Ludhiana, November 12
Weighing 157 kg, Asha from Kapurthala was living with a water-melon-shaped big hernia and stones in the gall bladder. She had to postpone her treatment because her husband was suffering from cancer. She was refused surgery by many doctors at Kapurthala and Jalandhar because of her excessive weight.

Chandigarh, November 12
DAV College here won the Panjab University inter-college relay races (men) championship for the year 2003-04 with 50 points.

The local SGGS College, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, and Government College, Ludhiana, finished second, third and fourth, respectively.

4x100-metre relay (men): DAV College, Chandigarh (Lakhvir Singh, Jatinderbir Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Jatinder) 1, 43.75 sec; SGGS College, Chandigarh (Avtar Singh, Bikram Singh, Hardeep Singh and Gurmeet Singh) 2, 44.17 sec; Guru Nanak College, Moga (Gurtej Singh, Harpreet Singh, Ram Ji Singh and Taranjeet Singh) 3, 45:15 sec.

4x800-metre relay (men): DAV College, Chandigarh (Vikas Kumar, Sukhwinder Singh, Manmohan Singh (Sr) and Manmohan Singh (Jr) 1, 08:09.52 sec; SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Satnam Singh, Balbir Singh, Dalbir Singh and Kanwalpreet Singh) 2, 08:30.09 sec; GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar (Jasvir Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Gurminder Singh and Satnam Singh) 3, 08: 53.63 sec.

Half marathon (men): Zulfkar (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) 1, 1:14:53.00 sec; (Satbir Singh (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 2, 1:15:08.00 sec; Baljeet Singh (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 3, 1:15:31.00 sec.

20 km walk (men): Khalar Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 1, 1:51:10.30 sec; Guranjan Singh (DAV College, Chandigarh) 2, 2:05:59.24 sec; Pardeep Kumar (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 3, 2:13:30.91 sec.

Decathlon (men): Sandeep Singh (Government College, Ludhiana)1, 5608 points; Jagroop Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 2, 4913 points; Ramandeep Singh (DAV College, Chandigarh) 4,696 points.

Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University inter-college relay races (women) championship for the year 2003-04 with 30 points. GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, and Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, got the second, third and fourth positions, respectively.

4x100-metre relay (women): GGS College for women, Chandigarh (Veena Yadav, Pawandeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur and Jyoti Bharti) 1, 52.56 sec; GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Harpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Jasmine Kaur and Harpreet Kaur)2, 53.17 sec; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana (Narinderpal Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Inderjit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur) 3, 56.10 sec.

4x400-metre relay: GGS College for Women, Chandigarh (Veena Yadav, Pawandeep Kaur, Nirmala and Jyoti Bharti) 1, 4:09.52 sec; GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Harpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Jasmine Kaur and Kamaljit Kaur) 2, 4:09.74 sec; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana (Narinderpal Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Inderjit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur) 3, 4:25.95 sec.

4x800-metre relay: GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Harpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Spinder Kaur and Kamaljit Kaur) 1, 10:17.63 sec; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana (Rajdeep Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Inderjit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur) 2, 10:40.98 sec; GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya (Lakhvir Kaur, Iqbal Kaur, Sunita Rani and Kamaldeep Kaur) 3, 10:53.09 sec.

Half marathon (women): Jasbir Kaur (SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur) 1, 1:26.09.00 sec; Rajdeep Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 2, 1:28:40.00 sec; Jatinder Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 3, 1:45:29.00 sec.

5 km walk (women): Rajwinder Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 1, 30:16.17 sec; Navpreet Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 2, 32:16.78 sec; Ramandeep Kaur (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 3, 33:14.95 sec.