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Minor among two held for murder
Lover, thrashed by girl’s relatives, battles for life
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A stretch of discomfort
The uncarpeted stretch on National Highway 703 in Shahkot. A tribune photo
Gurnoor shines again, bags 172th rank in AIPMT
Gurnoor Kaur, who attained 172nd rank in AIPMT with her mother in Jalandhar on Sunday.
Tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh
MC POLLS
A senior police official allegedly encroaches upon a government land by erecting a tent in Old Baradari in Ward 34.
Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Ward no 33
A damaged road in Urban Estate-1 in Ward 33 in
Jalandhar. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Varsity toppers
Friendship and glory: Swathy and Sandhya celebrate their success in Jalandhar.
‘Denied’ ticket, BJP leader calls it quits
Surjit Hockey Society releases sports calendar
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Minor among two held for murder
Jalandhar, June 3 The two arrested were Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Basti Danishmanda, and his 14-year-old cousin, a resident of Kala Sangian road here. Both the accused are migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, the police suspected that woman might have been raped before being murdered. But after working on various theories, the police found out that the deceased was a prostitute. She was allegedly asking Rajesh's wife and sister, who were her neighbours, to join prostitution. But Rajesh was seriously against any such offer. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sarabjit Singh said the murder was thoroughly planned as the accused knew that Darshna used to return home from the Kadia road in the late evening. On May 29, the accused hid themselves inside the fields and after intercepting the woman, they forcibly took her inside the fields and attacked her with a heavy wooden stick. The DCP said after the murder when Rajesh was hiding the body in the fields, his minor cousin fled the scene out of fear. The DCP said the woman's clothes got torn off when she was trying to escape the assault. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (City II) and Assistant Commission of Police (West) Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu said the recovery of Rajesh's purse from the spot helped the police to crack the case and identify the accused. ‘Reason’ for the crime
Rejesh, one of the accused, was unhappy with the deceased's immoral practice. Admitted to his crime, he said in his absence, the woman used to visit his home to ask his wife and sister to join prostitution. When she didn't stop, he planned to kill her |
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Lover, thrashed by girl’s relatives, battles for life
After getting the information on the youth's thrashing, 18 friends of Jasbir struck at the house of one Piyush Anand, assuming him to be the friend of Stephen Basra, the girl's brother, and abducted him from his house near local Katehra chowk today. In the meantime, somebody informed the police about the abduction. The abductors were forced to free the abducted youth near local Palahai Gate today. When contacted, Phagwara SP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said the police has registered a case under Section 364 of the IPC against unknown kidnappers. Khakh said the police is waiting to record the statement of Jasbir who is not in a postion to speak. The SP said the condition of Jasbir was very critical.
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A stretch of discomfort
Jalandhar, June 3 Different social organisations along with residents had held several protests, but that too had not yielded any result. On the issue of delay in road work and sewerage laying work, the Public Works Department officials and Sewerage Board officials had their own excuses. The PWD officials had many a times held the sewerage board responsible for the delay saying that the road could not be laid due to the presence of sewer water on the road. Sarabjit Singh, XEN, Public Works Department, said tenders have already been allotted and the road laying work would start soon. “A work on the 1.5-km stretch is likely to start in the next week and the work is expected to be completed in three months,” he
added. Earlier, the road laying work was getting delayed because the sewerage line remained clogged and water remained standing on the road. “But now a separate sewerage line has been dug up, which in fact has sorted out the issue of water-logging on the highway,” he said. Resham Lal, XEN, Sewerage Board, claimed the government had approved 2.43-km sewerage line in Shahkot of which work on 1.3 km has already been completed and remaining work would soon be initiated. It is pertinent to mention here that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had also taken the notice of this potholed highway few months ago and had directed the officials concerned to speed up the work. |
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Gurnoor shines again, bags 172th rank in AIPMT
Jalandhar, June 3 Earlier, she had secured 16th rank in Punjab Pre- Medical Test, the result of which was declared last week. She was the topper in the city. Gurnoor's father Baljit Singh Ghuman is a veterinarian in Lambra and her mother is a lecturer in the Government Arts and Sport College. Her elder sister Ravleen Kaur recently completed her MBBS from DMC Ludhiana. Gurnoor said the result is as per her expectations. "It's a dream come true as I have fulfilled my parents' expectations," she said. She credited her parents and mentors Prof PP Singh, Prof Saini and Prof Sehgal for her success. "I never believed in long study hours. I feel qualitative study is the only way to garner good marks in examinations," she said. Gurnoor, who wants to become a neurologist, said she has already started scanning the best colleges of New Delhi to pursue her further studies. Baljit, Gurnoor's father, said she has the focus since her childhood. "She was always a topper in school. She had attained 95 per cent marks in Class X ICSE examinations," he said.
