30072022-JTR-01.qxd 30-07-2022 00:30 Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE NO STATION LEAVE SANS PRIOR APPROVAL: KAPURTHALA DC PAGE 2 To ensure constant vigil, the K’thala DC has ordered all departmental heads to not leave their stations. FORECAST GENERALLY CLOUDY SKY RAPPER DRAKE DONS T-SHIRT WITH MOOSEWALA’S NAME MAX 32°C | MIN 24°C | YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET SATURDAY 7:25 PM Nakodar: The city police arrested two persons with a pistol. Investigating Officer (IO) Kulwindar Singh said the accused had been identified as Satwindar Singh of Mul Wal Khehra village, and Arian Preet, a resident of Namaji Pur village in Shahkot. The IO said the police received the information that the accused with a firearm sitting in a Scorpio at bus stand with an intention to fight. The IO said the police conducted a raid and arrested the accused with a pistol. A case under Section 160 of the IPC and the Arms Act has been registered against the accused. OC MAN HELD WITH INTOXICANTS PAGE 4 Superstar Singer 2 will host Swapan Sett, a painter, sculptor and violinist who helped his wife tide over cancer with his talent. SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:43 AM SATURDAY | 30 JULY 2022 | JALANDHAR No. of mohalla clinics in dist increased from three to 6 COVID: 84 NEW CASES IN DISTRICT TWO ARRESTED WITH PISTOL SWAPAN SETT GRACES THE STAGE OF SUPERSTAR SINGER 2 Rapper Drake paid a tribute to late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala by wearing a T-shirt with his name. INBRIEF Jalandhar: A total of 83 Covid cases were reported in Jalandhar on Friday. Of these, 74 were reported from the district and the remaining were of persons belonging to other districts. The Covid tally in Jalandhar has increased to 79,639 on Friday. As many as 77,287 people have recovered from the viral disease in the district so far, while the number of active cases in Jalandhar is 406. The district toll is 1,946. Meanwhile, Kapurthala district reported 25 new cases of Covid. The district tally has gone up to 24,112. Meanwhile, no new death was reported in the district. The total number of deaths in Kapurthala so far is 593. TNS PAGE 3 Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service The police with the arrested persons in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO In-laws arrested for murder of Adampur’s 33-year-old man Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 29 Four days after the murder of a 33-year-old man at Jalbhay village of Adampur, the police claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of four persons, including his inlaws and a juvenile. A partially burnt body of Loveleen Kumar was found in the outer area of the village. SP Investigation Sarabjit Singh Bahia said the youth got married against the wishes of his inlaws seven years ago and was living at their place even as his parental place was in Lamma Pind in Jalandhar. He had two children after his marriage. His in-laws were reportedly unhappy with his drinking habits. Half-burnt body of victim was found dumped in fields of Jalbhay village The arrested persons include the victim’s fatherin-law Jaswinder SIngh, mother-in-law Shakuntla, brother-in-law Yuvraj Singh and a juvenile. Deceased’s father Rajinder Kumar had told the police that he suspected the role of his son’s inlaws in the murder. “When we investigated on these lines, we found that Loveleen used to beat his wife and children in an inebriated condition and he had a fight with them even on the night when the murder took place. His inlaws caught hold of him. They hit him with an iron bangle on the back of his head which caused a deep injury. His mouth was stuffed with a cloth after which he died. They later took his body on a cycle, dumped it in the fields and burnt it. A half-burnt body was spotted by villagers the next day after which the police got into action. The three adult accused have been taken into police custody while the juvenile has been sent to a protection home in Ludhiana. Jalandhar, July 29 The number of mohalla clinics to be made functional in Jalandhar has been increased from three to six. While the state government has instructed that 100 ‘Aam Aadmi Clinics’ will be made functional in Punjab until August 15 (instead of the previous 75); the additional clinics in Jalandhar have also been approved as part of this expansion. Barring the alreadyapproved three mohalla clinics at Kabir Nagar, Alawalpur and Rajan Colony in Jalandhar, the district will get six mohalla clinics, which will be made functional in Jalandhar until August 15. As per the government’s directions, these will be known as Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs). Notably, the three previously-approved