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35 burglaries in six weeks
Year-old boy falls into gutter, dies
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Ex-DSP booked, son nabbed for duping villagers
Police wakes up to pressure horns after woman’s death
Surjit Hockey Tourney kicks off
Two chemist shops raided, drugs seized
MGN Public School wins city finals of Limca Book of Records Quiz
Couple killed in road mishap
Solar water bottle lights up science expo
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35 burglaries in six weeks
Jalandhar, October 12 Miscreants have targeted houses, commercial establishments and even religious places. Sources said in majority of the reported burglaries, the city police has not been able to trace the criminals. In the recent burglary, miscreants decamped with about 80 laptops and several other electronic equipments worth lakhs of rupees from a showroom ‘Laptop World’ in the Green Park locality. Though the act was caught on CCTV camera, unclear footage did not help the police identify the accused. On the very next day of this incident, a computer shop was again burgled at Shastri market from where thieves decamped with three laptops and Rs 20,000 cash. On September 28, a computer showroom was burgled at Masand chowk, from where miscreants looted 16 laptops and 60 mobile phones. Of these 35 incidents, three incidents were those in which miscreants decamped with bags containing cash and other valuables after breaking windowpanes of cars. Residents have urged the police to intensify night patrolling to check these incidents.
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Year-old boy falls into gutter, dies
alandhar, October 12 Pushpa Rani, deceased's mother, said on Friday evening, Amit along with his siblings was playing in the veranda of the house. After a while, he was nowhere to be seen. "I started looking for Amit in the house. When I could not find him for an hour, I informed my other family members," she said. Harbax then suspected that Amit might have fallen down in the open gutter in the courtyard. As they removed the filth from the gutter, they saw Amit struck in the dirt. By the time he was taken out, he had already died. Pushpa said the gutter was lying open since its cover was stolen a few months back. The couple had four children and Amit was the youngest of them.
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Ex-DSP booked, son nabbed for duping villagers
Jalandhar, October 12 The accused have been identified as retired DSPKulwant Singh and his son, Paramjit Singh, residents of Sher Singh Colony. The complainants, Karamjit Singh of Sadoke village near Amritsar and Bhupinder Singh of Sher Singh Colony, had alleged that the duo had duped them of several lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending their sons abroad. After carrying out investigations for a few months, the police nabbed DSP’s son on Thursday. The police had conducted raids on the suspected hideouts of the retired police officer. —
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Police wakes up to pressure horns after woman’s death
Jalandhar, October 12 On Thursday, Sushpal Kaur of Urban Estate Phase-I, who was riding a scooter along with her daughter, had to pay with her life after a private bus used pressure horn near the ISBT. Hearing the loud sound, she became extremely nervous and applied sudden brakes. The bus, which had used the horn, hit the scooter and crushed Sushpal to death. The deceased's daughter told the police that her mother applied brakes in fear after she heard the loud sound of the horn. Taking the incident seriously, the city traffic police launched a drive against vehicles using pressure horns to prevent occurrence of such incidents in future. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Parminder Singh said the police had taken the incident seriously and has now launched a drive against the violations. He added vehicles flouting norms would not be spared and would be challaned on the spot. "Today, we have challans more than 20 vehicles (mostly buses) for using pressure horns," he said. The ACP admitted that use of pressure horns is not permitted under the Motor Vehicle Act as it causes huge noise pollution and disturbs mostly two-wheelers, making them lose control over their vehicles. It has been generally found that Punjab Roadways and private buses use pressure horns flouting norms of the Motor Vehicle Act.
