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I-Day function
46 to get awards at I-Day function
MC vehicle violates one-way traffic rule
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DDR registered against five colleges
Woman dies under mysterious circumstances
Gang of robbers busted; 4 held
Ayurvedic doctors trained to bring down infant mortality rate in Punjab
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Col Simerjeet to get state award
Kusum Arora Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 14 Col Simerjeet will receive the honour at the state-level Independence Day function to be held at Yadavindra Stadium, Patiala. The officer is receiving the award in recognition of his instrumental and timely role, along with his men, in saving the trapped labourers under the huge mesh of concrete. Seventeen Army personnel, including a Major, will receive award for their role in the rescue work at the district-level function to be held at the PAP ground in the city. The eight-day rescue operation was declared closed on April 23. On April 15 morning, the administration had requisitioned a strong column of the Engineers Regiment of the Vajra Corps, which reached with its specialised equipment to cut the concrete debris of four-storeyed building of the unit at 8 am. The team under the aegis of Col Simerjeet had successfully rescued four factory workers trapped under the debris on April 15. Sources maintained that Col Simerjeet received an invitation from the state government yesterday, following which he left for Patiala this evening. “The Engineers Regiment worked day and night in conjunction with the district administration, the 7th battalion of NDRF and local NGOs to save lives and proved their mettle in the rescue operation,” said a senior Army officer. Recently even GOC-in-C of the Western Command, Lt-Gen Sanjiv Chachra on his maiden visit to the Vajra Corps, had lauded the efforts of the Army personnel of the 103 Engineers Regiment for its role in the rescue operation. Gen Chachra especially spoke to the personnel from the regiment, who were part of the rescue operation. Similarly, Commandant RK Verma from 7th Battalion NDRF, Bathinda, will receive the state honour from the Chief Minister tomorrow. Commandant Verma, who is presently posted in Assam, is reaching Patiala to receive the award. Around 15 personnel, including Deputy Commandant NN Gupta will receive the award at the district-level function tomorrow.
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46 to get awards at I-Day function
Jalandhar, August 14 There are 46 persons figuring in the list of awardees released this evening. The honours will come for 15 members of the 7th Battalion of NDRF Bathinda team, 17 Army personnel, four NGOs, three persons from Soma Enterprises Ltd and Commissioner MC and his staff for their participation in the biggest disaster that occurred this year in Jalandhar, taking a toll of 23 lives. The rescue operation that continued for eight days had helped save as many as 62 lives, with one Bihari labourer Nitish Kumar being rescued completely safe even after 73 hours. Various teams had then worked strategically for as long as 18 hours a day. Taking out the trapped, rotting bodies was a Herculean task at the tragedy site. A commitment to them for recognizing their efforts at I-Day was made to them by the Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti right at the time of their farewell. The NDRF members include Deputy Commandant Nityanand Gupta, Assistant Commandant Musafir Ram, Inspector Ajay Prakash, SI Rajiv Kumar Dutta, HC Ajay Singh, Constables Manish Kumar, Hari Kishan Dubey, Arvinder Kumar, Shashi Kant, Jeet Singh, Manoj Kumar, Jaswinder Singh, Sanju Kumar, Rakesh Gesan and Sukhbir Singh. The armymen to receive the honours at district-level are Major Rana Karan Singh, Major Aman Vashisht, Subedar Amanullah, Naib Subedar Amrik Singh, Havildars D Pokle, Rama Mane and Suleman, Naiks Jagtar Singh, Sanju Simpy, Sanjay Kumar and Kamaljit Singh, Lance Naiks Sukhdev Raj and Narinder Singh, SPRs Sachdev Singh, Bikar Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Viswas Ghije. Four NGO representatives to get the honour are Des Raj of Phillaur, Sikandar, Hardeep and Jarnail Singh, all three from Ludhiana. The Soma Enterprises staff includes A. Prabhu, engineer, Shrawan Kumar and Harjinder Singh, both excavator operators. 6 principals among awardees
There are six principals from rural government schools who, too, will receive the coveted honour for bringing good results this year. These include Principal Kailash from Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) Mithapur, Principal Prem Kumar from GSSS Boys Phillaur, Principal Massa Singh from GSSS Authala, Head Teacher Dinesh Kumar from Government High School (GHS) Kalyanpur, Sodhi Ram GHS Rurki and Head Teacher Naresh Kumar from GHS Manko. |
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MC vehicle violates one-way traffic rule
