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young achiever
Licences of 4 medical stores cancelled
Woman hit by car, dies
Electricity pole poses threat
Ziqitza Health Care Ltd makes it to Limca Book of Records
Chawla asks CM to check wrong practices of cable operators
Two months on, MC yet to hold first House meet
Khalsa College win boxing championship
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Commuters suffer as BJP holds protest
Amritsar, November 21 He stated that it would render thousands of retailers and dealers dealing in grocery unemployed. He added that the BJP had always opposed the FDI in retail. He held the Congress-led UPA government responsible for the rise in the prices of essential commodities. Charging the Congress with being responsible for poverty and unemployment, he told the gathering that it was not their fate but the Congress, which was responsible for their plight. On Ajmal Kasab's execution, he said it was welcomed, though it took long. He said the move would send a strong signal against terrorism. Appreciating Kasab's hanging, Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu said, "It is a long awaited decision and would change the perception of India from a soft nation to strong one on the issue of terrorism. However, differences between Sidhu and Punjab Industry Minister Anil Joshi came to fore as when the former left the venue of agitation the latter arrived along with his supporters. The protest resulted in long traffic jams on the Ram Bagh road, Bhandari Bridge and surrounding localities.
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Amritsar Games Assn secretary suspended for corruption
Amritsar, November 21 The suspension of Khanna came after the district administration received the inquiry report which probed the charges of corruption, unilateral amendment in the constitution and ignoring merit in selection procedure of players. The four-member committee comprising the ADC (General), ADC (Development), District Sports Officer and the Treasury Officer probed all these charges against Khanna. The inquiry panel was constituted on September 3. The administration had withdrawn all financial powers enjoyed by Khanna since September. Aggarwal said the inquiry was conducted in two parts --- financial irregularities, and procedural lapses and constitutional changes. He said the first aspect of inquiry has been completed. The second aspect needed cross questioning of the selection panel head Harwinder Singh, a former national medium pacer. He said Harwinder had given his statement, but it requires cross questioning. He said Harwinder was busy with Ranji matches and would return on November 27. It may be recalled that Industry Minister and BJP MLA Anil Joshi had accused Khanna of favouritism claiming that he had barred Kamal Passi, a member of the Indian cricket team that won the U-19 World Cup, from playing for two years ago on September 1. The minister welcomed the decision. “The AGA is an elected body and majority of the persons had come out against Khanna. Hence, he should have been suspended much earlier,” he commented. When asked who would be the next secretary, he replied that it was the job of the AGA members to decide. Former Indian cricketer Harwinder Singh, junior cricketers Ravneet Ricky, Chandan Madan and Manish Sharma and councillor from Ward 8 Aman Aery had also accused Khanna of embezzlement of funds and using undue influence in the selection of teams. AGA Heritage Club joint secretary Rohit K Lakhanpal also claimed that Khanna was arrogant and egoistic in running the AGA and alleged that he changed AGA’s constitution to give more powers to the position of secretary which he was holding. When contacted, Khanna said he would come out unscathed from the probe as he had only discharged his duty. He said during his tenure of five years, he took many constructive and corrective decisions, which angered many people as they did not appreciate changes.
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Amritsar, November 21 Among the 28-member wrestling squad of the Punjab Police he was the sole gold medal winner. In all 100-member strong contingent of the Punjab Police took part in the games. He has already won gold medals in the two editions of the World Police Games in 2009 and 2011. He has won five gold medals, a silver and a bronze medal in the All-India Police Games. An international-level wrestler, he is employed with the Punjab Police and has won many titles for the state and his department. List of his achievements is exhausting. He won the silver in the 84-kg Greeco-Roman style in the World Police Games held in New York in September, 2011. Last year he also achieved the first position in the National Games after beating Haryana's Rinku at Ranchi in the same category. In the National Wrestling Championship, 2009, at Udaipur he got silver in 84-kg Greeco-Roman style. Besides, in the 2011 Wrestling Federation Cup in Mumbai he vanquished Maharashtra's Sanjay Yadav and won the gold. Earlier, in the 2009 World Police Games held at Vancouver, Vikram snatched the gold in the same category and the silver medal in the freestyle. He had been champion in the All-India Police Games for five times in 2004, 20006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Currently working as a head constable in the Punjab Armed Police (PAP), he has an array of glorious achievements in the sport under his belt. Meanwhile, his maiden international exposure came in the 2001 Junior Wrestling Asian Championship held in Iran in the U-20 category. Following this championship he joined the Punjab Police. His father Kamal Kishore Sharma, a keen wrestler in his youth, introduced young Vikram to the game in his childhood. He started wrestling at the Gole Bagh wrestling stadium in 1997. Earlier, he represented Hindu Sabha School. Vikram credited his coach Sohan Singh, a qualified international coach, for honing his skills in the game. He practices six hour a day to keep himself fit for the championships. He says, "He adjusts his practice schedule in the morning and the evening to make himself available for other jobs in the department." He is also grooming his six-year-old son Uday in the game.
