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3 city students shine in NEET
Sealing of marriage palaces to begin today
40-year-old man commits suicide
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From today, Pushpa Gujral Science City to get new attraction of rail gallery
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3 city students shine in NEET
Jalandhar, June 6 While Isha Sharma of the school bagged the 702nd position in the country, 49th in the state and first in the district, Angad Mahajan of the same school bagged the 90th position in the state and second in the district. Rasika Gupta of Delhi Public School was third in the district, bagging the 93rd position in the state. Isha Sharma, while talking to The Tribune,
said while she had always been good at studies, she hadn't been an overall
topper earlier. "Though I worked really hard this time and was hoping for better marks, I am happy with what I have got," she said. Isha's parents, father Professor Somnath Sharma and mother Professor Pardeep Sharma have been very supportive about her choice of the profession. "Both encouraged me and gave me total independence to choose what I like and that is why I am here today," she said. Isha also gives a lot of credit to her teachers Prof PP Singh, KK Sehgal, AN Mittal and TC Paul for her results. While she says she was never a bookworm and believed in studying only to clear concepts, she now has her eyes set on becoming a neurosurgeon. Angad Mahajan, who won the 90th rank in the state, bagging the second slot in the district, said right since his childhood, his aim had been to be a dentist. Son of a dentist Neeraj Mahajan, Angad grew up watching his father, who also happens to be his role model. Even though he might make it to MBBS, Angad says he will ultimately be choosing BDS and the reasons are not purely emotional. "I believe my temperament is suited to dentistry. I have grown up watching my father treat his patients and this is more ingrained in my system." He also makes a special mention of his mother Ritu Mahajan, who was a constant support in his endeavours. He is now looking forward to pursuing a specialisation in oral and cosmetic surgery. Besides these students from Apeejay School, Ridhima Aggarwal bagged the 166th rank, Ruhani Sardana 202nd, Amuleek Kaur 362nd, Harshit Arora 415th , Priyanka Arora 793rd and Kunal Mahendru bagged the 977th rank in the state. From MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Umesh Aroa bagged the 125th rank in the state, Ravleen Kaur 366th, Aishav 370th, Prikshit 452nd, Karan Angad 455th (OBC), Anshul 601st, Shreya Chabra 700th and Harsimran Kaur (all from the same school) bagged the 1,367th rank in the state. From Swami Sant Dass School, Jalandhar, Sakshi Malhotra got the 419th rank in the state and Paramjot Kaur 392nd. Subir Babu from St Soldier Divine Public School, Kapurtahla Road, got the 208th rank in Punjab. |
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Sealing of marriage palaces to begin today
Jalandhar, June 6 The authority has finalised the names of four palaces of Jalandhar, which will be sealed at the first go tomorrow. These include Aashiana Complex at Beas village, Ajit Palace at Deep Nagar, RP Farms at Pholariwal and Utsav Palace at Kangniwal village. While earlier the sealing of palaces was to begin on May 6, it had been put off later, as the owners had approached the higher authorities with the plea that they be allowed to submit their files by May 15. The JDA had then mulled action against 61 palaces, including 14 palaces in Jalandhar, 25 in Hoshiarpur and 22 in Kapurthala. However, 10 new applications have been received since then. About 102 palace owners had applied for regularisation by February 28. There were 41 more applications received by the office till May 1 and 10 more in the next fortnight. A.Venu Prasad, Secretary, Housing and Development, had earlier ordered closure notices to the palaces who had not applied, asking them to shut their premises owing to the lack of interest shown by them for compliance as per the new policy. However, none of them shut down the palaces on their own, following which the sealing orders had to be passed. Chief Administrator JDA Supreet Singh Gulati confirmed that there were plans to start the sealing from tomorrow. “We will do phase-wise sealing, four to five palaces each day,”
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40-year-old man commits suicide
Jalandhar, June 6 While he hailed from Modi Mohalla in the old city, he had reportedly been living separately from his parents and had snapped ties with them. He was unwed. Deepa reportedly had been making his living by daily standing on the DAV College ROB and helping vendors take their fruit/vegetable-loaded vends across it for some petty amount. The death is suspected to have taken place at least two days ago. The widow landlady said that she got a foul smell at 5 pm today and when she went up, she saw from window the man hanging from the roof. The
police was then informed about the incident. Station House Officer, Police Division Number 1, Balbir Singh said the body had badly bloated and had fluids oozing down owing to the late detection of the death and the prevailing hot weather. The deceased's father, Som Parkash, a labourer, was brought to the spot
by the police from his place at Modi Mohalla. During interrogation by the police, he admitted to having had strained relations with his son, said inspector Sukhbir Singh. The police was investigating the matter. |
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2 more killed in accident on Pathankot road
Jalandhar, June 6 The deceased have been identified as Gurjit Singh (35), a farmer from Beas village on Pathankot Road, and his helper Parveen Pal. The two were said to be heading towards Tanda Mandi to sell their vegetables when the accident took place. The bodies were sent to Civil Hospital. Policemen at the Kartarpur police post said the postmortem had been got done and the bodies had been handed over to the family of Gurjit Singh. They said inquest proceedings had been initiated under Section 174 of the CrPC. |
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From today, Pushpa Gujral Science City to get new attraction of rail gallery
