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Fauja Singh to participate in mini-marathon
Jalandhar, February 17
Baba Fauja Singh, 94, who has made several world records in marathon, will participate in the CT Half Marathon here on February 25.

World’s oldest and fastest marathoner Fauja Singh addresses mediapersons in Jalandhar on Saturday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra

IMA conference
Jalandhar, February 17
New trends in the management of common diseases like diabetes, hypertension, AIDS and kidney problems will be discussed during the annual conference of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Punjab unit, here tomorrow.

Pulse polio drive today
Phagwara, February 17
As many as 30,000 children in the age group of 0-5 will be administered polio drops in the pulse polio campaign in the town on Sunday.

Body found
Jalandhar, February 17
Sensation prevailed in the Kapurthala chowk area of the city today when a body was found lying abandoned on the road.

• Infosys shortlists 97 students

Fauja Singh to participate in mini-marathon
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 17
Baba Fauja Singh, 94, who has made several world records in marathon, will participate in the CT Half Marathon here on February 25. His name was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records in the category of the world’s oldest and fastest 90 plus marathoner.

The half marathon is being organised by the CT Group of Institutions for charity.

The marathon will cover a distance of 22 km, starting from the CT Institutions at Shahpur to CT Institutions at Maqsudan.

“In fact, Baba Fauja Singh, a brand ambassador of Adidas, and other people who cannot run so long but want to contribute to the charity will participate in a celebrity fun race being organised at Burlton Park on this occasion,” said Mr Charanjit Singh Channi, chairman, CT Education Society.

Fauja Singh does not run for himself, but for the welfare of others. He ran in New York for the protection of the Sikh identity as the community had become a target of hate crime after 9/11 attacks.

“It is the old who is helping the young,” says the legendary Baba, who also runs for the British Heart Foundation and the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has been using him as a symbol of vegetarianism.

In 2004, he was called upon to run with the Olympic Torch procession through streets of London. He also plans to run the London marathon once again in 2009.

IMA conference

Jalandhar, February 17
New trends in the management of common diseases like diabetes, hypertension, AIDS and kidney problems will be discussed during the annual conference of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Punjab unit, here tomorrow.

It is for the first time that the IMA is organising it national conference in Jalandhar, said Dr G.S. Gill, president of the IMA, Punjab. The theme of the conference is “Legal implication on medical practice.”

A number of speakers, including Mr Suresh Arora, IG; Dr Ravinder Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University; Dr Manmohan Singh, chairman, Punjab Medical Council; and Dr M.A. Abbas, national president (E), IMA, will address the gathering. — TNS

Pulse polio drive today
Tribune Reporters

Phagwara, February 17
As many as 30,000 children in the age group of 0-5 will be administered polio drops in the pulse polio campaign in the town on Sunday.

Dr Adarsh Sood, Phagwara SMO, said 52 immunisation booths, including two transit camps, would be set up and one mobile van would also be pressed into service to vaccinate the children.

Nearly 200 vaccinators would be deployed.

Pulse polio teams would conduct a door-to-door survey on Monday to vaccinate the left-out children.

NAWANSHAHR: As many as 517 polio immunisation booths, comprising 455 in rural and 62 in urban areas, have been set up to administer drops to nearly 70,000 children in the age group of 0-5 in the district on Sunday.

Body found

Jalandhar, February 17
Sensation prevailed in the Kapurthala chowk area of the city today when a body was found lying abandoned on the road.

A passerby informed the police that a body was lying abandoned on the road side. During investigation, the body was identified of Sandip Kaur, a resident of the Adarsh Nagar area.

It seemed that the victim was hit by a vehicle late last night. The body was sent to the Civil Hospital for postmortem. — PTI

Infosys shortlists 97 students

Jalandhar, February 17
Infosys shotlisted 97 students of Lovely Institutes for appointment during a campus placement drive here today. Nearly 1,280 students from across the state took part in the programme. — TNS