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City tops state in dengue cases
Distracted maulvi ‘forgets’ prayer, gets manhandled
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Nursing their way to greener pastures
Fake Experience Certificates
Crime File
Youth burnt to death
Brothers booked for raping girl, hooking her to drugs
Purse, chain snatchers’ gang busted; 2 nabbed
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City tops state in dengue cases
Jalandhar, September 11 The number could be higher as some patients are under treatment in some private hospitals also. Principal Secretary, Health, Satish Chandra today visited the city to take stock of the situation and the readiness of the Health Department, especially the Civil Hospital and the civic body, to deal with the situation. There are chances that the fever could spread further and the last time the authorities had a hard time dealing with the rush of patients. He met some of the patients in their ward and asked them about the arrangements and the quality of medical services being provided by the hospital authorities. Civil Surgeon Dr S.K. Gupta said 120 patients suffering from fever were also under treatment in the hospital. Extra beds had been arranged to accommodate patients, if and when, they arrive in the coming days. He assured that the Municipal Corporation had been instructed to undertake fogging in the affected areas. After this, special medical teams would visit the affected houses to clear them of mosquitoes causing dengue.
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Distracted maulvi ‘forgets’ prayer, gets manhandled
Jalandhar, September 11 The trouble started when the maulvi, who was leading the prayers, forgot to offer the prayer (dua) at the end of the congregation. Eyewitness said the maulvi was reportedly distracted by photo-journalists eager to click a particular picture and he was obliging them, leading to the unsavoury situation. There was a commotion regarding the issue that certain leaders of the community had ignored local maulvis and called a maulvi from Muzaffarnagar to lead the prayers. Inviting a maulvi from outside the city on the auspicious occasion had sparked resentment among the community which later resulted in the violence. A high drama was witnessed as the maulvi ran away from the spot and with police assistance took refuge in a vehicle with a red beacon parked adjacent to the mosque. The police whisked him away and dropped him on a busy road just a few metres from the spot. Earlier, Minister of Local Bodies Manornajan Kalia announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for a madarsa being run in the mosque.
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Nursing their way to greener pastures Gurdaspur, September 11 However, with the change in times, this vocation has taken on a different charm, with nursing institutes here reporting a spurt in admissions. Here, young women might not have heard about Florence Nightingale but their obsession for the foreign land borders is fanatical. Jatinder Singh, Director of the Sri Guru Arjun Dev College of Nursing, Dhariwal, 10 km from here, says, “Money is just one of the factors. Getting a good marriage partner is another reason. Earlier a nurse never had a young man’s family knocking at her door. Many years ago, people often questioned her purity knowing that she touched strange men unsupervised. Those conservative voices still have not died down, but nurses from this area have persisted. They are now moving confidently to Western countries, particularly the USA and Canada.” “Life is full of choices - choose carefully”, reads a poster at a Batala cyber café, frequented by young nurses. And these women are indeed choosing their career carefully. The promise of money and respect makes it all the more worthwhile for them. Ranjan Sarpal, a government school teacher, says, “These young women normally hear stories of their ilk earning good money abroad. And respect is not only in their jobs but they are respected at home as well.” Loktameet Kaur, a nursing student at the Dhariwal college, says, “Earlier, nurses from the Philippines and China were in great demand. However, Filipino nursing skills are not up to the mark, while China has a language barrier. The world needs nurses and the biggest pocket is in India. I feel that there should be more such nursing institutes in the area to cater to the demand.” |
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Fake Experience Certificates
Hoshiarpur, September 11 According to police sources, the inquiry committee of the department found experience certificates of nine people, identified as Alka Sharma of local Bassi Khawaju, Manjit Kaur of Rampur Jhanjowal, Harjeet Kaur of Manjhpur, Raj Kumar, Sarbjit Kaur of Nangla Khunga, Pooja Rani of Harsemanar, Manjit Kaur of Moonak, Manjit Kaur of Khandala Jattan and Kavita Rani of Gajar Katrala, fake when their papers were scrutinised. Following the advertisement about the vacancies of teacher, these persons applied for the posts and produced fake certificates of their experience. They were selected at that time and had been serving since September 3, 2007. The Sadar police has booked all of them under sections 420, 465, 468 and 471 of the IPC. |
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City girl tops JAG exam
Jalandhar, September 11 Priyanka Singh will undergo an 11-month training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai from October 8 and would be commissioned as Lieutenant. Daughter of Satyendra Kumar Singh, an Assistant Divisional Engineer in the Railways, Priyanka, after her schooling in Apeejay School, Jalandhar, opted for a law degree with a passion to join the Indian Army. Priyanka even bagged a bronze medal for her performance in law from Guru Nanak Dev University. While talking to The Tribune, Priyanka gave the credit of her success to father Satyendra Kumar Singh, mother Saroj Singh and trainer Major-Gen G.S. Sohi (retd). Priyanka currently lives with her mother in the Preet Nagar locality, while her father is posted at Allahabad. Her elder brother is based at Sydney in Australia. |
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Arrest MC president: PMU
Kapurthala, September 11 A case against them had been registered on the complaint of a Pendu Mazdoor Union (PMU) leader, Balwinder Singh. A cross criminal case was also lodged against Raj Pal and Balwinder Singh on the complaint of Sukhwinder Singh. Talking to The Tribune, PMU state president Tarsem Peter said the demonstration was held for demanding immediate arrest of Pamma and other SAD leaders and for asking the police to include section 295 A of the IPC in the FIR against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Balwinder Singh. Peter said their demands also include cancellation of the “false” FIR lodged against Raj Pal and Balwinder Singh allegedly under political pressure.
