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AMRITSAR Batala HOSHIARPUR Dowry cases: Two cases of torturing brides for more dowry were reported at Mahilpur and Mukerian police stations of this district on Saturday evening. According to police sources, Babita, a daughter of Bhagmal of Barian Kalan, stated in her complaint to the Mahilpur police that she was allegedly tortured and maltreated for more dowry by her in-laws. The police has registered a case against her husband Rakesh Kumar, brother-in-law Manoj Kumar, sister-in-law Harjinder Kaur, Santosh Kaur and Mohinder Singh. In another case, Poonam Awasthi, a daughter of Onkar Mehta of Kala Manjh, alleged in his complaint that she was also tortured by her husband Rohit Awasthi of Talwara for more dowry for which the Mukerian police has registered a case. Revolver snatched: A case of snatching a revolver and Rs 17,000 was reported at Hariana police station on Saturday. According to police sources, Sukhjinder Singh, a son of Iqbal Singh of Takhni village, alleged in his complaint to the police that Lakhvir Singh, a son of Saudagar Singh of the same village, along with Kala and his four other accomplices came to the grocery shop at Hariana town and assaulted him while he was purchasing karyana goods there. They also snatched his licensed .32-bore revolver along with 12 cartridges and Rs 17,000 from him. The police has registered a case.
JALANDHAR Sewerage:
Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Punjab Minister for local bodies, laid the foundation stone of a Rs. 1.25 crore sewerage project at Salempur Musalmaanan village, near here, on Sunday. The minister announced a grant of Rs. 1 lakh for the village government school and a same amount for the Anganwadi Centre. Apart from this, a grant of Rs. 50 lakh was also announced by him for the common inn of the village. Patiala Phagwara Two nabbed:
The Phagwara police on Sunday nabbed two most wanted contract killers while they were travelling in a Santro car at the nearby Bhakhrian village. According to police sources, the two, identified as Raj Kumar, alias Raju, alias Dhanwant Singh, alias Dhunna, a resident of Una in Himachal Pradesh, and Vipin Kumar of Amritsar were involved in many murders in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. They had committed murders in Ashok Vihar, Paschim Vihar and some posh localities of Delhi.
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Baddi Dharamsala Rajnath’s yatra:
BJP president Rajnath Singh will arrive at Dharamsala on April 28 as part of his Bharat Suraksha Yatra. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, BJP leaders Dr Rajan Shushant and Mr Kishan Kapoor said Mr Rajnath Singh would reach Shimla on April 27 and hold a public rally there. On April 28, he would proceed to Bilaspur, Mandi and reach Baijnath by evening. After holding a public rally there, he would head for Dharamsala. Kangra Nahan Nurpur CBI probe sought:
Agitating members of mahila mandals and residents under the Nagrota Surian Development block in Jawali subdivisions on Friday staged a dharna and blocked traffic for two hours at Nagrota Surian in protest against the death of Shakti Singh Rana, an Inspector of the Excise and Taxation Department in a liquor factory at Channi on April 17. The protesters demanded a CBI probe into the death of the Inspector. Shimla Doctors’ demands:
The Himachal Medical Officer’s Association on Saturday demanded the regularisation of ad hoc and contract medical officers and the early filling of posts of Registrar in both medical colleges. The central executive committee of the association demanded PG increment for all postgraduates, working in field as well as in the two medical colleges of Shimla and Kangra. The association said the government should also fill the posts of Directors, Deputy Directors, Chief Medical Officers and Block Medical Officers. |
| Regional potpourri Canting an ode to Chamba Shabir, a local amateur artiste, had composed a poem about the town turning 1000 years’ old, which his daughter, Tanya (10), sang out proudly. Though they preferred not to go on stage, singing in the historical Chowgan instead, their message was loud and clear. Shabir, who was a part of the millennium Performing Arts Committee, said that his poem highlighted the problems of Chamba and was an appeal to save the town from environmental degradation. By choosing to sing in the Chaugan, he wanted his message to reach a larger audience, particularly the youth. The millennium theme song travelled through the crowd as the father and daughter mingled around. Says Shabir, “I have been composing songs since my student days. They are mostly about national integration and social problems.” An employee of the Himachal Forest Department, he has been passing on his compositions to various NGOs and schools without charging any money. He feels that NGOs can change society if they work sincerely. Shabir does not believe in doing stage shows, but is actively involved with social groups like the Saksharta Kala Jatha. He travels to the remotest corners of Chamba district to spread the message of literacy through his songs. He has also composed songs on female foeticide, which have been quite a hit with various NGOs. He has also been singing on the radio for some time now, but doesn’t quite fancy the idea of going to Shimla for recordings. He intends to train his daughter in classical singing too. A student of Class V, Tanya has been learning how to sing and compose songs from her father. She has already written some poetry and a short story. An MBBS dentist “I wanted to go in for higher studies after my MBBS. But the untimely demise of my father forced me to take over his dental clinic,” says Dr Inder Jeet, who had three younger sisters to take care of when his father died. He is now ably guided by his brother-in-law, who retired as a dental surgeon from Haryana Agricultural University. Apart from serving as the president and secretary of the local chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for several terms, Dr Inder Jeet has also been associated with a number of social campaigns and causes. In 1969, he came in contact with Gandhian leader Dada Ganeshi Lal and worked to support the cause of prohibition. He also founded a branch of the Indo-Soviet Cultural Society at Hisar and took an active part in a campaign to save Guru Jambheshwar University. Having been honoured by the Haryana Governor and the state Health Minister, he has lately been trying to mould human teeth into jewellery items, on the pattern of ivory goods.
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As the curtain went up on Chamba’s millennium celebrations recently, with several eminent personalities taking centrestage, a father-daughter duo preferred to stay offstage, spreading their message among the locals through their music. 
He wanted to be an engineer, but his dentist father wanted him to study medicine. He got selected in the pre-medical test and aspired for higher studies in surgery, but ended up practising dentistry even after getting a degree in MBBS.
Thus, Dr Inder Jeet is a dentist and general practitioner rolled into one, operating from his clinic in Hisar, where his family shifted when he was a kid. Interestingly, the building allotted to his parents was that of a dental clinic, whose owner had shifted to Pakistan at the time of Partition.
It was here that his father, Dr Des Raj, established his dental practice. The founder vice-president of the Sewak Sabha Hospital, Hisar, Dr Des Raj used to arrange food for the poor patients admitted to the local Civil Hospital. Dr Inder Jeet’s mother, Mrs Vidyawanti, was a Punjabi poetess.