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Security stepped up; 1,400 policemen deployed
Tough fight relegates celebration plans
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All set for counting of votes for Assembly polls today
Returning Officer Iqbal Singh Sandhu checks arrangements at the counting centre for the Jalandhar (Central) constituency in Jalandhar on Monday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
10 booked for kidnapping tantrik’s disciple
Girlfriend of murder accused arrested
Confusion prevails over installation of CCTV cameras in exam centres
from colleges Winners of a fashion contest at a farewell party of BD Arya Girls College in Jalandhar Cantonment. A Tribune photograph
LIC launches ‘Jeevan Vriddhi’
Recovery starts in Div Commissioner’s office
ICAI honours Rupansh Gupta for his maiden book “The Sojourn” Rupansh Gupta and his father show his book of poems “The Sojourn”. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
RUDSET to start 23 free training programmes
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Security stepped up; 1,400 policemen deployed
Jalandhar March 5 The police chiefs of the city and rural area of the district today reviewed the security preparations of the nine assembly constituencies. Senior Superintendent of Police Yurinder Singh Hayer said the rural police would look after the security arrangements in five rural constituencies, including Shahkot, Nakodar, Phillaur, Adampur and Kartarpur. He said as many as 600 policemen would be deployed to oversee the security arrangements. A Deputy Superintendent of Police, three station house officers and around 120 policemen have been deployed at every counting centre. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Navjot Singh Mahal said that as many as 800 policemen have been deployed to oversee the security arrangements near the counting centres at four constituencies, including Jalandhar West, Jalandhar Central, Jalandhar North and Jalandhar Cantonment. More then 200 police personnel would be deployed at every constituency. Mahal said other high-rank police officials, including an Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, two Deputy Superintendent of Police and three station house officers would remain present at each counting centre. Besides, four Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles will be on patrolling duty near every counting centre in the city, Mahal said. No person would be allowed within 100 meters of the counting centre, he added. |
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Tough fight relegates celebration plans
Jalandhar, March 5 Leaders in the SAD camp claim that even if they win a few seats in the district, there will be no celebrations until it will be an overall comeback of the party at the state-level. On the other hand, not all BJP leaders are confident. Asked about his plans, former Local Bodies Minister and candidate from the Jalandhar (Central) seat Manoranjan Kalia said, “There are no plans as of now. It all depends on what happens tomorrow. I, of course will go to the counting centre early tomorrow morning and see the declaration of results.” Asked as to how he had spent his day today, he responded, “It was like any other day.” His counterpart and Congress councillor Rajinder Beri from the constituency, when asked about his plans, rather expressed confidence, “I do not intend to carry out any roadshow tomorrow as the Election Commission will add the expenditure of every vehicle, which will be part of the convoy, to my poll expenditure. We can always wait for a day to rejoice.” Beri spent most of his day today at religious places in his area. He visited Geeta Mandir at Central Town and then paid obeisance at Anandpur Ashram. He took ashirwad of Bai Ji at the kutia there. Then he went to Gurdwara Guru Teg Bahadur, also at Central Town. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KD Bhandari, trying his luck from the Jalandhar (North) seat, too seemed sure of his victory. A wrestler, Bhandari, said he had spent good time at the akhara at Devi Talab Mandir today. Regarding tomorrow’s plans, he said, “At 6.30 am we have plans to assemble at Chintpurni Mandir in Birkampura Colony. From there onwards, we will proceed towards Gurdwara Adda Hoshiarpur. By 7 am, we will be at the counting hall of our constituency. Soon after the declaration of the result, we will start a roadshow and first pay go to Devi Talab Mandir.” |
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All set for counting of votes for Assembly polls today
Jalandhar, March 5 Over 450 micro-observers, assistant observers and supervisors from banks, LIC and other central government offices have been asked to report at the district administrative complex at 5 am tomorrow. It will be around at that time that the staff of the National Informatics Centre will do assign duties randomly and send the staff to their respective constituencies in buses by 6 am. The counting agents of the political parties have been asked to be in the counting halls by 7 am. The counting will begin at 8 am with postal ballots to be opened at the first place. Arrangements for online reporting, too, have been done with computer systems equipped with Internet already in place. Media centres, too, have been set up in every constituency. All Returning Officers today reviewed the preparations at the counting halls of their respective constituencies. Almost all counting halls today had 14 counting tables with three chairs around. The chairs of the counting agents have been laid right in front with fencing done in between. The arrangement at the counting hall for the Jalandhar (Central) constituency is somewhat different, with tables laid in L-shape at the Raizada Hansraj Stadium unlike other constituencies where the tables will be in a straight line. The three-cordon security arrangements, too, were in place with barricading done before noon today.
