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Region celebrates 63rd I-Day with elan
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Food and Supplies inspectors threaten agitation
Malaria scare a hoax; just 1 down with disease at Jawahar school
4 held with 1.8 kg heroin
5 jawans held for stealing railway scrap
Three fake travel agents arrested
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Region celebrates 63rd I-Day with elan
Jalandhar, August 15
Rural development, panchayat and elections minister Punjab, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, hoisted the National Flag at a district-level function organised at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium to celebrate the 63rd Independence Day, here today. While highlighting the achievements of the state government in his speech on the occasion, the minister said the nation would never forget the supreme sacrifices made by freedom fighters to enable us to celebrate this day.
The BSF contingent was declared the best contingent of the parade, followed by a group of the Punjab Police. He also honoured the medical team of the local civil hospital for their excellent work in controlling the threat of the spread of Swine Flu in the district. Apart from the team of doctors, as many as 18 others from different fields were also honoured by the chief guest for their outstanding performance in respective fields. At the end of function, the minister distributed tri-cycles and sewing machines among needy persons. Meanwhile, Lekh Raj Sharma, a former chairman of Jalandhar Improvement Trust, unfurled the tricolour at the Congress Bhavan, here today. Senior Congress leaders, who attended the function, include Gurdev Saini, Kiran Sareen, Abjinder Singh and Ashok Khanna among others. An Independence Day function was also celebrated by the Jalandhar Youth Congress (Rural) at Rurka Kalan near Goraya in Phillaur. Chaudhary Santokh Singh, a former Punjab minister, was the chief guest on the occasion. As per reports, Independence Day was also celebrated in the sub-divisions of the district. Hoshiarpur: Independence Day was celebrated with enthusiasm here today. After unfurling the national flag at a district-level function held at the local Police Line, Punjab Transport Minister Master Mohan Lal congratulated the people. Addressing the gathering he said Punjab was facing drought-like situation on account of failure of the monsoon and prevailing power crisis. But the SAD-BJP government with the help of people of the state would overcome both the problems. He highlighted various achievements of his government. Master Mohan Lal inspected the guard of honour and also took march past salute from contingents of the BSF, police, Home Guard jawans and ex-servicemen, NCC cadets, Scouts and Girl Guides. The minister honoured 29 persons, including head constable Paramjit Singh and Home Guard jawan Harbans Singh, for their contribution towards society. The District Red Cross Society donated 10 tricycles, six wheelchairs and 20 sewing machines to the needy. A dog show was presented by the BSF Subsidiary Training Centre, Kharkan. Schoolchildren presented cultural programme. Master Mohan Lal announced a grant of Rs 2 lakh to the participating children in the function and Rs 50,000 to all those poor students who achieved distinctions in their studies and presented cheques for Rs 7 lakh to kin of martyrs of the Army. He also announced a holiday in schools on August 17. Reports of unfurling of the national flag in various parts of the district were also received. Nawanshahr: The PWD Minister, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Nilkanth Avhad and SSP Rakesh Aggarwal, hoisted the Tricolour and took salute from the contingents of Punjab Police, Punjab Home-Guards , ex-servicemen, NCC cadets, Scouts and Girl Guides at the district-level Independence Day function organised at the ITI Grounds here on Saturday. While paying tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for freedom, Dhindsa said the government had been spending Rs 16.8 crore with a view to developing Khatkar Kalan, native village of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh, situated on the Nawanshahr-Jalandhar highway, into a “tourism centre having patriotic touch”. The minister lauded the efforts being put in jointly by the district administration and NGOs in fighting the menace of female foeticide. He honoured as many as 34 personalities, including Navjot Khatkar, Doordarshan artistes, who has been playing lead role in TV serial “Bhagawalian”, and Jiya Lal Sharma, social worker, for their contribution in different fields. As many as 22 sewing machines and seven tricycles were distributed among widows and physically challenged persons. As many as 700 saplings were distributed among students for providing green cover to fight the growing threat to environment. The minister announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for Tara Singh Kahma Memorial School for the children with special needs and Rs 1 lakh for the participants in the cultural programme. Dhindsa announced holiday in the schools of the district on Monday. Batala: Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) Rahul Chaba unfurled the Tricolour at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Government Polytechnic, Kahnuwan Road, here on Saturday. He took the salute from the contingents of the Punjab Police, Home Guards, NCC Cadets and Scouts of various schools and colleges. Chaba also honoured the Sahara Club Batala, freedom fighters, social workers and dignitaries. Schoolchildren presented a cultural programme. Tarn Taran: Gulzar Singh Ranike, cabinet minister, Punjab, for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy development, unfurled the National flag on the 63rd anniversary of the country’s independence at a district-level function organised here today. The minister took salute from contingents of the Punjab Police, NCC, home guards and school students and inspected the march past. He also highlighted different development schemes of the state government. Freedom fighters and other personalities of different fields were also honoured on the occasion.
Day of special talent
Amritsar, August 15 Mandeer Kaur, wife of Deputy Commissioner, was the chief guest, while Anita Bhardwaj, wife of Additional Deputy Commissioner, and Dr Neelam Kamra, Principal, BBK DAV College for Women, were the guests of honour. The function was organised to showcase the hidden talent of special children. The programme started with the dance performance by these students on the patriotic song “Nanhe mune rahi hain, desh ke sipahi hain” and later they presented Ras Leela with students dressed as Krishna and Radha. Kamra said they would establish an activity room, music room and sensory room in the school so that students could compete with DAV schools and ensure a secure future for themselves. She said the Red Cross, in coordination with DAV, was making special projects for these special children so that they could live independently.
