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Man shot at by cop at shop, injured
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Christmas celebrated across the region with gaiety
Year 2013 ender
Sankalp Divas fails to draw crowds
Four school principals summoned by SIC for RTI denials on Jan 1
‘One in every 5 couple faces infertility’
Tanneries resume operations after two-week halt
Christmas ends with lifestyle exhibition
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DAV teachers get research project
Surjit Hockey Academy lift trophy Players of Surjit Hockey Academy in a jubilant mood after winning the trophy in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh Man commits suicide Shop burgled Feedback
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Man shot at by cop at shop, injured
Jalandhar, December 25 According to witnesses, around 10.30 pm, a policeman came to the liquor shop in Bhur Mandi on Tuesday. He was already drunk. At the same time, Ajay Kumar Sethi, along with his brother, Sonu, also reached the shop. Being known to each other, they greeted, but over some issue they immediately started arguing. Immediately, the policeman fired three shots from his service carbine. One bullet crossed over while the two bullets pierced through his body. “The policeman fled the spot immediately and we took Ajay to the nearest hospital where he underwent an operation on Tuesday night. “Although he is conscious, his condition is still unstable,” said Sonu, brother of the victim, who was accompanying him at the time of the incident. On the other hand, the condition of the victim is although stable but he has not been declared out of danger by the hospital authorities. The police produced the accused policeman in the Judicial Magistrate’s court where he was remanded to a one-day police custody. A case under Sections 307 and 506 of the IPC have been registered against the accused policeman. |
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Two held for ATM frauds
Jalandhar, December 25 The accused, who is in his 20s, while in the custody of City Commissionerate police, said that he used to get heroin from the Ali Mohalla locality where it was easily available. “When I start facing shortage of money to fulfill my desire of taking heroin, I thought of making gullible ATM users including uneducated women and aged persons my target to get money to purchase drug,” he said. Vijay said he had withdrawn over Rs 3 lakh from nearly 30 ATM users from different parts of the city. Regarding his modus opernadi, he said he kept on standing outside a selected ATM kiosk. “When a possible target entered the kiosk, I followed that target inside the kiosk and when that person felt difficulty in withdrawing money, either that person sought my assistance or I offered my help. I entered password and amount but I did not press “yes” button and I used to tell that person that sufficient money is not available in his account. In between the ATM machine remained on standby mode. When that person went outside the kiosk, I pressed “yes” button and got the amount,” he said. Regarding his second modus operandi, he said “I remembered the password of the gullible ATM user after that person agreed for my help and I kept that person’s original ATM with me and handed over that person a “waste” ATM trickily. Subsequently, I used to get money using that ATM.” An autorickshaw driver, Sukhwinder Singh, of Aman Vihar used to help the accused by keeping a watch outside the ATM kiosk when Vijay would commit crime inside
the kiosk. A police party led by Division No.1 SHO, Inspector, Balbir Singh, succeeded in solving the cases of ATM frauds by nabbing both the accused. In reply to a question, ACP north, Gurnam Singh, and SHO, Balbir Singh, said “We will definitely nab the drug-peddlers from Ali Mohalla after interrogating the accused.” The police said no money had been recovered from them so far, however, three ATM cards, one each of PNB, SBI and SBoP had been recovered from their possession. |
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Christmas celebrated across the region with gaiety
Jalandhar, December 25 In many churches, beautifully decorated cribs were made to make even the illiterate people understand the birth scene of Jesus Christ. Visitors could be seen enjoying the melodious carols announcing the birth of the Christ. For long, the markets were flooded with Christmas trees, stars, jingle bells, music and cakes. “This year, we celebrated Christmas with Communal Harmony as the theme. We had organised a Sarv Dharam Sammelan few days ago in which we spread the message of unity and equality among all the religions. We have also told people to celebrate the festival in the right spirit for the overall upliftment of the society,” said Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar Diocese. People started thronging the churches since early morning itself. While elderly ones were seen praying inside the church, children were seen getting mystified by the aura of the carefully decorated crib depicting the birth of the Jesus Christ. Mass prayers and Santa Claus were the main attractions at these churches during midnight and Christmas celebrations at churches of both Catholics and Protestants. St. Mary’s cathedral, one of the oldest churches in the Cantt area held a midnight prayer service on Tuesday night. Other services like music, singing, reading of the Bible and exposition of its contents was held at
the venue. “Many people have come to the Churches to seek blessings of Jesus Christ, including many non-Christians. They feel that since this is the day when a son is born in the
