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When official formalities made woman lose child in womb
Clouds of dust greet commuters at PAP, BSP chowks in city
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Elementary, middle school buildings threatened by dilapidated structures
Mystery surrounds villager’s death
Sindooran Devi temple opens to men on Janmashtami celebrations
Awareness camp held by employees’ front
Schedule prepared for Ghadar Caravan
Students of Saffron Public School meet President
Migrant labourer commits suicide
Gang of robbers busted
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When official formalities made woman lose child in womb
Jalandhar, August 28 Soni, a resident of Bor Mandi in the Cantt area, had a little "spotting" on Sunday morning, following which she was immediately rushed to the nearby Cantonment Board Hospital by her husband Sunil Kumar, who works as a labourer in the Cantt area. The doctors, on finding the foetal heart beat missing, referred her to the Civil Hospital for a free scan. “We came here on Sunday evening for the emergency scan. The hospital authorities asked us to show Aadhaar Card as identity proof. We told them that it is an emergency and we are not carrying the Aadhaar Card with us. They refused to do the scanning without the card. Even after providing Aadhaar card on the same day, they could not do the scanning even on Monday due to a huge rush. It was only on Tuesday that they did our scanning and we found that the child inside is dead. Now, even after 24 hours, my wife has not been administered any antibiotic or given any details about the further plan of action to terminate her pregnancy,” said Sunil Kumar, Soni's husband. “Every day, we are facing a huge rush with extreme shortage of beds and staff; it is simply not possible to perform both duties of a doctor and an administrator. Since, bed cannot be given to everybody due to huge shortage, patients are scattered everywhere in the labour room and in the maternity ward. Sometimes, we do miss them,” said Dr Varinder Kaur, a gynaecologist at the Civil Hospital. She also added that due to the huge rush of referral cases from nearby areas, some important cases do go unattended as only half of the staff is on roll against the sanctioned 10 people, which includes four gynaecologists, four staff nurses, two ward attendants and two ward boys. She also said that there were only 40 beds in the maternity ward of the biggest hospital of the state against the huge rush of more than 100 patients everyday. However, once the matter was brought to the light of the gynaecologist, Soni was immediately given blood transfusion as her haemoglobin count was only 3 per cent and was told to conduct two different tests before proceeding for still birth, which will now take place on Thursday.
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Clouds of dust greet commuters at PAP, BSP chowks in city
Jalandhar, August 28 This is courtesy the local civil administration and the municipal corporation authorities that have filled the deep potholes, developed on this stretch due to heavy rain, with loose soil, complicating problems of road users.
The heavy rains had already left a trail of destruction in the city and surroundings, putting the city residents to a great hardship. The shortsightedness (filling the potholes on the busy road with loose soil) of the authorities has further added to the woes of the road users. The stretch was virtually converted into a slush-filled canal, on which driving a four-wheeler and two-wheeler was a test of courage for the drivers. For over 10 days, the road witnessed a number of accidents. The condition of the road improved, as there were no rains in the past own week, but clouds of dust emanating from the road following heavy volume of traffic has further become a cause of concern for the motorists, lamented Shahi Bala, a Rama Mandi resident. Thick clouds of dust have been putting the riders of two-wheelers in trouble, as these reduce the visibility and increase the chance of mishaps, said Gopal Singh of Chugitti. An official of the Municipal Corporation claimed that the repair work of the stretch would soon be carried out on a priority basis. While the potholes have already been re-filled, the stretch would be re-carpeted soon, he added. |
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Elementary, middle school buildings threatened by dilapidated structures
Jalandhar, August 28 Papers littered all around on it and children seated on dusty rugs in a building dwarfed by a dilapidated structure has put students’ life to risk. With Elementary School on the ground floor and Middle School on the first, within the same complex, the school running from verandahs surrounding the building in the middle (declared unsafe ages ago) puts students at risk despite the educations department possessing the knowledge that the structure in the middle poses a threat to the school. The building also blocks a substantial amount of sunlight and air to the school, rendering it dark and damp. While the elementary section has 268 students, they are seated in only four rooms with the computer room taken by the middle section. The middle school on the first floor has 124 students who, as well, are seated on the first floor, with four rooms. While all students of the middle school are seated on the floor, a substantial number of primary school students are also seated on the floor because four rooms are not enough for 268 students. One of the four ground-floor rooms is also used to house the mid-day meal ration. Blocking up the rear of the room with supplies, almirhas and drums and even one of the first floor rooms has been halved to make space for the staff room. The urinals at the schools give out a foul smell even when one stands at a distance of a few metres and right by them is the provision for water which is almost as smelly as the toilets. In the rains, it is flooded to the extent that students cannot be seated on the verandahs.While the recent HC orders had made it clear that students cannot be seated in unsafe buildings, this is yet another of the schools regarding which the education department has left the court’s warnings unheeded. Mounds of mud on the ruinous building also expose students to the threat of bugs, insects and reptiles especially given the fact that most of them are seated on the verandah. While staff say there is no threat of insects or reptiles, they do say that repeated complaints to the education department to provide them better infrastructure have gone unheeded.
