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Five killed in accidents
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 23 Jarnail Singh, his son Sukhdev Singh and Inderjit Singh, all residents of Jujhar Nagar in Malerkotla, were killed when the Indica Car (PB-11-AS-9157) they were travelling in collided with a mini-truck (HP-73-1077) coming from the opposite side near Kup Kalan village late on Friday night. Mohammad Imran, the driver of the car, was shifted to a multi-specialty hospital in Ludhiana. His condition is stated to be serious. The car collided with the mini-truck after the front tyre of the vehicle burst. The passers-by and the police had to struggle to take out the body and rescue the driver. The victims were returning home after visiting a a hospital in Ludhiana. Balwinder Singh of Jagera village was killed after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a stationary tempo on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road this morning. In another incident, Gurcharan Singh of Ekta Colony died after the scooter he was riding collided with a truck parked near Kup Crossing at 3.30 pm today. Officials at the Sadar police station, Ahmedgarh, said the bodies of the deceased had been handed over to their families after the post-mortem. They said inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC had been initiated. The span between Gill village and Bhogiwal on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla highway has turned deadly for commuters since it was four-laned a few years ago. Broken central dividers and the tendency of drivers to park their vehicles wrongly are major causes of accidents on the stretch. In today’s mishaps, the victims ignored safety measures to be adopted during travelling. While two-wheeler riders did not wear helmet, those travelling in the car did not fasten their seatbelts. Police investigations revealed that Gurcharan Singh, who died near Kup Chowk, lost control over his two-wheeler when a cloth he had wrapped around him came in front of his face. Acknowledging that the mishaps took place due to overspeeding, Jarnail Singh Ghuman, SHO (Sadar), said the police had launched a drive against unsafe driving in collaboration with social organisations. "Office-bearers of social organisations and village panchayats have come forward to spread awareness on the consequences of unsafe driving," said
Ghuman.
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Parking of vehicles on service lanes
Ludhiana, February 23 The instructions came following a writ petition filed by the residents near Le Baron Hotel, stating that owners of commercial establishments parked their vehicles on service lanes/streets putting them to inconvenience. Following which, the High Court issued instructions that the service lanes should not be blocked. "If they want to park vehicles, they should be charged," the court stated. Besides, the High Court has also asked the authorities to come up with their short-term and long-term plans to ease the situation and the MC authorities have reportedly submitted the plans too. The short-term plan includes compliance with the High Court directions while the long-term plan includes the six-laning of Ferozpur Road and the cost of the project will be Rs 135 crore. MC Commissioner Rakesh Verma said the authorities would comply with the directions and service lanes would be cleared for the convenience of the public. "The next date of hearing is on February 26 and we are hopeful of solving the problem," said Verma. Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari said he had requested the MC authorities to ask nodal officers to check that service lanes were not blocked. He also asked the police department to tow away vehicles so that the orders were complied in true spirit. |
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Residents wake up to rainy, chilly day
Ludhiana, February 23 Dr KK Gill, agro-meteorologist from the PAU, said, "The city received 30 mm of rainfall today. The change in weather is due the western disturbances. The sky will remain cloudy tomorrow and the weather conditions are expected to improve in the coming days," Gill said. "Woollens are out once again," said Anshul, another resident. Some residents were seen enjoying the rain. |
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Sales tax evasion: 214 packets of goods confiscated from
railway station
Ludhiana, February 23 "The goods will be evaluated, once these are verified tomorrow. The exact cost of the goods cannot be ascertained right now. It is learnt that the goods belong to three transport agencies, Balwant Group, Tinku Bhatia Group and Aman Rail Services," said Dhaliwal. "The raid was conducted on the directions of AETC Inderjit Singh Bhamra and DTC Karamjit Kaur Brar," he added. The offenders will be penalised. They will have to pay 50 per cent of the total amount as a fine. |
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Drunk teacher suspended
Ludhiana, February 23 Following the school principal’s report, Shamsher Singh’s medical examination was conducted at the Civil Hospital yesterday, which confirmed that he was drunk on duty. On August 16, 2012, the teacher came to the school in an inebriated state. An inquiry was conducted and he was let off after a warning. But the teacher repeated his act, following which he was suspended. Meanwhile, a surprise check was conducted at some schools in Khanna and Samrala by deputy district education officer Dr Charanjit Singh. A teacher was found absent at Government High School, Aloona Palla. The school committee and panchayat members recommended transfer of the teacher. Dr Singh said the report would be sent to the DGSE. |
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22-yr-old hangs himself to death
Ludhiana, February 23 Investigating officer Angrej Singh said Lekh Raj locked his room from inside around 9 pm on Friday. When he did not wake up this morning, Lekh Raj’s family members opened the door and found him hanging from a ceiling fan hook. “Lekh Raj’s parents said he was short tempered and used to lock the room from inside,” said the investigating officer. The deceased’s father, Tarsem Lal, is assistant accountant at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana.
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Property tax: Foes turn friends
Ludhiana, February 23 And most interestingly, the political foes see eye to eye on the issue. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party that's a bitter critic of the Congress at the Centre are united in opposing the imposition of the property tax. Mehta, while flaying the state government for the imposition of the tax, said, "Who's accountable to the people of Punjab, the state government or the Centre? Till now how many Centre-imposed conditions have been accepted by the state government?" In his letter addressed to the CM, he asked why the state government had not curtailed its expenses despite an economic downturn in the state. The District Congress Committee (Urban) president, Pawan Dewan, while talking to The Tribune, said, "The people of Punjab are already overburdened with taxes. Imposing property tax will add to the burden unnecessarily." He suggested that a one-time settlement, taking into account the size of the plot in question, was a viable option. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party, which started its very first Ludhiana-centric programme with the protest against the imposition of the property tax, claimed credit for motivating the city residents to file objections to the imposition of the tax. "In the past five days, 122 persons filed their objections.
