Day celebrations of the Army School, Nagrota concluded today with the holding......more Inter-college
Football tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: The GGM Science College and Government SPMR College of Commerce today sailed into the semi-finals......more |
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Indians greeted by rains in Port Elizabeth PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 13: There was no end to the Indian cricket team’s frustration, with rain following them to this coastal city as they arrived here a day in advance for the second test match against South Africa starting on Friday. Following the abandonment of their four-day game against South Africa in East London due to rains, the Indians, who reached here last night, were planning hectic practice here for the next two days but little seems to be going their way. With a nine-wicket thrashing in the first test still fresh in their minds, the Indians once again look destined to face the hosts without any preparation as they bid to overcome many unhappy moments at St George’s Park and keep the interest alive in the three-match series. Over this weekend, India would be looking to overturn a series of setbacks at the country’s oldest test venue, the most recent being a sensational 70-run loss to Kenya in the Triangular one-day Tournament that preceded the test series. It was an upset of such proportions that International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit sent for videos of the match to trace any evidence of wrong-doing. Though nothing more has been said about that match, implying all actions were above board, it still leaves the Indians with a rather undistinguished record at this venue. They first visited Port Elizabeth in 1992-93, on a historic tour. It was dubbed the ‘friendship tour’ but the second one-day international here was anything but friendly. In an ill-tempered match, marked by the run-out of non-striker Peter Kirsten by Kapil Dev before the Indian delivered the ball, South Africa comfortably eased their way past India’s lowly 147 to win by six wickets. Just about a fortnight later, the two teams were back at this venue for the Christmas test where speedster Alan Donald produced one of his many match-winning performances for South Africa. As fellow free state cricketer Hansie Cronje led the batting exploits with a brilliant 135, Donald took 12 wickets in the match to help South Africa win the only game of the series that produced a result. Four years later, on their second visit to this country, India played out a draw with Eastern Province in a tour game before suffering another defeat in the one-day internationals. It was almost a repeat of the earlier encounter, with the Indians scoring 179 and South Africa romping home with six wickets in hand. This summer, it was not South Africa but Kenya who the Indians faced in the one-day internationals but result was the same. And here they come again for the second test, seeking redemption. But its a real daunting task ahead of them as they try to stop South Africa’s victory march. Since 1998, when they lost to England in England, the South Africans have won nine out of 10 test series, the only exception being the 1-1 draw in Sri Lanka last year. Its a record the hosts are eager to extend over this weekend which would remove the pressure off them in the final test in Centurion Park from November 23 to 27. (PTI) |
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Vimal Vidyalay celebrates Sports Day Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: Vimal Vidyalay School, Akalpur celebrated Annual Sports Day, the other day. Principal Secretary, Education, Vijay Bakaya was the chief guest on the occasion. The chief guest complimented the school Principal for creating awareness among the students for taking part in the sports activities besides imparting quality education. He said sports activities provides an opportunity to the participants to understand each other and helps to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood and collective approach which is imperative for the existing social structure of the State. Principal of the school, Sister Leena, lauded the efforts of Mr Surinder Spolio in organising the programme in a planned manner. Later, the chief guest distributed prizes among the students, who excelled in various sports activities. |
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Children’s day celebrated with enthusiasm Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: Little Flower Public School, Greater Kailash and its Gandhi Nagar branch celebrated the Children’s Day with great enthusiasm. On the occasion, the teachers presented a vibrant and colourful programme and entertained the children with great fervour. They shared common platform. Diwali was also simultaneously celebrated with impressive fireworks, deepmala and Rangoli. There was excitement and exuberance all around. The programme was concluded with the distribution of sweets. DBN Vidya Mandir: Similar functions were organised by the students and teachers of the DBN Vidya Mandir, Mubarak Mandi, here. The programme started with worship of Goddess Lakshmi. The class representatives lighted candles, offered flowers and milk water as obeisance before Lord Ganesha and MAA Lakshmi. A fency dress competition was organised by the Bal Samaj and students in the guise of Chacha Nehru and Maa Lakshmi. The function besides others was attended by Principal, Sunanda Sachdeva, Director, Suresh Sharma, advisor, Rama Puri, Mrs Suchita Kakkar, Kasturi Lal Gupta and Subhash Shastri. Army School, Domana: Shivaji House and Class IX (B) together organised a special assembly on the occasion of Children’s Day and Deepawali. The day was celebrated with great zeal and reverence to commemorate the birth day of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru and Deepawali. The special guest on the occasion was Mrs Prabha Thappa. Dr (Mrs) Renu Gupta, Principal of the school also highlighted the contributions made by Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru.- |
