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Buildings flout parking norms
Kin of dead jail inmate block road
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Two booked for holding cement trader captive
Amritsar, August 5 The Chheharta police has booked two persons for allegedly illegally confining a cement trader and cheating him.
Police refutes custodial death charge
3 booked for obstructing, attacking police party
Patients, attendants find it hard to get seating space
In the absence of a proper seating arrangement, attendants of patients sit on the floor at Civil Hospital in Amritsar. photo: Sameer Sehgal
Aided school teachers protest
Bhagat Puran Singh remembered
Cong raking up issue of Sikh farmers’ eviction to tarnish Modi’s image: BJP
Police-politician nexus responsible for easy availability of drugs: Shashi Kant
Ravneet Kaur of MA Fine Arts tops in GNDU
Ravneet Kaur of BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar, being greeted in Amritsar on Monday. A Tribune Photograph
Regional Basketball Sports Championship held
Representatives of 13 varsities participate in seminar
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Buildings flout parking norms
Amritsar, August 5 A number of plush and swanky buildings have come up in the upscale markets of the city. These buildings, located in upscale markets of the city like the Mall road, the Lawrence Road etc, are without parking lots. Astonishingly, these places, otherwise to be utilised for parking customers’ vehicles, are being used for The visitors to these places have no choice but to park their vehicles on the public space in front of these buildings. This causes hindrance in the free flow of traffic. To add to the woes, it would be the makeshift shops and kiosks which swallow the "whatever left place". Above all, these places "compulsorily" become their own property and their security guards do not let any one park their vehicles. As per the bylaws, all commercial buildings above 500 sq yd have to provide parking space in their basements. The site plans for all commercial buildings were approved only after duly checking the site and its construction. A resident of New Amritsar, Kiranjeet Kaur, said that in view of the changing times, it was the need of the hour to raise modern multi-storeyed buildings, but the civic authorities must imbibe the modern concept in totality. “The haphazard parking of vehicles in front of these modern buildings not only becomes an eyesore but also cause inconvenience to the general public which has to pass through these routes frequently,” she said. The traffic situation is severe in these areas, which receive a high volume of vehicles. Although the Queen’s Road is one-way and is amply wide, parking of vehicles before big buildings, especially hotels, also contributes to rampant traffic blockade. Another resident of the Ram Bagh area Naresh Johar was of the view that more than the civic authorities, the owners of these big establishments should have a civic sense. MC Commissioner DPS Kharbanda said, "I cannot comment instantly on the issue until I check with the records and their site plans which have been sanctioned. But, I also do not disapprove the contention that some of these establishments have been utilising the basement area for commercial purposes. It has to be checked because the site plans with mandatory parking lot were introduced after 1997. The violators would be taken to task."
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Kin of dead jail inmate block road
Amritsar, August 5 After completing the official formalities, the body was handed over to the family members, hailing from Madhya Pradesh. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Davinder Singh, who was lodged in Amritsar Central Jail under the NDPS Act. He had developed some medical problem a few days ago and had died last evening. Balwinder Singh, his brother, said the victim belonged to Madhya Pradesh and had died due to negligence on part of the jail authorities. “He was caught by the Punjab police in connection with some drug trafficking case. He had been complaining of chest pain for the past few days, but was not attended to properly and he died at about 11.30 pm yesterday,” he said. Denying to lodge a police complaint, Balwinder said they wanted to take the possession of the body, but the officials had been harassing them for want of some official formalities. “We just wanted to take his body along back home, but when the officials did not listen to us, we resorted to block the traffic on the Bhandari bridge,” he said. On the other hand, the jail officials maintained that the inmate was taken care of well. “Besides the jail medical staff, he was admitted to Civil Hospital, too, where he was attended to by a team of doctors well on time. Meanwhile, his condition deteriorated and he died. The body could be handed over to his family members only after the mandatory postmortem examination, which was a time consuming exercise,” said a jail official.
