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Two tourists killed as bus rams into truck
The remains of the tourist bus, which rammed into a stationary truck near Manawala
MC team removes obstacles on Lawrence Road, SSSS Chowk
Passengers suffer as farmers block rail traffic
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Activists of Left parties hold protest march, dharna
Sale of habit-forming drugs continues
Authorities mull developing botanical garden for research
Seminar on importance of foreign languages held
Symposium on recent trends in chemistry concludes at GNDU
Body found dumped in sewer
Archers bring laurels to state
Students shine in BCA results
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Two tourists killed as bus rams into truck
Amritsar, March 29 Malkeet Singh, investigating officer, said a case under Sections 304-A, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC was registered against the unidentified driver of the bus, who fled after the incident. The bus (WB-23-B-7193) was carrying tourists from West Bengal and was coming to Amritsar for paying obeisance at various religious places from the Jalandhar side when the accident took place. Preliminary investigations revealed that the unidentified driver of the bus dozed off and lost control over the bus, which came off the road and hit a stationary truck (RJ-31-G-4240), said Malkeet Singh. The left side of the bus was badly damaged. Majority of the tourists, who were seriously injured in the mishap, were sitting on this side. They were rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital by the residents of the nearby areas.
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MC team removes obstacles on Lawrence Road, SSSS Chowk
Amritsar, March 29 The busy SSSS Chowk, where the proposal of flyover was conceptualised and later scrapped following objections raised by the Archeological Survey of India, would always be a mess when it comes to managing traffic on this point. With a school, named as Sant Singh Sukha Singh (abbreviation of which is used to identify the chowk), on one of its edge, the situation becomes from bad to worse during the closing time of the school. The permanent deputation of policemen too failed to deliver desired results. The reason is that the road is attached to roads in all the four directions in a faulty way. If there is slip road on its one side, the other side sans dividers. The real culprits are these dividers only which distinguish the slip road, which was least required on this stretch. It not only poses threat to the moving traffic, but also hinders the flow of traffic. Bakshi Ram Arora said the objective was to streamline the traffic at this point with the scant infrastructure and resources they had. "The operation of removing the least required dividers was taken up in the early morning. The reason was that you find less traffic flow then. With the removal of these dividers, the road has got visibly widened than before," he said. While the MC is widening the busy Lawrence Road, it is also initiating measures to curb rampant encroachments on the footpaths by shopkeepers in the area. In this direction, Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora with the MC team removed encroachment opposite Awaam Hotel on Lawrence Road. "We could get free at least 15 feet space. It has further widened the road. Besides this, once this whole stretch becomes encroachment-free, we have plans to demark the parking space with yellow lines. We have passed an amount of around Rs 15 lakh for yellow line markings on key points of the city," he said.
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Passengers suffer as farmers block rail traffic
Amritsar, March 29 Pilgrims and tourists were the worst affected as they had to wait for arduous long hours at the railway station. A pilgrim from Delhi, RN Singh, said he along with his wife and two minor children was waiting for the arrival of their train to return to Delhi. Being an employee with a private concern at the National Capital he wanted to utilise the holidays of Holi by paying obeisance at the Golden Temple. "Everything had gone smooth but the agitation had made them victims without any fault of theirs," he said. He said his family had stayed at Mata Ganga Niwas, an inn being run by the SGPC in the Golden Temple complex. He said they checked out at 12 noon and after staying sometime at Harmandar Sahib arrived at the railway station at 2.15 pm. Before moving to the railway station he tried to contact at the railway inquiry over phone several times but in vain. His family was shocked to learn that the railway officials were not aware of the fresh time of departure of their train, Shan-E-Punjab. His wife Sonia said it was arduous to wait at the station while sitting on the stairs at platform number 2, which has limited seating space. She was more concerned about her sons Ekam (6), and Antarjot (4), as they had to attend their school tomorrow morning. She said her family visited the Golden Temple to pay their respects at least once a year. She said the government must sensitise people not to block a vital installation like Railways, which is used by common citizens. She said there were umpteen ways to put across their concern and issues than to harass common public this way. Another passenger Ajay said his family had to join a maternal uncle during his farewell at Delhi, but the waiting period at the railway station seemed to be unending. He said he visited the inquiry window many a time but no fresh timing had been announced. He felt that there must be a system in place to alert the passenger before such a blockade. Pointing towards a large number of passengers at the railway station he said then they would have come as per the schedule time of their trains and needed not to overburden the limited infrastructure at the railway station. Another passenger BS Rana said there was no toilet facility at the platform number 2 and the persons in need have to cross all over to the platform number 1 to utilise the service.
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Activists of Left parties hold protest march, dharna
Amritsar, March 29 The march started from Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan, passed through the Hall Gate area and ended at the Rambagh police station, where the Left parties activists raised slogans against the Punjab Government and Police Department and burned an effigy to lodge their protest. Harbhajan Singh and Balwinder Singh Dhudhala, senior leaders of the CPM, demanded that the girl be given a government job and the government should bear all the cost of her treatment. They also sought the immediate arrest of the accused. The various speakers, while addressing the agitators, alleged that there was a complete breakdown of law and order situation in the state as reports of rape and crime against women were continuously pouring in from all parts of Punjab. Harbhajan said the women were feeling insecure in the present circumstances prevailing in the state. The activists also condemned the molestation and attack on a student in the Parkash Vihar area yesterday. They demanded security arrangements at various public places. Meanwhile, members of the Punjab Students Union today also condemned the yesterday's incident. Terming the situation in the state as alarming they said political parties had failed to provide safe and secure environment to the residents.
