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New apparatus grounds bird problem
Six persons interrogated
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NRI woman robbed of purse, hurt
Amritsar, November 18 In yet another snatching incident, a Germany-based NRI woman was robbed of her purse by an unidentified motorcycle-borne youth from near new Roop Nagar area falling under the Gate Hakima police station here today.
'Missing' NRI found
Water dept campaign to collect taxes
Political interference stalls Lawrence Road revamping project?
Delegation woos city traders
Skating championship begins
PCMS specialists’ body not to support defaulting doctors
SYP resolves to tackle drug menace, apostasy among youth
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New apparatus grounds bird problem
Amritsar, November 18 When fired, the six-shot launcher blasts at a certain height in the sky, without leaving any residues on the ground beneath. The laser gun-cum-torch has a range of 2 km and it scares away nocturnal birds. The zone guns have been placed at a distance of 200 feet from each other along the runway and gas from the cylinder causes a loud explosion to keep the birds away from the airport complex in general and operational area in particular. Airport director Suneel Dutt said ever since the gadgets were installed in mid-August, no bird-hit had been reported even though the area is home to a large number of birds. He said four bird-hits had been reported prior to the installation of these gadgets. Dutt said it was a non-lethal system to scare birds away from the airport complex. The Airport Authority of India supervises the mechanism while a private company has been contracted to operate the system to scare birds away. A 10-member team handles the system and swings into action minutes before any flight is to take off or land. Though the problem of bird-hits appears to have been solved, snags due to stray dogs and rodents continue to pose a headache to the airport authorities. A number of flights have been either grounded or delayed due to these two problems in the past. In September 2009, a rat managed to enter an Air India (Boeing 777) plane, thereby delaying the Toronto-bound flight by 11 hours. In a similar case last year, a flight was delayed after dogs were spotted on the tarmac. Authorities say agricultural fields and dense bushes located in the vicinity of the airport were a safe haven for dogs and rodents. Dutt said it was the duty of the district administration or the Amritsar Municipal Corporation to ensure that the source of the problem was tackled. He said a pest control company had been hired to keep rodents away from operational area. About canine menace, he said the issue had been taken up with the district administration officials at a recent Airport Environment Management meeting. "The district administration has assured us of initiating appropriate action," he said.
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Six persons interrogated
Amritsar, November 18 Harjit Singh Brar, ADCP, Crime, who has been camping in the Verka locality to probe the murder, said the police had zeroed in on these persons following the probe and later taken them into custody for further interrogation. "The interrogation is under progress and hopefully we will find positive results and arrest the actual culprits involved in the killing," said Brar, refusing to divulge more details. The police teams had yesterday carried out search operations in nearby areas of the locality where Gurkirat's family lives. Gurkirat had gone missing on November 7, while his body was found on November 16 just a few yards from the house. According to sources in the area, the police has taken into custody four members of the family who own the secluded building where the body of Gurkirat was recovered, while a couple of persons from the families who live in the houses adjoining the street from where the stray dogs were eating the body were also taken into custody for questioning. Meanwhile, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Health, and MLA from the area, visited the house and consoled the victim's family. She directed police officials to arrest the perpetrators of the crime. Congress leaders Sunil Datti and Jasbir Singh Dimpa also paid a visit to the victim's family and expressed their sympathy with the family members.
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NRI woman robbed of purse, hurt
Amritsar, November 18 The victim was going to meet her relatives in a rickshaw when the incident took place. She sustained injuries and bruises as she fell from the rickshaw while resisting the attempt of the unidentified accused. She had jewellery worth Rs 6 lakh, besides Rs 3,500 and 70 pounds in her purse. She was so shocked after the incident that she could not talk to anyone for some time. She had arrived here to attend a marriage function in the Namak Mandi area. A relative of the victim said she was going to the New Roop Nagar area from Namak Mandi. As the rickshaw turned towards Roop Nagar from the main road, the unidentified motorcyclist came from behind and tried to snatch her purse.
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'Missing' NRI found
HS Brar, ADCP, Crime, said the CCTV footage at the inter-state bus terminus revealed that he was standing near a stand where buses for Bathinda depart. This led to the police team to conclude that he might have gone to Talwandi Sabo as Randhawa was a very religious person. During investigation, the police found that he was actually staying there. The police teams brought him from there and handed him over to the family.
