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Man dies after being ‘administered anaesthesia’ at Govt Dental College
Woman held for driving husband to suicide
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Court bans holding of protest within 100-m radius of GNDU VC’s office
Open art spaces: A new way to promote art in the city
Joshi announces Rs 40 cr for Sports Complex
Cuttack delegation meets Mayor
2.5 kg heroin, Rs 24 lakh in cash recovered from rape accused
Women should raise voice against female foeticide: Chawla
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Man dies after being ‘administered anaesthesia’ at Govt Dental College
Amritsar, April 29 "Instead of informing us about the death, they sent his body to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and abandoned it there," said Rakesh, the deceased's elder brother. Rakesh said as the GNDH staff did not agree to take the body it was left there. Rajesh had gone to the dental college today to get a tooth removed at 9:30 am. The family came to know about his death at 1.30 pm when somebody called the family. "Now we have been told that he died of cardiac arrest. We do not understand as to why his body was abandoned in such an apathetic way," Rakesh said. The staff at the Government Dental College denied the allegations. Reports suggested that instead of examining the patients themselves senior doctors entrust the duty upon postgraduate students in most of the cases. The college is also facing around 70 per cent staff shortage. Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry, and officiating principal of the college, Dr Renu Saroa, denied any negligence on part of the hospital staff. "The patient collapsed even before he was administered anaesthesia. The hospital staff made arrangements to shift him to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital," Dr Saroa claimed. She said two senior doctors of the college had accompanied the patient to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. "The patient was still alive and had revived a bit when he was taken from the hospital," she said. As to why the victim's body, as alleged by the deceased's family, was abandoned and they were not informed, Dr Renu said she would investigate further to know the truth. "College principal Dr Vimal Sikri will be joining back tomorrow and we will conduct a thorough probe into the matter. It was in the Conservative Dentistry Department that the incident occurred," she added. The case
Crying foul Instead of informing us about the death, they sent his body to GNDH and abandoned it there. Now we have been told that he died of cardiac arrest. We do not understand as to why his body was abandoned in such a way. Rajesh had gone to the dental college today to get a tooth removed at 9:30 am. The family came to know about his death at 1.30 pm — Rakesh, deceased's brother Hospital denies negligence The patient collapsed even before he was administered anaesthesia. We made arrangements to shift him to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. College principal Dr Vimal Sikri will be joining tomorrow and we will conduct a thorough probe into the matter — Dr Renu Saroa, officiating principal, Govt Dental College
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Woman held for driving husband to suicide
Amritsar, April 29 The mother of the deceased, Amarjit Kaur of Chheharta, cried foul and blamed her daughter-in-law for his death. Bikramjit reportedly committed suicide at about 4 am on the intervening night of April 27-28 by hanging himself with the help of a rope tied to the roof. On the basis of the complaint filed by the deceased’s mother, Amarjit Kaur, the police today arrested his wife Satti (32). The complainant told the police that Satti had concealed her earlier marriage to her son which put her son under severe depression. The police has registered case under Section 306/201 of the IPC against Mesi, Amrik Singh and Joginder Kaur, all Satti’s relatives, for hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Bikramjit. They are still at large. In her complaint, Kaur alleged that Satti got the body of her son cremated in connivance with her relatives in her absence. “Satti had married my son deceptively and never told him about her earlier marriage and her four children from it. My son came to know of the secret some months ago. This caused regular quarrels between them. She conspired to kill my son while giving it a shape of a suicide,” Kaur said. “Moreover, even before we reached there, they cremated the body in order to wipe out all the evidences,” she said. Investigating officer Satpal Singh of Faizpura police station said the matter was under investigation. “The allegations are being probed. We have arrested the deceased’s wife and are on a lookout for other relatives named in the FIR,” he said. Case file
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Samples of food items collected from eateries
Amritsar, April 29 District Health Officer Dr Shivkaran Singh Kahlon, who led the inspection team, said samples of food items such as cheese, ice cream, butter, sausages, halwa, laddu, namkeen, kanji and others were collected. Dr Kahlon said five samples were collected from grocery shops. He said all the samples had been sent to food testing laboratory in Chandigarh. “The reason why these shops were selected for today’s inspection is that everybody should know that law is above all,” he said. Kahlon said strict action would be taken against the shopkeepers whose samples failed on quality parameters. “We have planned a vigorous drive in the next few days and the entire city would be covered,” he said, adding that the department would not tolerate any compromise on quality as issue concerns the general public health.
