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Stage set for Patiala dist civic polls
Patiala, May 4 N.S Kang today said that if any person wanted any clarification regarding rules to be observed during the forthcoming elections could contact him at the local Circuit House from 3 pm to 5 pm everyday. Kang has already visited the offices of the returning officials with the district returning officer-cum-deputy commissioner Dharamjit Singh Grewal and additional deputy commissioner Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon. The DC said 820 candidates had filed papers for the block samiti and zila parishad elections. He pointed out that the candidature of 31 persons had been rejected as certain discrepancies had been found in them. For the polls, the Zila Parishad has been divided into 21 zones while the block samiti has been divided into 168 zones. For the Zila Parishads, 108 candidates had filed, while five nominations had been rejected. For the block samiti elections, 712 candidates filed their papers, while 26 papers out of these had been rejected. |
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Industrialist alleges theft
Kharar, May 4 Sandhu alleged that the incident took place at around 1:30 pm, when they had gone to a nearby place to attend a wedding. However, when they returned they found the house locked from inside and on checking the rear end, they found five people trying to escape. The family members, however, allegedly caught hold of two of them while three managed to escape. And by the time police reached the spot, the thieves had been badly thrashed. The family reported that Rs 26, 000 has been stolen from the house in addition to four to five carats of gold. On the other hand, DSP Raj Balwinder Singh said: “It does not seem to be a theft case. When the family was asked to get its statements recorded, Sandhu filed a complaint against one of his neighbors, saying that he had sent the thieves. Moreover, the two youth arrested are from Hoshiarpur and had come to prepare for IELTS exam.” He added that the two youths rounded up did not try to escape from the house of Sandhu, but had stopped on their way. |
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Non-potable water threatens residents’ health
Bassi Pathana, May 4 The sample analysis report sent to the civil surgeon indicates that drinking water supplied by the municipal council from tubewell numbers 1 and 2 is potable, whereas in rest of the town, it is non-potable. The civil surgeon, in a communication to the principals of Government Senior Secondary School and ITI, executive officer of the municipal council and senior medical officer, has intimated that the drinking water in their respective institutions is not potable. He has also directed to immediately close the source of water and make alternative arrangement for drinking water and till the arrangements are made, chlorine tablets be used. He has also instructed to inform his office as soon as arrangements are made, so that fresh samples of alternative drinking water may be taken for testing. Meanwhile, leading social and political leaders of the town Kulbhushan Malhotra, Surinder Kumar Babba, Ashok Tulani, Rajesh Singla, Amardeep Singh Dharni, Kirpal Singh Sethi and B.B. Verma have urged the deputy commissioner to direct the council to take immediate measures to provide clean drinking water to avoid water-borne diseases from spreading in the town. |
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Army invites applications for religious teachers
Ambala, May 4 The age of the candidate should not be below 27 years or over 34 years as on 24 November, 2008 whereas for re-mustered army persons the minimum age is 25 years. He said minimum educational qualification for appointment of religious teachers is graduation in any discipline from a recognised university. In addition, the candidate must also possess qualification according to religious denomination. Preliminary screening and medical test will be conducted from June 2 to June 7 for candidates belonging to Haryana, Himachal Pardesh and Chandigarh respectively. The written examination will be conducted at Army Recruitment Office, Ambala Cantt, on June 8. Last date for applying is May 12.
