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Loss of special son drives man on a mission
Man shot at, robbed
Patiala lifts overall trophy at state rural games for boys
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Loss of special son drives man on a mission
Pathankot, November 8 Having lost his younger son, Lucky, born as a special child, in 2005, Mahajan has now set up a non-government organisation (NGO) Mandh Buddhi Manav Vikas Samiti, which has 126 branches in 17 states throughout the country. It is through this NGO that he distributes gifts and stationary items to special schools run by Red Cross societies throughout Punjab. Life has never been easy for this energetic man who left a cosy job as chief manager in a nationalised bank just five years before his younger son went missing. His son, who was born in 1976, suddenly went missing one fine day when the father-son duo was visiting a special school in Jalandhar in October 2005. After some days, he was informed by the local police that it had cremated a ‘special child’ who was lying dead on the rail tracks. Mahajan, whose elder son Dheeraj Mahajan works as a vice-president in a top pharmaceutical MNC, has roped in several like-minded NGOs and influential people to help him in his cause of “improving the quality of life of specially aided children throughout the country.” He says that contrary to popular perception he has always maintained that special children can be cured if people try to understand them. “I am so lucky, my kids are healthy,” is an oft quoted phrase muttered by parents whose children have no deformity at all, maintains Mahajan. “When people say this it sounds as if our kids have some terrible disease,” he adds. “Actually, special children have enriched my life in so many ways. They've given me the gift of compassion, taught me unconditional love, made me less judgmental, and helped me appreciate the family and friends who have supported them,” he says. “The NGO which I have set up is trying its best to shower love and affection to disabled children. I have innumerable people including doctors, lawyers and journalists who are helping my cause. People have a mistaken notion that deformity is a contagious disease following which they do no allow their children to play with kids having a deformity. The government and NGOs should highlight this notion through advertisements.” “The country has 35 million special children and the government should formulate a policy to ensure that a neurosurgeon is posted in each and every district headquarters,” Mahajan maintained.
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Man shot at, robbed
Hoshiarpur, November 8 According to the police sources, some persons in a car came to the wood saw mill at Adamowal village where Bablu had been working. They hit him on his head with a solid thing and later fired a shot in his chest. Bablu, who was seriously injured, was admitted to the Civil Hospital from where he was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, in a critical condition. The Bulhowal police has registered a case under Sections 307, 323 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act in this connection. Heroin seized The Model Town police arrested Sijin of Kappimala in Kerala and seized 85 gram heroin from him. According to police sources, while patrolling in the area of Railway Mandi turn, GT Road, Phagwara, the police intercepted him and during his search it seized the heroin from him. He was booked under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. |
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Patiala lifts overall trophy at state rural games for boys
Hoshiarpur, November 8 Deepinder Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur, was the chief guest on the occasion. He also distributed prizes among the winners. Earlier, a cultural programme was also organised on the occasion. In 100-m race, Dilpreet Singh of Jalandhar proved himself the fastest runner of the state of his age group and won the gold in 11:54 seconds, Paras Dhawan of Tarn Taran won silver clocking 11:85 seconds and Simrat Dhaliwal of Bathinda got bronze in 11:91 seconds. In basketball, Patiala bagged gold by defeating Sangrur (57-37) and Gurdaspur won bronze by defeating Mukatsar Sahib (52-31). Patiala also clinched gold in boxing by getting 44 points, Ludhiana won silver with 11 points, whereas Amritsar got bronze with 10 points. The host, Hoshiarpur, outplayed Jalandhar in football by 2-0 and Tarn Taran defeated Gurdaspur by 1-0 for the bronze. Patiala clinched gold in handball by outplaying Faridkot (27-25), whereas Moga defeated Kapurthala (16-10) for the bronze. In hockey, Fatehgarh Sahib dominated and earned gold by defeating Ferozepur in the final, whereas Ludhiana won bronze by defeating Gurdaspur (3-1). Judo team championship went to Gurdaspur which earned 23 points and Amritsar won the second place with 14 points. Roopnagar also got 14 points, but was placed third as Amritsar clinched 2 gold and Roopnagar had only one. Kabaddi final was won by Gurdaspur, which defeated Tarn Taran by 96-62 points and Muktsar Sahib and Sangrur were declared third jointly. In kho-kho, Patiala outplayed Sangrur by 21-19 and won the gold, whereas Ferozepur got bronze by defeating Hoshiarpur (21-12).
Gurdaspur second
Patiala grabbed 29 points to win the trophy followed by Gurdaspur (14 points). Jalandhar and Tarn Taran secured joint third place by getting 13 points |
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