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Re-poll in Booth 76 today
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Chinese woman’s purse snatched
Traders happy after lifting of cash carrying limit due to polls
from colleges
Free leprosy check-up camp held
Amandeep Hospital bags trophy
BSF jawan booked in rape case
Man found murdered
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Re-poll in Booth 76 today
The experts fed data in the machines to prepare them for the tomorrow’s re-poll scheduled to be held at Government Elementary School, Sharifpura, at Booth No 76 from 8 am to 5 pm. It has been learnt that earlier several candidates, including Congress rebel Simarpreet Kaur Bhatia and BSP’s candidate Tasem Singh Bhola, had lodged objection with the EC against the opinion of making use of reserved EVMs, which were already there in the strong room. There are eight candidates in fray in the constituency. The prominent among them are BJP’s Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Congress’ Sunil Dutti and BSP’s Tarsem Bhola. Congress rebel Simarpreet Kaur Bhatia is contesting as an Independent candidate from the seat. “We approached the EC for making arrangement of a fresh lot of EVMs, instead of using the reserved lot, which is kept in a strongroom. We were afraid that once the seal of the strongroom is broken, there could be chances of tempering with other EVMs kept in it,” said Simarpreet Kaur Bhatia. District Electoral Officer Rajat Aggarwal said there was difference of opinion on making use of reserved EVMs, therefore a fresh lot was prepared for the re-poll process to avoid any confrontation. The DEO also made it clear that all the votes polled through the earlier EVM would be cancelled. “Actually, the procedure to feed data in an EVM is a very time-consuming exercise and the ones already there in the strongroom were all set to be used. Nevertheless, when some candidates objected to it, we had to prepare a fresh lot of EVMs. Four machines have been prepared to the entire satisfaction of all the candidates for the re-poll process scheduled for tomorrow,” he said.
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Degrees conferred on 800 students at GND university convocation
Amritsar, February 1 The Governor conferred the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) degree on NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman-Emeritus, Infosys Technologies Limited, Electronics City, Bangalore. Guru Nanak Dev University Vice-Chancellor Prof AS Brar welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries, while Dr Rajinderjit Kaur Pawar, Dean, Academic Affairs, presented the vote of thanks. Dr Inderjit Singh, Registrar of the university presented the degrees and medals to students before the Vice-Chancellor. Prof Brar mourned the death of Kartar Singh Duggal, whom the university was to honour with the Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) degree in the convocation. A profile of the university, “University with Potential for Excellence”, was also released by the Governor. The Vice-Chancellor presented a set of university publications and a memento to the Governor. More than 800 degrees and medals in various disciplines, including PhD, MPhil, MBA, MTech, MCA, LLM, MLib, MBE, MCom, MSc, MA, BTech, BSc, BCA, LLB and BLib, were awarded to students at the convocation. The Punjab Governor and Chancellor awarded the postgraduate degrees, while the Vice-Chancellor awarded the under-graduate degrees to students. While addressing the gathering, the Governor
said any promise to create educational institutions of the international standards could not be fulfilled in the absence of an effective talent pool. “To keep pace with technological advancement and economic growth the universities need to expand the reach and depth of researches,” he viewed. Thereafter, NR Narayana Murthy delivered his convocation address on “Why we need Guru Nanak Dev’s teachings today more than ever” and
advocated that religion are barriers that should be overcome. In his welcome address, Vice-Chancellor Prof Ajaib Singh Brar lauded
the achievements of the university.