house of god, he will fulfil all their wishes,” said Father Peter. Apart from that, many schools and clubs also celebrated Christmas in a true festival fervour. St. Joseph’s convent school for boys and girls celebrated the festival few
days back. Also, Genius play school in AS Villa Colony organised a Christmas party for the children in which Santa Claus distributed gifts to the children. Most of the clubs and even many people have decorated huge Christmas trees in their houses. Many of them distributed free blankets and clothes to the destitute living on the city roads in the winter season. Malls and shopping complexes in the cities were also decked up with Santa Claus cut outs and big Christmas trees Santa Clauses were spotted in malls giving chocolates and gifts to children. Some hotels in the city have organised a Christmas bash, where live music with DJ, unlimited beverage was available. Spark Punjabi, the Punjabi Music channel, also hosted a scintillating party on the Christmas eve by playing the much loved Punjabi Music by the channel’s popular host VJ Dhanveer with many excited viewers who were selected through an on-air contest at the popular Hundred Dogs Discotheque in the city. There was lot of fun and frolic as everybody danced to the tunes of latest upbeat music and feasted
on the sumptuous food and beverages. Demand of Christians
Burial ground in the city: The Christians in the district are facing a lot of problems due to the absence of any burial ground. Presently, there are only two small chunks of land in the city. While one is inside the cantt area, the other is in the Lambha Pind. Since most of the area in these two lands is almost full, the Christians have no option but to take the dead body to Phagwara for the burial. They have requested so many times to the district administration but no respite has been provided to them so far. Rights for the Dalit Christians:
Prior to 1947, the British, in response to growing demands from the oppressed and marginalised castes led by Babasaheb Ambedkar, arranged for a number of castes, whose names were specified in a schedule (hence called ‘Scheduled Castes’), to be given reservations in government jobs and elected bodies. The Simon Commission drew up an official list of socially excluded castes and tribes in 1930 called the ‘Scheduled Castes’ (SC) and ‘Scheduled Tribes’ (ST). Scheduled means they are on a government schedule that entitles them to certain protection and affirmative action (or reservations). These castes had historically been treated as despised untouchables, considered by the wider society and the Hindu religion as subhuman or worse. They were not defined by any religious label and included a number of castes or sections whose ancestors had converted to various religions, such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism, in search of liberation from the shackles of caste. The converted Christians from Dalit communities are long fighting for their rights which get snatched from them once they get converted to Christianity. The dalits on conversion to Christianity lost their privilege of the reservation policy as they are not included in the scheduled castes.
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Frauds, discrepancies, protests, salary denials mark a tumultuous
year
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 25 Teacher transfers, protests, dharnas, teachers being overburdened by duties, failing of many water samples in the district and the considerable delay in the preparation of the DISE reports owing to the strike by the SSA/RMSA unions, along with angst among teachers for being deputed on duties on the atta dal scheme work, brought the year to a close. The delay in salaries and seniority and promotion anomalies saw some of the most intense protests this year. While the SSA/RMSA union protested for about one-and-a-half month from October mid to November, computer teachers also held big protests for the denial of regularisations and facilities on par with other teachers to them. Earlier in the year, during summers failing of over 20 samples in the district, followed by many other across schools, brought to fore the dismal arrangements and lack of sanitation at majority of the schools. Starting with 20, until later in the year, at least 45 samples had failed and many others yet remain unreported. The insanitary conditions of water and laxity by the authorities on the matter were also reflected in the diarrhea outbreaks which continued pretty late in the year. Meanwhile, the midday meal tragedy in Bihar shifted the spotlight on the state of the meal in the district too. Orders by the DPI (primary) to provide report of mid day meal anomalies were also issued to the DC. However, presently a number of government and aided-school midday meal frauds remain unchecked both by the DC and the education department. Meanwhile, in the thick of the winters, many school children lived devoid of proper uniforms because uniforms haven’t been distributed despite claims regarding grants for the same having been received. The administration also refused to hold any school staff accountable for the spraying of weedicides by a school student at the Government Senior Secondary School, Lasara. Meanwhile, thefts and incidents of crime were reported off and on from schools. In the year end, three school students were ousted from a school after they sprayed harmful chemicals. Towards the end of the year, the Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, laid the foundation stone of the much-awaited merit school. Laurels: Students of the district remained second in state in the Vigyan Exhibition held in November. Students of Bajwal Kalan GSSS stood first in state in quiz contest. INSPIRE awards saw three first prizes in state for district students who proceeded for nationals.
