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Heavy challan fear starts showing results Youngsters riding a motorcycle without helmet
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Former CISF constable reunited with family
 Amritsar, March 2
Finally, family members of former CISF constable Syed Gulam Nabi Shah, who was staying at the local Red Cross Bhawan after his repatriation from Pakistan, arrived here today to take him back. Nabi had crossed over to Pakistan five years ago from Kashmir in an insane condition. He was under treatment at the Institute of Mental Health in Srinagar. Before this, he was posted at Ghaziabad. He is one of the five Indian prisoners repatriated from Pakistan recently. Syed Gulam Nabi Shah (right) hugs his brother in Amritsar. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
More turning to government institutes for child delivery
From colleges
NRHM awards: JBM hospital bags 5 prizes
Road paving brings respite
Hockey star pays obeisance at Golden Temple
Indian hockey player Sardara Singh at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Sameer
Sehgal
Seminar on diseases held
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Heavy challan fear starts showing results
Amritsar, March 2 Even as the amendment is to be introduced in the Budget Session, the residents are seemingly adapting themselves to the change. The visible impact was such that only a few drivers were seen without helmets. In a city where meagre fines have failed to check driving without helmet and nearly 5,063 people were challaned for the offence in the past two months, the harsher fines would perhaps check traffic violations. However, the traffic policemen are really feeling empowered. “Earlier, the fines were so less that a few rich kids dared us to challan them. They paid the fine on the spot and rode away mocking us,” said a policeman, adding that the provisions to cancel licences after a few challans would help tame such brats. On the contrary, a college student, Jungveer Singh, said, “This is only going to breed corruption. Now policemen would settle for more money.” An elderly woman, Gurdial Kaur, said, “Most of the accidents are caused due to traffic rules violations. It is good that the government has at last thought to introduce harsher laws.” She said following rules would slowly become a habit. Another resident Satinderjit Singh said, “The government must also take steps to end political interference in the department. If political interference continues, only those who are politically not connected will be punished.” He said corruption by traffic cops and political interference were the reasons for bad state of traffic in the city. The ACP (Traffic), Karanjeet Singh, said, “The harsh punishments are surely going to check traffic violations. People will be afraid to break rules when they know that it going to be a costly affair.” He said there was no truth in saying that harsher fines would breed corruption. “Even this day if a large number of challans are issued it means that policemen are doing their work without any fear and temptation,” he said. In the two months - January and February - 12,761 challans were issued for traffic violations, he said.
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Body of 5-year-old ‘kidnapped’ boy found
Amritsar, March 2 Due to this the traffic remained suspended on the national highway while thousands of tourists thronging the Attari-Wagah joint check post to witness the Beating the Retreat ceremony had a tough time reaching the destination. The agitators raised slogans against the SHO of the Gharinda police station, besides a local ruling party leader for the alleged inaction. According to information, five-year-old Kishan Singh Labhu, resident of Ranike village, along with his family had gone to attend a function at a marriage palace located on the road on February 27. Santokh Singh, father of the deceased alleged that one Pappu and a tantric of Bhadiar village kidnapped his son from the palace. He said they had filed a complaint against Pappu at the Gharinda police station. The Gharinda police nabbed him along with several other persons, including a woman. However, a ruling party leader intervened and the police released all of them. Today, the body of Kishan Singh was found in a pit near the marriage palace. Nachhatar Khosla, president of the Guru Gian Granth Valmiki Dharam Samaj, alleged that Pappu called a tantric at his home and sacrificed the boy and later threw his body in the pit. Residents of the village placed the body of the boy in front of the police station and raised slogans against the “accused”, the police and ruling party leaders. Gurnam Singh, SHO, Gharinda police station, said, “The family had suspected that pappu had kidnapped their child. I have called both the parties to the police station for the investigation today.” He said if the family members gave their statements, the police would register a criminal case against the alleged accused. The SSP, Amritsar (Rural), SPS Parmar, said as there was no injury marks on the body of the boy, the SHO had at that time initiated the proceedings under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) as per the law. He said, “I have now directed him to register a case on the statement of the family members and the matter is under investigation.”
