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Govt releases funds for ayurvedic hospital
Patiala, November 19 The 106-bed hospital was neglected after the pharmacy was closed because of paucity of funds. The number of patients both in the indoor ward and outdoor department had registered a steep fall, as there were no medicines available. Dr B.K. Kaushik, medical superintendent of the hospital, told The Tribune that the Punjab government had recently released funds following which the pharmacy had reopened and ayurvedic medicines were now available for indoor patients. He said the hospital had sought a grant and the Punjab government had made part payment against this demand. Many indoor wards had almost no admissions for months together. The situation was worst in 2002 when free diet system for indoor patients scrapped. The doctors and paramedical staff did not have much to do following the decline in the number of patients. The indoor wards of the hospital are still neglected. The building has not been painted for years. Dr Kaushik said number of patients was likely to pick up now, as 16 more doctors, including surgeons, specialists, ENT had been posted to the hospital along with Panchkarma and Charak of the ayurvedic medicines. Kaushik further said the hospital was entering into arrangement with temples and gurdwaras for supplying meals to indoor patients. He said the number of patients coming to the OPD daily had gone up from 70 to 80 till a couple of months back to 125 now. The number would increase in the coming months, he added. However, he was worried about the shortage of dispensaries in the hospital. Out of 17 dispensaries, eight had been shifted and this had affected the hospital working. Kaushik further said he hoped the operation theatre had already functioned with the number of patients reporting at the hospital improving. Dr Kaushik said with a view to popularising ayurvedic medicines, the hospital had started organising medical camp.
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Dasmesh Enclave residents stage dharna
Kharar, November 19 Area residents Amarjeet Kaur, Preetam Singh and Savinder said around five years ago, Star Colonizers handed over a big portion of his colony's land to adjacent private coloniser, Bajwa Developers, and the stretch was included in Sunny Enclave. At that time, the management of Sunny Enclave had installed a gate on the road that was opened every morning and closed at night. Six months ago, the Sunny Enclave authorities closed the gate by erecting a wall, thereby closing this passage. The area residents apprised Kharar SDM Rajiv Kumar Gupta and the municipal council authorities of this episode. Around a month ago, Kharar municipal council took over Sunny Enclave. On the orders of the MC authorities, the wall constructed by the Sunny Enclave authorities was knocked down, so that passage could be opened again. "But the Sunny Enclave authorities refused to open the gate. Later, we came to know that the piece of land lying adjacent to gate towards Sunny Enclave has been sold as a plot," said the area residents. Today, the Sunny Enclave authorities had tried to re-construct the wall, following which residents of Dasmesh Enclave sat on the dharna and opposed the construction. AME of the Kharar municipal council Baldev Verma met both parties. He said Sunny Enclave's map had been approved by PUDA and there was a plot of Sunny Enclave at the gate, which cannot be tampered with. It was amicably decided that Sunny Enclave will leave separate place for passage to the Dasmesh Enclave area residents. At last, by late evening, the Sunny Enclave authorities had given way for passage to Dasmesh Enclave by knocking down wall constructed on another road.
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Broadband services shut for 5 hrs
Kalka, November 19 According to Amit Khera, an owner of a cyber café in Kalka, the frequent failure of the broadband services severely affects their business. It must be mentioned here that due to the work of widening of the National Highway-22 from Zirakpur to Kalka-Parwanoo, the main cable of the BSNL broadband gets frequently damaged, resulting in the failure of the broadband and landline services of the area. Hemant Sharma, branch manager of SBoP, NRW branch, Kalka, opine that keeping in view the public interest and inconvenience faced by the banks and other financial institutions, the higher authorities of the department of the BSNL should provide an alternate route to Kalka, Pinjore, via Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh, at least till the completion of the widening of NH-22 project. |
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Himachal sabha celebrates annual day
Kalka, November 19 The programme started with the lighting of the traditional lamp by social worker Narinder Sharma, who was the chief guest.
Former secretary of state Congress Vijay Bansal was the guest of honour. A colourful cultural programme consisting of folk songs and dances of Himachal Pradesh was presented. Artistes
from various parts of the state, including Neeru from Kullu, Rahul Sharma (11) from
Hamirpur, Hans Raj, Ranjna, Sanjeev Dikshit and Meenakshi enthralled the
audience by rendering solo and duet songs of Himachal folk. Local artistes, including Priyanka Thakur, Shradha Sharma, Kamal Chandel, Jagan Rana and Dyal presented dance and songs. Sabha chairman Dr Randhir Singh Rana, president Navjeevan and general secretary Kuldeep Kumar were also present at the function. The programme concluded with the serving of Bilaspuri ‘dham’, the traditional dinner of Himachal. |
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Biker killed in mishap
Lalru, November 19 According to the police, Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Sangoli village, was hit from behind by a speedy van. The injured sustained several injuries and was immediately rushed to Derabassi Civil Hospital where he was referred to GMCH-32. The doctors declared him brought dead, the police added. The police stated that the deceased was on his way to home from Lalru. The driver of the vehicle managed to flee from the scene in darkness. A case has been registered and started further
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Hockey sticks distributed among 50 players
Fatehgarh Sahib,
November 19 The sports material was distributed among the sportspersons to popularise the game among school students. Hockey coach havildar Jarnail Singh said besides hockey sticks to the players, balls, hockey kit and full kit to the goalkeeper was also provided to the children. The SSP said efforts would be made to provide coaching to the children, besides other basic facilities, including a gymnasium.
