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Hospital sans cardiologists
Patiala, April 23 Absence of cardiac experts, particularly, surgeons, had forced the hospital to put the department under the care of general physicians who were equipped to deal with normal cases and not with cardiac emergencies, sources in the hospital revealed. It was learnt that the health authorities had set up the cardiology department in the hospital with an objective to cater to the needs of those who needed heart surgeries. For this purpose, a number of posts, including that of professor and head, assistant professor, senior lecturer and two cardiac surgeons were created. But the department started loosing sheen in the early 90s with gradual migration of heart specialists. The reason for the migration was said to be the easy availability of big money in the private sector as compared to the public sector or government service. If the salary of the head with Punjab health department was roughly between Rs 50,000-55,000 a month, a specialist of the same age group or even a younger cardiac expert was getting anywhere in the range of Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh per month. “Actually, there is a lot of scope in the private sector for doctors, particularly for cardiologists. The money being offered in the private sector is irresistible,” said a senior doctor. Sources in Government Rajindra Hospital revealed that no cardiac surgeon joined the cardiology department after Dr Jasbir Singh Taneja left the department a year back. Two surgeons had also left the department earlier to join private heart care centres. As the department has no cardiologist, the cost of their absence was being paid by heart patients, particularly, poor ones who come to the hospital in the hope to get cheaper treatment. But they are left with no alternative but to move to private hospitals and opt involuntarily for costlier treatment. “We have written to the higher authorities in this regard,” said medical superintendent Dr Surinder Singh.
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Woman commits suicide
Ropar, April 23 The deceased, Paramjit Kaur alias Pammi, a resident of Ropar, committed suicide by jumping in Bhakhra canal. She left behind a suicide note stating that she was unable to bear the harassment at her home. Her body was found near Jheora village on Tuesday. Pammi’s cousin Darshan Singh, a resident of Ghanauli, alleged that Pammi was being continuously harassed by her husband and in-laws. She was married to Ami Chand, an employee of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) at Ropar 16 years back. The couple has a son and a daughter. Her younger sister was married to Ami Chand's younger brother. After Pammi did not return home on Tuesday, her husband lodged a complaint at the Ropar Thermal Plant. After retrieving her body from the canal today, it was sent for a postmortem. The police today summoned Ami Chand and Pammi's father Piara Singh, a resident of Sadavart. Darshan Singh alleged that police was trying to hush up the case. He added that the family was being asked not to pursue police proceedings further in the larger interests of Pammi's children.
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Crop destroyed
Kharar, April 23 As per police, a farm laborer was smoking beedi and forgot to extinguish the stub. Due to the burning stub, the entire produce caught fire. In another incident in Jhampur village, husk in two acres of land caught fire. The land belonged to Jasbir Singh. Short circuit is said to be cause of this accident.
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IPL
Mohali, April 23 Selling of tickets by the owner of Mohali team and Bollywood heartthrob Preity Zinta and the top cricketers, including Brett Lee, James Hopes, Sree Santh and others could not help in increasing the sales. To attract the buffs, this time, the management adopted another scheme, offering 2+1 idea to the ticket seekers. “This time, every buff can get one ticket free, if he or she buys two tickets (one each for April 25 and 27 matches, ranging between Rs 750 to 3,000). The free ticket can be of any match, which they want to enjoy”, said Neil Maxwell, Punjab team’s CEO. “The strategy, which was introduced yesterday, has started working as the sale has been picking up. In the last match, too, the number of the spectators swelled as the evening progressed. This time, we are sure that the people will come in large number to see the match, which starts at 8 pm”, said Maxwell. However, the CEO claimed that this time, half of the stadium would be filled as over 50 per cent tickets have already been sold till date. On the preparation of the team, which has lost their first two matches and is tottering at the seventh place on the table tally of the IPL, Maxwell said it was a “big challenge” for his team, but they had not written off their chances. “We know about the position of the team and our team’s coach Tom Moody is working with the boys,” Maxwell said. Meanwhile, the Punjab Kings were seen honing their fielding skills at the stadium before taking to nets. “It is a feast to see Brett Lee practicing his bowling skills on a single wicket. I am awestruck to see his accuracy as he hardly misses the target, even delivering ball on whopping speed”, said a budding cricketer.
