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35 students injured in accident
Aunt arrested for NRI’s murder
Couple dupes man by selling mortgaged property
PUDA project caught in planning stage
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BJP does a balancing act
Kiln labourers protest
Science fest brings out best in schoolchildren
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35 students injured in accident
Phagwara, November 23 The injured students, belonging to villages of Gurra, Matfallu, Kot-Grewal, Meer, Chota Rurrka, were admitted to various hospitals in Barrapind, Goraya, Phagwara and Ludhiana. Bus driver Jatinder Singh of Barrapind village was referred to a hospital in Ludhiana because of his critical condition. The accident occurred due to a technical snag developed in the bus. But some of the children alleged that the bus driver was driving rashly which led to the mishap. Villagers rushed to the spot to rescue the students. Few villagers even alleged that some schoolteachers stood few metres away from the accident site but did nothing to help the children. Injured students included Manbir Kaur, Sapna, Rajni, Mintu, Amandeep, Tania, Chetan and Ravinder of LKG; Mohit Kumar and Satnam Singh of UKG; Abhijit Singh and Manjit Kaur (Class I); Rajbir Kaur (Class II); Saranjit Kaur, Akashdeep Kaur and Pritpal Kaur (Class III), Sharanjit Kaur and Prabhjit Singh (Class IV); Meena and Manjit (Class VI); Gurbir (Class VIII); and Ramandeep Kaur (X). Absence of duty doctor from the rural dispensary left villagers fuming. When Senior Medical Officer Dr Kamaljit Singh was contacted by villagers, he allegedly told them that he would be on duty at 9 am. Irate villagers locked the dispensary themselves, raised slogans against the dispensary staff and sat on a dharna outside the dispensary. Senior Congress leader MP Singh Goraya condemned the careless attitude of the doctors and demanded stern action against the “erring” doctors. When contacted, Civil Surgeon Jalandhar RL Wasan said SMO Dr Kamaljit Singh has immediately been transferred from Barrapind to district headquarter due to poor administration. He also said the absentee Emergency Medical Officer Dr Anil would have to face departmental action. Wasan said Dr Narinder Singh, SMO, Apra Dispensary, had been given additional charge of Barapind dispensary. The school principal could not be contacted for her comments. The mishap
35 students of 5H Punjab Rural Academy were seriously injured when their school minibus met with an accident near the school in Barrapind The accident occurred due to a technical snag developed in the bus. But some of the children alleged that the bus driver was driving rashly which led to the mishap Doc absent at rural dispensary
Villagers rushed to the spot to rescue the students Absence of duty doctor from the rural dispensary left villagers fuming. When Senior Medical Officer Dr Kamaljit Singh was contacted by villagers, he allegedly told them that he would be on duty at 9 am. Irate villagers locked the dispensary themselves, raised slogans against the dispensary staff and sat on a dharna outside the dispensary SMO transferred; Emergency Medical Officer to face action
Civil Surgeon Jalandhar RL Wasan said SMO Dr Kamaljit Singh has immediately been transferred from Barrapind to district headquarter due to poor administration. He also said the absentee Emergency Medical Officer Dr Anil would have to face departmental action Man killed in hit-and-run case Jalandhar: A pedestrian was killed after he was hit by a vehicle near Pathankot chowk last night. The deceased has not been not identified yet. Mangat Ram, investigating officer, Police Division No. 8, said on Thursday night, the police was informed by passersby that a youth was lying in a pool of blood on a road. When the police reached the spot, they found the youth dead. The official said it was a clearly a hit-and-run case and accordingly a case of negligence was registered against unidentified persons. — TNS
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Aunt arrested for NRI’s murder
