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liqour vends' draw
Youth attacked outside court complex
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Accidental death turns out to be murder, 4 held
Four held with stolen bike
City boy dies in road mishap in Delhi
Foreign travellers to get polio drops
Seminar on business in Canada held
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Majithia-led group takes lion’s share
Deepkamal Kaur/Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 22 Even as there were different names for which the draw was taken out, the drafts of all these seven zones were presented by the same person, indicating a direct link. These included AD Enterprises, which was declared winner for Jalandhar Cantonment, Wadala Chowk and Workshop Chowk, UW Enterprises for Industrial Area, Parvesh Kumar for Railway Station, Om Sons for Model Town and Bus Stand. Even in the rural segment, the same group got two more zones -AD Enterprises for Kala Bakra and Vijeta Beverages for Adda Kathar. While the applicants AD Enterprises, UW Enterprises and Parvesh Kumar were reportedly linked to the Majithia group, Om Sons and Vijeta Bewerages are allegedly owned by Deep Malhotra’s family. Excise officials, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that both politicians had joined hands and formed a syndicate and put in over 400 applications by different names out of the 1,295 in the city alone to have a major hold in the liquor business. The group had reportedly invested Rs 3 crore as non-refundable application fee to earn a big buck in the entire next financial year. Congress spokesperson Sukhpal Khaira said it was Majithia’s elder brother Gurmehar Singh Majithia who had been controlling the entire liquor trade in Punjab from New Delhi. “While Malhotra does the business in the name of his son Gaurav Malhotra, Majithia has a benami control over the Excise and Taxation Department, which is quite clear. The Majithia group operates in Punjab from a residential accommodation in Mohali. They had already taken over the control of business in Nawanshahr and Gurdaspur and this time are learnt to have made inroads into Jalandhar and more areas of Punjab,” he said. There were other groups, too, who had tried their luck by putting in a large number of applications. A group from Fazilka, Doda group, too had put in over 200 applications by different names. The group got the Lamma Pind zone by the name Joginder Pal Doda. The same group won two zones in rural areas - Arushi Doda for Jandiala and Doda Wines in Shahkot. A third group won four zones in Jalandhar rural by the names Rajwinder Singh in Phillaur, Santokh Singh in Nakodar-II, Surinder Singh Adampur and Pritam Singh from Lohian. Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner Sarojini Gautam Sharda confirmed that the groups had done pooling at their own level. She added that the department had earned Rs 322 crore by way of allotment fee and Rs 12 crore as application fee in Jalandhar alone.
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Youth attacked outside court complex
Jalandhar, March 22 Police sources said Aman, along with his brother Gurjinder, had come for hearing in some assault case, adding that the moment the duo came out of the court, a group of armed men attacked him. Aman, who was getting treatment in the Civil Hospital, alleged that he was standing near a juice shop when the assailants, including Gagan, Vicky, Gaurav, Gopi and Karan, attacked him. They also manhandled his brother Gurjinder. The police reached the spot and nabbed Karan, brother of the main assailant Vicky. The victim reportedly told the police that the assailants had also warned the victim while the latter was standing inside the court for hearing. The New Baradari police registered a case against the assailants and was conducting raids to nab the accused. |
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Accidental death turns out to be murder, 4 held
Jalandhar, March 22 The accused have been identified as Vishal, alias Kali, of Basti Bawa Khel, Surinder Pal, alias Shindu, of Lambra, Paramjot, alias Jot, alias Bau, and Jaspal, both residents of Banda Bahadur Nagar. Jaspal was a cousin of deceased Sachin. Sachin was found dead on railway tracks near Suchi village on January 29. Considering the death as accidental, the police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. The postmortem report stated that the death was not accidental, but the youth was strangulated to death before being dumped on the tracks. Meanwhile, the victim’s friends told the police that the abovesaid accused had taken Sachin along on the day he was found dead on railway tracks. The police rounded up the his friends, who later also confessed to having committed the crime. The accused had killed Sachin due to some old rivalry, Balbir Singh, in charge, CIA, GRP, said. “Jaspal, one of the accused and also cousin of Sachin, had orchestrated the entire conspiracy of murder,” Singh claimed. |
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Four held with stolen bike
Jalandhar, March 22 Police sources said they had installed a naka for routine checking in the area and on suspicion, stopped them for checking. When the cops asked them about the documents of the bike, the accused admitted that they had recently stolen the bike. Meanwhile, the police recovered one motorcycle, a rickshaw and two mobile phones. During preliminary investigation, the accused confessed that they had committed several thefts in the jurisdiction of police division Nos. 5 and 8. The police remand of the accused would be sought to inquire about their role in the recent theft incidents. |
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City boy dies in road mishap in Delhi
Jalandhar, March 22 The incident occurred
on the Yamuna Express highway this morning when Nikhil, along with his friends, was heading to the college. Two friends of the deceased also sustained serious injuries. Kin of the deceased said Nikhil was a bright student, as he had also topped in the district in the PMT exams in 2012. |
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Couple united after five years of divorce
Jalandhar, March 22 Rajan, a resident of Bhandari Mohalla in Batala, had got separated from his wife Monica of Dakoha here in 2008. The couple had got married on June 15, 2005, but often indulged in fights over petty issues. They even had a one-and-a-half-year-old son Hemant when they parted ways. The girl's parents, Roop Lal and Urmila, said Rajan left Monica and her son to fend for themselves, after which she filed a divorce petition which was decided ex parte by a court since Rajan was not appearing in the case. After the divorce, Rajan said he once tried to contact Monica. "We even met at a dera in Raiyya." Monica said Rajan committed her that he would take care of the expenditure incurred on the studies of her son, but did not get along later. Rajan had about five months ago moved the case in the court of the District and Sessions Judge. The Judge, it is learnt, summoned both families and brought them together for counselling. Rajan's parents, Ram Lubhaya and Seema Bhandari, had also come from Batala. Finally, Monica and her son walked away to Batala, forgetting their bitter past experiences to live a happy life again. |
