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UP law against illegal
abortions Noida, October 29 He said provision would be made for stringent punishment under the law so that deaths in the name of research become a thing of the past. The Health Secretary had come to inspect the district hospital in Gautam Budh Nagar here. Mr Banerji said efforts were afoot to improve the health services in the state. The state government had provided Rs 300 crore for improving the public health facilities in 28 districts in the state. Besides, a sum of Rs 24 crore had been set aside for setting up regular development centres in hospitals, he added. Mr Banerji said the hospitals did not have any licence to terminate pregnancies. This was being done illegally. The state government, he said, would soon enact such a strong law that it would not only stop this illegal trade but would also put the persons involved behind bars. He took exception to the sale of meat in open places in Noida, a city that prides itself on being a modern city. Mr Banerji said he would personally take up the matter with the Noida health officer to stop the sale of meat in the open. |
Two states vie for top-notch cricketer’s
services New Delhi, October 29 Punjab wants Sarandeep to play for the State, but Delhi too is keen to have Sarandeep in their ranks, to bolster their depleted bowling attack. Delhi would be missing India discard Nikhil Chopra and Ashish Nehra as the former would be playing for Uttar Pradesh while Nehra would be doing Test duty for India in South Africa. Delhi thought that it had good catch in Sarandeep Singh, who is waiting in the wings for Test recall, when he started attending the coaching camp being conducted by chief coach Bishan Singh Bedi and Surinder Khanna at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground since October 1. Sarandeep is eligible to play for Delhi by virtue of being a resident of Delhi. But he had apparently not completed the transfer formalities on time, and Punjab is making use of this lapse on Sarandeep's part to deny him migration certificate to Delhi. Sarandeep should have applied for transfer before October 1, but he applied for transfer ten days later, and Punjab has refused to take cognizance for his transfer application. In fact, Punjab has named Sarandeep in its Ranji Trophy squad for its first league match against Himachal Pradesh, starting at Mohali on November. Delhi will take on Services in its opening Ranji league campaign from November 1 at the Air Force ground, Palam. But due to the prevailing uncertainty regarding Sarandeep's participation, the Delhi senior selection committee has deferred the announcement of the Ranji squad. Sarandeep is trying to get back into the India team as he was dropped like a hot potato despite an impressive Test debut against Zimbabwe in Nagpur last year. He had claimed six wickets in his debut match, but with the return of Harbhajan Singh, Sarandeep has been consigned to the cold storage. Interestingly, Nagpur seems to be a good hunting ground for Sarandeep as he put up an impressive bowling performance in the Irani Cup at the orange city a few weeks back. If he turns out for Delhi, Sarandeep will get enough opportunities to catch the attention of the national selectors. Delhi also desperately needs his services to inject variety into its bowling attack, which has suffered considerably in the recent months with some of their leading players deserting the Delhi team for various reasons. Meanwhile, former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi has been keeping the probables in ship-shape with a well-planned coaching schedule. The Delhi and District Cricket Association has also been extending the best of facilities to the probables at the coaching camp, but due many reasons, the Ranji squad has not yet been announced, the Sarandeep factor being just one of the reasons. Meanwhile, DDCA vice-president C K Khanna, who is also a senior vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said here today that a meeting of the Umpires' Committee of the BCCI will be held at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium on November 3 to finalise the posting of umpires for the forthcoming tour of England tow India. |
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Randhawa, Atwal move to second