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MC POLLS Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 3 And then there are VIPs, a majority of them are senior police officials, who have allegedly encroached upon government land by pitching tents for their security guards in front of their official accommodations. These VIPs also use ‘kundi’ connections from overhead high tension wires. This part of the ward houses residential accommodations of the Deputy Commissioner, Police Commissioner, ADC, judges and other senior officers of the district administration. Areas in ward Jawahar Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Green Park, Master Mota Singh Nagar, Circuit House, Old Baradari, Old Post Office Road and Civil Lines. What does councillor’s father-in-law say? Darshan Singh, father-in-law of the area councillor, Anup Kaur, claimed that Rs 1.75 crore has been spent on various development works including repairing of internal roads. Blaming MC officials, he alleged that well-paid officers instead of performing their duties enjoy in AC rooms leaving everything on the area councillor. Bureaucrats, who indulge in encroachment and power pilferage, do it with the help of with MC officials, he alleged. Residents speak The threat of disease outbreak looms large as unsanitary conditions exist in many areas. Then there are defunct streetlights. Development works carried out in the ward are not up to our expectations. MC workers don’t perform their job well~ — Jyoti Sharma The spate of snatching and theft incidents in the recent months has created fear in the minds of residents. The city police must intensify night patrolling in the area~ — Jatinder Kohli
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Unsanitary conditions, encroachments, broken roads worrying issues
Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 3 Two main housing colonies --- Golden Avenue Phase-I and Phase ?II --- were illegal, but were regularised by the government as a majority of residents were ‘high profile’ people. Residents of Idgah Mohalla and MIG flats said dirty water accumulates on the streets due to a faulty sewerage system. Stench and filth pose a serious health threat to residents. The area plunges in darkness as streetlights have been lying defunct for a long time. An increase in incidents of thefts and snatchings is a major concern for residents. Areas: Golden Avenue Phase-I, Gurjeet Nagar, Golden Avenue Phase-II, Dashmesh Nagar, and Chhoti Baradari-II. Councillor speak I have left no stone unturned for the development of the ward. Streetlights and parks have been well maintained. Shiv Dyal Chugh Residents speak A police official has allegedly encroached upon a park by pitching a tent for his security guards. — Mandeep Bains The councillor of the ward must have focused on the unsanitary conditions in the area. Also the authorities should look for permanent solution to the water-logging problem. — Channan Singh
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Friends who wove a success story
Kusum Arora Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 3 Swathy stood first in GND University by scoring 2,017 marks out of 2,500. Sandhya stood second and secured 1,915 marks. Now, both the friends have decided to pursue M.Sc (IT) also from Kanya Maha Vidyalaya. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Swathy said, “What else a person requires other than the help and moral support of a friend? Both of us used to make notes together. Sandhya was my support and I was hers.” “It was a gratifying experience to see both of us rise every year. We paired right in first year of graduation. We studied together to ensure that the successful pairing continues further”, said Swathy. An ecstatic Sandhya said not only study sessions, they used to take each other’s tests as well. “Even if we were given a topic in the class, we used to make our separate notes and then exchange these with proper discussion and analysis, which ensured our top positions,” she added. Both the girls did not take any tuition classes too. “Where was the need for tuition when both of us were teaching each other? Anybody can work wonders in life, but if you have wonderful friends around, the journey of success becomes all the more easy,” they said smilingly. When asked did they ever feel any kind of competition between each other, the girls replied, “Off course competition was always there. But then it was a sort of chemistry, which started working for us and we succeeded”. The duo said, “We really feel blessed to have such a wonderful friendship. In fact, both of us feel that apart from our hard work, it was our friendship, which helped us in bagging the coveted first two positions in the university”, they maintained. The duo especially thanked their lecturer Hardeep Kaur for helping and guiding them in achieving their target. “Off course all the lecturers played a major role in our success but the undaunted support of Hardeep Kaur always motivated us to outperform each other,” they said.
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‘Denied’ ticket, BJP leader calls it quits
Jalandhar, June 3 Earlier, she had resigned from the primary membership of the BJP on May 23 over the issue of ignoring sincere workers while allocating ticket for MC polls. Though she herself was a claimant for a BJP ticket from ward number 38 from where the party re-fielded its sitting councillor Ravi Mohindru, Parveen Sharma said, “Had the party allocated the ticket to any sincere and honest worker, I would have not left the party and would have not retired from active politics.” A former political science professor at HMV and Bathinda College, Parveen Sharma alleged, “The BJP is no longer a party with a difference as it also allocates ticket to corrupt persons. Further, nepotism is also prevalent in the party.” Parveen Sharma said, “I decided to retire from active politics after several candidates issued misleading statements on me extending support to them.” She said, “I am retiring from active politics, but not retiring from serving the public. I will continue to serve the public through my NGO Rani Jhansi Kalyan Samiti.” She remained the president of Jalandhar Mahila Morcha for seven years. Besides, she also remained the vice-president of the BJP state Mahila Morcha, state executive members and secretary of BJP for several years.
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Surjit Hockey Society releases sports calendar
Jalandhar, June 3 The DC laid emphasis on the training of the sub-junior and junior wing players. As per the sports calendar, U-14 sub-junior hockey coaching camp for girls would be held till June 15 at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Nehru Garden, and U-17 junior hockey coaching camp for boys would be held from June 10 to 25 at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium. Senior hockey coaching camp for girls would be held from June 15 to 30 at Lyallpur Khalsa College while U-14 and U-17 hockey coaching camp for boys would be held at hockey stadium, Kapurthala. The first general house meeting of the society would be held in the first week of August; a hockey match of girls between International and Punjab XI would be held on August 29 on National Sports Day at Surjit Hockey Stadium. Similarly, the annual 29th Olympian Surjit Hockey tournament would be held from October 11 to 19, cultural programme would be held on October 19. On October 18, a seminar of hockey umpires would be held. Distribution of scholarships and sports kits to the players would be held in the first week of November and December respectively. A function in the memory of Olympian Surjit Singh Randhawa would be held on February 7 at Hans Raj Stadium, Surjit Hockey tournament (Women) would be held from January 10 to 14, 2013. |
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Man commits suicide
Phagwara, June 3
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