15032024-JTR-01.qxd 3/15/2024 12:37 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune DHALIWAL LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF 2 WATER PROJECTS MLA HANDS OVER LIST OF INCOMPLETE WORKS TO CM CARDI B’S TOOTH COMES OFF AFTER SHE CHEWS ON A BAGEL Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal launched water supply schemes worth Rs 2.63 crore. P2 MLA Sandeep Jakhar met the CM after the Assembly session and urged him to release the funds. P3 Rapper Cardi B showed off her missing tooth after one of her veneers recently fell out. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 25°C | MIN 9°C YESTERDAY MAX 26°C | MIN 10°C SUNSET FRIDAY 6.36 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 6:37 AM » FRIDAY | 15 MARCH 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF RESIDENT HELD FOR STEALING TREES Phagwara: The Nakodar Sadar police have arrested a Uggi village resident for stealing trees. Uggi police post in-charge Balvir Singh who is the investigating officer in the case said that the accused has been identified as Mangal Singh, a resident of DIPS Colony, and his unidentified accomplice. Sakandar Lal, a resident of Jalandhar locality, complained to the police that the accused uprooted and stole two trees from his plot at Uggi. The IO said that a case under Sections 379 (theft) and 34 (committing a crime with common intention) of the IPC has been registered against the accused and his unidentified accomplice. OC FOUR BOOKED FOR CHEATING Phagwara: The Nurmahal police have booked four unidentified miscreants including a woman on the charge of cheating another woman. Renu Sharma, wife of Sunil Datt Sharma, a resident of Mohalla Sudan, complained to the police that she was learning to drive a scooter with her husband on the NurmahalNakodar road near a petrol pump on February 26 evening when the accused, including a woman, asked to give them her golden jewellery and fled with two gold bangles and a gold ring. Investigating Officer Vijay Kumar said that a case under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC has been registered against the accused. OC MAN BOOKED FOR KIDNAPPING YOUTH Phagwara: The Mehat Pur (Nakodar) police have booked a Kapurthala village resident on the charges of kidnapping a youth and threatening his family. Jagiro Bai, a resident of Dharme Dian Chhana village, complained to the police that the accused Sandeep Singh, a resident of Sher Singh Dian Chhana village in Kapurthala and his accomplices, kidnapped her son Rannjit Singh and threatened her with dire consequences. Investigating Officer Davinder Singh said that a case under Sections 365, 506 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. The Lohian Khas police also booked Baldev Singh, a resident of Kot Esse Khan in Moga for kidnapping Amarjit Singh, a resident of Fateh Pur Bhangwan village on a complaint from his wife Jaswinder Kaur, said IO Avtar Singh, adding that a Zero FIR was registered. OC SIX BOOKED FOR ASSAULT, RIOTING Phagwara: The Nurmahal police have booked six persons on the charge of assaulting a villager. Investigating Officer (IO) Vijay Kumar said that the accused have been identified as Mohamad Hussain, Mushtak Ali, Sadardin, a resident of Fateh Pur village, Mohamad Yakub, Abdul Rashid, a resident of Shamsha Bad village, and Saif Ali, a resident of Kot Badal Khan village. Sadar Din, a resident of Ajtanni village, complained to the police that the accused waylaid and assaulted him at Shamsha Bad village on March 8 with sharp weapons. A case under Sections 323, 325, 341, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered. OC AAP bets on Rinku again 1 more accused nabbed in housing grant scam to retain Jalandhar LS seat HIS CLAIM TO VICTORY Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 14 Sitting Aam Aadmi Party MP from Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency Sushil Rinku will be facing a second electoral test from the same area in a span of less than a year as the party has chosen to hedge its bets on him again for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Ever since he contested the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll in May last year, Rinku did not get time to settle down as he knew that he had just 10 months to prove himself before the 16.17 lakh voters of the constituency. Being the lone Lok Sabha MP of the party, Rinku had to often shuttle between Jalandhar and Delhi attending various party events and protests. He remained in news during the Monsoon Session of Parliament last year when he was suspended for tearing papers in the well of the House and throwing them towards Speaker Om Birla. ■ Stoppage of Vande Bharat train in Jalandhar and launch of Adampur airport terminal. ■ Getting works of ROBs, RUBs streamlined. ■ Taking up issues of Punjab in Parliament including delay in getting RDF funds and NHM funds from the Centre ■ Renaming