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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 8: DaleepSingh, popularly known as GreatKhali, World's renowned WWEInternational Wrestler attendedthe Closing Ceremony of theJammu District WrestlingChampionship as a special guestat Bajrangi Akhara, Shalamar,here today.

Mr Khali was accompaniedby his close associate DusyantSharma, president J&K WrestlingAssociation and former presidentWrestling Association of India onthe occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.

The Championship wasorganized by J&K WrestlingAssociation, under the aegis ofJ&K State Sports Council and

J&K Olympic Association. About 100 wrestlers from dif-

ferent Centres, Akharas andSchools participated in theChampionship.

The Championship wasorganized under the chairman-ship of Pardeep Sharma, presi-dent Bajrangi Akhara.

The bouts were officiated bySahil Sharma and Jai Bharat.

Prominent among those pres-ent on the occasion were AjayVaid, Dr. Ashutosh Sharma,Vikas Gupta, Raju Sharma,Krishan Pahalwan, Satish Abrol,Vijay Pahalwan, Dheeraj Kumar,Mohd Sadiq and RavinderSharma.

Earlier, in 50 kgs category,Joginder won gold, Ravinder

Singh bagged silver andAbhishek Singh claimed bronze,while in 57 kg, Amit Manhasbagged gold, while RustamChoudhary and Sunil Singhclaimed silver and bronzemedals respectively.

In 61 kg, Irshad, Zulfikar andTalib Hussain bagged gold, sil-ver and bronze medals respec-tively, while in 65 kg, Munir,Bachan and Raman won gold,silver and bronze respectively.

Pankaj won gold in 74 kg,while Surinder Singh and Rahulclaimed silver and bronzemedals respectively, while in 84kg, Haqat Ali bagged gold,Shakti Singh won silver andBhadur clinched bronze.

In 97 kg,Pankaj Kumar wongold, Javed clinched silver andBaljit claimed bronze, while in120 kg, Sunny, Ishaq andDhanuk claimed gold, silver andbronze medals respectively.

Huge gathering welcomes WWE Wrestling star

Great Khali attends Closing Ceremonyof Jammu District Wrestling C'ship

MUMBAI, Nov 8:

Sweeping reforms to reviveits battered image, including theappointment of an ombudsman,and former chief N Srinivasan'sfuture as ICC Chairman willdominate the agenda when theBCCI holds its 86th AnnualGeneral Meeting here tomorrow.

Appointment of theOmbudsman, or Ethics Officer,is one of the key changes thathave been proposed in theBCCI's Memorandum of Rulesand Regulations to be taken up atthe AGM.

With the soon-to-be-deliv-ered recommendations over gov-ernance reforms by the SupremeCourt-appointed Justice LodhaCommittee hanging over them,the Board members are all set toclear the way for this pathbreak-ing move which was announcedby Shashank Manohar afterbeing re-elected as the BCCIpresident last month.

The Ombudsman will beappointed "to deal with the com-plaints of Conflict of Interest andany act of indiscipline or mis-conduct or violation of any ofthe Rules and Regulations of theBoard by an administrator," asper the wordings of the clausethat has been proposed to betaken up at the AGM.

The AGM, which was post-

poned by more than a monthfrom its normal late Septemberdate, is expected to put in placestrict compliance protocols tothe Conflict of Interest regula-tions in the wake of the SupremeCourt's cracking of the whip onthis matter.

But Manohar will need allhis negotiating skills as a practis-ing lawyer to get it passed with-out diluting the reach and scopeof the Conflict of InterestClause.

It will be interesting to seewhether the BCCI general bodywill decide to retain its formerpresident and Tamil Nadustrongman N Srinivasan as itsrepresentative on theInternational Cricket Council asthe chairman.

There have been newsreports recently that BCCIwould change its nominationvis-a-vis ICC and nameManohar as the new chairmantill the next Annual Conferenceof the world governing body inJune when the Indian board-nominated person's term comesto an end.

