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Allow vertical nurses’ institutes: Fortis chief
55 donate blood at camp
Health camp draws hundreds
New Commandant of Command Hospital
CFA team drub Goa lads 5-0 in football
City becomes regional centre of tennis
DAV win 37 medals in table soccer championship
Ludhiana Khalsa college women are judo champions
City girls beat Chhattisgarh team in carrom tourney
Inayat wins tennis title
DAV school win hockey final
5-yr term of panchayat bodies’ chief to stay
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Allow vertical nurses’ institutes: Fortis chief
Chandigarh, September 1 Making this observation, Mr Harpal Singh, Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Ltd, told The Tribune that at present India has a shortage of over 7.5 lakh trained nurses and this figure is expected to rise to around 14 lakh by 2010. “In the USA alone, there is a shortage of 0.4 million nurses. India, too, will fall into the same trap if we do not step up facilities of teaching and training of nurses,” he said. However, Mr Harpal Singh, whose company also manages a nursing institute at Mohali, asserted that the opportunity would be lost if the union as well as the State governments, do not make the necessary changes in the guidelines for the establishment of nursing institutes. “How can the government still order that each nursing institute be situated on at least two acres of land? This is the age of vertical development. Where is the land in the cities and townships? I believe that if a nursing institute has the required infrastructure and is able to take good care of the students, the two-acre stipulation should be done away with,” he said. He also disclosed that he has already conveyed his suggestion to the Punjab Government, adding that in case, the guidelines are not revised, most of the institutes would be forced to shut shop. “The rule regarding two acres was framed decades ago, when land prices were a pittance as compared to today. At today’s land rates, it is not just possible for a nursing college to be financially viable if it has to invest in two acres of land,” he added. Mr Harpal Singh also favoured the introduction of self-certification for the institutes to ensure better infrastructure. “If the institute is certifying itself, it will be aware of the consequences of making false claims,” he added. He also favoured stricter norms to check fly-by-night operators from running nursing institutes. He disclosed that Fortis was toying with the idea of making its nursing courses free of cost for good students. “We are exploring the possibility of helping the good students get loans from banks and underwriting the loans. All that we expect the student to do is that he/she works with us for three to five years after completing the course. We hope to attract more good students by doing so,” he added. |
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55 donate blood at camp
Chandigarh, September 1 Inaugurating the camp, Mr Kesho Ram, Pramukh, Nirankari Mission, said, “Blood donation is a very noble cause and the Blood Bank Society is very different from other blood centres. Unlike other Blood Banks, it does not ask for replacement donors and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Mr Kesho Ram, who himself has been donating blood for the past 25 years, further added that every human being must donate blood to save lives. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Kanta Sarup Krishen, honorary general secretary, Blood Bank Society, said: “The trust organises blood donation camp every year in memory of Shruti, the late daughter of Mr Yogesh Sood who died in an accident many years ago, and Dr Ambrish Sood. |
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Health camp draws hundreds
Chandigarh, September 1 A sizeable number of people thronged the camp to avail themselves of the medical facilities provided in the camp. The Director, Health Services, Mrs Inderjit Kaur Walia, and the Project Director of the State AIDS Control Society, Mrs Sonia Trikha Khullar, were present at the
inauguration. As many as 21 awareness-cum-medical camps will be organized under the campaign all over the city up to September 15 for creating awareness about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections so as to prevent the further spread of these diseases. About 450 persons attended the camp to make themselves aware about the Reproductive Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections
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New Commandant of Command Hospital
