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2 held for injuring cop on duty
Carpenter held for stealing gold ornaments
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Visitors at the exhibition in Virsa Vihar, Jalandhar. Tribune photo: Sarabjit Singh
Surjit Hockey Tournament
Players in action during a match between Punjab National Bank, Delhi, (red T-shirts) and Corps of Signals (blue T-shirts) at Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
India can solve most problems of world, says Dr Vijay
Bhatkar
Punjab Governor Shivraj V Patil along with LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal presents the first prize to Indian Air Force officers for the best exhibit at the concluding day of the third Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan and Expo-2012 at LPU on Sunday. A Tribune photo
Kin of Ghadarites honoured
82 nursing students get degrees
A bucket full of joy:
Students of the Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Nursing Education present a cultural show at the institute’s first convocation on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
IAC volunteers hold protest march
Volunteers of the India Against Corruption hold a protest march in Jalandhar on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
City CA to give presentation at business school in USA
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2 held for injuring cop on duty
Jalandhar, October 14 The accused were identified as Balwinder Singh, alias Sonu, of Model Estate, Dakoha and Gourav of Baba Budha Ji Enclave here. A case under Sections 307, 353, 186 and 34 of the IPC was registered against the youths. Kuldeep Singh, investigating officer, said on Saturday evening, constable Shital Kumar of the Cantonment police station had erected a naka near the PAP chowk. The moment he signalled two bike-borne youths to stop for checking, the riders, instead of stopping the bike, hit the same into the constable standing on the road. The policeman sustained injuries on his body parts. The duo was later nabbed by the police after a few minutes of chase. The accused were taken on a two-day police remand. They told the police that they could not stop the bike despite the signal as they were not carrying documents of the bike and in an attempt to escape police checking, the policeman got hit. Travel fraud case
The Basti Bawa Khel police has not been able to arrest a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in a travel fraud case, in which he had duped two villagers of several lakhs on the pretext of sending them abroad. The police claimed that despite conducting raids at the suspected hideouts of the accused, he had managed to be at large. In this case, along with the retired policeman Kulwant Singh, the police had also booked his son, but he had already been arrested by the police a few
days ago. The complainants Karamjit Singh of Sadoke village near Amrtisar and Bhupinder Singh of Sher Singh Colony had
alleged to the police that the duo had duped them of several lakhs on the
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Carpenter held for stealing gold ornaments
Jalandhar, October 14 Rashmi Chopra had complained to the police that yesterday evening they had engaged the carpenter to repair a wooden almirah, and this morning when they checked the almirah, they found the same missing. The complainant said the value of the ornaments, weighing 324 gm, was about Rs 10 lakh. The locks of the safe, in which the ornaments were kept, were broken by
the accused. Initially, the house owner suspected the role of their female domestic help behind the theft and they questioned her, but to no avail. The needle of suspicion later shifted to the carpenter, and the police was informed. Acting on the complaint, the police rounded up the carpenter here this early morning. During questioning, he confessed to having committed the burglary. The accused told the police that while he was repairing the almirah, noticing nobody around him, he broke the locks of the main safe and stole gold ornaments. The accused had bundled all ornaments in his trouser’s pockets. Resham Singh, investigating officer, said the accused admitted during the investigation that he had kept all ornaments at his house and was planning to sale the same in the market. A case under Sections 380, 454 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. |
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Auto-rickshaw drivers told about ills of drunken driving
Jalandhar, October 14 Nearly 150 auto-rickshaw drivers attended the workshop, held under the aegis of the NGO Arrive SAFE along with Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and Jalandhar Traffic Police, at Satluj Market, opposite the bus stand. ADCP (traffic) Sukhdev Singh, ACP (traffic) Parminder Singh Bhandal, Harman Singh Sidhu, Manmohan Luthra, Prof Sharad Manocha and Prof Anup were amongst the prominent speakers on the occasion. Messages given by stand-up comedian Buta Singh and by police constables acting as “marasis” were a special attraction. Besides lectures and interactions, “Fatal Vision Goggles” imported from the USA were used to educate the auto-rickshaw drivers on how alcohol impairs our senses. These goggles use special lens technology that allows the wearer to experience a realistic simulation of impairment. The drivers found the hard-hitting games very convincing. The auto-rickshaw drivers were told about on how drunken-driving adversely affects us financially, socially, emotionally and physically, besides serious legal consequences. Auto-rickshaw drivers need to be made aware of how alcohol affects us, as they ferry people, more importantly schoolchildren, on a relatively unstable vehicle that is the three-wheeler. Stickers with the message “Don’t Drink & Drive: It has Serious Consequences” were put on all three-wheelers parked in the area. It would also act as a reminder to other road users about the stepped up drive against drunken driving by the Jalandhar Traffic Police. President of "Arrive SAFE" Harman Singh Sidhu said “This workshop is part of the RS10 project being undertaken by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), World Health Organisation (WHO), with consortium partners with focus on reducing death and serious injuries on the roads occurring due to 'drinking and driving' and 'speeding'. Road users who are impaired by alcohol have a significantly higher risk of being involved in a crash.” Half of the deaths in road accidents in the entire world take place only in 10 countries, including India. Thanks to lack of awareness regarding traffic rules. So, the five-year Road Safety in 10 Countries (RS 10) Project started in the 10 countries Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Kenya, Mexico, Russian Federation, Turkey and Vietnam in 2010 for spreading awareness among road users to minimise road mishaps. As per the report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report, 1,38,000 people died on Indian roads in 2011. This is the highest in the world, as India has only 1 per cent of the world’s vehicular population but accounts for 10 per cent of deaths in road crashes. A study done in Bangalore found that 44 per cent of the crash victims seeking medical treatment were under the influence of alcohol (Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore). All categories of road users, including cyclists and rickshaw-pullers, would be informed about the consequences of drunken driving in the upcoming workshops.