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Crime File
Batala, September 11 The accused, identified as Balwant Singh of local Bhandari Gate, Ashok Kumar of local Thathiari Gate and Lakhwinder Singh, alias Vicky, of Buttar village, were arrested on a tip-off when they were going towards Amritsar in a Tata-407 Canter. The robbery took place on September 9 when five persons (three above said accused along with Mukesh Kumar of Thathiari Gate and Ranjit Singh) robbed iron merchant Pawan Kumar of Rs 2.95 lakh in cash and 12 cheques worth Rs 7.41 lakh after throwing red chilly powder in his eyes near the railway station here. A resident of Mandi Gobindgarh, Pawan supplied iron in Batala and used to visit the town on every Thursday and collect cash (around Rs 10 lakh) on every visit. A case under section 395 of the IPC and 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act was registered at Railway Police Station, Pathankot, in this regard. Mukesh Kumar was nabbed by the GRP in a separate case under section 411 of the IPC. During further interrogation, a TVS Suzuki bike (without number) of Balwant Singh, which was used in the crime, was also recovered. The fifth accused Ranjit Singh is yet to be arrested. Meanwhile, Judicial Magistrate Rashmi Sharma sent the nabbed accused to 2-day police remand.
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Youth burnt to death
Amritsar, September 11 A case under sections 302, 364 and 349 of the IPC has been registered. Raju had a provision store here. According to information, the accused came to him at about 2.30 am and forced him to open the shutter of his shop. The four accused, reportedly, took kerosene oil from the shop and forcibly took him to an abandoned place where they poured the oil over him and set him afire. On hearing the shouts, the nearby residents rushed to his rescue and took him to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital where he breathed his last in the evening. Sources said the police had identified some persons of the area.
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Brothers booked for raping girl, hooking her to drugs
Tarn Taran, September 11 A case under sections 328, 376 and 506 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at Sarhali police station. The accused have been identified as Lakhwinder Singh (24) and Sukhraj Singh (22). The father of the girl, in his statement to the police, said his daughter fell in love with accused Lakhwinder Singh about a year back. He said Lakhwinder and his brother used to call his daughter on her mobile daily, for a long time. He added that soon after, the accused got his daughter addicted to intoxicants and after giving her some intoxicant, Lakhwinder and his brother Sukhraj used to rape her regularly. He said the accused withdrew
Rs 22,600 from her account recently. The DSP, Patti, investigated the matter and suggested to register a case in this regard.
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Purse, chain snatchers’ gang busted; 2 nabbed
Hoshiarpur, September 11 DSP (HQ) Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu told mediapersons here this afternoon that the gang comprised three members, Pankaj (kingpin), Vishwanath and Rakesh, all of local Mohalla Balmik Nagar, who are drug addicts. On a tip-off, the police had arrested Pankaj and Vishwanath, while Rakesh fled. The police recovered three snatched gold chains, Rs 25,000, five mobile phones and a Hero Honda motorcycle (PB-7M-8029) used during the crime
committed by them. With their arrest, six chain, purse and mobile phone snatching cases registered in the city police station were solved. A number of criminal cases had already been registered against them. They remained in the district jail together during their imprisonment. Both of them were drug addicts and used to snatch gold chains, mobile phones and purses from women to meet their addiction needs. Efforts are on to arrest their accomplice, said Sidhu.
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