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Street cricket turns tragic Tribune News Service
Rajpura, June 8 Later, 26-year-old Gurpreet met the same fate after he tried to rescue Anand by pulling the former by his leg. Gurpreet had gone up after hearing the shrieks of the boy. A large number of area residents gathered at the scene and waited for PSEB officials to retrieve the bodies from the electricity wires. After a long wait, electricity department officials arrived at the scene and disconnected the wires. The police also reached the scene. Gurpreet, an electrician, was apparently electrocuted after he came in contact with water accumulated on the rooftop. His father was reportedly deployed in the Punjab State Electricity Board. The bodies of the victims were taken to the mortuary of the local civil hospital. No case had been registered till the filing of the report.
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Panchayats must shun petty politics: Akali Dal
Bassi Pathana, June 8 Once a panchayat is elected, it represents the entire village and all differences must be forgotten, Jagdeep Singh Cheema, general secretary of the All-India Youth Akali Dal, said while addressing a gathering during a bhog ceremony at Khalspur village. He said panchayats had to play an important role to eradicate social evils from society. The biggest challenge was to save future generations from the menace of drugs. The youth was being drawn to drugs and only village elders or elected representatives could check it by creating awareness among them. Gurwinder Singh Bhatti, a youth Akali leader, said as most newly elected panchayats belonged to the SAD, the Youth Akali Dal would launch a campaign in collaboration with the panchayats to eradicate social evils like drug abuse, female foeticide and dowry. He asked the panchayats to reach a consensus while undertaking development works and monitor the use of government funds.
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Hot Weather Cricket
Patiala, June 8 In the first semifinal, DMW rode on a fluent half century by Anmol Malhotra to carve out a 18-run victory against APJS, Kharar. In the other match, MCA downed Black Elephant Cricket Club by a massive margin of 125 runs. For the winners, Suber Hayer scored a resilient 96-run knock and played a pivotal role in his team's win. Scores DMW, Patiala: 170 for 2 (Anmol Malhotra 51, Gopal Helen 24, Harish Kamal 20, Nikhil 19, S. Bhamri 4 for 31, Mandeep Singh 1 for 40) APJS, Kharar: 152 for 9 (Arjit 37, Sidharath 36, Harpreet 13, Sanveer 2 for 20, Lavinder 1 for 30) MCA: 235 for 7 (Suber Hayer 96, Shine Sharma 36, Sehaj 22, Prabhot Singh 4 for 46) Black Elephant Club: 110 all out (Prabhjot Singh 25, Harkirat Singh 16, Anmol Preet Singh 40 n o, Praban 3 for 27, Gurpreet Singh 1 for 16).
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Slack in high-tension wire threatens lives
Bassi Pathana, June 8 As a result, visitors and children alike are scared to visit the park. A school principal, Ravinder Joshi, said several representations to the authorities concerned in this regard had fallen on deaf ears. He said social organisations had also raised the issue but their efforts had not borne fruits. While SDO Shiv Dyal Bawa said they had prepared the estimate for fixing the problem and that he would direct the JE concerned to get it done on priority, the JE, Yash Pal, said the file relating to the estimate was sent to the Sirhind division but it had not come back yet. He said they could only remove the slack from the wires once they got the relevant equipment. |
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Lok adalat settles 112 cases
Ambala, June 8 District and sessions judge Vikram Aggarwal and Anmol Singh Nayyar, civil judge (junior division), heard the cases. The cases mostly pertained to mutation. Vikram Aggarwal said the state government was providing free legal services to those earning less than Rs 50,000 annually. Villagers were advised not to take drugs as most criminal acts were committed under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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50 inducted into Vikas Parishad
Ambala, June 8 A recruitment drive for the Vikas Parishad was also started. The drive would be on till August 2. Around 50 members were inducted into the party today. The Vikas Parishad had scored wins in Ward nos. 2 and 3 of the board. Raj Kumar and Murti Devi had won from these wards, respectively. Terming their success as historic for the party, Vij stated that this was just the beginning for them and they would go even further. |
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CPM activists block rail traffic
Rajpura, June 8 Party leaders alleged that the central and state governments were not doing anything to cap rising prices, which were burdening the common man, especially the poor. CPM state secretary asked the government to draft a policy to reduce spiralling prices of essential commodities. The leaders said the protest would continue for at least 10 days adding that similar dharnas would be organised on roads and other places. Meanwhile, two trains were delayed due to the dharna on the railway line here. |
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Gian Sagar’s master’s course in physiotherapy
Patiala, June 8 Talking with Chandigarh Tribune here today, Dr Kamaljit Singh said inspection for starting the course had already been carried out and the government had issued a no-objection certificate in this regard. The course is likely to be started from the coming academic session. The specialities will include orthopaedics, neurology, cardiopulmonary, sports and paediatrics. Dr Kamaljit Singh added that a new course in MSc nursing was being introduced in the college of nursing. |
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Spread awareness on health among rural folk: VC
Patiala, June 8 Presiding over the meeting, vice-chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh urged the academy to hold programmes to spread awareness on health and hygiene among the rural folk. “Scientists could play a key role in developing scientific temperament among children,” he said. Dean (research) Dr M.S. Saini and dean (colleges) Dr Manjit Singh and registrar Dr S.S. Khera were also present.
