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IOC tankers' body ends stir
New look for Punjab Police constables?
Alleged rape victim tries to meet DGP
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MC mulls shifting of taxi stands
Man succumbs to burn injuries in hospital
Woman strangulates herself, dies
One nabbed with 250 gm heroin
Youth held with intoxicant powder
Close shave for 4 as car turns turtle
BSF win first gold in shooting championship
Sainik Schools’ entrance exam on January 6
City business house adopts Firefly Project
PAP throws open shooting range to public
Apeejay School students win Bournvita Quiz
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IOC tankers' body ends stir
Jalandhar, November 26 The vice-president of the district Indian Oil Tanker Union Ashok Sareen said this morning they had a talk with the IOC chief terminal manager Ranjan Srivastva, who assured them to fulfill their demands. "We have been given a written assurance by the IOC officials to fulfil our long-pending demands. We have been told by the officials that the TLF in charge Shambu has been transferred with the immediate effect," he added. The tanker union had also been demanding for the past one year to pay sufficient rent to the tanker owners for carrying the fuel to the neighbhouring states. "Our tankers are covering more distance than we are being paid. We had requested the IOC to reimburse the amount of the past one year and now the officials have also agreed to fulfill this demand," he revealed. As many as 450 oil tankers, which were off road from yesterday, were today put to service again for carrying fuel.
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New look for Punjab Police constables?
Jalandhar, November 26 The answer is in affirmative if the "Revitalised Beat System", launched by the Punjab Police in Jalandhar today to provide a complete makeover to constables, turns out to be a success. Under the pilot project, police constables or "Beat Officers" have been provided with a new look, as they were armed with a "multi-purpose tactical belt", tactical mirror for inspection of vehicles, tactical baton, American hand-cuffs with automatic lock, LED torches, SWAT shoes and hand-held walkie-talkie sets with earphones. “These officers would patrol the beats, interact with citizens and provide a sense of confidence to the general public. They would be entrusted with verifications and minor inquiries relating to their beat area,” said DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, who launched the "Revitalised Beat System" initiated by the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate here today. He said the system would be replicated in other parts of the state. “Initially, the "Revitalised beat system" was being implemented in police stations - Division Nos 6 and 7. A total of 24 constables, mostly from the recent recruitment have been selected for the performance of duty as "Beat Officers” in 12 beats, six in each police station,” said Jalandhar Police Commissioner Gaurav Yadav. Talking about other citizen-friendly measures being taken by the Punjab Police, Saini said the online system pertaining to the fixing of appointments for foreign nationals to visit foreigners registration office (FRO) located in the Commissionerate office will reduce the number of visits for foreign nationals and facilitate easier processing of paper work. “This has been devised on the pattern of appointments being given by passport offices to save the time of citizens. Since the personal presence of the foreign national is essential for registration work, the aim is to give a fixed time and date to the foreign national for the processing of paper work. This facility will be available on the web portal of the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate (http://www.jalandharpolice.gov.in)/,” he said. The web portal was launched by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on February 12 last year and offered a host of services and information. |
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Alleged rape victim tries to meet DGP
Jalandhar, November 26 She wanted to apprise the DGP of the "dilly-dallying" attitude of the rural police in the registration of a case and the arrest of the alleged accused of Nakodar, "who had developed physical relations with her on the pretext of marrying her". The incident occurred just a few minutes before the arrival of the DGP. As the district police team was stationed on the police lines road to welcome their chief, Raman Kaur (name changed) suddenly arrived and informed the police officials that she wanted to meet the DGP regarding her molestation case and delay in the registration of a case against the accused. Sensing trouble, the ADCP, headquarters, Navjot Singh Mahal, and SSP, rural, Yurinder Singh Hayer, reached the spot and pacified the woman. The SSP reportedly assured the woman that her case would be looked into. It may be recalled that on October 10, the woman had conducted a press conference in Jalandhar in which she had alleged that the rural police was not taking her complaint seriously. She had also filed a complaint to the SSP, who later marked an inquiry to the DSP, Shahkot. An attempt was made to contact the SSP on his phone, but he did not respond.
