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Hearing on unauthorised construction of shops at Congress Bhawan today
Undertrial tries to escape from custody, caught
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MC cracks whip on building violations
Two killed in road accidents on Pathankot road
Two women rob woman shopkeeper of jewellery
Private hospitals fail to give information on infant, maternal deaths
Children’s World: Season to splurge
from schools and colleges
Hospital holds seminar on environment
Book for engineering students released
AP outplay Odisha in softball c’ship
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Hearing on unauthorised construction of shops at Congress Bhawan today
Jalandhar, June 5 The MC had earlier issued show-cause notices to the District Congress Committee, seeking its reply on the charges, including the construction of shops in an illegal manner without due approval from the Jalandhar Improvement Trust which had allotted the land from the Rajinder Nagar scheme. The charges also included putting the land meant for special purpose area for commercial use without consent. One of the main charges was also that the committee had not even bothered to take a formal possession of the land from the Trust. The committee members have been called once again tomorrow to submit their final say on the matter, after which Commissioner Viney Bublani is likely to pass the orders. The case
The matter had been raked up by RTI activist and BJP leader Manit Malhotra and it was on August 23, 2012, that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had passed the orders to the Chairman, Jalandhar Improvement Trust, to look into the matter and decide the case in three months. While the time lapsed on November 23, 2012, the then officiating JIT chairman-cum-DC Priyank Bharti had said that it would be the MC officials to take a call on the matter, as the scheme had been handed over to the latter. The two civic bodies kept on passing the buck till there were contempt proceeding initiated by the court. Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh, hearing the case on May 1 this year, had ordered, “The appropriate order regarding the removal of the unauthorised shops, if any, must be passed within one month.” In his complaint, the BJP leader had mentioned that the District Congress Committee had been allotted a 1-kanal 8-marla land meant for a social institution in the year 1973-74. The court had ordered that the fact as to whether the construction of shops along the roadside had been sanctioned or not be checked and its original plan be also verified. The district Congress claims to have provided the site plan both to the MCJ and the JIT in 1982. |
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Undertrial tries to escape from custody, caught
Jalandhar, June 5 Surjit Singh Sodhi of Dhadowal village near Nurmahal was being taken back to Modern Jail Kapurthala in the jail bus when he tried to run away from the custody. He ran off towards Hotel Kamal Palace Chowk, where he saw a police naka. He changed his track and retreated towards the court complex, where the policemen, who had been alerted by the blowing of loud whistles, got hold of him. The accused, who is already been facing a trial under the NDPS Act, got another case under Section 224 of the IPC (resistance by a person to his lawful apprehension) registered against him at the New Baradari police station.
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MC cracks whip on building violations
Jalandhar, June 5 In a time span of just three days, the building branch has got the ongoing construction of as many as 50 buildings stopped across the city. While 25 constructions were got withheld till yesterday, work on 25 more such buildings, including residential, commercial and industrial, was got halted today by the Assistant Town Planners concerned. Municipal Town Planner Tejpreet Singh said most of these included constructions in the periphery which had been on without due approval, submission of plans and payment of the requisite fee for the same.
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Two killed in road accidents on Pathankot road
Jalandhar, June 5 Both accidents took place in a gap of just 1 km within an hour’s time. The first accident took place at 9 am near Raowali village where a car and an auto-rickshaw collided. The car coming from the Bhogpur side rammed into the divider, while the auto-rickshaw turned upside down. The driver of the car (bearing registration number PB-08-BZ-0729) managed to escape from the spot. The auto driver, identified as Raman Ghai, from the Niwin Chakki area died on the spot. The five persons from Bihar, who were riding the auto-rickshaw, got injured and were rushed to Civil Hospital. In less than an hour, another accident took place between a bike and a truck near Bulanpur village entrance at 9 am. The truck dragged the 22-year-old biker to some distance, leading to his death. Policemen from the Maqsudan police station said the biker, Sukhmanjit, of Bulandpur village was about to take a turn towards the village when the truck rammed into it. The truck then collided with a car which fell off the service lane. The car driver got injured in the accident. At this, agitated relatives of the biker and residents of the area got together, blocked the road and even planned to set the truck afire which was somehow averted by the timely intervention of the police. SHO Maqsudan Piara Singh said a case had been registered under Section 304-A against the truck driver and the car driver. He said no arrest had been made in either case as the accused managed to run from the spot.
