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Four-hour downpour inundates houses, City roads
Ludhiana, June 17 Several homes and shops were flooded, not only in low lying areas but also in “posh” localities with people facing a tough time in manually draining out the rainwater. Traffic came to a halt in many areas as vehicles broke down in the middle of busy streets that were inundated. Commuters were seen trying to pull their cars from the accumulated water that was almost waist high at some places. Many shopkeepers suffered losses with those in the city’s old markets the worst hit. Rainwater entered many establishments near Bhadaur House and Dandi Swami Chowk. Trees were uprooted in several areas and streets caved in at two places. A part of the service lane near Arti Cinema sunk with a similar situation witnessed near the Westend Mall on Ferozepore Road where a bus got stuck. Complaints of waterlogging were received from Talab Bazar, Chaura Bazar, old GT Road, Humbran Road, Haibowal, Samrala Chowk, Dholewal Chowk, Gill Road, Model Town, Domoria Bridge, Model Town and other areas. “It happens every year but no lessons are learnt. I wonder when the authorities will start taking action. If this happened after the premonsoon showers what’ll happen during monsoon?’’ asked Vikas Bansal, a resident. Harish Rai Dhanda, chief parliamentary secretary, had a taste of the chaotic situation when his vehicle was stuck in the Clock Tower area. MC begins desilting ‘nullah’
As if the pre-monsoon showers had jolted it from its slumber, the municipal corporation began work on desilting the ‘ganda nullah’ passing through the city after several streets and localities were inundated with rainwater. However, residents wondered why the civic body had not begun the task earlier. Residents of Rishi Nagar had a narrow escape after a mobile tower atop a house collapsed following rain and strong winds in the wee hours of today. The tower fell on the roof of a house located across the street. The impact was such that residents took it to be an earthquake and started running for cover.
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Poor drainage annoys councillors
Ludhiana, June 17 Cutting across party lines, the councillors came down heavily on the civic administration for lack of storm water drainage and poor disposal of rainwater in city localities. Tardy execution of sewerage and water supply projects by the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) also came in for criticism, with some councillors suggesting that the task should be given to the MC instead. The Mayor, Hakam Singh Giaspura, and the MC Commissioner, AK Sinha, faced a tough time in the face of the attack from councillors who complained that the cleaning of drains and sewers had not been carried out and road gullies were blocked in most residential and commercial areas. Sinha said the cleaning of road gullies, till now being looked after by the engineering branch, would now be entrusted to the operations and maintenance (O&M) wing and the field staff would be required to give a certificate of the gullies under their charge having been cleaned. Additional safai workers would be provided in various wards for better sanitation level and cleaning of drains and sewers. Meanwhile, Congress councillors Sham Sunder Malhotra, Parminder Mehta, Raju Thapar, Anil Kumar and Bharat Bhushan Ashu sought more funds for development projects, stressing that politics should not play any part in the allocation of funds. SAD councillors Harbhajan Singh Dang, Jagbir Singh Sokhey and Daljit Singh Grewal and Gurdeep Singh Neetu (BJP) raised issues of bad roads, inadequate sewerage and storm water drainage. Items related to purchase of land for garbage dump and tubewell in Ward No. 2, reduction in license fee for cycle rickshaw, push carts and mule carts, refixation of composition fee for violation of traffic rules and providing space for office of the sub-registrar were approved. House to meet every month
In the wake of persistent outcry by councillors over house meetings being convened at long and irregular intervals, the MC Commissioner, AK Sinha, said general house meetings would be held every month as provided in the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act.
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Cars go under 7-ft deep water in MC parking lot
Ludhiana, June 17 Rainwater accumulated in the parking lot reportedly due to backflow of sewage from drains. Several cars were stuck in the water for many hours, with some completely under the water. They had not been retrieved till the time this report was filed. The car owners said water had entered inside their vehicles and they had lost all hope of civic staff of doing anything about it. They began manually pulling the cars out of the rainwater after waiting for 12 hours for MC employees. ‘‘Cars valued at Rs 60-70 lakh are under water. We saw the situation in the parking lot at 6 in the morning and since then have been frantically calling up civic officials, but till 7 pm there no action was initiated. We’ve now started pulling out our cars Sunita Rani, another resident, whose Tata Nano was stuck in the water inside the parking lot, said she barged into a mayor's meeting in the afternoon to prompt him to take action. ‘‘He put officials on the job to drain out the accumulated water. But till 7 pm only some of the water has been pumped out and its level has fallen by a mere foot. We aren’t depending on them (civic body) now as the vehicles’ upholstery and fittings have already been damaged. We’ll have to tow away our vehicles to nearby workshops”, she said.
