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No anti-rabies vaccine in health centres
CHEERS for football
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Football Frenzy
JIT drops land from acquisition; Cong alleges nexus
Ex-minister’s cremation tomorrow
Khalsa College to sign MoU with RNIS College
Doctors donate blood
Woman commits suicide
Man run over by train
Five injured in mishaps
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No anti-rabies vaccine in health centres
Jalandhar, June 10 Owing to the dearth of vaccine, people bitten by dogs and reporting at community and primary health centres and even civil hospitals are forced to purchase the medicine from private chemists at exorbitant prices of Rs 325 to Rs 350, which should otherwise be available at Rs 100 at health centres. The severity of the problem can be gauged from the fact that every day, up to eight cases are reported only at the district hospital, Jalandhar, and as per regimen, each patient needs three to five shots of vaccine as a preventive measure, which cost Rs 325 to Rs 350 each. “These are the cases being reported only in one hospital. Besides, those reporting at hundreds of private clinics, there must be hundreds of people reporting to chemists in the peripheral areas too. In summers alone, we encounter 20 to 25 such cases on an average,” said Dr Manvinder Singh, consultant pathologist, Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. As per sources, the district got the last supply of the vaccine in February 2009 and before that in April 2007. “We received nearly 1,000 vaccine units but the stock was exhausted within three months. The amount of patients can be ascertained from this figure,” said a civil hospital health worker. Dr Ajay Sahni, Deputy Medical Commissioner, Punjab Health System Corporation, said instructions said that in case of a high demand, the health authorities could make a local purchase of the vaccine. However, due to high costs, the authorities are cuffed even to purchase vaccine of their own. “After making purchase at Rs 300 approximately, it is not feasible to deliver the vaccine at Rs 100 per shot in the hospitals,” said Dr Chander Mohan, Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital,
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CHEERS for football
While hotels chalking out their menu list related to participating countries, promotional campaigns and football matches, the bars promise to add more chill to the football fever with their list of discounts on cocktails and mocktails. The Tribune takes a look at the city’s hotels and bars, which are all set to hook the football lovers to the big screen from June 11 to July 11. Among the football lovers waiting for the soccer season are city youngsters who wish to cheer for their favourite players by watching them on the big screens. City-based hotel The Maya would be showcasing the football matches live through projectors at their restaurant ‘Mix and Match’ and ‘Get Talli bar’ with discount offers to choose from. Manoj Madhukar, hotel’s food and beverage manager, said their chefs would be displaying a wide variety of country snacks and famous dishes as well. “Football lovers would get to enjoy dishes from Argentina, Korea, Italy, Europe along with special beverage menu.
And youngsters can enjoy cool evenings at Tiffany and Jack Daniel at hotel Radisson. Parveen Kumar Sharma, Executive Chef at Radisson, said at Tiffany, customers would be able to avail a complimentary pint, can of beer, soft drink or canned juice as per choice on every ala carte order of Rs 600. While Jack Daniel would be launching Singha Beer with special offer of buy one and get one free. “We would be offering a glass of draught beer on every goal and a pitcher on a hat-trick by any individual player. And international cuisine too”, he added. Further to add upon the soccer fever is ‘Mantra Pub’ where football lovers can enjoy special football cocktails and mock tails. The owner of the pub, Kamaljit Singh Hayer said the earlier they conducted a similar screening of the IPL and received a thundering response. “Football is synonymous to thrill and craze and one cannot enjoy it minus a good ambience. And nothing can match the excitement of watching it in a bar. We have planned to watch the matches in the bars with our friends”, said a group of youngsters. While hotel Country Inns and Suits has also made arrangements at the bar ‘Big Shot’ where preparations are through to install big projectors and hook the football lovers to the big screen. The hotel has also planned to celebrate it in a big way on the final day of the match. Apart from this, city’s first ever Q’s disco has added a special feature of juggling at their bar. Barjinder Kashyap, the owner of the disco said as soon as the crowd occupancy reaches near 60 per cent our juggler performs twice attracting the youngsters. “We have also hired a full disc jockey who would play thrilling music numbers to add more charm to the soccer season,” he said.