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Nomination papers filed
Ropar\Kharar, May 4 From Kotla Nihan five nominations were filed, five were filed from Kiratpur, four from
Kalma, nine from Chamkaur Sahib, six from Takhtgarh, three from Dadholi, five from Bhagor Sahib, 10 from
Bharatgarh, three from Mundiyan and five from Morinda. In toto, 55 nominations were filed today. From Kharar, 125 nominations were filed. These include 24 women under general quota, six women under scheduled caste quota, 60 men under general quota and 35 men under schedule caste quota. |
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7-year-old back with golf medal from Sydney
Chandigarh, May 4 The Sydney win was just a confirmation of the budding golfer’s talent who won the bronze medal in the sub-junior event in a tournament organised by the Chandigarh Golf Association in February. A Class II student of Vivek High School, Aadil has shown his consistency at such a tender age by winning all the medal rounds conducted by the Panchkula Golf Club in the last 10 months. Son of Harinderpal Singh Bedi, himself a keen golfer who plays with a handicap of nine, Aadil is all set to proceed to San Francisco, USA, where father and son will participate in the Baisakhi Open to be held on June 8. Bedi was thankful to the CJA president and secretary C.S.R. Reddy and J.S. Cheema for taking interest in promoting junior golfers. He said Cheema had already promised to send Aadil along with four other budding golfers for special training to USA in October. A long hitter of the ball Harinder finished fourth in the open event at Sydney. He also clinched the third spot in a tournament organised by the Dashmesh Cultural Punjabi Society in Malaysia. He also won the nearest to the pin title in this tournament. Harinder said they had shifted from Fatehgarh Sahib to Chandigarh to give Aadil more time for practice. His dream was to make his son a top golf professional. Harinder has won nearest to pin prizes in five of the seven tournaments he has played in the amateur circuit. A big hitter of the ball, Harinder’s drives take the ball rocketing to a distance of 280 yards. Although just seven, Aadil is all set to play in the amateur circuit this year. Aadil’s mother, a PCS officer with the UT administration, is hopeful that her son will be good in studies and golf. She said Aadil also won the 100m race in the school championship. |
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Authorities need to change working style: Olympian
Chandigarh, May 4 “The change is always for betterment but the change in the administration only does not work. The authorities, running the game, have to bring change in their vision as well as in the working style to achieve the goal”, said Balbir Singh while talking to The Tribune at the Bhog ceremony of Olympian Tarlochan Singh Bawa at Sector 34 Gurudwara here today. “As the new selection panel consists of all former players, we can hope that the process of uplift of the game has started. The person, who himself is sportsperson, can better understand on-field as well off -field problems of the players”, said the veteran player, who has represented the country three times in Olympics. The country won the gold under Balbir’s leadership in Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Besides this, he was also the part of champion squads in London Olympics (1948) and Helinski Olympics (1952). Balbir was instrumental in India’s 6-1 win against Holland in the final at Helinski by netting five goals. Going down the memory lanes, Balbir Singh Senior said, “In those times, the scenario was totally different. Hockey reined the country in sports. The players had nothing to think except the game. The fellow players were not only helpful but were also concerned to off-the-field problems of fellow players. Moreover, the politics and the vested interests were very less. That was the reason, the game always brought glory to the country for such a long period”, said Balbir, who was the chief coach of the World Cup winner team in 1975 at Kuala Lumpur. Hoping that with the disbanding of previous IHF regime and advent of new team, it would bring back the lost glory of the game, Balbir Singh said, “Only results will show the effectiveness of the changing state of affairs”. |
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Godrej Club win by 35 runs
Chandigarh, May 4 In the second match, United Sports Cricket Club defeated Pace-32 tea by a thin margin of 9 runs. Earlier, Godrej CC set a target of 152, posting 151 for 4 in 20 overs. Chasing the target, the rivals gave up on 116 all out in 19.3 overs. On the other hand, United Sports put on 106 runs, losing all wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Pace-32 team was out on 97 for 7 in the allotted overs. In the third match, INSCOL XI defeated Fortis Healthcare XI by 3 wickets. Brief Score GCC: 151 for 4 in 20 overs (Narinder Walia 90, Vannet Chawla 40, Neeraj 1 for 17, Rajiv 1 for 27). Trimax Computers: 116 all out in 19.3 overs (Satbir Dhull 22, Vijaypal 3 for 18), Sourav 2 for 8, Narsh Dhingra 2 for 30). United Sports: 106 all out in 20 overs (Vinod Sharma 20, Satish 22, Ajit 3 for 13, Anil Sharma 2 for 8). Pace-32 CC: 97 for 7 in 20 overs (Charanamrit 16, Shiv 1 for 15, Satish 1 for 27). Fortis XI: 139 for 8 in 20 overs (Kuldeep 50, Vikram 26, Dharminder 3 for 24, Gandhjarv 2 for 15). INSCOL XI: 140 for 7 in 19 overs (Rajesh 58, Sunil 29, Neeraj 5 for 17).
