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Thieves strike at computer showroom, boutique
Crime rate up in city
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Four booked for forging cheque for Rs 30 crore
Without toilets, water, its hell for students of Govt Primary School in Basti Peer Daad
Studies take a back seat as teachers go on strike
DAV College wins National Youth Parliament
From Colleges
From Colleges
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Thieves strike at computer showroom, boutique
Jalandhar, November 16 The thieves broke into a showroom of computers located adjacent to the Milap Chowk and reportedly took away over a dozen of laptops and other peripherals. Before leaving, the thieves also ransacked the entire showroom. Anand Kumar, owner of the showroom, apprehends that the thieves entered the showroom after scaling its boundary wall that it shares with an under-construction building. Receiving information, the police swung into action and a team of forensic experts and a dog squad was pressed into service. The police has yet to make any headway in the theft case. In another incident, the thieves broke into a boutique, located in Kotwali Bazaar, near old vegetable market, and took away ready-made garments (for women) worth lakhs of rupees. The boutique owner, Sunny Sood, said he received a phone call from a woman, who informed him about the theft. The thieves entered the boutique after forcibly lifting the shutter of his business establishment late last night. “I reached the shop and found over dozens of readymade garments missing. The thieves had also ransacked the entire shop before leaving,” Sood complained. A case has been registered at the Division No 2 police station. |
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Crime rate up in city
Jalandhar, November 16 The police has recorded 25 per cent increase in snatching incidents as compared to last year. Surprisingly, other crime heads stand almost parallel. The overall crime incidents registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the local and special laws in 2010 and 2011 stand at 2,418 and 2,798, respectively. Out of these, the police managed to solve 1,957 cases in 2010 and 2,412 in 2011. Similarly, a total of 638 cases were registered under the local and special laws in 2010 which witnessed a steep increase to 1,118 in 2011. The city police registered 129 snatching cases in 2010 and 158 in 2011. Out of these, the police has only been able to crack 60 cases in 2010 and 95 in 2011. Cases of abduction also witnessed an increase this year. A total of 38 abduction cases were registered in 2011. However, 40 such cases have already been registered till October
this year. The official crime report recorded a decline in kidnapping cases. In 2010, the police registered 17 cases of kidnapping whereas only five cases have been registered this year. Other crimes that registered an increase in the past two years include poisoning, abduction, criminal breach of trust and voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty. Cases of rape, theft, cheating, hurt, burglary, attempt to murder and decoity have witnessed a decline in the past two years. However, cases registered under the local and special laws witnessed an increase. Cases registered under the NDPS Act went up from 183 to 268. Similarly, cases registered under the Excise Act increased from 117 to 472. Surprisingly, only one case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act in 2010. This year, not even a single case has been registered this year. |
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Four booked for forging cheque for Rs 30 crore
Jalandhar, November 16 The SHO, Division No 5 police station, Satwinder Singh, revealed that the four accused deposited a cheque for Rs 30 crore “issued” by Jhanar Textiles, a Jammu-based industrial unit, at a Basti Pir Daad-based branch of Punjab National Bank (PNB) on October 12. They sought the transfer of the amount in their respective bank accounts. The branch manager got suspicious and withheld the cheque. The manager also verified from the management of the industry if they had issued any cheque for Rs 30 crore and was shocked to know that the four had produced a fake cheque. The industry manager, Karam Singh, after denying that any such cheque was issued by the unit, made a complaint to the police on October 19 asking the police to take action against the four, the SHO added. The SHO claimed that the four after preparing a fake cheque forged signatures and submitted the same in the bank, but the cheque was dishonoured by the bank. The police had registered a case of forgery under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC against them.
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Without toilets, water, its hell for students of Govt Primary School in Basti Peer Daad
Jalandhar, November 16 The Municipal Corporation, which is expected to ensure good hygienic conditions for the entire city, has shown the least concern regarding the health of the children of this school, which is under its supervision. In fact, the students are made to face the most unlivable conditions. There are three toilets in the school building. While one remains clogged, the second one is kept locked and has cobwebs all around. The third one, too, has not been maintained as the water supply timing for the school is too short. Only a trickle of water flows through a tap, which hardly suffices the volume required for cooking. The other tap, which is connected with the tank, remains dry for the tank never gets filled up. Leave aside the privilege of sitting on the desks, all of them even do not get mats for the purpose. In fact, many children have had to sit on the broken floor of the classrooms. To add to their woes, their classrooms have dampness all over the walls and the roofs, owing to which there is fungus all over. Even the charts, maps and other illustrations displayed on the walls have developed fungus on them. The teachers claim that the problem arises because there is vegetative growth all around the rooftop of the building, owing to which the dampness travels downward. Even the blackboards, which form the basic educational tool, have broken off at places or have turned white, owing to which they have been rendered useless. There are five rooms in the school. While one room is used for storing the grains and two have been rendered useless owing to its pitiable condition, leaving just two rooms to be used for holding classes. There are just two teachers to take care of the five classes. While one teacher takes three classes at a go, the other one takes care of two classes. The MC officials are not even footing the electricity bills of the school and the teachers claim that they are paying an Rs 800 from their own pockets. Crying for attention
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It is a bumpy ride for commuters passing through Basti areas
Jalandhar, November 16 Even the patches of the Kapurthala Road passing through the area is badly potholed. At places, especially around the Wadala Drain, the road has got completely worn out and the busy road has become highly accident prone. The motorists have to manoeuvre their vehicles around these patches to save themselves or they face a chance to fall down. The commuters to the areas around Basti Bawa Khel and Basti Peer Daad claim that they have long been waiting for the roads to get repaired, but to no avail. Leave aside the internal roads, even the main road leading from Kapurthala Road to Basti Peer Daad has not been repaired since the past seven years. The road leads to several colonies, including Green Avenue, Rajan Nagar and Punnu Vihar. The residents claim that piles of stones and concrete have been kept along the roadside for the past six months but the work was not getting started. Anil Nagpal, a resident of Basti Peer Daad, said, “We have been waiting for the work to get completed, but to no avail. We have even met the councillor to get the work started, but there has been no relief.” Rajan Malhotra, who owns a men’s suiting shop, said his clientele was getting affected due to the poor plight of the road. “I have a good number of customers from far and near, but they all rue that it was tough reaching my shop,” he lamented. BJP councillor Kirpal Singh Buti said the work was getting delayed owing to the non-payment to the contractors. “But I am pursuing the case. In fact, I had got the paver work done first in the entire area, which took us four months. I just hope that the premix work gets started there in another week or so,” he added.
