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Gagan K. Teja
Tribune News Service

Patiala, August 10
Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital has adopted a series of measures to ensure zero tolerance towards ragging on the college and hospital campus.

To ensure that ragging does not take place on its campuses, GSMCH has put up notices all over the colleges being run by the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust regarding "zero tolerance" towards ragging.

Dr A.S. Sekhon, principal of Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital and dean, colleges, said notices detailing when and to whom one has to turn for information, help and guidance for various purposes, keeping in view the needs of new entrants in the institution, along with the addresses and telephone numbers of such persons, had been given to freshers at the time of admissions so that they do not have to look up to seniors for help in such matters and feel indebted to or obliged by them.

Dr Sekhon said as a step further in this direction, the management, principal and teaching staff interacted with the freshers and took them in confidence by apprising them of their rights as well as obligation to fight against ragging. The freshers were assured that any instance of ragging brought to the notice of the college authorities would be promptly dealt with while protecting the complainants from any harassment by perpetrators of ragging.

He said the college had also constituted a committee comprising senior faculty members and hostel authorities like wardens to keep a continuous watch and vigil to prevent ragging.

Dr Sekhon said special vigil was being maintained in hostels as stay in hostels had been made mandatory according to directions of the Medical Council of India. The hostels, he said, had been provided with all modern amenities and special arrangements had been made for stay of NRI students according to their requirements.

Meanwhile, students of the second batch of MBBS were welcomed at a special assembly organised by the college. Parents and guardians of the students also attended the assembly where they were accorded a warm welcome by senior faculty members and functionaries of the college management.

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 10
A police-public meeting was held here yesterday in which the SSP urged the people to help the police in curbing various crimes in the district. Many area residents participated in the meeting. Various local political leaders, market presidents and village panchayat members were present during the meeting.

The SSP urged the people to remain vigilant in view of the recent terror attacks in various parts of the country and inform the police immediately about suspect elements. He also urged the people to abide by the traffic rules. 

Karala (Banur), August 10
There is no threat or challenge to the electoral prospects of the SAD-BJP alliance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said this while talking to mediapersons over the issue of restructuring of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) wherein Capt Amarinder Singh had been made chairman of the election campaign committee.

Badal was here to lay the foundation of 156- acre residential housing colony Ajitgarh being developed by the Panchsheel Housing Cooperative Housing Society on the Chandigarh-Rajpura road at Karala village, 8 km from Banur.

Badal assured the society management that the state government would extend full support and cooperation to the society for the timely completion of the project.

He claimed that Capt Amarinder Singh could not browbeat them in any way.

Asked to comment on the possibility to make any amendment in the constitution of the SAD, Badal pointed out that the constitution of the party was drafted by renowned Sikh scholars and intellectuals at the time of its inception and there was hardly any need to amend it. He, however, said that if the situation warranted any amendment in the constitution of the SAD in future, then it could effect it with the consensus of the party members and workers.

He said, "The chairman of the election committee in the PPCC was hardly any position to gloat over." He said the SAD-BJP was confident of a landslide victory in the ensuing Lok Sabha poll, claiming that the mandate of the common man was with them. On the issue of appointment of chairmen of boards and corporations in the state, Badal said they would be appointed before the Lok Sabha elections.

Earlier, addressing the members of the society, Badal appreciated the initiative of the management to rehabilitate the 1984 riots-affected residents by developing this colony.

Cooperation minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh briefly outlined how this project was conceptualised way back in 1985 and passed through difficult situations.

President of the society Mohinder Singh Matharoo expressed gratitude on behalf of the members of the society for all-out help and support extended by the Punjab government. 

Kalka, August 10
Despite the fact that many incidents of students falling from autorickshaws have taken place, there is no check on these vehicles being used for picking up and dropping schoolchildren in Kalka and Pinjore.

Plying of overloaded autos here still go unabated, exposing the kids to grave risk.

What is unfortunate is the fact that parents have no choice but to overlook it. According to information, more than 150 three-wheelers are deployed for ferrying schoolchildren in Kalka and Pinjore.

It must be mentioned here that autorickshaws plying on National Highway-22 between Kalka and Pinjore are the unchallenged winners when it comes to accommodating people in a three-wheeler. The autos in this area are violating the Motor Vehicle Act.

