Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Police today claimed to have retrieved the body of a child who had drowned in the river Jehlum at Madwan Preng this week.
A police spokesman said the body of a child Uzma daughter of Parvaiz Ahmad Dar of Baghat Barzulla while bathing was retrieved by the police.
Body retrieved from Jehlum
Samson, Karn included in India’s ODI side
Mumbai, Aug 5:Kerala youngster Sanju Samson and Railways leg-spinner Karn Sharma today earned their maiden call-up while batman Cheteshwar Pujara was omitted from India’s 17-member squad for the One-day series against England, beginning from August 25.
Mumbai paceman Dhawal Kularni was also included while paceman Mohit Sharma was recalled in the squad, which had no place for seasoned players such as Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh.
Suresh Raina, who was left out of the Indian team for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh has been included in the squad, announced by BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel after a meeting of the selection committee.
Pacer Umesh Yadav has also been recalled to the team, to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni with Virat Kohli being his deputy.
The selectors also dropped paceman Ishwar Pandey, Varun Aaron and wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik.
“Considering the World Cup, the emphasis was laid on including the young players, that is why players such as Sanju Samson, Karn Sharma, Mohit Sharma and Stuart Binny are there in the team,” Patel told reporters.
Patel also informed that spinner Amit Mishra was ruled out due to a back injury.
The 19-year-old Samson and 26-year-old Karn were rewarded for their consistent performance in the domestic circuit as well as India A engagements.
Samson was highest run-getter for India A in team’s recent Quadrangular series victory in Australia. The diminutive batsman scored 244 runs at an average of 81.33 in seven matches.
Kulkarni also forced his way to the team with his
consistent show. He had emerged as the most successful bowler of the Quadrangular series with 14 wickets, which included one five-wicket haul.
Mohit, who has already played eight ODIs for India, had taken eight wickets in that series.
Yuvraj Singh, who was in the second-string team which toured Bangladesh under Raina’s captaincy, was ignored and so was Ishant Sharma, who is part of India’s Test squad in the ongoing series in England.
The Selection panel, headed by Sandeep Patil, discussed with captain Dhoni and coach Duncan Fletcher through video conference before finalising the squad.
The team has two all-rounders in Stuart Binny and Ravindra Jadeja while it has two specialist spinners in R Ashwin and Karn. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni form the five-man pace attack.
Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane and Ambati Rayudu are the other specialist batsmen while Dhoni and Samson are the two wicket-keepers.
The first ODI will be played on August 25 at Bristol while Cardiff (August 27), Nottingham (August 30), Birmingham (September 2) and Headingley (September 5) will host the other matches.
The lone Twenty20 will be played on September 7 in Birmingham.
Team:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sanju Samson and Karn Sharma. (PTI)
First batch of Mani Mahesh yatra leaves
Excelsior Correspondent
BHADERWAH, Aug 5: The first batch of Mani Mahesh yatra has started from here today for district Chamba in Himachal Pradesh.
For the yatris a langer has been started by Langer Committee of Athkhar Bhaderwah.
The yatris, who left today will have a night halt at Padahri Bhaderwah. The arrangement for yatris was made by a Committee comprising of Koushal Manhas, Rameshwar Manhas, Suresh Padha and its other members to make the yatra a total success. The PHE Department and Health Department have also rendered their full cooperation in making the yatra successful. Tomorrow yatra will reach Chamba.
UCMAS Abacus students bring laurels for J&K
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) a Malaysia based organization pioneering in Abacus based brain development program conducted 13th National UCMAS Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Competition at Indoor Stadium, Multipurpose Hall, Delhi University North Campus.
Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, Meenakshi Lekhi and the Former Education Minister, Manish Sisodia graced the occasion as chief guest and guest of honour respectively.
A total of 36 Abacus students from J&K participated in this prestigious event out of which 9 students were selected in Merit List and 18 students got consolation prizes.
Each UCMAS student participated in the competition got a paper ranging between 100-200 arithmetic math problems depending on their UCMAS level and their age. They got a time of 8 minutes to finish as many problems as they could.
Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) is an international educational organization globally recognized as a leader in whole brain development and mental arithmetic training.
Founded by Dr Dino Wong in 1993 in Malaysia, UCMAS Education Group has trained more than one million children in UCMAS Mental Arithmetic Schools around the world. UCMAS has gained its popularity and currently operates from over 5,000+ centers in 58 countries, including India, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Egypt, UAE, China and Australia to name a few.
In this competition 5000 UC MAS Abacus students participated from different States of India.
The merit list included Riyan Mahajan, Srijan Sharma, Tanishka Pandita, Agrim Gupta, Anshika Jain, Suvesh Pandita, Laksh Khajuria, Rudra Gupta and Anmol Dhar.
