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Rs 2,500 for a rose bouquet!
Police keeps tab on eve-teasers
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No check on illegal tractor-trailers
multi-crore scam
Youth ends life
Crippled girl needs help
from colleges
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Rs 2,500 for a rose bouquet!
Jalandhar, February 14 It was passion beyond control as florists' shops were flooded with love struck couples the entire day today. From rose sticks, buds, bouquets, designer heart-shaped special rose packing and decorated baskets with mushy teddy bears, greetings cards and chocolates, it was indeed a florists' day today. While the love smitten residents remained busy buying the best of roses, florists were left attending the worldly demands of customers. A single rose stick, which is usually available at Rs 15, was today sold between Rs 30 and Rs 70. A bouquet of red roses laced with red satins and mesh was sold at whopping Rs 2,500. Even a small bunch of roses and bouquets, which otherwise cost between Rs 250 and Rs 300 were sold at Rs 500 per bouquet. Customers were finding it hard to get a chance to select a special rose for their beloved at florists' shops due to huge rush. Long queues of vehicles were seen outside florists' shops. At Masand Chowk near the Model Town market, it was nothing short of a traffic chaos as florists' had put up additional stalls to cater to the demands of customers. One of the florists said they were busy selling roses since morning as people started thronging their shops from 7 am. "There is a lot of craze among city residents, especially youngsters and newly married couples as they don't think twice before doling out money for expensive bouquets," he said. Another florist said: "Usually, we order around 40 bundles of 20 roses each, but today we ordered over 250 bundles to meet the demand." Prabhdeep Singh, a city youngster, who had come with his friends to buy a heart-shaped rose bouquet for his girlfriend, said: "After a long courtship period of four years, finally we will get married this April. I don't mind spending anything between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000 for a bouquet for my beloved." Girls dressed in red designer outfits and ballerinas were seen buying gifts and roses to make this day special. Many girls buy roses in groups and some even with covered faces.
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Police keeps tab on eve-teasers
Jalandhar, February 14 The police nabbed a youth allegedly for eve-teasing outside the Punjab Press Club. Two bikes-borne youths, who were allegedly following and passing comments at schoolgirls waiting for a bus outside the club, were also nabbed. The youths were set free only after they tendered a written apology. The letter read: “I have been teasing schoolgirls and I confess that I resorted to eve-teasing. I apologise for it and assure that I will not do it again.” Noticing the police, many youths did not dare to roam around girl’s colleges. Balwinder Kaur, a traffic official, said to curb eve-teasing incidents, special nakas were installed at sensitive points. She said, police officials would remain on task till 11 pm to keep a vigil on the ill-disciplined and ill-mannered youths. On Monday, the police reprimanded five youths for allegedly teasing girls outside a college near Doaba Chowk. The youths were given corporal punishment in full public view.
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Where children, elderly fear to tread
Jalandhar, February 14 The constituency and the ward had an MLA and a councillor from the ruling party, the parks here are in a shambles. The Dasehra ground falling on main road, where the BJP national president had addressed an election rally recently, is crying for attention. The boundary wall lies broken and the park has become an open dumping site for residents. There is no attraction in the park in the form of swings, fountain or even fancy lights. Another park close to Mata Rani Chowk has just one slide which, too, is broken and cannot be used. The grass is not maintained. There are brick pieces and slush in the centre of the park. Residents of the colony claimed that their repeated representations to the authorities had fallen on deaf ears. Kamal Sharma, BJP councillor, said a proposal to have a permanent dump site with raised walls at the outer edge of the park had been cleared after he and residents of the area had approached Mayor Rakesh Rathour. However, the contractor failed to start the work. “The area needs a dump from where MC workers can lift garbage every morning,” he said. The estimate for installing fibre swings has been passed, Kamal Sharma added.
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No check on illegal tractor-trailers
Jalandhar, February 14 The traffic police did not wake from its slumber even after the recent death as tractor-trailers loaded with soil, sand, bricks and other building material were seen plying in various parts of the city, including the areas near Namdev Chowk, Nakodar Chowk, from PAP Chowk to Maqsoodan on the National Highway No. 1, Nakodar Road, Sodal Road, Devi Talab Mandir Road, Avtar Nagar Road and Domoria Bridge Road. ACP (Traffic) S Bhibhuti said the tractor-trailers were being challaned and impounded as and when they were found plying illegally on roads. Senior Deputy Mayor Kamaljit Singh Bhatia's only son, Charanpreet Singh Bhatia, was crushed to death by a loaded tractor-trailer in the Avtar Nagar on September 18, 2011. Officials say tractor-trailers having yellow number plate could be used for commercial purposes.
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Burglars, snatchers belie police claims
Jalandhar, February 14 Burglars entered a sanitary shop after breaking its roof and took away goods worth lakhs. Shop owner Ashok Kumar said when his son came to open the shop this morning, he was stunned to see a big hole in the roof. He found sanitary goods missing and the shop was ransacked. In another incident, burglars struck at a house in Ekta Nagar and took away Rs 12,000, silver ornaments, three mobile phones and some important documents. Sukhdev Singh, owner of house, said the miscreants barged into the house after breaking the main locks and took away cash, ornaments. Over 10 burglaries have taken place in the city in the past two weeks. Meanwhile, four snatching incidents in the city last night has exposed chinks in police patrolling and night vigils. In first incident, two bike-borne youths snatched a mobile phone and cash from a labourer who was returning home from a factory. In another incident, three motorcyclists snatched a purse from a nurse. The victim, Komal, said when she was returning home last night, the miscreants stopped their bike near her and snatched her purse near the District Complex. Her purse contained Rs 2,000 and some important documents. Some scooter-borne miscreants snatched a purse from a woman in Modern Colony. The victim, Neha, said her purse had Rs 7,500, an iphone and some ornaments. In a separate incident, two bike-borne youths snatched a purse near Guru Nanak Mission Chowk. The victim said her purse contained Rs 10,000 and a mobile phone.