A survey conducted by The Tribune revealed that majority of drivers of more than 200 permanent autorickshaws that ply on this stretch are underage (below 17 years).

Rajiv Malik, a resident of Bharat Nagar, revealed that over 50 per cent of autorickshaw drivers did not have a driving licence and were endangering the lives of people. Pawan Kumar, a PCO owner, said the police should start a special campaign against these autorickshaw drivers who were flouting traffic rules with impunity. 

Chandigarh, August 10
Vivek Pandit toppled seeded player Lakshya Piplani in the boys’ sub-junior singles while first timer Manu Gupta entered in the quarterfinals of girls’ sub-junior singles in the XIth St Stephen's Carrom Ranking Tournament at St Stephen's School, Sector 45, here today.

The other player, who reached into the quarterfinals of girls sub-junior singles are Manu Gupta, Tuba, Simridhi Piplani, Gunjan and Gulshan.

Results:

Sub-junior boys' singles: 2nd round: Vivek Pandit b Lakshya 18-15, Rahul Verma b Avinash Singh Negi 27-00, Inderjit Singh Gill b Agum 25-00, Aarish b Yuvraj 25-00.

3rd round: Md Talib b Himanshu 25-00, Lalit Garg b Taranbir 25-06, Falak Singh b Niamatbir Singh 23-05, Hari Bhanot b Mankirat 25-00, Natraj b Jayesh Sachdeva 25-00, Ayush b Saksham 25-13, Rishav b Vaibhav Aneja 25-00, Tassavar Ali bt Aditya 25-00, Ankush b Md Adil 25-00, Rahul Singh b Karanbir 25-00, Keshav b Shourya 25-00, Raul Verma b Vivek 20-12, Govind b Mihir 25-00, Md Aarish b Inderjit Singh Gill 25-00.

Sub-junior girls' singles: PQ final: Tuba b Aastha Gandhi 25-00, Simridhi Piplani b Niharika 25-00, Gunjan b Anmol 25-00, Manu Gupta b Harleen Parhar 25-03, Gulshan b Vasukriti 25-00.

Boys' junior singles: 2nd round: Md Hassan b Tushar 25-00, 25-00 Manoj Thakur b Sagar 25-00, 25-04, Lakshya Piplani b Preet 25-00, 25-00, Varun Sood b Vibhav Arora 25-00, 25-00.

Girls' junior singles: 2nd round: Prachi b Aakanksha Malhotra 25-05, 25-00, Simridhi Piplani b Ashmita Choudhary 25-00, 25-00, Tuba b Simranjit 25-00, 25-00, Gulshan b Gurkiran 25-00, 25-05, Manu Gupta b Aakanksha 25-07, 25-00.

Men's junior singles: 2nd round: Sanjay Negi b Jayant Tanwar 25-00, 25-00, Dhruva b Mohit Sharma 25-00, 25-00 Gagandeep b Furkan Ansari 25-03, 25-08, Rajkumar b Naushad 25-19, 25-05, Md Hassan b Pardeep Mittal 17-06, 25-09.

Chandigarh, August 10
Local player Jaanesh Kaur has been top-seeded in the girls’ under-18 singles of the AITA Talent Senior Tennis Tournament, main draw of which will begin at the CLTA Stadium, Sector 10, here tomorrow. In the boys’ category of the same age group, Himanshu Mali of Maharashtra is the top seed.

Nehal Sahni of Delhi, who is top seed in the girls’ under-14 singles, got second seed in the girls’ under-18 singles while Kamal Kishore of Rajasthan got the top billing in the boys under-14 singles.

Results of qualifying rounds:

Boys Under-14 (final round): Dhruv Aggarwal bt Jagtar 7-0, Dalwinder Singh bt Raghav Talwar 7-5, Dhruv Goyal bt Santbir 7-2, Himanshu bt Akash Goyal 7-1, Sachin Kumar bt Shashank Sharma 7-1, Pranav Suri bt Ranjot Singh 7-3, Gravik bt Andrew Pradeep 7-1, Vikas Goyat bt Tejbir Singh 7-5.

Girls Under-18 (final round): Amreen bt Harkirat Kaur Bains 7-2, Jaspreet Singh bt Madhu Shani 7-5, Riya Bhatia bt Raunika Nagpal 7-1, Jaya Lakshmi bt Kinshu 7-3, Indu Punia bt Silky Sachdeva 7-1, Hassan Abdal Dhanoa bt Sudeshna 7-1, Ravnoor Kaur bt Samridhi Lodha 7-2, Nikita bt Anukriti 7-5.