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Carrom: Double delight for Farheen
Chandigarh, May 4 In the men’s singles final, Gagandeep thrashed Talib in straight games by 25-00, 25-05. On the other hand, Farheen defeated Akanksha (25-10, 25-06) and Anjali (25-00, 25-10) in the women’s singles and girls’ junior finals, respectively. Mahesh Sekhri, vice-president of All India Carrom Federation and the general secretary of the Chandigarh Carrom Association, gave away the prizes. Results: Men’s singles (Final): Gagandeep b Anuj Sinha 25-00, 25-05. Semifinals: Gagandeep b Anuj Sinha 25-19, 25-12; Talib b Hassan 14-25, 25-15, 25-23. Women’s singles (Final): Farheen b Akanksha 25-10, 25-06; semifinal: Farheen b Anjali Taneja 24-04, 25-04; Akanksha b Tuba 18-25, 13-07, 25-08. Boys’ junior (Final): Hassan b Talib 25-11, 21-25, 25-23; semifinal: Hassan b Piyush Sood 25-08, 28-00; Talib b Shaquib 22-08, 25-15. Girls junior (Final): Farheen b Anjali Taneja 25-00, 25-10; semifinal: Farheen b Tuba 03-19, 25-01, 21-12; Anjali Taneja b Harshpreet 25-13, 25-12. Boys’ sub-junior (Final): Shaquib b Hassan 20-09; semifinals: Hassan b Aarish 25-08; Shaquib b Mohd. Talib 20-12. |
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Singla beats Sidhu in billiards
Chandigarh, May 4 While in snooker matches, G.S. Batra got the better of Akhit Choudhary 2-0. Batra, who was in a good nick, won the first frame by 54-29 points. He sealed victory by clinching the next frame by the margin of 30 points (63-33). In the second snooker match of the day, Harpreet Singh moved ahead by beating Sahil Malhotra 2-0. Sahil managed to bag only 21 points while the frame went to Harpreet, who accumulated 75 points. In the second frame, the score was 54-37. In the match between Manu Singh Vij and Lakshay, the latter lost by 0-2. Vij beat his rival 49-29 in the first frame and again drubbed Lakshay by 97-40 in the second set. |
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City club lift Sher-e-Punjab Trophy
Chandigarh, May 4 The first half went barren but Bhupinder Singh brought victory for his team in the 78th minute. In the 32nd minute, the team had a clear chance but Rajiv squandered it as he could not find the target properly and the ball went away. In the 44th minute, another chance was wasted as the shot of Deepak Hooda bounced back hitting the goal post. With light fading, Chandigarh Football Club scored the match-winner in the 78th minute through Bhupinder who guided the ball on rebound. Akhil (Chandigarh Football Club), Mojnath (Golden Club), Aditya (CFC) and Ankit (Golden FC) were declared the best forward, the best halfback, the best goalkeeper and the best stopper, respectively. |
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Sector 16 cricket team win cup
Chandigarh, May 4 Batting first, GNPS scored 136 for 4 in allotted 25 overs with the fine knocks of Yash Kapil (61) and Shivam Bhambri (36). For Cricket Stadium team, Asim and Chetan took two wickets each for 13 and 31 runs, respectively. In reply, Cricket Stadium made 137 for 3 in 22 overs to win the match. Abhimanyu (39) and Rahul (35 not out) were the main scorers. Arpit Singh claimed two wickets for 26 runs. The best batsman title went to Shivam Bhambri whereas Arjit Singh won best player award. Parvesh Sharma clinched best bowler prize while Saurav was declared the best all rounder. |
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Expert throws light on knee replacement surgery
Mohali, May 4 While talking to mediapersons he said the hi-flex knee replacement surgeries depended on soft tissue balance. It also depended on education and total awareness of the patient. “If the patient is not smiling the next day I get shocked,” he said. Dr Briard said after total knee replacement (TKR) the gait improved, but one had to walk a few kilometres a day. But kneeling off and on created problems. Squatting decreased the lifespan of the replaced knee and deep-infection rate was about one per cent. Regarding some of the reasons for knee pain, Dr Briard said a sedentary lifestyle and lack of weight control were the main causes, along with genetic factors and overwork. The best prevention, he said, was moderate exercise, especially swimming. Dr Briad is internationally known in the field of arthroplasty and holds vast experience in mobile bearing total knee arthroplasty. His contribution in this field exceeds 30 years, during which he has performed more than 15,000 joint replacement surgeries. He has been a visiting faculty across the globe and has numerous publications on mobile bearing TKR to his credit. Giving details of the latest techniques of TKR, Dr Briard said: “One of the technological advances in joint replacement is the high flexion knee prosthesis which can improve the quality of life of the patient tremendously. With this, it becomes very easy for a person to even sit cross-legged on the floor or kneel with ease.” Over 80 senior orthopaedicians attended the symposium. The faculty and audience included doctors from AIIMS (Delhi), the PGI, Chandigarh and IGMC, Shimla. |
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New healthcare institute on anvil
Panchkula, May 4 The 108-bedded fully air-conditioned hospital will offer a whole range of healthcare and pre and post operative services along with expert consultancy on virtually all aspects of health care, he said. |
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Housewife, vendor commit suicide
Chandigarh, May 4 The 35-year-old woman was reportedly suffering from depression for a long time. According to the police, she was mentally ill and was under treatment. Yesterday, she went to one of the rooms in her home during the middle of the night. Chand Kumar, the husband of the deceased, who is working at the local airport, was shocked to see his wife hanging as he entered the room this morning. He immediately informed the police. The body of the deceased will be handed over to the family after the postmortem tomorrow. In another incident, Ram Lal (29), a vendor, ended his life by hanging himself from a tree at Ram Darbar here last night. The deceased was said to be missing for a couple of days. He was found hanging by the people living nearby, who informed the police. Though the exact reason behind the suicide was not known as yet, the police is conducting investigations into the matter.
