| Chidambaram cold-shoulders UT
The total outlay of budget estimate for Chandigarh for this fiscal has been rather disappointing, with a marginal increase of just Rs 12.63 crore from 2006-07 revised estimate. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today hiked the Union Territorys budget outlay for 2007-08 to Rs 1102.63 crore. The revised estimate for 2006-07 had been Rs 1090 crore. In fact, the outlay for housing and urban development under the non-plan outlay has gone down considerably, from Rs 55.34 crore in the revised estimate of 2006-07 to Rs 34.82 crore during this fiscal. Besides this, the finance minister also did not come up with any specific provisions or schemes for the benefit of the Union Territory. The budgetary outlay for 2007-08 includes Rs 267.63 crore as planned and Rs 835 crore as non-planned budget.
Virus threatens wrestling season
A dangerous mat virus, herpes simplex, is threatening to force the cancellation of the season at a number of area schools. A life-long disease, Herpes Simplex One (Gladiatorium) is an infection passed on through direct contact. Teams were first exposed to it at the Coudersport Duals held on Jan. 5.Cameron County, Bradford High, Johnsonburg, and Oswayo Valley, as well as Coudersport, have all been affected, and have had to postpone matches.Also at the Duals were Wyalusing, Clarion, Mansfield, Sheffield and Philipsburg-Osceola, believed to be the team that first exposed the virus.More than a dozen area matches have already been postponed, including four duals Tuesday night. Cameron County has had to rescheduled three matches, plus was unable to attend the Lackawanna Duals last weekend for fear of spreading the disease further.
Player-reporter relationship uneasy at best
The relationship between hockey player and media member is often fraught, no matter how hard both sides work. The reasons are fairly obvious. The athlete knows he's going to be asked questions he may not want to hear or answer for fear of landing in trouble, even if the original topic seems benign. The reporter is looking to pry information from the athlete -- either a good quote on tape, or insight into what's going on inside the room. .
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