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Throwing of drugs into jail continues, police clueless
The seized drugs, which were thrown into the Central Jail from the adjoining road in Jalandhar on Thursday. Photo: Suryakant
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Achiever
School timing changed
Blood camp in memory of Rajiv Gandhi
Reservation system inaugurated
Young World
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Throwing of drugs into jail continues, police clueless
Jalandhar, May 21 Even today, peddlers succeeded in throwing two consignments of drugs into the jail from the road. However, the vigilant jail staff noticed these two drug consignments as soon as they fell on the ground of the jail. Jail Superintendent S.P. Singh said a cigarette packet containing 200 capsules was thrown from the road into the jail over the wall at 11.45 am, whereas another packet containing 920 intoxicating capsules was thrown at 3.50 pm. S.P. Singh said he had deputed two men round the clock in the open area of the jail near the wall to keep an eye on the drugs thrown. To a query, he said he again wrote to the district police to make proper arrangements to check throwing of drugs from the road. SSP R.K. Jaiswal could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. The 500 metre-long and 15 feet-high boundary wall of the overcrowded Jalandhar Central Jail has been used by drug peddlers for supplying drugs to prisoners inside jail since the past several months. The jail authorities came to know about the incidents of throwing drugs into the jail from the boundary wall adjoining the Luxmi Narayan Temple road after breaking out of violence by prisoners on January 7 and March 30. The then Jail Superintendent, Gursharan Singh Sidhu, had brought the matter to the notice of the then Jalandhar SSP, Arpit Shukla, and requested him to make adequate security arrangements near the wall of the jail to check the throwing of drugs into the jail. Subsequently, the patrolling of PCR teams intensified on the road along the wall but the supply of drugs continued unabatedly. When some similar incidents of throwing of drugs into the jail happened soon after Jail Superintendent S.P. Singh joined here on March 5 after his transfer from Amritsar, he also brought the matter to the notice of the district police in writing but of no avail. According to sources, mostly those persons are involved in supplying drugs into jail who had remained in jail for sometime in some case and knew its geography very well. They throw drug packets at a particular place in the jail on a particular day and time, about which the prisoner for which they are meant are already informed at the time of meeting him during visiting hours, they added. It may be recalled that soon after violence and arson on January 7, the then Acting Jail Superintendent Sat Pal said, “The prisoners were annoyed with me since I had caught about six prisoners using mobile phones and recovered smack from two inmates. I also recovered over 100 capsules containing intoxicants.” The Jalandhar Central Jail was built in the 19th century during the British time. At that time, the jail was located on the outskirts of the city, but gradually with the increasing population and changing time, the jail now lies in the centre of the city and daily thousands of residents use the road adjoining the jail. The Punjab government is already constructing a new modern jail at Theh Kanjla village in Kapurthala district in place of this old jail. The construction of the new jail is likely to be completed by 2010.
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Board mistake creates panic among students
Jalandhar, May 21 Though both PSEB as well as the school authorities are trying to rectify the mistake, but students will still have to wait for sometime to get their actual result declared. The gazette notification issued by the PSEB has mentioned AA (Award Awaited) under the compulsory subject Punjabi and final result as fail which led to panic among the students as well their parents. It might be noted that a student failing in the compulsory subject is deemed as fail irrespective of his good score in other subjects. The school authorities on their part have forwarded a letter to the PSEB, Mohali (copy of which is available with The Tribune) and asked them to provide the exact detail of the results of the students at the earliest. Principal of the school Col (retd) Surat Singh said: “This is the result of a computer mistake, which led to this blunder. Since awards in that subject did not reach the authorities concerned, the result was inadvertently mentioned as fail”. He added that the PSEB authorities instead of mentioning “Result late” in front of the compulsory subject Punjabi mentioned “Award awaited,” which in turn led to the ‘failure’ of the students”. The school management asserted that they had been maintaining a good track record of results, however this incident has harmed the reputation of the school. “Recently we were informed by the PSEB authorities that all our students are pass and that they will do the needful soon,” maintained Col Surat. However, when contacted, Controller (Examinations), PSEB, Khushbir Singh said: “The mistake has been committed inadvertently at our part. As of now we have verified the details and would soon notify the result again in the larger interest of the students and the school management.” |
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Achiever
