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TB Hospital sans water, patients go high and dry
Two arrested for defrauding people
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Four held with 5 country-made pistols
Films by students screened under O-3 project
Police asks senior citizens to be vigilant
No headway in bank lockers' theft case
Three arrested with charas, habit-forming drugs
Cold wave continues
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TB Hospital sans water, patients go high and dry
Amritsar, January 20 Though the hospital had asked the water supply department to arrange a water tanker to meet the supply until the problem of defunct pump is solved, no such arrangements had been made. The employees and attendants of the patients at the hospital said they are forced to bring water from nearby private properties. Joginder Singh, an attendant of a patient, said, “It is getting difficult to bring drinking water from other places. Bringing water for bathing purposes is almost impossible.” He said with water taps running dry, people are facing it difficult to use washrooms and toilets. Another patient said the hospital authorities should make alternate arrangements until the water supply department gets the pump repaired. He said absence of water inside the hospital premises is annoying and disturbing. The patients complained that the washrooms and other spaces are getting dirty as there is no water to clean them. They said the administration must take notice of the problem being faced by the people and get the problem rectified immediately. Dr NC Kajal, Medical Superintendent, District TB Hospital, said the department concerned had been asked to get the problem rectified as soon as possible so that patients do not suffer. going thirsty
what they said It is getting difficult to manage without drinking water at the hospital. The toilets and washrooms have been getting dirty in absence of water. The administration must take notice of the problem being faced by the people and get the problem rectified immediately. The department concerned had been asked to get the problem rectified as soon as possible so that patients do not suffer.
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Two arrested for defrauding people
Amritsar January 20 The Sultanwind police has registered a case against the two under Section 420 of the IPC. It also seized bundles of papers with eight Rs 500 notes from their possession. The accused used to cheat people belonging to rural areas, including Jandiala Guru, Beas, Kathunangal, Tarn Taran and Ajnala. The police sources said on the pretext of doubling the cash, they used to give bundles of paper with Rs 500 notes fixed on either side of the bundle. They were caught following a complaint lodged by Wazir Singh of Chheharta Bypass. Wazir had alleged that the accused duped him of Rs 25,000 in the same fashion. Arvinder Singh, in charge, CIA staff, said the accused had been sent in police remand. Further investigations were going on.
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Four held with 5 country-made pistols
Amritsar, January 20 Easy availability of country-made arms to criminals is considered to be one of the major reasons in rising crime in the holy city. Majority of anti-social elements committing robberies in and around the city are usually armed with such arms which are smuggled from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where illegal manufacturing of arms is rampant. In 2012, the city police seized 73 weapons and majority of these were illegal and country-made. In 2011, the number of weapons seized stood at 43. The four accused were identified as Lallan Kumar and Rahul, both residents of Bihar, Varun Kalia of Majitha road and Daljit Singh of Tabowali village near Gumtala. As per initial investigations, Lallan and Rahul procured the weapons from Bihar and then sold them to Varun and Daljit Singh. The migrants used to buy the weapons at Rs 4,000-5,000 and sold them to vulnerable youths here in between Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000. The police seized a .32 bore pistol with one magazine, .32 bore revolver with a live cartridge and three .315 bore pistols with three bullets. A case under Sections 25, 54 and 59-A of the Arms Act has been registered against the four. Though the real motive behind purchase of weapons has not been ascertained yet, the police officials said they were yet to verify the credentials of the four accused arrested. Sukhwinder Singh, ACP (Crime), said they would write to police station concerned in Bihar to verify the antecedents of Lallan and Rahul. The police would also interrogate Varun and Daljit to find out their purpose behind purchasing the weapons. He claimed that the railway police had arrested a person from the station with two country-made pistols. He was to deliver the same to Lallan Kumar. Before he could deliver the weapons to Lallan, he was arrested by GRP at the railway station. Making profits
As per initial investigations, the accused Lallan and Rahul procured the weapons from Bihar and then sold them to Varun and Daljit Singh. The migrants had bought the weapons at ~5,000 and sold them to youths at Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000
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Rain brings cheer to farmers, good for wheat crop
Amritsar, January 20 Experts have, however, cautioned that regular monitoring of crops was a must and the farmers should spray weedicides at regular intervals. They said the rain was well-timed. “At this time, the wheat crop needs another round of irrigation. Rain will help increase productivity and improve quality,” they said. “The recent spell of rain has helped in proper dilution of fertilisers and compost in the soil. It is also good that it did not last long,” said Dilbagh Singh Dhanju, Chief Agriculture Officer. There could be some negative impact of rain in some low-lying areas, he said. Wheat is sown over 1.88 lakh hectare area in the district. Officials believe that rains during this period will enhance the productivity by at least 4-5 quintals per acre. “Normally, we need rainfall in January and February for a good farm output. But if this spell gets longer, it can harm our crops,” said Agricultural Officer Gurdeep Singh. He said there would be a negligible impact of rain on the crop of vegetable, fruit and pulses. The reason was that these crops were grown in September/October and by this time, most of the crops were ready to harvest, he added.
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Polio immunisation drive kicks off in Amritsar
Amritsar, January 20 Speaking on the occasion, Joshi said India had been working for the past 17 years to eradicate polio from the country with help from World Health Organisation. Civil Surgeon Dr Yash Mitra said 1,472 booths were set up at various places in the district to administer polio drops to children aged below 5 years. As many as 59 transit booths and 57 mobile booths were also set up. He said the mobile and transit booths would also be working for the next two days. Dr Mitra said in next two days, as many as 5,696 teams of volunteers and employees would visit 4,53,423 homes to administer drops to children.
