Skater wins 3 gold medals

Jalandhar: Purvi Chadha, a student of Class V, has brought laurels by bagging three gold medal in the 56th National Roller Skating Championship organised by the Roller Skating Federation of India at Visakhapatnam. Vijay Soni, her grandfather, said: “Purvi has won gold medals in three events including 500-m, 1000-m and 1500-m skating competition.” tns

Workshop on robotic surgery

Jalandhar: The sixth edition of The Head and Neck Forum and a live robotic surgical workshop was organised by the Patel Hospital head and neck multidisciplinary team. Head and neck robotic surgery has allowed more complex surgical procedures to be performed in a simple way. It has several advantages over standard open surgical approaches, including rapid recovery, lesser hospital stay, lower post-operative pain and avoidance of skin incisions. The surgery has extensive applications in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and neck dissections. Dr Yoon Woo Koh, international faculty from Korea will perform live robotic surgery. TNS

Laptops, mobiles stolen

Phagwara: Two laptops and three mobile phones were found stolen from Lovely Professional University (LPU) on Monday night. On a complaint filed by the security officer of LPU, Surinder Khurana, the police have registered a case under Section 380 of the IPC and are investigating the matter. OC

Intoxicating injections seized

Phagwara: The Phillaur police seized 27 intoxicating injections from Jaskaran Singh and arrested him on Monday night. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. OC