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Football Frenzy
Jalandhar, June 10 Nostalgic about the bygone days, the players from the hinterlands of Jalandhar were seen displaying soccer skills and shared their fond memories with the college football team members. The boys, who were picked up by the leading football clubs of the country,
owed their success to their grass-root training on the college grounds. Talking to The Tribune, Warundeep (23), who has been playing with the Churchill Brothers, Goa, for the past four years, said it was the major turning point of his life when he was selected in the club. “It was here at the college that I picked up my basic lessons in this sport. I was lucky enough to get a chance to play with a leading club like Churchill Brothers. But, still scores of talented football players fail to reach the top slot owing to lack of proper coaching,” he added. He also played with the Tata Football Academy before joining the Churchill Brothers Club. Warundeep passed his Class XII from the college in the 2002. “In the name of clubs we have no option apart from JCT, Phagwara. While the world is going gaga over the FIFA World Cup, we are lacking behind due to lack of opportunities and government support,” he said. Another player Rakinderjit Singh (25) from the JCT, Phagwara, maintained that the regular coaching coupled with coaching from their coach Vijay in the college was of immense help. “Within days of joining the college, we picked up the technical aspects of the game,” he added. A midfield, Rakinderjit, also played for the prestigious I-League and was selected during the trials of the JCT, Phagwara. While earlier he also played for the Mahilpur Academy. However, he lamented the lack of proper infrastructure, coaching and government support to push the game in the state. While Harpreet Singh (27), who is playing for Air India, Mumbai, said though he started playing quite early but his football career picked up after he joined the Khalsa College football team. “I really feel for many good football players who are forced to leave the game owing to lack of job opportunities. And not everybody can reach the top football clubs. The state government’s Sports Department should make some efforts to help develop football nurseries at colleges ad schools,” he said. Initially, this defender played for the JCT, Phagwara, and then joined the Mahindra United Football Academy, Mumbai. “I also played for the East Bengal Football Club and then was picked up by Air India,” he maintained. Among other players from the college academy is Karan Atwal (22), who has been playing for a year with the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (MBAC) in Kolkata. The footballer played for almost two years with the Tata Football Academy and then joined MBAC last year. Football coach of the college Vijay said ever since these boys joined the college team, he was sure of a bright future for them. “We have been providing the best facilities and diet to our players in the college. And we are sure of this success saga to continue,” he said. |
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JIT drops land from acquisition; Cong alleges nexus
Jalandhar, June 10 PPCC Secretary Virendra Sharma and DCC President Arun Walia said there was a plan to acquire over 125 acres of land for developing the new housing colony near Surya Enclave by Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT). Elaborating on the issue, Congress leaders, accompanied by DCC Vice President Jitendra Sharma said even local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia had made a public statement some time ago, which was carried in several newspapers, that 125 acres of land would be acquired to develop a new colony, but the JIT issued a notice of acquisition of just 94.97 acres land. The JIT issued the notice under section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, carried in several newspapers on June 7. It has been clearly stated in the notice that 94.97 acres land would be acquired. Congress leaders questioned why the JIT issued notice of acquiring only 94.97, whereas the local bodies minister had stated publicly that 125 acres land would be acquired. Answering their question themselves, they said the JIT left over 30 acres of land from being acquired, due to
the nexus of several colonisers and ruling party leaders and they further alleged money had exchanged hands for the same. Interestingly, a case was already filed by the Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government against the then local bodies minister Chaudhary Jagjit Singh and the then Chairman of the Amritsar Improvement Trust Jugal Kisore Sharma, for allegedly committing a similar deed regarding a colony at Amritsar, during the Amarinder Singh-led previous Congress government.
The Congress leaders further criticised the proposal of the construction of a 120-feet-road between Qazi Mandi and Surya Enclave. They said there was already a kutcha road of 57 feet between the two colonies, so there was no need to displace several residents for widening the road as no such wide road is located either at Qazi Mandi or at Surya Enclave.
