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Alcoholic man tries to burn wife
Kharar, February 19 As per her statement, her husband Manpreet Singh started abusing her when she objected to his habit of spending their entire earnings on alcohol. Her mother-in-law Amarjeet Kaur and brother-in-law Balwinder Singh also joined her husband in abusing her. Infuriated at the shabby treatment being meted out to her, Shapinder Kaur sprinkled kerosene over her body and threatened to set herself on fire. Instead of getting intimidated by her threats, her husband allegedly set her on fire using a matchstick. Shapinder has also alleged that her mother-in-law and brother-in-law held her hands while her husband set her on fire. Hearing her screams, the neighbours rushed to the spot and doused the fire. However, Shapinder received severe burn injuries. She was rushed to a hospital where she was undergoing treatment. Her statement was recorded before Kharar judicial magistrate Harpreet Kaur. A case under Sections 307, 34 of the IPC was registered against the victim’s husband Manpreet Singh, her mother-in-law Amarjeet Kaur and brother-in-law Balwinder Singh. All the accused are absconding. Mohali SSP Ranbir Singh Khatra said the police was on the look out for the accused.
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10 booked for clash
Lalru, February 19 According to the police, the clash took place between two groups of residents of Antala village over the passage to a piece of land in the village. Ved Prakash, one of the injured, alleged that he was accosted by at least 25 persons yesterday who injured him and his family members with sharp-edged weapons. Those who have been booked include Sonu, Krishan, Sibhash, Shayama, Harnam, Bhanu, Dev, Shyam, Raja and Surinder. |
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Section 144 imposed on
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Ambala, February 19 The deputy commissioner said the step was taken as a precautionary measure following the threat of Babbar Khalsa to eliminate the dera chief. On February 2 when dera chief was going back to Sirsa after attending the CBI court at Ambala, his convey was attacked near Karnal in which two of his followers were injured. The accused are still at large. |
Haryana enter finals
Chandigarh, February 19 Chasing a target of 207 in 35 overs, opener Gulab Rubani (19) and skipper Aman (42) added 54 runs for the second wicket. Earlier, Delhi outfit made 206 in the allotted 35 overs. Raju Sharma made a patient innings of 90 and remained not out. Haryana medium pacer Satnam Singh was the pick of the bowlers who captured 3 for 47. In the second semi-finals at Panjab University, Chandigarh, local outfit AG Punjab got the better of AG UP with thumping nine wickets win. Set to score 194 in 40 overs, Punjab team romped home with nine wickets to spare. Punjab’s Navdeep with unbeaten century (100) and Randhir Nain (48) with their unbeaten 110-run stand for the second wicket were instrumental in Punjab’s win. Brief Scores: Delhi Audit: 206 for 9 in 35 overs. (Neelmani 43, Sunil Rawat 31, Raju Sharma 90, Satnam Singh took 3 for 47, Raman bagged 2 for 38). AG Haryana: 210 for 4 in 27.1 overs (Jatinder 63, Suraj Salhotra 64, Ayub 1 for 13). AG Punjab: 194 for 1 in 36 overs (Navdeep 100, Randhir Nain 48).
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Rajwinder declared best athlete
Chandigarh, February 19 Pardeep Chhabra, Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, inaugurated the meet and received salute from N.C.C. cadets of the college and the police band. He also assured the beautification and the upkeep of the surroundings of the college on behalf of the Municipal Corporation. Over 450 students participated in 20 different track and other events. Brig Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, MVC, VSM, presided over the closing ceremony and gave away the prizes to the winners. The results of various events are as follows: Shot put: 1 Prabjot, 2 Bimla, 3 Sandeep. Discuss throw: 1 Anupriya, 2 Rajvinder, 3 Bimla. Javelin throw: 1 Anupriya, 2 Neha, 3 Rupinder. Hammer throw: 1 Jatinder, 2 Supriya, 3 Sapna. Long jump: 1 Gurjit Kaur, 2 Anupriya, 3 Anju. High jump: 1 Anupriya, 2 Anju, 3 Sapna. 200m race: 1 Sandeep, 2 Rajwinder,3 Anju. 400m race: 1 Rajwinder, 2 Gurjit, 3 Rajni. 3 km walk: 1 Rajwinder, 2 Sucheta, 3 Rajni. 800m race: 1 Rajwinder, 2 Gurjit, 3 Lakhvir. 100m race: 1 Anju, 2 Anupriya, 3 Rajwinder.
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PU moots new plans to develop sports
Chandigarh, February 19 The vice-chancellor, Panjab University, brought a proposal forward to build a hockey turf for the purpose of upliftment of hockey among the students of the university. In the pipeline is also a full-fledged shooting range, construction of a walking track and also constructing a cycling track. According to Dr. Kewal Singh, assistant director, Sports, Panjab University, during the Sports Council meeting held recently, the VC has proposed the said project should soon be started to promote sports. The committee has already started working on the estimation of the total project, which would be around a whopping 10 to 12 crores. The committee is yet to decide the means to raise such a huge amount and its usage. “Our first priority would be the hockey turf as hockey is important and it is our national game,” disclosed Dr. Singh.
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31-member team to represent Haryana
Chandigarh, February 19 The squad will consist of: Men: Surender Singh, Sunil Kumar, Kana Ram, Pramod Kumar, Kuldeep Singh, Anil Kumar, Ravinder, Gurpreet Singh, Jaskaran, Sunil Kumar II, Kailash Kumar, Om Narain, Amit Malik, Sandeep, Karan Singh, Rahul, Rampal Singh, Suresh Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Ramnivas, Jora Singh. Women: Neelam, Aplesh, Savita, Neesha Rani, Reenu and Poonam.
