Ronit marches ahead

May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Fifth seed local favourite Ronit Singh Bisht eased into the third round with a straight-set win over compatriot Sai Teja Paladugu in the boys’ singles event of the ITF Asian Junior Tennis Championship here on Tuesday. Ronit defeated Paladgu 6-1 6-1 in the one-sided encounter.

Indians, in fact, dominated the boys’ singles event with Saurabh Singh, Man Singh Athare, Shahbaaz Khan, Yash Deshpande, Vaidik Munshaw and Sai Saran Reddy also moving into the third round. There was good news for the hosts in the girls’ singles event as well with Shweta Rana, Natasha Palha, Vidya Bharat (bye) and Vaniya Dangwal all moving into the third round.

The second day of the tournament also saw the day;s proceedings start off with teh doubles events at the RK Khanna Tennis Complex. Tuesday saw the pair of Aishwarya Aggarwal and Kyra Shroff sealing a 6-0 6-0 win over Nidhi Chilumula and Amrita Mukherjee to sail into the second round of the girls’ doubles.

After winning the girls’ singles’ first round tie against Namita Bal on Monday, Pakistan’s Ushna Suhail on Tuesday moved up in girls doubles in combination with local girl Natalia Khaniejo. In the boys’ doubles, Ronit and Kunal Anand survived a tough first round challenge from Suraj Konwar and Saurabh Patil with a 3-6 6-3 11-9 victory.

Results: Girls’ Singles: Shweta Rana (IND) beat Anna Clarice Patrimond (PHI) 6-4 7-5; Ayaka Okuno (JPN) beat Manya Nagpal (IND) 6-0 6-1; Natasha Palha (IND) beat Anastasya Prenko (TKM) 7-5 4-6 6-1; Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) W/O against Vidya Bharat (IND); Riko Sawayanagi (JPN) beat Ankita Bhatia (IND) 6-4 6-2; Vaniya Dangwal (IND) beat Nattawadee Kotcha (THA) 6-3 6-2

Boys singles: Saurabh Singh (IND) beat Rithwik Rajshekhar Raman (IND) 6-2 6-1; Mansingh Athare (IND) beat Anirudh Jain (IND) 6-1 6-0; Shahbaaz Khan (IND) beat Yuki Muramatsu (JPN) 1-6 6-4 6-4; Wen-Chun Liang (TPE) beat Abhimanyu Singh (IND) 6-2 6-2; Yash Deshpande (IND) beat Arpit Sharma (IND) 7-5 7-5; Warit Sornbutnark (THA) beat Vilasier Khate (IND) 6-3 6-0; Ronit Singh Bisht (IND) beat Sai Teja Paladugu (IND) 6-1 6-1; Vaidik Munshaw (IND) beat Pulok Bhattacharya (IND) 6-1 6-1; Leander Lazaro (PHI) beat Garry Singh Amor (IND) 6-3, 7-6; Artem Tarasov (UZB) beat Maninder Singh (IND) 6-0 6-0; Chih-Jen HO (TPE) beat Rishabh Mehra (IND) 6-0 6-0; Sai Saran Reddy Byreddy (IND) beat Trivesh Singh (IND) 5-7 6-2 6-4; Justin To (HKG) beat Ajay Yadav (IND) 6-2 6-0

Girls doubles: Sanae Ota (JPN)/ Tanaporn Thongsing (THA) beat Shreya Pasricha (IND)/ Megha Sherawat (IND) 6-2 6-0; Aishwarya Agarwal (IND)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) beat Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Amrita Mukherjee (IND) 6-0 6-0; Namita Bal (IND)/Prathana G. Thombare (IND) beat Rajbir Kaur (IND)/Preethi Ujjini (IND) 6-0, 6-1; Ratnika Batra (IND)/Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) beat Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/Ikttesh Chahal (IND) 6-3 6-3; Natalia Khaniejo (IND)/Ushna Suhail (PAK) beat Zainab Ali Sajjad (IND)/Ankita Bhatia 2-6 7-6 (4) 10-6; Nova Patel (IND)/Rishika Sunkara (IND) beat Bhuvana Kalva (IND)/Natash Palha (IND) 6-2 6-3

Boys doubles: Kunal Anand (IND)/Ronit Bisht (IND) beat Suraj Konwar (IND)/Saurabh Patil (IND) 3-6 6-3 11-9

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Class 7 Pak girl student pleads for divorce in court

May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Islamabad, May 6 (ANI): A Pakistani girl in class seven, who was sold by her father for Rs 0.1 million, has approached a civil court in Shahdadpur in Mirpurkhas for divorce.

