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Badal exhorts students to prepare for global challenges
Ludhiana, October 17 Presiding over the annual prize distribution function of the Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology at Bhutta village in this district, he said the vocational and technical education could play a significant role in dealing with the gigantic problem of unemployment that the country faced today. He expressed happiness over the progress made by the institution in the past three years and congratulated the management and faculty for their untiring efforts to take the standard of the college to new heights. Mr Tota Singh, MLA, Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, MLA, Mr Bhagwant Singh, civil engineer, and Mr J.S. Hara, a prominent progressive farmer, were also present at the function. Meanwhile, senior students of the Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology (BCET) gave a welcome party to the freshers. A rich and entertaining cultural programme was presented with a gala bash. The students participated in skits, singing, dancing and a number of other items. The entertaining bhangra and giddha drew loud applause. PCTE wins: The PCTE won first prizes in Western vocal song, Western group song, rangoli, clay modeling, classical (percussion), collage, painting, mime, debate, poster making, cartooning. The PCTE won second prizes in light vocal Indian, classical vocal, quiz, elocution and bhangra. Dr Kang, while congratulating the students of the PCTE on their achievement, said this was all due to the hard work put in by the students and faculty, who practised relentlessly. Among the winners were Inderveer Singh (Western vocal solo), Silky Jain (rangoli), Jaspuneet (clay modeling), Harsimran Singh (classical percussion), Amrish Sharma (collage, painting, poster making, cartooning) and Navtej and Moses in debate. Manraj Pattar won the second prize in light vocal Indian, Navtej in elocution, Ashish, Hemant and Abhinav were runners up in quiz while Monika Saini won the second prize in classical vocal.
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Doraha college shine
in PU youth fest
Doraha, October 17 A total of 14 colleges participated in the four-day festival that concluded yesterday. The participants of GNNC won a total of 42 positions comprising 21 first positions, 8 second positions and 13 third positions, in various team and individual events.
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Angioplasty camp at subsidised rate
Ludhiana, October 17 Giving this information here today, Dr G.S. Wander, Director of HDHI, informed that during the six day camp, angioplasty would be performed at a nominal cost. He said due to the high cost of stents, many patients tended to put off the decision to get corrective procedures done. Angioplasty would be highly subsidised at this camp. He observed that if an angiogram confirmed a blockage in an artery, angioplasty and stenting was the standard treatment of choice. "These procedures widen the channel (lumen), where blood flows in an artery. The stent, a flexible tube made of wire mesh, is mounted on to a balloon, in a collapsed form, on to a balloon catheter. The balloon and stent are guided across the lesion and once in place, the balloon is inflated. This pushes the plaque against the artery wall and opens the stent. The balloon is then deflated and removed." Dr Wander further said the stent remained as a permanent support, helping to hold the artery open. The cost of the stent, he added, formed a major share in the total cost of the procedure which was the main factor of the cost of procedure being very high. The angioplasty camp was specially targeted at poor patients.
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DMC doctor attends Asian
meet in Malaysia
Ludhiana, October 17 The theme of the conference was “Clinical Dermatology in Asia-2005 and Beyond.” She also visited the prestigious National Skin Institute in Singapore on October 5. Dr Dogra said latest techniques in dermatosurgery were discussed and deliberated upon during the conference. “Treatment protocol of skin diseases, affecting the Asian skin, were highlighted. It was noted that lots of photo dermatitis and pre-malignant condition cases are increasing inspite of the Asian skin being pigmented and pigment being protective. It was expressed that the condition was perhaps caused because of ozone layer depletion and environmental pollution.” She informed that
non-ablative radio frequency for pre-mature ageing, as well as excimer laser for treatment of vitiligo and psoriasis, were also shown during the conference. Stress was laid on cosmetology where non-surgical face-lift options were demonstrated.
