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Woman shot at by father
Ludhiana, August 9 According to sources, Jaswinder Kaur (35), was living with her father after being divorced. She used to look after her ailing father, Onkar Singh, who is a retired GRPF constable. Sometime ago, she remarried and went to live with her husband, Paramjit Singh, who lived in the same locality. Her visits to her father became fewer after marriage which was resented by her father, who had none to care for him. Today, after she visited her father after a long gap, he entered into a verbal duel with her. In a fit of anger, he pulled out his revolver and shot her in the stomach. Hearing the gunshot, neighbours came to the house and rushed Jaswinder to the hospital where doctors operated on her. Onkar Singh has been arrested and a case registered against him.
Sisters tie rakhi on Kargil martyr’s statue
Ludhiana, August 9 Surjeet Kaur and Baljeet Kaur, sisters of Naik Paramjeet Singh, who laid down his life fighting the enemy at the country’s frontiers, tied the thread of love on the wrist of the statue. With tears in their eyes, they said though they felt a huge void in their lives, they were happy that their brother had done the country proud. ‘‘There is none whom we can call our brother. But at that time, the nation needed him more than us.” said Surjeet Kaur, who came to Gill village from her in-laws house in Bhatha Dhua to celebrate the festival. ‘‘Rakhi is a special festival for us. We remember our brother and all girls of the village tie rakhis on his statue,” said Baljeet Kaur. Naik Paramjeet Singh sacrificed his life while fighting infiltrators in Kargil Sector on January 12, 1999. His wife Kamaljit Kaur, said she felt miserable at the grief of her sisters-in-law. Despite the tragedy, she said she had resolved to send her son into the Indian Army. The martyr’s father, Mr Nachchattar Singh, also worked in the Indian Army as a Sepoy. He retired in 1978. Proud at the son’s sacrifice, but bitter at the treatment meted out to him, he said he had to spend Rs 50,000 on the statue of his son.
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Rakhi-making contest Doraha, August 9 Members of the club used different types of material and applied their minds to frame different types of rakhis. Dr Narinder Singh Sidhu, Principal of the college, congratulated prize-winners. Craft contest at Gurukul school Rakhi and craft contests were organised at Mehta Gurukul Public School today. The event was categorised into sub-junior, junior and senior groups. Mr Rajinderpal, Mr Sandip Jaryal and Mr Satbir Singh were judges for the event. In the sub-junior group, Ramanjit Kaur of class IV stood first, Mehak of IIIrd standard second and Amanpreet Kaur of class IVth got consolation prize. In junior group, Ayushi of class VIth was declared first. Sahibjeet of class Vth and Mehak of class VIth won the second and consolation prizes, respectively. In senior group, Varinder Singh of class VIII, Hariman Mehta and Damanjit of Class VIIth got the Ist, IInd and consolation prizes, respectively. ‘Teej’ was also celebrated with great fervour by students and teachers. Cultural items including giddha, bhangra, skit, solo dances, group dance were staged. Ayushi of class VIth got the first prize in mehandi. Ms Jasvir Kaur, mother of Savleen Kaur (a student of class Ist standard), was adjudged “Teej Queen”. Dr Ashok Sharma, Principal and Ms Dimple Mehta, Director, welcomed the chief guest, Dr Gursharan Sidhu. Mr Rasik Gupta extended the vote of thanks.
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Rakhi celebrated with fervour
Ludhiana, August 9 City schools organised Rakhi celebrations. Baba Ishar Singh (N) Senior Secondary School organised
rakhi-making and Thali-decorating competitions here yesterday. Students created traditional, floral and geometrical designs using colourful strings and decorated them with beads. Ms Taruna Saggar from BVM School was the judge, while school principal Anita Kundra appreciated the efforts of the students. A cultural show was organised by different houses of the school. Subash House won the first prize for presenting the beat dances. The best Pooja Thali award was received by Sadhanshu of Tagore House, whereas the best self made rakhi award was won by Preeti of Nehru House. Principal VL Patel highlighted the importance of Rakhi and the value of friendship to the students. Mother’s Touch was another school that celebrated both Raksha Bandhan and Teej festival
here today. Spring Dale Secondary Public School, too, celebrated Rakhi in the school. The teachers explained how the festival of Rakhi came into being by narrating historical stories. Rakhi-making competition was organised. The students were divided into three groups. The results are as follows: Group I (Class IV &
V) Yogvir Kaur, Harman and Sagar stood first, second and third, respectively. Group II (Class VI
& VIII) Anjali, Jasjeet Raikhi and Kanchan bagged the first three positions. Group III (Class
VIII & IX) Gagandeep Kaur was first, while Silvi Kalia, Baljinder Kaur were got the second position. Rajat Aggarwal bagged the third position. Ms Avinash Kaur Walia, founder principal, along with Ms Sandeep Raiki urged the students to always remember and follow the traditions of the country. The staff and students of Gupta Model High School also celebrated Rakhi. Girl students tied rakhis on their classmates. Principal Simi Gupta urged the students to maintain friendship among
themselves.