— TNS
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Court bans holding of protest within 100-m radius of GNDU VC’s office
Amritsar, April 29 The GNDU authorities had earlier moved the court seeking the ban. The teachers, however, have unanimously decided to move the upper court against this verdict. Even as the copy of court’s judgement has still not been received by either side, the GNDU authorities claimed that the court has ordered against holding any protest within 100 metre-radius from the boundary wall of the VC’s office. The varsity authorities, however, had sought ban on any kind of protest within 500-metre radius of the VC’s office. The GNDU authorities had moved application in the court while naming Prof Davinder Singh, Prof Lakhwinder Singh, Prof Nareshpal Saini and Prof Balwinder Singh who hold posts of president, general secretary, joint secretary and executive members of Guru Nanak Dev University Teachers Association (GNDUTA), in that order. Confirming the development, GNDU Registrar Dr Inderjit Singh said, “I have not yet gone through the court’s order yet but it is confirmed that the court has barred holding of any kind of protest within a radius of 100 meters of the VC’s office.” The varsity authorities had pleaded in the court that protests on the campus hampered the studies of students, normal functioning of the university besides causing damage to property. They had further prayed before the court that the said four staffers should be directed not to hold any protest within 500 metre-radius of the VC’s office. GNDUTA secretary Prof Lakhwinder Singh said teachers had unanimously decided to move the upper court against the verdict. “With due respect to the court, I am compelled to say that it was an undemocratic way adopted by the GNDU authorities seeking court’s intervention while stopping us from raising our voice against their autocratic attitude. GNDUTA is a statutory body and it was the nefarious design of the authorities to defeat teachers’ genuine cause. We will
move the upper court to challenge this decision, if need arises,” he said. GNDUTA president Prof Davinder Singh said the GNDUTA was a statutory body consisting 11-office-bearers chosen through teachers’ mandate every year through elections. “In a way, this case never held any grounds because the application was moved in the court against four employees, including me. Does it refer that the court orders will be applicable to only four of us and that others will be exempted from it,” he added. . “The GNDU authorities’ argument about hampering university’s working or causing damage to university property too was on frivolous grounds, as nothing of the sort has ever happened in the past whenever a protest was held,” he added.
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Minister asks officials to deploy guards at Amrit-Anand Park to prevent theft
Amritsar, April 29 This prompted Industry Minister Anil Joshi to direct the Improvement Trust officials to deploy guards at the unguarded 30-acre park. He paid a visit to the park and suggested various measures to upgrade the park. The proposed measures take care of the requests of the residents of the area. Setting up of the park was initiated in September 2009 as a rose garden-cum-environmental park- cum-recreational centre has seen only establishment of the park while its other aspects are yet to be channelised. Originally, separated in two parts Amrit (spread in 14 acres) and Anand parks (spread in 16 acres), a portion of the park is dedicated for meditation purposes while it also consists of a children park and a Haat Bazaar for temporary vendors to sell eatables. But all these aspects are yet to be operationalised. More than 100 varieties of plants, including six types of roses and trees, were planted in the park. The Industry Minister also suggested construction of an eight-foot wide path along the boundary wall of the park for walkers. About 4,000 more saplings would be planted in the park. Improvement Trust Chairman Sandeep Rishi said about six guards would be hired to round the clock policing of the park. He said a communiqué to the Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation would be forwarded to recruit ex-servicemen for the purpose. He said trees offering plenty of shade would be planted along the path in the park besides planting more ornamental trees. He anticipated that it would require nearly Rs 50 lakh to complete the task. Land of the park falls under the Improvement Trust's 97-acre Ranjit Avenue scheme. It is located along the GT Road and as per the directions of the High Court, it’s prohibited to raise any structure within 100 metres of the highway. The district administration and the Improvement Trust had decided to set up a rose garden and it was duly included in the vision paper released in 2009.