Boys Under-18 (final round): Suraj Beniwal bt Bhavraranpreet Singh 7-4, Hardeep Singh bt Rohit 7-2, Kavit bt Pankaj Kumar 7-3, Arpit bt Zian 7-3, Aiman bt Atul Sri Patel 7-3, Nischey bt Shadap 7-4, Paramveer Singh Toor bt Ranjeet Singh 7-6 (7), Amardeep Singh bt Fatehdeep Singh 7-4.

Wild-card entry players:

Girls Under-18: Jaanesh Kaur, Prabhamrit Kaur, Parminder, Iktesh Chahal.

Boys Under-14: Harsh D'Silva, Vishu Parsad, Shashank Sharma, Kamal Kishore.

Boys Under-18: Mandeep Gill, Harry Singh Amor, Shekhawr Gaddh, Dhruv Aggarwal.

Seedings: Boys Under-18 singles: Himanshu Mali, Akkhit Joshi, Amrinder Mann, Navmeet Kumar, Gurvinder Mann, Bhavesh Gour, Bhavneet Singh.

Boys Under-14 singles: Kamal Kishore, Pankaj Kumar, Jatinder Singh, Abhimanyu Singh, Atul Sripatel, Mandeep Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Niklesh Kanojia.

Girls Under-14 singles: Nehal Sahni, Shreya Malhotra, Vibhuti Khullar, Riya Bhatia, Shivani Manchanda, Naina Goswami, Hassan Dhanoa, Harkirat Bains.

Girls Under-18 singles: Jaanesh Kaur, Nehal Sahni, Pooja Naraina, Tanya Chadha, Gundeep Kaur, Bhavika Wadhawan, Lovleen Raizada and Yogita Saini.

Panchkula, August 10
Parikshit Vashistha of Shri Guru Gobind Singh School, Chandigarh, had double delight as he clinched the titles of men’s senior and boys junior in the 4th RK Babuta Memorial Prize Money Ranking Carrom Tournament at Saupin’s School, Sector 9, here today.

In men’s singles final, he defeated Mandeep Singh in a tough competition by 16-18, 23-15 and 25-13 whereas in boys’ junior final, he got the better of Sahil Garg by 25-11.

Yamini Vashistha of UIET, Chandigarh, emerged champion in the women senior as well as girls junior.

Results:

Men senior (Quarterfinals):

Parikshit Vashistha b Kundan Singh 25-0, Sahil Garg b Arun Seth 24-5, Anil b Sarthak 23-16, Mandeep b Maria 
Joseph 20-0.

Semifinals: Parikshit Vashistha b Sahil Garg 25-1, Mandeep Singh b Anil 25-4

Final: Parikshit Vashistha b Mandeep Singh 16 - 18, 23-15, 25-13.

Boys Junior (Quarterfinals):

Parikshit Vashistha b Abhishek Gupta 22-3, Bhanu Goyal b Shanu Goyal 20-16, Gursimran b Sarthak 21-17, Sahil Garg b Virat Rana 16 - 12.

Semifinals: Parikshit Vashistha b Bhanu Goyal 26-4, Sahil Garg b Gursimran 25-9.

Final: Parikshit Vashistha b Sahil Garg 25-11

Boys Sub-junior semifinals:

Sahil Garg b Sahib Saggu 25-0, Samrat Rana b Puneet Chopra 17-12.

Final: Sahil Garg b Samrat Rana 25 - 16.

Women Senior (Semifinals):

Ridhi Kanwar b Surbhi Sharma 26-4, Yamini Vashistha b Tanya Sangwan 25-4.

Final: Yamini Vashistha b Ridhi Kanwar 25-11

Girls Junior semifinals: Ridhi Kanwar b Nupur Arora 25-0, Yamini Vashistha b Mansi Arora 25-4.

Final: Yamini Vashistha b Ridhi Kanwar 25-23.

Girls Sub-junior semifinals: Plakshi Jain b Sonal Bansal 21-9, Mansi Arora b Shrenika Mittal 25-5.

Final: Mansi Arora b Plakshi Jain 22-11.

