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Heat takes toll: Two die; markets shut down
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Rs 2.5 lakh snatched from Shahkot farmer
Organisations lend support to Punjabi language
Wine shop salesman injured in attack
Broken road: RTI activist moves court
Hospital removes pen cap from 4-year-old’s lung
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Heat takes toll: Two die; markets shut down
Jalandhar June 23
The minimum temperature was hovering near 22°C for the past month. The Met department authorities at Adampur Air Force station have predicted cloudy to partly cloudy sky in the next 24 hours. The region would continue to reel under heatwave conditions amidst high humidity, met officials added. Markets feel the heat Unable to bear the load of blistering heat, various markets associations have announced three to four days off. Surinder Kumar, an Attari Bazaar shopkeeper, said with customers not coming, markets have witnessed a sharp decline in its daily sales. Sukhwinder, president, General Wholesale Merchant Welfare Associations, said due to the unbearable heat, markets including Attari Bazaar Lal Bazaar, Bartan Bazaar, Kanichian Bazaar, Joda Gate market and Bhat Market, would remain closed from June 25 to June 28. Dharampal Arora, president of the shopkeepers union at Lambra, said markets would remain closed at Lambra village near here on June 30 to July 1. Shops would also remain closed on Sunday too, he added. Similarly, the Goraya Merchant Association also decided to keep shops shut from June 23 to June 24. The Sanitation Market Association also announced to keep shops closed for three days due to the prevailing heatwave. The Dilkusha market, the hub of city’s chemist shops, and railway road market have also been closed for three days in view of the sizzling heat.
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Roadways staff show private buses the door
Jalandhar, June 23 Employees from Punjab Roadways, Jalandhar-I & II, under the joint action committee also removed timetable boards of private bus operators. Though the practice of parking private buses has been going on for the past some time, the trouble started today when buses of Orbit Bus Service and Taj Travels were found parked at the Delhi counter of the ISBT. These bus operators had parked their buses for Delhi Airport at the scheduled timings of 11 am and 1 pm of the Punjab Roadways. This invited the ire of the Punjab Roadways bus operators, who raised slogans against the alleged nexus of private bus operators and certain roadways officials. After the protest of the employees, the private bus operators moved out of the bus stand. Amrik Singh, state convener of the Punjab Roadways Employees Joint Action Committee, said, “Both these tourist permit buses had been operating and parking their buses at passenger carrier counters at the bus stand. This affected the passenger flow of Punjab Roadways buses plying on Delhi Airport route. In the morning, we made these buses operate from outside the bus stand”. “The Punjab Roadways is already running into losses and such practices will virtually bring its existence to an end. This is public transport system and private bus operators have no right to operate from the bus stand. They have made their bus service offices in the city and should operate from there”, he said. Punjab Roadways employees also urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to ensure that such “oppressing” practices against the Punjab Roadways should be shunned. “Private bus operators cannot dare to flout norms until they have the political backing and an equal support from the officials concerned. Even today when we asked certain roadways officials about this issue, they feigned ignorance and ended up passing the buck,” said Amrik Singh. The employees also added that there were scores of other private bus operators who pick up passengers from outside the bus stand. “We will keep on raising our voice against such malpractices of private bus operators and safeguard the interests of the Punjab Roadways”, the employees added.
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Bhatti hails ‘power’ cuts
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 23 Armed with fans, banners and microphones, the veteran actor and comic today walked into the bazaars of Jalandhar to ‘welcome power cuts’. Mouthing the slogan “Power Cuts Zindabaad” he hailed the mystical powers of the pakkhis (fans) and mombattis (candles) which turned the real saviours when those in ‘power’ forgot the public right after the elections. Incidentally, today’s exercise in satire was also a promotional campaign for his upcoming film which dealt with the very same theme. Aptly titled ‘Power Cut’, the film is a romantic comedy dealing bringing out of the plight of a state reeling under cuts. The film’s cast includes stalwarts like Prem Chopra (who plays power minister) and Rajesh Puri (who plays Power Corp chief), and Jaspal Bhatti himself. Other actors include Jaswinder Bhalla, Harvinder Bhatti, Savita Bhatti, Chandan Prabhakar, BN Sharma, Gurchet Chitrakar, Harpal and Dr Surinder Sharma among others. The lead romantic pair of the film will be Bhatti’s son Jasraj Bhatti and Zafar Khan with the female lead being played by Surili Gautam. The film’s music has been composed by Gurmeet Singh, with songs rendered in the voices of Mika, Master Saleem, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Lehember Hussainpuri.Directed by Bhatti himself, he plans to dub the film in Hindi and Tamil too. Waving fans and slogans bearing ‘power cut’ slogans, during his satirical act, Bhatti said, “The government might or might not keep its poll promises, but we will certainly keep the promise of entertaining you this summer.” “Thanks to the inefficiency of the government, it has been the perfect encouragement for us to make this film,” he joked. The film is up for an August 10 release. Bhatti’s delightful power cut drama ended with satirical Punjabi bolis on power cuts.
