SIRS
celebrates Annual Day
Moral Education imperative for all round
development: Jora
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU Mar 1: Minister
for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin
Jora has underscored the need for
exploring the hidden talent of students
and moulding them in the right frame so
that they could prove worthy citizens of
the state and contribute positively
towards its growth and development.
Mr. Jora
was addressing at the Annual Day function
of Saraswati Institute of Research and
Studies (SIRS), Bishnah on Sunday. He
asked the teachers to acquaint students
with latest trends of education and
prepare them for competing at all levels.
He said that though the government have
initiated various measures for
modernization and upgradation of
education system across the state but
still there is scope to do more.
He said in
response to the needs of the time
government is not only expanding the
orbit of school and higher education in
the state by opening new schools and
degree colleges but focussed attention is
also being given on job oriented
education.
The
Minister appreciated the role of Private
educations institutions for providing
quality education to the students and
called for imparting moral education as
well. He said private schools have to
play a responsible role in the field of
education as "only education could
transform the socio-economic condition of
the society and remove disparities
between rich and poor", he added.
MLA
Bishnah, Ashwani Sharma in his address
said that education is imperative for
over all development. He called upon the
teaching community to work with
missionary spirit, dedication and
sincerity and acquaint students with
modern and scientific education so that
they compete with all the challenges of
the modern age.
The
Minister gave away awards and mementos to
the student of the institution who
excelled in various curricular and
co-currilar activities during the year.
The
students of the institution presented a
colourful cultural bonanza depicting
unity in diversity on the occasion.
Satyakam
to coach National boxing team
Excelsior Sports
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Inspector Satyakam
Sharma of J&K Police has been
selected by the Indian Boxing Federation
(IBF) to impart coaching to the National
senior women boxing team.
The
National Boxing Coaching Camp would be
held at Sports Authority of India (SAI),
Bhopal from March 2 to April 13.
The
selection trials for the team would be
held on March 8 prior to their
participation in International
competition in Sweden in March.
The
selected team will also participate in
Ahmet-Comert Boxing Championship slated
to be held at Turkey from April 14 to 20.
DYSS
wins to level series 1-1
Excelsior Sports
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: The
Department of Youth Services and Sports
got the better of Camp Higher Secondary
School (HSS), Shastri Nagar by 36 runs
today in the second match to level the
three match series 1-1 at GGM Science
College Hostel Ground here.
Batting
first, DYSS accumulated 199/7 in the
allotted 25 overs with Anthony Mattoo
(48) and Ajay Raina (43) were the notable
contributors.
S A Wani,
Tony Mattoo and Sanjay Raina also chipped
in with handy knocks of 20, 12 and 12
runs respectively.
For Camp
HSS, Oneel Bhat, Rajesh Dhar, Sunil
Zutshi, Satish Raina, Ramesh Talashi and
Sunil Dhar grabbed a wicket apiece.
Chasing
200 to win, Camp HSS could manage 163/8
in their allotted quota of overs.
Rajesh
Dhar waged a lone battle with a defiant
unbeaten knock of 50. Oneel Bhat (25),
Satish Raina (23) and Sunil Dhar (12) did
their bit but that wasn’t enough.
For DYSS,
S A Wani was the most successful bowler
with three scalps followed by Ajay Raina,
Sadiq Hussain and Anthony Mattoo with a
wicket each.
Earlier,
in the first match, Camp HSS prevailed
over DYSS by six wickets.
DYSS made
123/5 in the stipulated 20 overs. Vishal
Bharti (19), Bharat Bhushan (19), Satpal
(18) and B K Tickoo (6) were the main
scorers.
For Camp
HSS, Oneel Bhat took two wickets whereas
Ramesh Talashi, Sunil Dhar and Rajesh
Dhar snared a wicket each.
In reply,
Camp HSS romped home safely in 17.5 overs
losing four wickets in the process.
Gansham
Koul was the main architect with an
unbeaten 38 equally well supported by
Rajesh Dhar (33), Jagdev Singh (19),
Ramesh Talashi (7) and Sunil Dhar (7).