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Licences of 4 medical stores cancelled
Amritsar, November 21 Suri said the Drug Department had conducted a number of raids on medical stores and a large quantity of habit-forming and illegal drugs were seized from seven shops. Passing strict instructions to the Health Department, Gulati said the district administration was serious about the drug abuse, which had assumed alarming proportions in the city. He said no lenient view would be taken against the chemists involved in the illegal selling of intoxicants. Dr Yash Mitra, Civil Surgeon, said the department would start a 15-day cancer awareness programme from December 1. He informed that in the last one month the department had challanned 241 persons for smoking in public areas and fines to the tune of Rs 8,685 were slapped on them.
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Woman hit by car, dies
Amritsar, November 21 She was immediately rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Premo Devi originally hailed from Umarpura in Barabassi district, Uttar Pradesh. A case under Section 304-A of the IPC has been registered against the unidentified car driver.
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Electricity pole poses threat
Amritsar, November 21 The pole, which has tilted towards the road, is located just adjacent to a school and a number of students as well as commuters use the route. Since the pole is holding a heavy bunch of wires and its base being completely eroded, it can fell down even with the impact of a slight wind anytime. Due to heavy load, it has developed cracks at its bottom. The Mall Road leads to various key destinations and is always full of all kind of commuters, including schoolchildren. Despite repeated complaints submitted to the MC and the Powercom Department by residents, no one bothered to repair or replace the pole. A resident, Naresh Johar, who after noticing this threat, tried to persuade the officials to get it repaired, but failed to do so. "The officials were least concerned when I brought it to their notice. Everytime, when I pass through this route, I inspect the base of the pole, which is getting weaker day by day, and I fear that it would lead to a fatal accident if it falls on the moving traffic. It is pity that the authorities are waiting for some accident to happen," said Johar. The school authorities as well as children showed concern about the issue as a number of schoolchildren either on foot or bicycle use this route to enter or exit the school premises daily. Sukhchain Singh, a school student, said the pole had been tilting for the past few months. "It is very scary to pass through the road stretch due to this. We always make it a point to be a bit attentive while passing through the route. What else can we do, but authorities must take serious note of it," he said.
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‘Vibrant Amritsar’ to provide health care at doorsteps
Amritsar, November 21 All who’s who of the city were present on the occasion, which included MP Navjot Sidhu, his wife CPS Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Police Commissioner Ram Singh, Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora, chairman of Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board Dr Baldev Raj Chawla. More than 100 volunteers will be covering each and every house for the mobilisation of patients for drug de-addiction by a course of yoga, pranayama, kriya and satsang. Under the programme, the youth leadership training would be held wherein teams would be made at village levels to follow the programme in coordination with the departments of health, education, police and other NGOs. The expected duration of the “drug de-addiction” and “health for all” drive is about 3 to 4 months. As many as nine teams would work in each MLA constituency covering the whole Amritsar district. Each course would last for 12-15 days. The facilities to be provided would include health check-ups of each individual for chronic illness, early diagnosis and awareness about cancer, mass drug de-addiction camps, Aadhar cards for everyone, bank accounts at zero balance, apart from revamping socio-economic status in the form of providing toilets, pucca houses, roads, electricity, etc.