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Land meant for park put on sale
Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 22 Area councillor Balraj Thakur said Pargat Singh (SAD MLA) had laid the foundation stone of the park on February 8, 2013. The councillor said the area residents had decided to meet Pargat Singh on the issue to put forth their demand to withdraw the matter from the agenda. The Congress councillor said he would oppose the proposal to sell the land in the budget meeting. “This is not done. The MC can endeavour to improve its recovery. There is no pointing in selling the land meant for a park like that,” he said. The page number 24 of the agenda has a list of 12 properties to be put on the sale. The Mithapur village land has been kept on sale for a reserve price of Rs 1.3 crore. The other properties include dairy complex Jamsher land for Rs 1.82 crore (balance payment), 29 kanal 11 marka Basti Bawa Khel land for Rs 42.5 crore, 3 kanal 12 marla land in Maqsudpur for Rs 2.37 crore, 10 kanal 2 marla land in Paragpur for Rs 10.18 crore, 21 kanal 18 marla land in Dhonowali for Rs 1.3 crore, 5 kanal 11 marla land in Lamma Pind for Rs 1.34 crore, 7 kanal 3 marla land in Chakjinda for Rs 1.03 crore, 15 kanal 14 marla land in Dakoha village for Rs 2.44 crore, 1 kanal 3 marla land in Paragpur for Rs 0.40 crore and shops at the basement of MC office for Rs 8 crore. The total sale amount comes to Rs 72.95 crore.
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Foreign travellers to get polio drops
Jalandhar, March 22 The polio regime will be applicable to visitors from or going to Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan as well where polio was endemic or where cases of polio were reported. According to the latest guidelines, the travellers have to present polio immunisation certificate along with the visa application form at the respective Embassies or High Commissions of the countries they would like to visit. “The travellers visiting or coming from these countries can visit any of the OPV centre with their original passport and get themselves vaccinated. They would be issued a polio immunisation certificate with their passport number written on it,” said RL Bassan, Civil Surgeon, Jalandhar. He also informed that although, India has been declared as a polio free nation, Punjab is still vulnerable to the polio outbreak due to its close proximity with Pakistan. The Pakistani polio virus has already affected at least five countries in the past 23 months, and has become a threat to other countries as well. India has recently celebrated its victory over polio - completing three years without any case of the debilitating infection - the nation has recently been declared as a polio free nation by World Health Organisation (WHO). India introduced the oral polio vaccine in 1985, in the Universal Immunisation Programme in the backdrop of over 2,00,000 cases of polio annually (as per estimates of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics). In 1995, the first national polio immunisation campaign was held, since then two national and multiple sub-national campaigns are rolled out every year for children up to five years of age. In each national polio campaign, 2.3 million lakh vaccinators, led by 1,55,000 supervisors, visited 209 million households to immunise 170 million children up to the age of five years. To immunise children on the move, transit vaccinators are positioned at bus stands, train stations, on trains, market places and important road intersections. In the entire national polio campaign that ran nearly for almost 30 years, around 10 million children were immunised by the transit teams in each polio campaign, of them 1,00,000 on trains. |
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Seminar on business in Canada held
Jalandhar, March 22 Kamna Raj Aggarwalla Regional Chairperson of EEPC chaired the seminar and in her inaugural speech she reiterated need for more focused approach in exports to Canada as there is a huge demand for Indian manufactured goods. Gurbans Sobti the Trade Commissioner of Consulate General of Canada, Chandigarh, made a detailed presentation and also discussed opportunities for small and medium industry in Canada in various sectors. He mentioned about rails, roads, construction and services as the major sectors for investment and trade. Canada being 9th in the list of top 15 countries manufacturing light vehicles has good scope for casting, forging and auto sector of India. He also mentioned about Canada being capable of technologically advanced in Waste Water Management and environment protection technologies.
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Jalandhar Tribune invites feedback from its readers on issues of public concern relating to Jalandhar, Phagwara, Kapurthala and the nearby areas. Readers can email their views to jalandhar.feedback@gmail.com They can also send their views to: Feedback, Jalandhar Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh - 160029. Letters sent by post must mention 'Feedback for Jalandhar Tribune' on the envelope and it should be signed and must contain the address and telephone number of the sender. It should not be more than 150 words. Railway station needs attention
The Jalandhar Cantt Railway Station needs immediate attention from the Ministry of Railways. Being a junction, trains divert to Pathankot, Jammu, Udampur and Hoshiarpur. The passengers going to west, north, east and south, board the train from here. As most of the trains have passenger coaches (16 to 23), the size of the Platform has been increased to accommodate the passenger coaches so that the passengers can board the train easily, but the length of the shed over the Platform No. 1, 2, 3 needs immediate attention as summers are approaching. Similarly, the Railway Department should construct a wall near the tracks of Platform No. 2/3, keeping in view the safety and security of the passengers. The Railway authorities should review of making a Bathroom on both sides of the Platform No. 2/3 as the passengers have to face lot of difficulties. Rajat Kumar
Mohindru, Jalandhar
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