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Patients suffer as docs go on strike
Applicants harassed due to late delivery of documents by Suwidha Centre
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NIT sexual harassment case: NHRC issues notice to Health Secretary
49,000 benefit from pension schemes
Mayor hails Modi's elevation
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Patients suffer as docs go on strike
Jalandhar, June 10 Striking doctors forced their colleagues, examining patients in their respective OPDs, at the Civil Hospital to join the protest outside the main entrance to the hospital. The protesters kept on forcing their colleagues to join the protest, while the patients, who had been to the hospital from far-flung areas, had to face inconvenience. Some doctors even avoided the protesters and took refuge in AC rooms of the hospital. The drama continued for over two hours, visitors to the hospital revealed. Roshani Devi, a patient at the Civil Hospital, complained that the protesting doctors were adding to the pain of the patients for their own benefits. “The doctors are paid handsomely and I think they should perform their duties wherever they are posted,” feels Surinder Mittal, resident of New Green Model Town. As per reports, patients visiting government-run-healthcare institutions in the countryside also had a tough time as there was hardly any doctor to attend to them properly. Meanwhile, services in the emergency and the labour rooms of the hospitals were normal. When asked about patients' inconvenience, Dr Harish Bhardwaj, president of the local unit of the PCMS Association, claimed that they had given a call for strike in advance to make general public aware of it. “We regret for their inconvenience, if any, and hold the government responsible for that,” claimed Dr Bhardwaj. |
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Applicants harassed due to late delivery of documents by Suwidha Centre
Jalandhar, June 10 Ram Lal of Rama Mandi, who had applied for deletion of name in the ration card, said he was scheduled to get the revision done by May 24, listed as the date of delivery of documents in his receipt. “I have come here twice since then but to no avail,” he rued. Malkiat Singh, a resident of Haripur village, said he had applied for a learner’s driving licence on May 24 and was to get it on June 6. “Four days have already lapsed and still I could not get my papers. The office should at least inform me about the delay as making rounds repeatedly is a sheer wastage of time and money. I had to stand in a long queue for half an hour in hot weather this noon only to hear that my licence is still not ready," he lamented. A block samiti member of Lallian Kalan village, who had come to the Suwidha Centre to get copies of Backward Class (BC) certificates for two residents of his village - Diljot Singh and Tarsem Lal - also could not get the delivery of the papers today. He showed receipts with June 6 as the date of delivery of the certificates. The Suwidha Centre staff blamed the back-end offices for some delay. They said a special counter had been set up to receive SC and BC certificate applications and which dispatch them after every three hours to the offices of the tehsildar concerned. The ADC (G), Praneet Bhardwaj, said there was no delay on the part of the Suwidha Centre staff, but at the end of departments concerned. He said he was soon planning to get SMS alerts started for those whose documents got late. |
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12 shops in Congress Bhawan declared illegal
Jalandhar, June 10 He has termed the shops illegal on three accounts - that these fall in the house lane, were constructed on a land not meant for commercial use and there were no building plans approved for the same. The Commissioner is also said to have asked the District Congress Committee to withdraw the boundary wall from the shops' side by 4 feet as it came up beyond the allotted plot area. On the issue of possession of land not given to the DCC, the Commissioner has left the matter to the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT). It has been left to JIT officials whether they want to resume the plot, take the pending dues if any or take any other decision at their own discretion. Bublani, when contacted, confirmed the orders. He said a three-month time had been given to the shopkeepers keeping in view their request for the same during the course of hearing. “I will forward a copy of the orders to the JIT as well for the decision left pending at their end,” he said. The MC had earlier issued show cause notices to the District Congress Committee seeking its reply on the charges, including construction of shops in an illegal manner without due approval from the Jalandhar Improvement Trust in the Rajinder Nagar Scheme. The matter had been raked by RTI activist and BJP leader Manit Malhotra and it was on August 23, 2012 that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had passed the orders to Chairman Jalandhar Improvement Trust to look into the matter and decide the case in three months. |
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2 commit suicide, another makes a bid
