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Woman raped for months, 5 booked
Self sustainability a tedious task for govt medical institutions
Two weeks on, police still groping in dark
Firing between two groups creates panic, two arrested
Policemen posted at the clash site near Majitha road bypass in Amritsar on Monday. Two youths allegedly involved in the incident in police custody. photos: Vishal Kumar
Punjab Police and GRP personnel carry out checks at Amritsar railway station in view of the festival season on Monday. photo: Vishal Kumar
Controlling TB: Training programme for RMOs
SGPC team emerges runners-up at Sharjah kabaddi tourney
Members of SGPC kabaddi team with the runners-up trophy that it won at Sharjah. A Tribune photo
‘Stress, anxiety giving urban youth sleepless nights’
DPS holds inter-school science
festival
Judges and principal Sangeeta Singh take a look at photographs during the Inter-School Science Festival at Delhi Public School in Amritsar on Monday. A tribune photo
Sacred Heart School celebrates platinum jubilee
Hockey matches between ex-Olympians of India, Pak in December
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GNDU plays ‘unfair’, shows door to hockey team
Amritsar, October 29 Ironically, the GNDU authorities did not even acknowledge the authorised letter signed by the principal of the Narot Jaimal college, which officially endorsed the identity of each player of the team. When the Narot Jaimal college officials, accompanying the team, attempted to lodge their dissent, the GNDU authorities flatly declined to accept it. The GNDU authorities maintained that as per norms, no team could be allowed to participate in the inter-college tourney until and unless each and every player possesses the valid identity card. Countering it, the Narot Jaimal college team manager and coach said since the college was a constituent college of the GNDU, it was the liability of the GNDU authorities to provide students with the identity cards if at all these were required. “Ours is not the affiliated college but a constituent college. In this capacity, the identity card stationary has to be provided by the GNDU itself, which further could be endorsed by the principal of the college. But in our case, we never received any such identity cards stationary from the GNDU,” said the Narot Jaimal college officials. They also argued that if the identity cards were the only reason, then why these weren’t necessary at the kabaddi meet at the Batala. Astonishingly, the GNDU’s coordinator for the tournament Amarjeet Kaur justified the move by saying the Narot Jaimal Singh team also could not be allowed to participate as the opposite team of Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sarhali, had raised objection to play against the Narot Jaimal team. “Had the opposite team agreed, we would have allowed the Narot Jaimal college team to participate,” she said. Meanwhile, the hockey players of Narot Jaimal Singh College, were visibly dejected with the ‘cold’ attitude of the GNDU authorities who straightaway declared a ‘walkout’ decision against the team. The tournament was scheduled to be held till October 31. “All our excitement came to naught when we came to know that we have been disqualified. We remained at the ground for over two hours. But we were told to walk out”, said the players. On week grounds
Citing absence of identity cards with players, Guru Nanak Dev University refuses to acknowledge the team of GNDU College at Narot Jaimal in
Pathankot. The university also refuses authorised letter signed by the principal of the college The college officials accompanying the team tries to reason before the authorities but in vain. Officials say it was the liability of the GNDU authorities to provide students with the identity cards if at all these were required. They also argue that if the identity cards were the only reason, then why these weren’t necessary at the kabaddi meet at the Batala The team was disallowed to participate as the opposite team of Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sarhali had raised objection to play against it, says GNDU’s coordinator of the tournament Official speak It is quite a pain that the GNDU declined to acknowledge its own campus team. Even the authority letter issued by me too failed went unacknowledged. Our team was just shown the door on petty grounds. Moreover, ours is a new college, we requested the GNDU authorities to let our players participate in today’s match and withheld their result till the time we can sort out any formality. I still request the GNDU authorities to be considerate as it would break the morale of the players. — Dr Barinder Kaur, Principal, Guru nanak Dev University college It is a thumb rule that every player has to produce his or her identity card before participating in any inter-college sports meet. Our liability of issuing identity cards stands only with the inter-university sports meet. Anyway, the case would be dealt with just on the grounds of merit. — Dr Inderjeet Singh, Registrar, GNDU
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Woman raped for months, 5 booked
Amritsar, October 29 The accused, identified as Manjit Kaur, her two sons Jugraj Singh and Rana, Jugraj’s wife Jassi and Rohit, were relatives of the alleged victim from in-laws’ side. A case under Sections 376, 342, 506 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered in this connection. However, no arrest has been made so far. The victim, who had a marital dispute with her husband, in a complaint to the police alleged that the accused committed the crime in Tarn Taran and Delhi. She told the police that she had been residing with her parents after a dispute with her husband. She said Manjit Kaur used to come to her house and allured her of settling the dispute with her husband. She alleged that in April, she went to live with Manjit Kaur. But 15 days later, her two sons Jugraj Singh and Rana raped her. She said later Rana and Rohit took her to Delhi and kept her in a room and raped her. After four months, she escaped from Delhi and came to Ludhiana bus stand and later returned to her parents’ home. Sushil Kumar, SHO, Gate Hakima police, said the investigations were going on.
