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Republic Day rigour exacts toll on students, cadet An NCC cadet being revived after she fell
unconscious during the Republic Day parade in Jalandhar on Friday. — Tribune photo
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Defacement rampant in Phillaur Punjab top priority
for Mayawati Youth Akali leader joins Congress In-laws booked for dowry
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Republic Day rigour exacts toll on students, cadet Jalandhar, January 27 Students taking part in the parade had been called at least two hours before the function was to start. Since the students had to first assemble at their respective institutes, then reach the venue and rehearse for the event, they probably lost stamina by the time the function actually began. A girl cadet from Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Ms Sheetal of 2nd Punjab Girls’ Batallion, lost her consciousness while the inspection was on. She, however, was immediately attended to and revived by the staff on duty. A few school students also reportedly fell down during the parade. The teachers, who had accompanied the students, said they had instructed students and cadets to have wholesome breakfast before turning up at the venue. A few who probably did not follow their guidelines found it difficult to continue on for three to four hours, they said. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr A. Venu Prasad, said he was not aware about the matter for he did not get any report of the kind. |
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Papers of main candidates in order Jalandhar, January 27 As many as 134 candidates had filed their papers for all 10 Assembly constituencies of the district. While the poll in Jalandhar-the heartland of Doaba
region has always been watched by people with curiosity. Now, the presence of a number of important people and political leaders in the poll arena has intensified the interest of people in it. The main political figures, who are trying their luck in all 10 assembly constituencies this time, included, Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, the Punjab Minister for Local Bodies, Mr. Mohinder Singh Kaypee, the Punjab Minister for Social Welfare, Mr. Amarjit Samra, the Punjab Revenue Minister, Mr. Avtar Henry, the Punjab Minister for Industry, Mr Kuldeep Singh Wadala, a veteran
Akali leader and Mrs. Gurkanwal Kaur, the daughter of late chief minister Mr. Beant Singh. Mr. Shital Vij, a prominent industrialist and an
independent candidate, Mr. Tejinder Singh Bittu (Congress) from Jalandhar (Central) and Mr. Jagbir Brar of SAD-BJP combine (Jalandhar cantonment) are the three other important candidates, who are trying their electoral luck for the first time. Sources in the district electoral office said papers of all candidates, except for some independents, have been found to be in order and that papers of covering candidates of various candidates have been rejected during scrutiny of papers today. Nawanshahr
Thirty-one candidates are in the fray for the three Vidhan Sabha seats in the Nawanshahr constituency. Barring the nominations of covering candidates, remaining all papers have been accepted during the scrutiny today. From Banga, 11 candidates will be in the fray, while from Balachaur, 10 nominations have been accepted. In Nawanshahr, candidature of an under-aged Atul Kumar has been rejected on legal grounds. Phagwara
Two nominations out of a total of 19, filed in the Phagwara Assembly constituency for the February 13 elections, were rejected after the returning officer scrutinised the nominations here today. The rejected nominations included that of Mr Hans Raj and Mr Sarwan Singh, both independents. Although the nomination papers of the official candidates of main political parties were found in order, names of their covering candidates would automatically be dropped from the list, said the SDM-cum-Returning Officer, Mr Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal. Hoshiarpur
With the rejection of nomination papers of 24 covering candidates of various political parties on , the number contesting candidates has come down to 58 now for the eight segments in Hoshiarpur district. According to official sources, the nomination papers of three each covering candidates were rejected in the Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur, Dasuya and Mukerian segments, four each in the Mahilpur and Tanda segments and 2 each in the Garhdiwala and Shamchaurasi segments. |
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Defacement rampant in Phillaur Nawanshahr, January 27 The team found violations in the form of use of flags, posters, banners and hoardings on public and private places during visits in the past two days. Mr Krishan Kumar, District Electoral Officer, said the maximum violation was seen in Jingra village where walls of Panchayat Samiti shops were covered with posters. Mr Kumar has asked the Akali candidate from Banga, Mr Mohan Lal, to hand over 55 vehicles which were part of his cavalcade on the day of filing of his nomination papers. In a written communication, he said videography taken by his team had shown that he had come to the Deputy Commissioner’s office in not less than 58 vehicles. He said while three vehicles were allowed, he must hand over the rest of the vehicles to the administration owing to violation committed by him. He has directed the SSP to confiscate the remaining vehicles, in case he himself does not do it. |
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Punjab top priority
for Mayawati Jalandhar, January 27 Ms Mayawati is expected to address as many as 20 election rallies during her six-day visit to Punjab between February 5 and 10. She will address rallies in Ludhiana, Malerkotla, Morinda, Samana, Banur, Guru Harsahai, Talwandi Sabo, Jalalabad, Batala, Kathlaur, Amritsar, Aadampur, Phillaur, Kotakpura, Kartarpur, Hoshiarpur, Balachaur and Mahilpur. Further, this is for the first time that the BSP has fielded its candidates on all 117 Assembly seats of Punjab. Interestingly, over one-third of the total candidates of the BSP are from `upper castes’. The BSP has allocated 41 seats to the persons belonging to `upper castes’. It has never fielded such a huge number of upper castes candidates in the previous Assembly elections. Of these 41 candidates, 22 are
jat Sikhs, two jats, six khatri, four rajputs, four brahmins, two banias and one from
saini community. Besides, it has also fielded three Christians and one Aadiwasi this time. It has fielded a migrant Prabhu Dayal Yadav from the Ludhiana East. Mr Yadav hails from Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, the BSP has given ticket for Amritsar parliamentary byelection to Pandit Surinder Arjun, a brahmin. Addressing mediapersons here, the national general secretary of the BSP and incharge of Punjab BSP, Mr Narinder Kashyap, said its leaders from adjacent states, including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kahsmir as well as Chandigarh, would also address election meetings. |
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Youth Akali leader joins Congress Nurmahal, January 27 Mr Gurbinder Singh Atwal, Congress candidate from Nurmahal, was also present at the function among others, said a press statement by the Congress party. Mr Atwal said Mr Latia’s coming to the Congress fold would give a boost to party prospects in the coming Assembly poll. Also, Dr Somnath, president of Rangreta Dal of Mehatpur circle, announced his support for Mr Atwal after joining the Congress. |
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In-laws booked for dowry Hoshiarpur, January 27 According to the police, Mandip Kaur of Labh Nagar alleged that she was maltreated and tortured for bringing insufficient dowry by her husband Gurbachan Singh, brother-in-law Amarjit Singh and others, all residents of Jalandhar. Case registered
The Sadar police on Friday registered a case under Section 188 of the IPC against Des Raj. According to the police, Des Raj has rented rooms to eight Muslims and did not inform the police about their tenancy. Theft in temple
Phagwara Four incidents of burglaries were reported in different parts of the town in the past 24 hours. In the first incident, the burglars sneaked into Pracheen Shiv Mandir and took away Rs 30,000 and an idol of Durga Mata from the temple. The theft was noticed on Friday morning. In another incident, a group of burglars entered an electronic shop of Krishan Bajaj and decamped with goods. In the third incident, a cash of Rs 17,000 was stolen from the shop of Vishal Vij on Friday, while in the fourth incident, a gang of thieves entered a house on the Khothra Road and decamped with household items. |
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Jalandhar, January 27
