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2 held for Blind
murder The accused in a murder case in police net in Jalandhar on Sunday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Basti Peer Daad road provides bumpy, filthy ride to commuters
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Paramilitary forces guard a strong room at Raizada Hans Raj Stadium, where EVMs have been kept after Assembly polls, in Jalandhar. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Residents, singers cheer participants at CT Half Marathon
Residents participate in the CT Half Marathon in Jalandhar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Tarsem Singh Dhanota, who came first in the senior citizen category of the fifth CT Half Marathon, shows his memento.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Winners after receiving awards during the annual prize distribution function of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya
(KMV). Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Exhibition of furniture from Thailand, Indonesia ends
Vinit Uppal shows the ethnic furniture on display during the “Home Studio” exhibition in Jalandhar on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Woman defends ‘rapist’ son
Burnt car’s owner found
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2 held for Blind
murder
Jalandhar, March 4 Posted as a senior assistant at the Jalandhar Division No I office, Pritam Singh’s body was found on a cot with throat slit and stab marks on his neck. The arrested accused have been identified as Amrit Pal Singh, alias Sonu (26), resident of Mohalla Bhai Bhara in Kartarpur, and Sharanjit Singh, alias Goldy (27), resident of Qatni Gate in Kartarpur. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (City-I) RK Sharma said the police solved the case through a stolen mobile phone of the deceased. During investigation the police traced the mobile phone which the accused had sold to someone else in Kartarpur. After tracing the mobile phone’s location, the main accused Sonu was arrested, he said. During interrogation, Sonu told the police that he was in love with a Kartarpur-based girl and was to marry her, but Pritam, who was handling the bus passes work, started sending love signals to the girl, ADCP Sharma said. “On coming to know about the intention of Pritam regarding my girlfriend, I hacked him to death,” the accused told the police. He said Pritam often asked girls to come to his official residence for renewing their monthly bus passes. On some occasions, pritam even behaved indecently with his girlfriend and even tried to abuse her physically when she went to renew her bus pass at his residence. Following a tip-off, the accused were today arrested from Kartarpur, Assistant Police Commissioner Naresh Dogra and Station House Officer Beant Juneja said. The police would also inquire the role of the girl, whom the main accused claimed to be his girlfriend, in the murder case. The police had also recovered a mobile phone and laptop, which the accused had stolen after murdering Pritam.
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Basti Peer Daad road provides bumpy, filthy ride to commuters
Jalandhar, March 4 Residents of the locality alleged that dirty water remained on the road due to lack of proper drainage system. During rains, the road became water pools. Some of the residents alleged that the councillor of the ward had done nothing for the locality. Pritam Singh of the locality rues that every day one or two persons sustain injuries, “Two-wheeler riders are the worst suffers as their motorbikes often skid on the slush-filled road” he alleged. It seemed that the authorities had kept their eyes shut over the unsanitary state of the locality, he said. Ravinder Singh, shopkeeper in the locality, said the road from Ganda Nullah to Basti Mithu had been crying for repair for the past more than three years. “What to talk of re-laying of the road, the authorities have not even done its repair work or patch work in the past several months. During rains, the road often turns into a pool and I face much difficulty even to reach my shop. The authorities should lay a sewerage system in the locality,” he said. When asked why the road had not been re-layed or repaired for the past several years, ward councillor Kirpal Singh Bhatti said, “Three years ago, the road was re-layed and in the meantime, several repairs or patch works were also done.” He, while terming the residents of the locality responsible for the road’s bad plight, said “Not I, in fact the residents are solely responsible for its bad plight as they often spread dirty water on the road, which lead to development of potholes.” He said after the poll code of conduct came to an end, repair work of the road would be initiated.
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All set for counting of votes tomorrow
The counting of votes for the nine Assembly segments falling in Jalandhar district will be held at their respective counting centres located at five different places in the city. While the counting will start at eight am, the counting staff has been directed to report for duty at 5 am at the DC’s office in the District Administrative Complex so that their teams can be sent at counting centres on time. Stating this, DC-cum-District Electoral Officer (DEO) Priyank Bharti said the staff would not be allowed to carry mobile phones and inflammable material inside the counting centres. Meanwhile, final rehearsal of the counting staff for the counting has been done at district red cross bhawan here today. The SDM-cum-Returning Officer (RO) of the Jalandhar (Central) Assembly segment, Iqbal Singh Sandhu, provided detailed information regarding counting to supervisors, assistant counting supervisors and micro counting observers. The ROs of different Assembly segments, including Phillaur SDM Prem Chand, Nakodar SDM Sumit Kumar, Shahkot SDM TN Passi, Jalandhar SDM-II Rajiv Prashar, Jalandhar DETC Kanwanpreet Brar, Deputy Director, Local Bodies, Karnail Singh, MC Commissioner BS Dhaliwal and nodal officer Rajiv Sekhri were present.
