29012019-JTR-01.qxd 1/29/2019 12:57 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL DIRECTIONS FOR CIVIC BODY PAGE 2 NGT tells MC to stop collecting garbage from houses if residents do not segregate rubbish. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF 2 HELD WITH INTOXICANTS Phillaur: The police seized 391 intoxicating injections from Gurpreet Singh of Mehedpur village and Manpreet Singh of Losrriwa village, and arrested them on Sunday night. Amrik Singh Chahal, DSP said 196 intoxicant injections were recovered from Gurpreet while 195 injections were seized from Manpreet. They were nabbed at a checkpoint near Sutlej bridge. The duo brought the intoxicants from UP and were going to sell them in rural areas of Phillaur subdivision. TNS FUEL PRICES PETROL ~76.35 DIESEL ~65.97 WHAT’S ON JALANDHAR NEWSPAPER DAY: Presentation on fake news; Guru Nanak Dev University College; 11 am Volleyball tourney: U-16 National Volleyball Championship for boys; LPU; 9:45 am HOSHIARPUR Exhibition: Solar power generation and appliances; Municipal Corporation office; 5 pm BLACK PANTHER, MALEK, GLENN WIN BIG AT SAG AWARDS Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 28 Former mayor Suresh Sehgal today granted bail by the sessions court. Counsel for Sehgal Naval Sehgal said he had moved a plea in the sessions court and today he was granted bail. Notably, the bail application of former Mayor Suresh Sehgal got rejected on January 16 The case Former Mayor Suresh Sehgal had sparked a row by publicly hitting a building inspector and hurling abuses at him. The building inspector, Dinesh Joshi, along with other official, had gone to Shivrajgarh Colony, where reportedly an illegal construction was being done in a house. The owner of the house called up Sehgal to the spot. Sehgal had then pushed the inspec- PAGE 4 Sunil Grover returned for a mini stint on television with the comedy show Kanpur Wale Khuranas last year. SUNSET TUESDAY 5:59 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 7:21 AM Former mayor Sehgal gets bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court and he was then sent to judicial custody for 14 days. SUNIL SHAKES A LEG WITH SAPNA CHOUDHARY SAG Awards saw Black Panther taking best cast ensemble prize, while Malek and Glenn emerged as best actors. MAX 18°C | MIN 5°C | YESTERDAY MAX 18°C | MIN 1°C ASSAULT ON BUILDING INSPECTOR PAGE 3 TUESDAY | 29 JANUARY 2019 | JALANDHAR Lidran government school in poor state Students sit in rooms having parts of ceiling caved in; premises surrounded by sewage water Ajay Joshi Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 29 Contrary to the tall claims made by the Education Minister of having spent Rs 1,000 crore on the development of government schools in the state this year, there are many schools in rural areas of the district that are seeking immediate attention of the government. One such school is Govern- ment High School, Lidran. Students and teaching staff are sitting inside classrooms with portions of ceiling having caved in and plaster on walls peeling off. Instead of being surrounded by greenery or a playground, the sewage-laced sludgy ground not only just reflect a poor picture of the school but has also badly affected its building. While showing the walls of the classrooms and the school, principal of the school Davinder Kaur said: “It’s only last year that she had whitewashed the whole school. However, being surrounded in sewage water, the school looks as if it has not been maintained since decades. While seepage was a common problem during monsoons, the classrooms, library, labs, and the staffrooms remain dampened for the whole year. Besides, sewage-mixed water enters the school after every downpour when the level of the sewage pond surrounding the school building increases. “Ceilings leak constantly when it rains. We also face power cuts. Sometimes, flies, insects and worms enter the classroom,” said a Class IX student. Ironically, in the smart classroom also, the students are made to sit on torn mats. continued on page 2 Aashray tops NTSE in dist, bags 7th rank in state Former mayor Suresh Sehgal in Jalandhar. FILE PHOTO tor and hurled abuses at him. The owner of the house, Sulakshan Sharma, also joined in and roughed him up, claiming that Joshi asked Rs 10,000 as bribe, a charge that was denied by MC officials. Series of events On October 29, 2018, after the incident took place, the video of Sehgal in which the whole scene was captured went viral. From November 1, MC officials went on a strike for several days seeking his arrest. On November 15, Sehgal, who had filed an anticipa- tory bail application, got interim relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case. After getting relief, Sehgal was given a grand welcome to the city and he had then said that he had always fought against corruption and would continue to do so. On December 17, 2018, the bail plea of former Sehgal was rejected by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Sehgal had represented the BJP when he was the Mayor from 1997-2002, before moving to the Congress and then to the SAD. c m y b 10 students from district clear exam AUM SECOND IN DIST Aashray Gupta celebrates with his family. TRIBUNE PHOTO Aashray secured 186 marks out of 200 with 96 in Mental Ability Test (MAT) and 90 in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Almost equal to Aashray, a student of Police DAV Public School, Aum Gupta has secured the same score – 186 out of 200 with 92 in MAT and 94 in SAT, bagging the second position in the district and 8th rank in state. Aum Gupta has secured the same score – 186 out of 200 with 92 in MAT and 94 in SAT, bagging the second position in the district and 8th rank in state. Of around 8,000 to 9,000 students who appeared in the exam from the state, 93 students cleared the exam, of The NTSE stage 1 exam was held in November 2018, while the stage 2 will be held in May in New Delhi. With Aashray got the 7th rank in the state followed by Aum Gupta, who got the 8th rank, others who made it into the list include Sehajpal Singh of continued on page 2 Avneet Kaur Jalandhar, January 28 Aashray Gupta of MGN Public School has bagged the first position in Jalandhar and 7th rank in Punjab in the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) stage 1, the results of which were declared on January 25. Aashray secured 186 marks out of 200 with 96 in Mental Ability Test (MAT) and 90 in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Almost equal to Aashray, a student of Police DAV Public School, which 10 students were from the city. Four among them are students of MGN Public School, two from Police DAV Public School, one each from Apeejay School, Cambridge International School, Swami Sant Dass Public School and State Public School, Shahkot, Jalandhar.