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Dog mauls 8-year-old boy to death
AAP’s Valmiki face Padam back in Congress fold
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Explosion reduces house in village to ashes
ADCP (Crime) forms team to crack unsolved cases
NRI accuses spouse, in-laws of dowry harassment
School notes
Improve roads in the city
Happy Days School win cricket tourney
Seminar on crisis of regional languages
International Teacher’s Day observed
18-year-old found dead NGO by the children, for the children Sahbi resigns from Congress
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Dog mauls 8-year-old boy to death
Jalandhar, October 4 Sanju Paswan said the animal bit a chunk of Dilkhush’s midriff and the boy’s intestines were found protruding out of his body. “We took him to a private hospital first but they said he couldn’t be treated, following which we took the boy to the civil hospital.” The boy died by the time he was taken to the civil hospital. Dilkhush had been admitted to school only today. Meanwhile, the family of the boy created an uproar both in the area and police station demanding that the dog owner should be booked. MLA KD Bhandari, ACP DD Sharma and ADCP Parmajit Singh, among other officials, also reached the spot. Police was also deputed at the civil hospital after the incident to avoid any untoward incident. ADCP-I Paramjit Singh confirmed that Gurdarshan Singh, owner of the dog had been booked under Section 304 of the IPC. He said, “The child was bitten by a four to five feet tall Bull Mastiff which had previously also been attacking kids in the locality. The dog is now locked up and will be handed over to the wildlife department on Monday as it is not safe to keep it in the locality.” While a majority of the residents of the area are migrant labourers, as many as 2,000 people flooded the spot and the BJP leader’s home after the incident. The residents were irate because nothing had been done despite previous incidents of children being attacked by the dog. MLA KD Bhandari, said, “I along with some other police officials reached the spot. Gurdarshan Singh, father of Harkirat Singh Toor, has been booked regarding the incident. Gurdarshan Singh is the owner of the dog and at the time of the incident, he was present at home. The dog was not supposed to be kept in a locality like this. It was a huge dog, with a big face, like a jungle cat and such animals do not belong in localities. The animal was undoubtedly a threat to kids. It should have been at a farm. Action will be taken against the owner as per the law.” This is the third incident of a person losing his life to a dog bite in the last few months. The previous ones have been due to stray dogs. |
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AAP’s Valmiki face Padam back in Congress fold
Jalandhar, October 4 Even as Jalandhar MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh showed a little resistance to the move, the party leaders went ahead and got him into the party fold. Padam, who had been the mentor of the party candidate Jyoti Mann and helped her garner 2.54 lakh votes in the polls, had worked with Congress and was the party’s vic- president of the District SC Cell before switching over to the AAP. However, some controversies had forced the party to withdraw his ticket and instead hand it over to his close aide and teacher Jyoti Mann. Chaudhary, when asked if he was okay with the move, said, “I am not aware of the development. Even if it has happened, he is fine with it.” On being asked reasons for quitting AAP, Padam said he was feeling dissatisfied with the party. “They had no system within the party. There is no proper organisational set up and working strategy,” he said. Asked if Jyoti Mann was also set to quit AAP, he said he was not sure about that. “But some people who have worked with me in AAP will also join Congress soon,” he said. Jyoti Mann, when contacted, said she got reports that Rajesh Padam had left. “But I am in no mood of leaving AAP. People of Jalandhar have imposed a lot of faith in me as AAP candidate and I will continue serving them from the same party,” she said. The joining took place during the Congress’ first monthly meeting today. As this happened, Santokh Singh, who too was attending the function, had shifted to another room from the main hall of Congress Bhawan. Kaypee, however, left soon after as he was asked to preside over at a district meeting in Hoshiarpur.
