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Triple murder rocks Adampur
Illicit relations: Man bludgeons wife, sons to death
Jalandhar, July 9
In a shocking incident, a man, driven by his alleged illicit relations with his sister-in-law, bludgeoned his wife and two sons to death with an iron road at Khichipur village under Adampur police station on Sunday night. According to police, Charanjit Singh eliminated his wife Narinder Kaur and sons Harpreet (5) and Simranjeet (4) as he wanted to stay with his paramour after grabbing his spouse’s property worth rupees several lakhs.

What was their fault? The three lives which were snuffed out by accused Charanjit Singh (extreme right). — Tribune photographs

Colleges run by ex-ministers come a cropper
Jalandhar, July 9
If one takes a peep into the current seat allotment status in the PTU-CET general category counselling, many interesting inferences can be drawn out of it. The best one is that there have been no takers for two colleges opened up by former technical education ministers of the state.

Triple murder rocks Adampur
Illicit relations: Man bludgeons wife, sons to death
Dharmendra Joshi
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 9
In a shocking incident, a man, driven by his alleged illicit relations with his sister-in-law, bludgeoned his wife and two sons to death with an iron road at Khichipur village under Adampur police station on Sunday night.

According to police, Charanjit Singh eliminated his wife Narinder Kaur and sons Harpreet (5) and Simranjeet (4) as he wanted to stay with his paramour after grabbing his spouse’s property worth rupees several lakhs.

Adampur SHO Jasbir Singh said the accused after committing the crime placed the bodies on a double bed and set them on fire, apparently to give the triple murder shape of an accident.

However, Narinder’s cousin Satnam Singh, who stays in the adjoining house, got suspicious. When he tried to enquire about the matter from Charanjit, the latter fled from the spot. Satnam informed police who managed to nab the accused on Monday.

SHO Jasbir said Charanjit got married to Narinder Kaur in 2000. After some time, Narinder’s parents died. Since half of the family property was registered in Narinder’s name, she along with her husband shifted to Khichipur. According to preliminary investigation, Charanjit had illicit relations with his sister-in-law, a widow and resident of village Patara. He was constantly pressurising his wife sell her village property as he wanted to stay in Patara. But Narinder had outrightly rejected his proposal as she was aware of her husband’s affair, the SHO added. A case has been registered.

Colleges run by ex-ministers come a cropper
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 9
If one takes a peep into the current seat allotment status in the PTU-CET general category counselling, many interesting inferences can be drawn out of it. The best one is that there have been no takers for two colleges opened up by former technical education ministers of the state.

All seats in all four streams have been lying vacant at the Baba Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lehragaga, which was opened in the name of the father of former technical education minister and Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.

Similarly, Bhutta Engineering College, Ludhiana, run by former technical education minister Jagdish Singh Garcha, too is awaiting filling of a seat. Even those four engineering colleges that have been named after saints at Amritsar, Muktsar, Pathankot and Dera Bassi have failed to draw any response.

Candidates with rank up to 2,400 appeared for counselling today. There, however, has been a shift of preferences for the PTU-Caparo School of Excellence for Manufacturing and Material Technology on the Kapurthala road, where all seats in electronics and IT were filled today. Only four seats in mechanical engineering remained vacant today.

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, was the first to fill all its seats. All seats in computer science, mechanical and electronics engineering have been filled at the Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajpura. Electrical engineering has 23 seats remaining out of 43 and pharmacy has just seven left out of 38 seats.

The DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, too has all seats in electronics, IT, mechanical and computer science filled. It is yet to fill 32 seats in electrical and 30 in civil engineering.

Seats in electronics and computer science on all three Guru Nanak Dev University campuses have been filled. The university is waiting for the filling of seats in food technology, architecture and textile chemistry courses.

Punjabi University has filled all seats in electronics, computer science and mechanical engineering courses. The newly opened Rampura Phull campus is yet to get a single seat filled in electronics and computer science courses.

The Talwandi Sabo campus has all 26 electronics engineering seats lying vacant, while it has managed to fill six in computer science. Punjab Agricultural University has reached the half-way mark with 14 of the 28 seats filled to its agri-engineering course. The Lovely Institute of Technology has all seats filled in computer science engineering. It is yet to fill a single seat in electrical, electronics and mechanical engineering. A single seat out of the total of 22 has been filled in IT and B.Arch is yet to get a single seat filled in any of colleges.

Kalia seeks report card of BOT projects
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 9
Punjab local government, industries and commerce minister Manoranjan Kalia has instructed the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation commissioner to submit a report on the BOT (build, operate and transfer) contracts given to private companies during tenure of the previous government.

Kalia has directed the commissioner to submit the report within two weeks.

Addressing media persons here today, Kalia said to get rid of the ongoing haphazard development of the city, a vision document including planned development of city for the next 25 years, would be prepared within six months.

“Jalandhar would be the first city where 100 per cent basic amenities would be provided. Company Bagh would be developed as an exemplary park of the city,” he said.

Kalia said the local bus service would soon start in a public-private participation. “The buses would initially run on four routes, including Maqsoodan to bus stand via Mahavir Marg, bus stand to Kapurthala via 120 feet road, bus stand to Railway Station via Shashtri Chowk and bus stand to Rama Mandi,” he added. The minister further said nearly 97 slums had been identified, the residents of which would be given one room set under the Jawahar Lal Urban Renewable Mission.

Kalia said the ongoing work of cleansing and constructing the Kala Sanghia drain would be completed within two and a half years. The MC has already given Rs 4 crore to the sewerage department.

“The Damoria fly-over would be thrown open by January. The overhead construction of the flyover would be completed soon by the Railways,” said Kalia.

“Flyovers covering four busy chowks of the city would be constructed from Ambedkar Chowk to HMV Chowk,” he added.