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Time of India
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Barwala ex-MLA Indra Nain dies at 92
Hisar: Former MLA from Barwala constituency in Hisar district, Indra Singh Nain, passed away on Saturday at the age of 92. He had been ailing for some time and was undergoing treatment at Jindal Hospital in Hisar. Nain had adopted his nephew, advocate Jaiveer Nain, who performed the last rites. The funeral procession began from his native village, Hasangarh and concluded at the village cremation ground. A large number of people cutting across social and political lines attended the ceremony to pay their respects. A long-time member of the Congress, Indra Singh Nain was elected as MLA from Barwala in 1982 and served until 1987. He also served as chairman of Hafed during the tenure of the Congress government. Later, he joined the Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) alongside former chief minister Bansi Lal and contested from the Narwana Assembly constituency, though he was unsuccessful. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Friendship Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Barwala MLA Indra Nain dies at 92
Hisar: Former MLA from Barwala constituency in Hisar district, Indra Singh Nain, passed away on Saturday at the age of 92. He had been ailing for some time and was undergoing treatment at Jindal Hospital in Hisar. Nain had adopted his nephew, advocate Jaiveer Nain, who performed the last rites. The funeral procession began from his native village, Hasangarh and concluded at the village cremation ground. A large number of people cutting across social and political lines attended the ceremony to pay their respects. A long-time member of the Congress, Indra Singh Nain was elected as MLA from Barwala in 1982 and served until 1987. He also served as chairman of Hafed during the tenure of the Congress government. Later, he joined the Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) alongside former chief minister Bansi Lal and contested from the Narwana Assembly constituency, though he was unsuccessful. His death has prompted a wave of condolences, including from current Barwala MLA and state cabinet minister Ranbir Gangwa, who expressed grief at the veteran leader's demise. MSID:: 123062114 413 | Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Friendship Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
01-08-2025
- Time of India
Ambala IGP reveals three months police performance during his tenure
AMBALA: In a press conference held on Friday at the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Office in Ambala, IGP Pankaj Nain, shared the key achievements and decisive actions taken during the first three months of his tenure across the Ambala Range covering Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar districts. IGP Nain highlighted the encounter operations against two notorious criminals Romil Vohra, a dreaded sharpshooter from the Kala Rana gang and a resident of Yamunanagar, was killed in an encounter on June 24, 2025, involving STF Haryana and Delhi Police. Vohra was wanted in multiple high-profile cases, including the Kheri Lakha Singh triple murder and the Shantanu liquor businessman murder case in Shahabad. With eight cases against him and a bounty of Rs 3 lakh, his elimination marks a major blow to the criminal network, said IGP Nain. He said in second Bheem Kumar alias Arjun, originally from Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, and residing in Azad Nagar, Yamunanagar, was neutralized on July 30, 2025, during a police encounter. He was wanted in two extortion cases and had 10 serious cases registered against him, including attempted murder and extortion. A new shooter for gangster Noni Rana, Bheem had been targeting a liquor trader in Kurukshetra. A bounty of Rs 20,000 had also been announced for his capture. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Global Indices Are on the Move — Time to Trade! IC Markets Learn More Undo T he IGP said that over the past three months, 75 criminals were arrested across the Ambala range, including 14 who were injured during encounters with police teams. He said the crime units across Ambala, Kurukshetra, and Yamunanagar districts have been modernized and synchronized with STF Haryana. Furthermore, 690 CCTV cameras have been installed, significantly aiding in surveillance and criminal tracking. An additional 227 cameras are being installed in Yamunanagar. He said that the special teams of Ambala range police dismantled multiple criminal networks, 90 individuals arrested for gambling and betting, with seizures totaling Rs 4,56,085; about 224 arrested for selling illegal liquor; 225 arrested for narcotics-related offenses. He said the authorities have also begun tracing and confiscating properties acquired through drug trade proceeds. IGP said that 78 criminals were apprehended for illegal possession of firearms and a massive drive against traffic violations and public nuisance resulted in 30,985 challans; 9,404 for missing number plates, 15,062 for non-standard number plates, 4,468 for triple-riding on two-wheelers, 675 for drunk driving, 541 for tinted windows, 380 for unauthorized use of red/blue beacons, and 455 for modified motorcycle silencers. The IGP claimed that due to timely arrests and proactive policing, three murder attempts were successfully thwarted before execution. He added as part of the 'Nasha Mukt Abhiyan,' de-addiction teams visited 461 villages, identifying 217 drug users and initiating treatment for 168 of them. Additionally, 68 drug peddlers were identified for further action. IGP Pankaj Nain concluded the session by reaffirming the department's unwavering commitment to public safety, stating that a combination of technology, community engagement, and strategic policing has laid the foundation for a safer Ambala Range.
