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Organised prostitution on rise
Gurdaspur incident: Security tightened in city
No check on butcheries’ remains being thrown on GT Road
LPU celebrates Theatre Day
Part of karate school’s building demolished
Phagwara NC passes annual budget of Rs 21.24 crore
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4 held with 42 stolen vehicles
Jalandhar, March 29 Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Crime, HPS Khakh revealed that Sukhvir Singh, alias Ludhan, and Amritpal, alias Ajay, of Jalandhar district, Sham Lal of Gurdaspur district and Som Nath of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir have been arrested at a 'naka' jointly set up by the CIA staff and police personnel of the ISBT police post. Khakh said the gang members used to lift two-wheelers from Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Phagwara, Ludhiana and other neighbouring districts. They used to dispose of the stolen vehicles in the areas bordering Jammu and Kashmir by preparing fake documents, said Inderjit Singh, in charge of the CIA staff. The accused were arrested near the ISBT on Wednesday. The main accused, identified as Raja Puri, a resident of Jalandhar, is still at large, he added. Inderjit Singh said that acting on a tip-off, the police set up a 'naka' and nabbed the accused who were riding motorcycles. During questioning, the accused said they used to sell the vehicles in the bordering areas of Gurdaspur district. The accused disclosed that Ludhan and Ajay used to steal two-wheelers, while Sham Lal and Som Nath used to dispose the stolen vehicles off. The accused have been booked under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC. The police has launched a hunt to nab the kingpin of the gang. the ADCP claimed. |
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Mad rush at tehsildar’s office
Jalandhar, March 29 Hundreds of city residents who apprehend an increase in the collector rate after March 31 have been making a beeline to the office of the tehsildar in a bid to get the registries of their land done. Owing to the rush, the staff had to bolt the doors of the office from inside. The maximum number of applicants included those owning properties in colonies established by the Jalandhar Improvement Trust or PUDA, wherein the first allottees are to be charged stamp duty on the basis of the original allotment of land rates till March 31. “From April 1 onwards, they will be charged on the then prevalent collector rates,” tehsildar-1 Yash Pal Sharma said while explaining the reasons for the mad rush. The applicants said that even depositing the stamp duty had become a cumbersome job as there was a huge rush at authorised banks, too. Manmohan, a resident of Saraswati Vihar, said the entire process involved too many formalities and it had been days since he had been on his job. “I have my fingers crossed hoping that the work finally gets accomplished today,” he said. Interestingly, many applicants were women since the stamp duty is 1 per cent less if the landowner is a woman (7 per cent instead of 8 per cent of collector rate in MC areas and 4 per cent instead of 5 per cent of collector rate outside city limits). Pammi Rani had come from Sheikhe Pind for getting the registry of her land done. There were many other women waiting on benches outside with their kids for their turn for photography or signatures as their male counterparts were busy winding up the remaining paperwork. Sources in the administration said the collector rates were likely to increase with a meeting called by the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Collector in this regard tomorrow. |
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Mayor passes MC Budget without discussion
Jalandhar, March 29 Mayor Rakesh Rathour answered a few questions raised by councillors and passed the budget without any discussion with the consent of SAD-BJP councillors. He had earlier also not accepted any question claiming that there will be no Zero Hour and a general meeting will be held in the next five days. Congress councillor Balraj Thakur quizzed the Mayor and officials on payments due in favour of contractors. “Why have the liabilities not been cleared?” he asked. He also said as to why no separate allocation had been done for the digitization of various departments which would have helped in ensuring transparency and rooting out corruption more effectively. Aruna Arora, also a Congress councillor, asked as to why the MC was not able to increase its revenue and was largely dependent on loans. As this happened, BJP councillor Joginder Singh Tony asked the Mayor to declare the budget passed. The Mayor, who had already held a budget discussion with councillors of the ruling party at his official residence yesterday, immediately did so. With just 10 Congress councillors present and the SAD-BJP being in clear majority, they perhaps could do nothing about the same. MLA candidates absent
None of the two Congress councillors, including Rajinder Beri and Dinesh Dhall, and BSP councillor Hans Raj Rana, who had contested the recent Assembly polls, appeared for the Budget meeting on Thursday. Pawan Gupta, son of Congress leader Raj Kumar Gupta, whose papers were rejected, too, abstained from the meeting. SAD councillor Kuldeep Singh Oberoi, who had withdrawn his papers as an independent candidate, however, attended the meeting. |
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Organised prostitution on rise