Srinivasan is not scheduledto attend the AGM and TamilNadu CA is to be represented byVP P S Raman. If the BCCIdecides to change his name infavour of Manohar to be for-

warded to the ICC, it will mark acomplete end to Srinivasan'shold in the Board.

Another important change inthe proposed clauses is about theBCCI president approving everyteam picked by the nationalselection panel.

The existing clause says thatthe president "shall approve thecomposition of the team selectedby the Selection Committee",while the proposed clausereads,"The President, along withthe Office Bearers, shall approvethe composition of a team select-ed by the National SelectionCommittee from time to time."

The AGM is also set to electnew senior, junior and women'sselection panels and the pro-posed stricter adherence to con-flict of interest clause could leadto the removal of South Zonerepresentative in the SandeepPatil-led seniors panel - RogerBinny - as his son Stuart is anactive player.

The general body is also setto constitute a new IPLGoverning Council, an impor-tant sub committee, and providea roadmap for the induction oftwo new teams in place of thesuspended Chennai Super Kingsand Rajasthan Royals for sea-sons 9 and 10 of the T20 League.(PTI)

BCCI AGM to discuss imagemake-over, Srinivasan's future

Bali Bhagat distributes prizesWrestling Competition organized

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 8: Ministerfor Social Welfare, Forests,Ecology and Environment, BaliBhagat has said that develop-ment of art and sports activitiesis the prime focus of theGovernment and various meas-ures are being taken in thisregard.

This was stated by theMinister after inaugurating aWrestling Competition organ-ized by the Baba Kalkh NathDangal Committee at Raipur,Thather, here today.

Minister for PHE, Irrigationand Flood Control, SukhnandanKumar Choudhary and MemberParliament Shamsher SinghManhas were also present onthe occasion.

Wrestlers from Punjab,Delhi, Haryana and Jammu andKashmir participated competi-tion. In all, 60 bouts marked thewrestling competition in whichthe wrestlers showed their talent.

Speaking on the occasion,Bali Bhagat said that variousreformative steps are beingtaken by the Government for

making available all necessarysports facilities to the players ofthe State.

Wrestler Yesha Bhatti ofAmritsar defeated WrestlerBeniya of J&K Police in the mainbout and lifted Final Dangal Title.The winner of main bout wasawarded the cash prize ofRs.60,000 while runner up wasgiven cash prize of Rs.40,000.

Mr. Bhagat while appreciat-ing the organizers for conductingthe competition said that suchtype of events should be organ-ized frequently especially in ruralareas as it would help in nurturingthe sports talent of rural youth.

The Minister said besidesconstruction of playfields atblock and panchayat levels theGovernment has also taken upvarious mega projects to devel-op modern sports infrastructureto facilitate the youth. Hedescribed sports as best medi-cines to channelize energies ofyouth in a right direction.

The Dangal Committee alsopresented mementoes andshawls to the chief guest andother dignitaries on the occa-sion.

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DODA, Nov 8: The NSSunit of Government Degree col-lege Doda organized a Quiz anda Painting competition on thetheme" Neat and CleanEnvironment, the Need of hour"in the college complex.

Principal GDC Doda Dr.R.K Raina was the chief guestbesides HoD Zoology, Dr AjazA. Wani, Professor Zoology, DrWahied Balwan, HoD PhysicsBashir Ahmed,Prof. Falak andProf. Ashwani Kumar werepresent on the occasion.

While speaking on the occa-sion Dr R.K Raina elaborated

the aim of Swachh BharatMission and appealed to all theparticipants to educate the mass-es about the importance ofmaintaining the neat and cleanenvironment.

In painting competition,Haris Aftab student of BSc Part2nd was adjudged first whereasthe second and third positionswent to Irshad Ahmed of BSc.Part -1st Semester and ZubairAhmed of BSc Part 2nd respec-tively.

The programme was organ-ized under the supervision ofNSS Programme officer Prof.Ashwani Kumar.

