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Heroin worth Rs 75 cr seized
Kota man held with 1.5 kg opium
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Fighting Swine flu Civil Hospital sets up special ward Amritsar, April 21 The district health authorities have reserved a special ward for patients suspected of swine flu at Jallianwala Bagh Memorial (JBM) Civil Hospital here.
Cheque bounce cases
50-year-old jail inmate
hangs himself
Illegal hoardings dot city walls
Jaitely in city today
Students get environment lessons on eve of World Earth Day
Moulded earth: Amritpal Singh shows his creation, a model of Earth held between two hands, on the eve of World Earth Day in Amritsar on Saturday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
Programme against drug abuse held
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Heroin worth Rs 75 cr seized
Amritsar, April 21 Out of this, 5 kg of heroin and Indian currency was seized on the basis of information provided by Sukhbir Singh alias Sukha. Sukha was arrested yesterday with a consignment of 5 kg of heroin. The remaining 10 kg of heroin was seized from two notorious smugglers Avtar Singh alias Tar and Sarwan Singh alias Saba, both residents of Shahoor Kalan village in Gurdaspur. DIG, Counter Intelligence, Surinder Singh Sodhi said acting on a tip off that the accused were waiting for a party to deliver the consignment at Muradpur village at Fatehgarh Churian road, a raid was conducted by SSOC team headed by inspectors Harwinder Pal Singh and Balbir Singh. “The accused were arrested by the SSOC which seized 10 kg of heroin from their possession during search besides a Chinese made .30-bore pistol, a magazine and five live cartridges,” said Sodhi. A case under Section 21/ 25/ 29/ 61/ 85 of the NDPS Act and 25/54/59 of the Arms Act has been registered at SSOC police station in this regard. Investigations have revealed that the two accused were active in Gurdaspur and Amritsar sectors for a long time, Sodhi said. Interrogation of Sukhbir Singh Sukha led to the seizure of 5 kg of heroin and 12 lakh in Indian currency which may be a part of the money received by Sukha after delivering the consignment. The SSOC authorities said during disclosure statement Sukha admitted to have more packets of heroin. As many as five packets of heroin were seized from his residence at Bhusse village in Tarn Taran. The heroin along with the Indian currency was hidden after digging the earth, they said. Sukha had escaped from Amritsar central Jail in January. He was arrested last year with 14 kg of heroin.
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Kota man held with 1.5 kg opium
Amritsar, April 21 Kuldeep Singh Chahal, ACP (West) and Sohan Singh, SHO Cantonment police station told the media that during patrolling at Mahal village bypass chowk, the police received information that the accused was roaming in Sadar Bazaar area allegedly to deliver the consignment. A police party headed by Sohan Singh set up a naka near Sadar Bazaar T-point. “On seeing the police naka, the accused tried to escape from the spot following which the police party got suspicious of him leading to his arrest,” said Chahal. He said during search, the police also seized 1.50 Kg of opium from his bag. A case under Section 18/61/85 of NDPS Act has been registered against him. He used to work as a courier for a Rajasthan-based smuggler who used to give Rs 10,000 per kg per delivery. He had visited the city for three to four times so far and had allegedly delivered 5 kg of opium.
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Fighting Swine flu
Amritsar, April 21 Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Dr Balbir Singh Dhillon said a ten-bed special ward has been reserved for suspected swine flu cases. He claimed the hospital is prepared for the situation. He said medicines have already been procured to treat such cases if any. He said the ward is isolated from other wards so that the virus is not transmitted. No case has been reported from the city so far but a patient suspected of the disease was reported at a private hospital. The district health department too has denied any case so far. “We are keeping a strict vigil,” said Dhillon. The department has also sent instructions to report any case as and when it comes to them to private hospitals. Dhillon said the throat swab of the suspected patients, if any, will be sent to the PGIMER at Chandigarh to be tested. He said there is no alarmingsituation in the city as the department has already taken all necessary measures in this regard. Even as the health department claims to be ready, the city still awaits its very own swine flu testing lab approved by the government in 2009. The project has been hanging fire for more than two years. The lab was to be constructed at Government Medical College. Once the lab is ready, adjoining districts too can send samples here instead of sending them to Chandigarh. Government Medical College principal Dr SS Shergill said setting up of the swine flu testing lab at the college has been delayed as the college authorities are yet to receive financial sanction for the project. He claimed the project got the required sanction recently.