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3 Patiala swimmers selected for nationals
Patiala, June 8 Interestingly, all these girls underwent training at Government Mohindra College which over the years has made a name for itself for producing top swimmers in both junior and senior categories. The most impressive performance was given by Vibhuti Sayal, whom the experts rate as one of the most talented girl swimmers to emerge from the city in the recent times. Vibhuti bagged a total of eight medals, including four golds. She bagged the top honours in the 450m medley relay, 200m individual medley relay, 4X50m free style relay and 50m backstroke events. She also won silver medals in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle events apart from picking up bronze medals in the 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly events. The other swimmer, who bagged a number of medals was Jasmine Sohi. She won six medals, including four golds. Others who won the medals were Akansha Bajaj, Taj Dikshit, Allisha, Sargam Bansal, Bhakti Sharma and Sargun Sandhu. All girls attribute their success to their coaches at the college. Meanwhile, based on their good performances in the Ludhiana meet, the Punjab Swimming Association has selected three of the girls- Vibhuti Sayal, Jasmine Sohi and Allisha-in the Punjab squad to take part in the National Sub-junior Swimming Meet to be held at Kolkata from June 26 to 29.
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Bhavan Vidyalaya in last four
Chandigarh, June 8 With this win, Bhavan Vidyalaya have become the second team from Pool A to qualify for the semifinals. DPA Cricket Academy topped pool A with three victories in the four-team round robin league. DAV Academy won the toss and elected to bat. A deadly bowling spell by Bhawan Vidyalaya’s Kunal Grover wrecked their innings and the team was bundled out for 104 in 29.3 overs. The highlight of their innings was a 49-run partnership between Anubhav (24, 3x4s) and Ayush (9). Nipun and Ansuman contributed 12 runs, respectively. In reply, Bhavan Vidyalaya achieved their target in 10.5 overs by scoring 105 for 2. Shivadeep compiled a breezy knock of 56 runs in 27 balls. He hit nine fours and two sixes. He was associated in a 45-run stand with Chanakaya (17) for the first-wicket stand. Tomorrow, Mohali Cricket Academy will meet Vivek High Asian Academy at 8 am. |
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Sonika to lead city eves
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 8 The Chandigarh team attended the coaching camp at St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-D, Chandigarh, which concluded here today. The teams: Men: Abhineet Sharma (captain) (DAVC-10), Neeraj Kumar (DAVC-10), Prince Behl (DAVC-10), Paramvir Singh (DAVC-10), Himanshu Sharma (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Shubham Sharma (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Vikram Saini (St. Joseph's Sec-44), T. Singh (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Himanshu Sehgal (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Raymant Marwah (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Inderjit Kumar (official), Baljinder Singh Banwait (official); women: Sonika (captain) (Dept of Posts), Gurjit Kaur (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Santosh Verma (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Pooja Bansal (GGSCW-26), Seema (GGSCW-26), Sheetal Jaswal (DSCW-45), Manisha (DSCW-45), Amrinder Kaur (St. Joseph's-44), Indu Thakur (St. Joseph's Sec-44), Prerna Sadana (St. Joseph's Sec-44).