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Mystery surrounds villager’s death
Jalandhar, August 28 Though his sisters and brother accused Raj Kumar’s in-laws of murder, the father-in-law Ramesh Kumar claims the man hanged himself to death in an inebriated condition. Mohan Lal, the deceased's younger brother, said that his Phagwara-based sister Rajan received a call from some Kotla village resident, informing her about Raj Kumar’s death last night. Mohan Lal alleged that Raj Kumar was done to death by his wife and in-laws, as he was residing in a separate house and was under their influence after selling his land for Rs 35 lakh, a couple of years ago. Raj Kumar’s elder sisters, Kanta, and Rajni, who were consoling Mohan Lal outside the morgue of the Civil Hospital, alleged that relations of their brother with his wife Radha Rani had gone sour after he purchased a tractor-trailer for his father-in-law. Countering the allegations, Ramesh Kumar,the deceased's father-in-law, claimed that Raj Kumar had turned a hard drunkard for the past some years. “He committed suicide by hanging himself with the roof of his room last night in the absence of Radha Rani,” Ramesh Kumar said. Before taking the extreme step, Raj Kumar asked his elder son Mohit (11) to inform Radha Rani about his plan to commit suicide. Talking to the Tribune, Gurnam Singh, the investigating officer (IO) of the case, claimed that the police party reached the scene of the crime and found that the neighbours had placed the body on the ground after removing it from the ceiling of his room. Raj Kumar had committed suicide by hanging himself with a nylon rope which led to his death. There were also string marks at his neck, the IO revealed. The police initiated inquest proceedings in the case after handing over the body to the family members following a post mortem examination at the local Civil Hospital. In another incident, Kulwant, alias Kala, a resident of Kandola village, who was a mason by profession, reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself this morning. The police said he was a drug addict and took the extreme step under the influence of some narcotic substance. The police initiated inquest proceedings in the case after postmortem. |
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Sindooran Devi temple opens to men on Janmashtami celebrations
Phagwara, August 28 Sadhwi Sindoora Devi inspired the people to sincerely work for the unity of the country and strengthen its traditions and culture. “Sadhkarma is the best bhakti in kalyug,” she said. Special religious congregations were organised at Shri Geeta Mandir Katehra Chowk, Geeta Bhawan Model Town, Shri Krishan Gyan Mandir and Hanuman Garhi temples. It is worth mentioning here that Shri Sindoora Devi Temple of Phagwara is the only temple in the region where entry of men is restricted throughout the year except on Janmashtami when the doors are open to them as well. Otherwise it is an all-women temple and the guru at the temple is also woman - Mata Sandhooran Devi. The temple was established around six decades back by Sandhooran Devi, a Sadhvi, then in her early teens. She made a rule that only girls or women can access temple to pay obeisance. Mata Sandhooran Devi said her guru had advised her to start this tradition. This tradition was started so that no wrong perceptions were created, she said.