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Register FIR against ADCP, orders court
Ludhiana, June 17 Reacting to the order, ADCP Bansal said: “They have distorted facts and obtained orders from the court. We will file a revision petition in the court and produce all the facts before the notice of the court.” Addressing a press conference, Neeraj Chawla, national president of the Anti-Corruption Federation of India, who is at loggerheads with the ADCP ever since he joined office, said: “The court had ordered the Shimlapuri SHO to register an FIR against the ADCP in March, but the order was not complied with. On the last hearing on June 14, the court has held the SHO responsible for the delay and has ruled that if the FIR is not produced at the next date of hearing on July 6, action shall be initiated against the SHO.” The complainant, Jasbir Khurana, said he purchased a property measuring 200 sq yd in Lohara through an auction held by Punjab National Bank (PNB). After buying it, he was in for a shock as the property had been illegally occupied by certain PNB employees and their accomplices. He lodged a complaint with the police, following which an FIR was registered. Khurana alleged that the ADCP, under the influence of the accused, dismissed the FIR. He then filed a complaint before the illaqa magistrate. Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Monika Sharma stated: “Keeping in mind the legal position which emerges from the above discussion, statutory duty causes upon the police to firstly register an FIR and then investigate the case on receiving an application relating to the commission of the cognizable offence. It cannot be left to the sweet will or the discretion of the police officer concerned to register a case.” She also ruled that a police officer cannot “embark on an inquiry” with regard to the correctness of a complaint as it is against the spirit of the CrPC and the criminal justice system. “Every police officer has a statutory duty to register a case and take up investigation,” she stated. On the other hand, Surinder Sagar Sharma, who was the then manager of the PNB, levelled counter allegations against Khurana. “Jasbir Khurana had got a compensation through a court order. He has grossly distorted facts and obtained the order. Further, the court did not hear us before passing the judgement,” he alleged. The Commissioner of Police said the police would take the legal course. |
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Love story that wasn’t
Ludhiana, June 17 Mahesh killed the nine-year-old-boy Niranjan in cold blood and then threw his body near a level crossing at Hussainpur village on January 18. Mahesh, who claimed himself to be the father of the victim, was not the latter's biological father. His dubious role in the incident as well as his past put him under scanner when he was reportedly attempting to leave the city following the boy’s murder. Mahesh and his “wife” Anita were said to have run away from Samastipur, Bihar, in December last. During investigations it was found that Mahesh deserted his five children and wife in Bihar before coming to Ludhiana, while Anita duped her husband and eloped with Mahesh and her two children. Mahesh, in his earlier confession before the police, claimed that he had a strong dislike for Niranjan and didn’t want to take him to the city and it was Anita who was forcing him. Mahesh told the police that Niranjan used to abuse him and refused to acknowledge him as his father. Finally, he decided to eliminate Niranjan. On January 17, when the victim was playing with his friends, Mahesh took Niranjan on the pretext of going to shopping. When he reached Husainpur village, he took Niranjan to a vacant place where he slit the neck of the victim. Mahesh removed the larynx (vocal cords) of the victim to mislead the police.
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Murderer commits suicide in jail
Ludhiana, June 17 Mahesh Mehto, a resident of Bihar, who killed the nine-year-old son of his paramour in January, was spotted hanging by the jail guards during the head count today afternoon. According to jail superintendent, the deceased made braids by cutting his ragged clothes and hanged himself from the ventilator in the bathroom. “There are 60 inmates lodged in his barrack. All of them claimed that Mahesh appeared to be normal and was busy making a long rope of his ragged clothes. No one had any clue why was he making such a long rope,” said jail superintendent SP Khanna. Sources in the jail said he was dejected after being put behind the bars for killing the son of his paramour. Even his paramour deserted him and no one used to visit him in the jail. The murder trial against him was also pending on consideration by the court. SP Khanna said: “Jail guards informed the jail officer after they spotted Mehto hanging from the ventilator. He was immediately freed and doctor was informed about the incident. But the paramedic declared him dead.” His body was rushed to a civil hospital for post-mortem examination. |
Ludhiana scan
The Taxation Bar Association today held a meeting with the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax to discuss refunds and other tax-related problems.
