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Swine Flu
No fresh case in Muktsar
Presence of Pak nationals creates flutter in Fazilka
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Farmers stage protest
Sub-standard food causing concern
Faridkot girl signs will to donate body
BKU seeks action against culprits
Harsimrat blames Centre for inflation
A first for Ganganagar
Awareness rally held
Scribe assaulted
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Swine Flu
Bathinda, December 22 Before the death of Bipan Bansal, three other persons who had lost their lives during past some days in Bathinda district were a local resident and vice principal in a school at Jaitu Krishana Devi, a local resident and teacher in a local school Shafali Bansal (30), a local resident and tailor Gurmail Singh (47). Bipan Bansal had come to local civil hospital for Swine flu treatment on December 20 while he was shifted to Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala on December 21 where he died today morning. Before coming to Bathinda hospital, he had also taken treatment at Goniana Mandi for two days. Talking to The Tribune this evening district health officer (DHO) Dr Dharampal Singh Sekhon said two suspected Swine Flu patients from Bathinda had been admitted to the isolation ward in the civil hospital here today. He said one of them was an MBBS doctor while the other was a peon in an institute. He said they had started the treatment of both patients while their throat samples had also been taken which would be sent to the PGI, Chandigarh for tests tomorrow morning. Dr Sekhon further said they had given treatment to two Swine flu positive patients while treatment (Tamiflu capsules) had been given to 39 suspected B category patients by them so far. Besides, the district health authorities had given treatment to 119 contacts of suspected Swine flu patients, he added. The DHO said that the district health authorities were running an awareness campaign to educate the people about the symptoms of Swine flu on cable TV, distributing pamphlets, playing audio cassettes on public address system on rickshaws. Besides this, a drama party would also aware the masses by staging drama about Swine flu disease from tomorrow in the district, he added. Meanwhile the Bathinda deputy commissioner Rahul Tewari this evening held a meeting with the SDMs, executive officers of municipal councils, district education officers, district revenue officials, civil surgeon Dr Neelam Bajaj and the DHO Dharampal Singh Sekhon to review the arrangements, being made to tackle the menace of Swine flu in the district. He also took stock of the situation, prevailing in the district. |
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No fresh case in Muktsar
Muktsar, December 22 Deputy Commissioner, Varun Roojam, said that the administration had called the family members of Ankita, who hails from Muktsar but presently is recuperating at the Dayanan Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana and educated them about the effects of the disease. They were asked to stay in touch with the Muktsar civil surgeon and in case of any emergency they could also contact the Deputy Commissioner directly. The DC added that the district health authorities had chalked out an elaborate plan to check the spread of the disease.
“People should not panic as we have things well under control. I am in constant touch with the health authorities and we would not let disease spread at any cost," he said. Meanwhile, the condition of Sharanjit Kaur, admitted to the Adesh Hospital, Bathinda, was stable. She is being treated in the isolation ward, which has especially been set up by the hospital for treating swine flu cases. |
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Presence of Pak nationals creates flutter in Fazilka
Fazilka, December 22 It is stated that Hazi Mohammad Akram, claiming to be a retired Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court and a resident of Lahore, Shahnawaz Karhia, advocate and a resident of district Pakpattan and Rana Manzoor Ahmad, a resident of Malka Haans district in Pakpattan who claims to be a folk singer of Pakistan, allegedly slipped into the village without a valid visa from the Government of India. They also managed to leave the village without scrutiny from government agencies. These activities of the Pak 'visitors' have caused ripples, sensation and restlessness amongst the sleuths. The agencies are reported to be worried as wanted terrorist David Headley had also visited India in similar manner in violation of the visa conditions. Sources in the administration on the condition of anonymity maintain that as per visa conditions, the trio had been permitted to visit Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Faridkot. It is stated that advocate Shahnawaz Karhia was keen to visit his village Jandwala Miransangla which is reported to be his ancestral village. The trio reportedly met affluent and influential persons of the village and a politician of the ruling party. The trio was also accorded a warm welcome by their 'hosts.' Somehow, the news of the 'unauthorized' visit of the elite Pakistan nationals percolated down to the administration. DSP Fazilka Karamjit Singh admitted that the visit of Pak nationals is in violation of the visa conditions but he described them as reputed citizens of the neighbouring country and hence, there is no threat to security. Darshan Singh, SHO, police station, Khui Khera, who had visited the village Jandwala Miransangla late in the evening said that by the time he tried to meet and enquire about the Pak nationals, they had left the village for undisclosed destination. |
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Farmers stage protest
