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Distribution of iron pills resumes in Ratia
Programme to correct iron deficiency in teens faces roadblocks
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CNG crisis fuels fares in Gurgaon
1,683 vie for 144 MC wards
HC allows Anjolie Menon's plea against land acquisition
Change in school timings announced
Shrine caretaker held for rape
SIT personnel save family of four from drowning
Missing boy, girl found dead
Farmer dies of heatstroke
Two girls go missing
104-yr-old sage undergoes spinal surgery
Former professor held on molestation charge
Anjolie Menon’s plea against land acquisition allowed
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Distribution of iron pills resumes in Ratia
Fatehabad, May 23 After a report “Iron pill distribution on hold in Ratia” was published in The Tribune today, Fatehabad Deputy Commissioner Dr Saket Kumar reached Bhunderwas village and ensured distribution of pills in his own presence. Dr Kumar, who is a paediatrician by education, counselled the students and their guardians on the importance of giving IFA pills to children. He also tried to convince them that the incidents of students falling ill were isolated and could be prevented by taking simple precautions, like not having the pills on empty stomach. The Deputy Commissioner took mid-day meal with the schoolchildren and also consumed an IFA pill before these were distributed among the children. The health authorities were facing resistance from parents in Bhunderwas, Burj and some other villages after students had taken ill in these villages last week. The health authorities were able to distribute the pills in other schools of Ratia too.“We have distributed the second dose of IFA pills to 7,137 children in 39 villages of Ratia block today,” said Dr VK Jain, Senior Medical Officer at Community Health Centre, Ratia. Meanwhile, 12 children from Government Senior Secondary School at Nadori in Fatehabad were taken ill after they consumed iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets. IFA tablets were distributed among 365 children today.
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Programme to correct iron deficiency in teens faces roadblocks
Sirsa/Fatehabad, May 24 Incidents of students falling ill after consuming these tablets are on the rise in the state. Though the incidents are not very high considering the 16.45 lakh children being targeted in the drive, the isolated incidents have made children scared of taking these pills. A number of villages that The Tribune visited to find out the reasons behind recurring incidents of children falling ill after consuming the IFA tablets, it was found that teachers and the field staff of the Health Department hardly had any idea about the WIFS programme and as to how it could help combat anaemia, one of the biggest enemies of growth in children. “The biggest problem with all government programmes is that they are started without proper planning and without imparting proper training to those who are responsible for their implementation. “Over 60 girls had taken ill after consuming a Vitamin A solution in Kalanwali in Sirsa in August 2010. It was found that a teacher, who was asked to give 2 ml liquid to each of the girls, handed over the bottle to the first girl and asked the girls to go on passing it to the next after taking a (unmeasured) sip,” said Dr Ved Beniwal, state patron of the Indian Medical Association. Dr Rakesh Gupta, Mission Director of the NRHM, however, said proper training was being provided to the field staff. He also refuted the allegations that the programme was ill-timed and said since the drive was to continue for six months, it was bound to include summers in it.
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CNG crisis fuels fares in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, May 24 The worst-affected are the thousands of Metro commuters who use these autos on a daily basis. They are either struggling for hours to get a ride or shelling out more than double the price, as these autos are now running on petrol or are retrieving the fine that they pay to ‘smuggle’ gas from Delhi’s Kapasehra and Mahipalpur areas. Gurgaon has five CNG filling stations, located in sectors 22, 29, 44, 53 and one in old city. Reportedly, the CNG distributing agency, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), has stopped the supply to these filling stations because of the non-payment of dues. These gas stations have to pay Rs 4 crore to IGL. This has forced the auto drivers to either stop plying or sneak into Delhi to get gas from Kapasheda and Mahipalpur. "Extra police has been deployed on the Kapsehra border to stop the autos from Haryana from entering. When caught, we have to pay a hefty fine. Some claim to bribe the policemen to enter but even that does not help, as the queues at these filling stations are so long,” said Pramod Kumar, a representative of the local auto drivers. "We have 50 autos. All of them are forced to run on petrol at the moment, which costs Rs 35 more than CNG. We cannot help but raise the prices. The government is to be blamed for this," Vineet Goel, CEO of Blue Auto, said. However, GAIL, which has been blamed, has turned the tables in a statement issued today.