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Man consumes poison, dies
Panchkula, May 4 Killed Mukesh, a seven-year-old boy, was killed in a road accident at Majri chowk, Panchkula, today evening. According to police, the boy was crushed under a truck on the Panchkula-Zirakpur road. Mukesh was a class 1 student at Kharak Mangoli Government School. The truck driver fled the scene leaving the vehicle behind.
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22-year-old killed in accident
Chandigarh, May 4 A resident of Sector 39, Harpreet suffered head injuries and was taken to the Government Multi- Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, from where he was referred to the PGI. He was admitted to the PGI at around 2 am, but succumbed to his injuries at 7am this morning. Baba Balvinder Singh, his uncle, blamed the hospital for not attending to him for over five hours.
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Car, 2 bikes stolen
Chandigarh, May 4 In another incident, Jatin, a resident of Sector 30, reported that his motorcycle (PB-05-K-7315) was stolen from Sukhna Lake. Pawan Rathore of Sector 28 alleged that his motorcycle (HR-01-S-7095) was stolen from his residence. Cases under Sections 379, IPC, have been registered.
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Old melodies ‘nourish souls’
Chandigarh, May 4 An academician holding MPhil degree in English literature, Deepika’s versatility also encompasses other realms, including a national-level player of Badminton and theatre. She was in city for a musical performance along with her prodigious daughter Taru Sugandha at the Chandigarh Press Club. Deepika said the compelling charm and lyrical intensity was missing from the present day filmy composition, though the technological advancement has made the recording process very easy. Not averse to the reality shows bringing instant fame to budding artists and the spurt of TV Channels, she feels that only the trained and cultivated voices can sustain the eventual challenges of present day competition in musical career. Later, she commenced her musical concert with Sarasvati Vandana and doled out old filmy melodies like ‘Thandi Hawain’, ‘Afsana Likh Rahin Hun’, ‘Jab Se Balam Ghar Aaye’, ‘Chup Gaya Koi Re’, and many more. Following the footsteps of her mentor and mother, Taru Sugandha attempted to emulate her while presenting songs like ‘Ye Kahan Aaa Gaye Hum’, ‘Aaiye Meharbaan’, etc. Both Deepika and Taru Sughanda maintained their melody magic with immaculate rendition of Punjabi songs, ‘Lang Aaa Jaa Patan’, ‘Juti Kasuri’ and many more immortalised by Surinder Kaur. A graded artist of AIR and Dhoordharshan, Deepika Dhir has many Punjabi and devotional music albums to her credit. |
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Tributes to Shiv Kumar Batalvi tomorrow
Chandigarh, May 4 The secretary general of the council, Prof Rajpal Singh, disclosed that close associates of the poet and eminent poets and artists, including Mohan Bhanadri, Bhushan Dhyanpuri, Dolly Guleria, Kanwar Iqbal Singh, Bishamber Shambi and others, will present the immortal poetic renditions of Shiv Batalvi. Ajay Swaroop, chief general of SBI, will be the chief guest. He will also pay tribute on the 35th death anniversary of the poet who had spent his formative years as an employee of the bank. Aruna Shiv Batalvi will be the guest of honour while IAS Dr Swaran Singh will preside over the function. |
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