Jalandhar, August 14 What to talk of the general public, government vehicles keep on flouting the rule of one-way traffic for the road from the Jalandhar city railway station towards Madan Flour Mill. The Tribune team found a cleansing vehicle of the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) openly flouting the rule at 5.27 pm on Tuesday. No traffic police personnel was on seen on duty there at that time. Interestingly on seeing the MCJ vehicle entering the one-way road, a private car also followed it in violating the rule. The road had been declared one way for traffic several months ago, as a number of passengers failed to reach the station on time due to traffic snarls on the road and several of them missed their trains. A social activist Rajat Mohindru said, “The traffic police should strictly implement the one-way rule, as despite declaring the road as one way, a number of passengers still miss their trains as they fail to reach their detination in time after being stuck in the traffic snarls.” “The MCJ should also clear the encroachments by several shopkeepers on this road for ensuring smooth flow of traffic,” he added. Official speak The question of violation of the one-way traffic rule for the road between Jalandhar city railway station and Madan Flour Mill by MC vehicle does not arise, as a traffic personnel remains on duty there between 8 am and 8 pm. Even if it has happened, the vehicle will be challaned after the publication of the news-item. As far as the encroachments are concerned, that is the work of the MCJ to clear them. — Jasbir Singh Rai, ACP, Traffic
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DDR registered against five colleges
Jalandhar, August 14 The DC had yesterday ordered the registration of a case against the college authorities under the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act 1971 and other relevant sections. Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV), Doaba College, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women, DAV College and BD Arya Girls College had not attended the meeting held on July 25 despite a notice to them a day before. |
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Woman dies under mysterious circumstances
Jalandhar, August 14 The victim’s kin alleged that she was thrashed and poisoned to death by her in-laws. The deceased was identified as Jaswinder Kaur, daughter of Kuldip Singh. Harjit Singh, the victim’s uncle, alleged that she was married to Manpreet Singh and soon after her marriage, the woman’s in-laws started torturing her. Harjit Singh further alleged that many a time, Jaswinder had told them about the ill-treatment being meted out to her. Her family members told the police that Jaswinder was today beaten up and later her in-laws poisoned her to death. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Adampur, Parminder Singh, said, as per initial police investigations, inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC had been initiated. The Deputy Superintendent of Police said if in the postmortem report anything suspicious came, action would be taken accordingly. |
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Work on green belts’ beautification in full swing
Jalandhar, August 14 While the work on making green belts on either side of Lyallpur Khalsa College, leading to BSF Chowk, is going on at a fast pace, the rest of the plantation drive is likely to be completed in two months’ time. The Rs 7.9-crore green belts development project of the municipal corporation also includes the construction of parking lots, service lanes, footpaths, road widening and U-turns. The green belts project had taken off on June 16 last year. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Executive Engineer Gurcharan Singh said the municipal corporation procured different palm tree saplings, ficus and other ornamental plants and tree saplings from a Saharanpur-based nursery. “All the plants have been shielded with tree guards, while round the clock work is being done by gardeners. The work on the green belts of Khalsa College and near Shakti Sadan is almost complete and the entire stretch has been beautified with cemented boundaries,” he added. Sources in the municipal corporation said a stretch under the BMC chowk flyover in front of Dada Motors has been given to Club Cabana for beautification, but the work was yet to begin. “The Club Cabana was expected to begin the beautification work, but it has not started the work due to the monsoon season,” they said. Similarly, another stretch of the BMC chowk flyover facing McDonalds has been given to MBD Neopolis for maintenance. “This green belt was developed by the municipal corporation and handed over to the MBD Neopolis for maintenance. It also includes ornamental plants,” they added. Meanwhile, the municipal corporation is yet to auction the parking lot at the BMC chowk under the BMC chowk flyover and near the Khalsa College level crossing. The municipal corporation is yet to plan auction of the parking lots and it would be done soon, the sources added.
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Gang of robbers busted; 4 held
Jalandhar, August 14 The police recovered a country-made pistol, two live cartridges and some sharp-edged weapons from them. The gang had in the past committed several robbery incidents at gun-point near Jalandhar. The arrested men were identified as Naresh Kumar, Kulwant Singh, Sunny, all residents of Adampur, and Arshdeep, a resident of Abadpura here. Angrej Singh, CIA in charge, said they had received information that the gang members had gathered on a highway near Adampur and were planning to rob the society. Accordingly, a trap was laid and the armed miscreants were nabbed. He said some gang members, who managed to flee from the spot, were identified as Gaurav, alias Gaura, a resident of Abadpura, Sunil Kumar of Adampur and Babli of the Begampura area near here. During preliminary investigation, the accused confessed that in March, they had looted a vegetable trader of Rs 7 lakh at gun-point near Nasrala village. Interestingly, the accused also admitted that after committing the robbery, they had travelled abroad and had almost spent the whole looted money to enjoy a lavish life abroad. A case under Sections 399, 402, and 25-54-59 of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused.
