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Rural Punjab has got a bad tooth
Hoshiarpur lifts overall trophy at sports meet
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‘Cong is politicising arrest of Tejinder Singh who has a criminal record’
2-day Chhat pooja begins
Bank manager, 4 others booked in 15-yr-old case
NRI commits suicide
Cong leader backs CM on n-power plant
NHAI’s demolition drive leaves 2,000 phones dead
Wage boards team to visit Chandigarh
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Rural Punjab has got a bad tooth
Jalandhar, October 24 A survey by The Tribune revealed that nine out of the 22 dental units in the district are non-functional. Of these nine units, eight are non-functional due to the non-availability of dental surgeons while one unit is not functioning due to the alleged compromised quality of equipment. The dental unit of the Community Health Centre, Lohian, which caters to more than 33 villages, has been defunct since 1999. The last time people could avail the services of a dental surgeon was in 2006 when a doctor joined here on deputation. Similarly, the dental unit of CHC, Appra, which provides services to 11 villages, lies non-operational as the post of the dental surgeon has been vacant since 2007. Residents of 183 villages, who seek health services from Primary Health Centre, Shahkot, cannot get basic dental treatment as the post of the dental surgeon has been lying vacant for the past five years. Similarly, in Mehatpur PHC, responsible to cater to 134 villages, no dental surgeon has been available after 2002. A single dental surgeon posted at these two stations on deputation visits these units once a week. In Jandiala PHC, which provides healthcare to 89 villages, the post of the dental surgeon has been vacant since July, 2007. The mini PHC, Goraya, which caters to the entire town, hasn’t seen any dentist after July, 2006. Similarly, in Jamsher PHC, which covers 101 villages, there has been no dental surgeon since November 2008. The condition is no better at the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, which provides dental care to residents of the city and adjoining rural areas. It has a single dental surgeon and another post is lying vacant. The Nurmahal CHC is unable to provide optimal dental services to residents of 85 villages due to the non-operational dental chair. The surgeon there is not even able to provide basic care to patients. Information revealed that 127 out of a total of 285 posts of dental surgeon in hospitals and health centres in the state are lying vacant. Interestingly, approximately 1,000 students are admitted to the 12 dental colleges, of which approximately 600 students pass out every year. This means that the government has not taken any pain to recruit doctors to provide quality healthcare to the masses who are largely dependent on the state-run hospitals. |
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Hoshiarpur lifts overall trophy at sports meet
Hoshiarpur, October 24 The results: Kabbadi - Kapurthala (1), Hoshiarpur (2), judo - Hoshiarpur (1), Jalandhar (2), wrestling - Hoshiarpur (1), Jalandhar (2), boxing - Hoshairpur (1), Jalandhar (2), football - Hoshiarpur (1), Jalandhar (2), hockey - Jalandhar (1), Hoshiarpur (2), volleyball - Hoshiarpur (1), SBS Nagar (2), basketball - Hoshiarpur (1), Kapurthala (2). Athletics: 1000m race Jalandhar gotr the first position and Hoshiarpur second, in the 400m race of boys and girls, the first and second positions were bagged by Hoshiarpur, in high jump (boys) SBS Nagar stood first and Hoshiarpur second and in high jump (girls) Jalandhar secured the first position and SBS Nagar second.Inspector-General of Jalandhar Police Range Sanjiv Kalra gave away prizes to the winners. Pathankot: The 15th border range sports and athletics meet-2009, organised at Gurdaspur, concluded on Thursday. I.P.S. Sahota, IG, Border Range, Amritsar, while presiding over the closing ceremony, motivated the participating sportspersons to carry forward the message of the sports event to work in unison to achieve the desired target and shun drugs. SSP Lok Nath Angra and Chairman of the organising committee of the meet, said 300 sportspersons from the districts of the border range participated in the meet. Sahota declared that the next meet would be hosted by the police administration of Tarn Taran. He also handed over the sports flag of border range to Sukhdev Singh Brar, SSP of Tarn Taran. The overall championship of the meet in the category of men was won by Gurdaspur, while the overall championship trophy for women went to Tarn
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‘Cong is politicising arrest of Tejinder Singh who has a criminal record’
Phillaur, October 24 Addressing a news conference in Phillaur yesterday, Dhillon said some Congressmen were politicising the arrest of Tejinder who was spoiling the peaceful atmosphere and indulging in criminal incidents and had made his own criminal gang. Dhillon said the Nawanshahr police had booked Tejinder under sections 307, 326 and 120-B of the IPC on June 3, 1999, and had registered another case against Tejinder on January 4, 2000. The accused had then started operating from Phillaur subdivision. The DSP disclosed that a criminal case was registered against him under various sections on January 28, 2004, December 3, 2004, March 10, 2007, January 14, 2009, and now October 13, 2009. He said the accused had been working with his accomplice Ravinder, alias Tony, who was already wanted by the Phillaur police in other criminal cases. The DSP alleged that the accused was also involved in drug smuggling. When asked to comment upon the allegations of former minister Santokh Singh and District Youth Congress (Rural) president Vikramjit Singh that the police was working under pressure of Akali MLA and registering false cases against Congressmen, Dhillon said Phillaur police was working to maintain law and order.