Jalandhar, November 23 On January 19, 2012, England-based NRI Onkar Singh, a native of Kot Kalan village, died under mysterious circumstances at his residence in the village. Surprisingly, the victim was to catch his flight for the UK from Delhi. On September 16, eight months after the murder, the police had registered a murder case. The accused has been identified as Gurdev Kaur. Sources said the police has also detained two of her accomplices for investigation, but their role in the murder had not been established yet. One of the detained persons was a local property dealer. As mystery shrouded the NRI’s death, the police had then initiated the inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. Even in the autopsy report, the police had not found any internal injuries which could establish that the NRI was murdered. It was only after the police sent viscera for an examination at Kharar laboratory, the appearance of chloro compound (poisonous substance) in the report raised doubt of a foul play behind the death. Then after eight months, the police registered a murder case against the unknown persons.Meanwhile, the viscera report was discussed with the Police Commissioner, who asked Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Sukhdev Singh to conduct an inquiry. The SP (Traffic) also suspected a foul play in the death and submitted his inquiry report with the suggestion of registering a murder case. Gurvinder, The wife of the deceased later also returned to India and asked the police to conduct a thorough investigation, sources said. Deceased’s wife had also suspected the role of behind the murder and asked the police to investigate her role. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Cantonment, while confirming the arrest of the woman, said she had allegedly hatched a conspiracy to take control over his (NRI’s) property and she allegedly served him some drink laced with poison. He said the investigation into the case was on to find out the role of her other accomplices in the murder case. Sequence of events
Onkar had stayed in the village for just 10 days. On January 19, 2012, he was to leave for the Delhi airport from his village to board a flight to the UK, but his health suddenly deteriorated and later he had to cancel his flight. On the same day, he breathed his last at his residence. Three months later, chloro compound was found in a viscera report. The report stunned the NRI’s family members, who later asked the police to conduct a thorough investigation. On September 16, the police registered a murder case against unknown persons. On November 23, one of the alleged accused Gurdev Kaur was arrested. |
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Couple dupes man by selling mortgaged property
Nakodar, November 23 The accused have been identified as Naveen and his wife Rakhi. Sources said Rashpal Singh of Umrewal Billa village had complained to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nakodar, that he had been running an electronic shop on the rented property of Naveen for the several years and recently the shop owner had proposed him to buy a shop. “A deal was struck at Rs 6 lakh rupees. When the property was to be transferred in my name, Naveen said he had lost the original property documents. Later he had transferred the property through the photocopy of original documents,” the complainant told the police. The accused had even promised to handover the original documents to him in the future but he didn’t. The complainant said a few days ago, a local bank official put a notice outside his shop stating that Naveen had taken loan on this property and the bank would initiate the proceedings to seize the same if he failed to repay the loan. The police has launched manhunt to nab the accused. Fraud
Rashpal Singh of Umrewal Billa village paid Rs 6 lakh to Naveen and his wife Rakhi for purchasing their property, which was already mortgaged with a bank. |
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PUDA project caught in planning stage
Jalandhar, November 20 While the PUDA officials had finalised a plan and had even floated and approved tenders for the construction work, the project had been dumped in around July this year with the higher authorities calling for re-plan of the site. Ever since, there has been no work on it. The demolition work at the old Central Jail building had then been going on at a good pace when the decision came. In fact, two commercial blocks at the 18.97 acres of site had been proposed in the earlier plan submitted to the Chief Administrator, PUDA, Mohali. It had also been proposed that the site will be open from all sides and there will be multi-tier parking which will not only cater to the walk-in in the market but also surrounding areas. The old jail here had been shifted to Kapurthala about two years back. The project to widen the road starting from the Football Chowk side to the premises in order to have a better approach had also been started by the MC then by acquiring land from residents. Somnath, SE, PUDA, said the fresh plan was still awaited. “All those contractors who had started work had been asked to stop work for the time being. We will think over on the issue once we get a copy of the new plan”.