President of the association GS Chopra said under the refund banker scheme if an assessee mentioned a wrong bank account number in the form, then he would have to send an application along with the refund cheque. “But sadly even after sending the application and cheque, assesses are not getting the refunds,” he lamented. Another member J Khurana added that sometimes even the department failed to tell the assessees about the status of their refund applications. Replying to queries, Commissioner GS Randhawa said if the data in their computers did not match the data filled in the application then the department could not issue refunds. “Refunds are issued only after the entire data in the computers and forms is matched,” he said. New VC welcomed Chairman of the PAU Employees Federation LS Sandhu has welcomed new Vice-Chancellor of the PAU Dr BS Dhillon. Sandhu said Dr Dhillon had been associated with the PAU for long so he was aware of our problems. “We are confident that he will work towards the welfare of the university and will take it to new heights.” Shri Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee is organising gurmat summer camps at various parts in the city. Camps are being held at Dugri, Haibowal and other areas. Nearly 400 students participated in these camps which were held in various parts of the city. On the concluding day, every participant will be given certificates at Gurudwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Model Town Extension, at 10 am. NRIs’ grievances Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari said a special camp to listen to the problems of NRIs would be organised at the Mini Secretariat in his office on June 24 at 11 am. The camp will be presided over by Capt Balbir Singh Bath, Minister for NRIs Affairs. Anniversary The Punjab government will be celebrating 127th birth anniversary of Master Tara Singh at Ramgarhia Girls College here. Dr Upinderjit Kaur, finance minister, Satpal Gosain, health minister, will be the chief guests. DC Rahul Tiwari said the administration would make every effort to make the function a success. Scheme The Punjab government has come up with a one-time loan settlement scheme for defaulters under the self-employment scheme for schedule caste who have taken loan from the Punjab Schedule Caste Land Development and Financial Corporation. The scheme is applicable for those defaulters who have taken loan till 31 March, 2004. Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-chairman of the district level screening committee Pardeep Kumar Aggarwal said all those, who would be returning loan under the scheme, would have to give in writing to the district manager that they would pay the remaining three instalments by September 30. Meeting Punjab Minister for Local Bodies, Industry and Commerce Tikshan Sood claimed that funds were no constraint in the way of development, and the SAD-BJP government in Punjab was putting development projects on fast track for their time-bound completion. Addressing officials of the municipal corporation at a meeting here last evening, he said the government was providing potable water and sewerage facilities to people and a comprehensive plan had been chalked out for the purpose. — TNS
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Trifurcate Ludhiana district, says Congress legislator Khangura
Ludhiana, June 17 In a statement issued today, Khangura stated that as the largest district in Punjab, the need of the people would be better served by bringing the administration closer to people. He said, presently it took more than 90 minutes for people to reach the district headquarters from some parts of the district boundary that were too far. Similarly, he added that several parts of the administration were too far for regular visits by the senior officials of the district. Many of whom only reach these places when only the Chief Minister or the Deputy Chief Minister visited these locations. Khangura stressed that despite the fact that Ludhiana had usually enjoyed the best of the officer cadres, the administration of 14 assembly constituencies tested most of them fully and some were found to be short in their performance. Trifurcation, Khangura stated, should result in the four eastern assembly constituencies of Khanna, Samrala, Sahnewal and Payal forming one district, the six constituencies of the corporation forming the core Ludhiana district and four western assembly constituencies of Gill, Dakha, Raikot and Jagraon forming another district which would be ideally named after martyr Kartar Singh Sarabha. This would reduce the travel time to the district headquarters to 30 minutes or even less.
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Ashram comes up at Sarabha village
Ludhiana, June 17 The ashram will cater to the poor and needy. It has a capacity to lodge 40 to 50 inmates and is spread over 3,000 square yards. It is about 17 km from Ludhiana. To keep the surroundings green, more than 100 saplings have been planted around the ashram under the guidance of landscaping experts. Dr Mangat said, “People, who did not wish to be named, but wanted to serve the humanity, came forward for the cause. The plan is to construct a four-storey building catering to more than 200 inmates. The project is likely to cost over Rs 1 crore for which public support is requested. Over Rs 40 lakh has already been spent on the project.”
