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Shawl traders fear for their stocks sent to Valley for needlework
Better
amritsar: dangling high-tension wires—I
12 booked for assaulting girl students, college staff
Man booked for culpable homicide
Musculoskeletal Congress inaugurated
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Cop run over by train near Verka area
Amritsar, September 21 According to information, a clash had erupted between two groups of Gujjar community as a youth from one of the groups had married a girl of the other group after eloping with her. This enraged the members of the other group, who entered in an altercation which soon took an ugly turn. In his complaint with the police, Rana Qasim, who belonged to the boy’s group, stated that the opposite group was clashing with them. Raj Kumar and Sham Lal were sent to the spot to pacify the members of the groups. As the tempers were running high, Raj Kumar could not notice a coming train, which ran over him. The police said a case pertaining to the death of the head constable was being registered with the Government Railway Police while the investigations into the clash were under progress.
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Man booked for throwing acid at wife, at large
Amritsar, September 21 The police have booked her husband Vishal on the charges of attempt to murder and acid throwing. The accused is at large. Giving details, ACP (South) Bal Kishan Singla said the couple belonged to financially weak section of society. The victim had asked her acquaintances to lend her money as she had to pay rent of her house. She was going to take the money when Vishal said he would accompany her, which led to an altercation between the duo. As soon as she left the house, the accused came from behind and threw acid on her face. He fled from the scene leaving the victim behind. Sonia suffered injuries on the right side of her face, arms, hands and thigh. She is currently recuperating at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. ACP Singla said the police have registered a case under Sections 307 and 326-A of the Indian Penal Code against Vishal and raids were being conducted to arrest him.
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Legal constraints preventing MC action
Landlords, tenants fighting legal battle in court as latter refuse to vacate premises GS Paul Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 21 The MC had identified 143 unsafe structure in the city a couple of years ago and had even demolished some of them. But the drive was stalled mid way for various reasons. In a recent case, officials of the Municipal Town Planning (MTP) department had gone to the Bagh Ramanand area to take action against a building owned by Neelam Mehra in Street No. 9, but had to retreat as the tenant, Tarvinder Kumar, produced stay orders issued by a court with regard to a legal dispute between him and the landlord over vacation of the premises. “The two shops situated in a dilapidated portion of this property has been in our family’s occupation for over a century now. How could we vacate it for no valid reasons. The landlord has been harassing us and the case is pending in the court. We have submitted the stay orders with the MTP department to stall any type of action till the court pronounces its verdict in the case,” Tarvinder Kumar said. Even as a portion of the building was declared unsafe and a notice served upon on August 13, 2009, to this effect, the department is helpless in taking action. However, this is not an isolated case. The MTP officials said in over 80 per cent cases, landlords were fighting a legal battle against their decade-old tenants. With scores of buildings collapsing due to rain fury recently, claiming at least nine lives in the district, including four in the city limits, the MC authorities today issued notices to owners or tenants occupying around 128 rickety buildings. The notice directed the occupants to vacate the unsafe premises on their own or repair the damaged portion beforehand. These notices would not serve their purpose, the officials believe, as the landlord would not mend the buildings for he wants to get rid of his decades-old tenants while the tenants are risking their lives in a hope of getting handsome compensation in lieu of vacating the premises. Municipal Town Planner IS Randhawa said due to the legal hitch, no action could be taken till the court decides either way. He said the court’s stay orders have become a tool in their hand to have immunity from any action. “When we go to demolish such rickety structures, the occupants show us court orders. We are helpless. The tenants of the property at Bagh Ramanand too produced the court’s stay orders. We are bound to abide by the court’s directive,” he said.
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Jobs sought for youths of terrorism-hit families
Amritsar, September 21 The association urged the government to provide jobs to at least two members of the affected families on the lines of benefit provided to the families of Punjab Police jawans and officials who died while fighting terrorism. Dr BR Hastir, who heads the association, said he would submit a memorandum to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in this regard. He claimed that around a couple of years ago, the state government and the Punjab Police department launched a scheme to provide jobs to two members of the martyr’s family. He demanded that the facility should be extended to common citizens who had died during militancy period in Punjab. Even as two decades have passed since then, life is still a struggle for a number of affected families. The association also expressed a concern over registration of alleged false cases against victim families after they were fleeced by unscrupulous elements for getting government job under the terrorist victims’ family quota. The association announced formation of a youth body to take up the problems being faced by them with the authorities concerned. Dr Hastir announced Prince Kumar as its president. Dr Hastir slammed both the state and the central governments for their indifference towards the demands of terrorist victims, while adding that consecutive governments have failed to initiate a measure to rehabilitate them. He said various political parties, which had been promising a relief package to them during elections, failed to deliver. He alleged during their respective stints in the power corridors, the SAD-BJP alliance and the Congress did not show any interest in fulfilling the demands of these ‘less-fortunate’ families even as a package of Rs 781 crore was pending with the Ministry of Home Affairs since long. Even after repeated reminders, the central government failed to release the package.
