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60 fresh cases of diarrhoea
District epidemiologist Sanjeev Hans told Ludhiana Tribune that 90 patients were reported at the OPD clinic being run at Sherpur Kalan under the supervision of Dr K.L. Kapoor, SMO, Sahnewal. Out of these, 60 were diagnosed with mild infection and symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting. One patient with severe infection and chances of developing dehydration was referred to the civil hospital.
Though the authorities put the figure of hospitalised patients at 10, unofficial reports said at least three dozen patients had been admitted to private clinics and nursing homes in various parts of the city. Civil Surgeon S.P. Sharma said the medical teams had conducted a door-to-door survey of more than 2,200 houses in Fauji Colony, Muslim Colony, Kirpal Nagar and some adjoining areas in Sherpur Kalan and Sherpur Khurd. People had been advised to use boiled or chlorinated water for drinking, keep their surroundings clean and take adequate measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes. Also, water should not be allowed to stagnate and full-sleeved shirts and trousers should be worn. Mosquito repellents or anti-mosquito sprays should be used at night, Dr Sharma said.
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Man ‘thrashed’ in lockup, hospitalised
Khanna, October 9 Mandeep Singh, a resident of Baraichan village, near Amloh, was reportedly rounded up by the police from Lalheri village after he got into a confrontation with some villagers there. Mandeep Singh, who works as a manager at two rice mills here, said while on his way home late last night from Kalour village in Fatehgarh Sahib, he went to drop his driver at Lalheri village. Seven persons, including four women, stopped them on the outskirts of the village and started abusing them, he alleged. They got into a confrontation and the group started beating him up. Later, they allegedly took Mandeep to a house in the village where he was kept in illegal confinement. Later, two constables — one in mufti — arrived and started beating him up with his hands tied to the back, he alleged. The constables then took him to the Sadar police station and “brutally” assaulted the victim. He said the police took away Rs 50,000 that were on him and belonged to the rice mills he was working for. Mandeep’s brother-in-law Ravi Dhindsa said after he learned about the incident, he went to the police station and rescued him. He alleged that Mandeep was detained by the police without any charge. He said Mandeep sustained grievous injuries and had to be admitted to the hospital. SSP Gautam Cheema said a case had been registered against the group of villagers, on a complaint filed by Mandeep. He, however, expressed surprise over the levelling of allegations by family members against the police. An inquiry was today ordered against the policemen who allegedly brought Mandeep to the Sadar police station. Dhindsa alleged that the police had initially detained Mandeep and it was only after he used some contacts that he was released. He said they had to pursue the police for hours before it registered a case against the villagers. Mandeep’s family members have demanded strict action against the accused policemen.
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Man tries to rape, kill minor girl
Khanna, October 9 The girl was pushed a well in Rampur village near Doraha. Narinder Singh of Rauni village had gone to stay with his cousin’s house in village Rampur. Yesterday
afternoon, he took his cousin's daughter out on the pretext of buying her sweets. After a while, the girl's parents got anxious and started looking for her in the village. This morning, labourers at a brick-kiln in the village heard cries emanating from a well. They found the girl in the well. Soon the girl’s parents with the help of others pulled her out. The police said the girl's clothes had been torn. She narrated her tale of horror, following which the matter was reported to the police. A case has been registered against Narinder Singh, who fled after the crime. The girl was taken to the civil hospital at Doraha where she was referred to the DMC in Ludhiana.
— TNS
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It was waiting
to happen
Ludhiana, October 9 Though the MC was woken up from its slumber by the spread of disease yesterday, there is not much improvement in the insanitary conditions prevailing in the area. The mayor and MC commissioner had visited the area yesterday and garbage was lifted and lime powder sprinkled, but the cleanliness drive was over as soon as they left, residents said. MC employees cleaned manholes that were choked but left the sullage on the road. Puddles of water are everywhere, with rainwater stagnating in vacant plots. Sewers are choked and sewage overflowing. “We have been living in such conditions for years. Everytime there is a disease, officials come running. This is the only time we see them. Otherwise our complaints go unheeded,” Ram Lok, a resident, said. Gastroenteritis usually occurs every year in this season, but no lessons are learnt. The MC blames it on the population of migrants who generally have many rooms in a small house and share a toilet. This leads to
insanitary conditions.
