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Excise staff thrashed
Good sellers fail to register under food safety
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Six booked for plan to kill ASI, family by hiring contract killers
Agent, son robbed of Rs 1.50 lakh
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Amritsar, January 24 The district health department reported another suspected case of swine flu today. With this, the department now has reports about two suspected patients of the flu, the confirmation reports of whom are awaited.
Towards empowering the girl child
Patwari held for forging land documents
PM, Sonia should apologise: state BJP
Pharmacists call off protest
Khalsa Diwan president joins DSGPC election campaign
Three arrested for oil theft
National Youth Week celebrated at KCW
Varsity dean presents paper at seminar on football medicine
MC gears up for recovery process
Wife donates part of liver to husband for transplant
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Excise staff thrashed
Amritsar, January 24 The accused allegedly closed the gates from inside and pelted stones at the officials, besides
brutally thrashing the staff members. The victims saved themselves by escaping from the spot after breaking the locks of the gates. The accused chased the vehicles of the excise officials about 500 m before they entered a police chowki and saved themselves. The police has arrested the owner of BN Rice Sheller, identified as
Krishan Kumar Chadha, his two sons Ankush Chadha and Varun Chadha, and Santokh Singh, their employee. A case under Sections 307, 332, 295-A of the IPC has been registered against about 40-50 persons, including the labourers who conspired with the owners to manhandle the excise officials. Varinder Pannu, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, said they had received instructions from the Chandigarh head office to inspect the stock of the rice sheller, as he was found to be a defaulter in paying the dues. She said she, along with other officials of the department including lady officers, went to inspect the sheller in the afternoon. “Initially, the owners and staff members of the
sheller were dithering on showing the documents pertaining to the stock. Finding unusual delay, we asked them to show us the stock,” said Pannu. “As we were busy in the office, my officials informed that something wrong was happening outside, as labourers had gathered and had bolted the gates from inside. As soon as we came out of the office, they surrounded us and started using abusive language. The owner
Krishan Kumar was provoking his labourers not to let us go alive,” she said, adding that they
brutally thrashed a couple of officials. “Had we not managed to escape, they would have killed us,” she said, adding that she had informed the higher authorities, besides lodging the complaint with the police. Preet Paul Singh Virk, SSP, Amritsar rural police, said as soon as the incident came to thir knowledge, they arrested the owner and his two sons, besides their employee Santokh Singh.
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Good sellers fail to register under food safety
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Amritsar, January 24 The revelation came when a team of the District Health Department went to collect 24 samples of food items from various eateries. None of the shops checked by the department had registered or obtained licenses so far. District Health Officer Dr Shivkaran Singh Kahlon said, “After the recent inspections, we feel many of the food businesses have still not complied with the instructions.” The department also held a meeting with the representatives of various associations of food sellers and processors to ask them to get registered or obtain licenses before February 4. Dr Kahlon said the team of sanitary inspectors operating in the city had also been involved to spread awareness about the approaching deadline. The department has so far been able to attract attention from only 3,000 food sellers ever since the Food Safety Act came into force in March last year. Dr Kahlon said of these food sellers, 500 establishments with an annual turnover exceeding Rs 12 lakh were issued licenses while those under the limit were registered as per the law. He said registration under the Act was mandatory for all establishments involved in preparation, processing, manufacturing, sale and packaging of food items. Non compliance with the act would result in imprisonment of six months and a fine to the tune of Rs 5 lakh, he added. To give a last chance to the shopkeepers, the department has planned to organise two camps, one at Baba Bakala on January 28 and the other at Jandiala Guru on January 31, where businesses would be registered on the spot.
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Six booked for plan to kill ASI, family by hiring contract killers
Amritsar, January 24 Out of these, the police has arrested four persons, while two are absconding. Among those arrested include Jaspal Masih of village Kotli Alliwal, Nirmal Singh of Phulechak, Bau of village Ballarwal, Amajit Masih of Nangal Wanjawala. Kala Singh of Kot Sidhu and Sukhwinder Masih of Kotli Alliwal are at large. A case under Sections 307, 115, 120-B, 148, 149 of the IPC and 25/27/54/59 of the Arms Act has been registered against them. Jaspal Singh, the ASI posted at Pathankot, stated to the police that his younger brother Dilbagh Singh had an old dispute with the family of Kala Singh. He said Dilbagh had killed Kashmir Singh of Kot Sidhu, father of Kala Singh, in December 1996. This had become a bone of contention between the two families. He said Kala, along with his two brothers, identified as Mangal Singh and Nirvair Singh, wanted to take revenge for the murder of his father. Perturbed over the dispute, his family had decided to shift from village Kot Sidhu to Bhindi Saida in 2004. He said they had been living on the outer side of the village since then. He said about four months ago, he noticed some noise and movement of miscreants outside his residence. He said he got alarmed over this and did not open the gate of his house. Since that day, he said, he started investigations on own his own and found out that Kala Singh had hired the remaining accused, who had a criminal background, to eliminate my family. Balkar Singh, SHO, Bhindi Saida police station, said raids were being conducted to nab the absconders. He said the police had also recovered over 1.5 kg of narcotic powder from Jaspal Masih and Nirmal Singh's possession. He said further investigations were under progress.