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1,683 vie for 144 MC wards
Chandigarh, May 24 State Election CommissionerDharam Vir said 140 INLD candidates and 120 BJP nominees were in the fray for 144 wards in the seven municipal corporations of Ambala, Panchkula, Karnal, Panipat, Hisar, Rohtak, Yamunanagar. Four candidates from the CPM and one from the NCP were also contesting the elections.
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HC allows Anjolie Menon's plea against land acquisition
Chandigarh, May 24 In a petition, she had earlier stated that the land was being acquired for the ostensible public purpose of building a 60-metre sector road east of the Ghatta bundh. But the true purpose of the proposed sector road was evident from the ongoing construction and advertisement for sale of a large private luxury housing project. The proposed sector road has no apparent purpose other than to serve as a secondary access for the luxury project. Raising ecological concerns, the petitioner had asserted: “The sector road will pass through and develop an area adjacent to the ecologically sensitive Aravali region, where a forest has been cut and a seasonal water reservoir exists”. The petitioner also claimed that appropriate environmental clearances from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and other clearances were yet to be obtained.
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Change in school timings announced
Chandigarh, May 24 He said classes in all schools would be held from 7 am to 11.30 am from May 27 to 31. —
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Shrine caretaker held for rape
Faridabad, May 24 However, the victim brought the incident to the notice of her relatives much later. The victim’s in-laws had visited the shrine, located near Gochi village in the district, to meet the "godman" for treatment of her alleged psychological problems. The accused sent some of her relatives, including her husband, to fetch medicines purportedly needed for the treatment and instructed others to meditate at the shrine. He took the victim to a rear room and made her inhale some chemicals on the pretext of treating her. She became unconscious after which he raped her. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sandip Kumar identified the accused as Aash Mohammad. The victim's medical test today confirmed rape. Man held for molestation
Gurgaon: A 53-year-old Badshahpur resident, Jaikishen, was arrested by the police today for allegedly molesting a 21-year-old on Wednesday night. The complainant alleged she was filling water from her street tap when the accused came in an inebriated state and molested her. He even threatened her to marry his son.The victim, who was in a state of shock, approached the police following which he was arrested. Ex-don held on molestation charge
Karnal: A former professor was today arrested by the police on charges of criminal assault on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty. The accused, Ramesh Alhawat, was booked for eve-teasing last year also and was sent to jail. He again molested the same girl and tried to drag her in Prem Nagar area, when she was going to the market. Last year on May 30, he was booked on the charges of molestation and arrested by the police on the complaint of the girl, who alleged that the teacher had been regularly molesting her on one pretext or the other and had even threatened to kill her. Woman held for retracting rape charge
Fatehabad: The police today arrested a woman, who had lodged a complaint of rape against a shopkeeper and his friend two days ago, along with Rs 6 lakh she had collected from the “accused” for a compromise. The woman, a resident of Kapro village of Hisar, had lodged a complaint of rape against a shopkeeper from Char Marla Colony in Fatehabad. On her complaint, the police had registered a case. Later, when the police took her to hospital, she refused to get herself examined. She retracted from her statement given to the police in front of the magistrate, saying that she had not been raped. The police received a tip-off that the woman was in contact with the “accused” for a compromise. When the woman and her two accomplices, Rajbir and Karambir from Kanheri, today collected Rs 6 lakh for a compromise, the police nabbed them. They were booked and produced before a magistrate, who remanded them in judicial custody for 14 days. 10-yr RI for rape
Sonepat: Additional District and Sessions Judge Manisha Batra sentenced Amit of village Khanpur Kalan to 10 years of
rigorous imprisonment for raping a Dalit girl, a student of BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan, today. He was also sentenced to four years of imprisonment under Section 365,of the IPC. However, three other accused — Jaipal and Vinod of Khanpur Kalan and Bhupinder of Murlana — were acquitted. The rape victim lodged a complaint in Gohana on May 18 last year alleging that she was kidnapped in a car by Amit and two others when she came out of the hostel to buy stationery on May 16. She alleged she was taken to nearby fields and raped,
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SIT personnel save family of four from drowning
Sonepat, May 24 According to the information, Jagbir, a resident of Gopal Nagar of Kinjhawala in Delhi, along with his wife Kanta, son Arun and daughter Swati, was returning in his car after attending a marriage at Lakhu Buwana village in Panipat district. After crossing Mahra village, Jagbir lost control over the vehicle on a turn and the car fell into the canal. The SIT personnel present on the spot jumped into the canal and some other youths joined them in rescuing the victims. They were rushed to a private hospital in Sonepat where the doctors declared Jagbir, Kanta and Arun out of danger while Swati, being serious, was referred to a hospital in Delhi. Ajit Singh, DSP, also reached to the hospital to supervise their treatment. Congratulating the SIT personnel, including ASI Vijay, head constable Manoj, constables Rajesh, Dinesh, Ranbir and Sandeep, SP Arun Singh announced rewards for them for saving precious lives.
