Ludhiana, November 8
More than 400 inmates were medically examined for eye and dental diseases by a team of doctors from Christian Medical College and Hospital in a free medical camp organised in Central Jail here yesterday.

The doctors rendered follow-up advice, gave tips on dental hygiene and health awareness to the inmates and free medicines were also distributed among those in need during the camp.

Prominent among others present at the occasion were the SSP, Khanna, and Mr Kuldip Singh, Superintendent of Central Jail.

Meanwhile, Dr J. Bindra, Head, Department of Dentistry at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, delivered a lecture on dental health to B.Sc. (Nursing) students.

In her absorbing lecture, Dr Bindra touched the finer points of various topics like aesthetic dentistry, implantology and restorative rehabilitation. In addition, she shared her own professional experience with the students through case histories. During an interactive session, which followed, Dr Bindra discussed the queries and points raised by the students. Later, pamphlets on dental awareness and oral hygiene were distributed among the students.

Samrala, November 8
In memory of the late Bir Balinder Singh, a former sarpanch and a member of the District Planning Board and a renowned social worker of Samrala, a special medical camp was organised by his son, Excise Inspector Bhoopjeet Singh Ropalon, in association with the gram panchayat and Naujan Sabha of Ropalon 
village, near here,
today.

The camp was inaugurated by the SSP of Gurdaspur, Mr Paramraj Singh Umranangal. Heart specialists G.S Wander, G.S. Brar along with a team of specialist doctors of Dayanand Medical College, examined more than 500 patients for heart ailments, cancer, sugar and other diseases.

Krishna Breast Cancer Care Charitable Trust, Ludhiana, distributed free medicines to needy patients. Free langar was also organised.

Ludhiana, November 8
Dr R.P.Singh and Dr Chetan Sharma, two local cardiologists, attended the 18th Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Scientific Symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation,Washington, DC (USA).

Dr Singh and Dr Sharma said here that the TCT was the world’s premier gathering where latest trends, research findings and techniques in the management of heart diseases with non-surgical means were disseminated to practising physicians from around the world.

Ludhiana, November 8
Ludhiana athletes continued their dominance in the 52nd Punjab State Schools Athletics Meet being held at Guru Nanak Stadium here today. Athletes from Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur too won some medals to mark their presence felt.

Priya Semphley, a student of Class VIIIth of the Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Kithclu Nagar branch, proved her worth in the shotput for girls (under 14-year category).

She, with a throw of 8.60 m, finished well ahead of others. The second position holder, Gaganjeet of Sangrur, followed her with a throw of 8.45 m. Virpal Kaur of Ferozepur (8.42 m) secured the third position.

In the long jump (boys u-19), Pavandeep Singh of Ludhiana clinched the gold medal while another athlete from Ludhiana, Simarjit Kaur won top honours in high jump.

Results: girls u-19: 5000 m: Navjovan Kaur of Hoshiarpur 1st, Bhawanjeet Kaur of Ludhiana 2nd and Kirnajeet Kaur of Jalandhar 3rd; boys u-19: 5000 m: Amandeep Singh of Kapurthala first, Chamkaur Singh of Hoshiarpur 2nd and Parminder Singh of Jaldndhar 3rd.

Boys u-19: javelin throw:Jatinder Singh of Jalandhar 1st, Gurmeet Singh of Gurdaspur 2nd and Bhupinder Singh of Jalandhar 3rd; boys u-17 : 1500 m: Dilpreet Singh of Gurdaspur 1st, Gurtej Singh of Bathinda 2nd and Navdeep Singh of Amritsar 3rd; girls u-17: 1500 m: Bhupinder Kaur of Fatehgarh Sahib 1st, Kamalpreet of Gurdaspur 2nd and Harpreet Kaur of Tarn Taran 3rd.