Jalandhar, March 29 Investigations by The Tribune revealed that breaking all barriers, not only the non-resident Indians (NRIs), but youngsters, both male and female, from high profile families also are getting into the illegal trade. Being an NRI belt, the trade has flourished in this part of the region in connivance with hoteliers and their links with the kingpins of flesh trade. Senior police officials, however, apprehend that hoteliers had been providing prostitutes as well as the aphrodisiacs drugs to their customers on demand. Addition Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) HPS Khakh said flesh trade was going on in various hotels in connivance with local politicians in a well organised way. In the recent incidents in Hotel Rama and Hotel City Castle, the police found that both the victims took Viagra pills and consumed alcohol. The CCTV footage clearly showed that they had been accompanying women during the nights before their death, Khakh added. He claimed that hoteliers were not abiding by the guidelines (to take identity proofs of customers before giving room for them) that the police had issued after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Jai Jaikar Singh, drug inspector, said the sale of aphrodisiacs drugs have witnessed a sharp increase in this part of the region and people have been using Viagra as a 'pleasure drug' instead of a 'prescribed drug'. "We have seized aphrodisiacs drugs stocked illegally in a huge quantity from various medical stores during raids," claimed Singh. From police records
March 13, 2012 Harinder Paul Singh, a Canada-based NRI from, Madara village, found dead in room No 222 of Hotel Ramada, at Namdev Chowk. His naked body, six tablets of Viagra and a poly bag full of medicines were recovered from the room January 27, 2012 A professional bodybuilder, Maninder Mehra's naked body was found in room no 108 of a Hotel City Castle adjacent to Madan Flour Mill. Tablets of aphrodisiacs drug were also found from the room. A resident of Latth Mohalla, Mehra had checked in the hotel and allegedly stayed with a girl October 3, 2011 An NRI, who was putting up with his wife in room no 2209 of Club Cabana on the GT Road in Phagwara was found dead. The couple was on honeymoon and had booked the room online. The police also had recovered Viagra tablets from their room March 13, 2011 The body of a London-based NRI, Baljeet Bassi, was found under mysterious circumstances in a room of Hotel Maya. The police had also recovered heroin from the room |
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Gurdaspur incident: Security tightened in city
Jalandhar, March 29 Besides commandos from the PAP and two companies of the BSF, the police authorities deployed additional force at religious places and other sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident. In Kartarpur, a flag march was taken out by the Jalandhar (Rural) police. ADCP (Crime) HPS Khakh said the situation was under control. The patrolling of PCR vehicles were made more frequent while special police parties were asked to keep a hawk’s eye on various Sikh radicals and other anti-social elements, he added. He said the police parties have been asked to be more active during night. Police takes up case with GRP
The city police started pursuing the Harpreet Singh attack case with the Government Railway Police (GRP), on Thursday. Head constable Harpreet Singh had sustained injuries on his hand while restraining certain irate members of Sikh organisations, who had laid siege to the Jalandhar-Amritsar railway line adjacent to the Adda Hoshiarpur chowk, during the Punjab bandh on Wednesday. ADCP (Crime) HPS Khakh said the injured was still under observation at the Civil Hospital and the city police had taken up the case with the
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105th birth anniversary of Baba Bilga on April 1
Jalandhar, March 29 While the family of Baba Bilga has especially come to India from the USA, the committee members would also make it to the occasion on Sunday. The inaugural function of the birth anniversary would be held with the hoisting of the historic Ghadar flag at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall and paying tributes to Baba Bilga. And later in the day exchange of thoughts on the life and history of Baba Bilga as regards the present socio-economic conditions would be held at his village. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Kulbir Singh Sanghera, son of Baba Bilga said, “On the occasion the committee members would unveil some rare pictures of revolutionary Ghadarites at the Ghadari museum situated on the hall premises. We would also unveil a picture of comrade Mela Singh, who was a close associate of Baba Bilga,” he added. Sanghera said he was looking forward to the release of a book titled “Sangharsh bhari sadi da mahanayak: Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga”, which is presently being edited by Professor Gopal Singh Butter from Lyallpur Khalsa College. “The book carries articles written by Baba Bilga on different stages of the freedom struggle of the country. At present, the book is in the last stages and we are looking forward to its release on the birth anniversary of Baba Bilga,” he said. He especially mentioned the name of Ajit Singh Ramewal, a worker of the Indian Workers Association (IWA) in the UK, who came to India to attend the birth anniversary celebrations. “Ramewal and Baba Bilga shared a friendly relation and it was this association which brought him to attend the birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Bilga in the country.” In fact such was the charisma of Baba Bilga that social thinkers have penned books and write-ups on him. Some have even pursued research on Baba Bilga. Baba Bilga was the last surviving Ghadarite, who instilled a revolutionary zeal in the freedom movement. He was born on April 2, 1907 at Bilga village, near Jalandhar, in the house of Namardar Hira Singh Sanghera and Mata Malan. For the independence of the nation, Baba Bilga staked his life and joined the Ghadar movement and played a significant role in mobilising the fellow Indians and comrades to free India from the clutches of the British. He passed on May 22, 2009, at Birmingham, where he was staying with his sons Kulbir Sanghera and Prem Singh Sanghera. It was his wish that his last rites be performed in India and on June 3, 2009, Baba Bilga was laid to rest with full state honours. |
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Shaheed Bhagat Singh wrestling tournament from April 13