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Explosion reduces house in village to ashes
Jalandhar, October 4 As per the villagers, explosion might the handiwork of some miscreants with whom house owner could have some enmity. The victim house owner had also apprised the police station concerned and sought an inquiry into the cause of explosion. Whatever could be the cause of the explosion, the whole house was reduced to ashes. Furniture and other house hold items were gutted. Surinder, house owner, an electrician by profession, was fortunately not present at home. “We had gone to Dhanowali village to attend the religious function. We were informed by villagers about the explosion at our house. Although the cause of explosion is suspected to be the LPG cylinder lying in the room, but police said it is also possible that after someone put my house on fire, LPG cylinder could have exploded. I have informed the police to inquire the exact cause,” he asserted. Balvir Singh, member panchayat, Randhawa Masanda village, said explosion took place at 10.30 pm last night. “When we listened to the sound of explosion, initially we mistook the noise as the sound of crackers as the Dassehra celebrations were being held in the city, but later we found the whole house engulfed into fire,” Singh added. “Surinder had recently solemnized marriage of her elder daughter. Furniture, and other valuables which he wanted to gift her, were reduced to the ashes,” he further added. SHO Maqsudan, Barjinder said, it seems that an accidental blast from the LPG cylinder only. |
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ADCP (Crime) forms team to crack unsolved cases
Jalandhar, October 4 Elanchezhian said he had prepared a list of over half-dozen pending murder, and certain other heinous crimes in which police investigation was going at slow pace. “I will supervise all these pending cases to get clue about the accused, who have been escaping police arrest for long. I along with my CIA team will make serious efforts to bring the guilty behind bars,” he added. Although the officer refused to share details about the cases of murder and other heinous crimes reported in the past, but he was hopeful that police efforts would definitely bear fruits soon. Notably, ADCP Elanchezhian was also appointed as the nodal officer by Police Commissioner Yurinder Singh Hayer to solve the pending theft cases. “We have put up much control over snatching incidents, but police is still after thieves,” ADCP added. About the security measures during festive season, ADCP said special patrolling teams will remain in the field to prevent the occurrence of any crime. “Our cops will patrol in the busy markets. Sufficient nakas will be laid to manage the rush at city roads during the festival season,” ADCP informed. |
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‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign goes off-track
JALANDHAR, OCTOBER 4 “We returned them back due to their poor quality. Also, to clean such a huge area spread across acres, we need brooms with sticks but the authorities issued small brooms, they did not issued any other sanitary material like phenyl, buckets, broom sticks and wipers. We had purchased our own brooms to clean the railway station on October 2,” said Shyam lal, supervisor, Railway Mazdoor Union (RMU), railway station. He said presently the team of 14 people has only one broom, two buckets, two wipers issued by the department to clean the entire railway station. The workers also revealed that since the launch of the ‘Swachh India Campaign’ on October 2, they are cleaning the area dedicatedly despite the lethargic approach of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the general public. “Whenever somebody throws an empty bottle or an empty can on the station, we stop the person from doing so but they in return ask us to pick it up saying that it is our job to clean it. When we ask the RPF people to take action on the people eating on the platform and littering the area openly, they ignore it mostly and ask us to pick it up in front of the passengers itself who had himself littered the platform,” alleged Kuldeep Kumar, another worker. When contacted, Dinesh Kumar, Chief Health Officer at the railway station said, “Under Section 149 (a) and (B) of the Railway Act, any person who is found littering around the railway property is entitled to a fine up to Rs 500 and an imprisonment of up to six months or even both but here the RPF either does not get hold of any violator and even if it manages to get some under some special litter drive, it releases them with a mere fine of Rs 100 only.” While accepting the shortage of supply he informed that although cleanliness at the railway station always remains a top agenda of all the senior officials who visit the station, the department never issues adequate sanitary material to keep the area clean. “As far as the Swachh Bharat’ campaign is concerned, every worker has been issued two brooms. I will have to investigate as to why they are denying of receiving them,” said Kumar. He also said the department is also fighting a severe staff shortage as only 50 per cent of the posts of cleanliness workers are lying vacant for the last few years. |
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NRI accuses spouse, in-laws of dowry harassment
Jalandhar, October 4 While addressing media persons here on Saturday, Hardeep Kaur, resident of Cheema Kalan village in Phillaur, alleged that apart from filing compliant to Principal Secretary, she had also filed compliant with the rural NRI police station. “I got married to Italy-based NRI, who belongs to village in Patiala in 2010. Our marriage was solemised in Italy and later it was also got registered at Consulate General of India, Milan. My parents gave enough dowry to my in-laws as per their means, but my in-laws were still demanding for more,” Kaur alleged. Since the first day of her marriage, her in-laws started extending mental torture to her. They were not at all satisfied with the dowry her parents gave her. “I faced mental as well physical torture for three years. During this period, my parents in India and my uncle from Canada had given lakh of rupees to my in-laws and husband, but their hunger for dowry never subdued. When my parents stopped giving them money, then one day in January 2013, they beat me up and pushed me out of the house in Italy,” Kaur said, although she had informed to the Italy police but they refused to take action against her husband. Meanwhile, compromise was achieved in which her in-laws assured to compensate her with Rs 12 lakhs, but they have never paid the compensation amount to her till date, she asserted. Woman said, she had now filed a complaint with the rural NRI police station and she would also soon meet the IG NRI Affairs, Gurpreet Deo to get justice.
