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2 cops booked for trying to rob Army man
Passengers suffer as stray dogs invade city railway station
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Amritsar, May 7 Long and erratic power cuts are back to haunt city residents with the onset of summer season. With the city temperature touching 38°C coupled with the introduction of unscheduled and erratic power cuts, residents anticipate a relatively warm summer ahead. Seminar on legal literacy organised
Officials hampering filing of papers: Cong
Potatoes can be grown in Punjab, says expert
Quit India Movement hero dead
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2 cops booked for trying to rob Army man
Amritsar, May 7 A case has been registered against both of them and their accomplice Channa under Sections 384, 387, 342 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act, said Arun Sharma, SHO of the Sultanwind police station. In another development this evening, head constable Jaswinder Singhy tried to commit suicide by consuming poison after his name surfaced in the FIR, that was lodged today with the Sultanwind police station. Jaswinder Singh was admitted to the ICU of Mahajan Hospital. Jaswinder's wife Amarjit Kaur said her husband was under great depression. "He had to resort to this extreme step after getting depressed by the repeated threatening calls by senior police officers. We do not know any other reason behind it," she said. According to information, the three occupants of an Alto car intercepted a Sonipat-based resident, Vikas Tyagi, a cook in the Army, between 11.30 pm and 12 last night outside the railway station. According to the victim Vikas Tyagi, the accused forcibly took him in the car at gun point. They kept him in their custody for over three hours. After snatching his camera and purse containing Rs 500 they asked him to give them more money. When he assured them of giving more money through an ATM, they agreed and take him to an ATM located on the Tarn Taran road. Here he got an opportunity to ring up the his bank manager. The bank manager informed the Police Control Room about the incident. As soon as the occupants of the car saw a police vehicle, they sped away but head constable Satnam Singh, who was waiting outside the ATM, was nabbed by the police. Deputy Commissioner of Police Kaustub Sharma said, "At present, we are concerned about the health of our employee and would be supporting his family members. It is true that a case has been registered in a looting instance that occurred last night, in which names of these two policemen have been mentioned, but it is a matter to investigate later."
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Passengers suffer as stray dogs invade city railway station
Amritsar, May 7 A passenger at railway station, Jaswinder Singh, said it was annoying to see stray dogs roaming on the platforms. "These dogs lay on platforms and even occupy limited chairs there. Some of these even attack on being shoed away." Another passenger Sunita Abrol said the presence of a large number of stray dogs at a public place must be checked. She said an infected dog could prove dangerous for passengers and the railway authorities must take stock of the situation. Sources at the railway dispensary said six persons had been administered anti-rabbies shots in the past five months. However, it was not certain that all of these had been bitten at the railway station and around it. The latest census report on pet and stray dogs by the Animal and Husbandry Department is still pending, while the Municipal Corporation (MC) has failed to check the population of stray dogs, which continue to haunt the residents of the city. As per the 2007 survey there were 25,000 stray dogs in the Municipal Corporation limits of the city. However, only 7 per cent of these could be sterilised, making the control of stray dog population a challenge. A bigger challenge has come up with a sharp rise in the number of dog-bite cases in the city. As per the official records, in 2012, 1,707 cases of dog bites were reported at the Anti-rabies Department of the government-run Guru Nanak Dev Hospital (GNDH) here. Another startling fact was that four persons died due to rabies. However, officials say the actual figure could be very high, as people generally prefer private clinics and hospitals to government hospitals. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Ferozepur division, Northern Railway, Naresh Chander Goel said since the matter of stray dogs at the railway station had been brought to his notice now he would look into it. He added that he would also write to the Amritsar civic authorities to check the growing number of stray dogs.'
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Erratic power cuts turn up the heat
Amritsar, May 7 All sections of the society office goers, traders, and industrialists feel that their routine life has been upset. The city is sizzling as temperature is fast heading towards 40°C, said Kanwaljit Singh, a lecturer. “Heat waves in the noon is making things unbearable,” he reacted. Senior officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) maintained that power cuts ranging between half hour to one-hour-long were being imposed in different areas of the city to balance the demand and supply gap. However, residents of many localities claimed that the duration was much more than that. Sharanjit Kaur, a housewife, said power remained off all day yesterday in Majitha road area. She said erratic power cuts had already been introduced which hampers domestic chores. Satnam Singh Kanda, a hotelier, said majority of hotels in the walled city use inverters. He rued that frequent power cuts leave the inverters gasping and needed frequent repairs. Any breakdown means repairs and its frequent usage adds up to the investment cost, while the room rent remains the same. He said the peak season was ahead with the start of summer breaks in educational institutes in the country, adding that power supply was crucial for the hospital industry as tourists do not tolerate power cuts. Surinder Kumar, an electronic gadgets trader, said the sale of generators and invertors had gone up with the intensification of summer and introduction of power cuts. The hospitality and hotel industry, the mainstay of the city's economy, apart from trade and industry were adversely affected in case of power cuts. With each passing day, the gap between demand and supply is widening and the situation is expected to become worse from June 10 as the paddy season starts. "Paddy, being a water guzzling crop, forces farmers to draw out more water and for this, they need to run tubewells for a longer time," said PSPCL (Border Range) Chief Engineer Sudeep Singh Sandhu. He informed that presently, the district was short of 3 million units of power per month as the consumption was 140 million units, while the supply was 137 million units. He said no attempt had been made to procure power from outside and the gap was being filled with long power cuts. He said the power would be procured from external sources after the start of paddy sowing season. About the day-long power cut yesterday, he said it was made necessary to provide second power supply source to 220 KV substation at Majitha. He added the power cut was well advertised before its implementation.
