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MC seals six shops, razes building
DC leads staff in remembering Gandhi
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Anti-Leprosy Day
Meal Malice
CM to inaugurate Guru Ram Das Centre today
‘Chak De’ time for hockey lovers from Feb 1
DM bans deepening of tubewell bores
3 honoured for brave acts
Gang of women snatchers busted
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MC seals six shops, razes building
Jalandhar, January 30 The owners of six shops, which were sealed today, had been served notices to make house tax payment almost 15-20 days back, failing which their premises were sealed by the officials under sections 137 and 138 of the MC Act. Assistant commissioner D.P. Bhardwaj revealed that the defaulters were to make a payment of Rs 75,000 individually. While the municipal corporation had issued notices to 60 buildings in the past 15 days, cases pertaining to 10 buildings were taken up today, he said. Since four of the 10 defaulters had paid the money, the remaining, who failed to budge, had to face the wrath of the corporation. The buildings sealed include three godowns in Green Model Town, a godown in Urban Estate, a workshop at Model House and a computer centre in Chandan Nagar. Meanwhile, the town planning section demolished an under-construction commercial complex on Mall Road. municipal town planner Murari Dutt Sharma said the building was coming up on a residential site. While the owner of the building had just completed the construction of the ground floor, the JCB machines pulled down the structure. MC commissioner C.S. Talwar said the MC would continue to deal strictly with the defaulters. |
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DC leads staff in remembering Gandhi
Jalandhar, January 30 Addressing a gathering of employees from various departments of the district, deputy commissioner Ajit Singh Pannu said the nation was grateful to all the martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice to break free of the colonial yoke. “They gave their today for our tomorrow and we should never forget this,” he added. The Father of the Nation too dedicated his life towards freedom struggle and had to remain behind bars for many years. Gandhi emerged as the rallying point for the masses and participated wholeheartedly in all the disobedience movements he started, Pannu said. “In this era of commercialism, we should take a leaf out of the book of the Mahatma who lived simply and espoused the cause of non-violence all his life. Various leaders replicated this philosophy across the world to secure freedom for their countries,” he said. The DC said, “We should take a pledge to come together to rid society of various social evils. It is unfortunate that those evils are yet to banish which were prevalent during the time of Gandhi, notable among them being female foeticide, substance abuse and untouchability,” he added. Nothing could be a better tribute to our heroes than a resolve to do our duties honestly, sincerely and with dedication, he pointed out. Earlier, a contingent of the Punjab police reversed arms as all present stood up and observed a two-minute silence. Others present on the occasion included AC (G) Anupam Kler, SDM Bhupinder Singh, DTO Babita Kler and SP Satinder Singh. |
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DIET students block traffic
Jalandhar, January 30 Over 400 students protested against the state government demanding de-recognition of the elementary teachers’ training (ETT) course from the neighbouring states, including those from Jammu. They also demanded that the government should do away with the contractual system of appointment of staff and should regularise it in the state. The members demanded shifting of ETT students from private colleges to DIET institutes in Punjab. They called for bringing transparency in the declaration of results and demanded that the state government should withdraw its decision to privatise government schools. The association members gathered at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall from where they marched along the GT Road towards PAP Chowk. As the members took nearly half an hour to reach the dharna spot, the traffic moved at a snail’s pace. At the tri-junction, the members stopped traffic on all three sides and raised slogans against the government. Police officials reached the spot and tried to disperse the protesters but the students refused to leave. The officials even snapped the wires of the loudspeakers of the public address system put up there, but the members carried on the protest. The commuters from Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar and Ludhiana had to wait for almost an hour before the traffic could move. |
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Anti-Leprosy Day
Hoshiarpur, January 30 This was stated by lepers’ colony president Yado Rao and vice-president Apa Rao Patel while talking to The Tribune. Located on the outskirts of the town on the old Adamwal road, this colony inhabits 35 women, 30 men and eight children. Interestingly, 30 of them are married couples. Constructed by Bollywood producer late Gulshan Rai 30 years ago, the colony has 35 rooms with toilet and water supply facilities. Out of 73 lepers who reside here, only 45 get monthly pension of Rs 250 from the state government. The rest of them have to depend on begging. “The meagre pension that too not regular is insufficient even to buy two meals a day. We know begging is a curse, but we are forced to do it,” said Yado Rao. However, he maintained that some philanthropists did supply cooked meals occasionally, while some donors provide ration. He rued that the lepers were not getting any type of financial aid or grant from the government except free medical treatment and that too at the civil hospitals. “Though a medical officer has been deputed for our medical check up, he visits occasionally,” Yado added. He said earmarking a day for the leprosy is of no use unless the government takes steps to rehabilitate the existing lepers. Demanding a financial aid from the state and the central government, residents of the lepers’ colony said the governments should introduce some schemes to help them earn a livelihood. |
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Meal Malice
