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‘Need to encourage use of inhalers’
Cash-strapped de-addiction centre puts salaries of staff on hold
Rain spells trouble in Moga, damages roads
Potholes on Ferozepur roads belie govt claim on development
Suspended AIG faces fresh allegations from kin
AISSF blames SAD (B) for ignoring interests of Sikhs
Another baby girl abandoned in Panghura
Army School students attempt rape on 6-yr-old
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Gobindpura Land Acquisition Row
Mansa, August 10 Among others who were detained were Ved Parkash, Master Balbir Singh, Gurdeep Heera and Sita Ram. The police took all the detainees to the canal rest house at Kusla village in police vehicles. Later, they were let off. Dr Dayal and Arshi have demanded an inquiry by a High Court judge into all aspects related to the acquisition of land of the farmers for the setting up a thermal plant in the village. Besides, they also demanded immediate withdrawal of the police from the village so as to revive the democratic and human rights of the villagers and other people. He said the CPI condemned the repression by the government and its undemocratic and dictatorial attitude as the village had been seized by the police brought from various districts to protect the interests of a private company. He said Gobindpura would prove to be a Waterloo for the Badal Government. Dyal said when they reached Datewas village, the police stopped them and told them that it had instructions not to allow them to proceed to Gobindpura. He said they told the police that they had no plan to hold a rally or demonstration but only wanted to meet the people in the village, but police stopped them from proceeding further. On this, they squatted on the road and blocked the traffic for some time. Then, the police arrested them and took them to Kusla village’s rest-house. They were let off after some hours, Dayal added. Arshi said the Badal Government was behaving with the villagers in a way as if it belonged to some other country. He said even the ‘pheriwalas’ were not being allowed to enter the village. It was unfortunate, he added. |
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‘Need to encourage use of inhalers’
Bathinda, August 10 Dr Vitull K Gupta conducted the study while Dr Jagjeet Singh Bahia, Dr Ashwani Maheshwari, Dr Sonia Arora and Dr Arun Gupta co-authored the same. The study, which was recently published in an international-indexed Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (JCDR), surveyed 1,276 patients and 1,832 residents of Bathinda and nearby villages over the period of two years (2009 and 2010). As many as 86.8 per cent of patients and 84.2 per cent of general residents thought that the use of inhalers was a social stigma. However, the view was found to exist more among women, illiterates and rural folks. Surprisingly, 90.7 per cent of patients preferred using oral medicines to inhalers. Even the population using inhalers prefer to do it secretly while above 97 per cent considered using smaller inhalers rather than the bulkier ones. About 84.9 per cent of patients and 82.6 per cent of general respondents had wrong notions that inhalers are used for serious disorders. “People are mindlessly taking pills for respiratory disorders, which is not advisable at all. Oral medicines have many side-effects and should be avoided. Inhalers target at the right place and are safe for patients of especially bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),” Dr Gupta advised. He added that since patient’s belief played a vital role in treatment, there was an urgent need for educative programmes to dispel misconceptions and inadequate knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and perceptions towards inhalers. “This will help the patients to control the disease in better way,” he suggested. |
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Cash-strapped de-addiction centre puts salaries of staff on hold
Bathinda, August 10 The staff members include a project director, a doctor (part time), an accountant (part time), a counsellor, a staff nurse, a social worker and a safai sewak. Besides, the posts of community worker, yoga therapist (part time), peer educator, ward boy and chowkidar, are yet to be filled to run the affairs of the centre smoothly. On the account of non-availability of funds, the centre could not purchase medicines during the past four months. The cost of 70 per cent of the medicines for the indoor patients and 50 per cent of medicines for the outdoor patients is borne by the centre. Now, most of the patients have to buy medicines from market. However, the centre has been providing some medicines to needy patients which it purchases out of donations received. The centre is being run by the District Red Cross Society (DRCS). The 90 per cent of the grant is provided by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment while the Red Cross contributes 10 per cent. There were six drug addicts in the centre till August 9 and three of them were discharged today. From April 1 to July 30 