
Jalandhar: The Anti-retroviral Therapy Centre in Jalandhar has accused the nursing and medical staff of Sadar hospital of discriminating against HIV positive patients. "The nursing and medical staff of Sadar Hospital do not treat the patients properly and discriminate against them," Senior Medical Officer of ART, Kulbir Sharma, said on Friday. The nurses call the HIV positive patients as "dirty people" and also react negatively if they venture into another...

12:24 AM, May 12, 2012

Chandigarh: On what could well be his farewell visit to the strategic Western Command headquarters based at Chandimandir, adjoining Chandigarh, Army Chief General VK Singh met up with a large number of one, two and three star generals of the command. Singh retires on May 31. General VK Singh also awarded COAS Commendation to four officers of 103 Engineer Regiment for their exemplary courage and devotion to duty during relief...

07:34 PM, May 05, 2012

Jalandhar: In a building collapse in Jalandhar, as many as 20 lives were lost while hundreds of people were saved, thanks to the rescue workers who worked tirelessly for a week. Here's the story of the heroes of Jalandhar. Directing the team of rescue workers was Des Raj of the Shah Satnam Green Welfare Force. An arm of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda, the body of volunteers had rushed to...

09:35 AM, Apr 25, 2012

New Delhi: The police on Saturday said the collapsed blanket factory in Jalandhar which led the the death of 21 people does not exist in government records. This was revealed by the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner who said the the factory does not figure in the records of the director factories. This is surprising as a full fledged factory was officially invisible. The three-storey building of a blanket manufacturing factory collapsed...

05:35 PM, Apr 21, 2012

Jalandhar: Four days on, there has been news of a miraculous escape in the Jalandhar factory building collapse. A survivor literally walked out on his own from under the debris after being helped out by rescue workers. Despite being trapped for over three days, the factory worker Nitesh Kumar came out almost unscathed. However, there are still dozens more still feared to be trapped under the debris. So far, 10...

09:32 AM, Apr 19, 2012

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11:50 PM, Apr 18, 2012

Jalandhar: It has been 72 hours since the factory building collapse in Jalandhar. Ten people have died, 61 people have been rescued and over 90 people are still believed to be trapped inside. While hopes of finding survivors are now dimming, one man was pulled out of the rubble alive on Wednesday. Pachho Devi, whose 17-year-old son died pinned under a heavy beam at the collapsed factory, has little tears...

08:27 PM, Apr 18, 2012

New Delhi: In a miraculous escape, one person was pulled out alive after 48 hours from the rubble as the death toll from the collapse of an industrial building in Jalandhar rose to 7 on Wednesday morning. The person, who was pulled out alive, said he has seen four dead bodies inside. 65 people have been rescued. The victims were all factory workers doing the night shift on Sunday when...

07:36 AM, Apr 18, 2012

Jalandhar: Nearly seven people have died so far in the Jalandhar factory collapse and rescue operations are still on at the site. A little boy, Manu sits red-eyed anxiously waiting for some news of his younger brother who is trapped under the rubble of this collapsed factory. He spoke to Manu a few times through his mobile, desperately pleading for water until the battery died. However, as hours tick by,...

11:35 PM, Apr 17, 2012

New Delhi: More than 100 people were still feared trapped under the rubble after a three-storey building of a blanket manufacturing factory collapsed in Focal point area in Jalandhar on Sunday night. Six persons were killed in the incident while 58 people have been rescued so far. Rescue efforts were still to save those still trapped under the debris of the factory building. Police, Army and personnel from the National...

09:52 AM, Apr 17, 2012

Jalandhar: The Punjab government on Monday evening ordered an inquiry into the collapse of the building of a blanket factory in Jalandhar late on Sunday night which left two people dead and several others trapped under the debris. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal ordered the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the reasons for the collapse of the four-storeyed building of blanket manufacturing unit, Sheetal Fabrics, Jalandhar. Badal...

02:52 AM, Apr 17, 2012

Jalandhar: A building housing a blanket factory collapsed in Jalandhar on Sunday night, leaving one person dead. At least 20 people were feared trapped under the debris. The incident occurred in the Focal Point area. Rescue efforts continued through the night and 40 to 42 people were rescued. The rain caused some problems in rescue operations on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses said the building fell after an explosion in the boiler....

07:33 AM, Apr 16, 2012

Washington: A 20-year-old Indian-American has been shot dead in Fremont, California, sending shock waves in the community. Rohit Sharma, who migrated to the US from Jalandhar along with his parents some seven year ago, was shot in the head while standing in a driveway of his apartment complex in Fremont, California on April 5, police said. He was pronounced dead at Regional Medical Center of San Jose. The reason for...

05:49 PM, Apr 14, 2012

In a state infamous for female foeticide, Prakash Kaur is mother to 60 abandoned girls in Jalandhar. ...

04:40 PM, Mar 24, 2012

New Delhi: Former India hockey captain Pargat Singh has joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ahead of Punjab elections this month. He will contest from the Jalandhar Cantonment constituency. Pargat will formally join the Akali Dal on Monday. He has resigned from the post of Director, Sports to contest the elections. SAD zeroed in on Pargat after Punjab Markfed chairman and Kapurthala SAD unit president Jarnail Singh Wahid refused to...

02:32 PM, Jan 09, 2012