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25 students taken ill after eating stale food
Mukerian, July 12
Nursing students undergo treatment in Mukerian. Nearly 25 girl students, a majority of them hostel residents, of SPN GNM School of Nursing fell ill allegedly after consuming a stale sweet dish.
Nursing students undergo treatment in Mukerian.
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Car snatched by robbers
Phagwara, July 12
Two unidentified armed robbers snatched a Verna car PB-09-6709 from a local resident Sumit Janeja near Old Sabzi Mandi here last night.

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Two minors consume celphos tablets, die
Phagwara, July 12
Manjan (12) and Ram Dai (10) died after consuming celphos tablets by mistake. The two residents of nearby Khalwara village were on their way to give lunch boxes to their fathers working in the fields when they picked up a pouch lying near the garbage and ate the tablets.

25 students taken ill after eating stale food
Bipin Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service

Mukerian, July 12
Nearly 25 girl students, a majority of them hostel residents, of SPN GNM School of Nursing fell ill allegedly after consuming a stale sweet dish. Besides the girls, a hostel warden, two teachers, two peons and certain other employees were also taken ill. The incident came to light after certain students’ parents, after receiving information from their daughters and management of the nursing institute, reached a charitable hospital, and narrated the incident to mediapersons. The nursing institute and the hospital are being run by Swami Parma Nand (SPN) Trust. The hospital management, however, attributed the incident to “heat wave”. Satish Aggarwal, a trustee of the SPN Trust, claimed that the girls had fallen ill due to severe heat.

The affected students, who are undergoing treatment at the hospital, stated that they were served stale “kheer” in the hostel mess on Wednesday noon, which caused them to vomit and led to loose motions in the evening.

An affected employee of the hospital said that there was a function in the institute on July 10 and left-over food and the sweet dish was served to the hostlers in the mess, which led to the problem.

A visit by a Tribune team to the hospital showed that 12 affected girls were undergoing treatment in a ward, while over 15 were discharged and sent back to their homes.

Car snatched by robbers
Our Correspondent

Phagwara, July 12
Two unidentified armed robbers snatched a Verna car PB-09-6709 from a local resident Sumit Janeja near Old Sabzi Mandi here last night.

A police party chased the robbers and identified one of the robbers as Gurtej Singh of Teja village, Mehandpur, PS Balachaur.

Man assaulted

Mani Kumar, who had come for a court appearance, was attacked and wounded in the tehsil complex here today. The injured was admitted to Civil Hospital, where his condition was said to be stable. The assailants had also come to the court for an appearance in a case, but indulged in scuffle before the appearance.

Two minors consume celphos tablets, die
Our Correspondent

Phagwara, July 12
Manjan (12) and Ram Dai (10) died after consuming celphos tablets by mistake. The two residents of nearby Khalwara village were on their way to give lunch boxes to their fathers working in the fields when they picked up a pouch lying near the garbage and ate the tablets. They were rushed to the Civil hospital, where Manjan was declared brought dead. Senior Medical Officer Dr Rajiv Gupta said the second girl Ram Dai breathed her last after some time.

SP khakh said he has written to officers concerned to monitor the situation in rural areas.