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Another shootout in the city, two injured
The family members of Karanvir Singh who was attacked expressed their annoyance with the
police. Tribune photo:
Pawan Sharma
Shera looted only luxury vehicles: Police
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Lifestyle diseases now spreading in rural areas
Seven booked for carving out
illegal colonies at Raman
National program for healthcare of elderly
Expired soft drinks
Recruitment drive at Guru Kashi varsity
One arrested under NDPS
Act
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Another shootout in the city, two injured
Bathinda, September 7 Today's incident took place near street number 11 of Ajit Road around 6 pm when the groups entered into a clash with each other. Gurdev Bhalla, SHO, Civil Lines police station, said the two groups clashed over a trivial issue. "Both the groups have been clashing since 2007 and the Cantonment police has already registered more than three cases against these groups that comprise well to do people of the city," said Bhalla. Police said the two injured have been identified as Harsher and Harsimran Singh, both residents of Shant Nagar, who were passing through when the firing took place. The two youths were rushed to the Civil Hospital with bullet injuries in hand and in stomach. Police said both the groups possessed deadly weapons including .315 bore and .12 bore rifles. SHO Bhalla said Amandeep Walia of Ajit Road attacked one Karanvir Singh. The assailant had come on a Bolero jeep. A case under section 307 of the IPC and Arms Act has been registered against Amandeep Walia at the Civil Lines police station. No arrests have been made by the police so far. Karanvir Singh said he had an altercation with Amandeep Singh alias Deputy Walia sometime ago but the matter was sorted out with the intervention of some prominent people and the members of the village panchayat. Despite the compromise, his acquaintances were again attacked in March following which a case was registered against five persons. Police, however, failed to arrest the accused. SP (D) Amarjeet Singh and SHO Gurdev Bhalla rushed to the spot and enquired into the firing incident. The SP (D) and the SHO had to face the wrath of the family members of Karanvir Singh who was attacked. The family members accused the police of not taking any action against the assailants who had attacked for the second time. The family members accused the police of shielding the accused.
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Shera looted only luxury vehicles: Police
Bathinda, September 7 The son of a Milkfed employee, Shera remained cut off from his family and native village Khubban in Fazilka after a case of murder was registered against him in Ferozepur three months ago. Before this, he had attended the marriage of his two sisters in Khubban village. While the police said Shera was involved in numerous heinous crimes across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, his relatives said they were not aware of his criminal background. The girl accompanying Shera last evening in a Toyota Fortuner car during the police encounter has been identified as 26-year-old Namdeek Kaur of Malout. A distant relative of Shera, Namdeek told the police that she was kidnapped by Shera who threatened her with dire consequences if she opened her mouth about her kidnapping. She said Shera was planning to execute something big with the help of hardcore criminals from districts in Malwa. The parents of Namdeek Kaur are in Canada and she was residing with her uncle. Shera's uncle, Darshan Singh, while waiting to receive his nephew's body at the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, said Shera has two sisters and both are married. The youngest sister was married a year ago. "Shera got frustrated when he was declared third in a sports event, reportedly due to the biased attitude of the organizers. We brought the matter to the notice of the then Director, Sports, but to no avail," said a close friend of Shera's family, Iqbal Singh. Iqbal Singh said Shera might have taken to crime out of frustration and due to his young age and wrong company. Iqbal said Shera had done his graduation and studied in Khalsa College, Ferozepur, and Guru Gobind Singh College in sector 26 at Chandigarh. He had undergone training in sports academies at Ludhiana and Patiala. Ajit Singh, a close family member said Shera had also cleared the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with 6.6 