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Two women rob woman shopkeeper of jewellery
Phagwara, June 5 According to the complaint lodged by the victim with the Sadar Police Phagwara here this evening, the victim was running a general merchant shop. Her husband Naresh Kumar is an NRI based in Lebanon. She told the police that two unidentified women entered her shop and demanded a packet of biscuits from her. Meanwhile, one of the accused asked her about the washroom. During that time, the second woman asked her to hand over all her belongings to her. She said when she hesitated, the woman who went to the washroom arrived and snatched the keys of her almirah and took away gold ornaments, including a gold set of 4 tolas, three gold bangles, and two pairs of earrings. One of them pointed a knife at her during this time. The accused women escaped along with the looted gold ornaments. The police has registered a case under Section 382/34 of the Indian PenalCode, but no arrest has been made by the police so for.
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Private hospitals fail to give information on infant, maternal deaths
Jalandhar, June 5 The incomplete and inadequate information provided by these health care institutions have not only been hindering the process of reviewing the cause of the deaths, but also misleading the government to take various measures to tackle the situation. In nutshell, the practice by private health care institutions is being seen as an attempt to disobey the health department. The startling facts recently came to light at the monthly review meeting on maternal deaths, chaired by Dr RL Bassan, Civil Surgeon, where he said that certain private nursing homes were not cooperating with the health department by not providing the proper records of maternal deaths at their hospitals. This has not only raised doubts on the command of the Civil Surgeon but also on the functioning of these health care institutions. This clearly means that many innocent people were not getting adequate health care facilities at these private institutions despite making huge payments, said Surinder Mittal, a city resident. Dr Shiv Dyal Mali, district family welfare officer, claimed that the practice had been affecting the process of maintaining the official records, besides hindering the planning of the government to find out the exact causes of such deaths. The offenders were liable to be prosecuted as per the law, he added.
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Children’s World: Season to splurge
Jalandhar, June 5 Safe chemical-free bottles, plush cribs, remote-controlled cars, customised little kitchens, digital swings and loads of fancy toys - the uber-kid clearly does not believe in settling for the mundane. Ajay Arora, sales manager of the ‘Mom & Me’ store in Jalandhar, says, “With changing times, the demand of parents for their kids is changing and they want the best quality and safest options for toys, swings and clothes for their children and we have just the right stuff for them.” The safety and comfort of infants is also high on priority, as the store has myriad products in feeding bottles, cups, plates and other feeding material for infants on offer. Speaking about the season, he says bouncers, rockers, baby gyms and learning toys are much in demand this summer. “Electric, remote-controlled ride-ons, dolls, learning toys etc (for 4 to nine-year-olds) are much in demand this season. For school-going kids, BTS (the back to school) collection which offers baby bags, pencil boxes, bottles etc in myriad avatars, are a hit,” he said. Among the city-based malls, the Chunmun Mall is one of the preferred stops for parents shopping for goodies for their children. From elaborate Barbie sets, home-making sets and kid-sized kitchens and dressers for the little girls, the mall has racer-boys’ toys, sportsperson piggy banks and a variety of games on offer for boys. Notably, swinging, mattressed, remote-controlled and digital-toy fitted cots, cribs and swings and rockers are also available in varied avtars in all the kid stores.
Kids wear
Like toys and kids’ furniture, a large variety is also available in kids’ wear. Mahendra, manager, Chunmun Mall, says, “One-piece suits and dresses both in casual and formal wear are much in demand at the store.” Jatin Bedi, business head of the Kapsons’ outlet, says, “While until last season, skirts were in, this season shorts are much in demand for both boys and girls. Barring that parents are also going in for vibrant trousers with uppers. While girls go in for yellows and pinks, boys like it earthy.” Sarthak Arora, owner, Ram Garments, said, “It is a neon season for children wear this year. While one-piece dresses are in vogue as far as formals are concerned, for casual wear, children prefer neon colours - especially orange and green tones. Jumpsuits and coloured trousers are also in this season.” While mostly 3,000 to 5,000 is the upper range for parents to spend on their kids, there are some who are willing to spend as high as 10,000 to 15,000 for furniture alone. |
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Students organise ‘chabeel’ in city
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 5 Summer camp
Children of class III of Innocent Hearts Green Model and Loharan attended a summer camp on their campus with great enthusiasm. They enjoyed bungee jumping, musical chair, sports activities, DJ party time, splash pool and movie shows with their teachers. The campers were also given participation certificates. NASA visit
