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Black Divali for thousands
Cool Road group clash
Designer diyas, candles flood markets
Dairy farmer killed in road accident
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First state conference held
From Colleges
City girl is Miss PTC Punjaban
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Black Divali for thousands
Jalandhar, November 10 Thanks to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), which has failed to provide new connections in the state for the past six months due to lack of metres. Over 40,000 residents of the state applied for new power connections on their premises located in various parts of the state since June, but PSPCL failed to provide any new connection, it is learnt. A resident of Jalandhar said: “I applied for a new connection for my newly built house in July, but the same has not been provided to me till date. As a result, I will not be able to light up my house on Divali. I cannot even get temporary connection from my neighbour as it is not allowed by PSPCL.” Forget about providing any new connection, PSPCL failed to even replace the burnt, damaged or stolen meters for the past six months for the same reason. An electricity metre installed outside photographer Ramesh Gaba’s studio at Rose Park on the Gulab Devi Road here was stolen a few weeks ago. “I reported the matter to the police and applied with the Maqsoodan PSPCL office for installing a metre at my shop, but it has not been fixed so far,” Gaba said. He said: “The power connection has been restored to his shop directly and he has been asked to pay an average bill till the installation of a new metre.” Meanwhile, PSPCL CE (Metering) PK Chadha admitted that new connections could not be provided for the past several months as the metres had not been supplied to PSPCL. However to a query, he said: “The supply of the metres has started recently and new connections have been provided to a few applicants. The same will be provided to other applicants turn by turn.” In reply to a question, he admitted that most of the applicants would not be able to get new connection before Divali.
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Ex-councillor sent to 14-day judicial custody
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 10 Dhall and four other accused in the group clash were produced before the court by the police. The police has arrested four suspects relating to the Dhall Group for their involvement in the clash, while no arrest was made from the other group as yet. Dinesh’s brother, Amit Dhall, a sitting municipal councillor, who is also named in an FIR registered in this regard, is still absconding. Dinesh had reportedly surrendered before the police two days ago and was remanded to one-day police custody by a local court yesterday. The Dhall brothers were evading arrest since they were named in the Cool Road group clash on November 6. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Navjot Singh Mahal said raids were being conducted at the hideouts of the suspects and more arrests were likely to me made shortly.
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Designer diyas, candles flood markets
Jalandhar, November 10 The combination of candles and diyas is also available in a combo gift hamper with similar patterns and colours packaged as a unit. Blossom, a schoolgirl, said she was amazed at a vast variety of candles. "I have taken a round of the Model Town market, but now I am confused on which ones to pick," she said. Rachna Goyal, a homemaker, said she was surprised to see the packaging for rangoli stuff done by shopkeepers. "They have made proper packets of five colours, glitters, kalash and matching beads and diyas to adorn the patterns. There also are sieves available through which the fine colours pass making a small rangoli pattern in a matter of just five minutes," she said.
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Dairy farmer killed in road accident
Jalandhar, November 10 Balwinder Singh, in charge, ISBT police post, said Gurwinder was driving the auto-rickshaw, while Jasmer was sitting on his left when the collision occurred. He said the unidentified vehicle was said to be a Tata 407 and its driver sped away, leaving behind the injured dairy farmer as per the information. The intensity of the collision was so high that a tyre of the auto-rickshaw busted on the spot and Jasmer was critically injured. Gurwinder had a miraculous escape with minor injuries, the police said. The critically injured farmer was rushed to a nearby private hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The body of the deceased was handed over to the family members after a postmortem examination at the local Civil Hospital. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving under Sections 279, 304-A, 337 and 427 of the IPC against the unidentified driver of Tata 407 at Police Station Division No-7. It has also launched a hunt to nab the driver of Tata 407, Balwinder added. — TNS |
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First state conference held
Jalandhar, November 10 A one-of-a-kind conference for those affected with spinal cord injuries, the event saw 65 spinal cord injury-affected men and women from the state gather together on a single platform for the first time. The total gathering included hundreds of people. The logo of the Spinal Cord Injury Association reads "Can’t Walk…let’s fly". What was touching was the zest and love for life of many who came on the occasion. People laid down on cots, moved around on wheelchairs and some who had not ventured out for years especially came to attend the event. Parvinder Singh, Davinder Singh (Amritsar), Harpinder Singh Sanghera, Manmohan Singh Thakkar, Abhey Dogra, Manu Miglani, Pawel Pasla, among other association members who initiated the efforts for today’s conference were present on the occasion. People with grave spinal injuries and other related impediments aired out their fears, doubts and queries to specialists from the Indian Spinal Injury Centre, Delhi, who specially came for the occasion. Resource persons from the Indian Spinal Injury Centre, Delhi and Safdarjung Hospital - Dr Manoj Dabar, Rajiv Virat, Pragya and Divya Prashar and Varinder Vikram Singh interacted with various injury-affected people and satisfied their queries. Disability activist Amarjit Singh Anand was also present on the occasion. It was also the first time that the issue got such a wholehearted support from the political and administrative ranks. The event was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti in the morning. He gave Rs 15,000 for the treatment of injury-affected Kapil Saini, who was assaulted and thrown into a well by assailants some years ago. Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari was the chief guest on the occasion. SAD district president Gurcharan Singh Channi and Mayor Sunil Jyoti presided over. Former chairman of the Improvement Trust Baljit Singh Neelamahal was also present on the occasion. Channi said he would take up the issue of better facilities for the association with the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister. On the occasion, the Chief Parliamentary Secretary handed over Rs 2 lakh from his state fund to the association. Mayor Sunil Jyoti and Gurcharan Singh Channi contributed Rs 11,000 each, and Baljit Singh Neelamahal provided special wheels chairs to four people. Since the event was organised by the Spinal Cord Injury Association whose members are themselves victims, the special care with which visitors ought to have been treated was evident. A ramp was created for visitors. The front rows, right next to the stage, were reserved for people on wheelchairs rather than placing seats on them as is done in usual functions (even those held for people with special needs). The specialists patiently listened to the queries from the people and answered them in sessions, which spanned hours. The fact that one of the resource persons himself addressed them on a wheelchair, made this event different and special than the usual seminars. Parvinder Singh, president of the Spinal Cord Injury Association, said their ultimate aim was to bring back life into the lives of people who had lost all hopes. Almost all political guests promised the association members that issues about the allocation of land to the association would be taken up seriously.