A private TV channel reported on May 5, that Aroosa informed the court that her father forced her to marry, and now she wants a divorce, reports the Daily Times.

The court has adjourned the hearing of the case to May 18.

Meanwhile, Aroosa’s father Ghulam Mohammad has divorced his wife Yasmeen, and his son Shahid alias Suhail has also divorced his wife Naseem.

Following the divorce, Yasmeen filed a petition for expenses and for the custody of her children in the civil court. (ANI)

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Patna schoolchildren protest against kidnapping of six-year-old boy

September 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Patna, Sep. 16 (ANI): School students in Patna city protested on Wednesday against the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy.

Shresht Sanjay was kidnapped at the gunpoint in Patna on Monday. Shresht is a standard One student at Christ church school in Kankarbagh area.

Students of Montessori School in Patna organised a ‘hawan’ to pray for an early release of Shresht.

“We are praying so that Shresht Sanjay comes home soon and celebrates Diwali and Durga Puja with his parents, ” said Swastik, a student

Meanwhile, students in West Point school observed a ‘Black Day’ by wearing black bands on their arms.

The black band was to express their resentment against the rising incidents of kidnapping and ransom killings in the city.

“Children are living in fear and that’s why we have organised this ‘Black Day’. We hope that the government listens to us and realises that the children are in trouble here and their education is under threat. We also hope that such incidents does not happen in future,” said S.N Suhail, principal of West Point School.

Shresth is suspected to have been kidnapped for ransom.

However, the kidnappers have not made any demand yet.

The police are interrogating the auto-rickshaw driver for further investigations in which Shresth was travelling before his abduction. (ANI)

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Tourism business in Kashmir affected due to rumours of Taliban presence

April 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Apr 17 (ANI): The reports of Taliban presence have affected the tourism sector in Kashmir.

Though the reports have been denied by the army and Kashmir politicians, the news has already caused enough damage.

“Some channels ran the reports of Taliban presence in the region due to which the tourists got scared. This has affected our business badly. We are sitting idle and there is no work,’ said Shabir Ahmed, a shikara owner.

The tourist season in the valley has just begun and such reports are being seen as negative propaganda by the officials to dent the tourism business in the region.

“We suspect foul play behind these reports. It is an attempt to sabotage the tourism in the region. It has affected the business to an extent. We are trying our level best to soothe the tourists and make them understand that there is no such fear,” said Mohammed Azim Toman, President, Houseboat Association, Kashmir.

Tourism is the mainstay of Kashmir with thousands of residents engaged in the sector. The decline in number of tourists visiting the region has already started to take a toll on their livelihood.

They want the government to take relevant steps to allay the fears of the visitors and entice them to come to Kashmir in large numbers. By Suhail Ahmed (ANI)

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Kashmir Valley to be on international air map on Valentine’s Day

February 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Srinagar/Mumbai, Feb 9 (ANI): The Kashmir Valley is all set to be on the international air travel circuit, after an Air India flight from Dubai lands at Srinagar on February 14.

Srinagar’s international airport is expected to be inaugurated by Congress President Sonia Gandh on the same day.

Involving a cost of 11,000 million rupees, the new terminal building comprises six sections and is spread over an area of more than 200,000 square feet.

It will handle 500 domestic and 450 international passengers at any given point, besides being the first airport in India to have an inline baggage X-ray system.

State tourism authorities said that several airlines would soon operate from Srinagar to the Middle East and South East Asia.

“So far, Air India is going to operate from Dubai to Srinagar directly. In near future, Kingfisher and other airlines are going to operate from South East and Middle East,” said Farooq Ahmad Shah, Director, Department of Tourism, Jammu and Kashmir.

People in Jammu and Kashmir, where a large number of them are directly or indirectly linked with tourism trade, are extremely happy about Kashmir being put on the international aviation map as it is expected to boost tourism prospects of the state.

“The people are very happy about the international airport. The people are going to benefit. The tourists who come from abroad will directly reach Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier the tourists could not reach Jammu and Kashmir directly. But, now they can do that,” said Fayaz Ahmed, a resident.

Residents are elated about Srinagar airport turning international and said it is a dream come true for them international tourists arrivals expected to fillip new jobs avenues for the youth. By Suhail Ahmed (ANI)

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