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Rural doctors to involve SGPC in TB control
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 6 We are trying to make DOT centres at various gurdwaras wherein religious preachers could provide medicines to labourers. Lacking of aggressive community participation has led to a rise in the number of TB patients. He said the SGPC and other religious organisations and their leaders could play an important role in helping the rural doctors fight tuberculosis, which at present, was killing more adults than any other infectious disease in the country. We will also apprise the religious bodies of the grave situation and demand their participation in TB control. Approximately 2 per cent of the Indian population is suffering from this disease and increased by AIDS epidemic multi fold. Apart from the gigantic TB problem, which has now been complicated by the AIDS epidemic, the world of tuberculosis is facing a third serious threat in the form of the drug-resistant super bug tuberculosis or multi-drug resistant TB, which is commonly encountered among the patients, who had been having repeated unsuccessful TB treatments. He said discontinuation of the treatment in some cases lead to development of the drug resistance in the patients after which it became dalso spreads MDR TB and only the awareness and motivation of the TB patients who are already taking treatment can help stop the MDR TB. He said he would request the SGPC chief if it could be made mandatory for all gurdwaras under their jurisdiction to relalso spreads MDR TB and only the awareness and motivation of the TB patients who are already taking treatment can help stop the MDR TB. He said he would request the SGPC chief if it could be made mandatory for all gurdwaras under their jurisdiction to relay information about TB and ask people that it was curable through regular and proper treatment. |
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Man mistakenly dies of gunshot
Tira (Mullanpur), December 6 The firearm in possession of the victim was owned by his employer and was loaded at the time of the incident. Inquiries reveal that the landlord had secured an arms license after the ‘kale kache wala’ gang had struck in their village and used to load the gun for night vigil. As a routine practice, Harbans, used to sleep with the gun in the outhouse, located in the fields. Last night after selling agricultural produce in Sector 46 mandi, Harbans, had returned to his outhouse along with the victim. At around 11.30 pm when Harbans went out, the victim was sitting along with Shamsher. Harbans left behind the gun in the outhouse. When the victim started tampering with the gun, Shamsher, objected to it and went out to inform his grandfather. Soon after he heard sound of a gunshot and the victim was found lying on the floor.
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Punjab to set up road safety council soon
Ropar, December 6 The minister also disclosed that the new recruitment of drivers and conductors in the Punjab Roadways and the PRTC would be done on contract basis. He claimed that efforts would be made to make the Punjab Roadways and the PRTC profit making. Rup Nagar officiating deputy commissioner Arshdeep Singh Thind was also present on the occasion. |
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2,231 cases settled in lok adalat
Ambala, December 6 As many as 2,231 cases of various kinds were settled with mutual consents in the adalat, and Rs 18 lakh were dispersed to the claimants on the spot. Besides it, a number of cases under the Hindu Marriage Act, cheque bounces, criminal cases and the MACT cases were settled in it. The District and Sessions Judge said as many as 5,826 cases had been settled down so far. Chief Judicial Magistrate Parveen Gupta said the mega lok adalat would be organised on December 20 and 21 at the judicial complex, in which around 10,000 cases would be settled. |
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5 vehicles collide, 3 injured
Dera Bassi, December 6 Three persons were injured in the accident. The accident took place on the Ghaggar bridge near Bhankarpur village around 7 pm. According to sources, commuters were stuck in the traffic jam due to an accident between a car and truck. The accident was so sudden that the car’s tyre was busted and rammed into a Sumo. The sources revealed that the Sumo rammed into a rallying along with the bridge. Meanwhile, a tempo that was coming from Chandigarh collided into the Sumo. Motor cycle also collided into the vehicles. Dera Bassi traffic in charge Paramjit Singh stated that the drivers of the three vehicles were rushed to the civil hospital, Dera Bassi, by the highway patrolling vehicles where their condition was said to be stable. A crane was called for removing the vehicles and cleared the jam. |
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Man assaulted by 3 persons
Dera Bassi, December 6 According to the police, Dharampal lodged the complaint that he was going to his village with his family when three accused came on bike and forcibly stopped the car by parking the motor cycle in front of the car. The complaint alleged that the accused assaulted him and teased family members in the car. He also stated that when he raised an alarm, the accused fled from the spot. A case has been registered.
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Labourer crushed to death
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 6 The victim has been identified as Mohammad Khan. Truck driver moved the vehicle without looking at the rear end of the truck and overrun the labourer, who was standing behind the rear wheels. The truck driver Amod Kumar, a resident of Bihar, fled from the scene. A case in this connection has been registered at the Fatehgarh Sahib police station. The police is investigating the case.
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Man falls from train, dies
Rajpura, December 6 The victim was rushed to the local civil hospital where he was declared brought dead. He seemed to be a migrant labourer in his forties. The police is trying to establish his identity.
