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About 1.2 lakh STD patients treated Rohtak, February 20 The camps were organised with a view to creating awareness among the people about the reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and also to avail of health services and medicines free of cost. As many as 1.20 lakh people afflicted with RTIs and STDs were treated. This was revealed by Mr R. K. Khullar, Project Director, Haryana AIDS Control Society, while addressing a seminar organised by the HUJ. It was observed that more women than men had attended the camps, he said. Mr Khullar said that the government had made separate arrangements for the examination of men and women patients by making available free transportation and medicines. Lady medical officers were also made available at all camps for the facility of women patients. District level co ordination had been sought to ensure social mobilisation at the mass level, he said. House-to-house contact programmes had been initiated for targeting people in the age group of 15-49 years in the rural as well as urban areas. Truckers, commercial sex workers, migrant workers, bus drivers and conductors were the primary targeted population. He said the overall objectives of the Haryana Aids Control Society were to contain the spread of RTIs, STDs and HIV/AIDS and to create awareness among the people about these diseases. The society had set up three voluntary counselling and testing centres at PGIMS, Rohtak, General Hospital, Karnal and Panchkula. This facility would shortly be extended to the general hospitals at Hisar, Faridabad and Gurgaon. The Project Director said that as the STD control and treatment were the important part of the AIDS control programme, the government had set up 11 STD clinics in the districts of Yamunanagar, Panipat, Bahdurgarh, Hisar, Sonepat, Faridabad, Sirsa, Ambala, Gurgaon and Rohtak. Mr Khullar said that the students of classes 9 and 11 of all the schools of Haryana were covered under the school AIDS education programme. Initially, schools in only seven districts — Panchkula, Rewari, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Hisar and Karnal — were covered under the school AIDS education pragramme. The total number of schools to be covered in these districts was 1,354. The programme envisaged at increasing awareness among the youth to develop a safe and responsible lifestyle. |
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80,000 affected by sex disorders in Faridabad Faridabad, February 20 According to health officials, more than 54,000 patients of such diseases were women, while about 25,000 were men. About 4,627 persons of the patients had been seriously affected and recommended an immediate treatment. The campaign launched from February 1 to 15, also revealed that about 6.74 lakh persons who availed themselves of the free check-up facilities were in the age group of 15 to 49 years. There were many who did not get the benefit of the medical facilities. The majority of such persons were men. Almost 53 per cent persons checked were found to be suffering from various disorders and the majority of them were women. An amount of Rs 1.87 lakh was reportedly spent on the campaign. |
Mughals win in League New Delhi, February 20 In a Group B match, another former champions, City Club, defeated Frontiers Club 2-0, to register their second victory, and log six points. Frontiers suffered their second successive defeat. City scored both the goals in the first half. Mid-fielder Irfan Khan scored the first goal with a 20-yard shot to catch the rival cusodian, Dipu Lama (1-0), off guard in the 38th minute, and two minutes later nippy Bhupender Sharma set up a nice cross from the right flank for forward Nageshwar Rao to head home (2-0). In the second half, both the teams indulged in pedestrian soccer, and meaningful moves were few and far between. Once Frontiers’ veteran captain Balvinder Raj’s long-ranger threatened to breach the rival goal, but custodian Vijay Gupta rose to the occasion admirably to bring off a fine save. In the first match, Mughals always held the upper hand as medios Manjeev Kumar and Ram Singh initiated good moves for forwards Asim Paul Ekka, Sunil Kumar and Rajesh Arya to make use. After a barren first half, Sunil Kumar scored the first goal in the 65th minute (1-0) when he dodged past rival defenders SheikhAmir and H.S.Minhas to put the ball in. Midfielder Ram Singh scored the second goal. Delhi Police vs Shahdara (1 pm); Hindustan vs N D Heroes (3 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium. |
