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Post-poll debacle: It’s tauba-tauba for Hans
LPU starts new courses in hotel management
Kidnapped boy found, abductors
still at large
Rain at last, but not enough
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Give us priority: Ex-servicemen
Eviction of Dalit families: Protest on July 15
Woman ends life
Youth held with drugs
2 killed in road accident
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Post-poll debacle: It’s tauba-tauba for Hans
Jalandhar, July 9 His cheeks are rosy and he seems fresh. Not really the image you would associate with defeat. He is about
to leave for the darbar as his mobile phone constantly rings. Hans Raj Hans, the acclaimed singer, while talking to The Tribune, speaks up about his recent political debacle and the lessons politics taught him. Talking about what led him to take to politics, he says, “Bhukhmari te supneya de shikar baccheyan nu jitthe chhath nai mildi menu lagga mai utthe kujh kar sakda han (I thought I could do something at a place where malnourished, homeless children dream of a better life). It began with constant persuasion from the Badals and finally my belief to bring a change for people led me to take the plunge. “Once I got convinced, I just put my heart and soul into it. Campaigning for seven months without taking even a single day off wasn’t a life I was used to. Par os vele mere te junoon savaar si, mai rajneeti nu vi sangeet
te Sufism de hawaale de naal vekheya.” He emphasised that he had always made efforts that the masses kept away from intoxication and drugs. “Some people were even disillusioned with this approach of mine and wanted me to distribute alcohol and drugs. But I am not one of those people. My conscience would never have forgiven me if I took to those measures. Haar ke saunda tan haan (I might be defeated, but at least I get a good night’s sleep).” Hans the politician made Hans the singer suffer and
he plans to make up for the loss now. Talking about what might have led to the defeat, he says, “People in the villages gave me a lot of love. Don’t know what went wrong in Jalandhar. I never behaved like a star in this city and
was always available to the people. I guess the humility backfired. Someone from Mumbai might have
won here. They need people who behave like superstars, I guess.” Right now he plans to immerse himself in music and his
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LPU starts new courses in hotel management
Jalandhar, July 9 The LPU has started a course BHMCT-MBA integrated programme which allows students to pursue a professional degree in hotel management and catering technology, further attached with an MBA programme. This will facilitate student to acquire not only the technical skills of hospitality management but also to equip himself with management of associated features like operational, HR, financial and marketing management. With the coming of international brands in the Indian hotel industry, there has been a spurt in demand of hotel management professionals acquainted with culturally diverse hotel management practices ranging from culinary arts to hospitality management. BSc (airline, tourism and hospitality) is a programme introduced by the LPU which allows the student to build a promising career in the aviation sector. The curriculum of this course is more inclusive and need-based in comparison to many diploma programmes being offered in air hostess training studies. MSc (nutrition and dietetics) is a new programme which focuses on development of skills in dietary management and lays emphasis on development of clinical diagnostic skills. — TNS |
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Kidnapped boy found, abductors
still at large
Kapurthala, July 9 The abductors gave a telephone call to Gurlal’s family members that they had left him at Talwandi Madho village. Subsequently, a police party, led by ASI Charanjit Singh, reached there and took him into its possession. The police tried to get some clue of kidnappers from the boy. However, the abductors were still at large, said Sultanpur Lodhi DSP Gurmit Singh. It may be recalled that two car-borne persons kidnapped Gurlal from Suchetgarh village falling under Sultanpur Lodhi police station on Tuesday night. Gurlal (17) and his sister Manpreet Kaur were going to fields when the two car-borne persons abducted Gurlal. At this, Gurlal Singh’s father Darshan Singh lodged a complaint with the police. He suspected involvement of his brother Resham Singh and nephew Daljit Singh in the kidnapping due to some land dispute. |
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Rain at last, but not enough
Amritsar, July 9 Though it rained for a brief period in the morning, strong winds had been blowing in the region since last night. The winds uprooted
display boards, trees and shrubs. The rain did not last for more than 30 minutes but it brought down the mercury and quenched the thirst of the parched land. The roads teamed with puddles. Meanwhile, farmers were not elated over the brief rain as it was insufficient for the crops. |
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Give us priority: Ex-servicemen
Nawanshahr, July 9 In a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner for forwarding the same to the Punjab Governor and the Chief Minister, they demanded that a separate seniority list of ex-servicemen applicants should be made and the policy framed in 1988-89 for granting tubewell connections on priority basis to them should be put into force again. As per the policy framed in 1988-89, the reserve seniority number of ex-servicemen was four but due to the frequent changes in the policy in 2008-09, the reserve seniority number of ex-servicemen category has come down to 21, alleged Lieut-Col Jernail Singh, adding that due to it they had virtually been deprived of the benefits under priority category fixed for them. |
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Eviction of Dalit families: Protest on July 15
Amritsar, July 9 PMU district president Paramjit Vichhoa said the houses of Dalip Singh, Bir Singh, Chanchal Singh, Amrik Singh and Jeet Singh, all residents of Majhupura village, were demolished on June 23 last year. He claimed that the panchayat of the village had allotted houses to 36 Dalit families about 20 years ago. However, the houses of the five persons were demolished, leaving the houses of others untouched. He said the demolition of the selected houses smelt of a deep-rooted conspiracy. Vichhoa said a certain patch of agriculture land at Awan village was taken away from the tillers and was handed over to a private company. |
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Woman ends life
Gurdaspur, July 9 Police sources said Sarbjit, whose husband was living abroad, consumed calphos tablets at her house. When her condition deteriorated, she was taken to a private hospital from where she was referred to Amritsar, but died on the way. Nirmal kaur, sister of Sarbjit, alleged that Sarbjit was forced to take poison by her mother-in-law Mohinder Kaur, brother-in-law Nirmal Singh and sister-in-law Bhiro. She added that Sarbjit was being harassed by her in-laws. A case under sections 306 and 34 of the IPC was registered. |
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Youth held with drugs
Batala, July 9 According to SSP Dr Naresh Arora, a police party comprising DSP Manohar Lal and SHO of Civil Lines police station Sawinder Singh Padam laid a naka on the Qadian road, near Bajwa. On seeing a youth roaming about there in suspicious condition, the police signalled him to stop. During search, the police seized intoxicants from him. The youth has been identified as Raj Kumar of Thathiari Gate.
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2 killed in road accident
Pathankot, July 9 |
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