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Shivali suicide case
Congress dummy House meeting mocks Mayor
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Fake currency recovered, three arrested
Gold, diamond ornaments worth
Rs 52 lakh seized
In the line of fire, the daring firemen who make your Diwali safe
Dry fruit prices move northwards
Farmers get less price for basmati crop in state
Speed up work, district attorneys directed
Int’l conference on trends in engineering concludes
campus notes
Students display art work, earn at Diwali mela
Teachers union holds protest, burns effigy of state govt
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Inspector, 2 lensmen acquitted
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 18 Shivali Kangotra, a student of local SD College, was allegedly forced to commit suicide after she was harassed by Balwinder Kaur in full public view on the railway road. Shivali had jumped before a running train at the Domoria over-bridge near the railway station on August 30, 2012. Inspector Balwinder Kaur was the main accused and two photographers of vernacular newspapers, Brijesh Kumar and Ravi, were the co-accused. The photographers, who were at the spot, allegedly clicked her photographs despite her requests not to do so. The issue was highlighted in the media, following which the state government ordered Jalandhar Zone IG Gurpreet Deo to conduct an inquiry into the incident. In her findings, the IG had held Kaur and the two photographers responsible for forcing the girl to take the extreme step. The inquiry report also mentioned that the girl had threatened to commit suicide if her photographs were published in media. After going through the inquiry report, Principal Secretary (Home), DS Bains, ordered to book Balwinder Kaur and the two photographers in abetment to suicide case. A case under Section 306 of the IPC was registered against them. During the trial, the court found the trio innocent and acquitted them of all charges.
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Congress dummy House meeting mocks Mayor
Jalandhar, October 18 Their dummy House meeting exactly gave the impression of the proper MC House meeting. They orchestrated this drama against the mayor for delaying the house meeting for months. Congress councillor Jagdish Raja said in the tenure of Mayor Sunil Jyoti, he had conducted only five house meetings and in the last eight months, no house meeting was held in the MC. “We had been requesting the mayor to hold a house meeting, but he never responded to our demands. The Mayor is neck deep in corruption and he fears of being exposed in the meeting,” Raja added. The Congress councillors’ dummy meeting was exactly giving the impression that a real house meeting was taking place. The councillors asked several questions to the Mayor (fake one acting the Mayor) on the financial plight of the MC. They took on the Mayor about the rising corruption inthe corporation. The coucillors attempted to gherao the Mayor on the issue of taking 12 gunmen. They alleged that by keeping 12 gunmen, the MC had been bearing a cost of around Rs 4 lakh per month on their salaries. While making sarcastic remarks against the Mayor, they said, it seemed he had taken 12 gunmen to save himself from stray dogs.The councillors also cornered the “Mayor” on the issue of stray dog menace, dilapidated roads, plight of city parks, lack of fogging drive, mushrooming of illegal colonies and buildings, and about the project of the proposed sports hub. When contacted, Mayor Sunil Jyoti termed the Congress a dummy party. Every year, Congress is being thrown out. They have no power, hence they believe in dummy things, he said, adding that the MC was soon going to announce the House meeting in a day or two and Congress councillors had held this “dummy meeting” just to take the credit that their dummy meeting led the Mayor to announce the House meeting.
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Fake currency recovered, three arrested
Jalandhar, October 18 Jarnail Singh of the CIA staff said acting on a tip-off, they laid a trap near Madara village and the three were arrested. When their belongings were frisked by the cops, fake currency was recovered. The police said the arrest of the trio could lead to disclosures about their network in Punjab and the police could recover more fake currency. Currency was being supplied from Thailand
Sources said the accused were in touch with a criminal, who was lodged in the Faridkot jail in connection with a fake currency smuggling case. The criminal in the Faridkot jail had connections with fake currency smugglers in Thailand. After the trio got in touch with the jailed criminal, they started operating a gang to smuggle fake currency from Thailand to India. After bring currency from Thailand, they had been supplying the currency in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The police would also bring the kingpin, who has been operating the fake currency network from jail, on production warrant to get more information about their network. |
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Gold, diamond ornaments worth
Rs 52 lakh seized
Jalandhar, October 18
Acting on the tip-off, a bus was stopped on the Ludhiana road and the suspect was rounded up. The person, who was rounded up, was identified as Rakesh Kumar of Rajasthan. After officials frisked the person, the ornaments were recovered. He was taking ornaments for delivery from Delhi. The officials said Rakesh was to deliver the ornaments to dealers in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur. The recovered ornaments included 236 gold rings, some diamond-studded bangles and two gems of solitaire. Excise officials said since the festival season was on, to keep a tab on the dealers who were evading tax, mobile wing teams were on alert mode and efforts were being made to nab tax evaders.
