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PRTC set to launch 125 AC buses
Patiala, February 22 However, now PRTC has finalised a scheme to operate 125 air conditioned buses on various routes earmarked by it. Out of these, 100 will be ordinary AC buses and the rest will be ‘integral’ buses which will provide comfort to travel-weary passengers on long routes. But despite these plans the PRTC may find itself in a spot of bother since no officials are willing to disclose who will finance these buses and from where the requisite budget would come. Sources disclosed that once the scheme comes into operation, the bus fares will be finalised. However, according to conservative estimates being put out by senior PRTC officials the fare of ordinary AC buses will be 25% more than the fare of ordinary buses. The fares of integral AC buses will be 70 % more than the original buses being run by the Corporation at present. According to official estimates, the cost of an integral AC bus is around Rs 27 lakh while for the ordinary one it is Rs 17 lakh. Sources also disclosed that the PRTC had recently called for tenders for making 125 buses air conditioned but the response received was lukewarm. For the 100 ordinary buses only 51 tenders were received while for the integral AC buses just 11 tenders have been received, making officials jittery about the entire plan. PRTC Managing Director Manvesh Singh Sidhu said the tender process would be recalled if the Corporation felt that their was a dearth of response from private players. In an attempt to make this plan of PRTC financially viable, the Punjab government has already reduced the quantum of various taxes to be imposed on these AC buses. PRTC MD yesterday said since the scheme of running these AC buses was financially attractive, it had been decided that PRTC itself would operate 50 of these buses on its own. He added that the corporation had drawn up a tentative plan to start the services from April onwards. |
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Weapon licence renewal at sub-division level
Bassi Pathana, February 22 Earlier, the arms licences were renewed at district headquarter by the executive magistrate after verification. Hence, licence holders from far-flung area of the district had to carry weapons to the district headquarter for renewal. But with this order, residents can heave a sigh of relief. The Citizen Welfare Council has also welcomed the decision. |
Chess Championship
Chandigarh, February 22 Sanjeev Biswas, Abhinanadan Vohra, Naveen Bansal, Swapan Kumar, Ashwani Nirankari, Sanjeev Jain, Hemant Mohta and Barinderpal Singh are the other players, who accumulated two points. A total of 38 players, including many FIDE-rated players like Himal Gusain (2071), Sanjeev Biswas (2034), Abhinandan Vohra (2029) and Naveen Bansal (2006), have been participating in the three-day
championship. Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by A.P. Saksena, president of the Chandigarh Chess
Association. The points position at the end of the second round is as follows: 2 Points : Himal Gusain, Sanjeev Biswas, Abhinanadan Vohra, Naveen Bansal, Swapan Kumar, Ashwani Nirankari, Sanjeev Jain, Hemant Mohta, and Barinderpal Singh. 1.5 Points: Manish Sehgal and K. Ananda Kumar. 1 Point: Ajay Singh Jaswal, Harinderpal Singh, Vipan Negi, Tejas Nagpal, Sachleen Singh, Arunima Goyal, Anubhav Tuknayat, Rimmy, Mukesh Kumar, Tarini Goyal, Madan Lal, Hari Lal Sharma, Dinesh Saksena, Gagandeep Joshi, Tarundeep, Varun Garg, Rahul Arora. 0 Point: Akash Bhardwaj, Simranjeet Kaur, Dinesh Phalswal, Jasmeet, Jayat, Kuber, Mahak, Prakhar, Rajni, Ravinder Kumar. |
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Mokham sprints to victory
Chandigarh, February 22 In 800 m race (sports category), Mandeep Kumar clinched first position while Narinder and Sumit Kumar finished second and third positions, respectively. The meet will conclude tomorrow. Other results: 800 m (Non sports): 1 Harinder Singh, 2 Balwinder Singh, 3 Sunil Sharma. 400 m (Sports): 1 Mokham, 2 Jaskaran, 3 Mohit Malik. 200 m (Non sports): 1 Kulwant Singh, 2 Prashanjeet, 3 Rajneesh. Shot put: 1 Ajneet Singh, 2 Shinder Pal, 3 Mokham. Long jump: 1 Jaskaran Singh, 2 Mokham Singh, 3 Nikhil Sharma. |
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Dev Samaj beat Dashmesh 2-0
Chandigarh, February 22 For the winner, Tany beat Amanpreet 21-11, 21-6 in the singles event while in the doubles, the duo of Tany and Manjula got the better of Amanpreet and Meenakshi 21-6, 21-15. In another match, GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana), registered a 2-0 victory over BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar (Hoshiarpur). The team comprising Swati and Renu clinched victory in the doubles as the duo beat Gagndeep and Harpreet 21-14, 21-14 while in singles, Swati outclassed Harpreet 21-8, 15-21, 21-16. |
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Junior National Hockey Championship
Chandigarh, February 22 The team lost in the final to the Steel Authority of India, which won the match through golden goal. Earlier, the local team beat Madhya Bharat (18-1), Karnataka (2-1) and SAI (4-1) in the league matches. In the quarterfinal match, Chandigarh lads got the better of Punjab 2-1 whereas the team moved into the final beating Andhra Pradesh 4-1 in the semi-final match. As many as 40 teams from across the country participated in the tournament. |
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Football coaching camp begins
Chandigarh, February 22 Chandigarh has been placed in preliminary cluster II along with Orissa and
Mizoram. The championship will be held at Haldia in Kolkata from February 23 to March 16. Chandigarh will play Orissa in the opening match on February 29 and their next match will be against Mizoram on March 2. |
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Chandigarh b W. Bengal