Yahoo
06-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Joan Dicker, 64, remembered as pillar of Nain who fought to keep living life
It's hard to sum up the legacies Joan Dicker is leaving behind. The longtime Inuktitut teacher wasn't one to stay still for very long, working tirelessly to help and give back to others in her hometown of Nain over the span of decades. The 64-year-old Inuk elder, who died at the Labrador Health Centre on May 29, is being remembered as a champion for her language and culture, not to mention a dedicated volunteer who was proud of her community. Her daughter, Julie Dicker — principal at Jens Haven Memorial school in Nain — says her mother was one-of-a-kind, describing her as a "hands-on, actions speaking louder than words type of woman" who always kept busy. Funny, outgoing, sometimes blunt, Julie says her mother wore her heart on her sleeve and always spoke her mind. She said her mother espoused working hard for what you want, but to not shy away from asking for help if needed. "She instilled in me values of treating everyone with respect, being kind to everybody, and doing good for yourself and others in your community," Julie Dicker said in an interview with CBC Radio's Labrador Morning. Julie said her mother's breast cancer diagnosis didn't stop her from doing what she was passionate about. "She didn't even want us to know how sick and tired she was. But, like, she kept going. She kept being busy," she said. "She kept going to these workshops, these language summits, volunteering, and like this was all when she was sick right within this one year." A leader from childhood Joan Regina Dicker was born in Nain on Jan. 5, 1961. She was 18 years old when she started teaching in September of 1979, Julie said. She began as a student teacher, then changed teaching positions a few times before getting a teaching degree in 2002. Joan worked at Jens Haven Memorial School as an Inuktitut teacher for over a decade until her retirement in 2017. She also taught Inuktitut courses with Memorial University and with the Nunatsiavut government. Her lifelong friend, 65 year-old Sophie Ford, remembers Joan as being a leader since childhood. Their friendship goes back to when they were just toddlers, setting the stage for a lasting friendship that included singing in the Nain choir together. Ford remembers the boarding school in Nain promoting English in a big way in those early years, but says Joan made Inuktitut a priority, having learned the language since childhood growing up with her grandparents. Her grandfather, Martin Martin, was a respected chief elder in the Moravian church. "She was a proud person, proud of her language, proud of her culture and proud of her grandfather," Ford said, adding that she rebelled against the dominance of English from a very young age, speaking Inuktitut during recess. "I always admired Joan's ability to speak … it to her grandparents, you know, without blinking an eye." At residential school in North West River, Joan and fellow schoolmate Beatrice Hope wrote a song called Nainimut Aigumavugna — a song that translates as 'I want to go back to Nain'. That song tugged at the heart strings of teens like Ford and others who were also at the Yale residential school, far away from home. Decades later, Joan shared her residential school story during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Parliament Hill in September 2024 — and she proudly spoke in Inuktitut. She was invited to speak on behalf of survivors in Labrador. Joan was dedicated to working with and for people, said Julie, whether that was volunteering at a Cain's Quest check point, helping to do community cleanups or coaching junior and senior girls' broom ball. In the late 1980s, Joan and Ford, together with some others, started Nain C.A.R.E. — Nain Community Assistance and Relief Effort —to help people who lost their homes to fire, needed financial help getting to medical appointments or getting home for funerals. As volunteers, they raised funds by holding weekly dances. In later years, Nain C.A.R.E. took over organizing the Jan. 6 Nalujuit night gathering in the town with Joan's involvement, as always, Ford said. Joan loved Christmas traditions in her community. She said Nalujuit night was the most exciting time of the Christmas season during Labrador Morning interviews. It's a tradition where people dress in furs and skins — said to have come off the sea ice having travelled from afar — and make their way around the community chasing children and adults alike. She sang in the Moravian church choir with the likes of tenor Karrie Obed, and the Christmas concerts they put off together at the school were unforgettable, said Julie. "People go to watch the Christmas concert because they knew it was Joan Dicker's Christmas concert type of thing," she said. Julie said her mother started the Starlights — a girls gospel music group — that performed at the Katilautta music festivals. The festival was another one of Joan's ideas, who then worked with others to put it off in Nain. Her love for music goes back to when she was young, said Julie, growing up listening to lots of music in her home. Later she became passionate about translating songs into Inuktitut. Ford recalls she did a lot of that translating to use in the classroom. "She said she found it hard to find material that was translated into the Inuktitut language. There was some, but she wanted more. And so she did her own," Ford said. Ford remembers her artistic friend — talented at embroidery — as always being a joy to be around, someone who never wanted to sit at home and wonder what to do next in life. "I'll just remember her as a really, really good friend and someone who was always there to make life better for others and especially for the community," she said. Other friends miss her, too. "I wish it was just a dream that you are gone to heaven" a friend posted on Joan's Facebook