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5 students, conductor of CT Group injured
Rs 70,000 snatched from farmer
Upcoming DAV University encounters passage problem
Five food samples collected
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Boards displaying information on RTI Act come up outside offices
KMV conference on women empowerment begins
Poisoning of woman by in-laws: Victim’s kin stage protest, demand arrest of accused
Deaf Cricket League begins
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5 students, conductor of CT Group injured
Jalandhar, October 20 The mishap occurred when a bus, owned by the CT Group, rammed into a stationary truck from behind on the highway and a Xylo trailing the bus too dashed into it thus resulting in a three-vehicle pile up. Eyewitnesses and the injured revealed that the bus (PB-08BN-8006), with over 55 students on board, was on its way to the institute campus in Shahpur village when it rammed into the truck (HR-68A-4490), stationed in the middle of the road. Six bus occupants, including five students and a conductor, sustained injuries, two of them serious, in the mishap, claimed Kuldeep Singh, a transport in charge of the institutes. All the injured were rushed to a nearby private hospital from where four victims, who sustained minor injuries, were discharged after preliminary medicare. Vishal Kumar, a first-year student of mechanical engineering, and Sarabjot Singh, bus conductor, who were seriously injured, have been hospitalised. Doctors attending on the injured revealed that Vishal Kumar, a resident of Tanda in Hoshiarpur, has been admitted with a fractured pelvis while Sarabjot Singh has sustained head injuries. Hanit Kaushal, a second-year student of mechanical engineering, and Manjot Singh, a second-year student of electrical engineering, were also admitted to the hospital, but were discharged soon after. Both the injured are also residents of Tanda. Students revealed that the bus driver was following another bus (a mini-bus) of the same institute. As the driver of the mini-bus managed to negotiate between the stationary truck and the road divider, the driver of the ill-fated bus failed to judge the passage and rammed his vehicle into the truck. Aman Pal Singh, the bus driver, however, claimed that the truck driver suddenly took a right turn that lead to the mishap. Ramandeep Singh, driver of the Xylo, who was on his way to receive his brother at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, recalled that the bus driver first tried to overtake the truck from the left side but suddenly took a right turn. The traffic on the busy highway was also disrupted for over an hour following the accident. The injured were taken to the hospital, while the students who sustained minor and internal injuries were shifted to other buses of the group and taken to the institute campus. The investigating officer, ASI Mulkh Raj, said no case was registered in this regard as the authorities of the CT Groups of Institutes were not interested in any police case.
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Rs 70,000 snatched from farmer
Shahkot, October 20 The victim, Jagtar Singh, who has been admitted to the Civil hospital, said he had withdrawn the amount from a local bank and as he reached near Shahkot bus stand, two motorcycles-borne youths snatched the bag containing the money and other important documents from him and fled away. The victim said he immediately started chasing the snatchers and in doing so his bike skidded and he fell down. He sustained severe injuries on his head and bruises on other body parts. No case has been registered yet.
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Upcoming DAV University encounters passage problem
Jalandhar, October 20 In his complaint, Sushil Kumar of Tulsian Processors Private Limited had contended that the panchayat of the village without taking into consideration the public interest had agreed to exchange the passage with a private party. “It appears to be exclusively for the benefit of the DAV authorities and the exchange is totally illegal and arbitrary,” the copy mentions. The Judges, Satish Kumar Mittal and Paramjeet Singh, have passed orders, “Operation of the impugned (panchayat) resolution as well an order (by Rural Development and Panchayat Department) dated September 21 is stayed. DAV University is directed not to close the passage or cause any hindrance in the ingress and outgress of the passage in question.” The court has asked the counsel for DAV University to file a reply in two weeks. A notice of motion has been issued for November 15. A civil writ petition No 19535 of 2011 titled Tulsian Processors Pvt Ltd and another versus the State of Punjab and others has been filed against 11 parties. The parties include the State of Punjab through the Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Director of the department, Divisional Deputy Director, DDPO, Jalandhar, BDPO, Jalandhar (West), gram panchayat of the village, Director, DAV College Management Committee, president of the committee, Regional Director of DAVIET, DAV University and Chairman, Building Committee DAV University. The orders of the Rural Development and Panchayat Department on September 21 have been passed in reference to a panchayat resolution passed on May 31. It reads, “The common village land measuring 4 kanal and 17 marla with khasra number 193 (6-5) is transferred to DAV College Trust and Management Society owing 54 kanal 6 marla land. After the handover, the DAV College will construct a pucca road in 5 kanal and 1 marla.” But the villagers have been ruing that they could reach their fields on the other hand through the new proposed road after commuting 5 km, taking a long U-turn from the much busy Pathankot Road. They had held protests at the site and even organised press conferences for the same recently. Regional Director, DAVIET, CL Kochher said he was yet to get the court copy but they had stopped construction on the passage area. “We will provide the villagers an alternate road soon,” he said. |
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Five food samples collected
Jalandhar, October 20 They were Sodal (rasgulla), Kishanpura (gulabjamun), Milap Chowk (barfi), Central Town (gujia) and Doaba Chowk (pickles). Some sweetmeat sellers who had put up their shops out in the open at the Hoshiarpur and Sodal chowks were issued warnings by a Health Department team that was led by District Health Officer Dr RL Bassam and Food Safety Officer Harjot Pal Singh.
