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PPCB to float tender for air quality monitoring station at Golden Temple
BSF Director General visits Attari-Wagah check-post
Forum asks pvt hospital to pay resident
Rs 3 lakh
No lessons learnt, school buses flout norms
Now, BJP leader writes to CM
Two booked for killing man, son
Broken direction boards at GNDH inconvenience patients,
visitors
Pakistan show shoppers’ delight Feedback
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Pseb class xii result DAV lad Shubham Gupta first in district and 10th in state Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 11 Bandeep Kaur of the BBK DAV Collegiate Senior Secondary School for Girls stood second in the district and was ranked 13th in the state. She has secured 430 marks in commerce stream. Maninderjit Kaur of Ajit Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School stood third in the district and 14th in the state. A science student, she acquired 429 marks. DAV Senior Secondary School's Manik Sharma, who scored 427 marks, stood fourth in the district and 16th in the state. He is from non-medical stream. Similarly, Harmanpreet Singh of Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School, Chnanke village, was also fourth in the district and 16th in the state. His stream was science. Aman Khurrana of Sant Singh Sukha Singh Khalsa Senior Secondary School was fifth in the district and 18th in the state. A science student, he secured 425 marks. Shivnani Verma of Ashoka Senior Secondary School was fifth in the district and 18th in the state. A commerce student, she also secured 425 marks. Astha Sharma of Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School was also fifth in the district and 18th in the state. A science student, she secured 425 marks. Astha of Mussoorie International Public School, Fatehpur Rajputan village, was also fifth in the district and 18th in the state. A science student, she secured 425 marks. Neha of Khalsa College Kanya Senior Secondary School was sixth in the district and was ranked 20th in state. A commerce student, she secured 423 marks. Kashika Khemka of BBK DAV Collegiate Senior Secondary School was ranked 20th in the state. She has secured 423 marks in commerce stream. Closely following her classmate, Shivani Chabra also stood 20th in the state with 423 marks in Commerce. Amritpal Kaur of Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School, Chananke village, was also ranked 20th in the state with 423 marks in science stream. Her classmate, Harsimranjit Kaur, also from science stream, was ranked 21st in the state with 422 marks. Mukesh Kumar Verma of Madhav Vihya Niketan Senior Secondary School was ranked 22nd in the state with 421 marks in science stream. Similarly, Shagun Bansal of Shri Ram Ashra Senior Secondary School was ranked 22nd in the state with 421 marks in commerce stream. Mehakpreet Singh of Guru Nanak Public Senior Secondary School, Chananke village, was also ranked 22nd in the state with 421 marks in science stream. Nikhil Arora of Hindu Sabha Senior Secondary School was ranked 23rd in the state with 420 marks in the science stream. Mohit Maggo of DAV Senior Secondary School stood 23rd in the state and secured 420 marks in commerce stream. Vasudha Bansal of BBK DAV Collegiate Senior Secondary School also stood 23rd rank in state and secured 420 marks in commerce stream. Milanpreet Kaur of BK Senior Secondary School also stood 23rd in state and secured 420 marks in science stream. Rabia Shrivastava of Sant Singh Sukha Singh Khalsa Senior Secondary School stood 24th in the state as she secured 419 marks in the Humanities stream.
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PPCB to float tender for air quality monitoring station at Golden Temple
Amritsar, May 11 There are already three ambient air quality monitoring stations in the border district. Each one of these is monitoring the air quality in urban, rural and industrial areas on weekly basis. However, the state-of-the-art station at Harmandar Sahib would be giving data of the air quality daily. Apparently, this would immensely help experts to assess the pollution level at the holiest Sikh shrine minutely. Dr Nabha anticipated that the hi-tech apparatus, which may cost Rs 1.10 crore, would be functional at the Golden Temple within this fiscal year. Conservationist Dr Balvinder Singh said air pollution means the presence of air pollutant which may be solid, liquid or gaseous substance (including noise) present in the atmosphere in such concentration as may be or tend to be injurious to human beings or other living creatures or plants or property or environment. The holy shrine — Golden Temple- — attracts thousands of pilgrims from various parts of the world everyday. However, the shrine, an architectural marvel, has been losing its sheen due to the rising pollution in and around its vicinity, forcing the authorities to undertake the cleaning of the gold-plated shrine every year. With the burgeoning population and rising inflow of tourists, the number of private vehicles plying in the area has gone up considerably in the last decade. Besides, rickety autorickshaws running on "adulterated" fuel are adding to the growing pollution. In the past, the district administration had tried to turn the area around the Golden Temple into a no-vehicle zone by proposing to introduce battery-operated vehicles to ferry pilgrims, but had to backtrack following strong protests by local residents and traders. Apart from this, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) uses a sizeable quantity of wood to run "langar" at the shrine. The IIT, Delhi, in its recent study, has cited re-suspension of dust due to vehicular movement, wood burning, wood or coal-based "tandoors" in restaurants within the walled city, and diesel generators as the main sources of air pollution that are harming the Golden Temple. It has also pointed towards industrial stacks and burning of paddy stubble around the city as other possible reasons. The data collected by the Punjab Pollution Control board (PPCB) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the past had revealed that every goldsmith and "dhaba" owner around the shrine uses 15 kg to 25 kg of coal or up to 50 litres of diesel or kerosene per day, depending on the workload and availability of electricity. As far as the pollution level around the shrine is concerned, a study conducted by the PPCB from January to December 2011 had corroborated the rising level, as the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) level was 227 (maximum) and 124 (minimum) against the acceptable 100 microgram/cubic metre around heritage sites. However, the level of sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide was within prescribed limits. All these factors had prompted the then Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), KS Pannu in 2011 to ask the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to immediately conduct the 'source apportionment study' of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) around the Golden Temple and ascertain as to what were the major contributors of suspended particles (vehicular emission, dust particles, fuel burnings etc). The PPCB said the Golden Temple, being a heritage site, falls in the sensitive zone and hence, the PPCB in association with the CPCB, had been continuously monitoring the pollution levels for three critical factors, namely, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide and the RSPM. "So far, the study shows that sulphurdioxide and nitrous oxide are within the prescribed limit but the level of the RSPM has been found to be on the higher side.
