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Charitable workshops for heart patients Chandigarh, September 22 According to a study of the World Health Organisation (WHO), threat of heart diseases in India is five times more than that in the West, and by the year 2020, India would have the largest number of heart patients in the world. The hospital has begun a planned campaign to provide affordable medical facilities to people, the press note stated. Some of the best cardiologists in the country would attend the workshop. Eminent cardiologists from Escorts Hospital and Batra Hospital, New Delhi, including Dr U. Kaul, Dr K. K. Sethi, Dr Praveen Chandra, and Dr Suman Bhandari, besides Dr Deepak Kaura, MD, DM, Consultant Cardiologist, from the city, would attend the workshop. The camp would provide angiography which usually, costs around Rs 10,000, at Rs 5,000. Similarly, angioplasty, which costs between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1 lakh, would be performed at Rs 50,000. There would also be a free six-month follow-up of patients registered during the camp. The registration for the check-up and treatment, which began on September 20, would remain open till September 30. |
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Car rally saw medical support by Fortis Chandigarh, September 22 As a part of this assignment, Fortis appointed a team of 22 emergency and critical care specialists and paramedical staff to ensure immediate on-ground medical aid, in case of any injury. Dr Gurbir Singh, medical superintendent of the hospital, was the chief medical officer at the rally. The institute also made arrangements for a trauma care unit, one main ambulance and three first intervention vehicles to minimise any delay in taking patients to the hospital. It also provided 40 first aid packages to every participating team. According to Mr Daljit Singh, CEO (operations), Fortis Healthcare Limited, "We were happy to be a part of national care rally that provided local sportsmen an opportunity to showcase their talent at the national level. In India, such adventure sports are not completely enjoyed due to the fear of lack of appropriate treatment at the accident site. Due to our experience in handling emergency and trauma cases, we were able to ensure the best and extensive medical care during the rally. We hope that this helped sportsmen to completely enjoy their participation. " Dr Gurbir Singh said, "The first hour after the accident, which is called the golden hour in medical parlance, is highly critical. The measures taken during this period can make the difference between life and death. During the rally, we had made every possible effort to ensure availability of immediate treatment." |
Dharminder, Alok surge ahead in pool meet Chandigarh, September 22 Manan Chandra, former national pool champion, struggled hard to beat Samit Bhalla, 5-4. Sandeep Duggal continued with his unbeaten record by beating Jagjit Singh, 5-2, while Anuj Uppal beat Ajay by identical score. Results : Sandeep Sahni b Sourabh Sikri, 5-3, Gagandeep Singh b M. Bashkaran, 5-4; Amit Khan b Rahul Rao, 5-1; Sheetal Verma b Suresh Chaudhary, 5-3; Munish Goel b Adtya, 5-3; Sunil Kashyap b Sunny Chadha, 5-3; Hasan Rizvi b Pankaj Gulati, 5-4; Ayush b Romy Malik, 5-3; Varun Taneja b Hasan Rizvi, 5-4; Naveen Khosla b A Joshi, 5-3; Pallav Gupta b Arpit Sethi, 5-4; Venkateshan b Ashu Duggal, 5-1; Kamaldeep b Rahul Arora, 5-4; Ayush b M. Ranjan, 5-0; Arif Gul b. Imran Khan, 5-3; Mukesh Rehani b Rishi Mehra, 5-0; Prem Prakash b K.L. Kaushik, 5-1; Ishan Sharma b Jagjit Singh, 5-1; and A. Yadav b K.S. Naveen, 5-4. TT tourney Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21 stole the limelight in the UT Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament played in the Sector 23 table tennis hallhere. The tournament is being organised by the Education Department, Chandigarh. Matches for the under-14 boys’ category were played today. The results : Quarter-final — DAVPS-8 b St Kabir-26, 3-0; Rajan b Raghv, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7; Manik b Aditya, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Chetan b Ravish (11-8, 11-1, 11-7; New Public School-18 walks over GMSSS-35; Stepping Stones-38 b Moti Ram-27, 3-0; Ishan Sood b Abhey, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6; Rizul Verma b Love Preet, 11-2, 11-7, 11-5; Tarun Sharma b Vinay, 11-4, 11-1, 12-2; Manav Mangal b AKSIPS-41, 3-0; Samer Singla b Kaamjot Singh, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9; Sachin b Chetan, 13-11, 14-12, 10-12, 1-5; Himanshu b Ramjot Singh, 11-9, 11-2, 6-11, 11-5. AITA ranking The qualifying rounds of the AITA Junior Tour Ranking Tennis Tournament began here on Monday at the CLTA, Sector 10. Those who made it to the third round of the under-14 section were, Manpreet Singh, Bharat Bhardwaj, Vaibhav, Vikas Chauhan, Abheet Sandhu, Mandeep l, Anant Vidur Puri, Jagdeeshan Kumar, Harry Amor, Inderjot Singh, Gurinder Singh, Digvijay Singh, Ranveer Srivastava. The boys making their way into the third round in the under-18 section were, Tushar Jagota, Izreek, Abheet, Aditya, Pankaj, Amiteshwar, Shankar, Varun, Suhail, Naren, Arun, Diljot, Chetan, Neilabh, Harmeet, Gaurav, Pravesh, Jay Vinod, Yogesh and Shanker Grover. Tennis tourney The AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for boys and girls in the under-14 and under-18 age groups will begin tomorrow at the CLTA Tennis Stadium. The qualifying matches will be played on the first two days. The main draw will commence from September 24. The response to this tournament has been tremendous