bands and was planning to go to New Zealand. Police sources said some of Shera's accomplices are sportspersons including a kabaddi player and the son of a police official deployed in Chandigarh. DIG, Bathinda range, Parmod Ban said Shera was part of a gang with more than 12 hardcore criminals involved in heinous crimes. The household material recovered from the rented house in Kamla Nehru Colony has been seized along with the Toyota Fortuner car and raids are on to nab his accomplices, the DIG said. Bathinda SSP Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill said they are still verifying the facts including the statement of the girl who claims she was kidnapped by Shera. ASP City-II Kuldeep Chahal, who accomplished yesterday's shootout without causing any collateral damage to the public or the girl accompanying Shera said more arrests are inevitable in the coming days. "The members of the gang involving people like Shera had big dreams. They do not think of committing crimes for a few thousand rupees but for lakhs and crores," the ASP said. Meanwhile, in a late evening revelation, SSP Dr Sukhchain Singh, told TNS that preliminary reports revealed that Namdeek Kaur could be involved in some crime as they suspect the registration of cases against the woman in some districts of Haryana. Releasing a list of 13 criminal offences against Shera, including four murder cases, the SSP pointed out that Shera's gang used to loot only luxury vehicles like Pajero, Fortuner, and Innova and were planning to kidnap some wealthy people. A rarely seen Austria-made highly sophisticated 9 mm Glock Mouser, worth Rs 9 lakhs, has been recovered from the possession of Shera. Police have obtained the police remand of woman till September 9. The SSP has also warned the residents not to rent their houses without verifying antecedents and prior intimation to the police. Shera’s crime list
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Lifestyle diseases now spreading in rural areas
Bathinda, September 7 In a health survey conducted under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), around 3.9 lakh people in the age-group of 30 years and above, were screened for diabetes and hypertension. Surprisingly enough, 7.74 per cent of the population was found to be diabetic and 8.44 per cent was found to be hypertensive. Data has been collected from all 285 villages in the district starting from December 29 last year till August 31 this year. Of the 13 lakh population in the district, around 6 to 7 lakh people live in the rural areas and the survey covered 3.9 lakh people above 30 years of age. The data forms the baseline of non-communicable disease (NCD) centre set up at the Civil Hospital to help people suffering from lifestyle diseases. "In villages, modern agricultural implements and the migrant population have taken their toll on the health of the farmers who do not have much to do physically. While the protein rich diet remains the same, the strenuous exercise done while working in the fields and with the cattle, has stopped," observed District Health Officer Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa. He said that at the NCD, the emphasis is on identifying patients at the sub-centre level. For this, the ASHA workers, ANMs and the aanganwari workers have been sensitized. The district currently has 136 sub-centres that report to nine community health centres (CHCs), which send the patient to the NCD clinic at the district headquarter. Bathinda is among the 100 districts chosen in the country where the project has been launched. "Primarily, the patients are told to identify the problem and work towards its betterment. The target population is of 30 years age and above," Dr Randhawa added. Doctors working at different centres said patients as young as 30 years were coming up with symptoms of diabetes. With early medical intervention, the disease becomes easy to handle and manage. Emphasis is laid on exercise and balanced diet for such patients. Endocrinologist Dr Rakesh Goel said these figures were actually pointers that diabetes and hypertension are no longer restricted to the urban areas. "The disease affected the villages the day our folks stopped working. In a way, the influx of the migrants has led to the problem. The villagers have only two tasks left — either to supervise the migrantsor indulge in real estate business," he pointed out. He said patients are being advised to stop taking the highly nutritious food they opt for and ensure that they are not overweight.
