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Worker drowns at factory
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, January 16
A young worker drowned in a pool on the premises of Parabolic Drugs at Sundra village yesterday.

The victim was identified as 18-year-old Ankush, son of Desraj, a resident of Sunder Colony, Ganganagar district of Rajasthan.

Work was on for sinking a tube-well on the factory premises, which had resulted in the formation of a muddy pool.

The victim was passing through the site when he accidentally slipped into the pool, killing him on the spot.

According to sources, it was victim’s first day at work. Ankush was the lone son of his parents.

The police has sent the body for a post-mortem examination after registering a case.

Patiala, January 16
Dr Manjit Singh Bal, head, department of pathology, Government Medical College, while delivering a lecture on thyroid cancer at Amar Ashram here today said thyroid cancer was three times more common among women.

He said that preventive measures like dietary control were effective in checking the incidents of thyroid cancer.”

Dr Bal explained the details about thyroid cancer and emphasised that early detection of the disease could help check mortality. He underlined that fine needle aspiration cytology and biopsy were methods of detecting and confirming the diagnosis.

“If diagnosed at an early stage, thyroid cancer can be treated well,” he added.

Chandigarh, January 16
Hours after the confidence-instilling exercise by the top brass of the Chandigarh Police, including the IGP and the SSP, by visiting houses of residents across the city, the UT police showed gaping holes in ground realities when cops arrived an hour and-a-half after an emergency call made by a resident of Sector 22 in the wee hours this morning.

A hooligan sprayed the contents of his liquor bottle on three scooters outside a house at Sector 22-B and put his burning cigarette stub on it. The scooters caught fire and exploded. Parul, an inhabitant of the house, said the police and fire station were called immediately. Fire tenders came only an hour later, around 3 am, while the police followed around 3.45 am.

Parul said, “It was around 2 am when the boy, who had been pursuing my sister, came and parked his car (a Swift Desire) outside our home. He was playing Punjabi love songs loudly. We were up as my sister was preparing for the entrance examination of MBBS course. We know the boy. He is an old neighbour, whose family has now shifted to another house in the same sector.”

“My sister had only recently told me that the boy was troubling her for the past few months. They were classmates in a previous school. He was constantly troubling her. When my sister did not respond to his calls yesterday, he started shouting abuses. My sister even went to the extent of saying that she would talk in the morning in case he went at that time. He did not relent. After an exchange of words, he threw liquor on the scooter and then his cigarette stub. He then went away,” she said.

“The Kinetic scooters exploded. We are a joint family. We took our nephew, young kids and ladies through an alternative route outside. We were shocked to see that the fire tender came about an hour later and the police even later, around 3.45 am. We have filed our complaint. The police registered a case. That serves us no good as the walls of our house are black,” she said.

The elder sister said, “The boy even gave calls from his mobile from inside the police lock-up. My sister is participating in the Miss Chandigarh contest and he said he would not allow that.”

Chandigarh, January 16
Pankaj and Jasmeet claimed two titles in the Chandigarh Dance Sport Championship held at the Sector 10 Skating Rink here today.

The competition was organised by the Chandigarh Dance Sport Association. Participants gave a display of some perfect foot movements to the tunes of "Mambo Italiano.." "Some kinda wonderful....." and "Sobe Son.."

Occupying the judges' seat were India's Latin American dance queen Vallary Lokre and choreographer Puja Parikh from Mumbai. Dressed in Latin costumes, mostly in black colour, the couples captivated audience.

Garima Singh, Additional Commissioner, Income Tax, Chandigarh circle, gave away prizes to winners. Ravinder Talwar, director, Banyan Tree School, was the guest of honour.

Association’s secretary-general Gursharan Singh said he hoped that more and more schools would come forward to promote the game that was included as a medal sport in the 2010 Asian Games held in China.

Results

U-10 single dance “cha cha”: Ritika and Vidushi 1, Siddarth and Mehtaab 2, Nandini and Arshiya 3.

U-16 single all categories: Madhav and Taanya 1, Armaan and Ashna 2, Shivam and Samya 3.

Adults single dance “cha cha”: Pankaj and Apoorva 1, Deepharan and Jasmeet 2, Rajiv and Rozy 3.

Adults 2 dance: Gurmeet and Prashansa 1, Deepharan and Jasmeet 2, Pankaj and Apoorva 3.

Adults 3 dance: Pankaj and Jasmeet 1, Gurmeet and Prashansa 2, Pankaj and Apoorva 3.

Chandigarh, January 16
SEPTA Golf Club team of Chandi Mandir comprising RS Grewal, Angad Cheema, Col Nerval and Col Arvind clinched the overall team championship trophy in the third Col BS Kahlon Memorial Inter-Club Golf Championship played on the greens of SEPTA golf course in Chandi Mandir yesterday.

The Chandigarh Golf Club team finished as runners-up in the tournament organised by the Punjab Golf Association in which 11 golf clubs of Punjab and Haryana took part. The runner-up quartet included Pauline JM Singh, IPS Mann, Capt JM Singh and APS Kahai.

Zubin Nijhawan of the Panchkula Golf Club fired a 72 card to emerge winner in the individual championship in which 73 golfers participated.

The individual runner-up spot went to Panchkula Golf Club with Punit Dhiman finishing three strokes behind at 75.

Each club was represented by a team of four players. Based on the gross score of each participant, the best three cards were considered for deciding the team championship.

HS Kang from the Chandigarh Golf Club won the straightest drive contest, while GS Grewal from the PGA was nearest to the pin.

All participants had a word of praise for the upkeep of SEPTA course.

They said the greens played true despite the severe weather conditions. Lt-Gen MS Buttar, COS, HQ, Western Command, gave away prizes to winners.

Results

Individual prizes (gross): 72 Zubin Nijhawan (Panchkula Golf Club); 75 Punit Dhiman (Panchkula Golf Club). Individual (nett): 65 S Narain (SEPTA Golf Club), 69 RS Bajwa (PPA Golf Club, Phillaur). Team event: SEPTA Golf Club, Chandi Mandir, 1, Chandigarh Golf Club 2.

Chandigarh, January 16
More than 32 schools are participating in the Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Star Season 4 to be held at football stadium, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on January 18 and 19.

The fourth edition is being organised by the Arsenal FC, the UK.

The tournament, which will be a mix of league and knock-out matches, will start from 9 am to 4 pm on January 18 and 9.30 am to 3.30 pm on January 19. The winning team will face 14 other finalists in the nationals.

A total of 30 players will be selected.

They will be trained by Arsenal coaches in India and London.

At least 16 players will be taken to the UK to participate in the Arsenal International Soccer Festival.