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Come festival season, holy city becomes gambling den
Health Dept goes all out against food adulteration
2 teenaged girls abducted, 3 booked
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Illicit relations claim life;3 of a family booked
‘Poor neglected during urban planning’
GNDH spreads awareness on stroke
India a key country in USA’s South Asia policy: Prof Horowitz
I-T Dept opens lockers of Oasis group
Youth commits suicide in hotel
Lack of adequate sleep can make children obese
Clean sweep by Jagir Singh panel
GND varsity inter-college chess, handball tourneys in Nov
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Come festival season, holy city becomes gambling den
Amritsar, October 29 This illegal practice is flourishing in renowned hotels of the city and farm houses located on the outskirts right under the nose of much-touted Commissionerate system. These days they have on their agenda “teen patti” (flash), rummy and “khaal”, different versions of gambling where stakes rolls into several lakhs. Out of the three, “khaal” is the most sough-after one for bringing an instant win or loss. Interestingly, majority of these hotels have managing partners, either belonging to some political party or the Police Department. What rules would be applicable to them is anybody’s guess? By law, it is an illegal act and the persons involved should be booked under the Gambling Act, yet all these hotels and farm houses have been enjoying immunity from being booked. Another startling fact which has come to light is that an NGO, known for raising money for charity and community development, is into organising gambling sessions in various hotels and resorts in the city. To gain entry, you would have to buy the entry pass in advance, of course through some “reference” and the venue as well as the time would be intimated to the pass holder, just a few hours before the gambling session. Interestingly, one hotel located on the Albert road is just a few metres away from the Circuit House and the police station. This hotel has been organising “khaal” in its banquet hall twice a day. Afternoons are reserved for ladies, but no gender bias rules in the evenings. A farm house on the Airport road has been organising gambling sessions, in connivance with some NGO, for over one month. This place, too, belongs to some big politician. Yet, another hotel on Queen’s Road, which has a top politician as one of its partners, asks for Rs 2,000 to gain entry into its banquet hall. These gambling dens are charging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 4,000 as entry pass, which would be inclusive of premium whiskey and food in their banquet halls having a seating capacity between 300 to 400 heads. To top it all, there is no limit on the table whether it’s for cards or food and beverages. A number of hoteliers are renting out their rooms to gamblers on hourly basis. Some of them even charge higher rates than the normal rent of the rooms. A former top official had to face transfer from the city after he reportedly booked a group of people, having acquaintance with a politician, for playing cards in a hotel on the eve of Diwali last year OfficialSpeak
Deputy Commissioner of Police Amar Singh Chahal: It is undoubtedly an offence both on the part of the organisers as well as participants. If such a practice is going on here in the city, it would be dealt with sternly. |
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Health Dept goes all out against food adulteration
Amritsar, October 29 He categorically asked them to ensure pure food to their customers besides making the cooking place more hygienic. “The representatives of hotel and restaurant associations have been asked to get the medical examinations of their cooks and waiters conducted after every six months so that they could not pass on any infection to their customers,” said Dr Kondal. “Don’t force us to take stringent action. The department would not tolerate any type of adulteration,” he said adding that the health officials would not leave any stone unturned and would ensure that the consumers get pure food. Meanwhile, the milk and cheese samples taken from the vehicle belonging to a milk and chilling centre at Batala have failed to pass the test. The reports were received by the department here today. The department would write to their counterparts in Gurdaspur to take action against the milk plant owned by one Ved Parkash Dogra. “We have received the report only today and we are going to write to health authorities at Gurdaspur to conduct raids at the milk plant and take necessary action against the defaulters,” said Dr H S Kochhar, District Health Officer. The department would destroy the spurious cheese and milk and case would be lodged against the milk plant and would be forwarded to Gurdaspur, he added. It is evident to mention here that the health department in a raid had seized about four quintals of Cheese and 50 Kilogram milk from the vehicle during a raid. The vehicle was being driven by one Paramajit Singh. The seized material was to be delivered to a dairy situated in Katra Baggian area. He said a couple of months back, the department has raided an eating joint at a Megamart and samples taken from there were also failed. The samples of spices seized from a famous retail store also failed.
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2 teenaged girls abducted, 3 booked
Tarn Taran, October 29 A case under section 363, 366, 120 B IPC has been registered against the accused. The father of the girls, in his statement to the police, said his daughters were aged 16 and 17. He said he was already aware of the incident, as he had stopped the accused Inderjit from coming to his house. He said the accused abducted his daughters, luring both of them to marry him. He abducted the girls last night from their house when the other family members were sleeping. |
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Illicit relations claim life;3 of a family booked
Tarn Taran, October 29 The sources said Captain Singh after finishing his work at a local sheller was going to his home last night. The accused attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon wounding him in the head, which led to Captain Singh’s death. The police sources said Rajbir Singh, brother of the deceased, in his statement to the police said Captain Singh had been having illicit relations with Ranjit Kaur for the last four years, which was objected by the husband and other family members. The postmortem of the body was conducted at the Civil Hospital. The accused were absconding. |
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‘Poor neglected during urban planning’
Amritsar, October 29 The seminar was organised by the Department of Sociology of Guru Nanak Dev University under the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC in the conference Hall of Guru Nanak Bhawan. Vice-Chancellor Prof A.S. Brar presided over the session, while Prof R.N. Sharma, Centre for Development Studies, School of Social Science, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, delivered the keynote address. Fifty delegates from 14 states of the country are participating and will present their papers. Prof R.N. Sharma while delivering the keynote address said the three major factors which conspire to inhibit equitable growth of cities are political entrepreneurs, bureaucrats and land mafia. Prof A.S. Brar in his presidential remarks emphasised the need for more proactive role of the social science teachers. He said even the teachers have bias against poor. He said there should be all kinds of efforts to remove corruption from the society. Prof Brar facilitated Prof R.S. Sandhu for his services rendered to the university. He also honoured Prof S.L. Sharma and Prof R.N. Sharma with mementos.
