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Tata Sumo catches fire at ISBT
Hoaxers don’t spare even Fire Dept
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Huge rush witnessed at Air Force recruitment
2 vehicle thieves arrested
Keeping campus green and clean with century-old mass transportation system
Woman worker commits suicide in govt school
NRI among three looted
Technical edu board to go all out against cheating at polytechnics
St Kitts PM visits LPU
Lacking finances, Monica waits to get up on her feet again
Khaira lodges complaint against Bibi’s kin
Bharat Petroleum lift trophy
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Tata Sumo catches fire at ISBT
Jalandhar April 8 The incident took place at around 12.30 pm when people heard two consecutive loud blasts. The first one was heard a few seconds before the occurrence of the fire and the second one took after the vehicle caught fire. As the vehicle caught fire under mysterious circumstances and the exact cause of fire is still unknown, police officials said forensic examination of the vehicle might be done to know the cause of the fire. Following the occurrence of fire in the stationary white-coloured Tata Sumo (HR20F 5755), panic gripped the bus stand. The vehicle was completely burnt in a few minutes. Immediately after the incident, ISBT personnel brought fire extinguishers installed on the bus stand premises to douse the flames, but as the fire was of high intensity, they failed to do so. A fire tender was rushed to the spot, which extinguished the fire. According to the eyewitnesses, a person, who parked the vehicle inside the Inter-State Bus Terminal, had come to receive someone at the bus stand. But surprisingly, after the vehicle caught fire the owner did not turn up to claim it. Meanwhile, police officials of the Bus Stand Division and New Baradari Police Division reached the spot and started investigation. Jatinder Singh Brar, Station House Officer, Division Number 7 police station, said, the fire could have occurred due to short circuit of cables in the vehicle. “But the exact cause of the fire is still unknown. If the police senses even an iota of foul play, then after taking vehicle’s samples, its forensic examination will be done,” Brar said. As the owner of the vehicle did not turn up to claim it, the police took the vehicle in its custody and started the investigation. |
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Hoaxers don’t spare even Fire Dept
Jalandhar, April 8 Hoax callers often use abusive language, generating anger among the staff attending calls. These hoax calls have been causing problem to fire personnel for the past several years. Fire officials claimed that they had filed a written complaint, along with the details of phone numbers from which hoax calls were received, before the Commissioner of Police, but no action was taken by the police. “Complaining to the police authorities about the issue numbers of time yielded no result. The police’s dilly-dallying attitude causes resentment to our staff,” a senior fire official said, adding that whenever they asked the police authorities to bring the guilty to book, they often give a reply, “We are unable to trace the callers yet.” A fire official said, “The toll-free number starts ringing from 6 am and the menace continues till 11 pm. Everyday, we have been receiving 300 to 400 hoax calls.” Fire Officer Kashmir Singh said on many occasions, after receiving hoax calls, they had rushed fire tenders to the spot, but on reaching the spot the rescue team found no incident of fire. “Now after receiving any fire emergency call, we first confirm it from other sources and only then we send fire tenders to the spot,” he said. “Once we received a call on the toll-free number from some unidentified caller, who told us about fire in some buses having passengers on the Bhogpur-Tanda road,” a fire official said. “We sent two big fire tenders from the city and also instructed officials at Hoshairpur to send fire tenders stationed there to the spot as fire was intense as claimed by the caller, but on reaching the spot, nothing was found,” he said. “We informed the Commissioner of Police about the trick and also gave the caller’s mobile number, but till date no action has been taken against the guilty,” he said. Mayor Rakesh Rathore, when asked about the issue, said, “I am not aware of the issue, but it is a serious matter and I will definitely look into it. Necessary steps will be taken to curb the menace.” |
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Huge rush witnessed at Air Force recruitment
Jalandhar, April 8 The two-day-long recruitment, which started today, witnessed an enthusiastic rush of more than 1,500 youths, especially from villages. The youths were happy for having got a chance to try their luck in the IAF. Such was the spirit of the rural boys that almost everybody expressed gratitude towards the IAF for conducting the recruitment of airmen. “It has always remained a cherished dream to join the IAF and since I did my 10+2 with science subjects, I stand a good chance of getting selected,” said Ravi Singh, a youth from Jandiala. “A lucrative and secure government job is a far better option than working in private companies to mint money. And probably nothing can match the charm of joining the IAF,” said Avtar Singh, another aspirant. A large number of youths were seemingly swayed over by the fighter aircraft, which they had seen during different exhibitions conducted by the IAF at Adampur Air Force Station. “I had attended one such exhibition, last year and learnt about the different career options in the IAF. I have always been fascinated by the might of the IAF and wanted to join it,” said Vikram Kumar, an aspirant. Earlier in the day, Deputy Director, Local Bodies, Captain Karnail Singh inaugurated the two-day-long IAF recruitment camp. Wing Commander R. Kanan, present on the occasion, said the medical tests of the selected candidates would be held on April 9. “Later those finally selected would go for a year-long training at Belgaum, Karnataka”, he added.