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AFAT takes up transforming city’s dirty corners into aesthetic spots
Amritsar, September 21 The AFAT (Artists for Amritsar Transformation), an initiative under the Dilbir Foundation’s special project to clean and beautify the city, is all about cleaning the mess created by residents’ apathy towards nature and turning the city’s dumps into creative spaces. By making an example out of art, involving local residents to maintain the city, is turning out to be an interesting task. Recently, Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora inaugurated a portion of Kitchlew Chowk allocated to the foundation. Local volunteers have joined the initiative that has already engaged city-based caricature artist George Emanual to create art and graffiti in areas like the flyover at Kitchlew Chowk and the Lawrence Road. The process is to identify ugly sites and dumps in the city, do a clean-up as a mass volunteer activity and leave an aesthetic mark in the shape of a painting or a foliage. City-based NGOs, The Ugly Indian and the Dilbir Foundation, have roped in various artists and identified more such neglected areas. Gunbir Singh, president, Dilbir Foundation, said, “People must take charge of their city as it plays host to millions of pilgrims every year. A people’s movement is indeed the only way. We have found this unique way of motivating, involving and beautifying the city by requesting artists and inviting their ideas, approved by the AFAT.” He said they were willing to take up many more sites and roundabouts for aesthetic development of the city. The CII and residents do their bit to ensure a clean and a green neighbourhood. “The first effort was undertaken at the Jamun Wali Road that connects the Lawrence Road and the medical college. A garbage-dumping site has now been converted into a clean area and painted. Two trees of jamun and bouganville have also been planted. A logo stating “I Am The Change” depicting a resident of Amritsar and the motto “Amritsar — My City, My Pride, My Responsibility” has been added to the spot. The caricature on the wall was done by Emanual,” he said. The Mayor said, “We are grateful to Dilbir Foundation that motivates local residents to undertake tasks useful for the city. We laud their efforts towards making the city ‘green and clean’. We also call upon them to help us in maintaining cleanliness and sensitising people against littering the streets during processions, festivals and functions.” The AFAT has been supported by the city-based corporate and commercial community as well. ThrivEarth, an environment-friendly products corporate that manufactures organic fertilisers, garbage composters and plastic substitutes, has lent financial aid to the project.
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Shawl traders fear for their stocks sent to Valley for needlework
Amritsar, September 21 One of the shawl traders in the walled city said he had sent fabrics worth about Rs 10 lakh to an embroidery house in the Valley and his fear of losing the material was rising as contact numbers of the embroidery house were unreachable. Another trader said he was lucky that he got his entire material just two days before heavy rains lashed the region. He said the material was expensive and the Almighty saved him from loss. Shawl traders said embroiders in the Valley were known for fine needlework. Besides, it takes months to embroider a shawl. For these factors, embroidered shawls are expensive. These fine shawls are popular among affluent persons based in Delhi, Kolkatta, Ludhiana and other North Indian cities. The embroidered wraps are exported to the UK and Canada where NRIs are settled in high numbers. Though embroidery work is done by women in rural areas of Amritsar and Gurdaspur too, it is no match to the Valley-based deft needlework. Why traders prefer Valley-based embroiders
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Better
amritsar: dangling high-tension wires—I Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 21 A network of these loosely hanging power cables presents an unpleasant view to onlookers. The problem is acute in the walled city area with its narrow winding lanes. These loose wires have proved fatal and caused accidents in unapproved colonies a number of times. In the walled city areas, which have narrow streets, electricity supply wires can be seen running parallel to windows on the first floor of many houses. The newly developed localities like New Amritsar, Ranjeet Avenue and other posh areas of the city, too, have hundreds of electricity wires running over the streets. Dangling wires pose a high risk to the residents of colonies situated on the Batala and Majitha roads. A majority of these localities are unapproved and the residents constructed their dwellings without thinking about low-crossing high tension wires. These high-tension wires, which pass dangerously close to houses at several places in the city, have failed to draw the attention of officials so far. As a result, people are living under a constant threat of high tension wires over the residential buildings in these areas. Owners of houses under the high-tension wires are facing problems as nobody is ready to buy their houses. On the repeated pleas of the residents to shift the high-tension wires, officials of the Power Department asked the residents to bear the shifting charges. Many accidents with high tension wires were reported from these areas. For instance, two schoolchildren of Government Elementary School in Mustafabad area on the Batala road sustained injuries when they came in contact with high-tension wires passing over the school’s rooftop around two years ago. High-tension wires pass very close to houses at Indira Colony. Many accidents have occurred in the colony in the past. Residents said they lived in fear as any mishap could occur any time. The residents said they did not have any other option as buying a home somewhere else was out of their reach. A youth was killed while another sustained injuries when they accidentally touched high-tension wires passing over the roof of a godown, located in the Gilwali Gate area, here in February 2012. In another incident, a three-year-old girl, Diya, lost her hand after coming into contact with high-tension wires on the terrace of her house some years back. Diya was rendered handicapped for life. Another family from the area, whose daughter met with a similar accident, but luckily escaped unhurt, reportedly sold their home and moved elsewhere. However, not everybody can do this to overcome the problem. Electricity wires passing over narrow streets of the walled city are a common site. In these areas, the wires run parallel to windows on the first floors of many houses. At some places, loose and naked wires form a web. These hanging wires often pose a danger to high-roofed vehicles. Officials from the PSPCL said power cables were laid before people had constructed houses and it was the duty of the Municipal Corporation not to allow construction at these places. Wires can be seen running parallel to windows in streets because of the encroachments. Residents extend first and second floors of their buildings towards the roadside in order to increase the floor area.