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In the line of fire, the daring firemen who make your Diwali safe
Jalandhar, October 18 “During one of the police encounters held at village Satowaali in 1997 with a group of terrorists, one of our firemen Amarjeet made the supreme sacrifice of his life. The terrorist, while coming out of a house, fired around 20 bullets on him,” said Rajinder Sharma, Sub Fire officer, Jalandhar. He also said that along with the police, the fire safety officials have also contributed a lot to fight terrorism in the state. So many times, we have supported the Punjab Police from behind during major terrorist operations conducted at that time. Also, the Jalandhar Fire Department got the privilege to serve the nation during the Kargil war. “That was one of the most deadly experiences of our lifetime,” said Birbal Jassi, Sub Fire Officer. He said that the department was given the responsibility to guard the Army and people at the Fazilka and Jalalabad border. “During that time, due to scorching heat, the rabi crop sown in the border area used to catch fire. We had to move the vehicles very carefully in the fields as the Army had installed landmines in that area,” said Jassi. He also said that so many times, the staff witnessed landmines bursting during the fire incidents and also Army engineers saved them from the landmines. “The job demands this. Diwali is the biggest challenge for us. If we manage to pass it safely, our half job is done for the next year. In my 26-year career, I rarely celebrated Diwali with my family at home,” said Amrik Singh, another fireman. He said that one of his co-workers was burnt badly in a fire outbreak at a factory in 1997 where industrial wax melted and stuck to the fireman’s body. “It was with much difficulty that the wax could be scratched from his body and he had to face the near death-like experience for months after the incident,” said Amrik Singh. While narrating another life-threatening experience, Naresh kumar, the fireman said that while evacuating a family from the fire outbreak site, he burnt both his arms. “We came to know about a domestic cylinder blast at a house in Basti Danishmanda. As soon as we entered the house, another blast took place. I, along with my senior officer, got severely burnt, but we managed to evacuate the family from the site,” said Kumar. The district administration honoured him and Rajender Kumar, Sub Fire officer on August 15 for their devotion to duty. The district administration has circulated a notice in the office against taking leave three days before Diwali and two days after the festival. “Our teams will be on job round-the-clock. The staff is also putting in extra hours to deal with any untoward incident in the city and the rural areas as well,” said Surjit Singh, District Fire Safety Officer. For Diwali, these daring 50 men have urged the city residents to celebrate the festival with utmost care.
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Dry fruit prices move northwards
Jalandhar, October 18 The traders point out that the recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir are the only premise in the increase of prices, because only walnuts and almonds come from the state. The greatest increase is in the prices of dried apricots, which cost Rs 500 per kg now, while their prices were just Rs 150 few days ago. The prices of walnuts have also seen a rise to the tune of Rs 300 which are being sold at Rs 1,000 earlier. The prices of pistachios have seen a rise of Rs 200 . Raisins which prices at Rs 150 per kg, are being sold at Rs 300 now. Cashew nuts and almonds have witnessed a Rs 50 and Rs 100 increase respectively. “The price and the Mall culture is certainly having an impact on the market because there is a visible low in the footfall. Moreover, the prices do not affect us much because our returns remain more or less the same but they are certainly going to impact the customers,” said Raj Kumar, a shopkeeper in the Imam Nasir area.
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Farmers get less price for basmati crop in state
Jalandhar, October 18 The verities like 1121 and 1509 were sold on hefty prices ranging from Rs 3,500 to 4,500 per quintal last year. This year the farmers are forced to sell them at Rs 2400 to 2500 per quintal. Despite of the fact the input cost has been increased drastically with the hike in the prices of seeds fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides and diesel. Teja Singh, a paddy farmer from Chak Chela village, who has around 70 acre of land under paddy said it was very unfortunate that the basmati was getting less price this year. However the input cost has been increased. The Centre and the state governments must consider bringing basmati in the MSP list if they are really inclined to implement crop diversification. Ravinderpal Singh Kanedi, a commission agent (arhtiya) said the fact was there were very few buyers for basmati this year since there were very minimal export possibilities. “Apart from this, the1509 variety is not considered as Basmati variety of paddy. It has no basmati smell in it. Therefore people are reluctant to buy that,.” he added. Speaking to Jalandhar Tribune Chief Agriculture Officer, Suttantar Kumar said the agriculture ministry has been informed at various occasions to provide MSP at Basmati and Maize yet no avail. The reason of less price of basmati this year is that it is not higher in demand. “I believe the farmers here are not taught to produce quality basmati. The pesticides and fertilizers are used much higher than the permissible limit that reduces the possibility of export to the foreign countries including the Gulf European countries,” he added.
