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Police order to hotels, guest houses
encroachments
Narrow escape for 2 as Mercedes catches fire
No respite from cold wave
Rajiv Awas Yojna may get delayed
NRI Sabha poll on January 27
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Abduction bid causes scare
Jalandhar, January 15 Though the targeted nursing student managed to escape from the clutches of the youths and took refuge in a college hostel, the incident has created tension among women in the city and nearby areas. The incident occurred adjacent to the nursing college when the girl was on her way to the nursing institute at about 6 pm and two motorcycle-borne youths Amrit Pal, a resident of Gurdaspur, and Ramnjeet Singh of Amritsar, intercepted her. The duo, after an altercation, allegedly attempted to drag her and tried to make her sit on their bike, but the alert girl managed to escape from the place. She, reportedly, rushed to the nearby hostel of the institute and took refuge inside. The police revealed that the youths chased her till the hostel, but were stopped and nabbed by the institute’s security guards and subsequently the police was called. The girl, in a statement to the police, claimed that Amrit, who belongs to her village, had been forcing her to be friendly with her, said Balbir Singh, area station house officer. The youths were remanded to judicial custody by a local court. The incident has, meanwhile, created an atmosphere of insecurity among women who have demanded addition deployment of women police force in and around the educational institutes where eve-teasers and anti-social elements keep on loitering. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sarabjit Singh claimed that a sexual assault response team (SART), led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, had already been constituted for safeguarding the women. Moreover, a round-the-clock helpline (1091) has been introduced for the purpose. Moreover, every police station has been provided additional woman constables, two each, to provide foolproof security cover to the women, the DCP added. Night patrolling has also been intensified in and around the city, he claimed. |
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crime against women
Jalandhar, January 15 Stressing on the need of providing training to girls in martial arts, Tejinder Bir Singh said, “There is no dearth of legal provisions for the safety of women but there is a lack of awareness among women about legal help.” Admitting that there is a need for reforms in the police system, Jalandhar zone IG Gurpreet Deo said the police might work effectively with the cooperation of society. At the same time, she said, “A very important factor responsible for crime against women is that the patriarchal society’s mindset is not evolving at the same pace at which nowadays women are evolving.” Stating that media may play a vital role in spreading awareness among public regarding crime against women, Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar Director Om Gauri Dutt Sharma said, “Media has also become commercial nowadays and there is a rat race among channels for publicity.” Participating in the discussion, social activist Parminder Beri said, “It is very important to take timely action against any kind of sexual assault, domestic violence and exploitation of women and the judiciary must make efforts to ensure immediate justice to the victims and the offenders must be given exemplary punishment.” Programme executive at Doordarshan Kendra, Pankaj Chopra, said, “It is very important that one should choose one’s life partner very carefully for the smooth functioning of social system and education of the partner is very important.” Journalist Satnam Manak said, “It is the prime responsibility of educational institutions to inculcate moral values in students and produce good human beings in society. To bring a change in society, it is very essential to change socio-political set-up.” The discussion was followed by a healthy interactive session where the students enthusiastically asked relevant questions which were answered by the members of the panel. Concluding the discussion, KMV principal Dr Atima Sharma said the girls should not tolerate any kind of misbehaviour and take appropriate stand against it. Director Women Studies Centre, Mohini Sharda, also expressed her views on the occasion. |
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Two members of gang of
criminals arrested
Phagwara, January 15 Phillaur DSP Paramjit Singh Pannu, while confirming it, told The Tribune here this evening that the police had recovered eight stolen mobile phones and a stolen motor cycle from the accused. The accused have confessed to their involvement in more than 15 criminal incidents in Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr districts. The accused were also facing a case of abduction of a minor girl at the Mahilpur police station and looting of a gunman of Nawanshahar SSP, said Pannu. The police is investigating the matter and more disclosures are expected from the accused during further interrogation, said DSP
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Police order to hotels, guest houses
Jalandhar, January 15 Issuing orders in this regard, Deputy Commisioner of Police
(DSP) Sarbjit Singh said the owners and managements of the hotels, motels, guest houses and paying guest houses had been debarred to entertain any visitor and allow his stay in their establishments unless an identity proof, duly issued by a competent authority, was produced by the visitors to the management. A self-attested copy of the identity proof of the visitor should also be kept in the record for police verification, he directed the hoteliers. The DCP said it was mandatory for the hoteliers, motel and guest house owners to submit the record of their visitors staying with them to the police station of the area concerned every morning and get the records of visitors verified on every 15 and 30 th day of every month from the station house officer of the police station. |
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encroachments
Jalandhar, January 15 Starting from in front of the MC office at 3 pm, a team of the tehbazari department, armed with equipment to pull down encroachments, will move along with the traffic police and general police. The team will move towards Jyoti Chowk, Dolphin Chowk, Patel Chowk, Workshop Chowk and take the same path as followed usually in processions to return to the MC office at 5 pm. Assistant Commissioner Gurbinder Kaur Randhawa said the MC team had held a similar drive on last Wednesday, but the involvement of the Mayor in the drive would certainly have a major impact. “It will spell out more seriousness on part of the corporation, forcing people to think on encroachments in future. The public in general will feel much relieved as encroachments have made commuting difficult for the motorists,” she said.
