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Snatchers strike again; rob man of Rs 4 lakh
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Special pulse polio campaign launched in walled city
Programme on TB ends
Duped by travel agent; man files complaint
Repair of market roads demanded
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Snatchers strike again; rob man of Rs 4 lakh
Amritsar, September 24 The incident exposes police preparedness in curbing crime in the city. A jeweller and his son were injured and gold jewellery worth lakhs was stolen from a shop
at Majitha Road three days ago. Vikram, a collection agent working with Fairways Trading Company owned by VK Bajaj, was on his way to office at 3.15 pm at the time of the incident. He was coming back
from Jalandhar after collecting money. The four persons who were riding motorcycles followed him from the railway station. As soon as he reached the Rigo Bridge near Guru Harkrishan Public Senior Secondary School, the accused stopped him and threw chilli powder into his eyes. "Before he could understand anything, the accused snatched his bag and fled," according to the police. Despite a police post situated near the bridge on the Lohgarh side the accused fled. The victim said he goes to Jalandhar every Saturday to collect payments on a train and parks his scooter at the railway station parking. He comes back from the same route every time on his scooter, he said. "A case under Section 379-B has been registered at Civil Line police station," said Sanjiv Kumar, SHO civil line police station. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar, Gurnam Singh, said as per preliminary investigations, the involvement of some insider could not be ruled out. Crime route
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Briefcase containing Rs 1.25 lakh cash stolen
Amritsar, September 24 Charanjit Singh Uppal, owner of a tyre tube factory at Meera Kot on Ajnala road and a resident of Ranjit Avenue area said the incident took place when he had parked his car (PB-02-AK-2150) outside Munish Medical store and had gone to a nearby shop to buy a SIM card. "As I returned after 2-3 minutes, I saw the glass of the window of my car broken and my brief case missing," Charanjit said. He informed the police immediately. The police has registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC in this regard. Charanjit said the bag contained two passports belonging to him and his son Gurpreet Singh, four chequebooks of the ICICI and HDFC banks, besides foreign currency worth Rs 30,000 and Rs 1.25 lakh cash in Rs 500 denomination besides other important documents. Dinesh Singh, SHO Cantonment police station, said the police is still conducting investigations into the case.
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City’s dhaba food a winner over big food chains: Sanjeev Kapoor
Amritsar, September 24 "The local dhaba and street food culture serves excellent food at reasonable prices. In the metros, there is a competition to exceed but here the competition is to establish themselves as a name first,” says Kapoor. Addressing the media as well as the delegates at the first Hotel and Restaurant Association of North India convention, Kapoor gave thumbs up to the quality as well as the variety of the dhaba food in the holy city. "Amritsaris are discerning and demanding when it comes to food. They know what they want and dhabawallahs provide great value at a very low cost. A Kesar ka dhaba will provide for a sumptuous meal for four at the same cost as that for a single buffet meal at any fancy restaurant. This makes it impossible for known establishments to be successful in the city." Kapoor's restaurant Yellow Chillies had to shut shop in city.
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Exporters upbeat as flights to Europe set to resume
Amritsar, September 24 The British Midland International’s proposed London-Almaty-Amritsar flight is set to begin from October 13. These flights will arrive here from Heathrow (London) via Almaty (Kazakhstan), every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The return flights from Amritsar to London will similarly be via Almaty on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. BMI has already begun sales of tickets for the same. The flight will be operated on a wide-bodied Airbus A330 aircraft, which will return to service in BMI after its lease to Turkish Airlines expires. The refurbished aircraft will offer 36 business class and 196 economy class seats. The A330 aircraft has a capacity to carry 44-ton of cargo, which can easily accommodate export consignments of fresh vegetables. On the other hand, Comtel Air will begin its Austria-Amritsar operation from the first week of October. The flight planned to get passengers from various destinations in Europe, including Slovakia, London, Birmingham and Germany. Bhupinder Singh Randhawa, who used to export fresh vegetables to London, said the introduction of the two flights connecting the city with Europe was an encouraging turn of events. However, he cautioned that past experiences had shaken their faith as firstly Jet Airways had pulled out its Amritsar-London flight, citing international recession as the reason and last year Air India withdrew its profit-making Amritsar-London-Toronto flight. According to him, traders from London find bottle gourd, okra, sugar snaps and snow peas produced in Punjab better than those grown in African and the South East Asian countries. According to him, Indian companies had developed rate competitiveness in the international market as well. “I will have to start again, revive contacts and recreate infrastructure in the shape of cold stores, refrigeration vans and contact farmers to grow the vegetables as per their demand in the international market,” he said. Randhawa’s Raja Ram Farms near Bandala and Sirhali has got the global certification from an Australia-based firm for good agriculture practices. According to him, the discontinuation of the flights had forced them to abandon diversification plans and return to growing wheat and paddy. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Council for Value Added Horticulture, Sanjay Budhiraj, said the introduction of the two flights had reinvigorated the prospects of a revival of perishable cargo. According to him, since the withdrawal of Air India’s Amritsar-London- Toronto flight in October last the perishable cargo had exported couple of consignments only. Namdhari Farm Fresh Food Private Limited senior manager Upindra Kumar said it was a positive development that the two destinations in Europe would be connected. According to him, after the withdrawal of Air India’s flight, his company had been exporting fresh farm produce grown in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh from the Delhi Airport to London. According to him, in an in-principle decision to route the cargo from the Amritsar Airport would be taken after the launch of these flights.