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BSF Director General visits Attari-Wagah check-post
Amritsar, May 11 Pathak also looked at different welfare activities being undertaken at the family welfare centre. He took a round of Ankur Play School and the hospital, where he met the patients. He also visited the Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari, and was briefed about the functioning and security aspects. Later, he visited the border outpost Pulmoran and was briefed about the recent anti-smuggling operations conducted in the area. Pathak appreciated the efforts of the jawans in controlling the menace of drug smuggling and assured them of every help in performance of their duties and the welfare activities being under taken for them in the force. He drove along the border fence and was also briefed about the repair and maintenance works of the Border Security Fence and the Domination Plan of BSF. Pathak has been on a three-day visit to the Punjab frontier which culminated with the visit to Attari. Earlier, he had visited the BSF headquarter at Jalandhar where he met senior officials, including the IG, Punjab Frontier Ajay Kumar Tomar. He addressed a 'sainik sammelan' and apprised BSF personnel of different welfare activities being carried out and proposed for their welfare. He also listened to the grievances of jawans. He inaugurated the Air Pistol Range and Horse Riding School established in the frontier to hone the skills of the BSF personnel in these activities. He also visited Hussainiwala border (Ferozepur) and discussed operational and administrative matters with sector DIG and other officers of Ferozpur. Pathak also visited BOP Jagdish and Tapu and was briefed about the various activities being undertaken on the border including gate management drills. He also visited BOP Rajatal and was briefed about the action plan devised by the BSF to dominate this highly sensitive area of Amritsar sector from the smuggling point of view.
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Forum asks pvt hospital to pay resident
Rs 3 lakh
Amritsar, May 11 A resident of Ranjit Avenue, Amarjit Singh, had earlier filed a complaint against Fortis Escorts Hospital and its two doctors alleging that instead of getting him treated by a doctor of the specialised field, he was treated by the specialists of other fields. He alleged that he suffered from abdominal pain after which he got a CT scan conducted on the advice of his physician. He claimed that on seeing the report, his physician referred him to Fortis Escort hospital. He stated in his complaint that the CT scan report was suggestive of suspicion of omental infarct with segmental thickening of the adjacent portion of the small gut, which could be better taken care of by a
gastero-enterologist. He alleged that instead he was admitted under the supervision of a cardiologist and then again when his condition worsened, a general surgeon was called in. He stated that finally a surgery in the abdominal region was conducted and it was declared that there was internal bleeding after it. He alleged that he was discharged from the hospital after a few days stating that his condition was stable despite his claims that his condition was not well. The complainant alleged that he went to another hospital where the doctors had to perform the surgery again. He said that the earlier hospital had discharged him stating that his condition was stable when actually his condition was critical. The hospital in its reply had stated that the patient was treated with utmost care and in fact the doctors of the hospital were continuously in touch with the doctors of another private hospital where he was finally treated. The forum observed that while hospital records stated that a gasteroenterologist had examined the patient along with other doctors, it held the hospital guilty of medical negligence in discharging a patient when his condition was critical. The Forum observed that in that case, the hospital should have referred the patient to another hospital. The Forum stated that no records have been produced to establish that doctors at the hospital had advised the patient to go to a second hospital.
