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‘Autocratic’ attitude of Army in Jalandhar Cantonment
Residents to lodge protest on Feb 21
Jalandhar, February 13
Agitated at the “autocratic” attitude of the Army in Jalandhar Cantonment, the cantonment residents have decided to hold a massive protest in front of the Headquarters Sub Area Commander on February 21.

NRI shows exemplary way to remember departed valentine
Has been holding eye camps on Valentine’s Day in her memory
Jalandhar, February 13
An aged NRI, Dr Avtar Singh Sachdeva, showed an exemplary way to others to keep alive sweet memories of their departed valentines. The NRI has been sponsoring an eye camp in Punjab on every Valentine’s Day for the last three years in memory of his valentine Sudarshan Sachdeva.

Posts of teacher to be filled in two months
Hoshiarpur, February 13
The government has decided to fill all vacant posts of teacher in government schools within two months, said Education Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan while talking to mediapersons at Tanda, 32 km from here, this afternoon.

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	‘Autocratic’ attitude of Army in Jalandhar Cantonment Residents to lodge protest on Feb 21 Kusum Arora Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 13 Agitated at the “autocratic” attitude of the Army in Jalandhar Cantonment, the cantonment residents have decided to hold a massive protest in front of the Headquarters Sub Area Commander on February 21. The protest has been decided following the closure of Mall Road in the cantonment by the Army authorities, which connects cantonment to Sansarpur, Dhina, Khusropur and Jamsher villages situated on its periphery. It has been more than a month since the approach road from Sansarpur to Mall Road is lying closed causing inconvenience to the local residents. The cantonment residents would protest by sitting in front of the office of Brigadier Arup Sen, the Sub Area Commander of Headquarters 11 Corps-cum-president of the Cantonment Board, Jalandhar. The protest would be held jointly by the cantonment residents and the Citizens Welfare Association. Talking about the protest, Shiv Kanwar Singh Sandhu, former member of the Dr Ambedkar Foundation, said it had become a common practice with the Army authorities to block the roads approaching cantonment. “The sudden closure has left the cantonment residents and the residents of the villages on its periphery with no option but to protest against this autocratic move of the Army. On February 21, we will gather villagers from the surrounding villages and converge in front of the Sub Area Commander’s office,” he said. He said the incident was affecting the students, ex-servicemen, daily workers, local residents and a large number of Christian community, who commute through this road. “As the two main churches, St Mary’s Cathedral and St Lukes Church is also situated on this road, the Christian community is badly affected. While the ex-servicemen are not able to approach the Vajra Station canteen, which is situated at a stone’s throw from the closed gate,” he maintained. It needs to be mentioned here that the Army authorities had constructed a gate on the Sansarpur-Mall Road stretch a few years ago. Earlier, the Army authorities used to close the gate at 8 pm and open it at 6 am owing to security reasons, but this time they closed it permanently. However, a section of villagers and cantonment residents even said they had no problems with the Army conducting routine security checks and closing the gate in the evening and morning hours. “We have been supporting the Army authorities in security checks, but it is beyond our understanding why they preferred to close the gate. This clearly shows the autocratic behavior of the Army in the cantonment,” the residents added. When contacted in this regard, Defence PRO Naresh Vig said the Sansarpur gate had been closed owing to some construction work. “As soon as the construction is over the gate would be opened to the general public,” he added.
	NRI shows exemplary way to remember departed valentine Has been holding eye camps on Valentine’s Day in her memory Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 13 An aged NRI, Dr Avtar Singh Sachdeva, showed an exemplary way to others to keep alive sweet memories of their departed valentines. The NRI has been sponsoring an eye camp in Punjab on every Valentine’s Day for the last three years in memory of his valentine Sudarshan Sachdeva. Dr Sachdeva (82) comes all the way from Kansas state in the USA to Punjab after sparing time from his well-established business of pest control to sponsor the eye check-up and operation camp at Raipur Pir Baksh village of Kapurthala. His wife passed away just a day before Valentine’s Day five years ago, that is on February 13, 2006. He decided to donate her organs, including liver, kidneys and cornea, on