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City’s brush with art policing
Jalandhar, October 14 An artist known for painting the portraits of Gurus and presenting poignant glimpses of the cultural treasure of Punjab, the brazen young women, that mark his current exhibition, were probably too much for the city’s conservative sensibilities to handle. Trouble began for Vimal when activists of a city-based women’s group saw the picture of a nude on a hoarding during Vimal’s exhibition. The hoarding was pulled off and he had to face the ire of the women who claimed his art was too offensive for the people of the city, especially women. The ire was directed at many of his paintings, especially at a painting of a bare-bodied woman with a clearly visible behind. While there was also an attempt to take the said painting off the gallery, the ladies were persuaded to let the painting stay on the condition that a piece of furniture would be placed so as to hide the ‘spot’ which had been the object of their angst. The hoarding, meanwhile, was fixed with the artist simply pasting his Lady Diana portrait onto the paintings labelled "vulgar". So even as his five-day exhibition (October 10 to 14) concluded at the Virsa Vihar today, the artists’ fear of the art police was evident in the fact that a narrow wood panel stayed right in front of the controversial painting, obscuring part of it. Senior artists in the city, however, supported Vimal’s endeavour. Talking about the controversy, Vimal said, “I never thought the paintings would offend someone. I did not intend that either. It was a bit shocking to see the reaction, but I am happy that people have supported my effort and have still turned up to appreciate my works.” Even as poster-like portraiture is a primitive art style and can hardly be called path breaking, Vimal’s attention to detail and flawless capturing of lights and shades in his classic portraits of Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Rajesh Khanna, Lata Mangeshkar, Jagjit Singh among others gave his works an edge. The other side of the artist’s palette were his audacious, insolent bare-legged (and in some cases bare-bodied) women in stilettos, quite at home with their sensuality. His rather cheeky (for Jalandhar) takes on women were paintings of a bare-legged woman in black stilettos riding the shoulders of man holding a sword and a tiger; a woman held by a man with a clock for a face (the controversial painting); a painting (within a painting) of a woman’s long legs - sporting bright-red pumps - reaching out of the canvas. With the woman in red pumps, as the artist himself explained, he conveyed the message - “A woman’s freedom and audacity shouldn’t be inferred as an invitation.” The fact that the exhibition sparked the eternal debate - on whether Jalandhar needs to broaden its art sensibilities, whether there’s a "too much" in art and who has the right to decide so - for the city art circles, is probably one of the healthiest outcomes of the controversy. No wonder, an exhibition that might otherwise have been a quiet affair, saw a much better footfall than many other art shows. |
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Punjab National Bank, Bharat Petroleum register victories
Tribune News Service
Both teams, in Pool-D, exhibited excellent hockey. The bankers started their attacks from the right flank and made some good moves. The team missed the first penalty corner in the 4th minute, but covered it up in the 8th minutes of the game. Sunil Lakra, after receiving a parallel pass near the centre line and dodging past three defenders, tried to enter the striking circle, but the left deep defender, J. Kallu, blocked him near the striking circle following which the umpire, Suresh Bhatia, awarded a penalty corner in favour of the bankers. Jatinder Sarhoa made no mistake to sound the board (1-0), but this lead was short-lived and the signalmen got success to equalise the score in the 14th minute of the game through Suresh Kumar, who scored an excellent field goal taking the score to 1-1. The signalmen got penalty corners in the 7, 21, 33, 34 and 35th minute of the first half, but failed to convert any of them into goal. Both teams were locked at 1-1 till the lemon break. Playing a defencive hockey, after changing over, both the teams again pulled their shocks for a lead. However, the bankers got the lead in the 61th minute through a penalty corner. This time, it was again Jatinder Sarhoa who scored a goal to take his team ahead (2-1). The bankers wasted three penalty corners in 37, 38 and 61th minute, whereas signalmen also wasted one penalty corner in 43rd minute of the game. Second match
In the second match played between the teams of Pool-B, Bharat Petroleum,
Mumbai, defeated Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, by 4-3. It was a see-saw contest between both the teams. In the 15th minute of the game, Railmen took a lead when Palwinder Singh hit a goal thus sounding the board from right flank (1-0). In 24th minute, Bharat Petroleum equalised the score through a penalty corner conversion by Gurpreet Singh (1-1). It was Palwinder Singh again who in the 26th minute netted the ball from top of the circle thus tilting the game in their favour by 2-1. In the dying minutes of the first half, Bharat petroleum earned the penalty corner and their Hari Prasad sounded the board from the right flank (2-2). At the end of the first half, both teams were levelled at 2-2. After the lemon break, both teams continued to make counter attacks and in the 49th minute of play, the RCF boys earned a penalty corner, this time Karanpal’s hard push lead the team ahead and took a lead by a goal (3-2). In the 66th minute of the play, Bharat Petroleum’s Gurpreet Singh equalised through a penalty corner conversion (3-3). In the last minute of the match again Bharat Petroleum’s Tushar Khandekar converted a penalty corner (4-3) registering a victory over its opponent team. |