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Residents, singers cheer participants at CT Half Marathon
The marathon was flagged off by renowned Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans and Bollywood sensation Master Saleem amid loud cheers. Among other renowned Punjabi singers who made it to the marathon was Gippy Grewal, Lakhwinder Lakhi, Nirmal Sidhu and Navjot Sidhu and comedian Kakke Shah and Sanjeev Attri. Marathon runners, especially the youngsters, enjoyed hit Punjabi numbers while they ran for charity. The marathon was held to raise funds for the deprived members of society like Pinglaghar, Red Cross, Apahaj Ashram, Prayas School, Unique Home and other NGOs. The marathon started from the CT Shahpur campus and concluded at the CT Maqsudan campus. The participants went through different places of city namely - Dulhan Palace, Urban Estate, Cool Road, Aggarwal Dhaba, Masand Chowk, Mission Chowk, Nakodar Chowk, Football Chowk, Workshop Chowk, DAV College and finally CT Group of Institutions, Maqsudan campus. To keep the marathon a hastle-free event, special counters and stalls of energy drinks, water, fruits and medical assistance teams were established en route. Loveleen Kaur, a youngster, who participated in the marathon said, “It is for the second time that I participated in the marathon along with my friends. Being a fitness freak, I love participating in such sports events and it is fun doing so.” Another marathon runner, Arun Kakkar, who also came along with a group of friends, said, “Marathons are a concept of metro cities and it is good that the city residents have started associating themselves with this annual event. Although we failed to run till the end, but it was pleasure taking part in it”. However, at many places the marathon runners were also seen taking lift from two-wheeler and car drivers to complete the race. While some ended up walking half way through, others enjoyed music and eatables at different stalls. Earlier at the CT Maqsudan campus, a separate race of 100 m for the special children of Prayas School was held. All the participants of the race were awarded prizes and certificates. At the closing ceremony, leading Punjabi singers Lahwinder Lakhi, Nirmal Sidhu and Navjot Sidhu enthralled the audience with hit Punjabi numbers, while comedian Kakke Shah added colours to the mood of the marathon through his hilarious comedy. Results: Male category: Ramesh Kumar Thakur - first (Rs 21,000 award); Jatinder Singh - second (Rs 11,000 award); and Angrej Singh - third (Rs 5,100 award). Female category: Sarabjit Kaur - first (Rs 21,000 award); Kulwinder Kaur - second (Rs 11,000 award); and Manpreet Kaur - third (Rs 5,100 award). Seven consolation prizes of Rs 1,100 each in the male and female categories were also given to the marathon runners. |
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Senior citizen alleges bias
Jalandhar, March 4 This elderly man, who came first in the senior citizen category, was given a rough deal, as despite coming first in the marathon, he had to approach the organisers to prove that he had won the race. Tarsem was livid over the fact that despite bagging the first position in the marathon he was not given any deserving honour. “I approached the organisers to convince them that I had won it. Further, I had to show my record of winning the previous CT Half Marathon and other such races to them,” he said. While the other winners in the male and female categories were given huge cash awards of Rs 21,000, Rs 11,000 and Rs 5,100, but he was handed over a memento, certificate and a gift. “This is sheer bias. If they can give huge cash awards to other winners then why not a special award for
the senior citizen category too?” he questioned. “Even during the last marathon, the organisers of CT institute had missed out on my name. At that time also I had to inform them. This time I will take up the matter with the CT authorities to rectify the mistake. Marathon is an event to promote sportsmanship, but such an }attitude mars the very meaning of the marathon,” he said. An ex-serviceman, he
is a resident of the the Rail Vihar locality and had also won the previous CT Half Marathon. After retirement, he joined the Rail Coach
Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, as Senior Civil Defence Inspector. He retired from the RCF in 2010. A complete fitness freak, he has been a winner
of many such races held at different parts of the city. In 2011, Tarsem had won a mini-marathon of 3 km in
the age group of 60 to 70 years held under the aegis of the Senior Citizens Club at Kapurthala. Official speak We have taken notice of the issue and next time we would definitely fix a good amount for the senior citizens in the half marathon. The CT group had honoured Tarsem for bagging the first position in the marathon.~ Gaurav Khanna, PRO, CT Group of Institutions
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KMV honours 600 students at prize distribution function
Jalandhar, March 4 Chief guest Dr Urmila Devi, joint secretary of the UGC, gave away prizes to the winners, while
