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Police to get CCTV footage of general store
Tractor-trailers ply illegally in many parts of city
School and College Notes
‘Take serious steps for welfare of NRIs’
4,972 students to benefit under Central scheme
2 brothers held with pistols, cartridges
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Train Passengers face trouble getting refund
Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 2 Narrating his woes on mobile from Delhi, Surinder Singh of the New Ashok Nagar locality in Jalandhar told The Tribune that he reserved a ticket for Delhi for Sachkhand Express for boarding it from the Jalandhar city railway station on January 1, but the train was running over five hours behind its scheduled arrival time of 6.55 am. At this, he decided to cancel it for boarding another Super train for reaching Delhi. He also bought a general ticket for that, as he had already reserved a ticket for boarding connecting Shree Dham train from Delhi for Jabalpur, he adds. An electrical engineer, Surinder Singh stated that he properly got his reserved ticket cancelled from the TC room and was told to get the refund of his ticket money from a particular counter usually issuing general tickets to handicapped, aged persons and women. He said when he reached there, no one was present at the counter. When a lady, who was busy talking to another employee, came there after 10 minutes, he requested her to get the refund of his already cancelled reserved ticket amount. At this, he was told that he would get the refund from the counter issuing reserved tickets and that would be opened at 8 pm. Surinder told the woman employee that he had got the refund at least twice from the same counter when the reserved counter was closed and further informed her that he was going to board a Super train for reaching Delhi, but to no avail. On her insistence, she behaved rudely with him and asked him to show his identity proof to her, he said, adding that when he showed his identity proof, she further asked him to provide a copy of the ID proof for getting the refund. All that continued for about half an hour between 7.30 am and 8 am on Tuesday, he said, adding that he missed the Delhi-bound two trains Super and Akal Takht express. Subsequently, he went to the deputy superintendent office located in room number 19 and asked for the complaint book. He lodged a written complaint and also got a copy of that. Following which, he left for Delhi after boarding Jan Shatabdhi train at 8.10 am, but he had to pay Rs 280 as penalty as general ticket was not allowed for travelling in that train. Interestingly, Surinder Singh’s case of facing difficulty in getting the refund is not an isolated one. Actually, a majority of trains have been running several hours behind schedule due to fog in the region for the past several days and a number of passengers are facing similar problems as this electrical engineer faced. 'Appropriate action to be taken'
Northern Railway GM has already issued instructions to all DRMs to make proper arrangements of refunding without undue delay all cancelled reserved tickets' amount, especially during fog. The refund of the ticket amount is made round the clock at all major stations even during the closure timings of the reserved counters. All passengers are entitled to get the full refund of their cancelled reserved tickets if the train is late by three or more hours. If anyone faces difficulty in getting the refund, he should contact the station superintendent concerned. The passenger may also lodge a written complaint in the complaint book available at the station. In this particular case, the entire matter will be verified and appropriate action will definitely be
taken — AS Negi, Northern Railway, PRO |
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Police to get CCTV footage of general store
Jalandhar, January 2 Talking to The Tribune, SHO of police division number 1 Balbir Singh said the abandoned baby girl had been wrapped in a polythene of Amikez General Store located in the Maqsoodan area. "We have tried to get clues regarding the probable accused from the owner and the employees of the Amikez general store, but they expressed their inability to identify the person to whom that polythene was given," Balbir Singh said. "At this, we have asked them to provide the CCTV footage of the last 20 days in an effort to get any clue about
the accused." Meanwhile, the DNA samples taken from the body of the newborn baby were sent to Allahabad, the SHO said, adding that these would be matched after the arrest of the probable accused. In reply to a query, Balbir Singh expressed the hope that the accused would be nabbed soon. Policemen in plain clothes had also been deployed in the area and informers were also activated to get information about the culprits,
he added. The newborn baby girl, wrapped in polythene, was abandoned a few days ago in the tall grass at a vacant plot in a colony near Amrit Vihar adjacent to Verka Milk Plant on the Jalandhar-Amritsar National Highway number 1. A migrant lady from Bihar had found her dead when she was grazing some animals in the vacant plot. She noticed the girl wrapped in the polythene. The woman told her neighbours in no time about the abandoning of the baby girl who in turn informed the police
in no time. Subsequently, the police personnel reached there and took the body in its possession. Meanwhile, a first information report (FIR) under Section 315 of the IPC was registered against unknown persons. |
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Tractor-trailers ply illegally in many parts of city
Jalandhar, January 2 Senior Deputy Mayor Kamaljit Singh Bhatia’s only son Charanpreet Singh Bhatia, aka Channi, became victim of one such illegally plying tractor-trailer loaded with sand in the Avtar Nagar area a few months ago. The tractor-trailer, loaded with soil, sand, brick kilns and other building materials, are plying illegally in various parts of the city, including areas from PAP Chowk to Maqsoodan on National Highway Number 1, Nakodar Road, Sodal Road, Devi Talab Mandir Road, Avtar Nagar Road, located on at the back of the TV centre and Domoria “Pull” road. Interestingly, some of these tractor-trailers also plying on those old parts of the city where the entry of heavy vehicles is prohibited from 8 am to 8 pm. Apart from Charanpreet Singh’s death, a number of other fatal accidents with such illegally plying tractor trailers have taken place from time to time. According to information, the tractor-trailers having yellow number plate may be used for commercial purposes. On the other hand, tractor-trailers used for agricultural purposes cannot be used for commercial purposes except for agriculture-related purposes. However, many of such tractor-trailers are being used for carrying soil, sand, brick kilns and other building materials openly. Meanwhile, the traffic department of the city commissionerate held a free pollution check-up camp and session providing information about traffic rules for the general public at Workshop Chowk on Wednesday. The public was apprised of traffic rules and their significance in minimising mishaps on this occasion. Traffic wing of the city commissionerate gave several booklets containing information regarding rules to a number of persons passing through the busy BMC Chowk on day one on Tuesday of its special awareness campaign as part of road safety week. Besides reflectors were also fixed on over 2,000 vehicles, including two-wheelers (scooters, motorcycles), three-wheelers (auto-rickshaws, rickshaws) and four-wheelers (cars, jeeps etc) at BMC Chowk for minimising the risk of mishaps during fog and darkness. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) traffic Sukhdev Singh Sandhu, Inspector Sukhdeep Singh and traffic cops Shamsher Singh, Ramesh Lal and Narinderjit Singh played an important role in spreading awareness among general public passing through BMC Chowk. The traffic wing has chalked out a detailed programme to spread awareness among the citizens about the importance of following rules for minimising jams and accidents. As per the campaign started from January 1, ADCP (Traffic) Sukhdev Singh stated that a free medical check camp would be held for the drivers of various vehicles at Pathankot Chowk located on the national highway on Thursday noon. In the same way, an awareness rally for spreading the message of significance of adhering traffic rules would be taken out from Guru Nanak Mission Chowk to BMC Chowk on Friday afternoon, he added. ADCP Traffic said an awareness seminar regarding traffic rules would be held for drivers of auto-rickshaws and rickshaws near the Jalandhar city railway station on Saturday noon. Similarly, a traffic awareness seminar would be held for students at KMV Sanskriti Public School on the Tanda road, he added. Sukhdev Singh said citizens might get rid of regular jams and accidents might be minimised by following the traffic rules.