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Water dept campaign to collect taxes
Amritsar, November 18 For the purpose, a team led by an executive engineer of the Water Supply Department and superintendent carried out a rigorous campaign to collect taxes from the defaulters in the Focal point area. The team also took along a ditch machine to take instant action against those who refrained from paying their dues. An official said the ditch machine was pressed into service for disconnecting the sewerage connection of a beneficiary, whereas after the intervention of the Focal Point Association, a grace period of one week has been granted to the defaulters for clearing their dues. The official said the management of Amar Colours was liable to pay an amount of over Rs 1.8 lakh. Even as the management of this firm argued over the gross discrepancy on part of the MC in issuing the bills, its sewerage connection was snapped with the help of the ditch machine. The officials maintained that there was no scope for any excuse and the defaulters would have to pay their share of liability. Similarly, Moon Light Chemicals owed MC an amount of Rs 78,000. The management of this firm deposited a cheque for Rs 40,000 on the spot, officials said. The superintendent said on the insistence of the Focal Point Association, the MC had decided to grant the defaulters a week’s time to clear their dues, otherwise stern action would be taken against them.
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Political interference stalls Lawrence Road revamping project?
Amritsar, November 18 With a view to providing the pedestrians a safe path, the MC has conceptualised to lay footpaths having interlocking tiles over it. In the absence of this arrangement, it is quite risky to go on foot on this busy shopping destination in the city. For the purpose, the MC was to initiate measures to remove the rampant encroachments by the shopkeepers who have extended their shops. Even as the MC was successful in getting the encroachments removed to some extent, it had to withdraw its interlocking tiles’ plan from the portion located just in front of this eatery. Sources said the owners of this joint and some others had reportedly enjoyed immunity by using political connections. Following this, other shopkeepers, too, started encroaching the pedestrian path slowly. However, the MC authorities straightaway denied any such development. They stated that the work would be resumed and the proposal of putting up the pedestrian path is on its way. Nevertheless, if everything goes well, it would be for the first time when a thought has been spared for erecting a pedestrian path on the Lawrence road. Revamping the existing road plan, the MC has recently renovated the centre verge while painting it afresh with fluorescent yellow colour. Plans are also to affix adequate lights on this centre verge. Similarly, a new route has been conceptualised from the Lawrence road to reach over a dozen key destinations. This move would also let the commuters reach these destinations without crossing over the Lawrence road.
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Delegation woos city traders
Amritsar, November 18 Addressing industrialists and businessmen, the premier said his province was situated in the southern central part of Australia and its economy centred on the agricultural, manufacturing and mining industries. South Australia's largest employment sector was health care and social assistance followed by manufacturing. The manufacturing industry consisted of automotive and component manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, defence technology and electronic systems. South Australia's economy relied on exports more than any other state in Australia. Production of agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, fisheries, petroleum products and manufacturing was a mainstay of the industry. Other major industries included meat and meat preparations, wind energy, wheat, wine, wool and sheepskins, machinery, metal and metal manufactures, fish and crustaceans, road vehicles and parts and petroleum products. Answering queries to the satisfaction of participating businessmen and potential investors, Jay assured them of making available all facilities, including money and land transfer, in the shortest possible time. He added that a plenty of land was available, including for agriculture, in South Australia. Coordinator of the investors' meet Satish Kumar Bansal said Adelaide was the capital of the province, which was also the most populous part of it. Among others Rajiv Setia from the rice industry, Karan Verma from the hospitality industry, Satbir Nijjar from the agro industry, Sachin Khanna from the textile industry took part in the meet. Other members of the visiting delegation included Lois Boswell, Deputy Chief of Staff, premier's office, Jarrad Pilkington, Media Adviser to the premier, Brian Hayes, Special Envoy to India, Raymond Spencer, Chairperson, Economic Development Board, Tim Harcourt, International Adviser to the premier, Kingsley David, Director, Invest, in South Australia, and Goska Serafin-Rai, Manager, India and Emerging Markets, DPC.
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Skating championship begins
Amritsar, November 18 The inaugural ceremony of the mega championship will be held tomorrow, which would be performed by Pushkar Vohra, Deputy Director (Sports), CBSE, New Delhi, and GD Sharma, Director, Doordarshan Kendra, Jalandhar. The school Principal Anjana Gupta said the school management ensured to take care of the visiting participants and organise the championship in a healthy sporting spirit.
