Traffic cops come a cropper ahead of diwali
Diwali, the festival of light is also celebrated for gaining prosperity, associated with many things in general but money in particular. The sudden rise in police setting up checkposts during the festive season is viewed by many as a step towards prosperity. However, the traffic department has their own share of issues and there is no dearth of them in an otherwise testosterone driven society. During one such encounter where traffic police officials were on duty with their checkpost in place, two youth were intercepted. The cops, adhering to their duty, or as said in an attempt to prosper, brought out their mightier than sword pen and the fate deciding challan register. But the youth, who were not ready to dig into their pockets before Diwali, snatched the challan register and sped away, leaving the shocked cop gasping for breath with prosperity record gone.
write in favour or out of favour
Strange is the case with power, whosoever has it wants to hog the limelight in one way or the other. The HPCC chief held three successful meetings of the office bearers of parliamentary constituency but it was Raja Saheb, the obvious one, who made the headlines. Annoyed and insecure, the HPCC chief, in the last and fourth meeting of Mandi, ordered his henchmen to debar media from entering. This step was taken to avert the mediaperson from creating headlines concerning the Chief Minister and his address. The situation simmered to a point where the HPCC spokesmen, laid down a condition, that only those mediapersons would be allowed who will jot down two stories — one of which will glorify the HPCC chief.
Scrub Typhus reaches fever pitch in city
When the authorities are caught up with the threat of dengue fever in the city, a silent killer is on sprawl. Scrub typhus cases have reached fever pitch and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is receiving patients afflicted with the disease. Though it is not a fatal disease and is curable, but is hard to diagnose and delay in treatment may have severe consequences. The doctors at PGIMER believe that the disease is reaching endemic proportion and if not educated well, the patients may suffer.
(Contributed by Rahul Jataw, Manohar lal, Nitindra Bandyopadhyay)