of airport after Guru Ravidass << MP Sushil Kumar Rinku makes a point. TRIBUNE PHOTO He held a long protest outside the Parliament then wearing chains around himself. Having remained a boxer in his earlier years, Rinku has been known for holding demonstrations even during his stint as a councillor. He was a member of the Dynamic Group, formed against his own ruling party Congress in the MC House in 2012. In Congress, Rinku started his career as a councillor from his ward in Basti Danishmandan in 2006 in an MC bypoll after the demise of his father, who was also a councillor. His wife Sunita Rinku too had remained councillor in 2007 and 2017. He became an MLA from Jalandhar West in 2017 but lost in 2022. He switched from Congress to AAP last year to contest the parliamentary bypoll and won it. Being the lone sitting Lok Sabha MP of the party, Rinku’s candidature was being expected much earlier. It was everyone’s guess that his name could be announced The accused in custody of the Vigilance Bureau in Kapurthala. year 2011-2012 for the below poverty line (BPL) families, the then ADC Developmentcum-Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Kapurthala, Satish Chander Vashisht, in connivance with Asa Singh, Sarpanch of village Mehmedwal and Kulwant Singh, then Panchayat Secretary, had embezzled the grants by issuing cheques in the name of ineligible beneficiaries. He informed that on the LS ELECTIONS 2024 Decision likely by March 25 Tribune News Service Former DHO Lakhvir Singh (right) joins SAD in the presence of party chief Sukhbir Badal in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH Hoshiarpur ex-DHO Lakhbir joins SAD Jalandhar, March 14 Noted social worker and former District Health Officer Lakhbir Singh joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in the presence of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal here today. He had retired as DHO from Hoshiarpur after serving the department for 29 years. He had retired prematurely saying that he wanted to spend more time in social work. SAD president said that he had learnt about Dr Lakhbir’s contribution to society especially in the field of food safety, blood donation, anti-drug campaign and as a Covid warrior. Badal assured Lakhbir Singh that he and his supporters would get due respect in the party and he was confident that he would prove to be an asset to the SAD. Dr Lakhbir assured the SAD president that he along with his supporters would take the policies of the party to every part of the state. — TNS Jalandhar, March 14 The Lok Sabha elections are round the corner and preparations are in full swing. But the authorities seem to have ignored the city’s civic aspect which in this case translates to poor sanitation with streets stinking because of the accumulating garbage heaps. It was the fourth day of the nonlifting of garbage from streets. Notably, the contractors have announced that they would not lift waste till they get their payments and work orders. Garbage piles can be spotted at various roads across the city. Markets are in a mess and residents are welcomed by the sight of garbage piling up on roads. They are forced to put up with unbearable stench Garbage lies strewn along a road in Jalandhar. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH emanating from the waste lying on the roads. As per information, the MC Commissioner has constituted a committee that will check the pending bills and the amount to be paid to the contractors. A decision will be taken before March 25. “Several meetings have been held with MC officials, but nothing has been done. We can’t execute work till we get approval,” said one of the contractors. “The formation of the committee means that Cancer makes woman farmer switch to organic farming 62-year-old Manjit Kaur conferred with Sardari Prakash Kaur Sara Yadgari Award by the Punjab Agricultural University Aakanksha N Bhardwaj WANTS TO DO MORE Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 14 A woman farmer, Manjit Kaur (62), from a nondescript village, Nila Naloya in Bhunga block, was conferred with then Sardari Prakash Kaur Sara Yadgari Award by Punjab Agricultural University. Hers is a story of resilience and strength. Years ago, Manjit Kaur got to know that her daughter was suffering from cancer. The shocking revelation turned her life upside down and when doctors told her that adulterated food and chemical-laced crops were the main reason, she decided to shun chemicals and adopt natural farming. Manjit Kaur says that she now sells vegetables, which are grown naturally, and most of recommendations of Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, a five-member committee, comprising various officials, had conducted a physical verification regarding the utilisation of said grants, during which it was found that illegal payments to the tune of Rs 1,80,00,000 were made to 411 ineligible beneficiaries