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World Cup Kabaddi: Security lapse inside hotel
Manmohan Waaris to perform at Women’s Kabaddi final
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1,350 apply for atta-dal scheme on day one
Abduction drama unfolds, complainants booked
Weedicide issue: Enquiry absolves school authorities of any wrongdoing
Fog likely this morning: Met Dept
One arrested under NDPS Act
Modern Jail sans medical facilities
Varsity teams qualify for National Youth Festival
St Soldier students take out green rally
Two booked for abducting, raping minor
Two injured as mini gas cylinder explodes
Man commits suicide
Wrestling training centre inaugurated in Phagwara
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World Cup Kabaddi: Security lapse inside hotel
Jalandhar, December 2 Presently, Hotel Ramada and Hotel Maya are accommodating six men's teams from Scotland, England, Denmark, Pakistan, Canada and Sierra Leonne. Three teams are staying at Hotel Ramada and the other three are staying at Hotel Maya. The hotels have alleged that although they are providing full support to the district administration for smooth running of the tournament, they are facing a lot of difficulty due to lack of coordination among various government departments. "The hotels are suffering huge losses due to this. First, the administration has not increased the previous year's rate. We are providing accommodation inclusive of all three meals at just Rs 3,800 plus 18.79 per cent taxes, whereas the actual room rent with complementary buffet comes out to be between Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000," said a source from the Accounts Department of one of the hotels. The sources have also revealed that since hotels have to pay sales tax at the end of every month, they have requested the administration to pay them some advance money. "The tax alone for these rooms will come out to be between Rs 4 and 5 lakh which will be almost half the total amount we will receive from the administration," said one of the hotel officials. Also, due to recent controversies, some international teams are under the consistent vigil of the police and the CID. This is also causing a lot of problem to the regular clients. "I got married two days ago in the same hotel. My family booked a room for two days for us to enjoy privacy, but here it was a different experience all together. It was like getting married in a police station with men in uniform moving all around looking suspiciously at us," said Kamaljit Kaur (name changed). The sources also informed that on the check-in day of the players, the police checked the luggage of all guests, including women, in the lobby area. "It was only when we reported the matter to senior officials that this practice was put to an end," said one of the source. Hotel officials have also alleged that due to careless planning by the Police Department, there is a complete security lapse inside the hotel premises. Shockingly, the department has not pinpointed the exact duties of the security staff at these hotels. Also, exact duty timings have not been given to the police personnel. On this reporter's visit to Hotel Maya, where the Pakistan team is staying, only one policeman was found with an LMG gun. On being asked, the policeman replied that the rest of the Quick reaction Team (QRT) staff have gone out for lunch. Surprisingly, when the administration has made abundant arrangements to provide a high-protein diet, including meat and fish to the players, the Police Department forgets to allocate even proper meal timings to policemen who are consistently on the vigil. "Since, all policemen deployed here are local, there is no need to made arrangements for their food. We have allocated their shifts in such a way that they can go back home and have food," said Rahul S, Deputy Commissioner of Police. But the police seem to have failed to allocate shifts efficiently.
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Manmohan Waaris to perform at Women’s Kabaddi final
Jalandhar, December 2 The Deputy Commissioner, Varun Roojam, on Monday visited the stadium and checked the arrangements for the Kabaddi World Cup matches. He instructed all departments concerned to have proper coordination for smooth running of the tournament. He has also urged all city youth to come and witness exciting kabaddi matches to be played on 12th of December in the city. The DC has also directed the District Education Department to create awareness in all educational institutes including schools and colleges about the matches. “It is our consistent endeavour to promote all types of sports amongst the youth. In this Kabaddi World Cup, three matches including the Women’s final is slated to take place in the city. We spent so much money to organise such a tournament just to attract the youth to the game. They should come and enjoy the passion in the game,” said Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar. Although the district administration is trying hard to attract the youth to the game, it has still not made any arrangements for the girl students who are studying in government schools and who would not be able to witness the games in the absence of any transport facility provided by their respective schools. Moreover, because of the ongoing exams in degree colleges, many students may miss the action of the Kabaddi World cup.
