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College gobbled MP fund, says report
Ambala, February 15 Ambala deputy commissioner Mohammad Shayin informed that a grant of Rs 12 lakh was given to MPN College during the year 2006-07 for purchase of 20 computer books for library and equipment for gymnasium. In the enquiry report submitted to him, it was stated that only 12 computers costing about Rs 3 lakh were purchased and neither any books for the library nor equipment for gymnasium were purchased; only cheques were delivered to the firms. Physical education lecturer of the college Mohinder Pal Singh, in his statement, said he had no knowledge of the grant worth Rs 12 lakh and confirmed that no equipment was purchased for the gymnasium of the college. He said proper utilisation of the grant was the responsibility of the drawing and disbursing officer for which principal of the college Ashima Joshi was held responsible. He informed that the management of the college was also not discharging its duties properly. |
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Demolitions on at Pinjore
Panchkula, February 15 The employees of the enforcement wing, equipped with two JCBs and supported by heavy police force, first reached Dharampur Colony situated adjoining to municipal committee area where three houses and one shop were demolished. Around 100 foundations and boundary walls were also demolished. At Ramsar five newly-constructed houses and two under-construction buildings were demolished. |
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Agriculture going through difficult phase : Expert
Patiala, February 15 Citing statistics, he said according to the Punjab Farmers’ Commission, about two lakh farmers had left farming in Punjab where the number of marginal and small farmers was decreasing. Suicides by farmers were being reported frequently. A major reason for failure of farming was increasing input cost and decreasing yield, thanks to mono-farming system and increasing inputs of chemical fertilisers which had put farmers under debt. Kheti Virasat Punjab, an NGO working in Nabha, has established a successful model of organic farming in Punjab where these problems have been successfully addressed and solved. “This is further evident from the fact that Punjab’s largest group of organic farmers is practicing organic farming in Nabha. Kheti Virasat has successfully proved the myth wrong that organic farming is not a paying venture. Our group of farmers is not in loss even after their first year of organic farming. In order to successfully propagate organic movement in Punjab, we need to address its problems,” he added. To address this problem and bring organic farmers in Punjab at one platform, Kheti Virasat, in association with The Nabha Foundation, organised a two-day state-level meet on organic farming in Punjab. Organic farming schools are being established in various cities and towns of Punjab and model organic farms will be developed and established.
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Guru Ravi Dass’ posters destroyed
Ambala, February 15 Former MP of BJP and senior leader of Haryana BJP Rattan Lal Kataria said here today that devotees of Guru Ravi Dass had put up posters of Guru Ravi Dass along the national highway. The gold idol of Ravi Dass, kept in a gold plaque, was being taken in a procession from Jalandhar to Kanshi. He said the NHA officials destroyed the posters, which hurt the religious sentiments of the community. He said the Haryana BJP would welcome Guru Ravi Dass’ idol on Haryana-Punjab border tomorrow. Referring to the price hike of petrol and diesel he said it would affect the common man. He said if the union government did not withdrew the hike, the state BJP would launch a state-wide agitation against it. He alleged that the Congress always overlooked the interest of the common man and encouraged the capitalists. He said the BJP would show its strength during the Jind rally in which senior party leaders Lal Krishan Advani, Rajnath Singh, Narender Modi and Sushma Swaraj would participate. He said the Haryana unit of the party had decided to contest the forthcoming parliamentary and Assembly election all alone. He ruled out any political alliance with INLD or Haryana Janhit Congress. Senior leaders of the party Ajay Jain, Punit Sarpal, Raj Singh, Banto Kataria and Sheeshpal Bhola were also present.