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Tourism Ministry to set up Sikh circuit
Amritsar, April 29 She said the Sikh circuit would be developed by linking Sri Ber Sahib Gurdwara, Sultanpur Lodhi, in Kapurthala district, Damdama Sahib in Bathinda, Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district and Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan with Amritsar. She added that historic religious places associated with the Sikh religion would be developed and beautified to showcase different aspects of history to the tourists visiting the state. Under this project, tourism information centre and multi-media museums would be set up. Later, she held a meeting with SGPC Chief Avtar Singh Makkar and sought cooperation to efficiently set up the Sikh circuit. She also sought a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the SGPC before initiating restoration and beautification of the historic Gurdwaras, which fall in the circuit. She said the lion’s share of the entire cost of the Sikh circuit would be invested in Amritsar. She elaborated that on the lines of Lucknow’s Hazarat Ganj, approaching and exit roads to the Golden Temple would be painted with single colour and similar, attractive and equal size signboards would be put up to streamline the exterior of buildings and shops
falling on the path. Mumbai-based Darashaw Consultancy Private Limited has been hired to prepare a detail project report (DPR) regarding the route. Being a mixed-use project, she said storm water drain, open plazas, facade cleaning and hanging cables would be placed underground and conservation of heritage structures on the route to the Golden temple would also be undertaken. Besides, walkways on either side of the road would be raised for pedestrians. Kalha said the buildings displaying Sikh architecture would be restored. Similarly, Ram Bagh gate, Ram Bagh palace, summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Ram Bagh would be upgraded. A museum would be set up in Gobindgarh fort, which was under the restoration project, she added. At Attari border, Kalha said a tourist reception centre, a park and a multi-level parking would also be set up. Handicraft centre, a convention and an auditorium would be established in the heritage village, which was being set up in Guru Nanak Dev University. Amusement park and laser show would be set up at Chahli Khoo area. She said tenders for majority of the works in Amritsar would be called by August. She directed Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal and Municipal Commissioner Bhupinder Singh to get the NOCs from owners of heritage buildings and concerned departments.
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Open art spaces: A new way to promote art in the city
Amritsar, April 29 Moving on from the usual art galleries, artists are reaching out to people through open art spaces. The first-of-its-kind open art space at Alpha One Mall, called the Wall of Art, is attracting more than just eyeballs for the artists. “The Wall of Art was the first such art space for city’s home-grown artists and is an attempt to amalgamate art with our lifestyle. A shopping mall where one goes to enjoy and indulge could easily become a
place to catch up some contemporary and traditional art,” shares Brijesh Jolly, director of KT Kala Art Gallery, who conceived the idea of Wall of Art. The space created just where one enters the atrium of the mall displays paintings by city-based artists. From paintings to pictures and even graphics, the collection of 20 art pieces is limited but has become a highlight for the visitors. It also has a biographical display of five legends born in Amritsar - Dara Singh, Rajesh Khanna, Mohd Rafi, Shaheed Udham Singh and Madan Lal Dhingra. Punjab Natshala too lends its space to the artists, occasionally by transforming its hallway into a live art space. This is not the only such attempt as artists have independently been arranging live shows and open exhibitions at lifestyle shopping festivals and exhibitions every now and then. “The CII festive exhibitions and some known designer shows have become a haven for independent artists as most of the organisers give space to artists to fill in the creative space,” says paper artists Gurpreet Singh. “Its purpose is to attract attention. While most people laze out on the idea of spending a Sunday afternoon at an art show as visiting a shopping mall sounds better, bringing the art to the shopping mall itself is effective promotion,” he adds. Agrees Jolly, “The exhibitions at art galleries attract a limited audience, only those who understand or are associated with art. With open spaces and live audience 24/7 such as these, the scope of getting noticed increases. Globally, street art forms like grafitis and murals follow the same principle. Chandigarh too has lot of open space for such art forms. Its time Amritsar too follows.” “At malls or lifestyle exhibitions, people already come prepared to spend money. And so, buying a piece of art does not seem like indulgence to them,” says Gurpreet. Jolly says he has planning to increase the number of paintings displayed at the Wall of Art. “We are planning to add more artists on a recurring basis to the collection. It will give artists from the city more visibility. But more such open art spaces are needed since we have lots of free open spaces available like the Company Bagh et al. A city needs to know and respect its art for others to follow.”
