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6 hurt as BJP, Cong men clash
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Jaundice cases grip village
Computer teachers to hold stir
Family of slain DIG awaits job for son
New complex of Army College of Nursing inaugurated
3 days on, no clue about missing child
Gang of buffalo thieves busted, two held
No headway in elderly woman’s murder case
From schools, colleges Two killed as car hits
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6 hurt as BJP, Cong men clash
Jalandhar, July 25 Harbhajan Singh Hero, vice-president of the BC Cell, who sustained injuries on his eyes, a cut on an ear and some other wounds, alleged that the village sarpanch, Parshotam Singh, and panch, Gurpal Palli, along with his some Congress workers, were attempting to dig a road in front of their house on the plea that it caused water logging in the area. “When we objected to the move, Congress workers, along with their several accomplices, attacked them with sharp-edged weapons” Hero, undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, alleged. On the other side, village sarpanch and panch alleged, “They (BJP) have raised the plinth level of the road in front of their house on the plea that rainwater enter their house when sewage overflows. In fact, it has been causing huge problem of water logging in the area due to which several villagers were affected. A few days ago, it was decided in the panchayat that the road will be levelled in front of Hero’s house and everybody, including Hero, contributed Rs 2,000 each for the purpose. Today, when village panchayat brought a JCB machine to level the road, Hero and his men went abusive and attacked us.” SHO Lambra police station Gurprit Singh said they had only received a complaint from Harbhajan’s daughter regarding the fight, adding that after inquiring the allegations, further action would be taken. Asked if the opposite party submitted complaint, he denied the same. |
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Four cops dismissed
Jalandhar, July 25 All four have been arrested by the police and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and under Section 384 (Extortion) of the IPC has been registered against them. A senior police official confirmed to The Tribune that all four accused constables had struck a deal with a drug peddler Bhinda, a resident of Lambra in the Jalandhar rural belt. A month ago, they (constables) nabbed Bhinda and during search, they recovered some intoxicant substance from his possession. Instead of registering a case against the peddler, the cops finalised a deal of Rs 70,000. All of them shared the money received and let Bhinda free from drug charges, the police official added. The act of the cops came to the fore after the
Lambra police nabbed the same drug peddler Bhinda with 55 gm of drug powder. During his interrogation, he today revealed to senior rural police officials about the deal of Rs 70,000 he had with the four accused cops. After senior policemen grilled the cops, they confessed to having received the cash from the drug peddler. |
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Jaundice cases grip village
Jalandhar, July 25 The prime cause of the trouble in the village is lack of drainage of used water which, villagers allege, has happened due to the stopping of the drainage pipe by the Akali-backed sarpanch of the village who, they allege, he is peeved because they did not vote for Akalis. Outbreak
Residents in about 80 houses, spread across four to seven streets in Noorpur village, suffer from jaundice and typhoid and it is only today – after months of raids and inspections in various areas – that health teams made their maiden visits to this ignored section of the district. About 15 to 20 patients (collectively) of jaundice and typhoid were found by health teams today. Many others complain of digestive disorders or persistent fever. Water sanitation
The two halves of Noorpur village are separated by a road. Villagers living to the right side of the Dhogri Road are the worst affected and allege that the water pipe carrying waste water out of their side of the village has been blocked. Right at the approach of the village, there is a pond in which all the waste water of the village collects. This pond has turned into a sewage swamp due to the constantly accumulating waste water for the past some years. It is bordered with waste dumps. The problem has now intensified due to the increased height of the drainage pipe. There is no exit left for excess water to be drained out. As a result, drains of dirty, mosquito infested water now line the streets and homes of the village, clogged up for months. Ignored
Raiding teams of the Health Department visiting Noorpur some days ago gave a complete miss to this side of the village and reported that there was no case of jaundice at Nooorpur. While villagers had approached the Civil Surgeon Dr RL Bassan on the issue some days ago, no one turned up and it is only after some media report that health teams visited today. “Even for that, we have been reprimanded. The sarpanch’s men came to us this morning and asked us why we were calling the media,” said a resident. Resident Asha’s 12-year-old daughter Pallavi, resident Raj’s husband Yunus Masih, Pardeep Kumar, Gyan Chand and Amandeep, among others, were found to be suffering from jaundice today. Paying for water supply
Amandeep said a few years ago the life of his daughter Alisha had also been claimed by the disease. Though politicians promised a compensation of Rs 10,000 back then, till date the money hadn’t come. Even water supply arrangements — submersible pumps — were installed through money (over Rs 20,000 each) contributed by villagers themselves. These pumps ensure water supply to four streets of the village. Resident Sanjeev Kumar said, “We are all daily wagers. Someone does manual labour, another works at a factory. Residents contributed a whopping Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 per home to arrange a water pump. Every other person is also afflicted with skin problems.” Sarpanchspeak
Sarpanch Ram Lal termed allegations of any political motive involved in the issue as totally baseless. “For the past 20 years, the village’s water sanitation problems have been ignored. I am the only one who has initiated efforts to drain out standing water. I had even got a resolution passed to build a drain by the Dhogri Road to carry out excess water. While a drain for the other side of the village was built, on this side it couldn’t be built due to the implementation of the model code of conduct earlier this year. The work on that has started today.” “My aim is to make the pond completely dry and also get a tube-well installed for villagers. Villagers themselves dump polythenes and waste into the drains which adds to clogging. The work on the upcoming drain will be completed in coming 15 days. None of the government grants for development work have arrived either. I would need money to get work completed,” he added. Civil Surgeon Dr RL Bassan said, “I had received a complaint from villagers and it was for the third time that I sent a health team to check the area today. But formerly other residents had been taking teams to their own areas so this area was visited today only. We shall be sending teams again to the area and proper medical assistance shall be provided.” Health teams had told residents today that sampling would also be done from the area in the coming days. Residents also alleged that the local government (dispensary) doctor at the village had been giving them the same medicine (tablet) for various ailments and they were not being treated properly. Fact file
