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Reappointment of EO
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Teenager tonsured, paraded publicly in presence of cops
Statue installation row ends with change in site
Licence Submission Chemists resist cops’ directions
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Jalandhar, August 6 While handing over the institute to the consortium, the state government’s governing body, headed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, had laid down certain rules, which included that the institute would take treatment charges on par with the PGI, Chandigarh. Besides, the quality of both indoor and outdoor services provided to the patients was also to be monitored. Most important was to ensure that below poverty line (BPL) patients were given free-of-cost treatment. The steering committee had given the task to monitor all that to the team of Dr AS Padda, who was Director-Principal of the institute before its being handed over to the consortium. On February 2, this year, it was decided by steering committee, which was to enforce all the decisions taken with regards to PIMS, that Dr Padda, who has his office in a separate building in a corner of the institute campus, would be given five rooms in the main building for his team of officials for monitoring purpose. However, the rooms have not been provided yet though the institute started functioning several weeks ago. As per the documents assessed by The Tribune, the issue was again discussed in the meeting of the committee held on March 16 and then again in the meeting on April 4. However, the society remained reluctant to provide space. Asked in this regard, Rajshekhar K, authoritative representative of the society, said rooms could not be provided because an inspection of the Medical Council of India was due to be held at the institute. He said the rooms sought by the monitoring authorities were in fact reserved for the Director-Principal and other senior functionaries of the institute. He said as of now the inspection would be held in January next year, the rooms could not be provided till then to the monitoring committee. “We have offered alternative rooms to the committee and they have to make do with these only,” he asserted. Commenting on the issue, Dr AS Padda, Director, PIMS, said, “Both the parties conducted a joint inspection of the rooms which were being offered by the society, on July 27. However, the issue is still pending. We hope that it would soon be resolved,” When asked regarding the delay in the allocation, he said only the representatives of the society could tell better reasons behind such a delay. No Room At Punjab Institute Of Medical Sciences Rooms could not be provided because an inspection of the Medical Council of India was due to be held at the institute. He said the rooms sought by the monitoring authorities were in fact reserved for the Director-Principal and other senior functionaries of the institute. As of now the inspection would be held in January next year, the rooms could not be provided till then to the monitoring committee and they will have to make do with alternative rooms. — Rajshekhar K, representative of the PIMS Medical and Education Charitable Society |
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BJP councillors submit resignations in protest
Ashok Kaura
Phagwara, August 6 Factionalism in the BJP has come to the fore in Phagwara following reappointment of the Executive Officer who was posted in Phagwara fifth time. NC Executive Officer Adarsh Sharma has been shifted merely after 25 days after his posting here, while former EO Paramjit Singh, who was transferred from Phagwara on July 8, has been brought back here as Executive Officer. He took over the charge yesterday. The posting of Paramjit Singh in Phagwara has flared up the factionalism in the BJP. NC president Balbhadhar Sein Duggal and district BJP general secretary Rakesh Duggal are supporting the reappointment of Paramjit Singh, while as many as six of the nine BJP councillors are supporting EO Adarsh Sharma. It was reliably learnt that the angry BJP councillors had submitted their resignations from the party to block BJP president Arun Khosla in protest against the undue transfer of Adarsh Sharma. Khosla has reportedly handed over the resignation letters to Punjab BJP President Ashwini Sharma. It was learnt that many senior BJP leaders were camping in Pathankot today to meet Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia, Ashwini Sharma, Punjab BJP organisational general secretary Ajay Jamwal and some senior RSS stalwarts to plead their case against the reappointment of Paramjit Singh in Phagwara. Several BJP leaders, including BJP ministers and RSS activists, are gathering at Pathankot to participate a series of meetings and three-day training camp of the party from Friday.
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Teenager tonsured, paraded publicly in presence of cops
Jalandhar, August 6 The incident occurred in Mithu Basti this morning when Ajay Kumar, a resident of Hardev Nagar, who was on his way to his aunt’s house in the locality and certain residents of the area intercepted him. Suspecting that he was chasing some girl of the locality, certain basti residents argued with him, the eyewitnesses revealed. Noticing the activity in their locality, a number of other residents, including women, assembled at the spot and tied the boy to a shutter of a shop and gave him a sound beating. The mob then called a barber and got his head tonsured. Receiving information, the police personnel also reached the spot but proved mute spectator to the crime. The mob even applied black ink on Ajay’s face and paraded him in the locality, an eyewitness claimed. Talking to The Tribune, SHO, Basti Bawa Khel, Jasbir Singh Randhawa, said Ajay was going to his aunt Nirmal Kaur’s house when the area resident stopped him midway and committed the crime. The SHO claimed that four persons - Happy, an electrician, Shakil Ahmad, a barber, Kaka and Panesar- have been identified for committing the crime. The suspects have been booked on the complaint of the victim. A case under sections 342, 356, 504, 506 and 148 of the IPC has been registered against them but no arrest was made till late this evening. Sources in the police revealed that no action was initiated against the cops who were present at the time when the head of the poor boy was being tonsured and he was paraded publicly. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (City-II) Sarbjit Singh was not available for comments.
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Statue installation row ends with change in site
Nakodar, August 6 Earlier hundreds of activists of the Balmiki community under the banner of Bhagwan Balmiki Dharam Samaj, headed by Vijay Danav, assembled in the Balmiki Mandir and protested against the Nakodar administration, including Nagar Council authorities, which described the installation of the statue as encroachment on the municipal land in violation of the Supreme Court’s instructions. The demonstrators demanded allotment of plots on reserved price for members of the Balmiki community as agreed by the government. Danav and district general secretary Subhash Sondhi alleged discrimination against the community and formed a 21-member action committee to chalk out the next strategy for the agitation. Meanwhile, DSP Khakh succeeded in persuading the agitators to hold talks with the authorities. After talks the action committee members agreed to replace the statue site from the dry swimming pool to another place near Nishan Sahib already installed by the Balmiki community and normalcy returned to Nakodar on Wednesday evening. Khakh said today that now the protesters had agreed to change the site of the statue of Lord Valmik and the administration had assured them to plead their case for allotment of plots to members of the community at reserved price in Nakodar. Later the statue was installed at the new place near Nishan Sahib.
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Licence Submission Chemists resist cops’ directions
Jalandhar, August 6 Retail Chemists’ Association president Jatinder Singh Chawla said when the drug authorities had the records pertaining to their trade in the district, the police had no authority to interfere in the matter. All they can do is to assist drug authorities to conduct raids on illegal and unscrupulous chemists, he added. Instead of harassing genuine members of their association, the police should target those shops which are operating illegally even after their licences have been cancelled by the authorities concerned, he said. He said they would submit a memorandum to the Police Commissioner in this concern tomorrow. Meanwhile, the local drug authorities have taken serious note of the shops running even after the cancellation of their licences. |
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Taking the law into their own hands, residents of Mithu Basti reportedly tied a teenaged boy to a shutter of a shop, tonsured his head and paraded him publicly. Reason: He was suspected to have an illicit relationship with a girl of the locality.