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Rodents dig up danger at railway station
Jalandhar, October 4 The platforms, especially number 1 and 5, are completely damaged and have caved in at most of the places. Huge piles of mud can be seen under the footbridge dug out by hundreds of rodents residing inside the hollow platforms. Surprisingly, none of the officials at the railway station was found keen to take the responsibility for fixing the problem that could result in a major tragedy at the railway station that was built way back in 1870. "I am not responsible for fixing this problem as it is an issue related to sanitation and the responsibility lies with the Chief Health Officer. He has to send the report to the Engineering Department for all the repair work at the railway station," said Shamsher Singh Walia, Station Superintendent. Dinesh Kumar, who recently joined as Chief Health Officer, confirmed that though the issue has been taken up many times with senior authorities during their frequent visits to the railway station, the problem has not been rectified. "The case is pending with the engineering department for the last few months but no action has been taken so far," said Kumar. When contacted, a senior official posted in the engineering department at the Ferozepur Division Headquarters, said on the condition of anonymity that though the senior officials are aware of the problem, they are not giving the go-ahead due to reasons best known to them. "In the absence of a formal permission, we are helpless. There is a need to address the issue at the earliest, otherwise a major calamity may strike any time," said the official. He also confirmed that the condition of platform No. 1 and railway track No. 5 was worrisome and needed attention. |
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Workshop for teachers
Manav Sehyog School , Jalandhar, organised a two-day workshop on "Life skills, attitude and value education". The mentor was Usha Anand, educational psychologist and CBSE master trainer. The workshop was attended by all the staff members along with Rajni Sharma, the principal of the school. The programme was based on values and skills to be inculcated among the students and a detailed description was given regarding thinking, social and emotional skills. The teachers participated enthusiastically and actively in all the activities organised by the resource persons. The programme ended with a motivational speech by the principal. Seminar on solid works
A seminar was organised by the CADD centre, New Jawahar Nagar, Jalandhar, on solid works and design software in the mechanical engineering department of Mehr Chand Polytechnic College. The seminar highlighted the growing demand for major design software in the industry and informed the students about the courses offered at their end. The queries of the students were answered by Parminder Singh and Pawan of the CADD centre. Richa Arora, in-charge, mechanical engineering, Gaurav Sharma, Rohit, Amit Sharma and Sushant Sharma were present at the seminar. Founder's Day celebrations
Founder's Day was celebrated at the Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar. The day marks the the 95th birthday of Seth Stya Paul who laid the foundation of this college in 1975. A documentary made on the life and times of Dr Stya Paul was screened at the college. Dr Sucharita, principal of the college, read out the message of Sushma Paul Berlia, the daughter of Dr Stya Paul, who steers the course of Apeejay Education Society which is running 29 educational institutions all over the country. Founder's Day celebrations
Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus, Jalandhar, on Saturday celebrated Founder's Day to pay tribute to the founder of the Apeejay Group, Dr Stya Paul, on the occasion of his 95th birthday. A cultural fiesta was held on the occasion. Puneet Kaur of MBA III, and Tamanna of MCA III delivered special talks. Speaking on the occasion, AIMTC director Dr Rajesh Bagga said Dr Stya Paul was an educationist, industrialist, philosopher, freedom fighter and entrepreneur par excellence. The director shared various hues of the great life of this remarkable man. Dr Bagga exhorted the students to help realise the vision of Dr Stya Paul. Shivani bags 3rd spot in GND University
Shivani, a student of the PG Department of Economics of the Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, scored 601 marks out of 800 in BSc.
Economics second semester to secure the third position in Guru Nanak Dev University merit list. Pinki Kumari and Sukhjeet Kaur of the same class secured the 13th and 16th position. Principal Atima Sharma congratulated the economics department.
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Feedback
Jalandhar is among the bigger cities of Punjab but its condition appears as if it has faced either a devastating flood or has been bombarded.