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Studies take a back seat as teachers go on strike
Jalandhar, November 16 This came as a big surprise for students who were not aware of the sudden decision to close the colleges. While some students preferred to go home, rest enjoyed the day staying in the campus or enjoying a day out. The colleges which were closed today were DAV College, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Doaba College, Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Prem Chand Markanda SD College, MGN BEd College. Those, which remained open were Lyallpur Khalsa College, BD Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantt, and Apeejay College. Various colleges held gate rallies at their respective campuses in the district. Students at the Khalsa College said some of their lectures of were not held as a result of which they had a good time enjoying with friends. “We saw our lecturers sitting on dharna in the college and then got to know that the classes would not be held. This gave us ample time to sit in the canteen and then go home,” said a group of BA students. Another group of students from the DAV College also returned home after reaching the college in the morning. “It was a pleasant surprise to find that the college was closed today and we went out to enjoy a contributory party. We have been informed that there will be a holiday tomorrow too”, the students said. District President of the PCCTU, Tejinder Virli, said the district union members would gather at the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall for a rally at 11 am. “The state government had turned a blind eye towards the genuine demands of the teaching and the non-teaching staff of the colleges in the state,” he added. Principal of Lyallpur Khalsa College said strike was partial in the college as permanent lecturers under PCCTU remained on strike. “We support the demands of the union. The standard of the education in the state has been going down and the state government is a mute spectator”, he said. Dr Sarita Verma, principal of BD Arya Girls College, said they managed the show with the help of the ad hoc and the contract staff. “We adjusted the timetable of students in such a manner so that there was no loss of study. The government should understand that it is the grant-in-aid colleges, which are big a ray of hope for the financially weak students. Given the fact that the private institutes charge hefty fee, such poor students will never be able to pursue their studies,” she said.
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DAV College wins National Youth Parliament
The ministry would honour winners during a function to be held at Parliament house in the second week of January. The students would enact parliament before parliamentarians and they would also get a chance to meet the President of India, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil. For their outstanding performance, the college was awarded a running Parliamentary Shield and trophy for standing first at the national level. The competition was held on September 13 in the college in which 70 students acted as prime minister, the leader of opposition and parliamentarians. DAV students outperformed 19 different colleges and universities of the country in this competition, which saw the dummy politicians acting as parliamentarians, raising questions and answering the queries of the opposition. The ministry had divided the country into five zones under which colleges and varsities performed. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Kanwarpreet Singh Narula, a turbaned Sikh who became Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, said, “I am glad that being a Sikh, I was selected to play the role of Prime Minister. I dressed up like Dr Manmohan Singh and wore a light blue turban. Since we were told that the winning team will get a chance to visit Parliament, I really wanted to grab this opportunity.” He also said it was a learning experience to see that how the PM has to listen to comments and questions of the Opposition. “It is actually a big task to be the PM of the world’s largest democracy,” he added. Amanpreet Kaur, who enacted as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, said her good performance won her first position in the college and second position at the national level. “Our youth parliament won the first position due to the kind of protocol that we followed, the speeches, questions that were raised and the acting skills. We were feeling like politicians and now virtually waiting to perform at the Parliament house in Delhi,” she added. The performance of the students was evaluated by a jury comprising Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari, Deputy Secretary RC Mohanty from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Dr Neeru Sharma, Head of the Department of Political Science, BD Arya College, Jalandhar cantonment. Dinesh Arora, Assistant Professor of Political Science, said, “Performances of all the finalists was reevaluated by a high-powered committee from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Even during the competition officials from the ministry had visited the college to judge the performance of our students.”