Jalandhar, June 10 He left behind a suicide note blaming three persons - Baljit Singh of Reru, Tarsem Singh and Avtar Singh, both of Baba Deep Singh Nagar. He is survived by his wife and a five-year-old son. The ADCP-I, Naresh Dogra, said a case had been registered against the trio under Section 306 of the IPC at the Division No 8 police station. In another incident, 30-year-old Vijay Kumar, resident of Ekta Nagar, today committed suicide by reportedly consuming poison over some domestic issues. Gulab Chand, father of the deceased, said Vijay was suffering from depression for quite sometime and could have presumably consumed sulphos. The SHO, Rama Mandi police station, Vimal Kant, said the entire family had submitted in writing that they did not want to pursue the case and that proceedings be conducted under Section 174 of the CrPC. “The family has even refused to get the postmortem conducted,” he said. In a third incident, Roshni Rani (25), a resident of Mukerian attempted suicide at her native village there and got admitted to the Civil Hospital here, after being referred to from a private hospital
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Dog pond project of MC lies in limbo
Jalandhar, June 10 The land acquisition had been notified in August, 2012, and the District Land Price Fixation Committee had even fixed the price of the land at Rs 1.2 crore per acre, but the MC has still not come forward to take the project. The amount that the MC is to pay to the Land Acquisition Officer is nearly Rs 14 crore, which includes Rs 10.2 crore as the cost of land, an additional 30 per cent as displacement allowance and 10 per cent interest. The MC is delaying land acquisition despite the fact that the administrative authorities have categorically specified that even as the notification would remain valid till December 31, 2014, it would have to bear an additional burden of Rs 81 lakh on account of interest. While the issue had been raked up by almost all councillors in MC House meetings on several occasions for getting the work expedited in the wake of incidents of growing dog menace, but there has been no headway so far. Congress councillor Aruna Arora has been the Mayor Sunil Jyoti said he was waiting for the clearance of some loans, after which he would decide whether the entire 8.15 acre land is to be acquired for dog pond or only a part of it. “We will plan accordingly,” he said. |
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NIT sexual harassment case: NHRC issues notice to Health Secretary
Jalandhar, June 10 Dr Tarun Sehegal, a doctor at the dispensary of the NIT, on January 14, allegedly misbehaved and used communal remarks against Baljit Kaur, who is posted as a dresser at the dispensary. Baljit lodged a complaint in the office of NIT Director SK Das the same day and demanded action against the said doctor. On April 13, she submitted a complaint to the NHRC on the issue. Taking cognisance of the matter, the commission, on May 15, issued directions to the Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, to ask the authority concerned to submit a report on the issue within four weeks. On January 19, Baljit had also submitted a complaint to the Jalandhar SSP, SC/ST commission, woman cell (of the police) and the state CM on the issue. Notably, the doctor’s image is tainted, as he was suspended in October 2008 after the institute acted on the reports of his misconduct with female students of the same institute. While his entry inside the institute was banned for over a year, he was reinstated in 2009. While sources say that a committee headed by Dr S Ghosh had been constituted in the NIT to look into the Baljit Kaur case, the institute authorities maintain a studied silence on the issue. When asked what action was being initiated against the doctor, Dr A Chatterjee, chairperson of the dispensary, said, “The authorities are aware of the issues but I am not authorised to comment on the matter.” Registrar Sr Ajit Singh said, “I am not fully aware of the facts, so I cannot comment.” The Officiating Director, Dr S Ghosh, said so far the institute had not received any intimation from the health secretary on the issue. Commenting on the status of the inquiry, he said, “The report is yet to be submitted to the Board of Governors. I haven’t seen the report after its completion, so I can’t comment.” Meanwhile, an initially reluctant Baljit conceded that a complaint in this regard had been made to the NIT, police and the NHRC. She said an inquiry had been initiated by the police recently but no FIR had been lodged as yet. She said despite repeated requests, she has not been put back on the post of the dresser and is being made to sit with attendants at the NIT hostel. She has also not received a reply of an RTI query she had sought regarding the enquiry report. |
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49,000 benefit from pension schemes
Kapurthala, June 10 Disclosing this here today, DC DS Mangat said all pension beneficiaries were paid their dues from January 1 to December 31, 2012. He said a total 48,817 beneficiaries benefited from various pension schemes in the district. Mangat said under the old age pension scheme, 33,640 beneficiaries were distributed Rs 10.11 crore, under widow pension scheme, 7,609 beneficiaries received were Rs 2.22 crore, under the dependent children scheme, 3,694 beneficiaries were distributed Rs 1.14 crore and under handicapped pension scheme, 3,874 beneficiaries got 1.87 crore. The DC said the Social Security and Women and Child Development Department, Punjab, gave Rs 250 per month to each beneficiary under the various pension schemes. Mangat further said under the centrally sponsored pension schemes, more than Rs 2.38 crore was distributed to 6,202 beneficiaries. He said under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, 18 beneficiaries between the age of 60-64 years got Rs 39,600 as pension, 3,628 beneficiaries between the age of 65-79 years got 87.7 lakh and 2,304 beneficiaries above the age of 80 were distributed Rs 1.45 crore in the district. He said to 196 widow pension scheme beneficiaries, Rs 3.72 lakh was distributed, under the dependent children pension scheme, Rs 58, 000 was distributed to 34 beneficiaries and under the handicapped pension scheme, 21 beneficiaries were given Rs 2.01 lakh. |