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Awareness camp held by employees’ front
Jalandhar, August 28 The 8 percent DA installment and due installment of grades had not been released. He also said the land mafia, smugglers and goons had a say in administration. The education department had been riddled by book scam, science kit scam and scams regarding recruitments of math masters, PTI and procurement of uniforms. The front demanded investigations into the recruitment scams and immediate punitive action for the guilty. They demanded that the grades recommended by the pay commission be implemented from 1/1/2006, contractual recruitment should be stopped and regularisation of staff should be implemented. The front also demanded leave patterns for female part time employees working under SSA, RMSA, NRHM, CSS, on par with regular employees. State leader Swaranjit said as per the Supreme Court ruling, employees working on part time, daily wagers should be regularized after a span of 10 years. Waraich said while the government had suspended fresh recruitments in various fields, to run varied departments in a proper way, new recruitments as well as promotions need to be made in all departments. Representatives of Democratic Class-four Employees Front, Punjab, Democratic Libraries Front Punjab, PWD Employees Union among others were present on the occasion today.
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Schedule prepared for Ghadar Caravan
Jalandhar, August 28 Gurmeet, co-cordinator of the committee, Amolak Singh, Convener of the cultural wing, Ranjit Singh Aulakh along with the representatives of over two dozen villages attended the meeting. Leaders from villages of the Ghadri freedom fighters - Sunet, Baddewal, Lalton Kala, Sarabha, Kaile, Leel, Gujjarwal, Narangwal, Mahima Singh Wala, Khanpur and Sahibiana, gathered around the memorial of Ghadarite Baba Bhan Singh Sunet at Sunet village. Gurmeet spoke about the significance of the Ghadri ‘Kafila’ (caravan) at the gathering. He said the DBYH committee endeavours to educate people about the Ghadarite freedom fighters. “Our efforts include raising awareness among the youth about the dreams and aspirations of the Ghadar Movement leaders,” Gurmeet said. At the meeting, it was decided that on September 15, the photographs, writings and objectives of the Ghadarites would be shared. The Ghadar Carvans would include a music group and other artistes. Among others, Kasturi Lal, Kanwaljit Khanna, Jasdew Lalton, Arun Kumar, Sikander Sarabha and others were also present.
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Students of Saffron Public School meet President
Jalandhar, August 28 The team comprised School Coordinator Seema Rana and teacher Sapna Sehgal and four students. Then a specially deputed guide took the team members and students for a tour of the Mughal Gardens and the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The excited students saw the etchings of Thomas Daniel and William Daniel and autographed photographs of several heads of states at the museum. A number of gifts received by the Presidents during visits abroad or in India were on display. Dr Sandeepa Sood, school principal, congratulated the students. Campus placement The ICICI Bank recruited 10 candidates for the post of assistant manager from a private institute here. The recruitment process was conducted under the supervision of Amandeep Syall and Rakesh Mehta from the sales team, and Preetika and Priyanka from the HR team. The names of these candidates are: Rohit verma, Gurpreet Singh, Jyotsna, Kapil Sharma, Kartik Kapoor, Manish, Rohit Rana, Samriti Chopra, Tanay and Shaleen. These students were offered an annual package of Rs 4.32 lakh. Dr Rajesh Bagga, Director, Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus, and Varun Nayyar, Co-coordinator, Training and Placements (MBA), members of the placement committee and faculty of the institution congratulated the successful candidates. LKC girl bags 6th position Amneet Kaur of Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar has bagged 6th position in the semester IV exams of MA English by getting 982 out of 1200. Iqbal Singh also scored high in the BSc (Economics) semester II exams with 580 marks out of 800, said Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra, principal of the college. Sardarni Balbir Kaur, president of the College Governing Council, congratulated the students. 130 honoured Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised ‘Saraswati Pooja’ to mark the beginning of the 2013-14 academic session. Member of KMV Managing Committee, Neerja Chander Mohanji, was the chief guest of the day. The ceremony was presided over by Chander Mohan, president, Arya Shiksha Mandal. The proceedings of the ceremony began with a prayer to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge. As many as 130 people were honoured for showing academic excellence. As many as 14 students bagged the first position while 30 students were runners-up and second runners-up in the GNDU merit list. The vidyalaya also honoured various faculty members for getting doctorates, presenting international and national level papers, getting books published and completing major and minor research projects.
