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OTs remain closed for third consecutive day Chandigarh, August 5 Every year the hospital authorities and patients are put to same inconvenience during the monsoon. While the PGI, every year closes the operating theatres, officials blame the old structure for the repeated problem. Meanwhile, to cope with the rush, the PGI is using additional operating theatres of the Department of Urology and Advanced Paediatric Centre (APC) for carrying out surgeries. The list of the patients to be operated upon has been reprioritised. While the hospital is conducting emergency surgeries as usual the worst hit are the planned and other surgeries which are being rescheduled and are being conducted on the fourth floor of the hospital by extending the timings. As a precautionary step the hospital will conduct surgeries on Saturday as well. The officials said operating theatres located on the fifth floor would be made functional once the repair work and fumigation was completed.  |
Bharti leads in air rifle category Chandigarh, August 5 Shooters who excelled during the championship were also honoured on the occasion. Those honoured on the occasion are Minerva Singh, Harmandeep Singh, Parminder Singh, Gursarvinder Singh, Harveen Sarao, Jagat , Arjun Pratap, Sarabjeet, Jagraj, Rajesh, Kuldeep, Roopmeet Mann, Shaleen, Gurdev, Rajesh, Kuldeep, Joginder and Karambir Singh. On the first day, Anurag Bharti was leading in Air Rifle OS, NR category with 203/400 while Bhai Gurjinder Singh lead in .22 Std.Rifle OS NR men category and he shot 257/300. In the girls section, Poorva Bharti was leading in the sub-junior women section with 146/400 score. Weightlifting championship Maintenance Command bagged the overall championship trophy in the Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee Weightlifting Championship which concluded today at 3 BRD. In the 105 kg category, S.K. Mavai of Air Head quarters made three new records. Another weightlifter A.K. Das of Southern Air Command created a new record in 105 kg category. Cycling championship The Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association is conducting the Chandigarh Road Cycling Championships for senior, junior and sub-junior (Boys and Girls) categories at the Lake Club on August 15. The following events will be held during the cycling competitions:- Boys 30 km Massed start, girls- 20 km massed start, Junior (16 to 18 years), sub-junior (14 to 16 years), sub-junior (under 14 years) in various events. |
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Milkha
sees no medal in athletics Chandigarh, August 5 Mr Rajiv Bakshi, Manager, Corporate Communications, Discovery Channel, said from August 9 to 13 they were celebrating the Athens games special week. The documentary is about Kila Raipur annual sports festival. Milkha Singh said all these years, Indian athletes could not come up well and they were not capable of winning any medal in the Olympics. During the past more than three decades, Indian athletes had not shown any marked improvement at the international level. He disclosed that before Rome Olympics, he took part in at least 30 international events. That helped him in maintaining a particular timing, speed and temperament. He said how many tournaments Anju George had played before Athens. To his knowledge very few. So her chances remained 75:25 though she had worked hard, he said. Milkha Singh suggested that our coaches should be made accountable and after every big event like the Olympics, they could be questioned about the performance of their athletes. He said the standard of athletics had not gone up and it was pity that the Indian Olympic Association was showing no concern for the same. He said in lighter vein that if he happened to contest the elections to the president of the IOA, he might not get even a single vote as it was total politics. On the sending of a large number of officials with sportspersons for the Olympics, Milkha Singh praised the efforts of Union Sports Minister Sunil Dutt in minimising the same. He said for 80 athletes, a maximum of 10 officials were enough. But after some days, you would find scores of officials going under the IOA nomination, Milkha Singh said. He, however, warned the Indian athletes against use of drugs and said they must train hard to achieve results and should not resort to any shortcuts.
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Last date for excellence
award extended Chandigarh, August 5 He also requested the parents students and teachers to nominate a school teacher for the Life Time Achievement Award and forward their names to the awards director. The Jan Seva Trust instituted awards for UT school teacher in 2002 to recognise their contribution to the society, but from this years onwards the teachers from Mohali and Panchkula have also been included. Applications have been invited from school teachers for four awards.