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Black money travels to Mumbai for film financing
Ludhiana, August 9 The real estate dealers, including the ones who were raided by the Income Tax Department last year, are believed to have diverted most of their money to film financing. One of them has even managed a lead role for his son in a film with leading Bollywood actors performing other roles. Although the Income Tax Department had tried to tighten its noose around the real estate dealers, particularly the colonisers, most of them have managed to divert their unaccounted money to other places using various channels. Film financing is said to be the latest way out for these people with a promise of handsome returns. While the entire state has seen a phenomenal boom in real estate, in Ludhiana it was unprecedented. Most of the real estate dealers, particularly colonisers, earned crores of rupees during this period. Most of the money remains unaccounted, as the deeds are registered for far too less amount than the actual transaction. Recently people here were taken by surprise when one of the real estate dealers announced that his son, who holds a diploma in civil engineering, got a lead role in a Bollywood film opposite a leading film actress, besides other popular and highly paid actors. Investigations revealed that the lead role had been procured in the bargain for financing the film. However, this should not mean that he did not deserve the role as he is also said to have been trained in film acting. Film financing is not a new venture for Ludhiana’s businessmen and industrialists. During sixties and seventies also, leading industrialists from the city were known to be financing films. Bollywood legend Raj Kapoor was believed to be financed mainly by a leading Ludhiana industrialist friend for his blockbusters like Sangam and Mera Nam Joker. There are several others who are doing it still, while many more have started venturing into this world with the expectations of promising returns.
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PAU submits research project
on alternative crops
Ludhiana, August 9 The Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, today said that conventional and non-conventional approaches have been proposed to develop and improve different crop varieties and related production-protection technologies. The PAU has identified eight specific crops for sustainable production and value-addition through processing. Integrated pest and disease management through genetic engineering forms the core of the recommendations. The PAU will focus on region-specific research taking into account the climatic conditions and physical constraints. Biotechnology will be used to develop crop varieties that would be resistant to high temperature fluctuations at the time of maturity. Maize is a suitable replacement of paddy. PAU scientists are engaged in enhancing its protein content to enhance nutritional value, particularly, by overcoming the deficiency of certain amino acids. Similarly, more emphasis will be on pulses, a good source of proteins, minerals and vitamins in human diet. Pulses also improve soil health by fixing atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic bacteria. Intensive cultivation of pulses will leave sufficient nitrogen in the soil for succeeding crops. Dr Aulakh said the PAU recommends sowing of moongbean after harvesting wheat in summer. Moongbean matures in about 60 days. It serve two purposes: vacant fields are used after harvesting wheat, and discourages paddy transplantation that saves ground water. Scientists are developing cotton transgenics and evaluating new hybrid combinations to transfer BT genes through backcrosses to promising parents. BT cotton has once again raised hope of revival of cotton in Punjab. More than 23 lakh bales were produced on 5.57 lakh hectare in 2005-06, he added. Despite multiplicity of constraints in oil seed crops, the PAU is working on improving their “hybrid vigour” and enhancing value addition in pulses to improve their quality for global markets. The focus of research is to overcome the constraints in oilseed crops and alleviate perpetual paucity of edible oil in the country as their imports are a drain on the exchequer. Biotechnology will be used to exploit and make full use of energy stored in sugar. Applied biotechnology will make conventional sugarcane-growing attractive and enhance profitability of the sugar industry with the creation of new products, biofuel (ethanol) co-generation, biodegradable plastic and board from bagasse etc. Barley has a bright future. It fits well into alternate crop rotation particularly when sown after cotton. Barley is a short duration crop which takes 130 days to 140 days. This makes it suitable for adoption by farmers. Hulled barley with thin husk and low protein can be used for preparing barley malt, used extensively in the brewing and distilling industry. Efforts are on to evolve good malt barley varieties with “soft and plum grains of uniform size with low protein and husk content”. High yielding varieties of barley will thus meet minimum standards of malt barley. Dr Aulakh said fodder plays an important role in diversification in the present cropping system. Dairy has been identified as a promising enterprise for small farmers, as it generates employment. The impediment, however, is that the availability of 40 kg green fodder per animal per day is not available to the animals. Animals get only 21 kg green fodder per day. Punjab needs 107 million tonnes of green fodder and the answer to bridge the fodder deficit lies in biotechnology. Financial support for application of bioresearch on alternative crops and conservation of natural resources, farm mechanisation and regional specific research is imperative, he added.
