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MLA flays Badal govt over power shortage
Patiala, January 6 Mohindra said during his tour of about 50 villages in the Samana Assembly segment, he found that crops had been damaged because the tube wells were not getting enough power. He said the vegetable crops were particularly hit by water shortage since these crops required frequent watering especially around this time of the season in view of foggy and cold weather conditions. The crops of tomato, sweet pea and potato had been adversely hit, he added. Mohindra said the agriculture sector was getting power for about four hours and that too at night. He said this was causing problems for tomato growers as the tomato crop had to be watered during daytime. Any over watering of the crop at night could lead to damage to the tomato crop. He said tomato crop had been damaged up to 80 per cent to 90 per cent while potato had suffered damage of 50 to 60 per cent and in the case of sweet pea, the damage had been in the range of 60 to 70
per cent. He said while the people were groaning under severe power cuts, the government had been in deep slumber and had failed to react to the situation. This had led to widespread anguish and resentment among the people who would resort to agitation in case the government did not react. |
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Vacant posts will be filled soon: VC
Patiala, January 6 Dr Singh said his only priority was to catapult the university to the highest pinnacles of glory. "I say it on oath and in no uncertain terms that nobody will be biased for or against in getting his or her due. I will be firm, flexible and forthright in my dealings with the issues concerning the overall growth and development of the university.” He also urged the association to take to e-governance to make the administrative work efficient. He said he would be democratic and not autocratic in his style, minimally use his emergency powers and ensure that merit was not ignored and rules were not violated. Earlier, addressing the faculty, Dr Jaspal Singh stressed on the need to start new short-term and add-on job-oriented courses to ensure quick placements of students. |
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APRO ‘attacked’ by cop, approaches SSP for justice
Bassi Pathana, January 6 In a written complaint submitted to the SSP, Fatehgarh Sahib, he has alleged that he was returning home from office along with an office peon in his car. When he stopped his car to drop the peon at Bassi Pathana bus stand, two unidentified persons, riding a motorcycle without a number plate, started misbehaving with him and thrashed him. When he started his car, they followed and again stopped him near his house and broke the window panes of his vehicle and threatened to eliminate him. He alleged that he immediately reported the matter at the Bassi Pathana police station. Meanwhile, when he inquired from the shopkeepers, he came to know that one of them was Harpal Singh, a police constable posted at Patiala. He again brought the matter to the notice of the police but till today, no action had been taken against him. He urged the SSP to book the culprits. When contaced, Bassi Pathana SHO said Jai Kishan was attacked by some unidentified persons and the police was fully co-operating with him. In fact, he said all Harpal Singhs of the area, serving in the police, were paraded before Jai Kishan but the latter could not identify anyone from among them. However, Jai Krishan said the real Harpal Singh was not produced before him.
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Connect records through common network: Commissioner
Our Correspondent
Ambala, January 6 This was stated by Ashok Mehta, commissioner, State Public Information Commission recently. He said all citizens had the right to information and it was obligatory for the public authorities to maintain all its records duly catalogued, indexed in a computerised manner and connected through a common network all over the country so that they could be easily accessed. Mehta informed that a person who desired to obtain any information under this Act should make a request in writing to the concern information officer with prescribed fees. Regarding disposal of the request, Mehta said on the receipt of the request, it might be decided within a period of 30 days, or the request might be rejected with due reasons. Mehta said exemption from disclosure of information would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India.
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IELTS training for nursing students
Patiala, January 6 Dr A.S. Sekhon, principal of the college, told The Tribune here today that the college had introduced the course for the benefit of the nursing graduate students and the BSc nursing students with a view to train them in English even as they continued with their nursing course. This, he said, would enable the students to go abroad on the completion of their nursing training. The institute was also offering training for the examination to be conducted by the Board of America for nursing graduates. Dr Sekhon said these courses were optional and any of the nursing students could get training in IELTS or Board of America examination courses. The hospital had engaged separate staff to impart training to the nursing students.