On February 26, the party will hold a meeting with the officials deputed by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Commissioner to hear the objections to the imposition of the tax," said AAP district secretary Balbir Aggarwal. The party said it would launch a campaign in the city if the tax was not revoked.
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Students all out to clean Sarabha Nagar market
Ludhiana, February 23 With a message "It is time to get our hands dirty for a cleaner Ludhiana", the volunteers put in their efforts to make Ludhiana clean and green. A joint initiative of the Municipal Corporation, A2Z Group along with the Aagaz Charitable Foundation, NGOs and CityHawk, a web portal on Facebook, the drive was supported by students of the College of Home Science, PAU. MC Commissioner Rakesh Verma also participated and appreciated the move. Verma said Ludhiana had been declared as the most polluted city of the world in a leading magazine a few days ago. Due to the higher level of pollution, the residents were facing health problems. "And it is high time that we should get together," he said. Verma said Sarabha Nagar was chosen as it was the heart of the city. "Our motive is to educate and motivate youngsters about clean and healthy environment," he said. Preeti Kansal and Manmeet from the Aagaz Foundation said the rain could not dampen the spirits of about 80 students of the Home Science College, PAU, who had come with their Dean Dr Neelam
Grewal. "The students presented a skit on eve-teasing, health and hygiene. Besides, the students took a round of certain blocks in Sarabha Nagar to create awareness," said Kansal. The Sarabha Nagar Main Market Association said the market witnessed a huge rush and remained abuzz with activity.
There was a need to generate awareness among the residents to maintain cleanliness. BPS Chauhan, vice-president, A2Z Waste Management Company, said “It is just the beginning and we will ensure that every resident's attention is drawn towards the environment and its maintenance".
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hyderabad blast
Ludhiana, February 23 He has directed that peace, law and order should be maintained in the city. Institutions that do not have CCTV cameras must make efforts get these installed as soon as possible. He said that these cameras can be very useful, as one can keep a tab on movement of people passing by. Being a business hub, there are a lot of people coming in and going out of the city. He further said that administrators at education, business and financial institutions must see that the CCTV cameras are maintained and checked from time to time so that in case of any incident, evidence can be gathered from camera footage.
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Musical play ‘Kabeer’ casts spell
Ludhiana, February 23 Shekhar Sen said,” It is a musical mono act play, in which he plays the role of 38 characters,. The play depicts the life of the great reformist of his times, who challenged the deep-rooted social evils in the society. The play has “dohas”, compositions of the poet sung in 43 different “ragas”. He said that the original Indian play was not without music. The origin of the musical compositions is from Punjab itself, as even all the 'shabads' in Guru Granth Sahib are all in different ragas, he said. He said all his plays wereon the legendary reformerpoets, including Tulsidas, Kabeer, Vivekanand, Saahab and his forthcoming play Soordas. He said all these poets not only present ed the picture of the society, but were also great philosophers and poets of society," he said. All his plays are mono act musicals, wherein he plays all the people in the play. He says that rather than having multiple actors in his plays, a single-actor multiple character play conveys the story and emotion better.But now , his plays are equally applauded in places like New York, Los Angeles as well as in India.
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Three booked for trying to kill property dealer
Jagraon, February 23 In his complaint to the police, Harpreet Singh said he had a dispute over a piece of land with three persons, including Karamjit Singh, Jagraj Singh and Bittu, all residents of Jagraon. "When I was coming from Ludhiana, along with my friend, last evening, three persons stopped me near the Lal Palace theatre and fired gunshots at me. They then fled the scene," alleged Harpreet Singh. A case has been registered in this connection. 3 held for stealing
SEJ plates Ludhiana: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested three persons, including a railway employee, for stealing SEJ plates from the railway station. The RPF personnel said they found two persons loading SEJ plates on to a handcart. The two were nabbed. One of them has been identified as junk seller Major Singh. The accused said a watchman sold them the plates. The RPF also nabbed the third accused, Charanjit Singh, watchman. They were produced in a local court which sent them to a 14-day judicial remand.
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Cash, cellphone stolen from bakery
Ludhiana, February 23 Harjit Singh, bakery owner, said that when he came in the morning he found that the shutter was damaged. He entered the bakery and found that the safe was open and the cash and the mobile phone was not there. The police has registered a case against unidentified persons and the probe was on. Illegal sand mining
The mining officer of the District Industrial Centre has registered a case at Mehrban police station against unidentified drivers for illegal sand mining at Buthagarh village on the river Sutlej. Police has seized three tractor trailers, one tipper and four trucks loaded with sand. The police has registered a case under Section 21 of the Mininig ACT and section 379 of the IPC. One held with drugs
The city police recovered habit-forming drugs from the possession of a person at Tibba Road today. The accused identified as been identified as Gaurv Goyal, a resident of Shivaji Nagar. The olice recovered 30 bottles of corex syrup, 25 cough syrup, capsules and pills. Jodhewal Police has registered a case against accused under the NDPC Act.
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