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Hockey tourney from August 16 Chandigarh, August 5 |
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Mehak wins tennis title
Chandigarh, August 5 Results: (all finals) Boys under-14 singles: Sidharth Singh Baidwan (Stepping Stones) b Abhairaj Singh (St Kabir) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5). Girls under-14 singles: Mehak (Sacred Heart) b Mrignayanee Bhagat (Sacred Heart) 6-3, 6-0. Boys doubles: Sidharth Singh Baidwan
(Steping Stones) and Gaurav Inder Toor (St. John’s) b Ashwani Kumar and Amrinder Singh Mann (both
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SDM, MLA catch cops forcing drivers to buy first-aid kits Mohali, August 5 The two, according to the police, would fine drivers without first-aid kits and reflectors and later insist that they buy those from the company employees who would be sitting nearby in a car with packs of such kits and reflectors. Sources added that the policemen, in collusion with the company’s employees, were operating in the area for the past three months and had cheated hundreds of vehicle drivers of lakhs of rupees. The three company employees, who were rounded up by the police, Om Prakash from the spot, and two others, Vinod and Gurmeet Singh, from Chandigarh, told the police that they had a permission from senior police officials to sell the kits and reflectors to vehicle owners. According to the MLA, who was travelling with a TV channel team which recorded the whole incident on camera, said the two policemen were standing on the roadside with two other persons sitting in a Maruti Car (CHK 6555). ‘‘I had seen them before also but today I decided to stop and ask what exactly they were upto. I asked them if they had any permission to stop cars and trucks which did not have first-aid kits and reflectors. They were blank. We asked some of the truck drivers who had passed the road and they told us that the policemen would stop them and demand a heavy fine. On coaxing, they would reduce the fine and pocket the fine amount. Then they would make us buy the kits and reflectors from the persons in the car,’’ said Mr Bir Devinder Singh. The MLA, along with the SDM, caught both the policemen — Sanjay Kumar a constable at the Majat police post and Manjit Singh, a Home Guard jawan — along with the company’s employee Om Prakash and handed them over to the police. Sources added that the company’s employee told the police that he, along with Vinod and Gurmeet Singh, worked for a Delhi-based company called ‘Flame India’ and were operating in the area with the permission of senior police officers. The first-aid kit coasted them Rs 18 and they were selling those for Rs 200 while the reflectors were being sold for Rs 100 each. The police said a case would be registered only after due investigations were done. ‘‘We have contacted the company’s head office in Delhi. Also senior police officers, who allegedly gave permission to sell the material, have been informed,’’said a senior police officer. |
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Plot allotment in green belt cancelled Mohali, August 5 According to sources, the allotment of plots in the green area near the waterworks had been done with the approval of a committee of the corporation. Fresh allotment letters were sent to the persons whose plots had been cancelled. The work of handling over the possession had also begun. Development activity being carried out by the PSIEC in the area for providing basic facilities to the owners, who had been allotted plots near the waterworks, had also been stopped. The contractors, who had been allotted the work of providing roads, sewerage, water supply, stormwater drainage and streetlights in the area, have been asked to take back the earnest money deposited by them. The PSIEC had carved out five plots (657 to 661) in a green belt near the 120- ft-high waterworks in the area four years ago. Water supply lines were passing from underneath the area and had the allottees carried out construction on the plots, the maintenance of the supply lines would have become a problem. The local Municipal Council had opposed the PSIEC for carving out plots in the green belt and requested the corporation to carve out plots in another area which was more suitable. In a letter dated June 7 to the Managing Director, PSIEC, the council president, Mr Kulwant Singh, had pointed out that a master plan had been handed over to the council at the time when the Phase IX Industrial Area was handed over to it for maintenance. According to the master plan, a tubewell, a watertank and some housing quarters were constructed in the waterworks area and the rest of it had been left as green area. The plots in question did not exist in the master plan. Mr Arun Goel, Managing Director, PSIEC, told The Tribune today that the corporation had been making wrong allotments and this was being done repeatedly. Plots were being carved out in green belts. He said he had made a suggestion to the Board of Directors at a meeting recently that all green belts should be frozen. The board members had agreed to his suggestion. Thereafter, orders had been given to “freeze” green belts all over Punjab and no plot would from now onwards be allotted in the green belts, considered lungs of the area. |
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SSP discharged Mohali, August 5 His condition was monitored for a day after which he was discharged. He had not suffered a heart attack, clarified Dr Kalra. |
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