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Special train for Samjhauta passengers
Four more trains cancelled
Living in fear of own surroundings
Fuel supplies hit as pumps remain closed
Markets remain closed in Khanna
Section 144 imposed in Ropar
BSP, Valmiki Sabha take out peaceful march
Nakodar boy tops non-medical stream
All students of school get first division
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Tense but under control
Jalandhar, May 26 Though four fresh incidents of violence were reported in the district, the situation is under control and inching towards normalcy. Additional companies of rapid action force (RAF) besides the Army in Jalandhar and Phagwara have been deployed. Rail traffic on the Jalandhar-Jammu, Jalandhar-Amritsar, Jalandhar- Delhi routes was also restored, providing relief to passengers stranded at Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar city, Jalandhar cantonment, Chhaki Bank Pathankot and Phagwara. Vijay Kumar was allegedly shot dead by supporters of a municipal councillor Balwinder Singh Bittu in Dhillwan village last night when a mob damaged Bittu’s car. A case of murder was registered against the Bittu. In another incident, an elderly woman, Roop Rani, died after she was slapped by a policeman at the Bhargaw camp. The police resorted to a mild lathicharge on a mob there. Cops overpowered two protesters, Charanjit and Bablu. Roop Rani, their mother, was slapped by the cop as she tried to rescue her sons. The mob set a car afire in Mehatpur village, near Nakodar town. There were reports of firing at Nurpur village along the Jalandhar-Jammu highway and incidents of ransacking at certain petrol stations and liquor vends in and around the city last night. Bathinda: A person was today wounded in police firing in Malout town of Muktsar district where followers of Dera Sachkhand damaged the official car of the Additional Deputy Commissioner near Ravidas Nagar when they were stopped from proceeding towards other parts of the town. The district authorities clamped curfew on municipal wards 14, 15 and 16. Bala Ram, alias Pappu, who was injured in the firing, was taken to Ludhiana for treatment. He was hit in the stomach and his condition was stated to be serious. The police fired in the air and lobbed teargas shells when lathicharge failed to disperse the agitators. Policemen were also injured as the dera followers pelted them with stones from rooftops. Tension had been brewing in the town since yesterday when shopkeepers took exception to stoning of their establishments by dera followers. Meanwhile, the protesters stopped a train near Gidderbaha and shops were forcibly shut in Muktsar. The situation remained peaceful in Bathinda, but groups of dera supporters forced closure of shops in certain localities. Train services on certain sections remained suspended. Dera followers blocked vehicular movement at various places.
Curfew lifted from parts of Ludhiana
Ludhiana: The district administration here lifted curfew from various areas falling under the jurisdiction of 11 police stations. The five areas where neither curfew was relaxed nor lifted in city are Basti Jodhewal, Shiv Puri, police division no. 2, 4 and 7.
However, the city witnessed some sporadic incidents at Basti Jodhewal and Samrala Chowk where the security personnel had to resort to lathicharge. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg held a meeting with the followers of Dera Sachkhand at Basti Jodhewal and requested them to maintain peace.
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Special train for Samjhauta passengers
Amritsar , May 26 The passengers, including the old, women and children, faced a lot of inconvenience since there is no proper accommodation at the railway station. They had to spend the night on the platform under tight security arrangements. Since the Delhi-bound Pakistani passengers can not alight at any station of Punjab, they were not allowed to go out. However, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), local persons, railway and customs authorities served them langar at the platform itself. Former SGPC secretary Gurbachan Singh Bachan said the Sikh community always held Bhagat Ravi Dass in high esteem. Former Jathedar, Damdama Sahib, Giani Kewal Singh also appealed to all concerned to maintain communal harmony.
Services of 7 trains resumed
The Railway authorities announced on Tuesday evening the reinstatement of certain trains which were suspended since Monday morning. From the Amritsar railway station, Chhattisgarh-Hisar, Howrah Mail, Flying Mail, Jan Nayak, Golden Temple (Frontier Mail) and Dehradun Express trains would move as per their scheduled timing. However, more than 10 other trains were yet to be restored.