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City welcomes pre-monsoon showers, Mercury dips
Ludhiana, June 17 However, though people got respite from the scorching and heat enjoyed the lovely weather, the continuous rain compounded the misery of slumdwellers whose shanties were completely soaked with filled with knee-deep water. It began raining early in the morning at about 4:15 am and the showers continued till 8 am. The weatherman has predicted more rain in the next 24 hours. Talking to The Tribune, KK Gill, agro meteorologist at Punjab Agricultural University, said the maximum temperature had come down to 29 degrees Celsius with precipitation recorded at about 95 mm during the last 24 hours. "These are premonsoon showers as the monsoon is fast approaching towards Madhya
Pradesh. Till June 18 the weather is expected to be cloudy with more rain expected and it will clear by Sunday. But the rains are quite beneficial for crops as well except for bottle-gourd, bitter gourd etc. The normal monsoons are expected from July 1", he said. However, the continuous rain created more problems for people living in the city’s low lying areas. Several streets and localities including Maharani Jhansi Road, Domoria Bridge, Chaura Bazaar and Janakpuri were waterlogged and it took two to three hours to get the rainwater cleared. The worst affected were rickshaw pullers and the poor who found it difficult to find shelter.
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A boon for paddy cultivators
Ludhiana, June 17 President of the PAU Farmers’ Club, Pritpal Singh Pangli, said pre-monsoon showers were beneficial for paddy growers. “Ten to 15 per cent of crop (paddy) has already been transplanted in various districts of the state. Process of transplantation will get a boost with pre-monsoon showers lashing the region. Farmers will transplant paddy till July 15. This year, we are happy that transplantation will be more easier,” he added. Bachittar Pal Singh, a Jagraon-based farmer, said farmers, nowadays, were sowing regular varieties of paddy. After July 15, they would start transplanting Basmati varieties. “Pre-monsoon showers are beneficial for almost all types of crops except for spring-maize and sunflower varieties. But these crops are sown in less than 5 per cent of the area under cultivation. Ninety-five per cent farmers are cultivating paddy in their fields in Punjab,” Bachittar Pal Singh added.
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Spat over repaired road takes an ugly turn
Ludhiana, June 17 Alleging that poor quality raw material was used as the road caved in from several places just a few days after having been re-carpeted, PPCC organising secretary Karnail Singh Lit, District Congress Committee’s former president and Rajiv Gandhi Panchayti Raj Sangathan general secretary Gursimran Singh Mand said the civic body had become a den of corruption with elected representatives and senior officials siphoning off funds meant for infrastructure development and civic amenities. ”The real face of the SAD and the BJP, who are staging dharnas against corruption stands exposed before the people who are now waiting to teach the ruling coalition a lesson in the coming assembly elections,” Congress functionaries said while adding that residents of the area were facing inconvenience due to damage caused to the road which connected two strategic localities. Area councillor Harbhajan Singh Dang while refuting the allegations charged the Congress leaders with indulging in dirty politics. The road did cave in due to new sewerage line that was laid recently in the area. But, the allegation that a particular road was recently carpeted is distortion of facts. ”Minor repair and patchwork have been carried out on this road, that too at department level keeping in view minor depressions are caused on the roads where new sewer lines are laid. Once the monsoon ends, the road will once again be re-carpeted. The road was repaired for the time being just to save the public from inconvenience,” Dang added. He also advised his political adversaries to desist from indulging in petty politics to gain cheap popularity. ‘Civic body den of corruption’y Alleging that poor quality raw material was used as the road caved in from several places just a few days after having been re-carpeted, PPCC organising secretary Karnail Singh Lit, District Congress Committee’s former president and Rajiv Gandhi Panchayti Raj Sangathan general secretary Gursimran Singh Mand said the civic body had become a den of corruption with elected representatives and senior officials siphoning off funds meant for infrastructure development and civic amenities.
