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Kalka mail derailment leaves thousands struck at
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A long
wait: Stranded passengers at Jalandhar City Railway Station on Friday. Tribune Photo Sarabjit Singh
Mad rush as DTO counters open after
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2 hurt in assault, communal clash averted
Policemen deputed to prevent any untoward incident at Heerapur village. Tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh
Surjit hockey tourney doesn’t get even peanuts
PTU zonal youth festival begins
A traffic policeman in Jalandhar removes pressure horns fixed on the roof of a bus on Friday.
Tribune Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Apeejay College student shines in judo tourney
30,000 applications for 492 post of constables
JIT ignored BSP in allocating land: Leader
Teachers’ front demands implementation of pay band
Two POs arrested
Bhai Dooj celebrated in Central jail
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Kalka mail derailment leaves thousands struck at
stations
Jalandhar, October 28 Sources in the Railways said rail traffic, heading towards Delhi, was diverted from Ambala towards Saharnpur-Samli route. The Amritsar and Jammu-bound trains were asked to take Jakhal-Kurukshetra route. The authorities said the trains on the Delhi-Amritsar and Delhi-Jammu routes were running late by an hour-and-a-half to 10 hours; Delhi-Pathankot trains were running late by three-and-a-half hours; Dadar Express by six hours, Jansewa Express by 10 hours, Shan-e-Punjab by four hours; Swaran Shatabdi by 5.15 hours; Pashchim Express by 1.30 hours. Other trains, running on the Ludhiana-Amritsar and the Ludhiana-Jammu and Pathankot tracks were, however, on time but overloaded. Hundreds of businessmen, who daily commute between Jalandhar-Delhi, Amritsar-Delhi stations and vice-verse, were the most affected. Many of them had to cancel their advance booked tickets on the eleventh hour and opt for superfast long-route buses to reach their destinations on time. Some even preferred to hire taxis and many cancelled their important business meetings, claimed Monti Sehgal, a local trader. Members of a city-based sports team were disappointed as their train to Delhi got delayed by hours. The team was to catch a train from Delhi for Goa to participate a tournament. “We reached the railway station almost two hours ago to catch the Amritsar-Delhi Express. We are in a hurry and now have to take a bus to reach Delhi,” claimed Harpreet Kaur, who along with her husband, was on their way to Delhi to attend a marriage party. In the wake of heavy rush at railway stations, the Government Railway police and the city police jointly pressed personnel in to service at the stations. For public convenience, lists of trains arriving late were displayed at the enquiry counter.
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Mad rush as DTO counters open after
a week
Jalandhar, October 28
The office was closed on October 22 and 23 on account of weekend. There was no public dealing on Monday and Tuesday owing to strike by the ministerial staff. The visitors returned after reading a notice in this regard outside the office of the DTO. Wednesday and Thursday were again off owing to public holidays on account of Diwali and Vishwakarma Day. Today, the office opened at 11 am after two hours of strike by ministerial staff. Owing to the fact that the next two days would also be holiday, scores of applicants kept coming throughout the day and they had to wait for hours to reach the desired counters.