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10 booked for kidnapping tantrik’s disciple
Jalandhar March 5 The tantrik’s disciple was kidnapped from his office situated near the ISBT and the accused also demanded ransom from the tantrik to release his disciple. The police said that Shoyab, a tantrik, had promised a resident of Hoshiarpur, Gaurav Handa, that his dreams of going abroad would come true within three days. The youth also gave Rs 2,500 to the tantrik for using his paranormal powers, the police said. After waiting for three days, when the youth did not see any prospects of going abroad, he along with his nine other accomplices arrived at the tantrik’s office and asked for his money. When the tantrik refused to return the money, the youths, who were allegedly carrying sharp-edged weapons, bundled his disciple, Swayam, in their vehicle and fled. On coming to know about the kidnapping, the police sounded an alert in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur. The police intercepted the vehicle on the Arya Samaj road in Hoshiarpur, rescued the victim and arrested the main accused. The other accused managed to flee from the spot. Those still at large have been identified as Harpreet Singh, Ved Parkash, Rohit Kumar, Yash, Monu, Vishal Verma, Vishal, Sourav Tondon and two unidentified youths. The accused have been booked under Section 364-A of the IPC, the police said.
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Girlfriend of murder accused arrested
Jalandhar, March 5 ADCP RK Sharma said the arrested accused, identified as Rachna, also a resident of Kartarpur, worked as a data entry operator in the city. The ADCP added that the girl was in love with Sonu and was to marry him, but Pritam, who was handling the bus passes work, started sending love signals to the girl. On coming to know about Pritam’s indelicate behaviour, Sonu along with his friend allegedly hacked him to death. The accused girl has been booked under Section 120-B of the IPC. Posted as a senior assistant at the Jalandhar Division No I office of Punjab Roadways, Pritam Singh’s body was found on a cot with throat slit and stab marks on his neck. The main accused told the police that Pritam often asked girls to come to his official residence for renewing their monthly bus passes. Pritam even tried to abuse his girlfriend physically when she went to renew her bus pass at his residence. Following a tip-off, the police arrested the accused from Kartarpur. The police had also recovered a mobile phone and a laptop, which the accused had allegedly stolen after murdering Pritam.
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Confusion prevails over installation of CCTV cameras in exam centres
Jalandhar, March 5
Though the PSEB went ahead with its decision to install CCTV cameras, government school authorities are not even aware of this. This decision was taken by the PSEB following a steady rise in the number of copying cases during exams. The move was aimed at curbing this menace in real time monitoring of students through CCTV cameras. Jalandhar Tribune spoke to principals of government schools in the city and the periphery on the issue. Principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Adarsh Nagar, Khushdeep Kaur said she got to know about the PSEB's decision to install CCTV cameras recently. Teachers of the government schools had also criticised the PSEB's decision, saying that each school would have to spend around Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 to install CCTV cameras. Anil Sharma, the principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Gandhi Camp, however, said that installing CCTV cameras was not a big task, but what about the salries of teachers? "It will be of great help in curbing mass copying menace, but in such circumstances, this move of the PSEB sounds non-feasible," he said. Sanjeevan Dhadwal, headmaster of Government High School, Patara, also echoed same views. He said: "The PSEB board exams are beginning from next week while the decision has come this week only. It is possible that during the exams the flying squads might come along with video surveillance teams to record the proceedings of the examination halls, but this move is not practical." Initially, the PSEB had decided to install CCTV cameras in all examination centres but later confined the list to sensitive and border area schools only. The board officials had also claimed that they had withdrawn the decision after poor response from the education department. Both the education department and the managements of private schools had declared that it was not possible for them to meet the expenses of installing CCTV cameras.