Chandigarh, September 1 General Rao takes over from Major-Gen S.K. Kaul, who has been posted as the DDMS at Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir. He will be responsible for the functioning of medical services in the entire Western Command theatre. The post of DDMS, Western Command, had been lying vacant for the past few months after the earlier incumbent, Major-Gen M P Jaiprakash was posted out on being promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. |
CFA team drub Goa lads 5-0 in football
Chandigarh, September 1 The CFA lads made a dominating move all of a sudden and in the 33rd minute, star striker Rinku moved up and took a powerful kick, which entered the goal from the left edge touching cross bar. In the very next minute star medio Randeep initiated a fine move and sent a through pass to the right winger Manoj, who dribbled past the left wing back of Goa and sent a good arial cross where Manoj scored a brilliant goal from header in the 34th minute. With this, the CFA lads were leading 2-0. After the halftime break, in the 51st minute of the play, Aakib sent a good cross from the right flank where Rakesh made no mistake in sending the ball into the goal post. In the 55th minute of the play, Goan defenders suffered another jolt when Jaspal scored the fourth goal for his team. It was again Jaspal who scored the fifth goal with solo efforts in the 57th minute of the play. With this the CFA thrashed the Goa Football Association by a margin of 5-0. In the match between the SAI, Kolkata and St Stephens Academy played at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, the SAI team beat the Stephens team by 2-1. Surjit Sarkar of the SAI scored the first goal in the 25th minute of the play. The equaliser came in 36th minute through Sahil Behl of Stephens. The SAI registered their win with the goal of Mithun Shree in the 69th minute. In the second match at the same venue, the Mehar Chand Football Academy of Kurali drubbed the Nawanshahar Football Club by a comfortable margin of 3-1. In the last match of the day, the DDA Academy got the better of the Coaching Centre, Ambala, by 2-0. Tushar Chaudhary netted both goals for his team. |
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City becomes regional centre of tennis
Chandigarh, September 1 Impressed by the high-quality infrastructure and keen interest in the game among boys and girls in the city, he emphasised that the city, which has got affiliation with the Asian Tennis Federation, has been chosen as one of the regional centres from North where special educational level II training programmes for trainers would be in the offering. It would cater to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and J & K. Similar types of regional centre in south would be opened in Hyderabad and Kolkata would cater to Eastern region. The basic requirement of these centres would be availability of two certified coaches of level 1 and one certified coach of level 2 besides minimum of six tennis courts’, he told. Mr Khanna was confident that this programme would enable them to popularise and develop the game. Mr Rajan Kashyap, Chairman, CLTA, felt that by reaching out to a large number of children in schools, a strong base would be built from which champions would emerge in the country in due course. Various subcentres have been opened by the CLTA in different schools of the region for the purpose. He also said that frequent tennis matches between the teams of juniors from Chandigarh and Delhi have been planned. Such competition would sharpen the competitive ability of players at both centres, they felt. The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association is going to conduct open junior monthly tennis tournaments for players in various age groups for boys and girls. The tournament in the age groups of under-10 and 12 years will be held at the CLTA Tennis Stadium on September 2. Similar tournament for the boys and girls in the age groups of under-14 and 16 years shall be held from September 9.
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DAV win 37 medals in table soccer championship
Mohali, September 1 School players won nine gold, 18 silver and 10 bronze medals in the championship, and the players had much more potential to achieve more. School coach Balwinder said trials for participation in the forthcoming tournaments in table soccer and table tennis would be conducted soon. The winners are: Gold: Pragya, Vasu, Sanmeet, Sheenam, Suchita, Gurpreet Singh, Akashdeep, Harpreet and Lavjot. Silver: Kartik, Aman, Suchita, Jagpal, Ashavpal, Surabhi, Preeti, Jaspreet, Karan Oberoi, Jamica, Megha, Chamanpreet, Lofty and Sumit. Bronze: Palak, Karan Bajaj, Abhijeet, Gurleen, Gagan, Gurkamaldeep, Venkatesh and Amninder.