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Four more trains cancelled
Ferozepur, May 26 The cancelled trains included the Nizamuddin-Amritsar Shan-e-Punjab Express, New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabadi Express, the Delhi-Pathankot Express and Bathinda-Jammu Tawi Express. Thousands of passengers stranded at railway stations had been provided shelter in the gurdwaras and railway colonies. The official further said the services of eight trains bound for Punjab had been regulated mid-way at various stations. These were the Katihar-Amritsar Express, Dadar-Amritsar Express, Bandra-Jammu Tawi Swaraj Express, Indore-Jammu Tawi Malwa Express, Amritsar-Bandra Paschim Express, Amritsar-Haridwar Jan Shatabadi Express, Ahmedabad-Jammu Tawi Express and Jaipur-Amritsar Express. The trains that had been terminated in Delhi included the Katihar Express and Bandra-Jammu Tawi Express. Likewise, the Dadar-Amritsar Express, Malwa Express, Paschim Express had been terminated at Ambala stations, he added.
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Baba Farid varsity defers counselling
Moga, May 26
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PTU exams put off again
Jalandhar, May 26 The Registrar of the university said the result of the CET would be declared on May 29. For the latest update with regard to the holding of examinations and other relevant
informations, students should access www.ptu.ac.in.
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Jalandhar boy first in CBSE class X
Jalandhar, May 26 Prabal said the result was more than his expectation. He has achieved 100 marks in mathematics, 98 in English, 98 in science, 97 in social studies and 98 in computer science. “I was sure of a good performance as my percentage kept improving with every pre-board exams, but this is totally a surprise,” he added. Prabal is son of Gurcharan Singh Channi, district SAD (urban) president. Channi said as soon as he saw the result on the Internet, the first thing he did was to confirm the top position of his son in the district. “The sustained hard work of my son has paid off,” he added. The topper has already set his agendas for future and aims to become an aeronautical engineer. The boy is a member of NASA team of the school and a winner of NTSE exam as well.
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Living in fear of own surroundings
Jalandhar, May 26 Most of the people of this city spent the past 72 hours in fear. Everyone returns to his or her home because he feels most safe there. But when you feel unsafe in your own home, as happened here during the past three days, one is left with no place to head for, said Nirmal Singh, who has grown up here in the city of his elders. Nirmal, in his 20s, has for the first time witnessed sanity giving way to rage. However, Punjab is not new to such a phenomenon. In the 1980s and even late 1990s, the state witnessed prolonged bouts of violence, spells of curfew, bandhs for days and deployment of army, paramilitary forces and much more. “I have heard about what happened in Punjab before my birth, but this the first time I have seen violence. I feel disturbed,” he said. However, Nirmal is not alone to feel like this. Violent events of the past three days have left many young souls bruised in the region. “Neither we had heard about curfew, nor seen mobs burning trains, buses and whatever came their way,” said Rahul, a student of a local college. “For me and others of my age, it was too shocking to believe what we saw,” he said. Pravesh, a student of a local public school, has been feeling emotionally disturbed on not being allowed to move out from his home. “My parents have been telling me that I cannot go out because there is curfew in the city. But I am yet to comprehend what curfew means. When I have committed no wrong, why do my parents stop me from moving out in the city on my bike?” he asks with an element of surprise as well as hurt on his face. Obviously to stay indoors for youngsters, especially those who study in schools and colleges, has been a most painful experience. “For how long will the curfew will continue?” asked Raman, another youngster who came to the petrol pump to get the tank of his bike filled during curfew relaxation. As there was no certain answer of this question, he left to wait for his turn for the fuel.