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Agent, son robbed of Rs 1.50 lakh
Amritsar, January 24 The victims, Swarn Singh and his son Ranjit Singh, both residents of Wadali Dogra village, were thrashed by the miscreants who also took away Rs 1.50 lakh from them. Swarn Singh reported the matter to the Jandiala police which registered a case. He stated that they worked as commission agents in the Vallah vegetable market. He said they were returning home on a motorcycle when they were intercepted by the armed robbers. He alleged that they beat them up before decamping with the money. — TNS
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Suspected swine flu case reported
Amritsar, January 24 Meanwhile, the report of another suspected patient earlier reported by the department has come out to be negative. The district has so far reported two cases of swine flu, of which one patient had died earlier. Dr Yash Mitra said the new suspected case was a patient from Gurdaspur district admitted in a private hospital here. He said the tests had been sent to Chandigarh for confirmation.
— TNS
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Towards empowering the girl child
Amritsar, January 24 The day started with the Sarhad-e-Punjab Sports Club inaugurating an exhibition dedicated to the girl child. Displaying art works and paintings made by budding artists based on women as the central theme, the exhibition was inaugurated by Chief Parliamentary Sectretary Navjot Kaur Sidhu and had prominent women of city in attendance. “In the wake of the diminishing child sex ratio in the country and stereotypical mindsets towards the girl child, it has become necessary to do every bit possible for the girls. The social acceptance of the girl child is still a tough task to achieve, even with the talk of the 21st century and active feminist attitude. The objective of all these initiatives is to work towards ensuring that girls are born, loved and nurtured and grow up to become empowered citizens of this country with equal rights and opportunities,” said Harpreet Kaur, secretary, Sarhad-e-Punjab Sports Club, an NGO that is working actively for the cause of the girl child. The exhibition-cum-competition held at Art Gallery saw school students, college youngsters and women from all walks of life coming out in full support of the girl child. “The objective of organising this competition is to let students suggest a fresh mnemonic through the slogans for the theme 'save the girl child',” said Gurvinder Singh Mattu, president of the club. According to a UNICEF report, India has lost over 10 million girls to abortions and infanticide since 2007 and there is a dramatic decline in the sex ratio. As per a 2011 report, the child sex ratio has dipped from 917 females to 1,000 males, with Haryana and Punjab being the worst ratios. “The irony of the situation is that there is no place where a woman can feel safe? A girl faces the threat of female feoticide before she is born, then infanticide when she is born, later malnutrition and lack of education unlike her male siblings. And then there are issues of child marriage, dowry-related problems, domestic violence, rape and many such issues that she has to struggle with in her life. For actual change to take place, mindsets need to be changed at a much deeper level before a girl is born. So, she is not viewed as a burden all her life," opined Mukesh Shelat, principal, Millenium School. Millenium too did its bit on the National Girl Child Day with a "nukkad natak" performed by the students of the school. The street play called "Aadhi Duniya" centered on the significance of gender equality traced the ill-treatment of women from Vedic times through Mughal times to the present day. The play ended on an optimistic note as all the girls get together to assert themselves. It highlighted the stark bias in society about the girl child and underlined the crucial responsibility of everyone to address the issue. Students performed it on the school premises, later at public places for involving more audience.
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Patwari held for forging land documents
Amritsar, January 24 The police has registered a case on the complaint submitted by Dineshwar Singh, a resident of Sector 5, Chandigarh. The case was registered following the orders of the Deputy Commissioner. An inquiry was conducted by the district revenue officer in this regard. According to information, the incident took place in January 1994. When Dineshwar Singh came to know about this, he filed a complaint against them before the district authorities. The inquiry conducted by district revenue officer found Avtar Singh, the then circle patwari guilty in the case. Investigations pointed out that he connived with Jeon Singh and Suba Singh of Maude village and transferred about 24 kanals in the name of the two accused. No arrest has been made so far while a case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered against them in this regard.
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PM, Sonia should apologise: state BJP
Amritsar, January 24 The protest continued for over four hours during which the BJP workers and leaders raised slogans against the Congress party and Shinde. Speaking on the occasion, Nadda said by issuing such statements, the leaders had hurt the sentiments of the people of the country. He said Dr Singh and Gandhi should apologise to the nation for Shinde’s remarks besides sacking him from the home ministry. Sharma said BJP would intensify the agitation in the coming days. The party workers burned the effigy of Shinde and raised slogans. Meanwhile, commuters at the Bhandari Bridge remained at the receiving end due to the protest. On the culmination day of ‘Chintan Shivir’ of the Congress, Shinde had accused the BJP and RSS of holding terror-training camps and promoting ‘Hindu terrorism’ in the country. Newly elected national BJP president Rajnath Singh announced the nationwide protest against the remarks immediately after taking over.
