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Sunayana murder: 5 accused held
IIIT Kapurthala plan put off
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15 hurt as bus rams into stationary truck
The bus which rammed into a stationary truck on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway near Kala Bakra village in Jalandhar on Monday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Firing incident in court was ‘engineered’
Cantonment board councillors want martyrs’ busts at roundabouts also
Sabzi Mandi vendors await relief
Auction of 44 fancy numbers fetches
Rs 9.25 lakh
Applicants for fancy numbers of vehicles wait for the start of the auction outside the District Transport Office in Jalandhar on Monday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Yograj Singh stages comeback in Punjabi films
Elderly woman crushed to death by bus
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Sunayana murder: 5 accused held
Jalandhar, July 9 Informing this, DCP Sarabjit Singh along with ACP Crime Rajinder Singh Cheema said Rohit had taken the help of his four friends Bheema, Sandeep Singh Sandy, Jasdeep Singh Billa and Kaku to eliminate her. Rohit, along with his two friends Rohit and Bheema, allegedly gang-raped her at an abandoned house at Shivaji Nagar. Subsequently, Rohit strangulated her with her dupatta. Sandy and Bheema attacked her with sharp edged weapon to ensure her death on November 11, 2009. Following this, all four accused dumped her body at a vacant plot at Green Park Colony near Nahla village and also burnt it to eliminate evidence. Later, they fled from the spot, leaving the half-burnt body behind. An FIR was registered
in this regard under various sections after the recovery of the victim’s half-burnt body. A special investigation team was constituted on July 3 to solve the case after instructions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Subsequently, the police arrested all five accused today and finally the three-year old murder mystery was solved. Meanwhile, family members of some of the arrested accused alleged that the city police had falsely implicated their sons. They also protested outside the courts when the accused were being produced before
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IIIT Kapurthala plan put off
Jalandhar, July 9 Reason: The only private partner, The Trident Group, which had agreed to participate in the project on the PPP mode with 15 per cent share has backtracked. Principal Secretary Technical Education and Industrial Training SS Channy confirmed the development claiming there could be no progress till a new private company offered to venture into it. A project of the MHRD, it is to be executed in the 50:35:15 ratio by the Central government, state government and a private firm. The state government has already planned to use a vacant 46-acre chunk of land in the Focal Point area for the purpose. The proposed institute is to be raised to promote research and development in the IT field. In January this year, the Punjab Technical Education Department had been mulling a plan to make available some 40-acre land alongside Punjab Technical University for setting up an IIIT, as one of the 20 such institutes proposed by the MHRD to be set across the country. The then Principal Secretary Technical Education Suresh Kumar had even taken a round of the area and held deliberations on the issue with the staff of adjoining centres, including S. Swaran Singh Institute of Renewable Energy and Pushpa Gujral Science City. There were plans to have four technology-related institutes on one stretch of road and have these developed into an education hub. |
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15 hurt as bus rams into stationary truck
Jalandhar, July 9 Out of the 15 injured people, five occupants sustained serious injuries, while 10 were discharged after giving them first-aid. The injured were identified as Shatarpal Singh, Sanjay Aggarwal, Sonu Verma, Ram Avatar and, Roop Basant, all residents of Buland Shehasr in Uttar Pradesh. Police sources said the accident occurred at 3.30 am on Monday early in the morning when the driver of the bus (UP 81 H9705) suddenly lost control over the vehicle and rammed into the stationary truck (PB10 DD 9791) on the highway from the rear side. The injured were rushed to a nearby private hospital and were stated to be out of danger. |
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Firing incident in court was ‘engineered’
Jalandhar, July 9 Both persons, in fact, emerged as good friends and had engineered the play, especially in the court, just to benefit the undertrial for getting bail and personal security. The police had recovered a 9mm countrymade loaded pistol and six live cartridges from the accused. It maybe recalled that on July 2 at 12.45 pm, undertrial Gurbinder Singh Samra (42) was coming out of the court after his hearing, when convict, Kuldip Singh Keepa, a resident of Kartarpur, who was already hiding behind a tree in the complex, all of a sudden, held his pistol close to the temple of Samra. He had aimed at him and was about to fire from his pistol, when the cops guarding Samra overpowered the accused. Sarabjit Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, and Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime NK Sharma said while interrogating Keepa, he revealed that Samra, who was an undertrail in two criminal cases, wanted to get personal security and bail from the court, had struck a cash deal with him while they were together in the Nabha jail. Keepa told the police thatSamra had been paying Rs 15,000 per month to his family members for sometime and for that he had asked me to orchestrate the drama of attack on him in the court just to ease the way to get bail and personal security from the court. He further alleged that they had been planning