Its roads are full of potholes and it becomes difficult to travel on a four-wheeler or two-wheeler. On rainy days, it is better not to venture outside as it is not regarded as safe. Here, the roads are not rebuilt but patched and even the patchwork comes off when a heavy vehicle crosses over it.
On the one hand, our country is feeling proud because of its successful Mars mission and on the other the pitiable condition of the infrastructure puts us to shame. The cause of maximum accidents is the poor condition of the roads. The condition of roads is responsible for the extra consumption of fuel which is required to save foreign currency. The municipal corporation authorities are blind to these problems. The lawmakers should implement laws to save the roads and the MC should pay attention to have a framework to build good roads.. Chander Gupta Batra,
Jalandhar Renovate Bulton Park to boost sports Bulton Park was among the historic cricket stadiums of Jalandhar city where many international players and teams from Australia, Pakistan, England and the West Indies played. Players like Ian Chappell, Ian Redpath, Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Tony Greg, Keith Fletcher and Javed Miandad besides the Indian players had shown their class on this ground in the past . The Punjab Government had given a proposal for the reconstruction of Bulton Park with the aim of making Jalandhar a sports hub. The city also became home to manufacturers of sports goods after partition when the sports goods manufacturers migrated from Sialkot (now in Pakistan). The then minister for local bodies, industries and commerce Manoranjan Kalia had tried to clear the Bulton Park Project and arrange funds. The then Mayor Rakesh Rathore had even thought of organising an IPL match here. Now, the present Mayor Sunil Jyoti will have to try his best to start the reconstruction of Bulton Park at the earliest keeping in mind the historic importance of Bulton Park cricket stadium. It is now up to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to release adequate funds to begin the reconstruction of Bulton Park which has been reduced to rubbles. Rajat Kumar Mohindru,
Jalandhar City
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Happy Days School win cricket tourney
Jalandhar, October 4 The host school scored 95 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20
overs. Happy Days School, Shivpuri, MP, scored 99 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in just 15.2
overs. Atul from Happy Days School was declared the man of the match. The winning team got Rs 31,000 as cash prize and the runners-up won a cash prize of Rs 21,000. Gagandeep Singh from MGN School won the man of the series title with a cash award of Rs 3,100. Arjun from MGN won the best batsman award and Atul from Happy Days School won the best bowler award in the tournament. The occasion was graced by Padmashree Pargat Singh, former captain of the Indian hockey team and MLA, Jalandhar Cantonment, who inaugurated the final match by releasing colourful balloons. Madan Lal, former cricketer, was honoured as the chief guest at the closing ceremony. The chief guests were presented floral welcome by Jarnail Singh
Pasricha, patron, organising committee. Aerobics was performed by the students of Class V to VIII. A beautiful Haryanvi dance was performed by the girls from MGN Public School,
Kapurthala. Folk dances and a bhangra performance won the hearts of the audience. A band performance by MGN students excited everyone and the dhol beats added colour, smiles and joy on the occasion. |
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Seminar on crisis of regional languages
Jalandhar, October 4 Eminent journalists, writers and academicians shall serve as the chief guest and panelists at the seminar. Labh Singh Khiwa, head of the Kendri Sabha, general secretary Dr Karamjit Singh and Joginder Singh Puar said Prof Ali Javed will be the chief speaker at the seminar. General secretary, Pragatishil Lekhak Sangh and president, Afro-Asian Writers Union, Dr Veer Bharat Talwar, former professor of Hindi, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Dr Joginder Singh Puar, former vice chancellor, Punjabi University Patiala, Harbhajan Singh Deol, Prof Manpreet Kaur, Prof Updesh Kaur, Dr Jaswinder Singh, Dr Joga Singh, Dr Boota Singh Brar and Dr Sukhwinder Singh Sangha shall be participating in the discussions. Other than writers associated with the organisation like the Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha and associate organizations, eminent personalities from various walks of life will be attending the seminar.
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International Teacher’s Day observed
Phagwara, October 4 The main attraction of the programme was children dressing up as their teachers. Director Dr Kshama Sharma said the aim behind inviting sweepers as the chief guest was to enlighten the students about cleanliness and pay respect to those who serve us in the capacity of sweepers or peons. Educational Officer Anil Sharma and chairman Amit Sharma thanked the guests and the students. They also said that students should follow their teachers so that they can touch new heights.
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A sudden explosion in a house at Randhawa Masanda village rendered the villagers shocked and horrified last night.