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Mother kills infant son, self
Ludhiana, August 9 According to sources, 23-year-old Chinta Devi suspected that her husband, Inderjit Singh, was having an affair with a woman of the locality. The couple used to frequently quarrel on this issue. Today, when a group of women left their house after wishing them on rakshabandhan, Chinta Devi accosted her husband since she suspected that the paramour of her husband was also in the group. A verbal duel ensued between the couple following which she locked herself in a room, poured kerosene on her clothes and that of her one-and-a-half-year-old son and set these on fire. Both died on the spot. Inderjit has been arrested for abetment to suicide. A case has been registered against him.
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Ludhiana, August 9 Mohinder Singh was booked for causing the death of Dhruv Kumar Yadav and Chottu of Ludhiana while driving his truck rashly. A case was registered against him following the complaint of one injured person — Gursharan Singh. The complainant had stated to the police that first the driver hit his scooter, making him fall. Thereafter, he crushed the two above-named persons, who died. — OC
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Follow-up Mahesh Sharma
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 9 Spending of crores of rupees on various projects under the Punjab Nirman Yojna will prove meaningless if the Canal Department fails to undertake necessary repairs of eroding banks. There are dozens of such spots on the bank of the Bathinda Feeder of the Sarhind Canal which are accident-prone and where vehicles, including passenger buses, have been plying for years. Besides being a short route for residents of Raikot, Barnala, Bathinda and Moga to Ropar, the route is used by thousands of pilgrims visiting Hindu Shrines and gurdwaras Anandpur Sahib, Kiratpur Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib, and Macchiwara. Dr Indu, SDM, Malerkotla, Mr Tejinder Singh Dhaliwal, SDM, Payal, and Mr Prem Chand, SDM, Raikot had written letters to the authorities regarding the need to concerned maintenance of canal banks passing through their respective areas. But the authorities ignored these. Admitting the need for immediate strengthening of the eroded bank, the department, however, has tried to shift responsibility to other departments. It argues that the PWD is responsible for maintenance of roads and berms. In yesterday’s case, the Forest Department was accused of not cutting eucalyptus trees even after being asked to do so by the civil authorities. Sources said the major reason for inaction was paucity of funds. Last year Dr Indu had asked the canal authorities to make necessary arrangements in this regard. She had informed them that roads lining the banks of the canals were being eroded by canal water. At some places like the Jandali bridge area, the earth had caved in.
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‘Disillusioned’ Rarewala joins Cong
Payal (Ludhiana), August 9 Mr Rarewala claimed that he had been disillusioned with the policies of the SAD leader, Mr Parkash Singh Badal. He said the party had lost the vision and direction and had no proper planning or programme for the development of the state. The mass contact programme was mainly devoted to paying tributes to late Beant Singh, a former Punjab Chief Minister, who was killed by terrorists. Addressing the gathering, Mr Lal Singh paid triputes to Beant Singh, who served the Payal constituency for about 50 years. He said only because of his great sacrifice and bold leadership, Punjab became one of the most peaceful states and had emerged as a number one prosperous state of the country. He said the late leader had bravely fought terrorism from the state and the people of Punjab would remember him for his contribution for saving the unity and integrity of the country for ever. Mr Lal Singh, while ridiculing Mr Badal and other SAD leaders for making “meaningless hue and cry” about the big investments in state particularly by RIL and Bharti in agriculture production and agro-marketing sector, said these leaders were scared of the fact that with the implementation of these projects, the financial condition of the farmers was sure to improve and they would permanently shift to the Congress. Mr Lal Singh announced that all villages having historic value would be developed as model villages. Bilaspur, the native village of late Beant Singh would be covered under this programme. He also announced that for the promotion of activities of the youth clubs and mahila
mandals, funds amounting to Rs 50 lakh per constituency would be released shortly. Mr Lal Singh also handed over a cheque of Rs 6 crore to Tej Parkash Singh former minister, Punjab, under Punjab nirman programme for the development of the Payal constituency. Mr Munish Tiwari, secretary, AICC, claimed that record development took place during the last two years in Punjab and the state had emerged as promised destination. Mr Bal Mukand Sharma, vice-president, PPCC, Mr Malkiat Singh
Dakha, MLA, and general secretary, PPCC, Mr Bhalinder Singh, president District Congress Committee (R) , Mr Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Mr Pawan Diwan, Amrik Singh
Rauni, Mr Nazar Singh Lapran and Mr Ashwani Sharma were also present on the occasion.