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Rajesh Sharma shines in Canara
Bank’s win New Delhi, February 20 Scores: Punjab and Sind Bank: 154 (A.S.Khurana 48, Rajesh Sharma 4/26, A. Jain 2/27). Canara Bank: 155 for 4 (Vikiy Singh Harnesh Talwar 62, Vijay Singh 50 no). In another match, Central Bank of India beat Syndicate Bank by eight wickets. Scores: Syndicate Bank: 54 (Kamal Kishore 5/18). Central Bank of India: 55 for 2. Bank of Baroda beat Indian Bank by 10 wickets in another match. Scores: Bank of India: 138 (Mohinder Singh 61, J.B.Jain
In the athletic meet held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, J.P Saroha of PNB won the 1500 metres gold with a timing of 4:34.0 mnts while compatriot Som Dutt claimed the silver and Tajinder Singh of SBOP the bronze. Jagdish Kumar of OBC threw the shot put to 10.44 metres to lift the gold while I.P. Redo of PNB and Kulwant Singh of PSB claimed the silver and bronze respectively. In long jump, J.P.Sharma of PNB won the gold when he cleared 5.59 metres. Jai Prakash of Standard Chartered and D.K.Bhatti of PNB won the silver and bronze respectively. R.P.Bhalla of PNB annexed the javelin gold with a heave of the spear to 43.02 metres. O.P.Redo, also of PNB and Gurmail Singh of SBOP, took the silver and bronze. The Punjab National Bank quartet won the 4x100 m relay gold when they clocked 51.5 secs. The second position went to Bank of Baroda while Syndicate Bank took the third place. PNB will take on Reserve Bank of India in the badminton final. In the semi-finals, PNB beat Indian Bank by 2-0 while RBI got past Punjab and Sind Bank 2-1. Results: Parveen Madan of PNB beat Rajesh Verma of I.B.7-1, 5-7, 7-0, 7-4; Sudhakar Sharma and Parveen Madan beat Rajesh Verma and Pradeep Rattan 8-6,7-3,7-1; M. Faroq of RBI lost to Khushwinder Singh (PSB) 8-6,5-7,7-1,7-0; Rudra Kaushik and K G Saxena of RBI beat Khushwinder Singh and U S Tandon (PSB) 7-4, 7-1,7-4; Rudra Kaushik of RBI beat U S Tandon of PSB 7-2,7-4,7-0. In table tennis, RBI will take on State Bank of Patiala
RBI defeated PNB 3-0 to annex the carrom team title. Results: Harinder Singh (RBI) beat T K Sarkar (PNB) 18-8, 25-12; Vijay Sharma (RBI) beat Tanuj Gupta of PNB 20-24, 25-0, 25-22; R Virmani (RBI) beat O R Madan (PNB) 25-7, 25-5. In the first-round matches of men’s open singles in carrom, Ajay Jately (IB) beat P P Sachdeva (UBI) 25-4, 20-15; Ashok Bhatnagar (UBI) beat A K Rana (Canara) 25-0, 25-1; Mukesh Bansal (SBBJ) beat Bhagwan (Syndicate) 18-1, 5-25, 18-10; A Srivastava (OBC) beat Raj Kumar Singhmar (BOI) 25-0, 25-0. In chess, Moti Ram of State Bank of Patiala was leading
Results: Moti Ram beat V M Rajeev (Corporation Bank); D Vallabhacharyulu (Syndicate) lost to Raminderbir Singh (SBOP); A K Mandal (RBI) lost to Pawan Gupta (PNB); J S Bindra (BOB) lost to M D Kaushik (RBI); P C Bisht (PNB) lost to A Sehappa (BOB). |
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Mahesh bowls Teri to easy victory
New Delhi, February 20 Mahesh was declared the man of the match for his outstanding all-round performance. Royal Sundaram Alliance won the toss and opted to field, which proved to be an unwise decision as Mahesh spun magic on the crumbling track to put Sundaram on the backfoot. Scores: Teri: 212 for 5 in 25 overs (Mahesh 41, 5x4; Jaya Prasad 41 no, 5x4, 2x6; K.P Eashwar 29, 5x4; Venkat Sundaram 27 no, 3x4; Manu Mehta 2/51). Royal Sundaram Alliance: 76 all out in 13 overs (VineetMalhotra 21, 2x4; Mahesh 7/8; S. Sriram 2/28).