this year, as many as 83 indoor patients were treated at the centre while 356 outdoor patients were examined. Now, the indoor patients are being given food with the donations received by the centre. Sources told TNS that the DRCS had submitted a case on June 30 to the Social Security Department, Punjab, for getting a grant of Rs 8.45 lakh released from the Union ministry for this financial year so as to make payments for the salaries, purchase of food material, medicines and maintenance of the building etc. When contacted, DRCS secretary JR Goyal said the salaries would be paid after the receipt of grant. He said the Red Cross could not pay salaries from its own funds as it had already spent about Rs 7 lakh during the past two years. On the other hand, the staff is of the view that the society can pay their salaries as it is just Rs 30,000 per month (for the entire staff). They said the amount of their salaries could be recovered from the grant to be provided by the Union ministry. |
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Rain spells trouble in Moga, damages roads
Moga, August 10 The residents of the town have demanded a probe while the authorities of the Public Works Department (PWD) claim that the department is yet to do 25 mm bitumen macadam for re-carpeting of the road to strengthen it. The erstwhile Municipal Council entrusted the reconstruction work of this road to the Public Works Department instead of doing it at its own level. The tenders were allotted to a Kapurthala-based Arihant Construction Company by the Public Works Department. The executive engineer of the PWD Balwinder Singh, while talking to The Tribune, claimed that they were yet to lay 25 mm bitumen macadam, which would be done in September this year. He said the road has been damaged by heavy rains due to poor infrastructure for water disposal. “Though we have constructed 50 more roads than the existing ones for easy disposal of rain water, they got blocked and overflowed causing damage to the road,” he said. However, the claims of the PWD authorities to lay another layer of 25 mm bitumen raise doubts on the fact that the construction work on this road was started on November 19, 2010 and the target was fixed for completion by May 18, this year. The estimated cost of this road was assessed at Rs 280.12 lakh. CL Sharma, president, local citizens' council alleged that the carpeting work on the road has already been done and it is doubtful whether the construction company would lay another layer of 25 mm bitumen to strengthen it. Adding that the quality of the work on this road has already been exposed in just a few weeks after its construction, he said, “It is doubtful whether the remaining layer of bitumen would sustain for years.” He demanded that the Vigilance Department conduct an inquiry into the ongoing construction work on this road fearing that the work has not been done as per the specifications. “Even the slope of the road is not proper due to which water gets acumulated at various places during the rains,” he added.
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Potholes on Ferozepur roads belie govt claim on development
Ferozepur, August 10 PC Kumar, president, District NGO Coordination Committee, said the Icchewala road leading to all newly developed colonies has been left incomplete. He added that the condition of the roads in the interiors of the city was also bad. Kumar said that during the rainy season, it becomes difficult to commute on the city roads. The condition of Khai road besides the road outside Frances Newton Mission hospital, Amar Hospital and the Arya Anathalaya Chowk were also crying for attention. Ashwani Menta, president, Beopar Mandal, said the residents, irked over the delay in the reconstruction of the roads, have decided to make door-to-door collection for the repair of the road leading to the cremation ground. Mehta added that people residing in the colonies on the Asal road and Katcha Zira road had a tough time due to the poor condition of roads. Sukhpal Singh Nannu, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Revenue) said within three months, all the city roads would either be reconstructed or repaired, for which funds have already been sanctioned. Nannu said the work on the widening and improvement of road from Shershahwali Chowk to Udham Singh Chowk was going on war footing and it would be completed with the next two months. “An estimated Rs 10 crores would be spent on the project which would cover the ring road from Delhi Gate to Baghdadi gate and from Udham Singh Chowk to Namdev Chowk,” revealed Nannu. He also added that the work on the old Sabzi Mandi road would also begin soon. ADC takes stock of situation Ferozepur, August 10
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Suspended AIG faces fresh allegations from kin