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MC mulls shifting of taxi stands
Jalandhar, November 26 Mayor Sunil Jyoti visited the site today and checked the development of the area for the possible shift. While the tile work in most of the area is over, a 15-foot wide strip along Punjab State War Memorial is yet to be covered with concrete. Jyoti discussed the matter with officials of the B&R department and tehbazari wing to also explore the possibility of having a separate area earmarked for cycle and scooter parking. With bus stand just a few metres across, it is a viable space for taxis. Since the bus stand often falls short of parking space, this stretch of land can partly help solve the problem. Commissioner Viney Bublani said the traffic police was also being roped in to seek its opinion in the matter. He said a meeting with the taxi stand owners was also being planned to know their point of view. The shifting of the taxi stands from their current location will come as a major boon for the owners of showrooms, hotels, malls, banks, Guru Nanak Dev District Library and Virsa Vihar whose façade has been marred owing to a long row of parked taxis.
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Man succumbs to burn injuries in hospital
Jalandhar, November 26 The deceased was identified as Raj Kumar, a resident of Patara village near here. He was a daily wage labourer. The victim's mother Pyari told the police that her son was addicted to alcohol and smoking. On that day, her son had consumed excess alcohol and had slept in the verandah of the house. She alleged that while he (son) was lighting a bidi, his blanket suddenly caught fire and he sustained serious burns. According to doctors, the victim had sustained more than 90 per cent burn injuries. Suspecting no foul play in the death, the police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPc
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Woman strangulates herself, dies
Jalandhar, November 26 The deceased was identified as Rinku Rani. Her husband was running a sweetmeat shop. Investigating officer Devi Chand of the Basti Bawa Khel police said the victim had married a year ago only and since her marriage, she had been suffering from some physical problems. Sources said although she was getting medical treatment for her problems, she remained in depression. Today, when she was alone at her residence, she locked herself in a room and strangulated herself with an iron string and died on the spot. The police said no suicide note was recovered from the spot. The victim's kin did not suspect any foul play behind her death. The police had initiated the inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC.
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One nabbed with 250 gm heroin
Jalandhar, November 26 The accused was identified as Shamsher Singh, a resident of Jamsher near here. The police had received secret information that a peddler was roaming near Kahlwan village to supply heroin to his clients. Sources said a police party erected a naka on the Jalandhar-Amritsar road and after intercepting the Innova, cops signalled the vehicle to stop for checking. Interestingly, instead of stopping the vehicle, its occupant fled from the spot, but the policemen managed to nab the accused after a few minutes of chase. During a search of the vehicle, the police recovered the said quantity of contraband. During preliminary investigation, the peddler told the police that he was on way to supply the contraband to his clients near the village. A Maqsoodan police official said investigation was on to explore the local links of the peddler. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the accused.
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Youth held with intoxicant powder
Shahkot, November 26 During investigation, the youth revealed that he was addicted to drugs and was also selling the same. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the accused.
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Close shave for 4 as car turns turtle
Jalandhar, November 26 The youths were heading to Nakodar to pay obeisance at a religious place and the moment they reached near Mudan village Rakesh lost control over the vehicle and the same turned turtle. People at the site rescued the youths from the car. Interestingly, soon after the incident, the youths walked 5 km to pay their obeisance at the shrine. — OC
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BSF win first gold in shooting championship
Jalandhar, November 26 Shooters from the BSF, ITBP, AP, CRPF, Tamila Nadu, SSB, Punjab, Assam and Maharashtra, participated in the 13.22 std pistol 25 m men contest, organised as individual and team event. Shooters Wazeer Singh, Raj Kumar Raj and Toshit Kumar of the Border Security Force hit the targets and got 557, 549 and 547 marks, thus taking their team to a total of 1,653. Chasing the BSF, shooters of the ITBP bagged the second title with the team score of 1,629. The ITBP shooters, Sambhu Shankar, Sube Singh and Ashok Kumar, got 555, 540 and 534 marks, respectively. The Andhra Pradesh (AP) team bagged the third position with D. Narayana Das scoring 544 marks, B. Shankar and PSR Murttiy getting 524 and 510 marks, respectively. The AP team made a score of 1,578 marks.