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Dynamos to take on Hi-Fliers today
Chandigarh, January 6 So far both the drag flick specialists have played a pivotal role in the success of their respective teams. With eight goals to his credit, Sandeep not only remains the highest scorer of the tournament so far but also has been instrumental in taking his team to the gold medal round. In their seven outings, Dynamos netted 15 goals and conceded nine goals. On the other hand, Aiyappa too, had been all attention with his accurate drag flicks while taking penalty corners. He sounded the board six times in seven matches, including the semi finals against Orissa Steelers. Total goals the Hi-Fliers has scored so far are 18 and conceded 14. Despite reaching the final, lack of coordination among members of their star-studded forward line consisting Deepak Thakur, Inderjit Chaddha and Prabhjot Singh, is a matter of concern for the home team. The international trio could not score even once in the regulation period in the semi-final against Hyderabad Sultans. Earlier too, in the league games against Maratha Warriors and Sultans the Dynamos could not even win a single penalty corner. Talking to The Tribune, Dynamos’ skipper Rajpal Singh admitted that something was missing in his teams’ offence line. “Yesterday, we turned the tables on Hyderabad Sultans in the dying minutes of the game. It was just like a wake up call for us. Repeated attacks on the Sultans’ goal in the second Silver period provided evidence that our forwards have found the touch”, said Rajpal maintaining that Sandeep would continue to be a key factor in the team’s strategy. Hi-Fliers skipper Tushar Khandekar feels that these are goals which are important at this level of the competition. How they come, doesn’t matter. “Ours is a strong side and we are determined to win the championship again”. Both the teams have faced each other in the league in which Fliers drubbed the Dynamos 3-2. In the 2006 best of three finals, Hi-Fliers had emerged champions, beating Dynamos 2-1. Tomorrow, the first final of best of three will be played under floodlights at 6 pm.
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Chandigarh give AP 21-1 thrashing
Chandigarh, January 6 In another match played at grounds of GMSSS-37, Punjab beat Chhattisgarh by seven goals without conceding single goal 7-0. Bhupinder
Singh of Punjab converted penalty corner in the 5th minute of the game and opened the account, Deepak scored two field goals in 21st and 47th minute, Manjinder Singh increased the margin by converting penalty corner in the 27th
minute. Kawar Deep scored two field goals in 40th and 50th minutes, where as 7th goal was scored by Manjinder singh in 58th minute through PC. Punjab team got five PCs and they were successful in converting three while Chhattisgarh team got 2 PCs but could not convert any. The match between Delhi and MP ended in a draw, both teams scored 1-1 goal.
Other results: Boys (u-17): Haryana b IPSC by 4-1; Karnataka b Tripura 5-0, UP b Kerela 9-0, Maharashtra b Rajasthan 6-3; Tamil Nadu b Tripura 5-0, Karnataka beat IPSC 3-1, Orissa b Kerela 12-1, UP b Maharashtra by 6-1, MP b Uttrakhand 5-2, Delhi b Chhattisgarh 6-0. Girls (u-17): Punjab beat Karnataka 3-1; Chandigarh b Tamil Nadu 11-0, Haryana b Rajasthan 15-0; Maharashtra and Kerela match ended in draw 0-0; MP b Chhattisgarh 5-0, Uttaranchal b AP 3-1. U-17: UP b Delhi 7-2, HP b Orissa 3-2; Haryana and MP match ended in a draw 2-2. Softball: Girls U-14: Punjab b UP 11-0, Delhi b Haryana 10-0, Maharashtra b AP 6-2, Maharashtra b MP 2-0. Boys U-17: Delhi b Rajasthan 10-5, MP b Chhattisgarh 4-3, and Punjab b Haryana 12-0. Boys U-19: Chandigarh b J & K 17-0, Delhi b Rajasthan 8-0, Punjab b Vidya Bharti 16-0, Gujarat b UP 11-0, Kerela b Chhattisgarh 6-0, MP b Rajasthan 10-6, Punjab b Rajasthan 10-0, match between AP and Maharashtra ended in a draw 7-7. |
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Ric Charlesworth to benefit Indian hockey: Jagbir
Chandigarh, January 6 Talking to The Tribune at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, Jagbir said Indian hockey is at the bottom. “Just see the relegation. Earlier, we used to eye gold in Olympics but now qualifying for Olympics is a big challenge for us”, said Jagbir, who represented the country in the 1998 and 1992 Olympics. “Roping in Ric as a technical consultant by the Indian Hockey Federation will bring good results as he has a vast knowledge of the game. The players as well officials should take benefit of his experience as well as knowledge”, said Jagbir, who has earned a good name as a prominent hockey commentator. Jagbir, who was also awarded with Arjuna Award in 1991, termed it as a positive choice for the game as the entire hockey fraternity had started accepting that there was need of drastic changes, if we want to compete with the top nations. “We were at the top but we did not adopt the new changes with the times and that was the main reason of our downfall. It’s not that our talent pool is sinking, actually we are not utilising it in a proper way. Winning the Asia Cup is a big boost for us. Now I am sure, we will gain our prior position very soon”, said Jagbir, who coached the Olympic team in 2004. To promote hockey among corporate houses, there is a need to fill the calendar with more international ties, summed up Jagbir. |
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Speaking Out
— Vitthal Bhardwaj — Aayush Raj Soni — Gaurav Malhotra — Parth Lal
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Students told to attend closing ceremony Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 6 However, Classes VIII, X, XII as well as primary section will run according to the normal timetable. The Chandigarh education department is hosting the National School Games in the disciplines of hockey and softball in both boys and girls’ groups. The closing ceremony will be held on January 10 at Sports Complex, Sector 42. The DPI said, “Our endeavour is to make the closing ceremony a memorable occasion. The schoolchildren will be present at the stadium from 10 am to 12.30 pm. This will enthuse a sense of participation among other children also. A colourful variety programme, which includes dances of various states, will be an added attraction on the closing day. Setia added that adequate arrangements to ferry the schoolchildren would be taken care of by the respective school authorities.