Chander Mohan, president of the Arya Shiksha Mandal, presided over the function. The Department of Physical Education released its fourth edition of “Sports Newsline-2011”. Addressing the students, Dr Urmila said women empowerment lies in self-actualisation of women’s latent potentialities for the cause of social betterment. She said the real strength of a woman lies in swimming against the current. Seminar on agriculture
A seminar on “High potential agriculture and polarisation of rural economy of Punjab” was held at Lyallpur Khalsa College. A host of economists, sociologists and scholars gathered in the college to deliberate on the topic. The seminar was sponsored by the ICSSR and organised by the Department of Economics and Planning Forum of the institution. Chief guest Dr Sardara Singh Johal, former Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, and former Vice-Chairman, Planning Commission, Punjab, expressed his concern over the pitiable plight of the small-scale farmers in Punjab. He suggested several measures that included diversification of agriculture, promoting industry in rural area, providing subsidies in terms of stamps and linking of the MNREGA with policy of rural industrialisation, which according to him was the need of hour in the present crisis when farmers were committing suicide. The guest of honour, Dr Sharanjit Dhillon, professor from the Department of Economics from GND University Amritsar, highlighted various other aspects of economic disparities in rural economy of Punjab that have emerged after green revolution. Keynote speaker of the seminar Dr Joginder Singh, former Head of the Department of Economics and Sociology at PAU, Ludhiana, said the state had 62 per cent farmers having less than 4 hectare farm, owning only 28 per cent of the total cultivated area. “The subsidy in proportion to land base goes to larger farmers, but should be targeted at small farmers and landless labourers,” he added. |
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Exhibition of furniture from Thailand, Indonesia ends
Jalandhar, March 4 The chosen and selected pieces of furniture was beautifully handcrafted and finished by the artisans from these countries. The ethnic furniture is manufactured by the artisans from different villages working in cottage industries. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Vinit Uppal, a resident of Amritsar and the organiser of the exhibition, said she along with her mother Raveen Gyani started “Home Studio” a few years ago and took their exotic collections to different cities of Punjab. “We have been receiving a good response from across the state. We explored the small villages in Thailand and Indonesia and brought their art to Punjab,” she added. Vinit added that they imported the products from Thailand and Indonesia, which were given a finishing touch with lacquer and small mirrors of different colours. Further sharing her experience of holding the exhibition in the city, she said, “We have displayed a vast collection of sofas, consoles, tables, bar cabinets, mirrors, lamps, pottery and other such accessories made of high-quality water hyacinth and teak wood,” she said. “As the furniture is reasonably priced, we received a good response from the city residents”, she signed off.
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Woman defends ‘rapist’ son
Jalandhar March 4 The mother, Gurbax Kaur, of gang rape accused Parmel Singh, alias Pamma, told mediapersons that her son was with her at a gurdwara when the incident took place. “A few persons of Kartarpur have some enmity with her son and they pressurised the girl to give statement against her son, sha alleged”. She alleged that the girl had illicit relations with the co-accused Bhinda, who took the girl to some lonely place, but Pamma was falsely implicated in the case due to his enmity with some villagers. Defence counsel Sandeep Sharma of the accused claimed that even the medical report of the girl did not prove rape. It is to mention here that all three gang rape accused had surrendered before the court recently.
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Burnt car’s owner found
Phagwara, March 4 After matching the chassis number from the Volkswagon company, the police identified the car as Vento having real number PB-36G-0909 and belonging to former district attorney and exporter RL Kohli of Phagwara. The car was snatched by a few armed robbers from the car driver who was washing the car in front of the house of Kohli on September 10 last year. The police is now finding whether the car accidentally caught fire or it was set on fire by the “snatchers” after misusing it for various criminal incidents. |
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Jalandhar, March 4
It was a special Sunday morning as scores of city residents and renowned Punjabi singers cheered the participants of the fifth annual CT Half Marathon.
At 6.30 am, CT Shahpur campus was abuzz with marathon activity as a huge gathering of students, fitness freaks, sportspersons, children, youngsters and the elderly had reached the venue to become part of the event.
Jalandhar, March 4
Jalandhar, March 4
Jalandhar, March 4