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Milkha elated at son’s exploits
Chandigarh, June 8 Milkha Singh was happy that his first major victory this season had come on the tough European Tour. It brought back joyous memories of 2006, when Jeev won the Volvo China Open and the Volvo Masters. The telephone at Milkha Singh's residence was busy throughout the evening as golf fans rang up to congratulate him on his son's achievement. The proud father was hoping to catch up with his son. Yes, he was packing up to be with him on the next two major events. Jeev’s return to form brings back memories of 2006 when the Chandigarh golf icon occupied the 35th position in the world golf. Jeev who pocketed 2,16,660 European dollars from this triumph, said: "I am pretty happy with the way I have managed and conducted myself on the golf course." After today's victory Jeev is placed ninth in the European Tour order of merit with the season's earnings of 7,31,693 European dollars. |
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First match ends in draw
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 8 The main scorers for CISF were Bharat Kumar-4, Cyril Ekka-3 and Naved Jamal-2 while for BPCL, Tushar Khandekar scored 4, Jarnail Singh 2, Pundlik 1, Ravipal 1 and Irshad Ali scored 1. The second match of the day was played between Rock Rovers, Chandigarh, and Indian Air Force, Chandigarh, in which the latter beat IAF by 10-9. The third match of the day was between ONGC, Delhi, and IOC, Mumbai, in which ONGC won by 5-4. Meanwhile, in the fourth match RCF, Kapurthala, beat Namdari by 14-10.
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Drinking moderately may not be good for heart: Research
Chandigarh, June 8 Liquor intake is correlated with deterioration in muscle strength and expansion of the heart size. The perception, nurtured over the years, that two small pegs of 30 ml quantity a day are good for the heart does not hold true. Alcohol consumers seldom stick to the 30 ml mark and the quantity they consume is often far higher, Dr Samra said, adding that even if we discount the purely research-based medical inputs on the impact of liquor on the heart, still Indian and particularly Punjabi lifestyles fall short of the required standards as the Punjabi peg is
of 50 ml. Truer still is the fact, asserts Dr Samra, that alcohol is toxic to heart muscles and causes dilated cardiomyopathy, which means enlargement and inadequate functioning of the heart muscles, leading to systemic hypertension or high blood pressure, a potentially dangerous condition. While explaining the stepwise effect of alcohol on the heart, the heart surgeon said alcohol first caused stiffness of heart muscles and then makes them thicker. Finally, it leads to increase in the heart size. These changes are the alarm bells for damage control work to begin but are often ignored, tells Dr Samra. Treatment involves use of diuretics, salt restriction and blood thinners. But nothing compares to giving up alcohol, which jacks up the chances of survival up to 90 per cent, he said. Besides heart complications, alcohol can cause hypertension, which is a risk factor for coronary artery disease or a stroke. And the risk factor trebles when one combines smoking and drinking, he said. Giving up alcohol periodically and for short periods can normalise blood pressure in 90 per cent of cases, he added. |
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Cancer detection camp held at Command Hospital
Chandigarh, June 8 Around a thousand women were examined during the camp and counselled for various common cancers occurring amongst women, a statement issued here said. Inaugurating the camp, Bina Aul, officiating president, Western Command Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), hailed the initiative taken by the hospital in this regard and said that symptoms of cancer, especially of the breast and cervix, were often ignored by most women because of lack of awareness. Such camps would go a long way in sensitising women of all age groups in this aspect, thus helping in early detection of cancer, she added. Speaking on the occasion, Maj Gen Shamsher Singh, the hospital Commandant, said the hospital had recently created an oncology ward and had set up a mammography unit that would be inaugurated shortly. A case for establishing a radiation therapy unit had already been taken up at the highest level, which would enable the hospital to take complete care of its cancer patients, he added.
