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Seizure of spurious sweets, edible oil by health authorities
2 qtls of synthetic khoya seized
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IAF scholarships for meritorious students
DC tells MC chief to sign payment cheques
Four robbers arrested
3 cops suspended for beating up
councillor’s nephew
Death Anniversary
Five injured in car-train crash
Seminar on energy held
Teachers burn CM’s effigy
Woman commits suicide
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Seizure of spurious sweets, edible oil by health authorities Allege that the “biased” administration doesn’t go for the big fish Parmod Bharti
Nawanshahr, October 11 The team, led by District Health Officer Dr Ashok Guru, collected samples of sweets and raw materials like skimmed milk, refined oil, dry fruits, etc. Besides, stale sweets stocked by him in a room were also disposed of by the But the raids on the sweet shops by the health department for taking samples are being highlighted out of proportion in the vernacular press. Marginal confectioners here have started raising an accusing finger at the health department as well as the media. Marginal confectioners expressed their resentment over the publication of a news item in a Punjabi daily in which the raid conducted by the department on Saturday was reported as“seizure of 10 quintals of spurious sweets and 11 tins of spurious edible oil”. Perturbed Srinivas said he had been using ISI-marked skimmed milk and refined oil for preparing burfi, milk cake and matthis, etc. “Samples of the edible items taken by the officials of the health department were branded ‘spurious’ without waiting for the report from the laboratory,” he lamented. Besides, the marginal confectioners rued that the officials of the department had just been conducting raids on the establishments of small confectioners who usually prepared khoya and paneer themselves for use in sweets and other items. The department had been ignoring the big fish who had been procuring readymade khoya and paneer etc. in bulk for reasons best known to them, they added. “If ISI-marked products purchased by them for use in the preparation of sweets and other eatables are spurious, then why haven’t the officials taken action against the errant manufacturers,” they asked. District Health Officer Dr Ashok Guru, while denying the allegations of discrimination, said in a press release issued by him that there was no mention of the seizure of spurious sweets. “The method of preparing sweets like burfi and milk cake by using skimmed milk (which is not of a popular brand) and a chemical (decolite chips, commonly called ‘papdi’) is not a normal one,” said Dr Guru, adding that the samples of the skimmed milk and other eatables had been taken and sent to the laboratory for further investigation. The report would be received within a week and further action taken accordingly.
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2 qtls of synthetic khoya seized
Phagwara, October 11 DSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh told newsmen here that the khoya was brought from Muzaffarnagar in UP by three sweet shop owners of the town. Khakh said after seizing khoya, the police informed doctors of the Civil Hospital who took samples of the khoya for its chemical examination. Interestingly, though Health Minister Lakshmi Kanta Chawla had instructed the Health Department to launch a campaign against the sale of substandard sweets which were being sold openly in various towns, nothing had been done by the department. It was the police which came forward to launch the campaign to save the lives of the people and started seizing adulterated goods, including khoya and paneer. Even some “halwais” had kept khoya and sweets in the cold storage for sale in the festival season. SMO Dr Rajiv Gupta said all required steps were being taken by
the Health Department, and the sweet shop owners had been warned in this regard.
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Dal Khalsa’s campaign against death penalty
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, October 11 By placing a table and some chairs inside the complex, activists of the two organisations garnered the signatures from devotees visiting the Golden Temple from all over the world. The activists camped at the entrance to Darbar Sahib for nearly three hours to draw people’s attention against the death penalty. Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh, also an organiser of the event, said the signatures would be sent to President Pratibha Patil, appealing her to abolish the death penalty in India in general and commuting of death sentence of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar. He claimed that the petition signed by nearly 1,747 men and women from all walks of society urged the President to review the case of Bhullar with a sympathetic consideration and urged her to commute his death sentence into life imprisonment. Kanwarpal said the capital punishment was an inhuman way to punish people and the government should come up with other alternatives. He said although India had not carried out any execution for many years, yet a new law against the capital punishment would guide the future legal course in the country. KAC chairman Bhai Mohkam Singh said in the 40-year rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh not a single person had been executed, including the person who had made an attempt to kill the ruler.
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IAF scholarships for meritorious students
Jalandhar, October 11 Air Force Welfare Wives Association president Baljeet Kaur Arora lauded the efforts of the students. The toppers were awarded cash prizes in three categories. In category I, students of class X were awarded, while in the second category the award was presented to the toppers of class XII. In category III the children of non-combatant (enrolled) from class XII were awarded. The awardees of category I include Kanchan with 93.8 per cent marks. She was awarded Rs 1,000 as prize. An award of Rs 700 was given to Anjali Gupta (92.8 per cent marks) followed by Taneha Verma (91.8 per cent) with Rs 500 as prize. In category II the toppers from science, arts and commerce were given Rs 1,000 each. The toppers are Anjali Verma (94.2 per cent marks) followed by Shalini Kumari (70.8 per cent) and Vandana Tiwari (72.4 per cent). The category III toppers were given Rs 750 each. Vipin Kumar of science stream had got 74 per cent marks) and Asha of commerce 74.2 per cent.
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DC tells MC chief to sign payment cheques
Nawanshahr, October 11 The DC, taking action under section 234 of the Punjab Municipal Act, has directed the MC chief to put his signatures on the payment cheques within one week. He has also asked the Executive Officer to report if the MC chief had signed the cheques within a week so that alternative arrangement could be made. Besides, the DC has also asked the MC officials to take steps to ensure proper utilisation of the development fund within 15 days and to complete the development works within six months. The DC said that he had also been looking into the issue of non-utilisation of the development fund of Rs 2 crore by the Banga Municipal Council.
