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Attack on dera: 11 arrested
Infant charred to death
Concern raised over ecological imbalance
Reduce use of insecticides, farmers told
Fighting leprosy
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Poll Pourri
Jalandhar, July 30 It, in fact, was a day of traffic chaos, public inconvenience and also code violations, to some extent. Even as the candidates arrived in convoys of three or less number of vehicles, trucks, big and small cars in large numbers of various candidates from different parties remained parked right till the middle of the road outside the DC office causing traffic congestion for more than three hours. Three big cars, in which Mukesh Sikka, a BJP candidate from ward number 36, arrived, remained parked right in the middle of the road just outside the gate of the district administrative complex, causing a lot of inconvenience to people even as the police force deployed outside the complex failed to bother. Many candidates came with scores of supporters marching on foot carrying huge banners, party flags and blocking the entire route. The supporters of Simarjit Kaur Dhindsa, an Akali candidate from ward number 10, too created quite a ruckus as they blocked the entire passage while coming from the Master Tara Singh Nagar side. Similarly, the brigade of Kuldip Singh Oberoi, also an Akali candidate from ward number 29, created a jam near Shastri Chowk. Drummers and band boys accompanied them creating quite a noise all along on the city roads and even inside the district administrative complex, where they entered without any hassle. Since the political parties had announced their ticket only after Saturday evening and Sunday was closed, most candidates only had one day to file their nominations. The candidates started turning up even before 11 am, when the process began. In a five-minute time, two candidates, Joginder Singh Tony, independent, and Gurbaksh Singh of BJP from ward number 35, had even filed their nominations. Soon, there were others turning up in large numbers, including Amarjit Singh Amri of the BJP from ward number 30, who was lifted up by his numerous supporters and brought inside the complex amidst loud enchanting of slogans, against code violations. Amri entered with five band men and drummers. A large number of activists with Pawan Kumar Gupta of the BJP from ward number 24 created much disturbance outside the office of SDM Bhupinder Singh. The supporters, most of them women, clapped and shouted, “Jeetega bhai jeetege, phul wala jeetega,” defying code violations. Supporters of an independent candidate from ward number 50, Ramesh, brought in huge placards of thermocol displaying messages related to his poll planks. Supporters of Gian Chand of the Congress from ward number 23 brought in hand fans with pictures of the candidate pasted on their either sides. The administrative complex was so jam-packed that the entire passages and corridors leading to the offices of the returning officers got overcrowded, causing much of a problem to the routine visitors. Candidates even distributed publicity material, such as paper shades, to visitors within the complex. The situation had become unmanageable even when just three of the total six RO offices are situated in the complex. The remaining three are situated in Model Town, Kapurthala Chowk and near Guru Gobind Singh Stadium. Pending seats
A pending seat of the Congress in ward number 54 was today allotted to Gurbachan Singh. The seat had fallen vacant as Narinder Kaur of the party, who was reportedly being seen as a nominee instead of former mayor Surinder Mahey joined the SAD a few days back. Mahey probably could not tolerate this and had withdrawn his application. A pending seat of the SAD from ward number 6 was allotted to Jagir Singh, as was being expected. The BSP too had released its list of 25 candidates from the total of 60 wards last evening. New equation
Sitting councillor of the Congress Jaswinder Kaur today joined the SAD. Amrik Singh Kamboj of the SAD had joined the Congress yesterday. |
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NIT develops mechanism to prevent bird flu
Jalandhar, July 30 The mechanism has been invented by Kuldeep Singh Nagla from the robotics lab of the Deemed University. Controller, Patent Office, New Delhi, has passed the invention and the patent is in order to grant. Claiming it to be a life-saving device invented at NIT, Nagla says his invention is very simple to construct as compared to the patents obtained so far mostly in the USA. “Low in cost, the mechanism is simple to construct and there is no need to alter the previous design of the cage in the poultry farm,” says Nagla. He describes it as an “electro-mechanical mobile cleaning device fitted with wiping system controlled by micro processors.” “The apparatus can be fitted under the cages which can efficiently clean bird waste with some robotic mechanism without human intervention. It, thus, cleans debris as well as saves human-beings from coming in contact with the birds and bird waste, which can spread bird flu,” says Nagla. “It can also be pre-programmed at desired intervals and is low in power consumption,” adds Nagla. Quoting David Rapport, honorary professor of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, Nagla says the environmental stresses increase the risk of avian flu from birds to humans. “Bird waste can spread and breed infection such as avian flu,” says Nagla adding, “While vaccines, livestock culls etc can provide short term relief, long-term benefit can only be achieved if poultry system is re-examined through measures like adopting the new cleaning apparatus”. NIT applied for the patent for the mechanism invented by Nagla in August, 2003. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh, forwarded the request to the Technology Information Forecasting and Assessments Council, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. The technical specifications were submitted to the Patent Office, New Delhi, after which two examinations were conducted to ascertain its novelty. Later, it was cleared for patent which is now in order to grant.
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Attack on dera: 11 arrested
Jalandhar, July 30 Elaborate security arrangements were made in and around the village to avoid any untoward incident. Meanwhile, the police has arrested eleven persons, including three women in connection with the attack. An FIR under various sections including 307 (attempt to murder), 450, 295 A, 120 B and 506 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the assailants. At least 15 persons, including six policemen, were injured in the attack on the dera by over 60 armed nihangs and some villagers after an altercation between two youths, including a villager and a `sewadar’ of the dera.
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Infant charred to death
Jalandhar, July 30 She was rushed to the Civil Hospital where she died. Meanwhile, SHO of police station division number 4 said he had not received any information about the incident.
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Mann’s judicial remand extended
Jalandhar, July 30 The sedition case was registered against them five days after their arrest on May 14 under Sections 107/151 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for allegedly ‘dishonouring’ late chief minister Beant Singh’s statue at BMC chowk here.
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Concern raised over ecological imbalance
Nawanshahr, July 30 Expressing concern over the growing ecological imbalance, Saini emphasised on the need for making ‘Eco-Clubs’ useful. He exhorted teachers to encourage students to take up environment issues. Dr Devinder Kumar from Sikh National College, Banga and district chairman (environment) of Lions Club Baldev Nayyar gave lectures on global warming and environment pollution. The mad race for materialism has virtually been wreaking havoc on environment. Only concerted efforts can save us from the increasing problem of pollution. Lectures were also delivered by Dr Onkar Singh from PSCST, Chandigarh, district science supervisor Balihar Singh Bains and others.
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Reduce use of insecticides, farmers told
Nawanshahr, July 30 He said these chemical substances increase the toxicity in agriculture land which ultimately affects the crops, soil fertility and environment. These increased toxicity in soil, water and air due is playing a major role in the deterioration of the human health, he added. Assistant plant protection officer Dr Hari Ram Saroya said the excessive use of insecticides, pesticides and chemical fertilisers disturbs ecological balance. Dr Sukhwinder Singh Saini, agriculture officer, Saroya, advised the agriculturists to go for the ‘farmers friendly worms’ to increase yield and environment preservation. — OC
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Nawanshahr, July 30 Dr Manjit Kaur, civil surgeon, Dr Sunil Bajaj, deputy medical commissioner, Dr I.S. Shekhawat, district health and family welfare officer, Dr H.S. Gill, district leprosy officer, among others, gave tips on the treatment of leprosy and prevention of disabilities in leprosy. Besides, folk shows, awareness rallies and quiz programmes, with a view to eradicating misconceptions about the leprosy prevailing among people, would also be organised in the district, said Dr Gill. — OC
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