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Dengue Danger
Vehicle falls into canal, driver missing
Tribune Impact
Dowry death: Husband, in-laws booked
Kandi farmers need govt’s attention: Khanna |
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Bonus announced by Centre sought
Ramesh murder case: Second suspect held
Health club idea clicks in rural Pb
The Great Khali has become an icon for the youth in Punjab
‘20,000 await help under Ashirwad scheme’
JDA gets new head
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Dengue Danger
Jalandhar, September 18 Taking the arrival of dengue cases informally, the IMA and private hospitals in the district have not responded to a letter issued by the civil surgeon asking them to inform him about the number of suspected and positive dengue cases which
come to them daily. Talking to The Tribune, civil surgeon Dr S.S. Walia claimed that he had written to the IMA and all the private hospitals in and around the city to submit to him the information regarding suspected dengue and dengue positive cases registered with them over the past two weeks. “Only one or two private hospitals have been submitting their reports. A majority of the hospitals have not responded to the letter as yet. I am going to take strong note of it,” claimed Dr Walia. The civil surgeon said he would write to the state government for taking legal action against those who defied the directions. Sources claim that only selected private hospitals have the facility to treat dengue patients clinically, while a majority of them are just concentrating on administrating medicines for fever. Punjab IMA president Dr Yash Sharma claimed that they would definitely inform the government as well as the district health authorities in case there was confirmation of the outbreak of dengue in the district. He claimed that there was no epidemic as such and the number of suspected dengue cases was limited. |
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Vehicle falls into canal, driver missing
Hoshiarpur, September 18 The members of the patrol party, who were taking a meal at an adjoining dhaba, searched the vehicle and its driver throughout the night but could not find them. On seeing the marks of tyres on the road on Wednesday morning, it was ascertained that it fell into the canal along with its driver. The flow of the water in the channel was strong. After getting the water supply stopped, the vehicle was found and was taken out of the canal. The body of Manjit could
not be traced. Divers were of the opinion that the body might have been washed away. According to Dasuya DSP Harpreet Singh, the search for the body was still going on. A case under sections 304-A, 279 and 427 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at Dasuya police station.
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Tribune Impact
Amritsar, September 18 Major blunders were made in the passport of 17-year-old Rajan Dutta, whose plight was highlighted by The Tribune in a news report carried on September 18. The minor boy was shocked to see the document which showed him having a wife. Also, his picture was replaced with that of a Sikh gentleman. Vijay Kumar Sharma, relative of Dutta said the authorities have now promised them to return the passport the same day after corrections. “We would go to Jalandhar on Monday,” he said. Dutta said they had received the passport (G 9570317) in August this year and since then they were running from pillar to post for getting the anomalies rectified. However, the authorities allegedly refused to pay heed to their problem.
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Dowry death: Husband, in-laws booked
Batala, September 18 Harwinder Singh, brother of Gurpreet Kaur, told The Tribune here today that Davinder Kaur, mother-in-law of Gurpreet, Gurwinder Kaur, sister-in-law of Gurpreet, and Maggarjit Singh, husband of Gurwinder Kaur, all residents Bijliwal village falling under sadar police station, Batala, used to torture his sister for dowry. Gurpreet Kaur’s parents had given a Maruti car to her in dowry, but her in-laws were demanding a Safari from them. |
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Kandi farmers need govt’s attention: Khanna
Hoshiarpur, September 18 He said rich counterparts of these farmers in other areas of Punjab were getting free power for their tubewells for irrigation purposes, whereas the small farmers of the Kandi area were paying for irrigating their small land holdings. These poor farmers could not get their own tube-wells installed. Keeping in view their financial position, the state government should consider their case sympatheticcally. “I will take up the issue with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during his visit to Mahilpur on September 20,” Khanna said. |
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Bonus announced by Centre sought
