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Residents stall move to shift shelter home inmates
Campaign against female foeticide accelerates
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SAD-BJP alliance coaxing rebels
‘Project Leopard’ launched
Woman committs suicide
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Residents stall move to shift shelter home inmates
Jalandhar, June 12 Hundreds of Sikh hardliners, politicians and local residents gathered outside the home in support of Bhai Ghanaiya Charitable Trust that runs the home. Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti and ADCP Gagan Ajit Singh reached the site with a large posse of police force. Sources said the administration had received orders from the Social Welfare Department, instructing that the centre be shut as it was not duly registered as per the Juvenile Justice Act: 2000. Isha Kalia, SDM, said during a surprise visit to the home on June 5, some violations were detected. No FIRs were being lodged with the police as and when the home received a new inmate. The order said of the 60 girls at the home, “21 below the age of six be shifted to Pushpa Gujral Nari Niketan and those above 21 be sent to Gandhi Vanita Ashram till the provisions of the Act are complied with.” The managing trustee of the home, Parkash Kaur, was away to Dalhousie. The home had shot into limelight recently with Nita Ambani paying a visit with goodies for children lodged there. In the face of stiff resistance, the administration finally decided that the inmates would remain at the home under the supervision of the Child Development Officer and her assistants. “No one from outside, not even the trustees will be allowed to enter the premises. Additional staff from the Social Welfare Office will be called for inspection of records,” the DC ordered. The commotion outside distressed toddlers lodged on the first floor of the home and most of them started crying.
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Campaign against female foeticide accelerates
Nawanshahr, June 12 As a role model for fighting the female foeticide in the country, the Deputy Commissioner,Shruti Singh and the SSP, Dhanpreet Kaur, while addressing a seminar on PNDT Act resolved to accelerate the campaign against female foeticide in the district Shruti said the street plays and the documentary films would be organised to create awareness. She asked the Civil Surgeon to conduct raids at Ultra Sound Scan Centres. ADC, Amarjit Paul, Dr Surinder Gangar, District Health Officer, Deputy District Education Officer, Dinesh Kumar, among
others, also addressed the seminar.
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SAD-BJP alliance coaxing rebels
Amritsar, June 12 With the alliance partners SAD-BJP engaged in inner wrangling over controlling the Municipal Corporation (MC), Independent councillors have become most sought after. Having equalled the BJP in the number of councillors, the SAD likes to have its mayor for the first time in the history of the city’s Municipal Corporation. A majority of the Independents are rebels of the ruling parties. Once disowned, they are now much sought after by their parent parties themselves. Out of the 11 Independents, seven rebels are from the SAD, three from the BJP and one from the Congress. The Akali rebels who won as Independents are Nirbhay Singh from ward number 1, Jaskirat Singh from ward number 34, Dalvir Kaur from ward number 37, Harvinder Kaur from ward number 41, Manmohan Singh from ward number 42, Amarjit Singh from ward number 43 and Dilbagh Singh from ward number 59. The BJP rebels who won are Neetu Mahajan from ward number 9, Manju Mehra from ward number 47 and Gurpreet Singh from ward number 55. The Congress rebel who won is Sanjay Sharma from ward number 46. Independent councillors, once belonging to the ruling parties, said they were in touch with their parties through senior leaders. An Independent councillor said he proved his standing among voters by contesting as an Independent candidate. But, still he is keen to join his parent party. Meanwhile, there are some who have placed a rider to return to the party. However, a close relative of an Independent woman councillor said she would return to the party if she was offered some senior position in the Municipal Corporation. Though Jaskirat Singh, an Independent and first-time councillor, declined to share anything on re-joining his parent party, he claims to be an Akali by heart. |
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Hard work finally rewarded
Nawanshahr, June 11 In general category, his All India rank is 4489 and State Rank is 126. His father Dr Shiv Kumar Tejpal is a municipal
councillor. Abhishek wants to be a mechanical engineer and is keen to get admission in PEC University, Chandigarh or NIT,
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‘Project Leopard’ launched
Hoshiarpur, June 12 A 15-member team including Simranjit Singh, Director, Rominder Virmani, Project Coordinator, Varun Chopra, Invigilator, Kiranjit Singh, Investigator and Jatinder Singh, Public Relation Officer has been formed. In a press release issued here today Simranjit Singh said that a four-member team went to Dholbaha and Dehrian Forest range in Kandi area to study the problems related with wild animals being faced by the villagers, to ascertain the exact number of leopards in the area and to encourage community and wildlife conservation. |
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Woman committs suicide
Nawanshahr, June 12 Her body was seen in the canal by some people near Majra Jattan village and they informed the police at Kathgarh police station. Ranjit Singh Badesha, SHO and Dalibir Singh, ASI reached the spot. The body was fished out of the canal and was taken to Balachaur Civil Hospital. The announcements from public address system of nearby village Gurdawaras were made for identification of the body. Some relatives of the deceased reached the civil hospital, Balachaur and identified her. The police have registered a case against her husband Narinder Kumar and his brother and sister in law under the Sections 306 / 34 of the IPC on the basis of the statement of her father Ram Nath. In his statement, he said that all of them were causing consistent mental and physical torture to his daughter. |
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