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Oberoi Blues scrape past Army
Green New Delhi, February 20 In the first round matches of Addl DG RVS Cup (2 goals), played at the Army Equestrian Centre, Pancheel Panthers beat Lancer by five goals to one and a half, Remounts beat Breeders by four goals to two and APRC beat Anchors by four goals to three. Thursday’s fixtures: Addl DG RVS Cup (two goals): Remounts vs RVC (10 am); Rajokri vs Young Stud (10.44 am) – Army Equestrian ground. Northern India: Jindal Steel/Royal Kashmir vs Army (Red) (3 pm)– Jaipur Polo Ground.
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Pizza Hut beat Pine Retreat
New Delhi, February 20 Pizza Hut won the toss and opted to bat first. An 81-run second-wicket partnership between Dipesh and Pranit laid the foundation of their impressive total. In reply, Pine Retreat started confidently, as they put on 90 runs in 16overs. But then, wickets started falling like nine pins with Deepak Sharma (4/17) and Mukesh Negi (3/25) wrecking the Pine Retreat batting. Scores: Pizza Hut: 171 for 7 in 30 overs (Dipesh Balachandran 61, 1x6, 5x4; Pranit Topnav 22, Deepak Sharma 22, 1x6, 2x4; Naresh Kumar 3/35, Deep Singh 2/27, Puneet Kashyap 2/36). Pine Retreat: 140 all out in 26.2 overs (Naresh Kumar 47, Harmeet Singh 17, Deepak Sharma 4/17, Mukesh Negi 3/25). OC
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Karate-do officials
suspended New Delhi. February 20 He claimed that the resolution was passed by “all 26 Mr Kotak said the federation will hold an enquiry into the various charges levelled by the members against the two officials and the federation will act on the findings of the enquiry committee.
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Akash Chopra cracks century for
Sonnet New Delhi, February 20 K.N.Colts, who won the toss and opted to bat, struggled to make 198 for 7 while Sonnet raced to the winning target in just 35.1 overs for the loss of just two wickets. Scores: K.N.Colts: 198 for 7 in 45 overs (Ajay Sharma 33, 4x3; Tara Chand 46, 4x2; Ravinder Bhandari 29 no, Parminder 21 no, Sumeet Kapoor 2/24 in five overs. Sonnet: 201 for 2 in 35.1 overs (Naresh Jain 39, 4x3; Akash Chopra 100 no, 4x15; Parminder Singh 37 no). |
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Anti-encroachment drive helps reduce accidents Sonepat, February 20 The present Deputy Commissioner has started a vigorous campaign to get the public land evacuated from the unauthorised occupants and removed the traffic hazards in various parts of the city, particularly in the thickly populated areas. Thus, land worth several crores of rupees has been vacated and many roads as well as main crossings have been widened and beautified to ensure a smooth flow of traffic. For instance, Subhash Chowk in the Model Town area has got a new look with the construction of dividers. Similarly at Mamoon Bhanja Chowk near the bus stand, the traffic hazards have been totally removed by widening the roads around them. In the most accident-prone area near the local Hindu College and the railway crossing, the number of accidents has come down drastically with the widening of roads and shifting of the boundary wall of the railway yard. This road connects the grain market and various educational institutions via Mission Chowk which has also been widened by shifting the premises of a religious temple to another place. The area in and around Mission Chowk has also been given a face-lift and it has become a place of attraction for the people, particularly for the students of nearby educational institutions. Similarly, the entrance to the city from Rohtak side near Kalupur village has also been beautified by removing encroachments and the dirt which used to pile up there. |
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