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Fuel supplies hit as pumps remain closed
Chandigarh, May 26 This has adversely hit the consumers in the state, as Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s outlets have already been running dry. Even as the authorities in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) claimed to have restored supply to all its retail outlets in Punjab, the oil marketing company’s dealers continued to face supply constraints. Senior officials in the regional office of BPCL informed TNS here yesterday that the supply side constraints for petrol and diesel at its 500-odd retail outlets across Punjab had been resolved after they received supplies through rail from their Mumbai refinery. However, the company dealers complained that they were still facing a lot of problems in getting their indents honoured. A dealer in Bathinda, requesting anonymity, said only 60 per cent of the order that they placed with the oil marketing company was being delivered to them.
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Markets remain closed in Khanna
Khanna, May 26 Though representatives of the Rashtriya Valmiki Sabha had yesterday announced that a protest march would be taken out in main markets of the city, none of the activists of the organisation were seen on roads today. A section of the representatives, however, handed a charter of their demands to the deputy commissioners of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib. In Fatehgarh Sahib, a few members of the sabha sat in front of the district administrative complex to register their protest and demanded immediate arrest of the accused behind the killing of Sant Ramanand. Owners of shops in the main markets expressed their helplessness as their business was hit yesterday as well as today. Most of the private schools remained closed in Khanna and adjoining areas. The number of vehicles plying on the roads also witnessed a sharp decline. A number of passengers were seen stranded at railway stations as there was no movement of trains for the second day today. A large number of police officials were deployed in sensitive areas since yesterday and police patrolling teams were also seen making rounds in localities wherein a considerable number of Dalits reside.
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Section 144 imposed in Ropar
Ropar, May 26 Prior permission should be taken by the people before taking out any kind of procession in the district. These rules would not be applied on the police, home-guard, Army, paramilitary forces, funeral congregations and marriage functions.
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BSP, Valmiki Sabha take out peaceful march
Ropar, May 26 The march was taken out from Nagar Council Chowk to Bridge Bazaar through the Main Bazaar, College Road upto the DC office. The protestors, including Ravidas Sangharsh Samiti and others, demanded immediate arrest of the accused involved in the killing of Sant Ramanand. The protestors, amidst tight security, demanded that the accused should
be hanged. Most of the shops in the main markets remain closed the entire day today and police teams were seen intensifying their patrolling in different areas of the district. Very low presence was witnessed in government schools and offices and the private schools remained closed in rural and urban areas.
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Namita tops class XII in commerce
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 26 Having transformed her dream into reality at the school level, she wants to pursue higher studies in commerce so that she can study problems like global recession. A student of Anand Isher Secondary, Chhappar, Namita got inspiration from her father Purshotam Goyal, who is an income tax advocate and her mother, Saneh, who is a home maker. Namita and her parents said though they were expecting good marks, they had never imagined that she would top the state. “My focus was towards the preparation for getting admission in CA and I was not preoccupied with achieving top position in school or the board. But this is a great surprise,” said Namita. She has also secured fifth position in combined merit for all streams. Namita’s father attributed his daughter’s success to her hard work and diligence, and added that his wife, who is an MA (English), played a vital role in their daughter’s success. The topper said she wanted to excel in commerce and become a reputed charted accountant. She wanted to prove that girls had ability to conquer all impediments, provided they were treated at par with boys in the society. Though she felt that students of institutes, situated in big cities, got better learning atmosphere, she had special respect for her alma mater led by Kartar Singh, Principal of the school.
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Nakodar boy tops non-medical stream
Jalandhar, May 26 Talking to The Tribune he said: “I owe my success to my Gurudev Ashutosh Maharaj, who not only paved the way for my free education in the school, but also made me self-reliant. Besides, my teachers and Principal HK Sood were a great support to me and helped in excelling in the exams.” The boy was a topper in class X PSEB exams as well and aims to enter the field of research and become a scientist. He is residing with his family in the ashram of the Divya Jyoti Jagran Sansthan. “Ever since my father died five years ago, we came to the ashram. My education and free tuitions became possible with the blessings of maharaj as there was no source of income in the family,” he added.
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All students of school get first division
Sangrur, May 26 Principal of the school Kulwinder Singh said 42 students had secured above 90 per cent marks in class X.
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