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6 Congress workers booked
Police destroys narcotics worth Rs 108.88 crore
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Hospitals develop ‘cold feet’ while providing warmth to patients
Amritsar, January 5 Patients at almost all the government-run medical institutions in the city are trying to beat the chill with makeshift arrangements to stop cold air from coming inside their wards through broken windowpanes and dismantled doors.
Narrow lanes taking toll on residents’ health
26-yr-old youth commits suicide
He makes history relive in manuscripts
Senior scientist award for teacher
Eleven booked for attack on lawyer
Export of veggies to Pak delights traders
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6 Congress workers booked
Amritsar, January 5 In retaliation, the Congress workers alleged that the case had been registered on frivolous grounds and taken up the matter with the Chief Election Commissioner. Those against whom the case has been registered at the Kamboj police station under Sections 341-307, 506-427, 295-A and 148/149 of the IPC included Congress leader Lalli Majithia’s brother Jagwinderpal Singh and his nephew Akashdeep Singh Gill. No arrest has been made so far. Alleging that Jagwinderpal Singh and Akashdeep Singh Gill were not present during the scuffle between the two groups and no one shot in the air or removed turbans, as alleged in the FIR, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Prof Sarchand Singh said this “concocted” case had been brought to the notice of the Chief Election Commissioner as well as the Chief Electoral Officer. The Congress workers also urged the authorities to transfer the top-rank police officials and in charges, as they were working under the influence of the SAD leadership. “An altercation occurred yesterday at Majitha when a group of SAD workers were caught wooing voters with money by our men. This led to a verbal duel. It is false to say that shots were fired in air or turbans removed,” he said. “It is quite astonishing that SAD workers under the influence of Bikram Majithia, SAD candidate from Majitha, got registered a false FIR against Congress workers and even included those who were not even present on the spot. I have written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner to intervene in the matter as Majitha has been a sensitive constituency and it is necessary to shift the SSP, SP, DSP and SHO-level police officials, who all are working under the influence of Bikram Majithia,” said Lalli Majhithia. On the other hand, Bikram Majithia countered the allegations of wooing voters with money and claimed that a group of Congress leaders, led by Jagwinderpal, had attacked SAD workers and damaged the vehicles. “There was no reason to bribe the voters, who see for themselves development works to the tune of Rs 300 crore in their areas. The fact is that it was a pre-planned murderous attack by Congress men who were carrying sharp-edged weapons and guns. They themselves intended to vitiate the peaceful environment,” he said.
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Police destroys narcotics worth Rs 108.88 crore
Amritsar, January 5 The contraband was destroyed in a furnace at Amritsar Enviro Care Systems Private Limited, a company engaged in disposing of bio-waste material through scientific techniques. The huge quantity of narcotics, including heroin, smack, poppy husk, poppy plants, charas, narcotic powder and intoxicant drugs, worth Rs 108.88 crore, was confiscated under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Ram Singh, DIG, Border Range, informed that the drugs were destroyed after following the procedures and taking the due permission of the respective district courts. Senior Superintendents of Police of various police districts, besides members and chairman of the committee established in this regard were also present on the occasion. He said utmost care had been taken keeping the environment concern in mind while disposing of the drugs. Going by the data given by the Police Department, maximum seizures (306 cases) were made in the Tarn Taran districts, where over 21 kg of heroin had been seized by the police in the past two years.
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Hospitals develop ‘cold feet’ while providing warmth to patients
Amritsar, January 5 Patients in the Cardiology Ward of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital have been used blankets and cardboards to fix the gaps created by broken windowpanes. Even as employees were seen combating the chill with the help of electric heaters, the patients have nothing more than blankets to keep themselves warm. A patient in the ward complained, “At nights we have to use three or four blankets to keep ourselves warm. Even our eatables are not safe as stray cats and dogs often sneak in through these gaps.” Even at the District TB Hospital, the patients were seen sitting in the sunshine during the daytime. Though the hospital is old, but when it comes to windowpanes and doors, the TB Hospital is still better than Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and even the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Civil Hospital. The patients in a ward of the JBM hospital had similarly used newspapers to stop the cold air from outside to enter the ward. Tarlochan Singh, an attendant of a patient, said, “A patient needs more care than a normal and healthy person, but here they are subjected to harsh cold. At homes we use room heaters to keep the cool breeze at bay, but here in these large-sized rooms no such arrangements are available.” The patients said though during the daytime, the cold was bearable, but at nights the temperature fell quite low. Another patient at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital said, “The glasses of the windows in corridors are broken and the cold air from these corridors rushes into the living areas.” Senior Medical Officer at JBM Hospital Balbir Singh Dhillon said, “We have already ordered for the glasses and these would be installed in a week’s time.” He added that the windows in many wards had already been repaired and the remaining would be done soon.