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35-yr-old commits suicide
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Man held with 550 porn CDs
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 19 The police arrested the accused on a tip-off after he had come to Sirhind to sell the CDs in the market. A case has been registered against the accused at Sirhind police station in this connection. The police is investigating the case.
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Violation of Building Bylaws Swati Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 19 Kutty of the Indian Coffee House has filed a petition against the defendants — Anil Kaur and fours others — wherein he has sought for directions to be issued to the defendants to submit the revised building plan in terms of the rules regulations of Capital of Punjab Act and to regularise violations as per the directions of estate officer. He stated that the corporation had been running the renowned Indian Coffee House since 1964 from the ground floor portion of shop-cum-office (SCO) 12 in Sector 17. The defendant, Anil Kaur, a resident of Panchkula, had given the premises on lease for running the Coffee House. The defendant applied for occupation certificate of the site in question whereby the estate office informed the owner of the SCO that the temporary structure of the rear courtyard might be made permanent under the sanctioned plan. Subsequently, the temporary structure was made permanent by the defendant and handed over to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs received a show-cause notice from the estate office wherein it was mentioned that the rear store at the ground floor used as kitchen was against the plan. Even cabins made on the first, second and third floor were unauthorised. During the pendency of the matter in the estate office, the counsel for defendants sent a notice to the plaintiffs that Rajneesh Bansal, Brinda Chadha, Sandeep Bansal and Harmohinder Singh had become owners of the site on the basis of court decree and requested the plaintiffs to make the payment of rent directly to them. Kutty asserted in the petition that they had been tenants in the site and there were no building violations in it. He claimed that the defendant was abusing the process of law and wanted to evict the plaintiff through abuse of process of law. The plaintiffs thus sought the court to pass a decree of mandatory injunction directing the defendants to submit the revised building plan under the rules and regulations. The plaintiffs further stated that the assistant estate officer on August 22 had issued directions to get the violations regularised in accordance with the building bylaws pertaining to the property in question.
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Lok adalat from Dec 20
Panchkula, November 19 Giving this information here yesterday, district and sessions judge M.M. Sharma said the District Legal Service Authority had already started organising lok adalats on Saturdays at the district courts complex. Earlier, lok adalats were organised at different villages of the district and maximum cases were taken up. Sharma said pre-lok adalats were being organised from every Saturday to Friday in the district and on Sunday a special pre-lok adalat was also being organised. Over 450 cases had been solved in lok adalats up to November 15, he added. He said cases under the Hindu Marriage Act, and those pertaining to accident, cheque bounce, etc. were specially taken up in these lok adalats. Besides, during the period, around 2,650 cases of traffic challans were also solved, Sharma added. He said December 12 had been fixed for special lok adalats to take up cases of traffic challan in the area and December 13 had been kept for taking up cheque bounce cases. He added that anyone wanting to solve traffic challan cases could appeal in the courts on any working day. He said criminal cases under the MC would be taken up November 21 to 22 at the district courts. Similarly, criminal cases under the Factory Act and the Labour and Shop Act would be taken up on November 26 and December 5 in the courts of chief judicial magistrate Raj Gupta, said the district and sessions judge.
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Four booked for assault
Chandigarh, November 19 Ajay was injured and admitted in GMSH-16. A case under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 379, 506 of the IPC has been registered at Sector 39 police station. The police said investigation was on and all accused would be arrested in a short time.
Stolen
Kunal Mahajan of Sector 33 lodged an FIR alleging that his Pulsar motor cycle (PB-02-AW-1058) was stolen from Sector 20, yesterday. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at Sector 19 police station.
Theft
In another incident, the local police registered a case on the complaint of Mohinder Singh of Zirakpur alleging that his Canter (HR-37-B-3521) was stolen from the Industrial Area-II, during the intervening night of November 16-17. A case has been registered at the police station of Sector 31.
Snatching
In yet another incident, Hari Parshad, a resident of Sector 33, filed a complaint with the police alleging that three unknown boys riding on black motor cycle snatched his phone from in front of his house, yesterday. A case under Sections 379, 356 of the IPC has been registered at the police station of Sector 34.
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Cop, mother held for thrashing wife
Chandigarh, November 19 According to sources at the police station-11, Sukhdev Singh’s daughter-in-law, Rajwinder Kaur, had lodged a complaint alleging that her husband Navdeep Singh, who is a constable in the Punjab police, and mother-in-law Surinder Kaur had thrashed her at her police colony residence in Sector 11. She complained that she was thrashed by the accused after she broke a plate. The SHO said both the complainant and the accused were medically examined. The medical report of Rajwinder Kaur confirmed that she sustained “simple blunt” injuries. Acting on the complaint, the police arrested Navdeep Singh and his mother under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC and booked Sukhdev Singh under Sections 107 and 150 of the CrPC.
