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Osteoporosis a silent killer:
Dr Kanwarjit Chandigarh, June 11 Dr Kanwarjit said osteoporosis was a silent killer. She said: “Bones get porous resulting in hip, spine, shoulder and wrist fractures. Half a million fracture of spine takes place in USA ever year. Women are more prone to this disease due to long span of life and deficiency in oestrogen in their body. One in every three women and one in every eight men have osteoporosis”. According to Dr
Kanwarjit, pain, backaches, tiredness, difficulty in moving were some of the signs of osteoporosis. She stressed that exercise was more important than treatment which mainly consisted of hormone replacement therapy
(HRT), proper diet consisting of Calcium, and Vitamin D. |
Patiala Cricket Club crush Chetan XI Chandigarh, June 11 In the third match of the day, MES, Patiala, defeated Stadium ‘A’ by 31 runs. MES, Patiala, scored 131 runs for the loss of five wickets. Faisal made unbeaten 51 runs, and Karna scored 37 runs. Akshat got two wickets for 13 runs while Nipun claimed two wickets for just six runs. Stadium ‘A’ were all out for 100 runs. Sahil scored 34 runs while Manan Vohra made 21 runs. Kulwant took four wickets for 17 runs and Karan bagged two wickets for 14 runs. In the last match of the day, Panchkula Cricket club beat Stadium ‘B’ by four wickets. Stadium ‘B’ were all out for 101 runs in 23.3 overs. Gurpreet scored 22 runs, Raja Ashish claimed two wickets for 17 runs while Karan Goyal claimed five wickets for 26 runs. In reply, Panchkula CC achieved the target with still four wickets in hand. Ashish scored 33 runs, Sarwan 23 runs. Gurpreet took two wickets for 14 runs.
Taekwon-do title The Taekwon-do players of Panchkula romped home with seven medals which included four gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals in the 14th North East (ITF) Taekwon-do championship, concluded last week at Dehra
Dun. Those winning gold medals are Harish Kumar (54 kg to 63 kg), Nitin Sharma (80 kg and above), Neha (54 kg to 62 kg) and Sahil Juneja (25 kg to 32
kg). Govind Arora bagged silver medal while bronze medal winners are Dhruv Walia( below 54 kg) and Gurkirpal Singh (54 kg to 63 kg). |
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Injured gymnast helpless, hopeful Amrinder, a student of DAV College, Sector 10, has achieved distinction as a gymnast at the national and state levels. At the age of 18, he nurtures a dream to represent his state and country at the international level. But as of now this seems to be a distant reality as his family does not have the finances required to meet his aspirations. Hailing from a modest family of Bassi Daulat Khan village in Hoshiarpur district, his father, Mr Harbhajan Singh, employed as a senior assistant in the Punjab Government, and his mother, now settled in the Modern Housing Complex, Mani Majra, have a major role to play in his achievements. Amrinder, who belongs to a family of sports lovers drew inspiration from his grand father, Mr Sant Ram, who was a wrestler. He was declared the allround best gymnast when he won three gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the open state-level gymnastics championship, held at Chandigarh in August 2001. He also won bronze and gold medals during the inter-state school tournaments and state gymnastics championships in Chandigarh between 1997-2000. Besides, he has also participated in the national-level gymnastics championships held in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. But as luck would have it, Amrinder injured his right knee while participating in one such national-level championship at Gurdaspur in November 2002. His father said he was being treated for his ruptured ligaments at the Sector 16 General Hospital, but since he did not get much relief, the doctors referred him to the Military Hospital, Chandimandir, and said the treatment would cost anything between Rs 70,000 and Rs 75,000. Talking to TNS, his father, Mr Harbhajan Singh, expressed his inability to meet the expenses as he was already under heavy debt. He said while his elder son Arvinder, who is doing his BAMS course, is also an athlete, his younger sons, Harvinder and Varinder, are also into gymnastics, karate and basketball. “Though me and my wife make all possible efforts to promote their talent, I do not have the resources to give them the best.” Expressing his inability to take more loan without repaying the previous ones, Mr Harbhajan Singh has appealed to the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to grant him Rs 4-5 lakh from his discretionary quota. He has pleaded that he is unable to meet the expenditure on his children’s studies and sports activities, from his meagre source of income. He too is undergoing treatment following a recent accident. Earlier, the gram panchayat of his village and the Block Development Officer (BDO) concerned had also urged the state government to sanction funds for promoting the talent of the boys. While the Punjab Health Minister has recommended financial help, the same is yet to come from the Chief Minister. |
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Amrithraj sons in city Chandigarh, June 11 Though 20-year-old Prakash visited Chandigarh along with his father during the ATP Challenger Meet in February, 2001, but it was a maiden visit of 19-year-old Stephen to the city. In a brief interaction, Stephen who along with Prakash stays and plays tennis at Los Angeles said it was his wish and dream to play as many tournaments in India as possible. Stephen, born in the USA, said he took part in the first leg of the ITF Challenger Meet at Mumbai last week and this was the second leg of the meet. He found City’s tennis environment very lively and also praised the deco-turf synthetic courts. Stephen recently underwent arthroscopy surgery of his left knee in the USA which forced him to remain off the court for few months. Now he was trying to get back to his original form. He said though playing on grass and clay courts was very enjoyable, but since everywhere, now the trend of synthetic courts was prevalent, so they hardly have any other option. On his love for tennis, Stephen said before plunging actively into this sport, he played basketball but from the very beginning, he had set his aim to achieve what his father and uncle did on the tennis court. Stephen, who took to tennis more than 12 years ago, said now he has entered the senior section, so he has to make his presence felt. He said during his tenure in juniors section, he played in all major world level junior tournaments, like Australian open, Junior Wimbledon, but could not play in the French Open. He said along with Prakash he would like to win number of titles in the various Grand Slams. On playing doubles with Prakash, Stephen said both of us want to continue playing with each other as long as possible, since we have developed better understanding and coordination. Stephen is pursuing undergraduate studies in history, business studies and sociology and wants to be a professional tennis star. |
Sector 17 nodal police station Chandigarh, June 11 Now those arrested by the two wings will be kept in the police station’s lock-up till they are produced in court. Earlier, the arrested were kept in lock-ups of the respective area police stations. However, cases will be registered in the respective police stations only. |
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119 cr water scheme for villages SAS Nagar, June 11 This was stated by Mr Ranjit Singh Randhawa, Minister of State for Public Health, Rural Development and Panchayats, at a meet the press organised by the Press Club, Mohali, here today. He said of the total of 12,402 villages in the state there was shortage of drinking water in 11,849 villages. In about 7,847 villages drinking water had been provided by March 31 this year and the supply of water to the remaining villages would be ensured by the end of the current financial year. Mr Randhawa said in the coming financial year drinking water should be provided to 1,200 schools in the rural areas. He said of 11,051 schools in rural areas water had been provided to 7,338 schools by March 31, 2003. The supply of drinking water to the remaining schools would be provided in stages. He said a scheme had been drawn up to set up a water treatment plant at Talwandi Sabo to provide, potable water to districts like Mansa, Bathinda, Faridkot and Muktsar which were facing the water-logging problems. The minister said a programme for the overall development of villages had been chalked out by the Punjab Government under the Integrated Rural Development Scheme. Under the programme a sum of Rs 20.05 crore would be spent on the development of 20 villages of Ropar district. Estimates in this regard had already been submitted. Another sum of Rs 2.38 crore would be spent on the development of the Gigemajra, Simbalmajra, Sahora and Daon villages falling in the Kharar area. |
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