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Backlog of pending cases piles up
Chandigarh, December 6 Though judicial officers have been organising numerous lok adalats, mega lok adalats and pre-litigative lok adalats and also working on some Sundays to bring down the large number of pending cases at the trial courts but the backlog continues to pile up. A comparison of the pending cases in the district courts in July and December 1 is an indication, the increasing trend continues despite all efforts to curb it. While the figure of pending cases stood at 91,450 in July this year, they have crossed the 1,00,000 mark in December, registering an increase of almost 10 per cent. Major portions of these pending cases are those pertaining to Sec 138 IPC of cheque bounce complaints. This, legal luminaries claim, constitutes to almost 50 per cent of the backlog. Investigations carried out by TNS revealed that out of the 19 courts in the District Courts, only three courts had reduced the number of cases pending in their courts. The court of district sessions judge K.K. Garg has reduced the pendency of cases from 1,207 cases in July to 1,148 cases in December. While other two courts that have reduced the pendency is additional district and sessions court of Ravi Kumar Sondhi that has lowered the count of number from 2,250 in July to 2062 in December and the CBI Special Court of Jagdeep Jain that has reduced the count from 84 in July to 77 in December.
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Lok adalat settles 407 cases
Chandigarh, December 6 The lok adalat was held under the surveillance of high court judge, Justice J.S. Khekar, who was accompanied by the district and sessions judge Kewal Krishan Garg. The courts also disposed of 62 civil suites, 14 cases of bank loan and 6 MACT cases, wherein, a compensation of Rs 14 lakh was awarded. The next lok adalat is on December 13.
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Scooter, laptop stolen
Chandigarh, December 6 The police has registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC. In another incident of theft, a complaint has been made by Santosh Sharma, a resident of Ram Darbar, alleging that someone has taken away his laptop and two gas cylinders from his house last night. The police has registered a case under Sections 457/380 of the IPC at the Sector 31 police station.
Injured
A scooterist, namely Anil Mahajan of Sector 19, received injuries when a Scorpio bearing registration No (CH03-L-0262) hit him near Sector 18/19 dividing road on Thursday and sped away. Anil was taken to hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case under Sections 279/338 of the IPC at the police station, Sector 19. In another accident case, the police arrested Sannu Kumar of Ram Darbar, who hit Activa scooter (HR03E-7779) of Anant Kumar Gupta of Sector 20, the complainant with his Qualis (CH03E 7849) on the road dividing Sectors 20 and 30 yesterday evening. Gupta alleged his son Anirudh, who was driving the scooter, got injured and was admitted to GMCH, Sector 32. A case under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 19 police station. Later the accused was bailed out.
Dowry
Simranjit Kaur of Sector 26 lodged a complaint against her husband and in-laws for harassing her for dowry. The police has registered a case under Sections 406, 498A of the IPC against her husband Gurpreet Singh, father-in-law Tarlochan Singh and mother-in-law Manjit Kaur, all residents of Phase 1Mohali, at the Sector 26 police station.
Embezzlement
Pushpinder Khurana of Khurana Enterprises, Sector 9, lodged a complaint of embezzlement of funds against his employee Sanjeev Gullo of Sector 41. Khurana alleged that Gullo made embezzlement of Rs 1.71 lakh with his firm. No arrest has been made so far.
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Malhotra XI beat Sharma XI by 32 runs
Chandigarh, December 6 After losing their opener at 32, Ashok Malhotra XI was bolstered by Rahul Chabbra and Lovish Bansal (47) as they were associated in a 72-run partnership for the third wicket. Rahul's unbeaten knock of 57 was laced with five fours and one six. Lovish Bansal slammed 47. Jagpreet and Daksh Aggarwal contributed 29 and 12 runs, respectively. In reply, Chetan Sharma XI was bowled out for 186 in 29.2 overs. Brief scores: Ashok Malhotra XI: 208 for five in 30 overs (Rahul Chabbra 57 not out, Lovish Bansal 47, Jagpreet 29, Daksh Aggarwal 12, Anmol Singh one for 24, Salesh Masiah one for six, Talwinderjit Singh one for 33, Rishu Chopra one for 28). Chetan Sharma XI: 186 all out in 29.2 overs (Prikshit Rana 47, Simran 26, Lovejit Singh 21, Manjot Singh 18, Rahul Chabbra three for 18, Jagpreet two for 33, Manjit Singh one for 26, Shubham Gaur one for 22, Harpreet Singh
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Kang leads team to victory in golf
Chandigarh, December 6 The winning team comprising H.S. Kang, Navjot Mann, A.S. Bath, J.S. Kesar, P.P.S. Sawhney and Col S.D.S. Bath totalled 108 points with the Pune team finishing three points behind at 105. The top scores in each category and the fourth best card out of the total six members contributed to the final tally of the respective teams. The Chandigarh golfers made it to the finals after the preliminary and regional finals in which 4,500 golfers representing 32 top golf clubs from 20 cities across the country participated. Noida Golf Club, the winners of the trophy for three years, failed to make it to the finals this year after being eliminated in the regional finals held at the Classic Golf Resort. The runner-up Pune team comprised Saurabh Bhaduri, Raj Dataa, Sanjay Naik, Rajeev Raut, Sukhprit Gurudutaa and Tejas Chillal. The unheralded team from Belgaum playing for the first time in the championship finished third, followed by the team representing Beldih and Golmuri Golf Club, Jamshedpur. The four teams that played in the finals, qualified after winning the regional finals in their respective zones. The grand finals held in Bali was the third and final stage of India's largest and most exciting golf tournament “The McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship”, which saw some of the country's most talented amateurs in action, including Asian Games gold medallist and Arjuna Awardee Amit Luthra, big names on the LG Amateur Tour - Jasjeet Singh (Noida Golf Course), H.S. Kang (Chandigarh Golf Club), Akarsh Choubey (Classic Golf Resort), Amit Kumar (Jaypee Greens Golf Resort), Siddharth Sharma (Rambagh Golf Club) and Saurabh Bhaduri (Pune Golf Club) amongst others.