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GNDH spreads awareness on stroke
Amritsar, October 29 These views were expressed by Dr Rajneesh Sharma, Head of Department of Neurology, Government Medical College and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, during a free medical checkup camp organised by the department. As many as 100 persons suffering from some neurology problems visited the camp for consultations and medication. The governments should initiate steps towards spreading awareness among the general public about health problems caused by stroke, he said. The camp was organised by the department in order to mark the World Stroke Day today. Talking to The Tribune, Dr Sharma while quoting data from World Health Organisation pointed out that stroke is leading cause of death for people above the age of 60 and stands fifth in killing people between the age group of 15 to 59 while it is foremost reason of disability all over the world. “Approximately 6 million people lost their lives due to sudden brain attack and about 20 million persons suffer stroke every year while five million people left with permanent disability,” revealed Dr Sharma. “In India, about 1.6 million suffer stroke annually with an average of 4,568 stroke every day and almost 1,000 people die due to this reason daily and after stroke 1,500 people suffer paralysis and live as paralytic through out his life,” Dr Sharma added. In order to raise the awareness, this year’s theme for the occasion is “One in Six” depicting that there are chances that every one person after six persons could suffer from stroke in their lifetime. Dr Sharma said not only the stroke was preventable but the survivors could fully recover and regain their quality of life with the appropriate long-term care and support. As per the National Stroke Association (USA), 80 per cent of all strokes can be prevented. Warning signs of stroke
1. Sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body. 2. Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding. 3. Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes. 4. Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination. 5. Sudden, severe headache with no known cause. 6. Approximately 70 percent of patients do not correctly recognise their Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or mini stroke. 7. 30 per cent delay seeking medical attention for 24 hours. 8. Approximately 30 percent of early recurrent strokes occur before seeking attention. The campaign recommends six actions to reduce the possibility of stroke:
1.Know your personal risk factors: high blood pressure, diabetes and high blood cholesterol. 2. Be physically active and exercise regularly. 3. Avoid obesity by eating a healthy diet with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. 4. Limit alcohol consumption. 5. Avoid smoking. People who smoke should seek help to stop. 6. Learn to recognise the warning signs of a stroke and call a neurologist if someone is suspected of having a stroke. Risk of stroke after TIA
1. 2-10 per cent of patients having a TIA will develop stroke within first 48 hours. 2. 1-20 per cent of patients having a TIA will develop stroke within 7 days. 3. 4-8 per cent of patients having a TIA will develop stroke within first month. 4. 12 per cent of patients having a TIA will develop stroke within first year. The facts behind the theme “1 in 6” campaign
1. The lifetime risk of stroke is 1 in 5 for women, 1 in 6 for men 2. Every two seconds, someone in the world suffers a stroke 3. Every six seconds, someone dies of a stroke 4. Every six seconds, someone’s quality of life will forever be changed; they will permanently be physically disabled due to stroke. 5. 14 per cent stroke patients will have recurrence of stroke in a year and 25 per cent within 5 years. 6. Stroke kills more people each year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria put together (6 million vs 4.8 million) 7. Stroke also attacks children, including newborns. |
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India a key country in USA’s South Asia policy: Prof Horowitz
Amritsar, October 29 Prof Horowitz said India had also opened its economy in 1991, coinciding with the end of cold war. He averred that the hike in the supply of military hardware from the US to India would further enhance India’s significance in the eyes of the US. Moreover, both countries shared common interests in containing the rising China and waging war on terrorism. Prof Kuldip Singh, head, department of political science of the host university, argued that the transition of India’s foreign policy from Soviet to post-Soviet times, in which the US was the key country, has been achieved by India successfully. He cited the signing of the Indo-US nuclear treaty as an exquisite example in this regard. Prof Jagrup Singh Sekhon, professor of political science at the university, opined that certain irritants continued to persist in view of Pakisan’s role in sponsoring terrorism and its misuse of US foreign aid given to it for fighting terrorism.