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Migrant labourer commits suicide
Phagwara, August 28 House burgled Valuable goods worth Rs 1.5 lakhs including two laptops and one LCD were reportedly stolen from the house of a trader Ajay Puri in Dashmesh Nagar this afternoon. The family members were away at the time of burglary. The police has registered a case.
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Thieves target gold, silver
Jalandhar, August 28 This is evident from the incidents of thefts, burglaries and robberies occurred in the city and countryside in last one week where the criminals have broken into houses, religious institution and even targeted common-man and robbed them of gold and silver jewellery. On Sunday night, thieves struck at a Temple in Makhdumpura locality and decamped with silver-idols and other ornaments. The theft came to light on Monday morning when the care taker of the temple opened the temple. The miscreants also took away a silver-made crown. In another incident of theft, the miscreants broke into the house of an industrialist in Urban Estate on Tuesday night and decamped with gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees besides cash. In another daring act, certain women thieves barged into a house located in Nandanpur area in broad-daylight and robbed off the house owner Jaspreet Kaur on Tuesday. The woman was alone when two women forcibly entered the house, tied Jaspreet Kaur’s hands with her ‘chunni’ and sprayed some sedative making her unconscious. The duo then ransacked her house and decamped with gold jewellery. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jaspreet Singh, ruled out the changing trend of thefts by the criminals. He, however, admitted that the thieves have decamped with enough gold from the temple on Sunday night. Surinder Mittal, a city-based advocate, however, claimed that the targeting gold and silver has become an easy hunt for big catch for the criminals so they are committing snatching and robberies. The rising gold prices has not only hit the Indian market hard but also created an atmosphere of insecurity among citizens, said Rajesh Kumar, a resident.
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Gang of robbers busted
Jalandhar, August 28 The police also seized four fire weapons and ammunition from their possession. Acting on a tip-off, the CIA staff chief Angrej Singh said the four members of the gang were found roaming near Haripur village. The police laid traps at various places, following which they were intercepted by a police party, led by ASI Ajit Singh near the village while travelling in a car. Angrej Singh said that after verification and questioning, they were identified as Akul Kumar of Amritsar, Ravinder Singh of Lohgarh village, Kulpreet Singh of Nouly village and Baldev Singh of Wadala village. The police also recovered four pistols - two 7.65 bore with five live cartridges and two 315 bore with four live cartridges, besides a Zen car (DL-2CZ- 2587) from their possession. The accused were professionals and had been engineering robberies at gun-point on highways. They had snatched several luxury vehicles and two- wheelers from their owners by committing highway robberies recently, the CIA chief said. Briefing their history, Singh said Ankul was wanted by the police in dowry cases registered against him in Banga and two cases of attempt to murder at Chabbal and Matewal, while Ravinder was booked in a case under the NDPS Act at the Khalchiana police station. Their accomplice Baldev was wanted in several criminal cases registered at Patiala, Rajpura, Ferozepur, Amritsar, Baba Bakala and Rajasthan. He said the arrested persons were being questioned for their involvement in other cases and to trace unsolved robberies cases. The police is also trying to nab other members of the gang and their links with other criminals in the neighbouring districts and states.
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womb, was found waiting for her turn in the maternity ward of the Civil Hospital without being administered any antibiotic by the hospital authorities for the past five days.
The Democratic Employees Front, Punjab, held an awareness convention at the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall in Jalandhar here today. Addressing the convention, Bhupinder Singh
Waraich, state president of DTF, said due to the policies of the government a state of financial emergency is being created in the state. Employees have been devoid of salaries for the past many months, he said.