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Boards displaying information on RTI Act come up outside offices
Jalandhar, October 20 While earlier the officials had been claiming that they could not put up boards regarding information about the Act and that it was not stipulated under any provision of the RTS Act to do so, the boards can now be seen outside most of the offices. The Suvidha Centre was the first office to put up a board containing details regarding 12 services (mostly on land records, marriage registration and attestation) being offered by it with the details regarding the time frame for each service, designated officials in the Centre and appellate authority. While the first board came in English, there is another one in Punjabi now. The MC office has also put up a board at its entrance regarding four services, including birth and death certificates, building completion certificates and getting water connections. The board mentions the designation and mobile phone numbers of the designated officials. The names of the appellate authority have also been mentioned in another column. A board regarding awareness about the Act was also seen outside the office of the District Transport Officer. There are nine services mentioned under the Act, including the issuance of learner’s and regular driving licence, renewal of licences, registration of new vehicles, issuing permits to auto-rickshaws and school buses, issuing vehicle tax clearance certificates and changing of ownership of vehicles. Divisional Commissioner Anurag Verma said after a round to the offices on Friday, he had even called all the officials concerned of the districts falling under the division for video-conferencing and issued them directions regarding the display of information about the Act outside their offices. He said he asked the officials to click pictures of the same by their mobile phones, upload them on a computer and post them to him. “I have been getting pictures of the same,” he said. The official said he had even suggested the staff to maintain a record of applications coming under the Act in their computers or else maintain it manually. He added that he had not received any complaint under the Act till date.
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Karan, a rising hockey star from Mumbai
Jalandhar, October 20 A budding goalkeeper, he has been making waves ever since he took up hockey three years ago. In fact his goalkeeping skills are earning him laurels in the country and in Jalandhar these days. He is here in the city to participate in the ongoing eighth All-India Balwant Singh Kapur Memorial School Hockey Tournament, which is being held at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Burlton Park. He is the goalkeper of St Paul’s Senior Secondary School, Mumbai, team. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Karan said, “I took up hockey following an advice of my coach M.J. Patel, who has been my pillar of strength. He gave direction to my life, as the financial conditions of my family are not good. I would have ended up no where in such circumstances.” The family of the goalkeeper has been making both ends meet with great difficulty. He said, “We have a big joint family in Mumbai suburbs. My father is a driver in Dubai, while my mother works as a domestic help to run the house. But, I am glad that I took up hockey, which has given me an aim in life. I am sure that a day will come when our financial condition will improve.” Further talking about his maiden participation in the tournament, the rising star said, “I have participated in this tournament for the first time and it is a big exposure for me. Here, the ambience is very supportive and I am enjoying.” The goalkeeper shared that last year during the Junior National (U-17) Hockey Tournament held in Mumbai, his team had lost to Punjab boys 2-1. “I have heard a lot about the skillful hockey of the Punjab, especially Jalandhar. During this tournament, I wanted to play with a competitive spirit with the teams of this region and I must say that the Jalandhar boys are excellent,” he said. He was all praise for the boys of Government Model School and Government Sports School, Jalandhar. “The dodging, drag flicking and the skills of passing the ball is amazing among the members of these teams,” he stated. On being asked about his favourite players, he said, “Yuvraj Valmiki and Suraj Kanta (goalkeeper) from the Western Railways are his idols. I virtually imitate Suraj as he has amazing skills of ‘saves’ in the game, while Yuvraj has been a guiding force for me. The Almighty has been kind enough that I have been getting good platform to display my skills and get noticed,” he quipped.
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KMV conference on women empowerment begins
Jalandhar, October 20 The Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Rajeev Shukla, was the chief guest and Laxmi Kanta Chawla, Child and Women Development Minister, Punjab, guest of honour. Addressing the gathering, Shukla shared his vision that educated women only can prove to be the harbingers of change and social progression in the country. In his presidential remarks, Dr Ajaib Singh Brar, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, stated that escalating number of female students excelling male counterparts at the centres of higher education is symptomatic of the changing scenario. Chawla remarked that enlightenment through education should be sought to empower women and eradicate gender stereotypes. The keynote speaker, Dr Edward J. Downes, Boston University, USA, shared his views that cyber technology by reducing this world to a global village, can further play a pivotal role in empowering women and paving way for socio, cultural, economic and political metamorphosis in any society. Earlier in the day, the conference souvenir and the special issue of internationally acclaimed journal ‘Hyphen’ were released, which were followed by a panel discussion in which eminent women achievers from diverse fields took part.
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Poisoning of woman by in-laws: Victim’s kin stage protest, demand arrest of accused
Jalandhar October 20 The protesters were demanding the arrest of the Nitika’s father-in-law Surinder Singh, mother-in-law Jaswant Kaur, sister-in-law Rajinder Kaur and Rajinder Kaur’s husband Varinder Bagga against whom a case under Sections 307, 406, 498 A and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Division No 3 police station. Despite registering a case of attempt to murder, the police had not been arresting the accused, the protesters alleged. They also accused Nitika’s husband, who is living abroad, of aiding the accused in poisoning his wife. Nitika’s condition is said to be critical.
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Deaf Cricket League begins
Jalandhar, October 20 In the day one match, Uttar Pradesh team won the match by defeating Speaking Hands Institute, Rajasthan.
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Jalandhar, October 20
Jalandhar, October 20
Jalandhar October 20