Amritsar, September 18 Satnam Singh Pannu, spokesman of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, in a release to the media here today, said the district food controller Anjuman Bhaskar had assured them that the bonus would be paid to the farmers within next 10 days. He said the committee activists had been protesting against the commission agents of Bhagtanwala Mandi, Jandiala Guru, Rayya and other wheat markets who had failed to pay the bonus of Rs 100 per quintal even after the lapse of one year. He alleged that these arhtiyas in connivance with some political leaders were trying to embezzle the amount. Pannu warned the district administration that if it failed to initiate steps to give farmers their due they would be forced to hold a massive agitation. — TNS |
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Ramesh murder case: Second suspect held
Jalandhar, September 18 Wanted in the Ramesh Kumar murder case, the police has taken Baljit Singh, alias Balli, of 119 Engineers in custody from the Chandimandir cantonment area. SP (city-I) S.K. Kalia said Baljit Singh was brought here on arrest warrants from Chandimandir on Wednesday night. Baljit, along with Bhinder Singh, alias Lucky, of 2 Rashtriya Rifles, had allegedly murdered taxi driver Ramesh Kumar. The third suspect, Amritpal Singh, alias Kala, has absconded. The suspect, along with Baljit and Amritpal Singh, both of Malewal in Fatehgarh Churian, had kidnapped Ramesh Kumar in September 2007. The trio had hired an Indica car (PB-65C-9568) for an undisclosed destination. Kalia claimed that acting on some clues, the police nabbed Bhinder Singh, alias Lucky, a resident of Buttar Bankuha in Giddarwaha, who disclosed the names of Baljit Singh and Amritpal Singh, besides admitting to have committed the crime. The suspect also admitted to have strangled the taxi driver before throwing him into the Sutlej near Phillaur. |
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Health club idea clicks in rural Pb
Ramgarh (Kapurthala), September 18 The efforts are showing results, as several adolescents and the teenaged young men in the Bholath constituency can today be noticed visiting the newly built health clubs in their respective villages. These clubs are a fascination for the village youth as they have been equipped with multi-purpose health machines. There are about 130 villages in the Bholath constituency and 125 villages have got their clubs registered with the Youth Services Department of the state government. About 100 of these villages are well-equipped with the latest multi-purpose health machines and other required equipment. The objective is to motivate rural youth to take care of their health and stay away from drugs. MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said: “Many people of my constituency are settled abroad. When they came to know about the health clubs they also wanted to participate. NRI interest in these activities is increasing. They feel happy to see the people of their village becoming healthy. I hope this programme will spread all over Punjab and India. This is a kind of youth mobilisation promoting a positive approach towards life. This also helps them stay away from social evils like drugs,” he added. Youngsters are not required to pay any fee for membership. Each club has an instructor. Khaira appreciated the help and cooperation extended by local NRIs and Dharampal Sabharwal, MP. During the last assembly elections, Khaira had promised to distribute health machines among all the 130 villages of his constituency to create health awareness among the youth and focus their energy towards building health and fitness. He described the initiative as part of his “Be healthy” campaign. He is also planning to arrange a good diet for the members of the health clubs. He would also organise “health festivals” annually where inter-village tournaments would be held to generate a sense of competition among them. “Youngsters in the rest of Punjab would follow the path shown by the youth of the Bholath constituency to maintain good health and shun drugs,” said Jatinder Pal Singh, a local resident of the Ramgarh village. “It’s a good concept. Earlier, youngsters had to go to cities to practise, it’s a good thing that now it is available here. People practise both in the morning and the evening. It’s the best way for
them to keep away from drugs and stay healthy,” said Paramjeet Singh, a club member. “Earlier, I had to go to another health club, situated nearly 10 km from Ramgarh. But the new health club has cheered health enthusiasts like me,” said Gurwinder Singh, one local youth. — ANI |
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‘20,000 await help under Ashirwad scheme’
Hoshiarpur, September 18 In a press release here this afternoon, Jhamat said more than 20,000 applications for getting financial aid under the scheme had been pending in the social security office since long. The government
had not provided funds to dispose of these applications. Referring to the recent package announced to Patiala by the Chief Minister, he said instead of announcing a package to Patiala he should have given enough funds to Hoshiarpur which was still lagging other cities of Punjab so far as development was concerned. |
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Ramgarh (Kapurthala), September 18
