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Bank officials injured in attack
After feedback, DC tells revenue staff to be present in office during working hours
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Kapurthala ROB to be ready in a
week
From schools
Health Dept seals scanning machine
NGO demands crackdown on ‘satta’ mafia
Retd bank cashier’s wife looted of gold chain
Cops conduct checking at Bhargav Camp
Residents stage protest outside police station
Miraculous escape for schoolchildren
Lahan recovered from car
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Bank officials injured in attack
Jalandhar, November 14 A senior bank manager of the Central Bank of India branch, located in PUDA Complex, Bhagat Goyal, a resident of Patiala, along with the regional manager SK Rohila, chief manager SS Dahiya, Roshan, branch manager of the Mai Hera Gate branch, and staff member Vijay Kumar were visiting the site. Senior bank manager Bhagat sustained serious injuries on legs, face, arms and other body parts. “We had gone to survey the site mortgaged by Satya Metals, situated in the Industrial Area, against a huge amount of loan at Alipur in the afternoon. Since Satya Metals had failed to pay back the loan, they have been declared defaulters by the bank and the bank had also won the case in Debt Tribunal Recovery (DRT) which extended the rights to the bank to sell the mortgaged property to recover the loan amount,” Bhagat said. The moment the bank staff reached the spot, nearly 15 armed persons, including women, attacked the bank staff. All pounced on me and injured me with sharp-edged weapons, the victim added. Regional bank manager SK Rohila also sustained serious injuries on his arms, while other bank staff managed to escape from the spot. Presently, the mortgaged property has been possessed by some unknown persons and not by Satya Metals. Still we suspect that the attack might have been orchestrated by men of Satya Metals, bank officials said. The bank officials said, the police were informed about the attack. |
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After feedback, DC tells revenue staff to be present in office during working hours
Jalandhar, November 14 DC Kamal Kishor Yadav had last month got feedback forms printed and kept these at tehsils for the visitors to share their problems and experiences at all stages of getting the properties registered. The feedback forms are being taken through locked drop boxes which are opened by the DC himself. The DC today said that the most common grouse of the public was that they were made to wait endlessly for their turn to get their properties registered, as the tehsildars were often said to be away for some official programmes or field duties. He said following this, he had ordered that either the tehsildar or naib tehsildar must be present at the sub-registrar office at all times and the public must not be made to wait for any such reason. He has directed them that only one of them should go for field duty at a time and the other person must take care of the office duty. The orders, though not implemented till date, can bring much relief to the people, who visit tehsils and are made to wait even as they are there to give revenue to the government. In both the sub-registrar offices of Jalandhar-1 and 2, the registry of properties began after 1:15 pm today as either registry clerks were away or the tehsildars themselves. The district will also soon get two of the 20 newly appointed sub-registrars, who would solely look after property registration, while the tehsildars could freely go around, make visits for demarcation and even concentrate on recoveries for various government departments. Even as a token display system had been started in the tehsils last year during the inauguration of new office, it is not being put to use, as the number of registries per day had dropped a lot since the government had debarred the registering of properties without NOCs in illegal colonies. Despite the fact that the forms for NOCs of plots were being accepted in the MC and PUDA now, the pace of work in the tehsils had not increased, as the number of applicants had not swelled, tehsildars said.
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Kapurthala ROB to be ready in a
week
Jalandhar, November 14 Though there is no official announcement for any formal inauguration of the bridge which has been readied a month ahead of the scheduled time, there are reports that the opening might be delayed a bit as the Railways officials are yet to get official permission for permanently closing the level crossing underneath. The paint work, erection of electricity poles and other accessories are being taken care of by the PWD currently which expects the remaining 3 per cent work to be over in less than 10 days. Pawan Kumar, XEN, PWD, Kapurthala, said from his department side, all works would be wound up soon. He said there could, however, be a little delay in opening the bridge owing to official formalities on part of the Railways. Deputy Chief Engineer (Railways) Rakesh Sabharwal said almost all official formalities from his department were through. He said permission for the permanent closure of the crossing had been moved through Divisional Railway Manager Ferozepur which is sent across to Commissioner Railway Safety. He said official orders for the purpose were yet to come. Pre-fabricated girders had been launched by the Railways for connecting the approaches of the under-construction Railway Overbridge at the Wadala crossing between Jalandhar and Kapurthala in September. The scheduled time for the opening of the bridge was December 26. Even as the work at the site had begun in June 2013, it was to be completed in 18 months. The ROB is coming up at a cost of Rs 32 crore, with work to the tune of Rs 26 crore got done by the PWD through its Delhi-based contractor Brahamputra Infrastructures Ltd. The remaining Rs 6 crore work has been done by the Railways Department. The traffic between Jalandhar and Kapurthala at the Wadala crossing has been diverted via villages since December 6 last year. Vehicles from the Kapurthala side to Jalandhar have been going via Dhuankhe village-Wadala Kalan-Wadala Khurd villages finally meeting on the same road near Pushpa Gujral Science City. Similarly, commuters going from the Jalandhar side have been taking a turn towards Dhapai village and again coming on the same road at Urban Estate in Kapurthala. While those going from the Jalandhar side are taking a 1.5-km detour, those coming from the Kapurthala side have to travel 2.5 km more compared to the straight route.