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12 booked for assaulting girl students, college staff
Amritsar, September 21 The police have booked the accused on charges of criminal assault on women in an attempt to outrage their modesty, besides other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. Principal of the college, Dr Baljinder Singh, who lodged a complaint with the police, said the van was coming to the college after picking up girl students from near Chawinda Devi village. The staff members, including three women teachers, were also present in the van. He said the van reportedly hit a motorcycle after which the riders of the bike fell down. They later pulled the driver out of the van and thrashed him. The accused called their accomplices from the village and allegedly misbehaved with teachers and girl students, when they tried to intervene. They also used abusive and vulgar language, besides threatening the staff members and girls of dire consequences. The Principal said after the incident, the staff members and students were feeling unsafe. The college management had also stopped sending the vehicle to pick up students and teachers. The students had also demanded security after submitting a complaint to the college management, he added. The Kathunangal police have registered a case under Section 354 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with an intent to outrage her modesty), 341 (wrongful restrain), 506 (threatening) and 148, 149 of the IPC against the culprits after receiving the complaint. Among those booked include Jagtar Singh, Gurmit Singh, Nishan Singh and around 12 unidentified persons. The police said raids were on to nab the remaining accused.
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Man booked for culpable homicide
Amritsar, September 21 The Kotwali police have registered a case under Section 304 of the IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) against the culprit following the statement of the victim’s wife. According to information, the accused was a resident of Godam Mohalla area here and had shifted to Batala around 8 years ago. He was known to Gurdial Singh. Ashwani had come to the city and was demanding money from Gurdial for consuming liquor, which he refused. This led to an altercation between the two, after which Gurdial suffered a heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital where he died.
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‘Kuch Ta Karo Yaron’ staged at Punjab Natshala
Amritsar, September 21 Written by Pali Bhupinder, the play was directed by Nazish Mann. It connects the story of a family to the current situation of the country. The father, as the head of the family, represented the country. His good-for-nothing children represent the social and political entities and care a little about the conditions and problems of their father. Representing the common man is the servant, the only sincere character in the family. The play touched some sensitive issues with humourous dialogues and perfect comic undertone. A story that has been told various times was presented in a different way. The meaningful bits were made interesting by humour. Succeeding in potraying the characters in relevance to the present political and social set up, Young Malangs introduced some production improvisations and narrative according to the script. The Rotract Club honoured children with merit certificates after the play ended.
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Shanti Devi, Sri Guru Angad Dev college win overall trophy
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 21 In the B division, the overall championship trophy of the Zonal Youth Festival was lifted by Sri Guru Angad Dev College, Khadoor Sahib, while Guru Arjun Dev Khalsa College, Chohla Sahib, were placed second and Mata Ganga Girls College, Tarn Taran, stood third. Bhupinder Singh, president, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum and District and Sessions Judge (retired), presided over the valedictory function. Dr Gurvinder Singh, head of the Computer Science Department of the university, was the guest of honour. While addressing student artistes, Bhupinder Singh encouraged them to perform better in every field for leading a successful life. He congratulated Dr Jagjit Kaur, director, youth welfare, for successfully organising the youth festival. Bhupinder Singh, Dr Gurvinder Singh and Dr Jagjit Kaur presented trophies to the winners. Dr Jagjit Kaur also honoured Bhupinder Singh and Gurvinder Singh with mementos.
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Musculoskeletal Congress inaugurated
Amritsar, September 21 Dr VP Lakhanpal, former president of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association, was the chief guest at the congress. Dr Kakarla Subarao, president of the Musculoskeletal Society of India, Dr Geeta Sharma, Director Principal of the SGRDI, Joginder Singh, secretary of the SGRD Charitable Hospital Trust, and Dr BS Bhatia, member of the Punjab Medical Council, were also present on the occasion. The conference focused on musculoskeletal imaging, role of ultrasonography and the MRI imaging in musculoskeletal disorders. Those present on the occasion include Dr Kyung Jin Sun (South Korea), Dr Avneesh Chhabra, section chief of musculoskeletal radiology, John Hopkins University, USA, Dr Hema Nalini from Canada, Dr Swati from UAE, Dr Virinder Mohan, vice-president of the Musculoskeletal Society, Dr PK Srivastava from Lucknow, Dr V Vara Prasad from Vijaywada, Dr Chidambaranathan, Dr Javraj Givindraj from Chennai and Dr Ram Mohan Vadapalli from
Hyderabad.
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