Jharkhand take control of game against J&K

JAMSHEDPUR, Nov 8:

Ishank Jaggi (93) andKaushal Singh (81) scored half-centuries as Jharkhand contin-ued their splendid batting showto post a mammoth 551 for eightdeclared against Jammu andKashmir in their Ranji TrophyGroup C match, here today.

The hosts resumed fromovernight 304 for three and thebatsmen carried forward the goodwork done on the opening day.

J&K skipper Parvez Rasooltook three wickets (3/127) and

paceman Ramdayal two.Jharkhand then removed

J&K opener Shubham Khajuria(6) and with his wicket, stumpswere drawn for the day.

Adil Reshi (7) was at thecrease for the visitors.Brief Scores:

Jharkhand 1st innings: 551 for8 declared in 171.2 overs. (IKishan 109, A Singh 124, I Jaggi93, K Singh 81; P Rasool 3/127)

Jammu & Kashmir 1stinnings: 17 for 1 in 7.3 overs.(PTI)

Great Khali being welcomed by a huge gathering in Jammu on Sunday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 8: Vying forthe top honours, cueists showedserenity and promise while lock-ing horns against each other asAbhishek, Vidit, Nikhil andAkshay entered the pre-quarterfi-nals of the Senior SnookerDistrict Championship, which isas part of the ongoing 23rdJammu District Junior and SeniorBilliards and Snooker

Championship, being organizedby J&K Billiards and SnookerAssociation at MA Stadium, here.

Earlier, Jaswinder Singh top-pled Kashif Ahmad Ganie(3-1)by(41-56, 41-38, 53-19, 61-30), while Aman Sahrma gotbetter of Mohit Mahajan (3-1)by(72-40, 29-62, 60-31, 69-40),Satyajeet outplayed MandeepSingh(3-0)by (62-33,85-25, 62-30), Nikhil Verma prevailedover Sheetal Gandotra(3-1)by(37-69, 55-28, 56-48, 64-54),Vidit Gowri beat Karan

Singh (3-0)by(70-19, 51-39, 53-41), Furkan Wani drubbedHarsh Vardhan(3-1)by (53-22,52-13, 33-47, 64-33), AbhishekPathania trounced Jatin Basin(3-0)by (50-32, 56-22, 58-21),Arjun Sharma beat IshukChowdhary(3-2)by (14-56, 33-24, 29-54, 45-44, 60-52),ViditGawri defeated Ishan Chowdhary(3-1) by (74-39, 62-75, 55-13,58-54), Abhi Gupta blankedVishal Abrol (3-0)by 54-26, 57-27, 46-36) and Akshay Kumargot walkover against Vinay.

Abhishek, Vidit, Nikhil, Akshay enter pre-quarters Cueists Vidit and Furkan aiming shots during a match of Senior Snooker District

Championship at MA Stadium in Jammu on Sunday. —Excelsior/Rakesh

Minister for Social Welfare, forests Ecology andEnvironment, Bali Bhagat felicitating wrestlers during wrestlingCompetition on Sunday.

Students of Tender Toes Play Way School , Last Morh Sarwal,New Plot, Jammu, who brought accolades and trophies in fancydress competition organized to promote and develop skills. Alsoseen in the picture are School Principal and staff members.

Athletes of Nav Vidyalaya Dhalote, who were declared over-all winners of District Samba SDSD Athletic Meet, organized bySports Development Society Dhalote and sponsored by NavVidyalaya Dhalote. The School won 6 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronzemedals in the Championship.

Student's of Heaven's Kingdom High School, Janki Vihar,Janipur, who excelled in painting competition under NationalCampaign on Energy Conservation 2015. Mahika Koul won con-solation prize, while the other students who got appreciation cer-tificates included Harash Kumar, Dolby and Vanshika. SchoolPrincipal, Renu Sachdeva lauded the efforts of the students forthis achievement.