belonging to 31 villages in Kapurthala district during the year 2011-12. — TNS Garbage mess in city unlikely to be resolved before Holi, panel formed DC inspects strong rooms, counting centres Jalandhar, March 14 In view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal visited the strong rooms and counting centres and took stock of the ongoing arrangements. The DC along with Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) Major Dr Amit Mahajan, AROs visited Government Arts and Sports College, State Patwar School, Director Land Records, Government Sports School, where strong rooms are to be set up for all nine Assembly constituencies. He directed the assistant returning officers to ensure that all arrangements were made as per the guidelines of the EC at the strong rooms and counting centres. Sarangal said after the end of voting procedure in the district, EVMs would be collected from different Assembly constituencies and would be kept in the strong room. — TNS during the recent visit of AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal to Jalandhar. But it finally came today in the list of the first eight candidates. With his candidature announced yet again, all eyes will be on how his arch-rival within the party and Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural reacts to the development. Angural, in his video post on FB a few months back, had challenged Rinku to contest again from Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. Kapurthala, March 14 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Thursday arrested one more accused, namely Gurudev Singh, a resident of village Khangah in district Kapurthala, for misappropriating a grant of Rs 45,000 by colluding with others out of a total Central grant of Rs 4,95,000 received by Khangah gram panchayat in the year 20112012. These funds were sanctioned to the said panchayat for construction of pucca houses for the poor and homeless under the Indira Awas Yojana. The accused was absconding for the last seven years. It is worth mentioning that of the total 132 accused involved in the case registered about seven years ago, 119 had already been arrested so far and 11 of the accused had passed away while search for the remaining two accused was in progress. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the VB said of the total Central grant of Rs 4,95,000 received by Khangah panchayat in the ❝ I want to do so much work that our endeavour gets acknowledged at the national level too. This has given me a lot of motivation. Manjit Kaur RUNS SHG ❞ ■ Manjit Kaur also runs a self-help Devastated by her daughter’s illness, Manjit Kaur decided to adopt natural farming. TRIBUNE PHOTO group (SHG) where she makes pickles and other eatables and sells them. Recently, she has also started selling organic bhujiya wherein she puts homegrown nuts too. ■ Her husband Tarsem Singh, a retired Principal from a government school, helps her in farming activities her customers are those who are suffering from the deadly disease. Kaur also runs a self- Her husband Tarsem Singh, a retired Principal from a government help group (SHG) where she makes pickles and other eatables and sells them. Recently, c m y b she has also started selling organic bhujiya wherein she mixes homegrown nuts too. school, helps her in farming activities. While narrating how she changed the nature of her farming from chemical to organic, Manjit Kaur recounts, “I still remember the day I got to know about the disease from which my daughter was suffering. She has now recovered, but I was taken aback. I thought that if the vegetable I was growing was affecting my children, then what was its use? That was the time I decided to stop using insecticides.” A progressive farmer, Manjit Kaur has already received several awards for her work. “I want to do so much work that our endeavour gets acknowledged at the national level too. This has given me a lot of motivation,” Manjit Kaur added. they don’t want the waste and garbage to be lifted till March 25,” he pointed out. The waste has not been lifted from the dumps at Nangal Shama, Rama Mandi, Maqsudan, Vikas Puri, Dakoha, BMC and Model Town. Two held with 6.1-kg opium Nawanshahr, March 14 Three days after the Nawanshahr police claimed to have had arrested two persons with 6.1 kg of opium, the police have nominated one suspect who had given the assignment to the youngsters. The accused is yet to be arrested, police source said. As per information, he belongs to Chuharpur village in Nawanshahr and is into farming while his brother lives abroad. The police said there is no prior case registered against Harpreet. The police further said that the accused was yet to inform the two arrested youngsters regarding the destination where they were supposed to sell the drugs. The two suspects nabbed by the police are Lavdeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh. — TNS