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IIIT likely at Kapurthala
Foreigners abort female foetuses in India: British MP
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Man booked for abetting wife’s suicide
NRI gets possession of his house after 18 years of legal battle
Guru Ravidass Jayanti
2 gangs of thieves busted, 7 arrested
Assembly polls
Agitating distillery workers block
traffic
Factory labourers robbed
One killed in road mishap
NRI’s house burgled
Man held with 5 gm of heroin
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IIIT likely at Kapurthala
Jalandhar, February 6 The Central government will provide 50 per cent of the required Rs 128 crore for the public-private partnership project would. The Punjab government will offer its share in the form of land for the institute. The participating industry will fund the remaining 20 per cent. Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Suresh Kumar, who was on the PTU campus recently, took a round of the area and held deliberations on the issue with the staff of adjoining centres, including S Swaran Singh, Institute of Renewable Energy and Pushpa Gujral Science City. If the plans get materialised, the area can develop into an education hub with the PTU, Punjab Institute of Technology (PIT) and Punjab Institute of Management (PIM) already established in the area. Initially, the IIIT was to come up in a 50-acre vacant land of the Department of Industry at Focal Point in Kapurthala. Since the department is reportedly on a backfoot to offer the land, the deal has now come to the PTU to offer some 30 acres and acquire the remaining part from the two adjacent institutes. Department officials had also been contemplating on setting up the institute in Hoshiarpur where there is no prominent educational institute and is relatively more centrally located. The talks of the department with the leading industrialists there on getting land, however, have failed. Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar said: “The discussions are still in the preliminary stage. Let’s see how things materialise.” Regarding the industrial partner for the same, he said: “We had mooted the proposal. Just one business group from Punjab - Trident - has expressed the willingness to invest the money.” |
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Foreigners abort female foetuses in India: British MP
Jalandhar, February 6 Indian-origin British MP Virendra Sharma said, “Female foeticide and sex-determination test are banned in European countries, England, USA and Canada, and that is why women from these countries come to India for getting rid of female foetus.” He admitted that the sex determination test and female foeticide were illegal in India too. He said, “The law banning the sex-determination test and abortion of female foetus is not strict implemented in India.” However, the British MP refused to name any clinic involved in the sex-determination test and abortion of female foetus for foreign women. Hailing from Jalandhar, Virendra Sharma, said, “This is an open secret that several clinics in India are involved in the sex-determination test and abortion of female foetus.” Virendra Sharma said, “The representatives of a UK-based group, Jeena, recently visited several cities of India, including New Delhi, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar, and have collected evidence of such clinics and the group will soon publish a report in this regard.” Meanwhile, Jalandhar IMA president Dr Navjot Dahiya rubbishes British MP’s allegations. He said not even a single private clinic of Jalandhar was involved in the sex-determination test and abortion of female foetus. However, former president of the Punjab IMA Dr RK Vig did not rule out the possibility of involvement of some doctors in the sex-determination test and abortion of female foetus, despite ban. The IMA kept on spreading awareness among doctors against such illegal and immoral practices, he added. If any doctor was involved in such illegal and immoral practice, it was the duty of the government to take strict action against him, he added. Dr Dahiya and Dr Vig said, “The sex-determination test is not banned in several foreign countries as stated by the British MP.”
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Police fails to make headway
Nikhil Bhardwaj
Jalandhar, February 6 The deceased, Krishana Devi, used to run a provisional store in the village. She was found lying in a pool of blood in her shop with deep wounds on her neck. She was hacked to death with sharp-edged weapons. Sukhwinder Singh, inspector, Mehtpur police station, said that on Saturday night, Krishana Devi was sleeping in her shop and main shutter was locked from outside. He said the assailants entered the shop after breaking its roof. The miscreants may have entered the shop to lay their hands on goods and cash. However, the presence of Krishana Devi in the shop surprised them and they killed her, said the police. The police has not recovered the weapon used in the crime. the deceased’s family members said that they had no enmity with anyone. Police officials said they were investigating the case.
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Man booked for abetting wife’s suicide
Jalandhar February 6 The police has also booked sister-in-law of the husband of the deceased, who was reportedly having illicit relations with him. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Sarbajit Kaur. In his statement to the police, deceased’s brother Rakesh Kumar said his sister was married in 2000. After marriage, his sister often used to tell him that her husband was having illicit relations with his sister-in-law and he used to misbehave with her. On Sunday night, he got a call from her uncle that Sarabjit had set herself ablaze. She died on the spot. Her son, Mohita, is just four-year-old. Body found in train
The body of a middle-aged man was found under mysterious circumstances in Jan Shatabdi Express on Sunday. The deceased is said to be an employee of a two-wheeler company based in Haridwar. The deceased has been identified as Govind Patel, a resident of Baroda, Government Railway Police officials said. The incident came to light when the Jan Shatabdi train halted at the city railway station and some passengers informed the police. The police immediately called a doctor, who declared him dead. |
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NRI gets possession of his house after 18 years of legal battle
Jalandhar, February 6 NRI Gurdial Singh Khangura said he got the possession of the house as it had been vacated by the Excise and Taxation Department on January 31. Khangura's father had rented out the house to the department several years ago. Located in the posh Model Town locality, the current value of the house is over Rs 20 crore. Though the house was vacated following directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the NRI thanked the NRI Sabha, Punjab, for its support in pursuing his case strongly in various courts. NRI Sabha president Kamaljit Singh Hayre said the then chairman of NRI Sabha SR Ladhar had written to Excise and Taxation Department several times to vacate the house. He produced the letters in the court which supported his case, Khangura added. Meanwhile, Hayre said the NRI Sabha received 835 complaints regarding property dispute in 2011 and 650 of them were resolved. Fifteen such cases were those where a government department was the party. Two of such cases, including one each in Jalandhar and Mohali, have already resolved, he said.