Moga, August 10 He is presently under suspension and is in judicial custody in the Central Jail at Burail in Chandigarh. Now, Sandhu’s cousin, Manpreet Kant, a Delhi-based woman, has written a letter to the Director of the CBI and the DGP of Punjab to conduct a re-investigation against him for committing fraud with her in a property dispute, a criminal case of which already stands registered against his wife, mother and other family members. A Moga-based advocate is also an alleged accused in the case. Manpreet has alleged that her cousin was also involved in grabbing property worth crores at Barnala. She has alleged that the property dispute started way back in 2001 after Sandhu arranged the marriage of her brother with a woman known to the suspended cop. She has stated: “No one from my family attended the marriage and the two witnesses for the marriage were Sandhu and his wife. After 10 days of the marriage, my mother died and my brother stated that there is no will and that the two of us are the legal heir. However, in October 2001, suddenly a will was produced in favour of my brother and interestingly, the will has Sandhu’s wife as the scribe (written by her) while his mother and maternal uncle were the witnesses to it.” “The matter did not end here because fearing that the will could easily be proved as forged, a complaint was also lodged that the will has been lost.” Kant has further stated that it has been proven through subsequent inquiries that a fraud has been committed and cases have been filed against Sandhu’s uncle, mother and his wife. “However, the brain behind the scam was Paramdip Sandhu against whom the police had not registered a criminal case as he enjoyed good relations with some top cops and politicians,” she alleged. Manpreet Kant has demanded, “The state government has given a green signal to the CBI to probe Sandhu's involvement in the Moga sex scandal, I want the CBI to probe my case also.” “I have got inquiry and CFSL reports along with all proofs to justify as to how I have been deprived of my share of property by Sandhu and his family, who misused his position and power hoping to get justice.” Dispute over property
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AISSF blames SAD (B) for ignoring interests of Sikhs
Abohar/Bathinda/Ferozepur, August 10 Buta Singh filed the papers before returning officer Jasdeep Singh Aulakh, sub-divisional magistrate here today. Sant Kartar Singh of Gurusar Jodhan and some other persons accompanied him. Notably, Kaur Singh is the president of the SAD Balluana circle while Parminder Kaur is the wife of the SAD general council member Gurlal Singh. In Bathinda, 16 candidates filed nominations for the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections today. The 16 candidates filed 18 nominations wherein two candidates filled double nomination forms. Bhagta constituency, which is double reserved for males from the general and scheduled caste categories, saw nominations from SGPC candidate Phuman Singh and SAD candidate Gurtej Singh for the general seat. Nominations for SC seat included that of Avtar Singh and Tek Singh Khalsa. Rampura Phul constituency is for male and female general category candidates. For women’s seat Kiranjit Kaur from SAD (Amritsar) and Hamir Kaur have filed their nominations. Bathinda constituency had only one nomination of Harphool Singh from SAD (Amritsar). From the Balluana woman’s SC seat, Gur Surinderjit Kaur from SAD (Amritsar) and Shinder Kaur filed nominations. Also from the men’s seat, Harpal Singh from SAD (Amritsar) and Surjit Singh filed nominations. From Talwandi Sabo, Sukhdev Singh, Sukhdeep Kaur and Mohan Singh from SAD (Mann) filed their nominations. From Maur constituency, Parminder Singh from SAD (Amritsar) and Gurtej Singh from SAD (Badal) filed the nominations. August 11 is the last day for filing of nominations. On August 16, the nominations would be scrutinised and by August 26, the candidates can withdraw their nominations. Meanwhile, a total of 21 candidates including two sitting members filed their nomination papers for the SGPC polls in Ferozepur today. Those who filed nominations included Darshan Singh Sherkhan (Ferozepur) and Satpal Singh (Talwandi Bhai), both sitting SGPC members besides Bibi Jaswinder Kaur (Talwandi Bhai), Pritam Singh Malsia (Mamdot), Gurmit Singh (Zira) and Balwinder Singh Bhamba Landa (Ferozepur), all belonging to the SAD. Besides the SAD nominees, four candidates including Balwinder Singh Khalsa (Ferozepur), Jaskaran Singh Kahansinghwala (Talwandi Bhai), Bibi Rajwant Kaur Chabba (Talwandi Bhai) and Gurcharan Singh Bhullar (Mamdot) filed their nominations as SAD (Amritsar) candidates. Meanwhile, Karnail Singh Peermohammed, president, All India Sikh Students Federation, filed his nomination papers for the SGPC polls from Zira. While releasing the election manifesto on behalf of the AISSF, Peermohammad said the time has come to revive the struggle for a separate Sikh identity, a principle on which the SGPC and Sikh Gurdwaras Act was established and for which thousands of Sikhs laid down their lives during the British Raj and even after the independence, he added. Peermohammed further said that the SGPC which was being controlled by the SAD (Badal) has constantly ignored working for ensuring a separate Sikh identity and had failed to raise its voice against injustice.
