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High-security no. plates’ project picks up
Registration of case demanded
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Congress leaders submit a memorandum against 12.8 per cent hike in power tariff to SDM Isha Kalia in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Lal Badshaah fair
Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh
Sabha’s Green initiative
Barnala lad roaring to become basketball sensation in US
Overdose of drugs claims life
Thieves strike at house in New Rattan Nagar
Garbage collection
Bank unions stage dharna
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High-security no. plates’ project picks up
Jalandhar, July 17 Delhi-based company Agros Impex Pvt Ltd, which has been given the contract for the project, has had to bring in two more plate-manufacturing machines to keep pace with the growing demand. While the applications and fee for the purpose is levied at the counters of the District Transport Office, the plates are fixed at the Punjab Roadways Workshop on Garha Road where machines have been installed. While earlier the waiting period for an applicant was four days, it has now extended to 15 days. After an order is placed, the owner is given a date for his visit to the workshop, where he has to wait for only five to 10 minutes to get the plate fitted.
Nearly 7000 plates are being manufactured here every month but these are being installed at workshops in respective districts.
“We have asked the company to concentrate on new vehicles or those that have been bought after 2005. We will give these motorists six to seven months for changing the plates, failing which challans to the tune of Rs 1000 would be issued”, he added. There has been a cut in the rates announced at the launch of the project.
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Registration of case demanded
Jalandhar, July 17 The woman’s father, Amarjit Singh, a resident of Kubtewal village in Phillaur, at a press conference, alleged that in 2006, his daughter, Kamla Devi, got married to Kanshi Ram, a resident of Ramyana village, also in Phillaur. Immediately after the marriage, her in-laws started harassing her for dowry. In 2007, Kamla gave birth to a girl child and in 2008, she again gave birth to a boy. Still she was facing dowry torture at the hands of her in-laws, the woman’s father alleged. A few months ago, when Kamla, her son Sukhraj and her husband were heading to their village, the mother-son duo had mysteriously disappeared. “When I was told by Kanshi (my daughter’s husband) that Kamla along with her son, had disappeared from the way, I sensed some foul play behind it,” he said, urging the SSP to initiate legal proceedings against Kamla’s husband and interrogate him to trace his daughter and son-in- law. On the other hand, the woman’s husband Kanshi had also complained at the Phillaur police station in which he alleged that his wife and son had mysteriously disappeared and he was not responsible for that. |
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12.8 pc power tariff hike too much, say industrialists
Jalandhar, July 17 The industrialists rue that while they would not be able to increase the prices of their commodities much in the market owing to competition with manufacturers from other states, their input would get substantially raised, leading to a crisis-like situation. Narinder Sagoo, president of the Focal Point Extension Association, said, “We were prepared for a 3 to 4 per cent hike, but not as much. Even worse is the fact that the charges would be applicable from back date. How will the industrialists make up for the higher expenditure that would reflect now for the past two and a half months? Surely, they will see their capital going low. “The owners of factories running induction units or rubber goods manufacturing are the worst affected, as they are already getting electricity bills to the tune of Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh,”, he said. General secretary of the Jalandhar Chamber of Industry and Commerce Charanjit Singh Maingi said the 12.8 per cent hike in power charges had come as a bolt from the blue for the industrialists. “Rather than giving any boost or incentive to the industry sector, the state has been only increasing our woes. With power tariff soaring significantly, we cannot compete with our counterparts in neighbouring states, leave aside the global market,” he lamented. State president of Veopar Sena and a sports goods manufacturer Ravinder Dhir said he was badly upset over the government decision to increase the power subsidy to as high as Rs 5700 crore and instead burden the industrialists and the common man. “Even more shocking for me was a statement by the state BJP leaders claiming that the decision had been taken after taking the party into confidence. I really wonder how a party which has always been supporting traders and urbanites gave its consent to such a big hike,” he remarked. |
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Seeking Sufi solutions to drug addiction
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 17 Some deras and godmen in the state had earned notoriety for their “corrupt inclinations’ in the recent past. But the fact that this effort to tackle a trying social ill was initiated from a Sufi shrine and was organised by one of the acclaimed seats of higher education in the state - Punjabi University Patiala - brought credibility to the event. Prof Jaspal Singh, VC, Punjabi University, Patiala, and eminent scholars from the centre of Sufi studies at the university, along with poets, writers and mediapersons, gathered on the occasion. Scions of two eminent Sufi saints - Baba Farid and Hazrat Ali - also attended the event. SAD leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was also present on the occasion. Shrine chief and SAD vice-president Hans Raj Hans exhorted those present on the occasion to seek Sufi solutions to the ill of addiction. Dr Nasir Naqvi, director, Baba Farid Cultural Centre for Sufi Studies, (Punjabi University), in his chaste Urdu, said Sufism was a symbol of the unity of religion and languages. A 38th generation descendant of Sufi saint Hazrat Ali, Naqvi said the righteous Sufi life and tenets advocated a life that was free from all superficial addictions and only sought the true God. Scholar Dr Manmohan Sehegal and Baba Faridi, a 25th generation descendant of Baba Farid, reiterated that spiritual addiction was the ultimate answer to physical ills. Environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal said the degeneration in our environment, food, air and water was undoubtedly one of the causes for the rise in addiction. Prof Jaspal Singh, VC, Punjabi University, Patiala, said the Sufi thought was all the more relevant, given the crisis today, and it held answers to the addiction menace. Mediaperson Satnam Manak said keeping the Sufi thought alive was a key to many problems we are faced with. In times when many Sufi shrines were being destroyed in India (J&K), Pakistan and Afghanistan, our true victory lies in segregating the sting of fundamentalism from religion and retaining the Sufi spirit to fight contemporary demons. Stark facts
