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Pharmacists still busy in election-related work
Encroachments: HC summons JIT chief
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18-year-old girl dies in mishap
Jalandhar, April 9 Assistant sub-inspector Kewal Singh said the incident took when Amandeep was on her way to school on a bicycle. A sppeding truck hit her bicycle from the rear near Nakodar Chowk. She fell down and sustained head injuries. She was rushed to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead. The errant truck driver fled after the mishap. After impounding the truck, the police registered a case against the driver under Section 279, 304-A and 427 of the IPC. Brothers go missing
Family members of two teenagers are running from pillar to post to find them after they went missing three weeks ago. The missing teenagers - 15-year-old Pintu and 14-year-old Inderjit Singh - are brothers and students of Class III. Bhupath, the father of the missing children, who works as a labourer at a private hotel, said: “I had employed my sons at a showroom. They went to work, but didn’t return,” “We don’t know why they left home. The police has also failed to trace my sons,” said Bhupath. Sister of the missing teenagers Pinki (18) is making frequent rounds of the local bus stand and the railway station to trace them. NRI ends life A non-resident Indian (NRI) reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his friend’s residence in Model Town here this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Daljit Singh. He hanged himself from iron grills of stairs. The deceased was putting up at his friend’s residence for the past several days. The police has not ruled out the possibility of foul play as the body bore some injury marks. The Police said, the deceased’s relatives have been informed and further proceedings would be initiated after recording their statements. |
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Army man killed in road accident
Jalandhar, April 9 The incident took place when Rao was heading home on his motorcycle with his wife and two children after paying obeisance at a religious place in the city. When he reached near the Rama Mandi Chowk, a speeding truck hit his motorcycle. He was crushed under the wheels of the truck and died on
the spot. His wife P Sandya, son Mani Kant and daughter Harshita sustained injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable. The police has impounded the truck and booked the driver for negligent driving. |
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Children have an ace time
Jalandhar, April 9 As soon as Leander reached the venue, children jostled to get closer to their idol. A humble and interactive Paes also reciprocated the feelings of the children and expressed his willingness to talk to them individually. Besides giving autographs, the tennis star was more than happy and willing to get clicked with the budding tennis players. He was virtually bowled over by the enthusiasm of children and even took some of them in his lap. Addressing the gathering, Leander emphasised on the need to promote sports and education for the betterment of the society. He said: “Only good sports and education facility can ensure a better future of the youth, who hold the key to tomorrow’s world.” Leander said he would keep coming to the academy to train the budding tennis players. “I was a karate kid and later took to tennis, which became a passion. I am happy to see that children of this region are getting a chance to learn this sport and I wish the little champs all the very best,” he signed off. Welcomes Yuvi back home
Leander Paes welcomed cricketer Yuvraj Singh on his return to the country and wished him a speedy recovery following his treatment for a rare germ cell cancer. "Yuvi defeated cancer the way he has been routing his opponents in cricket. I wish him more achievements like the one in the World Cup last year. Everybody should learn from the fighting spirit of Yuvi," he added. |
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Pharmacists still busy in election-related work
Jalandhar, April 9 While the duties of a majority of the clinical staff members had been cancelled, for three pharmacists - two posted at a dispensary in the Shankar Civil Hospital and one at a dispensary in Nakodar - are still stuck with as booth-level officers. The booth-level officers are commissioned round the year by the district administration and the Election Commission for election related surveys and card revisions. Since these duties consume a lot of time and energy, the patients visiting their dispensaries are being ignored. Despite a letter from the Nakodar Civil Hospital SMO to the SDM seeking cancellation of their duties, these pharmacists continue to work as booth-level officers, ignoring their primary job. Notably, the Director, Health Services, had also written to Deputy Commissioners of all districts not to employ clinical health staff on election duties. The Shankar Civil Hospital has limited staff and in the absence of pharmacists, someone else has to be put on duty resulting in a crisis. In the