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Man duped by property dealers
Mohali, November 19 Manjeet Singh Johal told the police that he met Rajinder Singh and Ramesh, property dealers, at the house of Jagmohan Singh in Phase VII here for purchasing 70 acres of land in Sukhgarh village and the price fixed for each acre was Rs 1.14 crore. A sum of Rs 75 lakh was given as token money. He alleged that he was not being given the possession of the land and nor was his amount being returned to him. The police has registered a case under Sections 420, 468, 471 of the IPC in this regard.
Theft
A resident of Sector 70 has complained to the police that cash and gold jewellery was stolen from his house on Sunday. Ramesh Aggarwal said a purse was stolen from a cupboard in his house by someone which contained Rs 16,000 and jewellery. A case under Section 380 of the IPC was registered in this regard.
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SGGS claim cycling c’ship
Chandigarh, November 19 GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, bagged 27 points to clinch the second position. While Govind National College, Narangwal, with 11 points and DAV College, Sector 10, with six points got the third and fourth position, respectively. Satbir Singh of GGN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, stood winner in 1,000 m sprint. Gurbaj Singh in the 1,000 m time trials and Jagdeep Singh in 4,000 m individual pursuit of the same college stood winner. While in the 1,000 m massed start, Sitenderpal Singh of GGS College, Chandigarh, bagged the first place. In the women cycling championship, Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, with 34 points annexed the first position. Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, (seven points) and GGS College for Women, Sector 26, (five points) had a close fight for the second place but it was the former, who bagged the second position. While MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, and Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, shared the fourth position as both of them got four points each. Anureet of GN Khalsa College (W), Ludhiana, got the first position in 500 m time trail and 1,000 m massed start. Sukhpal Kaur of the same college stood winner in 3,000 m individual pursuit. |
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Motorbike rally arrives in city
Chandigarh, November 19 The rally will cover a total distance of about 2,500 km. After being flagged-off from Bathinda on November 17, it has already covered Faridkot, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Ropar. The rally will now move to Paonta Sahib, from where it will enter the treacherous trails of Garhwal and Kumaon region through Dehradun, Mussoorie, Tehri, Pauri, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kotdwar, Lansdowne and Haldwani. A 30-km stretch of the rally will also be in rafts in the turbulent waters of the Ganges River near Rishikesh. Besides adventure, the rally aims at spreading the message of national unity and promote career opportunities in the army amongst the youth in the remote villages. It would also reach out to the ex-servicemen en-route and inform them about the various government schemes concerning them.
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Special kid stands out in swimming
Chandigarh, November 19 Out of the five disabled boys, Anmol represented the city and bagged the silver medal in the championship, which was organised by the Haryana Swimming Association for Disabled under the aegis of He has reached here because of his father, Sunil Aggarwal, lecturer in Panjab University, who has been toiling hard to make this happen. “I was confident that he would bag the first position but he slowed down and started playing with water, and thus, secured the second place,” Sunil said. It’s indeed a difficult task to make Anmol learn swimming. His coach made his father learn it first so that the father teaches Anmol later and understand it better. |
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Ranking tourney from today
Chandigarh, November 19 The competition that is being organised by Sunrise (India) will be held in both boys and girls in singles and doubles. In under-19 age group mixed doubles event is also organised. The tournament attracted a large number of players in the age groups of under-10, under-13, under-16 and under-19 age group categories. According to Surinder Mahajan, national coach, the qualifying rounds were held in all categories on November 18 and 19 and the main draw matches will start on November 20. The closing ceremony will take place on November 23 by Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Asha Hooda will be the guest of honour. M.C. Sethi, president, the Chandigarh Badminton Association, giving information said, “It will be a grand event with participation from all across India and the tournament will carry prize money of Rs 2 lakh. |
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Government College students vie for top honours
Chandigarh, November 19 The meet was inaugurated by the chief guest, Dr. Dalel Singh Chauhan, an Arjuna awardee, director sports, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. The two-day meet kicked off with the release of colourful balloons and bursting of crackers. Dressed in their best attires, the students of B.P. Ed., B.A. (physical education), BCA, BBA, B.Com, NCC and NSS cadets of the college presented a well-orchestrated march past, including two girls’ contingents. The results: 5,000 m: Rajinder Singh of B.A. (II): 1st, Jasmer Singh of B.P.Ed. (I): 2nd and Sandeep Panu of B.A. (I): 3rd High jump: Amandeep Singh of B.P.Ed. (IV) stood winner. Shot put: Kulwant Singh of B.Sc. (III)(M) stood winner Shot put (girls): Nivedita Rana of B.Sc. (III) BT emerged winner Shot put (general): Bhagwant Singh of B.A. (II) emerged winner 1,500 m: Rajinder of B.A. (II) emerged winner. |
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GGS eve selected for handball c’ship
Chandigarh, November 19 Earlier, she has represented the city in junior and senior nationals and this was the first time that she has been selected to the 16-member Indian Handball (women) team. Veena gave the whole credit of her success to her coach, Iqbal Singh. “Earlier, I was into athletics and I started playing handball just three years back. I learnt all the tricks from him,” Veena smiles. |
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