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Former CISF constable reunited with family
Amritsar, March 2 Nabi had crossed over to Pakistan five years ago from Kashmir in an insane condition. He was under treatment at the Institute of Mental Health in Srinagar. Before this, he was posted at Ghaziabad. He is one of the five Indian prisoners repatriated from Pakistan recently. His family members, including brother and nephew, arrived from Kashmir to take him back home. He was a constable with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Ghaziabad before he was referred to a mental institute at Srinagar for treatment. His elder brother, Sayad Mohammad Anwar Shah, who has retired as constable from the Border Security Force (BSF), said Ghulam Nabi went missing about five years back from his native Namabla village located close to the LoC in Kashmir. Every attempt to trace him proved futile. The matter was also taken with the Deputy Commissioner and Army officials posted there for his search. Only the identity card of Ghulam Nabi was found from the border area. When all the efforts failed, the family considered him dead, he added. “After his release, we received a call from the CISF authorities about repatriation from neighbouring country. It was only then that we came to know that he had been languishing in Pakistan jails. It was unbelievable, but the whole family is very happy to learn this. Ghulam had five daughters, one of whom was born after he went missing,” said Anwar. Constable with the CISF and his former colleague RU Khan said Ghulam had lost his senses during his posting at Ghaziabad. He was under medical treatment and referred to mental health institute in Srinagar. He said he did not know that he had crossed over to Pakistan. I last saw him in 2004, before I was transferred to some other place, he added. “I immediately recognised Ghulam after receiving information from the CISF authorities. The CISF authorities asked me to accompany Ghulam’s family for taking him back,” he said. Randhir Singh, an official of the Red Cross Society, said, “The district administration has written to the Deputy Commissioners of the areas to which the remaining prisoners belong for locating their families. But we are still waiting for the response. The Red Cross Society is also doing its utmost to trace their families.”
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Rescued rag-pickers to be sent to Children’s Home
Amritsar, March 2 A high drama was witnessed when eight of the rescued children dodged the activists of the CIF and escaped from the premises of the local unit of the Navjeevan Charitable Society running the project of the CIF in Amritsar. However, three of them were caught again by the activists. Many of these children were found to be addicts. The children were produced before a committee of the Child Welfare Council, which held its meeting under the chairmanship of Dr BL Goel, who is also Director of the Dr Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health. Mala Chawla, another member of the council, was also present. “During the counselling, the children expressed their wish to attend school and leave the rag-picking work. Most of them do not know about their parents and addresses. In case their Rescued rag-pickers to be sent parents come forward, they would be allowed to go with them,” revealed Dr Goel. The shelter home would provide medical treatment if the need be, besides looking after their education and food facilities, he added. About the drug addiction of the children, it seemed that almost all the children used nail polish remover, turpentine oil and whiteners for addiction occasionally. They used to pour them on handkerchiefs and sniff them for addiction. But, he said, it was not dangerous as a littler care would help in weaning them away from this addiction, he added. “It is a matter of investigation that how these children came from far away places to Amritsar only for begging and rag-picking. As many of them could not recall their immediate family members, they might have been kidnapped from various areas,” he said. Varinder Kumar, in charge, Railway Protection Force police station, said he would continue with his drive to locate such children and try to rehabilitate them.
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More turning to government institutes for child delivery
Amritsar, March 2 As per figures available with the Health Department, 11,882 deliveries took place at the medical institutions during 2011. While 10,574 deliveries were recorded in 2010. District Family Welfare Officer Dr Ranjit Singh Buttar said, “The more and more people are coming to the government medical institutions for childbirth. The newly started 108 ambulance service has helped in increasing the number of deliveries in institutions.” Dr Buttar said ASHA workers and ANMs in villages were also creating awareness among the people for the need of having institutional deliveries. “The institutional deliveries are a must for controlling mother mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR). It has also been noticed that a few ignorant and uneducated people are still taking help from untrained and uneducated midwives,” said Buttar. He said people should go to government medical institutions for childbirth. “We have five satellite hospitals in the periphery of the city, which cater to the needs of pregnant women. The idea behind the satellite hospitals was to provide medical services to the rural people at doorsteps. These hospitals save them from the hassles of entering city.”
