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PAC gets Rs 4 crore grant
Patiala, May 2 The PAC, which had acquired one technically advanced Cessna 172 aircraft during last week after a gap of 22 years, has also procured another Cessna-172 aircraft on lease for training purposes. However, it would be returned after the PAC acquires its own Cessna. The Cessnas have been flowin in from Mumbai after their assembly by the PAC chief flying instructor G.S. Mangat. The new phase of flying at the club had kicked off on April 28 with the arrival of the new computer-controlled glass cockpit Cessna. Earlier, the PAC was equipped with a large fleet of aircrafts comprising two Pushpaks and two 152 Cessnas. “The airport would be upgraded with night landing facilities with VOR and NDB and these would be provided by the Airport Authority of India. Punjab government would provided all facilities for to students aiming to build a career in the widely expanding aviation industry at the national and international level,” opined Punjab civil aviation advisor Abhay Chandra, the director general, Aero Club of India Sanjay Thapar and PAC chief flying instructor G.S. Mangat. Thapar said the Aero Club of India has 15 new aircrafts which were being given to flying clubs across the country to promote civil aviation in the country. |
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Panchayat
Samiti, Zila Parishad Polls
Bassi Pathana, May 2 Office secretary of SAD(A) Ranjit Singh Cheema and BSP leader Lajja Singh Khalspur told The Tribune that returning officer-cum-SDM, Bassi Pathana, refused to accept the papers of their candidates on the pretext that they were late, whereas they had been camping in the SDM office since 12 this afternoon. They alleged that the supporters and leaders of SAD(B) had captured the SDM’s office. Simranjit Singh Mann’s son Iman Singh Mann said he called on the SDM and informed him that their candidates had reached the complex in time but it was alleged that they were late and their papers were refused. He alleged that it had been done on the directions of the SAD(B) government. When contacted, RO-cum-SDM Poonamdeep Kaur said the allegations were false and they had been making announcements repeatedly that if anyone wanted to file papers, he/she should come to the office even if his/her papers were incomplete. She said the SAD(A) and BSP candidates came at 3.30 pm and supporters of the other parties were keeping a close watch on the proceedings. The latter objected to the acceptance of the former’s paper past the deadline and therefore, she refused to accept them, she said. District electoral officer-cum-deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar Singla said till the last day, 334 candidates had filed their papers for five panchyat samitis, whereas 60 had filed their nominations for 10 seats of zila parishad. He said the scrutiny of papers would be held on May 3, papers could be withdrawn by May 5 and the elections would be held on May 12. |
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Gaiety marks KV annual day
Pinjore, May 2 Principal Bhupinder Kaur read out the school annual report. Sadhna, Monika and Aditi, who were the first three position holders, of CBSE examination in Class X last year, were given prizes by the chief guest. “The school has achieved 100 per cent pass result in the last two years in Class X board exam,” declared the principal. Priyanka Chawla of Class VII and Garima Rawat of Class IX scored 100 per cent in science in 2008. Sagar was declared best scout and Roma best guide. Dr Sunita Dewan, PGT (history) of the school, proposed the vote of thanks. |
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Wushu C’ship
Ambala, May 2 Students of St Joseph’s School, Ambala city, bagged 8 gold and 4 silver medals. Jugnoor Singh, Diljeet Singh, Sarabhjot, Saurabh Mathur, Jasdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh, Deepti Gulati and Hardeep Kaur won gold while Gaurav, Hargurdeep Singh, Satish and Jaspreet Singh bagged silver medals. Six students of the school won bronze medals in the championship. The school bagged the first position in the overall championship and lifted the trophy. President of Ambala District Wushu Association Ravinder Kumar gave away medals to the winners. |
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Increased spats a result of T20: Ishaant
Chandigarh, May 2 Referring to yesterday’s tiff between Saurav Ganguly and Shane Warne and the slapping episode involving Harbhajan and Sreesanth, Ishaant said, “Actually, no player intends to get involved in tiffs but sometimes, these take place just in the heat of the moment. It could be because of the aggressive format of T20.” About himself, the reticent cricketer said he always tried to stay focused on his game. “During my maiden Australia tour, I learnt just to focus on the game, nothing else. So I always think about my bowling skills,” said Ishaant, the new revelation of Indian pace attack. Talking to The Tribune at a local hotel immediately after his arrival along with Riders team here today, Ishaant disclosed
that even during practice sessions, he preferred to work on his line, length and speed instead of discovering new weapons to give more teeth to his bowling attack. “I prefer to pitch the ball on right line and length with maximum speed. Even during net sessions, I do not experiment new things with my skills,” said Ishaant. On the difference between foreign and Indian pitches, the pacer said, “For me, all pitches are alike. This thing (the pitches) hardly bothers me. My job is to bowl fast and get wickets, which I have to do irrespective on what kind of pitch we are playing on.” When asked why the Riders team lagged behind after kicking off the IPL with two wins, Ishaant, main bowler of the team, said one good performance by a rival player was good enough to take away the match from any team in this shortest form