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11 quintals of narcotics destroyed
Ludhiana, October 9 DIG (Ludhiana range) Ishwar Singh supervised the process. He told mediapersons that as per the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2002, narcotics seized under the NDPS Act, other than opium, had to be destroyed periodically. The narcotics were disposed of at the pre-trial stage of the case after samples from the material were kept in the safe custody for reference in court case. — TNS
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Police cracks murder case
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 9 The victim and the suspect were identified on the basis of information gathered by a special investigating team constituted by the Ludhiana (rural) police. Though the circumstantial evidence had substantiated the police theory, the accused was yet to be arrested. Masharu, son of Lal Bihari Ram, of Bhokhar Panda village in the Shankarpur police station in Samastipur district, Bihar, has been booked under Section 302, IPC, for allegedly killing Ramesh Ram (45) of Paprolia Rosra village at a tube well at Dehlon on August 15 night. The mutilated body of the deceased was spotted by the owner of the fields two days after the alleged
murder. According to SSP (rural) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, residents of the area had spotted an unidentified body in a drain near Dehlon village on August 17 morning. The police had registered an FIR under Section 302 against unknown persons and formed a team to investigate the matter. “As the condition of the body had suggested that the victim was brutally murdered, an SIT led by Prem Singh and supervised by DSP Dehlon Paramjit Singh Goraya was constituted to investigate the matter. During investigations, Soney Lal Ram, a brother of the deceased, identified his belongings, said Bhullar. Investigations revealed that Ramesh Ram had shifted to Dehlon village around 15 years ago and was currently working as a cobbler on Sahnewal. He was planning to go to his native village after a long time. “He had sent us message that he was to reach the village in the third week of August and would give us a substantial amount for domestic affairs. When he did not reach the village, we came here in his search and found out that he had been murdered,” Soney Lal told Prem Singh SHO. Eyewitness had told the police that the victim and the accused had drank and dined together on the night of August 15. The police was working on the hypothesis that Masharu might have attacked Ramesh Ram. The police has sent teams to Bihar to nab the accused.
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Seminar on role of media
Samrala, October 9 He also added that we should not condemn the media, but that we should give proper concern to its role in the right context. He also admitted that media has become an industry and through the medium of internet, media comes forward in its most worst form. But it is the duty of the media itself to make its proper use. Yashpal said that the media should hold the responsibility of serving the purposes of masses. Rameshpal gave stress on the positive role of media in the field of education. Joginder Azad also expressed his views on the topic and said that it is the duty of journalists to give proper consideration to the news that complements to the society positively.
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Mosquitoes breed as MC fails to act
Ludhiana, October 9 Though the commissioner of MC, Vikas Pratap, had ordered cleaning of fountains run by civic body a fortnight ago, not much attention was paid to stop the breeding of mosquitoes. Neither any efforts are being made to educate masses to check breeding of mosquitoes nor any measures are being taken to kill the larvae before they metamorphose into an adult mosquito, capable of spreading the fatal disease. A survey by Ludhiana Tribune of Gyaspura and several
colonies in Sherpur revealed that rainwater was collected in vacant plots. Residents of these areas said no measures were taken to drain out water. Neither were these small ponds sprinkled with any insecticide or simply kerosene. They said they had not seen fogging machines in their areas for last many months.
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Threat to sales tax dept
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 9 As local traders could not submit declaration forms to their suppliers due to unavailability of the document, traders from outside the region had stopped business with them, the traders alleged. The office bearers and activists of various trader associations of the local town, led by Prem Jain, president, Oil and Cattle Feed Manufacturers Association, urged the higher authorities to ensure supply of certain documents, including C forms, so as to enable transaction business with traders of areas falling outside the region. Bittu Singla, president, Beopar Mandal, alleged that the SAD and BJP government, instead of keeping their promise to stand by the traders, had started acting against the interests of the business community. Parveen Jain, Nawab Goel, Ashok Dabbi and Amit Kareer were also present on the occasion.