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A proud moment for woman police officer
Jalandhar, August 14 Hailing from Hoshiarpur, she joined the police as an inspector in 2001. Like her namesake Manjit Kaur, who has won gold thrice at the Asian Games and is also DSP like her in the Punjab Police, this Manjit, too, has been an international-level athlete. She has twice won gold in 100 metres race at the World Police Games held in 1997 and 2001. Manjit says she always drew inspiration from former top cop Kiran Bedi. “As a young girl, I always felt inspired viewing her on TV and seeing her pictures in newspapers. I used to share this with my dad who retired from the BSF. It was he who always encouraged me to participate in sports and join the police force,” she says. Being a woman police officer has a great charm, she says, adding that there are a whole lot of facilities that she gets. “But somehow lots of adjustments have to be made for leading a family life, especially with a small kid. My husband is posted as inspector in the intelligence wing with the BSF at Gurdaspur. It’s me who has to all alone take care of my six-year old son. He is studying here at Police DAV School,” she said. Asked if she felt that she was now senior to her husband by post, she responded saying, “No, it’s not that way. We joined the forces at the same time. Since his is in a Central government job, the promotions come a little late.”
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Ayurvedic doctors trained to bring down infant mortality rate in Punjab
Jalandhar, August 14 Dr Anil Sud, a leading paediatritian, was the lead instructor in the course. He said the JAP had formulated the programme in 2009 and later it was adopted by the Government of India. Dr Puja Kapoor, Dr Neeraj Mahajan and Dr Jatinder were the trainers from Jalandhar, while Dr Naveen Bajaj from Ludhiana was the course coordinator. Dr Anil Sud, member of the National Executive Board of the Indian Academy (Paediatricians), said the main objective of the National Resuscitation Programme was to bring down the infant mortality rate of the country. “Since, ayurvedic doctors have great penetration among common people, they can play a greater role in saving the infants,” said Dr Sud. The infant mortality rate (IMR) of India stands at 47 per 1,000. The aim was to train two lakh healthcare providers, who can be of help at the time of delivery. “We are training doctors, child specialists, gynaecologists, staff nurses and other paramedical staff for this purpose,” said Dr Sud.
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Poster-making and slogan-writing competition held
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 14 Rekha, Nitika and Sukhnandan won the first, second and third prizes, respectively. Cuisine day
The hotel management students of the CT Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology observed a “Hyderabadi Cuisine Day” on its Maqsudan campus. Students from Bachelors in Hotel Management presented variety of Hyderabadi cuisines. They also made charts, models and wrote slogans to present the theme of the day. A quiz competition was also held. NSS camp
A day-long NSS camp was organised by the NSS and Red Cross Department of the Prem Chand Markanda SD College for Women during which lectures were delivered on “Dengue and other seasonal diseases”. The camp was held in collaboration with the Civil Hospital. The chief guest, Civil Surgeon Dr R.L. Bassan, and many other senior doctors from the hospital spoke on
the occasion. University topper
Navdeep Kaur, a student of postgraduate diploma in fashion designing of B.D. Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantonment, bagged the first position in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, examinationsd by scoring 619 marks out of 650. ETT toppers
Elementary Teachers Training (ETT) students of the St Soldier College of Education brought laurels to their institution by securing top 10 positions in the state in the final results declared by the State Council of Education and Research, Chandigarh. Dr Santosh Rajbir stood first in Punjab by securing 85.4 per cent marks, Amandeep second, Sukhpreet third, Monika fourth, Rajwinder fifth, Navneet sixth, Rishu Bala seventh, Shina eighth, Anju Bala ninth and Shilpa tenth in the state. |
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Living up to the expectations of the labourers and saving precious human lives in the tragic Shital Fibres factory collapse incident, the Commanding Officer of the 103 Engineers Regiment, Col Simerjeet Singh, will receive the state award from Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal
at the 65th Independence Day function in Patiala tomorrow.
The one-way traffic rule for the road between the Jalandhar city railway station and Madan Flour Mill has not been strictly implemented.