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Two booked for holding cement trader captive
Amritsar, August 5 The victim, identified as Ashwani Kumar, a resident of Damganj, stated to police that on July 19, Sunny, a resident of Dhand village, Tarn Taran, came to his shop and asked for 300 bags of cement for some construction work. He said on July 20, he gave him Rs 9,500 as advance payment and showed him the place where the material was to be delivered. He said on July 21, he took a cement consignment of 350 bags to the designated place and asked for the remaining payment. He said the accused told him to give the payment in next 10 minutes. But instead of giving him money, over a dozen persons, who were armed with sharp-edged and blunt weapons, came to him on two vehicles and threatened him to leave the place. He said the accused thrashed him and snatched his mobile phones, besides the mobiles of his labourers and a truck driver. He said the accused kept him in illegal detention in a room for three hours, harassed and threatened to kill him. On the complaint submitted by him, the police has booked Gurjit Singh, alias John, and Sunny of Dhand village in this regard. The police said as per the preliminary investigations, Gurjit and Ashwani were known to each other and had some monetary dispute. Gurjit conspired with Sunny and stored the cement at his place and later demanded his money from Ashwani. He said a case under Sections 420 (fraud), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 342 (wrongful confinement) and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code had been registered against the two. No arrest had been made so far as the accused
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Police refutes custodial death charge
Amritsar, August 5 The family members had alleged that the Sultanwind police had picked Satinderpal Singh up and kept him in illegal detention for interrogation. They had alleged that Rambo had died in police custody and the police chowki concerned later cremated his body as unclaimed in order to save its skin. Kaustubh Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said preliminary investigations had revealed that Rambo had not died in police custody. The police had found his body near the Amritsar-Tarn Taran bypass following information provided by some residents of the New Kapur Nagara area. As there was no identification card or paper found by the police on his clothes, the Sultanwind police chowki cremated it as an unclaimed body. The only fault which is being pointed out on part of the Sultanwind police chowki official is that it should have waited for more time as per the norms before cremating him. As a result, the police department suspended ASI Jatinderpal Singh, besides two other policemen for negligence. He said as per preliminary investigations, Rambo was an acute drug addict and had returned from a de-addiction centre a day before his death. He said he reportedly consumed smack in the house before he came out and met several persons. The police department has been going through call details of his mobile phone to find clues and unravel the mystery behind his death. The poice said he might have died of drug overdose. “But we are still investigating the case. The call details of his mobile could provide some vital clues. Anything concrete would be said after the completion of the probe,” said the DCP. Jatinderpal Singh, the ASI, denied the charges and demanded a high-level inquiry into case. He said he had full faith in his seniors. Meanwhile, Raj Kumar Verka, vice-chairman, National SC Commission, also directed the police to hold an impartial probe in the matter. They had asked the police to hand over the mortal remains of Rambo to his family.
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3 booked for obstructing, attacking police party
Amritsar, August 5 Among those booked include Jagjit Singh, his father Amarjit Singh and his mother Balwinder Kaur, all residents of the Kot Baba Deep Singh area. As per the police complaint, a police team, headed by Nirvail Singh, ASI along with head constable Jatinder Singh and Nirmal Kaur, raided the house of Jagjit Singh, who was wanted in connection with a criminal case registered at the Jandiala police station in the Amritsar (rural) police district. He said Amarjit Singh and his mother created obstructions and pushed the police team in order to save Jagjit Singh. However, he said the police managed to nab Jagjit, while his parents escaped. A case under Sections 353, 332, 224, 186 and 34 of the IPC has been registered in this connection. The police is further investigation the mater
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Patients, attendants find it hard to get seating space
Amritsar, August 5 The situation is pathetic to the extent that visitors can be seen seated on the floor to wait for their turn outside most of the OPDs and operation theatres. In Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, attendants of patients admitted in various wards can be seen eating their meals while sitting on the ground. Some can even be seen taking a nap on the ground itself. The visitors to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital said the hospital managements must make arrangements for considering uneasiness caused to them. At the Civil Hospital, a large number of people can be seen sitting outside the gynaecology department. Harman Singh, a visitor to the hospital said, "There is no place for attendants to sit except the floor. The benches placed by the hospital are very few for the large rush of people." The attendants said both hospitals must create a place where they can have their meals or take some rest. Another patient, Simranjeet Singh, at Civil Hospital commented that people sitting on floor and eating does not give a nice look and is unhygienic too. He said outside the OPDs, more seating arrangements should be made as people have to stand for long hours for their turn.