Boys u-17: long jump: Lakhwinder Singh of Sangrur 1st, Jagwinder Singh of Ludhiana 2nd and Agya Pal Singh Jalandhar 3rd; boys u-14: shotput- Gursukhpal Singh of Amritsar 1st, Tarlochan Singh of Ludhiana 2nd and Amritpal Singh of Gurdaspur 3rd; girls u-14: shot put: Priya Semphley of Ludhiana 1st, Gagadeep Kaur of Sangrur 2nd and Virpal kaur of Ferozepur 3rd.

Ludhiana, November 8
Students of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School here hogged the limelight in the 19th North Zone Athletics Meet organised by Vidya Bharti at Geeta Senior Secondary School, Kurukshetra, from November 4 to 7.

According to Mr Baljit Singh Gill, 21 athletes from the school competed in the meet and won 39 medals, including 15 gold medals.

Amandeep Singh brought laurels to the city by winning the best athlete (boys U-19) award. He clinched gold medals in three events — 200 m, 400 m and 800 m.

The names of other athletes who won medals were: boys U-19: Vishwas Sodhi (bronze medal in 100 m); Bharat (silver medal in high jump); Hitesh (bronze medal in 1500m); 5 km crosscountry race: Narinder Soni, Harpreet, Kawaljot and Hitesh (silver medal); and 4x100 m relay: Amandeep, Jasbir, Vishwas and Arun (silver medal).

Girls (U-19): Saloni (silver medal in javelin throw); Divya (silver medal in 5,000m and bronze medal in 1,500m); boys (U-17): Tarun Sood (silver medals in 100m and 200m); Raghav (gold medal and bronze medal in 400 m); Rohit Sharma (gold medal in 1,500 m and silver medal in 3,000 m).

Girls (U-17): Shivani (silver medals in 100m and shot put); boys (U-14): Pankaj Sharma (gold medal in 600 m); Sahil Thakur (gold medal in discus throw); girls (U-14): Priya (gold medal in discus throw and silver medal in shot put); and boys (U-11): Deepanshu (gold medal in 400 m).

Ludhiana, November 8
Holders, Mumbai zone beat the Chennai zone by 61 runs to retain the title in the 6th All India-United-India Insurance Company Limited Cricket Tournament which concluded at Punjab Agricultural University ground here yesterday.

Mumbai zone won the toss and opted to bat first. In the stipulated 25 overs, they scored 146 runs for the loss of six wickets. Their innings revolved around A B Murgod who remained unbeaten on 58 runs. For the Chennai zone, and Syed Iqbal captured two wicktets for 20 runs while Krishnan grabbed two wickets for 16 runs while Jai Kumar scalped one victim.

The target set by the Mumbai zone proved to be an uphill task as they could muster only 85 runs after 22.4 overs. For the winners, Udhay Desh Pandey and V Bharti took three wickets each while Vikas Bhatkar bagged one wicket. Sachin Jagtar was named the man of the match for his fine bowling performance ( 2 for 14). M Pandian and R Radha Krishnan were declared the best bowler and the best batsman, respectively. Mr Sudersan, General Manager, United India Insuracne Company Limited gave away prizes to the winners.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 8
Taking cognisance of reports about the distribution of dead and injured poultry birds at roadside dhabas and restaurants, the civil administration has directed the health authorities to take preventive measure and ensure that no such bird was cooked for human consumption. About 2,000 birds destined for Jammu and Kashmir were either killed or injured where the truck carrying them overturned near the railway crossing here last night.

The in-charge of the Civil Hospital brought the matter to the notice of the district health authorities.

Mr Mukesh Sharma, Executive Magistrate, said the truck overturned while managing a curve. As the driver and other persons accompanying the vehicle left the carriage unattended, a large number of children, mostly urchins, broke open boxes and carried injured and dead birds to their homes and later sold them at throwaway prices to dabha owners.

“As the consumption of injured and dead birds was sure to spread decease, we have directed the SMO to ensure that no such bird was cooked for human consumption at dhabas and restaurants in the area,” said Mr Sharma.

Dr Narinder Gupta, SMO, said he had brought the matter into the notice of the Civil Surgeon, Sangrur.