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Workshop on clinical pharmacology Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 19 Addressing the ongoing national workshop on clinical pharmacology here today, Mukherjee said a new molecular entity when administered to a man for the first time, the amount of drug in the blood could not be known. This is a significant hurdle in drug development. However, to overcome such large amount of attrition and to prevent failure of candidate molecules in later phases the concept of microdosing studies have been introduced. These studies involve drug administration in micrograms and drug levels are measured by highly sensitive techniques. This also prevents exposure of human volunteers to large doses of drugs whose safety is not yet established, Mukherjee asserted. P. Pandhi, head of the department of pharmacology of the PGI, said clinical trials of the drugs should be properly planned and all information about them should be documented in the protocol. Otherwise the chances of successfully conducting a trial are negligible and the results obtained will not be valid and clinically applicable, she added. Speaking on the investigator-initiated research, Samir Malhotra, associate professor of department of pharmacology, detailed the strategies to be adopted by the investigator for ethical conduct of research. Talking about the rational use of drugs, R.R. Chaudhury, head of WHO programme on rational drug use, said with the availability of large number of safe and efficacious drugs, it was important to choose the right drug for a patient after due consideration of all available evidence. The choice of drug can be based on various factors, including the consideration of economic aspects of drug use. P.L. Sharma, former dean of the PGI, stressed the need for improving enrolment and retention of patients in the clinical trials. Adequate measures should be taken to protect the rights of the patients to get compensation in case of any eventuality due to the participation in the clinical trials, he advocated. Dr A. Pareek, senior vice-president, clinical research, IPCA, Mumbai, called upon the pharmaceutical industry and the academic institutions to join hands to promote clinical research.
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Woman booked for fraud
Chandigarh, February 19 The police said a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy was registered following courts orders on a complaint lodged by Darshan Singh Bhatia of Sector 68, Mohali. Bhatia alleged that Kamlesh, her husband Dalip Chand and their associates had taken Rs 10 lakh from him for an apartment in Nirvana cooperative house building, Sector 49. He deposited the instalments, only to learn it later that the accused had sold the apartment to someone else. Bhatia alleged that he had reported the matter to the police about four months ago, but the police did not take action. Fed up with the attitude of the police, he moved court.
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Despite naka, 2 more snatchings
Chandigarh, February 19 Chanderkanta of Sector 32 reported to the police that two persons riding a motorcycle snatched her gold chain from the same sector at 12.43 pm. Just a few minutes later, Manjit Kaur of Sector 46 alleged that unidentified motorcyclists snatched her chain from Sector 46. The UT SSP, S.S. Srivastva, visited the houses of the victims after the incidents. In another incident, Anju of Sector 21-D reported to the police that two scooterists had snatched her purse containing Rs 1,000 and some documents from near Neelam Cinema in Sector 17 on February 15.
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Flute maestro captivates
Chandigarh, February 19 This was stated by the leading flute maestro, Pandit Ronu Majumdar, a foremost scion of Maihar gharana. In the city on the invitation of SpicMacay, the maestro held an interactive session with students and art lovers at the Government College, Sector 46, here today. The Mumbai-based flautist maintained that the classical or art music was the result of a long process of collection and assimilation of folk music. He delineated the melody of raga bhairavi weaved through recital of ‘Heer’, the slumbering love legend of Punjab. Primarily a singer, theatre actor and orator, he attributes his drifting to music as a will of God. Flute, he disclosed, is a pastoral folk instrument before Pandit Panna Lal Ghosh brought it into the classical mainstream though still few chose to play most melodious “bansuri”, immortalised by Lord Krishna. Having been nominated for Grammy Awards in 1996, the globe-trotting artist had over 45 classic albums and few art films to his credit. With his international releases like “In Search of Life”, “Ethereal Rhythms”, “Mysticism on Wind” and the boisterous “Fascinoma” with Ry Cooder and John Hassels, Majumdar is not averse to innovations and fusion projects until it does not loose the Indian melodic character and leads to a total confusion. He reiterated any form of music had its aura and exhaled its own nature, but with progressive ventures of experimentation new dimension of music would emerge. A disciple of Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao, he recalls memorable performances with Lata, Jagjit Singh, Vishav Mohan Bhatt and the Pandit Ravi Shanker. But, he still feels that the best is yet to come, may be from a good film project. Principal of the college K.S. Saluja and Dr S. Lavasa of SpicMacay honoured the artist while sitar maestro Harvinder Sharma conducted the programme.
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Delightful rendition of Himachali songs, dances
Chandigarh, February 19 The programme commenced with 'deepak nritya', an invocatory dance lauding Lord Shiva, which was presented by six dancers. Four more dancers joined them and presented a dance drama titled ‘Thoda Nritya’, which depicted some episodes from Mahabharta. Another folk dance ‘Lambra’, based on local folk tales of Himachal was presented. This was followed by the Sirmuari naati, brass plate dance, ras leela and duet songs in ‘shingar ras’. The popular ‘Paduan’ giddha had the fervour of Punjabi giddha except for the pure Himachali folk lyricism effectively rendered by Pravesh, Poonam and Kamlesh. The programme concluded with the 500-year old ‘Sinhtu Nritya’. Other dancers who performed included Chet Ram, JP Saxena, Manohar, Saroj, Renu, Seema, V. Thakur, Sham Singh, B.L. Sharma and others.
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