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Same test, different labs, varying results
A report of Dr Lal Path Labs Limited shows the count of puss cells as 120. The Chandigarh Clinical Laboratories report shows the same count as 1-2 only. The Khandelwal Diagnostics results show the count of puss cells as 50-60. In all the cases, the sample was handed over to the labs on September 5 and the reports received two days later. Mrs Chamanjit is suffering from urinary tract infection (UTI), more severely, for the past about three months. She stayed at the PGIMER for more than 15 days. The report of a centre shows the patient as sensitive to Cefotaxime while the report of another lab shows the patient is resistant to it. The same labs have also given contrary reports on a patient’s reaction to Piperacillin. There is also a contradiction with regard to a patient’s reaction to Ciproflox in different labs. Mr Amrit Pal Singh, husband of Mrs Chamanjit Kaur said, “I am baffled. The PGI doctor says that he cannot act on any one of the reports. One lab questioned us as to why we went in for three tests. Thank God, I did. I am talking about the issue just to highlight an extremely sensitive issue among the general public and ask the labs to adopt greater care. I am not biased against anyone.’’ The local Chapter of the Indian Medical Association has written to all concerned laboratories seeking a reply. The association has also replied back to a representation by Mr Amrit Pal Singh, saying, “It seems she is a diabetic suffering from polymicrobial infection in urine”. Ms Indrani Khandelwal from Khandelwal Diagnostics said, “It is surprising to learn that one report shows the count as one and another report has the count as 120. I have received communication from the IMA and am seeking an appointment with Mr Amrit Pal Singh to clear the issue. I have certain doubts regarding the sample.” Dr Khandelwal said, “The matter was serious and definitely needed a check mechanism. The authorities also need to break the nexus of rickshaw puller and lab assistants in big hospitals who are tied up with specific labs. They are paid commission. I agree to the fact that such contradictory reports can harass the patients. We all need to introspect and attempt an improvement”. Dr
J. S. Tanaych from Dr Lal Path Labs said, “It is difficult to comment anything about other labs. I can only say we follow extreme caution and maintain high standards in all our tests”. No official from the Chandigarh Clinical Laboratories got back to reply despite assurance by two doctors to reply by evening, to the correspondent.
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Rs 2.96-cr land fraud in Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, September 21 Acting on a communication from the Dera Bassi Sub-Registrar, the SDM, Mr Narinder Sangha, today wrote to the police to investigate the matter and take appropriate legal action against the alleged accused Inderpal Singh, a resident of Kaimbala in Chandigarh. In his
communication, the Sub-Registrar informed the SDM that Mr Rajbir Singh, counsel for the NRI, claimed that Inderpal Singh produced an impersonator, who posed as the NRI, Mr Mohinder Singh, and got the GPA registered in Chandigarh on September 13. Sources said on the basis of the fake GPA, Inderpal Singh allegedly entered into an agreement with the ATS Infrastructure through its General Manager, Col Gurbinder Singh(Retd), for the said land measuring 16 bighas and 19 biswas for Rs 2.96 crore in Sadhe Majra village, near here. However, when Mr Mohinder Singh came to know about the land deal, he approached his counsel and also reportedly brought the matter to the notice of the local Naib Tehsildar. Meanwhile, the police sources said a registered would be registered and the matter handed over to the Economic Offences Wing for a thorough probe into the matter. In the wake of sudden spurt in the property prices,land frauds and disputes have become a routine affair in the
sub-division. It may be recalled that the Dera Bassi sub-division has become a favourite haunt of the major real estate players, including the ATS, which had reportedly been paying exorbitant prices for buying of land for the housing projects.
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Rain disrupts power supply
Panchkula, September 21 Sources in the Electricity Department said a disc on the insulator had been punctured due to the downpour while elsewhere supply lines snapped following uprooting of trees. Residents said that the electricity went off at 6 pm, a little while after heavy rain lashed the city and power supply resumed only around 9:30 pm after the department carried out repairs. Residents in other sectors also complained of low voltage and fluctuation.
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Watch out
Panjab University’s Professor of law Dr Vijay Nagpal will deliver a talk at the annual general meeting of the National Trust to be held in New Delhi today.
The meeting would be attended by over 300 delegates. Dr Nagpal would address participants about the National Trust Act and working of the local committees which issue guardianship certificates. He would be the first physically challenged person to address the august gathering. The meeting would be presided over by Ms Meera Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.
