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City mourns the loss of its mighty son
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delay
in recruitment
Former soldier robbed of Rs 5 lakh
Four arrested for vehicle theft
Girl crushed to death
SpiceJet’s Amritsar-Delhi flight takes off
SPCA to strike coordination with MC
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City mourns the loss of its mighty son
Amritsar, July 12 A wrestler, Pappu Pehalwan, said he grew up with Dara Singh as his icon and wants to emulate him in his life. He said Dara Singh had achieved an unbelievable mark of having acted in more than 100 films after his career as free-style wrestler. He also went on to become a member of the Rajya Sabha, he said. Another wrestler, Jasbir, said no other wrestler has matched the standards set by Dara Singh. It will be a mammoth task for wrestlers to prove their mettle in the game. His swift shift to the tinsel town is also remarkable, he said. Demands of wrestling and acting fields are different. Wrestling demands brute force and the latter seeks sensitivity and control of emotions as a performer. Members of the Sarhad-E-Punjab Sports Club condoled the death of the iconic personality who effortlessly slipped into the shoes of an accomplished actor after toiling and grinding hard to become an ace wrestler and earning name and fame for the country. Randhir Pehalwan said, “It thrills me to know that the ace wrestler had once honed his skills here in the city and I wish to emulate him in my life.” Other wrestlers Satish and Pawan said Dara Singh elevated the wrestling to a level which no other wrestler has achieved since independence. The BJP leader Tarun Chugh termed the demise of Rustam-E-Hind as a great loss to the nation.
— RANDHEER PEHALWAN, WRESTLER
I grew up with Dara Singh as my icon and wanted to emulate him in my life. The legend achieved unbelievable mark of having acted in more than 100 films after his career as free-style wrestler. The icon also went on to become a member of the Rajya Sabha.~ — pappu pehalwan, wrestler
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delay
in recruitment GS Paul Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 12 Direct impact of the delay can be seen in the lack of cleanliness of the city. There are 2,000 safai karamcharis registered with the MC and 1,000 more are required to keep the city clean. More than 25,000 applications were received during the interviews held for one month. Applicants included science graduates and students hailing from Jalandhar, Patti, Pathankot and Ludhiana. A committee was to be constituted to scrutinise fresh applicants as well as those who were hired on a temporary basis to regularise their services. The process got delayed after the MC polls were announced. Sources said a pact was signed between the ruling alliance and the safai karamcharis prior to the assembly polls and the corporation elections to regularise their services as well as hire new employees. The issue was a part of the agenda of political parties during the Assembly polls. In April the AMC had hired 103 Class IV employees on compassionate grounds. These included safai karamcharis hired out of the kin of those employees who had expired. After that the decision to hire another lot of 346 more employees was taken. Applications were invited from May 1. The candidates were required to be educated at least till the middle standard and aged between 18 to 35 years. Thousands of graduates and school students too queued up for the post. Surinder Tona, general secretary of Municipal Corporation Workers Union, Amritsar, said the process got delayed due to the sudden announcement of the MC polls. “Earlier the recruitment process was stalled due to the assembly elections, now it is getting delayed as the new MC house is to be constituted. Till then no meeting or decision can be taken,” he said. Charan Das, president of Punjab Municipal Workers Union, said there is an acute shortage of safai karamcharis in city. “When the corporation came into being in 1976 five persons used to accompany the garbage trolleys. Later, this number kept reducing whereas the area under the MC expanded to 65 wards. Now, we can spare just two persons for the same job,” he said. official speak — asha anand, superintendent, amc It is a norm to take the approval of the MC house and under the present circumstances, only the new house will deliberate over the issue — Dharam Pal Gupta, MC Commissioner
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Former soldier robbed of Rs 5 lakh