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Narrow lanes taking toll on residents’ health
Amritsar, January 5 However, his doctor Suraj Shoor had a different take on it. He said major reason was the absence of proper sunlight and ample circulation of fresh air in the walled city. He said the situation was acute, especially among people residing in narrow city lanes. He said Rishabh’s ailment was certainly a direct consequence of long-time television viewing, but he held his immediate environment responsible, too. He said over two lakh people were residing in the walled city, which makes it the most densely populated part of the city. Dr Shoor said poor eyesight, joint pains, rickets, bow legs, tension, personality disorders and other ailments are being increasingly reported by residents of maze like narrow lanes of the walled city. He added that the children did not find enough open space to participate in games and indulge in fun and frolic. Hence, their personality could not develop properly as they spent majority of their free time in front of television. There are many lanes in the city which are only 2 feet wide. Besides, majority of the houses are three-storeyed, which do not allow passage of sunlight and free movement of air in the houses.
A resident of a narrow street of Gate Khazana, Kaushalya Devi, said she had been suffering from joint pains for the past nearly eight years. She said despite taking regular medicine and consulting various physicians, there was no much relief. She added that the relief remained as long as she was on medicine. Dr Shoor said his experience of treating patients from the narrow lanes reveals that ailments like joint trouble and tension were rampant among the inhabitants of these narrow lanes. He found the cause to be deficiency of vitamin D and lack of clean and hygienic environment.
He said majority of the houses in these streets shared walls, which did not allow full sunlight to come in and air to circulate freely. He urged the government to set up parks and greenbelts to provide open space and fresh air to the residents. Krishan Sharma, a resident of Hatimtai Wali Gali, inside Gate Hakima, is just 37 and is suffering from tension and joint pains. He said only after being informed by his doctor that he came to know of the reason of the disease. He said his house like many other houses in the street was located on a 50 sq yard to 70 sq yard plot only. He said there was not enough open space in the house. Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh Randhawa said no survey of these areas regarding the problems had been carried out in the past. He informed that an examination of a limited area would be carried out to suggest remedial measures. He added that lack of natural resources could cause disorders and diseases like nutritional deficiency, including osteoporosis, high blood pressure, rickets, while cough, cold, fever and rhinitis were common ailments. He urged the residents of these areas to set up rooms with enough ventilation and scope for sunlight.
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26-yr-old youth commits suicide
Amritsar, January 5 A police team reached the spot and recovered a suicide note from his pocket in which he had said he was taking the extreme step to end his miseries. According to information, he reportedly married against the wishes of his parents. He originally belonged to Fatehgarh Churian in Gurdaspur district and he and his wife had been living separately from his parents for thepast two years. He was living in a rented accommodation with his wife, who had gone to her parents’ house at Batala. Prabhot Singh, SHO, A Division police station, said from the suicide note it seemed that he was in depression and was not happy with his life. Munish in his letter said he could not keep his parents happy.
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He makes history relive in manuscripts
Amritsar, January 5 State archeological and tourism department has miserably failed to forward his case to National Archives at central government. He has a large number of manuscripts on various subjects, including religion, mythology, Ayurveda and grammar in his possession. Abundance of such hand-written manuscripts in Sanskrit and Persian, a majority of them being 350 to 400-year-old, find a new life at his residence. He took upon the mammoth task of conserving this tremendous pool of knowledge which is under threat due to the constant disappearance of manuscripts at an alarming rate. Khosla inherited these manuscripts from his forefathers who collected these manuscripts after travelling all over the country. He said, "This technique will not only conserve these manuscripts for centuries to come but will give them an attractive look as well. To conserve them a novel 'cut mount vacuum technique' has been evolved, which is a blend of thousands of years old Egyptian technique with the traditional Indian Conservative colourful technique." He also took a cue from the national mission of manuscripts, a scheme under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs for its preservation. He visited various places, including palaces like Scindhia palace, Gwalior, Rajsthan and museums of repute, including Nawab Selarjung Museum in Hyderabad as well as National Archives museum, New Delhi. This enriched his information to evolve the technique. Tips were provided by the former Director of INTECH, OP Aggarwal as well, he added. He said the services of the artisan Amar Singh from erstwhile Pataudhi state of Nawab of Patoudhi have been taken for the process. Even the Ministry of Cultural Affairs got them rebuff through crash courses in the preventive conservation of the manuscripts in Lucknow. He said the department also provided him with an acid-free special paper which stops chemical decay as bare hands cannot touch the manuscripts once they are through the conservation process. Through the technique, manuscripts are installed in the ‘window cut mount’ and through eight manual processes in every folio the contact from the air is obstructed to help stop the moisture from entering. Attractive Bjopatra-styled binding is done with silk and copper to give it an attractive look. Fine paper work is done manually which is also technically useful to create vacuum. This technique was used in ancient Egypt to preserve manuscripts.
