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No headway in lockers' case
Body of newborn clawed by dogs found
3 left in the fray
Open manholes an invitation to mishaps in city areas
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Cold wave continues as temp dips
Law and order has collapsed in state, says Bhattal
National painting workshop concludes
Students showcase science model
Goods worth Rs 10 lakh burgled from shop
Police sensitises drivers on women’s safety
Canada MP for better business environment in state
Household items gutted in fire
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No headway in lockers' case
Jalandhar, January 20 Investigations in the case are, however, in full swing and the police shall be checking the CCTV footages of cameras in the vicinity of the bank to search for any clues of the thieves. Talking to The Tribune, ADCP Naresh Dogra said, "The bank did not have any CCTV camera despite instructions issued to it many times in this regard. But we will now be checking out the CCTV footages of all cameras in the vicinity. The nearest camera is in a retail outlet nearby and we shall be checking to see if any unusual activity has been caught on it. CCTV cameras on nearby roads etc will also be checked for footage." Owing to the deftness with which the theft was done and the fact that the thieves seemed to be well versed with the goings-on at the bank, the police is not ruling out the possibility that the role of bank staff might also be suspect. While earlier there were reports that one of the thieves had left behind his mobile phone in the bank, Dogra denied the reports, saying the mobile in question fell from a locker. Sources said the police had also begun rounding up persons for questioning regarding the case. |
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Body of newborn clawed by dogs found
Jalandhar, January 20 ACP Sarabjit Singh and Makhan Singh, SHO, of the Basti Bawa Khel police station rushed to the spot after a bystander informed the police. While so far, no one had come to claim the body, the police said the child seemed to be one-week-old. It looked as if the body had been thrown into the nullah, it added. But investigations in the case were on Meanwhile, a case has been registered against anonymous persons. SHO of the Basti Bawa Khel police station said, "While the body of the child has been sent to Civil Hospital for postmortem, we shall wait for 72 hours before the postmortem in case someone might come to claim the body."
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3 left in the fray
Jalandhar, January 20 The contest will be among the sitting president Kamaljit Singh Hayre, its former president Pritam Singh Narangpur and Jasbir Singh Gill, as one more candidate, Sukhwant Singh Padda of Germany, withdrew his nomination papers on the last day of withdrawal on Sunday. A total of seven candidates had filed their nomination papers for the election. On Saturday, three candidates, Jagjit Singh Toor, Sarbjit Singh and Gurjit Kaur, had withdrawn their nomination papers. The election officials designated for the January 27 NRI Sabha president election had held a meeting of all the candidates to explore the possibility of unanimity yesterday. ADC-cum-returning officer Praneet Bhardwaj and assistant returning officer-cum-SDM-1 Iqbal Singh Sandhu had made an effort to have unanimity of all candidates during an hour-long meeting on Saturday, but it could not be finally achieved.
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Open manholes an invitation to mishaps in city areas
Jalandhar, January 20 Interestingly one such open manhole is lying uncovered for over two months in a locality falling under Punjab local bodies minister Bhagat Chunni Lal’s Assembly segment. The open manhole is located at lane number three of Tara Singh Avenue falling under ward number 42 in the Jalandhar West Assembly segment. The MCJ authorities have failed to cover the open manhole despite bringing this to the notice of Mayor Sunil Jyoti and area councillor Baldev Singh several times. As a result, the open manhole is posing a danger to the lives of a number of persons, especially the children passing through this lane daily. When The Tribune team visited the area on Sunday, it found that the open manhole created double trouble for the residents. Firstly, there was the impending risk of falling of children in the open manhole and secondly the sewage overflowing from the manhole. As a result, the sewage water has accumulated in the area and at some vacant plots near the open manhole. The stink emanating from the accumulated sewage water was also giving an open invitation to diseases. Besides a deep and wide pit of nearly 6 feet by 6 feet was also created due to sewage overflowing around the open manhole on the kutcha lane of the locality. An active member of Tara Singh Avenue Welfare Society, Dr Rohit Arora, said “They had informed area councillor Baldev Singh soon after the slab around the manhole was broken when a car passed over it around Diwali over two months ago.” Dr Arora said, “There is the risk of occurrence of any mishap anytime, as a number of children daily pass through the lane as a playschool is also located here.” Besides they had also lodged a complaint telephonically with the MCJ. The MCJ authorities