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Family elated at reunion with son in city
Bank guard killed by looters
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Paddy MSP: Cong burns govt effigy
Go green this Diwali, save nature
Administration issues advisory on Diwali
Diwali mela
organised by BSF
District Administration to launch campaign against female foeticide
SC body condemns personnel department's directives
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Family elated at reunion with son in city
Jalandhar, October 22
The child was restored to the family by the Commissionerate Police after being recovered from Aligarh in UP. The police managed to trace the location of the child through mails and phone calls being made to the family for seeking Rs 15 lakh ransom for the child’s release for the past four days, a revelation which was made by the police today. Commissioner of Police Yurinder Singh Hayre said even as his team suspected the involvement of 10 to 15 persons in the episode, three of the main masterminds had been arrested in the case. One of the main accused, Mahinder Gupta, a resident of Ishar Colony here, is a commerce graduate and had been working with a private bank earlier. He is currently out of job, married and himself has a seven-year-old child. Gupta, reportedly got into contact with two other arrested accused Suresh and Sanjiv, both from UP and residing at Basti Danishmandan here and planned the kidnapping. Hayre said Gupta had been visiting Rainbow Park, where he found Gopi an easy target owing to his extreme addiction to cellphone games. He tried to be friendly with him till finally committing the crime on October 12. The CP said the Alto car in which the child was kidnapped belonged to Gupta, but was yet to be recovered. Kidnappers sent mail
ID via courier
From there on the child was kept in Jalandhar for some days before being taken to Chintpurni and finally on a bus to Aligarh. The Commissioner said the kidnappers did not make any contact with the family. We were completely clueless till the family received a courier four days ago, with just a paper inside mentioning that they should contact him on the given email ID. They had been demanding Rs 15 lakh ransom for the release of the child and said that they would kill him if the money was not released. Phone calls also followed and we traced them to Aligarh, Hayre said. The CP said he sent his team under ACP Tejvir Singh to Aligarh in plainclothes and they managed to locate the whereabouts of the child and the gangsters. “We immediately sent more force under DCP Naveen Singla who even got the deployment done at bus stand and railway station so that they do not sneak away with the child.” The CP said a police party at the railway station there had been looking for a boy with his hair tied on his head. “But the kidnappers had got his hair cut owing to which there was some confusion and we just managed to recover the child, but we failed to lay hand on more gangsters in the group,” he said. Cheerful cherub
Even just after a few hours of his safe return, the cheerful cherub did not show any signs of trauma which normally anyone his age would have suffered had he been away from his family for 11 long days. He kept beaming all the time, hugging and kissing his parents and responding to all poses which the mediapersons kept telling him to make. DCP Naveen Singla said even as the child was being brought back, he had his eye on his cellphone. “He asked me for my phone and kept playing game on it for quite sometime,” he said hinting at the level of his addiction. |
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Bank guard killed by looters
Jalandhar, October 22 The deceased, Balwinder (55), was working as a tea vendor near the bank, besides serving as the guard with the bank in the night shift. This morning when a cleaner and employee of the bank, Raj Kumar, came up for his duty, he was taken aback seeing the doors at the front and backyard open. He also spotted the body of the guard and open almirahs with files and other stuff scattered all around. Bank secretary Pardeep Kumar was called, who informed the village sarpanch and the police about the incident. The cops have so far failed to get any clues to the murder. A dog squad was called in. The rural police has rounded up a few persons in this connection but to no avail.
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Paddy MSP: Cong burns govt effigy
Jalandhar, October 22 Members of the committee, along with farmers, have been protesting against the government on this issue. Representatives said that during the election campaign, the SAD-BJP alliance made a number of promises to farmers that were not being fulfilled. District Congress Committee (Urban) member Rajinder Berry presided over the protest, whereas former deputy mayor, Dr Tarsem Lal, along with other members, participated in the protest.