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Self sustainability a tedious task for govt medical institutions
Amritsar, October 29 If implemented, hike in rates may burden the general public a bit, but at the same time these institutions would be able to recover their costs and would be in a better position to provide services. At present, the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Civil Hospital charges Rs 40 for the X-ray test. However, the cost of the X-ray film that is primarily required for the test alone costs Rs 56 in the market. “The rates were fixed when the films used to cost Rs 10 per piece. At that time, it was possible for the hospital to use the money earned from the tests for other purposes,” said an employee. Similarly, the hospital charges Rs 10 for the blood test, but the cost of the strip essential for it in the market is available at Rs 11-12. The hospital has also fixed Rs 100 as the daily charge for the air conditioned rooms for patients. When considered the costs of repair and upkeep of air conditioners and electricity charges, which has increased substantially, the institution depends on government funds to arrange for the patients’ stay. The electricity bill of the hospital which is funded by the state government comes around to Rs 4 lakh every month. The hospital has, in order to continue various services for the patients, to divert funds from the user charges collected under user charges from various other heads. The money can be otherwise used for building infrastructure and bettering services for the patients. “The government institutions would be able to provide better services only if they are self sustainable. If they are running into losses, the public would suffer,” said an employee adding that though increasing rates would pinch general public, but these would be beneficial in the long run. “It is true that government hospitals must provide facilities at subsidised rates, but at least they should be able to recover their costs,” he said. Meanwhile, Senior Medical Officer Dr Balbir Singh Dhillon said they had got instructions from the health corporation seeking suggestions regarding revision of rates. “We had sent the proposal by calculating the input costs. These have not been revised for the years now,” he said. High costs
At present, the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Civil Hospital charges Rs 40 for the X-ray test. However, the cost of the X-ray film that is primarily required for the test alone costs Rs 56 in the market. Similarly, the hospital charges Rs 10 for the blood test, but the cost of the strip essential for it in the market is available at Rs 11-12 If implemented, hike in rates may burden the general public a bit, but at the same time these institutions would be able to recover their costs and would be in a better position to provide services
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Two weeks on, police still groping in dark
Amritsar, October 29 Gurdeep was posted with the Amritsar rural police and he had been deputed in the security team of a local industrial unit. The incident had taken place when he was returning home at Jandiala Guru after paying obeisance at Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh Shaheed located near Chatiwind gate. The unidentified assailants also decamped with Rs 10,000 and purse of the deceased. Preliminary investigations had revealed that Gurdeep was first shot at by the unidentified persons. Later, the criminals took away his belongings, including the service revolver. The Sultanwind police had registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against unknown persons. Initially the police has suspected the involvement of a policeman and a woman besides a history-sheeter living in the area. It was found that he used to meet a widow living near Sultanwind gate. Investigation revealed that the weapon used by the assailants was a country made. Parvesh Chopra, SHO, Sultanwind police station, said, “Now the police teams are working on different angles.”
