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7 more diarrhoea cases reported
Social worker, wife killed in mishap as youths race car
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DC asks Civil Hospital staff to digitise birth, death records
Dist admn to prepare coffee table book
pay structure issue
Vets work without safety equipment
Environmentalist collects evidence of garbage in city
JCT Punjab State Super Football League
Book on foreign investment released
‘Control Bhaji Control’ to release on Aug 22
Bhagat Singh Naujawan Sabha to stage protest
Leftists to hold rallies against state govt Bill
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7 more diarrhoea cases reported
Jalandhar, August 20 According to Dr Satish Sood, District Epidemiologist, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the potable water quality in these schools were not found up to the mark. "These schools were found to have very low water storage capacity and hence, the children were forced to drink water from the overhead tanks that were in pitiable condition. We have written to the school authorities to take immediate action over the issue," said Dr Sood. "Since the number of children in the government schools are much higher than the required strength, the problem of poor quality potable water is consistent due to less water storage capacity in these schools,” he said. Meanwhile, the Health Department took two more water samples from the Sunder Nagar area and Noorpur after two cases were reported from there at the Civil Hospital on Wednesday. Also, the MC and Health teams were also found camping in the diarrhoea affected areas and distributing chlorine tablets in various parts of the city even on Wednesday. 15 schools fail water quality test
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Social worker, wife killed in mishap as youths race car
Jalandhar, August 20 A nephew-uncle duo, heading towards Machhiwara from Tarn Taran in their Tavera, also came in the spate and were badly injured. Rattan Lal (50) and his wife Anita died when the Tavera going in the other lane in the opposite direction, after getting hit by the racing cars, came towards them and hit them crushing them on the spot. Kulbir Singh (25) of Macchiwara and his uncle Manjinder Singh of Tarn Taran were injured and were taken to the Civil Hospital. A Swift car owned by Delhi-based Mohit Thapar also got damaged but the driver and co-passengers had a providential escape. The incident left all eye-witnesses extremely shocked. They said that the accident took place in a matter of seconds and it took them sometime to realise as to what had happened. "There was so much smoke and confusion all around. One of the racing cars was an Innova and for second we could not realise it. There was a little gap between the Tavera and Swift through which the drivers of both the vehicles tried to pass. The Tavera got so badly hit on the side by the Innova that it bumped thrice on the road, jumped across the divider and hit the couple coming on a bike from the other side,” said a car driver heading towards Ludhiana. SHO Rama Mandi Vimal Kant said that the owners of the vehicles would be identified soon on the basis of their vehicles which have been affected in the accident. He said a case under Section 304 of the IPC was being registered against the accused who would be brought to book soon. |
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Altercations mark anti-encroachment drive
Jalandhar, August 20 The MC staff armed with JCB machines, accompanied by the traffic police, initiated their action from Ladowali Road. The MC team had to face the wrath of the automobile and scrap dealers as the team tried to tow away cars standing along the road. The dealers forced the MC team led by Vikrant Verma and ACP Traffic Dalbir Singh Buttar to move without much action. Heated arguments started between the teams and the shopkeepers on the issue which went on for about 15 minutes. The team then went on to Mai Hiran Gate. The bookshop sellers and stationery shop owners who had displayed their goods five to 10 feet beyond their boundary line had to face the wrath. The teams lifted huge bundles of books, copies and other stuff that was stacked outside the premises. Much chaos prevailed as the shopkeepers tried their best to prevent their stock from being
lifted. A virtual tug of war ensued between the shopkeepers and the MC team during the drive. The incident left the road and the facade of the shops completely ransacked. |
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Canal water enters colony
Jalandhar, August 20 As the residents got to know, they realised there was a breach in the canal and immediately started making efforts to contact the staff of the irrigation department but in vain. Om Parkash and Raj Kumar, both local residents, said they kept waiting for the staff till midnight. But as the water level kept on increasing, they themselves arranged for sacks, filled them with soil and started to plug the breach. two other residents, Ashok Kumar and Mithilesh, said the two employees from the department finally came but without any supporting staff. They said that it was only the residents who kept helping themselves till the dawn. It was this morning that the department arranged for some labourers and started the repair. The water level receded by this evening but the residents said they were still keeping a close watch. |
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DC asks Civil Hospital staff to digitise birth, death records
Jalandhar, August 20 The Deputy Commissioner took a round of the record room where the birth and death registers had been kept. He was told that the record dated back to as late as 1933. Yadav told the Civil Surgeon Dr CL Bassan and the Civil Hospital staff that preserving the record was of utmost importance. The Municipal Corporation staff has digitised the record of the past about 10 years. The MC is already issuing computerised birth and death certificates to the city residents for the last year and a half. Yadav is also planning an expansion of the Suvidha Centre to add more services. At the moment only 47 services are being offered at the Centre. Some of the services including those of marriage have been shifted to the office of the sub registrar in front of the Suwidha Centre to avoid space constraint. The Deputy Commissioner said that he had designated Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Pritam Singh as the in-charge of the construction committee which will plan the vertical expansion of the Suwidha Centre and report to him shortly with suggestions. |