— TNS
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Unemployed linemen hold protest
Amritsar, January 20 Some of the protesters were rounded up by the police but were later let off. Amritsar Unemployed Linemen Union president Rajinder Kumar said as many as 4,000 linemen were affected by the delay in recruitment. “Equally unjustified was the arrest of innocent linemen and their family members, including the elderly, ladies and kids, when they held a protest at Muktsar,” he said. The agitating linemen tried to meet cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia and MP Navjot Singh Sidhu but in vain. The police arrested some of the linemen and kept them at the Sadar police station for over two hours. Though they were not booked, they were released after their antecedents were noted down. The linemen threatened to intensify their agitation and to gherao Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during his visit to the city on Republic Day at Gandhi Ground.
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Films by students screened under O-3 project
Amritsar, January 20 The O-3 project aims at preparing emerging young educators and their students in Punjab with the leadership and the technical skills for creating a more vibrant region. The festival was attended by students of 15 schools and colleges, their parents and teachers. Various movies on social issues were screened which included, ‘Back to School’ by students of Vidya School, ‘Discrimination’ by students of Literacy India Centre, ‘The Better half’ by students of Vidya School, ‘Home work’ by students of Vedic Kanya High School, ‘Vanishing Daughters-Teesra Rasta’ by Anwar Jamal and Ghazala Khan. The short films by students of DAV College, Amritsar, were also screened. Ghazala Khan, a Delhi-based filmmaker, journalist and a social worker, interacted with the audience to share her experiences and opinions about dark realities that existed in the life of women. Aamir Aijaz, O-3 project manager, American India foundation, said films with social and cultural cause, especially the gender issues, were screened followed by an interactive sessions with the directors of the films. He said the main motive of the screening was to make the students interact with eminent filmmakers and various other media professionals. The motive of the festival was also to make the youth understand the social importance of the media and how it could prove to be an effective tool in bringing about positive changes in our society. The project
The O-3 project aims at preparing emerging young educators and their students in Punjab with the leadership and the technical skills for creating a more vibrant region. The festival was attended by students of 15 schools and colleges, their parents and teachers
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Police asks senior citizens to be vigilant
Amritsar, January 20 Recently, an elderly woman was robbed of gold jewellery worth lakhs by unidentified persons who barged into her house when she was closing the door after her husband had left the house. Though the police claimed to have launched a number of steps, including better PCR patrolling and beat system, it needs to more to check the occurrence of such crimes. The residents are also required to be more vigilant. Amrik Singh Pawar, ADCP (city), has a piece of advice for the elderly couples living alone in their houses. “The most important thing which they should do is stop entertaining unknown persons, including salespersons,” said Pawar while adding that if any unknown person in their area raises suspicion, residents should immediately call PCR teams by dialing 100. He said elderly people should keep their main gates or doors closed. The gate or doors should also have the facility of door lenses to see if the person on the other side is known to the family or not, he added. “If possible, they should install CCTV cameras at the entry points of the house and in the lobby which could record the movement of the suspects,” he said. He said the people should also give the information about their tenants and domestic helps to the police station concerned. Though mandatory, the people usually do not give any information about their tenants and servants. A number of times such people were found to be involved in many crimes. “Residents should inform the police before employing servants or renting their properties so that the police could verify the antecedents of those hired people,” the ADCP said. He said people should take help from the newly launched PCR teams which have been equipped with sophisticated weapons and gadgets besides high-speed motorcycles.
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No headway in bank lockers' theft case
Jalandhar, January 20 Talking to The Tribune, ADCP Naresh Dogra said, "The bank did not have any CCTV camera despite instructions issued to it many times in this regard. But we will now be checking out the CCTV footages of all cameras in the vicinity. The nearest camera is in a retail outlet nearby and we shall be checking to see if any unusual activity has been caught on it. CCTV cameras on nearby roads etc will also be checked for footage." Owing to the deftness with which the theft was done and the fact that the thieves seemed to be well versed with the goings-on at the bank, the police is not ruling out the possibility that the role of bank staff might also be suspect. While earlier there were reports that one of the thieves had left behind his mobile phone in the bank, Dogra denied the reports, saying the mobile in question fell from a locker. Sources said the police had also begun rounding up persons for questioning regarding the case. bank defied orders The bank did not have any CCTV camera despite instructions issued to it many times in this regard. But we will now be checking out the CCTV footages of all cameras in the vicinity. Owing to the deftness with which the theft was done and the fact that the thieves seemed to be well versed with the goings-on at the bank, the police is not ruling out the possibility that the role of bank staff might also be suspect — Naresh Dogra, ADCP
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Three arrested with charas, habit-forming drugs
Amritsar, January 20 The Chheharta police arrested Ravinder Singh of Loharan Wali Gali at Dhapai with 200 grams of charas. The police has registered a case under Section 20, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act against him.
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Cold wave continues
Jalandhar, January 20 In the meantime, the lowest temperature was registered in Amritsar as 4.8 degrees Celsius; in Halwara, the minimum temperature was recorded as 5.5 degrees Celsius.
— TNS
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With the water pumping motor at the District TB Hospital lying defunct for the past three days, the patients and their attendants are grappling with the problem of scarcity of water at the premises.