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Science exhibition-cum-quiz contest held
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 10 Doaba Youth Festival
The Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, performed well at the Doaba Youth Festival held at Doaba College, Jalandhar. Many degree and education colleges participated in the festival. Students of the college took away a number of prizes. The college took away the first runners-up trophy. It stood first in skit elocution, poetical symposium and fine art sketching. Freshers’ party
The Department of Food Science and Technology (BFST), DAV College, organised a freshers’ party “Summon-2012” in the college auditorium. Prashant Sahni and Anjali Dhanjal were selected as Mr and Miss Fresher, while Navdeep Singh and Perneet Kahlon were selected as Mr and Mrs Popular. Divali exhibition
The Department of Home Science and the Fashion Designing Department of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a Divali exhibition under the guidance of principal Dr Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj. The exhibits included the collection prepared by students in the form of candles, diyas, handmade and artificial jewellery, gift items, decorative items, etc. Different kinds of food items were also prepared by home science students. HOD Sunita Saggi and coordinator Neety Sood also encouraged the students and appreciated them for their efforts. All staff members of the Fashion Designing and Home Science Departments were also present in the exhibition. Runners-up trophy
Students of Mehr Chand Polytechnic College, Jalandhar, brought laurels to the institute by exhibiting wonderful overall performance in the recently held ISTE Section Annual Convention “Minerva 2012” at the Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Ropar. Bhavika Verma of the Computer Engineering Department was awarded “ISTE Best Student Award -12”. The college won this award for the fifth consecutive year. Bhavika also won gold medal for her paper presentation and Kunal Sharma of the Civil Engineering Department won bronze medal, Kaveri Narang of the Computer Engineering Department won bronze medal for essay-writing and Abhay Arora of the Computer Engineering Department won bronze for participation in web designing. Principal S. Jagroop Singh congratulated the participants and conveyed his best wishes to Prince Madaan (in charge CSE) for the outstanding participation. Paper presentation
Inter-class contests on paper presentation and socio-economic awareness ads were organised by the economics association of PCM SD College for Women, Jalandhar. As many as 15 students presented papers on current issues and eight teams participated in advertisement campaign related to socio-economic awareness. Principal Dr Kairan Arora presided over the function and later awarded shields and certificates to winners. |
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City girl is Miss PTC Punjaban
Jalandhar, November 10 Jalandhar’s Manpreet Kaur was crowned Miss PTC Punjaban. Pawandeep Kaur (Jalandhar) was crowned first runners-up and Varinder Kaur (Chandigarh) was crowned second runners-up. Twelve shortlisted Punjabi dames competed for the crown of Miss PTC Punjaban. The event this year was held in the honour of deceased comedian Jaspal Bhatti. Actor Divya Dutta and Upasna Singh, singers Harbhajan Mann and Gavie Chahal acted as the judges for the show. Singers Amarinder Gill, Miss Pooja and talented brothers Manmohan Waris and Kamal Heer mesmerised the crowds with their lovely Punjabi strains. Indu was chosen Miss Congenial, Sukhjeet was chosen as Miss Beautiful Skin, Deepinder Kaur was awarded the title of Miss Glowing Skin, Satwinder Kaur took away the title of Miss Catwalk, Harpreet was crowned as Miss Multifaceted, Manpreet Kaur was crowned as Miss Dancing Queen and Miss Talented, Pawandeep Kaur won the title of Miss Beautiful Hair, Priyanka Gill won the title of Miss Glittering Eyes and Miss Photogenic as well as Miss Beautiful Face titles went to Varinder Kaur. — TNS
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This Divali, the city residents have a huge array of designer diyas, candles and torans to choose from for illuminating their homes.