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Sainik Schools’ entrance exam on January 6
Kapurthala, November 26 In a press note, Naresh Vig, Public Relations Officer (PRO), defence, stated that the entrance test would be conducted in Punjab at Amritsar, Ludhiana, Faridkot, Patiala and Kapurthala. Boys born between July 2, 2002 to July 1, 2003, and between July 2, 1999, to July 1, 2000, could appear in the test for admission to Class VI and IX, respectively. The prospectus-cum-application forms are available at Sainik School, Kapurthala. Interested parents and students could also have the prospectus through postal service. The last date for the submission of the application form was December 20, 2012, he added.
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City business house adopts Firefly Project
Jalandhar, November 26 The message of "not to drink and move on road" was given to all workers of the factory and high-quality reflectors were put on their bicycles. Manmohan Singh Kalsi, Managing Director of Kalsi Group, said, "We will ensure that this is a regular monthly exercise as our staff and workers are more valuable to us than our machinery." Rajinder Singh Kalsi initiated the workshop at one of their plants in Jalandhar. Earlier, another industrial group F.C. Sondhi & Co had adopted Firefly Project for its staff members. More than 250 cyclists were covered in the campaign. They also purchased books on road safety and distributed them among school students. The AriveSAFE along with the city traffic police had recently started Firefly Project in the Dakoha area, near here. This was the first awareness workshop for users of non-motorised vehicles giving the message of "not to drink and drive". Harman Singh Sidhu, president of the ArriveSAFE, said, “We are delighted that the RS 10 project had been well received and the Rotary Club, philanthropists and corporate houses of the city had adopted Firefly Project."
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PAP throws open shooting range to public
Jalandhar, November 26 This is for the first time that the PAP has introduced training for general public. Earlier, the shooting rage was exclusively used by the police officials and sports persons. Additional Director General of Punjab Police (ADGP) GS Sahota, who is also Armed Battalion and Central Sports Officer, while talking to the Tribune said that interested civilians would be trained free of cost. This has been done to tap talent from the area and hone the skill of the budding shooters. The ADGP said the training seekers have to pay nominal membership fee while the authorities would provide them arms and fixed quota of ammunition. To procure a majority of the ammunition to be used during the training period, it would solely be the responsibility of the trainees’. Apart from PAP Jalandhar, there are four other government run shooting ranges across the state (Badal, NIS Patiala, Mohali and GNDU Amritsar). The Olympian Abhivan Bindra has his personal shooting range in Chhat village on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway near Zirakpur. With the opening of the PAP shooting range for the general public, the ADGP hopes that the state could produce more shooters for the next Olympics and other International and national shooting championships.
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Apeejay School students win Bournvita Quiz
Jalandhar, November 26 The twosome walked with accolades from among 50 other teams that competed for the same event. They have their fingers crossed now for the semifinals to be held at Kolkata in January. Son of an Income Tax Commissioner, Gurnoor has been an all-rounder from the very beginning. He had won a quiz contest organised by Vodafone in May this year. He has attained the rank of 124 in NSTSE and 179 in the International Olympiad earlier. He has proven himself not just in academics, but also in dance competitions. He is taking coaching in classical dance from Allahabad University privately. His mother Dr Jasmeet, Associate Professor of chemistry at Government College, Kapurthala, claims that even as it was all her son's effort, she too was trying to help him out by sparing maximum time for him. "I ensure that he gets the best reading material, books that help prepare for competitive exams, quiz books and most relevant articles from the Internet. He is also regular with reading newspapers," she added. Gurnoor gave his tip, "The best strategy is to work at least a year in advance. By the time it is summer holidays I am already through with my own class books. After that, I start working on books of the next class. At the start of this session, when other students of my class were buying Class VII books, I was instead buying those for class VIII." Gurnoor aims to do engineering from an IIT. He wants to follow in his dad's footsteps and wants to join civil services.
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