14032025-JTR-01.qxd 3/13/2025 11:14 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune HOLA MOHALLA FESTIVITIES ON FULL PEAK MAHARASHTRA’S DADA CHILKE FLOORS IRAN'S IRFAN KARTAR GOES DOWN MEMORY LANE TO RECOLLECT FOND TIMES There are stalls of bread pakoras, tea, water, kadhi-chawal, daal-chapati, etc. Stalls also have places to rest. P2 Dada Chilke of Maharashtra beat Iran’s Irfan during a match held as part of the wrestling matches P3 Pollywood actor Kartar Cheema goes down memory lane to recollect fond times, as he bats for a safe Holi. P6 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 27°C | MIN 14°C YESTERDAY MAX 29°C | MIN 14°C SUNSET FRIDAY 6.35 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 6:37 AM » FRIDAY | 14 MARCH 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF ASI INJURED IN ATTACK Phagwara: ASI Darshan Singh of Satnampura sustained injuries when his vehicle was hit by a speeding vehicle of suspects near village Maherru last night. Darshan told the police that he was on a patrolling duty and was chasing a suspicious black-coloured vehicle, but after giving dodge to the police the suspects hit the vehicle from the rear and fled from the site, taking advantage of dark. The police have registered a case . OC TWO DRUG PEDDLERS HELD Phagwara: The police have arrested two 'drugs peddlers' and seized 325 intoxicated tablets from them. The police nabbed a peddler Mandip Singh of Phagwara at a check point near village Gonspur. Meanwhile, the police arrested another drug peddler Surjit Kumar of Onkar Nagar, Phagwara, during a naka bandi near Chhag Colony, Phagwara. Two cases under the NDPS Act have been registered against the arrested accused. OC TWO BOOKED FOR SNATCHING Phagwara: The police have booked two miscreants on the charge of snatching a woman's earrings. The accused have been identified as Kiranjit Singh and Jaskaran of Mullewal Aranyee village. Anju Bala of Guru Teg Bahadar Nagar complained to the police that the accused snatched her earrings on March 10. Meanwhile, in another case, the police booked miscreants for snatching Jaswindar Kaur's earrings. OC In 6 months, another case of ammonia gas leak in city No casualty reported |Admn teams rush to illegal ice factory Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 13 Nearly six months after a life was lost in the ammonia gas leak incident that had occurred in an ice factory near the Domoria overbridge, another similar incident took place this afternoon. The incident took place at Kuldeep Ice Factory in residential colony Anand Nagar here. Thankfully, there was no casualty reported today. Residents of the locality had raised the alarm after which officials from all departments concerned, including the SDO, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Deputy Director, Factories, and the police, reached the spot. A fire tender too had been immediately pressed into service. Manvinder S Hundal, SDO, PPCB, “We already had been getting complaints about the factory from the residents. Since the owner of the factory Teams inspect the factory where ammonia gas leak in Anand Nagar, Jalandhar, reported on Thursday. had been running it without our consent, we had got its power connection snapped through the PSPCL so that the factory could not be run. Today, we got a complaint that some testing work was being done in the factory again and the gas was leaking and, therefore, we called in all officials.” Gurjant Singh, Deputy Director, Factories, said, “There has been an incident due to leak from residue gas in cylinders in the factory. Since the day temperature has increased, there had been expansion of gas and hence the leakage. We have called in a team of experts from Verka so that the entire gas can be extracted. We are getting the equipment. A few houses in the locality will be vacated. The area will be cordoned off, all cylinders will be completely emptied and gas shall be dissolved and disposed of scientifically”. The city police teams helped the officials in the process. WOMAN BOOKED FOR CHEATING Phagwara: The police have booked a woman on charges of cheating and breach of trust. The accused Kamaljeet Kaur is a resident of Jai Colony, Shahkot. Sukhdev Singh of the same locality complained to the police that the accused signed an agreement to sell a house for Rs 15 lakh in 2023 and received Rs 13 lakh advance but sold the house to other and cheated him. Raids are being conducted to arrest her. oc VILLAGER HELD WITH FIREARM Phagwara: The police have arrested a villager on the charge of possessing illegal firearm. The police recovered from Baljindar Singh a countrymade pistol and three cartridges. OC 4 DRUG PEDDLERS ARRESTED Phagwara: The police have arrested four 'drug peddlers' on the charge of selling intoxicant tablets. As many as 295 intoxicated tablets were recovered from their possession. oc Hoshiarpur, March 13 The Central Jail administration has recovered seven mobiles and one Sim from different places during a surprise check on the jail premises. The police have registered a case against three accused. Assistant Superintendent Sukhwinder Ram posted in the Central Jail said during the raid conducted in barrack number 14, the jail administration had recovered a mobile from undertrial David, resident of Alowal. While three mobile phones of different types hidden in the bathroom wall of barrack number 17 of the jail had been recovered. He said undertrial Zayed Mohammad, lodged in barrack number 17, used the phone. After getting information, the mobile phone had been recovered from him. He said in another case, two mobile phones hidden in the bathroom of barrack number 22 have been recovered. Assistant Superintendent Manjit Singh said when prisoner Kulwinder Singh returned to the jail after hearing a case, the staff recovered a SIM from him during his search. — OC Join campaign against drugs: