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Punjab one of the most peaceful states: CM
Two arrested with heroin worth Rs 10 cr
VB cracks whip on truant teachers
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Admn neglect ties Abohar in its knots
AAP seeks support for Delhi Assembly poll
Need to raise awareness on organ donation: Medical experts
World Heart Day observed
7 held under NDPS Act
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Punjab one of the most peaceful states: CM
Muktsar, September 29 He further said that the state government has remained successful in this endeavour with the active support of the people, as no single incident of communal violence has been registered during the tenure of the SAD-BJP government despite the fact that most other states of the country were facing this problem. Badal, while reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to maintain peace and amity in Punjab, said no one would ever be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace in the state. He also said that due to these factors, Punjab has figured among the top three most preferred investment destinations of the country as per the report of the Reserve Bank of India. Later, addressing a gathering at the residence of MLA Malout Harpreet Singh, the Chief Minister impressed upon the youth to play a pivotal role in the smooth functioning of the Panchayti Raj Institutions. Expressing happiness over the fact that a large number of the youth have been elected as the sarpanchs, members of Block Samitis and Zila Parishads, he hoped they would work hard with dedication and commitment for ensuring the comprehensive development of the villages.
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Two arrested with heroin worth Rs 10 cr
Faridkot, September 29 The Faridkot police has also recovered a Pakistani SIM card from the arrested accused. They have been identified as Deputy Singh and Gursahib Singh of Wan Tara Singh village of Tarn Taran. The SSP said the preliminary questioning of the arrested persons revealed that the heroin was of Pakistani origin and Deputy and Gursahib were working as a conduit for drug smugglers in Pakistan, helping them in the trafficking of drug consignments in Punjab. Wan Tara Singh, the village of the arrested accused, is close to the international border and they were using a cell phone with a Pakistan SIM card to get in touch with the drug suppliers there, said SSP Randhwan. The delivery of the drug consignments were done by throwing the contraband over the fencing. The contraband would then be collected by the accused. They were nabbed in Faridkot district while attempting to deliver the heroin to their contacts in the supply chain, said the SSP. The police will further interrogate the accused to unveil the complete chain of drugs racket, including the Pak providers, the route used and the contacts at the Indian end to whom the contraband was to be supplied, he said. |
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VB cracks whip on truant teachers
Faridkot, September 29 After receiving a letter from the Director, Vigilance Bureau, the Circle Education Office (CEO), Faridkot, has submitted a list of 34 such government school teachers of the area who are permanent residents in foreign countries and have not been attending their duties in Punjab for a long time. In the letter, the Vigilance Bureau said many government employees were violating the employees conduct rules by staying in foreign countries as permanent residents and indulging in commercial activities to generate income. As this is in violation of Rule 18 A of the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules which restrict acquisition and disposal of immovable property outside India and transaction with a foreigner, so there is a need to initiate dismissal or removal proceedings against such employees, said the Director, Vigilance. Sources in the Education Department revealed that there are over 300 such absentee teachers in the state. Under the Faridkot Circle Education Office, the maximum number of truant teachers, staying in foreign countries, has been identified in Moga district with 21. It is followed by 7 in Faridkot and 6 in Bathinda. Though the Education Department had reprimanded these teachers and threatened to dismiss them on many occasions earlier, it failed to rein them in. Some of these teachers have been absent from duty for over seven years. In the beginning, these teachers get six months of ‘no-pay’ leave and left for foreign countries but after landing on foreign shores, they neither returned nor attended their duty but kept extending their school leave on one pretext or the other- citing poor health as a hurdle in their air travel. All notices served on these teachers returned as the teachers declined to accept these notices. There are also about 25 known singers in Punjab who are in the teaching profession. But as singing is their first priority to generate income, they are mostly absent to attend various functions, including marriage parties, where they perform as professional singers. Now, the Education Department wants them to choose either singing or teaching as their profession. To check the loss to the students due to the absence of the teachers, the Education Department has now decided that no teacher would be allowed "no pay leave" beyond two months. Even at the time of giving this two month leave, the teacher has to give an undertaking that if he does not attend the school on the completion of the leave, the undertaking be considered as his resignation letter. |