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Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh
Sabha’s Green initiative Kusum Arora Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 17 All one has to do is call 9915558800 and get an order booked for their residence or locality. The gurdwara representatives have decided to plant saplings during monsoons and help save environment and keep the city green. A team of gardeners from the gurdwara will reach the doorstep of the residents, provided they assure the gurdwara team to nurture the saplings. The plantation drive started yesterday and has been receiving a good response from the city residents, within the first day of its launch. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, president of the gurdwara, Atam Prakash Babloo, said the “save environment campaign” was launched last year too, but at that time it was confined to the premises of the gurdwara only. “Last year, we had put up a stall in the gurdwara and distributed saplings to the residents. But that did not guarantee us as to how many of them were actually planted and saved, hence this campaign,” he added. The gurdwara management has bought saplings of saagwan, arjun, jamun, gulmohar, sheesham, mulberry and amaltas to be distributed among the city residents. Even today, since morning our gardeners have been reaching out to people and planting saplings. “Through this campaign, we wish to ensure that residents take good care of the plants and help these grow properly. Ultimately, the aim is to help increase the green cover in the urban areas, which have been flooded with concrete structures only,” he maintained. However, the residents who wish to take saplings from the gurdwara can also do so. “We also received phone calls from commercial establishments, asking us to plant saplings in their plots and areas. But our approach is to plant saplings in the residential areas and sensitise the residents about the need to plant more trees, as this is one of the highly neglected but important part of human existence,” the gurdwara representatives added.
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Barnala lad roaring to become basketball sensation in US
Jalandhar, July 17 Recently back home from the IMG Academy, Florida, US, where he is undergoing training in basketball, Satnam is a centre of attraction at his academy, too. Even his coach Kenny
Natt, a veteran from the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the US and many others watch admiringly this genius picking up the game on the
court. Satnam was in the city today to meet the vice-president of the Punjab Basketball Association, SSP (Rural) Yurinder Singh Hayer and secretary Teja Singh
Dhaliwal. He is the discovery of the Punjab Basketball Association and is presently undergoing training through the
IMG-Reliance Scholarship Programme. Talking to mediapersons, SSP Yurinder Singh said when Satnam was first brought to the Ludhiana Basketball Academy, he was around 10 years’ old and his height was 5.9 feet. “That was the time, when we realised that Satnam had that talent, which would make him a sensation in basketball. And we are sure that one day he would make it to the NBA in the US and bring glory to the country. We are waiting for that day when Satnam would play league matches in the NBA,” he added. On the other hand, Satnam in his coarse and heavy voice said, “Joining the IMG Academy was the biggest launch pad for me. At the academy I have a regular regimen of practising basketball and doing my schooling. Now, I am a Class XII student and I am glad that I have become fluent in English.” Further talking about his future goals, he said, “I am eagerly looking forward to play in the college’s team through the IMG Academy, which is a big rage the world over. Now, that I am back home, it is a great relaxing time for
me.” Satnam has not been taking any food supplements to increase his stamina and performance. “I rely on good diet, which includes a mix of nutritious vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. It is a myth that one has to take certain performance-enhancing drugs to excel in the game. Rather a good diet, coupled with disciplined practice sessions, is enough to yield good results,” he added. |
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Overdose of drugs claims life
Jalandhar, July 17 The deceased was identified as Vijay, son of Tilak Raj. Police sources said on Monday late in the evening, the victim immediately fell ill at his residence, from where he was rushed to the local Civil Hospital, where he breathed his last. The victim’s kin told the police that he was addicted to drugs and had taken an overdose of the same, which claimed his life. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Cr Pc were initiated by the police.
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Thieves strike at house in New Rattan Nagar
Jalandhar, July 17 House owner Dinesh said last night he, along with his family members, had slept upstairs. “When on Tuesday morning, we woke up and came down, we found locks of all rooms broken and whole house ransacked,” Dinesh said. The miscreants, after breaking locks of the almirah, decamped with gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees, Rs 12,500 cash and a digital camera, house owner Dinesh said. The police was informed, he added.
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MC issues notice to Jindal group
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 17 MC Commissioner Viney Bublani said he had asked the company officials to be present in his office on July 20 and give reason for not being able to start the work. The company representatives had earlier assured that they would get the work started in at least a few wards from July 15. The company officials reportedly missed two meetings - one yesterday and another two weeks ago, following which the notice has been sent.
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Bank unions stage dharna
Jalandhar, July 17 Amrit Lal, convener of the forum, said on the call given by UFBU, 10 lakh employees and officers would observe strike in the country on July 25 and 26.
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The machines installed in Jalandhar are printing plates for different series of numbers across Doaba region, including PB-07 in Hoshiarpur, PB-08 in Jalandhar, PB-09 in Kapurthala and PB-32 for
Nawanshahr.
The District Transport Officer RL Jassal said he was expecting even more rush in the coming days and was in the process of writing to the company officials to further expedite the work by adding in more
machines.
