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Man held for abducting minor girl
Class XII student killed in road accident
Friendship proposal turned down, youth ‘thrashes’ girl
Retail edges out the humble potter’s dream
Fancy number sale fetches Rs 8.5 lakh to DTO office
MC fails to repair faulty streetlights
Students’ designer products draw crowd
CBI probe demanded in Shruti case
A political mentors find a place in these offices
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Abducted infant rescued, two held
Nakodar, November 5 The accused have been identified as Harvinder and Jaswinder, the former being the cousin of the infant. It is to recall here that on the intervening night of October 15 and 16, the accused had abducted a three-month-old child from a house in Rehmanpura Mohalla here. Police sources said after abducting the child, the accused had sold him to a Kapurthala-based couple at Rs 1.5 lakh and the couple made one third of the total payment to the accused. Police sources said while committing the crime, the main accused, Harvinder, had also stolen the mobile phone of the infant’s parents. After tracing the mobile phone location, the accused was nabbed and the child was rescued. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Harmeet Singh Hundal said one of the accused Jaswinder was a minor and after producing him in the court, he was sent to the juvenile home. He further said the police would also verify the role of the couple who had purchased the child from the accused.
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Man held for abducting minor girl
Jalandhar November 5 The police nabbed the accused within few hours of receiving the complaint and rescued the girl. RPS Sandhu, Assistant Commissioner of Police, West, said girl’s mother Charanjit Kaur filed a complaint with the police in which she alleged that her daughter was abducted by Kishal as he wanted to marry her against their wishes. The ACP said acting on a tip-off, the police conducted a raid at a specific location from and nabbed the accused. A case under Sections 363 and 366 A of the IPC has been registered against the accused. |
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Class XII student killed in road accident
Jalandhar, November 5 They were students of Class XII (non-medical). Ravinder said unlike other days when they used to travel on a bus, they chose to come to the school on the motorcycle today. When they were riding near Suchi Pind, a private mini bus applied sudden brakes following which Vernavas rammed his bike into the rear side of the minibus. The victim was taken to the Civil Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Bimal Kant, Inspector said investigation was going on in the case.
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Friendship proposal turned down, youth ‘thrashes’ girl
Jalandhar November 5 In her statement to the police today, the girl alleged that the youth had been forcing her over the friendship proposal and when she turned it down, the accused resorted to such an inhuman act. The victim’s mother, Sukhwinder Kaur, a resident of Lahadra, told the police that the incident occurred on Sunday morning, when a youth, identified as Gona of the same village, entered their house and started thrashing her daughter. Before fleeing, the youth allegedly put some poisonous substance into her daughter’s mouth. Few minutes later, her daughter fell unconscious and was rushed to the Jalandhar Civil Hospital. In the evening, the police officials of Pachranga police post though came to record the girl’s statement but the doctors declared her unfit to give a statement. Investigating Officer Harpal Singh said the statement of girl was recorded today in which she alleged that accused Gona was forcing her for friendship. Many a times, the accused had made indecent advances toward her, she told the police. — OC
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Retail edges out the humble potter’s dream
Jalandhar, November 5 Even as fancy, high-end retail outlet shelves lay decked with carved decorated, studded, printed, glazed earthenware around Divali, the potter’s home is gloomy because the big fat retail monster eats up his profits. As The Tribune visited the city’s oldest potter street, called Ghumiaran da Mohalla, a pensive potter sat poker-faced with his wife, brooding over the loss of some hundred odd diyas (a major chunk of his little, earthen Divali output) that fell prey to a badly lit oven (in which he bakes his diyas). Situated in Preet Nagar, by the Sodal Road, the Ghumiaran da Mohalla is the only spot left in the entire city where diyas and traditional Divali earthenware are still made. A family which has been in the business before Independence, the Ghumiaran da Mohalla houses the humble establishments of four potter brothers. Om Prakash (55) who grew up making diyas with his father, and his four relatives Vijay Kumar, Govind, Ram Chandra and Roshan Lal are the only people left in the family still making diyas. While the city had many more potters’ streets earlier, they had all wrapped up shops in the recent years. Om Prakash says he continued because he did not know what else to do. “We barely make both ends meet. In the earlier days people used to flock shops but now we get barely one or two customers in a day. The costs are sky high and the dividends are less. We sell our diyas to a shop from where you get the same diyas for Rs 5 per piece. Even after all these years of work, I haven’t been able to expand my house. We still live in one dingy room.” None of the brothers’ children want to pursue the profession. “My son works in a factory. He says he does not understand what I get by tiring myself bending over the potter’s wheel all day. He does not like this work,” Om Prakash says as he makes another earthen lamp. In the room inside about a 100 or 150 odd blackened diyas lie stacked up against the wall. “We barely get to eat with money for the diyas and now these are also lost,” she rues. In the earlier days, the family used to make earthen chatis, handis, bowls etc, but all that has stopped and now only earthen diyas and piggy banks are made because there are no takers for the rest. Rajni, wife of Vijay Kumar, says, “Even the earthen bhattis (ovens) and tandoors that we make, have seen a diminished clientele. Earlier, people were frequent buyers, but now only we get to sell them once in a while and those too are bought by elderly women.” Each of the families (each) hardly earn between Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 by selling their diyas for an entire festival month and through the rest of the year the dividends are even lesser. “We are eating and living, that’s all we can say,” Shanti says. The families buy the clay from some landlords from Hamira, who drop in trolley full of clay in return for a payment.