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Senior scientist award for teacher
Amritsar, January 5 The Young Scientist Award was given to Rajneet Kaur Soodan, a Ph.D scholar working under the supervision of Prof Nagpal and Dr Jatinder Kaur, Assistant Professor in the same department. Besides this, Rajneet was also awarded with Best oral presentation award for presentation on the topic entitled Assessment of physico-chemical parameters and genotoxicity of rice cultivated fields of Amritsar in Allium cepa. Both were also conferred with fellowship certificates of MSET-ICCB on the occasion. Renowned scientists of national and international repute, technocrats and researchers from all over the world attended the international conference. From Guru Nanak Dev University, Prof Saroj Arora, Dr Jatinder Kaur and Rajinder Kaur from the Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences also presented their work. Contribution of the department was highly appreciated. Dr Adarsh Pal Vig, the head of the department and other faculty members have congratulated them.
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Eleven booked for attack on lawyer
Amritsar, January 5 As per information, the police has booked Sunil Dhawan, Satish Chopra, Badru Ram, Arun Kumar, Sahil Ram, Sant Narayan, Suresh Kumar and Ram Muda. Besides, three sons of one of the accused Badru Ram (whose names have not been mentioned in the FIR) have also been booked. The accused are residents of Professor Colony here. Investigation Officer, ASI Mohinder Singh of Majitha police post said a case has also been registered against around 60-70 unidentified persons who were part of the mob that attacked the advocate. Meanwhile, no arrests have been made in the case so far. The case was registered on the basis of statements of Kuljit Singh and Advocate Kuljit Singh was brutally manhandled when he had tried to stop a bid to encroach upon his property. With one arm broken and several other injuries, the injured advocate is recuperating at a private hospital. The assailants had also damaged his car.
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Export of veggies to Pak delights traders
Amritsar, January 5 Amritsar Fruit and Vegetable Association secretary Charanjit Singh said consignments of cabbage had been dispatched while orders for green chilly and capsicum had been received. He said Pakistan’s Commerce Ministry had allowed the import for cauliflower, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, green chillies, okra, bitter gourd, radish, green coriander and ginger from India. He anticipated good business ahead for Indian exporters provided their consignments were allowed trouble-free passage. Another exporter, Harish Taneja, said Indian exporters were already exporting tomato and onions to Pakistan. He said Pakistan had permitted the imports by making amendments in its Import Policy Order of 2009. He said 18 more items were added in the list of goods that could be exported to Pakistan. These include empty aluminium alloy cans, accessories for leather bags and footwear, jigs and dyes for vehicles, fungicides for the leather industry and textile spinning machines, bobbin winding machines, reeling machines, power looms, fly ash for the cement industry, traction motors and spares, printed books of all kinds and flavouring powers. He said benefits of allowing the export of these items from here to Pakistan will percolate only if the infrastructure was properly available at the JCP. He urged the authorities that the consignments of fresh vegetables should be given preference over other nonperishable goods for export.
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NSS camp at KCW
The students of the Khalsa College for Women undertook a major sanitation drive at Chhiden village as part of the National Social Service (NSS) Camp organised by the college. They also apprised residents of the village about the need of sanitation and planting trees to protect the environment. They also stressed upon adult education programme of the government for 100 per cent literacy in the state, college Principal Dr Sukhbir Kaur Mahal. While distributing prizes to the students who had done well at the camp, she said apart from the sanitation and plantation of trees drive in the village, the girl students also conducted a major cleanliness operation on the campus also. She said the volunteers also arranged seminars, talks on the topics of HIV/AIDS, female infanticide and depletion of the Ozone layer. Badminton tourney
A three-day Fourth Senior Punjab Ball Badminton Championship (2011-12) (boys and girls) will be flagged off tomorrow at Khalsa College Senior Secondary School. More than 22 teams of boys and 18 teams of girls from all over the state will be take part in the championship, said school Principal Nimral Singh Bhangu.
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‘Theatre well received in city’
Tribune News Service
Bringing 19 theatre groups from India and abroad, this festival is aimed at showing the best work of all the prominent groups participating. Addressing a press conference, Dr Anuradha Kapoor, director, National School of Drama, said, “I have always enjoyed city’s hospitality and this time too I hope of receiving the same response. Amritsar is the cultural hub of Punjab and is endowed with a strong sense of participation as well. That’s the reason we decided to hold a grand event like this here. The aim is to provide wide variety of plays within a stipulated period of time and with international teams showing a glimpse of their culture and society through the plays will be an enriching experience for the city,” Dr Anuradha said.
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The district police today booked six Congress workers and 30 others for allegedly assaulting SAD workers and damaging their vehicles in Majitha constituency last evening.
The Border Range police, comprising Amritsar (Rural), Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Batala police districts, today destroyed a huge quantity of narcotics and intoxicants seized during the past two years in the police districts.
Amritsar, January 5
Amritsar, January 5