Amritsar, July 12 Suba Singh alleged that the accused youth took Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of helping him deposit the money. “I thought he was an employee of the bank,” he said. He said he along with his relatives had come to Amritsar after selling some property at Patti in Tarn Taran and were carrying Rs 8.85 lakh with them. “As we got late yesterday, we decided to stay at a sarai here and deposit the money the next day as it was not safe to carry the huge amount on the train,” said Suba Singh. He said, “We reached the bank today and asked the authorities to deposit the money. Manager of the branch guided us to a counter to fill a voucher and said that the bank employees would help them in this regard.” He said a man at the counter first helped him fill a voucher for Rs 5 lakh and went with him to the deposit counter. “As I was busy filling the second voucher for the remaining amount, the accused decamped with the money,” said Suba Singh. The Chief Manager, SBI, Anil Chadha, said, “I have asked the person concerned to save the CCTV footage which has been handed over to the police for investigations.” He said Suba Singh should not have given the money to an unknown person. He said the bank can only ask people not to trust strangers with their money or documents. Joga Singh, SHO Kotwali police station, said a case under Section 420, 406 IPC has been registered. We will take the footage from the CCTV cameras for further investigations. official speak — anil chadha, cgm, sbi victim speak — suba singh
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Four arrested for vehicle theft
Amritsar, July 12 In the first incident, the Mattewal police has arrested Jagpreet Singh of Daduana village and Akhil Kumar of Sadar bazaar, Amritsar cantonment, who used to steal luxury cars at gunpoint. The accused committed the crimes on the ‘demand’ of Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopy, who is lodged at the Amritsar Central jail. The police has recovered two cars and a country-made .30-bore pistol from the possession of the two accused. SSP, Amritsar rural police, Preetpal Singh, said Mattewal police had received information that the accused along with Sukhwinder Singh, Mukinder Singh both residents of Kammoke village and Ravisher Singh of Shahpur, has formed a gang to loot vehicles at gunpoint. “We came to know that the two accused were going towards Batala with a stolen Toyota-make vehicle bearing a fake registration number (PB-08-CA-0078). The arrests were made at a naka,” Virk said. Another Innova-make stolen vehicle has been recovered, he added. The SSP said Gurpreet used to ‘place an order’ from jail to the accused about the model and make of the vehicle required. The accused are well educated and stole vehicles for easy money, he said. He said Gurpreet would soon be brought on production warrant for further investigations while raids were being conducted on the suspected hideouts of the remaining accused. A case under Section 379, 420, 411, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC and 25/54/59 Arms Act has been registered in this regard. In another case, the Amritsar rural police has also arrested-Satnam Singh of Bhilowal and Rakesh Kumar of Babbehali from near the bus stand of Boparai village on charges of stealing motorcycles and selling them on the basis of forged documents. Virk said the police has booked five members of the gang in this connection. The remaining accused have been identified as Jermanjit Singh of Khehra, Prabhpal Singh of Mahinia Brahmna and Sunil Kumar of Dhariwal. The police has also recovered two stolen motorcycles from their possession. A case under Section 379, 411 IPC has also been registered against them. He said the police received information that the accused were coming towards Mattewal from Amritsar to sell stolen vehicles, which led to the arrests.
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Girl crushed to death
Amritsar, July 12 The police has lodged a complaint against the truck driver under Sections 304-A, 427 and 279 of the IPC on the statement of the deceased’s father. The truck driver, identified as Baljit Singh of Lal Mills, Azaad road, Chheharta, fled away after the accident. Investigating Officer Resham Singh said the truck hit the motorcycle after which Jyoti fell in front of the truck while Yashpal fell on the other side. Before the driver could apply the brakes, the truck had run over Jyoti. She was declared brought dead by the doctors, he added.