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Admn neglect ties Abohar in its knots
Abohar, September 29 The SDM at Jalalabad was given the additional charge of Abohar sub-division and he will be available to clear most important documents only once a week. City DSP Raj Kumar Jalhotra was shifted to Ludhiana last fortnight but his successor is yet to be selected. Only one DSP is there to look after half a dozen police stations besides checking unabated smuggling of narcotics from the neighbouring districts of Rajasthan that are widely linked by the rural road network. There have been no arrests in some rape cases and there has been no decline in the incidents of burglaries and snatching. During the current year, the Local Bodies Department shifted three executive officers (EO) from the “A” class Municipal Council (MC) that has not been able to recover its whopping tax arrears to the tune of Rs 3 crore in the town with a population of 1.75 lakh. The drive to regularise unauthorised colonies too suffered a setback as the EO was to monitor the campaign. MC sources said only one promoter out of 52 unauthorised colonies has so far come forward to get his colony regularised. Individuals have so far deposited only 120 files consenting to pay the prescribed fee for legalising their houses. There have been complaints that most booth-level officials have not been found at the centres designated to take up the revision of electoral rolls. Hundreds of citizens had deposited their ID cards more than six months back to get the errors corrected but nothing has been done by the staff concerned so far. In the voter slips, wrong addresses and names of thousands of persons have been printed and no senior official is available to rectify it. Notably, senior functionaries of the ruling alliance and the opposition Congress had been unequivocally expressing resentment over the neglect that the sub-division has been facing in development projects. Now, it is the turn of this sub-division to face administrative neglect too. |
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AAP seeks support for Delhi Assembly poll
Abohar, September 29 It was presided over by Balbir Aggarwal, secretary AAP and an RTI activist. Amolak Singh, Bahadur Singh and Paramjit from Ludhiana also took part in the meeting. More than 60 people with patriotic concerns attended the meeting. Kamal Khurana, Saurabh Wadhwa and Ashok Garg were appointed as the coordinator, cashier and press secretary, respectively. Balbir Aggarwal spoke about the origin, purpose and objectives of the party. Special focus was given to the fast approaching Delhi Assembly elections. People were requested to participate in the election campaign. |
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Need to raise awareness on organ donation: Medical experts
Faridkot, September 29 In a first of its kind training programme in Northern India which used cadavers to teach surgical anatomy and techniques to young surgeons, the Department of Neurosurgery and Anatomy of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot today started a two-day cadaver training workshop on “Fundamentals of spine fixation.” Utilising human anatomical specimens, this state-of-the-art workshop is providing an overview of the basics of spine fixation in a hands-on experimental format. Many renowned doctors, including Dr Eugene and Dr Roy Koh from Singapore, Dr SK Gupta and Dr Rajesh Chabra from the PGIMER, Chandigarh, Dr Yashbir Deewan from Max Superspeciality Hospitals, Dehradun and Dr Rajesh Pasricha from Jalandhar are providing hands-on training at the workshop, said Dr Ramandeep Dang, head, Neurosurgery Department and chief coordinator of the course. Inaugurating the workshop, Dr SS Gill, vice-chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), said all surgeons should have good knowledge of the anatomy and the ability to apply that knowledge. "Human cadaver should become a resource for good anatomical knowledge but our society has conspicuously failed to achieve this because of its reluctance to donate a dead body," he said. The cadaver training programme will significantly improve the surgical techniques in young neurosurgery residents and budding orthopaedists as well as experienced doctors who want to learn new skills in a relatively short time, said the VC. A cadaveric donation takes place when the family of a patient, who has been declared dead or brain dead, agrees to donate his or her organs. |
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Abohar, September 29 While referring to the WHO reports, the experts said by 2020, heart diseases in India will double, since they are spreading fast. Because of lack of awareness, heart problems are becoming dangerous. Children should be taught healthy eating habits at a young age. —
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No single incident of communal violence has been registered during the tenure of the SAD-BJP government despite the fact that most other states of the country were facing this
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