The worst hit were those who had to queue up at the cash counter for payment of fee for driving licence, renewal of licence and payment of quarterly road tax. There is a single counter to deal with all cases. The officials did not pay any heed to set up additional counters to handle the rush. This left many applicants like Abhilakh of Laxmipura wondering, “We are here to pay up the department. The office should have had extended facilities for us. Any first time visitor would get an impression as if we are pouncing on one another to receive some grants.” He had come to pay road tax for his goods carrier Tata Ace. GS Thapar (72), a resident of Mota Singh Nagar, said, “There is no separate counter for senior citizens. It is difficult to stand here for hours just to wait for receipt of cash. Even after I had paid the application and the cash, I had to wait for another half an hour to get the receipt of the same.” Davinder Singh, who had come from Phillaur, said, “I reached here at 9 am thinking that I would be among the first few in the queue. Then I got to know that the strike would end after two hours.” The officiating District Transport Officer, Kehar Singh, was a busy man today as there were scores of people standing outside his office in a queue all through the day to handle challans cases. Special parallel counter for agents
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2 hurt in assault, communal clash averted
Jalandhar October 28 Infuriated, some Dalit youths came out on the streets and challenged the attackers belonging to members of the majority community. In the meanwhile, the police was informed about the situation. A large posse of heavily armed policemen reached the spot and prevented the clash to take place. Superintendent of Police (Detective) Gurmit Singh, Nakodar DSP Rajinder Singh also reached the spot and pacified the situation. Sources said trouble started last night when youths of the two communities were bursting crackers and they suddenly indulged in heated arguments over some issue. Situation turned worse this morning when numbers of motorcycles borne youths attacked the house of Dalit family in Heerapur village. The SP (Detective) said two women sustained minor injuries in the assault. He said both the community members have been called in to strike a compromise. The police has registered a case against four upper caste community members, identified as Johni, Gandhi, Surjit and Manveer Singh, under Sections 452, 423, 424, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC. The accused are absconding. |
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Surjit hockey tourney doesn’t get even peanuts
Jalandhar, October 28 They fumed as the government failed to honour its decision to award Rs 10 lakh as prize money to the winning team of the recently concluded 28th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey tournament at Jalandhar. Initially, it was stated that the prize money would be finalised ahead of the tournament. The Deputy Commissioner-cum-president, Surjit Hockey Society, Priyank Bharti announced that the state government would award Rs 10 lakh to the winning team of the hockey tournament. Informed sources said it was decided that the Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, would award the money on the concluding day of the tournament. The Deputy CM failed to keep his date with the tournament and hence Rs 10 lakh cash award also went for a toss. Even the Local Bodies Minister, Tikshan Sud, who had come as a chief guest on the finals of the hockey tournament, had said a final decision pertaining to the award was still awaited. Hockey Olympians and enthusiasts questioned the stand of the state government, especially that of the Deputy CM on doling out Rs 2 crore for men and Rs 25 lakh for women. Olympians said while they were still waiting for a small amount of Rs 10 lakh, kabaddi teams would be showered with huge prize money. The ‘golden girl’ of Indian women’s hockey, Rajbir Kaur, said despite hockey being the national game, it doesn’t get the due treatment. “Firstly, if the state government had assured, it should have given Rs 10 lakh to the winning team.” she said. “Such attitude dampens the spirit of hockey players.” It is to mention here that since the last 28 years, Surjit hockey tournament has been conducted with the help of private sponsors and certain cash awards by visiting politicians. Reportedly, it has also come to the fore that the state government has offered Rs 10 lakh as invitation fees to all teams of the Kabaddi tournament. Olympian, Colonel Balbir Singh, said, “The state government was doing a great job by laying astroturfs and constructing and renovating stadiums in the state to promote hockey. But if the Rs 10 lakh prize was announced, it should have been delivered. If this matter is actually under consideration with the Deputy CM, the winning team of the tourney, Air India-Mumbai, should be awarded this amount,” he said. Promises should be kept
If the state government had assured, it should have given Rs 10 lakh to the winning team of the Surjit hockey tournament. Such attitude dampens the spirit of hockey
players. — Rajbir Kaur, woman hockey player OfficialSpeak
We are still waiting for a positive response from the state government in this regard. There are chances that the state government may offer Rs 10 lakh.~ — Iqbal Singh Sandhu, organising secretary,
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PTU zonal youth festival begins
Jalandhar, October 28 This year, the youth festival has been dedicated to ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh; orange revolution of solar energy & non-conventional energy sources in the state, green revolution and the youth icon Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh. The festival has been divided in four different zones. As many as 72 institutes from across the state are participating in 26 events, including fine arts, theatre events, western song, bhangra, gidda, mime, mimicry, play, light vocal music, classical music and literary events. The Jalandhar MP, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, was the chief guest at inaugural ceremony while Vinod Sehgal, renowned ghazal singer, was the guest of honour.
