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30 villages selected for checking goitre Chandigarh, April 3 Under this project, 30 villages, selected randomly, are being surveyed for checking the prevalence of goitre caused due to iodine deficiency. “ In order to check whether the community is taking iodised salt, urine samples of villagers will be collected and later tested at the PGI,” informed Dr Arun Kumar Aggarwal. He said due to iodine deficiency, a number of disorders like mental retardation, squint, goitre and deafness could be seen especially among children in the age group of 6 — 12 years. Interestingly, while in hill states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, known to be iodine deficient, the position as far as the related disorders, was improving, the results in Punjab and Haryana were however, not so satisfactory. More than 50 health workers from the four primary health centres and students from health workers’ training school participated in the workshop. The participants were informed about the use of iodine testing kits, so that its presence in the salt could be ensured. Dr Aggarwal said that the preliminary urine analysis from two villages had indicated that the iodine consumption by the villagers was satisfactory. He asked the health workers to collect urine samples from the villagers and carry these to the respective health centres from where they would be sent to the PGI for analysis. |
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Poor bowling led to Indian defeat: Yuvraj Chandigarh, April 3 Looking fresh in his immaculate white T-shirt over cool bermudas,
none could tell Yuvraj Singh had arrived in Chandigarh this afternoon from Mumbai. Infact, no one had expected him to reach Sector 8 DAV Senior Secondary School in the evening. No wonder, the onlookers were taken in by surprise as he casually inspected the playground where he had honed his skills all these years. As they asked him about his maiden experience of playing in the World Cup, he expressed satisfaction. Yuvraj won accolades from cricket experts and his team captain Saurav Ganguly for doing a creditable job in the tournament. On being asked about his best innings, Yuvraj spontaneously replied, 'it was against Pakistan'. He said scoring 50 runs against bowlers, like Wasim Akram — one of the world's greatest bowler — was a wish fulfilled. Yuvraj also praised the efforts put in by coach John Wright and physical trainer Adrion Le Roux, besides psychologist Sandy. It was because of their efforts that he and the team performed in a magnificent manner, he said. Yuvraj said he personally always wanted to score a century in the World Cup and had put forth this question to Mr Sandy, who then advised him not to worry about his century since he comes at number 6. Sandy advised Yuvi to concentrate on scoring faster in the game. Yuvi was, however, not happy with the finals they played against mighty Aussies. He said that though Aussies excelled in every quarter of the game, it was Indian bowling, which did not come up well. He said another point which went against us was that we could not get early wickets. He, however, defended the decision of India's captain to bowl first. He wished that John Wright, Roux and Sandy should continue further for the betterment of the Indian cricket. On the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh, Yuvi was happy that newcomers like Gautam Gambhir had been selected. He said recalling Sarandeep was also good for Indian bowling. Yuvraj will take part in a function to be held at Delhi on April 7 which would be presided over by the President of India, before flying to Kolkata on April 8, for the tour of Dhaka. |
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Samin, Nischey in
last four Chandigarh, April 3 In the boys under-18 section, Gurmehar Brar and Karan Patnaik, both seeds, surged ahead with ease. Other results: Boys under-12:
IInd round: Samin Bharghav w/o Mandeep Gill; Karan Bhai b Ankur Diwan; Raman Kumar b Manik; Devin Markanda b Gurmehar; Jaivardhan Gupta b Sidhaanth Bhutani; Abhjit Kumar b Ravmehar Singh; Nishchey Rawal b Gaurav
Ghatani. Boys under-14: IInd round: Manav Dhawan b Akash Bansal; Ankit Badani b Brijender B Singh; Ulplaksh b Sohail Goel; Yuvresh Bansal b Tushar Dhiman; Akshay Chopra b Angad; Uday Mehra b Ishaan Thukral; Ishaan Handa b Bikramjeet. Boys under-18: IInd round:
Gurmehar Brar b Keshav Mahajan; S Ranamagar b Sohail Goel; Gursimran Brar b Lakshay Sharma; Vikas Doshi b Uday Mehra; Manav Dhawan b Jasjeet Singh; Harmanbeer Singh b Sohail Harsh; Karan Patnaik b Hargobind Singh.
Little Flower wins Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, Panchkula, bagged the First Pyramid Electronics under-14 District Schools Cricket meet played at Panchkula here today. In the final, they defeated Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, by eight wickets. Batting first, Bhavan Vidyalaya were bundled out for 83 runs in 25 overs. In reply, Little Flower School achieved the target, thanks to fine unbeaten knock of 22 runs by Karan Goyal.