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Fancy number sale fetches Rs 8.5 lakh to DTO office
Jalandhar, November 5 The number 0010 went for Rs 26,000 and 0021 was purchased at Rs 21,000. An amount of Rs 7,45,300 was received during the auctions. The 68 numbers for which there was no competition were given off at an amount of Rs 1.12 lakh. The auction was supervised by DTO Dalwinderjit Singh. |
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MC fails to repair faulty streetlights
Jalandhar, November 5
Nikhil Sharma, a resident of the locality, said, “A streetlight installed near my house is not working for over a week.” He said, “I lodged complaints twice on MCJ landline number (2242411). He got two SMSes on his mobile phone number informing him the complaint numbers SL/25419/MCJ and SL/25617/MCJ on October 31 and November 2. But nothing happened on the ground, he added. Nikhil had also brought the problem of the faulty streetlight to the notice of councillor KS Bedi. “This is not the first time that the streetlight has gone out of order. The streetlight stopped working a few weeks before the famous Sodal mela, but nobody came to repair it despite lodging formal complaints with the MCJ on its landline complaint number.” He said, “At that time, an MCJ employee asked me to contact the contractor concerned, Sunny, directly on his mobile phone. When I called him, he asked me to reach a particular place to get the electrician to get the streetlight repaired.” Nikhil said, “When I went there, an electrician named Sonu was sent with me. He asked me to give him bribe to get the streetlight repaired. At that time, I left with no option but to pay Rs 50 from my own pocket to get the streetlight repaired.” Former head of streetlight committee, Shiv Dayal Chugh, a former BJP councillor, said he had ensured redressal of every complaint lodged through MCJ complaint number within 48 hours. He used to seek report after every week from the staff concerned about the response to such complaints, he added. PS Jaggi, Superintending Engineer, O&M, MCJ, said he would ensure immediate repair of the faulty streetlight. He also said, “Penalty will be imposed on any contractor who fail to repair the faulty streetlights within 48 hours of the registration of the complaint.” He said, “Public should not give any money for the repair of the streetlights. If repair work is delayed, the public may contact him or XEN or area in charge regarding the same.”
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Students’ designer products draw crowd
Jalandhar, November 5
“We have already sold it and have got order for 50 sofas of the sort,” said Rajni Kumar, lecturer from the college. Another item by students, a bamboo-based garden candle stand with a candle atop it too has been in much demand. Gurleen, a student of the final year from the college, said her satin-based digitally printed cushion covers too have attracted buyers. Clocks made out of cycle spare parts, lamp shades from disposable spoons and CDs and garden bamboo furniture too have been creatively designed. Other items including painted diyas, candles, thalis, gift bags and envelops too are on display. The college staff said the collection made would go back to students who are participating in the event. |
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CBI probe demanded in Shruti case
Jalandhar, November 5 Protests and demonstrations were simultaneously held at Jalandhar, Kartarpur, Nakodar, Mehatpur and Lohian Khas. In a statement issued here today, activists Veer Kumar and Mangal Jit alleged that the Badal government, instead of tightening noose around the hooligans and rising menace of drug addiction, has been promoting these evils in the state. They also said that instead of keeping Shruti in Jalandhar Nari Niketan, she should be handed over to her parents.
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A political mentors find a place in these offices
Jalandhar, November 5 While the photographs of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and ministers concerned with the respective departments dot almost every office, portraits of some persons who brought about some social or economic reforms in yesteryears however add a special charm. The office of SDM-1 Iqbal Singh Sandhu has the picture of Raja Todar Mal in his office. The officer, who has been with the revenue department for a long part of his service, considers the finance minister in Akbar’s court as the greatest ever reformer in the revenue department. “He was such a great man that some land settlement reforms and maintenance of records by patwari system 450 years ago are still being followed”, Sandhu emphasises looking at his picture. Punjab Technical University Vice Chancellor Dr Rajneesh Arora has a bold picture of Swami Vivekanand in his room. The VC who has been since the last year holding workshops on human values and professional ethics has even been distributing plaques bearing the pictures of the great Indian philosopher. Dr Arora also has a picture of scientist and former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in his office, besides those of Pranab Mukherjee, President of India; Shiv Raj Patil, Governor Punjab; and Punjab CM. Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation Anupam Kler has a huge portrait of Dr BR Ambedkar in her office. “It is a painting which I had got especially made. It is a painting which I carry along in which ever office I go. Dr Ambedkar is my motivator ever since I got into this line. Coming from a downtrodden family, he rose to become the architect of the Indian constitution”, he said.
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At
a time when colour-changing, remote-controlled candles and fancy lamps have
created their own niche in the Divali market, the humble mati ka diya is
struggling for survival.
District
Transport Office today held an auction of fancy numbers for its PB-08-CD series.
While the first auction for the series was held on October 8 during which 70
numbers were sold off, it was for the second time that the remaining 133 numbers
were given off. Bidding was held for 65 numbers.
A
four-day exhibition, ‘Deco fair’, by the Bachelor of Design students of
Apeejay College of Fine Arts at Jullundur Gymkhana Club has received good
response. The students said they were getting multiple orders for some unique
items. One of the products designed by the students, a sofa with an inbuilt
music system that plays a song from mobile phone using Bluetooth has been a big
hit.
The number 0001 fetched the highest price of Rs 2.10 lakh. Loveleen Singh bagged the number, whose reserve price was kept at Rs 50,000. 
A faulty streetlight installed in the Globe Colony locality in Ward 22 is one such example of MC apathy. 