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1,350 apply for atta-dal scheme on day one
Jalandhar, December 2 While the process of receiving applications had started on November 25, only 500 forms had been received till yesterday. Today's rush was unexpected by the administration and long queues for the purpose were witnessed all day through at counter number 2 of the centre. Applicants had come to submit their files bearing their self-declaration forms and copies of ration card and Aadhaar Cards of the entire family. Even as the offices of the SDMs concerned and sub-tehsil offices have also been made collection points for the applications, the rush remained concentrated at the Suwidha Centre. This made the applicants wait for a longer time in their queues for submission of their applications. Women remained present in large numbers since they are the principal applicants from their family in the new scheme. Hardeep Singh, a resident of Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar, said it was a harrowing experience to wait for so long to simply get a file deposited. "The administration should have at least made the process a little organised by adding more counters," he said. Since the forms are to be accepted till December 16 and the administration expects more rush in coming days, the officials are now planning to improve arrangements. Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam said drop boxes would be made available at the Suwidha Centre so that applicants could just put in their complete files which would be moved on to the concerned SDMs for processing. Schedule
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Abduction drama unfolds, complainants booked
Jalandhar, December 2 The police today arrested Rakesh Kumar alias Kala and produced him in the court of the Duty Magistrate SK Goyal who sent him to a judicial remand. The police also booked his wife Kanchan and relatives Bal Kishan Bali and Shashi Sharma, who allegedly played a role in his abduction and murder drama. The other three involved in the case have so far managed to evade arrest. The four have been booked under Sections 420, 120-B, 182 and 193 of the IPC, Section 66 of the Police Act and Sections 9 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Division Number 5 police station. ACP West Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu said he had received information that Rakesh had been hiding at his sister’s place in Faridabad, but he had eloped from there as well. He said, “We then nabbed him with his uncle in the town.” The police have also initiated the process for the cancellation of the FIR No. 219 registered on October 19 under Sections 364, 385, 120-B of the IPC at the same police station against Jolly, Ankit, Mahinder Singh, Tarun and others. Two arrests had also been made so far. Rakesh’s wife had even moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had asked the city police to file a status report by December 7. A special investigation team had also been constituted on the matter comprising ADCP (Crime) Harpreet Singh Mander, ACP (Special Branch) Som Nath and Economic Offences Wing Incharge Inspector Arminder Singh. The family had been raising a lot of hue and cry on the issue. Raksh's wife and two sons, had taken out a march to the office of the Commissioner of Police last month levelling allegations against ACP (West) Ravinder Pal Sandhu of colluding with abductors. They had sought his removal from a public dealing post. Rakesh’s wife had given a memorandum to the Police Commissioner according to which earlier accused, including Ankit, Jolly and others, had come to her place on September 27 and made her talk to her husband. She said, “My husband told me that he had lost a good amount in cricket betting, which these people had calculated to Rs 1.25 crore with interest. He told me to handover the documents of their two houses, shop, new Maruti Ertiga car, bike or any other valuables to them for his release.” She alleged that a 32-inch LCD TV was forcibly taken away from her place that day. Statement of the accused
Deputy Commissioner of Police Rahul S said
Rakesh, who had his surgical goods business at Jaina Nagar, has confessed that he had taken Rs 46 lakh from several people in the market and the outstanding against him had gone far too high with added interest. He said people had been after him seeking recovery of their money and he was upset. Rakesh said he shared his problem with his relatives Shashi Sharma and Bal Kishan Bali, who advised him to go underground for two-three months. He said he had kept his wife in loop when he left for Delhi. After some days his wife informed him on phone that she and the other two accused had got a case registered against five-six persons, not even known to him. Since Rakesh wanted to be back, his two relatives, who had earlier taken Rs 50,000 for lodging a case, were seeking Rs 2.5 lakh for the withdrawal of the case. His wife said she had earlier arranged Rs 50,000 from
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Weedicide issue: Enquiry absolves school authorities of any wrongdoing
Jalandhar, December 2 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) had sought the enquiry report from the District Education Officer (DEO), which had absolved the school authorities of any guilt on the given matter. Talking to The Tribune, Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam said the school authorities, as well as the panchayat members had met him regarding the issue. They blamed the internal politics within the school for the incident, rather than acknowledging any lapse on the part of the authorities, he added. The DC said, “The authorities believe that the incident was an attempt to create problems in the school. They have alleged that one of the school staff members had forcibly clicked pictures of the said student 10 days before the incident took place. The school has never employed students for the above said task. The DEO has backed the village panchayat’s opinion.” DEO Neelam Kumari said, “With the first enquiry, the conclusion was drawn that the boy was forcibly made to wear the mask. The DEO office has, however, marked a second enquiry into the issue in which a staff member has levelled additional charges against the school regarding fund misuse in some construction work. The second issue is being looked into.”
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Fog likely this morning: Met Dept
Jalandhar, December 2 According to the forecast by the Meteorological Department, the sky will generally remain fine and fair, yet the city may witness fog and mist. Minimum temperature that was recorded on Monday was 7.8 degree Celsius, as compared to 5.2 degree Celsius on Sunday, whereas maximum temperature on Monday was 22.4 degree Celsius and 23.9 degree Celsius on Sunday. The early morning on Tuesday, therefore, is likely to witness foggy conditions.