Nawanshahr, January 30 The rickshaw, loaded with two bags containing 50 kg of sugar and rice, two bags containing 50 kg of panjiri and a tin of dry milk, was ‘seized’ near the residence of CDPO Ravinder Kaur Bhatti on the Barnala road here. The police has taken the grocery items into its custody. Apprehending “theft charge”, Bikker Singh, chowkidar at the CDPO office situated in Heran Jatan Mohalla, who was accompanying the rickshaw, in an affidavit filed with the local police has stated that he had just obeyed the orders of the CDPO who had instructed him to deliver the grocery items at her residence. “But, when I reached her residence, she instructed me to immediately take the grocery items back to the office,” said Bikker. The CDPO, when contacted on the phone, termed the allegations as false and fabricated and said it was a conspiracy against her. She said the grocery items were dispatched for the anganwari centre situated in the town but as the chowkidar could not find the keys of the anganwari centre, he brought the rickshaw to her residence and she asked him to take the
rickshaw back to the office. When her version on the contents of the affidavit submitted by the chowkidar was sought, she said the chowkidar was “intimidated” to file such a statement by the persons conspiring against her. Zila parishad secretary Gurdarshan Kundal said he had asked the local block development and panchayat officer to conduct an inquiry into the whole episode and submit the report within two or three days. |
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Sunanda sings it serene
Jalandhar, January 30 Sharma started learning music at the age of five at Dah village in Gurdaspur district. In her initial years, she received training in music from her father Sudarshan Sharma and Jalandhar-based Ustad Laxman Singh Seen. Perfoming at the event today, she instantly struck a note with the audience with her rendering of the “vilambit” and “dhrut” khayal in raag Miyan ki Tori. Next, she presented a classical “tappa” in the Siddhar khani style of singing, studded with the intricacies of murki, khatka, kan, etc. She captivated the audience with her bold and forceful rendition of the different styles of classical singing. Her interaction with the audience, which comprised mainly students, kept the youngsters hooked on to her performance. She explained to the students that the “tappa” style of singing, which originally hailed from Punjabi folk music, was formally included in the stream of Indian classical music by Shori Miyan during the Mughal period. Keeping in mind the festival of colours, which is due soon, she ended her recital with a “holi” (a popular style of vocal music in Uttar Pradesh), singing “rang dalungi nand ke lalan pe..sanware rang lal kare dari hon”. Talking about her future plans, the vocalist, who has shared stage with the likes of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, said, “I want to attain a deeper understanding of folk music because the purer forms of music have always fascinated me.” |
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CM to inaugurate Guru Ram Das Centre today
Amritsar, January 30 Disclosing this, medical education and research minister Tikshan Sud said the working of the Guru Ram Das Centre would put the development plans of the government medical college and associated hospitals on a fast track. Giving details, the minister said the centre would have a 200-bedded emergency-cum-super specialty unit, which would be a seven-storeyed block. There would be four ultrasound operation theatres. The block also has provision for 10 private rooms and a critical care unit. — TNS
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‘Chak De’ time for hockey lovers from Feb 1
Jalandhar, January 30 Local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia would inaugurate the championship. In press release issued here on Wednesday, organising committee chairman-cum-deputy commissioner Ajeet Singh Pannu said the championship would be played on league-cum-knockout basis. As many as 16 teams, divided in four pools,
will participate in the eight-day-long hockey championship. Top teams with the highest points from each pool will qualify for the semi-finals to be played on February 9. “We have declared February 7 as a rest day for the teams,” Pannu said. Punjab sports director Pargat Singh, while talking to The Tribune over the phone, said, “The arrangements regarding board and lodging facilities of the teams had
been finalised. Last year’s champion Indian Railways, along with the Pepsu, Karnataka and Maharastra teams, have been seeded in Pool A, whereas runners-up Haryana, Orissa, Gwalior Academy and Mizoram have been put in Pool D. The teams from Delhi, Indian universities, Bombay and Andhra Pradesh are in Pool C, while Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh and host Punjab are in Pool B. The Indian Women Hockey Federation has appointed Dr Sudarshan Pathak as the tournament director and Satinder Wali as umpire manager. Arrangements for the live telecast of the final match of the championship are also in the process, Pannu said. |
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DM bans deepening of tubewell bores
Jalandhar, January 30 In the first order, he said no person could deepen a tubewell bore without the written permission of the superintending engineer, Water Supply and Sewerage Board. He also banned the assembly of more than five persons in the district and carrying of firearms and sharpedged weapons. He banned carrying of weapons or firing in the air during marriage functions in Jalandhar. Pannu banned the use of loudspeakers at all public places and marriage palaces, except with the permission of the authorities, between 10 pm and 6 am. The orders will remain in force till March 31. — TNS |
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3 honoured for brave acts
Phagwara, January 30 The awards were given today by Kapurthala SP (HQ) Charanjit Kumar at a function held here. Those honoured on the occasion were Surendra Mittal, member of the Jalandhar district consumer disputes redressal forum, Satnampura SHO Param Sunil Singh and journalist Taranjit Singh Kinra. While Mittal nabbed some criminals who were trying to flee after snatching a chain, the SHO and the journalist were awarded for rescuing Guru Granth Sahib from a building in a fire
incident. — TNS |
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Gang of women snatchers busted
Jalandhar, January 30 The gang was involved in snatching a purse containing gold jewellery and cash during a marriage function at Nirankari Bhavan in Paragpur on January 23, SSP Arpit Shukla said in a press note here today. The arrested gang members are Sham Lal, Chameli, Mohni, Pavitra, Ramo, Sarita, Sonam, Manisha, Amni, Komal, Dolly (all residents of Gulkheri village in MP) and Sarabjit Kaido of Hoshiarpur. Sadar SHO Tarsem Singh and Paragpur sub-inspector Ganga Singh said Rs 17,000 out of the of the total amount looted was recovered from the accused. Talking about their modus operandi, the police officials said they used to send their children to different marriage functions to steal purses. The accused used to hire an autorickshaw for fleeing after committing
the crime. An FIR under section 380 of the IPC was registered against them at Sadar police station on January 23. |
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