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Passing Through
Mike Welch, Head of Business Development in India for British Council
What is your impression of India? This country is fascinating. It is going through radical changes, getting globally bigger but socially it is a young country with a large percentage of young people. They want so much more from life and are demanding it and that is good. What does your responsibility here entail? To look at the services offered by the British Council because we are different from other libraries in the sense that what we are offering is the best from the UK in terms of educational opportunities, research material, books and even events which we hope to introduce in greater measure after I have a better idea of how things work here. What do books mean to you? They bring different cultures together and give us a better understanding of what is happening around us. — Gayatri Rajwade
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Reverted cops planning to move court
Chandigarh, September 21 The sources in the police headquarters assert that a number of reverted cops continued to hold consultation with the legal experts regarding the grounds of assailing the orders. The orders of reversion were passed by DIG Vivek Gogia in this connection on Tuesday. Those who have been reverted include two sub-inspectors, 12 assistant sub-inspectors and 115 head constables. It is pertinent to mention here that about two years ago the UT police had ignored orders issued by CAT after a Chandigarh Police constable appeared before CAT, when he was denied promotion by the department. The matter has been kept in cold storage for a long time even after the Punjab and Haryana High court has passed direction in this regard. As a result, in the meantime, some of the promoted policemen retired from the police department. The process of reversion has been initiated following a communication of dated September 12 from the office of the home secretary. Sources in the police said about two years ago Chandigarh Police Constable Jaswinder Singh appeared before CAT seeking promotion in sports quota on ad-hoc basis. The CAT passed orders in his favour, however, the department moved high court against the orders. The department had taken the plea that that the Indian police Act has no provision of ad-hoc promotion. At this, while challenging the plea the defence presented the list of 130 cops promoted by the department on ad-hoc basis. The high court then passed its verdict in favour of the department and also directed the department to review the ad-hoc promotion carried out by it earlier. The Chandigarh Police constituted a team a three-member team including SSP (Operation) L.S. Sandhu, SSP Gaurav Yadav and SP (Traffic) Amitabh Dhillon. The in-charge of the committee SSP Sandhu submitted his report to the UT IGP, Mr Satish Chandra, recommending reversion of the cops to local ranks and also be paid according to their rank. The report also recommended that they would remain in lower ranks in the department records. The file kept on gathering dust in the office of the IGP and no action had been taken on the report in this connection.
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Three festivals planned to promote tourism, culture
Chandigarh, September 21 This decision was taken during a meeting at the UT Secretariat under the chairmanship of Home Secretary Krishna Mohan here yesterday. Tourism Director Vivek Atray said all details of the festivals had been chalked out. The Administration would organise a heritage walk from the Open Hand Monument to the Bougainvillaea Garden, seminars and workshops at schools and colleges and a function at the Government Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Chandigarh Heritage Festival. Important buildings of the Capital Complex and others like the Kiran Cinema, Sector 22, would be lit up by the Engineering Department on the evening of October 7. The Administration would organise two cultural evenings (one with Bollywood theme and the other with laughter challenge theme) at the Leisure Valley, a food festival on the theme of rural tourism and ethnic food at the Leisure Valley, a pavilion to highlight German culture in collaboration with the German Society of Chandigarh and a procession involving residents welfare associations as part of the Chandigarh Carnival. The Chandigarh New Year Festival would involve welcome boards and banners throughout the city and at entry points, lighting of important buildings in Chandigarh, entertainment evenings by private organisations independently, a mega musical evening at the Leisure Valley and a shopping festival in Chandigarh markets.
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Setback to breeding programme
Chandigarh, September 21 The Nandankanan Zoological Park in Orissa is home to nearly 25 white tigers, while the Delhi zoo has six. The Chhatbir zoo had only one pair. According to estimates, there are less than 100 white tigers left in India. But is the white tiger different from the orange one? The answer is no. These tigers are simple white-coloured Bengal tigers with random black/brown stripes, blue eyes and pink nose. They are not a separate subspecies. But they grow faster and heavier than their orange counterparts. A white tiger is born when both tigers that mate, carry the gene for white colouring. However, in the wild this occurs in one out of approximately 10,000 births. Hence white tigers are very- very rare in wild. The white colouration is a result of gene mutation; a permanent change in the gene controlling the coat colouration. This changed gene can be passed on from one generation to another. Moreover, this rare colour mutation is only found in the Bengal tiger subspecies. The white tiger is sometimes mistakenly considered to be an albino species of tiger. However, it is not true. The albino tiger does not have any stripes. Since white tigers are not actually pure white, they are sometimes called chinchilla or ice tiger also. Today, the population of the white tiger in India is believed to be the progeny of a male tiger, Mohan that was captured in 1951. Mohan died in 1969. Even the white tiger collection in the USA traces its ancestry to Mohan. The then maharaja of Rewa, Gulab Singh, first captured a white tiger in 1915, which was later used for breeding in captivity. However, zoologists say the flawed reproduction programmes in some of the zoos for the past many decades has weakened the bloodline and devastated gene pool of white tigers since inbreeding was encouraged to get white tiger cubs. Because of the excessive inbreeding the entire stock has lost its basic characteristics and immunity to disease. But in the Chhatbir zoo, the white tiger pair had different lineage as the male was brought from Aurangabad zoo last year and the female was born in the zoo in 2003. Their death is a major setback to the white tiger’s conservation programme.