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SpiceJet’s Amritsar-Delhi flight takes off
Amritsar, July 12 Among the first batch of passengers who alighted from the Delhi-Amritsar flight was painter LR Gandhi, who came on a pilgrimage along with his wife and daughter. He said the flight was a boon for economy class passengers as it costs about Rs 2,000 per passenger. MP Navjot Singh Sidhu accorded welcome to the maiden flight of SpiceJet. SpiceJet Chief Executive Office Neil Mills said the airline has embarked on fast expansion plan. In that effort, SpiceJet is connecting more tier-II and tier-III cities in north India on its network. He said Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft has been pressed on the route. Sidhu for early resumption of
Amritsar-Delhi-Toronto flight
On a day when SpiceJet started its Delhi-Amritsar flight, local MP Navjot Singh Sidhu favoured the early resumption of Amritsar-Delhi-Toronto flight to control the mounting losses of Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport. Sidhu said he would not let the flight to be withdrawn permanently. Rubbishing Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's claim that Amritsar-Delhi-Toronto flight is loss making, he said it is not the case at all. "On an average, the flight recorded over 80 per cent occupancy daily", he said. He said the Amritsar airport has been incurring losses of Rs 35 crore every year. To prevent more losses, it is necessary to operate more international flights from the airport. Sidhu, who is also the chairman of the Airport Advisory Committee, has called the meeting of the committee to discuss the matter on July 16. He alleged that the Congress-led UPA government was ignoring the interests of the state-run flights and airports. He anticipated that SpiceJet could augment its operations at the Amritsar airport as its strategic location offer tremendous business opportunity in the region. Besides, it is close to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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SPCA to strike coordination with MC
Amritsar, July 12 District officials of SPCA took the decision at a meeting here today. Dr Jagdish Shoori, general secretary of SPCA and Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, said, “The purpose of today’s meeting was to set a regular coordination with the MC so that we don’t not fell short of medicines required for ailing canines. We have also constituted special teams to take care of these helpless creatures. We have also plans to incorporate local residents and administration directly in our programmes to raise funds,” he said. Recently, the SPCA has installed 10 kennels on its premises with aid-in-assistance through MP Land programme. Speaking on poor condition of a floor of the SPCA’s building, he said efforts are being made to revamp it. He said, “Actually, it was a century-old building which needs urgent attention for its maintenance.”
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Computer snag at OPD slip counter leaves patients in the lurch
Amritsar, July 12 The computer, which was used to generate OPD slips for patients, went out of order. These computer-generated slips are necessary to meet doctors at the hospital. The problem could be rectified only after two hours. But patients and their attendants, who had started visiting the counter since 8.30 am (the time OPD starts functioning), had to stand in queues for two hours. Though the hospital authorities said as the computer developed some snag, they started issuing manual slips to patients, but patients and their relatives said no such arrangement was made to help them. Patients said they had to stand in queues to get the slip which is must to meet doctors. “We had to stand in a queue for about an hour. Persons working on the computer told us that they could not issue the slip as the computer had developed a snag. The authorities should made back up arrangements in such cases so that patients coming from faraway places are not harassed,” said Ram Lal, who had come for the treatment of his son. “If the computer had developed any problem, the staff responsible for issuing the slip should have issued manual slips. And after rectifying the problem, they could have uploaded the record in the computer. But, the officials did not initiate manual issuing of slips and preferred to wait till the problem was solved,” said patient Jagjit Singh. A doctor preferring anonymity said, “When I came to the OPD, I was surprised to see no patient. Later, I came to know of the problem.” Dr Satpal, Medical Superintendent, GNDH, said the problem was rectified by 10.30 am. “As it took time to rectify the snag, we started issuing manual slips,” he added.
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Making the most of telemedicine
Amritsar, July 12 Making most of the technology, the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Civil Hospital has treated 69 cases through telemedicine in the past two months. Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, a pediatrician at the Civil Hospital, who represented the state health department at the recently concluded National Workshop on Telemedicine at Mohali, said telemedicine has revolutionised the patent care especially in handling complex medical problems. He said the telemedicine centre at JBM Civil Hospital has helped many patients find solutions to their medical problems without having to visit medical institutions in other big cities. He said many a rare cases like Grisel’s syndrome, Turner syndrome and even Down’s syndrome were diagnosed and patients were ably guided using telemedicine. “Doctors can get their complex cases discussed with the expert faculty at PGI or elsewhere using telemedicine. Whenever, we get such a case we post the details along with the test reports. The query is then discussed among experts who later guide the doctor throughout the treatment,” said Aggarwal. He said sometime a patient is suffering from a rare disease whose case has never been reported at local level. “In such cases we get opinions from doctors with vast experience,” said Sandeep. Speaking on the workshop, Dr Aggarwal said the health department’s achievements using telemedicine techniques at government hospitals were highlighted amidst the who’s who of the medical fraternity from the entire country.
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Amritsar, July 12
a hero forever
No other wrestler has matched the standards set by Dara Singh. It will be a mammoth task for wrestlers to prove their mettle in the game. Dara Singh’s swift shift to the tinsel town is also remarkable as demands of the two are
different.
— jasbir, wrestler