Bathinda, December 22 The protesters also raised slogans against the state government and the chief of the SGPC, in charge of the SGPC task force and a member of the SGPC holding them responsible for the "killings" of two farmers at Khanna Chamara village. They also demanded ownership rights of the SGPC lands which are in possession of farmers for the past some decades in Khanna Chamara village. At Talwandi Sabo, the farmers from Sangat, Talwandi Sabo and Maur blocks gathered at the Talwandi Sabo's Grain Market from where they took out a protest march. They burnt the effigies of the government and the SGPC chief in front of courts complex, demanding arrest of all persons, responsible for the killings of two farmers, and compensation of Rs 10 lakh and one government job each to the families of deceased Balwinder Singh and Kashmir Singh. They also demanded ownership rights of the lands of the SGPC and other institutions which were in the possession of farmers for several decades in the state. The protesters were addressed at Talwandi Sabo by Maur block president of the union Harjinder Singh Maur, finance secretary of Maur block Jasbir Singh Burj Sema, president of Sangat block Babu Singh Jai Singh Wala and general secretary of Talwandi Sabo block Nachhattar Singh Behman Kaur Singh Wala. At Bhucho Mandi, the activists and members of the BKU (Ugrahan), led by Nathana block president Manjit Singh Bhucho Khurd, also burnt the effigies. They were addressed among others by Manjit Singh Bhucho Khurd, Amrik Singh Sibia, SS Lehra Khana and HS Chak Fateh Singh Wala. |
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Action against house tax defaulters
Bathinda, December 22 Talking to this reporter here today the superintending engineer (SE) of the BMC B.D. Singla said the BMC had identified 29 buildings so far which would be sealed tomorrow as the owners of these buildings had not been depositing their house tax arrears with the corporation despite the issuance of notices to them. The SE further said that they had identified only those tax defaulters so far who had not paid house tax to the tune of more than Rs 50,000. He said the process of sealing the buildings of house tax defaulters would remain continue till they paid the house tax arrears to the BMC. The SE also said that the house tax defaulters were not paying attention to the notices, issued by the BMC in the past to them to pay the house tax, so the BMC had no other alternative except to seal their buildings. Meanwhile, the BMC today razed structures at three places in the city with the help of JCB machine as these were reportedly constructed either by violating norms of the scheduled road or by violating the houseline, five meters area to be left on all scheduled roads under the PUDA Act 1995. The SE said that a team of the BMC, led by municipal engineer Tirath Ram, today demolished a structure in Ganesha Basti, a construction near Teenkoni on Goniana road and a structure on 100-ft road in the city. He said despite efforts, being made by the BMC, the residents were raising structures by violating the norms but the BMC would not allow any such construction. |
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Sub-standard food causing concern
Fazilka, December 22 Of the 191 children in the school, about 60 had been served the meal containing the dead lizard. It was noticed by a teacher of the school. Following this, panic gripped the schoolchildren and the teachers. The lizard was recovered in rice and gram pulse served after mixing the two. As the children had only consumed a few bites of the blended meal, the school staff immediately induced the children to vomit. The meal was discarded and children washed their mouths. Some of the children were given mild first aid by the staff of Primary Health Centre of Jandwala Bhimeshah. The school headmaster Sukhdev Singh and village sarpanch brought the matter to the notice of Fazilka SDM PK Aggarwala. The SDM directed the Naib Tehsildar of Arniwala, Gursewak Singh Bhullar to conduct an inquiry on the spot. Bhullar told The Tribune that the children were scared but their condition was stable. He said that the mid-day meal served in the school was prepared at the kitchen in Jalalabad and had been brought as usual to the school today. Bhullar said that he has recommended stern action against the kitchen contractor responsible for providing the mid-day meal. Block Primary Education Officer Ashok Narang said he is aware of the gravity of the matter and shall take up the issue with the Deputy Commissioner,
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Alleged harassment of TSU activists
Abohar, December 22 As per the information available, the TSU members
reportedly deprived the SDO Surinder Singh Behal and additional SDO
Jagdev Sokhal of their chairs inside the PSEB divisional office complex,
drew a circle around them using a chalk and forced them to keep standing
for the whole day threatening that stern action would be taken, if they
dared to sit down or come out of the circle. This was an exemplary
punishment for the officers, who had been allegedly harassing some of
the union activists including Raj Tilak, Satish Babbar, Lajja Ram,
Bhanwar Daan, Nirmal Singh and Harbhajan Singh for the past 4-5 months,
the TSU workers said. While refuting the allegations, the officers
said they had been sandwiched between the two factions and earn wrath of
the warring groups on acceptance of demands. |
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Faridkot girl signs will to donate body
Faridkot, December 22 Sukhvir Kaur was of the view that she did not want to waste her body after death. She desires that her body should be used for the development of medical science to benefit human beings. She has also stated that if any part of her body could benefit or give a lease of life to a needy patient, it could be transplanted to him or her without any cost. Sukhvir, while appealing to the youths of the state to come forward to promote the cause of human body donation, said that her body could be beneficial for advanced studies on various diseases. The young woman also takes part in the youth activities and also inspires her friends to
