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Kazakh woman held for immoral trafficking
40-yr-old married woman gang raped, 4 booked
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Couple commits suicide, three booked
Youths clash with jawans in cantt
Eviction of Nakodar DSP office from BDPO residence ordered
Businessmen to stage dharna against advance tax and delay in VAT refund
speaking out
FROM SCHOOLS
Meeting held to curb drugs
Student ends life by hanging
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Kazakh woman held for immoral trafficking
Jalandhar, October 15 The incident came to light when she called up the Police Control Room last evening and lodged a complaint that she had been illegally confined to a house at Satnam Nagar in Basti Danishmandan. The call sent alarm bells ringing at which SHO of the Division Number 5 police station Rajinder Sharma and Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu reached the spot and began investigation. It was later found that the Kazakhstan-based woman has been in the city for the past one week and working with another woman of the area running a prostitution racket. She claimed to have been introduced to the Jalandhar-based woman by Kapil, her accomplice from Uttar Pradesh. The son of this woman, Bhima, is an accused in the infamous Sunaina murder case. The matter got public after the women reportedly had a fight over payment issues. The Kazakhstan national claimed that she had worked for 36 clients in the city for a settled amount of Rs 1,500 per customer while she was being paid for 34 clients. She said at this the Jalandhar-based woman kept her in illegal confinement and even took away her passport. Sandhu said when her passport was recovered, it was found that it was actually a colour photostat of her original passport. “Inquired about the original passport, she said it had been retained by the Chandigarh Police, which, too, had registered a case against her.” On further interrogation, the police also found that she had come to India on April 2, 2012, on a six-month tourist visa, which expired on October 1, 2012. “She has been overstaying in India for the past one year, owing to which she has also been booked under Section 14 of the Foreigner’s Act-1946,” he said. The ACP said while both the accused woman have been arrested, he had also booked Kapil and husband of Jalandhar-based woman Balbir Singh in the case, who were at large. “We are trying to nab the remaining two,” he said. |
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40-yr-old married woman gang raped, 4 booked
Jalandhar, October 15 She took an auto-rickshaw from the bus stand and reached Nakodar
Chowk. At the chowk, when she was waiting for a bus to Shahkot, two men, Joginder and Shinda, known to her stopped their Tata Estate vehicle and offered to drop her to the village. She said they instead took her to Malri village in Nakodar, where they raped her at a secluded place. The victim said she knew the two men since they used to visit a church at Chak Tara Singh village of Dharamkot where she, too, used to go. She said two more men, who came later, also raped her. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Nakodar, Harminder Pal Singh Parmar, said the medical examination of the woman had been conducted. The four persons were booked under Section 376 of the IPC, he added. The victim has three children. |
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Rashi Sharma Death case
Jalandhar, October 15 However, the police could not arrest Vareesh Kumar as he fled much before the police team arrived on the premises. The police conducted a thorough search of his hospital and residence and will be issuing a look-out notice for him shortly. "An FIR has been registered on the basis of a complaint filed by Rashi's husband. Vareesh Kumar has been booked for non-bailable offences under Section 420 (impersonation and cheating) of the of IPC and Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act (practising in the field, which a person is not authorised). We raided his hospital and his residence to arrest him. But we couldn't find him there. We have also told his family to cooperate in the investigation. We have dispatched various teams in search of Vareesh Kumar at his possible hideouts," said ACP Manpreet Singh. Earlier, Amit Sharma, husband of Rashi, had filed a complaint with the police stating that Vareesh Kumar, who calls himself a doctor and ART consultant, is a con and has only done studies till senior secondary classes. He also informed that Vareesh Kumar used to treat his wife many a times and also conducted scans. "At that time, I was not aware that he is just a quack and not a qualified doctor. Only after Rashi's death, when I inquired about him, I came to know that he is a big fraud and many cases of negligence and cheating has already been filed against him," said Amit Sharma. The police is now planning to issue a look-out notice for him shortly. The police is also taking legal opinion to seal his hospital in case he doesn't join the investigations. Vareesh Kumar could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. |
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Couple commits suicide, three booked
Jalandhar, October 15 The
SHO, Sadar police station, Onkar Singh, said it had been found that Harkamaljit's brother Sartaj Singh, alias Raja, settled in Canada, had a marital discord with Rajwinder