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From schools A state-level Children’s Day function was organised at the Red Cross Bhawan. Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav presided over the function. The event was hosted by the District Child Welfare Officer. Bhangra, group song and poem recitation competitions were held and prizes were awarded to the winners. The DC said it was only through collective efforts that menaces like child labour and violence against women and children could be eradicated. A souvenir was also released on the occasion. Children’s Day at AIR A programme was held at the All India Radio, Jalandhar, in which children were honoured on the occasion of Children’s Day. Various gifts were given to children. Director, Engineering, AIR, RK Jarangal, was also present on the occasion. Geysers donated Insaaf Awareness Movement (IAM) in association with Children’s Right Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) celebrated Children’s Day at the Red Cross Society’s School for Deaf, near Maqsudan Sabzi Mandi, Jalandhar. During the event, children and their parents were made aware of the rights of children. As per the requirements mentioned by the school principal, Pushpinder Sharma, hot water geysers were donated for school hostel and other gifts were given to about 100 children of the school. The 20-member team from IAM celebrated Children’s Day with the school children. Avinsah Aggarwal, Kamal Sharma and others were present during the event. Message of cleanliness Children’s Day, the birthday of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, was celebrated at Seth Hukam Chand SD Public Senior Secondary School, Sangal Sohal- Variana, Kapurthala Road, Jalandhar. Tiny-tots presented a beautiful play ‘Jungle’. Students delivered speeches and recited poems. A race competition was also organised for all the classes. The students enjoyed various races. An essay writing competition related to ‘Bal Swachhata Mission’ was also organised. Students presented their views on cleanliness. Principal Manju Arora delivered a speech to keep the environment clean and green. She appreciated the effort of the tiny-tots. Debate competition A group of state public schools celebrated Children’s Day with great fervour. On this occasion, the school conducted an inter-school debate competition for senior students and sports activities for junior students. In the debate competition, students from SPS Jalandhar, Shahkot and Nakodar participated. School students presented a shabad in the beginning of the function. The winners were honoured with medals and certificates. President of the group, Dr Narotam Singh and vice-president Dr Gagandeep Kaur presided over the events.
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Health Dept seals scanning machine
Jalandhar, November 14 The hospital had earlier got a machine registered with the department but that was not found there. However, another machine was installed that was not registered with the department. The department issued a show cause notice to the hospital in this regard and has asked about the whereabouts of the scanning machine that was actually registered with the department. According to Civil Surgeon, Jalandhar, RL
Bassan, a special team led by Dr Gurmeet Kaur Duggal, district family welfare officer-cum-nodal officer raided the premises of the BSF Hospital and found a scanning machine installed that was unregistered with the Health Department. He also informed that the team also inspected various scanning centres and found them to be running under satisfactory conditions. The recent visit of Health Minister, Punjab, SK
Jyani, and the incident of Mehar, the four-day-old girl who died after her father allegedly threw her in a garbage dump, the district Health Department has decided to tighten the noose around the illegal clinics and those found violating PCPNDT Act. Today, the department constituted a special team to inspect various maternity clinics and to strictly deal with those found violating the PCPNDT Act. “A special drive has been planned and surprise inspections will be conducted at such clinics,” said
Bassan. He informed that apart from the regular checking, the drive would continue till December 31.