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Food and Supplies inspectors threaten agitation
Jalandhar, August 15 He said their main demands include permission for replacing damaged gunny bags at the time of dispatch, implementing the recommendations of the K.S. Multani Committee on fixing the life of the stock to be stored and early dispatch of food grains stored in the open and in low lying areas. “The government has also backed out of its promise to dispatch food grain stored in plastic bags by July. We want that this stock should be lifted by August 31,” he said. He said they also resented the strong-arm tactics of the FCI wherein the agency forcibly loaded stock in vehicles of other state agencies. Besides this the department was also facing a huge manpower shortage. “We have suggested that either retirement age should be increased or retried employees could be re-employed to tide over the crisis but the government has not paid heed to this,” he pointed out. He said the union has fixed a meeting with representatives from various procurement agencies on August 16 at Ludhiana. In case our demands are not met, we will stage dharnas before holding the rally on August 26.
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Malaria scare a hoax; just 1 down with disease at Jawahar school
Tarn Taran, August 15 The move was made after reports of a large number of students of the vidyalaya contracting malaria had been published in a local daily. Dr Gagandeep Singh Grower, epidemics specialist of the Civil Surgeon office said here today that the Health Department took speedy action after the publication of a report that a large number of students went down with malaria. Dr Grower said health officials examined all the students present yesterday and took 50 blood samples of the suspected students but only one student tested positive for malaria in the report received today. School Principal A.K. Jain said he had sent messages to parents of students not to panic after the spread of the news. According to information, about 100 parents of students reached the school to enquire about the health of their wards but they did not find anything untoward at the school. Khadoor Sahib SDM Subash Chander too reached the spot while SSP S.S. Brar also sent his team to collect first hand information regarding the matter.
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4 held with 1.8 kg heroin
Nawanshahr, August 15 SSP Rakesh Aggarwal, while addressing mediapersons here yesterday said the police arrested Jagtar Singh, alias Tari, resident of Billichau village in Jalandhar, Harbhinder Singh, alias Bhinda, resident of Phagwara, Satinderjit Singh, alias Mann, resident of Banga, and Gurpreet Singh, alias Gora, resident of Ranipur Kamboya, Kapurthala, and seized 1.8 kg of heroin worth Rs 9 crore from them. The gang was carrying the heroin for supplying in Nawanshahr, Banga, Phagwara, Jalandhar, etc. Giving details, the SSP said the police, on a tip-off on August 12, started patrolling and putting up nakas in a planned way to nab them. “The police succeeded in achieving a major breakthrough today when a police party, led by Banga DSP Gurkirpal Singh, which had put up a naka at the Phagwara-Dosanjh-Mukandpur T-point at Rehipa village, stopped an Innova (CH04-A-6397) coming from the Phagwara side. The police nabbed the narcotics smugglers and seized heroin worth crores of rupees from them,” said the SSP. “Jagtar Singh, alias Tari, the gang leader, is an international smuggler. Earlier, fake Indian currency worth Rs 50 lakh had been seized from him and his wife. A case in connection with fake Indian currency amounting to Rs 20 lakh was also registered against him,” Aggarwal said. He said Harbhinder Singh was a Canada-based NRI and a big landlord. He was jailed for murdering his uncle. In jail, he met Jagtar Singh and got indulged in smuggling of narcotics. Bhinda also motivated his nephew Satinderjit Singh to join smuggling. Gurpreet Singh was working as a driver with a property dealer in Jalandhar. The gang had its network in many countries, including Thailand, Dubai, Pakistan, Nepal, etc. The accused would be sent to the Joint Interrogation Centre, Amritsar, for further interrogation, Aggarwal said. One kg opium seized
Batala: The police has arrested one Talwinder Singh of Udhowal village with one kg opium. The police laid a naka on the Dera Baba Nanak road where it stopped an Indica car, driven by Talwinder. During search the police seized the contraband. A case under section 18 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the youth. |
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5 jawans held for stealing railway scrap
Pathankot, August 15 Rohtash Kumar, SHO, GRP, said the jawans were caught by an alert team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) deployed at the railway station while they were lifting the scrap material of fish plates placed at a stockyard adjoining the railway station. He said the RPF men nabbed the jawans and handed them over to the railway police. During interrogation they were identified as naib subedar Satish Kumar, havaldar Amar Singh, driver Sant Lal, jawan Romesh Kumar and jawan Parmod Kumar, all of Kumaon Regiment of the Army posted at Mander in Jammu and Kashmir. He said the police had also impounded the vehicle in which the stolen material was being loaded. The police had registered a case.
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Three fake travel agents arrested
Nawanshahr, August 15 Giving this information, Sadar SHO Kewal Krishan said the accused were presented before a local court. While Harmesh Lal was sent to jail, the other two were remanded in police custody for four days. Kuldip Singh alleged he had given Rs 1.50 lakh along with the passport of his son to them, but neither his son was sent to the UK, nor the money and passport were returned to him by the accused. One booked
Hoshiarpur: A case of duping Jagmohan Singh, son of Mukhtiar Singh of Kulian village, of Rs 90,000 by a fake travel agent has been reported at Dasuya police station. The police has booked Balvir, alias Babu, of the same village under section 420 of the IPC. Jagmohan Singh alleged that Balvir Singh took Rs 90,000 from him for sending him to Korea. |
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“We should also remember those families, whose sons laid their lives, so that we can breathe in a free country”, he added.
Contingents of various schools and defence forces displayed their excellence in the march past.