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Youth blames hospital for father's death
Ludhiana, June 17 Sandeep Singh said: “My father, Randhir Singh, who was suffering from cardiac problem, was being treated in the hospital since May 30. About a week ago, doctors told me that he was having some infection in his stomach. They tried to clear it with the help of some apparatus. He was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit as soon as his condition deteriorated and put on ventilator. Till yesterday, his blood pressure was normal. He, however, he died today at around 2 am.” Inconsolable Sandeep said: “I lost my father due to the negligence of the doctors. I called up minister for health and family welfare Minister as I don’t others to suffer.” Dr G S Wander, chief cardiologist, Hero DMC Heart Institute, while denying all allegations, said, “The patient was undergoing treatment for about a month. We kept telling his family members about his serious condition on daily basis. We gave best treatment and there is negligence on behalf of staff and doctors."
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Juveniles sent to Mother Teresa home
Ludhiana, June 17 While the police is trying to dig into the matter, the man who was detained on the suspicion of heading a “begging racket”, was let off after he was found innocent. However, the police maintains that the girls were being used for begging. The absence of culprits has left the cops bemused. Earlier, the police was suspecting that girls were from Bihar, but today they claimed that girls hail from Maharashtra. While the 14-year-old-girl has been identified as Jhony, the other one has been identified as Bony. Both of them are sisters and the older one is suspected to be mentally challenged. It was the younger one, who narrated the entire incident to police and told that they boarded the train nearly five days ago and on their way they were forced to consume liquor. They further told the police that they had no inkling how they reached the city. “They could not speak Hindi and later it was found that the girls were from Maharashtra. However, they have been shifted to Mother Teresa home located near Jalandhar bypass,” said SHO Deresi Maninder Bedi. He further added: “We believe that girls were brought here for the purpose of begging. But the man we were suspecting had nothing to do with the girls. He just saw the girls in sedated condition and offered them help.”
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Civil Surgeon moots rapid response team
Ludhiana, June 17 The Civil Surgeon, who was earlier posted as
the Senior Medical Officer at Sangrur, on being asked about plans to make slum areas of the city disease-free, said, “ I will meet officials of the municipal corporation and the health department in this regard. But, the onus for keeping the city clean lies on the municipal corporation.” Civil hospitals will be encouraged to conduct deliveries free of cost to keep a check on infant and mother mortality rates.
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Exporters relieved as govenrment extends DEPB scheme
Ludhiana, June 17 Earlier, the government had decided to scrap the scheme on June 30. However, the scheme will be phased out and replaced by duty drawback. A senior official from the customs department said this was a three-month reprieve, within this time the ministry will work out a mechanism that will ensure smooth transition from DEPB to duty drawback. Some of the major beneficiaries are engineering products, chemicals, plastics, leather, sports goods, food products, handicrafts, electronics and textiles. “We have been asking for the extension of the scheme in the absence of an alternative option. The rates of refund in the drawback scheme are much lower than those available under DEPB,” said Badish Jindal, president of the Federation of Punjab Small Industries Association. Another exporter Vijay Grover, expressing relief over the extension of DEPB, said: “All the benefits are pre-calculated and given to us by the government to make us competitive in the market. But after this scheme is scrapped we will become un-competitive in the world market. MSME will be worst hit and Indian exporters will require time and capital to develop new products, marketing strategies and refocus on emerging markets to sustain export growth,” he said. DEPB Scheme
The DEPB scheme is a part of the duty remission scheme for exporters not going through the licensing route. The aim is to neutralise the incidents of customs duty on their import content of the export product. Under this scheme an exporter can apply for credit as a specific percentage of freight on board (FOB). Difference between DEPB and duty drawback
The main difference between DEPB and the duty drawback scheme is that DEPB is disbursed in the form of DEPB scrip, while the drawback is taken as cash. Further, DEPB is administered by the Commerce and Industry Ministry, while the drawback is administered by the revenue department under the Finance Ministry.
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‘Padho Punjab’ — Is it really working?
