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P4 » » FORECAST RAINY MAX 34°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 33°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET SATURDAY 7.17 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:49 AM » SATURDAY | 8 AUGUST 2026 | JALANDHAR Warring takes a dig at ex-MLA Angad Saini at Balachaur rally PCC chief says only loyal workers will get his backing for Assembly poll ticket Deepkamal Kaur WARRING BACKS MANGUPUR AT RALLY Tribune News Service ■ Even as Warring’s remarks were seen by many as a signal against Angad Saini, the PCC chief openly backed Ajay Mangupur, son of former MLA Darshan Mangupur. ■ “He is one person who has always supported every plan I have proposed. Such young, active and loyal party workers deserve encouragement,” Warring said at the rally. ■ His endorsement is being viewed as a boost for Mangupur’s standing within the party ahead of the Assembly elections. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 7 Primary healthcare services across Punjab remained suspended on Friday as the statewide strike by community health officers (CHOs) entered its third day. The agitation has disrupted services at nearly 2,500 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs), including 141 centres in Jalandhar district, affecting patients, who rely on these facilities for routine healthcare. CHOs are in charge of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and play a critical role in the delivery of comprehensive healthcare in rural and remote areas. Besides managing outpatient services, they implement national health programmes, monitor patients with chronic diseases, provide maternal and child healthcare, promote preventive healthcare and supervise the work of Accredited Social << PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH will not back those who had attempted to jump out of the ship in the past or those who have made politics their business. They think that they have Congress ticket in their pocket. But they are mistaken. Even I do not have ticket in my pocket.” The move has clearly brought excitement among the adversaries of Saini. In 2022, Angad was denied ticket at the last moment. He had then contested as an Independent and bagged 31,516 votes. The BSP candidate had won from the seat while the Congress candidate had MLA Bram Shanker Jimpa with newly elected Mayor Praveen Saini, Senior Deputy Mayor Surinder Kumar and Deputy Mayor Sandeep Chechi in Hoshiarpur. Praveen Saini is Hoshiarpur Mayor Hoshiarpur, August 7 Praveen Saini was elected Mayor of the Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation, while Surinder Kumar and Sandeep Chechi were elected Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor today. The three office-bearers assumed charge at the Municipal Corporation complex in the presence of MLA Bram Shanker Jimpa. They said priority would be given to development works. Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh congratulated the newly elected office-bearers and said Hoshiarpur would emerge as a model of development during the next five years. He said the government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, would extend all possible Community health officers’ stir enters Day 3, services hit PCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring salutes Balachaur halqa in-charge Ajay Mangupur for organising a ‘Harr booth, Congress mazboot’ rally at Balachaur in Nawanshahr on Friday. polled less than 7,000 votes and lost his security. Meanwhile, Saini has been active in mobilising the OBC community as president of the Punjab Pradesh OBC Congress. Earlier this week, he announced a state-level OBC Congress meeting in Chandigarh on August 12, to be addressed by AICC OBC Cell National Chairman Dr Anil Jai Hind. “Thereafter, we will undertake district-wise tours across Punjab, meet leaders and workers from all communities, and strengthen the organisation at the grassroots Migrant strangles wife to death, flees Our Correspondent Community health officers protest outside the office of the Civil Surgeon, Jalandhar. assistance for the overall development of the city. Dr Balbir Singh said every office-bearer would be assigned responsibilities so that they could contribute effectively to the city’s development. He said the pace of development within the Municipal Corporation limits would be accelerated and efforts would be made to ensure better civic amenities in all areas. Mayor Praveen Saini said development works would be undertaken according to the needs of city residents and said there would be no let-up in efforts to improve civic infrastructure. Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner Ramvir, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Jyoti Bala Mattu, councillors from various wards and other dignitaries were present. Garhshankar, August 7 A migrant labourer allegedly strangled his wife to death at a makeshift settlement in Mahindwani village near the Himachal Pradesh border and fled the spot. The deceased has been identified as Munni Devi, while the accused, her husband Sunil Kumar, is a native of Munger district in Bihar. The couple had been living in the makeshift huts with their children for about a month. Sunil was working at an industrial unit in Himachal. According to the police, the incident took place last night. After allegedly killing his wife, Sunil fled the spot. On receiving information, Beeneval police post in-charge ASI Jasvir Singh reached the spot along with a team and took the body into possession. The couple had four children, three of whom were staying with them, while a daughter had been left behind in their native village. SP Daljit Singh Khakh said the woman appeared to have been strangled to death. After a post-mortem examination, the body was handed over to the family. On the statement of the deceased’s sister Pinki Devi, the police registered a case of murder against Sunil Kumar. Police teams have been set up to arrest the accused and are conducting raids at suspected locations in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. — OC level. Following these consultations, a new state and district-level organisational structure will be prepared and sent to the AICC for approval”, he had posted on his social media pages three days back. Asked about the reason of his absence from Warring’s rally, Saini said, “I had to attend the Sugarfed election in Nawanshahr. One of our party leaders has become the director.” He, however, chose not to react on being targeted by Warring at the rally. Saini had recently attended a meeting with exCM Charanjit Channi and his loyalists in Mohali. Punjab Congress general secretary Capt Sandeep Sandhu has dismissed speculation that PCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring’s remarks at the Balachaur rally were aimed at former Nawanshahr MLA Angad Saini. “Warring has been making similar remarks at every rally. His comments were wrongly interpreted. They were not directed at Angad Saini,” Sandhu