23052025-JTR-01.qxd 22-05-2025 22:36 Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune STAGE SET FOR WORKERS’ RIGHTS DHARNA ON MAY 26 HOW TO SAVE CHILDREN FROM DOOMSCROLLING, JUNK FOOD MANI RATNAM ON ACTORS CALLING HIM ‘DREAM DIRECTOR’ Primary demands inlcude, implemention of MGNREGA in villages as well as in the cities. P2 Incessant rise in screen time and intake of junk food among kids is heightening anxiety. P3 Over the past 40 years, the veteran filmmaker has woven cinematic spells with thought-provoking narratives. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 42°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 41°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET FRIDAY 7.21 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 5:26 AM » FRIDAY | 23 MAY 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF MAN BOOKED FOR RUNNING ILLEGAL IELTS CENTRE Phagwara: The Nakodar Sadar police booked a villager for allegedly running illegal IELTS centres at his house.The accused has been identified as Narindar Kumar, a resident of Chuharr village. Saurav Gautam, a resident of the same village, complained to the Nakodar Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) about an illegal IELTS centre, Jevik IELTS centre, at Chuharr village. The SDM has forwarded this complaint to the SSP, who sought the district attorney's opinion and ordered registration of a case. A case under sections of the Punjab Travel Professional Regulation Act has been registered against the accused. OC DRUG PEDDLER ARRESTED MLA Arora ‘ignored’, Bali calling shots Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 22 Since the past fortnight, there has been a rejig of power in the Aam Aadmi Party in Jalandhar. While Jalandhar Central MLA Raman Arora, whose entire security had been withdrawn, has been attempting to resettle, his rival Deepak Bali has been reportedly calling the shots. Bali’s closeness in the inner circle of the Delhi’s AAP team is well-known. He is largely known to be operating through Vijay Nair, a close confidant of AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Bali has been able to use all his contacts in the business, social, cultural and media circles in his favour, especially since the party had appointed him Raman Arora adviser to Punjab’s Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department two months back. Bali is learnt to be eyeing the Jalandhar Central Assembly seat in the next elections. There has been a buzz that it is Bali, who has been trying to clip the wings of Arora and had even been lodging complaints against him. But he outrightly rejects any such reports, “I am not the kind of person to indulge in any kind of backstabbing. I just believe in doing good work and service for my people”, he maintained. Arora’s downfall had also been linked to the recent arrest of Assistant Town Planner of the Municipal Corporation Sukhdev Vashisht. While Arora has been denying having any link with Vashisht, Bali had posted a news clip of his arrest on the Facebook while writing, “This is the real style of AAP The party wants . to give corruption-free administration in Jalandhar”. He has even been sharing his personal phone number while posting that if any employee sought money from the public for getting work Barefoot to beat heat Tribune News Service CASH, JEWELLERY STOLEN,1 BOOKED Phagwara: The Mehatpur police have booked some persons for stealing cash and jewellery from a house. Pritpal Singh of Awann Khalsa village complained to the police that thieves barged into his house on May 20 night and stole Rs 2.5 lakh and gold jewellary. A case under the BNS has been registered against unidentified accused. OC VILLAGER BOOKED FOR LIQUOR SALE BOOKED FOR SUICIDE Hoshiarpur: The police have booked a man, his mother and father on a complaint of a woman on the charge of forcing a woman to commit suicide. Jaswinder Kaur of village Haled of Dasuya told the police that her daughter Mandeep Kaur was maried to Charanjit Singh, son of Joginderpal, a resident of Sheikhupura. Her daughter's in-laws said Mandeep had consumed poison, after which she was admitted to a hospital where she died. According to her, her daughter was forced by her in-laws to take the step. oc DRUGS SEIZED FROM TWO Hoshiarpur: The police have arrested two accused and recovered drugs and drug money from them. The police arrested Rachpal Singh of Ravidas Nagar and recovered 256 gram of narcotic powder from him. While the police arrested Bachitar Singh and recovered 270 gram of narcotic powder and drug money worth Rs 4,300 from him.oc done, he could be directly called or messaged. Bali maintains, “I am against corruption and have hence shared my number publicly for anyone to approach me”. Post divesting of his security cover, Arora had toured Delhi and Chandigarh to meet senior leaders of the party to sense if removal of security cover was an indication of a bigger BSP stages protests over drug menace Phagwara:The Bilga police have arrested a drug peddler on the charge of selling heroin. SHO Palwindar Singh said 8 gram of heroin was recovered from the possession of the accused Manpreet Kumar, alias Mani, of Mohalla Joshian, Talwan village. A case under Sections 21B/61/85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. OC Phagwara: The Lohian Khas police booked a villager on the charges of brewing and selling illicit liquor. As many as 35 bottles of hooch and 400 kg of lahan were seized from the possession of the accused Jasveer Singh, a resident of Mundi Chohlian village. A case under Sections 61/1/14 of the Punjab Excise Act has been registered against the accused. oc Deepak Bali action coming against him. He, however, has been calmly working in the city for the past one week and now been actively engaged in all political activities, including conducting ward-wise programmes under the banner of ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’, meeting people regarding their problems in his office and distributing old-age pension numbers to beneficiaries. Amid these upheavals, AAP leader Pawan Tinu, who had unsuccessfully contested Jalandhar parliamentary polls last year, too seems to be getting a bit charged up. He has been given a new responsibility as the