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Param clinches U-10 title
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 6 Second title of the championship was won by unseeded Ranjodh Singh, when he beat the third seed Sachin Kumar of the CLTA, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, in the boys’ under-14 category in three very well fought sets lasted for 90 minutes. Third title of the day went to the top seed Nikita Bisnoi in the girls’ under-12 age category by beating second seed Nehmat Aulakh in straight sets in 35 minutes by 6-0, 6-2. Results of semi-finals: Boys’ under-12: Sachin Kumar beats Param Pun 4-1, 4-1; Paramveer Bajwa beats Utkarsh Khosla 1-4, 5-3, 4-2. Boys’ under-16: Ravisher Singh beats Parminder Singh 6-0, 6-3; Aviraj Kamboj beats Andrew Pardeep 6-0, 6-3. Girls’ under-10: Prinkle Singh beats Seerat Sidhu 6-2; Shea Bhasin beats Shreya Bali 6-0.
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Softball Tourney Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 6 In the first league match of the day, GGS Khalsa College for Women, Chandigarh, had to battle it hard to snuff out the spirited challenge of Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, 10-9 home runs. Sarita who scored 2 home runs was the top scorer for the winning team. While Leela, Suman, Latesh, Tejinder, Kiran, Nisha, Geetu and Renu, all contributed in the win with 1 home run each. For Guru Nanak College, Amandeep, Balwinder and Harminder were the principal scorers with 2 home runs each. In another league match, Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, thrashed Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, 10-3 home runs. Scoring 2 points each, Navdeep, Sukhvir and Amandeep became the principal scorer for the winning team. However, it was the quick base-to-base running of their team that got them home. Arshi, Kulhit, Pardeep and Amanjot chipped in with one home run each. For Ramgarhia College, Loveneet, Manpreet and Navneet were the only player to score a home run.
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Ajeetesh finishes 4th as Shamim
wins TATA Open
Chandigarh, December 6 Chandigarh's 20-year-old Ajeetesh Sandhu played a one over 71 to finish tied fourth at three under par 279 (64-72-72-71) and pocketed the prize money of Rs 84,633. Feroz Ali Mollah and Shankar Das also tied for the fourth spot. Harendra P. Gupta, also from Chandigarh, was one stroke behind at two under par 280 (71-70-68-71) and won Rs 61,300 for his tied seventh spot. Uttam Singh Mundy of Chandigarh finished tied eighth with Mohd Siddikur Rahman and Mandeo Singh Pathania at one under par 281 (67-74-69-71) for a prize money of Rs 46,300. The final round on Saturday had the same format as the third round with the players switching courses (Beldih and Golmuri) after nine holes. Defending champion Mukesh Kumar (71, 74, 66, 66) fired four under 66 for the second successive day to climb from overnight tied 13th to tied second. Mukesh sank birdies on the 4th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 16th and dropped a lone bogey on the 13th. The other city golfers in the fray were A.S. Lehal (tied 14th at 72-68-75-69=284), Harmeet Kahlon (tied 19th at 72-69-71-73=285), Sujjan Singh (tied 24th at 74-71-69-74=288) and Ranjit Singh (tied 26th at 68-78-70-73=289). |
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Sports festival begins at War Heroes Stadium
Ambala, December 6 Harmohinder said the Haryana Government was providing a lot of facilities for players in the state. He said about 162 villages were being provided with a stadium. Efforts were also being made to make the villages of Asiad game winners into a model village. He also announced a grant of 50,000 to the United Basketball club. The events being organised are athletics, basketball, handball (boys and girls), football, volleyball and kabaddi. |
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Softball trials today
Chandigarh, December 6 Giving this information here today, association secretary general Roop Lal Sharma said players (boys and girls) born on or before January 1, 1991 were eligible to take part in the trials. Selected players will attend a coaching camp from December 8 to 15 before participation in the 26th Junior National Softball Championship to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Hanamkonda (Wranangal, Andhra Pradesh) from December 17 to 22.
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