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Rape victim sent to Nari Niketan
Deserted by NRI husband, woman seeks justice
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Police groping in the dark in Kartarpur double murder case
Harivallabh
Sangeet Sammelan
Sculpture workshop concludes
Ex-Cong MLA for curbing crime against women
SP holds meeting with industrialists
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Rape victim sent to Nari Niketan
Bhogpur (Jalandhar), December 28 A student of Class X, the victim was today produced before the illaqua magistrate and her statements under Sections 164 of the Cr PC were recorded. The court, on her application, then ordered that the victim be sent to Nariniketan, Jalandnar, for her safe custody. Deputy Superintendent of Rural Police (Detective) Rajinder Singh said the girl would remain in the Nariniketan till further orders of the court. The doctors have already advised delivery, as the victim was seven-month pregnant. Meanwhile, all rape accused, Ajay, his brother Maniyal, alias Mani, and their two friends Gurminder and Ravi, were remanded to judicial custody by the court today. The SP said the girl remained tightlipped following threats by the accused and did not disclose the crime to her parents. Moreover, the poor financial position of the family, illiteracy of parents and social stigma forced the parents to be tightlipped, which added to the girl's agony.
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Deserted by NRI husband, woman seeks justice
Phagwara, December 28 Narrating her tale of woes, Jasmeen, having a diploma in homeopathy science (DHMS) and working in a charitable homeopathy dispensary in Phagwara, told The Tribune that she was married to Harwinder of Udesian village in Jalandhar district in 1999, and her parents had spent an amount of Rs 10 lakh on her marriage. She gave birth to a son and a daughter, but she was being tortured mentally and physically by her husband due to his extra-marital relations with some other woman. Ultimately, she left her in-laws' house and started living with her mother in Kalra village in Jalandhar district. Jasmeen said after becoming victim of domestic violence, she knocked the doors of court in the year 2006, but her husband left the country during the court case. She said though the court fixed maintenance expenditures of Rs 4,500 per month in the year 2008 and ordered her in-laws to bear the maintenance, nobody from her in-laws' side was there to hear and receive the court orders, as the whole family of her in-laws had gone to England and she was left alone. Jasmeen, a polio-afflicted woman, was now knocking the doors of various authorities, but how could any action be taken against a such family which dodged her and was presently living in the UK. She has urged the Union and state governments to set up “fast track courts” for the early settlement of the issues related with domestic violence and women atrocities. Jasmeen will now knock the doors of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal during NRI samelan scheduled to be held in Club Cabbana Phagwara on January 5. She is also looking for a government job.
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Police groping in the dark in Kartarpur double murder case
Kartarpur (Jalandhar), December 28 Sources said the Kartarpur police had rounded up certain suspects for their alleged involvement in the double murder. The police, however, was tight-lipped on the issue. Preliminary investigations initiated by the police in the case pointed the needle of suspicion towards some close relatives and known persons who might have killed the couple either for property or due to certain old rivalry. Talking to The Tribune, additional station house officer, Karam Singh, said the bodies were handed over to Balwant Rai, a Kapurthala-based brother of the deceased, after the postmortem examination this noon. The bodies were cremated late in the afternoon, he added. The police laid a trap and raids would be conducted at the hideouts of the suspects. The police also started investigations to find out if the victim had entered into any tiff or scuffle over property dispute with his relatives recently. Besides, the police was also working on certain other theories, a senior police officer added. Unidentified assailants had hacked the middle-aged couple (Ram Lal and Lalita) to death with a wooden log while they were asleep in their hutment in Rishi Nagar on late Wednesday night. The double murder had came to light when Sham Lal, a cousin brother of the deceased, noticed the main door of the hutment open and found bodies of Ram Lal and Lalita lying in pools of blood on their beds. Their clothes were soaked with blood and a blood-stained wooden log was also lying by their side. The police had registered a case of murder under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC against unidentified assailants on the complaint of Sham Lal.