Chandigarh, August 10
Putting up a top-class show, DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, won the Chandigarh State Hockey Championship (juniors under-14) at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 18, here today. The team beat Rock Rovers Club by 3-1.

The match picked up momentum when Paramdeep drew first blood in the 27th minute through a penalty corner. The goal infused spirit in the team and Gurjinder Singh extended the lead with a field goal in the 46th minute while Yogesh Kumar completed the tally in the very next minute by converting a penalty corner.

For Rock Rovers, Narinder Singh netted first goal for his team in the 51st minute. Thereafter Rock Rovers boys got eight penalty corners but squandered all of them. On the other hand, DAV forced 10 penalty corners and converted only two into goals. 

Mohali, August 10
The Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy started on winning note in the five-match series against Mohali Crikcket Association at the PCA Ground 3, here today.

An all-round performance by Talwinder Singh (24 not out and 3 for 23) helped the Azad Academy team to bring off two-wicket victory with one ball to spare.

The target was of 144 runs, which Azad academy overhauled in 34.5 overs at the loss of 8 wickets. Talwinder and Rishu Chopra salvaged the team with their 34 runs partnership for the eighth wicket. Talwinder remained not out on 24 and Rishu hit unbeaten 11 runs. Before it, the team was struggling at 90 for 7.

Azad’s skipper Abhilash Sharma hit a captain's knock of 34, consisting six boundaries.

Earlier, MCA won the toss and elected to bat. They made 143 for 8 in allotted 35 overs. Sehaj Singh (27), Jageshwar (21) and Gurpartap (14) were their main scorers. Apart from Talwinder, Rahul Chopra took two for 11. Talwinder Singh was adjudged man of the match.

Chandigarh, August 10
Jeev Milkha Singh remained very much in contention occupying the tied seventh slot as he played a par 70 in the third round which carried on till this morning after thunderstorms and torrential rains forced abandonment of the play on the third day yesterday at 2.16 p.m (local time) in the US PGA Championship at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan.

The Chandigarh golf icon fired two birdies for a front nine score of one under par 34. In the return nine this morning, Jeev bogeyed the very first 10th hole. He birdied the 12th and again conceded a bogey on the 14th for a par card and a three round total of two over par 212.

The final round will be played in three balls, from both the first and tenth tees, with starting times beginning at 12.20pm through to 2.20pm(local time).

Jeev, who is feeling the pain in his right ankle, was a determined man yesterday. After playing a blemish-free par round till the sixth, the Chandigarh golf icon sank a birdie on the seventh. As the winds picked up speed, Jeev bogeyed the eighth. Moments before play was suspended, Jeev putted perfectly to birdie the ninth hole for a one under par 34 front nine.

This morning he continued with two bogeys and a birdie on the back nine for a par 70 card.

The stage is set for a grand finale with eight golfers, including Jeev within four strokes of the victory podium.

Leading the pack after the third round is Ben Curtis (US) at two under 208. One stroke behind the leader is J.B. Holmes (US)and Henrik Stevenson (Sweden). Padraig Harrington (Ireland), Sergio Garcia (Spain) and Charlie Wi (South Korea) are tied fourth at 211. Occupying the tied seventh slot are Andreo Romero (Argentina) and Jeev Milkha Singh.

Chandigarh, August 10
More than 120 retired defence officers sweated it out on the greens of the Shivalik Environmental Park and Training Area (SEPTA) at Chandimandir for the five titles at stake in the one-day tournament organised by the Punjab Golf Association today.

Lt Col R.S. Grewal logged 39 points to clinch the title in the 50-60 age group competition played on the stableford system. Following two points behind was Lt Col R.G. Sharma.

Lt Col N.R. Baberwal triumphed in the 61-65 age group with 42 points with Lt Col Pritam Singh romping home winner in the 66-70 group with a tally of 37 points. In the above 71 age group, Brig Surinder Singh was declared the winner with 41 points. Eighty-year-old Lt Gen H.S. Dyal was honoured with a special prize for being the oldest participant in the tournament. "Now it is more of social golfing and a get-together with old friends," said General Dyal who once played with a handicap of 11 when he was Corps Commander at Tezpur.

The retired defence officers were all praise for the Punjab Golf Association for bringing together such a large number of old golfing friends. The greens played well.