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NGO demands crackdown on ‘satta’ mafia
Jalandhar, November
14 “These days, the business of
‘daara’, ‘satta’ and ‘parchi’ (illegal lottery) has spread to almost all the areas of the city. It is one of those crimes that are carried out with the active involvement of the politicians and policemen,” said Pankaj
Sarpal, district president and advocate Ashok Sharma. Explaining about
‘satta’, NGO activists said, “A person opts for a single digit number from 1 to 100. The bookie issues a slip stating the amount and the number asked by the person. On winning, the person gets the promised cash and on losing, he loses the deposited amount. No tax or revenue goes to the government.” They said the ‘satta’ mafia was doing a daily business worth crores of rupees and the illegal practice has been flourishing in the city as the administration chooses to stay away from the issue. The illegal business has been patronised by politicians and leaders for ages, they added. “A large number of people have lost everything, their savings and even their homes because of their addiction to gambling. The police have failed in curbing the practice.” they said. The NGO activists alleged that in some cases, the police had arrested petty criminals rather than the kingpins. They said the police should nab the bigwigs involved in the trade. If thorough investigation is done then the relations of the bookies with the hawala racket can also be exposed, they said. State president of the society had recently moved a complaint against the illegal trade operating in Tahli Mohalla and Rasta
Mohalla. The city police raided the areas and arrested two persons red-handed. |
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Retd bank cashier’s wife looted of gold chain
Jalandhar, November 14 The miscreants managed to snatch her gold chain, weighing 1.5 tolas, and fled from the place. Manju said the snatchers were on sports bike FZ, but she couldn’t note the registration number of the bike. The SHO police division No. 4 and ACP (Central) reached the spot for investigation. |
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Cops conduct checking at Bhargav Camp
Jalandhar, November 14 The police also made the residents aware of their drive against the
drug trade. Policemen randomly stopped bike-borne residents and made them aware of traffic rules. Policemen spotted a group of elderly people playing cards in a street. The ACP categorically told them to shun the practice as it could have a negative impact on youths and they might be attracted towards gambling. They searched the premises of tenants living in the locality. “We have searched the houses of several tenants and have checked whether they are registered by the landlord at the police station concerned,” the ACP said. Policemen also held a short meeting with the residents and told them to inform to the police about incidents of crime and drug trade. They assured the residents of full safety and that their identity would be kept secret. |
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Residents stage protest outside police station
Jalandhar, November 14 Notably, on October 30, the police had registered a case against a youth Amrinder Singh for physically assaulting a girl. Later, on the basis of a complaint submitted by Amrinder’s mother Paramjit, the police had registered a cross case of attack against the girl’s kin, including Mandeep, Balwinder and Neelam. SHO Naresh Joshi said the police had arrested Amrinder and his mother and they had been granted bail by court in the case. Today, the police had gone to meet the girl’s kin to for investigation but the latter protested the police move. “We didn’t go to arrest the girl’s kin but our police officials, including the lady police, went to conduct investigation,” the SHO said. “The residents didn’t hold any dharna. They came to meet me regarding the investigation,” he added. — TNS |
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Miraculous escape for schoolchildren
Jalandhar, November 14 The Adampur police said the bus was ferrying the children to Jalandhar forn a function. After the tyre got burst, the bus went off road and its window and front glass broke. Anil Chopra, president of the St Soldier Group of Institutions, said students of classes XI and XII were travelling in the bus and they were on their way to Jalandhar to participate in a cultural function. |
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Lahan recovered from car
Jalandhar, November 14 When the police reached the spot, two men in a car escaped from the spot. During the search of the car, the police recovered the lahan kept in the car. The police said they had identified an accused Kirpal Singh of Subanpur, while efforts were being made to identify the remaining accused. A case under Sections 61-1-14 was registered against the accused. — TNS |
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Nearly 15 persons, including women, attacked senior officials of the Central Bank of India who had gone to survey the property mortgaged against a loan in the Alipur area here today.
Helpline, a social organisation, today opened front against the flourishing trade of illegal lottery draws in the city. Members of the organisation submitted a memorandum to the Police Commissioner and urged him to take immediate action in this regard.
The wife of a retired bank cashier was looted of her gold chain by some unidentified bike-borne persons near Nakodar Chowk today.
The crime was committed in a busy market in full public view, but nobody was able to chase the snatchers.
The victim, Manju, a resident of the Urban Estate locality, said she, along with her husband, Pawan Kumar, a retired cashier from the Bank of Baroda, were on their way to home on their bike when two bike-borne men arrived at the place and after driving their bike parallel to theirs suddenly pounced on her.
The Bhargav Camp police led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (West), Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu, today conducted a search operation-cum-awareness drive to build confidence among the residents of the area and to persuade them to inform the police about criminal activities and drug trade.