of cricket. “Undoubtedly, we are lacking somewhere and we have to overcome it to be in the fray,” said Ishaant. “In T20, there is no scope for bowlers. We never go for wickets in the matches, as our main focus remains on stopping the batsman from making runs. If we concede 6-7 runs in an over, we think it is a very satisfactory over.” Ishaant, who belongs to Delhi, is looking forward to play against Delhi Daredevils. “It will be quite interesting to play against my hometown boys. It will be more interesting when we play in Delhi.” When asked with players of other countries, what kind of atmosphere prevailed in the dressing room, Ishaant remarked it was great fun. “We share things like a team. No one blames each other even if the team loses,” said the bowler. Ishaant was also offered to do a film by renowned filmmaker David Dhawan but “I refused it because I am not interested,”
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King Khan to miss today’s IPL encounter
Mohali, May 2 Tomorrow’s match, which was termed as Preity Zinta vs Shah Rukh Khan, will be held without King Khan. Confirming the news, an official of the Indian Premier League, preferring anonymity, said, “Yes, Shah Rukh Khan is not coming for tomorrow’s match. Had he planned to be here, his office would have definitely called us up to make special arrangements for him. As nothing of that sort has happened, I can say that he will not show up.” Sources in Chandigarh police, too, confirmed that no one from the organisers approached them for special security for the star. “We were told that the Riders’ team is coming today but there was no mention of the superstar’s name. Normally, for such a VVIP and popular figure, the concerned people demand special security and provide the celebrity’s schedule to the police,” said a police officer on condition of anonymity. However, he maintained that many times the organisers preferred to maintain complete secrecy about programmes of celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan. Interestingly, people from the region were waiting to have a glimpse of their favourite star. According to the organisers, most of the tickets have been sold. They are expecting a house-full show tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Riders’ team, along with skipper Saurav Ganguly, arrived at Hotel Shivalikview this afternoon. Chaos prevailed as soon as the team members stepped in the hotel amid tight security cover. Jostling by photographers not only led to chaos all around but also stopped the hotel staff from extending a traditional welcome to the special guests. The team had net sessions in the evening to prepare for the match, which will start at 8 pm tomorrow. |
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Rahul clinches Jaypee Open title
Chandigarh, May 2 Manav lacked consistency during the four-day tournament, which was played under sweltering heat conditions. He fired three-over cards on two days and played his best of three-under par 69 on day two. Rahul Bajaj could not utter a word at the champion's speech. The 21-year-old could not believe that he had actually won the LG Jaypee Amateur Golf Tournament and his first ever amateur golf title since he began playing golf at the age of six. Rahul, who dedicated his victory to his father who introduced him to the game, said: "It is just not sinking in. I do not have words to describe my happiness. I think it is too early to say but I would definitely want to turn professional as soon as I can." Rahul submitted a card of 2-over 74, courtesy a nervous bogey on the final hole to finish with a four-day total of level par 288. Yet he managed to stay one shot ahead of Gagan Verma who began the day one stroke ahead of him and his day's score of 4-over 76 did not help him either. Manav Das submitted the only sub-card of 1-under 71 to finish third at 290. Karan Vasudeva was fourth at 219 while Arshdeep Tiwana was fifth at 294. Moin Malak and Kapil Kumar shared the sixth spot at 295 while Tarun Ghogale and Saurabh Bahuguna were tied for the eighth spot. Gagan Verma began in the right earnest making three pars in a row while the young and inexperienced Rahul made a bogey on the second and immediately rectified with a birdie on the third. In a see-saw battle, Rahul bogeyed the next hole as did Gagan who went on to bogey the next three holes to give Rahul a two-stroke advantage after the first nine. However, the match was decided on the par-5 13th hole where Gagan missed a 2-footer birdie putt while Rahul made a sandy birdie after being in the rough on his drive. Rahul, who was leading by one, consolidated his lead to two and in an amazing recovery, made a par on the par-4 15th after driving into the deep fairway bunker and later overdrove the green. However, he chipped to three feet and made par. Both made bogey on the 17th as the status quo remained when both reached the greenside on the finishing hole. The youngster's ball was in the pitch mark on the collar of the green but was not allowed a drop, the result of which was a bogey 5. Nevertheless he was a one-shot winner. Final scores: 288 Rahul Bajaj (71, 67, 76, 74); 289 Gagan Verma (68, 68, 77, 76); 290 Manav Das (75, 69, 75, 71); 291 Karan Vasudeva (76, 73, 67, 75); 294 Arshdeep Tiwana (74, 73, 73, 74); 295 Moin Malak (72, 74, 74, 75), Kapil Kumar (70, 72, 76, 77); 296 Tarun Ghoghale (73, 75, 76, 72), Saurabh Bahuguna (70, 78, 74, 74); 297 Vikram Rana (76, 73, 75, 73); 298 Gopal Singh (79, 70, 71, 78); 299 Simarjeet Singh (74, 74, 76, 75); Pawan Kumar (78, 77, 69, 75); Amanjyot Singh (75, 74, 73, 77). |
Image intensifier a boon for patients