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City lass becomes top skater of state
Amritsar, February 1 A Class XII student of DAV Public School, Sonali, bagged a gold, a silver and a bronze medal to become the top skater of the state. She won a gold medal in the 3-km road race in the over-16 years category, a silver medal in the rink race-II (500m) and a bronze medal in the rink race II A (1 km). About 800 skaters from the country, including 50 from Punjab, took part under various categories in the prestigious championship. However, Sonali was the only one to bag three medals. Meanwhile, another student of the same school Pawandeep Kaur won a silver medal. Ace skater Sonali had won three medals - a gold medal and two silver medals - in the last edition of the championship at Viskhapatnam. In the same year she was able to bag a bronze medal in the 56th National School Games Roller Skating Championship held in Delhi. The Principal appreciated the feat of Sonali, who is pursuing medical stream. She said academically Sonali was a promising student too. She scored above 90 per cent in previous tests. For Sonali skating is the only passion after study. Sonali hopes to become a heart surgeon. Her parents Sunil and Veena, both pharmacists, encouraged her to put in her best in the game even though the family does not have history of any sportspersons. Notably, Sonali has over 117 medals to her credit in skating till date with 15 medals received last year. The ace skater’s mother Veena recalled that her daughter’s passion for skating started when she was in Class V.
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Accident accused identified
Amritsar, February 1 The victim, identified as Anil Kumar, resident of the New Amritsar area, was hit by a vehicle being driven by Simarjit Singh, resident of Bandala village, near Jandiala. The accident had occurred on the Amritsar-Jalandhar GT Road near New Amritsar where the boy was reportedly playing. As people gathered near the spot, Simarjit Singh took the boy in his vehicle towards Amritsar on the pretext of admitting him to a hospital. However, as the boy might have died on the way to hospital, Simarjit Singh threw the body in bushes near a gurdwara in the D-Block of Ranjit Avenue on Monday. The body was spotted by Bikram Singh Bajwa, a resident of the area. The police authorities said the accused was
identified with the vehicle number given by eyewitnesses. Sukhwinder Singh, SHO, Civil Lines police station, said raids were conducted on his residence. However, the accused was absconding. Some respectable persons of the area, including the sarpanch, had promised to help the police and by making the accused
surrender. “If the accused fails to surrender within the given time, a search will be launched to arrest him,” said SHO.
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Chinese woman’s purse snatched
Amritsar, February 1 Kim Hevi Hyon in her complaint stated that she was near Hall Bazaar gate when two motorcycle-borne youths came from behind and ran away after snatching her purse. She said she was having Rs 5,000, 2200 Chinese Yuan Renminbi, camera and a mobile phone. In another snatching incident, an unidentified motorcycle-borne youth snatched the purse of Kanika Gupta, a resident of Dayanand Nagar, located at Lawrence Road, when she was returning to her house. The purse contained Rs 5,000 and a mobile phone. The Civil Lines police has registered a case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC. The police has failed miserably in curbing the crimes like snatching in the holy city.
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Trial run at ICP likely on Feb 6
Amritsar, February 1 RK Duggal, Deputy Commissioner (Customs) said a verbal understanding between the authorities of the two countries have been reached, but it would be confirmed only on February 5. He said Pakistan custom officials are likely to come for the trial run on February 6. The decision was reportedly taken during a meeting held between the officials from both the countries held at the check post yesterday. During the trial run, the movement of trucks is likely to be shifted to the newly built ICP. A second gate has been created at the Indo-Pak border fence for the smooth movement of the trucks. The ICP is all set to be operational by February 13, said sources once the trial run is done. The opening of ICP will not only provide improve the bilateral relation between the two countries but it would also provide a relief from traffic congestion near Attari-Wagah joint check post. The number of trucks reaching the check post had increased manifolds following Pakistan government’s lifting of ban on a number of Indian products recently. The Indian and Pakistan governments have mutually agreed to start the trade through the Integrated Check Post on February 13.