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Seminar on legal literacy organised
Amritsar, May 7 This seminar was organised under the guidance of HS Madaan, District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Amritsar, in order to create legal awareness amongst students of Government Senior Secondary Schools regarding services offered by the Punjab Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh, and about various laws of land.
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Officials hampering filing of papers: Cong
Amritsar, May 7 Majithia said the ruling alliance had played a major role in coercing, threatening and alluring Congressmen. The chairman announced the names of the Congress candidates for various Zila Parishad and Block Samitis falling under the Majitha Constituency.
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Potatoes can be grown in Punjab, says expert
Amritsar, May 7 The PhD degree was conferred on Dr Kanwaljit by Guru Nanak Dev University. He conducted a research and found that three varieties of the potato, including Atlantic, Lady Rosetta and Kufri Chipsona-I, were right ones to be adopted for cultivation. "As this region witness low temperature, potato is difficult to grow, but these varieties are fit for cultivation though sowing has to be planned in accordance with the experts’ advice," he said. While thanking College Principal Dr Daljit Singh and Head of Department Dr JS Bal for his research work, Dr Kanwaljit said more than 85,000 hectare of area was under potato cultivation in Punjab which could be enhanced further. It would earn dividends for farmers as a cash crop. He also suggested that to overcome the glut, the processing industry had to be introduced to process potato as chips or other commercial eatable items. He also thanked his guide and supervisor Dr Gurbax Singh and co-supervisor Dr RS Marwaha and said the study was important because Amritsar was considered unsuitable for potato growing, but they had found that if planted in first week of October, these varieties would bring better quality and quantity and commercial cultivation was also possible in the region. Students shine in GND Varsity results
Students of the Department of Mass Communication and Video Production, DAV College Amritsar, made the college proud by bagging different positions in the examinations held by Guru Nanak Dev University in December 2012. Gurpreet Singh, a student of Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication bagged first position in the university by securing 391 out of 550, while Judge Singh bagged third position in the university by securing 373 out of 550 marks. Vishesh Chabra and Nitin Mahajan also bagged fourth and seventh position in the university by securing 379 and 368 marks, respectively. College Principal Dr KN Kaul congratulated the merit holders and honoured them. Remedial coaching by GNDU from June 10 The Guru Nanak Dev University would conduct 13-week remedial coaching for graduate and postgraduate students. This coaching will be provided in English, logical reasoning and general knowledge from June 10 to September 6. Dr Daljit Singh Arora, Director, All-India Services Pre Examinations Training Centre, said the objective was to impart training in English, logical reasoning and General Knowledge to prepare students for competitive examinations. The course fee is Rs 4,000 for the general category, while candidates from the reserved category students, including SC/ST, OBC and minority communities, will be exempted from the coaching fees. The application form will be available in the centre against a cash payment of Rs 30/- and the last date for the submission of complete application forms is May 24, 2013. The interview will be held on May 29 at 10 am in the department. Awareness programme on Scopus organised at GNDU Bhai Gurdas Library of the Guru Nanak Dev University organised an awareness programme on Scopus, a world’s largest abstract and citation database which covers computer science engineering, medicine, social sciences, business management and accounting. Dr MS Hundal, Dean, Academic Affairs, presided over the function. Priyanka Negi, Product Sales Manager, from Scopus provided information regarding best use of Scopus, its services and features. Librarian Dr HS Chopra welcomed the chief guest and highlighted the importance and use of Scopus for the academic community. This user awareness programme was attended by faculty members, researchers and students of different departments.
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Quit India Movement hero dead
Amritsar, May 7 A hero of the Quit India Movement, Parkash Chand Vallah was 93 years' old. He is survived by four daughters and a son.
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Out of the three car-borne persons who tried to rob an Army man on gun point late last night near the railway station, the two of them turned out to be policemen.
Stray dogs have invaded the city railway station, giving a tough time to passengers alighting and boarding different trains. The authorities have failed to initiate necessary measures to curb the menace.