Cops Jalandhar, March 13 As part of the “Yudh Nasheya Virudh” campaign, the police are conducting CASO operations and sending smugglers behind the bars. Under the guidance of SSP Gurmit Singh and Jasroop Bath, SP Investigation, the , Shahkot police are searching for properties linked to the drug trade and detaining accused individuals who have been released on bail. Onkar Singh Brar, DSP Shahkot, , now appealing to the residents of Shahkot to join them in the campaign. — TNS Holi revelry begins, stress on herbal colours’ use Amid Cong protest, Phagwara MC passes 15 proposals Meeting lasts 15 min with Cong insisting mayoral poll unfair Ashok Kaura THE PROPOSALS FIVE BOOKED FOR ASSAULT Phagwara: The police have booked five villagers on the charge of assaulting co-villager. The accused have been identified as Lovpreet, Dhama, Happy, Ajay and Tainni of Rahimpur village. Avtar Singh of the village complained to the police that the accused attacked him with sharp-edged weapon and seriously injured him on March 10. oc 7 mobile phones recovered from 3 jail inmates HAPPY HOLI Girls enjoy with colours on the Holi festival in Jalandhar on Thursday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 13 Several clubs, market associations, members of residential societies, staff in offices and students of educational institutes celebrated Holi on Thursday. As students played Holi on the campuses as the day got over, the authorities laid stress on the use of herbal colours and flowers to enjoy the ‘festival of colours’. Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a Tilak Holi with a message of keeping environment clean. Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi along with faculty members of the college celebrated Holi with the flowers to mark the festival of joy and happiness. During the celebration, sweets were also distributed among all staff members of the college. The principal said such festivities give a break from the monotonous routine and MC recovers ~41.5 cr property tax so far Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 13 The property tax department of the Municipal Corporation has recovered Rs 41.5 crore until now while the target is Rs 50 crore for this financial year. Now, the department is regularly sending the SMSes to the defaulters and ads will also be run asking people to pay property tax. “We will make an appeal to the public to deposit the tax,” Superintendent of the department Bhupinder Singh said. From April 1, 20 per cent penalty will be imposed and 1.5 per cent interest will be charged every month, he said. Under the procedure for taking action against the default- ers, inspectors of the wing visit different areas to recover the tax. The defaulters are served notices under Section 112 of the Municipal Corporation Act. They have to file a reply within three days, failing which another notice of sealing the property will be served under Section 138 of the Act. During the last financial year, the target was Rs 43 crore and the recovery was Rs 41 crore. The One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for the recovery of tax also did not evoke good response. The civic body had recovered Rs 5 crore in the beginning from the government properties, but there was not much response from commercial properties. are always welcomed. Various branches of St Soldier Group organised a ‘Green Holi’ on the campus in which students made posters, slogans and rangoli for the theme. All staff members and students celebrated Holi with flowers and organic colors. Phagwara, March 13 In a surprising development, 15 proposals on the agenda were declared as passed in about 15 minutes during a noisy protest by the Congress and its councillors in the first general meeting of the newly elected Municipal Corporation, Phagwara. Mayor Ram Pal Uppal presided over the meeting. Dr Akshita Gupta, Municipal Commissioner, was also present in the meeting held on Thursday evening. The Congress councillors attended the meeting after submitting a protest letter to the Municipal Commissioner that the Mayor’s election was held in an unconstitutional way on February 1. The matter is pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Despite this, a meeting of the MC was called today. The High Court had fixed the next date of hearing on March 19 and The meeting was held to pass 15 proposals of the Municipal Corporation, including providing sweepers, construction work related to Banga road, installation of LED lights in Zone A, B , C and D of Phagwara, new LED lights in ward 12, 18 and 45; formation of Finance and Contract Committee; GID-based survey of property and renovation of the Mayor’s residence, etc. demanded the videography of mayoral elections and the report of the observer. The Congress councillors submitted that they would participate in the meeting but stage a symbolic protest. The meeting was held to pass 15 proposals of the Municipal Corporation, including providing sweepers, construction work related to Banga road, installation of LED lights in Zone A, B , C and D of Phagwara, new LED lights in ward 12, 18 and 45; formation of Finance and Contract Com- mittee; GID-based survey of property and renovation of the Mayor’s residence, etc. The first proposal for formation of Finance and Contract Committee was introduced in the meeting for which Congress councillors gave two names, Sushil Maini and Darshan Kataria, to be its members. Congress councillors raised hands in favour of their nominated members for the committee. As soon as AAP councillors raised a hue and cry in the meeting, Mayor Uppal announced that all 15 proposals stood passed without taking any councillor into confidence. No voting was done for the proposals passed in the meeting by the Mayor. Within 10-15 minutes, the meeting ended and the Mayor left. 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