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Body taken around in van for identification
Ludhiana, October 9 The body was of a migrant woman who was found dead near a railway engine shed yesterday. She was apparently stoned to death elsewhere. The body seemed to have been later dumped near the shed. Though the police initially thought she was Shaha Tara Bai as it was inscribed on her arm, it was perplexed to find that several migrant women had the same name on their forearm. It later learnt that she belonged to Shaha tribe and Tara Bai was a common name for tribe members. Eventually, it took the body to a few houses near Field Gunj where Nepalese live in large numbers. Police sources said the woman seemed to belong to Bihar but was rather fair. The Nepalese said they did not inscribe such names on their forearm. Later, the body was taken to areas near the railway station and to some “vehras” where migrants live but no one could identify her. The postmortem examination was delayed for some reason and could not be conducted today also. The police has decided to wait for another day in the hope that some relative of the deceased may turn up. The SHO Division No 5, inspector Gurdev Singh, said they had sent an alert about the body all over the state.
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New team of Rotary Club takes over
Ludhiana, October 9 Rajinder Arora took over as president of the club along with the other office bearers, including V.K.Dhall, president-elect, P.S. Budhiraja, vice president, Sunil Gupta, secretary, Deepak Bajaj, finance secretary, Harminder Pal, joint secretary, Prabhjot Singh, sergeant-at-arms, Dr Satish Jain, Sanjay Jain, V.P. Ahuja, Y.P.Gosain all directors. In his address, the district governor Dr Grover expressed his appreciation for the community work being done by the members while offering his congratulations to the club for holding the best president award for outgoing president Dr Satish Jain, best secretary award for Y.P.Gosain and best district secretary award for Subhash Bajaj for the year 2006-07. The club had also won the international presidential citation award. The district governor highlighted the involvement of all the rotrary members for carrying out community projects which were an urgent need in our society. According to the outgoing president Dr Satish Jain, the club, along with Amway Opportunity Group, had donated two ambulances and planned to donate three more in the rural areas. Further, one cancer detection van would also be donated to Mohan Dai Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation for carrying out the cancer detection programme in the remote areas of the Punjab.
— OC
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Drivers care a damn about blocking NH 1
Ludhiana, October 9 The traffic gets halted from two ways. One from Delhi towards Jallandhar and another from the city that comes from the Christian Medical College. The long queues of vehicles stranded just because of the reckless attitude of the drivers. A vendor selling soft drinks pointed out, the bus stop specified for the purpose has sitting arrangements also. “But who will make them (the drivers) understand”, he remarked. As the buses stop right at the traffic signal, people have also started waiting there only. The conductor of a state owned bus said, since the private operators were stopping their buses there, they had also
to. As the government buses used to stop at the bus stop, the private buses started stopping their buses ahead of it to get more passengers. The bus stop with sitting bench and rain shelter has become a resting place for the stray animals. It is not only the vendors who get harassed, but thousands of people who get stuck at the traffic signal because of wrongful stopping of buses. The vendors said, only strict measures, like penalising of the buses, would help solve the matter.
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MC convenes meeting on councillor room issue
Ludhiana, October 9 The decision was taken by city Mayor, Hakam Singh Gyapsura, and councillors led by Simarjit Singh Bains following a meeting between both the parties at Mayor’s camp house today. Bains had taken up the matter with Gyaspura after he did not allow them to sit in a room, named councillors room, by Bains and his party. It would probably be for the first time in the history of MC that a meeting is being called to resolve an issue generating out of an ego clash between two leaders. The trouble had arisen on Friday evening when some councillor led by Simarjit Singh Bains had opened a door from a room announcing that they would be sitting there and listening to the grievances of people. This did not go well with the Mayor and his supporters and a wall was erected by removing the door from the room. On Saturday, the possession was with the MC and a police party was also deployed. The room was guarded even today. However, the councillors went to the office today and shifted their table and chairs from the other door. The furniture was thrown out following Mayor’s directions on Friday.