Jalandhar, March 29 As many as 300 wrestlers (men and women) from all over the world will participate in the tournament, during which Rs 30 lakh cash prize would be given to gold, silver and bronze medallists. Leading wrestling teams from all over the world, namely the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Nigeria, Japan, Iran, Scotland, Georgia, Germany, Korea, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Belarus and Wales, would participate in the event. The organising committee has also decided to bring torch from Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s native village Khatkar Kalan where renowned Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann would perform “akhara” on April 12 at 3 pm. The torch would be brought to Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall in the city. Ace Bollywood star Dharmendra, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, Gurdas Mann, Olympians Col Balbir Singh and Ajit Pal Singh, cricketers Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh would grace the occasion. |
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No check on butcheries’ remains being thrown on GT Road
Jalandhar, March 29 Though the issue was brought to the notice of authorities concerned, but no action was taken, following which remains of butcheries is still being thrown on one side of the GT Road. While the exact defaulters are not known, residents of the adjoining areas of Rama Mandi claim that it is the residents of the Bhoor Mandi situated along the GT Road who had been throwing the butcheries’ remains adjacent to the main entrance gate of the Vajra Corps Headquarters. A majority of the Bhoor Mandi residents till date have been continuing with the butchery work and throwing the remains alongside the road. Surprisingly, the cantonment board authorities had been asking the Bhoor Mandi residents to abstain from this practice, but to no avail. Daily commuters and the passersby maintain that many a time the butcheries’ remains can be spotted thrown in the open and sometimes it is packed in sacks and left on the side of the road. “If the district administration is conducting a survey of the dog bite cases in villages, they should also solve this problem as it has remained unnoticed all these years,” said Praveen Dhillon, a resident of the cantonment. Since none of the authorities, namely Jalandhar Cantonment Board, district administration and the Municipal Corporation, took any action, the problem has worsened with foul smell emanating from the dump and stray dogs and eagles roaming in the area. “Probably, this why the number of stray dogs dying in accidents on the GT road is quite high. A large number of ferocious dogs in the area poses threat to the commuters,” said Avinash Singh, resident of Rama Mandi. Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti on March 22 had asked the Block Development and Panchayat Officers (BDPOs) to start a census of stray dogs in their villages and identify places where carcasses of dead animals were being dumped. The action was taken followed by the recent spate in the number of dog bite cases in the rural belts of the district. Bharti had also directed the BDPOs to compile the list of the places where skinning of the animals was being done. |
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LPU celebrates Theatre Day
Jalandhar, March 29 The School of Computer Applications organised an inter-school English play competition for its initiations “Fight-Eng (English) Fear” and the Department of Performing Arts organised “Itihas Chakra” under the theme, “How common man has been continuously fighting against corruption and how the politicians just for the sake of votes keep on exploiting the common man”. The Department of Cultural Affairs organised “Rangmanch” with mesmerising choreography, skit, short play, mime, drama and Navrasa dance. 10 MBA students selected in placement drive PepsiCo India has selected 10 MBA students of Lovely Professional University in a placement drive. Selected as on-job trainees at the salary package of Rs 2.80 lakh per annum plus incentives, the selected students will join their duties in July at various PepsiCo offices in India. |
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Part of karate school’s building demolished
Jalandhar, March 29 The authorities pulled down the staircase and the frontal part of the building of Sanjay Karate School, claiming that it was in deviation from the approved plans. Sham Sunder, Assistant Town Planner, said the building owner had been blatantly flouting the bylaws by not leaving space for parking area. “The part that we have demolished was meant for entrance to parking as per the plan,” he said. The ATP said a separate notice had been issued to the owner for running the classes in an under-construction building. “We will seal the building in case they do not stop the classes before to its completion,” he added. |
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Phagwara NC passes annual budget of Rs 21.24 crore
Phagwara, March 29 The meeting was presided by NC president BS Duggal and was attended by 26 out of total 27 councillors, besides local MLA Som Parkash, Executive Officer (EO) Adarsh Sharma said here today. He said the council would spend 52 per cent of the total budget, ie Rs 11.52 crore, on various works, including the maintenance of streetlights, repair of roads and drainage system. The EO said Rs 9.12 crore would be spent on staff salaries, while Rs 59.35 lakh would be kept as contingency expenditures.
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Jalandhar, March 29 Professor awarded
The Takshila Educational Society, which has awarded renowned artists, awarded the visiting professor of music, Dr Rama Kant, with the Best Artist Award-2011. Merit positions
Students of St Soldier Polytechnic College bagged merit positions in the examinations of the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Chandigarh. Robin Jassal and Parveen Kumar of civil engineering and Harpreet Singh of electronics and communication engineering got the sixth, 17th and 18th positions, respectively, in the state. Communication skills
BD Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantonment, organised a guest lecture by Dr Gurupdesh Singh from GND University,
Amritsar, on communication skills for job application and facing an interview.Addressing the students, Dr Gurupdesh Singh said good communication skills are indispensable for employment and given utmost importance in interviews. He gave tips to the PG students to break free of their inhibitions and present themselves more effectively and confidently. |
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