Jalandhar, February 25
When you have to shell out Rs 22 for a packet of chips with a maximum retail price of Rs 20 at the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) in the city, it is clear that the authorities have turned a blind eye to the malpractice.

In the market, the MRP of burger is Rs 15, but at the bus stand, it shoots up by Rs 5 and is sold for Rs 20. Similarly, you have to pay Rs 22 for a chips packet which is available for Rs 20 in the market. A burger costs you Rs 20 instead of Rs 15 and a patty Rs 10, whereas it is available for Rs 8 in the market. Shopkeepers are also charging Rs 2 to Rs 5 more on a bottle of soft drink, juice and mineral water.

Jalandhar, February 25
The city police has nabbed two Nepalese allegedly involved in various theft and robbery incidents. The police has also recovered a country-made pistol and two live cartridges from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off, the police laid a trap on a road leading to the Jalandhar Cantonment area in front of St Joseph School and intercepted two persons riding a motorcycle (PB-08VT-4890).

During search, the police recovered a .12 bore country-made pistol, two live cartridges, Rs 1,500 cash and two mobile phones from their possession. The police has also impounded the motorcycle they were riding.

The accused have been identified Raju and Ajit Singh who were residing near BSF Chowk and 15 Atwal House locality, respectively, for the past couple of years.

Jaswinder Singh Brar, SHO, police station Division No 7, revealed that during interrogation, the duo confessed to have robbed a person near Hotel King at the Jalandhar ISBT on February 4.

The SHO revealed that the due admitted to have committed thefts and robberies in other parts of the city and were involved in similar cases registered in police stations of Division Nos 5, 6 and 7. 

Jalandhar, February 25
With practical exams around the corner and you are left with no time to prepare project models and practical files. Do not panic. Visit a bookshop in the vicinity of any educational institute and shell out a few hundred bucks.

Readymade thermocol models come in the range of Rs 30 to Rs 70 and working models start from Rs 125 onwards. Projects on special orders, however, come at higher prices.

If you want practical files be made, you will have to spend anything between Rs 10 and Rs 15 per page. Be it physics, chemistry, biology or physical education copy, all can be made with well-labelled diagrams, tables and graphical illustrations. If you want to be more selective, you need to visit a the book market at Mitha Bazaar or Mai Hiran Gate, for there are certain shops which have specialty only in this trade. Shopkeepers here have a large variety of models ranging from those of working solar heaters, 3-D heart structure and digestive system. Shopkeepers even offer to give projects without labelling, leaving spaces for the purpose so that the student could have a choice to do it in his own hand.

The shops have specially hired professionals for these months, during which this job brings them a brisk business. Shopkeepers revealed that some passout students who are jobless had come most handy for them.

A bookstore owner in front of PCM SD College revealed that he had a few simple models readily available with him and for the rest, he had tied up with shopkeepers in the books market. He showed colourful thermocol models of brain, eye, kidneys, circulation of blood, states of matter and kho-kho field.

Prerna Sahota, a parent of a Class XII student studying in a CBSE school, said that normally she helped out her two sons with making practical files, but this time she was busy with a family function so she had to take help of a professional in the market. "One page of the file with much inter-lineal spaces cost me Rs 15. But then there was no way out," she pointed out. 

Kapurthala, February 25
A class XII student was killed after the two-wheeler he was riding collided with a car near Baba Taragia Wale here today.

The deceased, Harkirtan Singh, a student of Seth Hukam Chand School, was the only son of NRI Satbir Singh. Harkirtan was returning home after dropping his sister Simran at her school when the incident took place.

Besides, two more persons have been killed separate accidents in the district. A farmer, Joginder Singh, was crushed under a rear tyre of his tractor in his fields at Desal village.

In another incident, the police has recovered a body Shalamar Garden. The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Kumar (48) of Prakash Avenue. The body has been sent for post-mortem. 

Jalandhar, February 25
The local CT group of institutions inaugurated Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) students’ chapter with more than 250 students from all the branches of engineering.

Dr DS Hira, chairman of ISTE (Northern Region), was the chief guest on this occasion.

He said the major objective of the ISTE is to assist and contribute in the production and development of top quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industries and other organisations. Books exhibition

A two-day book exhibition was organised by the library department of Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya on the college premises.

Various booksellers of the city put up their stalls here and displayed books on diverse subjects, including general knowledge, science, languages, literature, technology, education, career, cooking, music, religion and journalism.

KMV baseball team wins

The baseball team of the local Kanya Mahavidyalaya made its institution proud by winning All-India Inter-varsity Championship at Orissa. The team won gold medal at the championship. 

Jalandhar, February 25
Lovely Professional University gave a chance to its students to appreciate different cultures of India by organising annual mega cultural episode named ‘One India’. Through this event the university tried to depict the concept of ‘unity in diversity’ of India.

The special attraction remained the cultural procession ‘One India Express’ where 28 contingents, representing each states of Indian, took part. Each group constituted of students from Lovely Professional University belonging to different states.

They depicted contributions of their states in freedom struggle and also represented leaders like Maharani Lakshmi Bai, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Maharana Partap, Veer Shiva Ji, Mangal Pandey, Chander Shekhar Azad and so on. Patriotic songs like “Vande Matram” echoed in the auditorium. This was followed by exhibition of different Indian states, rhythmic dance and song performances.

In the evening enchanting light and sound show enthralled the audiences. The programme aimed to raise awareness about the different aspects of Indian culture.

Jalandhar, February 25
Over 20 to 25 per cent children between the age group of 6 and 12 suffer from vision related problems. Approximately 5,000 people sustain serious eye injuries on Holi and Diwali every year across the country. Vivek Mendonsa, marketing director of Lawrence and Mayo, told this on the inaugural of first-ever Lawrence and Mayo showroom in Punjab, today. The company is coming up with a free vision-screening programme for the school students shortly. The school students would not only be screened for various ophthalmic ailments but also for vision corrections, he added.

Jalandhar, February 25
As many as 849 cases have been settled in the monthly lok adalats held in Jalandhar, Nakodar and Phillaur under the aegis of district legal services authority (DSLA) on Saturday. In a press note issued here today, Jalandhar District and Sessions Judge-cum-DSLA chairman Inderjeet Singh said a total of 1,161 cases were presented before these lok adalats.

Kapurthala: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sunita Kumari said a total of 221 cases were presented in the lok adalat. Out of which 161 cases have been settled in the monthly lok adalat held under the aegis of DSLA on Saturday.