24072022-JTR-01.qxd 7/24/2022 12:06 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE CBSE RESULTS: MEET NEW BREED OF ‘SMART’ TOPPERS PAGE 2 There is one thing common among all district toppers that they didn't toil for seven or eight hours each day. FORECAST GENERALLY CLOUDY SKY ZEE THEATRE STARS’ PARENTS SHARE TIPS TO RAISE CHILDREN PAGE 4 SPORTS DRAMA DHAVAK SET TO RELEASE ON AUGUST 18 Zee Theatre stars Pawan Chopra and Vibha Chibber feel kids deserve credit for imparting invaluable life lessons. MAX 32°C | MIN 28°C | YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 27°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7:21 PM PAGE 4 Amazon miniTV has announced its first-ever sports drama, Dhavak, set to release on August 18. SUNRISE MONDAY 5:37 AM SUNDAY | 24 JULY 2022 | JALANDHAR Special drive held to check vehicles Jalandhar/Nawanshahr, July23 Led by DIG, Jalandhar Range, Dr SS Bhupathi, a comprehensive search operation was conducted in Kapurthala today. Kapurthala SSP Navneet Singh also accompanied him along with other SPs and DSPs. The operation contin- Ex-servicemen hold a dharna on the Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway at PAP Chowk, Jalandhar, on Saturday. PHOTOS: MALKIAT SINGH Protesting ex-servicemen block traffic at PAP Chowk Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July23 Ex-servicemen under the banner of the Saabka Sainik Sangharsh Committee (SSSC) on Saturday jammed PAP Chowk here, blocking all traffic movement between Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar cities at the T-junction. They were demanding police action against a private hospital at Rama Mandi over a July 5 feud over parking there. The ex-servicemen accused the police of inaction against hospital staffers who attacked them. SSSC president Surjit Singh said he had gone to the hospital recently as Balwant Singh, an ex-servicemen had passed away following an accident. “As a committee, we reach out to all the families on such occasions. Parking my motorcycle at the hospital, I went to fetch the police report. When I came back, I saw that the tyres of my 60 fresh Covid cases in district Jalandhar, July 23 As many as 60 Covid cases were reported in Jalandhar today, taking the total caseload to 79,227. As many as 76,954 people have recovered from Covid in the district. The number of active cases is 329. Meanwhile, 14 new cases were reported in Kapurthala today, taking the total number of cases to 24,049. — TNS Commuters travelling between Jalandhar, Ludhiana & Amritsar face tough time Commuters stranded during the protest on Saturday. bike had been flattened. When I talked to the man in the parking lot, he started arguing with me. Then he and his men attacked me with rods, pipes, vipers, dustbins, etc,” he alleged. The video of the fight also went viral. Surjit Singh said he went to the police station to lodge a complaint but to no avail. No FIR has been lodged on our complaint till date, he said, adding that he and his fellow ex-servicemen had gathered against the one-sided action. During dharna, about 100 ex-servicemen who had gathered at the site appealed to all ECHS card holders not to take treatment at the empanelled hospital concerned owing to the shoddy treatment they had faced. Farmers, too, joined them to make the protest bigger. The dharna which started at 11:30 am concluded past 5 pm after senior cops reached there and assured them of action. DCP Naresh Dogra handed over a DDR copy to them. SHO Navdeep Singh said, “An inquiry into the incident is already on at the ACP level. A case will be registered as per the inquiry report. ” Meanwhile, Dr BS Johal, owner of the hospital, said, “My staff did not indulge in any violence but only attempted to oust the miscreants from the hospital premises after they created ruckus around the emergency. They even attempted to block the emergency for which we had to call the police. My team of 12 guards only got them move out for the safety of the patients and other staff. We will fight it out legally. Drunken brawl: 2 held for killing friend Phagwara, July 23 The Phagwara police have arrested two persons on the charge of murdering their friend with sharp-edged weapons following a drunken brawl. SP Mukhtiar Rai said the arrested accused — Amanpreet and Goldy — murdered their friend Paramjit Singh (35) with sharp-edged weapons in a room of his house on July 18. The body was found on Thursday. He added that the deceased, Paramjit, was unmarried and worked as a dyer while Billy is a barber and Goldy a daily wager. The trio was friends and used to drink together, said the DSP They had a brawl . around 8.30 pm on July 18 when Paramjit used objectionable language about Amanpreet’s wife, he said. In the heat of the moment, Amanpreet picked up a knife lying in the room and hit the victim on his head and chest while Goldy also hit him, said the DSP After killing . Paramjit, they wrapped his blood-stained body in a cloth and locked the room, he said. When neighbours started getting a foul smell from the room, they informed police on Thursday. The police had found the body in a decomposed condition, he said. — OC Rain cuts off Rurka Kalan from neighbouring villages Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 23 Having scripted a success story of building various rainwater harvesting systems and irrigation ponds to make the use of water accumulated during the monsoon, Rurka Kalan village in the village now finds itself in a peculiar problem. The incessant rain in the past few days has cut off the village from the rest of the rural area. A drain dug up to ensure the drainage of excess rain water from villages failed to be constructed all the way to Rurka Kalan. As a result, villagers said, the even water from neighbouring villages drained into Rurka Residents of Rurka Kalan village have written to the Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner for the constuction of a drain. TRIBUNE PHOTO Kalan and accumulated all around it, cutting it off with other rural areas. They said due to the continuous rain for the past three days, Rurka Kalan had been left waterlogged from all sides. Village sarpanch Kulwinder Kaur Kauldhar, Continued on Page 2 c m y b 115 challans issued in Nawanshahr ued from 4 pm to 7 pm today during which vehicles and suspicious persons were checked at various special checkpoints. The DIG said nearly 400 police personal took part in the operation and 27 interdistrict nakas was set up. Nakas were held at 27 points by DSPs, SHOs and sub-inspectors in Kapurthala as per the district sealing and city sealing plans. The nakas were supervised by an SPrank officer. As many as 14 gazetted officers were also involved in the operations. During the special checks, the inspections were held by using the Vahan App and Khoj App to also ascertain stolen vehicles. Continued on Page 2