Kaur. Sartaj's in-laws had reportedly been asking for a good amount to amicably settle the issue from his brother
Harkamaljit, who was a farmer and had a small land holding. The couple reportedly could not bear the pressure and took the extreme step. The SHO said the threesome had been booked under Sections 306, 506 and 34 of the
IPC. The police is on a trying to nab the three accused. |
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Youths clash with jawans in cantt
Jalandhar, October 15 The incident occurred at about 11.30 pm when six youths riding three motorcycles, reached the gate (that remains closed from 11 pm till 5 am) and indulged into arguments with the security guards for opening the gate. Claiming himself a son of a Colonel, one youth even entered into a scuffle with a jawan, which led to a melee and in the meantime one of the youths called their friends and there were almost 20-25 more youths at the spot within in no time, sources revealed. As the Army jawans sounded alert calling for their fellow security guards, the youths hurled stones at the jawans leaving one Manjit Kumar injured. The injured was admitted to the Military Hospital. Station House Officer, Jalandhar Cantonment, Sub-Inspector Balwinder Singh revealed that Manjit Singh sustained injuries on the face. The police had registered a case under Sections 332, 253, 148 and 149 of the IPC against unidentified persons on the complaint of Manjit Singh. When contacted, Naresh Vij, defence PRO, claimed that the Army authorities had ordered a court of inquiry into the incident. |
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Eviction of Nakodar DSP office from BDPO residence ordered
Jalandhar, October 15 The rural police has been using the premises as the office of DSP, Nakodar, for the past 20 years, that too without paying any rent. The BDPO, Dharampal Sidhu, took up the matter and lodged a case in the court of DDPO Bhullar with the decision finally coming in his favour. Bhullar has ordered that the premises be vacated within 30 days. The DSP, Nakodar, Harminder Singh Parmar, said he was yet to get a copy of the orders. “We will have to look for alternate arrangements to shift the office,” he said. In a yet another action, the DDPO today got a 71 kanal and 18 marla panchayat land in Lidhar Khurd village of Phillaur block evicted from encroachers. Bhullar said he had passed orders for eviction way back in 1993, after which the illegal occupants had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He said the owners were allowed to harvest paddy before taking its possession. |
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PTU confers degrees on 147
Kapurthala, October 15 Madan Mohan Mittal, Minister for Technical Education, Punjab, who was the chief guest while addressing the gathering stressed on the need of quality education in the universities. Expressing his concern over the fact that not even a single Indian University, as per an international survey, ranks within top 200 universities in the world,he said,“Punjab should become the global hub for higher education. Even if you take an average expenditure of Rs 1.5 lakhs per student per year, for seeking higher education, and if Punjab is able to attract 50,000 students, the revenue earned for the state shall be Rs 750 crore per year”. With the objective of turning Punjab into a global hub for higher education, an Institute of Excellence is being established by the PTU, the minister said. Arjun Malhotra, entrepreneur and pioneer of the Indian IT sector, was also awarded with a Doctorate degree, Honoris Causa, for his outstanding achievements and contribution to the technology domain by the PTU. Dr Rajneesh
Arora, Vice-Chancellor, talked about his vision to turn Punjab into a global
hub for higher education. In a break from colonial legacy, this year, the
PTU successfully indigenised dress code for convocation ceremony. |
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Businessmen to stage dharna against advance tax and delay in VAT refund
Jalandhar, October 15 At a meeting held in Nauhariya Mandir, Gur Mandi, here today, Joint Action Committee (JAC) of industrialists and traders flayed Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government for imposing advance tax and undue delay in VAT refund. Expressing their resentment against imposing advance tax, property tax and hefty fee for regularising their buildings and plots, the active JAC members Gursharan Singh, Ravindra Dhir, and Raj Kumar Sharma said they were left with no other option but to lodge their strong protest by staging the dharna. A few days earlier, city industrialists, under the aegis of the Jalandhar Chamber of Industries and Commerce, expressed their strong resentment against imposing advance tax, property tax and huge fee for regularising their buildings and plots. Demanding the withdrawal of these taxes, chamber chairman Narinder Singh Sehgal and its general secretary Charanjit Singh Maingi said the government should hold a talk with them to provide relief to them. |
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speaking out
Jalandhar, October 15 The debate has now reached the highest levels, involving the Union Finance Minister, the Home Minister, the Planning Commission, the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the PMO itself. What the people of the city think about the project?