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Death of White tigers still a mystery
Chandigarh, September 21 Giving this information to The Tribune the zoo Field Director, Mr Dharminder Sharma, said the samples had been collected for histopathology. “The diagnosis of the disease will be co-related with the histopathology findings,” Mr Sharma added. With the officials not revealing anything about the post-mortem findings, the ball now appears to be in the court of the Ludhiana and Bareilly institutes. Wildlife circles continue to be in a state of shock. The two tigers were in the prime of their youth and hale and hearty. They died within a span of seven hours despite a team of veterinarians remaining on full alert after the death of a Royal Bengal Tigress on Monday.
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Ram Lila to be staged at 48 places
Chandigarh, September 21 Similarly, permission has been granted to organising committees to hold Dashera at 22 places. The Deputy Commissioner, while granting permission, has categorically told the committees to abide by the provision of the Dramatic Performances Act, 1964. The timings for staging would be from 8 pm to 12 midnight. The organisers have been asked to be extra vigilant and keep a watch on unknown persons found roaming around the venue of the event. They have also been asked not to use vulgar type of scenes or songs and no act should hurt the religious feelings of any section of society. Lamenting that the SSP has so far not called any meeting of the organising committees, the president of the Chandigarh Kendriya Ram Lila Mahasabha, Mr Subash Kataria, said they had no information about the security arrangements. “Only the SHO of the respective area called up the organising committees in their areas,” he said. A suggestion forwarded by the mahasabha to the Deputy Commissioner regarding the training of volunteers in fire management and security training has been forwarded to the Municipal Corporation and the police department. But no follow-up action had been initiated by the respective department, said Mr Kataria, while mentioning a fire-related incident during staging of Ram Lila in Manimajra last year.
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Army displays Siachen equipment
Chandigarh, September 21 The team was led by Capt Amit Pandey includes two officers and four other men. They had started their expedition from Siachen Base Camp, the last road head in the Siachen Sector, two weeks ago. The team had held similar road shows at a number of places en route, including Leh, Manali, Pathankot, and Amritsar to familiarise public about the Army’s deployment in Siachen. The road shows had drawn a huge response. Organised by the Siachen Brigade, it was the first rally of its kind and it involved the motor-cycle borne soldiers traversing over 1200 km through the world’s highest motorable pass, the Khardung La and negotiating rugged terrain and inclement weather.
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Chandumajra ready for poll pact
Lalru, September 21 Talking to reporters here after visiting the alleged victims of the police brutality on August 11, Professor Chandumajra said the non-Congress and non-SAD and BJP parties would work out a common minimum programme and seat-sharing for the coming Punjab elections soon. Blaming the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and the former Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, for various Punjab problems, he urged the people to vote for the third front. He
also urged Mr Badal to come clean on the allegations of donation to
his party by a tobacco company—ITC. If these allegations are true,
the SAD (Badal) had violated the Sikh “maryada”. Meanwhile, several workers of SAD (Badal) joined SAD (Longowal) in the presence of Professor Chandumajra.
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Rally by CITU against UPA govt policies
Chandigarh, September 21 Addressing the rally, all-India vice- president and general secretary of CITU (Punjab) Raghunath Singh said the call for the nationwide strike had been given to intensify the united struggle against issues like price hike, disinvestment, privatisation, ban on recruitment, outsourcing etc.
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Club told to produce records
Chandigarh, September 21
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e-Sampark Centre
hailed
Chandigarh, September 21
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Pension amount raised
Chandigarh, September 21
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Nepali woman wards off assailant
Mohali, September 21 Even the person, identified as K.