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Cheque bounce cases
Amritsar, April 21 They would still be given a timeframe to clarify their position before they face legal action under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Till date, there were 70 cheques amounting to Rs 29 lakh which were dishonoured by the respective banks. Ironically, a majority of the tax payers denied the payment of dues by exercising stop payment option with the bank. The cheques which bounced include 12 cheques issued by various liquor vends. In addition, there were 33 other cheques issued by several high-end property owners and 45 cheques of lower denominations, which were denied clearance for one reason or the other. Joint Commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal said, “All defaulters will be issued legal notices by this evening. These cheques were re-deposited after the lapse of grace period granted to them and that they may get their property sealed as well as face legal action,” said Sabharwal. Meanwhile, the AMC has sought police protection for Monday to initiate a sealing drive. MC House Tax superintendent Shushant Bhatia said, all defaulters had deliberately committed the double offence, first by issuing cheques to evade the sealing procedure of their property and later stopping their tax payments. Giving two hoots to the law, alleged men of a liquor contractor broke the official seal of the liquor shop, after failing to comply with the tax norms. The recovery team had to visit again to affix the seal. Among the defaulters, a renowned hotelier is liable to pay Rs 10 lakh. He had issued a cheque of Rs 5 lakh on the spot when the AMC House tax team reached the hotel to seal it. His cheques too got bounced.
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50-year-old jail inmate
hangs himself
Amritsar, April 21 Deputy Superintendent, Central Jail, Balkar Singh Bhullar, Paramjit was under depression for quite sometime. He hung himself from the ceiling hook of the toilet with his turban. The jail medical staff rushed him to the Civil Hospital where he was declared brought dead. “It was at 10.30 am when an inmate brought the incident to our notice. After breaking open the door of the toilet, we found that he had hung himself from the ceiling. By the time we could bring him down, it was too late,” Bhullar said. A native of Jandiala, Paramjit was arrested for allegedly murdering his teenaged son out of his second marriage. He also had a daughter from his first marriage.
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Illegal hoardings dot city walls
Amritsar, April 21 The MC Commissioner has even issued a circular stating that police action will be initiated against the violators. Most of these hoardings are illegal and enjoy the patronage of political leaders who make big moolah by renting them out. The authorities, however, refute the allegations. The MC officials claim they have a list of locations where hoardings or posters is allowed. Yet, the ones installed over the newly-renovated decorative lights outside the Hall Gate and the recently installed huge billboards on the key roundabouts of the city about the arrival of the leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitely's visit tomorrow cannot come under any legal frame. Similarly, the series of posters, depicting political leaders with folded hands, on the road dividers or on the roundabouts, can no more be termed as legal because these distract commuters' attention. Still, these enjoy immunity from MC's anti-hoarding drive. Another favourite spots are the pillars of the elevated road on the GT road, right at the entrance to the city. Visitors find themselves welcomed by 'Abdul lenter (lintel) chukan wala', 'meri jaan mera auto Cassette wale'! These are the advertisements pasted on the pillars of the main elevated road by various firms and individuals thus defacing the entrance of the city. Individuals too have pasted pictures of leaders alongside their own pictures or with the pictures of some products or institutions. Two years ago, taking cognizance of pasting of advertisements, posters on government property, the AMC had launched a campaign and the then Commissioner DPS Kharbanda had even got FIRs registered against 10 individuals and firms. He had also enclosed 10 pictures of such posters, mentioning the pillar number with his complaint as well as the mobile numbers of persons or firms concerned mentioned on the posters. No action followed. Non payment of dues by the firms or individuals putting up the posters has led to loss to the cash-starved AMC.
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Amritsar, April 21 A prize distribution function to be presided over by Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC) chairman and state BJP executive member Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina will follow the inauguration. Chhina said the Indian Academy of Fine Arts (IAFA), Amritsar, has selected 247 art works to be displayed at the exhibition. These creations were selected out of 701 art works received from 431 artists from across the country.—TNS
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Students get environment lessons on eve of World Earth Day
Amritsar, April 21 School principal Anjana Gupta said dangers of the increasing environmental pollution on the earth were highlighted. A play was also staged highlighting that human species will become extinct if proper measures to curb environmental pollution were not taken. Gupta said we have duties towards mother earth. Following this, slogan writing on ‘save earth’, poster making and card making events were also organised. Students were taught to make things out of waste products. Poster making
Over 300 students of Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School took part in a poster making contest held on the school campus on the eve of World Earth Day today. Antarpreet Kaur stood first in the contest while Anureet Kaur was second and Avneet Kaur bagged the third position. School director Dr Dharamveer Singh gave away prizes to the winners. He stressed on the need to keep the environment clean and green. He said each individual must put his or her sincere efforts in this direction and it will lead to a green planet. Environment meet
Mission Aagaaz will hold a meet on the environment to mark the World Earth Day at Shivaji Park in Rani Ka Bagh area tomorrow. NGO executive director Deepak Babbar said a street play will also be staged to spread the message to save the environment among the masses. He felt that bringing under control misuse of ground water in this part of the country will be of great use to save the environment.
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Programme against drug abuse held Amritsar, April 21 Speaking on the occasion, Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr Arjun Kumar Dhawan exhorted students to stay away from drugs. He said teachers have a duty to bring out talent among children and channelise their energy so as to wean them away from drugs. “The popular media is playing a role in the prevalence of drugs. Students try to imitate what they see on television or cinema,” said Dhawan adding parents and teachers have a duty to keep a close watch on the growing generation as it can be easily swayed. — TNS
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Amritsar, April 21
Amritsar, April 21