gave them complaint number as 341, he added. “When no effort was made to cover this open manhole, the representatives of the society met Mayor Sunil Jyoti twice. He telephoned to the official concerned in their presence to get the manhole covered immediately but to no avail so far,” he rued. Alleging that poor quality material was used in the construction of manholes while laying sewer in the area a few months ago, Dr Arora stated, “A number of slabs around manholes had already broken.” Dr Arora further stated, “The MCJ authorities have seemingly not learnt any lesson from the incident that occurred in an area of the same ward in which the five year old boy Sagar had died after falling in one such uncovered manhole at the Kutcha Kot locality on the Basti Peer Dad road in November, 2011.” While Mayor Sunil Jyoti could not be contacted despite repeated attempts, area councillor Baldev Singh told The Tribune, “I had given in writing to the MCJ SDO concerned to cover this open manhole a few days ago and the same would be covered soon.” |
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Pulse polio drive begins
Jalandhar, January 20 While 52,525 children from the urban areas were administered drops, from the rural areas drops were administered to as many as 76,318 children. As many as 1,125 booths were set up by 2,219 teams across the city. The three-day pulse polio campaign in the city was kicked off by local bodies minister Bhagat Chunni Lal at the Civil Hospital here. The minister released tri-colour balloons to mark the occasion. Elsewhere, the pulse polio booth at Government Elemnetary School, Kaki Pind, was inaugurated by BJP leader and MLA Manoranjan Kalia who administered drops to children. The camp near Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Gurdwara was inaugurated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari and city Mayor Sunil Jyoti by administering drops to children. The pulse polio campaign was conducted with the help of the Rotary International and Innewheel Clubs, CRPF personnel among the other regular staff (and students) employed by the health department. Civil Surgeon Dr RL Bassan and medical superintendent, Dr Renu Bala, among others, were also present on the occasion. Kapurthala: Thousands of children were given polio drops on the first day of the campaign which was kicked off with the administration of polio drops to a child by Civil Surgeon Dr Balbir Singh on Sunday. The district health authorities have fixed a target of administering polio drops to 95,862 children below five years during the three-day campaign.
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Cold wave continues as temp dips
Jalandhar, January 20 The minimum temperature was recorded as 8.3 at Adampur in the district. The bright sun during the day provided some relief from the extreme cold during the day. Meanwhile, the meteorological department has predicted the continuation of the cold wave even on Monday. As per the weather forecast, the sky will be fair with occasional mist and fog. In the meantime, the lowest temperature was registered in Amritsar as 4.8 degrees Celsius, in Halwara, the minimum temperature was recorded as 5.5 degrees Celsius, in Pathankot the minimum temperature was recorded as 6.2 degrees Celsius, whereas in Bathinda, the minimum temperature was recorded as 3.1 degrees Celsius.
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Law and order has collapsed in state, says Bhattal
Phagwara, January 20 She said the people of the state were fed up of the wrong, selfish, corrupt and anti-people policies of the SAD-BJP government. She said they were eagerly waiting for the Congress to come in power, which would be proved in the by-elections to the Moga Assembly seat. She said Hindus and Dalits were now supporting the Congress. Bhattal alleged that the SAD-BJP alliance was misleading people by falsely claiming to have developed the state, specially in the power sector. She said people in both rural and urban areas were witnessing unannounced power cuts. She said the UPA-led Union Government was providing adequate funds to Punjab for education, employment and health, but the Badal government was diverting these funds in its own way and was blaming the UPA government for the financial crisis in the state. Bhattal claimed that the UPA government had initiated measures to curb corruption by introducing the Rights To Service Act and the Aadhaar Cards scheme which was making official machinery more accountable.
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National painting workshop concludes
Jalandhar, January 20 During the second session, Prof Dr Surjit Kaur (retd) showed her talent on the canvass using charcoal with oil colours. Prof Sushma (HoD of Fine Arts APJ College) drew a portrait of a lady with masterly skills. Parveen Kumar (lecturer in Fine Arts in the Government College for Girls, Ludhiana) demostrated his skills through coloured charcoals. Gurpreet Verma, an artist from Jalandhar, let his emotions manifest on the canvass and gave a novel definition of art by creating art through art. At the end of the workshop, all guests were honoured by Principal Dr Sarita Verma at the valedictory function and she appreciated art work done by the artists. Students were awarded the certificates for participating in the workshop.