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BJP does a balancing act
Jalandhar, November 23 The local chapter of the BJP has primarily two groups, one led by Bhandari and the second one by Kalia. Both have been on collision course ever since the Mayoral elections started. While Bhandari stole the limelight at that time, it was Kalia who gained a mileage this time. The faction supporting minister Bhagat Chunni Lal has, however, maintained silence on the matter. Since Bhandari, Sunil Jyoti and Ravi Mahendru represent the same constituency of Jalandhar North, the BJP has recently witnessed a major tussle over the appointment of three circle presidents in the area between Bhandari and Mahendru groups. A decision on the matter was kept pending by the election in charge and now the state BJP is to appoint circle presidents in this constituency. Unlike his predecessor, Ravi will hold the charge for tenure of three years. Ravi Mahendru had been the district president earlier from 2007-10. Ever since, he had been on the post of state secretary. Ravi is also a two-time councillor and his name has been proposed twice for Mayor’s post by Kalia. Sign controversy
A new controversy ensued today as election in charge and state BJP general secretary Manjit Singh Rai today alleged that he had found forged signatures of president of circle number 11 Jagmohan Verma as a proposer on a claim form for the post submitted by ex-councillor and ex-president Shiv Dyal Chugh yesterday. Rai said he got skeptical as he found that the signature started with letter ‘G’ instead ‘J’. He said then he checked up for circle president’s signatures on his form filled during his recent election, which varied altogether. He said he would lodge a complaint in this regard with the disciplinary committee of the party demanding action against Chugh. Chugh had been a claimant for the Mayor’s post last year and this time his ward had been reserved for woman. He was also the toughest candidate against Mahendru this time, both having remained the district president in the past. Rai said candidates for the post other than Mahendru had committed mistakes in filling up forms or had submitted them incomplete, owing to which he had been chosen unopposed. Chugh, however, denied having fabricated any signatures. He held a press conference in the evening where circle president Jagmohan Verma sided with him saying that they should have been asked for an explanation before releasing any information of the sort to the media. Verma said he was using his signatures in Hindi and English both. “While I signed in English during my elections, I used my Hindi signatures for Chugh’s form. The first letter in Hindi of my name has been read as letter ‘G’ of English”, he explained. |
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Kiln labourers protest
Jalandhar, November 23 He said more than 3,000 kilns across Punjab had closed down in the state and more than 3 lakh workers had been rendered unemployed. They said big kiln owners had caused the prices of bricks to reach sky high. While bricks were earlier priced at Rs 3,000 per thousand bricks, now they cost Rs 6,000 to 8,000 and due to black marketing of sand and construction work had also stopped. Workers said if prices are not reduced and black marketing of sand and concrete not stopped, then labourers will take to the path of agitation. They also threatened to launch a jail bharo andolan if their demands are not accepted soon. — TNS |
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Science fest brings out best in schoolchildren
Jalandhar, November 23 An exhibition of working models of science was held in which a team from Manu Vatika School, Mansa, won the first prize for a demonstration on "transgenic plants". A team of St Francis School, Amritsar, won the second prize for a model explaining the "working of mobile phone". A team of Kamla Nehru School, Jalandhar, got the third prize for a model on the "Indian railway system". Jindal Model School, Hisar, got the fourth prize for project titled "Green basket". The fifth prize was won by Wood Stock School, Batala. Pragya of Springdale School, Amritsar, stood first in a debate competition. DRV DAV School, Phillaur, won the second prize. In the quiz (category I) contest, the first prize was won by KRJ DAV School, Kapurthala. Bawa Lawani Public School, Kapurthala, won the second prize. Durga Public School, Solan, clinched the third prize. In the quiz (category II) contest, the first prize was bagged by DIPS, Noormahal, while Mount Carmel School, Garhshankar, stood second. The third prize was won by Durga Public School, Solan. In the painting (category I) competition, Kishan Gopal Singh of DIPS, Suranassi, won the first prize. Gurveer Singh of Lala Jagat Narayan DAV Public School, Jalandhar, clinched the second prize. The third prize was won by Mohit of Swami Sant Das Public School, Jalandhar. In the science drama competition, DRV DAV Public School, Phillaur, won the first prize. Dhilwan International School clinched the second prize. The third prize went to DIPS, Suranussi. The function was presided over by Director-General of Science City Dr RS Khandpur. He said the programme was held as part of the Regional Incubation Science Hub for Innovators (RISHI) project, sponsored by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology. He said more than 25 lakh persons had visited Science City so far.