case of the Nakodar dispensary, the pharmacist is the only employee deputed there and in his absence, the dispensary remains locked. Talking to The Tribune, Jagtar Singh, the secretary of the Pharmacists’ Association, who is one of those assigned the duties of the booth-level officer, says: “We were called for the duty in April August and December last year. This year, we had already performed our duties in January and now we will be called in April.” “Our primary job suffers for at least three days every time we are assigned the election duty. One day for the duty itself and a couple for the pre-duty meetings. In January, my dispensary remained closed for six days and patients suffered,” said Jagtar Singh. “I attend to at least 700-800 patients in OPD in a month,” he added. Jagtar has written at least thrice to the Nakodar SDM regarding the cancellation of his duty, but to no avail. On March 26, the SMO of the Nakodar Civil Hospital wrote to the Nakodar SDM regarding the cancellation of duties of these employees. However, the reply is still awaited. |
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Land registries
Jalandhar, April 9 While the process of registering documents started in the office of the tehsildar-1 this afternoon, the work was totally put off in the office of the tehsildar-2 for the whole day as the updated data was not fed in the systems. The office only received applications for issuing power of attorneys today. The data pertaining to new rates was uploaded in the systems of the tehsildar-1, but it somehow disrupted the process of digital printing of photographs of applicant used on the form, owing to which the work remained suspended for over three hours. Manjit Singh, who had come to get his house at Chhoti Baradari registered, said he had to wait for over three hours to get his work done. There were several applicants in the office of the tehsildar-1, who had been hoping that the new rates perhaps would not be applicable and that they might be able to get registries done on old collector rates. Rates for flats A quick look at the new rates indicated separate collector rates for flats. The highest rate of flats in the city is on the Mall Road in Model Town. The collector rate of the ground and the first floor has been fixed at Rs 3,000 per sq feet and that of the second and the third floor at Rs 2,400 per sq feet. The rates for the fourth floor and terrace have been fixed at Rs 2,050 per sq feet. The rates for the ground floor flats at Shourya Green have been fixed at Rs 1,700 per sq feet, while that of the first floor and above at Rs 1,440 per sq feet. Similar is the plan for flats at Saraswati Vihar, Lajpat Nagar, Ajit Nagar, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar and Cheema Nagar. The rate of flats at Guru Gobind Singh Avenue and Surya Enclave has been fixed at Rs 1,200 per sq feet for ground floor and Rs 1,140 per sq feet for the first and upper floors. Rates for malls The collector rates for malls, too, have been classified floor-wise. The rate has been fixed at Rs 11,000 per sq feet for the ground floor of malls on the Mall Road, Model Town, Skylark Chowk, Mahavir Marg, Link Road from Bus Stand to Nakodar Chowk, Ladowali Road, Garha Road, Cool Road, Police Lines Road and 120-feet road. The rate of the basement and the first floor has been fixed at Rs 9,600 per sq feet, Rs 9,000 per sq feet for the second floor and Rs 7,800 per sq feet for the third floor and above. |
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MC out of slumber, starts patchwork on Nakodar Road
Jalandhar, April 9 The road between TV Tower and the Wadala Chowk was in a bad shape for the past several months. Interestingly, the councillor of the ward where the stretch is located is behind bars in a murder case. The stretch had developed large potholes making it difficult for commuters, especially two-wheeler riders. Residents of the locality alleged the road was damaged a few weeks after it was metalled some years ago. Mayor Rakesh Rathore said the patchwork had been initiated on the stretch and within a day or two, the road would offer a smooth drive to commuters. Sources said as the councillor of ward was behind bars, the MC authorities had asked some private societies or area residents to approach the Mayor. |
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Escalating prices: ‘Dal-roti’ becomes luxury
Such is the burden of the price rise that the even simple “dal-roti” has become luxury for the common man. So much so that the common man