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Kid with thalassemia receives monetary help
Jalandhar, June 10 Suffering from thalassemia, Raju, who has had to fend for his own needs, has so far had a childhood which privileged kids would call a nightmare. But thanks to help by do-gooder Satpal, a big load has been lifted off his head. Deputy District Attorney Satpal will be pitching in to help Raju providing for his monthly thalassemia bills. The issue regarding the lack of help for Raju (and other kids like him receiving treatment at the thalassemia ward at the district civil hospital), was brought to light in these columns on April 21. KS Nagra, a human rights activist from local NGO Chitra, mobilised efforts to help Raju. Taking cognisance of the issue, the Deputy DA has offered to help pay Raju’s medical thalssemia bills for the rest of his life. Raju was diagnosed with thalassemia when he was six months old. His father abandoned him and his mother when he was 10. His mother got married to another man about six to seven years ago. While the family kept him with them for sometime, his mother had to bow down to his patriarchal stepfather’s command that he could not keep a diseased kid. Since then, he is on his own but keeps meeting his mother who he dearly loves and cares for. Wise like a grown man, he understands her limitations and respects her. Owing to limited family means and restrictions put by her husband, his mother cannot offer any monetary help to Raju. Raju earns Rs 4,000 per month by working at a grocery shop. Of that, Rs 1,500 to 2,000 is spent on his thalassemia medicine and treatment. Health issues only add to the bills. Crucial tests that he has to undergo every few months are also done outside the civil hospital, so he has to shell out extra money. On his left leg is a white wound with blackened sides, which he got while moving a bench, which has not healed for months. While the medicine is on, he says the infection isn’t helping. While Raju has received help for the thalassemia medicines, he has to bear all his other expenses on his own. Due to lack of monetary help from the government, Raju and other kids with meagre means have to suffer and count every penny to make up for their lifelong treatment. Those wishing to help can contact Raju at 89684 - 17223 or TS Bhatia (Civil Hospital, Thalassemia unit) at 9855968159. |
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Name Old Sabzi Mandi Chowk as Banda Bahadur Chowk: Panel
Jalandhar, June 10 Prominent five members of the committee, including Tejinder Singh Pardeshi, Gurmeet Singh Bittu, Harpreet Singh Neetu, Harpal Singh Chadha and Baljit Singh Ahluwalia submitted a memorandum to senior deputy mayor Kamaljit Singh Bhatia in this regard today. Bittu said, “Baba Banda Bahadur visited the area twice during his life time, so the chowk should be named after him.” |
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Mayor hails Modi's elevation
Jalandhar, June 10 Jyoti said it was because of this demand that the BJP had no alternative but to accept the demand of the people and appoint the Gujarat Chief Minister as its poll committee head.
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From schools & colleges
Pharmacy students of the CT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CTIPS) performed well in the all-India level competition examination graduate pharmacy aptitude test (GPAT). The examination was conducted online for the first time under the aegis of the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. In the examination, about 25,000 students appeared and 3,740 qualified it. Among those candidates, 18 CT pharmacy students fared well. The achievers want to go for higher education in the field of phamaceutical sciences. Chairperson of the institute S Charanjit Singh Channi congratulated the students. Space design contest
Two teams of Police DAV Public School are going to participate in the University of Toronto Space Design Contest, Toronto, Canada, in the junior and senior categories. The competition will be held on June 8 and 9 at the University of Toronto, Canada. The team had earlier sent a proposal after which it has been invited to participate in the competition. The teams comprise of Heena Jain, Megha Gupta, Anukriti Randev, Rupali, Navdeep Kaur, Kanu Priya, Sahaj Jolly, Kanika Arora, Akhilesh Saini, along with their guides Navdeep Sharma and Karam Inder Singh. English workshop for teachers
Manav Sehyog School, Shahpur, Jalandhar, hosted a workshop on English language teaching organised by Oxford Publishers under the guidance of Shvetta Arora, a highly acclaimed trainer for English language teaching in India and abroad. Teachers were explained different innovative ways of teaching the language. |
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