Kapurthala, June 6 The much-awaited gallery on the Railways depicts an interesting combination of information on the Railways coupled with dioramas on some of the world-renowned railway lines. Talking to The Tribune, Khandpur said, "The Gallery has been set up with the financial and technical assistance of the Railway Board. The Railway Board has spent Rs 90 lakh for setting up this gallery." The Indian Railways is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km rail tracks and 7,000 stations. It runs 14,000 trains, carries 1.4 crore passengers and 16 lakh tonnes of goods every day. Accordingly, the rail system is quite complicated involving management of movement of trains, signalling and communication system and railway crossings spread throughout the length and breadth of the country. All these functions require highly trained and motivated staff for operations and maintenance of this gigantic task. The Rail Gallery shows the functions of some of the key operational personnel of the railway system, which will provide valuable information to the visitors to PGSC especially the enthusiastic children, he added. Dioramas have been set up on those rail lines which are technologically challenging and visually inspiring. These include Kalka-Shimla railway track, Jammu-Srinagar railway link, the Bullet Train of Japan, Delhi Metro and the principle of levitation used in high-speed trains. Khandpur further stated that the Jammu-Srinagar rail link was a dynamic model which showcases the Udampur-Baramulla 390-km railway project. It covers a 11-km-long tunnel and the highest bridge over the river Chenab. The route covers major earthquake zones, and is subjected to extreme temperatures and inhospitable terrain, making it an extremely challenging engineering project." On the other hand, the Kalka-Shimla railway line, which recently completed a centenary of its operations, is proud of its heritage status. The narrow gauge rail line passes through 103 tunnels during its journey from Kalka to Shimla. The journey on this track by rail motor or toy train provides an unforgettable experience. "The model of the Delhi Metro, which is fast becoming life line of Delhi residents, has offered the much-needed relief to the commuters. The Delhi Metro project is the first railway project in the world to be certified for carbon credits for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by the United Nations,"he added. Khandpur further stated, "A model of magnetic levitation train has also been set up. This is a wheel-less train that only requires a magnetic rail track on the ground. This technique is increasingly being used in high-speed trains." The famous Bullet Train of Japan, with the operating speed of 320 km per hour, is shown with an interesting landscape in the background, he said, adding that there were separate dioramas showing the functioning of the station master, the guard, the ticket collector, and the pointsman. The most interesting part of the railway gallery is the Diesel Engine Simulator. This type of simulator is used to train engine drivers. Sitting on the driver's seat in the simulator, the visitor can feel and enjoy the movement of the train on the tack. Outside the driver's cabin, there is a duplicate control kiosk on which you can learn the operations of various controls of the engine. It displays various rules and choices to the visitors and gives information on incentives and penalties of the scoring system to assess your performance, he added. Khandpur said the Rail Gallery would be very useful, informative and entertaining in addition to the Science City. |
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Sanjha Mulazam Morcha holds rally
Jalandhar, June 6 The members appealed to the state government that rather than the demeaning monthly allowance of Rs 20,000 fixed for ASHA workers, they should be given salaries at par with those being received by workers from the Central Government. They said the mid-day meal workers were only getting salaries for 300 days, while they worked for 325 days in a year, due to which they got only Rs 250 in the month of March. They said robbing employees of their hard-earned money amounted to violations of human rights. They demanded that the mid-day meal and ASHA workers should be given at least Rs 6,475 per month. For ASHA facilitators, a salary of Rs 10,000 per month was demanded and the demand for the regularisation of forest workets who had worked for more than 10 years was also made. The workers also later took out a rally. |
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Where NRIs are obsessed with foreign names
Jalandhar, June 6 For instance, the owner of a house at Chhoti Baradari, Phase-I, has christened his house Africa House after the name of the continent where he spent 35 years as financial advisor in the United Nations. “Here, I miss the camaraderie that I enjoyed with the natives of Africa. Ever since I constructed a house here and started living my retired life, I have still not been able to make as good friends as I had there. I still miss my workplace after which I decided to at least name my house,” said Kuldip Singh Sahota. There are several commercial establishments in the city after the names of foreign countries. The city is home to showrooms after the name of cities abroad such as Singapore Emporium and Dubai Jewellers. Also there are several marriage palaces in the Doaba region by the name of foreign lands. An owner of a marriage palace who hails from the Philippines, has named his palace, located on Jamsher village, as Manila Resorts. Similarly, a palace on the Jalandhar-Nawanshahr road has its name London Dream Resorts. There is yet another palace by the same name on Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur Road. A palace in Kapurthala stands in the name of New Zealand Kiwi Palace and one in Hoshiarpur as Canada Marriage Palace. Ranbir Tut, NRI and president of the Jalandhar Marriage Palaces Association, too, has kept the name of his palace Victoria Garden after the Canadian city. “It is one of the most beautiful cities of Canada where I still like to venture out. When I named my palace so in 2001, I got a very good response from my friends and relatives here,” he said. |
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