31082024-JTR-01.qxd 8/30/2024 10:24 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune EMINENT PERSONS HONOURED AT THE TRIBUNE LIFESTYLE AWARDS The renowned personalities were honoured for their contributions and achievements in their fields. P3 » KANGANA: I’M DETERMINED TO GO TO COURT TO PROTECT MY FILM WILL SMITH STARTS FOLLOWING DILJIT DOSANJH ON INSTAGRAM Actress-filmmaker Kangana Ranaut says the censor board has not given certificate to her for upcoming movie Emergency.P4 Fans of singer & actor Diljit Dosanjh are going crazy as he is being followed by Hollywood star Will Smith on Instagram.P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 34°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.52 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:03 AM SATURDAY | 31 AUGUST 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF JUVENILE HELD FOR SNATCHING Phagwara: The police have arrested third accused on the charge of snatching a mobile phone and certificates from a girl. The accused Diljit, alias Lili, is a resident of Pasla village. Paramjit Singh of Aade Kali village had complained to the police that he was returning home from Jandiala village with his daughter on August 14 afternoon when the accused snatched a bag containing a mobile phone and certificates from his daughter. A case was registered against three persons. OC TWO ARRESTED FOR BETTING Hoshiarpur: The police arrested two accused for betting and recovered Rs 39,260 from them. According to information, the police arrested Harpreet Singh, alias Honey, resident of Basi Khabaju, for betting and recovered Rs 8,630 from him, while the police of Garhshankar arrested Mohan Lal, resident of the district, for betting and recovered Rs. 30,630 cash from him. OC WOMAN HELD WITH HOOCH Phagwara: The Bilga police have arrested a woman for selling illicit liquor. Investigating officer Dalwana Singh said 30 bottles of hooch were seized from accused Sukhjindar Kaur, alias Sukhi, a resident of Sango Wal village. A case under Sections 61/1/14 of the Punjab Excise Act has been registered against the accused. OC MARRIED WOMAN FOUND MISSING Phagwara: The police have registered a missing report in connection with the disappearance of a married woman. Investigating officer Sarwan Singh said Rajwant Kaur (28), wife of Talwindar Pal Singh, of Saidpur Jhirri village has been missing for the last three days and a missing report has been registered. OC VILLAGER DIES BY SUICIDE Phagwara: A villager has reportedly died by suicide. The deceased has been identified as Navjot Singh of Nawan Pind Jattan village and was living at Mahalla Preet Nagar Nakodar. Kewal Singh of Basesharpur village informed the police about the incident. OC MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT Phagwara: The Phagwara police have arrested a person and recovered one stolen mobile phone from his possession on Thursday night. SP Rupinder Kaur Bhatti said the arrested youth was identified as Aurangjeb Khan, resident of Mohalla Kaulsar, Phagwara. A case has been registered against the arrested accused. OC WOMAN HELD WITH INTOXICANT Hoshiarpur: The Dasuya police arrested a woman on Thursday on the charges of smuggling and seized 62 gram of narcotic powder from her. The accused woman has been identified as Rozi, a resident of Kahlwan. A case has been registered against her under the NDPS Act. OC Class XII girl hangs herself at home Shocked, parents blame teacher for pestering her over payment of fee ■ School denies charges, says she was already exempted from fee payment ■ Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 30 A Class XII girl of a reputed CBSE-affiliated school in the city died by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Kot Bahadur Khan last evening. Deceased Niharika was pursuing the commerce stream at Police DAV Public School. Her father Vipin Kumar said his daughter had been scared of attending school for the past some days but did not share her problem with anyone at home. He said he returned from work at 8 pm and asked for Niharika’s whereabouts when his wife pointed out that she was in her room which she had bolted from inside. Kumar said he had to break open the door and he saw his daughter hanging from the LAST CALL WAS MADE BY TEACHER IT WAS FOR STUDY PURPOSE last call received on my daughter's phone ❝Theher teacher. Her phone also had some chats was of teacher had up the girl she was ❝Ourto the school.callinghad attendedasthe schoolnot coming She for with a friend wherein she had expressed some apprehension over attending her teacher's call. She had even shared with her friend that she could take the extreme step Vipin Kumar, FATHER just 30 days so far. Her attendance in Class XI was also for only 51 days. Her teacher called up to tell her to attend classes as mid-term exams are near. ❞ ❞ ceiling fan with a dupatta. He said the last call received on her daughter’s phone was of her teacher. Her phone also had some