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Four robbers arrested
Amritsar, October 11 After a tip-off, the police laid a naka on the Fatehgarh Churian bypass here and arrested the four members of the gang. They have been identified as Hansa, alias Don, of Jodh Nagar, Sultanwind, Jagat Narain and Tony Kanojia, alias Capsule, of Bazar Hansli Wali, Gali Gujjar, and Surinder Singh of Gali Subhedara Wali, Hathi Gate. The police authorities in a press note issued here today said the Faizpura police received a secret information that a gang of robbers, who operated in the area and used to steal valuables from houses and later sell them in the market, was moving in the area. At the naka a Maruti car was signalled to stop. The four robbers instead of stopping tried to flee away. Launching a chase, a police team later nabbed them along with their car. One of the robbers attacked ASI Shamsher Singh with a sword. However, the ASI escaped unhurt. A laptop, DVD player, mobile phones, mobile accessories, gas appliance, gas cutter and various other household goods were seized from the robbers. A case under sections 307, 457, 380, 411, 279 and 34 of the IPC was registered. |
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3 cops suspended for beating up
councillor’s nephew
Kapurthala, October 11 The incident occurred when Sovit
Chaudhary, a nephew of Savita Chaudhary, a local MC, was stopped by the policemen at the naka and asked to produce documents of the vehicle. Sovit told the policemen that he was nephew of Savita Chaudhary and both parties indulged in heated arguments. The policemen reportedly gave him a sound
beating. Sovit then called his family members and was admitted to the Civil Hospital. Receiving the news, President of the municipal corporation Paramjit Singh, Chairman of the Kapurthala Improvement Trust Hira Lal and other people assembled at the spot and complained to the SSP about the “highhandedness” of the policemen. The SSP has placed three policemen, in charge of city police post Parminder Singh and two constables on duty, under suspension. |
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Tributes paid to Kaypee’s father
Jalandhar, October 11 Not only the Congress leaders, but leaders from other parties also paid tributes to Darshan Singh Kaypee. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former Punjab Chief Minister, former PPCC chief Shamsher Singh Dullo, Ravneet Singh, member of Parliament from Anandpur Sahib, Gurkanwal Kaur, former MLA, Avtar Singh Henry, former Punjab minister, Kamal Chaudhari from Hoshiarpur, Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, president of the Lok Bhalai Party, Bir Devinder Singh, Akali leader from Kharar, Gurwinder Singh Atwal, Kamaljit Lalli, Brij Bhupinder Singh Lali, Ashwani Shekhari from Gurdaspur, Ashok Sharma from Pathankot and various other local Congress leaders and workers paid tributes to the late Congress stalwart. — TNS
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3,000 pay tributes at Jallianwala Bagh
Amritsar, October 11 Led by CYD president Chand Luther, the members started a march in the noon from Saint Francis School. After one-and-a-half-hour march they reached Jallianwala Bagh. Initially the police stopped them from entering the premises of the national memorial citing new rules. However, eventually they were allowed in as they had come to pay tributes to martyrs. Luther said the aim of the march was to create awareness in society against social evils like female foeticide, drug addiction, etc. |
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Five injured in car-train crash
Jalandhar, October 11 The family was on its way back to Surya Enclave from Chugitti and the driver could not detect the approaching train, which resulted in the mishap. The injured were rushed to city-based private hospitals. The railway police removed the mangled remains of the vehicle from the railway track and initiated investigations. The SHO of railway police, on being contacted, did not divulge any information, citing tiredness from “standing at the accident site for over four hours” as the reason. The SHO of division no. 8, Sukhpal Singh, however, revealed that the injured have been hospitalised and condition of
two of them is critical. — TNS |
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Seminar on energy held
Nawanshahr, October 11 Academicians, industrialists and experts delivered lectures to highlight the issue to make the students aware of the need and importance of making judicious use of energy sources. DC Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Dr A.K. Jain, Director, School of Energy, PAU, Dr M.P. Singh, Joint Director, PEDA , Prof R.K. Wanchoo, Director, Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Dr Sangita Bhalla, Director, University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Dr H.S. Batth, agricultural scientist, Dr Daljit Singh, Director, Doaba Integrated Institutions, and
Dr M.S. Batth, Chairman of the Doaba group, spoke. — OC |
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Teachers burn CM’s effigy
Jalandhar, October 11 In a press note state committee member Balbir Singh and district president Beant Singh Bhadmaan said the government had promised that the teachers deputed in schools under zila parishads would be transferred to schools running under the Education Department. But the government was still reluctant to fulfil its promise. They also demanded that scale of ETT teachers should be upgraded.
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Woman commits suicide
Hoshiarpur, October 11 According to the police, Piari, wife of Nirmal Chand of Bhagtupur, complained that her daughter Rajdeep Kaur (22) was married to Vijay Kumar, son of Sarwan Dass of Nainowal Vaid. She alleged that her mother-in-law Jeeto, sister-in-law Baksho and husband Jasbir Singh of Naloian and another sister-in-law Kashmiro of Kadiana used to torture Rajdeep Kaur which compelled the latter to commit suicide. A case has been registered.
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