Chairman of the Punjab State Coorperative Agricultural Development Bank three days ago. To get some relief from the heat wave after school is over time, boys remove their socks and shoes while taking a riding in an autorickshaw back home. TRIBUNE PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH Jalandhar, May 22 The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today held demonstrations at all district headquarters across the state on the issue of drugs. Under the Punjab Sambhalo campaign, BSP leaders and workers also staged a large-scale protest against the government and submitted a memorandum to district administration officials for the Governor for the eradication of drugs. The district-level demonstration was led by BSP state general secretary and zone in-charge advocate Balwinder Kumar and along with him BSP leaders Gurmel Chumbar and Tirath Rajpura. Addressing a large gathering of BSP workers, Balwinder Kumar said that although the AAP government is waging a war against drugs, the conditions of people are going from bad to worse at the ground level due to drugs and people are dying every day. As a result of this, more BSP leaders hold a demonstration in front of the DC office in Jalandhar, demanding the eradication of drugs, on Thursday .TRIBUNE PHOTO:MALKIAT SINGH. than 47 people have died in Majitha. He said the AAP government also turned out to be like the previous governments. “The way drugs were available during the rules under previous governments, the same is happening in the rule of the AAP government. That is why the government needs to be changed and BSP is its suitable alternative,” Balwinder Kumar said. BSP leaders Gurmel Chumbar and Tirath Rajpura also said in the campaign launched by the govern- ment against drugs, pamphlets are also being issued against drug addicts, whereas they need to be reformed and the big network of drugs needs to be broken if the government really wants to eliminate drugs from the state. 85-year-old NRI shoots himself in Nurmahal 5 school buses challaned, Our Correspondent Phagwara, May 22 In a tragic incident, 85-yearold NRI Sewa Singh, a former company manager in England, died by suicide at his ancestral home in village Bainapur near Nurmahal on Wednesday evening. Singh, who had returned to India nearly four years ago due to deteriorating health, was living alone at the time of the incident. According to police sources, Singh used a licensed 6.6 bore pistol to end his life, fir- Sewa Singh ing a single shot in his head at 7:29 PM. The act was captured on the home’s CCTV system, which showed Singh bowing his head before a photograph in his room moments before the fatal shot. The distressing discovery was made by Puja, a domestic worker who has been employed by the family for the past 20 years. She arrived at the residence around 8:30 PM to prepare dinner and immediately alerted the authorities upon finding Singh’s lifeless body. Station House Officer (SHO) of Nurmahal Krishan Gopal confirmed that the police are conducting a thorough investigation into the matter. A forensic team arrived at the scene around 1:30 PM the following day to collect evidence and assist in the inquiry. Singh had been residing in a 15-marla house in the village after moving back from England. His wife, son, and daughter currently reside abroad. Puja has informed the family members and police officials stated that the last rites will be conducted only after their arrival. Meanwhile, the deceased’s body has been sent to the Phillaur Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination. Youth dies in Phagwara Civil Hospital, family vandalises hospital property Our Correspondent Phagwara, May 22 Chaos erupted at the Phagwara Civil Hospital after the death of a young man, identified as Kapil, led to a violent outburst by agitated family members and supporters. The youth, who had been in a critical condition, died during treatment, prompting allegations of medical negligence from his relatives. According to sources, Kapil was initially brought to the government hospital in a serious state and subsequently referred to Amritsar Medical College for advanced care. However, on May 19, his family brought him back to the Phagwara Civil Hospital. Despite being informed of his grave condition by the medical staff, his health deterio- rated and he succumbed during treatment. Following his death, tensions flared in the hospital’s emergency ward. Enraged by the incident, a group of people reportedly vandalised hospital property and misbehaved with onduty medical staff. Senior Medical Officer Dr Parminder Kaur told this correspondent that she had c m y b lodged a complaint with the police immediately to ensure the safety of both staff and patients and to act against miscreants. The authorities are now investigating the incident, including the medical treatment provided and the outbreak of violence. The police have been deployed to maintain law and order on the hospital premises. one bus impounded Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, May 22 Under the Safe School Vehicle Scheme in the district, around 30 school buses of four schools were checked by Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Sanjeev Sharma and Assistant Transport Officer. The RTO said during this checking campaign, challans were issued to five bus drivers who violated the instructions issued under the Safe School Vehicle Scheme. Of these, one bus, which did not have the documents and fitness certificate, was impounded. The Regional Transport Officer appealed to all school principals of the district to give clear instructions to all bus owners to get the necessary documents like fitness of buses, pollution certificate, insurance etc. completed and keep these with them always. Along with this, he also clarified that the school principals themselves should ensure that their school buses are complying with every guideline of the Safe School Vehicle Scheme. RTO Sanjeev Sharma checking school buses at Hoshiarpur under Safe School Vehicles scheme. If any school violates this policy, strict action will be taken against it. The RTO reiterated that the safety of children is the top priority of the government, and no negligence in this regard will be tolerated.