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Man, who assaulted
DSP, arrested
Three accused in police custody in Jalandhar. A Tribune
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From Schools and colleges
Sweet Sound of success
Workers in forging industry suffer from hearing loss: Study
Sewa Singh Sekhwan addersing mediapersons in Jalandhar. Photo Sarabjit Singh
Doctor makes record by operating on 104-yr-old
Civil Hospital authorities ‘ignore’ PHSC directions
48 students shortlisted
Rs 30,000 snatched from woman
Man crushed to death under train
Mystery shrouds youth’s death
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Kusum Arora Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 13 The ward has always remained in the news for health hazards like diarrhoea, jaundice and typhoid due to the insanitary conditions prevailing in most of the colonies of the ward. "Whether it is peak summers, winters or monsoons, people in our locality are always found ill due to one or the other problem. But neither the councillor nor the MC officials ever turned up to provide a permanent solution to our problems", said Kamlesh Devi, a resident of Ekta Nagar. "The MC officials take action only after a disease outbreak is reported from our localities. Last year during monsoons, there was jaundice outbreak. Although the officials at that time had assured us of a permanent solution to this problem, but nothing has happened after that", said residents of Joginder Nagar. As if this was not enough, drinking water is also a luxury in this part of the ward. Almost every second home faces this problem. "We are tired of filling dirty water in bottles and handing these to the MC authorities for tests. Even yesterday, dirt flowed in with the tap water", said Jaswinder Kaur, a resident of Ekta Nagar. The residents also blamed the councillor as well as the MC officials for providing adequate sanitation facilities. "We cannot recall if any safai karamcharis from the MC ever visited our localities. The only time when we witnessed a little change was ahead of the assembly elections when the party workers would get areas cleaned up for holding meetings in different wards," the residents claimed. Amount spent
The councillor of the ward, Mandeep Kaur Multani, said she spent a whopping amount of around Rs 8 crore on various development works, which includes - construction of cemented streets, drains, installation of tubewells and roads. "I spent Rs 3.50 crore on the construction of streets and drains, Rs 55 lakh on the installation of three new tubewells in New Beant Nagar, Wazir Singh Enclave and Joginder Nagar. As much as Rs 90 lakh each was spent on laying inter-locking tiles in Beant Nagar and Rs 90 lakh and Mohan Vihar and Rs 85 lakh was spent on the construction of streets in Joginder Nagar and New Ekta Nagar," she added.
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Man, who assaulted
DSP, arrested
Jalandhar, May 13 A case under Section 307 of the IPC was registered against him at Bhargo Camp police station. The accused then started evading the arrest and he was declared as proclaimed offender by a court. Gurmail was nabbed after 11 years of the incident. Following his arrest, the police also recovered 27 bottles of illicit country-made liquor from him. Som Nath, SHO, Bhargo Camp police station, said, they received information that the accused was roaming in the Model House locality following which a trap was laid and he was arrested with an accomplice. The duo was on a motorcycle and was to supply liquor in Dashmesh Nagar, Tilak Nagar and Abadpura localities, the SHO added. Gurmail and his accomplice Malkit Ram are residents of the Abadpura locality in Jalandhar. Gurmail was also known as a ‘liquor king’ in the locality and had a criminal past, the SHO said. Four cases of smuggling of liquor were registered against him in Bhargo Camp police station. Talking about the attempt to murder case, the SHO revealed in 2000, the accused along with his accomplices were protesting against the MC’s demolition drive near Nakodar Chowk. There they attacked the DSP, who was on a deputation in the MC to carry out the drive. The Bhargo Camp police had then registered a case under Section 307 of the IPC and since then he was evading arrest. Meanwhile, the court had declared him PO in the assault case, the SHO said. He also said Gurmail was also wanted in another attempt to murder case. One held with illicit liquor
The Bhargo Camp police today arrested a person with 12 bottles of illicit liquor. The accused identified as Kimti Ram, resident of New Dashmesh Nagar. Following a tip-off, the accused was arrested with the liquor. The police said the accused was on the way to supply liquor to his clients. A case under relevant sections of the Excise Act has been registered against Kimti Ram. SUV looted at gunpoint
Three youths took away an SUV from a Phagwara resident at gunpoint near Sarih village here last night. The car owner, identified as Prem, told the police that three youths had booked his Innova car from Phagwara to Malsian near Shahkot. “When we reached near Sarih village, the miscreants pointed a gun at me and forcibly took the car keys. The miscreants then stopped the vehicle near Tutan village and tied me with tree and fled with the car,” the victim alleged. He also said youths also robbed him of some cash and a mobile phone. |
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HMV softball players strike gold
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 13 Mother’s Day
The Youth Red Cross Society of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a poster, chart, collage and card making competition on various issues related to women on the eve of Mother’s Day. Students explored various topics like stop female foeticide, role of women in life, women empowerment and female education. Results: Aditi and Kirandeep joint first, Harpreet Kaur and Sunaina Klair, joint second; and Isha third. CJS Public School celebrated Mother’s Day. A cultural programme was presented by students. A Group song and medley based on the theme of female foeticide was also part of the cultural programme. Various games were organised for the mothers. Smart mother contest was also held. The St. Soldier Group Of
