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GMCH to have new Medical Supdt Chandigarh, October 13 According to sources, besides this the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting organised by the UPSC on October 7 for promotion cases of Readers in General Surgery and Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion has been held. The matter is being followed up in the UPSC for holding up early DPC meetings and interviews for other posts. Another interview for the post of Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will be held on October 15. Interviews for filling up the posts of Senior Lecturer on contract basis and Senior Residents/ Demonstrators/Junior Residents in various specialities have been held in the past one month. Another change initiated in the GMCH in the past one month is the payment of salary to all contractual staff recruited through contractors by October 7. Earlier the salary used to be released to such employees after 20th of each month. It was a long-pending demand of the contractual staff. Detailed meetings were held by the Director-Principal with all the contractors and it was made clear to the contractors that salary must be released by the 7th of every month as per labour rules which was agreed by the
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Fortis offers cardiac package SAS Nagar, October 13 Dr Achintya Moulick, Chairman, cardio-vascular sciences, of the hospital, said, “This is a part of Fortis efforts aimed at creating awareness among the masses regarding their health management. When people take even the simplest steps to improve their health, the results can be significant.” |
Raid de Himalaya Chandigarh, October 13 Jaishree and Rajini met the correspondent at the Chandigarh airport before flying to Chennai on way to Coimbatore. Jaishree said, “Look, our team mate Anila has been kind enough to drop us to this place and now she would go back to her hometown Manali after covering this long journey”. “She deserves a pat on her back”, remarked Jaishree. Anila and Dharam Chand who drove the Scorpio in the rally, with Jaishree and Rajini as navigators said, ‘it was really nice to be in the company of these gutsy women from south. Both Jaishree and Rajini said, “They never faced any health problem during their four-day rally, rather they were able to relish the dhaba food, which included paranthas, rice and dal. Both said, “Even -20°C temperature at Pang village did not deter them. Anila, who had achieved the feat of covering 24,000 km in just three weeks, more than a decade back was of the opinion that the average speed for the participants should be increased. Rajini opined that the organisers did a fine job of organising the mega rally, but she feels that the total distance must be increased. Rajini and Jaishree both have planned to take part in the extreme category. |
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DAV ‘A’ XI trounce Shishu Niketan Chandigarh, October 13 Brief scores: DAV “A” — 223 for two in 25 overs (Sidharth Sharma 56 n.o., Vijay 51, Gourav Chopra 40). Shishu Niketan — 56 all out in 12 overs (Sourav Arora 5 for 10, Gourav Chopra 2 for 20, Arjun 2 for 14). In another tie played today, the DAV “B” team defeated Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, by 38 runs. Brief scores: DAV “B” — 167 for six in 25 overs (Harjeet 37, Bharat 24, Karanveer 28 n.o., Puneet Pal 3 for 34, Subodh 2 for 30). Shivalik School —129 all out in 24 overs (Pushapjeet 45, Atul 19, Balwinder 18).
Nominated The elections of the SGFI were held on October 9 in New Delhi. Mr Satpal was elected President and Mr P.S. Chhabra Secretary-General.
MCM eves win The MCM DAV College for Girls, Sector 36, and the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, surged ahead by winning their matches in the Panjab University inter-college zonal basketball tournament played here today at the PU campus grounds. MCM eves beat GNG College, Ludhiana, 77-03 while GCG-11 defeated GCG-42 by a narrow margin of 27-26. PU campus lost to the Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, 42-66 while DAV College, Hoshiarpur, beat Dashmesh Girls College, Badal, 58-22.
Kho-kho champs The under-19 kho-kho team of Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, which won the UT inter-school tournament held recently. Sports day AMBALA: The annual sports day of Darshan Academy was held here yesterday. Mrs Anita Sehga, District Sports Officer, and Mr Satwinder Singh Heera, a weightlifting coach, were the chief guest and guest of honour, respectively. Students participated in various events. Darshan House won the sports trophy. The first-prize winners in different events included Vishawpreet, Simran, Rajat, Jasmeet Kaur, Vishawjeet, Vikas, Aanchal, Loveneet, Baldeep, Tejasvi, Sant Prasad, Manpreet, Vikas, Richa, Manish, Ritu, Gurdas, Sarawjeet, Akshay, Tejasvi, Amandeep, Surbhi, Gurpreet, Ritu, Gurpreet, Amar, Avneesh, Kiran, Manmeet, Ritu, Vasundhara and Jasdeep. The second-prize winners in different events included Gurshan, Lovleen, Kanwar, Kajal, Harmanpreet, Kuljeet, Gunjan, Lovepreet Kaur, Akshay, Bhanupriya, Divya, Pooja, Divender, Harmeet, Gurpreet, Avnish, Pawan, Shagun, Jalwinder, Bhanupriya, Divay, Hema, Mandeep, Avneesh, Shankey, Gurdaas, Surbhi, Shagun, Ritu, Gurdas, Anuradha, Ramanjot and Malkeet. |
UPSC seeks
clarifications Chandigarh, October 13 The Administration had sent the case to the UPSC for appointing a Chief Engineer. It is the UPSC which has to appoint a committee and set a date. The post of Chief Engineer had fallen vacant after Mr Puranjit Singh retired on September 30. The Administration handed over charge of Chief Engineer, Chandigarh Administration, to Mr Bhardwaj while Mr Sharma was handed over the charge of Chief Engineer Municipal Corporation, but his designation was kept as Superintending Engineer. Before September 30, Mr Bhardwaj was the Chief Engineer in MC. |
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Order to construct
basement withdrawn Chandigarh, October 13 Sources said those people who had already constructed a basement would not be disturbed. The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal today protested against the order. |
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Mr Prem Puri, Assistant Education Officer, UT Education Department, has been nominated as the Vice-President of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI). Mr Puri received a message in this regard from the Secretary-General of the SGFI. Mr Puri said the UT would bid for a few events in this year’s National School Games. 
Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, won laurels in kho-kho (boys) and handball (girls) when their under-19 teams won the UT inter-school tournaments in both disciplines. In handball, the school defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21. In kho-kho, the school beat SGGS Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Sector 35. In the under-19 boys handball event, Sanjay school boys made it to the final, to be held on October 17.