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Speed up work, district attorneys directed
Jalandhar, October 18 Sandhu, who chaired the meeting of 28 District Attorneys here at the Circuit House, issued directions to speed up proceedings in the pending criminal cases, so that work load of courts can be relieved. District Attorney, Jalandhar, Angrej Singh also accompanied him. “I have sought details of all criminal cases which have been lying pending for the past five years. The DAs have also been told to submit reason for the delay”, said Sandu. He asked the DAs to send the copies of decision of courts in which government officials were involved to their department concerned. The Director discussed in detail the problems being faced by the DAs during the trial of criminal cases. Sandhu while putting light on the directions of the Supreme Court on Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), gave example of Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar, in which the court has told all state governments not to automatically arrest the accused when a case under Section 498 A of the IPC is registered, but to satisfy themselves about the necessity for the arrest under the parameters laid down above flowing from Section 41,of the CrPc. Earlier, the quarterly meeting was being held at Chandigarh only, but for the first time, the meeting has been held in Jalandhar.
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Int’l conference on trends in engineering concludes
Jalandhar, October 18 The conference was organised in collaboration with the Department of Science (DST), Defence, Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Dr Charles M Kay, vice-president, ASB Industries, Barberton, OH (US) was the chief guest while Dr Jeganathan Karthikeyan from ASB Industries was the guest of honour on the occassion. Dean Academics and convener of the conference, Dr Buta Singh Sidhu, in his valedictory address expressed gratitude towards the guests, delegates, sponsors and the PTU team. “I am happy to share that this conference has attracted more than 150 researchers from more than 10 states of the country and seven countries of the globe of which Poland and Japan participated for the first time,” said Sidhu. Prof (Dr) Christopher C Berndt from Surface Science and Interface Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne said, “Another international conference credit has been added under my belt and I am quite pleased to attend the same once again. But I would like to see this international conference the globe’s “best” conference in coming ten years. I am sure that this achievement would be attained by putting the maximum efforts and through strengthening the ties between various countries.” Dr Rajneesh Arora, Vice- Chancellor, PTU, congratulated the team through his written message and thanked all the delegates and guests for attending the conference.
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Zonal youth festival
Students of the Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, participated in 29 different Cultural show
Kamla Nehru College for Women organised a Golden Jubilee Cultural Show “Indradhanush”. Vijay Sampla, Member of Parliament was the chief guest. IK Sardana, president and principal Kiran Walia welcomed the chief guest and Amit Sampla, BJP secretary. — TNS |
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Students display art work, earn at Diwali mela
Jalandhar, October 18 The pupose of the Mela was to display the art work and earn some pocket money. Murals, lamp, candles, candle stands, painting, furniture, bags, jewellery were in great demand. Handmade paper, reclaimed wood, pop art light installation and kitschy craft work, which are generally not available at the Malls attracted high demand. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune students said the “Diwali Mela” has been organised with the support of their college faculty, and added that on Friday they sold so many items and earned a good sum for pocket money. “Our motive was to let people know about our art work, which we have been doing successfully”, said Kumar Harsh,an Applied Art student.
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Teachers union holds protest, burns effigy of state govt
Jalandhar, October 18 Teachers said despite the fact that there were instructions for the teachers to get all the benefits like other teachers of the Education Department, the same was still not being done. “ Calling these teachers as working under the scheme the state government was constantly meting out step- motherly treatment to them and during the rationalisation the state government sent new teachers at their schools while they were posted in other schools,” said teachers. “Notwithstanding the CSR rules, the state government was giving maternity leave of three months instead of six months. The state needed at least 29,000 more teachers, the government was shirking from its reponsbility of providing more teachers to the state,” added teachers. “Despite the assurances of the chief Minister, the recent DGSE statement only sidelines them as teachers of the scheme and liable to benefits only as per the scheme,” said teachers. They said if their demand was not met, they would intensify their struggle.
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Jalandhar, October 18
Jalandhar, October 18
Jalandhar, October 18