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One arrested under NDPS Act
Kapurthala, December 2 A police party headed by ASI Sukhwinder Singh, while patrolling near Nangal Lubhana village, spotted Hargopal with a plastic container. During the checking, it came to light that the accused, a resident of the above said village, was possesing 375 litres of illicit liquor. A case was registered against him under the NDPS Act.
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Modern Jail sans medical facilities
Kapurthala, December 2 On Saturday night, Jaswinder Singh (58) alias Jassa, an inmate, who was a resident of Urban Estate, Phagwara, lost his life owing to lack of proper medical facilities in the jail. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital after he reportedly felt uncomfortable, where doctor on duty declared him brought dead. Deceased’s brother Balwinder Singh, a resident of Bullewal village, Hoshiarpur, said he got a telephone call from the jail authorities about the health problem of his brother on Saturday night. He said when he reached the hospital on Sunday morning, he received the sad news of his brother’s demise. Balwinder said his brother was residing alone in Phagwara before he was jailed last year in a drug case. ASI Gurmit Singh said the inmate’s body was handed over to the deceased’s family and cause of his death would be known only after the receiving the postmortem report. More than 4,500 inmates are presently lodged in Modern Jail, which has a capacity of 2,300 prisoners.
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Varsity teams qualify for National Youth Festival
Jalandhar, December 2
Supported by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, teams from 27 universities participated in the championship. In the youth festival, Guru Nanak Dev University was placed on 17th position, Panjab University, Chandigarh (11th), Kurukshetra University (9th), and Punjabi University, Patiala (7th). A press note issued by the university said that the LPU teams had qualified to further participate in 11 competitions at AIUs inter-university National Youth Festival to be held at Kurukshetra University from February 18 to 24, 2014. The LPU students got 22 gold medals in classical instrumental percussion, western group song, classical dance, mimicry, skit, elocution, debate and installation; five silver medals in quiz, spot-painting and cartooning; and 24 bronze medals in classical vocal solo, classical instrumental (non- percussion), light vocal Indian, western vocal solo, Indian group song, folk orchestra, poster making and spot photography competitions.
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St Soldier students take out green rally
Jalandhar, December 2 LKC handball team wins inter-college competition
The handball team of Lyallpur Khalsa College won first position in the inter-college competition of Guru Nanak Dev University. College Principal, Dr GS Samra, said the college was the defending champion of Overall Sports Trophy of the university. He congratulated the Dean Sports, head of the Sports Department and players for their achievement. Annual day celebrations
Delhi Public School celebrated its 12th annual function. The school was beautifully decorated with lights, handmade Chinese lantern and colorful balloons were put over all over the school campus. IG Traffic Ram Singh was the chief guest on the occasion. School head girl Isha Thakur welcomed the chief guest with a bouquet. The function commenced with the lighting of lamp by the chief guest. Extending a warm welcome to all the distinguished guests, the Principal Asha Kumar emphasised on the school’s leaner-centric approach. The principal said students were given maximum exposure to the various co-scholastic activities in the school. She said education could be imparted through the collaborative efforts of the parents, children and teachers. The school’s annual report presented by the principal highlighted the achievements of the school in academics, sports and performing arts. In the prize distribution ceremony, as many as 71 meritorious students of Class X and XII were awarded certificates and trophies for their performance in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas. Chief guest Ram Singh in his speech stressed on the importance of coordination between teachers and parents for the development of the child’s personality. Chef-De-Jalandhar contest from December 9
CT Institute of Hotel Management will organise “Chef-De-Jalandhar” a formal gathering for the budding chefs of the Doaba region. The major highlights of the event will be sharing recipes and enjoying food. An official panel of judges will select recipes of the participants and give prize to winners. The event will be held at CT Institute of Hotel Management, Shahpur Campus, from December 9 to 14. Competitors will prepare their own particular recipe for the event and acquiesce it for taste testing. The contest is open for students, housewives, amateurs or any aspirant, who wish to participate and win the title of Chef -De -Jalandhar, 2013. Camp to promote science
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya is hosting the fourth Innovation in Scientific Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) internship programme from December 3 to 7. INSPIRE is a prestigious internship programme implemented by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (DST). The camp will provide a platform for interaction between science experts and students. Lectures related to scientific success stories and innovation across all science streams would stimulate students’ curiosity. It will attract them at an early age to pursue their career in science. Mathematics-model making competition