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Players taken around on cycles
Chandigarh, January 6 Twenty five bicycles were given complimentary by NGO-YUVSATTA for the purpose of sight-seeing for these players and will remain with the visitors till January 10, the final day of their stay in the city. Guided by volunteers of Department of Education, the students went to see Sector 17, Rose Garden, Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake. Plans are also underway to take these students to countryside villages and Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary too. Addressing the participants, Setia said bicycles are the best mode of transport to discover nook and corners of any city, moreover people, especially in the West, are now more health conscious and more conscious of protecting their environment than flaunting their wealth by running big and fast cars. Meanwhile, around 250 National School Games participants, gathered at Shivalik View, Sector 17, here, today to attend a tourism promotional function organised by the administration. Later they visited different tourist spots on a double decker bus and two more buses. |
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Irina, Saaniya to play in DLF Golf Tour
Chandigarh, January 6 Sponsored by DLF India and held under the aegis of the Women's Golf Association of India, the tournament will see the participation of well-known professionals like
India's current leader in the order of merit Simi Mehra, Shalini Malik, Nonita Lal Qureshi. Soon after the
event Simi Mehra and Irina Brar will leave for South Africa to play in the World Cup at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City for a prize purse of $ 12 lakh. Although, the
AEPTA is a short course, it will provide tough golfing conditions on account of the numerous trees at strategic positions and will require excellent course management.
Play on the first two days will commence with the first group teeing-off at 8 am. The final day round on Friday will tee off at 11:30 am and will be followed by the prize distribution ceremony in the evening. |
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DAV-8 register win
Chandigarh, January 6 Manpreet Singh (7) was the highest scorer for the winners while Abhishek and Ramesh scored five and four goals, respectively. For losers, Summet netted the maximum five goals being followed by Tarsem (4) and Jagdish (3). In Women category, Coaching Centre, Sector 42, drubbed Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, 18-15. Other results: Trimurti Sports Club b Coaching Center-21, 16-13; CCDAV-8 b Handball Coaching Centre, Sector 23, 46-27; Coaching Centre-42 b Government Model High School, Sector 26, 36-6. Women section: Community Center-42 b Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, 18-15; Coaching Centre, Sector 23, b Athletics Club, 11-6.
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Education department honours players
Chandigarh, January 6 Union Minister of State for Finance, Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was the chief guest on the occasion, gave away prizes to the winners. S.K. Setia DPI Schools while welcoming the chief guest said because of the untried and timely efforts of the Bansal, players were able to participate in the above said games. Deepika Negi and Seema of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, in weight category of 23 kg and 40 kg respectively were honoured. Both won silver medal in judo u-14 at Mizoram.