take part in social activities, besides, spreading the message among the community on social reforms. It may be mentioned that more than 10 women of Faridkot district had already signed their wills to donate their bodies to the medical colleges during the past few years. As many as 93 persons from across the state had already registered their names with the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, willing to donate their bodies after death. Overall, the medical colleges of Punjab were facing shortage of bodies owing to the religious sentiments, which deprived
the medical students of getting practical knowledge of human anatomy. According to a senior official of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, at least one body was required as per the norms for every four students to gain practical knowledge of human anatomy. |
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Inter University Cricket Tournament
Bathinda, December 22 This was the first upset of the tourney as Allahabad University, with a plethora of talented youngsters in their ranks, were considered to be heavyweights in the tourney. After being square driven off the very first ball of the match, Puneet Ladher made sure his length and line were in order for the rest of his spell. Charging in against the breeze, he bowled some good out-swingers and off one of them he managed to find the edge of opener Amit Khurana's blade. In the same over, the diminutive fast bowler castled the other opener Rajiv Mishra when the batsman failed to bring his bat down to an in-swinging yorker, delivered with good effect from close to the stumps. Vinay Khurana, the tall middle order batsman, threatened to run amok scoring 18 runs off the first over that spinner Atul Kumar bowled. However, Puneet lured him into a trap by placing a fielder on the square leg boundary. He bowled a ferocious bouncer and the batsman hooked it deep down the throat of the fieldsman. Once Vinay was gone, it was all over bar the shouting for Allahabad who had their reputation shredded to smithereens by their rivals. Chasing a not too impressive 89, Kurukshetra completed the rituals in just 19 overs. Opener Ashok Kumar held the forte with his wide array of strokes and one of his shots-an inside out boundary to the cover fence which rushed to the ropes like a bullet-- stood out for the finesse with which it was executed. Ashok looked like going great guns but got dismissed in an unlucky manner. He mistimed a ball which kept agonisingly low to the midwicket fielder but till then damage had been done for Allahabad. When the fielders left the ground, their drooping shoulders--- and faces buried in their hands--- told the story of a fancied outfit being shone the door by less capable rivals. In the other match of the day played at the Police Public School, Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, beat Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, by five wickets in a match which never rose to the level of an intense contest. |
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BKU seeks action against culprits
Abohar, December 22 Senior BKU leaders including district secretary Sukhminder Singh Bajidpur Bhoma, block presidents, Baldev Singh Fauji and Mehal Singh, strongly criticised the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for allegedly sheltering the task force members, who had reportedly killed two farmers Balwinder Singh and Kashmir Singh besides injuring many others during indiscriminate firing at Khanna Chamara village some time back. They demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of those killed and government job for their kin. The BKU workers later took out a procession carrying an effigy of the state government. Faces of Parkash Singh Badal and SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar were painted on both sides of the effigy. |
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Harsimrat blames Centre for inflation
Mansa, December 22 She said that the Central government had failed to control the increasing prices of essential commodities. On the other hand, the SAD-BJP government was providing essential commodities at cheaper rates as per its promise, she added. District president of the SAD Harbant Singh Datewas, former MLA Sukhvinder Singh Aulakh, former MP Chetan Singh Sammaon, SGPC member Manjit Singh Bapiana and Youth Akali leader Gurprit Singh Banawali also spoke at the meetings.
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A first for Ganganagar
Sriganganagar/Abohar, December 22 Divisional Commissioner Pritam Singh today inaugurated the video conferencing system at the district collectorate that would facilitate monitoring working of the administrative offices located at the tehsil headquarters. The state government plans to launch a similar system in all the districts, he informed. ADC Ratan Singh Lamba, CEO Shankar Lal Sharma, MC Commissioner Jiwan Dass Dagla and Rachna Bhatia, Deputy Director, Women and Child Welfare, were present.
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Awareness rally held
Fazilka, December 22 The students also carried out an awareness rally in the town bazaars. Private Schools Association organised a special programme to save water. Fazilka SDM PK Aggarwala, IAS, and socialite Davinder Sachdeva and municipal councillors were guests at the programme. Task Force member of the Food Processing Ministry Autl Nagpal and prominent educationist Raj Kishore Kalra presided over the function. Lachhman Dost, president of the Private Schools Association said the aim of the programme was to create awareness.
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Scribe assaulted
Abohar, December 22 As per the information, he was returning to his Nai Abadi residence on motorcycle when someone intercepted the bike, hit him on the head and escaped. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital by some persons in an unconscious state but the doctors on emergency duty referred him to the DMC Ludhiana after putting stitches on the back of his head that was bleeding profusely.
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