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2 vehicle thieves arrested
Jalandhar, April 8 Police sources said Rakesh Kumar of Basti Shiekh yesterday complained that his a Maruti car was stolen. The stolen car was today recovered by the police and the thief also arrested. The police sources said the thief, identified as Vivek Kumar Bawa, resident of Basti Sheikh, had also confessed to have stolen scores of other vehicles in the past. The police has also recovered stolen Stunner motorcycle from his possession. In another case, the police has arrested Rakesh Kumar, resident of the Danishmandan locality here, and recovered a stolen Hero Honda motorcycle from him. |
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Keeping campus green and clean with century-old mass transportation system
Jalandhar, April 8 The university will be introducing century-old tram service of Kolkata on its 600-acre campus, thereby becoming the first-ever varsity in the country to provide such a luxury to its students and faculty. The varsity has around 25,000 plus students on its campus. The varsity authorities along with a team of researchers from Kolkata, China, US-based company and its own students are working on the modalities of the circular tram service on the campus. The campus would get around three to four trams with multiple coaches from Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC). Sources at LPU said the project came into consideration as the students and the faculty had to walk long distances to reach their respective departments. “It is an attempt of the varsity to facilitate the students. Since ages the train has remained one of the most sought-after option of mass transportation,” said a faculty member. Initially, the LPU functionaries had also considered the option of starting a bus service on the campus, but the idea was dropped following the issue of keeping the campus clean and green. “Hence, came the tram service in the picture. It is eco-friendly and the students would be easily able to hop on and hop off the tram and cover the long distances,” the sources added. At present the researchers were deliberating on the route of the tram service in Lovely Professional University. Varsity sources said it would take around a year or so to finally see the trams ferrying the students on the campus. “At present the project is in the pipeline and the researchers are working on the route plan. This is an initiative of the Lovely Professional University to facilitate the students and the faculty members to cover long distances on the 600 acre campus,” Aman Mittal, Assistant Director, Corporate Relations, LPU.
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Woman worker commits suicide in govt school
Jalandhar, April 8 The deceased, identified as Sudha (37), was a class IV employee in the school. Initially, the deceased’s husband alleged before the police that she died after felling from the stairs, but later the police ferret out the truth behind her death. Sudha’s relatives told the police that she was having some tension and might have taken the extreme step due to the same. The police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. |
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NRI among three looted
Phagwara, April 8 Two robbers snatched Rs 18,000 and a mobile phone from Kanta Rani, member, Fatehpur panchayat, near Dalla village at gunpoint on Friday. She was returning to her village with her brother-in-law Balkar Singh on a motorcycle. The robbers, also on a motorcycle, stopped their motorcycle, snatched valuables at gunpoint and sped away. Both Kanta Rani and Balkar Singh were injured in a scuffle with the robbers. The police has registered a case. In another incident, Pawan Kumar, owner of a bakery shop, was robbed of Rs 7,500 and mobile phone by robbers at Satnampura on Friday. The robbers attacked and wounded Pawan Kumar and decamped with cash and mobile phone. The police has registered case. In third incident, three robbers attacked and wounded a Jaipur resident Shishpaul Singh and robbed her US-based daughter-in-law Ritu Chaudhary near a resort, when they were going to meet her parents in Phagwara on a rickshaw on Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road on Friday. In her statement, Ritu told the police that the robbers snatched her bag containing US dollar 7500, Rs 30,000, a laptop, a mobile phone, two passports and different ATM cards and sped away. Injured Shishupal has been admitted to the local Civil Hospital, the police said. The police has registered a case in this regard. Two travel agents booked
The police has booked two travel agents, identified as Sunil Peter of Batala and Reena of Madar village, under Sections 420 and 506 of the IPC for duping Naveen Kumar of Rs 1.95 lakh on the pretext of sending him to England. Naveen has alleged that he made a deal of Rs 4.30 lakh with the accused to send him to the UK and gave an advance of Rs 1.95 lakh on December 26 in 2009. But the travel agents neither sent him abroad nor returned the money. |
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Technical edu board to go all out against cheating at polytechnics
Jalandhar, April 8 Srivastava said he found that the private polytechnics were producing 100 per cent results which could not be the case in all of these institutes every year. He said the move is aimed at keeping a complete check on the system. He said flying squad teams would also be deputed as additional check. He was speaking at an interface organised with industrialists and media here today. He said the polytechnics had proposed the scrapping of Joint Entrance Test from next year and conducting admission on the basis of Class X result. He said the matter was under consideration. He added that annual job fests, starting of new diploma courses, announcing star award for teachers who would bring in innovative proposals for industry, alumni feedback scheme, starting newsletters, quality improvement, changes in affiliation policy and more industry-faculty interfaces would be planned soon to uplift the standards of polytechnics.
