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Gurdaspur Civil Hospital, a hotbed of corruption
Mahatma Gandhi library to come up in Hoshiarpur
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SukhbirSpeak
2 held for abetting suicide
4 held for causing damage to Punjab Roadways bus
snatchers’ day-out
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Gurdaspur Civil Hospital, a hotbed of corruption
The local Vigilance Bureau has exposed a scam going on in the Births and Deaths section of the hospital, in which residents were being fleeced on the pretext of being issued birth certificates for their children. Vigilance sleuths have booked a clerk Davinder Singh of the statistics branch, which is responsible for issuing birth and death certificates. An FIR, under section 7 and 13 (2) (Prevention of Corruption Act) has been registered against the clerk and he is now being investigated by the bureau officials, in an attempt to unearth the entire modus operandi behind the release of birth and death certificates. The clerk was nabbed day before yesterday, by a team led by DSP (vigilance) Pardeep Malik from a tea stall outside the hospital complex, after he had taken Rs 3,000 as bribe from Tarlochan Singh, a resident of the nearby Chainewal village. Sources reveal that the arrest of Davinder Singh was just the tip of the iceberg and a lot of dust is expected to fly around once his investigation is completed. Tarlochan Singh wanted a birth certificate for his son Harvinder Singh and he applied for the same from the statistical section on June 7. Davinder asked him to take the certificate on August 30. However, Tarlochan Singh was not given the certificate and instead was told to wait for some more days. The reason forwarded to him was that “some of the documents he had given were not complete in certain respects.” Last week Tarlochan Singh again approached Davinder Singh, who asked for a bribe of Rs 5,000 to be paid to him if he wanted the certificate. The bribe amount was settled at Rs 3,000, but a livid Tarlochan Singh, instead of paying the bribe, walked straight into the office of DSP (vigilance) across the road and reported the matter to him. The DSP laid a trap and acting on the advice of the vigilance officials, Tarlochan Singh lured Davinder Singh to a nearby tea shop where he gave him six notes of Rs 500 denomination. Acting on a gesture by Tarlochan Singh, the DSP and his team of officials, who were accompanied by two government witnesses, nabbed the clerk red-handed. Earlier, in mid-September, a pharmacist was caught red-handed by the hospital authorities, when they learnt that he had been swindling user charges collected by hospital from patients to the tune of lakhs of rupees. This incident had forced the civil surgeon to ask the director, health services, to conduct a detailed audit into the episode. |
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Mahatma Gandhi library to come up in Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur, October 2 The Municipal Council had given Rs 2.5 lakh for the library. The minister also laid the foundation stone of the memorial to be constructed in the memory of inspector Ranjit Singh Kang, who laid down his life while fighting Maoists at Chhattisgarh. Several functions were organised by social organisations on the occasion of birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri here today. Jalandhar: Local Bodies Minister Manorajan Kalia garlanded the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries here today. The District Youth Congress (rural), Jalandhar, organised a ‘shram daan’ camp, dedicating the community service to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. Reiterating firm belief in the principle of non-violence and dignity of labour, the youth activists of the Phillaur block, led by DYC (R) president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, held a function on the banks of the Sutlej on his samadhi, Gandhi Dham, Phillaur. Rich tributes were also paid to former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. The youth activists swept the premises of the Civil Hospital and involved the locals as well. Later, a blood donation camp was held by the Youth Congress activists along with Naujawan Welfare Youth Club of Phillaur. Mini-marathon Phagwara: The Indian Medical Association, Phagwara, and Rotary Club, Phagwara, south east, organised a mini-marathon to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Phagwara today. The event was flagged off from the Gandhi Hospital. More than 500 citizens, including doctors, social activists and students of various educational institutions, participated in the marathon. Several Congressmen, including former minister Joginder Singh Maan held prayers, garlanded Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at the Town Hall. Gurdaspur: The Gurdaspur District Youth Congress organised a free health check up camp at the railway station to mark Gandhi Jayanti here today. More than 400 people turned up at the camp today where they were given free medicines. The doctors who were present on the occasion were Dr Rajesh Kashyap (ENT), Dr Amandeep (Medicine) and Dr Gulzar Thakur (Eye specialist). |
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Hoshiarpur, October 2 He said to control the disease and to make potable water available to people, water supply schemes had been started and modernised health services had been made available throughout the state. On the non-completion of power house under the Mukerian Hydel Project, he said he would get the matter probed and would make efforts to get this venture completed at the
earliest. Sukhbir said in addition to provide standard education to students, the government would encourage students to take part in sports. |
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2 held for abetting suicide
Jalandhar, October 2 Depressed after being allegedly harassed by the management, Kishan
Avtar, an employee of the company committed suicide by handing himself at his rented accommodation in the Basti Bawa Khel area on Friday. Talking to the Tribune, SHO
J.S. Randhawa said Vikas Bhandari, operation head, and Bhupinder Singh were arrested while their three accomplices Jagdish (HR head), Akas
Parmar, and Parminder Singh Shergill are still absconding. Efforts are being made to nab them, he added. The body was handed over to the family members after the post-mortem examination at local Civil Hospital, this afternoon. The employees of the company boycotted the office and staged a dharma outside the premises of the company. They lit candles in the memory of Kishan Avtar and demanded arrest of all the accused. The protesters also demanded adequate compensation for the aggrieved family from the company. Meanwhile, a press note issued by Vrinda
Walavalkar, Senior Vice-President (Corporate Communications) of the company, claimed that the company respects the feelings and sentiments of his family and friends. “We would, however, like to state that the questioning followed standard HR practices. Accusations of harassment or torture during the questioning are malicious and malafide and have no basis,” the press note read. |
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4 held for causing damage to Punjab Roadways bus
Gurdaspur, October 2 According to police sources, four people boarded the Gurdaspur-bound bus at Batala and picked up a quarrel with conductor Victor Masih. The conductor’s fault was that he dared the youth to buy tickets for luggage they had kept on the bus roof. The youth felt insulted and physically assaulted Masih. The arrested youth have been identified as Sarbjit Singh, Pargat Singh, Sukhdev Singh and
Channa Singh. — TNS |
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snatchers’ day-out
Hoshiarpur, October 2 Avtar Singh, along with some others, was going in the said car to Noorpur Bedi. When they reached near Bora village, three unidentified youths on a motorcycle suddenly appeared before them and forced them to stop their car. One of them smashed a windowpane of the car and snatched the car on gunpoint and the aforesaid three mobile phone sets. After snatching them, they fled along with his car. The Garhshankar police has registered a case under sections 382 and 34 of the IPC in this connection. In another case, three unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched a motorcycle (PB-07-W-1845) from Ashok Kumar of Motia village near Bahowal by threatening him with a sharp-edged weapon. In the third case, some miscreants fled on the motorcycle (PB-07-S-1797) of Gurmit Singh of Bainstani, while he was urinating, on the way from Nanda Chaur to his village. In the fourth case, Resham Singh of Rampur Bilron, along with two masked unidentified youths, assaulted Pardip Singh of the same village and snatched his bag containing Rs 30,000 cash and his mobile phone, while he was going to his house after closing the liquor vend. In the fifth case, some miscreants stole the scooter (PB-07-G-2730) of Rohit Prabhakar of local Mohalla Premgarh, in front of his house.
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Tikshan Sud, Minister for Medical Education and Research, Forest and Wildlife, Labour and Parliamentary Affairs, Punjab, laid the foundation stone of the Mahatma Gandhi library at the Mohalla Bahadurpur on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti here today.
Gurdaspur, October 2