In stitutions organised ‘Maa Tujhay Salaam’ programme. As many as 30 mothers, along with their children, participated. Mothers participated in dance, modelling and question-answer rounds. Mothers Jyoti, Lakshami, Rajwinder, Kuljeet, Renu, Harjeet won the titles of Maa Tujhay Salaam. Faculty development programme
A Punjab Technical University sponsored five-day workshop on ‘Analytical Techniques for Business Research’ was held at Apeejay Institute of Management from May 8 to 12. The workshop was held with an aim to enable the participants to define a research problem and develop a suitable methodology. The thrust was on survey research. Resource persons included Dr Amanpreet Singh, Assistant Professor in Management from School of Management Studies, Punjabi University Patiala, Dr Neeraj Kaushik and Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Assistant Professor in Management from Central University, Himachal Pradesh. Cricket tournament
La Blossoms School will host Smt Tarawanti Memorial Inter-School Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament for under-14 boys in the city. A six-day event would be organised by LBS and Olympia Games Centre. from May 14 to 19. As many as 12 teams from CBSE schools of Jalandhar would participate in the tournament. |
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Little maestros delight the Japanese
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 13 The trio Surpriya and Rishabh (granddaughter and grandson of Ustad Lachman Singh Seen) and Sandeep (grandson of Pt. Ramakant presented 11 concerts at the city of Tajimi in the Gifu Cen state of Japan. They presented jugalbandis - Surpriya on santoor and Rishabh on sitar and Sandeep on tabla - for the crowds keen to dig into the sound of Indian music. While Surpriya (18) began fancying the santoor about four years ago, younger Rishabh’s (15) love for the sitar goes down to when he was five. Both of then had lessons from their ‘dadu’ as kids. After which they moved on to learning from their father the talented sitar exponent Manu Seen. Sandeep (16) started as early as five and has been learning from his grandfather tabla maestro Pt. Ramakant since then. With sparkle in their eyes, the trio shared their experiences. How did they start: Surpriya: “I had told my music teacher about four years ago that I wanted to learn the santoor. A video with Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma playing it against a hilly backdrop had triggered my keenness to learn the instrument. Another two years passed and I then shared my intent with my father. The very next he got me a santoor. In a few months I began training.” Rishabh: “I started when I was five. Earlier on I just went to the sitar room, fiddled with the sitar until my fingers got cut like the grown ups and proudly showed everyone how hard I had been working. But then I grew up and started learning more seriously.” Sandeep: “I liked nana ji play when I was small. I was fascinated by the tabla. I started at age five and have regularly been training under him ever since.” The Japan experience: Surpriya: “People over there have respect for Indian music and are curious for it. They asked us how our instruments worked. No one left while we played. It was a privilege to play for such audience.” Rishabh: “In India people understand music well. Over there they do not understand but are patient listeners.” Sandeep: “On one of our first concerts, the entire gathering refused to take seats out of respect. They listened to our entire 20-minute-long recital while standing.” Future plans: Surpriya: She wants to be an IAS. But quickly adds, “I will never give up playing the Santoor.” Rishabh: He is focused on the sitar. He has also played at the Harivallabh contests and after some more training plans to move to Delhi or Mumbai for further talim and deeper knowleddge of the instrument. Sandeep: He has also played at the Harivllabh. He plans to continue his talim in the tabla and along with it, is studying for engineering.
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Workers in forging industry suffer from hearing loss: Study
Jalandhar, May 13 These glaring facts came to fore in the findings of a research titled ‘Occupational noise exposure and noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)’ by Dr Lakhwinder Pal Singh and Dr Arvind Bhardwaj from the Department of Industrial Production Engineering of Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) and Dr Kishore Kumar Deepak from Department of Physiology from AIIMS, New Delhi. For the research, 165 workers were selected for audiometric test. Another group of 57 persons was selected from normal population. Dr Lakhwinder said, “Workers in small-scale casting and forging units work under sub-contractors, who ignore this significant aspect of hearing. It was also observed that the workers do not expect any health care and safety measures from their managements. Rather they accept hazards and poor working conditions as part of their jobs and lives.” “It is shocking to see that the managements of the forging units have not enforced personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers in these units. In fact none of the managements had provided earplugs to workers, which is a major reason for hearing loss”, he said. “Later we took the workers for audiometry to our institute, where we noticed huge hearing loss. This is a serious problem and the managements of the forging units should approach IITs and NITs to implement the findings of such research. After all the research has been conducted so as to help the workers”, said Dr Lakhwinder. He also suggested the managements should get the workers checked after every six months and job rotation should be implemented so that the workers get a chance to work in low noise areas. “Around 85 per cent of workers work more than eight hours a day with an additional over time of two to four hours every day,” he said. Expert suggestions The researchers said the casting and forging industry should implement a complete hearing conservation programme, including training, audiometry, job rotation and the use of hearing protection devices.
