PMC meets today after 30 years
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, February 26
A meeting of the Punjab Medical Council (PMC), which has been lying defunct for the past 30 years, would be held at South End, Chandigarh tomorrow. The seven members of the council, including three elected and three nominated members and the president of the council, are expected to bring several amendments in the Act under which it was registered earlier.

The PMC was formed under the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916, by the British Government. The decision to revive the only medical council of the state was taken by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in May 2003.

Interestingly, the Medical Registration Act of 1916 says that the two meetings of the PMC would be held in Shimla (during summers) and Lahore (in winters) in the months of May and November, respectively. As per the Act, the daily allowance of the members of council, including everything, would be Rs 3. The Act also says that no decision taken by the members of the PMC could be challenged in the Civil Court.

At its meeting tomorrow, the members of the newly constituted Punjab Medical Council would be formally introduced with their president.

Sources said the Act under which the PMC was registered needed some immediate amendments. The agenda of the meeting includes the maintenance of the Medical Register of Registered Medical Practitioners in the state, the launch of the website of the Punjab Medical Council (www.punjabmedicalcouncil.com), restoration of names of various medical practitioners in the medical register, renovation of the office of the PMC, the issuance of identity cards to the members of council and RMPs, the election of the council’s vice-president and the constitution of the executive committee.

The three elected members of the newly constituted PMC are Dr Gursharan Singh, President, IMA Ludhiana, Dr Neeti Rajan and Dr A.S.Bhatia from Amritsar. The nominated members are Dr Balraj Gupta and Dr Yash Sharma from Jalandhar and Dr R.P.S.Virk from Phagwara. Dr Manmohan Singh from Patiala is the president of the medical council.

GNIMT sports fest ends
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, February 26
The winter sports festival at the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, Model Town, concluded here yesterday. During the two-week-long festival, competition in cricket (men), kho-kho (women) and athletics (men and women) were organised.

In cricket, which was introduced this year, postgraduate students emerged winners, whereas in kho-kho girls from undergraduate classes came out triumphant.

In the track and field events, Navneet Khurana of BBA-VI was adjudged best athlete in the women’s section, while in the men’s section, Sukhjinder Singh Sandhu of BBA-II was declared best athlete.

Results: (women): 100m: Navneet Khurana-1, Amandeep Kaur-2, Ravinder Kaur-3; 200m: Navneet Khurana-1, Amandeep Kaur-2, Ravinder Kaur-3; 400m: Navneet Khurana-1, Harpreet Kaur-2; long jump: Navneet Kaur-1, Ravinder Kaur-2, Amandeep Kaur-3; shot put: Baldeep Kaur-1, Simrat-2; javelin throw: Simrat-1, Ravinder Kaur-2, Harpreet Kaur-3; and discus throw: Baldeep Kaur-1, Ravinder Kaur-2 and Simrat Kaur-3.

Men: 100m: Hardeep Singh-1, Gursimrat-2, Lavreet Singh-3; 200m: Hardeep Singh-1, Gursimrat Singh-2, Suneet Singh-3; 400m: Sukhjinder Singh Sandhu-1, Gunveen Singh-2; 800m: Sukhjinder Singh-1, Gunveen Singh-2; 1500m: Sukhjinder Singh Sandhu-1, Gunveen Singh-2; long jump: Gursimrat Singh-1, Sukhjinder Singh Sandhu-2, Gunveen Singh-3; high jump: Ramandeep Singh-1, Amandeep Singh-2, Jaskirat Singh-3; shot put: Sumeet Singh-1, Hardeep Singh-2, Jaskirat Singh-3; discus throw: Amandeep Singh-1, Yogesh Talwar-2, Ramandeep Singh-3; javelin throw: Jaskirat Singh-1, Amandeep Singh-2, Yogesh Talwar-3, 100m hurdles: Gunveen Singh-1, Summet Singh-2.