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District shows spurt in drug haul cases
Policy for regularising illegal colonies may be simplified by state govt
City tent house owner challenges administration in High Court
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BSP activists burn an effigy of the state govt at Nurpur village in Jalandhar on Tuesday.
A Tribune photograph
Star cast of ‘Naughty Jatts’ in city
Officials take stock of malaria cases
Veer Naris, ESM meet held at Jalandhar cantonment
Heat wave intensifies again in
city Official numbers of PSPCL staff
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District shows spurt in drug haul cases
Kapurthala, July 23 Of the total 1,152 FIRs lodged with the 15 police stations here since January this year, as many as 274 cases have been registered under the NDPS Act. Last year too, the district showed similar trends, with 475 of the total 2,237 FIRs lodged being those related to drug smuggling. There has been rather a jump of 2 per cent from 21 per cent last year to 23 per cent now.
The Kotwali police station seems to be the most notorious from the point of view of illegal drug business. There were 88 FIRs lodged under the Act last year, which till this year stands at 40. The Phagwara Sadar police station, however, has seen a big spurt in drug haul cases, with 38 cases lodged round the year and tally already going up to 34 in less than seven months in the current year. The Satnampura police station has 16 out of total 33 cases (almost half) registered for the same crime. The Kapurthala Sadar police station, too, has seen a jump, with 24 of 76 (one-third) total cases registered this year being those related to drug pedalling. Last year, 54 of the 307 cases were registered under the NDPS Act. The Kapurthala City police station, too, has a good number of cases registered, which stand at 21 this year against 54 in the previous year. Bholath and Begowal stand with the lowest tally of just five cases each registered under the Act in seven months. Kapurthala SSP was not available for comments. Excise Act cases
Jalandhar not far behind
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Policy for regularising illegal colonies may be simplified by state govt
Jalandhar, July 23 The meeting was chaired by revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia and PWD minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, industries minister Anil Joshi, chief parliamentary secretary for local bodies Som Prakash and colonisers, including their state president Kultar Singh Jogi, RS Gill, Kamal Jaitley, Surinder Vashishth, Ashok Sachar, Ashok Kumar and GM Dhillon present. Besides, chief parliamentary secretary for cooperation and Jalandhar (North) MLA Krishan Dev Bhandari and Jalandhar cantonment MLA Pargat Singh and Coloniser Bhupinder Singh Bhinda and Tarwinder Singh Raju also attended the meeting. Soon after the meeting, coloniser RS Gill told The Tribune over phone that the colonisers had raised several points in the meeting and Majithia and others gave them a patient hearing, The colonisers sought that a maximum of Rs 2 lakh should be charged per acre from colonisers for regularising the illegal colonies set up after 2007 and the plot holders should also be given relaxation. They also demanded that only 10 per cent amount should be asked to be deposited by a coloniser as advance while applying for regularising the amount. The colonisers also raised the issue of stopping registering sale deeds of immovable properties on the basis of power of attorneys. Another meeting of the panel will be held soon and the colonisers were hopeful that the policy would be relaxed soon. According to the new policy, a coloniser will have to deposit Rs 15 lakh per acre and a plot holder Rs 500 per square yard for illegal colonies set up before 2007 and Rs 2.5 lakh per acre and Rs 250 per square yard for illegal colonies set up after 2007. Earlier a delegation of the colonisers met deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal in Ludhiana a few days ago and demanded that the policy should not be implemented retrospectively and it should be relaxed and simplified. At this, Sukhbir formed the eleven-member committee headed by Majithia to simplify the policy. Subsequently, the colonisers deferred their agitation against the new policy of regularising illegal colonies by depositing a huge amount. |
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City tent house owner challenges administration in High Court