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Kolkata pitch was horrific, says committee chairman
Mohali, April 23 As the pitch attracted severe criticism from various cricketers, including Hyderabad’s skipper V.V.S. Laxman, Daljit Singh himself went to Kolkata to take a stock of the 22-yard strip. “Yes, the pitch was horrific. It was not conducive to the game, especially for the twenty20 match. The dry conditions of the place were not kept in mind while preparing the strip”, said Daljit Singh after his return. “It was the hottest day when the match was underway. As the pitch had high sand contents, it loosened with the increasing of dryness and the temperature”, said Daljit, giving reasons of the pitch disaster. Daljit also maintained that he did not go to Kolkata to find faults but to prepare the twenty20-conducive pitch for the next match. After losing the match by five wickets at the hands of home team on April 20, Laxman termed the pitch as shocking. “The pitch, on which the last match was played, should be given rest. The next pitch, which has been prepared, should be much better than the one last time. I also instructed the curator there that the pitch should not be under-watered,” he said. “The people come to watch twenty20 in a hope to enjoy big hits and big totals. So the pitches should be batsmen-friendly and according to the special guidelines being laid for the shortest form of the game”, said Daljit.
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Kang fires eagle in Classic Golf championship
Chandigarh, April 23 Chandigarh’s Harjinder Singh Kang shot an eagle on the very first hole. But a string of bogeys on the return nine, saw him play another par round to be tied fourth at level par-144 along with Abhishek Jha, Rahul Bajaj, Jasjeet Singh and L. Selvadurai. Saurabh Bahuguna gave a good display of putting, as he fired a four-under par 68 to take a two-shot lead at the end of the second round. Pawan Kumar was sole second after a second round 69. Vikram Rana shot the day’s best card of six-under par 66 to be placed third at 143. Overnight leader, 15-year-old Kapil Kumar, returned a card of two-over 74 to be placed ninth at 145 while the Amanjyot Singh was tenth at 146. With two more rounds to go, it could be anybody’s game, especially the player who can last the mile in the sweltering heat. Teeing off from the 10th hole, Kang started off with an eagle on the par-four hole. He sank birdies again on the 14th and 18th after three-putting a bogey on the 13th to be three-under par on the first nine. But Kang’s climb up was short-lived. He started with bogeys on the first and second in the return nine. He came back with a birdie on the third. But then, two more bogeys on the sixth and seventh saw him finish with a par 72 score. “I am playing well and the course is interesting. Anything can happen in the next two rounds”, said the Chandigarh golfer. Saurabh’s round was laced with seven birdies against three bogeys. Beginning from the 10th, Saurabh was right on target making a birdie on the easy par-4 10th. After saving one more stroke on the 12th, he dropped a shot on the 13th before making amends with a birdie on the 14th. He saved one more stroke on the tough par-3 17th to finish his front nine at 3-under. On the back nine, the only eventful holes seemed to be in the middle of his round where he made a bogey on the par-4 fourth with a birdie each on either side of his disaster hole. He kept his cool despite the mounting heat to par the rest of the holes and submitted a card of 68. “Actually my putter saved the day for me”, said Saurabh. I was driving it well but my iron-play was a bit of suspect. Luckily, my putter came good which was a saving grace,” he added. Scores (after 36 holes): 140 Saurabh Bahuguna (72, 68); 142 Pawan Kumar (73, 69); 143 Vikram Rana (77, 66); 144 HS Kang (72, 72), Abhishek Jha (73, 71), Rahul Bajaj (74, 70), Jasjeet Singh (74, 70), L Selvadurai (77, 67); 145 Kapil Kumar (71, 74); 146 Amanjyot Singh
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Bhakra Board reach final
Chandigarh, April 23 In the semifinals, BBMB thrashed Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) 51-20 while the SJVNL team showed the doors to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) 34-20 to secure the berths. The final will take place at 3.30 pm whereas for the third place, PGCIL and CEA take on each other at 8.30 am at the same venue.