For DYSS,
Sanjay Raina, Sadiq Hussain and Satpal
Singh picked one wicket each.
The third
and final match will be played on March 8
at the same venue.
LPS
organises farewell function
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Lawrence
Public School (LPS) organised a function
in the school premises to bid farewell to
the outgoing students of classes 10th and
12th.
Fun games
and competitions were held to mark the
occasion. Various titles were also given
to the outgoing students.
Chairman
of the school, Wing Commander (Retd), M M
Joshi and Principal, Mrs Joshi wished the
students good luck.
Later,
mementos were also given to all the
students.
Harjot,
Shivani selected for Advance Level
Training Camp
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Ace
climbers of J&K- Harjot Kour and
Shivani Raj Kaith have been selected for
an Advanced Level Training Camp to be
conducted by the Indian Mountaineering
Foundation, New Delhi.
The
15-days long camp would commence on April
10 at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand).
The camp
is a part of selection of Indian climbers
for international sport climbing
competitions to be held in various
countries this year.
Both class
10th students of MNDP School, R S Pura-
Harjot and Shivani are among 20 climbers
selected from across the country on the
basis of their performance in the
National Sport Climbing competitions.
Harjot had
won gold, silver and bronze medals in
Speed, Lead and Bouldering competitions
while Shivani fetched gold medal in
Bouldering and a bronze in Speed Climbing
in the National competition in 2008.
Harjot
also has the distinction to represent the
country in the 7th Asian Youth Climbing
Championship held at Yamaguchi, Japan in
2008 where she finished 5th.
State
football coaches attending AFC Training
Camp
Excelsior Sports
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Three football
coaches of J&K are attending Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) Coaches
Training Camp at Chennai.
Three
coaches-Moon Madan (Jammu), Sajid Dhar
(Srinagar) and Hilal Rasool (Srinagar)
are presently undergoing Coaches B
Licence Training under the guidance of an
Iranian coach.
The camp
commences on March 24 and would conclude
on April 15.
Crescent
Public School celebrates Annual Day
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Crescent Public
School celebrated its fourth Annual Day
at Abhinav Theater today.
Zahida
Khan, Director School Education was the
guest of honour while Dr Sheikh Bashir
Ahmed, Secretary, Board of School
Education presided over the function.
The
programme commenced with the traditional
lighting of lamp followed by Saraswati
Vandana.
Sarita
Moza Koul, Principal of the school
presented the Annual Report of the school
highlighting the achievements in various
co-curricular activities. A colourful
cultural programme was also presented by
the students of the school.
India
win series 2-0
AUCKLAND, Mar 1: Captain
Sandeep Singh and veteran Dilip Tirkey
found the net twice in the second half to
give India a 2-0 victory over New Zealand
in the fourth and final hockey test here
today, and also a series win by the same
margin.
Tirkey and
Sandeep scored both the goals from
penalty corners after a goalless first
half.
After the
change of ends, the visitors were
impressive on their counter-attacks and
exposed the lack of experience of the
black sticks.
India’s
efforts soon bore fruit with senior-most
player Tirkey opening the scoresheet in
the 43rd minute through a powerful drive
and then Sandeep followed suit in the
67th minute with a precision perfect
drag-flick to the top left of the Kiwi
goal.
However,
the hosts felt that they were little
unlucky not to have opened the scoring in
the dying stages of the first half when
the ball hit the body of an Indian
defender. (PTI)
Kiwi
youngsters pose serious threat
to
men in blue’s supremacy
WELLINGTON, Mar 1: When
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s legion set
sail for the antipodes 10 days ago they
were a confident bunch, pretty much sure
they could vanquish New Zealand in their
own backyard.
But having
suffered back-to-back defeats in the
Twenty20 series, the visitors have been
riddled with self-doubt, accentuated by
the shoulder injury to pace ace Ishant
Sharma.
That T20
world champions India lost both their
matches here makes them vulnerable
against a side which has been playing
aggressive and positive brand of cricket.
Though the
young Kiwis are in awe of Sachin
Tendulkar, they have cared little for
India’s record over the last 18
months, hitting it for sixes in the T20
games at Christchurch and the Westpac
Stadium here.