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Aided school teachers protest
Amritsar, August 5 District president of the union Rajkumar Mishra said they were forced to adopt the path of agitation after the ultimatum of July 31 expired. He said a deplorable education scenario is prevailing in all 484 aided schools. Only 4,300 employees were available against 9,468 sanctioned posts of teachers in aided schools. Mishra said the state government had placed a blanket ban on recruitment in aided schools from 2003 which deteriorated the education level in these institutions with the passage of time. The protest will continue till August 8, he informed, adding the state government should fulfil their demands at the earliest.
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Bhagat Puran Singh remembered
Amritsar, August 5 The prayers were attended by marathoner Fauja Singh, who is an active volunteer of the society. A sale-cum-exhibition of the artifacts created by special children and destitute women on its premises near the bus stand was also held. Items such as painted bed covers, cushions, toys made of plaster of paris, coloured candles, sketches and garlands were put up on exhibition. Pingalwara Society chairperson Inderjit Kaur said they organised the exhibition to encourage the special kids and destitute women.
She said the money will be spent on buying raw-material for young artists. Pingalwara Trust organises two exhibitions every year to highlight the creative skills of the inmates. "Children and women inmates had worked very hard and the response from the visitors proved quite encouraging for the inmates. The success of the exhibition made it a big day for them,” Inderjit Kaur said. She said looking at the positive response from the public, another sale-cum-exhibition would be organised during the festival season.
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Cong raking up issue of Sikh farmers’ eviction to tarnish Modi’s image: BJP
Amritsar, August 5 "Between 1991 to 2004, as many as 784 persons purchased cultivable land by using false farmer proof in Kutch district. Out of these, 108 persons belonged to Gujarat, 164 persons to Punjab and Haryana and were mostly from the Sikh community. Besides, 512 persons belonged to other states such as UP, Bihar and Chhattisgarh etc," he said. "When the district collector appointed a tehsildar, it was found that there were so many violations. The district collector on the basis of the report ordered to take action against them," said Chugh. He claimed that the Congress was using the issue to score political points and was trying to tarnish Modi's image. He stressed that it in no way could be construed as Gujarat government “forcing out” or ordering Sikh farmers to return to Punjab or occupy their land. Many Sikh farmers, who migrated to Gujarat cultivate land in the Kutch area of Gujarat. There are about 484 such farmers who are living there with their families. As per the 2001 Census survey, there are 45,587 Sikhs in Gujarat. About Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Partap Singh Bajwa’s statement against Narendra Modi’s anti-Sikh policies in the state, Chugh said if he was so concerned for the Sikh community then why did not he raise his voice against anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. As per the government figures, he claimed, 2,790 people were either killed or burnt in the riots and 131 gurdwaras, 4,232 houses of Sikh community and 1,280 big Sikh business establishments were destroyed by the Congress hooligans.
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Police-politician nexus responsible for easy availability of drugs: Shashi Kant
Amritsar, August 5 Former DGP (Jails) Shashi Kant said there was a police-politician nexus which was responsible for easy availability of drugs to youngsters. Sashi Kant said with strong political will, the use of drugs could be curbed. Kant had been instrumental in forming the Nasha Virodhi Manch, a confederation of various social organisations working on the drug issue. He said in the first phase of the plan, they were organising awareness programmes to connect with people. The former DGP said in the second phase, they would approach the government and the administration after collecting evidence about the people involved in the business and ask them to control them. "If everything fails, we will start a public agitation and force the government to take necessary steps,” he added. A school teacher-turned-activist from Phagwara said it was very disheartening that many school teachers had fallen a prey to drugs. He said people should not have high expectations from politicians and police and needed to take a stand on their own to check the problem. Representatives of Dal Khalsa, Peoples’ Party of Punjab, Panch Pardani Dal, Sikh Youth of Punjab, Khalra Mission Committee and various others pledged their support to efforts to check prevalence of drugs. Former jathedar of Damdama Sahib Giani Kewal Singh, SGPC member Bibi Kiranjot Kaur, former dean Khalsa College SS Chinna, Socialist Party vice-president Balwant Singh Khera, Prof SS Deepti and Prof Avtar Singh Uppal, Manmohan Singh Gumtala and others participated in the seminar.