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MC polls: SAD to seek five more seats from BJP
Jalandhar, May 13 In previous MC elections (held in 2007), the SAD had contested on 22 seats while 38 seats were with its partner BJP. “The aim is to win all the wards of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation and keep the Congress out. The BJP-SAD combine will hold a meeting on this issue tomorrow,” said Sewa Singh Sekhwan, in charge, MC elections. Sekhwan was interacting with mediapersons after inaugurating the party office in New Jawahar Nagar for the MC elections. He claimed that the combine would make a clean sweep in the corporation elections in Jalandhar and to ensure a victory with thumping majority, the winning candidates will be fielded from various wards. He also claimed that the SAD is in continuous touch with the BJP leaders on the candidate ‘swapping’ issue, keeping in view the possibility of a candidate of a particular party from a particular ward. He also indicated that the homecoming of rebel candidates who had shifted their loyalties in previous elections was not possible. The leader also listed various development works taken up during the previous regime and the leftover projects would be completed in the coming years. Those who were present on the occasion included Jail Minister Swaran Singh Phillaur, Chief Parliament Secretary Pragat Singh, Hans Raj Hans, former Adampur MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar, Chairman Improvement Trust Baljit Singh Neela Mehal. |
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Doctor makes record by operating on 104-yr-old
Jalandhar, May 13 Dr Sekhri’s joy knew no bounds when he got this certificate signed by Vijaya Ghose, editor of Limca Book of Records, on Friday. Recalling the operation, the orthopaedist practising at Sekhri hospital in Nakodar said he did not face much difficulty in operating on the aged patient, identified as Madho Ram of nearby Lohian as he had already conducted over 5,000 surgeries since he started practising in 2000. Actually the patient was medically fit and he did not face any technical difficulty in the surgery, he added. The orthopaedist further said Madho Ram’s damaged hip had been reconstructed with DHS fixation on March 14, last year. He was discharged within seven days of his operation on March 20 and was able to walk after 20 days of his surgery. Dr Sekhri said, “I applied for getting my name registered in Limca Book of Records as Madho Ram is the most aged living person in the world who has undergone hip surgery.” The orthopaedist said Limca Book of Records issued him the certificate after proper verification. Now he is planning to get his name registered in Guinness Book of World Records on the basis of certificate issued by Limca Book of Records.
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Civil Hospital authorities ‘ignore’ PHSC directions
Jalandhar, May 13 Raji P Shrivastava, Managing Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation and Project Director, Punjab State AIDS Control Society, in a directive issued to Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Iqbal Singh and the ART Centre, instructed that the boards be restored to their original position. Her directive also stated that in case some boards can't be restored to the same position, they can be relocated to another place. Dr NM Sharma, Assistant Project Director, Punjab State Health Systems Corporation, said, "Directions to restore the board have been issued to Medical Superintendent Dr Iqbal Singh." Raji P Shrivastava, Managing Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, also confirmed that directions in this regard had been issued to the Civil Hospital authorities three days back. Dr Iqbal Singh, when contacted on the issue, refused to comment. Dr Jasjit Singh Malhi, regional coordinator, NACO, had also earlier said in his mail addressed to the SMO that the signboards have been put up as per directions of NACO for the benefit of patients and there was a need to sensitise key administrative officers of the hospital towards the issue. |
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48 students shortlisted
Jalandhar, May 13 The company has shortlisted 48 students for interview. PTU has already crossed the mark of 10,000 placements of the batch passing out in May.
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Rs 30,000 snatched from woman
Jalandhar May 13 The victim was identified as Neeru Bajaj. She along with her sister was heading home on a rickshaw when the youths stopped them on the way near Mata Chintpurni temple and snatched the purse. Bajaj alleged that her purse contained Rs 30,000 cash and some other important documents. However, the sisters were not able to record the registration number of the vehicle. Amrik Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector, New Baradari police station, said, the police reached the spot to investigate the matter and the statement of victim was recorded. No FIR was registered yet.
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Man crushed to death under train
Jalandhar, May 13 The victim, identified as Jeet Ram of Thopian village in Balachor, was to catch the same train under which he was crushed to death. The GRP said the moment victim noticed the train, he started moving towards the train by crossing the railway tracks to reach the other end of the platform. When the victim was not able to reach the platform, he tried to catch the moving train from the wrong side. Unfortunately his foot got slipped on the tracks and he was crushed under its wheels. The victim died on the spot, the police said.
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Mystery shrouds youth’s death
Jalandhar, May 13 The deceased has bee identified as Sanjeev, a resident of Anand Nagar here. The police said the victim was standing at the chowk and had ordered a juice. Immediately after drinking the juice, he fell down on the road. The doctors declared him dead. After sending the body for post-mortem, the police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC.
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Jalandhar: The newly elected president of Cooperative Bank Employees Federation, Gurnek Singh Dhillon, demanded that assured career progress scheme for the cooperative bank employees should be implemented without any delay. Earlier in a general meeting of the federation, Gurnek Singh Dhillon was unanimously elected as president. — TNS
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