DIPS, Urban Estate -1, organised inter-house mathematics model making competition in two levels for Classes V to XII. In level I, participants from Classes V to VIII made non-working models. In level II, participants from Classes IX to X made working models. Participants used their imagination in mathematical modeling. They made effective, realistic and reliable models on circles, area, congruence of triangles, fractions, area and perimeter, area of trapezium, pythagoras theorem, symmetry, sum of angles of polygon in the non-working category. In the second category participants explained real world phenomena by displaying angle sum property of quadrilateral, arithmetic progression, area of trapezium, cyclic quadrilateral, theodolite and maths tambola. Some models were displayed by students of Classes XI and XII. The competition was appreciated by Principal Meenakshi Mehta. Posters highlight psychology
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya’s Department of Psychology organised a poster making competition ‘Panorama of psychology’. Various posters on different themes related to psychology were made by students of Classes 10+1 and 10+2. Results for Class 10+1: Manpreet Kaur was awarded first prize, Priya second and Amandeep won the third prize. A consolation prize was given to Kamalpreet. Class 10+2: Simranjeet Kaur bagged first prize, Vansu Jain, Shivangi got second prize, Jaskirat Kaur and Harmanjeet shared the third prize. A special prize was given to Neha and Harshdeep. Principal Atima Sharma appreciated the talent of students. Class fund for adopted students
Students of Mayor World School collected class funds for the under-privileged students adopted by their school. They had also been voluntarily collecting books, notebooks, stationery, socks, clothes, etc for these students for the past few months. School CEO Neerza Mayor and Principal JS Hundal lauded children’s thoughtfulness and efforts. Contest encourages blood donation
Under the UGC scheme, Guru Nanak Study Centre of the BD Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantt, organised a poster making competition on blood donation. Rajinder Kaur was the in charge of the contest. College principal, Dr Sarita Verma, appreciated students for their new ideas. |
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Two booked for abducting, raping minor
Kapurthala, December 2 On the basis of the victim’s statement, the police registered a case against Gurvinder Singh and Gulzar Singh under Sections 363, 366A, 354, 376,120-B of the IPC at the Subhanpur police station. Raids are on to nab both the accused.
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Two injured as mini gas cylinder explodes
Phagwara, December 2 Deepa, wife of Rakesh, was working on a gas stove when the gas cylinder suddenly caught fire. Rakesh immediately threw the burning gas cylinder from the second floor on the road, but the cylinder exploded and hit a washing machine after landing into a closed electronics shop. Later the police opened the shop and found the exploded gas cylinder. However, a tragedy was averted that could have been a disaster.
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Jalandhar, December 2 The deceased, identified as Rajwinder Singh, was upset over the breaking of his marriage. He got married to a girl of Khurla village of Gurdaspur six years back. The marriage broke after an year. The couple even had a daughter, who was staying with her mother. The victim was reportedly depressed and turned into an alcoholic after his wife left. Since there was no complaint from anyone on the suicide, the Government Railway Police registered the matter under Section 174 of the CrPC. Theft in temple Thieves decamped with Rs 75,000 and gold ear rings from a temple at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony. Temple priest Kanhiya Lal lodged a complaint on with Division No. 1 police station. —
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Wrestling training centre inaugurated in Phagwara
Phagwara, December 2 Sant Baba Balbir Singh, Jaswant Singh and Swami Bhajna Nand Ji Maharaj inaugurated the centre after Bhog of the path Shri Sukhmani Sahib at Param Nagar. Kabaddi Federation of Denmark president, Alen Bojackbson and manager, Pritpal Singh, along with Padam Shri awardee IG Kartar Singh, were also present on the occasion and addressed the audience. They inspired the citizens to actively work for bringing the youth in sports field, besides academic front, to prevent them from drug abuse. Environmentalists Kuldip Sardana, Bharpur Singh Bhogal and HS Basra were also present on the occasion. —
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While the whole state is enjoying the fervour and passion of 4th World Cup Kabaddi, a different war game is being fought between the district administration and the hotels.
Noted Punjabi folk singer Manmohan Waaris will perform at the Women’s Kabaddi final slated for12th of December at Shri Guru Gobind Singh Stadium here.
The Suwidha Centre here remained abuzz with as many as 1,350 applicants turning up to submit their files for the revised atta-dal scheme and to avail themselves of the benefit under the National Food Security Act.
The city police finally cracked a two-month old abduction and murder case of a Basti Sheikh-based shopkeeper when it apprehended the missing man, who had reportedly fled to
Faridabad, to evade return of Rs 46 lakh advance, he had taken from people in his circle.
Students of St Soldier School took out an environment awareness rally on the “Save earth, save water, say no to plastic” theme on Friday.
Institution chairman Anil Chopra, vice-chairperson Sangeeta Chopra, Punjabi folk singer and actor Sarabjit Singh Cheema lead the rally.
