Sadbhawna kabaddi' for Bisada harmony

BISADA: The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration and police on Monday inaugurated a kabaddi tournament in Bisada, which they have organised with the aim of restoring communal harmony after the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq by a mob over rumours of beef eating and storage.

It had participants from the hamlet in the eye of the storm, and nine other neighbouring villages. The 12-team tournament was inaugurated by district magistrate N P Singh and senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kiran S. Singh said their main intention was to re-establish the atmosphere of communal harmony among locals, by making local youths play against each other.

Noida Police had earlier coordinated with representatives of the shortlisted villages to facilitate the preparations, in association with Arjun Singh, kabaddi coach of the junior India team. Each team participating in the Sadbhawna Kabaddi tournament, comprises 10 members - a mix of Hindu and Muslim youths.

Sundargarh: Seven Kabaddi Players Died In Road Mishap

even kabaddi players, on Saturday have died in a road mishap at Suarapali turning under Lahunipada police station in Sundargarh district.

The mishap took place when the mini-truck (OD-16-7141), they were travelling, lost its balance and fell down from the bridge.

According to the reports, 21 people from Sendhapur were returning from Dhudi Gaon after playing kabaddi match and around 4.30 in the afternoon while the mishap took place.

Seven people died in the accident, from which three died at the spot while 14 got injured from which eight are in critical condition. The severely injured eight players were taken to Rourkela IGH after primary l.

treatment at Banei Medica

Kabaddi player Pratap Kablana dies of dengue

Delhi remained in the grip of panic over dengue as two minor girls died of it taking the toll to 16 on a day the number of people down with the mosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000 as hospitals across the city continued to reel under acute pressure.

ormer international level Kabaddi player Pratap Kablana on Friday succumbed to dengue in a Gurgaon hospital.

Delhi remained in the grip of panic over dengue as two minor girls died of it taking the toll to 16 on a day the number of people down with the mosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000 as hospitals across the city continued to reel under acute pressure.

The Delhi government, which has been accused of not effectively dealing with the situation, said it was mulling bringing an ordinance to punish private hospitals refusing to provide treatment to patients in emergency situations.

Three-year-old Neha Mathur, a resident of Sangam Vihar, died on Wednesday at the Saket City hospital and her distraught parents alleged that one government hospital and a private nursing home in South Delhi did not provide proper treatment for dengue to her.

A 9-year-old girl from Okhla died of dengue at the RML hospital on Tuesday, doctors at the hospital said on Thursday.

With the death of the two children, the toll has gone up to 16.

As hospitals continued to be flooded with dengue patients, municipal officials said the total number of cases crossed the 2,000-mark this year out of which around 1200 were reported in the past two weeks.

The city government also set up a 200-bedded facility at an upcoming hospital as an temporary arrangement to treat dengue patient in North West Delhi.

It said data collected from 34 hospitals run by it, central government and MCD, showed that out of 2519 people admitted with fever in the past 24 hours, only 281 were found to have dengue.

The government also issued notices to commissioners of all three BJP-ruled municipal corporations directing them to mandatorily apprise it on a daily basis about the steps being taken to prevent the spread of dengue.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendar Jain held back-to-back meetings with mayors and commissioners of the civic bodies and directed them to do everything possible to curb the menace.

The government warned the three MCD commissioners of strict action in case of non-compliance of the order.

The Home Ministry also reviewed the situation and directed the city government to take all possible steps to ameliorate people's sufferings.

On the ordinance, officials said it may have provisions for cancellation of registration of hospitals violating government's directive.

Jain on Wednesday had directed private hospitals to increase their bed capacity by 10-20 per cent as soon as possible to treat dengue patients. He had also ordered Delhi government-run hospitals to increase beds by 1,000 by Sunday.