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Dist admn to prepare coffee table book
Jalandhar, August 20 KK Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar, has formed a committee under the chairmanship of Pritam Singh, ADC (General), and has even asked people to contribute any kind of material they have of historic
importance. "The book will be a kind of memoir and will help in compiling all the information pertaining to the district in a single book. Presently, there has been no such book where we can get all the information together at one go. The book will have information about the historic buildings and monuments and rare pictures of the historic events of the city," said Pritam Singh, ADC
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PSEB enggs to protest on August 26
Jalandhar, August 20 Council president and general secretary RK Choudhary and Davinder Singh said the junior engineers were extremely upset over the delay in the settlement of their long- pending demands. Choudhary has condemned the lethargic attitude of the PSPCL authorities to frame the seniority of JEs and Additional Assistant Engineers for months together, causing inordinate delay in the promotion of employees. He said keeping in view the resentment prevailing amongst the members of the JEs council, the council has unanimously decided to protest on August 26 in front of all the circle headquarters of the PSPCL. — TNS
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Vets work without safety equipment
Jalandhar, August 20 Despite repeated complaints and demands from the authority concerned, nothing has been done in this regard so far. A veterinary inspector, Amrik Singh Kahlon, while talking to Jalandhar Tribune said, “A veterinary inspector needs 300 sleeve gloves every month. Without using proper precaution, there are chances of contracting infection like brucellosis.” “We have not received sleeve gloves from the Animal Husbandry Department for the past several years. Therefore, we have been forced to buy the gloves ,” said Amrik . “We need straws to inject semen while carrying out artificial insemination that are not being provided by the department. We have been forced to spend hundreds of rupees on such things every month”, he added. Liquid nitrogen gas is used to preserve the sperms of animals. Due to the short supply of the LNG, sperms get infertile. Another veterinary inspector pleading anonymity said 20 per cent of the sperms got damaged in sperm bank due to the short supply of LNG. In order to improve the breeding of animals like buffalo and cow, sperms are being imported, which got infertile. “We inject the infertile sperms that do not yield any result. In such cases animal owners blame us for using substandard sperms.” he added. Deputy Director and other officials have been approached on various occasions but to no avail. |
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Environmentalist collects evidence of garbage in city
Jalandhar, August 20 Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Jain said he had been asked by the NGT to keep a close watch on the open dumping of garbage in the city. “There are above 100 open dumping sites in the city. I have taken the photographs and shot the video of the sites to produce before the NGT on August 22,” said Jain. He said the NGT would question the Principal Secretary, Local Bodies, about the delay in the door-to-door garbage collection and the Solid Waste Management
Project. “Around 27 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats, including Nakodar, in four districts of the Doaba— Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr and Kapurthala— have been affected by the lethargic approach to the starting of the Solid Waste Management Project in Jalandhar,” said Jain. He said during the monitoring, he found that Wariana was the worst dumping site in the city. Following the NGT stand on irregular and unscientific garbage dumping at Nakodar and Jalandhar, a team led by Local Bodies Secretary Ashok Kumar Gupta has already inspected both the places. In the ongoing case over the dumping of garbage and cleanliness in cities and towns, the NGT, on July 30, had said it would be compelled to issue notices to the officials concerned and the civic body for non-compliance of its directions. In its directions, the NGT had said that there was a clear violation of the orders of the Tribunal dated May 24, 2013 by the authorities concerned. Fact file
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JCT Punjab State Super Football League Our Correspondent
Hoshiarpur, August 20 As per the pre announcements of the PFA, the winners will get Rs 4.40 lakh, runners-up Rs 3.30 lakh, team winning the third position will pocket Rs 2.20 lakh, and the fourth position holder will get Rs1.54 lakh respectively. PFA president Sameer Thapar said “This year, the league would be held in multi-cities and rural areas of the state. 56 matches will be held under the double leg league basis”. Teams of BSF, RCF, Punjab Police, JCT Academy, CRPF, PSPCL, United Punjab FC and Dalbir FA will play 24 matches in Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar. Some matches will be played in the floodlight. Besides, each club has been assigned two home matches to be held in their home-towns. In order to expand the league at the rural level , some areas where grassroots football projects are also going on, have been chosen to host the super league matches. Inder Singh, Arjuna Awardee and former national captain kick-off the league on August 25 in Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar,. Priya Thapar, Director (HR) JCT Limited will unfurl the flag of Punjab Football Association and will distribute footballs to the kids.