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Traders happy after lifting of cash carrying limit due to polls
Amritsar, February 1 Vinod Mehta, general secretary of the Bullion and Ornaments Merchants Welfare Association and a jeweller, said trade in gold and silver jewellery has picked up and would be better with the passage of time. Trade in gold and silver jewellery had dropped by 80 per cent during the pre-polling phase when the model code of conduct was in force. The cost of raw materials in this business is very high and the limit of Rs 2.5 lakh levelled by the EC affected their business, he added. Besides jewellers, automobile agency owners and filling station operators also took a sigh of relief over the lifting of ban. Punjab Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) president JP Khanna said the lifting of the cash carrying limit had re-energised their trade. He said filling station owners were facing difficulties in depositing cash to state-owned oil companies under the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) facility, which was available in selected branches of the banks. He said owing to the high cost of petrol and petroleum products the daily sale cross the monetary limit fixed by the EC. Rohit Kapur, proprietor of Automobile Kapoor’s (I) Pvt Ltd, dealers of Tata Motors and Fiat, said nearly 30 per cent fall was experienced in automobiles business after the enforcement of model code of conduct. He said cash carrying limit had mainly dissuaded customers from rural and remote areas of the city. He hopes the sale will pick up in the coming days.
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from colleges
Amritsar, February 1 In individual category, Bhupinder Singh bagged the first prize in 60 kg, Osmania University’s P Naresh stood second. In 65 kg category,
Kunnur University’s Reas stood first, Guru Nanak Dev Univarsity’s Sahil Sharma came second and Punjabi University’s Jagjit Singh bagged the third position. Mahesh Patil of Mumbai University was announced as the best body builder of the national-level meet. The Guru Nanak Dev Univarsity also won the Overall National Championship Trophy of the All-India Inter-University National Youth Festival, organised by Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The association president Dr Pankaj Chandey presented the trophy to Youth Welfare Director Dr Jagjit Kaur at a function held at RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur. The students of Guru Nanak Dev University took part in music, theatre, literary and fine-arts competitions in the festival. Youth Welfare Director Dr Jagjit Kaur said the University also won theatre trophy in this festival. She said that the University last won this trophy in 2007.
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Free leprosy check-up camp held
Amritsar, February 1 A total of eight free check-up camps would be organised under the program chalked out by the department, he said. The camps would be organised at different places in the district to reach out to maximum number of people. He said leprosy is a curable disease. People should encourage leprosy patients in their families to go for treatment. District Leprosy Officer Dr Amarjit Singh said social stigma is often attached to the disease and that is why people do not want to disclose it. He also said the patients would be given free medicines and other treatments during the check-up camps. The department is trying its best to detect leprosy patients, he added.
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Amandeep Hospital bags trophy
Amritsar, February 1 The nation-wide Annual Convocation was organised by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in association with Government of Andhra
Pradesh. Dr Avtar Singh, Hospital Director, said a total of 106 hospitals and health care establishments from all over the country had participated in the
convocation. Dr Manish Manocha from the hospital bagged the best presentation award for his presentation on ‘community welfare, disaster planning and management in health care industry, role of private hospitals in public health’. Governor of Andhra Pradesh ESL Narsimban announced a special cash prize of Rs 50, 000 for Dr Manish for his
outstanding performance. The overall trophy was presented by Naresh
Dayal, Secretary Health, Government of India, and DL Ravindra Reddy, Minister for Medical Education, Health and Family
Welfare, Andhra Pradesh.
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BSF jawan booked in rape case
Amritsar, February 1 According to police, Gurprit was a friend of victim’s brother. He used to visit victim’s house and consequently developed a liking for the girl. The police said Gurprit proposed to marry her and the victim’s family agreed to it. They were engaged in a simple function. The victim’s father said during the courtship the accused developed physical relation with his daughter. But later, Gurprit joined BSF and was posted in Jharkhand. The victim’s family asked him to marry the girl. However, he refused to do so. The father also alleged that the accused took Rs 1.5 lakh from him. Later the family came to know that Gurprit got married to another girl. Krishan Kumar, the investigation officer, said a case was registered against the accused under Sections 376 (punishment for rape) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC. He said, “As the boy is now an employee of BSF, we will write to the BSF authorities seeking his arrest.”
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Man found murdered
Amritsar, February 1 According to sources, Younus used to work as servant in the residence of Pishaura Singh of Manawala. He told police Younus used to live in the outer house of their residence. In the morning, when he went to wake him up, he saw Younus lying in a pool of blood. Theft could be a possible reason for the crime, police said.
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