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12 vehicles challaned for installing pressure horns
Jalandhar, October 28 Sukhdev Singh, Zone II traffic Incharge, said they had installed checkpoints through out the city to tighten noose around the traffic violators. He said they confiscated pressure horns apart from issuing challans to the violators. Pressure horns not only create noise pollution and nuisance on the road but also become the potential cause of fatal accidents, he added. Most of the vehicles challaned were buses, both private and government. First time offenders were given a strict warning. Despite being banned, these ear shattering pressures horns are openly sold in the market.
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from colleges Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 28 TT winner
Ruchi Kalia, a student from the Department of Physical Education of the Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, got second rank in the Punjab state women festival in table tennis and third in the senior Punjab women section. Visit to Infosys
Final-year students of Computer Engineer Department of the Mehr Chand Polytechnic College went for an industrial visit to Infosys in Chandigarh on October 22. As many as 48 students along with the staff visited the company. Infosys professionals explained the importance of IT sector through a powerpoint presentation and encouraged students for a bright career opportunity in this sector. Athletic meet
The 6th CT Manjit Kaur Memorial Annual Inter CT Athletic Meet was organised at the local CT Group of Institutions at Shahpur campus. Players from seven different colleges participated in various events, like100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 metres race, short put, discus throw, long jump and javelin throw and 4X400 metres relay race. Results: Abhishek in men’s category and Rajdeep Kaur in women’s category were awarded as the best athletes. |
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30,000 applications for 492 post of constables
Jalandhar, October 28 The police will soon initiate the process of scrutiny of the applications. They also planned to complete the recruitment process by November this year. The SSP said candidates from across the state applied for the post in Jalandhar district (rural) and this district has received the highest applications in the state. Other districts have received applications around 10,000 each or below, the SSP said. Scrutiny would be done alphabetically. On October 30, scrutiny of applicants from alphabet A to M would be done. The remaining applicants will be scrutinised on October 31. He said 15,000 applicants would be invited on both the days and roll numbers would be issued to them. He said physical trial would start on November 2 and would continue till November 10. The recruitment process would positively be completed by the last week of November. Physical trials will take place from November 2 to November 10. The recruitment process will be completed by the last week of November. |
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JIT ignored BSP in allocating land: Leader
Jalandhar, October 28 Local BSP leaders have said, “It is the decision of the state government to allot land at 75 per cent amount of reserve price to national political parties. While the SAD and BJP have been allotted the land at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and Surya Enclave, respectively, and the Congress party had been allotted land by the Trust at Rajinder Nagar, we have been ignored.” Taking stand on the issue is Sukhwinder Kotli, state general secretary of the BSP, who has said, “We have decided to make a representation in this regard to the JIT chairman. If all parties are getting land allotted, it becomes our right as well to get some land. After all, ours too is a national party”. Jalandhar Tribune had recently carried a news item “Improvement Trust ‘gifts’ prime land to SAD, BJP” in its edition on October 22. |
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Teachers’ front demands implementation of pay band
Jalandhar, October 28
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Crime File Jalandhar: The police today arrested two proclaimed offenders, identified as Ashwani Kumar of Bhargo Camp and Rajinder Singh of New Dashmesh Nagar. — OC Gold chain snatched
Jalandhar: Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched a gold chain of a woman near Geeta Temple in Model town this afternoon. SHO Kewal Krishan said two women were going on a rickshaw when two youths, with covered faces, snatched a gold chain of Pooja Dhiman of Urban State and escaped from the scene. The Model town police has registered a case under Section 382 of the IPC against two youths.
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Bhai Dooj celebrated in Central jail
Jalandhar, October 27 The Jail Superintendent, Surinder Saini,
said as compared to routine days, the jail today witnessed a huge rush
and majority of the visitors were women, who came to celebrate the Bhai
Dooj with their brothers.
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n Haryana, early this morning, left thousands of passengers struck for hours at the Jalandhar City, Jalandhar Cantonment and Phagwara railway stations.
A major communal clash was averted by the police in Hirapur village in Lambra this morning after a group of about 10 youths armed with stick and iron rods attacked a Dalit family in Heerapur village under Lambra police station and allegedly injured two women members of the family.