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Rs 2.5 lakh snatched from Shahkot farmer
Shahkot, June 23 He and his friend were going on a bike to Shahkot to deposit the cash in a bank. “When we reached near Satluj bridge, two bike-borne youths forcibly stopped us on the way. The moment, I was going to ask them the reason, they instantly snatched the bag which contained Rs 2.5 lakh and fled,” he alleged. SHO Prem Kumar said a case under Section 382 of the IPC has been registered against unidentified miscreants. |
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Three arrested with 2 kg opium
Kapurthala, June 23 Police sources said a naka was installed on the Kartarpur road for a routine checking. On suspicion, policemen signaled an Alto car to stop for inspection, but the car occupants escaped. After few minutes of chase, the police managed to corner them and on search, two kg of opium was recovered from their vehicle. During preliminary investigation, the accused revealed that they used to supply contraband in Punjab after procuring the same at cheaper rates in Rajasthan. A case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act was registered against them. Further investigation is going on to explore their local links, police sources said. — OC
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Organisations lend support to Punjabi language
Jalandhar, June 23 Promoters of Punjabi language from Punjab Jagriti Manch, Punjabi Language Academy, Jalandhar, and Punjab Academy of Social Sciences Literature and Culture, said the university should have the powers to take independent decisions in such matters. Dr JS Puar, president of the Punjabi Languages Academy and former Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala, said, “GND University should take the lead in promoting Punjabi among the youth and this was a good decision, which would go a long way in promoting Punjabi culture, traditions and literature”. They accused some private colleges and officials of lobbying against the Punjabi language in the state. —
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Wine shop salesman injured in attack
Jalandhar, June 23 Joginder Singh, victim’s friend, said the Sabar was sleeping outside the wine shop when two youths arrived and started attacking him with sharp-edged weapons. The victim sustained serious injuries on his head. Nearby residents reached the spot and found him lying unconscious in a pool of blood. He was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital in Adampur from where doctors referred him to the Jalandhar Civil Hospital. Sabar didn’t know why was he attacked. “I have no enmity with anyone, even the armed assailants didn’t say anything before the attack,” he alleged. The Adampur police has recorded his statement. No case has been registered yet. |
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Broken road: RTI activist moves court
Jalandhar, June 23 Advocate Harminder Singh Sandhu from the district courts filed a case under Section 133 (public nuisance) of CrPC to ascertain the reasons that why the MC failed to construct the road. The advocate has filed the case against the Punjab Government through MC Commissioner Vinay Bublani and Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti. He filed the case on June 21 and the next hearing of the case would be held on July 6. Harminder had initially filed an RTI to the MC and sought details on the failure to construct the road behind Rangla Vehra and facing the Red Cross Market. “The MC did not bother to reply. And I decided to proceed ahead with a case against the authorities concerned”, he added. Highlighting the poor condition of the road, he said, “It has been years since the road was constructed. The road is full of potholes. The entire road has become a difficult stretch for commuters”. |
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Hospital removes pen cap from 4-year-old’s lung
Jalandhar, June 23 Son of Des Raj of Chal Kartarpur village in Hoshiarpur, Lovepreet had inhaled the pen cap about a month ago and since then he had lost 7 kilograms and had even collapsed on the road once, with his body turned blue. “We took him to various hospitals, but everywhere he was diagnosed to be suffering from pneumonia. We kept giving him pneumonia medicines for some time, but the problem did not subside. We took him to hospitals in Mahalpur and Hoshiarpur, but to no avail,” said Des Raj. The greatest complication of the case was that while Lovepreet’s X-ray showed that the lower lobe of his lung had collapsed, the origin of the trouble - the pen cap - wasn’t visible in the X-ray due to which the root of the problem was not being nailed. “That is when we decided to purchase a pediatric video bronchoscope, which I specially ordered for the case. It was finally through the video, that we detected the pen cap stuck in Lovepreet’s lung,” said Dr HJ Singh, Chief Pulmonologist and Bronchoscopist at Ranjit Hospital. Dr Singh said while he had removed foreign bodies from children’s lungs earlier too, this operation was especially challenging because the cap was stuck in a way that it wasn’t visible in the X-ray.
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Jalandhar, June 23
A rare feat was pulled off by a Jalandhar-based doctor, who recently conducted a rare operation on a four-year-old boy.
Dr HJ Singh removed a pen cap accidentally inhaled by Lovepreet, which had got stuck in the child’s lung.
City-based Ranjit Hopistal also became the first hospital in the district to operate on a child using a paediatric video bronchoscope (while hospitals mostly employ only the adult video bronchoscopes, which can’t be used on small children).
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature stood at 29°Celsius and the maximum temperature was recorded at 42°Celsius.
Shortage of potable water adds to woes