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Pharmacists call off protest
Amritsar, January 24 The pharmacists had earlier announced a protest against the director today at Chandigarh, demanding cancellation of an order denying one-year extension in services to pharmacists. President Shamsher Singh Kohri said they had received an assurance from the director that their demand would be considered. He said a communication received from the director had requested them to defer the strike for a month, during which the decision would be taken. “We have decided to cancel the protest and would be meeting the director to discuss the same,” Kohri said. He said the demands of pharmacists were just as when the employees of the other departments of the state government were getting a year’s extension, there was no point denying the benefit to them.
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Khalsa Diwan president joins DSGPC election campaign
Amritsar, January 24 Chadha held a meeting at his Delhi residence which was attended by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Confirming it, Chadha said a gathering was held at his Delhi residence in favour of Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Manjinder Singh Sarsa from ward no 25. He, along with his supporters, assured his cooperation to Badal. Others present on the occasion included, Cabinet Minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia and Ex-Chairman, National Minority Commission, Tarlochan Singh, Inderjit Singh Chadha, Dr Ratan Singh Ajnala, Jaswinder Singh Advocate, Bhupinder Singh Anand, Barinder Singh Sahni.
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Three arrested for oil theft
Amritsar, January 24 The arrested include Mahabir Singh, Manjit Singh and Resham Singh, all residents of Muradpura village (Tarn Taran). A case under various Sections of IPC was registered against them. Harmit Singh, investigating officer of the case, said during patrolling near Mallia village bus stand, they received specific information that the above said accused used to steal oil from the transformers and sold them in the market. He said the police team raided the designated place and arrested the accused with 20 litre of stolen oil. Further investigations were under progress, he added.
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National Youth Week celebrated at KCW
Amritsar, January 24 National Girl Child Day observed
The National Girl Child Day was observed at DAV Public School, Lawrence Road, Amritsar today. The students spoke about the declining sex ratio in many states of India. They presented self-composed poems and expressed concern over the insensitivity of the people. A role play depicting the situation that would arise if female foeticide continued unabated was also presented. All issues pertaining to declining number of girls like female foeticide, sexual harassment and dowry deaths were discussed and students pledged to stand for the rights of the girl child. Posters and slogans depicting the message were also presented. Regional Director, Amritsar Zone, Dr Neelam Kamra, Principal BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar and the manager of the school Dr KN Kaul said it was important to make people aware of such social evils for the betterment of the society. Neera Sharma, principal of the school said the declining sex ratio was one reason for increasing crimes against females. Sensitivity towards the needs of girl child and respect for them was the need of the hour, she added.
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Varsity dean presents paper at seminar on football medicine
Amritsar, January 24 The seminar was organised recently by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in association with the Indian body Fifa and the Asian Football Federation for the Central and South regions in New Dr Jaspal delivered his research paper on Stem Cell Therapy, Tendinopathies and Young Soccer players’ injuries. In his lecture, he said over the last few years stem cells had attracted the interest of researchers who tried to provide the basis for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. He added that AIFF had taken note of the increasing importance of sports medicine in modern day football without which it was virtually impossible for players to maintain peak fitness through a full session. Prof Jiri Frantisek Dvorak, Chief Medical Officer, Fifa, Dr Gurcharan Singh, Chairman, Medical Department, Asian Football Confederation, Malayasia, Prof Brun Shane Perry from Australia, Dr Patrick Yung from Hong Kong were the key speakers on the occasion.
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MC gears up for recovery process
Amritsar, January 24 According to information, the MTP department has been given a week’s time to prepare the list of unauthorised constructions so that the process of levying penalty could be initiated. In the backdrop of it, this move has been taken following several complaints lodged with the municipal corporation about the gross violation of change in land use (CLU) and putting the public land for commercial purpose in several key areas of the city. Similarly, fixing the liability of officers for collecting commercial as well as residential dues, the Municipal Corporation Commissioner has summoned the water supply wing to achieve the recovery target. It has been learnt that February 15 has been set as the deadline to realise at least 30 per cent target. Municipal Corporation Commissioner Bhupinder Singh said the efforts were on to streamline the revenue generation departments but in a fair and transparent manner.
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Wife donates part of liver to husband for transplant
Amritsar, January 24 Rajan was suffering from last-stage liver disease. He had to be repeatedly admitted to hospitals for jaundice and infections due to the cirrhosis,” said. “End-stage liver disease patients, who need a transplant, suffer before they get their liver changed. With not enough donors and inadequate arrangements for long-term dialysis, relief seems far-fetched for them,” Dr Subba Rao, the Director of Centre for Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Sciences (CLTBS) said.
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Demanding an apology from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, besides the resignation of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his ‘hindu terror’ remarks, a number of BJP activists, headed by National BJP leader JP Nadda and its state president Kamal Sharma, today held a protest dharna at Bhandari Bridge here.
The National Youth Week, dedicated to Swami Vivekanada’s 150th birth anniversary, was celebrated at Khalsa College for Women
(KCW), under which various academic competitions were held. KCW Principal, Dr Sukhbir Kaur Mahal said the programmes were organised by National Social Service
(NSS) wing of the college and the students were motivated to work for secular ideals for nation-building and social
upliftment.
