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Dengue threat
NIT ragging case
Phagwara residents allege harassment by octroi contractors
Nanny courses a new ticket to foreign lands
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Businessman drugged, looted
Man commits suicide
DC’s show-cause notice to drunken employee
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Four water samples found unfit for consumption
Anuradha Shukla Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 25 The department officials have indicated that the rising cases of fever might have been caused due to contaminated water. The department is now conducting a survey to ascertain whether the people affected with fever are suffering from typhoid or some other disease. Till date, 40 patients suffering from fever have been admitted to the Civil Hospital here while as many as 55 new cases have come to the medical camp being run by the Health Department inside the Gurdwara in Pashoriyan Mohalla. Alarmed over the rising number of patients, the health department had tested six water samples from Pashoriyan and Model House areas, which have reported the maximum number of cases of people suffering from fever and low blood platelet counts. Out of the six samples, four had failed the test and were found to be contaminated with focal matter, the department officials said. Confirming it, the Civil Surgeon Y S Markan said that the contaminated water found unfit for human consumption was the likely cause of people falling prey to fever. In case of the serological test, being conducted on the patients to detect the disease, the positive result could also come for viral fever and not necessarily dengue, he added. He also advised the people to follow all instructions to prevent any form of fever. Drinking water must be boiled before consumption, he said. The Municipal Corporation authorities have been instructed in writing by the Civil Surgeon office to ensure that the drinking water supply in the city is disinfected with chlorine. People have also been advised to add chlorine tablets in water before consuming it. Fever claims 1 life?
In the first suspected case of death due to dengue, a 21-year-old engineering student died today at the Dayanand Medical College (DMC), Ludhiana. The youth Baldeep Singh, who had been suffering from severe fever for the past one week, was diagnosed with suffering from suspected dengue, his family members said. The victim’s father, Assistant Commandant, BSF, Baldev Singh Randhawa said that his son, who was studying in Ferozepur Engineering College, caught fever on Thursday last and had come home on Sunday. Baldeep was admitted to the DMC on Sunday night but died last night. The medical report stated that Baldeep had ‘suspected dengue’ and Medical Superintendent of the hospital had also said he died due to suspected dengue, Mr Randhawa said. However, test for confirming the disease could not be conducted as before this Baldeep died. Meanwhile, the Health Department authorities denied that the boy had died because of dengue. The Civil Surgeon, Mr Y S Markan, said there had been no case of death due to dengue. Till date, 16 cases of suspected dengue have been admitted to the DMC, Ludhiana. |
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NIT ragging case
Jalandhar, October 25 A committee, headed by Dr Pradeep Chaitley, and comprising Dr Rakesh Chandra and A. L Sangal, is likely to indict the hostel supervising authorities as they were directly responsible for checking any such activity inside the hostel. The committee had been constituted around a week back to give the names of all the staff responsible but no such list has thus far been submitted. The NIT authorities, on the other hand, had asked for two more days for finalising the list and the deadline has ended today. The report is likely to be submitted tomorrow. Highly
placed NIT sources said that since the three officials - the Dean
Students, Chief Warden and the Warden of the Hostel – were directly
responsible for looking after the students living in hostels, their
names were likely to figure in the report. The GRP had asked the NIT on October 18 to furnish the names of those responsible for the death. An internal inquiry of three members was set up in this regard. The NIT faculty members also feel that an internal team comprising faculty members of the same institute, which is under question, cannot do justice and would try to save as many necks as they can. The NIT authorities have, however postponed the internal examinations of the students indefinitely as the entire NIT staff is caught up in the controversy and the academic functioning of the institute has suffered as a result.