The
emergence of a new breed of young,
exciting players who are positive and
bold have done New Zealand a world of
good.
They play
their natural game and don’t fret
about setbacks. The infusion of fresh
blood has enriched the black cap’s
stock, a position from where their
international rating can only look up. If
they win the five-match series hands
down, they could upstage India (third) in
the ICC ODI ratings.
"The
Twenty20 game has changed cricket quite a
bit. Young guys are coming in and playing
with confidence right from ball one. That
breeds confidence among the middle-order
batsmen and makes for entertaining
cricket. It is encouraging that the
results have favored New Zealand,"
said former cricketer and New Zealand
selector Dion Nash.
Jesse
Ryder (25 years), Ross Taylor (25), Neil
Broom (24), Martin Guptill (25) are
exciting batters who can take the match
away from their opponents on their day.
Though New
Zealand have lost the prolific Nathan
Astle and Stephen Fleming to retirement,
they have not been missed much, as the
youngsters have made themselves count.
Injuries
to Chris Martin, the black caps senior
fast bowler and James Franklyn have
scarcely affected the bowling attack.
Ian
Butler, who can hold his nerves in the
end overs and bat with the confidence of
a middle-order batsman, Iain O’Brien
and Tim Southee have done reasonably well
to win the confidence and backing of the
team management.
The
selectors believe that Southee, who had a
remarkable test debut against England at
Napier last summer taking five wickets
for 55 and hammering a 40-ball 70,
including nine sixes, is the future of
New Zealand cricket. No doubt, the
19-year-old has been tagged as a
‘boy wonder’.
"He
is an exciting talent. He has a bright
future, which is good for our
cricket," said Nash. The return of
right-arm medium fast bowler Kyle Mills
(30) bolsters the Kiwi pace attack. Apart
from bowling, Mills, who has recovered
from an achilles tendon strain, is handy
with the bat as well.
With four
specialist quicks in their ranks, it is
obvious that the black caps have revved
themselves up to blunt the challenge
posed by Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf
Pathan with sharp and accurate pace.
The
experience of Brendon McCullum, Jacob
Oram and Daniel Vettori has helped the
inexperienced lot to go about their game
with natural flair.
That the
young guns did pretty well in the recent
series against Australia reflects that
the Kiwis have arrived on the
international scene and are all set to
capture the imagination of the cricket
world.
That their
fast bowlers can wield the willow with
confidence is another advantage the black
caps can ride on. They have a whole bunch
of all-rounders, a breed which India are
woefully short of.
Having
burnt their fingers in the T20 games,
India, who were deprived of a practice
session at the Basin Reserve due to wet
ground conditions this morning, would do
well not to take the Kiwis lightly lest
they suffer the ignominy of losing their
number three position in the ICC ODI
rankings. (PTI)
Sarwan
steers Windies closer to safety
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados),
Mar 1: England’s bid for a
series-levelling victory over West Indies
ran into Ramnaresh Sarwan who fashioned
his third hundred of the series in the
fourth test on Saturday.
Sarwan
defied the tourists for the entire day to
hit an undefeated 184 - his 14th test
hundred - that carried West Indies to 398
for five, replying to the visitors’
first innings total of 600 for six
declared, when stumps were drawn on the
third day at Kensington Oval.
West
Indies, 1-0 ahead in the series, need
just three more runs to save the follow
on.
England
snared four wickets on the day - all lbw
verdicts - and all but one steeped in
controversy over the use of the
experimental umpire decision review
system.
On the
referrals, England successfully collected
the scalps of Devon Smith for 55,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 70, and
Brendan Nash for 33, after they had all
shared significant partnerships with
Sarwan.
England
may have delighted in their removal of
the three left-handers, but West Indies
coach John Dyson and manager Omar Khan
were so upset that they left the dressing
room to discuss their concerns with ICC
match referee Allan Hurst.
"I
think we’re still getting to grips
with the whole concept (of the referral
system)," said Dyson.