Lawyers Annual Sports Meet 2015Guru Partap's brilliance helps Paradise

XI to win cricket title via super-over*Pranav, Parvesh, Guru bag special prizes Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 8: Veteran ofmany battles and former RanjiTrophy Player, Guru PartapSingh made his willow to talk tohelp formidable Paradise XIregister a thrilling win overLegal Star XI via super-over inthe final match of the crickettournament to lift the title of theLawyers Annual Sports Meet2015, here today.

Earlier, winning the toss andbatting first, Paradise XI scoreda decent total of 161 runs in thestipulated 20 overs. Guru PartapSingh was the top scorer with 63runs, while Ravi Dogra and RaviAbrol contributed 29 and 18runs to the total respectively. ForLegal Star, AP Singh, PranavKohli, Sami and Irfan Khan took1 wicket each.

In reply, Legal Star managedto equal the target, thus the matchended in a tie and the decision ofthe match came via super over.Pranav was the highest scorerwith 63 runs, while Gourav

Jamwal contributed 41 runs andSanjay scored 23 runs. Ishaan,Tareeq, Ravi Abrol and GuruPratap Singh claimed 1 wicketeach for Paradise XI.

In the super-over, Legal Starcould manage to score 7 runs,which were comprehensivelyscored by Paradise XI, includingsuperb six from Guru PartapSingh.

The best batsman of the tour-nament award was bagged byPranav Kohli, while the bestbowler of the Tournament awardwent to Parvesh Singh Salaria.The man of the final and theman of series awards werebagged by Guru Partap Singh.

Prize distribution ceremonywas attended by Senior Lawyerswhich included UK Jalali (Sr.Advocate), SC Gupta, BabuRam Sharma, KK Pangotra, SSAhmed, Abhinav Sharma (presi-dent, JKHCBAJ), RupinderSingh, DS Chauhan, RajeshThappa, Rajinder Jamwal, AjayBakshi and Pardeep Majotra.

7th Pawan Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament

FCC Jourian registers emphatic victory over Singh Bataira ClubExcelsior Sports Correspondent

AKHNOOR, Nov 8: FCCJourian defeated Singh BatairaCricket Club by 36 runs in theongoing 7th Pawan MemorialT20 Cricket Tournament, beingorganized by Singh CricketClub, Akhnoor at Govt HigherSecondary School ground, heretoday.

Earlier, winning the toss andbatting first, FCC Jourianscored a decent total of 152 runsin 19.2 overs. Ravinder Singh(31), Randeep Singh (27) andArvind (23) were the main scor-ers. For Singh Bataira CC,Rahul took 3 wickets, Lovelyand Ankur bagged 2 each andSunil and Sonu claimed oneeach.

In reply, Singh Bataira gotbundled out for 116 runs andlost the match by 36 runs. Anilwas the top scorer with 25 runs,while Rahul and Lovelyclaimed 23 and 11 runs to thetotal respectively. For FCCJourian, Rocky and Sagarscalped 3 wicekts each, whileArvind claimed one. Sagar wasdeclared at man of the match forhis brilliant bowling display.

The match was officiated bySham Singh Langeh andRajinder Singh as umpires,while Lucky was the scorer.

CAREER ABACUS organizesState Level Competition

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 8: CareerAbacus, a leading AbacusTeaching Institute today organ-ized State Level Competition

for the students of Abacus in theAuditorium of M.N.K.G.Montessori School, GandhiNagar, Jammu in which childrenfrom the age group of 5 to 13years participated.

The function started with thelighting of lamp by the Championof Champions 2014, ShivanshGautam of Army School,Kaluchak and Suhani Gupta ofPresentation Convent. It was fol-

lowed by the singing of NationalAnthem.

Arvind Sharma, Director ofCareer Abacus informed that theaim of this competition is to pro-mote the learning of Abacus and

Mental Arithmetic. He said that children are given

a chance to compete among them-selves and win prizes. Childrenwere given 200 questions whichwere to be completed within atime frame of 8 minutes.

The competition was con-ducted in different levels andage groups.

At the end of the exam, a smallbut impressive speech was givenand refreshment was distributedamong the students.