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PU Sports Meet
Chandigarh, February 15 Besides track and field events, competitions in five-a-side soccer, blind shooting, table soccer, one-minute basketball game and five-a-side ball badminton were conducted. The response from boys and girls was overwhelming. Results: Athletics: Non-sports category: 100m women: 1 Namita, 2 Supreet Kaur, 3 Rimmi Negi; Sports category: 1 Amandeep Kaur, 2 Amanjot Kaur, 3 Surbhi; 400m: 1 Amanjot Kaur, 2 Sonia Verma, 3 Manish. Non-sports: 1 Richa, 2 Shaveet, 3 Vijay Luxmi 800m (open): 1 Tanvi, 2 Supreet, 3 Kanwal 800m (reserved): 1 Amanjot (Bio Tech), 2 Praveen (Phy Ed), 3 Jasbir Kaur (Math). Long jump (non-sports): 1 Namita, 2 Satakshi, 3 Divya; high jump (reserved): 1 Amonjot Kaur, Pinky, 3 Shikha Rana; shot put (non-sports): 1 Sandeep Kaur, 2 Namita, 3 Aastha; sports: 1 Sakshi Sharma, 2 Parveen, 3 Sabina. Men 100m (reserved): 1 Bhupinder Singh, 2 Sandeep Sandhu, 3 Deepak Hooda; open: 1 Sahil Singla, 2 Pradeep Kumar, 3 Ankit; 200m (non-sports): 1 Sahil Singla, 2 Jonathan, 2 Ankit. 400m (non-sports): 1 Sureseh Jaglon, 2 Ikampreet Singh, 3 Anand; reserved: 1 Bhupinder Nain, 2 Sandeep Sandhu, 3 Kuldeep; 800m open: 1 Suresh Joglan, 2 Sandeep Thakur, 3 Jasbir Singh; 800m (reserved): 1 Bhupinder Singh, 2 Sandeep Kumar, 3 Pankaj Kumar. Shot put (open): 1 Dilpreet, 2 Rahul, 3 Sashwal; (reserved): 1 Harinder Singh, 2 Sandeep Sandhu, 3 Arvind Kumar; long jump (non-sports): 1 Abhishek, 2 Jashveer Rana, 3 Vivek; (sports): 1 Bhupinder Nain, 2 RK Nondrin, 3 Sandeep Sandhu. 1500m (non-sports): 1 Suresh Jalan, 2 Anand, 3 Abhishek; 1500m (sports): 1 Deepak Handa, 2 Sunil Kumar, 3 Sandeep Kumar. High jump (sports): 1 Sandeep Sandhu, 2 Sandeep Kumar, 3 Naveen; discus (non-sports): 1 Dilpreet, 2 Rahul, 3 Raverinder; ball badminton: 1 Law Evening College (Hardeep Singh, Deepinder, Om, Anuj, Surinder), 2 University Institute of Engineering and Technology (Ajay, Sandeep Singh, Prithpal Singh, Harmeet, Vikram), 3 DECT (Suprabhat Kumar, Rahul Shrawat, Rahul, Anikit Jain, Nitin Kumar). |
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Amandeep 35th in European Tour event
Chandigarh, February 15 Amandeep was among eight Chandigarh golfers, including Jeev Milkha Singh, who rubbed shoulders with world number four Ernie Els and a strong cast from the European Tour. Amandeep returned his best card in the second round, a one-under par 71 with four birdies. His worst was four over par 76 on the third day. Randhir Singh Ghotra, caddie turned professional from the city, pocketed a sum of 10,773 Euros for his tied 38th position. His best round came on the third day when he carded a two under par 70, sinking three birdies and losing a stroke on the sixth hole. Harmeet Kahlon who had a poor season on the Asian Tour last season played a two-under par first round card of 70 to finish tied 64th after the fourth round for prize money of 3599 Euros. Harmeet’s worst card was on the third day when he double-bogeyed twice for a first nine blunder of 10-over par 46 and the day's card of 83. Chandigarh’s hot favourite, Jeev Milkha Singh, failed to make the cut carding bad five-over par cards in the first and second rounds. Other Chandigarh golfers who failed to make the cut were Uttam Singh Mundy, Ranjit Singh, A.S. Lehal and Harendra P. Gupta. Twenty-year-old Gaganjeet Bhullar from Kapurthala, who had a good season on the Asian Tour last season, missed the cut by two strokes. But it was a great day for India with caddie turned professional S.S.P. Chowrasia from Kolkata lifting the trophy playing the best nine-under par 279. |
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PSEB lift title
Patiala, February 15 In the final played at the Polo grounds here today, PSEB rode on a fine brace by medio Gurpreet Singh to etch out an enthralling 2-1 win against Mehar SinghFootball Academy, Kuali. PSEB, who were once a dominant force in the domestic circuit, started strongly with Gurpreet Singh making some fluent solo runs down the middle. The star midfielder drew first blood for PSEB when he headed home. The academy boys soon equalised but soon ran out of steam as Gurpreet scored his second goal to settle the issue 2-1 in favour of his team. |
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Athletics Meet
Chandigarh, February 15 Many athletics events, including races, high jump, long jump, shot put, discuss throw and javelin throw were held. Besides, sports events, a fancy dress competition was also held. Chief guest Dr G.S. Brar, chairperson, department of physical education, Panjab University, distributed the prizes. Results: Races (50m): 1 Nancy, 2 Seema, 3 Jaspreet Kaur; 100m: 1 Sukhdev, 2 Pushpinder, 3 Jaspreet; 200m: 1 Pushpinder, 2 Sukhdev Singh, 3 Jaspreet Singh; 400m: 1 Jaspreet, 2 Sukhdev Singh, 3 Sohan Lal; 800m: 1 Pushpinder, 2 Jaspreet, 3 Sohan Lal; 1500m: 1 Jaspreet, 2 Sucha Singh, 3 Aakar Chauhan; 3000m: 1 Jaspreet, 2 Amrit Pal, 3 Amarjeet. Shot put (boys): 1 Pushipinder, 2 Sukhdev, 3 Ranjit; discuss throw: 1 Pushipinder, 2 Ranjit, 3 Sandeep; javelin throw: 1Ranjit, 2 Sukhdev, 3 Jampa Tenzin. Shot put (girls): 1 Monika, 2 Gurjeet, 3 Ritika; discuss throw: 1 Komal, 2 Harpreet, 3 Gurjeet. Javelin throw: 1 Rajani, 2 Ranjit, 3 Harpreet; high jump: 1 Sukhdev Singh, 2 Pushipinder, 3 Sohan Lal, long jump: 1 Sukhdev Singh, 2 Pushipinder, 3 Aakaar Chauhan.