Srinivas, who had allegedly tried to outrage her modesty sustained serious head injuries when he fell from the second floor while making an attempt to run away from the scene of the crime. Narrating the sequence of events, Kamla told Chandigarh Tribune that her husband, who runs a teastall at Balongi village, usually came back after work around 10 pm. As such she opened the gate to the second floor around that time and went back to her bed where she was watching TV. Within minutes a youth with a muffled face entered her room and allegedly jumped on to her with a small knife in his hand. He tried to press her neck and when she screamed her four–year-old daughter who was sleeping on the adjoining bed woke up and started crying. The assailant then tried to get hold of the child with one of his hands. She said that as his grip on her (Kamla) loosened she ran out of the room and cried for help with blood dripping from the injuries on the hands. She alleged that the assailant tried to pull her hair to stop her from leaving the room and had also beaten her up. She alleged that the assailant was under the influence of liquor when he entered her room. A bottle of McDowells whisky which was half empty was seen lying in the stairs. Her husband, Durga Parsad, said he got late and came back home around 10.30 pm and got a shock when he saw his wife injured and the daughter,
Isneha, in a state of fear. He said that child got so scared that she could not sleep throughout the night. He said that the room he had taken on rent could not be bolted from inside. He himself had made temporary arrangements to close the door. He said that he had been living here for the past four years. He said that more than 20 employees of a private telecommunication company lived on the first floor accommodation. He suspected that one of them was involved in the crime. The police has registered a case under Sections 452, 354, and 323 of the IPC in this regard. The suspect has not been arrested so far as he under medical treatment.
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Clerk caught taking bribe
Chandigarh, September 21 Giving details, sources in the department said upper divisional clerk Labh Singh was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a city resident this evening. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him. The sources said the accused had demanded Rs 4,000 from the complainant for early dispatch of his passport. The deal had been settled for Rs 3,500 and the complainant reported the matter to the department. Acting on the complaint, a trap was laid and the accused was arrested while A senior officer in the department said the practice of taking money from applicants on the pretext of early dispatch of passports under the Tatkal Scheme was common. They used to charge money from applicants who came to the office to know the status of their applications. The sources said the department had received several complaints against the nexus of passport officials with that of agents, who had been duping people in this fashion.
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Stolen car recovered, accused remanded
Chandigarh, September 21 The accused has been identified as Sanjay. Earlier, he was arrested by the crime branch of the Chandigarh police. The actual number of the car was Dl-3-CAF-4301 while the accused was displaying a Punjab number (PB-12-9760) on it. He was today remanded in police custody for two days. Case registered: Mr Baldev Singh of Sector 7 lodged a complaint that the driver of truck (PB-18-R-5810) disappeared with the truck. He was sent to Bangalore from here to deliver a consignment of apples on August 30. A case of misappropriation has been registered at the Sector 26 Police Station. Motor cycle stolen: Mr Sudhir Kumar of DAV College, Sector 10, reported to the police that his Hero Honda motor cycle (HR-26-AA-0670) was stolen from Sector 10 on Wednesday. A case of theft has been registered. Smack seized: The special crime investigation cell of the police on Wednesday arrested Balbir Singh of Bapu Dham Colony Phase II, from Sector 26 for possessing 26 grams of smack. A case has been registered.
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515 cartons of liquor seized
Chandigarh, September 21 Sources in the operations cell said acting on secret information a naka was laid at the railway crossing in the city. The cops spotted the truck and its search led to recovery of 515 cartons of various brands of liquor. The police has arrested two persons in this connection. They have been identified as Nishan Singh of Punjab and Jagdish Raj of Jammu and Kashmir. They told the police that the liquor was being smuggled from Chandigarh to Surat in Gujarat. A case under the Excise Act and various other Sections of the IPC for displaying fake number has been registered.
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Bid to outrage modesty of colleague
Panchkula, September 21 In her complaint to the police, 29-year-old Vidya Devi, a clerk in the Vigilance Department, said she went to Pankaj to get an office paper xeroxed today afternoon. However, Pankaj, instead of doing the work entrusted to him, held her hand, saying he loved her. After all attempts to free her hand from his grip failed, Vidya Devi raised an alarm following which Pankaj slapped her. Meanwhile, hearing her cries, a number of employees gathered at the spot while Pankaj quietly made an exit. The police arrested Pankaj later in the evening and slapped cases under Sections 354, 323, 506, 294 of the IPC.
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Two held for kidnapping minor sisters
Mohali, September 21 A medical examination of all the four, including the girls, was got done by the police at the local Civil Hospital. It is alleged that both the girls were raped by their kidnappers. The father of the girls, Bhagwan Sau, had made a complaint to the police about alleged kidnapping of his daughters on September 7 after which a case under Sections 363, 366 of the IPC was registered in this regard.
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1 more held for Varun’s murder
Panchkula, September 21 He added that there were five accused in the case of which one accused, Sandeep, is absconding. Two others named in the FIR are still admitted to the General Hospital, Sector 6, and are undergoing treatment there.
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Bid to loot liquor shop
Lalru, September 21 According to the police, the persons tried to loot the shop. When two employees — Rajinder Singh and Thakur — who were sleeping inside the shop, raised alarm, the attackers fled from the scene. However, before fleeing they took away some liquor bottles. A case has been registered.
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BSNL launches new scheme
Chandigarh, September 21
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