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Sankalp Divas fails to draw crowds
Jalandhar, December 25 The occasion was the celebration of Sankalp Divas by the BJP Art and Culture Cell on the birth day of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the form of a rally here today. Addressing the rally, held at the Upkar Nagar, Kishnapura grounds here today, national secretary of the BJP, Rameshwar Chaursia, lauded the initiative held today. Praising the former PM, he said his simplicity gets him praise not only in the country but abroad as well. He said during his tenure, Vajpayee had tried to find solutions for the problems of the people. Condemning the corruption in the present set up, he said the present government had been unable to maintain safe and corruption-free society. State BJP president, Kamal Sharma, said initiatives like the one held today would go a long way to clear the BJP’s path to an electoral win. Former mayor, Rakesh Rathour, and a leader, Manoranjan Kalia, acknowledges the former PM for his unqiue ability to maintain harmony in the party despite the presence of many dissenting opinions and ideologies. MLA, KD Bhandari, also applauded the contribution of Vajpayee to promote harmony and a people-friendly ideology. Other prominent BJP leadership members present on the occasion were Laxmiknta Chawla, Cabinet Minister, Bhagat Chunni Lal, chairman, Vijay Sampla, Mohinder Bhagat, Subhash Sood, Subhash Bhagat, Saroj Malhotra, Krishna Lal Dhall, Arun Sharma, Ranjit Singh Rana, Rajkumar Bhagat, Varinder Dhunna, Paramjit Singh, Ajmer Singh Aulakh, Dushyant Verma, Sanjay Parashar, Goldy Jindal, Sanjiv Sangar, Ashok Sareen among others. |
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Four school principals summoned by SIC for RTI denials on Jan 1
Jalandhar, December 25 The principals are Nirmala Rani, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Bhargo Camp, Prem Kumar, principal, Government Senior Secondary School,
Phillaur, Paramjit Kaur, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Chak
Kalan, and Raj Singh, principal, Government Girls Senior Secondary School,
Malsian. While as seen in the past, the denial of the RTE information is a major ill in government schools which causes information to be stalled and vital records being held up from being made public the State Information Commission has ordered the aforementioned principals to provide the information to the complainant seeking them before January 1 and to appear in front of the court on the given date. Notably, in this case, the information sought includes details of the PTA and amalgamated funds, mid day meal details, service book records among others. One of the qualms of the complainant is that occasionally, the documents sought are denied on the pretexts that they have either been stolen or destroyed by termites. The said RTI hearings will become part of the many other hearings which have seen the district
PIOs, DEOs or other officials being summoned by the courts from time to time. |
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‘One in every 5 couple faces infertility’
Jalandhar, December 25 Dr Jasleen Kaur, an renowned obstetrics and
gynaecologist, while addressing the gathering said body’s physiology and hormonal imbalance or irregular menstruation were among the major reasons behind the problem. Besides, anxiety and stress were also a cause of infertility, she added. Dr Amrinder Singh, a city-based urologist, who was the guest speaker, while speaking on ‘prevention and management of kidney stone’ said cases of kidney stone were increasing day by day due to dietry habits. There are many type of stones like calcium oxylate stone, uric acid stone, crystline stone etc. Talking about management of stones, he said, up to 7mm stone (in size) could easily excrete through urine and there were various procedures to remove large stone which include,
PCNL, in which stone of any size could be removed through a small whole. For the prevention of kidney stone, he said patients who had a tendency of repeated stone formation they should take 8 to10 glass of water every day. They should take wheat, barley, oats, carrots, bananas, coconut water, brown rice, lemon and pineapple juice and avoid salt, chocolate, cashew nuts, soft drinks, tea, coffee, pumpkin,
spinich, fish eggs and meat. Dr Ranbir Singh, a former Civil Surgeon, Jalandhar, was the guest of
honour. |
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Tanneries resume operations after two-week halt