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I-T Dept opens lockers of Oasis group
Amritsar: The sleuths of the investigation wing of the Income Tax Department opened the lockers belonging to the Oasis group, dealing in hospitality, real estate, liquor and distillery sectors. The officials associated with the wing said the investigation regarding the material recovered in the lockers was at nascent stage and more detail would come out with the progress in inquiry. The sleuths of the Income Tax recently raided the commercial establishments of the group and seized Rs 28 lakh in cash and Rs 20 crore unaccounted money. —
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Youth commits suicide in hotel
Amritsar, October 29 The police has sent the body for postmortem after initiating action under Section 174 of the CrPC. No suicide note was recovered from the spot. Lakhbir Singh of Galliara police station said family members of the deceased were informed about the incident. Anil was the only son of his widow mother. According to family members, he had lost a gold chain worth Rs 40,000 during his visit to the city and was very upset with it. |
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Lack of adequate sleep can make children obese
Amritsar, October 29 The childhood obesity is on rise if the recent findings are any indication. The experts have expressed their deep concern over this dangerous trend as obesity is one single main cause for development of many other diseases such as diabetes, heart disease. Quoting data, Dr Punit Arora, a leading consultant medicine, said, “Recent finding show 6.9 per cent of boys and 5.9 percent in girls are overweight or obese. Although it is not as dangerous epidemic in India as it is in USA, but it is increasing and it is high time that people should take care of this.” Among various other reasons like junk food, lack of physical activities, games and exercise, lack of proper sleep in the night can make children obese. For all those parents, who have stopped motivating their children to sleep early, the recent finding should be an eye opener. Lack of adequate sleep in the night can make children obese. “Proper sleep at night regulates tiredness and metabolism and thus plays important role in prevention of obesity. The counseling for prevention of chronic disease should include mention of right sleeping habits,” said Dr Arora. Dr Eklavya Gabba, a pediatric expert and district immunization officer said that the general observation is that children are not getting enough time for physical group activities like games. “We have made children overburdened with study and with computers and TV boom they hardly found any time for physical games. Junk food habits had aggravated the problem,” he pointed out. Dr Arora pointed out that early intervention by taking precautionary measures like proper sleep, proper diet, physical exercise etc can prevent onset of obesity and obesity linked diseases. Obesity leads to diabetes and heart disease having long term implications like kidney failure, hearth attacks, nerve damage etc. Referring to a recent study published in Archives of Pediatrics and adolescents’ medicine has revealed that infants and children who do not get enough sleep at night may be more likely to become obese before adulthood. Improper sleep at night is a contributory factor with potentially important implications when it comes to prevention and treatment of obesity. |
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Clean sweep by Jagir Singh panel
Amritsar, October 29 Dr Derick Engles acted as returning officer for the election. As per result notification, Ramesh Chander Sharma was declared elected for the post of the senior vice president while Harjinder Singh won the post of the vice president. Rajneesh Bhardwaj was elected secretary while Sham Mohan was elected joint secretary. Ashwani Kumar won the secretary (Public Relations) seat and Ajmer Singh was elected as treasurer. Joginder Singh, Kashmir Singh Randhawa, Mukhtiar Singh, Paramjit Singh, Pashaura Singh, Arvinder Singh, Naresh Kumar, Davinder Singh, Zile Singh and Fateh Singh Kahlon have been elected executive members.
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GND varsity inter-college chess, handball tourneys in Nov
Amritsar, October 29 Similarly, the five-day Inter-College Chess (men’s) Championship 2010-11 would begin from November 3 at various colleges, while the league matches would be played on November 8 and 9 at the university campus at Amritsar. As many as 17 colleges affiliated to the university would participate in the championship. Workshop on radio techniques
A two day workshop on radio techniques & formats was inaugurated at the seminar hall of DAV College, Amritsar. The workshop is being organised by the department of mass communication and video production of the college to provide students with an insight into the technicalities involved in radio production, which is a popular medium of mass communication. Tarun Chugh, vice chairman, Youth Development Board, Government of Punjab and deputy director NSS, was the chief guest at the inauguration. Tracing the history of communication as a phenomenon, he said communication is a concept which reflects the power of thoughts. “Communication is as old as human life. In the past, when there was no medium of communication, people used to send and receive messages through people,” he said. Addressing students, principal of the college motivated students to take maximum benefit from the workshop and congratulated the department on organising the workshop. Meanwhile, three sessions were held on the first day of the workshop. Sukhi was the resource person in the first session, in which he spoke on radio formats. Annual sports meet
Mata Kaulan Ji Public School celebrated its 2nd annual sports meet in the school premises. The Dianthus House bagged the maximum points. Roseberry got the second and third places. The dignitaries present were chairman Bhai Guriqbal Singh, MD Bhai Amandeep Singh, trustee advisor Tehalinder Singh, chief guest Manoj Kumar, manager of Karur Vuysa Bank, advisor Bhupinder Singh Garcha and other management members, who graced the occasion. The programme started with a prayer, followed by the performance of the school band, parade and gatka performance. The sports event included races like ball race, lemon race, frog race, relay race, sack race and balloon race etc. Table tennis and skating matches were also played. Principal Jagjit Kaur extended gratitude to the guests. |
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Amritsar, October 29
Guru Nanak Dev University Inter-College Handball (women) Championship for the year 2010-11 for both A and B divisions would be held on November 1-2 at the varsity campus here, in which 11 colleges would participate, Dr Kanwaljit Singh, director sports of the university said.