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Mc elections
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Man held for wife’s murder
Woman dies as stove explodes
Accident victim succumbs to injuries
Smuggler admits selling firearms to gangsters in region
Annual Graduating Show ’12
PSSF to organise protest rallies on June 15
Seminar on free legal aid held
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Revolt in Cong over ticket distribution
Former MLA Raj Kumar Gupta threatens to field his candidates from 12 wards Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 27 In a meeting held at Gulab Vatika on the Gulab Devi road on this evening, Raj Kumar Gupta and his supporters threatened to field their candidates on as many as 12 seats of the 60-member MC House. However, Gupta gave an ultimatum to the party high command to replace its candidates in 12 wards (number 13, 14, 15, 17, 24, 31, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41 and 43) by their own candidates by May 31, otherwise they would be left with no option, but to contest as Independent candidates. The Congress had ignored Raj Kumar Gupta’s sitting councillor son from Ward 24 Pawan Gupta and their 11 supporters from various wards while releasing the list of its candidates on May 24. Rajinder Beri, who had unsuccessfully contested the recent Assembly elections from the Jalandhar (Central) seat, managed to convince the state Congress leadership of not allocating ticket to Raj Kumar Gupta’s son Pawan Gupta from Ward 24 alleging that both the father-son duo had not supported him in the recent Assembly elections. Interestingly, during the Assembly elections, the Congress had first allocated its ticket of the Jalandhar (Central) seat to Raj Kumar Gupta, but later it replaced the candidate with Rajinder Beri after strong opposition by most of the Congress councillors from various wards falling under the seat. At this, annoyed Raj Kumar Gupta and Pawan Gupta did not campaign for Rajinder Beri and he lost the elections with a thin margin. Meanwhile, Gupta said his son Pawan Gupta and their other candidates would file their papers and if the Congress did not yield to their demand of changing the candidates, they would contest as Independent candidates. Gupta and his supporters demanded to replace several-time councillor Jagdish Raj Raja (from Ward 37) as the party had also allocated the ticket to his wife Anita Raj from Ward 36. Others Congress candidates whose have been sought to be replaced include Vijay Kumar Dakoha (Ward 13), Amrita (14), Manmohan Singh Raju (15), Palni Apal (17), Kiran Sareen (31), former BJP leader Randeep Suri (35), Sakait Goraya Shetty (38), Dr Pardeep Singh (40), Pawan Sharma (41) and Baldev Singh (43). Another Congress man to contest as rebel
Meanwhile, a former Congress
councillor, Mohinder Singh Gullu, also declared to contest as an Independent candidate from Ward 26. In a meeting held at his residence this evening, he said he would file his nomination papers as a rebel Congress candidate on Tuesday as the party had ignored his services. Remote possibility of changing candidates:
Rana
When contacted, the Chairman of the Congress Screening and Campaign Committee for the
MCelections, Rana Gurjit Singh, said no one had contacted him so far for replacing the candidates from 12 seats. To a query, he said “There is remote possibility of changing any candidate now.” At the same time, he said “The party high command is supreme and the final decision will be of it on the issue.” |
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Flooding, sewerage woes haunt residents
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 27 Areas flooded with sewerage water, addiction in Dhan Mohalla (where drunkards lying on streets are a common sight), snatching incidents, irregular water supply and depressions in streets newly-laid with interlocking tiles are some of the prime problems of the ward. The Jagatpura Mohalla of the ward has paid the price of development of the Domoria Bridge. With higher roads and overbridges being made in the Domoria Bridge area, the water which earlier used to flood the low-lying Domoria Bridge, now floods Jagatpura. Even a rain of five minutes floods the area and the water refuses to recede for days. Rubble and soil from the Domoria ROB construction have been dumped in the surrounding grounds in Jagatpura, where water earlier used to get accumulated. Result: Houses and streets lay flooded for weeks after rains, as water does not find an outlet. Similar problems are faced by residents of Ikahri Pulli, where water logging is a problem even during dry days as these. Residents in the low-lying Dhan Mohalla, too, have all secured their foundations with double coats of cement till several feet from the ground due to similar water-logging issues. Similar problems are being faced by residents of the New Railway Road, where Congress candidate Anil Vashisht says he even suspects that the sewerage has become non-functional as shuttering works have been left incomplete. “They spent lakhs of rupees on laying the sewerage and I suspect they covered up the road without completing the shuttering work. People with offices on the road park their vehicles half a kilometre away and hire rickshaws to cover the inundated stretches,” says Vashisht. A sewage pond at Dhan Mohalla was recently cleaned up after agitations by residents. Things are still far from normal as the problems of bad water, mosquitoes and disease threats still exist in the area. Areas in ward
Kot Kishan Chand, Jagatpura Mohalla, Mohalla Kishanpura, Mohalla Kot Pakshian, Bhai Ditt Singh Nagar, Dhan Mohalla, Bagh Karam Baksh, Khingran Gate and Park of Quilla Mohalla. Amount spent
More than Rs 2 crore have been spent on the ward in the past five years. Sewerage works of about Rs 13 lakh have been carried out in the ward. Rs 7.5 lakh have been spent on streetlights. Four new tubewells have been installed in the ward in the past five years. Prospective candidates
Anil Vashisht will be contesting from the Congress and Satish Dhir, husband of deceased councillor Anita Dhir, who died in 2010, will be contesting from the BJP ticket. Residents speak
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Man held for wife’s murder
Jalandhar, May 27 Prem Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) said the police had erected a naka at Malsian for routine checking where the cops intercepted the Kailash Chander and nabbed him. The police had sought a two-day police remand of Kailash Chander for further investigation. On February 20, 33-year-old Monica Sharma was found dead at her residence and the deceased’s parents held her husband responsible for her death. The Shahkot police had also registered a case of murder against Kailash Chander. Then the deceased’ father Vinod Sharma had alleged to the police that Kailash Chander had illicit relations with the wife of Monica’s brother and due to that he eliminated Monica from their way.
