HEALTH

Health minister visits city hospitals
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 13
A five-day 2nd Dental Health Mela launched by Christian Dental College, Ludhiana concluded here today. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab Mr Romesh Chander Dogra was the chief guest on the occasion.

Mr Dogra distributed free dentures sets to the poor and old patients. In all, 110 full sets of dentures were given free during the 2nd dental health mela by the CDC. Mr R.C. Dogra announced a grant of Rs 51,000 from his discretionary fund for the dental health mela.

Later, in the afternoon the minister participated in an AIDS Awareness Seminar, organised by the district Health Department at Civil Hospital.

On this occasion, Dr Subhash Batta, the pioneer in establishing the first laparoscopic centre in Punjab at Civil Hospital in 1997 was conferred an award of honour for his outstanding performance in the field of laparoscopy by Mr Ramesh Dogra.

Dr Batta got training in laparoscopic surgery in Germany. He continued to enhance his skills and knowledge in this field at various premier institutes of India in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Pune.

Amongst others present on the occasion were Dr S.N.Tiwari, Civil Surgeon, Mr Nahar Singh Gill, Mayor and Dr Manjit Kaur, Senior Medical Officer (SMO).

Richa, Amrinder win TT titles
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, September 13
Richa Sharma, an MCA-III student, and Amrinder Singh, a BCA-I student, prevailed over their opponents to clinch the table tennis titles in the girls’ and boys’ sections, respectively, at the annual summer sports festival of Guru Nanak Institute and Management, Gujarkhan Campus, Model Town, here today.

In the final, Richa, after losing the first set 5-11 against Nidhi Gupta of MCA-V, bounced back in the second set, wrapping it up 11-6. In the third set, Richa again faced a stiff challenge before winning 11-8.

In the boys’ section, Amrinder won the first set against Abhishek of MBA-I 11-4 but went down fighting 9-11 in the next set. The deciding set proved to be a one- sided affair as Amrinder won 11-6.

In volleyball (boys), BCA-I defeated BBA-I 25-17, 25-21 to lift the title. The winning team consisted of Pankaj, Sukhjinder, Ramanjeet, Gurvinder, Ranjeet, Ankush and Yogesh. For the hardline cup, MCA-I defeated MBA-I 25-20, 25-16 to secure the third position.

In the girls’ section, BCA-V team comprising Amritpal, Kirandeep, Manpreet, Silky, Mandeep Gill and Mandeep Kaur beat MCA-V 25-15, 25-20 to emerge the winners.

In basketball (boys), the final match was a fiercely fought affair in which BBA-I team of Amandeep, Ranjit, Nishav, Rishav and Tarandeep got the better of MBA-I 18-14. For the winners, Nishav and Ranjit played a stellar role. BCA-I beat PGDCA-I to finish third.

In the girls’ section, the team of MBA-III and BCA-V defeated BBA-V to lift the title. The winner’s team comprised Amandeep, Manvir, Manpreet Sandhu, Tarandeep and Simrat.

In badminton (boys), Vijay Pal Singh of MCA-I beat Rishu Goel of BBA-I to emerge winners while the third spot was won by Arun Kumar of BBA-I. In the girls’ section, Nidhi Gupta of MCA-V outclassed Liza of MCA-V to win the title.

In the boys’ section (undergraduate), Tarandeep Singh of BBA-I defeated Ramandeep Singh of BCA-I while in the postgraduate category, Rohit Chhabra defeated Kunal Sharma of MBA-I. In the girls’ section, Divya Singh of MCA-V defeated Liza of MCA-V.

In carrom (boys), Rajinder Singh of BCA-I outplayed Manjot Singh of BCA-I to clinch the title while Anupam Sharma of BCA-I bagged the third spot.

In the girls’ section, Parul Munjal of BCA-III defeated Amanpreet Kaur of BBA-V to bag the title. In the match to decide the third spot, Anita Arora of MCA-II outclassed Meenakshi of MCA-V.

Dr A.S. Bansal, Director, GNIMT, speaking at the concluding function, said the sports festival had given an opportunity to students to display their potential. He said the institute would organise another festival during the winter to identify talent among students in athletics, cricket, lawn tennis and kho-kho.

Kila Raipur girls win

Girls of Nanakana Sahib Public School, Kila Raipur, representing Gujjarwal Zone, overwhelmed Jagraon Zone 5-0 to emerge as champions in the inter-zonal district hockey tournament (under-17) organised recently by the Education Department on the Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School ground, Ludhiana.

In the final, Kila Raipur girls outclassed the Jagraon Zone team, which included players from Khalsa Senior Secondary School of Sidhwan Khurd. Amandeep scored a brace while the other scorers were Parvinder Kaur, Sarabjeet Kaur and Gurjot Kaur. Earlier, in the semi final, Gujjarwal Zone outclassed Raikot Zone to advance into the final.

Clarification sought on exim form issue
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 13
The District Taxation Bar Association has sought an explanation from the government on the exim form introduced by it from September 1. A special meeting of the association was held here on Thursday under the chairmanship of its president, Mr P.C Garg.

He said the government should explain the matter regarding the export and import of goods. He asserted that the import or export of goods cannot be stopped due to wrong filling of forms.

He observed that the ETO should sit regularly for issuing the exim form. During peak hosiery season, the hosiery traders remain busy and they should be issued exim forms as per their requirement and the law warrants that the exim form should be issued to the dealers at least three months in advance.

Advocate Jatinder Khurana said the system of signing the exim form by the ETO should be abolished as due to this a lot of time was consumed while issuing the forms.

Members of the association put their demand that the person who is a dealer of tax free goods and who purchases taxable goods outside the territory of Punjab, should be allowed to become a registered sales tax dealer. The exim form should also be issued to the person who has recently applied for sales tax.

Vice-president of the association Mohan Lal Maini, joint secretary Deepak Kapoor, S.S Galib, KS Grover, Ramesh Sharma, Varinder Goyal, Vijay Maggon and R.B Garg were also present on this occasion.