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Clerk remanded in police custody
Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
The accused has been identified as Charanjit, a resident of Mukerian. The police is yet to recover any forged challan receipts and stamps that were allegedly used by the two accomplices and private vendors Ajay Soni and Yogesh Soni, who arrested yesterday. Misappropriation of Rs 1,03,25,400 has been found for the financial year 2010-11 as only Rs 2,000 were deposited during this period in the treasury. Records of the previous year point to a scam of Rs 38 lakh. Auditors were today tallying the variation in the amount of receipts and that deposited in the treasury for the year 2008-09. Iqbal Singh Sandhu, SDM-1, is conducting the probe. Divisional Commissioner Anurag Verma said Charanjit’s role in misappropriation of funds could not be ruled out. As he was the dealing hand, he should have been immediately noticed even the slightest difference in the challan receipts and stamps, the Divisional Commissioner said. “His involvement is suspected as he never did any mandatory monthly reconciliation of receipts with the amount deposited in the treasury,” Verma said. The Divisional Commissioner said that forged stamps were used as officials of the authorised banks pointed out that the receiving stamps used on challans were not theirs. Charanjit had been booked under Sections 409, 420, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC, said ACP, headquarters, S Bhupathi.
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Youth ends life
Jalandhar, February 14 The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Honey, a resident of GTB Nagar. He had recently returned from abroad to marry his girlfriend, who lives in Munara Mohalla in Nakodar. However, they had a break-up and the youth consumed poison in shock. The youth was found lying unconscious in Munara Mohala. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died. Investigating officer Amarjit Singh said the deceased and the girl, a Munara Mohalla resident, were planning to get married. However, on Sunday, the girl’s parents engaged her to a non-resident
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Crippled girl needs help
Jalandhar, February 14 Some doctors said her leg would have to be amputated, but a team of doctors from a local private hospital said multiple surgeries could save her leg. The incident that happened on April 14, 2011, left 23-year-old Monica badly crippled and since then she has been in and out of hospitals, unable to walk. Monica father Gulzar is a daily wager and mother Asha Devi is a housewife. The parents, which could hardly make ends meet, is now hard pressed to arrange funds for two more surgeries for their daughter. While Monica has already undergone 14 surgeries, for which about Rs 3.5 lakh have already been on spent, the family needs more funds for her to fulfil her dream of being able to stand on her feet one day. The help so far has been provided by some shopkeepers in Amritsar, an organisation in Patiala and a do-gooder in Jalandhar, who came to know about her plight through her news item telecast on a local TV channel. Brother Sandeep Kumar, who left work (as a daily wager) to take care of his sister, says, “Rs 1.28 lakh were spent on previous surgeries, Rs 1 lakh for medicine bills so far and about Rs 1.1 lakh on hospital rents. But now we are out of funds. The bill for the upcoming surgery is Rs 40,000 and that is excluding the second surgery and other medicine bills. We would need about Rs 1 lakh in all for the smoothly carrying out of her further treatment.” The total monthly income of the family (father and younger brother) isn’t more than Rs 4,000 to 5,000, says Sandeep. Talking to The Tribune sitting on her hospital bed, she says, “I was scared in the beginning and heart broken. The bones of my leg were crushed so badly that they no more exist. Doctors say with these last operations I will be able to walk. I wait for that day.” Dr Baljeet Singh Johal, who is treating her leg, said, “The girl was advised amputation from some hospitals, but we said we could save her leg if she goes in for surgeries, which will happen over a course of two years. We gave them a discount of 50 per cent last time. And this time, too, we will offer them some discounts. If she goes for shortening of her leg by about 2 inches, then she will require just another surgery, otherwise it will take two more surgeries for her to walk again.” Her family didn’t even lodge an FIR in the case because they did not know who hit her. Men, who ran tea stalls on the location, told the family that a Tata van had hit her. No one saw the number. Brother Sandeep says, “We are poor people, we wouldn’t have been able to pursue the case too far, so we didn’t make a
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KMV holds annual fete
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 14 As many as 42 stalls of mouth-watering delicacies, books, handmade articles, accessories and much more were put up on the college campus for the students. The attraction of the day remained a thrilling performance by Bollywood singer Master Salim, while the students also danced to the tunes of the DJ enjoying the day with their friends. Theatre workshop
The Department of Punjabi of the Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, organised a six-day UGC-sponsored national theatre workshop on “Contemporary Punjabi theatre-state and direction”. The inaugural session was addressed by former Vice-Chancellor of GND varsity Dr SP Singh and playwright Dr Atamjit Singh. Later, playwright Ajmer Aulakh and his group enacted a play, “Awesle Yudhan di Nayika” in the college auditorium. Raffle draw
A raffle draw was organised at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya (HMV). Punjabi actress Neeru Bajwa was the chief guest. Students got a chance to win television, gold coin, mobile phone, DVD player and more. A cultural programme was also held. |
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Rose remained the preferred option among a variety of costly gifting options this Valentine's Day due to the special place it has enjoyed as a symbol of romance.
In order to curb incidents of eve-teasing on Valentine’s Day, the city police today set up check posts in various parts of the city, especially outside girl’s colleges.
Jalandhar, February 14
Jalandhar, February 14
Jalandhar, February 14