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Firing between two groups creates panic, two arrested
Amritsar, October 29 Both the groups fired at each other leading to panic in the area. Police teams rushed to the spot after getting the information and arrested two members of a group. The remaining persons managed to flee. Those arrested have been identified as Gurjit Singh and Ranbir Singh. Others who were booked include Jagroop Singh, Jaggu, Gopi, Nehla and Dehla and about a dozen unidentified persons. A case under Section 307 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered in this connection. Joga Singh, SHO, Sadar police station, said Gurjit, Ranbir and Jagroop Singh belonged to a group while the remaining persons belonged to the rival group. He said the groups have old enmity. They gathered outside Hardass filling station and opened fire at each other. However, nobody was injured in the firing, he added. The police recovered two empty shells of .315 bore bullets from the spot besides 10 live cartridges from the possession of two arrested. He said raids were being conducted to nab the remaining culprits. Old enmity
Those arrested are identified as Gurjit Singh and Ranbir Singh. 17 others managed to flee. Old enmity between the groups led to the incident
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5 of robbers’ gangs arrested
Amritsar, October 29 The Verka police arrested four persons, identified as Panna Masih of Pakhoke village (Gurdaspur), Ajay Kumar of Ajnala, Sukhdev Singh of Gharinda and Happy of Khatrai Kalan Jhander village. The police recovered two cycle rickshaws and two pull carts and seized 250 g of narcotic powder from their possession. A case under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC and Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against them. In another case, the Gate Hakima police nabbed Gursewak Singh of Fateh Singh Colony and recovered a stolen motorcycle and seized 270 grams of intoxicant powder from his possession. His accomplice Manga, a resident of Satnam Nagar, however, managed to escape. Meanwhile, the police also nabbed eight persons with intoxicants and liquor in as many cases in past 24 hours in the city. Those arrested are Manak Singh of Sultanwind Road (arrested with 100g narcotic powder), Surjit singh of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar (300g powder), Aahinpreet Singh of Anngarh (13g smack), Baljit Singh of Dharampura, Surinderpal of Guru Nanak Nagar (with habit forming drugs), Suraj Singh of Gurdaspur and Davinder Singh of Labor Colony (with huge quantity of English wine).
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Controlling TB: Training programme for RMOs
Amritsar, October 29 Addressing medical practitioners, Dr Naresh Chawla, District TB Officer, asked them to refer suspected TB patients to the nearest designated microscopy centres (DMC) as early as possible for sputum examination or transport the sputum through AXSHYA volunteer. Chawla asked the RMOs to support the initiative of the Government of India and contribute their bit in making Amritsar free of TB. He urged the RMOs to submit regular reports to the District TB Hospital so that the suspected patients could be spotted on time and their treatment could be started at the earliest. He shared the detailed information about multiple drug resistant TB. Speaking on the occasion, Rajeev Choudhary, District Coordinator for Project AXSHYA, discussed the various efforts made by the NGO.