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Spice win by 7 wickets
Chandigarh, January 6 Birla won the toss and elected to bat first, but could score only 95 runs and were all-out in 21.4 overs. In response to the target, Spice achieved the target in 10.2 overs and won by 7 wickets. Brief Scores: Birla Sunlife: 95 all out in 21.4 overs, Bhisham (14), Sachin and Himanshu of Spice took 2 wickets each. |
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ITF attracts players from around the planet
Chandigarh, January 6 Talking about the importance of the qualifiers, Sergi said, “Qualifiers are a real test. A player is keen and plays at his level best during the qualifier round, which is the best platform to learn for a young player.” The 17-year-old player, playing the first qualifier for his career, is practicing hard and is aiming to win the ITF trophy. “This is a good opportunity for me to prove my talent. Playing well in the ITF will not only help me learn new techniques and experience but will also give me recognition.” Talking about the ITF tennis tournament, Sergi said, “Tournaments like ITF is certainly an extra advantage for young players. Such tournament gives a lot of exposure and boasts the confidence level of a player. While playing with the players of other countries, it gives a chance to learn their techniques, and also give an opening to adopt their skills. These open tournaments, certainly gives a change to work hard on our weak points, added
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98,448 children get polio drops
Chandigarh, January 6 According to official sources, 454 stationary and 93 mobile booths, manned by 2,100 personnel drawn from departments of health, education, social welfare and the police, were set up at various locations. Director health and family welfare Manjit Singh Bains, district family welfare officer Kavita Talwar, district immunisation officer G. Diwan and other health department officers visited immunisation booths in different parts of the city to supervise the campaign. Independent monitors deputed by the World Health Organisation also inspected the booths. Pulse polio teams will now conduct house-to-house survey on January 7 and 8 to immunise the leftover children below five years in pursuance of its goal to make city polio-free. Officials urged all residents to cooperate with the pulse polio teams during their house-to-house survey. They also thanked various NGOs, social, religious leaders and staff of the Chandigarh administration and other institutions for their participation in today’s campaign. Meanwhile, around 3,000 children under five years of age were given polio drops under the pulse polio campaign at eight booths set up in Bapu Dham Colony today. The booths were manned by staff of the police hospital, Sector 26. The police said the booths were inaugurated by Dr Sujata Sharma, medical officer and in-charge of the hospital area, supervisor Dr Anil Garg and DSP Jaswant Singh Khaira. Public was asked to revisit on February 10, the next date of the campaign. |
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Children get drops of life
Panchkula/Mohali, January 6 In addition to it, 38 transit teams and 10 mobile teams were also deputed, informed district immunisation officer Dr V.K. Satija. There was a target of immunising 79,950 children between 0 and 5 years and over 81 per cent of children have already been given drops today while the remaining would be administered the medicine within the next two days during a door-to-door survey, said Satija. Rotarians from Panchkula, along with students and teachers of their vocational classes, also participated in the drive. Pardeep Aggarwal of Rotary, Panchkula, informed that 2,010 children were immunised in the five booths organised by Rotarians till 4 pm. Meanwhile, as many as 9,870 children were administered polio drops in Mohali, today. There were a total 68 polio booths, five mobile teams, five transit camps established for the purpose. Sixteen supervisors were deputed to monitor the 292 vaccinators that included health department staff, students of nursing colleges and BSF jawans. Tilak R. Sarangal, secretary, health-cum-mission director, National Rural Health Mission, inaugurated the campaign by administering polio drops to children at the local Phase VI, civil hospital. Border Security Force (BSF) set up immunisation centers at over half-a-dozen places in Chandigarh and neighbouring areas of Punjab. Dr Anupam Upadhyay BSF medical officer, said the vaccine was administered to about 2,000 children between 0-5 years by at booths in Sectors 43, 34, Verka chowk, Mohali railway station, bus stand, slum dwellers locality in Sohana village, Phase I barrier, in association with the district health authorities.
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‘Technology has revolutionised spine surgeries’
Chandigarh, January 6 In fact, state-of-the-art imaging modalities, including MRI, CT scan, endoscopes, lasers and high-tech cameras, which can pinpoint the nature and location of pathology, have made MAST possible, experts at a recent workshop on micro-endoscopic discectomy organised here opined. Dr Mohinder Kaushal, arthroscopist, claimed that the spinal endoscopic surgery provided a conduit to numerous benefits of MAST, especially to the persons with slip discs, which was crippling problem affecting lakhs of people in India. Traditionally, these discs were removed by open procedures with more tissue removal and disruption requiring more healing time. However, the spine surgeons are now able to remove herniated intervertebral discs (dislocated discs) in the lumbar spine in a minimally invasive fashion using micro-endoscopic techniques. “The number of spinal surgeries that take place in India are much less as compared to the USA where the healthcare cost is covered by health insurance,” he added. |
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I am not hurt that India lost the second match against Australia in Sydney. But what hurts the most is that our team is becoming a victim of partial umpiring. Definitely, we could have won the second Test today if they (the umpires) took fair decisions in the match. The umpires should be sacked immediately.
Time has come that Steve Buckner should be shown the doors. Such harsh and wrong decisions are not only disheartening the players but also has let down the Indian spectators. I got up at 4 am daily to see the match but now I am disappointed like every Indian. Kumble should have walked out of the match following repeated wrong decisions.
I am virtually fed up with bad umpiring in Australia. It was a shame for Steve Buckner, when Symonds himself admitted that he was out but not given. I can’t understand why don’t they (the umpires) take help of the third umpire while taking crucial decisions. This is not a mistake but foolishness on the part of umpires.
This 9-year-old feels that Team India should come back from Australia in protest and resolve never to play in Australia again till this match is re-played. “The umpires were clearly biased. Buckner is a ‘suckner’. The Indian team should have self-respect and show unity. Why are the Indians taking so much insult from them?”