Jalandhar, May 21 The highflying achiever has got 100 per cent in not just mathematics but also in economics, which is a rarity. “I was quite sure of having done all problems correctly in mathematics. In economics, however, I had done quite well but had never hoped of getting full marks,” he said. Sumil has scored 98 in music, 96 in accountancy, 95 in business studies and 92 in English. “I had secured 98 per cent marks in pre-boards and had high expectation within. But I was a bit apprehensive, for I remembered my previous experience of getting 90 per cent marks in class X when I had been optimistic of getting not less than 95 per cent,” he added. Son of chartered accountant Suresh Kumar, Sumil wanted to follow in his dad’s footprints. “I plan to do B.Com and clear CA examination. I also wish to do MBA from an IIM,” he has outlined his future plans. His mother is a lecturer in botany. Offering a word of advice for those who want to tow his line, he gives a one-liner, “There is no shortcut to success. I have studied for 10 to 12 hours daily for the past three years, hardly taking any break. If, at all, I found some time to relax, I enjoyed listening to music on my laptop, playing my guitar or watching TV.” The other high achievers from Jalandhar also gave an insight into their plans. Apeejay School student and commerce topper from the city with 95.2 per cent, Devika wants to pursue B.Com from one of the top ranking colleges of Delhi University. “I have my fingers crossed for the cut off per centage goes too high there,” she said. Son of a doctor couple, Anandbir Bath who had scored 94 per cent in medical stream, is currently preparing for medical entrance tests eyeing admission in the AIIMS or any other top medical college. His father Dr Jaswant Bath is a prominent plastic surgeon, while his mother Dr Sumel Bath is a gynaecologist. Non-medical topper with 95 per cent marks, Aseem Syal wants to do electronics and telecommunication engineering from IIT. It was an anxious moment for his mother Meenakshi Syal, a physics lecturer at HMV College, as her twin son Ameen also scored 90 per cent marks.
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School timing changed
Jalandhar, May 21 The directions were implemented from today and would remain effective till May 31. The directions are for all government and private schools. |
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Blood camp in memory of Rajiv Gandhi
Jalandhar, May 21 Former Congress minister Avtar Henry inaugurated the camp. Motivating the youth to play an active role in the development of the nation, he said, “It is due to the vision envisaged by former PM Rajiv Gandhi that the nation has treading the path of success and development. He always fostered the role of the youth in nation building which has been taken ahead gloriously by youth icon Rahul Gandhi.” Among others, District Congress Committee Vice-President Sanjay Sehgal, Congress workers Paramjit Singh Bal and Ashu Singla attended the camp. |
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Reservation system inaugurated
Jalandhar, May 21 Earlier GOC of Vajra Corps Lt-Gen V.S. Tonk inaugurated the PRS facility and thanked DRM, Ferozepur, Satish Kumar for his support and cooperation in setting up the invaluable facility for the Army personnel and civilians. — TNS |
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Young World
Jalandhar, May 21 The camp was attended by a medical team, including Dr N.M. Sharma, Additional Project Director, Punjab State AIDS Control Society (PSACS), Dr Sukhwinder Singh, Joint Director, Blood Safety (PSACS), Dr S.S. Walia, Civil Surgeon, and Dr Gagandeep Singh, Blood Transfusion Officer. Students of the Lovely Faculty of Business and Arts collected Rs 1 lakh from students and teachers to be handed over to the PSACS. Director-General H.R. Singla handed over the cheque to Dr Sharma. The funds will be utilised for the welfare of AIDS patients. Painting competition
NGO Pahal will organise a painting competition for school students on “Conservation of bio-diversity” during an event to be held tomorrow at Guru Nanak District Library. The event will have participants in three groups - up to Class V, Classes VI to VIII and Classes IX to XII. The participants have been asked to depict the painting using any medium, including crayons, water colours and pencil colours. The common related sub-themes which the students are expected to take up include birds and insect diversity, water conservation, soil conservation, crop fires and roadside fires. Summer camp
Police DAV Public School on Thursday started a nine-day-long summer camp for the students. As many as 450 students have enrolled for the camp. On the first day, students celebrated Bangles and Bracelets Day. The girls wore colourful bangles, while the boys wore bracelets. Tiny tots learned how to make table mats and pot painting. Students had a gala time enjoying a cool water session at the swimming pool. Prize distribution
Government Senior Secondary School, Nurmahal, celebrated its annual prize distribution ceremony on Wednesday. Students were awarded prizes in academics and sports. Chief guest Harkanwal Singh Punia gave a grant of
Rs 10,000 for the development of the school.
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Jalandhar, May 21
As Sumil Sethi opened the CBSE site on Wednesday to see his result, he could not believe himself for a while. A commerce student of MGN Public School, Kapurthala, he has made a commendable achievement by touching a high score of 97.8 per cent in class XII examination conducted by the board this year.
Jalandhar, May 21
