Burglars strike in broad daylight

Garhshankar: Three burglars broke into the room rented by Kashmiri cloth merchants in broad daylight on Tuesday in Ward No. 5. One of the thieves was nabbed with the help of locals and handed over to the police, while others managed to flee with some belongings from the room and Rs 18,000 cash. Pravez Ahmad Gani, a resident of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, said he, along with his associates, had gone to sell clothes in the morning. When he came back, he saw that two unknown people had entered their room and one of them was standing outside. When he raised an alarm, a youth was caught by residents of the locality. The police were investigating the matter. OC

Probe sought into recruitment ‘scam’

Hoshiarpur: Jaspal Chechi, president, district trade wing of Aam Aadmi Party and councillor, demanded a high-level inquiry into the alleged scam in the recruitment of constables in Punjab Police. He said due to the malpractices in the recruitment process, many deserving candidates have been deprived of jobs and this is an injustice to them. He said for strict action against the officials involved in this case, it is necessary that there should be a fair investigation. He appealed to the Governor of Punjab to ensure justice for the youth after getting the matter investigated and the recruitment process to be conducted again. OC

Free medical camp organised

Hoshiarpur: Under the health awareness campaign by Shri Bhagwan Parashuram Sena and Akhil Bharatiya Brahmin Ekta Parishad with the support of NHS Hospital, Jalandhar, the 79th Free Medical Camp was held in Pale Da Mandir in Nai Abadi under the chairmanship of state in-charge Ashutosh Sharma. The camp was inaugurated by Mayor Surinder Kumar Shinda. In the camp, Dr Jugbadal Singh Nanuan (MD), Dr Moin Khan, Dr Geetedar Kaur conducted free checkup of patients and gave information related to heart care to the heart patients. Medical team in-charge Hitesh Bansal informed that 107 ECG, 258 blood tests, 185 sugar tests were done free in the camp. About 526 patients were examined in the camp and they were also given free medicines. Hospital’s CEO Romsha Vashisht informed that 27 angiography tests and 36 echo tests have been advised to the patients in the camp which will be done free of cost by the NHS Hospital, Jalandhar. OC

1 dead, 15 hurt in bus-truck collision

Jalandhar: One person died and 15 passengers were injured as a PRTC bus going from Jalandhar to Amritsar collided with a truck here on late Tuesday evening. The incident occurred around 9 pm at Kartarpur. The impact of the collision was so much that one side of the bus got completely damaged. The driver of the bus died on the spot. The injured were taken to Jalandhar Civil Hospital. Kartarpur DSP Sukhpal S Randhawa arranged rescue operation and rushed the injured to the hospital. TNS

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