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Minister inaugurates 50-bed hospital
Kiranjit Kaur’s death anniversary observed
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Faridkot, August 12 “As there are apprehensions about the use of dubious documents to get these reserved MBBS seats (six under wards of terrorism affect persons quota and three under sports quota), so the BFUHS has deferred the counselling for proper examination of all the certificates before the allotment of the seats,” said Dr SS Gill, vice-chancellor, BFUHS. Fifty two students who applied for MBBS and BDS sports quota seats have not yet submitted their sports gradation certificates to the Director, Sports, Punjab, said the VC. The university is treading cautiously in scrutinising the certificates and document of the wards of terrorism affected persons, particularly after the exposure of the use of dubious certificate by the daughter of a senior police officer. As there are grey areas between the death of family's bread-winner and the death of a family member of those affected by terrorism and riots, the university wants to clear its doubts. While some candidates produced the red cards (issued by the state government to the victims of terrorism and 1984 riots), other students produced the certificates procured from the district administration to lay their claim to these quota seats. So, the university wants to be clear about the credentials of these certificates before allotting a seat, said the VC. Moreover, the university was today more alert about the violation of Condition No. 18 of its prospectus-cum-information brochure for MBBS/BDS admissions. As per this condition, every candidate and his parents/guardian have to submit a sworn declaration at the time of counselling that the candidate had not appeared for counselling in any other State /UT except for central counselling by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). As this rule was not implemented properly at the time of counseling last week, so over 15 candidates appeared in the counselling in more than one state and some of them got seats in more than one state, thus leaving many others in the lurch. Today, after the parents of some students submitted a list of these candidates with admission in two states to the BFUHS, the university issued directions to all the newly admitted students to give a fresh undertaking about appearing in counselling only in Punjab.
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Muktsar, August 12 Similarly, only one sample of milk powder was lifted between 2008-12. Of the total 154 samples of milk products lifted in the last five years (which meant on an average five samples lifted every two months), 19 failed to clear the quality test. However, not even a single person found selling/manufacturing adulterated milk products has so far been penalised. In a written reply, the health authorities simply mentioned that the cases were lodged before various courts and the additional deputy commissioner. The situation was not much different in other districts, as in Hoshiarpur district, only 70 samples of milk products were lifted in the last five years and 11 of them too failed the test. In Ropar, 170 samples were lifted and 45 failed to pass the quality test. In Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, 184 samples were lifted and 60 of them failed the quality test. Further, in Barnala, 223 samples were lifted and 41 of them failed to pass the quality test (report of 26 samples lifted in 2012 was not mentioned in the documents). In Fatehgarh Sahib, 251 samples were lifted and 68 found to be sub-standard. In Ludhiana, 349 samples were lifted and 70 of them were found to be sub-standard. In Gurdaspur, 441 samples of milk products were collected by the health authorities and 143 of them failed. In Sangrur, 446 samples were lifted and 80 of them failed. In Patiala, 599 samples of milk products were lifted in last five years and 143 of them were also found to be adulterated. Similarly, 324 samples of milk products were lifted in Mohali from 2007-12, of which 95 failed to clear the quality test. In Tarn Taran, 102 samples were lifted from 2007-12 and 20 of them were found adulterated. In Moga, 100 samples were lifted from 2009-12 and four of them were found impure. The information was also sought from the remaining districts, but not received till date even after a lapse of more than three months.
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Minister inaugurates 50-bed hospital
Sangrur, August 12 The health minister said the state government was now setting up operation theatres with improved technology that automatically sanitised the theatre. He also said that the number of deliveries had increased five times in government hospitals. Mittal said the government would continue recruiting para-medical staff and had recently appointed 500 staff nurses. He said the government had also appointed 600 doctors in the last year. Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said in its budget the government had increased funding for health and education by 25 per cent while funding for other sectors had been increased by 10 per cent.
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Kiranjit Kaur’s death anniversary observed
Barnala, August 12 Kiranjit Kaur, the daughter of a physically challenged teacher, Darshan Singh of Mehal Kalan village, was abducted from the village on July 29, 1997, when she was returning from her college. Later, she was gang-raped and murdered. Her body was dug out from a field in the village after some days. Paying tributes to Kiranjit Kaur, the speakers said she had become an icon in the fight against crime against women. They demanded that the state government should initiate effective steps to stop atrocities and crime against women in a big way. They also demanded a complete ban on obscene films and vulgar songs on TV as such acts spread crime in society. The speakers also emphasised upon the need to break the nexus between the goons, police and those who encouraged anti-social elements and activities. Among those present on the occasion were the president and general secretary of Inqulabi Kendra, Punjab, Narayan Dutt and Kanwaljit Khanna, respectively, state secretary of CPM Mangat Ram Pasla, convener of the action committee, Mehal Kalan, Gurbinder Singh, state president of BKU (Dakonda) Buta Singh Burjgill, state secretariat member of the AITUC Nirmal Singh Dhaliwal and a woman leader Prem Pal Kaur.
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Gang of robbers rob villagers of sleep
Muktsar, August 12 Last night, a resident of nearby Sangu Dhaun village alleged that he saw three robbers running away after pelting stones at his house. But when he came out, nobody was there. Meanwhile, he raised an alarm and the villagers started a manhunt. They even fired gunshots in the air. Later, equipped with sharp-edged weapons and rifles, they conducted community patrolling throughout the night. Similarly, the residents of Budhimal village too experienced something similar last night. The residents of Jodhu colony too said they witnessed almost a similar scene. SSP Muktsar Surjeet Singh said, "As of now, there is no report of any such gang operating in our district. So, the people must not get worried about such rumours."
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