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Computer teachers to hold stir
Jalandhar, July 25 The DEOs across the state will be handed over demand letters in the coming days. On July 30 demand letters will be handed over to DCs in various districts. On the district level, dharnas will be held condemning the government's policies. A symbolic dharna in this respect was held at the DGSE office. Union press secretary Amandeep Singh said the government had put so many objections on salaries that these seemed more akin to those for getting a bank loan. He said for the past nine years majority of their time was spent asking for timely salaries. He pointed to the irony that even for the receipt of their well deserved salaries; they had to hold constant dharnas. Teachers said even three years after being regularised, the government had neither given them their requisite benefits, nor salaries. They said even after knocking at officials' doors time and again, they were not receiving their salaries. They said while the computer teachers had formulated new plans to protest against the goverment's plans, the government in turn was making laws to suppress people. Due to such policies of the government employees were a harried lot. Teachers demanded that the government release their pending salaries and DA instalments soon. They also demanded that all departmental matters be resolved soon and the requisite benefits of teachers be granted to them. They said to get the said demands met; the teachers had formulated a programme for their protests which will stay in place until the appointment of the teachers directly into the education department. The union said if the government is unable to give all the benefits to the union as per the promises and notifications passed by it, then it should shift the union under the education department. |
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Family of slain DIG awaits job for son
Jalandhar, July 25 The IPS officer, who was serving as DIG in the Naxal-hit Orissa, was gunned down on October 23, 2006. The family of the deceased officer had been promised a job at that time but the government has forgotten to honour its commitment ever since. The DIG's twin sons were minors and studying in class X at that time, therefore the family kept waiting for them to attain the eligibility age. After the duo completed their graduation in 2011, their mother Paramjit Kaur started taking up the case of one of her sons Prabhsimran Singh. She had personally met Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal along with Nakodar MLA Gurpartap Singh Wadala at CM residence in Chandigarh where she was assured that her case would be taken up on priority. The DIG's son Prabhsimran too had pleaded his case before Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, still there has been no follow-up. The matter has been lingering on despite the fact that Paramjit Kaur had managed to get an approval for the post of Sub-Inspector for her son from the Punjab DGP on July 10, 2012. The file was moved to the office of Principal Secretary Home Affairs for his clearance with no headway since two years. The family is disillusioned. Paramjit Kaur said, "My husband died at an age of 42. After that the burden to run the family came on my shoulders. At that time, all politicians and bigwigs from the police department had come to my place and given an assurance of a job to my son. It has been two years that we have been waiting for an appointment letter. I am amazed with the swiftness that they showed in giving the job of tehsildar to the married daughter of Sarabjit Singh, who was killed in Pakistan jail, but they do not have a similar compassion for a DIG-rank officer who faced bullets on him while on duty." The widow of the DIG has said, "Even if the officers have to say no to me, they need to come clear on this. We will stop waiting for it and hunt for other avenues." Paramjit had initially sought absorption of her son in the PCS for which the Principal Secretary Home Orissa had made a recommendation to his then counterpart BC Gupta in Punjab. A copy of the case was sent to the PCS branch in Punjab Civil Secretariat. On April 13, 2012, then Jalandhar Police Commissioner Gaurav Yadav had written to the then DGP of Punjab PS Gill proposing that Prabhsimran Singh be taken as the Inspector of Police as the state government was of the view that his case would not be covered for the PCS in the state policy guidelines since his father had died in Orissa. The DGP office had on July 10, 2012 written to the Principal Secretary Home that since there was no provision of direct recruitment to the post of Inspector in the Punjab Police, he be taken as Sub-Inspector. However, it has been two years that there has been no departmental communication to the family on the matter. Secretary Home Jagpal Singh said, "There are many cases coming to me, I cannot recall this one." |
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New complex of Army College of Nursing inaugurated
Jalandhar, July 25 The inauguration function was also attended by Dr SS Gill, Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Lt General AK Bakshi, General Officer Commanding, Vajra Corps (Patron ACN), Maj General Binoy Poonnen, Chief of Staff, HQ 11 Corps (Chairman ACN), senior officers of Army and principals from various contemporary nursing colleges of Punjab. Lt Col H Rajagopal, principal, Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar Cantt, and Col RD Singhal (Retd), Proj Dir (AWHO) briefed the dignitaries about the facilities and technical specifications of the new complex. The New Complex of ACN consists of an administration block which includes a multi-purpose hall, library, six lecture theatres, eight laboratories and offices for staff and faculty, hostel complex for 240 students and staff with dining hall, gymnasium, recreation room, students centre, residences for principal and three lecturers and a sports complex having two synthetic badminton courts, 2 volleyball courts and one basket ball court. The new complex has been carefully designed and executed by Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) to encompass fundamentals of an eco friendly architecture, rain water harvesting, systemised garbage disposal, landscaping and recycling of waste water for non consumption uses. Campose during his address appreciated the efforts put in by the management committee in providing quality education.