Karate trials The Sports Karate Federation of India will conduct the selection trials to select the Indian boys and girls karate team on April 6 at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8. The selected team will take part in the Ninth International High School Karate/kick Boxing Championship to be held from May 12 to 16 at Nepal. This was stated by Mr Ashwani Kumar, general secretary of the federation. |
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Cops rue stagnation at DSP level
Chandigarh, April 3 The interpretation and implementation of the service rules for the police which decide promotions, service benefits, age of retirement and other aspects of the government service appear to be quite complicated. There are some points which have rankled cops for more than a decade now with no end to the issue. Technically, the Chandigarh Police, formed in 1966 is governed by the Punjab Police Rules and the salary is also fixed as per the same rules. Till 1992, the police as well as all employees of the Chandigarh Administration were governed by the Central Service rules. Cops says they should be completely under the Punjab rules for all benefits and also for any drawbacks on the Punjab pattern. In Chandigarh, it seems those rules of the Punjab pattern which might favour the cops are overlooked. In Punjab and also in other states, 33 per cent of the IPS cadre is formed through promotees. A local DSP asked if the Punjab rules are in force, where are the promotions to the IPS for the Chandigarh Police? In this case, the Punjab rules go out of the window. This is a sensitive issue among Senior Inspectors and DSPs, who say their counterparts in neighbouring states have become IPS officers and also handle important postings like that of the SSP in districts. About six years ago, the local DSPs got a favourable ruling from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), where the Administration said it would make efforts to get the DSPs absorbed into the UT cadre. The MHA refused. Now the DSPs who are on the verge of retirement do not want to go the DANICS cadre as they will be junior-most DSPs in that cadre and will never get a chance to be IPS officers. DANICS is the cadre from which 33 per cent of DSPs of other UTs are promoted as IPS to the UT cadre. Local DSPs say they may be treated specially and their tenure in Chandigarh be counted as state service cadre and be sent to the UT cadre as IPS officers. The MHA says as per the Reorganisation of States Act, 1966 , Chandigarh enjoys the status of a temporary Union Territory and this cannot be treated as state cadre. On the other hand, the move to send Inspectors on promotion as DSPs to the DANICS cadre may benefit the younger lot who are presently sub-inspectors and are in their early 30s. They may go on to become IPS officers. But still the final word is awaited from the MHA. Giving another example a senior cop said that in Punjab housing loans and all other loans taken by policemen, who died in militant-related violence, were waived. In Chandigarh about eight police personnel died in militant-related violence but the MHA, despite the fact that Chandigarh is one of the few places which generates more revenue than it spends, held tightly to its purse and did not show any grace. No waivers of any loan were allowed despite repeated requests. Intriguingly, when it was to be decided if the Chandigarh Police is under the jurisdiction of the CBI, the cops are labelled as employees of the UT Government, which is controlled by the MHA. Thus the CBI has permission to arrest and book local cops. An agitated cop said that we are ready to be part of the set-up and also face the CBI, as it has a defined role, but some kind of uniformity has to be maintained. If we are UT employees then give as benefits derived by other employees in the Central or UT services . Giving an example of the confusion , a source pointed out that the retirement age in Punjab is 58, and accordingly policemen in Chandigarh retire at the age of 58. For the Central employees, the retirement age is 60. Another cop, on the condition of anonymity, said that we are being shortchanged. In Punjab, the Sub Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) and also the DSP CID is given free accommodation but there is no such facility in Chandigarh. Till a decade ago when DSPs from Punjab used to be posted to Chandigarh, they used to get free accommodation but the facility was withdrawn when inspectors of the local police were promoted as DSPs. Several other issues like gratuity and number of leaves have been reduced despite these continuing in Punjab. |
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No more
preferred postings for cops Chandigarh, April 3 Taking notice of plum postings being enjoyed by some cops at various police stations, the traffic wing and other units of the city, the top brass of the city police has begun the exercise of transferring such cops. Initially, head constables, and constables, who have completed three years of service at a place are being targeted. Sources in the police said the exercise had begun after the Inspector-General of Police sought strict compliance of his orders to shift those completing three years of service at a place. Today, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) transferred at least 130 head constables and constables posted in the police control room (PCR) unit to different police stations. The staff relieved from respective police stations has been sent to the PCR unit, the Police Lines and other units. In a withdrawal from the earlier practice, all transferred cops have been asked to join at their new places. Failure to comply with the orders may attract disciplinary action. The exercise is aimed at giving fair chance to those have not worked at the police stations and to discourage vested interests. However, a senior official said the transfers were made under Section 14.16 (3) of the Punjab Police Rules. He described these transfers as rotation of personnel on administrative grounds. In the traffic and the security wings, which come under the Superintendent of Police (Traffic and Security), at least 40 cops above the rank of assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs), have been transferred in phases, from the traffic wing to the security wing over the past few days. Now new faces can be seen at traffic junctions. |
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