Mohali, May 2 Amandeep Singh (27) of Desumajra village was the first patient to be operated upon with the help of the key-hole surgery on April 28, after he sustained multiple fractures. Dr Gursharan Singh, who treated Amandeep, said the patient was able to walk with assistance within 48 hours, unlike the routine surgery where a patient needed about two months to walk. The doctor said early recovery meant less hospitalisation period and the process was cost-effective as well. He said the treatment cost varied between Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 while the same surgery was done by private hospitals at a cost varying between Rs 40,000 to Rs 90,000. He said the image intensifier could also be used for administering epidural injection in spinal diseases, which could help in avoiding major spinal surgery. Dr Paramjit Singh, anaesthetist, had given one such injection to Raunaq Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib who suffered from disc prolapse, and is now fast recovering from the problem. Pain management was also done with the help of C-arm, he informed. |
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PGI
Chandigarh, May 2 Shortage of beds and official apathy has forced them to share their beds with other patients. Ashutosh, who had come for his son’s treatment from Shimla, said: “As the institute has more qualified doctors, we preferred coming here. But we are disappointed as my son has to share his bed with two other children who are infected with typhoid and TB, respectively. On the condition of anonymity, the attendant of eight-year-old Anirudh, admitted to the emergency ward of the centre, said it was a serious lapse on part of the PGI administration. “Children with low immunity are more vulnerable and they can catch infection very easily,” rued the attendant. “We have no other option but to let out patient share the bed with other patients.” Doctors at the centre admit that though almost all beds were occupied by more than one patient, there were times when four children occupied the same bed. Due to pressure on other wards, infants have to be kept at the emergency ward till the time they are shifted to the room, said a doctor. Even, private rooms are not easily available. “The centre has a bed strength of 22 in the emergency ward, but on any given day, more than 60 patients are admitted to the centre. There is no option but to make them share the beds,” said the doctor. “Load is much more than the capacity,” said head of the department of paediatric medicine Dr Sunit Singhi. He said: “If we do not give attention to critical patients, they will die. So being a doctor, we cannot refuse treatment or refer them to other hospitals.” He admitted that there was a high possibility of spread of infection from one patient to another. He said the problem arose due to limited facilities. The administration should increase the number of beds at the centre, he added. |
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Two cars stolen
Chandigarh, May 2 A case under Section 379, IPC, has been registered at the police station-17. In another incident, Davinder Singh of Sector 32 reported that his car (CH 01 Z 4397) was stolen from outside his residence yesterday. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-34. Mehar Singh, a resident of Jind, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his mobile was stolen from his car in Sector 1 on April 30. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-3. Also, Dharambir Singh, a resident of Sector 56, lodged a complaint alleging that his scooter (CH 01 N 4555) and some cash were stolen from his residence. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-39.
Assault
Chand of Colony No. 5 has filed a complaint that Nasir, a resident of colony number 5, along with two other persons assaulted him and threatened him near his residence on April 30. A case under Sections 323 and 506, IPC, has been registered at the police station-34. In another incident, Dinkar Mahajan of Panchkula filed a complaint alleging that Piyus and Herry, both students of SD College, Sector 32, assaulted and threatened him outside the college yesterday. He was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. A case under Sections 323 and 506, IPC, has been registered at the police station-34. Nasir has been arrested.
Gambling
Amrik Singh of Maloya has been arrested by the local police on the charges of gambling at public place. A case under Sections 13A, 3 and 67 of the Gambling Act has been registered at the police station-39.
Cheating
A case of cheating has been registered against Dr Sandeep Sharma and his brother for taking a loan from two different banks by mortgaging the same property. The accused took Rs 40 lakh from Bank of Baroda and Rs 20 lakh from Punjab National Bank. Also, Mangat Ram, a cashier in the electricity department, was booked on charges of cheating and fraud. The accused alleged failed to deposit Rs 19 lakh collected as electricity bills by the electricity department with the bank.
Snatching
Vishal Gupta, a resident of Sector 46, reported to the police that some miscreants snatched the gold chain of his wife from Sector 9 on April 30. A case under Sections 356 and 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-3.
Pedestrian hurt
A pedestrian, Arun Kumar of Sector 22, was injured after a vehicle being driven by Rajesh Bhatia him near the Kaimbwala road on April 30. The complainant who was walking down the road was injured in the accident and admitted to the Government Hospital, Sector 16. The accused was arrested and later bailed out. A case under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered at the police station-3.
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