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Go green this Diwali, save nature
Jalandhar, October 22 In the city also, various Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) are working with the district administration to make the people aware about the harms of celebrating Diwali in a boisterous way. "All manmade things come from nature. Excessive consumption leads to their depletion. For example, the gold jewellery that we will buy on this Diwali is coming from a gold mine that is not only depleting the natural resources but in the process of mining is probably ruining many ecosystems," said S. Kapoor of Chitra NGO. However he feels that although the administration has taken some efforts to make the children aware of the harms of bursting crackers, it failed to inform the public on the harms of excessive consumerism," said Kapoor. He also informed that after getting lured by the excessive advertisement and hoardings that scream out to people offering sales extravaganza, bargains and discounts encourage them to buy even after few days of the festival. Also, the tradition of burning earthen lamps seems to have lost somewhere and instead asthetic lights coming from China and Korea have taken their places. People are nowadays using them excessively to adorn their houses, business establishments, monuments and even roads. This is actually contributing a lot to the global warming. "Instead of the electric lights, we should use more of earthen diyas and lamps. Although, their duration may be short but it will infact reduce lot of pressure on the nature," said Nandita, a student of Appejay Fine Arts College. Nevertheless, due to excessive use of bursting of crackers, the festival has turned from the explosion of joy to the explosion of pollution. "The toxic substances used in the firecrackers are very harmful to health of all living beings. Not only to children and ailing people, it also causes serious health disorders amongst birds and animals," said Surinder Saini of Jalandhar Welfare Society. He informed that since most of the fire cracker companies employ children to manufacture these, people should refrain from using them on Diwali. — TNS
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Administration issues advisory on Diwali
Jalandhar, October 22 According to Dr RL Bassan, Civil Surgeon, although ample arrangements have been made by the department to deal with untoward incidents on Diwali, he still advises people to be extra careful to prevent any accident. “Many people are in the habit of eating while exploding crackers. Most of the crackers contain toxins and it’s better to rinse your hands, feet and face before consuming anything.” Bassan said closed shoes were preferable, as these protected feet from a stray spark or from stepping on a recently lit cracker. Also, the department has made adequate arrangements to meet any exigency during Diwali. “Since a majority of the cases on Diwali are related to eyes and burns, two specialists, including one eye surgeon and a surgical specialist, have been deputed on the night duty,” said Bassan. He also informed that 108 ambulances had also been kept on strict vigil on the festival day. The department has also advised people to keep a first-aid kit ready at home to provide first-aid during any fire incident. Also, the fire department has made adequate arrangements to cover the entire city by positioning its fire tenders at six key positions. It has also released emergency numbers where people can contact in case of any fire exigency. The police has also made adequate security arrangements to prevent untoward incidents on Diwali. Special teams have been deputed to keep a check on the sensitive areas. Emergency numbers
Fire Department: 0181-2280344, 0181-2280355, 2455957, 2297617 Civil Hospital (Ambulance Services): 108, 102 Police Control
Room:100; 1073, 2240609, 2240610; 1091 (women helpline) Positioning of fire tenders and the areas these will cover on Diwali
Chowk Sudan: Peer Botlan Bazaar, Panj Peer, Attari Bazaar and all other markets near Jyoti Chowk. Babrik Chowk: Basti Sheikh, Basti Guzan, Basti Danishmanda, Model House, Model Town areas Headquarter near Old Jail: Outer City Area, Civil Hospital, Kapurthala Road, Patel Chowk and Mai Heera Gate Police Lines: Cantt area, Rama Mandi, Ladowaali Road, railway station Industrial Area: Industrial Estate, Focal Point, Transport Nagar etc |
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Diwali mela
organised by BSF
Jalandhar, October 22 The fair was inaugurated by Ashok Kumar, Inspector General, BSF Punjab Frontier, with Dr Alaknanda Ashok, president, BSF Wives Welfare Association Punjab Frontier, and other officers and their families in attendance. The mela was enjoyed by their family members and the civilians. The BSF Wives Welfare Association also put on display various items prepared in the welfare centres of the frontier. Various stalls of eatables, games and items were on display by the children of BSF Senior Secondary School and BSF units and establishments of Punjab Frontier. The toy train was a big attraction for the children. Other activities such as horse riding, air gun shooting and other games were also organised for entertainment of children. The fair concluded with spectacular cultural programme followed by fireworks in the evening. |
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District Administration to launch campaign against female foeticide
Jalandhar, October 22 The programme plans to educate the people against female foeticide and an awareness programme will be conducted in 251 villages.During this programme, street plays, public discussions and rallies etc will be organised. Providing further information on the issue, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Kumar Amit said despite the fact that people have become more aware about female foeticide over a period of time, initiation of joint efforts to get rid of the menace are the need of the hour. In order to get optimum results of the programme, activities have been scheduled in such way that people will become more concerned towards female foeticide. He said the committees would be prepared in the villages that would be provided with Rs 5,000 grant. During the meeting, Nehru Yuva Kendra, Health Department, Education Department, Sports Department and other youth bodies have asked detailed schedule for the programme for its early initiation.
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SC body condemns personnel department's directives
Jalandhar, October 22 In a press statement, federation state chairman Jasbir Singh Pal said that a letter has been issued on October 10 by the personnel department Punjab, which was absolutely unconstitutional. An anti-Dalit lobby seems have been working behind such direction. He said that it does not under the jurisdiction of personnel department Punjab to serve such direction. However Welfare Department Punjab holds such responsibility. He said that he has participated in the struggle to gain this benefit for the community under 85th amendment in the constitution. Threatening to launch another struggle against the same he said that the federation will burn the copies of this letter on October 27 at district level in the state. Even if the state government fails to take back the same directions, protests will be intensified. "We will not shy away from staging protest in front of house of Punjab Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and other cabinet ministers", Jasbir added. State press secretary of federation Salwinder Singh Jassi said that a programme has been scheduled to meet the Punjab CM and Deputy CM on same issue.
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The safe return of their seven-year-old son Gurdeep Singh, aka Gopi, who had been kidnapped by a UP-based gang about 10 days ago, has come as a big relief to his parents.
A security guard at a Cooperative Bank was murdered with sharp-edged weapons by some unidentified looters at Talwan village near Bilga in the wee hours today.
The Jalandhar Block Congress Committee today burnt an effigy of the Punjab Government at the new grain market for not procuring paddy at the minimum support price
(MSP).
Jalandhar, October 22