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Ravneet Kaur of MA Fine Arts tops in GNDU
Amritsar, August 5 College principal Dr Neelam Kamra felicitated the students and the teachers for bringing laurels to the college. Neeta Mohindra, the Head of Department, and other staff members expressed happiness and gave credit to students' skill, hard work and dedication. Two-day workshop on physics and astronomy The Department of Physics of DAV College in association with Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology, will organise a two-day workshop on "Physics and Astronomy" from August 6 on the college premises for undergraduate and graduate students of DAV and other colleges in Amritsar. Prof Sameer Kalia, Head, Department of Physics, DAV College and convener of the programme, said a workshop would also be held. Arvind R Ranade, scientist from Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi, Sandeep Sahijpal from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Mahesh Kumar Sharma from National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Manmohan Singh Marwaha from Guru Govind Singh College Chandigarh, RK Yadav from the Arryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, and Sanjeev Sharma from Kurukshetra Planetarium will deliver the talk and demonstration to the students. Students will get resource material in the form of books or kits. One of the attractions of the workshop is to give hands-on training for basic understanding of the principles of physics. The topics like science of atoms, origin of universe, origin of solar system, practical astronomy, basics of telescope and Indian observatories, etc will be discussed. The workshop will also have a quiz competition.
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Regional Basketball Sports Championship held
Amritsar, August 5 In under-19 group, KV, Nangalbhur, bagged the first position, KV1, Amritsar, got the second position while KV 1, Udhampur, bagged the third position. Swati of KV, Nangalbhur, and Umesh Chauhan of KV 1, Amritsar, were declared the best players. P.E.T. Sukhwinder Singh, coach Manjit Singh, coach Vikas Mahajan, coach Salwinder Singh, Gurjinder Kaur, Tripta Shaheed, Gurvinder Kaur, Poonam Mehra, Rashpal Kaur, Madhu Mahajan, Sunita Sharma and Anita Chandel were present. Arjuna awardee Suman Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion. Host school principal Kusam Malhotra welcomed the guests and She talked about the importance of games in students' life as they play a vital role for an all-round development of children. The chief guest declared the championship open by releasing the balloons in the air after a short cultural programme. Assistant Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya AS Gill threw light on KVS in the field of sports and its history.
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Representatives of 13 varsities participate in seminar
Amritsar, August 5 The seminar provided the prospective students from educational institutions to choose Canada as a destination for attaining higher education abroad. It was organised at at Spring Dale Senior School in collaboration with Edunova, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a non-profit co-operative association established to promote Nova Scotia’s expertise in education and training to international markets. The seminar offered the students of Class XII a chance to interact with the representatives of various Canadian universities to get insight into various courses being offered there to understand the job prospects there. The seminar witnessed participation of the representatives of the Acadia University (NS), Mount Saint Vincent University (NS), St Francis Xavier University (NS), Mount Allison University (NB), Memorial University (NFLD), Cape Breton University (NS), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NS), University of King’s College (NS), St Thomas University (NB), Dalhousie University (NS), Saint Mary’s University (NS), University of New Brunswick (NB) and University of Prince Edward Island (PEI).
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In a sheer violation of norms, the parking lots shown in the basement of big commercial buildings, mostly being used as malls and banks, have been gobbled up by none other than their owners.
The kin of a jail inmate, who died due to illness last night, blocked the busy Bhandari Bridge here for over an hour to lodge
their resentment over the delay in getting the body.
The absence of sufficient seating space for patients and theirs attendants at government-run medical institutions in the city is giving them a tough time as they look for a place to sit comfortably.
Amritsar, August 5
Ravneet Kaur, a student of MA (Fine Arts semester-IV) of BBK DAV College for Women,
Amritsar, stood first in Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU).
Ravneet scored 1,387 out of 1,600 marks while her classmate Sonia Mahajan stood third in the university by scoring 1,346
marks.
Amritsar, August 5