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YPS win by 48 runs
Chandigarh, April 23 In the second match of the day played between Gem Public School and Paragon School at MCA grounds, Phase 9, Gem team won by four wickets. Earlier, in the first match, batting first, YPS scored 160 runs in the allotted 35 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Jaagnoor (30) and Amit (26) were the main scorers for YPS while Gurpartap shone for Sant Ishwar team by clinching three wickets for 24 runs. In reply, the Sant Ishwar team were sent back to pavilion on 112 runs in 28.2 overs. Sahil, Amit and Mehnaz claimed two wickets each to pave the way to victory for YPS. In the second match, Gem team set the target of 134 runs, which was overwhelmed by Paragon team, losing six wickets in the course. Brief Score YPS School: 160 for 8 wickets (Jagnoor 30, Amit 26, Kohinoor 19, Gurpartap 3 for 24 and Sandeep 2 for 26). Sant Isher Singh School: 112 all out in 28.2 overs (Inderjeet 16, Simaranjeet 14, Gurpartap 14, Sahil 2 for 20, Amit 2 for 12, Mehnaz 2 for 21). Gem Public School: 133 runs (Bhajanjot 56, Vikas 5 for 11 and Jatin 2 for 23). Paragon School: 134 for 6 wickets (Manpreet 56, Vikas 20 n o, Manul 16, Sachin 1 for 21, Rahul 1 for 33, Mayank Munjal 1 for 22, Pyush 1 for 16).
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4 booked for recruitment fraud
Chandigarh, April 23 In two separate incidents, a man duped a bank of over Rs 9 lakh while in the other case, employees of a firm defrauded their employer by forging documents. According to the investigating officer of the case, sub-inspector (SI) Sri Prakash, the officials, Raghbir Singh Rana and B.S. Sagwan, through their two private conduits, Surinder Singh of Dhanas and Singara Singh of Muktsar, took Rs 4.50 lakh from Gurwinder Singh of Moga. Gurwinder Singh told the police that he met the officials through Singara Singh and Surinder Singh and gave money to the accused at Surinder’s residence on January 10, 2003, for his enrolment as sub-inspector in the ITBP. Thereafter, when he did get the job, he approached the accused, who kept on dodging him. About the delay in the registration of the case, the SI said Gurwinder initially tried to take back the money on his own and later reported the matter to the Moga police, which kept on delaying the issue. In the end, he reported the matter to the UT police, which registered a case after conducting an inquiry. In a separate incident, Amarbir Singh, manager, Indus Land Bank, Sector 8, reported to the police alleging that Gaurab Atri of Ambala had taken a loan of Rs 9.99 lakh from his bank to purchase a truck in 2005. After some time, the accused stopped paying the instalments and had sold the truck after dismantling it. The bank officials realised the fact when they went to take possession of the vehicle. During inquiry the accused kept on saying that he would produce the truck and was delaying the matter for over two months.
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Six booked for model’s rape
Mohali, April 23 According to the 16-year-old victim who has worked in some music videos, accused Balram and Pratap were residing on the ground floor of her house in Sector 46 where she lives with her parents on the first floor. She told the police that she was kidnapped by the duo on March 16 and taken to Shahi Majra where the two men confined her and raped her. On April 10, when she got an opportunity to flee, she came back home. She alleged that she did not tell her parents about the incident for a few days. However, later she told them, following which, they contacted the police. The police has booked both Balram and Pratap for rape and also booked Pratap’s parents and his two sisters for “helping” the accused in committing the crime. No arrests have been made so far and the police is verifying the veracity of the victim’s statements. Sources said the girl’s family did not lodge a complaint with the Chandigarh police when their daughter went missing on March 16. Balram and Pratap were absconding, said the police.
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Sector 35 resident commits suicide
Chandigarh, April 23 According to the police, Anita’s neighbours shifted her to the Sector 16 Government Multi- Speciality Hospital around 8:30 on Tuesday night when they came to know that she had consumed something poisonous. By the time the police reached the hospital, she had breathed her last. Anita’s husband, Varinder, a peon at controller of defence accounts, Sector 9, was not at home at the time of the incident. He had been transferred to Meerut and had gone there on Sunday. The police informed him last night about the incident and he reached the city today. The SHO of the Sector 36 police station, inspector Devinder Sharma said according to Anita’s neighbours, there was no dispute between the couple. Her family also did not suspect anyone. The police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code in this connection.
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