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Sale of habit-forming drugs continues
Amritsar, March 29 On March 9, the Rambagh police nabbed Suman Kumar of Majitha road locality with 4,500 capsules of habit-forming drugs. On March 6, Iqbal Singh of Khasa Colony was arrested with 6,940 intoxicant capsules. On March 6, two persons ,Pardeep Kumar of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar and Bunty Singh of Himmatpura, were arrested by the CIA staff with 800 capsules. On March 2, the CIA staff nabbed two persons, Dharminder Singh of Sultanwind Road and Rakesh Kumar of Rani Bazaar, and seized 1,800 capsules, along with a stolen motorcycle. The city police had seized nearly 6 lakh capsules, besides 3,866 injections in 2012, which was much higher as compared to 2011 in which the city police had recovered 1.63 lakh capsules and tablets and 1,028 injections. Drug peddlers, involved in selling of intoxicant drugs, are giving sleepless nights to the Police Department. According to the police authorities, the drug peddlers run their illegal trade through mobile network. They contact the small drug peddlers and supply drugs at different locations. Police investigations revealed that the drug peddlers roam in various vulnerable areas in search of their customers. "They sale habit-forming drugs to their trusted customers, including students and persons from lower strata," a police officer said. Dr PD Garg, Head of Department of psychiatry, Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, said the addicted youths, especially belonging to poor strata, were consuming pharmaceutical drugs. Its easy availability had added to the menace, he added. Recent cases
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Authorities mull developing botanical garden for research
Amritsar, March 29
Seeing tall and small trees of tropical, alpine and other exotic plants and recently developed varieties too, offers rare sight at the garden. Apart from the study purposes, the flora are preserved for the future generations and botanical research, say the college authorities. The garden is spread in more than seven acres and special staff of gardeners and experts from the Botany Department take care of the trees and plants. Khalsa College principal Dr Daljit Singh said the botanical garden had more than 100 rare variety of plants, flowers and even herbs. Saying that the garden is specimen of the larger eco-system of Punjab, he said it was preserved for the research programmes and plant's taxonomy. "As the vast Khalsa College campus spread on over 300 acres itself offers variety of trees and plants, the botanical garden is the scientific preservation and conservation of the rare trees," he said. Khalsa College Governing Council secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina said students on directions from their principal and teachers from agriculture and botany compulsorily visit the garden as per their study schedules while the visitors to the college’s historic building were often seen thronging the place for the sight. He said they would like to organise study programmes and even exhibitions of the plants for the younger generations in the future. Experts from others educational institutions, including universities and research departments often visit the garden, the authorities said. Department of Botany head Dr Manjit Kaur Bhangu said trees, including royal palm, varieties of fern, acacia, aswatha (peepal), moraceae, delonix, cycas, croton, all kinds of flower plants and herbs are present in the garden.
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Seminar on importance of foreign languages held
Amritsar, March 29 Language scholars said the students skilled and trained in foreign languages could enhance their job chances in various fields like BPOs, knowledge processing organisations, airlines, tourism, hospitality, publishing houses, embassies and many other international organisations like UN bodies, NGOs etc. He said the national and international companies were investing globally in different countries for giving their work to offshore offices in different countries. Students proficient in such foreign languages could easily be placed in MNCs. Most of the research surveys proved that average earners with linguistic abilities were paid 12 per cent higher salaries than their counterpart without linguistic abilities, he added. Principal Dr HS Sandhu said the main purpose of organising such seminars was to update the students with changing trends of the corporate world and to help them to occupy best positions in international and national companies. Chief Khalsa Diwan president Charanjit singh Chadha appreciated the efforts of PTU to introduce these foreign languages courses keeping in view of the demand of modern global economy. He announced that they were going to introduce French language course in the CKD Institute of Management and Technology as well as in all the schools of the CKD Charitable Society. Vice-President Dr Santokh Singh, honorary secretary Santokh Singh Sethi, Education director Dr Dharamveer Singh and Dr PS Sharma, French professor from GNDU were also present on the occasion.
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Symposium on recent trends in chemistry concludes at GNDU
Amritsar, March 29 During his inaugural address, Prof Brar stressed on the role of Chemistry for the welfare of society. He said the researchers should synthesise the new compounds judiciously and the waste should be treated before thrown. Prof Sankararaman from IIT Madras, Prof SK Mehta, Head, Department of Chemistry, Punjab University, Chandigarh, and Prof Gurmeet Singh, Delhi University, delivered their talks on various aspects of chemical sciences in the first session. In the second technical session, Prof Ravi Shankar from IIT Delhi, Dr GS Kapur from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Faridabad and Dr Sanjay Mandal from IISER, Mohali, also delivered their invited talks on the usefulness of various materials. Meanwhile, Head of the Department Prof BS Randhawa gave a brief introduction about the department. Prof RK Mahajan, convener of the symposium, presented vote of thanks. Prof TS Banipal, organising secretary of the symposium, conducted the proceeding of the symposium.
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Body found dumped in sewer
Amritsar, March 29 Sukhwinder Singh, in charge of the Kot Khalsa chowki, said during search the police zeroed in on a sewer and when opened they found the body in a bag. "The body was badly decomposed, therefore the police team could not found any injury marks," said Sukhwinder Singh. He said action had been initiated under Section 174 of the CrPC for time being. Further action would be taken after receiving the postmortem report, he added.
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Archers bring laurels to state
Amritsar, March 29 Kanwar Mandeep Singh, assistant director, Sports, GNDU, said Abhishek bagged gold medal in the compound (team event) and Anjali got silver in compound (individual) category in archery during the meet.
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Students shine in BCA results
Amritsar, March 29 Principal Dr HS Sandhu credited her hard work and teacher's guidance for her splendid success. Jaspreet has an aim to clear IAS exams and to serve the nation. Meanwhile, two other students of the college-Parminder Kaur and Harish Kumar- grabbed first three position in BCA- first semester exam of PTU in Amritsar district.
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