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Harivallabh
Sangeet Sammelan Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 28 But thanks to his firm belief in his calling, young Utsav Lal proved that the world of possibilities that can be explored and supported through music are limitless. That his guru Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar supported him in his endeavour goes to prove that his quest for piano as a medium to express Indian classical music was honest and grounded enough for someone as rooted in tradition as the stalwart to back it. A child prodigy, an officially recognised “Young Steinway Artist” (in February 2010 and named on the worldwide artist roster of leading piano makers, Steinway & Sons), featuring on the Limca Book of Records for being the youngest (at age 14) award winner of Ireland’s Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural MAMA Awards 2008 for championing Multiculturalism), Utsav, all of 20, has a huge list of accolades and felicitations to his credit, at such a young age. Born in Delhi, Utsav moved to Dublin at the age of 13 when his father shifted base to Ireland. Bringing the piano for the first time to the Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan this year, Utsav is as humble as his work is path breaking. “I had started by playing Bollywood songs and other Indian compositions on the key board. For two-three years, I absorbed what all I was learning. I also learned Western Classical music. But during my introduction and learning of various forms of music, Indian classical music pulled me most. It inspired me and allowed me to improvise. Till the age of 11-12, it was clear to me that Indian classical music was what I wanted and I wanted to do it on the piano,” Utsav shared. Wasn’t he bothered that the new concept would be rejected? “No,” he says, “It felt right and comfortable from the beginning.” Despite the fact that he had his share of critics who thought the two sounds just do not go together, Utsav says there were many big artistes who found his endeavour delightful. In 2009, he met Ustad Dagar at the Darbar Festival in London and the legend asked him to meet him again. “He listened to me and agreed to tutor me. He supported my effort to play on the piano and in fact taught me more techniques to incorporate classical sounds on the instrument.” A Dhrupad exponent supported his vision, his faith in piano was all the more reinforced. In fact Utsav, who has also been called the ‘Raga pianist’, often attempts Dhrupad on the piano too. “Not in its purest form, but yes, I do like to play compositions greatly inspired by the Dhrupad style,” he says. While Utsav is currently pursuing a jazz degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, his perspective on music is unique and clearly marked by a deep understanding of the various disciplines that he has been tutored in. Apart from Indian and Western classical disciplines, he has also dabbled in Irish traditional music, Scottish traditional music and Japanese music. When asked isn’t it difficult to pursue jazz and Indian classical music at the same time, he strongly disagrees, “I believe they complement each other and a knowledge of both disciplines ensures you stick to the raag and the rules.” When asked what is the most difficult part in incorporating Indian Classical music on the piano, he replies, “Creating the illusion of a meendh on piano is rather challenging. But every day, I am learning new ways of expressing Indian classical music on the piano. The meendh, too, one can manage by careful use of peddling or playing the notes very gently.” While he plays with many jazz musicians he is certain that Indian classical music is clearly what he likes best and while he has his share of critics, he quips, “On the piano my music shall always be.” A first
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Sculpture workshop concludes
Jalandhar, December 28 The workshop, organised in collaboration with the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, was inaugurated by eminent sculptor Rajender Tiku. Tiku is an award winning Jammu-based artist. Ten artists from seven states infused life in stones, creating masterpieces during the workshop. On the final day of the workshop today, Sarwan Singh Phillaur, Punjab Minister for Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Jails, Stationery and Printing, honoured the participating artists Rattan Singh, Kailash Singh, Anish Tikku, Kosal Kumar, Hirday Parkash, Mohinder Mastana, Sonika Mann, Sabnam Khan, Rupalika and Dharmjit Singh. Sarwan Singh Phillaur, in his address, admired and appreciated the creative efforts of the participating artists. He praised the college for the effort that it had been putting in to keep cultural heritage alive. The minister also announced Rs 2 lakh for the college on the occasion. Dr Sucharita, Principal of the college, urged the Punjab Government to recognise creative talent of local artists and take an initiative to provide them with much needed financial and moral support without which it was difficult for artists to make a name for themselves in the national and international arena.
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Ex-Cong MLA for curbing crime against women
Kapurthala, December 28 In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Khaira said, “Although Badal has been making statements for strict laws to check crime against women in the country, he has failed to check murder and rape cases against minor girls in Punjab.” “As we are aware, a 13-year-old girl of Hasanpur village in Gurdaspur district was murdered after rape on December 5. In another incident, a teenaged poor girl was raped in Bharian village of Ferozepur district on December 17 and Kamaljit Kaur (24) of Chaggran village in Hoshiarpur district was shot on December 25,” he said. Alleging that there was complete lawlessness in Punjab with incidents of murder, rape and kidnapping being reported everyday, Khaira further said, “The sensational cases of Shruti abduction, killing of an ASI in Amritsar and brutal beating of the AIG Police at Ludhiana are indicators of gross jungle raj in the state.” “All this is happening due to politicisation of the police force. Akalis get off scot-free after committing heinous crimes with their political bosses shielding them,” he alleged. “The Youth Akali Dal (YAD), headed by Bikram Majithia, has let loose a reign of terror. The police stands totally demoralised and is unable to check crime as their hands are tied up.” “Crime against women in Punjab is on the rise. Even the media has failed to focus on the two very heinous rape and murder incidents of two minor girls in Gurdaspur and Ferozepur,” he alleged. “Badal should wake up to the atrocities being committed against women in Punjab before pointing fingers at the national scenario,” he said.
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SP holds meeting with industrialists
Phagwara, December 28 Addressing industrialists of the town in the Industrial Area here this evening, Khakh assured the industrialists of setting up a police station in the Industrial Area soon to facilitate the industrialists. Industrialists Sudesh Sharma, Ashok Gupta and Pankaj Gupta also addressed the meeting and told the police about their problems. All SHOs of the subdivision, including SHO (City) Sarwan Singh Bal, were present in the meeting.
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Phagwara, December 28