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Narrow escape for 2 as Mercedes catches fire
Phagwara, January 15 Sukhdarshan Singh, owner of Amarjit Motor Garage, Phagwara, who was driving the car, said he was driving the car as “trial” after its repair when the fire broke out. He immediately applied brakes and jumped out of the car, which was almost completely charred. Fire Superintendent Phagwara Balkar Singh said fire tenders controlled the fire with great effort in half an hour. A short-circuit in wires of the car was said to be the cause of the fire. The exact loss is being estimated.
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No respite from cold wave
Jalandhar, January 15 However, bright sun
during the day provided relief from the extreme cold during the day as the maximum temperature was recorded as 19.8 degrees Celsius at Adampur. Meanwhile, the meteorological department predicted the continuation of cold wave even on Wednesday. As per weather forecast, the sky will remain party cloudy with continuous mist and haze and occasional
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Rajiv Awas Yojna may get delayed
Jalandhar, January 15 A detailed plan report of the project to the tune of Rs 49 crore put before Housing and Urban Development Coporation Limited, a nodal agency for financing housing and urban infrastructure activities in India, has received quite a few objections. The agency has demanded that the site plans for each slum locality be given with the minutest details. It has also sought a soft copy of the DPR and all tables and expenditure details mentioned in it in a "conformed pattern". The various slum localities for which the scheme was being sought included New Anand Nagar, Guru Nanak Nagar, Tej Mohan Nagar, Kot Sadiq and certain pockets in the Bhargo Camp, Abadpura and Mithapur areas. The officials of the B&R Wing of the MC have again got onto work to finish the requirements in a week's time so that the objections could be cleared in a meeting scheduled to be held in the last week of this month. If the MC misses this deadline, the project may then have to be put on the back burner till further proposals are sought on the matter by the Centre. Of the total Rs 49 crore, an amount of Rs 24.48 crore is to come from the Centre and 20 per cent each is to come from the state and the Municipal Corporation. The beneficiary himself is to spend 10 per cent of the cost of dwelling from his own pocket. The scheme is akin to the ongoing Integrated Slum Housing Development Project, but is more flexible in terms of approach with regard to construction plan. The Executive Engineer (B&R), Chaman Lal, said the team was fully confident of getting it cleared by January 31. "We are working on the objections raised so that they can be removed at the earliest," he said. |
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Farmers, labourers threaten to hold ‘rail roko’
Jalandhar, January 15 Criticisinging the state and Centre governments for working against the interests of the farmers and the labourers, state leaders of the organisations stated that the rates of DAV increased from Rs 465 to Rs 1,200 and the price of diesel was hiked from Rs 32 to 45, but the prices of various yields were not increased accordingly. They alleged that the state government had not waived the pending power bills of small farmers and labourers, despite accepting the same in principle. |
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NRI Sabha poll on January 27
Jalandhar, January 15 Sandhu, who had been appointed as the Returning Officer (RO) for the election process, said the scrutiny of nomination papers would be held on January 18, while contenders could withdraw their nomination papers till January 20 evening. The total number of voters of the NRI Sabha is 18,000, Sandhu added. |
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LPU win kho-kho championship
Jalandhar, January 15 Lovely Professional University defeated Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, by 14-13 points to become the champion of the north zone's league matches. Guru Nanak Dev University and MDU, Rohtak, won silver and bronze medals, respectively, whereas Panjab University, Chandigarh, remained contended with the fourth place by losing to MDU, Rohtak. Now, these four winners of the north zone league matches will compete with 12 winners of other zones during the national championship, scheduled again at LPU from January 25
to 30. Chancellor, Lovely Professional University, Ashok Mittal gave away medals to the players. |
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