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Book on foreign investment released
Jalandhar, August 20 Economist and Padam Bhushan awardee Dr Sardara Singh Johl, Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, and Lt Gen (retd) Kartar Singh Gill, CEO, International Sikh Confederation released the book. Addressing the seminar, Dr Johl appreciated the efforts of the author. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune Dr Phull said it was a UGC funded project that took two years to complete. The book would be useful for students, teachers and research scholars. The book provides a detailed account and examination of various dimensions, determinants, deterrents and other aspects of investment flow in the country through FIIs. The topics including ‘Structure of Capital Market in India’, ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) versus Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)’, ‘Dimensions of FIIs in India’, ‘Determinants of FIIs in India’, ‘Deterrents to FIIs in India’ and ‘Portfolio Investment Flows: Global Experiences’ have been covered in the book. |
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‘Control Bhaji Control’ to release on Aug 22
Jalandhar, August 20 Kanwal D Kaur, Simran and Sandeep, who played lead roles were also present on the occasion. Talking about the film the stars said, “The film is a tale of two friends, whose conning ways are a headache for their fathers and other people around them. They even try to con their way into love, which leads to a series of lies and confusion.” The film has been directed by Gaurav Singh and produced by Real World Entertainment. Addressing the mediapersons Gaurav said it took an awesome experience in making the film and all the actors were a delight to work with. The music of the film has been composed by Gurmeet Singh and GUMROH with singers Javed Ali, Master Saleem, Labh Janjua, Nachhattar Gill, Geeta Jaildar and Jassi Gill. |
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Bhagat Singh Naujawan Sabha to stage protest
Jalandhar, August 20 The state general secretary of the sabha, Mandeep Singh Rattia, said the neo-liberal policies of the government had
been resulting in unemployment, inflation, moral degradation, drug addiction. “Due to such policies, the youngsters have been deviating from their path. The commercialisation of the education system has left a number of students away from higher education, resulting in unemployment .” said Rattia. “An awareness campaign to educate the public throughout the state will be started in this regard,” he added. |
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Leftists to hold rallies against state govt Bill
Jalandhar, August 20 Kulwant Singh Sandhu, general secretary of the Zamhoori Kisan Sabha, Punjab, said this bill was against those who had high respect for the democracy. The rallies will be organised in Amritsar, Jalandhar and Barnala on September 29, 30 and October 1, respectively. Sandhu said this was the same bill that the SAD-BJP wanted to bring in 2010. They had to take this back at that time following a public outrage. |
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KMV celebrates Teeyan-da-Mela
KMV celebrated ‘Teeyan da Mela’, a multi-hued festival which falls in this month of Saawan. Prof Atima Sharma, principal, was the chief guest. There were stalls offering Punjabi delicdies. Barun Kaur Mann was selected “Teeyan di Rani” and Pradeep Kaur was selected ‘Giddyaan Di Rani’. CT Group organises motivational talk
Indian Air Force (IAF) organised a ‘Motivational Talk’ at Shahpur Campus of the CT Group of Institutions, here on Wednesday.The event was organised to motivate the youth to join the IAF. The event was attended by faculty and students of BTech besides a team of seven officers from IAF.Charanjit Singh Channi, chairman, CT Group of Institutions welcomed the officers. Wing Commander, Sunil Kohli addressed the gathering and highlighted the tradition of courage that the officers and men from Punjab have displayed over the years while serving in the IAF. Cambridge School win shooting championship
A three-day Inter School and College Rifle and Pistol Shooting Competition concluded at the newly-built Rifle Shooting Range of Cambridge International School here on Wednesday.Kapurthala District Rifle Shooting Association conducted the tournament.Around 15 schools and colleges participated in the championship.Daljit Singh Mangat, Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, was the chief guest. He gave away the medals and trophies to the winners.Mangat appreciated the efforts of Distt Rifle Shooting Association and Cambridge International School for organising the event.Hardeep Singh, Amanpreet Singh and Manpreet Singh of Cambridge International School clinch the gold in the team event.Among girls, Simran Bhardwaj, Riya Mittal and Tanisha of Cambridge International School, pocketed the gold, silver and bronze respectively. St Joseph’s student wins quiz contest
Amiteshwarpal Singh, a Class X student of St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, has won the first position in the regional quiz contest for ICSE schools. Amiteshwarpal has also won a regional competition for drawing and painting organised by the Association of the Schools for Indian School Certificate (ASISC) held at Gobind International Public School Bhadaur on August 16.
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