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2 kids among 4 killed in bike-truck collision
Jalandhar, April 16
Four persons, including three of a family, were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was hit by a truck on the Nakodar-Noormehal road, near here, today. A one-and-a-half-year-old girl sustained serious injuries in the accident and was rushed to a private hospital in Jalandhar.

Tribune Impact
Code violation: Sidhu’s poster removed from govt building
Amritsar, April 16
The oversize code-violating poster of sitting member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu has been removed from Nehru Shopping Complex of the Improvement Trust following publication of the news item, “How they love to flaunt” in these columns.

Mysterious insect
Health Dept team visits affected colony
Amritsar, April 16
A mysterious insect has created panic among the residents of the Telephone Revenue Account (TRA) colony here. A Health Department team, led by Deputy Commissioner Bhagwant Singh and Civil Surgeon, today visited the area and ordered for insecticide spray.

Teaching success

Indian hockey team captain Sandeep Singh along with his mother Daljit Kaur and nephew during a visit to Jalandhar on Thursday. The Indian team under Sandeep recently won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Ipoh in Malaysia. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Widow needs help for son’s surgery
Hoshiarpur, April 16
Naresh Kumari, widow of Varinder Singh of Numbu Mohalla, Hariana town, is running from pillar to post to arrange Rs 1,40,000 for the cardiac surgery of her four-year-old son Ehsas, who has been suffering from congenital acyanotic heart disease, perimembranous ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis.

Blind murder cracked, two nabbed
Batala, April 16
With the arrest of the two accused in a blind murder case, the Batala police has achieved a major success. This was stated by Dr. Naresh Kumar Arora, SSP Batala, to mediapersons here on Thursday.

14 challaned for smoking in public
Nawanshahr, April 16
Taking serious note of the violation of the act prohibiting smoking at public places, the district health department has constituted 17 teams for taking punitive action against the errant people.

2 kids among 4 killed in bike-truck collision
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 16
Four persons, including three of a family, were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was hit by a truck on the Nakodar-Noormehal road, near here, today.

A one-and-a-half-year-old girl sustained serious injuries in the accident and was rushed to a private hospital in Jalandhar.

The tragedy occurred at Sanghe Khalsa village when Gurbhachan Singh (40), a resident of Rehmanpur village in Nakodar, was riding a motorcycle with his sister-in-law Bindia (32), her daughters Sheetal (14), Muskan (one year and six months) and Anu (six months) on pillion and going to Jodhewal Basti in Ludhiana. The truck was heading towards Nakodar from Noormehal.

The motorcyclist reportedly lost control over the vehicle and was crushed under the rear wheels of the truck, loaded with wheat. While Gurbachan Singh, Bindia, and her daughters Sheetal and Anu were crushed to death on the spot, Muskan sustained serious injuries, claimed SHO, Nakodar, Harbansh Singh.

Hearing a thud, passersby and local people assembled at the spot and swung into rescue operation. Senior police officers also reached the spot after receiving the information.

The bodies were sent to the Civil Hospital, Nakodar, for post-mortem examination, while the seriously injured Muskan has been admitted to Johal Hospital in Jalandhar.

The police has impounded the vehicles involved in the accident and a case of rash and negligent driving causing four deaths have been registered against the truck driver, Avtar Singh, a resident of Bara Pind, at Nakodar police station.

Tribune Impact
Code violation: Sidhu’s poster removed from govt building
Varinder Walia
Tribune News Service

Cop’s transfer sought Gurdaspur, April 16 The Congress here today demanded the transfer of a wireless operator Gurinderjit Singh of the Punjab Police for violating model code of conduct by campaigning for BJP candidate Vinod Khanna along with the local MLA. — TNS

Amritsar, April 16
The oversize code-violating poster of sitting member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu has been removed from Nehru Shopping Complex of the Improvement Trust following publication of the news item, “How they love to flaunt” in these columns.

Interestingly, a hand-written note on the hoarding, with the heading - To whom it may concern - had read , “We are putting this hoarding on our own and we have not been pressurised by anyone. We will abide by the order of the Election Commission.”

The posters of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu had also mushroomed on the Bhandari Bridge even as he himself had launched a cleanliness drive in the holy city by removing his own posters on January 24.

However, posters of Congress candidate O.P. Soni have also been put on various buildings in the city. During a tour from Amritsar to Pathankot, this correspondent did not see even a single poster of any politician belonging to any party. While the border district of Gurdaspur has been strictly following the model code of conduct so far as eclipsing of the government or private buildings with political posters are concerned, the administration of Amritsar has been a mute spectator to its gross violation.