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JIM organizes painting, debate competition Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Nov 13: Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Batote organized painting competition at Patnitop in which 80 students of different age groups participated. Of these 50 were from Sainik School and the remaining 30 were handicaps. The competition was held in three group’s viz. Sub-junior, junior and senior in which the participant’s pictorial views on the ongoing phenomenal rise in terrorism were examined. A debate on the same subject too was organized as a part of this competition. The students from sainik school excelled in this competition. For bringing a healthy outlook in the environment of the area, students took active part in cleaning the surrounding area, which has been earlier littered by the visitors. On the occasion, the Group Captain, S.S. Puri, the Principal of the Mountaineering Institute highlighted about the objective of the exercise and said that to educate the youth on the ills of terrorism and pollution is not only the purpose of this camp but to bring the youth at a common platform for healthy interaction on the twin problem being confronted by the society, which have eroded the environment as well as the human values, which are pre-requisite of a civilized society. While congratulating the campers, the Principal said that there is urgent need to take stringent measures to get these places free from noise and air pollution. During the camp stay, the institute also celebrated its annual day and asked the campers to make every endeavour to be proficient in adventurous sports so as to make the students courageous and duty worthy in time any eventuality. In the painting competition the first three prizes were given to Anjuman Thain, Nidhi Koul and Arun Sharma of SDS Batote, whereas the consolation prizes went to Mr. Babu Das of Set Up, KolKatta for best slogan. In the debating competition the first three positions were bagged by Mr. Usman Nehru of Sainik school, Rushleen kour of Govt. Higher Secondary School, Batote and Mr. Aijaz Ahmed of Sainik School was awarded with consolation prize. |
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Concern over rescheduling of IAL flights Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: The Jammu Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Association has expressed surprise over the recent rescheduling of Jammu, Delhi and Srinagar flight by Indian Air Lines (IAL). In a statement issued here today, the Association president Mr V K Garg alleged that this has caused lot of impediments to the passengers from Jammu. He said the passenger bound for Delhi on three days a week has to go via Srinagar and in view of the present security scenario, no sane traveler would like to avail such a whopping travel when transit halt for Delhi bound flights of IAL from Jammu is via Srinagar. Similarly, the other three days passengers coming from Delhi to Jammu will not be interested to come via Srinagar. He said the Association fails to understand that IAL has delinked Jammu, Srinagar three days a week particularly when the capital of the state has shifted from Srinagar to Jammu. Hence the passengers who are loyal and dedicated travelers on IAL flight would have no option but avail the services of other airlines operating at Jammu. Besides the onward connection holders for travel to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkatta will not be able to avail the connections in a flight when Deli, Jammu operation is routed via Srinagar. This will force them to avail the services of other private airlines. |
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BSF Jammu lifts Varun
Sharma Memorial Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: Border Security Force (BSF) lifted the Late Varun Sharma Memorial District Jammu Basketball Championship, organised by the Tiger Sports Club at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here today. In the final BSF men outplayed the Jammu and Kashmir Police sleuths 64-42 to claim the winners trophy. BSF had maintained the lead right from the beginning, later raised the gap after the breather. Sudesh Pandey and S Joy played a key role in the BSF’s emphatic victory contributing 19 and 17 points to the total respectively, while Anoop Singh added 12 points. From J&K Police, Harpreet (14), Amit (12) and Vikas (10) were the main scorers. In the final Mohd Shafi and Manoj Kumar were referees, while Vaneet Pangotra maintained the socre. It may be recalled that the winners trophy in Women’s section went to Parade College, who defeated Tiger Sports Club in the final yesterday. The Minister for Sports, Harbans Singh was the chief guest in the final, while Sheikh Fazal Ahmed, Secretary, State Sports Council presided over the function. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister appreciated the players, who themselves contributed and collected the funds for the Open District Championship in memory of their fellow player. He said that it was good precedence which others should follow in other games. Depending only on the Government funding will no way help in promoting the games, especially in the State like Jammu and Kashmir. Secretary, State Sports Council also spoke on the occasion extended full cooperation to the organisers of such tournaments in future. |
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Army School Nagrota celebrates Annual Day Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: The two-day Annual Day celebrations of the Army School, Nagrota concluded today with the holding of prize distribution function wherein Brig Amresh Prasad was the chief guest. The function was also attended by the parents, prominent citizens of Jammu and Nagrota, senior Army officers, besides the people of educational field. Earlier, the programme started with the release of school magazine by the chief guest. It was followed by the Army song by the students under the guidance of Mrs Dalveer and Ramesh Chander, the school music teacher. The Principal of the school read out the Annual Report which threw light, in chronological order, on the achievements of the school during the past one year. On the occasion, mememtoes and prizes were distributed by Mrs Amresh Prasad to various students who excelled in academies. |
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Inter-college
Football tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 13: The GGM Science College and Government SPMR College of Commerce today sailed into the semi-finals of the ongoing Inter-college Football competitions being held at Campus grounds, here. In the first quarter-finals played this morning, Science College outplayed Post Graduate Departments of Arts team 4-1 in tie-breaker. In the stipulated time the score on board remained 1-1. Stinzin had kicked-in the first goal for PG Arts in the 20th minute, but the lead was equalised by Sandeep Singh in the 45th minute. However, in the tie-breaker PG Arts team failed to convert any of the shoot in to the goal giving ample time to the opponents to win the tie. Shivdeep, Sandeep and Surjit converted their free kicks into the goal making it 4-1 victory. In the second quarter-final match, SPMR College of Commerce defeated Degree College Bhaderwah by a solitary goal to find berth in the last four stage. The only goal scored for Commerce College was from Ranjit Singh and that too was a golden goal scored in the extra time. Today’s quarter-finals were officiated by David, G P Sharma, Daljit Singh and Brij Baloria. |
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