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Orthopaedic camp held
Our Correspondent

DERA BASSI, JANUARY 18
An Orthopedic camp was organised by Sri Sukhamani Multispeciality Hospital with the support of Kinedex Health Care Private Limited.

Almost 125 patients were examined by a team of doctors led by Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Brijindera Gupta. An informative booklet was also distributed to the patients. A free bone mass density checkup was conducted and medicines were distributed by Kinedex team headed by Anil Attri.

Chandigarh, January 18
The UT police have booked a youth for blackmailing and extorting Rs 3.50 lakh and gold ornaments from a woman.

Accused Vineet Sandhu, a resident of Karnal, had studied with the woman in an engineering institute in Haryana in 2008.

The police said the victim, daughter of a city-based businessman, had started receiving threatening messages from the accused, after she got married two years back.

The accused threatened her that he would show her objectionable photographs taken with him to her husband and in-laws in order to destroy her married life.

The victim reportedly gave Rs 3.50 lakh in separate installments and four gold bangles to the youth in lieu of his silence.

The victim presently resides at her maternal house in Sector 19.

The Chandigarh Police have dispatched a team to Karnal to arrest accused Vineet Sandhu.

Chandigarh, January 18
The heavy rain that lashed the city last night exposed the casual approach of the UT Sports Department in maintaining the sports infrastructure.

A visit to the indoor badminton court and the basketball court, which is yet to be inaugurated, highlighted the poor state of affairs. Notably, both courts are situated at a stone’s throw from the office of the Directorate of Sports.

The first indoor basketball court of the city, which is under construction since the past three years, has witnessed wet patches occurred due to small holes in the newly installed overhead covered shed.

The holes led to wet patches over the newly laid-court layer. The UT Administration is spending crores for the much-awaited project. It was supposed to be completed by 2011. However, the Engineering Department failed to construct the project.

On the other hand, the condition of the indoor badminton court is also getting worse. The issue was reported in these columns on October 13, 2013. Despite this, the situation has not been improved. The court No 2 and 3 are the worst hit. The court is among the top most revenue-earning centres of the sports complex.

For the past many years, the Engineering Department has failed to repair the leaking roofs. Last year, participants of an inter-school badminton competition for boys and girls faced a harrowing time when rain spoiled the indoor games. 

Chandigarh, January 18
Arjuna awardee Olympian archer Mangal Singh Champia declared open the All-India Inter-University Archery Competition (for men and women) at the Gymnasium Hall of Panjab University (PU) here today.

However, with rain playing the spoilsport, no event could be conducted on the opening day.

The archery championship will now commence from tomorrow.

The national meet will witness over 800 archers from 75 universities from across the country vying for the top honours.

The five-day-long inter-university championship will be concluding on January 22.