NIT students hold
shantipaath Offering prayers to their college-mate
Amit Gangwar, who had committed suicide on the intervening night of
October 11 and 12, hundreds of students of the Dr Ambedkar National
Institute of Technology (NIT) held a havan and shantipaath at the
community centre of the institute here today. Paying tributes to Amit,
the students expressed their solidarity with his family. |
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Phagwara residents allege harassment by octroi contractors
Phagwara, October 25 Talking to The Tribune, Jodha Singh, a resident of Goraya, recalled the harassment he had faced while going from Goraya to Jalandhar on a motorcycle a few days back. “I was carrying a briefcase. The staff of the private octroi contractors stopped me near the local Rest House. I was questioned repeatedly by them. The men made a thorough search of my briefcase,” he alleged, adding that he was even forced to shell out a fine for not paying the octroi fee on the clothes he was carrying. “In this melee, I even got late for my interview at Jalandhar,” he said. In yet another incident, a readymade garment shopkeeper, Madan Mohan, alleged that even though he had paid the octroi, he was harassed on the charges that he had evaded the octroi by paying less than the required amount. “I was forced to open my big bag containing garments and asked to show each item. Heated arguments went on for about an hour. After the intervention of some passersby, I was asked to leave the octroi post,” he alleged. In yet another incident, city resident Raj Kumar, who was carrying printed empty cardboard boxes of an export-import company, was allegedly asked to pay the octroi fee at the rate of 10 per cent (though it should have been just 2 per cent). After hours of “harassment”, he was let off with the boxes. When contacted, an official of the Phagwara Nagar Council said he had convened a meeting of the contractors on Monday and asked them to educate their staff regarding the collection of the octroi fee and also be cooperative with the public.
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Nanny courses a new ticket to foreign lands
Jalandhar, October 25 You just have to go to one of the centres and be ready to shell out Rs 1 lakh. The owner or franchisee of “live-in-care giver” or “personal support worker” training centre will be ready to take care of everything else, including lodging, food, arranging an employer abroad, getting immigration papers readied and brushing up your skills in English speaking and reading, and providing the necessary training in first aid, home management and care of children, elderly and disabled persons. Flexibility is almost a rule here. If you make an advance payment, you can expect more flexibility in return. “If you can pay Rs 10,000 on the first visit, you need not come for all six days,” was the suggestion of a counsellor in a nanny centre just across the bus stand here. In fact, there are three nanny centres around the bus stand and another one is expected to be started shortly. “We chose this location as most people coming to us live in satellite towns, including Shahkot, Nakodar, Kapurthala, Phagwara and Hoshiarpur,” said Ms Ravinder Kaur, a nanny trainer. Since most of the trainees hail from suburban areas, training them in English speaking is the most tedious task for the centre owners. There are a host of suggestions offered by the nanny course centres. “You need not tell anyone that you are being sponsored by some relatives. Get your contract extended every two years. Get a permanent immigration and call your family. In case you are a graduate, don’t reveal it, for the embassy people could be suspicious about your moves.” Interestingly, even for those not really interested in going abroad, nanny course still is a way to mint money. Just start a centre of your own, hire a few Plus Two qualified counsellors and your centre may turn out to be a roaring success. |
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Businessman drugged, looted
Phagwara, October 25 The victim Harbans Lal, a resident of Mehli Gate, said he had initially boarded a bus from Phagwara to Ambala and then boarded another bus at Ambala to proceed to Yamunanagar for some business purpose. “There was a man sitting next to me who kept talking to me. Though I can’t recall exactly, that man probably drugged me and I became unconscious,” he explained. It was the bus conductor who noticed him lying unconscious on the seat of the bus. He was later admitted to a private hospital at Yamunanagar where he regained consciousness after 24 hours and found his gold chain and Rs 2 lakh missing.
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Man commits suicide
Kapurthala, October 25 According to the police, the deceased used a piece of cloth to hang himself from a girder when his wife refused to return from her parents’ home at Ludhiana. In a suicide note found in his pocket, the deceased had written that no one should be held responsible for his death. He was taking this extreme step because he could not live without his wife. |
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DC’s show-cause notice to drunken employee
Kapurthala, October 25 According to information, the said employee was found taking liquor with his friends on the premises of Sainik School on Sunday night, when the Baba Jassa Singh Heritage Festival was in progress.
— TNS
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