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14 nabbed for gambling
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Ensuring scientific disposal of e-waste
Surjit Hockey
Players in action during a match between Bharat Petroleum (red) and BSF (white) at Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Woman, paramour, 3 others booked for man’s suicide
Nurse alleges delay in police investigation
Candidates seek appointment letters
Man, daughter robbed
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Four killed in road accidents
Jalandhar, October 16 The second mishap claimed the life of a bike-borne person near Alawalpur village here. The deceased was identified as Sarvesh Kumar of the Ramdaspura locality. The accident occurred at 9.50 pm on Monday when the victim was going towards Jalandhar on his bike. According to sources, he was hit by some unknown vehicle. The victim, who sustained severe head injuries, died on the spot. The Alawalpur police registered a case of negligent driver against unknown persons and launched a manhunt to nab the accused. In the third mishap, two persons on a bike were killed following a head-on collision between a bike and a four-wheeler last evening in Lohian Khas near here. The deceased were identified as Kikar Singh and Sandeep Singh, both residents of Mandi Chalan village near Zira. Kikar Singh died on the spot, while Sandeep died late at night at a
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14 nabbed for gambling
Jalandhar, October 16 In the first raid, the police nabbed seven persons, identified as Ashwani Kumar and Vijay Kumar of Bhargo Camp, Karamjit Singh of Mithu Basti, Raj Kumar of Basti Shiekh, Vijay of Basti Gujan and Vijay of Gopal Nagar. The police also recovered Rs 6,150 from them. In the second raid, the police also nabbed seven persons, who were identified as Sham Lal of Avtar Nagar, Nandkishore of GTB Nagar, Tarsem and Ashwani of Bharrgav Camp, Sonu of Abadpura, Raja of Phagwara Gate, Sonu of New Harbans Nagar. All were engaged in the unlawful activity at a house of Ashwani. The police also confiscated Rs 11,100 from the spot. SHO Bhargav Camp, Somnath said the police had been keeping a regular watch in the area to bust the attempts of gambling activities. 36 gamblers held in week As the festival season is on, people fond of gambling, too, have made their presence felt in the city. The city police is also claiming to have initiated a campaign to knock down this illegal activity. Interestingly, the arrest of 36 persons under the Gambling Act in just a week is enough to substantiate the fact that gambling activities are on the rise in the city. Of these 36 arrests, the Bhargav Camp police alone has nabbed 31 persons in Gambling Act, while five were arrested by the Police Division No. 5. On October 10, the Bhargav Camp police nabbed 17 gamblers and also seized about Rs 40,000 from their possession. The accused were involved in the illegal activity in an isolated house located near New Deol Nagar. Taking the lead further, on October 15 yesterday, the Division 4 police nabbed five persons for gambling near Namdev Chowk and also recovered Rs 24,000 from their possession. All nabbed persons were drivers. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sarabjit Singh admitted that gambling activities always rose during the festival season and he had alerted heads of various police stations to act sternly against this illegal activity.
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Ensuring scientific disposal of e-waste
Jalandhar, October 16 In what was claimed to be the first such initiative in Punjab and for that matter in North India, except for New Delhi and
Rajasthan, management, teachers and students of city-based Eklavya School have come out with a "school enterprise challenge". Teachers along with students of Class IX and X have resolved to create awareness among people about the harmful effects of e-waste under the aegis of the Eklavya Enterprise and to help them dispose it of in a proper way. "We are here to create awareness about the harmful effects of e-waste, like used and discarded mobile phones, computer CPUs and monitors, batteries and chargers, CDs, speakers, keyboards,
mouses, which are nothing short of a hazard for the health of environment. We are providing all possible solutions to a growing environmental problem. The motto of the Eklavya Enterprise is to benefit community as well as the environment,” said Seema
Handa, Director of the school. “People don’t know how to dispose these electronic gadgets and goods and there was no opportunity to do so in a proper manner as there are no registered recyclers, except in New Delhi and
Rajasthan. They just throw these away or sell these to junk dealers. Even junk dealers says no to take old CRT monitors due to their weight. In fact, the electronic waste is laden with some harmful chemicals and toxins like mercury, metals, which could seep into the soil and pollute the underground water and environment. The problem is acquiring bigger dimensions as thousands of people are using and discarding used gadgets at their own will these days,” said