A team of Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg, visited NASA. The team went there on May 20 and came back June 4. The three teams, which had already been announced the winners of the Space Settlement Design Competition, gave their presentations in a special conference. An award ceremony was organised to felicitate these winner teams in the presence of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Talent hunt
A talent hunt was organised at Seth Hukam Chand SD Public Senior Secondary School, Sangal Sohal, Variana, Kapurthala Road, Jalandhar. The first round was organised for class I to X and 40 students were shortlisted in singing, dancing and instrumental music. Principal Manju Arora appreciated the students for their participation. World Environment Day
World Environment Day was celebrated at St Soldier Nursing Training Institute with zeal and gaiety. Sapna, Pushpa, Sonia, Balwinder, Ankit, Palwinder, Priyanka and Akash, all members of Green Club of the Institute, planted trees. Principal Neeraj Sethi said it was important to plant more and more trees and save environment. Scholarship awarded
A meritorious student of Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, was awarded scholarship at a brief function held in the college office. The scholarship is worth Rs 10 lakh. Jashandeep Kaur from BCA-III was the beneficiary of the Michael Sehgal Scholarship. The function was presided over by Sardarni Balbir Kaur, president of the college governing council. The Principal of the college GS Samra said the college supported meritorious and deserving students by arranging and providing befitting scholarship to them and this included Michael Sehgal Scholarship worth Rs 10 lakh. Each year it was given to one outstanding student of the college for studying abroad. |
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Hospital holds seminar on environment
Jalandhar, June 5 The district health authorities organised a seminar at the civil hospital on the theme ‘Think, eat and save’. The health authorities organised a function to control food wastage and to encourage people to reduce their leftovers. Dr RL Bassan, civil surgeon, while addressing the seminar, said the environment played a big role in the health of an individual. Polluted environment not only affected the humans, but animals, birds and other species also. He urged the people to avoid food wastage. He said rise in the population, urbanisation, industrialisation and deforestation had become the major causes. He said noise, water and air pollution were causing cancer, skin problems, asthma and deafness. The District Health and Welfare Officer, D Shiv Dyal Mali, spoke on the significance of water in life. He also urged the gathering to save water. Students also presented a skit on the occasion, depicting the ill affects of pollution. City-based NGO Dream Power Organisation distributed 500 saplings to general public at the PAP chowk to mark the day. |
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Book for engineering students released
Jalandhar, June 5 The book titled “All In One”, has been published by John Willey’s Publication enterprise and is based on the latest syllabus recommended by Punjab Technical University (PTU). The book has been written with an aim to deliver comprehensive, intuitive hands on introduction to the concepts along with analytical problem-solving methodology for students. The book is a one step solution for all engineering first year students covering the latest syllabi of the engineering classes of B.Tech affiliated to Punjab Technical University. It is meant to lessen the burden of students by minimising their time and energy invested in searching specific content in separate books for each subject. While releasing the book Dr Rajneesh Arora , VC PTU said, “This is very praiseworthy step taken by CT Group of Institutions. The intricacies of the subject have been streamlined in the book.” Dr. Manoj Kumar, Group Director CT Group of Institutions said, “The faculty of CT Group of Institutions worked to encapsulate the vast theories of the stream of engineering. The first edition of the book for Physics and Chemistry Group (with Lab Manuals), with all its unique features, will definitely cater to the needs of students and professors.” Chairman CT Group of institutions S. Charanjit Singh Channi lauded the effort. The book was launched in a special ceremony for the formal release of the unique title, wherein Dr. Rajnish Arora, Vice Chancellor PTU released the book. Amongst those present on the occasion, were S. Charanjit Singh Channi, Chairman CT Group of Institutions, S. Manbir Singh, Managing Director, Dr.Manoj Kumar Group Director, CT Institutions, S.K Mishra , Dr Balkar Singh, Dean College Development PTU, Finance Officer, PTU and Paras Bansal, Publisher, Willey India Pvt Ltd.
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AP outplay Odisha in softball c’ship
Jalandhar, June 5 In the other matches in the boys’ category, Nagaland beat Manipur 15-12, Goa defeated Chhattisgarh 6-4, while Haryana thrashed Maharashtra 4-3. In the girls’ category, Punjab defeated Tamil Nadu 10-0 and Maharashtra beat Madhya Pradesh 11-4. In the other matches played here today, Rajasthan defeated IOCL 12-1, Goa beat Assam 13-1, Kerala crushed UP 15-0 and Delhi thrashed Chandigarh 6-0. Punjab outplayed Jammu and Kashmir 12-1, while Madhya Pradesh beat Himachal Pradesh 10-0. |
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