mohalla clinics in the district were being upgraded from Sewa Kendras. The three new clinics will be upgraded from health wellness centres already being run under their respective Primary Health Centres (PHCs). In Jalandhar, the new clinics will be coming up at health wellness centres in Farwala, Pasla and Rasoolpur. These new clinics fall under PHCs Bilga (Farwala); PHC Jandiala (Pasla) and PHC Mehatpur. A mohalla clinic at Pasla in Jalandhar; and (below) counselling held for medical officers at Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Memorial Nursing School, Civil Hospital, in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTOS COUNSELLING FOR MOS HELD ■ As per the Health Department guidelines, special counselling for medical officers (MOs) was held at the Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Memorial Nursing School, Civil Hospital, Jalandhar on Friday ■ A total of 154 candidates have applied for the post and of these, 88 reported on Friday. Six teams are scrutinising certificates of the applicants. Civil Surgeon Raman Sharma said the counselling process went smoothly. Final report in this regard will be submitted on July 30 While the Civil Surgeon Jalandhar and DC have already reveiwed the clinics during their visits, officials say the new clinics are ready as they are already wellness centres which will be repurposed as AACs now. Jalandhar Civil Surgeon Raman Sharma said, “Work on the completion and changes from sewa kendras to clinics are already going on in the three previous clinics. The work on them will be complete by August 5. Since they were welllness centres, the work on the three new clinics is also complete. All six of these Aam Aadmi Clinics will be fully functional and will be inaugurated on August 15.” The Civil Surgeon said besides these six AACs, more places were also under proposal to host Aam Aadmi Clinics in Jalandhar district. Four new ad hoc panels formed Sikh candidates told to remove Tribune News Service Nakodar: The sadar police arrested a man on the charge of selling intoxicating tablets on Thursday night. Investigating Officer (IO) Jasvir Singh said 185 intoxicant tablets were seized from the possession of Balvindar Singh, alias Bindar, a resident of Mudh village. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused, the IO said. OC FIVE INJURED IN ROAD MISHAP Phagwara: Five occupants of a car, including two women, sustained serious injuries when their car rammed into a truck near Mehli-Mehtan bypass on Wednesday. The injured—Surinder Kumar, Arwinder Singh,Dilbag Singh, Ranjit Kaur and Inderpreet Kaur—were admitted to local Civil Hospital for treatment. The condition of all injured is stable, Senior Medical Officer Kamal Kishore said. OC WINE CONTRACTOR KILLED IN MISHAP Dasuya: Wine contractor Krishan Dev Khosla died in a road accident when his car collided with a roadside tree, near Jhir Da Khuh, this morning. He was on his way to Mata Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh. Seriously injured Khosla was taken to BBMB Hospital, Talwara, but doctors declared him brought dead. The cause of the accident not known yet. The body of the deceased was brought to his house by family members from the BBMB Hospital in the evening. Representatives of religious, social and political organisations have condoled the sudden demise of Khosla. OC TENURE OF 15 ENDED IN JAN Jalandhar, July 29 A month after forming an ad hoc committee on landscape and beautification, Mayor Jagdish Raja formed four new ad hoc committees on building and roads, sanitation and health, town planning and water supply and sewerage disposal committee today. There are around 15 ad hoc committees in the MC, whose tenure ended in January. Of all, only five have been formed since then. Councillor Balraj Thakur from Ward Number 28 is the ■ There are around 15 ad hoc ■ On July 1, an ad hoc committee committees in the MC, whose tenure ended in January. Of all, only five have been formed since then on landscape and beautification was formed. Councillor Jasleen Sethi was made its chairman chairman of the sanitation and health, Councillor Pawan Kumar from Ward Number 30 is the chairman of water supply and sewerage disposal, Nirmal Singh Nimma from Ward Number 6 and Jagdish Kumar Dakoha from Ward Number 28 is the chairmen of the Town Planning and Building and Roads respectively. On July 1, an ad hoc com- mittee on landscape and beautification was formed. Councillor Jasleen Sethi was made the chairman of the committee and Councillors Bimla Rani, Prabhdayal Bhagat and Tamanreet Kaur from Ward Nos. 13, 22 and 1, respectively, were its members. According to the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, the MC has to constitute committees on water supply