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CM to lay stone for housing project today
Ludhiana, August 9 Addressing a press conference, here today, Mr Punit Beriwala, Managing Director, Vipul Ltd said, the company in association with Solitaire Capital, India, a real estate venture fund was developing a 130 acres of premium integrated township Vipul World with an investment of Rs 400 crore. Mr Beriwala said Vipul World would be a one-stop integrated township for the customers. He said with the rising demand for quality housing and a buoyant Punjab economy, it remains the ideal choice for people to invest with the government allowing the private developers to set up townships, He said the state-of-art township would be a perfect blend of modern infrastructure and elegant lifestyle experience. Aesthetically nestled in manicured gardens, the township would comprise plots, lifestyle villas, premium apartments, high-end commercial complex and a five star hotel. Besides this, whole area will have 24 hours power back-up and Wi-Fi connectivity. He said, 10 per cent of the plots or residential apartments would be reserved for the economically weaker sections of the society according to government rules.
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IMA condemns violence at CMCH
Ludhiana, August 9 In the context of the incident at Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here on August 4 when relatives of a patient allegedly manhandled medical, nursing and para-medical staff and caused damage to equipment of the hospital, a meeting of the IMA called upon the members of public, to curb such activities. The IMA, according to its president, Dr Gursharan Singh, felt that most of these attacks were allegedly instigated by relatives of the patients to avoid payment of bills. The IMA members present at the meeting, were of the opinion that the administration and the police authorities had acted in a biased manner in this particular case. Cases were registered against certain hospital employees and the CMCH authorities were forced to apologise even when it was the institution and its staff who were the victim of a “motivated” attack. Dr Gursharan Singh said the association was of the view that the institutes like CMCH and other reputed hospitals like Dayanand Medical College and Hospital were assets, not only to the people of this city but to whole of Punjab and neighbouring states. In a resolution adopted at the meeting, the IMA urged its members to unite and check this menace. It further called upon the affected institutions not to succumb to “pressure tactics” of relatives of the patients who, in most of the cases, were not poor but allegedly resorted to such tactics to circumvent the payments of bills. To chalk out a plan the IMA will hold a convention at the CMCH here on August 11 in which representatives from all major medical institutions, nursing homes and leading doctors would participate.
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Quit India Movement anniversary observed
Ludhiana, August 9 Addressing the function, the speakers recalled the great sacrifices of the leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru for the freedom of the country. They appealed to workers to inculcate the values preached and practised by the great leaders who gave up everything for the freedom of the country. They recalled how the entire country had risen against the British, which had ultimately forced them to leave the country. They resolved to serve the nation according to the dreams of the great leaders, particularly Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi. They said the teachings of the Mahatma on non-violence, secularism and brotherhood have stood the test of the time and are probably the most important under current circumstances.
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Proposal to hike penalty for power theft flayed
Ludhiana, August 9 Mr G.L. Pahwa, president and Mr Varinder Kapoor, general secretary, said the consumers in such cases would suffer a lot of harassment as they would have to fight these cases of thefts with the district administration. The board has proposed to increase the penalty from Rs 1000 to Rs 10,000 per KW in SP and MS categories, from Rs 2000 to Rs 10,000 per KW in the LS category, from Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 per KW in the NRS category and from Rs 500 to Rs 3,000 per KW in the DS category. They appealed to the CM to look into the matter personally and also direct the Chairman, PSEB, to withdraw
the proposed rise of penalty.
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Face to face with Komal
Ludhiana, August 9 Dr Kulwinder Minhas presented a paper on it. Among those present at the function were principal Hari Singh (Retd), Mr Hardip Singh, Mr S.P.S. Sidhi, Mr Jaspal Singh, Mr Iqbal Singh and Mr Hardeep Singh.
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Johar gives Rs 1 lakh to rehabilitation centre
Ludhiana, August 9 The father-son duo offered sweets and gifts to the challenged children. Expressing his gratitude, the Director thanked the minister for the grant.
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Wedding expo from tomorrow
Ludhiana, August 9 From diamonds to gold and kundan jewellery to the finest in clothing will be on display under one roof. Unique accessories embellished with contemporary ideas as also traditional motifs, unusual linen, artifacts and other home furnishings will be available for a price suitable to all.
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