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Mobile phone recovered from jail inmate
Amritsar, May 11 "An FIR was lodged at the police station under the Drugs Act on September 17, 2013. Now, again an FIR under Sections 420 of the IPC and Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prisoner Act was registered against him at Cantonment police station," he said. Sharma admitted that even as there was a total ban on bringing in edible items, including vegetables or fruits inside the jail premises, there have been no let up in such instances. "In a way, the credit could go to our attentive staff which catch them red- handed. Still, the inmates leave no chance to sneak in mobiles or drugs inside the jail. We are bewildered at the ways they adopt to lay a hand on mobiles or narcotics. Even the children’s diapers were once used to smuggle in narcotics," he said. On May 8, an undertrial Prabhjit Singh had attempted to smuggle in the mobile phone while concealing it in his anus. The head constable Jaswinder Singh, who escorted him to the court for hearing, was equally held responsible and his name too figured in the FIR for this offence. On September 18, the jail authorities had recovered narcotics from an inmate Narinder Singh who had concealed the contraband inside his rectum. A packet of heroin, weighing around 10 gm, reached jail inmate Narinder Singh through a visitor, identified as Manpreet Singh, a resident of Ajnala. Manpreet had come to visit Narinder, who is on trial under the NDPS Act in the jail. He was successful in passing on the drugs while both were in the visitors' lobby, located adjacent to the main gate of the jail. Within no time, Narinder concealed the packet in his rectum, but before he could smuggle it in, the jail guards caught him. On September 23, the jail authorities recovered 10 gms of heroin concealed in one of the five diapers which were delivered to three women lodged in jail. The accused has been identified as Badal Jiwan Lal.
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No lessons learnt, school buses flout norms
Amritsar, May 11 Private schools and public schools run by the charitable organisations are employing various forms of transports in the city. These include cycle rickshaws, auto-rickshaws, mini vans, vans and buses. Many school buses are spotted overcrowded, without a cleaner or a conductor while in some the students can be seen standing or sitting on the doorsteps. The slack attitude of the school authorities and the traffic police has resulted in recurrence of such incidents. A long pending demand of involving the school management in the operation of school transport was met last year when the state government enacted a provision ensuring the involvement of principals, District Education Officers and others in the administration of the school transport. According to the instructions, each school, whether affiliated to the
CBSE, the ICSE or the PSEB, has to form a transport committee, comprising a principal, a senior teacher, a person from the school managing committee or the local managing committee, besides the head of the local police station. A few months ago, a 10-year-old girl student of a private school highlighted the fact that the school bus was without a cleaner, which apparently showed that rules were not being implemented. As per the norms, drivers operating school buses or vans should possess 'heavy vehicle' licences with a minimum of 10 years of driving experience. The guidelines emphasise that buses and vans should not be loaded with students, beyond the stipulated seating capacity, but these vehicles continue to ply with such loads. Meanwhile, the Punjab School Education Board
(PSEB), while granting approval for affiliation and category of associated schools, sought submission of affidavits containing 16 rules from the principals of these schools. However, sources in the department shared that officials hardly bother to keep a tab on these norms.
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kidnapping of jail
inmate Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 11 While the family members of the victim suspected that he might have been killed by the police officials, who they claimed are hand in glove with their enemies, the city police have arrested three police officials, including an ASI Gulshanbir Singh, in this regard. In the letter, she named a tainted police inspector whose name also figured in the alleged kidnapping of Bikramjit and is one of the four convicts languishing in Amritsar Central Jail for the killing of an Akali leader Gurdial Singh Dhillon in year 2002. "When such police officials are being sheltered by their higher-ups, the common man can neither expect justice nor security from the police department," she said. She said Gulshanbir surrendered before the court and revealed that Bikramjit was abducted by the policemen, including the said tainted police inspector who was facing a number of criminal cases. She pointed out that such repeated instances are denigrating the SAD-BJP government. She said that the government is answerable to the people and the family members about the whereabouts of the kidnapped youth. She said if he had been killed, only the Punjab government would be responsible for this.
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Two booked for killing man, son
Amritsar, May 11 Satnam Singh, brother of the deceased, said Mukhtiar Singh entered into an argument with the accused Simarjit Singh and Sukhraj Singh when they came to Rampura to leave Santokh Singh, who was drunk. Santokh, who works as a welder, is their second brother. He said Mukhtiar argued with Simarjit and Sukhraj to shun their company and this led to a heated exchange. Simarjit and Sukhraj left the place in a fit of rage. Mukhtiar and his son followed them till Nangali village where they again had heated arguments. The accused hurled bricks at them, leaving the father-son dead on the spot. Harmeet Singh, younger son of Mukhtiar Singh, said they looked for them at night but in vain. He said at around 4 am, a police team informed them about the incident. Nirmal Singh, SHO, Kamboh police station, said: "The raids are being conducted to nab the culprits who have been booked under Section 302 of the
IPC."
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Broken direction boards at GNDH inconvenience patients,
visitors
Amritsar, May 11 The signboards leading to the emergency block was seen broken and lying close by. A parking attendant by said unidentified persons had broken the direction boards a few days ago. "These direction boards (broken) might not be a problem for the regular visitors and even general patients. But in emergency conditions, their absence could be annoying," said Ram Kumar, a visitor. The visitors demanded that these direction boards be installed soon.
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Director General of the BSF DK Pathak today visited the Attari-Wagah check post during his three-day visit to Punjab Frontier.
MF Farooqui, DIG, BSF, Amritsar, detailed him about the activities being carried out by the BSF. He informed him about the de-addiction campaign launched by the force in October last year which has yielded excellent response.
A musical extravaganza was offered with performance of Pakistani sufi singer Arif Lohar yesterday. Love, affection, peace and compassion poured all through the evening during the performance. The singer struck a chord with the audiences from all the age groups present on the occasion.
"The Pakistan Show" is being organised jointly by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
TNS