Ludhiana, February 23
Dr Gaurav Maheshwari, a surgeon, has been invited to deliver a speech in the world cancer conference being organised at Miami, Florida (USA), from February 23 to 25. More than 800 delegates from all over the world will be participating in the conference.

Dr Maheshwari has completed his MBBS, MS (general surgery) from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, and is presently working as an assistant professor in the department of surgery in Manipal University.

A native of Punjab, Dr Gaurav did his schooling from BCM Arya Model School here. He happens to be the only Indian to have been invited to the prestigious global conference for his work in preventive oncology and cancer awareness programme in the community.

Ludhiana, February 23
A pack of Wrigley’s sugar-free chewing gum, “Orbit,” purchased by city resident Karamjit Gill from a shop in upmarket commercial centre of Ghumar Mandi here, had something else, also free, for the buyer - a large black piece of extraneous matter.

Gill, a swimming coach and garment manufacturer, noticed the “extra material” lying on the top of one of the chewing gums after consuming a couple of them.

The shopkeeper from whose shop Gill had purchased the pack, when confronted later, refused to issue a bill for the product.

Gill felt that he was cheated by a reputed company, which sold him a product of a sub-standard quality.

He has lodged a complaint with the health authorities here and also intends to knock the doors of the district consumer forum to seek justice and compensation.

Talking to Ludhiana Tribune, Gill said he had switched over to Orbit to give up the habit of pan masala. “Now I think I will have to go in for some other substitute,” he said.

Ludhiana, February 23
The 8th all-India inter-agricultural universities sports meet was inaugurated here today by vice-chancellor Dr K.S. Aulakh at the sprawling PAU grounds amid cheering crowd of sports persons, students, university staff and faculty. More than 1,500 students from over 34 agricultural universities are participating in this four-day meet.

In his inaugural address, Dr Aulakh emphasised the importance of sports for inculcating discipline and high moral values among the students of state agricultural universities.

Chairman, organising committee and dean postgraduate studies, PAU, Dr Sarabjeet Singh Chahal, disclosed that PAU had won national championship six times in these inter-agrivarsity meets. It was a matter of great pride for PAU which has produced sport stars and Olympians like Charanjit Singh, Prithipal Singh, Ramandeep Singh.

Director, Students Welfare and Dean, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Dr Tejwant Singh, said in all, seven games namely volleyball, table tennis, badminton, handball, basketball, lawn tennis and athletics will be organised in this meet.

The participating universities include those from Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, UP, Kerala, Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra.

Mandi Gobindgarh, February 23
The Punjab Technical University Inter College Zonal Cricket Tournament started here at RIMT-IET, Mandi Gobindgarh, yesterday.

Hukam Chand Bansal, chairman, RIMT-Group of Institutes, inaugurated the event and principal Dr S.K. Goyal and vice-principal, Prof. Harsh Sadawarti, were also present on the occasion. A total of 13 teams are participating in this annual event which will conclude on February 26.

In opening match DIMT, Doraha, outplayed GIMBIMT, Dakha, by 29 runs. In another thrilling contest, BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib, defeated GNIMT, Ludhiana, by one wicket in the penultimate over.

In other matches GGNIMT, Ludhiana, defeated PCTE, Bodowal, by 12 runs, Chitbara-Institute of Engineering & Technology defeated LCET, Katani Kalan, by 3 wickets and GNE, Ludhiana, defeated RIMT-College of Architecture by 10 wickets.
— OC

Doraha, February 23
Seema Rani was declared the best athlete for the sixth time in the 33rd Annual Athletic Meet for girls of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, was organised in the Guru Nanak Stadium, today.

Gian Inder Singh, D.S.O, Ludhiana, who inaugurated the athletic meet, exhorted the athletes to participate with a team spirit and single-minded devotion to carve a niche for themselves in the field of sports. Apart from congratulating the management and staff of the college for successfully organising the meet, he said all institutions especially those in the rural areas should make similar efforts to promote sports and make proper provisions for the healthy performance of athletes both inside and abroad.

He also promised to guide and assist in setting up the sports wing in the college.

Prof Balwant Singh Pangli, general secretary, college management committee, while welcoming the chief guest said Gian Inder Singh had been instrumental in bringing a positive change in the position of sports in the districts.

Jaswant Singh Gill, director and Dr Narinder Singh Sidhu, principal, too asked the athletes to gear up for various sports activities. “In order to bring about a healthy physical and mental change in their personality, the students should give due importance to games along with devoting time to studies,” he added.

Dr Nirlep Kaur, head of the physical education department, managed to organise the 33rd Annual Athletic Meet, in a big way.

Bibi Bhagwant Kaur, chief patron, college management committee, Harpartap Brar, executive committee member, Adarshpal Bector, Tarlok Singh Jaggi, executive committee member, Vinod Kumar Thapar, Urmil Sood, principal, Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School, Raj Rani, former president M. C. Doraha, treasurer, was especially present on the occasion.

The results of various events are as follows:

Long jump-1 Seema Rani,2 Maninder Kaur,3 Sumandeep Kaur;

Walk 3 km-1 Satvir Kaur,2 Jagdeep Kaur,3 Sandeep Kaur;

Shot put-1Bikramjit Kaur,2 Gursawanbawan Kaur,3 Amandeep Kaur;

200m race-1 Jagdeep Kaur,2 Jagdeep Kaur,3 Seema Rani;

1,500m race-1 Seema Rani,2 Sumandeep,3 Simranjit Kaur;

High jump-1 Hasandeep Kaur,2 Maninder Kaur,3 Sandeep Kaur;

Discuss throw-1 Bipranjit Kaur,2 Harmeet Kaur,3 Manjit  Kaur;

1,500m cycle race-1 Seema Rani,2 Gurpreet Kaur,3 Ranjit Kaur;

Chatti race -1 Ramandeep Kaur,2 Balvir Kaur,3 Varinder Kaur.

Ludhiana, February 23
Manpreet Kaur won 100-m race and emerged the fastest runner on the first day of the 60th annual athletics meet of Arya College here today. Earlier, A.S. Rai, SSP, Ludhiana, inaugurated the two-day meet. Dr S.M. Sharma, principal of the college, welcomed the chief guest. He read out the annual report .

Results are as follows:

Javelin throw (boys): Ajmer Singh 1, Sherry Malhotra 2 and Manoj 3;

Shot put- Varinderjit Singh 1, Sushil 2 and Sameer 3;

800-m race- Sukhwinder Singh 1, Pankaj Kumar 2 and Ramandeep Singh 3;

Triple jump- Gurpreet Singh 1, Paramjit Singh 2 and Rahul Chaudhary 3;

High jump- Paramjit Singh 1, Gurpreet singh 2 and Nikhil Kalra 3; 5000-m race- Aashish Kumar 1, Piyush Rana 2 and Gagandeep Bhalla 3.

Spoon race (girls):Ramandeep Kaur 1, Priya Hnada 2 and Neha Marwaha 3; 100 m - Manpreet Kaur 1, Ramandeep Kaur 2 and Priya Handa 3;

800 m - Ramandeep Kaur 1, Yashpreet Kaur 2 and Neha Marwaha 3. — OC