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Joshi announces Rs 40 cr for Sports Complex
Amritsar, April 29 He said the SAD-BJP coalition government was committed to encourage sports culture in the state in general and Amritsar in particular. He said it was a potent weapon to check the menace of drugs. He directed the Improvement Trust to fast track the calling of tender to at least level the land. The sports complex would have indoor and outdoor sports complex. The outdoor sports stadium would have grounds for different games, including an international-level cricket ground, three lawn tennis courts, three kabaddi courts and two volleyball courts. The indoor stadium would have three badminton courts, three table tennis, two wrestling/boxing units, two squash courts and a swimming pool and a skating court each. Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) Chairman Sandeep Rishi said the trust had forwarded the approved design for a slight change to its Panchkula-based architect. He added that the changed design and its revised cost estimates would be submitted to the AIT, which would put it again in the house meeting and eventually it would be sent to the government for approval. He said the trust would try to level the ground before the onset of the summer vacations and the construction of the stadium would be taken up thereafter. Earlier, a five-member committee of the AIT approved a design, out of the three submitted by architects, for raising a modern indoor and outdoor sports complex at Ranjit Avenue in November. Design of the Panchkula-based architect Renu Khanna was approved under technical bid category by the committee and the same would be put up before the next trust meeting to take a final call on the financial bid. Her design got a prize of Rs 1 lakh. As per the selected design, total play field area would be 55.90 per cent of the total 5,95,624.24 square feet. Besides, the rest of the area would include ground coverage in 16.77 per cent, green area, including semi-paved pathways, in 17.13 per cent, road area would include 10.20 per cent and ground coverage will include 16.77 per cent of the total area. Besides, outside campus would have a provision for the parking of 270 cars while parking of 45 cars would be made inside the campus. Additional facilities like guest rooms with attached toilets, sports mall, lecture hall, food courts, exhibition halls, gymnasium, billiards and card rooms would be added. Apart from public utility, features like spectator gallery in each stadium would include drinking water, separate toilets for males, females, VIPs and physically challenged, change room for players, lockers, food court, sports mall, exhibition centre could be incorporated. The design proposed four entry and exit gates. The foundation stone of the sports complex was laid by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal before the assembly election in November 2011.
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Cuttack delegation meets Mayor
Amritsar, April 29 “They were fascinated to know about projects like magnetic pods to be introduced in the city. They were apprised about the JAICA project of augmentation and revamping of sewerage system here”, he said. Meanwhile, the Mayor, MC Commissioner Bhupinder Singh and other civil officers reviewed the ongoing work of covering the Ganda nullah and desilting of water drainage passage. “The idea was to review the Rs 11-crore project, starting from Hall Bazar to
Lahore Gate, adjacent to Durgiana Mandir, Bhadarkali and till Bhagtanwala Gate,” he said.
— TNS
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2.5 kg heroin, Rs 24 lakh in cash recovered from rape accused
Jalandhar, April 29 The SSP (Rural), Yurinder Singh Hayre, said the recovery had been made from Chuheki village resident Sarjit Singh (23), who had been on the run in a rape case since August, 2012. There had been a tip-off regarding his involvement in heroin smuggling, to which he confessed during his interrogation. Stating that police remand of Sarjit had been sought for three more days from the court, the SSP said during his interrogation he had revealed that he had been storing the narcotics in specially created chambers of the dashboard of his car, which was actually found to be so.
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Women should raise voice against female foeticide: Chawla
Amritsar, April 29 Speaking on the occasion, Chawla said women should come forward to save female child. “Women have to raise their voice against the cruelty,” she said adding that unless women were awakened, no change was possible. A short play to raise awareness among the participants and nursing students was staged by The Theatre Persons group. A poster-making competition was also organised for the nursing students.
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