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Spinal centre to start
functioning by mid-April: minister
Mohali, December 23 The minister said the spinal centre spread over 5 acres, was the second institute in northern India after a similar centre in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. The Mohali centre would cater to the needs of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh. She added that of the total amount of Rs 3.50 lakh, Rs 2.22 lakh had already been received from the Government of India for executing the ongoing construction work. There would be a fully equipped operating theatre, an emergency unit and an ICU. The governing body, said Mrs Gurkanwal Kaur, would be reconstituted and the next meeting would be held in March, 2005. Mr Bir Devinder Singh, MLA and member of the general body, observed that doctors specialising in the field, affluent NRIs, industrialists, who could contribute financially, and dedicated citizens, besides the Deputy Commissioner of Ropar, should be members of the new governing body. He laid stress on developing Mohali as a city of international standards. There should be no compromise on the quality of construction of this prestigious institute, said Mr Bir Devinder Singh. Constant monitoring and supervision was required till the centre finally started functioning, he added. Mr R.L. Kalsia, Secretary, and Mr S.R. Laddar, Director, Social Security Department, also attended the meeting among others. |
Sabeeha to attend 7-day training camp
Chandigarh, December 23 The camp is being held under the supervision of world renowned air rifle shooting coach Lazslo Szucask from Hungary. Sabeeha look forward to meet Mr Lazslo after a gap of four years. He was on a contract with the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) at that time. His contract was, however, not renewed after the Sydney Olympics in 2000. It may be recalled that Lazslo had also coached various prominent air rifle shooters, including Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagwat, Suma Shirur and Deepali Deshpande. Later, Lazslo’s services were hired by Japan for four years. This year, after the Athens Olympics, the NRAI again got clearance from the Government of India to enter a fresh contract with Lazslo till Doha Asian Games in 2006. Sabeeha said since Indian shooters had to prepare for the World cup 2005, Asian games and Commonwealth Games, the rejoining of Lazslo would give a thrust to the Indian rifle shooters. Sabeeha will leave for Delhi tomorrow. 3 get black belts An IAS officer of Haryana, Mr V.S. Kundu, a keen sports lover, was among the three persons who were awarded black belt (first degree) in choi kwan do on the basis of a test held today. The test was conducted by 6th dan black belt and world authority in choi kwan do Marshall Pereira at the Sector 10 skating rink. Others who passed the test and were awarded the first degree black belt were Mandeep Kalsi and Shivani Garg. Earlier, more than 100 children took part in the training and about 30 trainers from Nepal gave a demonstration. Carrom tourney The seventh Raj Kumar Babuta Cash Prize Ranking Carrom Tournament will be held from December 29 to 31 at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45. According to Mr Mahesh Sekhri, Secretary of the Chandigarh Carrom Association, both-men and women events will be conducted in the meet. The highest cash prize will be of Rs 1,500. Entries close on December 26.
Tae kwon do meet Seven players will represent Haryana in the 19th National Taekwondo Championship to be held from December 26 to 29 at Bangalore. The players are: Mandeep Gill, Dhruv Kalia, Meenakshi, Harbaj Gill, Harsh Gupta, Tarun Goyal and Ritika Sharma. Harish Kumar, will be coach, while will be the manager Nitin Sharma. The tournament will be held under the banner of Taekwondo Association of India. |
Estate Office told to issue NOC to booth owner
Chandigarh, December 23 Terming the denial of the NOC to Mr Pannu as not “warranted” under the Chandigarh (Sale of Sites and Buildings) Rules, the adalat regretted that the certificate was not issued even one year after the application for it was submitted. It may be mentioned that the case pertains to booth No. 15 in Sector 25 and the applicant is the co-owner with one-fourth share. Mr Pannu had moved an application for the NOC as he wanted to gift his share to his sister, Amarjit Kaur. However, instead of issuing an NOC, the Estate Office issued a letter to the applicant, asking him to end the misuse of the site.It was claimed by the applicant that earlier no objection was made or proceedings initiated against in this regard. The applicant claimed that the site was not misused and he had sent a reply in this regard to the Estate Office. However, in reply, the Estate Office contended that the site was misused for the sale of tyres whereas it had been allotted for carrying on general/semi-industrial activity. It said the sale of tyres falls in the category of automobile spare-parts and this had been put in the new special trade category. There was no provision under the rules for refusing or deferring the NOC of the sites allegedly under misuse.
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Head Constable suspended
Panchkula, December 23 The Head Constable, Brahm Dutt, posted as Munshi at the Mansa Devi Complex police post, has been accused of giving information to a Dhaluwal resident, Naib Singh, about the raid. Naib Singh thus managed to flee when the police raid was conducted yesterday. The police, however, managed to arrest Rampal, a resident of Mullanpur in Ropar, and seized 100 gm of opium from him. Naib Singh, who was pillion riding with the accused, managed to escape but left behind a bag containing 150 gm of opium. |
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