page recently. "It's still hard to believe Joan (Inuk Titut) isn't here with us anymore. It's hard to put into words of the life she lived because they are so many, but I will say she was a very special person who cared for so much and didn't ask for anything in return," said another. Julie said news of her mother's death was felt across the North, including Inuktitut language organizations and others across Inuit Nunangat. She always knew how hard Joan worked, but after her death she heard from others about just how creative her mother was in the classroom, how her teaching was "so interactive and effective" with students and just how passionate she was about everything she did. "She affected so many lives as a teacher, as a volunteer, as a person passionate about her language and culture," she said. Joan's dedication became crystal clear when Julie wrote down her mother's thoughts a few days before she died. "She really wanted to say, for me to say, on her Facebook page from her, that she is so sad because she has so much more to give to her community, to her people, to the language and to her family and to her grand kids. And that like, stuck in my mind, like that's her legacy is giving back," she said. Joan's words, as written down by her daughter, read in part: "There's so much more work to do, so much more to give. I wanted to do so much more in my community, even though I did a lot. I wanted to do more, because there's so much more to give, to my community and my people. So much more to do and give to my people and my family everyday. Unfortunately, I can't at the moment." Julie said her brother picked the perfect spot for Joan's final resting place, about a 45-minute snowmobile ride away from Nain. A cross sits on top of a hill right by her cabin looking out toward the ocean and the point. It reads Joan "Areke" Dicker with the words "one day at a time" inscribed below. Areke is short for Arekena, which is how her middle name Regina is said in Inuktitut. "One day at a time" is the name of one of Joan's favourite songs, Julie said. It's a song her mother translated into Inuktitut and sang with her dad, Sam Dicker, playing it on guitar. Julie said her mother was singing and humming the song a couple of days before she died, and it played during her mother's memorial service at the church. Julie smiles now thinking how fast her mother would make the trip to her cabin by snowmobile, leaving everyone else behind. Ford remembers her friend's unrelenting zest for life. "She passed away on May 29 and she was out on skidoo in April. You know, she was on the go right til the last month," Ford said. "She fought to keep living life." Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Sign up for our daily headlines newsletter here. Click here to visit our landing page.
Yahoo
22-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Labrador MHA says she doesn't have 'much faith' in NLHS after man died during long delays for medical travel
The MHA representing northern Labrador says she's lost faith in Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system because of what she calls a lack of care for the people in her district. "I don't really have much faith in them, because for them it's all about the perception of doing something, the perception of working on something, the perception of putting in solutions, when really all they're doing is just trying to control the messaging and the appearance," Lela Evans told CBC News on Tuesday, referring to meetings she's had with Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. "It's a scary time for people in northern Labrador. If somebody becomes sick, everybody almost panics, because we know how hard it is to get proper treatment." Evans pointed to a recent incident that she says documents a failure of the health-care system. She said Tomas Pamak, an elder in Nain with Stage 4 cancer, recently had to wait five days for a medical evacuation to receive his diagnosis. She claims he was bumped from flights for four days, and was told by the health authority there were higher priority cases. Pamak later died, after seven days of waiting to return home to his family, Evans said. The family was told weather also played a factor in not being able to fly, Evans said, but those living Nain disagree. Evans believes she and residents were lied to. "If somebody is not medevaced until the fifth day ... our people are dying. Our people are being harmed by the failure to be able to access adequate and timely health care," Evans said. "When we look at a medevac to get someone out, and they're given those reasons, I can't trust them. I can't." Evans, a longtime advocate for adequate health care in the region, said she believes northern Labrador is lower in the pecking order than other regions in the province. "The system is so burdened now that they're picking and choosing who gets the resources. Northern Labrador is the last on the list, cause we're out of sight, out of mind," she said. In an emailed statement, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services told CBC News it's committed to the highest level of care for all residents in the province. The statement specifically noted work to advance an integrated road and air ambulance service in Newfoundland and Labrador, saying it "provides a historic opportunity to transform the system and enhance services for people throughout the province, including those located in northern Labrador." Evans said the look to the future is part of the problem — and that resources to help people of northern Labrador are needed now. "We have a lot of our elders who are actually passing away from illness that if they'd been diagnosed earlier, they could have had treatment," she said. "They could have extended their lives. So that's a failure." Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Sign up for our daily headlines newsletter here. Click here to visit our landing page.