England
failed to remove Sarwan and he reached
his hundred from 160 balls, when he drove
off-spinner Graeme Swann to mid-on and
scurried a single to a cacophony of noise
from the near capacity crowd.
He shared
four stands of 50 or more with Smith,
Chanderpaul, Nash, and Denesh Ramdin with
whom he’ll resume on the penultimate
day in an unbroken stand of 64 for the
sixth wicket.
Swann has
been England most successful bowler with
three wickets for 92 runs from 34 overs,
and James Anderson has supported with two
for 79 from 20 overs.
Before
lunch, Swann removed Smith and hinds to
leave West Indies 163 for three at the
interval, after they had continued from
their overnight total of 85 for one.
The
spinner struck with his third ball of the
day, after Sarwan and Smith batted
through the first hour to add 108 for the
second wicket.
Swann had
Smith adjudged lbw playing defensively
forward - a decision which the batsman
challenged and TV replays seemed to
suggest the ball would beat off-stump.
Swann
again provided England with the
breakthrough about five minute before the
interval, when Hinds was also adjudged
lbw playing defensively forward, but this
decision was not referred although it
too, looked questionable.
After
lunch, England endured a wicket-less
toil, as Sarwan reached his milestone and
found Shivnarine Chanderpaul an
unflappable partner to take West Indies
265 for three at tea.
Sarwan’s
hundred followed scores of 107, 94, and
106 in his previous three innings in the
series before Chanderpaul then cut Ravi
Bopara through backward point for a
single to reach his 50 from 80 balls.
After tea,
Sarwan and Chanderpaul continued merrily
and were just getting into the swing of
things when Anderson struck with the
second new ball.
He got
Chanderpaul to offer no stroke to a
delivery that straightened and umpire
Russell Tiffin adjudged him lbw -which
the batsman appealed and lost - although
TV evidence suggested the ball may have
travelled over the top of the stumps.
(AGENCIES)
Jyoti
finishes tied 7th
BALI, Indonesia, Mar
1: Ace Indian pro Jyoti
Randhawa shot two under par in the last
round and with a total of 280 finished at
tied seventh at the Enjoy Jakarta
Indonesia Open Golf here today.
Jyoti
eight under 280 (74, 70, 66, 70) and was
four strokes adrift of the winner
Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand.
The Indian
birdied the second, fourth, 12th and
bogeyed the 16th hole.
Among the
other Indians in the field, Gaurav Ghei
(72, 68, 74, 69) and Digvijay Singh (69,
72, 71, 71) were both tied 16th with
matching totals of five under 283.
Sweden’s Daniel Chopra joined the
Indian duo in tied 16th as he too ended
up with an overall score of five under
283.
Gaganjeet
Bhullar’s one under 287 total placed
him tied 43rd while SSP Chowrasia
finished tied 64th at five over 293.
(UNI)
Anand
held by Radjabov
LINARES, Spain, Mar 1: World champion
Viswanathan Anand’s valiant effort
was well countered by Teimour Radjabov,
who held the Indian ace for a draw in the
eighth round of the Magistral Ciudad De
Linares chess tournament here today.
With two
losses, Anand is at joint fourth position
with Norweign prodigy Magnus Carlsen on
four points.
Russian
Alexander Grischuk maintained his his
full point lead as he played out a draw
with Cuban Lenier Dominguez while Levon
Aronian of Armenia defeated Carlsen.
In another
game of the day, Ukrainian Vassily
Ivanchuk also settled for a draw with
Wang Yue of China.
With 5.5
points, Grischuk is leading the chart and
Ivanchuk and Aronian are following him
4.5 points each.
Anand is
followed by Dominguez on 3.5 at the sixth
spot and at the seventh position are
Radjabov and Wang Yue with three points
each.
Anand had
a great opportunity to register a win
here but the Indian faced a strong fight
from Radjabov, who forced him to settle
for a draw.
The Indian
employed the Semi Slav as black led to a
new position on the 16th move after
Radjabov produced a ‘novelty’
but Anand played brilliantly to maintain
the pressure on his rival.
However,
Radjabov was alert enough to resist
Anand’s challenge and forced the
Indian to sign a treaty with him. (UNI)
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