Jalandhar, July 23 The complainant, Rajinder Kumar of Raj Tent House, whose services had been hired for the conduct of Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad and Municipal Corporation elections in 2007-08 has filed a civil writ petition 11658 of 2013. The case filed against Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, Secretary, State Election Commission, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Returning Officer-cum-SDM-1 and Returning Officer of Panchayat Samiti Bhogpur-cum-Additional Chief Administrator PUDA was admitted on July 19 and is to come up for hearing
on July 26. In his reply, ADC (D) has said that the services were sought from the ROs and the first three respondents were not directly involved. It has also been mentioned that the tent house owner had himself refused to accept a cheque for Rs 10,650 and later served a legal notice. The petitioner has said that he had provided all kinds of services during elections, including ice, drinking water, tea and snacks arrangement, catering, tables, sheets, crockery, water proof tents, curtains, carpets, matting, lights, sound system, cordless mikes, emergency lights, generator with diesel, barricading, sofa sets, 1,000 chairs and mist pedestal fans. The claims of the payments include against bills of amount Rs 3,78,656 for services rendered on May 30, 2008, after 50 per cent deduction by SDM-1, Rs 6,62,429 of the same date after 40 per cent deduction, Rs 2,88,443 of same date after 40 per cent cut, and Rs 2,56,034 after no less for December 12, 2007 for election of wards 51 to 60 and Rs 3,79,806 for July 14, 2008 from PUDA for Zila Parishad and the Panchayat Samiti polls. While the total amount comes to Rs 19,65,368, Rajinder Kumar said he had received only Rs 77,850 with an outstanding balance of Rs 18,87,518. Placing on record the documents pertaining to the clearance of payments done by the then ROs, he has now sought payments with 18 per cent rate of interest. The officials have put on record the guidelines of the State Election Commissioner on February 21, 2003, as per which the expenses for the rehearsal of election should not exceed Rs 150 per booth. Calculating it using the formula, the administration has offered an amount of Rs 10,650 for the MC polls, Rs 3,600 for Adampur and Alwalpur Nagar Council polls, Rs 14,400 for Bhogpur polls, Rs 16,350 for the Adampur panchayat polls and Rs 21,750 for Panchayat Samiti polls of Jalandhar (East). |
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Seminar on Batalvi held at Lyallpur Khalsa College
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 23 President College Governing Council Balbir Kaur and College Principal Dr. G.S. Samra were also present during the seminar. The speakers said Batalvi was one of greatest twentieth century poets of the world literature, whose influence on Punjabi language and literature was immense. "Batalvi became highly popular not only because of his romanticism but also because of the simplicity of his language, thereby providing a model for later poets", said speakers. During the seminar, Dr Sohinderbeer of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar was honoured for his research on the works of Batalvi. Dr Singh said that the poems of Batalvi were an excellent amalgamation of tradition and modernity. The event was marked by the recitation of some of the poems of Batalvi by the College students. Inter-house rangoli competition held
Sanskriti KMV School organized an inter-house Rangoli competition. Students of Amber, Avni, Pawak and Pawan houses participated in the competition. The theme of the competition was 'Mother Nature and Friendship'. The competition was held in two groups - Group 1 included students from Class VII to IX and Group-2 included students from class X to XII. From Junior Group, Amber house with the participants Swati, Naman and Mridul stood first, Pawak house with participants Kanupriya, Bhawna, Disha Arora stood second, Pawan house with participants Aditya, Parmeet and Simran stood third. From senior group, Avni house with team members Manmeet and Chahat stood first, Pawan house with participants Shivani, Riya and Megha stood second and Pawak house with participants Diksha, Janvi and Akshita stood third. Principal Rachna Monga congratulated the winners. Programme against female foeticide
B.D.Arya Girls College organised a programme "Bachi Bachao Muhim", here today. Jalandhar Civil Surgeon Dr RL Bassan was the chief guest and District Family Welfare Officer Dr Shiv Dyal Mali was the guest of honor. During the programme, College students were shown a film related to "Bachi Bachao Muhim" and a street play was also performed conveying message against the curse of the female foeticide. A slogan writing and poster making competition was also held. Naughty Jatts star cast visits Innocent Heart School