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Anganwri workers seek merger
in department
Amloh, October 9 The memorandum urged the government to merge the ICDS scheme into the department and its employees be accorded the grades of class III and class IV employees. They should be given
allowance of Rs 3,000 and Rs 2000 per month, till the merger. Welfare fund for Anganwari workers on the pattern of Maharastra state be also given. In case the demands are not accepted, the stir will be intensified and the
effigy of the union minister will be burnt at district headquarters of the state.
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Too much of sangat sans darshan
Ludhiana, October 9 The deputy commissioner, Sumer Singh Gurjar, was not present today and the darshan was conducted by the additional DC (development), Priyank Bharti. Last Tuesday was a holiday on account of the Gandhi Jayanti. On September 25 also the DC could not take any complaints, although he stayed for about an hour, as he got busy with the arrangements for the Shaheed Bhagat Singh centenary celebrations. Officials of most of the departments right from the ADCs, SDMs, engineers, BDOs and others have to be present at the sangat
darshan. They leave behind the work in their respective offices but usually do nothing during
darshan.
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Labourers protest assault on leader
Ludhiana, October 9 The speakers alleged that the police was deliberately not taking any action as it wanted to “crush the voice of the working classes”. Pasla was more critical of the police alleging that it was acting only at the behest of the rich and the powerful. The union leaders warned that in case the culprits were not arrested at the earliest they would intensify their agitation.
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Advocate alleges raw deal by DC
Amloh, October 9 The advocate has made a representation to the secretary to government, department of home affairs and justice. DC,
Fatehgarh Sahib, Alak Nanda Daya said there was no set policy of the government to recommend such cases and there was no direction from the government in this regard. However, she is reported to have recommended SC candidates from other sub-divisions of the district.
— OC
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Book fair organised
Ludhiana, October 9 Students had a wide range of study material available on different topics. Avinash Kaur Walia, director and founder principal, said instead of watching television and playing games on computers, children should be driven towards better reading habits for their overall development.
— TNS
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Scooter lying unclaimed
Ludhiana, October 9
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7 bicycles given to needy
Jagraon, October 9 SP (HQ) Gurjit Singh Romana, DSP city Bhupinder Singh, SP (D) Ashok Bath, DSP (HQ) Kehar Singh and members of the club were present. Bhullar commended the services of the club in helping the
needy.
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Kashmiris resolve to return home
Ludhiana, October 9
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Remove encroachments
I want to draw the attention of civic administration towards the roadside shops and venders which create nuisance for the public as well as traffic movement on the roads. There is a department of municipal corporation (Tehbazari) to check the same, but unfortunately those supposed to carry out the task, seem to be rather promoting this illegal exercise by taking the “Hafta” from the unlawful occupants. The MC authorities ought to create separate spaces for such shops and roadside venders after obtaining consent of area residents. The administration should realise that problems can not be solved by ignoring them, and only sincere efforts in this direction will provide a solution. The political leaders, bureaucrats, mohalla level functionaries and concerned area councillors, all have to join hands to rid the city of this avoidable nuisance and improve the chaotic situation prevailing on all city roads. Garish Gupta, Ludhiana Readers are invited to mail letters (not more than 200 words) at "ludhiana@tribunemail.com" or post the same to The Tribune, 1, 2 Improvement Trust Building, Badaur House, Clock Tower, Ludhiana.
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Stealing scooter for mere Rs 400!
Ludhiana, October 9 Another youth cooling his heels in the police lockup is expert at lifting two-wheelers just to meet his daily need of 25 tablets of intoxicants twice a day. Police records suggest that the two have lifted dozens of two-wheelers, mainly scooters. Parminder Kumar, alias Manu Kumar, the youth caught by the detective wing of the city police, has surprised the police by his assertion that he sold a stolen vehicle for just Rs 400. A scrap dealer, Manish Kumar, who used to buy stolen vehicles from him, corroborated: “I used to buy the vehicle for Rs 400 and sell its parts for Rs 1,000.” He has also been arrested. This revelation has thrown the police is in a tizzy. “This is sheer desperation. Imagine what such criminals can do if offered large sums for a crime,” said a policeman. The police is more worried as Parminder is not a drug addict. “He was just fond of eating well, taking occasional liquor or buying some clothes,” SP-detective Gurpreet Singh said. Two stolen scooters and spares of four other scooters have been seized from Parminder and Manish. They have admitted that they have been in the business for over a year. Around two to four scooters are lifted every day in the city. Before this, the lowest price for which a two-wheeler had been sold was around Rs 1,500. These were mainly drug addicts who wanted money for the daily dose. Kashmir Singh, another alleged drug addict, was today caught on charges of stealing two-wheelers, mainly
scooters. His motive behind the crime was arranging money for his daily dose of drugs. Kashmiri Singh is one of several such youngsters caught on charges of lifting vehicles to buy drugs.