Chandigarh, February 22 Other results: Madhya Pradesh b Assam (1-0), Punjab b Delhi (14 points) and Orissa b Himachal Pradesh (4-0). |
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Mini marathon
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PGI, Smile Train to cure kids with cleft lip
Chandigarh, February 22 “In fact, under a unique first-of-its-kind initiative with the help of the Smile Train, PGI has performed 165 free surgeries since April 2007, bringing happiness to children and their families, who were traumatised with the birth of cleft children,” Dr Ramesh Sharma, head of the department of plastic surgery at the PGI and project head of the Smile Train in Chandigarh, said here today. Though the cure for clefts in the form of reconstructive surgery is easily available, it is estimated that over 10,00,000 people in India are living with un-repaired clefts. The main reason for this is lack of awareness and poverty, as a single operation costs over Rs 6,000. And there is a strong co-relation between the cleft lip, hereditary factors and malnutrition since a majority of the children suffering from the disease were from underprivileged sections of society, said Dr Sharma. A cleft of the lip or palate is one of the most common birth defects affecting the human race as one out of every 900 children is born with it worldwide. With an estimated 35,000 cleft births per year, India ranks second in the world after China. Apart from the facial deformity that traumatise the child and the family and prevents him or her from leading a normal childhood, a child born with a cleft lip and palate also suffers from defective hearing, speech and dentition, doctors said. Underling the early detection and cure, Dr Vipul Nanda, associate professor in the department, said it was very important to diagnose and treat the problems early so that the child’s life could be put back on rails. Simple things like taking folic acid tablets by expectants mothers could go a long way in preventing the disease, he added. Satish Kalra, regional director, south Asia, the Smile Train, said it had always been our endeavour to reach out to the poorest of the poor and ensure that safe, quality and totally free surgery was made available to every child born with a cleft lip and palate. Founded in 1999, the Smile Train has grown into the largest cleft organisation in the world with hundreds of partners and programmes in 72 countries since March 2000, the charity has provided free cleft surgery for over 250,000 children worldwide and over 1,00,000 in India, Kalra claimed.
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Youth held for fraud
Chandigarh, February 22 He also faked his identity and called himself the son of Punjab MLA Ajit Singh Kohar, when the complainants asked him to pay their money as the cheques he gave all bounced. After receiving complaints from mobile shop owners, the accused was arrested from near Kiran theatre today. While explaining his modus operandi, the police said Gagandeep used to buy costly mobile sets from shop owners and make payments through cheques. After the cheques bounced and the mobile shop owners called him, he used to threaten them by calling himself the son of an MLA and claimed that he was the general secretary of Youth Akali Dal in Jalandhar. — TNS
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Murder Case
Chandigarh, February 22 According to the prosecution, Kanwaljit had illicit relations with the deceased Amrik. The accused, Lakhbir Singh, was the brother-in-law of the deceased. The illicit relations of the deceased with Kanwaljit compelled Lakhbir to murder Amrik. The deceased, Amrik Singh, was murdered on the intervening night of September 13-14 in 2000. The four accused in this case, Lakhbir Singh, Gurvinder Singh, Sukhbir Kaur and Charanjit, had allegedly murdered Amrik. Thereafter the court had framed charges of murder under Section 302 of the IPC against them. The accused moved a revision in the High Court, challenging the charges of murder against them. The apex court had put a stay on the proceedings of the trial court. Thus in the trial lasting eight years, the proceedings of the trial court were on stay till 2004. Subsequently, the prime witness, Kanwaljit, was not traceable for three years. According to sources, Kanwaljit has been changing her address, so she was not traceable. She stated before the court that all the accused had allegedly killed Amrik. She stated that she was pushed by one of the accused, who tried to strangle her.
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Chicken shop owner held for illegal bid
Chandigarh, February 22 Tehel Singh made the bid on behalf of AB financer whose office was listed as - quite office number 6 in Sector 35-A, a non-existent firm. A case under Section 420 has been registered.
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Padmashri Mudgal weaves vocal magic
Chandigarh, February 22 Pandit Madhup began the performance with the first shloka of Rig Veda before presenting 'mangal gaavo' weaved in raga Yaman Kalyan. Ably supported by
Sawani, he interspersed the bandish with a reposeful alaap and well patterned sargams. After a composition 'banra ban aayo' in raag Jog, they brought alive the memory of great Kumar Gandharva by reciting his classic creation 'mangal din aaj' in raag Malvati, invented by Gandharva. The select audience rejoiced another bandish 'maalin re' which melted into a tarana. Sawani, with her gentle voice and created a spiritual aura while delineating the wisdom laced in the divine utterances of saint poets Meera in 'Koi kahe lore and Tulsi Das's 'Lal ladle, both structured in mishar ragas. Young prodigious Savani' s immaculate performance, while paring with a stalwart, sent a loud and clear indication of a legend in the making. Kharag Singh on Tabla, Parvesh Malik ( harmonium) and Sukhwinder on Tanpura supported the lead vocalists. Navjivan Khosla IAS (Retd.) and Jagmohan Mahajan honoured the artists. |
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