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Students showcase science model Amandeep Singh and Madhav of class XI of Swami Sant Dass Public School, Jalandhar, participated in the internship camp of the Regional Incubators Science Hubs for Innovators (RISHI) project organised at the Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala, in collaboration with the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, from December 22, 2012 to January 15, 2013. Their project titled 'remote-controlled gadgets' was one among the 10 shortlisted there. This project, completed under the guidance of faculty members of computer science, made the duo win a cash prize of Rs 2,000 each. Principal HB Kaur congratulated the winners and gave them a cash prize of Rs 500 each. Gurpurb celebrated The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh was celebrated at Manav Sehyog School at Shahpur in Jalandhar. A special assembly was organised on the occasion. It was followed by a soulful rendition of a 'shabad' by school students. Principal Rajni Sharma highlighted the teachings of Sikhism. Polio booth set up The Rotary Club Of Jullundur established a polio booth at Sachiwale Dharamshala, Jal Cantt. It was to spread awareness about the prevention of the disease. Students of Army Public School actively participated by putting up banners, making announcements in Gurdwaras and doing door-to-door canvassing for three days. Over 97 children were administered polio drops. Video conferencing The authorities of Kamla Nehru Public School, Chak Hakim, Phagwara, organised an video conferencing for their students with students of the Songtan International Community Center, Korea. Eight students --- Nalini, Simerpreet, Kangan, Chahat, Himani, Harpreet, Ruchika and Abhishek of classes IX and X --- interacted with nine Korean students. They discussed about their schools, likes, dislikes, famous personalities, food etc. In the next session on January 25, students will discuss about tourism, festivals, customs and traditions of their respective countries. School principal PK Dhillon said the school was taking such initiatives to give exposure to students. — TNS
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Goods worth Rs 10 lakh burgled from shop
Phagwara, January 20 Around 20 LCDs, seven microwaves, six home theatres, seven gas stoves and five steam irons were found to be missing from the shop. A case has been registered. Man run over by train An unidentified man was run over by a train near Mauli village between Goraya and Phagwara last night. The Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered case and sent the dead body to the Civil Hospital here for post-mortem examination. One killed in accident A man was killed on the spot in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a tractor near Kandolan-Kalan village on Noormahal-Talwan road yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Manjinder Singh. Office burgled The Cooperative Agricultural Society office in Ghurrka village near Goraya was burgled last night. The burglars took away goods and cash worth thousands of rupees. A case has been registered.
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Police sensitises drivers on women’s safety
Phagwara, January 20 At a meeting with cops and transport operators here last night, the SP instructed drivers of buses, tempos and auto rickshaws to ensure safety of women passengers, specially at night, and to give details of all their routes to the traffic police. He told them to immediately report eve-teasing cases to the police. SP Khakh said the police could be contacted on toll-free numbers 100, 01824-262900, 260990, 261092, 99150-10200, 99150-10300 and that toll-free number 1091 was available specially for women.
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Canada MP for better business environment in state
Phagwara, January 20 Talking to The Tribune last night, he said during his 16-day stay in the state, he could not find positive business atmosphere here. He urged the Centre and the state government to go beyond organising NRI meets so that NRIs could invest more in the state. He is on a personal visit to Punjab after attending the three-day Canada-Gujrat Commercial Relationship programme. He said he was surprised to see several NRI ministers and MPs roaming in Punjab with pilot vehicles and under a security cover. Shory said no special security cover was provided to them in foreign countries as the authorities there were committed to protecting each and every citizen equally. Shory advised youth seeking visa for foreign countries to adopt the right means through authorised travel agents. He said they could also contact the concerned Embassy through the Internet to get a valid visa. While talking about the infamous Delhi gang rape case, he said rigorous punishments like lifetime imprisonment were being given to rape accused in several countries.
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Household items gutted in fire
Jalandhar, January 20 The landlady, Rani, lighted the jot and placed it in the place of worship. A few minutes later, a fire broke out. Firemen dowsed the fire within a few minutes of getting the information.
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