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Global megatrends
A seminar on Global Megatrends was organised by the St Soldier Group of Institutions for its directors, principals and for senior management. Deepak Vohra, who is India’s senior most serving ambassador, having served in more than 12 countries, gave a talk to the audience on the occasion. After the seminar, Vohra interacted with professionals for the investment options available in South Sudan. On the occasion, it was also said students from Africa would come to study in St Soldier Group of Institutions. Debate contest
The NCC wing of the Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya celebrated NCC week in which a debate contest was organised on the topic – ‘mobiles are our friends or enemies’. Fourteen cadets expressed their views on the topic. College principal Rekha Kalia Bhrdwaj encouraged students to participate in such activities. Vamika Puri, Priya and Ramanpreet won prizes. |
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Book Week organised at Army Public School
Army Public School, Jalandhar Cantt organised a `Book Week’ for students from November 16 to 23. Various interesting, motivating and learn-with-fun activities were conducted at the school library. Students presented the book reviews, shared their thoughts and enriched the audience with their views on different topics in the school assembly. A book exhibition was also held for young readers where young minds got a peep into the world of great writers and their works. The week concluded with an activity conducted by the library and fine arts department on ‘the joys of reading together’, where students read the books, made formations giving the message – ‘dil se kitab parho’ and took a pledge of good readership. Science Express Biodiversity Special To introduce country residents to Indian biodiversity and to save the animals on the verge of extinction, the Union Government’s Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Council for Science and Communication and Vikram Sarabhai Science Centre have started a train Science Express Biodiversity Special. District government school students were taken for a special scientific tour of the Science Express Biodiversity Special at the Chandigarh railway station to make them well versed with the rich biodiversity in India. The trip, conducted on the instructions of DEO Secondary Neelam Kumari and science supervisor Baljinder Singh was headed by district science coordinator Sanjeewan Singh Dadwal. Student-teacher teams from government high schools Kot Sadiq, Patara and government middle schools Tahli Mohalla and Khichipur were taken for the tour. The students also carried out science and math experiments in the workshop on the train and later visited the Sukhna Lake. Cricket match A 20-20 cricket match was organised at Apeejay School, Rama Mandi. The two teams comprised the fathers of school students. Principal Madhu Sharma was the chief guest for the day. The two teams titled ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Singham’ competed in the school playground, escorted by their own children. Both the teams put up great performances. Team Singham won despite a bad start. Ajminder Singh Dhillon was declared Man of the Match and Arun Sharma won the Best Bowler trophy. Both the teams were awarded with medals and trophies. Parents appreciated the gesture of the school. Say no to drugs The Red Cross Welfare Society organised a paper reading competition in which DIPS Dhilwan’s Simranjeet Hundal obtained a consolation prize. Students took out a rally advocating “say no to drugs”. A day prior to the rally, the school held an essay writing competition and a slogan contest. Principal Romila Sharma expressed great concern about educating young minds and creating awareness towards drug abuse. This effort was appreciated by the management DIPS Chain of Institutions. Spin-a-yarn contest ‘Spin-A-Yarn’ competition was organised for the students of Class VI to VIII on the premises of Mayor World School. In this competition, all the four houses of the school participated. Participants were asked to weave a story with a given beginning or ending. Time allotted was 15 minutes. Four students from each house took part in this competition. All four participants had to proceed with the story with the given contents.
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After having taken MLA KD Bhandari’s right confidant Sunil Jyoti as Jalandhar Mayor, the Bharatiya Janata Party today did a balancing act by appointing MLA Manoranjan Kalia’s aide Ravi Mahendru for the post of district president.
The prize distribution function for a science fest was held at Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala today.
An exhibition of working models of science was held in which a team from Manu Vatika School,
Mansa, won the first prize for a demonstration on "transgenic plants".