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Netherlands’ delegation visits Apeejay college
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 5
The delegation took a round of the performing arts block, sculpture workshop, fine arts block, audio and video conferencing and research centre, home science laboratory, design block and other key departments of the college. Students also interacted with the delegation and presented a cultural programme. Students presented Punjabi and Rajasthani folk dances. Joint secretary of the Apeejay Education Society Kamna Raj Aggarwal and Principal of the college Dr Sucharita Sharma thanked the delegates for their visit. Farewell party Junior students of graduate and postgraduate classes bid farewell to their seniors during a farewell party organised at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya (HMV). Students had a gala time enjoying different games and participating in a modelling contest.
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LIC launches ‘Jeevan Vriddhi’
Jalandhar, March 5 Addressing a press conference, Senior Divisional Manager, LIC, Gurmel Singh Parmar stated that the newly launched plan was a single-premium non-linked insurance plan where the risk cover was five times of the premium chosen by the customer and offered excellent guaranteed returns on maturity. The new plan would be available for a limited period only up to a maximum of 120 days, he added. He said the minimum age for getting insured under this plan was eight years, while the maximum was 50 years. The term under the policy was fixed at 10 years. He said the minimum premium under the policy was Rs 30,000 and would increase in multiples of Rs 1,000.
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Recovery starts in Div Commissioner’s office
Jalandhar, March 5 The companies, through notices issued on Wednesday last, had been given a week’s time to make the payment. Anurag Verma, Divisional Commissioner, said the companies had settled to make the payment in a day or two and that he hoped for a quick recovery. The Divisional Commissioner added that he intended to proceed stepwise for as soon as these companies would pay up, the next in line would also be issued notices. There were reportedly thousands of companies who got the embossing work done, but the amount paid by them was perhaps siphoned off by agents and office staff.
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ICAI honours Rupansh Gupta for his maiden book “The Sojourn” Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 5 His joy knew no bounds when his maiden book was acclaimed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The ICAI honoured him with the “Contribution of CA toward Society Award” at a function held in New Delhi recently. A resident of Lajpat Nagar, Rupansh (25), said,” His poems try to ask basic questions like why we have born, what is life, why the world was created and other such queries regarding the universe.” Rupansh says he has been curious about the basic questions regarding the universe since he was just eight. Dedicating the book to his parents, he says his father Ashwani Gupta (also a well-known CA and a trustee of famous Devi Talab Mandir) has inspired him to start writing. He studied at Saint Joseph Boys School till Class X and moved to Swami Sant Dass Public School after that. He did BCom (Honours), MFA, CA, MBA and CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst). He at present is working on a novel (still unnamed) based on a love story.
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RUDSET to start 23 free training programmes
Jalandhar, March 5 A decision in this regard was taken during the 35th advisory committee meeting of RUDSET Institute, which was presided over by Lalit Vaid, general Manager, Canara Bank circle office, Chandigarh. The RUDSET Institute released the list of 23 free training programmes in which as many as 595 youth in the age group of 18 to 45 years would be given training. The candidates would be given training in computer hardware and networking, Tally, mobile repair, domestic electrical appliance repair, bookbinding and lamination, candle making, leather goods manufacturing, beauty parlour, dress designing, soft toys making, pickle making, cookery, mushroom farming, diary and vermicompost. During the meeting,
a review of rural development and self-employment training programme was also conducted. “RUDSET has trained 4,544 men and women in 160 training batches up to December 2011. Out of these, 2,996 students have already started their own work,” the institute authorities claimed.
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It will be a very early start of the day for the counting staff on duty for the Assembly poll result.
Over 450 micro-observers, assistant observers and supervisors from banks, LIC and other central government offices have been asked to report at the district administrative complex at 5 am tomorrow.
Art critic Professor Maarten Regouin and Jeron J.L. Chabot, Dean and Executive Director, respectively, of Willemde Kooning Academy, Rotterdom University, Netherlands, visited the Apeejay College of Fine Arts here today for an academic and cultural exchange
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Jalandhar, March 5
And the reason is obvious. The PSEB has made this announcement at a time when the board exams of classes X and XII are about to begin. While the PSEB class XII board exams are beginning from March 12, the class X exams will start on March 20. 