AICC appoints Garcha to coordinate Haryana polls
Chandigarh: All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Shakeel Ahmad has appointed Punjab Congress’ general secretary lakhwinder Kaur Garcha to assist AICC former secretary Sanjay Bapna to coordinate Haryana Assembly Elections, 2014. Bapan will coordinate the election control room at Chandigarh for Haryana polls and Garcha will assist him. Dr Ahmad, while issuing the order to Garcha, expressed that with her support and experience, “we will be able to improve the performance of the party that will strengthen the hands of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi”.
Gatka Federation constitutes J&K association
Chandigarh/Jammu: With a view to promote historical martial art — Gatka — in the State, the Gatka Federation of India (GFI) on Friday constituted its State Gatka organisation under the name and style of “Jammu and Kashmir Gatka Association”. Gatka Federation general secretary Harjeet Singh Grewal and joint secretary Dr Deep Singh said that it has been resolved by the apex organization, World Gatka Federation (WGF), that this traditional game would be included in the Olympics as it had already constituted its sports organizations in 32 countries. Besides, Asian Gatka Federation (AGF) is going to organize its first Asian Gatka Cup in March next at Malaysia and World Gatka Cup by the end of next year.
Modi committed to defeat ‘Kalyugi Ravans’: Jain
Chandigarh: Satya Pal Jain, ex-city MP and a member of BJP’s National Working Committee has said that Dushehra is a day of celebrating the victory of good over evil and truth over falsehood. He said that today is also a day when people have to once again resolve and reiterate their determination of defeating evils like dirtyness, corruption, hunger, poverty and unemployment, which are the new facets of Ravan. He said that Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi Ji is determined to defeat these ‘Kalyugi Ravans’ with all force at his command.
New recommendations to kill cancer cells
Chandigarh: People with thyroid cancer are often given radioactive iodine treatment following surgery to kill cancer cells that may have been left behind, a treatment that comes with its own health risks. Now, new recommendations say that a safer, lower dose of radioactive iodine is just as effective as the higher dose at getting rid of any such cells that remain after surgery. The new recommendations to be published in the forthcoming American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines 2014 are followed by doctors across the world including India and are expected to improve patient safety, ensure uniformity in treatment and cut recurrent hospitalization costs for patients, besides minimizing side effects of radioactive iodine.
DHl announces price increase
Mohali: DHl Express, the international express services provider has announced a general average price increase globally, effective January 1, 2015. In India, the average price increase will be 9.9 per cent. “DHl’s annual rate increase is driven by the continuous investments made in the country to support growth and improve quality despite the impact of inflation on input costs. We are also faced with the added pressure of the depreciating rupee but are committed to continuously improve our service quality to our customers,” says RS Subramanian, SVP & MD, India, DHl Express.
DM Gurgaon issues directions for Eid prayers
Chandigarh: The ‘namaz’ (prayer) can now be performed in leisure Valley Grounds of Sector 29 and Tau Devi lal Park Sector 23 Gurgaon in addition to the mosques and Idgahs on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Juha (Bakreed) festival on Monday, for which the district administration has given permission. The District Magistrate Gurgaon, Shekhar Vidyarthi has issued orders in this regard and had a meeting with concerned officers at his office. As a precautionary measure, he has also appointed duty magistrates for these two alternate sites of ‘namaaj’ because a large number of people are expected to gather at these namaaj sites. Naib Tehsildar Gurgaon, Om Prakash will be duty magistrate at leisure Valley grounds while District Revenue officer P D Sharma will be duty magistrate at Tau Devi lal Park of Sector 23.
Two liquor vends sealed
Chandigarh: Two liquor vends were sealed in Hailey Mandi of district Gurgaon for violating the ‘Dry Day’ orders on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti. On receiving information, the SDM Pataudi Virender Chaudhary alongwith Tehsildar Pataudi raided both the liquor vends located on the flyover and under the flyover in Hailey Mandi at around 9.30 pm on Thursday and found that liquor was being sold illegally despite a ban on sale due to ‘dry day’ orders in Gurgaon. The SDM then called the Excise department officials and got both the liquor vends sealed and legal action was being initiated against them.