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Two-day seminar on Nirmala Sampradaya organised
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 2 The seminar was organised under the aegis of Sri Mahan Sahib Pandit Gyan Dev Singh Ji Vendantacharaya Panchayanti Akhara, Nirmala Kankhal, Haridwar in association with Nirmal Takht Baba Budha Sahib Charitable Trust. Prof Gurnek Singh, former vice chancellor of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Vishva University at Fatehgarh Sahib, was the chief guest of honour while SGPC president Avtar Singh presided over the valedictory session. Prof Harpal Singh Pannu from Punjabi University, Patiala, and Singh Sahib Gyani Jaswinder Singh, Head Granthi, Sri Harmandir Sahib were chief guests on this occasion. Prof Pannu said Sikhs should be conscious about their religion and tradition. He said Nirmala Sampradaya preached the Sikh religion keeping in view the tradition and philosophy of the religion. Gyani Jaswinder Singh said Nirmala Sampradaya not only kept the old traditionsa alive but also maintained the tradition of teaching Sanskrit. Earlier, the session started with kirtan recited by Sant Sukhwant Singh Ji and Bhai Ajit Singh. Prof Jasbir Singh Sabar, Dr Gursharanjit Singh, Sant Darshan Singh Ji Shashtri from Banaras, Singh Sahib Gyani Mal Singh Ji, Sant Pal Singh from Lohiya and Dr Gurmeet Singh from Patiala also presented their papers. Bibi Kiranjit Kaur, SGPC member; Sant Gurbachan Singh Ji, mukhea mahant; Sant Sewa Singh Ji from Ram Pur Khera and Prof Jaspal Kaur Kang from Chandigarh were also present on the occasion. DNA damage prevention
The Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences of Guru Nanak Dev University organised a lecture on “Public health genomics and DNA damage prevention.” Renowned cytotoxicity expert Dr Michael Fenech from Common Wealth Industrial and Research
Organisation, Adelaide, Australia presented the lecture. Dr Fenech said psycho-sociological changes, nutritional habits and exposure to stress may lead to chromosomal irregularity and cancers. He discussed how nutritional control and regulation of vitamins, minerals and other essential food components could reduce or add on to carcinomas in humans. Special focus of his talk shifted to telomeric sequencing in aberrant cells. In his presidential address, Dr AK Thukral asked the young generation to eat right and to adopt a good lifestyle in order to keep themselves healthy.
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NRHM awards: JBM hospital bags 5 prizes
Amritsar, March 2 In the prize distribution ceremony conducted at Mohali yesterday, the health staff from the district won nine awards in different categories. AT JBM hospital, two gynaecologists - Dr Jaswinder Kaur and Dr Roopam Pasricha - have won first and third prizes, respectively, for conducting maximum number of C-section deliveries. Dr Jaswinder had conducted 724 C-section deliveries, while Dr Roopam conducted 380 operations. With 337 normal deliveries to her credit, Dr Jaswinder also won the third prize in the category. Competing with other institutions, the JBM hospital won the second prize for promoting institutional deliveries and third prize for best management team, said Senior Medical Officer Dr Balbir Singh Dhillon. Speaking at a function to congratulate the staff, Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh Randhawa said, “The district health staff members have won nine awards in various categories. Besides employees at the Civil Hospital, employees in the rural areas as Dr Reena Noor, Dr Gurpreet Kaur, ANM Surinder Kaur and ASHA worker Paramjit Kaur have also won prizes in different categories.” Among others, Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Kuldeep Singh Ghai and District Family Welfare Officer Dr Ranjit Singh Buttar were also present on the occasion to congratulate the staff members who have brought laurels to the district Health Department.
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Road paving brings respite
Amritsar, March 2 The shopkeepers complained that due to bad roads their businesses have suffered as shoppers have stopped coming to the area. Narotam Lal, a resident, said, “The road is damaged for past many years and people are suffering.” He said residents and shopkeepers have appealed to authorities concerned at different levels. The road was used for parking trucks and buses as well which led to further problem. Those who wanted to use the road had to driving amidst the parked vehicles. Naresh Kumar, a shopkeeper, said ever since the construction of the flyover began, the residents are living in a hell. Municipal corporation commissioner Dharam Pal Gupta said construction of the road would be completed soon.
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Hockey star pays obeisance at Golden Temple
Amritsar, March 2 Hailing from a small village of Haryana, Sardara is an important member of Indian national hockey team for the last four years. The midfielder-turned-defender said for some unavoidable reason he could not play in the World Series Hockey. Praising his team, he said the team was upbeat and confident to play in the Olympics. Coaching camp for the Olympics would begin in mid-March, he added. He earned the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police in Haryana when in 2008 under his captaincy India reached the finals of the Azlan Shah Cup after 12 years. He has also played for Hyderabad Sultans and Chandigarh Dynamos in the Premier Hockey League (PHL).
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Seminar on diseases held
Amritsar, March 2 About 40 scientists from various parts of the country participated in the seminar. Dr Rajinder Kuar Pawar, dean of academic affairs, in her presidential remarks highlighted the progress made by science and technology in the field of health. She said in India 80 per cent deaths among adults were mainly due to complex disorders which occur mainly to change in lifestyle. Dr BK Thelma, head of genetics, Delhi University, South Campus, in her keynote address spoke on Ayurgenomics-a panacea to complex trait research. She also discussed about her research on Amravata that is rheumatoid arthritis. She said Ayurgenomics establishes link between Ayurveda and modern science.
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The Union Government’s approval to amend the Motor Vehicle Act has started showing its impact on the roads in the city as a noticeable increase was seen in the number of drivers wearing helmet.
Amritsar, March 2
Amritsar, March 2