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PCMS specialists’ body not to support defaulting doctors
Amritsar, November 18 However, they also urged the authorities to follow "lawful procedure" for taking any action against such doctors. The association was indirectly pointing towards the recent raids conducted by Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Health, Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu on government doctors involved in private practice. “If the department has any complaints against any doctor, it should bring the matter into the knowledge of the association so that the matter could be resolved in a better way,” the association said in a press note issued here today. Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal, president of the association, also urged the government to look into the problems being faced by doctors. He said the doctors were overburdened due to lack of staff in government hospitals. He said the association had submitted a charter of demand to the government, besides giving several suggestions to improve the health scenario in the state. He urged the government to pay heed to their demands and suggestions and improve the health atmosphere in Punjab.
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SYP resolves to tackle drug menace, apostasy among youth
Amritsar, November 18 It felt that there was a need for concerted efforts to face these challenges. The meeting resolved to hold series of public meeting on these contentious problems to create awareness among the youth. Head of the SYP Ranbir Singh said there was no denying the fact that the Punjab youth had been gripped by the drug menace. The issue had recently again come into focus when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the state made a comment on the situation saying 70 per cent of the state youth was drug addicts. He said this provoked Punjab CM and Deputy CM to blame the Centre for failing to stop the smuggling of drugs from across the international border. "We would like to know as to who was responsible for 70 per cent of the youth turning apostate here," he asked. Taking a jibe at Badals, he said the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had been in command of the SGPC for years and years and the very first postulate of this party talked of propagating religion. Apostasy was not being smuggled from across the borders. Vice-president of the SYP Paramjit Singh and general secretary Manjit Singh said something was deeply wrong somewhere vis-a-vis mushrooming of deras and weaning away of the youth from mainstream Sikhism. Of course, most of these dears were patronised by political leaders, including from the Akali Dal. Dal Khalsa leader Kanwar Pal Singh exhorted the youth to take up the responsibility of cleansing politics instead of confining themselves to demanding their rights or crying for grievances. Addressing the meeting of its youth wing, he said politics influenced all aspects of life and the youth should be prepared to take up the challenge to cleanse the system. He said focus of today's youth should be to practice and pursue ideological politics.
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Makeover
Now, we know that potential brides are already blowing their pockets off on beauty and makeover treatments to gear up for their wedding. But one can also follow a simple beauty regime at home to get that flawless, peachy look without fussing over the budget. "There are a lot of things in our kitchen that can help us get a nourished skin. One just has to follow a disciplined beauty routine,” says Richa Aggarwal, a beauty expert. Like, she suggests, “Oatmeal is the most common non-soap cleanser. It is very gentle and is especially useful to those with sensitive skin or problematic skin conditions. Grind the whole oats into fine powder and apply a thick paste by mixing in luke warm water. You can also add the powder to bath water for a full body treatment. Cinnamon is also a rich organic antioxidant.” Green tea, Jojoba oil, egg white and almonds are also useful to ward off some common problems like dark circles, blemishes, break outs and oily skin. With some homemade organic scrubs and packs, it’s also important to make a few healthy changes in the diet to achieve the goal. “Brides-to-be should start following a healthy diet plan at least two months in advance. Load up on fresh fruits, especially with fibres like strawberries, raspberries, oranges and papaya should be taken in excess. Avoid oily or spicy food as it causes break out,” suggests Neera Sharma, a diet counsellor and wellness expert from city. “One should also work out and count calories before the wedding day as it gives a healthy glow to the skin,” shares Richa. Well, for long grandma’s kitchen beauty secrets have helped the damsels in distress. Taking a cue, the expert advice could make you look like a dream on your D-day.
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An apparatus set in place at the Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport to keep birds away has started delivering the desired results.
Hardly any bird-hits have been reported at the airport ever since the apparatus was installed about three months
ago.
Facing people's wrath over its alleged negligent approach, the city police today took over a half dozen persons into its custody for interrogation in connection with the brutal murder of Gurkirat Singh (10).
Is it political interference which is hampering the revamping work on the Lawrence road?
Even as the MC authorities deny this, if sources are to be believed, it was the management of a recently inaugurated eatery that had, using political connections, objected to the MC’s move of laying interlocking tiles in front of its joint.
Amritsar, November 18
Amritsar, November 18