stage New Delhi, October 29 Randhawa tied for the third place at the Martin Down Country Club in Stuart, Florida, while Atwal was joint eighth in the National Golf Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Also moving into the second stage was the third Indian player in the fray - the 1994 Honda-Siel PGA champion Daniel Chopra. The India-born Swede was tied for the fourth place at Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro, Tenessee. The first stage of the PGA Tour Q-School was played over 13 different courses across the United States and only the top 21 from each venue made it to the second stage. Randhawa, who started with a bang, shooting an eight-under 64 to lead by two strokes on the opening day, closed with a two-over 74 on the final day but his 10-under 278 aggregate was enough to ensure him a ticket to the second stage. Randhawa had scores of 64, 71, 69 and 74 on the four days. Atwal, who withdrew from the five million dollar Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the final day despite making the cut, just to catch his tee time in the US, proved his decision was worth the effort. Atwal had scores of 73, 70, 71 and 73 for an aggregate of one-under 287. However, conditions were tough at the National Country Club and the winning score was just four-under 284. Daniel Chopra, who has displayed a remarkable return to form in the last few days, closed with rounds of 66 and 68 to aggregate 12-under 276, after shooting level-par 72 on the opening day, followed by a 70 on day two. The second stage of the Q-School will thus feature four Indians with Jeev Milkha Singh joining the three when the competition resumes across six different courses in the states of Texas, Florida and California from November 4 to 9 and then from November 11-16. |
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Karthik, Arvind win
Karting finals New Delhi, October 29 After sweating it out through 64 laps of sheer endurance and alacrity, Karthik Kancherla and Arvind bagged the titles. The duo will now move to Delhi to participate in the national finals on December 23. Karthik established his dominance from the word go, winning his Group B race, and then went on to win both the inter-group races with a defining lead. Arvind, who claimed the third position in the Group B race, put in his best in the inter-group race and wrested the second overall title from Arunjay, the Group A winner, and Dinesh, the Group C winner. And if these speedy conquests were not enough, to satiate the quench, they also got an opportunity to interact with India’s speed ambassadors Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, the newly crowned youngest-ever Asian Formula champions. |
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North Zone TT packed to
brim New Delhi, October 29 Some quality matches were on sight when Sweta Hira of Haryana edged past Khushboo of Delhi in the women's singles qualifying second round after five well contested games at 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3. |
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Super Selector winner
today New Delhi, October 29 The winner, who has chosen an international cricket team which has outperformed all the other teams, including the teams selected by cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar and Geoffrey Boycott, will share the ESPN STAR Sports commentary box with cricket experts during the third India-South Africa Test match. |
Divali bonanza for
homoeopaths New Delhi, October 29 Also incorporated in the Divali bonanza for doctors and teachers is an assured career promotion programme that stipulates the duration of service for time-bound promotions. Under the scheme, a medical officer who has completed four years of service will become eligible for promotion to the rank of senior medical officer. A senior medical officer, in turn, will become eligible for promotion to the level of chief medical officer after putting in six years of service. Upon completion of four years, a chief medical officer can be promoted to the rank of chief medical officer (selection grade). Similarly, the teaching staff in ISM & H will be eligible for career advancements whereby a lecturer will be extended time-bound promotion to the posts of assistant professor, associate professor, professor and finally, director. Health Minister A.K. Walia told The Tribune that with the decision to implement the revised pay scales doctors and teaching staff would draw allowances on par with their counterparts who are practising allopathy. The allowances include car/scooter allowance and other perks. Car allowance, for instance, has been pegged at Rs 1,650 per year – on a par with doctors practising allopathy. The minister said that by implementing these decisions the government would be incurring an additional expenditure of Rs 49.14 lakh by way of allowances and Rs 21.6 lakh on the assured promotion programme spread over a period of three years.
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Move to disband Hodal depot
opposed Faridabad October 29 While it is learnt that the main cause behind the decision of the government was ‘losses’ suffered in the ‘earnings’ of the roadways department, other sources reveal that the income of the sub-depot, Hodal, had been Rs 8.73 and Rs 8.20 per bus per kilometre for August and September this year respectively. It is reported that buses of the sub-depot had travelled 352 km on an average in September alone, which is stated to be one of the highest. The president of the roadways union at Hodal claims that the main reason behind the ‘losses’ was the plying of illegal vehicles. The Ekta Yuva Sakti Sanghthan has opposed the move and has asked the state government to ‘review,’ its decision. |
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