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Woman dies as stove explodes
Jalandhar, May 27 Police sources said, victim Amarati’s husband Shiv Shankar was engaged as a security guard at a private complex in the city and this morning when he was returning home, he called her to make food. “When I returned home, I noticed smoke billowing out of the room. When I entered the room, I found my wife badly burnt,” Shiv Shankar said.
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Accident victim succumbs to injuries
Jalandhar, May 27 The victim, Kashmir Singh (57), resident of Sarai Khas village and employed in a milk plant, had met with the accident on May 23 when the motorcycle he was riding on was hit by a speeding truck near the village. Kashmir Singh had sustained serious head injuries and was admitted to a trauma ward of the hospital. On late Saturday night, Kashmir Singh breathed his last, the police said.
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Smuggler admits selling firearms to gangsters in region
Jalandhar, May 27 Jangli also admitted to have sold two pistols to a Phagwara-based taxi driver, notoriously known as “Don” in the criminal circle, last week. The Jalandhar (Rural) police disclosed that Jangli even supplied firearms to some gangsters in Hoshiarpur and Amritsar districts after receiving orders in advance. Jangli had been smuggling firearms from Munger district in Bihar to Punjab by travelling through trains. He used to carry the weapons, wrapped in mucky clothes in a filthy bag and was eluding the security guards,
who avoided frisking his dirty luggage. Jangli was playing smart in his “business”. He had been booking orders for the weapons only after receiving 80 per cent of the weapon cost in his bank account. On his disclosures, a team of the CIA staff on Saturday conducted raids on the hideouts of the suspects, named by Jangli during interrogation, in Phagwara, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar. The police, however, failed to nab any suspect as yet, police sources revealed. The Phagwara-based taxi driver had, reportedly, gone underground soon after the police cracked the gang with the arrest of its four members, including Jangli Shah, the kingpin, from a dhaba in Kartarpur. The police had also recovered 10 firearms and 22 live cartridges from them. |
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Students’ creativity comes out at LPU’s fashion extravaganza
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 27 Showstopper Manasvi, Femina Miss India World and IRIS-Channel-V Get Gorgeous and Miss Photogenic, walked the ramp along with 10 international models and 25 LPU students. Over 100 ensembles were showcased, which have been inventively crafted by the passing-out batch, 2012, of MSc and BSc (Fashion Technology) students of the school. The show was choreographed by Shie Lobo of the MTV fame. The day witnessed a spectacular ramp show with an exquisite exhibition of all-weather and occasions wears. The fashion parade was designed with a total of nine rounds. The last round earned wide applause from the onlookers as it presented the creations of the future designer students of the university. Manasvi said, “More of the youth should go for the studies in relation to the fashion Industry as it satisfies the creative fancies of people. Moreover, it promises glamour, fame, success and high pay packages to the talented ones. I wish a very sparkling career to all those students who are persevering on these lines!” Covering demonstration of the latest and top designs in nine rounds of Defence Mode, Circus Maximus, Inside Out, Masai, Blazing Flaming, Confined Corrosion, Structured Elegance, Neat Neta and Adorning Charms, the show was liked by one and all present around the campus stage of the university. Many students of LPU are also working with brands like Monte Carlo, Tommy Hilfiger, Orient Craft, Lilliput, Metaphors, Madame, Neva Inner Wear, among others. Students said the experience was enriching for them. Chairman of the Lovely Group Ramesh Mittal, Vice- Chairman Naresh Mittal, Vice-Chancellor Dr Ramesh Kanwar and Senior Dean Dr Sanjay Modi were present.
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PSSF to organise protest rallies on June 15
Jalandhar, May 27 The federation cursed the Centre and state government on various issues and also announced to hold statewide protest rallies on June 15 against the governments. While condemning the Union Government and SAD-BJP coalition government in the state, Tirath Bassi, representative of the union, alleged that both the governments had failed to deliver what they had promised. “We strongly reprobate the privatisation of government services, the ongoing practice of dissolving boards and corporations, less recruitment in government departments, employment on contractual basis, less importance to the rights of trade unions, rising inflations and increasing petroleum prices, etc,” Bassi said, adding that instead of solving the issues, both the governments had been engaged in blame game against each others. While addressing the gathering, Shiv Kumar, general secretary of the Government Teachers Union, Balbir Singh, state president of the Field and Workshop Union, and Ajiv Drivedi, representative of ETT teachers, demanded that the state government should release the instalment of the dearness allowance, regularise employees recruited through the Zila Parishad and implement the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission without delay. Member of the Municipal Employees Union Kuldip Kumar condemned the state government for giving garbage-collection contract to private companies. While detailing about their future action plan, union members said they would hold state-level protest rallies in 50 cities on June 15 and on August 9 they would gherao the offices of Deputy Commissioners.
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Seminar on free legal aid held
Jalandhar, May 27 “Most of the people, especially poor and needy, find themselves helpless due to the high fee of the advocates and could not get justice. Suck kind of seminars will make them aware of the fact that they can still fight their cases without spending any money,” said Randhawa. — TNS
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Jalandhar, May 27
Dhan Mohalla, Jagatpura and New Railway Road are the key areas in Ward 19, whose residents have been languishing under various problems for the past many years.
