Wednesday,
September 25, 2002,
Chandigarh, India
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Kids eat burgers, fall sick Panchkula, September 24 Now, samples of the food items purchased from this joint have been sent to local health authorities for a chemical test, informed Principal, Mr. S. Chopra. He said a picnic had been organised for students at Vatika, where some children bought burgers from a popular joint there. A number of children fell sick and began vomitting. The children were administered first aid at the school and six of them — Nitish, Himanshu, Swati, Heena, Neelima and Suraj — were rushed to General Hospital, Sector 6. It is learnt that school authorities then took sample of burger, along with bill, to agreement medical officer. Since he was not available, the sample was deposited with the doctor on duty. The next day being a Sunday, the sample could not be sent to a laboratory. We were later told that the sample has been sent to Government Laboratory in Sector 11, Chandigarh, said Mr Chopra. Mr Chopra said he had sent a letter to the Chief Medical Officer, Panchkula, asking him to expedite the testing and requested him to take action against the owners of the fast food joint. |
Senior citizens flex muscles Chandigarh, September 24 The walking contest was organised jointly by the Chandigarh police and the Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association. There was no entry fee to participate in the competition. Earlier, the UT Administrator, Lieut-General J.F.R. Jacob (retd), flagged off the walk. Mr Bhim Sain Bassi, Inspector General Police, UT, had interaction with the participants on diverse topics. He also distributed prizes to the winners. A handicapped woman, Gurdeep Kaur, braved more than one km in her age group 70-74 years, which was appreciated by many participants and others present on the occasion. She walked with the cruches. The winners of various age groups for men were: 65-69 — Madan Lal; 70-74 — Jatinder Singh; 75-79 — Harbans Singh, 80-84 — Pritam Singh. In women section, the winners were — 60-64 — Baljit Kaur; 65-69 — Prakash Kaur; 70-74 — Sheela Chowdhry and 75-79 — Santosh
Bidani. TT title:
In the first match, Vaibhav of Manav Mangal School lost to Sajal Kaushal of GMSSS-35 in three games at 6-11, 8-11, 7-11. But in the second and third tie, Nitish and Pankaj Goel outplayed their respective rivals Gautam and Shrey in three straight games. Nitish proved to be the star player of the meet when he upseted Sajal Kaushal in four games 11-9,13-11, 12-14 and 12-10. Earlier, Manav Mangal School players entered the final after beating Bhavan Vidyalya, Sector 27, while GMSSS-35 had beaten St Joseph’s-44, 3-0 in other semi-finals. Boxing meet:
The meet is being organised by the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association. The results are: Alam Khan b Deepak Rathore, Pardeep Kumar b Tinku, Aman Kumar b Tarun Kumar, Rahul b Vikas, Deepak Rathore b Bhuvan, Tara Singh b Prampreet Rana, Brij Bhushan b Jaiveer Singh, Des Raj Yadav b Abhinav, Kuldeep Singh b Sandeep Sharma, Ashish b Jaiveer, Sanjay Khan b Nikhil Srivastava, Surinder b Mohit, Sandeep Rawat b Shyam Sunder, Rajat b Dhruv Raj, Vikram b Sumit, Kunal b Sanjay Yadav, Tinku b Tarun, Vikas b Bhuvan, Sunil b Pankaj, Abhinav b Jaiveer, Atul b Mohit, Dhruv Raj b Shyam Sunder, Pankaj b Parvesh, Vikram b Sanjay, Anil b Gurwinder, Munish b Robin, Preet Pal b Ranbir, Rajinder b Rahul, Deepak b Harihant, and Pankaj b Paramjeet. CBA selects teams:
Football tourney:
Kabaddi meet:
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