the show in the jail for the past several months. Keepa revealed to the police that even the money to buy the pistol was provided by Samra. “When I was on parole, after getting cash from Samra, I had gone to Meerut to buy the countrymade pistol,” the accused alleged. The DCP said an attempt to murder case, which was registered against Keepa then had now been dropped and a fresh case under Sections 25-54-59 of the Arms Act, 120-B, 177, 203 of the IPC had been registered against both the accused. The police would also interrogate Samra after taking him on production warrant from the Nabha jail, the police added. “Even we were surprised the way Keepa played his character during the murder bid in the court. He even used the loaded pistol and had almost set the trigger off. We will also send the pistol, used in the crime, for forensic examination to ascertain whether the fire was missed or not,” the DCP said. Keepa is already facing life imprisonment in the famous kidnapping case of an 18-year-old, plus two student of DAV Public School, who was the son of a rice-sheller owner of Amritsar on February 7, 2008. He had also remained the gunman of a high-rank police official in Jalandhar. He was dismissed in 2005 after his name cropped up in the kidnapping case.
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Cantonment board councillors want martyrs’ busts at roundabouts also
Jalandhar, July 9 The reason: the councilors feel that the Army authorities should install the busts of martyrs either at the Jawahar Garden or at roundabouts of the cantonment. The councillors have also decided to give a representation in writing to the President of the Cantonment Board-cum-Station Commander Brigadier Arup Sen and also take up the matter with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cantonment Board, Vibha Sharma. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Avinash Chander Sharma, councillor of ward number 3, said the Army should install the statues of three martyrs from cantonment namely - Major Gurpreet Singh Bindra, who lost his life in a blast in Srinagar, Major Tarsem Sharma, a Veer Chakra awardee, who laid down his life for the nation in the 1971 war and Major Hardev Singh, also a war martyr. The councillors maintained that the Army had done a great service by installing the statues, as it would make the people aware of the martyrs of the armed forces. “The statues have become important landmarks and attraction of the garden. Probably, there is no such park anywhere in the region, where on can find nature’s bounty coupled with information of nation’s martyrs,” said residents. “At the same time, we want that the Army should consider the sentiments of local residents and install these three statues as well. We have made a proposal and would take up the matter with the board authorities,” said Nishtha Goel, vice-president of the board. It has been over a fortnight since the Army installed statues of war heroes, who laid down their lives for the nation and achieved the highest battlefield honours. The Army has installed statues of martyrs with the description of their wars inscribed underneath. This is the second initiative of the Army to beautify Jawahar Garden, post the installation of an eye-catching tall statue of Lord Buddha in the park. The councillors added that the Army had installed the statues under Section 122 of the Cantonment Board Act 2006 under, which these statues had been gifted by the Army to the Cantonment Board. The Army has installed the statues of war heroes like Lt-Col AB Tarapore, a Param Veer Chakra (PVC) awardee, who was killed in the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Major Somnath Sharma, also a PVC awardee from 4 Kumaon Regiment, who lost his life in the J&K operations in 1947-48 at Badgam and 2 Lt Arun Khetarpal, also a PVC awardee who was killed in the 1971 Indo-Pak war to name a few.
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Sabzi Mandi vendors await relief
Jalandhar, July 9 While a majority of the vendors have been selling vegetables and fruits by sitting on the floor, others have somehow managed to get financial assistance from good Samaritans and local residents and bought carts. And there are some who have got cemented counters and shelves constructed for their kiosks to sell vegetables, but till date there has been no assurance of any compensation from the government. A vegetable vendor, who recently got a tile roof laid, said, “After all we had to start our work, hence we got everything reconstructed with a proper roof, too. But it was very difficult for us to gather money for resuming the work. And to add upon it, there is no compensation in sight.” Another fruit vendor said, “The day we started, there was neither a proper place to sit, nor any roof to protect us from scorching heat. Further, monsoons have arrived and it will be actually difficult for us to sell vegetables and fruits in such a weather. Hence, we decided to go ahead and borrow money to start afresh.” Many vendors were in the process of erecting bamboo fencing for their kiosks while there were others, who could not start again. “There are some vendors, who have put up little bamboo barricades and cleaned the area of the allocated kiosks, but they are yet to begin the business. Ultimately, we require money to buy vegetables from the wholesale market and then sell it here, but not many of us have been able to start again,” the vendors maintained. The vendors are now planing to send a proposal to Jalandhar MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee for providing financial assistance from the MPLAD funds. “Every vendor requires at least Rs 10,000 assistance to resume business. A single cart costs somewhere around Rs 5000 to 10,000. Even if we have resumed business, we will have to return the borrowed money sooner or later,” the vendors said.
