J A L A N D H A R    E D I T I O N

DMU hits bus, driver gets away with injuries
Jalandhar, November 17
A major tragedy was averted today when the driver of school bus narrowly missed being run down by a DMU at an unmanned railway crossing near Bolina station.
The school bus, which overturned after hitting a DMU, near Bolina station on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

2 killed in accidents
Jalandhar: Two persons were killed in separate accidents in the city. According to police, scooterist Pradeep Kumar was crushed to death under a truck in Adarsh Nagar area this morning. The victim was a resident of Islamganj.

Man kills mother for land, 3 booked
Amritsar, November 17
In a shocking incident, a woman was killed by her own son who wanted to grab 27 acres of land registered in her name.

Revival package for Batala industry sought
Amrtisar, November 17
Seeking special economic package for resurrection of the Batala industry in particular and industry of Punjab in general, Amardeep Singh Cheema, the National Vice-Chairman of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) has urged the PM to help the agriculture sector in its revival bid in Punjab as the sector had vast employment potential at the grass-roots level.

Kandwal residents take up causeway construction as govt sleeps
Pathankot, November 17
The people and businessmen on both sides of the Chakki river near Kandwal, 13 km from here, in Himachal Pradesh have been affected due to the causeway on the Chakki river (linking the Pathankot and Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh) getting washed away.

Govt fixes limit on quantity of edibles stored at a given time
Hoshiarpur, November 17
To prevent and check the black marketing and hoarding of rice, pulses and edible oils, the Punjab government has fixed the maximum quantity of the above said items, which may be possessed by a dealer at a time.

DMU hits bus, driver gets away with injuries
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 17
A major tragedy was averted today when the driver of school bus narrowly missed being run down by a DMU at an unmanned railway crossing near Bolina station.

The DMU hit the rear of the bus following which the bus turned turtle but the driver escaped with minor injuries. The incident took place at 7.30 am when bus driver Balbir Singh was going to take students from Bolina village to drop them at Doaba Senior Secondary School, Ladowali Road.

He was admitted to a private hospital. The GRP has registered a case under section 279 and 283 of IPC against the driver of the bus.

2 killed in accidents

Jalandhar: Two persons were killed in separate accidents in the city. According to police, scooterist Pradeep Kumar was crushed to death under a truck in Adarsh Nagar area this morning. The victim was a resident of Islamganj.

The truck driver is said to have fled from the scene after the accident. The body was handed over to the family after post-mortem examination at local civil hospital.

A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered against the unidentified truck driver at police station division no II.

In another accident, a truck driver died when two trucks collided on the Jalandhar-Pathankot road near Nurpur village. The accident occurred this morning. After taking the body in custody, the police has sent it to the local civil hospital and a case has been registered in this regard. — TNS

Man kills mother for land, 3 booked
Tribune Reporters

The accused have been absconding after the 
incident.

Teenager gangraped

Phillaur: A teenaged girl was allegedly gangraped in Haripur Khalsa village on late Friday night. According to the reports lodged with the police, the girl was sleeping in her room on the top floor of her house when three village youths entered and gangraped her.

The girl identified the youths as Balbir, Harikrishan and Kuldip of the same village. The episode took ugly turn on Saturday when the family members ransacked the valuables of the house of the alleged persons and even wounded one of the accused Kuldip who has also been admitted to the local hospital.

When contacted, Phillaur DSP Kamaljeet Singh Dhillon said the police was investigating the matter.

Revival package for Batala industry sought
Varinder Singh/TNS

Amrtisar, November 17
Seeking special economic package for resurrection of the Batala industry in particular and industry of Punjab in general, Amardeep Singh Cheema, the National Vice-Chairman of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) has urged the PM to help the agriculture sector in its revival bid in Punjab as the sector had vast employment potential at the grass-roots level.

During his meeting with the PM last week, Cheema also apprised Dr Manmohan Singh about traditional skills development programme launched by NYKS and the Indian perspective at the recently concluded International Conference on Youth Policy and Research in Vienna, Austria.

It was Cheema who had led the delegation of Government of India for presenting the Indian perspective on international platform in the fast changing world where, India was emerging as a youth power due to ongoing sharp decline in world employable population due to negative and stagnating population growth.

Cheema, in a statement, said he has apprised the Prime Minister about his detailed meeting with Secretary General of Commonwealth in London who was impressed with the potential of the employability skills development programme, initiated by the Union Sports Minister Manohar Singh Gill. Cheema has been asked to make a presentation in the forthcoming CHOGAM (Commonwealth Head of Government) summit which, was being held in the last week of November in Trinidad and Tobago.

Kandwal residents take up causeway construction as govt sleeps
The commuters were a harried lot as the causeway got washed away in flash floods
Bharat Bhushan Dogra

Pathankot, November 17
The people and businessmen on both sides of the Chakki river near Kandwal, 13 km from here, in Himachal Pradesh have been affected due to the causeway on the Chakki river (linking the Pathankot and Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh) getting washed away.

They put in their potential to make the causeway movable today.

The people, mainly businessmen and labourers working in small industrial units, jointly made efforts to construct a temporary structure by laying bajri, sand and soil to make the causeway movable, which had been washed away following flash floods in the Chakki river due to heavy rain which lashed the area three days ago.

With the washing away of the causeway for the second time in a year, traffic not only came to a halt but also cut off the areas on both sides - Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The people of the area, with the help of owners of industrial units and crusher units, after finding the authorities of both the states in a lethargic enough to ignore the problem (of re-construction of a structure to allow vehicular traffic to pass through the Chakki river) decided to take the initiative and ensure smooth traffic flow.

With the initiative taken to construct the structure, people who have been avoiding covering a distance of more the 20 km (through the Lodhwan village) will be hugely eased. It will save a lot of time, energy and money of the people used to taking the causeway as a route.

Govt fixes limit on quantity of edibles stored at a given time

Hoshiarpur, November 17
To prevent and check the black marketing and hoarding of rice, pulses and edible oils, the Punjab government has fixed the maximum quantity of the above said items, which may be possessed by a dealer at a time.

According to official sources here today, rice dealers including wholesalers, distributing and selling agents could stock 5,000 quintals of rice whereas retailers could store 500 quintals.

As many as 10,000 quintals of pulses (whether whole or split with or without husk) could be stored by the dealers including wholesalers, distributing and selling agents, whereas retailers could store 500 quintals. Dealers, including wholesalers, distributing and selling agents could store 1,000 quintals of all types of edible oils including hydrogenated vegetable oils. Retailers have been allowed to store 40 quintals only. — OC