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Electricity poles stand in middle of road
Jalandhar, June 10 Three electricity poles, carrying high tension wires, stand in middle of the road and the department has hardly given any thought of shifting them since after the widening of the road. Illegal parking of rickshaws and encroachment by vendors on the link road have added to traffic woes. Residents of the area alleged that the electricity poles, encroachment by vendors and weekly vegetable market give them hard time. Charanjit Sharma, a resident of Gurunanakpura West, lamented that the authorities were waiting for a major tragedy to happen. In absence of streetlights, the chance of vehicles ramming into these poles is maximum. The parking of rickshaws on a T-point at Laddowali road has further aggravated the problem. Moreover, the department has not erected any signboard or light reflectors cautioning the motorists on either sides of the road, claimed Sher Singh, a commuter from
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Young World
Jalandhar, June 10 Summer camps
A summer camp was organised in MGN Public School, Kapurthala, during summer vacation. Around 250 students from Classes KG to VIII participated in the camp. Various activities like dance, music, bhangra, cooking, clay-modelling, spoken English and splash pool for tiny-tots were conducted. Sports classes in basketball, cricket, and skating were also organised. A summer camp was organised at Swami Sant Dass Public School, Phagwara, from May 31 to June 10 for Classes III to VIII. Students participated in games,
bhangra, western dance, classical dance and band. Orientation programme
To develop three-way
relationship among students, teachers and parents, Cambridge International School, Phagwara, organised an
orientation programme in the school. The parents were told about various methodologies and activities adopted by the
teachers to teach different subjects and topics. They were shown how the concepts were made clear to the students and how the teaching and learning process was made interesting. University toppers
Students of BA-III of the Prem Chand Markanda S.D. College for Women bagged merit positions in Guru Nanak Dev University examinations. Divya, Darshpuneet Kaur, Vanita, Nisha Mohan, Sarbjeet Kaur and Sonia Thakur have been placed in the merit list. Sakshi, a student of BSc (economics)-III of KMV bagged the third position by scoring 1,841 marks out of 2,400 in the university, while Niti Gulati of BSc-III stood third in the varsity by scoring 1,886 marks. Aarti of BSc (fashion designing)-III got the third position, while Amanpreet secured fifth position in the university. Harsimran Singh of BCom-III of Apeejay College secured the third position in the unversity and scored 76.29 per cent while Dolly Gupta from the same class bagged the seventh position in the university. |
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Ex-minister’s cremation tomorrow
Kapurthala, June 10 Gulzar Singh died due to cardiac arrest in the UK on June 3. He had gone there in connection with electioneering in favour of Varinder Sharma who was seeking his re-election to the UK Parliament. Gulzar Singh belonged to a freedom fighter family. His father late Capt Pritam Singh served in the Indian Army and later joined the INA. He also remained president of the Kapurthala DCC. Gulzar Singh was elected MLA from Kapurthala in 1992 and was made a minister in the Cabinet of Harcharan Singh Brar and also in the Cabinet of Rajinder Kaur Bhattal. — TNS
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Death anniversary of sant observed
Phagwara, June 10 As the dera belonged to Dera Sachkhand Ballan, tight police security arrangements had been made. The anniversary function passed off peacefully. Kirtan was performed. Brilliant students were honoured and four students were awarded gold medals and four silver medals. Sant Niranjan Singh Ballan Wale (Dera Ballan) addressed the sangat. Sant Surinder Singh Ballan, Sant Lekh Raj, Sant Mohan Dass, Sant Avtar Dass, Sant Kabul Dass and Sant Milkha Singh also addressed the gathering. |
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Khalsa College to sign MoU with RNIS College
Jalandhar, June 10 Graduate students from any stream and undergraduate students with three years of work experience in the financial field are eligible to this programme. The course would be run in affiliation with the Financial Planning Standard Board of India (affiliated to the Financial Planning Standard Board, USA). Principal Dr Jaspal Singh Randhawa said the course offered wide career opportunities to students to go with the growing market. “This course is being conducted in 23 countries across the globe and is considered as the highest certification of financial planning professionals,” he said. The certification programme would enable students to become CFPs, a flourishing career in India and abroad. The course offers dynamic scope in areas like financial services, banking, insurance, investment planning, mutual funds and tax planning. “With this course, students can earn salary packages ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 8 lakh per annum,” he added.
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Doctors donate blood
Jalandhar, June 10 In a press note issued here yesterday, association president Dr Harish Bhardwaj and secretary Dr Vijay Joshi said the camp was held under the supervision of Blood Transfusion Officer (BTO) Gagan Deep Singh. Civil Surgeon S.K. Gupta, Medical Superintendent Dr Chandra Mohan and Assistant Civil Surgeon Sanjiv Babuta were present at the camp. Several students of the DAV Nursing Institute also donated blood on the occasion. |
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Woman commits suicide
Jalandhar, June 10 The wife of a photographer, Paramjit Singh, she was alone at home at the time of the incident. Fights were a routine affair among the couple, the police said. Gurpreet Kaur was rushed to a private hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The body has been sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Inquest proceedings have been initiated by the Sadar police in this regard. |
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Man run over by train
Phagwara, June 10 Reports said the deceased, who was travelling from Ambala to Jalandhar, got down to drink water at platform 2 as the train stopped at Phagwara railway station, but he skidded and fell on the track while boarding the train. The GRP has sent the body to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. |
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Phagwara, June 10 Injured Anjala (18), Ashok Kumar (25), Hemant Sudhir (30) of Phagwara and Lakhbir Singh and Gurwinder Singh of Barnala were admitted in the Phagwara Civil Hospital. All the injured were stated to be out of danger. — OC
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Jalandhar, June 10
Besides, the hotel has also planned promotional schemes to woo the football lovers. “We have planned to give a bottle of wine and beer with every goal during the matches. While the hotel will remain decked up with country flags and pictures of the players from different countries,” he added.