Jalandhar, December 25 As per the information, the senior officials of the board would be monitoring the working of the CETP and would also keep an eye on the tanneries to make sure that untreated waste do not goes to Kala Sanghian drain. Notably, during the visit to the CETP on December 10, the board authorities noticed that on account of the capacity enhancement process, the CETP was not treating all the effluents. Besides, some pipes were also spotted through which the waste was being discharged directly into the Kala Sanghian Drain. In wake of the problem, the PPCB had ordered the closure of the leather complex for a 15-day period. The board had also issued instructions for the removal of the sludge from the channels, which carries the effluents from tanneries to CETP. A team of the senior officials of the PPCB led by board member secretary, Babu Ram, visited the Leather Complex yesterday to take stock of the situation and found that work to stablise the CETP being run by Punjab Effluent Treatment Society (PETS) was complete. Subsequently, a report was submitted to board chairman, Ravinder Singh, who later briefed the Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, about the stablisation of the CETP and the cleaning of the channels, which carries the effluent waste from the tanneries to the CETP. |
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Christmas ends with lifestyle exhibition
Jalandhar, December 25 At the two-day gala event, one could find high luxury and richness with the unique collections of various designers. The event showcased around 50 designers with fashion apparels, jewellery, home décor, furnishings, aroma products, mens’ collections, diet consultancy and cakes and chocolates as a part of this platter of celebrations. Show organisers said the exhibition had been planned to give a platform to showcase the special products which have hitherto been unseen in the city and to give Jalandhar the taste of exclusive things which are not available locally. The event was kept on special festive time of Christmas and kids carnival was also organised on big scale in association with Party Hunterz to make families have a good time. |
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Jalandhar: Cambridge International School, Chotti
Baradari-II, Jalandhar, celebrated Christmas with great fervour and merriment. The school was adorned with wreaths, Christmas trees, nativity scenes etc. to give a festive look to the school. Children were seen dressed up in bright red, green and white colours adding to the exuberance of the festival. On the occasion an Inter-House Carol Singing Competition was
organised. The Trophy was bagged by Pine House. Chairman Ajay Bhatia, deputy-chairman Deepak
Bhatia, director of the school JK Kohli, directors learning wings
Brijesh, and Nitin Kohli, academic director Deepa Dogra and Headmistress Kiranjoth Kaur congratulated the winners. Special assembly organised Christmas festival was celebrated in Kamla Nehru Public School, Chak
Hakim, Phagwara. A special assembly was organised on the occasion. The assembly began with Christmas Carols.
Tarun. A student of XI highlighted the importance of Christmas festival. The dance on “Jingle Bells” by students was the main attraction of the day. Students dressed up as Santa Clause distributed sweets to all the students. The school Principal PK Dhillon wished Merry Chirstmas to students and staff members of the school.
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DAV teachers get research project
Jalandhar, December 25 BK Sahoo, scientist RP and AD, BARC, Mumbai, has been appointed as the principal collaborator. The project concerns the study of natural radioactivity in air, water and soil in central Punjab region and characterisation of sources of radiation in human environment. The project is a part of the effort of the BARC to prepare a radiation map of the country. It acquires a special relevance in present scenario in Punjab, where the presence of enhanced levels of some radioactive elements in ground waters are being reported from various parts of the state. Dr BB Sharma, principal of the college, congratulated the team members for their effort and emphasised the importance of the project. He said the data collected in this project will be very useful to the country and state in particular. |
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Olympian Mohinder Singh Munshi Hockey tournament held at the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.
The winners were awarded cash award of Rs 51,000 and the runners-up were given Rs 31,000 as the prize money. Luvpreet Singh and Germanpreet Singh of the Surjit Hockey Academy did the winning goals for the academy. A renowned Punjabi folk singer, sarabjeet Cheema, enthralled the audience with his foot tapping dance numbers.
— TNS