Seema Handa. She said at present, Jalandhar or even Punjab, did not have any government registered toxic e-waste recyclers. The Eklavya Enterprise will collect toxic e-waste from different organisations of Jalandhar and store, segregate, package and ship it to a government-registered toxic e-waste management company for proper disposal. “We have selected 15 students, two teachers, apart from me for this project. People have to pay a nominal fee starting at Rs 2 for a charger and Rs 10 for a used and discarded mobile phone for proper disposal of their e-waste,” said Seema
Handa, adding that students have also launched a poster campaign to inform people about the perils of e-waste. Teachers and students of the school have already started visiting various organisations in Jalandhar and were encouraging people to be a part of the social cause. “The enterprise is getting good response from those organisations for the initiative. NOKIA has also appreciated the campaign run by the Eklavya Enterprise and has decided to collaborate with it for the recycling of all the e-waste collected by it. The Eklavya Enterprise seek valuable contribution of people of Jalandhar towards this initiative to save our mother earth for our future generations,” said Dimple Sharma, Principal of the school. |
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Bharat Petroleum, ONGC enter semifinals
Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 16 The BP team thrashed the BSF by 4-0. Continuing its attacks, the BP hardly gave any chance to the BSF. The BP earned six points from two outings in the quarterfinal league stage of the tournament. In Pool B, the BP team played a fast and controlled hockey. In the 12th minute of the play, Amir Khan scored a goal from the right flank (1-0).
At the end of the first half of the match, the BP was leading by 1-0. In the second half and in the 50th minute of the game, Hari Prasad netted the ball from a pass of Tushar Khadekar taking the score to 2-0. Then just after seven minutes later, Pundalik Bellary consolidated the score 3-0. In the 62nd minute of the game, Tushar Khadekar took the tally to 4-0 with a field goal. Second match
The ONGC, Mumbai, stormed into the semifinals of the Surjit Hockey Tournament by defeating the Punjab National Bank (PNB), Delhi, in the second match played at stadium this evening. The ONGC beat PNB by 4-2 to get a berth in the semifinals. In the first half, the ONGC dominated its rival team and took leads in the 22nd and the 24 th minutes of the play. International player Diwakar Ram lodged the first and the second goals to take lead of 2-0. In the 26th minute of the play, Tyron Pereira netted the ball from the right flank (3-0). Bouncing back, the PNB reduced the margin with a penalty corner conversion by Jatinder Saroha (1-3) in the 34th minute of the play. At the halftime, ONGC was leading by 3-1. In the second half of the match, PNB maintained pressure on the ONGC and Ashish Pal netted the ball from the right flank (2-3) in the 48th minute. In the last minute of the match, Mandeep Antil of the ONGC sounded the board to win the match
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Woman, paramour, 3 others booked for man’s suicide
Jalandhar, October 16 The accused were identified as the deceased's wife Kamaljit Kaur, her paramour Pannu of Apra village, Sheesho, Bakhsho and Kamaljit. On the statement of the deceased’s son Satish, the concerned police has registered a case under Section 306 of the IPC and launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
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Nurse alleges delay in police investigation
Jalandhar, October 16 "Three times, I have met inquiring officer Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Sukhdev Singh, and every time, I am being told that an inquiry was on into the case and an FIR would be registered only after completing the inquiry," the victim nurse told reporters. Sonawar Bhatti, district president of the Punjab Christian Movement, said the police seemed to be hand in glove with the accused, adding that if a case was not registered soon, their organisation would launch a protest against the police administration The staff nurse had lodged a written complaint against a senior orthopaedic surgeon with Police Commissioner Gaurav Yadav. |
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Candidates seek appointment letters
Jalandhar, October 16 The department had conducted the examination in February this year and in March had also done the counselling of the selected candidates. Still after seven months, the department had not issued any appointment letters to them, the candidates Raman Bedi and Yogesh Goyal said. "Whenever we tried to seek a clarification from senior health officials in Chandigarh, we never got any satisfactory reply," Charanjit and Mukul, who also appeared in the examination, said. They said scores of candidates appeared in the examinations of food inspectors and would gather at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall on October 20 to discus their further course of action. |
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Man, daughter robbed
Phagwara, October 16 Gurbax Singh and his daughter were returning to their village Malikpur on a motorcycle when the robbers stopped them and snatched two mobile phones, 7 tolas of gold ornaments and Rs 3,000 from them and fled. The police has registered a case.
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Jalandhar, October 16
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