Students and their parents from Jammu got a chance to meet and interact with Founder and Worldwide head of UC MAS International, Dr Dino Wong of Kualalampur, Malaysia.
Student from Jammu along with their parents were accompanied to Delhi by Director UCMAS Abacus J&K, Rupesh Masson, Sonia Masson, Franchise head Rashmi Aggarwal and Laxmi Gupta.
Indian men draw level with Italy; Eves held by Kazakhstan
Tromso (Norway), Aug 5: The Indian men and women’s teams settled for an identical 2-2 draw with Italy and Kazakhstan respectively in the third round of the 41st Chess Olympiad now in progress here.
S P Sethuraman was the lone winner for India defeating Alberto David on the second board while Parimarjan Negi went down to world number three Fabiano Caruana.
On the other two boards, Krishnan Sasikiran tried hard but could not beat the solid defences of Daniele Vocaturo while B Adhiban drew a game of fluctuating fortunes against Sabino Brunello on the fourth board.
The Indian eves were on the brink of defeat but Padmini Rout salvaged a point at the expense of Kazakh’s Madina Davletbayeva.
This was after Eesha Karavade went down to Zhansaya Abdumalik on the third board. The top two Indian girls, D Harika and Tania Sachdev played out draws with Guliskhan Nakhbayeva and Dinara Saduakassova respectively.
With eight rounds still to come in the biggest chess event with participation on 171 countries, France, Netherlands, Serbia, Russia, China, Azerbaijan, Israel, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan and Romania are the only 11 teams sharing the lead with a perfect score of six points from three matches thus far.
The Indian men share the 12th spot now with 19 other countries.
In the women’s section, as many as 12 countries share the lead on six points. They are Iran, Slovakia, China, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Armenia, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Georgia, Hungary and Cuba. Indian women are in joint 13th spot here.
Sethuraman was the star for India on a rather tough day. The Sicilian defense by David Alberto led to some wild complexities in the middle game when the Italian sacrificed a piece for counter play.
Sethuraman, however, retained his cool and used his extra material to give the team an early lead. Parimarjan Negi employed the Berlin defense and had to settle for a slightly worse endgame against Caruana. (PTI)
Choudhary Cricket Club wins CHCL final
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: Final match of Channi Himmat Cricket League (CHCL) 2014 was played today at Sector 2 Channi Himmat Jammu. The final match was held between Khalsa Cricket Club Preet Nagar and Choudhary Cricket Club Channi Rama.
Ram Paul Sharma eminent Social worker of Channi Himmat was the chief guest on the occasion while Ranjeet Singh was the guest of honour and Rajni Sharma Principal, U P Higher Secondary School Channi Himmat presided over the prize distribution function.
Khalsa Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat first. KCC made 127 runs in 12 overs.
In reply, Choudhary Cricket Club was all out for 95 runs, thus lost the match by 31 runs. Aman was declared man of the series.
Chief guest and other dignitaries spoke on the occasion and lavished praise for the organizers for holding the event.
Arjun Singh Charak, one of the organizers while speaking on the occasion said that 64 teams from different parts of Jammu province took part in the (CHCL) 2014.
A cash prize of Rs15000 was given to the winners and Rs 6000 to the runners-up team.
The organizers included Arjun Singh Charak, Narinder Singh Charak, Bhagwan Singh, Khushwinder Singh and Kulwant Singh Charak, who were also present on the occasion.
J&K Bank donates CRRT, Colour Doppler to SKIMS
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Under one of its major Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, J&K Bank will be donating Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) and Colour Doppler Ultrasound machines to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS).
This was announced by the J&K Bank Chairman & CEO, Mushtaq Ahmad while inaugurating expanded dialysis ward at SKIMS in presence of its Director, Dr Showkat Zargar. J&K Bank Senior President, Abdul Rauf Bhat, senior doctors of the institute and the bank were also present on the occasion.
Notably, the bank has donated five State of the art dialysis machines costing over Rs 35 Lakhs to the institute for free use of patients suffering from renal failure.
Meanwhile, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) machine will be first of its kind in the State and will provide a huge relief to the patients critically ill with acute & chronic kidney injury (AKI). Notably, CRRT provides slow and balanced fluid removal that even unstable patients with shock or severe fluid overload can more easily tolerate. At the moment this facility is not available in any healthcare institute in the State and patients are rushed to other parts of the country at a huge cost.
Speaking on the occasion, the J&K Bank Chairman & CEO, Mushtaq Ahmad, said, “J&K Bank is the only corporate citizen in the State. We have devised our CSR policy to instill a sense of relief and protection among the most vulnerable sections of society. We don’t hesitate to capitalize on the expertise of professionals and organizations pursuing various causes of social concern and it continues to be our guiding force in the implementation and execution of our CSR initiatives. SKIMS is one such priority institute through which we are always eager to extend our helping hand to the health sector to achieve ‘health for all’ objective.”
