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Union minister visits Civil Hospitals
Nawanshahr, August 11
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Santosh Chaudhary,visited the Civil Hospitals at Rahon, Nawanshahr, ECHS poly clinic and blood bank on Saturday. She took stock of the staff strength and status of utilisation of funds for implementation of the National Rural Health Mission from the Civil Surgeon.

Govt to consider MCU demands
Nawanshahr, August 11
The Master Cadre Union (MCU) has succeeded in attracting the state governments's attention towards their financial demands by holding a massive state-level rally in front of the residence of the Finance Minister, Parminder Singh Dhindsa at Sangrur on Saturday.

Mohali resident arrested for murder
Hoshiarpur, August 11
The Garhshankar police arrested Rupinder Singh,a resident of Mohali, under Section 302,IPC,last night in connection with the murder of Rajvinder Kaur (24), daughter of Shingara Singh.

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Union minister visits Civil Hospitals
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, August 11
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Santosh Chaudhary,visited the Civil Hospitals at Rahon, Nawanshahr, ECHS poly clinic and blood bank on Saturday. She took stock of the staff strength and status of utilisation of funds for implementation of the National Rural Health Mission from the Civil Surgeon.

Chaudhary, while talking to mediapersons blamed the state government for not properly utilising the funds sent under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), thus, depriving the poor of healthcare services. " The Centre Government has sought project proposals from the states for the purpose but the Punjab government is yet to submit its projects to seek funds under National Rural Health Mission . Besides, the state government has not been providing lucrative salaries and facilities to the doctors especially specialist doctors, that is why they are not coming forward to join the government job", she said.

However, when asked regarding the status of utilisation of Centre Government's funds and implementation of NRHM programme in the Congress-ruled states and the demands of better pay scales, regularisation of services etc being raised by the staff recruited under National Rural Health Mission, she tried to evade the issue by saying that she had been seeking reports from all the states to chalk out a comprehensive plan to ensure that the common man could avail the benefits of the schemes under National Health Mission.

The Civil Surgeon, Dr Dharam Pal apprised the minister that the building of the new upgraded hospital at Chandigarh Road here was ready but narrow approach road was causing delay in shifting the hospital there.

The Union Minister while assuring to take up the issue for expediting the process said she would make efforts to set up a college for ANM / GNM training under National Health Mission at the existing building of the Civil Hospital.

Govt to consider MCU demands
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, August 11
The Master Cadre Union (MCU) has succeeded in attracting the state governments's attention towards their financial demands by holding a massive state-level rally in front of the residence of the Finance Minister, Parminder Singh Dhindsa at Sangrur on Saturday.

Senior SAD leader and father of the Finance Minister,Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa received the charter of demands from the MCU and the meeting of the MCU has been fixed with the Finance Minister on August 16.

Stating this, state vice president, Harminder Singh Uppal said the Master Cadre Union had raised the issue that despite the claims of the Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal that there was no fiscal crisis in the state, the teachers and the non- teaching employees of the state education department had not been paid their salaries for the past more than two years.

The employees had been awaiting announcement regarding DA installments on the pattern of Central Government as well as clearance of the bills of arrears.

Besides, the demands include grade pay with effect from January 2006, ensuring of grade pay protection while granting Assured Career Progression after 4, 9 and fourteen years of service and merger of 50% DA in basic pay, regularisation of services of teachers recruited under 7654 , 3442 , CSS, SSA and RMSA in the education department, added Uppal.

Mohali resident arrested for murder
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 11
The Garhshankar police arrested Rupinder Singh,a resident of Mohali, under Section 302,IPC,last night in connection with the murder of Rajvinder Kaur (24), daughter of Shingara Singh.

The police said, Rajvinder Kaur and Rupinder Singh were in love and were residing together for the past three years.Rupinder Singh took Rajvinder Kaur to a hotel at Garhshankar yesterday evening where he allegedly murdered her. Later, Rupinder Singh called her father and told him that his daughter was serious and was admitted in Civil Hospital, Garhshankar.

Purse snatched

Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched a purse containing Rs 4,000, some books, bank pass book, identity card and a mobile from Kulwinder Kaur of Kaedowal on Thursday. The police said when Kulwinder Kaur reached near her village two youths on a motorcycle snatched her bag. The Chabbewal police has registered a case under Section 356,IPC

Three held for demanding dowry

The Model Town police has booked Varinder Singh, his father Jaspal Singh and mother Dalvir Kaur, residents of Friends Colony, Majitha Road, Amritsar, under Sections 406 and 498A,IPC, for torturing and maltreating former's wife Maninder Kaur, daughter of Darshan Singh of local Mohalla Tagore Nagar for bringing dowry from her parents. The police said Maninder Kaur was married to Varinder Singh on November 26, 2011. Since her marriage her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law used to torture and maltreat her for bringing dowry from her parents.

2 duped of Rs 24 lakh

Fake travel agents have duped Harpreet Singh, son of Mohinder Singh of Bohgian of Rs 24 lakh on the pretext of sending him and his friend to Australia. The police said, Charanjit Singh, son of Sardara Singh of Randhawa, presently residing at Dutt Colony, near Safdarjang Airport, New Delhi, Parkar Das, son of Chalas Das of MS Apartment, Kurjan Road, New Delhi and Kabir Khan, alias Kabir Bedi, son of Karbal Bedi of Faridabad (Haryana) allegedly took Rs 24 lakh from Harpreet Singh for sending him and his friend Pardeep Singh, son of Dhanwant Singh of Khepran, presently residing at Saidowal, to Australia. However, neither did they send them abroad nor return the money. Dasuya police has booked the accused.