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Another baby girl abandoned in Panghura
Bathinda, August 10 It is learnt that the attendant of the cradle, Sonia, heard the bell rung by unknown persons after leaving the baby in the cradle this afternoon. She brought the matter to the notice of school principal Maninder Kaur Bhalla, who informed the officials of the DRCS for further proceedings. Sonia said the baby appeared to be hungry as she was crying. So, she fed her milk with a bottle to which she responded, the attendant added. Later, DRCS secretary JR Goyal reached the Panghura site and took the baby in his possession. The baby was shifted to the women and children hospital here for medical examination. Paediatrician Dr Satish Jindal, who examined the new-born, said her health was okay, but she had low birth weight i.e. 2.25 kg. He said she had been administered with a BCG injection and an oral polio vaccine. Since the baby was physically fit, she had been given to the DRCS, he added. Goyal said the baby would be handed over to the authorities of the Yadwindra Puran Bal Niketan at Patiala tomorrow. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav also visited the baby at the hospital. SMO Dr BS Gill was also present. |
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Army School students attempt rape on 6-yr-old
Bathinda, August 10 The senior students, who were in school uniform, found the girl sitting alone during the recess. They took her to a corner and tried to molest her. However, she managed to escape. She approached her teachers and told them about the incident. School authorities, however, sent her home. At home, she told her mother about the incident. When the mother examined the child physically, she saw injury marks on her body and rushed her to the military hospital. She was referred to the Civil Hospital, Bathinda. After lodging a complaint at the Bathinda Cantonment police station, the girl was medically examined at the Civil Hospital where reports suggested molestation and attempt to rape. SHO Bathinda cantonment Jaskaran Singh said the police had registered a case against unknown assailants under Sections 376, 511 and 34 of the IPC. “The child said both the offenders had covered their faces with handkerchiefs. We are recording the statements of the school principal and teachers. The case is under investigation,” he added. |
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former MLA Hardev Singh Arshi, into custody while they were proceeding towards Gobindpura village to meet the farmers, whose lands have allegedly been acquired forcibly by the government for setting up a thermal plant. However, all of them were let off after some hours.
The Red Cross Integrated Treatment-cum-Rehabilitation Centre (known as drug de-addiction
centre), situated on the Goniana road here, has been facing a financial crunch nowadays as none of its seven-member staff, including two part-timers, received the salary for the past four months (from April to July).
The 3.8 kilometre long road passing through the main market beginning from the Kotkapura bypass to the main square of
Moga, reconstructed a few weeks back, has started getting damaging after the first spell of monsoon rains, raising doubts over the quality of work. 
Though the Punjab Government claims to have doled out crores of rupees on the infrastructural development and provision of basic amenities in the state, the sorry plight of the city roads present a different picture. The stretch of road from the Udham Singh Chowk to Baba Namdev
Chowk, the Malwal road from industrial area to Zira bypass besides the Sabzi Mandi road passing through the cremation ground, are dotted with deep potholes. 
A Panghura (cradle) installed by the District Red Cross Society (DRCS) in February 2009 at the Mahant Gurbanta Dass Deaf and Dumb School on the Goniana road here received its seventh baby today. It was about 10-day-old girl child. Except for one, the cradle has so far received only female babies.