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Thousands take part in Shobha
yatras
Commuters have tough time due to long traffic jams in Jalandhar and Phagwara Tribune Reporters
Jalandhar, February 6 Devotees were showered with flower petals at many places. Some followers had put up colourful buntings en route while others had organised langars. Local leaders, including MP Mahinder Singh Kaypee and former minister Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, also walked along with the devotees, who were singing hymns from holy scriptures. All government offices and most educational institutes in the city closed after half day. Commuters had a tough time passing through various roundabouts, including Nakodar Chowk, Jyoti Chowk, Guru Nanak Mission Chowk and Company Bagh Chowk, in the afternoon as they got caught up in long jams. Phagwara: Vehicular road traffic between Ludhiana and Jalandhar was paralysed as hundreds of vehicles, including cars, trucks and buses, remained stranded for more than four hours and commuters had to face much inconvenience during the shobha yatras organised in connection with Guru Ravidass Jayanti this afternoon. Several patients and marriage parties suffered a lot due to traffic jams. The traffic was diverted via link and rural roads to and from Phillaur and Phagwara. On the other hand, thousands of devotees participated in religious congregations at Phagwara. Political leaders Som Parkash, Balbir Raja Sodhi and Jarnail Nangal participated in the shobha yatra in Phagwara. Religious “jhankis” were displayed and jathas performed kirtans in the shobha yatra.
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2 gangs of thieves busted, 7 arrested
Phagwara, February 6 The SP said three members of a gang involved in thefts at religious shrines had been identified as Mahipal, Guddu and Pardesi, belonging to Uttar Pardesh and presently residing in nearby Rihana-Jattan. A case under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC was registered against them. He said the arrested gang members had confessed to their involvement in the thefts committed at various shrines, including Gurdwara Dameli, Tanda Bhaghana, Luterra Khurad and Malikpur. The police had recovered stolen goods, including eight blankets, amplifier and thousands of rupees. In the second case, the police had arrested four members of a gang of thieves involved in thefts at different mobile towers in the town. The SP said the arrested thieves were identified as Jaswinder Singh, Harjinder Singh, Surinder Singh and Som Nath, all residents of Phagwara, and recovered 10 big batteries stolen from various mobile towers in the town.
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Preparations in full swing for counting
Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 6 District election officer Priyank Bharti said the screens would be erected inside as well as outside the counting halls. Besides, the systems at the counting centres would be linked with the main election office server for immediate updating of the results of each round on the official website ceopunjab.nic.in. For the first time, the election office will appoint micro observers for each counting table in addition to a counting supervisor and counting agents. There will be general observers for counting for each constituency. Counting will be done at four locations, including Patwar School, Badminton Hall at Raizada Hans Raj Stadium, Government Veterinary Polyclinic and Government College at Ladowali Road.
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Agitating distillery workers block
traffic
Hamira (Kapurthala), February 6 The police also fired several teargas shells to disperse them, which again blocked the traffic on the national highway near Dayalpur village. The agitated workers also pelted policemen with stones. Some workers, a policemen and a reporter sustained injuries in the incident. According to police sources, the agitating workers of the distillery had staged a dharna outside the gate of the distillery in favour of their demand of hike in their salaries. Subsequently, they blocked the vehicular traffic on the national highway for half an hour. A police official claimed that the police resorted to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the agitating mob to from the national highway. Later the management of the factory reportedly accepted the demands of the agitating workers.
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Factory labourers robbed
Jalandhar, February 6 Undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, labourer Mahesh and Ranjit revealed that last night when they along with their four other fellow workers were heading home from factory, three motorcycle-borne youths stopped them. The youths asked them to hand over cash and other valuables and when they resisted the youths hit them with a sharp-edged iron rod. The miscreants took away Rs 2,500 and two mobile phones.
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One killed in road mishap
Shahkot, February 6 The deceased has been identified as Vijay Kumar, a resident of Bihar. He was residing at Malsian village. The seriously injured has been identified as Harbans Singh Channi, also the resident of Malsian. The victims had parked their scooter along the road when a speeding Swift car rammed into their stationary two-wheeler. Vijay Kumar died on the spot while Harbans was immediately rushed to the Civil Hospital. As his injuries were severe, doctors referred him to Jalandhar. The driver of the car, Sukhwinder Singh of Bagga village near Shahkot, is in police custody. The police said the body had been sent for post-mortem.
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NRI’s house burgled
Jalandhar, February 6 Sharanjit Singh, brother of the NRI, said his house was just opposite the house of his brother, who lives abroad. On Sunday morning, he along with his family members had gone to Amritsar for some work. “When we returned home, we found the lights of my brother’s house on. When we went inside, we found locks of all the rooms broken and the whole house ransacked. The miscreants after breaking the locks of almirah decamped with ornaments”. The burglars took away 150 gram gold, two LCDs, laptop, central processing unit (CPU), video camera and some other valuables. The police has been informed.
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Man held with 5 gm of heroin
Nakodar, February 6 The accused has been identified as Jaskaran Singh, alias Tinku, a resident of Cheemakalan village near here. He is a driver by profession. Investigating officer Harjinder Singh said he along with the police party was on the way to Littran village on an official duty. When they reached near Shankar village, they signalled a bike-borne youth to stop for checking, but he tried to flee. Singh said that accused was nabbed after a brief chase.
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The Punjab Technical Education Department is planning to make available 40 acres alongside the Punjab Technical University for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology to accomplish the Ministry of Human Resource Development
proposal of having one of the 20 such institutes in Punjab.