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Eye check-up camp for
senior citizens
Chandigarh, June 8 An eminent eye surgeon, Dr K P Singh, and his team examined about 200 senior citizens at the camp. The follow-up action plan for treatment for the affected persons was announced. AP Jagga, a senior advocate, who inaugurated the camp, appreciated the efforts of the organisers . |
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Kidwai inaugurates dental centre
Chandigarh, June 8 Dr Sethi, besides being the founder president of the Indian Dental Association, Mohali, former
president of the association at Panchkula and former president (E) of the
association in Haryana, is associated with international bodies. He is fellow of
Pierrie Fauchard Academy and also Academy of Dentistry of Internationale. He has attended various national and international conferences. |
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Fake Job Letters Mandeep Puri Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 8 After the police discovered that he had contested elections for MLA on the ticket of the Lok Jan Shakti Party from Jalandhar, it was found during the interrogation of the prime accused that Pankaj possessed a fake degree, under which he was running two dispensaries in the city. He was planning to open two more dispensaries in Punjab in July. Posing as MD of the Rural Development Organisation, he cheated people by issuing fake appointment letters of doctors, nurses, media advisers and PROs by charging Rs 20,000 as fee. According to sources, the appointment letters were issued on a letterhead bearing the address of the security branch of the Punjab secretariat which is under the state ministry of public welfare. He had cheated hundreds of people from various districts of Punjab. Days after his arrest, the police recovered a Tata Indica car with an unauthorised blue light atop it, which he used to impress his targets. He had also approached some NRIs for money on the pretext of developing villages. He was arrested along with Krishan Ghai, a co-accused. The police had also booked Rajeev and his wife Anu in this regard. They are absconding, but have applied for an anticipatory bail. They would collect data from naurkri.com and forward it to Pankaj, who utilised the information to his benefit.
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Biz Word Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 8 These will be a part of Mohali Hills, the group’s 3,000-acre integrated township. A press note said that the first phase of ‘‘The Terraces’’ was expected to be completed by 2010. These would be located within the neighbourhood of a nine-hole executive golf course. These will house three independent dwelling units with the ground floor priced at Rs 46 lakh, first floor at Rs 38 lakh and the second floor at Rs 36 lakh.
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Ballet treat in the offing
Chandigarh, June 8 "The bonanza is aimed at cementing cultural ties between the two countries which share close relations. In fact, it will boost people-to-people relations," said MM Sharma, regional director, ICCR. The year-long cultural festival was kicked off by Russian President V Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Purana Quila in New Delhi on February 12, 2008. Since then, over 600 Russian artistes have delighted the Indian art lovers all over the country. Igor Moiseyev ballet would be the first show in this part of the country. Several hundred artistes will visit India to showcase the rich Russian cultural heritage. India would reciprocate the gesture by observing "Year of India in Russia" next year. "The year of Russia in India in 2008 and the year of India in Russia in 2009 are aimed at taking our close cultural and people-to-people relations to a new plane," said Karan Singh, president, ICCR. Formed in 1937 by Igor Moiseyev, a choreographer par excellence, the ballet has been on a world tour since then and by sheer number of performances, has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records. |
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Workshop on acting concludes
Chandigarh, June 8 The finale, termed as Abhiyas, was meant to be a tribute to the memory of the late Vijay Tendulkar, who was a leading Indian playwright. Abhiyas consisted of three short scenes, which poignantly brought out three different societal genres, aspirations of the youth, inter-caste relations and comedy. Appropriately christened, "Bollywood Dreams," "Kanya Daan" and "Taj Mahal ka tender" were performed by the students. |
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86 vie for slot in ‘Sur Sangam’
Panchkula, June 8 The annual musical event organised and presented mainly by established doctor singers also features new talent every year. The contestants included engineers, MD, doctors, lecturers, MBA and law graduates, said organising secretary Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj. Prof Murlidhar Soni of the GCG led the panel of judges. Priyanka Preetika Bhasin (both bracketed), Priya Kath and Tanvi won top positions in female category, while Sanjiv Kumar, Vishal Thapa and Neeraj made their mark in the male category. They will be honoured after their performance in “Sur Sangam-2008” to be held at Yavanika open auditorium on June 21, said Dr Bhardwaj. |
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