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Rs 3.5 lakh stolen from car
Ludhiana, October 9 Vehicle impounded
The division No. 3 police has booked Pritam Singh, a resident of village Jassowal for allegedly causing traffic jam near Vaishnu Devi chowk. The FIR states that on October 8 around 10.30 am, the accused parked his vehicle in the middle of the road and blocked the traffic. The traffic police impounded the vehicle and registered a case under Section 283, IPC, for causing obstruction in any public way or line of navigation. Booked for intimidation
The Model Town police has booked Surinder Singh, a resident of Khanna, and some unknown persons for allegedly threatening and abusing Gurcharan Singh Dhaliwal, a resident of Patiala. The complainant alleged that on September 30, the accused along with some unknown persons tried to occupy a disputed plot located in Model Town. When the complainant prevented them from doing so, the accused threatened and abused the complainant of dire consequences. The police has booked them under Sections 447, 506, 511, 148 and 149, IPC, for criminal trespass, criminal intimidation and attempt to commit punishable offence. No arrest has been made so far. Gang of thieves busted
The division No. 8 police has busted a gang of scooter thieves and arrested one accused, Surjit Singh. The other accused, Raj Kumar, however, escaped. The accused are residents of Shimla Puri and Maharaj Nagar, respectively. According to police, they received a tip-off that Raj Kumar and Surjit Singh were trying to sell parts of a stolen scooter and preparing false documents. They used to dump stolen vehicles in Vivek Nagar and sell these from the same place. On October 8 midnight, a police party raided the place and caught Surjit Singh, while Raj Kumar managed to escape. Nothing has been recovered so far. 7 kg poppy husk seized
The Sadar police has seized 7 kg poppy husk and arrested a woman in this connection. The Sadar police, on a tip-off, raided Rania village early on October 8 morning, and arrested a women with 7 kg poppy husk. Gamblers nabbed
The division No.1 and 6 police has nabbed a number of gamblers in the last 24 hours. According to the police, Davinderpal Singh of Rari Mohalla, Gulshan Kumar and Bandesh Kumar, residents of Slaim Tabri, were caught near Rakhi Cinema while they were playing cards. The police recovered Rs 6,250 from the accused. The accused were bailed out soon after their arrest.
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Drug addicts had killed factory worker
Ludhiana, October 9 Claiming this in a press conference here this evening, SP, city-II, Harish Kumar, said the blind murder has been solved in a joint operation by division no. 7 police station in charge Inspector Pawanjit and Dilpreet Singh, in charge, CIA staff-2. All the four youths have been arrested. The police was investigating their role in a number of crime incidents. The police said the youths, Harpreet Singh and Navjot Singh, both residents of Bachitar Nagar, Malkit Singh of Hoshiarpur district and Deepak, a resident of Sector-32, Chandigarh road, were nabbed at a police barrier near Police lines at Jamalpur last night. According to the SP, the accused youths were dressed as cops. They had stopped the victim and sought money from him. They stabbed him many times when he resisted. He was shifted to a hospital but could not be saved. The police said the youth used to buy drugs from the stolen amount.
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Newspaper editor stabbed, robbed
Ludhiana, October 9 Sharda was having a post-dinner walk when the youths assaulted him. They took away Rs 6,000 in cash and a mobile phone set. He has been admitted to the DMC hospital with multiple injuries. The police has detained some persons but their involvement in the incident is yet to be ascertained. The police was treating it as a case of robbery.
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