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From Colleges
Jalandhar, November 16 Turban Tying contest
Lyallpur Khalsa Collegiate Senior Secondary School organised ‘Turban Tying’ competition today in which as many as 30 boys from Class XI and XII from science, commerce and arts took part. The event was held with an aim to create awareness among the boys about the Sikh history and the significance of turban. Industrial visit
The department of commerce of Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, organised an industrial visit to GNA, Mehtiana. Students were informed about the production process at the unit. Jobs for 10 students
As many as 10 students of the KCL Institute of Management and Technology bagged placements with AVIVA Life Insurance. Students have been selected as financial planning advisers. Students who have been selected were Parminder Singh, Sahil Gogna, Gurwinder Singh, Kulbir Singh, Karanveer Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Sakshi, Pavneet Kaur, Shikha Mahey, Anisha Sharma. |
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From Colleges
Jalandhar, November 16 The four shortlisted teams for quiz were named Einstein, Aryabhatta, Aristotle and Newton. There were total six rounds and all the teams performed extremely well. The overall trophy was bagged by Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg, Jalandhar, while the runners up trophy went to Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Public School bagged the third position. Children’s Day
Guru Amar Dass Public School today celebrated Children’s Day at its primary wing. On this occasion, chlidren’s carnival was organised which was the speciality of the day. Teji Sandhu, the famous Punjabi Singer, was the chief guest. The carnival was formally inaugurated by letting off balloons into the sky. Fancy dress competition and baby show was also organised on the occasion. Meanwhile, Children’s Day was celebrated with aplomb at DIPS Maqsoodan here. Children presented lectures during the morning assemblies providing detailed information about the Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country. Recitations of poetries were also presented by students on the occasion. Bal Diwas was also celebrated at DIPS Public School in urban estate. A visiting FM team asked student some questions on the life and history of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and reason of celebrating his birthday as ‘Bal diwas’. Children of the Emm Aar International School, Adampur, had a memorable Children’s Day. While the importance of the day was discussed in the morning assembly, children presented their varied colours and talents during a fancy dress contest held later in the day. |
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UK poet comes calling in search of his roots
John Siddique says a visit to Jalandhar is like coming on a pilgrimage Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 16 A visit to Jalandhar for this UK-based poet is a pilgrimage. John Siddique, who is known as much for his artistic streak, as for his heart of gold has recently acquired a new feat. He is one of the 13 calendar boys (poets) who shed their clothes for a nude photo shoot organised by Victoria Benett of the Wild Women Press. And they are not just a bunch of nude flashers but they did it to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund and also for the sake of art, the kind of art that they believe in. Siddique says, “People across the UK do not think this way. The idea of exploring male beauty made sense to me and it was brave. Sticking to the concept of thin, lanky bodies that stink of an allegiance to popular fashion rather than using our own minds never made sense to me. I thought there was poise in the concept. We were shot by as many female photographers.” The calendar started selling in the UK for 14 pounds (Rs 1,000) World Diabetes Day on November 14. Talking about his Jalandhar roots, Siddique says, “My father’s father moved to Pakistan after the Partition. My grandmother and three of her daughters died on the way of small pox, while my father Mohammed Siddique and his brothers survived. While he grew up in Pakistan (later moving to the UK), he understood early on that the division was all politics. He would have stayed in India, at Jalandhar, if he could have. He disliked the idea of Pakistan, of division on the basis of religion as I believe many older people across both sides of the border still do.” “After coming to the UK, he got married here. My mother was an Irish Catholic, but they never got along well. Early on, he had to go away. I was six then. He kept coming back for seven years, but couldn’t and ultimately we lost touch. I just know that his efforts were true,” he says. Since then I have been pining for him. Things were unavoidable then, but now I can’t find him. In 2008 I came to Chandigarh for a poetry festival and from there I came to Jalandhar too. “I loved the city. People have been helpful here. I hated the crowded streets and the traffic and the fact that the politicians had left it unplanned, but I loved parks and countryside and people.” Sitting on a park bench here one day, and looking at his father’s photograph that he always carries with him, he cried for two hours and ended up writing six poems at a stretch. “They are part of my latest book Full Blood. Those were born out of my pain,” he says. “I also went to the local mosque and went the Imam there. I think my father studied in the mosque there,” Siddique adds. In love with India he thinks India is deep and spiritual and people here have are in touch with their roots here. “I loved India ever since I visited it. I plan to keep coming back to the city where my father was born. It’s a scared place for me.” Siddique also wants to retrace his father’s journey. “I want to start from Jalandhar, then go to Lahore and then to UK and to keep writing along the way. Maybe I get to feel some things that he felt.” Presently residing at the country town of Hebden Bridge, a small market town in West Yorkshire, Siddique, who started writing at the age of 27, plans to keep up with the good work that he has earned respect for. His passionate poems and works have won respect across the world and is he has his way, India might soon see more of him. “I would sure love to come to visit Jalandhar this December. I want to keep paying regular visits to Jalandhar.”
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Jalandhar, November 16
a long journey
In 2010, the city police registered 1,780 cases under the IPC and 1,680 cases under this code has already been registered till October 2011. Out of these, the police claims, it has cracked 1,321 cases in 2010 and 1,293 in 2011. 
Jalandhar, November 16