R.G. Sharma won the putting competition for ladies. Lt Gen T.K. Sapru, GOC-in-C, Western Command was the chief guest and gave away prizes to the winners.

Results:

Ladies Putting: R.G. Sharma 1, Kamal Bedi 2, Rajni Khurana 3, Birender Dayal 4.

50-60 age group: Lt Col R.S. Grewal 39 points, Lt Col R.G. Sharma 37 points

61-65 age group: Lt Col N.R. Baberwal 42 points, Col B.S. Rangi 38 points

66-70 age group: Lt Col Pritam Singh 37 points, Lt Gen Madan Bhandari 36 points

71 years and above: Brig Surinder Singh 41 points, Lt Col G.S. Brar 38 points, Capt J.S. Rathee 37 points.

Chandigarh, August 10
Gopal, a resident of Sector 29, was robbed of Rs 30,000 at knife point in Sector 29 here late this evening.

According to sources, Gopal was on his way to home when suddenly two youths armed with sharp-edged weapons stopped him.

The duo forcibly snatched the money that Gopal was carrying in a bag.

The miscreants allegedly stabbed Gopal before fleeing from the spot.

The victim sustained injuries and was taken to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, where he received about half-a-dozen stitches on his hand.

The police is investigating the case.

Panchkula, August 10
The local police has arrested a youth from a well-off family of Sector 4 here for stealing Rs 80,000 and a mobile phone from the house of his friend. The accused has been identified as Sherif Arora, only son of a cloth merchant in Sector 17, Chandigarh.

Arora was today produced before the chief judicial magistrate Raj Rani who sent him in police custody for two days.

According to the police, Rajinder Pal Gupta, a resident of Sector 16, on July 10 last year lodged a complaint alleging that Rs 80,000 and a mobile phone were stolen from his house.

Gupta, in his complaint, maintained that he along with his wife left for Amarnath on June 29 while their son, Saurabh, stayed back to look after the family business. “On the night of July 2, somebody entered the house and bolted Saurabh inside his room. Saurabh got up around 4 am to find himself locked inside. Suspecting trouble, he opened the backdoor and jumped over into our neighbour’s backyard. From there he called up one of our relatives who reached the house around 5 am.”

The police while tracing the mobile phone reached Ravinder, a resident of Sector 15, Chandigarh. Ravinder, however, told the police that he got the phone from Aditya of Sector 11. Aditya informed the police that the phone was sold to him by Arora.

The police came to know that Arora was a friend of Saurabh and he knew where the money was kept in Saurabh’s house.

As he used to visit the house of Saurabh, during one such visit he managed to steal the keys of the house and stole the money and the mobile phone.

Chandigarh, August 10
Childhood obesity is becoming a major concern not only for parents but for city doctors as well. The school of public health, PGI, is all set to launch a battle against the bulge by developing a health-promotion model for Chandigarh schools.

A pilot testing of the proposed model has been planned in four city schools - two private and two public schools. The selected schools are Government Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra Housing Board Complex, Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 41, and Guru Harkishan Public School, Sector 38, and Ajit Karam Singh International Public School.

Dr J.S. Thakur, associate professor, school of public health, said, “In a recent study by PGIMER, experts found that prevalence of metabolic syndrome among schoolchildren is four per cent and 30 per cent among obese children.”

Experts at the PGI warn that the syndrome is on the rise among schoolchildren of Chandigarh. It leads to higher occurrence of lifestyle diseases like heart ailments, diabetes, chronic lung disease, cancer etc in later part of adult life.

“But these lifestyle diseases can be prevented if habits like healthy diet, physical activity, avoidance of smoking and stress are inculcated in childhood. To achieve the goal, schools are an excellent setting for health promotion,” says Dr Paramjyoti, nodal officer, school health programme, UT.

As a part of this initiative, selected school would have to form a committee, which would implement the programme designed by PGI, said Dr Thakur. According to this programme, canteens will be formed in these schools, which will sell only fruits, milk and nutritious food and healthy tiffin competition will also be organised. Apart from this, physical activity classes will be organised every day. To sensitise parents, workshops will be conducted fortnightly. Lectures on health hazard will also be delivered in a month and school councillor will give tips on stress management.

After pilot testing of this model in these schools, accreditation of “health promoting school” might be developed in Chandigarh. In the second phase, other schools might be system encouraged to get themselves accredited as health promoting schools, said Dr Thakur.