the inspiration of an NRI doctor, he said, adding that these organs were transplanted on the beneficiaries on Valentine’s Day. The NRI said he wanted to do some genuine charitable work for the needy. He coincidentally came in contact of Jalandhar-based doctor Tajinder Singh Goindi, MD (ophthalmology), former Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Chief Medical Officer, through the latter’s brother-in-law Dr Harinder Singh Oberoi of the PAU, Ludhiana, during his assignment in the USA. So the NRI decided to organise an eye check-up camp in 2009 with the help of Dr Goindi in collaboration with Jalandhar-based Bapu Inder Singh Charitable Trust at the Kapurthala village on February 14. The trust secretary, Dr Gurpartap Singh, also a former PCMS official, said 39 patients were operated upon during the first eye camp, whereas the number of operations rose to 50 in the second year in 2010. Now again the NRI was going to sponsor the eye camp, where several more persons suffering from different eye problems would get relief. Born at Gujranwala, now in Pakistan, Dr Sachdeva spent several years as a student in Patiala and worked for several years as Senior Assistant Manager (Quality Control) in the FCI in New Delhi before leaving for the USA in 1974. In his message to the youth, he said the young generation should take a pledge of donating organs on Valentine’s Day to make others happy.
	Posts of teacher to be filled in two months Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, February 13 The government has decided to fill all vacant posts of teacher in government schools within two months, said Education Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan while talking to mediapersons at Tanda, 32 km from here, this afternoon. Initially, all vacant posts of teacher in government schools located in rural, Kandi, Bet and border areas would be filled, followed by those in urban schools. The process of issuing the appointment letters to 7600 teachers already selected was continuing. Denying any rift with with Krishan Kumar, Director-General, School Educationand, Sekhwan said the recent de-centralisation of powers in the department was done according to the rules.
	‘Jagriti Yatra’ starts Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, February 13 The All-India Adhi-dharam Mission started a “Jagriti Yatra” from Sri Khuralgarh Sahib under the patronage of Sant Ravi Charan Dass. The yatra would reach Sri Goverdhanpur Kashi in Uttar Pradesh, the birthplace of Sri Guru Ravi Dass, on February 18. Giving details, Jagdish Suman, president of the district unit of the All-India Adhi-dharam Mission, said devotees thronged Garhshanker, Banga, Nawanshahr, Banga, Behram, Phagwara, etc, to welcome the yatra.
	Three medical stores raided, intoxicants seized Tribune News Service Amritsar, February 13 Health teams from all over Punjab raided the premises of various medical stores in the Katra Sher Singh area in the walled city here. Teams comprising two Assistant Drug Controllers Ajay Singla and Pardeep Mattu from Chandigarh and nine Drug Inspectors from various districts of the state raided shops of G.S Sons, Pacific Pharmaceuticals and Anmol Pharma. Sources said a total of 15 inspections were made during the raid. The team recovered a huge quantity of intoxicants, including 21,000 tablets, 10,000 injections and 275 cough syrups from the stores. The owners failed to present the purchase and sale bills of these medicines to the raiding teams, revealed the sources. The seized drugs would be presented in the court tomorrow. Earlier, the local team raided rural areas of Daburji and Chogawan where it recovered injections of oxytocin and intoxicants.
	Thrashed by kin, man dies of injuries Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 13 A middle-aged man along with his son allegedly killed his nephew with a sharp-edged weapon and a baseball bat at Kot Ramdas, near Rama Mandi,. The incident occurred on Friday when Satman Chand and his son Charanjit, alias Vicky, indulged in an argument with Parshotam Lal and his brother Ashwani Kumar over some petty issue. Harbinder Singh, Additional SHO, Rama Mandi, said following altercation Satman Chand went to his house, took out a kirpan and attacked Parshotam Lal. While defending himself, Parshotam Lal sustained injuries on his fingers. In the meantime, Vicky came with a baseball bat and hit Satman on his back and abdomen leaving him seriously injured, he said. Ashwani Kumar also received injuries when he tried to save Parshotam. Ashwani Kumar then rushed his brother to the Civil Hospital. After undergoing treatment whole night, Parshotam Lal died on Saturday morning. The body was handed over to the family members after postmortem on Saturday afternoon. The police has registered a case under Section 304 of the IPC against Satman Chand and Charanjit at Rama Mandi police station, but no arrest has been made so far.