said. “He only meant that loyal party workers and new faces would be given an opportunity this time,” he added. Health Activists (ASHAs) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs). The CHOs are demanding that the recently announced Rs 5,000 salary increase be merged with their basic pay instead of being linked to performance-based conditions. They are also seeking the release of the loyalty bonus, creation of a regular cadre and resolution of other pending service-related issues. Dr Sunil Targotra, state president of the Community Health Officers Association, said, “The government had recently announced a Rs 5,000 increase in salaries, but the official notification made the amount subject to several conditions. As per a letter released on August 4, a CHO must first receive the full Rs 15,000 performance-based incentive for three consecutive months, ensure there are no maternal, child or tuberculosis related deaths within their sub-centres during the preceding three months, achieve more than 95 per cent full immunisation coverage and ensure that no disease outbreak is reported in the area during the same period. Targotra alleged that many conditions are beyond the control of CHOs, making it difficult for a large number of officers to qualify for the additional amount. The association has, therefore, demanded that the Rs 5,000 be treated as a permanent component of the basic salary rather than a benchmark linked incentive. The association also alleged that despite several rounds of discussions, no concrete decision has been taken on its demands. It announced that the agitation will continue until the issues are resolved and has called for a statewide protest outside the National Health Mission headquarters in Chandigarh on August 10. Mid-day meal workers to stage protest on Aug 15 Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 7 Mid-day meal workers have announced statewide protests during the Independence Day celebrations on August 15 over low wages and pending demands. The decision was taken under the banner of the Mid-Day Meal Workers Union at a state-level meeting held on Friday. Union leaders said workers would stage demonstrations at Independence Day functions and programmes attended by ministers across Pun- Mid-day meal workers during a protest in Jalandhar. FILE jab. They said the protests are aimed at pressuring the government to fulfil its pre-election promise of doubling the honorarium paid to mid-day meal workers. The union alleged that hundreds of workers, who prepare meals for students in government schools, continue to work for a meagre monthly honorarium of Rs 3,000 despite repeated assurances from the government. Besides seeking a hike in honorarium, the workers have demanded that their services should be regularised. Until then, they want the government to pay them minimum wages of Rs 26,000 per month in line with the state government’s own labour code. The union has also raised demands related to working conditions. It has sought alternative arrangements for cooking meals whenever a worker has to take emergency leave, saying the responsibility should not fall on a single employee. Warning of an intensified agitation, the union said the protests would continue until the government accepts their demands. SIR drive covers 92.5% voters in SBS Nagar Tribune News Service Nawanshahr, August 7 The first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been completed in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, with officials achieving 92.50 per cent voter coverage through a doorto-door enumeration drive. Addressing a press conference, District Election Officer-cum-DC Gulpreet Singh Aulakh said of the district’s 4,82,925 registered voters, enumeration forms of 4,46,702 voters have been digitised in accordance with the ECI’s guidelines. He said the exercise concluded on August 3, crediting the achievement to the efforts of the election machinery, along with the cooperation of c m y b political parties, the media, and the public. The district administration reported that 36,223 enumeration forms had yet to be collected. These include 7,338 deceased voters, 20,342 voters who have permanently shifted to other locations, and 6,779 absent voters. Most of these cases pertain to individuals who are no longer residing at their registered addresses. The remaining cases will be addressed during the subsequent stages of the SIR process. The administration is now focused on the publication of the draft electoral roll on August 13. Copies of the draft roll will be provided to political parties and will also be available at the offices of the District Election Officer, Elec- FILE Nawanshahr, August 7 A day after the Congress leadership annoyed a faction of workers supporting exminister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in Ludhiana, terming them RSS stooges, the party’s ‘Harr booth, Congress mazboot’ event saw Punjab leaders again hitting out at Nawanshahr ex-MLA Angad Saini today. Saini stayed away from the event. Taking a jibe at Saini during the ‘Harr booth, Congress mazboot’ rally at Balachaur this afternoon, PCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said, “There are some people who consider themselves as ‘Paate Khan’. They say politics was their grandfather’s occupation, then their father’s, then their mother’s, and now it belongs to them.” Warring gave enough hints to show whom he was targeting. Saini’s grandfather Dilbagh Singh has been fourtime MLA from Nawanshahr. His father Parkash Singh was MLA in 2002. His mother Guriqbal Kaur Babli became MLA in 2012. In 2017, Angad Saini was one of the youngest MLAs of Punjab. Warring went on, “Those who think like this, I want to warn them. Though it will be the party high command that will take the final call on deciding the candidates for the coming Assembly elections, I will vouch for only those who are loyal to the Congress and love the party. I toral Registration Officers (EROs), and Booth Level Officers (BLOs). The DC clarified that eligible voters, whose names do not appear in the draft electoral roll, need not be concerned. They will be able to submit claims for inclusion from August 13 to September 12, a 30-day period, by filing Form 6 with the ERO or BLO. The District Election Officer emphasised that every eligible voter will be given a fair opportunity to establish eligibility and that no genuine voter will be excluded from the electoral roll. He urged residents to verify their details once the draft roll is published and immediately approach the election authorities if their names are missing or if any corrections are required. The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on October 12. Meanwhile, the district has also completed the rationalisation of polling stations. As a result, the number of polling stations has increased from 615 to 618, with three new polling stations added in line with Election Commission guidelines. The expanded polling infrastructure is expected to improve voter accessibility during future elections.