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St Kitts PM visits LPU
Jalandhar, April 8 He was accompanied by Kevin M. Issac, High Commissioner of St Kitts and Nevis in London, and Asot Michael, Foreign Minister of Antigua. — TNS |
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Lacking finances, Monica waits to get up on her feet again
Jalandhar, April 8 While The Tribune had brought her plight to light in these pages a month and a half ago, her family's woes are far from over, because they have received very little help. About Rs 10,000 they got, has already been used for the treatment. But she still waits for her final surgeries even as their per day hospital charges are still being spent away reducing them with lesser money everyday. Monica's father Gulzar is a daily wager, her mother Asha Rani works as a domestic help at people's houses. Her brother Sandeep, who also worked as a labourer, gave up the job to take care of her. The family's collective income per month is about Rs 4,500. So far Monica has had 14 surgeries for her leg, but the family lacking finances owing to the huge amount of money already spent, has caused them to fall on bad days. Along with her bad accident, Monica has also seen far worse days when her back was filled with puss-filled sores due to being bed-bound for a year. Undergoing treatment for that too, Monica's mother also increased her work hours as domestic help, working for 15 hours, at times, to fund her daughter's treatment. Asha Rani says, "She would have been operated a month ago, had we got the money. There were certain enquiries too, but very few people have actually come up to help. We need Rs 40,000 to 50,000 for Monica's surgery and much more for the expenditure on medicines. I have been so busy with work that I can't take care of her. Our son looks after her." There were times when people who Asha was working for funded her with little help of Rs 1,000 or Rs 5,000 or so. Komal, one of her employers, said, "She earlier used to work for us, but ever since her daughter's illness, she works like a machine. We have helped too, but a lot of money is required.” Doctors have been delaying the operation date for the past more than a month because the family is short of money. The family says people can hand over the money straight to the doctors too. They just need to see their daughter standing and walking once again. People interested to help can contact the family on Monica's brother (Sandeep's) number - 97814-91299.
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Khaira lodges complaint against Bibi’s kin
Jalandhar, April 8 In his complaint, Khaira has said that 50 anti-social elements acting at the behest of Bibi’s son-in-law Bhupinder Singh went on from shop to shop in Begowal from 8 am to 4 pm to force a bandh. “During the procession, they hurled abuses at me and my party, tried to humiliate me by blackening my posters, threatened me and held me responsible for convicting of Bibi Jagir Kaur,” he wrote. |
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Bharat Petroleum lift trophy
Jalandhar, April 8 In the match held for the third position, ONGC beat rivals GAIL by 6-2 goals. Earlier in a one-sided match, both the teams were seen mounting pressures on each other. Bharat Petroleum struggled to open its account Gurpreet Singh scored a goal in the 24th minute of the game to bring the scores 1-0. The team led by 1-0 till half time. In the second half of the match, Bharat Petroleum consolidated their lead as Amir Khan posted a field goal in the 49th minute of the game bringing the score to 2-0. Once again Gurpreet Singh scored a goal in the 57th minute of the game and the score to 3-0. The PSPB organising committee also awarded the best player award to Prabhdeep Singh of BPCL while the award for ‘best player of the final match’ went to Amir Khan. Surinder Singh of BPCL was declared the best goalkeeper, Gurpreet Singh of BPCL was adjudged the best full back, Vikas Sharma of the Indian Oil was awarded the best halfback while his team mate Roshan Singh was declared as the best forward player.
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Jalandhar, April 8
Jalandhar, April 8
Jalandhar, April 8