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Missing boy, girl found dead
Sirsa, May 24 The girl, a student of class X of a village school, was allegedly enticed by Mangat Ram on May 17. Mangat lived with his maternal uncles in the village and was a teacher at a private school where the girl studied. On May 20, the police had registered an FIR against Mangat for abducting the girl, after her parents lodged a complaint at the Rania police station. Their bodies were recovered from the Rajasthan canal. The police also recovered the boy’s motorcycle about one km away from the place where the bodies were found. |
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Farmer dies of heatstroke
Hisar, May 24 Prithvi Singh (35) was working in his fields when he fainted. His family members took him to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The police has sent the body for postmortem. After hovering between 46 and 46.2 degree Celsius from Saturday to Wednesday, the mercury touched a high of 47.3C yesterday and today. According to the Met Department’s website, the maximum temperature is likely to recede a little in the coming days.
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Two girls go missing
Kaithal, May 24 In the first case, Raman A Dogran had lodged a complaint with the police that his sister had gone missing on May 17. The family looked out for the girl but failed to trace her. In the second case, Zile Singh of Kalayat had lodged a complaint that his minor daughter had gone missing. Her family members made all efforts to trace her but in vain. He apprehended that she had been forcibly taken by someone. Investigating Officer Gurdev Singh said a case had been registered and efforts were on to trace the girls.
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104-yr-old sage undergoes spinal surgery
Gurgaon, May 24 "Mouni Baba came to us with excruciating pain in his legs and back resulting from a prolapsed disc. Surgery was the only option to relieve the pain. However, the age of the patient and the recent medical history of angioplasty meant that there were |
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Former professor held on molestation charge
Karnal, May 24 The accused, Ramesh Alhawat, was booked for eve-teasing last year also and was sent to jail. He again molested the same girl and tried to drag her in Prem Nagar area, when she was going to the market. Last year on May 30, he was booked on the charges of molestation and arrested by the police on the complaint of the girl, who alleged that the teacher had been regularly molesting her on one pretext or the other and had even threatened to kill her.
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Anjolie Menon’s plea against land acquisition allowed
Chandigarh, May 24 In a petition, she had earlier stated that the land was being acquired for the ostensible public purpose of building a 60-metre sector road east of the Ghatta bundh. But the true purpose of the proposed sector road was evident from the ongoing construction and advertisement for sale of a large private luxury housing project. The proposed sector road has no apparent purpose other than to serve as a secondary access for the luxury project. Raising ecological concerns, the petitioner had asserted: “The sector road will pass through and
develop an area adjacent to the ecologically sensitive Aravali region, where a forest has been cut and a seasonal water reservoir exists”. The petitioner also claimed that appropriate environmental clearances from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and other clearances were yet to be obtained. |
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The health authorities today distributed iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets among schoolchildren in 39 villages of Ratia block in Fatehabad.