chats with a friend wherein she had expressed some apprehension over attending her teacher’s call. She had even shared with her friend that she could take the extreme step. The family has now alleged that the girl was being pestered by her teacher to pay up her school fee and was Dr Rashmi Vij, POLICE DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL hence scared of taking her calls or attending the classes. Since this morning, the police had been trying to record the statements of the teacher and the parents. Principal of Police DAV Public School Dr Rashmi Vij outrightly denied the allegations of the parents. “We too are in pain at the loss of our student, but blaming the school or a teacher for her death is completely uncalled for. We have all the records and minutes of the meeting wherein we had given her full fee concession. Her education expenses are being borne by my son, who is settled in the US. Her elder sister had also availed part fee waiver from our school after her mother had approached us, sharing financial problems at home”, she said. She added, “Our teacher had been calling the girl as she was not coming to school since August 14. She had attended the school for just 30 days so far. Her attendance in Class XI was also for only 51 days. Her teacher was trying to call her to tell her to attend her classes and start to prepare well for the upcoming mid-term examination”. The body of the deceased has been taken to the Civil Hospital for post-mortem. Police officials said they were still in process of taking statements and were yet to lodge an FIR. Hockey fever grips youths, 200 show up for selection trials Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 30 It seems that Indian hockey team that won the Olympic medals for two consecutive times has changed everything at the ground level too. Most of the players in the team were from Punjab and Harmanpreet Singh was the captain. It was for the first time ever that over 200 budding players showed up for the selection trials for the Punjab Sub-Junior Hockey Team, which are being held at Surjit Hockey Stadium. The number was so high that the selection trials that started on Thursday continued today as well. The authorities said this time the players came from several nondescript and border villages and areas like Sangrur, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur and Anandpur Sahib from where not much participation was witnessed earlier. “Most players turned up from Jalandhar, Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts, but this Players also come from several nondescript and border villages time, the participation was from other districts too. This is because of the mushrooming of several sports academies at the grassroot level,” Kulbir Saini from the Surjit Hockey Committee said. The 14th Hockey India SubJunior Men National Hockey Championship will be organized by Hockey India from September 23 to October 3 in Chandigarh for which the trials were started yesterday at Surjit Hockey Stadium. Hockey Punjab president Nitin Kohli and general secretary Amrik Singh Powar said on National Sports Day, Hockey Punjab paid tributes to Major Dhyan Chand, the magician of hockey, and also informed players about his achievements. They said for the first time, such a large number of players participated in these selection trials. District and Sessions Judge Dilbagh Singh Johal welcomes the Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul at the Judicial Court Complex’s inaugural function in Mukerian. CJopenscourtcomplexvirtually Our Correspondent Mukerian, August 30 The new Judicial Court Complex, Mukerian, was inaugurated today virtually by the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sheel Nagu. Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia of the High Court and chairman of the Building Committee and other judges were present. Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul and Managing Judge of Session Division, Hoshiarpur, attended the inauguration ceremo- ny. She also visited various sections of the new complex along with District and Session Judge, Hoshiarpur, Dilbagh Singh Johal, DC Komal Mittal, SSP Surendra Lamba and judicial officers. Inaugurating the twostorey complex equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities built at a cost of about Rs 15.26 crore on six acres, Chief Justice Sheel Nagu said the complex was a ray of hope for residents of Mukerian to get justice. He said with this complex, the judicial process would improve. He said this complex would bring efficiency in the judicial structure of the area. Justice Sandhawalia said the complex was a gift for them. Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said the construction of the new building would speed up the judicial process in Mukerian. Justice Johal said four court rooms, three judicial residences, a mediation centre, front office, library, canteen, bar rooms, video-conferencing system and other modern facilities had been made available in this complex. Six persons, involved in drug trafficking and multiple robbery cases, in Jalandhar Rural police custody. Six arrested with 1 kg of hashish, stolen motorcycle Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 30 The Jalandhar Rural police have arrested six individuals involved in drug trafficking and multiple robbery cases. The police have seized 1.05 kg of hashish from their possession. The accused have been identified as Rahul, alias Mangi, a resident of Mohalla Chaudharia, Phillaur, Anil Paswan from Bihar and currently residing in Phillaur, Rekha, resident of Jagatpur Panjdhera, Phillaur, Vikas, alias Bobby, a resident of Mohalla Ravidaspura, Phillaur, Gourav Kumar, alias Bhakta, resident of Mohalla Bhandera, Phillaur, and Sunita, resident of Mohalla Santokhpura, Phillaur. SSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said the operation had been conducted under the supervision of DSP Phillaur, , Swaran Singh Bal. Led by Inspector Sukhdev Singh, SHO of Phillaur Police Station, a special check-point was set up where the accused were apprehended with a signifi- cant quantity of hashish, along with a stolen motorcycle that had been taken away from the vicinity of Shiv Mandir, GT Road, Phillaur. The accused would be produced in the local court, the SSP said. In a separate operation, the police team has also arrested three members of a gang who had reportedly been carrying out robberies in the area. The police recovered 14 stolen mobile phones and a motorcycle from the gang members. These individuals had been terrorising residents across Phillaur, Guraya and Bilga. SSP Khakh elaborated, “The arrests of these criminals have significantly reduced the instances of robbery in the region.” In this regard, an FIR had been lodged on August 28 under Section 20C of the NDPS Act at Phillaur Police Station, on August 19 and August 13 at Phillaur Police Station. They will be produced in the local court and their remand will be taken to further investigate the cases and to check their forward and backward links. DTF union raises issue of ETT teachers Jalandhar, August 30 Democratic Teachers Front (DTF) Union members handed over a memorandum to the District Revenue Officer as they couldn’t meet the DC. The union members have been raising the issue of nonappointment of ETT teachers despite the release of the merit list. The union members said the AAP government was trying hard to convince that they were serious towards the education, but were not filling several vacant posts in government primary schools in Punjab. — TNS Once in shambles, village school is famous for attractive look, good infra Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 30 Government Primary School, Athaula, was like an ordinary village school with poor infrastructure. Whenever it rained, roofs of classrooms would start leaking, making it almost impossible for them to study. Rainy days always played spoilsport for them. This went on for several years until NRI Gurkaran Singh belonging to the village, who lives in the USA, got to know about it and then changed its destiny. Now, this school is an example for others. People come from other villages to see it. He spent Rs 1 crore and changed the look of the school which was in a dilapidated condition earlier. The NRI has constructed this school in the memory of his grandmother. NRI spends ~1 cr on its facelift BUILDING WITH HERITAGE LOOK The entry of the school has been given a heritage look. At the entrance, a palace like structure welcomes one to the sprawling area of the institution. The beautification of the school has been done, earlier there were four rooms and now there are six for over 100 students. There are four well-maintained toilets for girls, boys and staff members. The entry of the school has been given a heritage look. At the entrance, a palace like structure welcomes one to the sprawling area of the institution. The beautification of the school has been done, earlier there were four rooms and now there are six for over 100 students. There are four well-maintained toilets for girls, boys and staff members. The school now has a library, the latest infrastructure, and what not. The construction of the new building started about two years ago and since then the students had been studying in two rooms. Jasbir Singh, officiating head teacher of the school, said the school had become a cynosure of all eyes. “Our strength has increased. The parents from the nearby villages also approach us to get their wards admitted,” he said. The school has two permanent staff members and one on deputation. Recently, the District Education Officer also visited the school and appreciated the work done by the NRI. The main gate of Government Primary School at Athaula village in Jalandhar. >> c m y b The NRI Gurkaran Singh of Athaula village has got the school constructed in the memory of his grandmother.