16062024-ATR-01.qxd 6/16/2024 12:36 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY TRACTOR OVERTURNS DURING ILLEGAL RACE IN PHAGWARA YO YO HONEY SINGH TO ATTEND SONAKSHI SINHA’S WEDDING DALLAS GIG STOPPED MIDWAY, BADSHAH BLAMES PROMOTER Six persons, including five children, were injured when a tractor overturned after breaking of its one part. P2 Singer said though he would be busy with shooting in London, he would definitely attend the wedding. P4 The rapper says the show promoter is at fault for not coordinating properly with the local authorities. P4 » » » MAX 45°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 44°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7.37 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 5.25 AM SUNDAY | 16 JUNE 2024 | AMRITSAR Businessman gets ~1cr extortion call Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, June 15 Harpal Singh, a resident of Chaudhriwala (Naushehra Pannuan) village, recently received WhatsApp calls from three members of the Lakhbir Singh Landa (of Harike) module demanding a ransom of ~1 crore. He was threatened to be killed in case he failed to pay it. Businessman Harpal Singh in his complaint to the Sarhali police stated that he received a WhatsApp call on June 12 from Satta of Chaudhriwala village and two others when he was at home. He said there were three callers who introduced themselves as members of the Lakhbir Singh Landa module, who had earlier EARLIER, THEY DEMANDED ~30 LAKH Earlier, miscreants demanded a ransom of ~30 lakh from the businessman and later increased it to ~1 crore considering that he is a rich and resourceful person. demanded a ransom of ~30 lakh from the businessman and later increased it to ~1 crore considering that he is a rich and resourceful person. When he refused to pay them the ransom amount, the callers stopped demanding it from him by warning that they would kill him. The Sarhali police have registered a case under Sections 387, 506 and 120-B the IPC against the extortionists. Land dispute claims man’s life in Tarn Taran village Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, June 15 A land dispute between two parties at Mundapind village here claimed the life of a man after the rival party opened fire on him and his brother here on Friday night. The victim’s elder brother was seriously injured in the firing. A team of personnel of the Goindwal Sahib police station, led by Sub-Inspector Paramjit Singh, reached the spot and initiated further proceedings. SHO Paramjit Singh said the deceased was identified as Satbir Singh (38) and the injured as Balbir Victim Satbir Singh Singh, who was admitted to a local private hospital. The SHO said the accused were identified as Lakhwant Singh, his wife Manjinder Kaur, sons Amritpal Singh and Varinderpal Singh, daugh- ters-in-law Sarabjit Kaur and Sukhjinder Kaur and two unidentified persons. Injured Balbir Singh in his statement to the police stated that both he and his younger brother were working in their fields when the accused armed with dreaded weapons and traditional weapons attacked them. His brother Satbir Singh was shot at by Lakhwant Singh. He (Balbir) too was fired at, but luckily he escaped. Then the attackers hit him with sharpedged weapons. Pishora Singh, who was working in their fields, admitted them to a private hospital in Tarn Taran. Satbir Singh was declared dead by the doctors while Balbir Singh was admitted to hospital. SHO Paramjit Singh said Lakhwant Singh, his wife Manjinder Kaur, sons Amritpal Singh and Varinderpal Singh and their wives Sarabjit Kaur and Sukhjinder Kaur, respectively, and two unidentified persons had been booked under Sections 302, 307, 323, 324, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and under Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. No accused has been arrested yet, said the police. Attacked in Himachal, Punjabi-Spanish couple demands action Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 15 A Spanish-Punjabi couple who recently went to Dalhousie on vacation alleged that they were badly beaten up by local residents following an argument over parking of their car. The confrontation escalated into a violent attack, as a result of which the man suffered head injuries and broke his arm. They claimed that the videos they had recorded were deleted by the assailants and that locals misbehaved with his Spanish wife. Victim Kawaljeet Singh, an NRI from Panwa village in Majitha, said, “We have been living in Spain for the last 25 years. Two weeks ago, we returned to Punjab and decided to establish A Spanish-Punjabi couple gets treatment at a private hospital in Amritsar on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO a business here. I along with my wife and brother went to Dalhousie. We were unaware about the ongoing political issue. We had an argument with parking staff in the car parking lot. They Water relief called several other locals and started thrashing us. The incident happened in front of the local police station and they were helpless in front of a violent crowd. My wife recorded the incident on her mobile phone, but the police deleted it.” Kawaljeet Singh claimed that his Spanish wife got a panic attack on the spot. She is still in panic and wanted to return to Spain. “On the one hand, politicians are inviting Punjabis for reverse migration, but how it is possible in such circumstances. We are here to do business and don’t want to indulge in any politics here but such violence would adversely hit the tourism industry in Himachal. We don’t suggest anyone to visit there. The government should take action against the accused.” Go for short-duration paddy varieties: Agri experts to farmers Tribune News Service As the day temperature is hovering around 45 degrees Celsius, some pigeons find solace in an open pool of water at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR Amritsar, June 15 With paddy transplantation starting from Saturday (today) onwards, the district Agriculture Department has appealed to the farmers to cultivate short-duration varieties to help in conserving water. Officials of the Agriculture Department say that shortduration varieties are known to use less water as compared to the traditional varieties. The state government had earlier notified June 15 as the starting date for paddy transplantation in the district. However, owing to problems such as shortage of labour and inadequate power supply for tubewells, paddy sowing work is going on at a slow pace. Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO) Tajinder Singh said paddy transplantation work would pick up pace after certain issues are streamlined. He said work usually picks up speed after the first rain as it becomes easier to meet the requirement of flooding the fields which is required for puddling in the fields. Local Member of Parliament Gurjeet Singh Aujla visited the local Parvati Devi Hospital in Amritsar and met the couple. He expressed his concern over the statements of Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut. “I will talk to the Himachal Pradesh CM to take action against the culprits. A crowd assembled in the name of Kangana Ranaut. I always oppose targeting any community, social or religious group. Politicians should act with responsibility. We condemn the celebration of slapping the actor, but also oppose her statement against farmers. We hold responsible only those handful of local people who attacked us otherwise we don’t blame anyone in Himachal.” Amritsar, June 15 Majha House opened its new literary series ‘Book People: Talking South East Asia’ with an engaging and insightful discussion between authors Artika Aurora Bakshi, Ameena Hussein and publisher Ravi Singh, founder of the Speaking Tiger Publisher House. The focus of the discussion was the literary culture and discourse in Sri Lanka vis-à-vis India, Both Hussein and Artika, who are from Sri Lanka, shared their views on the subject. Majha House founder Preeti Gill opened the session by sharing her bit on Majha House organising literary and cultural Artika Aurora Bakshi Ameena Hussein programmes for the last six years. Many famous writers and artists have been associated with Majha House. “Now is the opportunity for all of us to know the writers and artists of our neighbouring countries their culture. In this initiative, Artika Arora Bakshi and Ameena Hussein from Sri Lanka have joined us,” she said. Artika, born in Amritsar but currently based in Sri Lanka, is a famous writer of the children’s book series ‘My Little Sikh Handbook’ and Ameena is a writer and co-founder of a publishing house. Talking to Ravi Singh about her journey, Ameena said when her stories were awarded, she realised that there were many unpublished writers, who were looking for a platform for their stories. “I started my own publishing house, which would keep the expenses to a minimum in an otherwise expensive business of publishing a book,” she shared. Artika shared how she came to Sri Lanka 25 years ago and found her calling as an author. “Since there were few Sikhs there, I felt that I should write about them and their belief system and raise awareness about it. I was lucky that I soon c m y b found a publisher and so far four of my books have been published and the fifth will be out soon,” she said. Ameena said she usually suggests online platforms to poets as the response is instant and if they get a lot of appreciation, they can get published. “But even now writers want to get published in the traditional way. It is difficult to select a book. Many times I refuse an unknown and new writer but that’s not the case with big publishing houses,” she said. Both Ameena and Artika said that publishing a book in Sri Lanka has become fairly expensive due to heavy taxation. — TNS Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, June 15 One progressive farmer, Jobanjit Singh, a resident of Rasulpur village here, was honoured with an appreciation award for sowing paddy with the (DSR) technique on his 19 acres of land. The farmer was honoured with a shield by Jaswant Singh, Director, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, on Saturday who was on his one-day tour of Tarn Taran district. The Director visited the fields of the farmer and appreciated him for being role model for other farmers by adopting the move to save groundwater. The Director said the state government gives ~1,000 per acre as honorarium to those farmers who adopt the DSR method. He said the DSR technique not only saves water but also obliterate the need of labour, precious time, other expenses, etc. In a meeting with officials of the district department, he appealed to them to remain in touch with farmers to guide them in case they face any trouble from crops diseases. He said farmers must be motivated to sow maize and other crops that consume less water. Chief Agriculture Officers Dr Harpal Singh Pannu and Tajinder Singh, of Tarn Taran and Amritsar, respectively, while speaking on the occasion said farmers were being updated on the welfare schemes for the betterment of the farmers of the state government . City police conduct cordon & search ops in three zones Police personnel during the checking of houses in Amritsar on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Tribune News Service Majha House opens literary series with 2 authors Farmer honoured for adopting DSR tech Amritsar, June 15 The police carried out cordon and search operations (CASOs) in various areas and three zones in the city on Saturday. The search operations were led by the Additional Deputy Commissioners of Police (ADCPs) and all the Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) and SHOs and police post in-charges checked the sensitive areas of the three zones of Amritsar Police Commissionerate. On the instructions of Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Ranjit Singh Dhillon and DCP Law and Order, Alam , Vijay Singh, the cordon and search operations were conducted at Noori Mohalla and Gujarpura under the limits of C Division police station in the early hours today. In Zone-1 area, a team led by ADCP-1 Dr Darpan Ahluwalia and ACP Maninder Pal Singh questioned habitual offenders and history sheeters and impounded a few vehicles without registration numbers. Similarly, in Zone-2, ADCP2 Prabhjot Singh Virk and ACP (North) Varinder Singh Khosa along with SHOs conducted a search operation in Indira Colony in Mustafabad area. In Zone-3, ADCP-3 Navjot Singh along with a team of police personnel conducted a search operation in different areas of Verka. Apart from this, checking was conducted at the bus stand by the SHO, A-Division police station. Police Commissioner Ranjit Singh Dhillon stated that such special search operations will be conducted by the city police to root out drugs and crack a whip on bad elements. “The Amritsar Commissionerate Police is on 24-hour standby to maintain law and order and peace and ensure safety of the public,” he said. Besides, as a part of the morning ‘Walk and Talk’ campaign, the officials concerned interacted with local residents to curb drug addiction and sought their suggestions and appealed to them to report any drug dealing in their areas. The names and address of the informer will be kept strictly confidential.
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