who visits a grocery store for kitchen essentials ends up thinking twice to buy them. Right from the pulses to the vegetables and fruits used in every Indian household not even a single item is available anywhere less than Rs 100 these days. Considering the exorbitant prices of pulses, one would indeed gather some courage to buy them. White chana, which was available at around Rs 70 per kg a month ago, has now become a “prized possession” as it is available at Rs 110 per kg these days. Even other pulses like kale maah are also priced at Rs 80 per kg, whereas a month ago it was available at Rs 60 per kg. “It has been over a month since the prices of all the pulses witnessed a steep hike. Somehow the common man is still able to manage the show, but the worst affected is the poor people as we have seen them curtailing their list of products from the grocery,” said Gaurav Sharma, a grocery shop owner. Puja, a maid in a local shopping mall, said, “In a salary of Rs 3,000 per month and a family of six to feed, what would the common man eat? Even simple dal-roti has become out of reach, hence we prefer to cook dal or vegetable once and try to manage the whole day with it.” Not only this even edible oils and have witnessed a sharp increase in their prices, thereby burning a hole in the pocket of the consumer. The price of mustard oil, which was one of the best and healthy oil for Indian cooking, has escalated to Rs 110 per litre as compared to Rs 80 per litre just a few weeks ago. Owing to such high prices, I end up buying hardly half a kg of around two to three varieties of pulses each. Surprisingly even then my budget easily crosses Rs 500. It is such a curse to run a household with limited resources,” said Gauri Shahay, a rickshaw puller. As if this was not enough, even the prices of all the vegetables are nowhere less than Rs 50 per kg these days. Local vendors claimed that one reason behind the hike in vegetable prices was that the seasonal summer vegetables were yet to arrive in bulk. While kitchen essentials such as potato, tomato and onion are available at somewhat reasonable prices of Rs 15, Rs 30 and Rs 10, respectively, however, vegetables like bottle gourd is available at Rs 40 per kg, peas are priced at Rs 50 to Rs 60 per kg and cauliflower is priced between Rs 30 to Rs 50 per kg. “One easily ends up spending more than Rs 200 on a day’s vegetables, which actually dwindles your monthly budget. Sadly, the prices of the essential commodities have been increasing with every passing day, but the salaries don’t, which leads to more burden on the common man,” said Davinder Singh, a local resident. |
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Mock drill at Indian Oil Corporation plant today
Jalandhar, April 9 The district administration and various local departments have been coordinating for conducting a chemical mock drill tomorrow morning at the site. While 30 volunteers for the exercise would be coming from Commandant of the Home Guards, 70 of them would be given by the Deputy Director, Sainik Welfare. The drill, which would start at 7.30 am, would continue till 12.45 pm. Officials of the MC would be dispatching a JCB, loading trucks, mobile toilets, road rollers and water tankers with their operators. The Civil Hospital authorities would play their role by sending in ambulance and setting up a temporary PSC at the site. Cordless mobile phone sets and fax machines would be sent by the BSNL. The police would play its role by ensuring law and order, traffic management around the site and sealing area up to 500 metre radius around the plant. Fire tenders would be sent by the Fire Brigade. Top officials from the administration would also visit the site along with disaster management teams. |
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Encroachments: HC summons JIT chief
Jalandhar, April 9 Passing orders on the matter during the hearing of five petitions clubbed in this regard on March 29, Judges Jasbir Singh and Sabina have written, “A show cause notice be issued to him as to why contempt of court proceedings be not initiated against him for non-compliance of orders passed by the court on many dates.” The court was hearing matter on encroachments in Rishi Nagar and on the dairy road in Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar. It even asked the JIT authorities as to how they had allowed encroachments on the public road for last so many years.
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Jalandhar, April 9 Math Olympiad
Students of 10+1 and 10+2 of KMV Collegiate Senior Secondary School qualified for the International Math Olympiad. In this test more than 100 students participated, out of which KMV students Navneet Kaur (10+1 science) and Ritika (10+2 science) qualified the first-level examination and appeared in the second-level exam and qualified with good ranks. Ten students of KMV got medals for their achievement. World Health Day
Students of St Soldier Nursing Training Institute arranged an awareness programme for good and healthy life and celebrated World Health Day. During the event, GNM students displayed posters on maintaining good health. They also spread the World Health Organisation’s slogan for 2012 “Good health adds life
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Narinder Singh adjudged ‘Mr Jalandhar’
Jalandhar, April 9 A 10-member team of bodybuilders was also selected by the organisers for the national-level bodybuilding championship. |
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23 selected in IAF recruitment
Jalandhar, April 9 The Deputy Director, Employment Generation, Sanjida Beri, said after physical fitness test only 23 candidates were declared selected. |
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Jalandhar, April 9