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ESPN-Star to air mixed martial arts game
Ludhiana, October 17 This is the second wrestling product from the ESPN stable — the other one being TNA Wrestling. All matches will be available on Star Sports to be shown as one-hour episode on "Special Archives of Pride FC" every Friday and Saturday at 10.00 pm. According to Mr R.C. Venkateish, Managing Director, ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd, they were in the process of consolidating their wrestling coverage. "Pride FC is our next acquisition after TNA and both wrestling properties are completely different from each other hence adding to the variety on our network. We expect a good reception from our viewers on Pride FC," Mr Venkateish said. While elaborating on the contract, the MD said while TNA was free style wrestling, Pride FC was a mixed martial arts competition. Pride FC allows wrestlers following different martial art forms to compete with each other. For example, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a form of martial arts, practitioner can compete with a kick boxer or a judo specialist. This cross fighting, between martial art forms, makes players fight for their personal pride and for the pride of the martial arts. Pride FC began in 1997 in Japan with one philosophy — the acceptance of any fighting technique from any school. The fighting platform attempts to mimic the realities of an actual fight in the form of a legitimate and honourable sport. The basic idea in Pride FC competition is to eliminate as many restrictions as possible in a mixed martial arts match.
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Vaneet, Anu lift TT
titles
Ludhiana, October 17 In the women's section, Anu of Jalandhar rallied to outplay Shelly Dhawan of Amritsar to lift the title. The men's final between Vaneet and Janak Raj started on fast pace with both paddlers trying to measure each other. The first set went to Vaneet at 11-9. Janak Raj bounced back into the game with 11-8 win in the second set and also wrapped up the third one at 13-11. Vaneet reorganised himself and managed to tackle his rival in the fourth set and went on to win it 11-8. He continued with the same rhythm and clinched the fifth game 11-7 and bagged the title. It was the same story in the women's final as Anu and Shelly gave little room to each other and fought a pitched battle. Anu won the first set at 11-8, but went down in the next at 9-11. Anu again went into lead in the third set with 13-11 win but squandered the advantage in the fourth set losing it 10-12. Anu regained her composure in the deciding game and romped home with 11-9 and bagged the title. In the junior section, Kamaljit Singh of Patiala beat Hitesh Dogra of Jalandhar 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-9 and 11-9 to win the boy's title while in the girl's section, Ankita of Patiala outclassed Mamta of Ropar in straight sets 11-5, 11-9 and 13-11 to lay her hands on the title.
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St. Thomas shooters aim to win gold
Ludhiana, October 17 According to Mr Johnson, in charge of the school team, more than 350 shooters drawn from 18 states competed in this tournament and St. Thomas School's team, comprising Atinder Singh Garcha, Preetinder Singh Bhogal and Avdeep Singh Bhogal, finished ahead of others to lift the gold medal. Atinder secured 363 out of total 400 points, Avdeep garnered 333 while Preetinder earned 349 points to take their team's total 1045 points and laid their hands on the title. Earlier this month, Atinder and Avdeep represented Ludhiana in the 4th Punjab Open Shooting Championship at Mohali and clinched a gold and a bronze medal, respectively, in air pistol event. Ms H. Malkai, Principal, appreciated the shooters and team in charge for bringing fame to the school.
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Cycle body campaign picks up
Ludhiana, October 17 The group members said the existing group had not been able to give voice to industry’s concerns and problems like fluctuating steel prices kept plaguing industrial units. Giving a major twist to the forthcoming elections of the association, Mr Manmohan Singh Marton, who was contending for the post of the president, today stepped down in favour of the existing president, Mr G.L. Pahwa. In a press note, Mr Marton urged his supporters to cast their votes in favour of Mr Pahwa.
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Jagraon Police XI, Sahnewal XI in hockey final
Ludhiana, October 17 In the last match today, JP XI went down to Harpal Club of Kila Raipur 0-2. Both teams accumulated 12 points, however, the JP XI made it to the final. Tejinder Singh and Gurjot Singh struck for the winners to enable their team to secure a berth in the title clash slated for tomorrow. In the final, the JP XI will take on the Harpal Club of Sahnewal who recorded a comfortable 4-1 win against Jarkhar XI. For Sahnewal, the scorers were Charanjit Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Taranjot and Pargat Singh while Mandeep Singh reduced the margin for Jarkhar XI. For the hardline cup, the match will be played between Bahadurgarh XI and the Harpal Club of Kila Raipur. In their last league encounter, Bahadurgarh XI pipped Gill XI of Ghawaddi 2-1.
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