and sewerage disposal, building and roads, house tax assessment, and other such committees. The Act also reads that each committee would elect one of its member as its chairman and another member as vice-chairman. The committees play a major role in various works of the civic body. Councillors are members of the committees and they can raise problems of residents with the respective branch. Besides, even works of various branches get distributed and decentralised. IMA condemns Jouramajra’s ‘rude’ behaviour Nawanshahr, July 29 Members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Punjab expressed anguish over the “humiliating” act of Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra during his visit to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot. The Health Minister was caught in a tight spot after he asked Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Raj Bahadur to lie on a “dirty” patient’s bed at the Faridkot hospital today. IMA state president Dr Paramjit Maan said the Health Minister humiliated the VC. The IMA leaders condemned the stooping of the Health Minister. “The derogatory behaviour of the minister towards the VC is nothing less than a curse on the noble profession in particular and society in general,” the president rued. The IMA asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately intervene and ask his minister to apologise and refrain from such behaviour in future otherwise the IMA would take stern action to restore pride and prestige of medical fraternity. — TNS karabefore entering exam centre Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 29 Tension prevailed at CT Institute, which was one of the centres of the National Testing Agency for conducting JEE (Main) examination, on Friday afternoon here. At the centre, some Sikh candidates and their parents, who had come to drop their wards, found that the NTAdeputed staff was asking the candidates to remove their kara (bangle worn by Sikhs as a religious symbol). A protest was staged by parents against the move and representatives of some Sikh organisations were called, which came to the campus and also objected the move. A leader of the Sikh Talmel Committee said: “The NTA’s move is completely uncalled for. We will not let this happen.” They talked to the NTA staff and asked them about the ground on which such a restriction had been imposed. The NTA NTA gives written apology to parents Police take away NTA-deputed staff after protests by members of the Sikh Talmel Committee in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO observers said they had been directed that any metal piece which was being detected by metal detectors should not be allowed inside the campus, be it hairpins, waist belts or karas. After the situation turned tensed, police teams arrived at the spot. They tried to pacify 2 nabbed with 20-kg poppy husk Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 29 The Maqsudan police arrested two persons with 20 kg of poppy husk here today. A patrolling party of the police stopped two youths riding a without number motorcycle. During search 20 kg of poppy husk was recovered from their possession kept in a plastic sack. The duo revealed their identity as Nandalal, alias Shashhi, a resident of Nan- Two drug peddlers in police custody in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO c m y b HAVE BEEN SELLING DRUGS FOR LONG ■ The police said they had been selling drugs for a long time and cases were also registered against them in other police stations ■ The duo revealed their identity as Nandalal, alias Shashhi, a gal Salempur village, and Shinder, alias Budhi, a resident of Nangal Salempur. A case under Sections 61, 15-B and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered resident of Nangal Salempur village, and Shinder, alias Budhi, a resident of Nangal Salempur. A case under Sections 61, 15-B and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the duo against the duo. The police said they had been selling drugs for a long time and cases were also registered against them in other police stations. both sides but seeing the situation getting worse, they took along two NTA observers to Partappura police post. Members of the Sikh Talmel Committee held a protest for nearly two hours and pacified only after the NTA officials issued a written apology for the same. Cop run over by train Jalandhar, July 29 A head constable posted at PAP Complex here was crushed by a train on tracks near Jalandhar Cantonment railway station today. The deceased, Kashmir Singh, was a resident of Madala village near Lohian. ASI Lalit Kumar posted with the GRP said the body had been sent to the Civil Hospital. Prima facie, it seems to be a suicideand probe is on, he said. — TNS