Ludhiana, June 17 With this, the aim of the project- to increase the teaching aptitude of
government school teachers and learning competency of children- seems to have
forfeited, as the district has been ranked 19th out of total 20 districts of
Punjab. Interestingly, the District Education Officer (elementary) Harpal Kaur blames it on the increasing problem of absenteeism. However, assistant state project director (media for SSA), Balwinder Singh, blames it on the inefficiency of district-level officers and other staff members. Meanwhile, Harpal Kaur said: “The result of Padho Punjab is good in rural areas, but not satisfactory in urban schools. The reason being teacher-taught ratio is as per the norms in rural schools. However, in urban areas, teachers are less as compared to number of students. Also, in rural areas, children come from migrant families, who either leave the school in between or remain absent for months together, which affects their results.” When asked as if she finds the work of staff satisfactory, she said: “There are also some shortcomings as far as staff is concerned.” Balwinder Singh on the other hand said: “Ludhiana as well as Moga has shown poor result. I think the district co-ordinator is not putting his best efforts. Last year, we came across such a problem in Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts. We deputed two co-ordinators and this year their results have improved. I will soon call the meeting of district co-ordinators and will see how the result can be improved.” I have called for a meeting of block master trainers and centre master trainers to know the exact reason. I will also hold a meeting with school heads. — Harpal Kaur, District Education Officer (elementary), Ludhiana. Project to hone skills
The aim of Padho Punjab project is to sharpen mathematics and language skills of government schoolchildren from classes I to V. The students are categorised into three groups, those who can recognise alphabets, but can’t make a word, those who can make a word, but not a sentence and third those who can form a sentence, but find it difficult to
read.
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From schools
Ludhiana: Kundan Vidya Mandir organised an eight-day trip to Cochin-Kovalam-Kanyakumari during summer vacation. A group of 50 students accompanied by five teachers visited Cochin. Children enjoyed the cruise in the morning. Another main attraction of the tour was Vega land i.e. Water Theme Park. They had entirely different experience while visiting Sri Padhmanabham Temple. Kids make greeting cards
The summer camp at Penguin Castle Pre-school ended with interesting activities related to the forthcoming Father’s Day. Children made beautiful cards. Children made interesting photo frames out of wooden spatulas. They used their father’s picture to fit it in the frame. The kids will present little gifts to their loving dad on June 19 on “Father’s Day". — TNS
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Admission rush at PAU; 3,549 apply for 90 seats
Ludhiana, June 17 According to Dr Baldev Singh Sohal, PAU controller of examinations, a record number of 946 candidates applied for admission to BSc agriculture (Hons), out of this, 901 students appeared for Agriculture Aptitude Test (AAT) for admission to 80 seats. The majority of the candidates (746) were boys from rural areas. Dr DS Cheema, Dean, College of Agriculture, said BSc agriculture (Hons) has been especially introduced by PAU to encourage students from rural background. — TNS
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2 persons attacked at petrol station
Jagraon, June 17 They have received serious injuries. One of the victims is undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, Jagraon, while the other has been admitted in a private hospital here. The incident took place when Nirmal Singh and Jagraj Singh were on their way to Jagraon. As they stopped at the petrol station , more than eight persons, who had covered their faces and were carrying sharp-edged weapons, attacked the two and fled from the spot. Nirmal Singh and Jagraj Singh belong to the same group that had been on the target of some other gang after one of its members was killed during a firing incident at Akhara village a few months ago. Following the incident, the rival group has launched three attacks on the gang so far. Sources said the incident was the fallout of an old rivalry between the two gangs. However, soon after the incident, a police team reached the spot and rushed the attack victims to the Civil Hospital, Jagraon. Though the doctors at the hospital referred one of them to Ludhiana due to his critical condition, strangely his family members refused to take him to Ludhiana and instead got him admitted to a local private hospital. Meanwhile, the police has recorded statements of the victims. No case was registered till the filing of this report.
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prithpal singh hockey festival Our Sports Reporter
Ludhiana, June 17 Ropar XI thrashed Ludhiana XI 6-2 after leading 3-1 at half time in the first semifinal. Rupinder Singh scored three goals while Kiranpreet Singh scored a brace and Bakhshish Singh sounded the board once for Ropar XI. Gurbir Singh and Pawanpreet Singh found the target once to reduce the margin for the losers. The second semifinal played between Mohali XI and Jarkhar Juniors, too, failed as the former scripted an easy 8-3 win. Captain of the winning team, Damanpreet Singh netted three goals. Ranjeet Singh Rinku, who also scored three goals, assisted him. Jangpreet Singh and Raghvir Singh contributed one goal each to complete the rout. For the losers, Harmanpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Sandeep Singh scored one goal each to salvage some pride. Jathedar Gurmail Singh Sangowal, an SGPC member, was the guest of honour. Jathedar Sangowal announced RS 1 lakh grant for the organisers.
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Mobile tower gives way