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Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary celebrated
JALANDHAR: The seven-day celebrations at Kamla Nehru Public School, Chak Hakim, Phagwara, in view of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda concluded here today. Dr Harvinder Kaur, principal of Kamla Nehru College of Education, members of Bharat Vikas Parishad and school principal PK Dhillon were the guests of the day. Grandparents of students were invited to attend the celebrations. The programme began with a prayer of Swami Vivekananda which was followed by various shows on the life of Swami Vivekananda presented by students. Campus placement
Asian Paints conducted recruitments of MBA students during a joint placement camp of colleges at the Apeejay Institute Of Management. The colleges which participated in the placement process were Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus, CT Institute of Management and Technology, DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology and Global Institute. A total of 120 students participated in the placement process. Four students were shortlisted who will be offered an annual pay package of Rs 3.8 lakh. Philanthropic initiative
As part of its social service initiative ‘Spreading Smiles’, the Mayor World School today distributed clothes, blankets, socks, caps and gloves among poor people living on pavements in and around the railway station. Honours for MGN team
MGN Urban Estate phase II U-19 boy’s team comprising Uday Pratap Singh, Ravjeet Singh, Ratik Khanna and Gunraj Singh won the silver medal in a team event in the CBSE National Lawn Tennis Tournament which was held at Raipur, Chattisgarh, from December 20 to 24. The tournament was organised by NH Goel World School in which 42 teams from India and abroad participated. Also, Uday Pratap Singh won the bronze medal in a singles’ event in the tournament. During the award ceremony, the team’s coach, Sachin Patil, was congratulated and felicitated by the Secretary of MGN Educational Trust, SJS Pasricha. The team will be representing Punjab in the Tennis Nationals in the U-19 category in Pune this
month. — TNS |
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‘Take serious steps for welfare of NRIs’
Phagwara, January 2 He was addressing mediapersons after holding a meeting with civil and police administration officials, including Jalandhar Division Commissioner SR Ladhar, IG Gurpreet Deo, DIG Lok Nath Angra, SSP Inderbir Singh, Jalandhar DC Shruti Singh, Kapurthala DC Alaknanda Dayal, SP HPS Khakh and MLAs Jagir Kaur, Daljeet Singh Cheema, Sarabjit Singh Makkar and Gurcharan singh Channi. He chalked out a detailed programme for a two-day NRI Sammelan to be held in Chandigarh on January 4 and at Club Cabbana in Phagwara on January 5. Majithia said the Punjab Government was compiling data of Punjabi NRIs to safeguard their interests and protect their properties against illegal encroachments. The NRI Affairs Minister said NRI representatives, MPs, Mayors and mediapersons from various countries had been invited to the sammelan. He said the Punjab Government was committed to take stern steps against human trafficking and cheating cases pertaining to marriages. Majithia said several counters would be set up to register grievances of NRIs, who would also be encouraged to make investments in Punjab.
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4,972 students to benefit under Central scheme
Nawanshahr, January 2 Nawanshahr is among 51 districts selected by the Central government for implementing the Direct Cash Benefit Transfer scheme in the first phase launched in the country yesterday. "As many as 34 welfare schemes have been identified for implementing the scheme and in Nawanshahr district, scholarship schemes and Janani Suraksha Yojna were to be covered in the first phase," said the Deputy Commissioner, adding that the district had identified the beneficiaries and compiled the data required for making Aadhaar Cards and opening up of bank accounts for beneficiaries. Sources said the Janani Suraksha Yojna was not going to be fully covered in the first phase due to problems being faced in getting pregnant women enrolled for Aadhaar cards.
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2 brothers held with pistols, cartridges
PHAGWARA, JANUARY 2 2 killed in accidents
Amarjit Kaur of the local Bhularai Colony was killed on the spot when a speeding vehicle hit her near her colony last night.The vehicle driver fled after hitting her. The police has registered a case against the vehicle driver. In another mishap, a middle-aged man, identified as Rajinder Kumar, of the local Santokhpura Colony was run over by a running train near Chiherru on the Phagwara-Jalandhar rail section last evening. The victim was crossing the railway tracks. The GRP has registered a case. |
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