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Suspected dengue cases detected in border areas
Row over draining of floodwater
Trade union activists court arrest in Moga
Three ‘missing’ youth located in custody of Jalandhar police
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DRDA staff oppose Union Govt’s move
Talent hunt programme
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Suspected dengue cases detected in border areas
Fazilka, October 3 They were treated at different private clinics. It is stated that their blood platelet count in the tests for dengue, NS-1 and IGM, was found to be low. The patients were referred to the other hospitals for treatment after the confirmation of dengue. “I have sent four to five suspected dengue patients to the Civil Hospital in Ferozepur and Ludhiana for treatment and for confirmation of the disease,” said Dr Abishek. As per the information, some of the patients had been admitted to the Chugh Hospital, Jalalabad, from where they were referred to the other cities for specialised treatment. Dr Kiranjit Singh, Civil Surgeon, Ferozepur, said that none of these cases have been brought to his notice. He said that all the medical practitioners in the districts of Ferozepur and Fazilka have been directed to bring to his notice suspected dengue cases also. However some of the private practitioners are taking the instructions ‘casually’. He claimed that the Health Department has made all the necessary arrangement for the treatment of dengue. |
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Row over draining of floodwater
Muktsar, October 3 Moreover, when the Deputy Commissioner sent a special nodal official to take the stock of the situation, the nodal official also faced the ire of one of the groups. While there were alleged attempts to trample the nodal official under a tractor, there are also allegations against a former Sarpanch of the village of brandishing his revolver to threaten the nodal official. On the basis of a complaint, made by Hassan Singh, an assistant development officer in the Agriculture Department, the police have registered a criminal case against six persons including the former sarpanch. It is alleged that when the former sarpanch was draining out the floodwater from his field to a common pond in the village. The move was objected to by the incumbent sarpanch and the latter made a complaint to the Deputy Commissioner in this connection. |
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Trade union activists court arrest in Moga
Moga, October 3 The activists staged a march and blocked traffic on the national highway before they were taken into custody by the police as a precautionary measure. More than 500 activists were taken into custody but they were released by the police after a few hours. The district president of the trade union Vijay Dhir and another senior leader Devinder Singh Jaura said that the minimum wages of labourers should be hiked to at least Rs 10,000 per month. |
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Three ‘missing’ youth located in custody of Jalandhar police
Mansa, October 3 The family members of all three youngsters alleged that their sons were wrongly implicated and unlawfully picked up by the Jalandharpolice. “As per the protocol, any district police conducting arrests from jurisdiction of other's area should duly inform respective police. Mansa police has no knowledge of Jalandhar police picking up men from its area, which is very strange,” said Gursewak Singh Jawarke, the national general secretary of SAD (Amritsar), who is supporting the affected
families. SSP Mansa HS Parmar said that the parents of one of the missing boys approached him saying that their son had gone to gurdwara and did not return. “Neither of the boys are wanted in Mansa nor we have any role in detaining them. We don not know that the Jalandhar police arrested these boys,” said Parmar. The arrested boys were hurled up youth in white colored vehicle and taken away, alleged their parebts. Three youth have been identified as Kushaldeep Singh from Chand Singh Chahal street area, Gagandeep Singh from ward number 7 and Harman Singh from ward number 1. Two of these youngsters were picked from a juice shop near the bus stand. The shop is situated near Sewa Singh Theekriwala Chowk where cops are always on naka. Meanwhile, SSP Jalandhar rural HS Mann said that the summoned youngsters have not been booked in any case. “They have been summoned as witness for evidence in a case wherein three people have been booked for unlawful activities,” he said. He added that on Saturday police registered a case against Jagjit Singh and Kulbir Singh from the UK and Parneet Singh from Jammu and Kashmir for carrying out unlawful activities in Punjab. “The rounded up youth were being lured to join unlawful activities. They were in touch with the booked men through phone calls, internet and e-mails. The youngsters do not have any role to play in unlawful activities but were being prepared to spread terrorist activities,” he added. He said that the boys had voluntarily appeared before the Jalandhar police on being summoned. |
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DRDA staff oppose Union Govt’s move
Bathinda, October 3 He said the association had opposed the move through a representation sent to the Union Ministry of Rural Development. He further said that in response to their representation, the Ministry had invited the association on October 4 at Delhi for talks about various issues, relating to the DRDA employees in the context of recommendations, made by V. Ramachandran Committee. Kusla said resentment prevailed among directly recruited employees, working in the DRDAs, against the restructuring. He said in case restructuring of the DRDAs was done without watching the interests of the directly recruited employees, they would be forced to protest. — TNS |
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Talent hunt programme
Bathinda, October 3 Principal BS Malik was the chief guest on the occasion while Lieutenant Jagdeep Singh Dhaliwal was the guest of honour. The students participated in various competitions. |
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