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3 days on, no clue about missing child
Jalandhar, July 25 Subesh had gone missing on July 22 from a government school in Basti
Mithu. He had dropped the child at school in the morning but when his wife Seema Devi came to receive the child in the afternoon, she was stunned to know that child was missing from school. "After seeing a photograph of my child in newspapers, someone called him from Viva Collage Mall located on the
Jalandhar-Phagwara Gate and informed that he intercepted my missing child with some stranger," he said. He along with his wife immediately reached the mall but they couldn't find the child there. Father later insisted the mall authorities to show the CCTV footage so that they could confirm if that was his child, but Mall officials refused. He later informed the police division number five officials and when they reached the mall, authorities agreed to show the CCTV footage. "I have seen the CCTV footage and it is sad that child was not mine," he
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Gang of buffalo thieves busted, two held
Jalandhar, July 25 “We have received three complaints from Ranjit Kaur (widow), Bimla and Harmesh that their buffaloes were stolen by some unidentified persons and they also reportedly suspected the role of some miscreants residing near Goraya. Accordingly, the police initiated the investigation and nabbed the thieves,” SHO said adding that after stealing buffaloes, accused were selling them to person in Muzaffarnagar (UP). Asked if buffaloes were being sent to UP for slaughtering, SHO said in the police remand, they would explore this angle and if any such thing comes to the fore, required legal action would be taken against them. A case under Section 379, and 457 of the IPC was registered against the accused. |
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No headway in elderly woman’s murder case
Jalandhar July 25 An elderly woman, Raj Rani, and her daughter-in-law Madhu Seth was brutally injured by some unidentified youth after barging into their house at Shashtri Nagar on June 30. Following the attack, Raj Rani succumbed to the injuries while her daughter-in-law sustained serious injuries and had to undergone treatment at a hospital for several days. Earlier, the police had claimed that they have a CCTV footage that caught unknown miscreants roaming around the house of Rajrani, but till date, the police have nothing conclusive. As per the police, attack was orchestrated due to some old enmity. A police official said, “The police have already identified the accused but the surviving victim, who reportedly knows the assailants, is reluctant to identify
them.” — TNS |
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Plantation fair
The NSS department of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya celebrated Tree Plantation Fair under the guidance of principal Dr Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj. Over 100 trees were planted during the fair. On the occasion, the general secretary of Bharat Vikas Parishad, Er Rajinder Rishi, and JP Singh, a social worker, encouraged the NSS volunteers to plant trees on the college campus. The environmentalist motivated the NSS volunteers to protect environment. On the occasion, NSS in charge Dr Mahima Khosla, Kuljeet Kaur, Shaveta and Sheetal were present. Dance competition
DIPS, UE-1, Karol Bagh, Nurmahal, Maqusdan, Mehatpur and Bhogpur organised Dancing Idol Competition for students of classes I-X. The competition was a mega event. The competition was held in two categories. The category I was for classes I-V and category II was for classes VI-X. Participants of classes I-V danced to beats of Jai Ho, Maiya Yashodha, Party All Night, Party With Bhootnath, Saturday Saturday, Disco Diwane, Radha, Kamli, Tu Hi Toh Hai, Sunny Sunny and Aaj Mein Uper with perfect. Participants of classes VI to X too showed their dancing skills. Principals Meenakshi Mehta, Sarvesh Deol, Usha Parmar, Bela Kapoor, Rajni Berry and Reminder Kaur were present on the
occasion. — TNS |
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Six villagers were injured in a clash between BJP and Congress workers at Dhaliwal village in Qadian near here today.
BJP (BC Cell) vice-president sustained serious injuries among the injured from both parties.
Both parties levelled allegations against each other’s for initiating the attack.
The Goraya police today busted a gang of buffalo thieves. Two Utter Pradesh-based persons have been apprehended by the police and three stolen buffalos were also recovered from them.
SHO of the Goraya police station Daljit Singh said the accused had stolen the buffaloes worth Rs 2 lakh.
police said the two were going at a normal speed on their bike. When they reached near Bhatha village, a speeding white Swift car hit their bike from behind.
As per the police, the strike was so intense that the bike-borne youths sustained severe head injuries and died on the spot. The car driver, identified as Gurlal Singh, fled from the spot immediately after the accident.
The car driver also lost control over the vehicle, which went off the road.
A case has been registered.
TNS