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HRANI CONVENTION
Amritsar, September 24 Etasha president Meenakshi Nayyar, who was one of the panelists at the three-day HRANI convention, said a number of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, both national and international chains of various products, malls, multiplexes, hotels and restaurants, were opening their outlets here and needed skilled youth at various levels to run their operations. Nayyar, former director, HR, DCM Group, said on the one hand the industry is unable to find suitable employees and on the
other, the rate of unemployment is high in the country. The reason, she said, was because many youth did not develop skills required to get suitable jobs while a number of them felt stuck in jobs that were contrary to their orientation. She said with the establishing hotels and restaurants in the holy city in large numbers, the hospitality industry will be in need for a skilled workforce at various levels. The NGO runs two centers at slum colonies in the national capital and one each in Rohtak and Gurgaon. These centers impart vocational training to the youth and ensure placements as well. Earlier, the NGO under the United National Office for Drug and Crime, had conducted courses for career guidance and skill development programmes at government-run children's home (orphanages) in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. According to her, the educational programmes were designed by participation. Practical training was offered to the children from underprivileged section having passed matriculation with stress on developing English language skill and to develop confidence, she added. Meenakshi said these youth being provided special skill training were taken to different places to instill confidence in them.
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Special pulse polio campaign launched in walled city
Amritsar, September 24 Dividing the old city into eight sectors, 115 different teams went from door to door, said Dr Rashmi Vij, Urban Nodal Immunisation Officer. She added teams would try to cover all households in the next three days. The department had deployed 24 rickshaws fitted with loudspeakers to spread the word about the campaign. “On Sunday those children who were away to school and could not be administered polio drops would be taken care of,” she said adding that walled city areas of Dal Mandi and Namak Mandi have been identified as high risk zone for polio. Though the normal phase of biannual polio immunisation campaign in the state has been planned for September 25, 26 and 27, the walled city has been separated from the other city because of area’s special needs. Meanwhile, the strike by ANMs and LHV Workers Union took a toll on the campaign. To cope up with the manpower shortage, the Health Department took the help from nursing students of Khalsa College for Nursing. “The students were given one-day training at the college. Even pharmacists were put on duty,” said Dr Rashmi Vij. “The ANMs and LHVs know each and every home in their areas. Now we have ensured that ASHA works are put on the job if ANMs and LHVs continue their strike,” said Dr Vij.
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Programme on TB ends
Amritsar, September 24 Rajeev Choudhary, district co-ordinator of the project said 25 representatives of youth clubs in rural areas took part in the workshop. The youth clubs have been inducted recently in the TB control programme to help increase awareness about the disease. The participants were informed about the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). Dr Naresh Chawla, district TB officer, also spoke on the occasion.
— TNS
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Pak artist wants visa norms relaxed
Amritsar, September 24 They also advocated relaxation of the visa norms by the two countries especially for artists. They said they were overwhelmed by the response from the people here who cherish traditional music. The college authorities had extended an invitation to the artists to perform here. "The Sham Charasi Gharana was one of the most sought after style of singing in Pakistan and India and such programs help in establishing direct links between the people of the two countries," Shakkar said. The chief guest Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) honorary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina welcomed the artists. He said the two Punjab provinces on both sides of the border have similar culture and it was heartening to listen to the Heer Kissa Gayan that had been forgotten in this part of the Punjab.
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Duped by travel agent; man files complaint
Amritsar, September 24 Mukhinder Singh alleged that the travel agent had offered to send his son and daughter-in-law to Birmingham, UK, on a study visa in March but backed out from submitting the course fee, as promised. He sent the couple abroad to pursue a course in Higher National Diploma in Health and Social Care but on reaching there, they found that the designated institution in Birmingham had already scrapped the course study a year back. "Now, they have been stuck in UK," he said. "We were asked to pay the agent Rs 5 lakh as part of the package, which was inclusive of the course fee, airport pick-up and a week's stay expense. An agreement in this respect was signed in March and we paid him Rs 1 lakh as advance. He paid only half the amount of the course fee," he said. Despite repeated attempts, the travel agent could not be contacted. The allegation
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Repair of market roads demanded
Amritsar, September 24 Association chief Ravinder Singh Sekhon said a letter was sent to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister AK Antoney, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Mandi Board to allow repair of roads in Sabzi mandi. He said farmers, traders, shopkeepers were incurring losses on account of the damage to their vehicles.
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