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Auction of 44 fancy numbers fetches
Rs 9.25 lakh
Jalandhar, July 9 Since this was the second auction for the series PB-08-CB, the number 0005, which could not be sold earlier, fetched the department the maximum amount. There were 11 applicants for the number, which went to the owners of SK Farm for Rs 2 lakh. Seventy other fancy numbers, which had just a single applicant each, were sold off at the reserve prices, said DTO RL Jassal.
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Yograj Singh stages comeback in Punjabi films
Jalandhar, July 9 “I have resolved that from now onwards, I will only work with people who respect artistes. Nowadays, there is a lot of behavioural changes. As more and more professionals are coming to the Punjabi film industry, which is picking up gradually, artistes have started commanding more respect than they did during our times. I have worked in films when artistes were treated like “Bahadurs” by producers and directors. It is the best time ever for upcoming artistes as far as the Punjabi film industry is concerned,” said Yograj Singh. Yograj Singh was here for making an announcement regarding the worldwide launch of “Yaaran Naal Baharan-II”, a sequel of the Punjabi film “Yaaran Naal Baharan”, on July 13. He was accompanied by film’s director Samit Brar and lead artistes Rajwinder Sumal, Rishita Monga and Vikramjit Singh Virk. Yograj Singh who, had done over 250 Punjabi and other films, had said goodbye to Punjabi films in 2002. His last film before assuming his self-imposed exile was “Sikandra”. “If I talk from the core of my heart, I have to spell out the truth. I was hurt over the shabby way the artistes were treated by producers and directors of Punjabi films. This did not go well with my personality and character as I have a passion for good people showing decent beha viour. So I had preferred to distance myself from the industry for a long period. Now, I decided to stage a comeback only as I was persuaded to work in this film by good friends like Mohan Baggar and the film producer Preet Pal Singh Shergill. Times have also changed now. Meanwhile, I had changed my track and had put all my concentration on Hindi films and mainstream cinema, where people like Kalpana Lajmi appreciated my work and felt that I could replace much-revered figures of Hindi cinema like late Amrish Puri ji. It is a different matter that I feel that I am no match for such great actors,” said Yograj in a humble tone. He however, said he had resolved not to work with people “who don’t respect others and understand their feelings”. The film, “Yaaran Naal Baharan-II”, from the makers of hit films like “Asan Nu Maan Watna Da” and “Yaaran Naal Baharan”, is a heart-warming tale of two youngsters - Parm (Rajwinder Sumal) and Rishita Monga - who befriend each other during a college trip to Udaipur (Rajasthan). To their dismay, they start drifting apart as their past catches up with them. They were made to deal with their unpleasant past first to win their love back. “ The film has everything, action to comedy and from the concept of family values to showcasing of real Punjabi culture, which has hardly any place for violent acts,” said Preet Pal Singh Shergill, the producer of the film. Rishita Monga, the heroine of the film, said it was her first film even as she had won the “I am Super Star” contest, organised by the MTV in 2008, and had participated in the Miss India Worldwide contest in 2009. “I will only be concentrating on good work,” said Rishita, who hails from Delhi. |
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Elderly woman crushed to death by bus
Jalandhar, July 9 Police sources said the victim was trying to cross the road when the speeding bus hit her from behind. The victim sustained severe head injuries and died on the spot. Meanwhile, the police registered a case of negligent driving against the bus driver, who fled from the spot after the accident. |
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Jalandhar, July 9
The District Transport Office today earned a revenue of Rs 9.25 lakh through the auction of 44 fancy numbers.
Since this was the second auction for the series PB-08-CB, the number 0005, which could not be sold earlier, fetched the department the maximum amount. There were 11 applicants for the number, which went to the owners of SK Farm for Rs 2
lakh.
Jalandhar, July 9
