Khanna August 22
The Indian Medical Association has taken serious note of cases of female foeticide at Patran and will not support such doctors who bring a bad name to the noble profession, said Chairman of the legal cell, Punjab, Dr O P S Kande at a meeting held at the Golden Grain Club today.
Dr Kande exhorted the medical fraternity to desist from such practice. Dr Vinod Sood, Secretary, IMA, Khanna, said due to this unhealthy trend, the female ratio had come down to 850 against 1000 males
The former Civil Surgeon, Dr Dharam Pal, CMO Balwinder Singh Kalsi, Dr Amarbir Singh, Dr. B K Aggarwal, Dr J J Sood , Dr. N P S Virk and Dr N K Singla were present on the occasion.
Budding cagers given basketballs
Our Sports Reporter
Ludhiana, August 22
To make the game of basketball more popular and also to identify the hidden talent among the rural youth, the Punjab Basketball Association (PBA) has chalked out a plan to organise tournaments in the countryside. To promote the game among schoolchildren, the PBA distributed basketballs to more than 300 students. The budding players were given the balls at a function organised at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.
Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, president, Basketball Federation of India, was the chief guest. The articles were sponsored by former national basketball player and journalist, (now settled in Canada), Surinder Pal Singh Chahal and Mr Lakhbir Singh, also from Canada.
Talking over the telephone from Canada, Mr Chahal informed that to make this game popular among the boys and girls in the sub-junior section, he would sponsor the league tournament to be organised by the Ludhiana District Basketball Association.
Addressing the gathering, Mr Gill said the championship in the name of Ludhiana District Basketball Mephel Leaf League Tournament for the sub-junior and junior players would be held. Olympian Ajmer Singh, Arjuna awardee Sajjan Singh Cheema, Vipin Kumar, Kuldeep Singh Cheema Anil Punj and other international players of yesteryear obliged the
youngsters by giving their autographs.
Hockey Olympians Hardeep Singh Grewal and Ramandeep Singh Grewal along with Gursharan Singh Vicky, Kamaljit Kaur, Kirandeep Kaur, Mr J P Singh, secretary, Zila Parishad, Ludhiana, Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal, secretary PBA, Mr Surinder Dhir, former, Deputy Director, sports, Punjab, Mr Gianinder Singh Sandhu, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana and sports officers of the sports department, Punjab were also present.