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Ludhiana Khalsa college women are judo champions
Chandigarh, September 1 MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, and GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, bagged the second and third positions, respectively, with 19.5 points and 14.5 points, while Government College, Hoshiarpur, had to content with the fourth position with 8 points only. The results: 44kg: Monica Deep (Government College, Hoshiarpur) 1; Minakshi (G. N. Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana) 2; Sukhmani Chahal (MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh) and Dimple (GGS College for Women, Chandigarh) 3. 48 kg: Rajwant Kaur (GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana) 1; Sapna (Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh) 2; Poonam (DAV College, Chandigarh) and Shilpi Katoch (MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh) 3. 52 kg: Komal Saini (DAV College, Chandigarh) 1; Aekta Gill ( MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh) 2; Sumita Soni ( GN Kh. College for Women, Ludhiana,) and Poonam Sharma (DAV College, Chandigarh) 3. 57 kg: Kiran Negi ( MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh) 1; Gurvinder Kaur( GN Kh. College for Women, Ludhiana) 2; Ranjeet Kaur (MTS Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana) and Poonam Sharma (DAV College, Chandigarh) 3. 63 kg: Suman (GN Kh. College for Women, Ludhiana) 1; Simranjit Kaur (Govt. College, Hoshiarpur ) 2; Yakshi ( GCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh) and Ninder Kaur 3.
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City girls beat Chhattisgarh team in carrom tourney
Chandigarh, September 1 In today’s first singles Bhanu of Chandigarh defeated Dimple of Chhattisgarh by 25-0, 25-0 and in the second singles Farheen beat Akansh Nayak by 25-0, 25-0. The other results of the first day are as follows: Boys Team Championship: Tamil Nadu beat Jammu and Kashmir 3-0, G.D. Ashok Kumar b Faizay 25-0, 25-0; D Dillibabu b Nand Lal Singh 25-0 25-0; K. Suresh and D Sriram b Naveed and Mohan 25-0, 25-0. Maharashtra beat Punjab 3-0 V. Ambavale b K.S. Singh 25-0, 24-5; R Chavan b S.D. Singh 25-7, 25-0; D Sadvilkar and D. Nishad b Bableen and H. Singh 25-2, 25-6. UP beat Haryana 3-0 Mohammad. Adil b Arpit 25-5, 25-7; Umar Tanveer b Ankit Jayadia 25-1, 25-0; Hareesh and Vinay b Parikshat and Prince 25-0, 25-0. Bengal beat Pondicherry 3-0 S Mondal b Dinesh Kumar 25-5, 25-0; A Kangsabanik b S Karthikeyan 25-0, 25-0; Gautam and S Das b Sriniwa and Logesh Raj 25-0, 25-0. Vidharbha beat Uttaranchal 3-0 Sumit Raut b Amosh Singh 25-0, 25-3; D. Bhainsare b K. Khan 20-2, 25-1; S.Jambulkar and P. Jambulkar b A Singh and S Pal 25-7, 25-0. Bihar beat Madhya Pardesh 3-0 U. Nandan b N. Chanderia 11-25, 25-12, 25-2; Junaid b S. Rampuria 25-0, 25-0; Vikash and Dharmendra b Bhupendra and A. Ramana 25-6, 25-0. Manipur beat Chandigarh 2-1. |
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Inayat wins tennis title
Chandigarh, September 1 Kinshk Sharma, another local player also reached the finals of both singles and the doubles. He beat Anshuman 7-6, 6-0. The finals of the boys will be held tomorrow. |
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DAV school win hockey final
Chandigarh, September 1 The goals were scored by Varinder Pal, Jagroop and Mukul Bhargava of DAV. |
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5-yr term of panchayat bodies’ chief to stay
Chandigarh, September 1 The decision would be made public after receiving the nod of the UT Administrator, sources in the administration said. The decision would clear the issue of reservation for the post of Chairman of the Zila Parishad. The functioning of the newly elected Zila Parishad had been affected due to delay on part of the Chandigarh Administration in deciding on the issue. The sources said earlier various options like rotating the post on the pattern of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation had not been approved. It would have meant that if the first term was reserved for women, the next term had to go to the general category and the third to Scheduled Caste candidate. The issue had been referred to the Legal Remembrance (LR) for legal opinion. While going through the files of the case, the officials found that no notification regarding the schedule of the status of the post of the Chairman of the two Panchayati Raj institutions had been issued in the past. Now the notification would have to be issued for the
Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad, which will define the status of the five-year term of the Chairman in the future. The files have to be cleared before the decision was announced within the next 10 days, said a senior officer in the administration. |
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