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2-day Chhat pooja begins
Phagwara, October 24 Prayers are offered not only to the rising sun but also the setting sun during the pooja. The festival is observed six days after Divali. Hundreds of devotees were seen standing in knee-deep water in the Sutlej and canals to celebrate the Chhat pooja. Bihari migrant labourer Shanti said, “Chhat pooja is a festival of prayer and all devotees observe fast for 36 hours. They take meal only after performing the rituals.” Bihari girl Sanju said, “They sleep on the floor and wear unstitched clothes. At sunset, holy water and milk are poured in the river or canal and ‘argya’ is offered. The next day prayers and ‘argya’ are offered to the rising sun.”
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Bank manager, 4 others booked in 15-yr-old case
Tarn Taran, October 24 The case has been registered on the directions of a judicial court Patti. The accused have been identified as Manmohan Singh of Gharyala village, Raman Sharma, Manager of Punjab National Bank, Gharyala, Balwinder Singh, cashier, and Dalbir Ram, accountant of the bank. A resident of the village, Karam Singh, who was posted as an SPO in the bank at that time, had levelled the allegation that the accused withdrew Rs 32,000 from account 3486 of Gurdeep Kaur of Gharyala on April 19, 1994. The woman had died leaving behind Rs 32,000 bank balance and the accused took advantage of her absence and withdrew the amount. The complainant wrote a number of letters to the bank authorities in this regards, but failed to bring the accused to book. At the same time he also moved the court. After 15 years now the complainant has succeeded in bringing the accused to book. |
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NRI commits suicide
Jalandhar, October 24 According to Ved Prakash’s relative, he returned from Dubai about 10 days back to attend his sister-in-law’s marriage at a village near Phillaur. His brothers-in-law beat him after some altercation, he alleged. His brothers-in-law reportedly left him on Friday in an injured condition at his house at Garha claiming that he had met with an accident. Feeling humiliated at the hands of his brothers-in-laws, Ved Prakash hanged himself to death on Saturday morning. The police sent his body to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination and registered a case.
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Cong leader backs CM on n-power plant
Hoshiarpur, October 24 Talking to The Tribune here today, Thakur said Punjab was facing an acute power shortage and more than eight-hour power cuts were being imposed which had caused a great setback to the existing industrial units on account of which many industrialists had either closed down their units or had shifted base. This had increased unemployment and caused frustration among the youth. Though Badal had earlier opposed nuclear power plants in the country, he had now realised the gravity of the situation and had made up his mind to approach the Prime Minister for setting up an LWR-based nuclear power plant in the state to save the dying industry and give a boost to agriculture. Thakur said he would also write to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh to set up a nuclear power plant in Punjab. |
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NHAI’s demolition drive leaves 2,000 phones dead
Phagwara, October 24 JCB machines and cranes were put into operation on service roads along with national highway in Phagwara town to demolish the illegal encroachments on Saturday. The demolition drive would also affect the green belt on the highway where thousands of saplings had been planted by different social organisations and the present and former DC of Kapurthala. Phone poles, junctions and electricity transformers, besides several generator sets, installed on service roads were creating hindrance in the drive. — OC
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Wage boards team to visit Chandigarh
Jalandhar, October 24 Assistant Labour Commissioner Inderjit Singh has appealed to all the stakeholders of the newspaper industry to attend the meeting. |
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Phagwara, October 24
The callous attitude of the Punjab government in sprucing up the health care delivery systems is taking its toll on the dental health of people of 650 villages of Jalandhar district.
Despite the promises made by the CM and his cabinet colleagues on numerous occasions, a majority of the primary health centres are dysfunctional or do not have dental surgeons.