as the qualifying draw consist of 128 players for boys under-18 and of 64 players for the boys under-14 categories. Players from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chandigarh are participating in the tournament. There will be no qualifying matches for girls. The main draw for all events is of 32 players. There are 20 direct entries and 4 wild cards. Eight qualifiers from each age group will participate in the main draw. Gymnastics Two girl gymnasts, Ishani and Shivani, brought laurels to KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, Chandigarh, when they together clinched nine medals in the All-India Mahatma Hansraj Aryan Gymnastics Tournament played here at the Sports Complex, Sector 7. Ishani was, however adjudged individual all-round second best gymnast, while Shivani was declared the third best gymnast. Both were honoured by Mr B.S. Bahl, chairman of the school. |
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cue sport in India, says Alok Chandigarh, September 22 Alok shifted from badminton to billiards more than a decade ago. He was a resident of Sangrur at that time. Now, he has set his eyes on the forthcoming World Billiards Meet to be held at Hyderabad in November. Only a few days back, the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India had announced that Alok Kumar will also take part in the World Snooker Meet to be held in China from October 11. The other two Indian players selected for the meet are Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani. According to Alok, pool is still in infancy stage in India, but it is relatively simple to understand than both billiards and snooker. He said, more tournaments should be held at sub-junior and junior level to give boost to the sport. On delayed nomination for the Arjuna Award, he said, it was mainly because of the positive role played by media, which highlighted the ignoring of outstanding players like Anjali Bhagwat, that they got the prestigious award. He said the inclusion of two former sportspersons, Raja Randhir Singh and MP Ganesh, in the Olympic Preparation Committee was a must. He expressed surprise as to why the names of these two eminent sports dignitaries were excluded. On the issue foreign training, he wished if he could also get a chance to have intensive training, in England, which had the best of the snooker coaches. He was happy at the record number of entries received for the ongoing National Pool Championship. He said it was for the first time ever since the pool event was introduced at the national level that 32 groups had been formed having four players each. He said, there was a need to introduce cue sport in the National School Games. He said it was now a medal sport in the Asian Games, so there should not be any hitch on the part of the authorities to give priority to the development of this sport in the country. |
New posting for executive engineer Chandigarh, September 22 A few months ago, he was reinstated and posted as Executive Engineer (Works and Establishment). Now orders have been passed to post him as Executive Engineer (Design). Meanwhile, sources said a file pertaining to the posting of K.B. Sharma, Superintending Engineer, Construction Circle-I, was also under consideration. He was also suspended and then reinstated. His present posting is also considered sensitive. Interestingly, he is also in the race for the post of Chief Engineer.  |
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P.K. Dhawan promoted as DSP Chandigarh, September 22 The place of posting is yet to be decided, sources said, while adding that it might take a day or two. The decision on the second vacant post of DSP will be taken in the next few weeks, sources said. The other vacant post lies with the Vigilance Department. The case will be taken up separately. Normally the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Vigilance Department is of the rank of DSP. Mr Dhawan joined the Chandigarh Police as an ASI in 1972, became Sub Inspector in 1980 and then got promoted as Inspector in 1985. He has held several important assignments in the Chandigarh Police, including that of being SHO of important police stations. He earned the trust of his seniors in tackling militancy-related crimes during the days of terrorism. Mr Dhawan was considered for promotion in departmental Promotion committee (DPC) meeting in May this year. However, his case had been kept in abeyance, while two other inspectors — Mr Arjun Jaggi and Mr Inderjit Singh — were put on the ‘G’ list of promotion . Mr Jaggi is
presently OSD Vigilance and is awaiting promotion as DSP. A few days ago, Mr Dhawan had petitioned the administration saying that he be considered for promotion. The administration took a decision to put him on the ‘G ’ list of promotion and was promoted today on being the senior most. |
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counters for filing of tax returns Chandigarh, September 22 Tax payers in Chandigarh and SAS Nagar, pertaining to range I, IV, V and VI can file their returns at SCO No. 48-49, Bassi building, Sector 17, where a large number of counters for different ITO wards have been opened with the enquiry facility for PAN. Similar arrangements have been made at the other IT building, SCO No. 73-74-75, Sector 17, for tax payers pertaining to ranges II and III. Mr Manok Mahendru, Shop No. 27, Main Market, Nangal, (Tel no. 01887-223925/223870) has been appointed as authorised PAN collection intermediary for Nangal and nearby towns. The new arrangements became effective from today. |
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