Earlier, the Municipal Corporation had taken up the initiative to remove the “Lotus Chowks” put up by the BJP after the matter was highlighted in The Tribune.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had imposed a blanket ban on such hoardings on the rail track and roads within the municipal corporation limits as they distracted the attention of drivers and caused accidents.

However, it is learnt that the BJP had secured the permission through back door to put up hoardings on the Bhandari Bridge on behalf of a private company, which had the advertisement rights in the corporation limits.

The administration had also removed the oversize banners of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and other senior Akali leaders on the controversial building of Prof Darbari Lal, a former Deputy Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, which is facing a vigilance probe, when the issue was highlighted in The Tribune.

Mysterious insect
Health Dept team visits affected colony
P.K. Jaiswar/TNS

Amritsar, April 16
A mysterious insect has created panic among the residents of the Telephone Revenue Account (TRA) colony here. A Health Department team, led by Deputy Commissioner Bhagwant Singh and Civil Surgeon, today visited the area and ordered for insecticide spray.

The inhabitants of the colony said the insects had frightened the people of the area who had complained to the health authorities in this regard.

The Health Department team that visited the area included Malaria Officer Dr Rakesh Gupta and Dr Naresh Sharma. The insect collector, accompanying the team, collected the insects, some of which would be sent to the Department of Entomology of Guru Nanak Dev University to find out the family of the insect.

The health authorities found that huge quantity of waste flowers were lying in a nearby vacant plot, which they suspected might be the reason for breeding of these insects. They also ordered for cleaning up of the vacant land.

Meanwhile, the residents claimed that even the insecticides had been sprayed for three times earlier also but no concrete impact had been seen so far. The insect bite creates swelling with agonising pain and irritation, which remains for a few days. Even the doctors were bewildered over this new phenomena and seeking assistance of the university to find out the traits of this insects.

Widow needs help for son’s surgery

Hoshiarpur, April 16
Naresh Kumari, widow of Varinder Singh of Numbu Mohalla, Hariana town, is running from pillar to post to arrange Rs 1,40,000 for the cardiac surgery of her four-year-old son Ehsas, who has been suffering from congenital acyanotic heart disease, perimembranous ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis.

Ehsas’ mother, who is a diabetic and have two more children studying in eighth and third standard, is also supporting her old mother. Presently she is earning her livelihood by doing menial works in different houses. She has succeeded in arranging Rs 35,000 for the surgery of her son from generous people.

President of Sri Ram Charit Manas Parchar Mandal, an NGO, Harish Saini said the mandal would donate blood required during the cardiac surgery and appealed to the good Samaritans to provide financial help for the cardiac surgery of Ehsas, which was likely to be performed in the next week. — OC

Blind murder cracked, two nabbed
Our Correspondent

Batala, April 16
With the arrest of the two accused in a blind murder case, the Batala police has achieved a major success. This was stated by Dr. Naresh Kumar Arora, SSP Batala, to mediapersons here on Thursday.

Dr. Naresh Kumar Arora further said a case was registered at police station Rangar Nangal on the statement of Shemsher Singh, resident of Ghass village, police Station Rangar Nangal that his mother Harwinder Kaur had been missing since March 31, 2009. Shemsher said on April 02, at about 1:15 pm, he was informed by someone that the dead body of a woman had been found lying in the fields of Gurpal Singh of Kaler village.

When he went there, he identified the body as that of his mother. The body had deep injury marks on it. SHO police station Rangar Nangal registered the said case. During investigation, it was found that Baljit Singh, alias, Dimple and Gurwinder Singh, alias Gullu, residents of Ghass village, had committed the crime.

On April 15, SHO police station Rangar Nangal arrested both the said accused who confessed the crime.

On interrogation, they revealed that Baljit Singh, alias Dimple had illicit relations with deceased Harwinder Kaur. Due to this reason, deceased Harwinder Kaur used to blackmail Baljit Singh alias Dimple. Thus, both Baljit and his friend Gullu planned to eliminate her. Both made a call to the deceased to come to fields where they killed her with sharp edged weapons.

Further investigation is on, asserted Dr. Arora.

14 challaned for smoking in public

Nawanshahr, April 16
Taking serious note of the violation of the act prohibiting smoking at public places, the district health department has constituted 17 teams for taking punitive action against the errant people. Dr. Ashok Guru, district health officer, said the teams conducted sudden raids at a number of public places including the DC Complex, Railway station, Bus Stand and Chandigarh Chowk in the town, on Thursday. As many as 14 persons, including an employee of the DC office, was challaned for violating the prohibitory orders. — OC