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India can solve most problems of world, says Dr Vijay
Bhatkar
Jalandhar, October 14 Dr Bhatkar and Dr Vikram Desai, Head, Development and Educational Communication Unit
(DECU) of the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO), were among a number leading scientists of the country, who had deliberated on scientific issues and challenges at the third Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan and Expo-2012, which concluded at Lovely Professional University
(LPU) today. Dr Bhatkar said, "In the last 25 years, India has strengthened its position across the world, particularly in the field of IT. The Golden era for India has to come as India has the potential to become IT leader and bring the cutting-edge innovations to the world. More and more companies opening their research and development headquarters in India is an evidence to prove India's
potentinal." Exhorting youngsters to take more interest in science, he said, "To achieve this, students should try to get involved and engrossed in scientific projects, under global commitments." Dr Vikram Desai shared his experiences in the field of pharmacy with the students. The LPU Chancellor, Ashok
Mittal, said, "Ther university is focusing on bringing the innovations from labs to Industry. We should work closely with the industry to bring the solution to the complex problem of the industry. Our first
endeavour, in this regard, is from the Department of Pharmacy by bringing out a device
'PERMION' that has been developed to infuse the medicine related to colon cancer in patients. We assure Dr Bhatkar and the whole team that LPU students and faculty will come out with innovations of global relevance."
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Kin of Ghadarites honoured
Jalandhar, October 14 They were speaking at a function organised to pay tributes to Ghadar Party martyrs at Sangwal village, near here, today. "The dreams of Ghadarites have seemingly got shattered today as a common man is trampled by the price hike, corruption, illetracy and crumbling health and education services. Ghadari Babas had sacrificed their lives to ensure a better world for Indian people, but their dreams have not come true, thanks to vested interests of politicians," said CPI (ML) leaders Ajmer Singh, Hans Raj Pabwan, Kashmir Singh Ghugshore, and Santokh Singh Taggar. Family members of Ghadarites Baba Santa Singh, Baba Banta Singh, Baba Arur Singh, Baba Bakshish Singh, Zora Singh, Santa Singh and Baba Harnam Singh Naugajja, hailing from Sanghwal, Shivdaspur and Naugajja villages, were honoured on the occasion.
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Budding city shooter does state proud
Jalandhar, October 14 He bagged the silver medal in the youth category (under 18 years). The results were declared today by the NRAI. He scored a total of 383 out of 400 in the respective categories. He is student of grade 8th in Cambridge International School Jalandhar. “I am proud of the achievement of my son,” said Davinder Singh Dhillon, a city-based farmer and father of Fateh Singh Dhillon. |
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82 nursing students get degrees
Jalandhar, October 14 The chief guest, Dr RL Bassan, and Mayor Sunil Jyoti gave away the degrees to the students during the first convocation of the institute. Chairman of the Jalandhar Metal Merchant Association Kumar Raj, president of the Gulab Devi Memoriral Hospital Trust Yash Raj Aggarwal and its secretary Dr K.K. Pasricha, Dr Rajinder Singh, Dr Kumudi Pasricha and Principal of the nursing college Kanta Bhardwaj were present. The students also present an attractive cultural programme.
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IAC volunteers hold protest march
Jalandhar, October 14 The IAC team demanded that the scandals by Robert Vadra and Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louis Khurshid, exposed by Arvind Kejriwal, be brought to the fore. They demanded that both cases should be investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Dr Inderjit Bhalla, while addressing the protesters, demanded that Khurshid should be suspended with immediate effect and an inquiry about the relations of Robert Vadra with DLF Ltd and the Haryana Government be ordered. Vinod Bobby, Joginder Singh and Raman Sahni participated in the march by the IAC. |
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City CA to give presentation at business school in USA
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It was a neck and neck fight between Punjab National Bank (PNB), Delhi, and Corps of Signal,
Jalandhar, in the first match played on the 4th day of the 29th Surjit Hockey Tournament here this evening. Punjab National Bank won the match
2-1.
Jalandhar, October 14
Jalandhar, October 14
Jalandhar, October 14
Jalandhar, October 14
Jalandhar, October 14