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Surjit Hockey Tourney kicks off
Jalandhar, October 12 In another match, Northern Railways, Delhi, edged out Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL), Patiala, by 4-3. PSPCL, Patiala, took lead in the first minute of the game when Amrik Singh scored a goal through penalty corner. In the 15th minute of the play, Navjot Singh scored second goal to raise its tally to two. Northern Railways came in the 21st minute of the play and its player Ram Parkash reduced the margin by one goal. In the 25th minute, another goal was scored by Kulbhusan of Northern Railways. He equalised the score 2-2. In the 53rd minute, third goal was scored for Northern Railways by Bisen putting Northern Railways on the lead of 3-2. Returning to the game, PSPCL’s player Navjot Singh equalised the score to 3-3 by scoring a goal in the 58th minute of the game. Northern Railways had to struggle its fight for winning and in the last minute of the play, they were ranted with a penalty stroke against PSPCL. Raju hit the winning stroke to pocket the match for Northern Railways by 4-3. Bhagat Chuni Lal, Local Bodies Minister, Punjab, who inaugurated the tournament, announced a grant of Rs 5 lakh to the Surjit Hockey Society. Former Olympian and MLA from Jalandhar Cantonment, Pargat Singh, presided over the function. On the second day of the tournament, two matches are scheduled to be played. The first match will be played between the Northern Railways, Delhi, and CRPF, Delhi, teams, while Punjab & Sind Bank, Delhi, and Army XI, Delhi, will be facing each other in the second match. Meanwhile, CRPF, Delhi, beat Northern Railways, Delhi, by 14-13 in tiebreakers to enter the league stage in Pool ‘A’ of the tournament today. The second match, being played between the former champion Punjab & Sind Bank and Army-XI, Delhi, was in progress till the filing of the report. CRPF, Delhi, took the lead in the 6th minute of the game through field goal when Rajesh Kindo sounded the board 1-0. In the very next minute of the game, CRPF, Delhi, made another counterattack when Simon Tirkey scored an excellent field goal to increase the lead 2-0. Northern Railways, Delhi, made some good moves and in the 10th minute of the game, they got success when Raju scored a field goal to reduce the margin. At half time, CRPF was leading by 2-1. In the 40th minute of the game, Gagan and Jaspreet of Northern Railways, Delhi, made a joint move. Gagan, dodged passed two defenders of CRPF, Delhi, and gave a parallel pass to his unmarked Jaspreet Singh Kullar who made no mistake to equalise the score. The play remained suspended for sometime due to generator failure. The remaining 7-minute game was restarted and both teams failed to score in the stipulated time of 70 minutes. The tiebreakers, CRPF, Delhi, stroked out Northern Railways, Delhi, by 14-13 to enter the league stage in Pool ‘A’.
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Two chemist shops raided, drugs seized
Jalandhar, October 12 Sources said officials seized 15 types of banned drugs, including 4,620 tablets, 5,124 capsules and 91 syrups, from RP Medicare. They also seized 22 types of banned drugs, including 117 tablets, 2,400 capsules and 25 syrups, from Deep Medicos. The value of the impounded drugs was stated to be in thousands of rupees.
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MGN Public School wins city finals of Limca Book of Records Quiz
Jalandhar, October 12 A team comprising Aakarshan Gupta and Rajbir Singh from MGN Public School took a lead from a team of Sharanya Marik and Chandrajyoti Singh from the host school, which emerged as the runners-up. A team comprising Manasi Singh and Navneet Yadav from Army Public School was adjudged third. Aakarshan Gupta and Rajbir Singh would now be among the 80 schools to compete in the semi-finals. Around 284 students from 49 city-based schools participated in the contest. Out of this, only six schools - MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Apeejay School, Army Public School, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Swami Sant Das Public School and Delhi Public School - competed in the city finals.
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Couple killed in road mishap
Jalandhar, October 12 The deceased were identified as Dharminder and Gurdeep Kaur. Police sources said the duo had gone to purchase a new motorcycle from Mehatpur and the tragedy struck while they were returning home. The sources said the truck hit their motorcycle from the back. The duo sustained serious head injuries and died on the spot. A case of negligent driving was registered against the truck driver, who had fled from the spot after the incident.
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Solar water bottle lights up science expo
Jalandhar, October 12 The second phase of the science event was inaugurated by TKA Nair, Adviser to the Prime Minister. The invention, if adopted on a mass scale, had the potential to illuminate crores of houses based in the slum areas across the country. Its inventors made use of the phenomenon of multiple-reflection of light within a fluid media – homogenous solvent of water, bleaching powder, soda, salt and vinegar. The solvent helps in convergence of light rays and produce bright illumination. While bleaching powder, soda and salt helped in scattering of light, vinegar helps in making a light denser for reflection. They made use of a normal transparent glass bottle of 1.5 litres, filled with the solvent; and arranged it within the roof of a dwelling in such a way that half of the same remains exposed to sunlight, whereas the other half peeps inside the roof downward from ceiling. Natural sun rays when enter the water-filled glass bottle, undergo multiple reflection, produce high intensity illumination capable of providing substantial light indoors. The invention has won accolades from visitors and students from the host university. Ashok Mittal, the Chancellor of LPU, lauded the invention saying, “Any creation that goes into bringing about transformation in the lives of maximum number of people, especially those who are living at the edge, calls for applause and recognition.” On the first day, close to 100 papers were presented by scientists and researchers on a wide range of topics of mass interest like bio-diesel potential in India, lighting houses with sewage, artificial nests to save sparrows, cell phone radiation levels inside a car, and innovative way to reduce carbon dioxide from industry. |
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There is a sudden spurt in the number of burglaries in the city.
With the burglary at a tyre showroom on Thursday night, the total of burglaries reported in the city in the past six weeks touched 35.
In a tragic accident, one-year-old boy of a migrant labourer today died after he fell into a gutter, whose cover was stolen a few months back. The gutter was built in the courtyard of the house at Adarsh Nagar locality.
Jalandhar, October 12