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FCI Cricket
Mohali, February 15 Put in to bat first, North Zone put on 200 for 9 wickets in stipulated 40 overs with the help of fine half century from Dharmendra Phagna, who chipped in 71 runs. Kavaljeet Singh and skipper Ashok Malhotra had their contribution of by scoring 31 runs each. For Headquarters, bowler Sanjay Pandey returned with the impressive figure of 4 wickets for 48 runs in 8 overs. In reply, North Zone bowlers led by mercurial Ashish Winston Zaidi bundled out FCI Headquarters on 118 in 34.3 over, winning the tie by a huge margin of 82 runs. Zaidi took 3 for 27 in 8 overs, taking his tally of wickets to 13 in 3 matches for which he was awarded Man of the Tournament Award. Praminder also scalped 3 wickets for 18 runs in 6 overs. For Headquarters only Ajay Arora (22) and captain Rajinder Bisht (16) could put up some resistance. |
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Mandeep dominates track
Ludhiana, February 15 She clinched top honours in 50m sprint, 2,00m, 400m and 800m races to stamp her authority. Earlier, chief parliamentary secretary Bikramjit Singh Khalsa inaugurated the two-day meet. Khalsa said sports were an essential ingredient for channeling the energy of the youth to face challenges ahead of them. |
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Karamsar Govt College emerge champion
Chandigarh, February 15 In earlier match, Government College, Karamsar, got the better of Satyam College of Education, Ghal Kalan, by 3-1 games. The score was 20-25, 25-12, 26-24, 25-16.
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Indian Air Force beat RAF
Mohali, February 15 Batting first, IAF notched up 245 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 45 overs. Displaying good batting skills, PMS Reddy hit 73 runs in 99 balls. The other notable contributor was D Israni, who scored 49 runs off 36. For the RAF, P Turner took 3 wickets for 44 runs while N Goapher claimed 2 wickets, conceding 44 runs. Chasing the target, RAF team could score only 124 runs for the loss of nine wickets. M Sinclair made 18 not out being followed by G Lumb (17). For the IAF, Asif Khan, A Sakhuja and S Chatterjee took two wickets each for 7, 22 and 25 runs, respectively. PMS Reddy of the IAF was declared the man of the match. The RAF cricket team is currently touring India to play a series of cricket matches with IAF cricket team.