Divya, Coordinator of theInstitute explained the benefitsof abacus to the audience andstressed upon the need to teachthis skill to all the students in theage group of 5 to 13 years.,while Akanksha informed thatabacus not only helps in improv-ing the arithmatical skills but itimproves the memory, listeningskills, imagination, creativity ,self reliance and above all selfconfidence of the students.

Atul Mahajan, Sheetal,Monika Suri, Sheetal Gupta,Rahul, Bhushan, Taniya, Gaurav,Garima, Arti Bedi, Amanpreet,Nalin, Kuljeet Kour, Amit PalSingh, Raman deep, JatinderKour and Vikram helped insmooth conduct of the exam.

Arvind Sharma, Director ofthe Institute presented vote ofthanks.

Prominent among otherspresent on the occasion were SRabinder Singh, Chief Engineer(Retd.), Chairman MNKGMontessori School, GurdeepKour, retired Principal.

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KATHUA, Nov 8: SpringDales English School, Kathuacelebrated the Alumni Meet inwhich around 70 students frombatches 1991-2013 seized theopportunity to meet their oldfriends, teachers and go downthe memory lane.

The Meet started with alighting of the traditional lampfollowed by introductoryspeech of Director, Prof RKGupta.

In his speech, he congratu-lated the Alumnus for becom-ing a source of pride for theSchool and living up the mottoof the school which is"Eminence throughExcellence". He shared theNational level achievements ofsome of the outstanding stu-

dents of the School includingthat of Gorav Sharma of Class8th who was selected as one ofthe 5 national winners in FoxHistory Channel's "My City MyHistory Contest" for which adocumentary was also madeand screened by the Channel.

The School premises wasfilled with fun and frolic, withvarious cultural programmes,games and fun filled activitiesbeing presented by the students.

IG BSF honourschoreographer Aakash DograExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 8: RakeshSharma, IG BSF JammuFrontier honored choreogra-pher Akash Dogra for his out-standing performances atNational Level Cultural DanceCompetition.

A three day National levelfestival was organized by BSFat Jawaharlal Nehru Stadiumin which all the frontiers ofBSF including Punjab, Southand North Bengal, Tripura,Jammu, Mizoram, Indore,Bangalore, Rajasthan, Gujarat,Shillong and Kashmir partici-pated.

Aakash Dogra had preparedJammu Frontier to perform inthe cultural programmes. Head

Quarters Jammu Frontier teamwas adjudged first among allthe participating frontier teamsof BSF Infact it was showstopper performance of JammuFrontier team for which chore-ographer Aakash Dogra wasawarded with the cash prize ofRs 10,000. He thanked IGJammu Frontier, RakeshSharma, First Lady BSFPratibha Sharma and PrincipalDr SK Shukla.

Speaking on the occasion,IG BSF said that Aakash is adedicated and sincere teacherand his contribution in the cul-tural programmes of School aswell as Jammu Frontier ishighly appreciable.

BSF Jammu Frontier honouring choreographer AakashDogra.

Prathamansh Sharma, stu-dent of Class 4th ofDelhi PublicSchool Jammu,who won 1st prizewith a cash awardof Rs 20,000 in the

State Level PaintingCompetition, organized byNHPC at Brig Rajinder SinghAuditorium, University ofJammu, recently.

Shippu Mahajan, D/oParveen Gupta andRamesh Chander,R/o Talab Tillo,who qualifiedNational EligibilityTest (NET) in

Library and InformationScience, the result of whichwas declared by CBSE-NETrecently.

Satbir Singh, S/o HarbansSingh, R/o SimbalCamp, RS Pura,Jammu, who hasbeen declared qual-ified for the awardof the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) inBiotechnology by theUniversity of Jammu. Heworked on the topic, "ProcessOptimisation for Production ofThermo-alkalistable BacterialProtease and ItsCharacterization," under thesupervision of Dr B K Bajaj.

Spring Dales School Kathuacelebrates Alumni Meet

Students during State Level Competition organized by CareerAbacus in Jammu.

GDC Doda organizes Quiz,Painting Competition