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SGPC team emerges runners-up at Sharjah kabaddi tourney
Amritsar, October 29
‘Stress, anxiety giving urban youth sleepless nights’
Amritsar, October 29 In the fifth plenary lecture on "Activation of inactivation process initiates rapid eye movement (REM)sleep", Dr Malik said sleeping disorder (insomnia) is also the result of lack of proper diet due to race for earning more. He said sleep and waking cycle is a behavioural phenomenon and has an opposite effect on REM-on and REM-off neurons. The REM-off neurons receive active input from wake active neurons. Prof S.K. Shankar from Bengaluru explained the internal structure of human brain and the various diseases associated with it. The session had four panelists, including Dr P.J. Robinson, Dr Sarha Dunlop. Dr B.S.S. Rao, Dr A. Anand and Dr M.C. Arunan, talked about various concepts regarding neurons, electrical and chemical communication and various brain repair mechanisms. — TNS
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DPS holds inter-school science
festival
Amritsar, October 29 School Principal Sangeeta Singh, while inaugurating the science festival, said the aim of the activity was to make the students aware of nature and its conservation, besides value the natural bounty, make best use of it and not to deplete natural resources by its mindless use. The concept of the festival was "Wave of Change", where students were encouraged to inculcate and imbibe value system to avoid wastage, have clean lifestyle and inspire others to follow rules and regulations made for conserving environment. Dr J.S. Gandhi, Chemistry Department, Khalsa College, Dr M.S. Batra, Chemistry Department, Khalsa College, Dr Avinash Nagpal, Botany Department, GNDU, and Dr Adarsh Pal, Botany Department, GNDU, were the judges for the competitions. Power-point presentation was held on waste segregation. The extempore was held on "wildlife extinction". In the power-point presentation competition, Khalsa College International Public School got the first prize, DAV International School second and DAV Public School third. In the extempore competition, hosts DPS, Amritsar, bagged the first prize, St Soldier Covent School, Jandiala, and Modern High School second and Mata Kaulan Ji Public School and Police DAV Public School third. In the photography competition, Cambridge International School got the first prize, DPS, Amritsar, and Police DAV Public School second and DAV Public School and DAV International School third.
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Sacred Heart School celebrates platinum jubilee
Amritsar October 29 It was a nostalgic moment for all former students of this institution, who came from far and wide. Rev Dr Vincent Concessao, Archbishop of Delhi Archdiocese, was the chief guest on the occasion. City Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora presided over the function. The association also presented a sofa set to the school. Three outstanding students of Class X, Navleen Kaur, Shivya Soni and Vasudha Vasude, were felicitated with ASHA awards. The gathering held a two-minute silence as mark of respect for one of the oldest schoolteachers Parveen Prasad, who passed away recently.
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Hockey matches between ex-Olympians of India, Pak in December
Amritsar, October 29 This was disclosed at a seminar organised by the Folklore Research Academy here on Sunday. Almost all speakers at a seminar on ‘Indo-Pak relations – background, difficulties and challenges’ endorsed the need to check suspicion and hatred among youths of India and Pakistan. SAFMA secretary general Imtiaz Alam said people of India and Pakistan should defeat the evil designs existing in the subcontinent and work for peace and prosperity in the South-East Asia. He said when the movement to bring two nations closer was initiated, the relations between India and Pakistan was not good and many people criticised it. “I still remember the Bar Association, Lahore, used to be in the forefront to initiate campaigns against India, but now it is leading in sending maximum number of its members to India.” Similarly, traders from both the nations are now reaping the dividends of thaw and bonhomie besides relaxation in visa. He anticipated that the business would further grow in the time to come. He said both India and Pakistan were developing but their national policies were poles apart. He opined that keeping in view the condition of minorities and political dispensations in the South Asian countries, it was necessary to consolidate the latter to provide peaceful governance. A uniform economic policy of these countries would take the region among the top five economic entities in the world. Hind-Pak Dosti Manch general secretary Satnam Singh Manak stressed that the people of India and Pakistan need to become more aware of the advantages of peace and harmonious relations. “Then they would exert pressure on their governments to frame the policies accordingly”. Pushpendra Kulshreshtha, a veteran journalist, felt that the mediapersons need to exercise care while reporting the cases of crime and others related to Pakistan with utmost sensitivity.
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Tension gripped Majitha road bypass as two groups of youths fired at each other outside Hardass filling station on Monday.
The kabaddi team of the SGPC returned as runners-up of a kabaddi tournament organised by the Punjabi community at
Sharjah. The SGPC team made it to the finals of the tournament by defeating seven other teams. The team faced
Sher-e-Punjab team in the finals. Punjab Chief Parliamentary Secretary Amarpal Singh Bony and SGPC secretary Dalmegh Singh went to Sharjah to witness the final match.
Amritsar, October 29
The Folklore Research Academy would organise two matches between former hockey Olympians of India and Pakistan at Delhi and Amritsar in December.