As a responsible corporate citizen, health being one of our focus areas, it would be our endeavour to continue to contribute generously for treatment of poor and underprivileged patients suffering from serious ailments like malignancy, Kidney mal function, he said and further added: “Now that the scope of CSR policy has widened immensely we have also broadened our agenda for deeper impact in the societies we operate in.”
Director, SKIMS, Dr Showkat Zargar, thanked the Chairman for announcing donation of CRRT and Colour Doplar Ultrasound machines to the institute. “CRRT machine is definitely a big relief for the chronic kidney failure patients. In fact it’s a life saving machine,” said Dr. Zargar.
The Director hailed J&K Bank for its contribution in health sector. “The state-of-the-art dialysis machines donated by the bank have equipped us to cater to treatment needs of the poor and needy patients suffering from kidney failure for whom the treatment was otherwise unaffordable,” said Dr Zargar.
SBI donates ambulance to Vitasta Hospital
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: The State Bank of India (SBI) Jammu today donated an ambulance (Tata Winger Medical Van) to Vitasta Hospital a Medical and Charitable Trust.
The ambulance was donated to the Hospital under the Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme of the Bank.
As per a release, the ambulance was handed over to Vitasta Health Care Trust by Kumar Rajan, General Manager, NWIII Chandigarh Circle SBI in an impressive function held in the premises of the Hospital.
The function was attended by Arvind Priya, Dy General Manager of SBI J&K Zone and Rajesh Anand, Regional Manager.
Dr Shadi Lal Kachroo, Director of Vitasta Hospital while expressing his compliments to SBI for this noble gesture assured that the ambulance will be made available to all the needy patients on charitable basis.
Kumar Rajan said the Bank will be always ready to help such institutions which are serving mankind in general and weaker sections of society in particular.
The function among others was attended by Dr V K Kachroo, Dr B N Thusoo, Dr Vijay Koul, Dr Sanjay Bhat, B K Bhat, Sunil and others.
R K Bhat secretary of the Trust presented the vote of thanks on the occasion and highlighted the role of the Trust.
APS Rakhmuthi celebrates Grandparents Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: Army Public School (APS), Rakhmuthi celebrated Grandparents Day with pomp and show.
The function was inaugurated by Principal of the institution Shaswati Ghosh.
It was a special day for all those who attended the programme as it gave a chance to interact with an age group that is most often, overlooked. It was a visual treat to watch the children all dressed up to take charge for the day.
The function was packed with songs and performances by the children. Performances of the children were received with thunderous applause by the grandparents.
Grandfather’s of the children recollected the days and share their experiences with the children. They added that the school’s decision to celebrate Grandparent’s Day will bring about a positive change in the outlook of the present generation.
In the end, Principal Shaswati Ghosh presented vote of thanks.
BCCI wants ICC to appeal against Commissioner’s verdict
Mumbai/Dubai, Aug 5: Miffed by the Judicial Commissioner’s verdict pronouncing England’s pace spearhead James Anderson not guilty in the altercation with Ravindra Jadeja, the BCCI wants the ICC to appeal against the ruling which it finds “totally wrong”.
The BCCI was left red-faced after Judicial Commissioner Gordon Lewis found both Anderson and Jadeja not guilty of breaching ICC code of conduct during the Trent Bridge Test after a marathon six-hour hearing on August 1.
BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel shot off a mail to ICC CEO David Richardson late last night asking him to appeal against the verdict.
“I have written a letter last night to ICC CEO David Richardson to file an appeal against the verdict which all of us, including the team management, feel totally wrong and in violation of the particular process. Let’s see what happens,” Patel told PTI here today.
“We, in BCCI, cannot appeal against the verdict, only the ICC can and hence I have written the letter to Richardson and I am confident a decision will be taken within the next 48 hours,” Patel said.
“How can he (Anderson) be pronounced not guilty after having admitted that he had pushed Jadeja. According to me so many laws in the ICC Code of Conduct had been violated in this particular process,” Patel added.
There is, however, no video footage of the alleged physical altercation between the duo during lunch break of the Trent Bridge Test available to substantiate the Indians’ complaint.
The International Cricket Council, on its part, said it has received the Judicial Commissioner’s detailed report on the altercation and was considering its future course of action.
“The ICC confirms that it has received and is considering the written decision of His Honor Gordon Lewis AM, the Judicial Commissioner, in respect of his findings that England’s James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja of India were not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct and Player Support Personnel, following an exhaustive disciplinary hearing which was held in Southampton on Friday,” the ICC said in a statement. (PTI)