The star cast of the upcoming Punjabi movie “Naughty Jatts” — Neeru Bajwa, Arya
Babbar, K. Deep and Roshan Prince visited the Innocent Hear School today. The star cast made
a rocking performance on the songs of Naughty Jatts. CD’s & pens were distributed among the students of the
Innocent Hearts Group of Institutes. |
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BSP activists burn govt’s effigy
Jalandhar, July 23 Talking to The Tribune, BSP leaders demanded immediate stern action against the culprits responsible for attack on Dalits at Nangal Arayian village on July 20. They also urged the government to ensure that Dalits should not be boycotted by influential persons in any village. Ajmer Singh Saini who unsuccessfully contested for the post of sarpanch in Nangal Arayian, allegedly attacked Balwinder Singh Bittu, a Dalit, with swords on July 20. Bittu, who sustained head injuries, is in a critical condition. Influential farmers of the village had reportedly boycotted the Dalits because an Adharmi Sikh was elected as sarpanch even though the seat is not a reserved one. Former panch Amarjit Singh said the farming community, had forbidden landless Dalits from entering their fields for gathering fodder. They had also stopped supplying milk to them. Sarpanch Lachman Singh said the farming community, at a meeting held after the panchayat elections, decided to boycott the dalits. Lachman Singh was elected sarpanch defeating Ajmer Singh with a margin of 19 votes. Three Adharmi Sikhs were also elected as panches. |
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Star cast of ‘Naughty Jatts’ in city
Jalandhar, July 23 It is an unabashed celebration of Punjabi nature packed with pure humour. It is a delightful comedy, replete with soft romantic songs in addition to soulful beats, promised Pankaj Batra, Director of Naughty Jatts. The story is a musical ride of 3 jatts following a girl which causes repeated hilarious situations. Neeru Bajwa is a budding singer with Arya babbar, her neighbour prying on her. Roshan prince played the role of a desi munda who is passionate about singing while Binnu Dhillon played the role of a witty and expressive person. “The film has got a wonderful script and I just fell in love with it”, said ace Punjabi actress Neeru Bajwa. On being asked about her favourite role, she revealed that her role as Heer in “Heer Ranjha” is very close to her heart. The film also claims to be strong on the music front. “Dekh Shoukina, lagdi Katrina” is a peppy number. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has also lent his voice to the film. US based singer G-deep also sang few numbers. Niraj Gera has shown her wit in the sound direction whereas the background music was composed by Mangesh Dhakde. Claiming high on the quotient level, the quirky comedy is all set to rule the 70 mm screen. |
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Officials take stock of malaria cases
Jalandhar, July 23 Addressing a meeting of doctors, representing ESI hospital, Sacred Heart Hospital, Tagore Hospital, Patail Hospital, Johal Hospital, SGL Hospital and certain others, the civil surgeon Dr RL Bassan asked them to be ready for tacking any eventuality. He also asked them to inform the district health authorities in case they find any suspected case of dengue and malaria. They were also asked to keep their blood-testing kits ready and offer treatment at affordable prices besides charging nominal fee for tests. Dr Bassan also asked the representatives of the hospitals to send blood samples of suspected patients of dengue to the civil hospital. While talking to the Tribune, Dr Bassan revealed that the department is fully prepared to tackle any situation and all arrangements had been made in place at the government run hospitals. The health department has already completed a round of the city and vicinity to educate general public against the diseases. |
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Veer Naris, ESM meet held at Jalandhar cantonment
Jalandhar, July 23 Lt Col Vijay Hooda, highlighted the welfare schemes launched for the veer naris and the ESM. He also invited the gathering for the upcoming Golden Jubilee function to be celebrated on October 1. He informed that the next meet will be held at Pathankot on Jully 24. Earlier, an ex-servicemen (ESM) contact programme was also conducted at Ferozpur on July 20 where nearly 250 ESM including 50 Veer Naris of unit attended the programme. The efforts being undertaken by the 6 Sikh LI (Kalidhar) unit to reach out to all its ESM and Veer Naris was well appreciated said a spokesperson of the defence.
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