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Ziqitza Health Care Ltd makes it to Limca Book of Records
Amritsar, November 21 To create awareness for Dial 108 in emergency service in Punjab, ZHL had launched “Free First Aid Responder Training Workshops” in various schools and colleges across the state to educate students on the basics of first aid in case of medical emergency. In its commitment to equip everyone with the knowledge, ZHL organised 124 special sessions (from December 2011 to May 2012) in approximately 50 schools throughout the state. The Limca Record set up by ZHL stands in “Medical Science Chapter” of the Limca Book of Records - 2013 by imparting training to 5,143 participants in six months’ period (December 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012) on First Responder Programme (FRP) in the state. In these special FRP sessions, students were initially educated on handling basic medical situations and how to avail 108 Ambulance Service in case of emergency and later taken to FRP Module by the expert FRP trainers and trained to handle medical emergencies. Sweta Mangal, CEO, ZHL, said the workshops seek to dispel common misconceptions on how to treat medical conditions and observe crucial parameters like general principles of first aid, lifts and carriers, helmet removal, spine stabilisation, log roll, life threat management, controlling bleeding /pressure/elevation, treating shock, fractures, splints and slings, burns, fire control, hot object burns, chest pains and heart attack, stroke/seizure or choking. “We firmly believe that it’s not enough to just provide an ambulance service. In any unfortunate event or medical emergency, in the minutes before an ambulance or medical help arrives, it is the person near the victim who has the power to help save his life. In most cases, people want to help but do not know how to and might even complicate the situation further incorrectly or wrongly assisting the victim. Our training programme is aimed at ensuring that we educate people to be of assistance under such circumstances,” she said. Unfortunately in India, 30 per cent of the people die to a delay in transportation or lack of immediate help as per the WHO 2002 report. Training people in first aid on various medical emergencies can reduce this number significantly. “With this in mind, we, at ZHL, aim at conveying the importance of first aid responder training to the people across Punjab and the rest of the country,” Tarun Verma, senior manager marketing, 108 Ambulance, said. Ziqitza Health Care Limited is currently operating 860 ambulances across Mumbai, Bihar, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab and Rajasthan. It has reputed investors like Acumen Fund, GMR/AMR, HDFC, IDFC and India Value Fund on board. ZHL has currently more than 4,800 people working tirelessly day and night to serve people in India. Since inception, it has served more than 17 lakh people across the country.
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Chawla asks CM to check wrong practices of cable operators
Amritsar, November 21 For the past several months, the cable operators had allegedly been discontinuing their operations in order to pressurise consumers to install set top box, required to stream digital signals to the television. “The Central Government used every possible means to inform the public in four metro cities in the country to install set top boxes by October 31,” she said. She claimed that in Punjab the cable operators started discontinuing their operations on their own without informing any consumer about this. She urged Punjab Government to nail the illegitimate practices of the cable operators. She said in order to go digital, the government should disseminate information and set a deadline in this regard.
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Two months on, MC yet to hold first House meet
Amritsar, November 21 The reason being that the already cash-starved MC has not yet received its share of budget from the government for any issue which relates to residents. Apart from the main projects of Solid Waste Management Plant, augmentation of the sewerage system and garbage collection system and staff crunch faced by various departments, the obligatory services of the MC, like the maintenance of roads, sufficient water supply, regulating property/house tax and building rules, are also suffering on the same count. It has been over five months when the interviews for engaging 346 safai karamcharis were held. The huge bundles of application files have been gathering dust in the MC office as nothing could be finalised for the want of House nod. This delay in the recruitment process is also taking a toll on the cleanliness in the holy city, keeping in mind the shortage of safai karamcharis.
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Khalsa College win boxing championship
Amritsar, November 21 Khalsa College gained total 50 points to get the first position, while Layalpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, came second and DAV, Amritsar, third in the championship. Dr Daljit Singh called the team players Jaswinder Singh, Jatinder Singh, Mandip Masih, Mandip Singh, Arjun Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Captain Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Baljit Singh, Sanampal Singh and Gurbinder Singh in his office and congratulated them for the victory in the presence of college Registrar Prof Baljinder Singh, sports in charge Bachanpal Singh, Amarndeep Kaur and boxing coach Baljinder Singh. He said the sports infrastructure had been strengthened in the college, which had resulted into improving the results in various sports events by college players. He asked the players to do well in the university team in the next tournaments and congratulated Bachanpal Singh and Baljinder Singh on the achievement.
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