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DC for more playgrounds
Ambala, February 15 Shayin said sportsman should play the games with the spirit of sportsmanship. He said Haryana government had fixed 3 per cent sports quota for sportspersons in government jobs. He asked all block development and panchayat officers of Ambala district to make provision of a playground in all the villages. |
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Chandigarh Hockey Academy enter semis
Chandigarh, February 15 The team beat Punjab by 2- 1 to secure their semifinal berth. The team will face Andhra Pradesh in the semifinals on February 17. |
Injectable vaccines to come as dermal applicants soon
Mohali, February 15 Prof Surolia was talking to The Tribune after delivering the foundation day lecture at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), here today. “The technology for these vaccines is ready to be picked up by the industry to be manufactured. Other than this we have developed vaccines which boost the effect of a large number of vaccines already available like the ones for Tuberculosis and Influenza.,” he said. Prof Surolia added that the institute was working on the developing vaccines for some of the most debilitating diseases including cancer. “We are right now conducting clinical trials of a vaccine against the Rotavirus and also developing chemotherapeutic agents against HIV,” he said. Delivering the foundation day lecture on “Potential of Fatty Acid Synthesis Pathway for Anti-Malarials,” Prof. Surolia said Malaria is distributed around the world with 500 million clinical cases per year. He said 1-3 million deaths per year are due to Malaria and this endemic to spread to more than 100 countries. Dr. Surolia further said children and pregnant women most affected due to this disease. He emphasized the need of strengthening the anti-malarials. Earlier, director of the Institute Prof. P. Rama Rao presented the welcome address and took the distinguished gathering comprising scientists, faculty and students on a trip down the memory lane by presenting a slide show which include the progress report of the year 2007-08 and vibrant photographs showing the growth of the Institute and highlighted the collaborations with industries and achievements. Prof. S.V. Kessar, FNA, Professor, Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh presided over the function. In his presidential remarks, he stressed upon the multi-disciplinary approach to carry out pharmaceutical research. The prizes were distributed for various quiz competition organised during the foundation day celebrations involving students, staff and faculty of NIPER to mark the occasion. Those who won prizes on the occasion were Dr. Ipsita Roy, Surinder Yadev, E. Danraj, Dr. Saurabh Kulshreshtha, Subhabrata Kar, Shantanu V. Lale, Darshana Pangal. A book entitled “Herbal wealth of North-East India- A pictorial and herbaria guide” and Video based on the educational documentary entitled “Herbal Wealth of North-East; A boon for Mankind” was released by Prof. A. Surolia during the occasion. The video depicts the dependence on herbal products and its practices in all the 8 states of the North East region of the country in their daily life and the book contains the useful survey and information from the database and also the photographic and herbaria specimen records of medicinal plants collected from their natural habitat with information about their indigenous practices of medicines. The function ended with a vote of thanks by Prof. K.K. Bhutani, Dean of NIPER-S. |
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Genetic diseases on the rise, says expert
Chandigarh, February 15 Addressing an international conference on medical and community genetics being hosted by the department of haematology, PGI, he said states where the infant mortality rates had fallen were witnessing an increase in cases with genetic problems. Prof Bittles, adjunct professor of community genetics and comparative genomics, Australia, highlighted the fact that despite accumulation of a large body of genetic information in diseases like cystic fibrosis, the treatment was still palliative. Dr M. Kabra from AIIMS spoke on the ethical challenges associated with genetic research. She reiterated the role of labs involved in genetic testing, emphasising the need for licenses and strict adherence to national norms on ethical tests. Dr Phadke from Lucknow said there was need for patient counsellors who realised that the people they were counseling might not be able to comprehend the nature of the disease. Dr N.K. Mehra from AIIMS spoke on the role of genetics with respect to bone marrow transplants in related and unrelated individuals. Research in renal transplant related genetics has shown that some genes may predispose and others have a protective role in kidney transplantation. Dr Rama Mittal presented some new data from India
on cytokine genes and transplantation. |
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Anti-retroviral centre to come up at GMCH
Chandigarh, February 15 The city already has one ART centre that was started in 2005 at the department of internal medicine, PGI. Seeing the large number of patients at the ART
centre, need for the new ART centre was felt. As the GMCH provides best hospital services and is also
a teaching institute, which fulfils the criteria of manpower and infrastructure, it was chosen as an ideal place for setting up the centre. The new ART centre will help in decreasing the workload
of the existing anti-retroviral treatment ART centre at the PGI. |
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Biz Word
Chandigarh
Celebrated: The 35th foundation day of the Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation (PUNSUP) was celebrated here on Friday. Akhand Path and Langar was organised and mementos were given away to the employees. Walkout: Class-I officers of the LIC held a two-hour walkout to press for their long-pending demands on Friday. The LIC Class-I Officers Association declared that if their demands were not met with, they would go on a full-day strike on February 28. —
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Zirakpur to house a Radisson
Chandigarh, February 15 It is learnt that Carlson Hotels Worldwide has signed an agreement with E.C.C. Infrastructure to open the Radisson hotel. Martin Rinck, president and managing director, Carlson Hotels Worldwide - Asia Pacific, said, "We have been targeting prominent economic and commercial centres of the country to ensure consistent expansion of our portfolio in India. Zirakpur is poised to become a popular business destination with the government announcing its intention to set up an international airport at Mohali, which is virtually part of Chandigarh," he said. Zirakpur is also conveniently located on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway, just 3.5 km from the Chandigarh airport. Rinck noted that the property's strategic location will serve the growing meeting and business segment of the market. Hardeep Singh, managing director of E.C.C. Infrastructure, said, "Zirakpur and Chandigarh are witnessing a growing number of business travellers. They will instantly recognise the Radisson brand and expect world-class service and hospitality here." This will be a 125-room hotel, with a fully equipped business centre, 24-hour wireless Internet access and a banquet hall measuring 280 square metres with high-tech conferencing facilities and the latest audio-visual equipment along with business support services. There will also be a health club, spa and swimming pool, in addition to a bar, lounge and all-day dining.
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