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Seven booked for carving out
illegal colonies at Raman
Bathinda, September 7 In another case, the police booked Ajay Mittal for similar offence. The police has also booked Hardev Singh, Tarsem Chand and Nem Chand for carving out another illegal colony at Raman. The police has registered three different cases against the accused under Section 36 of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act 1995 at the Raman police station. No arrests have been made so far. Four booked for immoral activities
The police has arrested four persons, including two women, for immoral activities. The accused were arrested from near Balraj Nagar. A case was registered following a complaint by the Canal Colony SHO, UC Chawla. The SHO said a case under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Immoral Trafficking Act at the Canal Colony police station. The police said the raids were conducted on the complaints received by the area residents who were upset over the immoral activities of men and women residing in the area. One killed in accident
The police has registered a case under Sections 427 and 304-A of the IPC against one Harpal Singh of the Power House Road for inflicting fatal injuries upon a resident of Guru Ram Das Nagar on the Dabwali road. In a complaint to the police, Pushpinder Singh of Guru Ram Das Nagar stated that he along with his nephew were riding on two different bikes and were going towards Power House Road from the Bhagu road side. When they reached near Guru Nanak Dev School, a rashly-driven Royal Enfield Motorcycle hit the motorcyle driven by his nephew. The complainant stated that his nephew received serious injuries and was admitted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries few hours later. Habit forming drugs recovered
The police has recovered huge quantities of habit forming drugs from the possession of Ashok Kumar and Gurtej Singh, both residents of Nathana. The police said 28 vials, one kilogram of intoxicating powder, 600 capsules and 450 tablets were recovered from the possession of the accused who were brought to the police station for further interrogation. A case under Sections 21, 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused at the City Rampura police station. Three including woman booked for beating
The police has registered a case against three persons, including a woman, for beating up a resident of Maur Road, Rampura. In her complaint to the police, Sarabjit Kaur stated that Daljit Kaur, Ajit Singh, Bikar Singh and some unidentified persons inflicted injuries upon her son, Yadvinder Singh following a dispute over a piece of land. The complainant stated that the accused inflicted injuries on the ears and head of her son. The police has registered a case under Sections 336, 324, 148 and 149 of the IPC at the Sadar Rampura police station. |
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National program for healthcare of elderly Megha Mann Tribune News Service
"The Government of India had sought details about the districts where at least seven per cent population was elderly. We have zeroed in on these five districts under the second phase of the scheme," said Dr Bhatia during his visit to the NCD centre being run on the premises of the Civil Hospital, Bathinda. Three NCD centres where the NPHCE scheme is being implemented have already been opened in Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur. Bathinda is the first centre to become functional. He added that the centres were being run with aid from the Government of India. The Centre contributes 80 per cent of funds required to run the centre while the state government chips in with the remaining 20 per cent. Besides Bathinda, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur, the cancer care component of the scheme is being run at Mansa wherein cancer patients were given day care. Bathinda NCD centre is the only one that has started functioning, while all others are awaiting staff. The other centres are expected to become functional in the next two to three months. "We have enough funds and infrastructure to run the project successfully," he added. Dr Bhatia said the cancer day care centre had proven to be of immense help for patients thereby providing them with therapy as well as treatment. At Bathinda centre, 46 patients are being treated and seven more were admitted today. Of them, three have been referred to the Government Medical College at Faridkot for further treatment. Patients here are referred from nine community health centers (CHCs) of the district. To avoid any kind of confusion and to segregate patients of the NCD clinic, they have been issued different coloured cards.
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Shopkeeper to serve one year jail term
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, September 7 On April 23, 2009, the then food inspector Ashok Monga had collected samples of cold drinks from the shop of Suresh Kumar. The samples collected were sent for tests to the Public Analyst, Punjab, at Chandigarh. The results found that the expiry date of the cold drinks had lapsed and it was not fit for human consumption. The complainant food inspector had collected six bottles of Fanta each, containing 200 ml, and paid Rs 60 for the same. The counsel for the defence argued that the bottles of cold drinks were not found in the refrigerator. Instead, they were found lying outside the shop in crates and reasoned that these were kept there because they were not meant for human consumption. However, the court maintained that even if the bottles were found lying outside the refrigerator, it did not establish the fact that they were not being sold for human consumption. The court awarded him a sentence of one year and a fine of Rs 1,000 under section 16 (1) (a) (i) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. However, the accused appealed against the decision pleading leniency. But the district and session judge's court upheld the sentence.
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Recruitment drive at Guru Kashi varsity
Bathinda, September 7 A team of six members, headed by Abhishek Soni, visited the campus. The recruitment programme was divided into four parts. The students of BTech (CSE) 7th semester participated in the first activity which comprised a workshop. In the second part, the students underwent a 15-minute aptitude test followed by a group discussion and an interview round. |
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Bathinda, September 7
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