— Harsimarjit Kaur, president, All-India LPG Distributorship, Punjab
— Archie Sehgal, Entrepreneur
— Surinder Saini, social activist, Jalandhar Welfare Society
— Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj, Principal, HMV College
— Yashmin Bakshi, home maker |
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FROM SCHOOLS
Jalandhar: In national competition for students’ ideas and innovation (IGNITE) organised by the National Innovation Foundation run by Department of Science and Innovation (Union Government), three ideas of Police DAV Public School have been selected. Shweta Sharma has made a hat trick by winning this award for the third year consecutively. This year her first idea - Device to Cool Down Anger has been selected under Kite Flying Award Category and her second Idea - Bulb/CFL remover/ connector has been selected in the main category. The Idea of two students Khushwant Rai and Santokh Singh - Low Cost Braille Printer has been selected in the main category. They will be awarded by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (Ex-President of India) on November 19 at IIM Ahmedabad. Police DAV Public School has bagged this honour for the fifth year consecutively. Founder’s day
Sanskriti KMV School organised 11th Founder’s Day to celebrate legacy, success and power with the theme named “The Pearl - every child is unique”. Principal, Rachna Monga, welcomed the chief guest, R Venkatratnam, Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner. He inaugurated the function with lamp lighting ceremony and the principal presented annual report of junior wing depicting achievements in scholastic and co-scholastic activities. Tiny-tots of classes prep-III, presented activities including English and Hindi plays, classical, traditional, semi-classical dances etc. A performance on “Dreams of stars” and a play on “Moral Values” delighted the audience. Students also presented Punjabi dance “Sammi”, in which Indian culture and traditions were showcased. . Model competition
The students of Innocent Hearts, Green Model Town, bagged the third prize for working model competition organised by Sahodaya Independent School at Swami Sant Das School, Phagwara. Ankush Babbar, Nihil and Abhishek made the model on Smart Traffic Light under the topic of Energy Conservation. The management congratulated the students for their achievement.
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Meeting held to curb drugs
Jalandhar, October 15 Over 80 dealers from Jalandhar, Nakodar, Shahkot, Bhogpur, Kartarpur, Adampur and other markets attended the meeting at the police lines here this afternoon. Senior police officers including the Deputy Commissioner of city Police asked the druggists to help in locating the actual places from where they got the supply.
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Student ends life by hanging
Phagwara, October 15 Deep mental stress was said to be the cause of suicide, the police said. The Police has informed his relatives in Saptari village, Nepal. The body has been kept in mortuary after autopsy. — OC
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It has the potential to spur enterprise and consumer application as verification cost of banks, insurance companies and other services will come down. It will eliminate the need to carry multiple cards and remember several passwords. It could facilitate banking and financial services in rural areas and e-commerce in urban
ones.
We have diverse economic class living in the city. Many persons cannot open and maintain bank accounts due to the condition of minimum balance and valid ID proofs by most of the banks. They are surviving on daily cash earning basis. From where will they survive without Aadhaar card if it would be in any case made mandatory by the
government?
It is a breach of privacy. Aadhaar stores biometric data like fingerprints forever whereas even the Prisoner’s Act says that fingerprints of the prisoner should be destroyed after acquittal. This will create lot of problems for the chance prisoners. UIDAI is gathering data by hiring private companies and which single-handedly owns the data base and may book a profit from the sale of the data and of services linked to the
data.
The government should not have implemented the Aadhaar card project without first getting an approval from Parliament. Now, a tug-of-war is going between the ruling government, the Supreme Court and various segments. We are still confused whether to make it or not? Otherwise, it is a great project giving greater rights and power to citizens to report malpractices which may help stop corruption. This may go a long way in overall development of the
nation.
The concept of "Aadhaar card" is no doubt excellent but one can't just overlook the problems of a highly-populated, still developing nation like ours. The inception stages of the entire project has already gone in an unorganised and corrupt way, so what would one expect once the "Aadhaar card" system is
enforced.