25062024-JTR-01.qxd 6/25/2024 12:50 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune WOMAN’S BODY FOUND IN ABOHAR MINOR CANAL SONAKSHI, ZAHEER DANCE TO TERE MAST MAST DO NAIN AKSHAY KUMAR TAKES PART IN TREE PLANTATION DRIVE A decomposed body of a woman was found in a minor canal in the Abohar subdivision.P3 The star-studded wedding reception of Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal turned into a night to remember. P4 Actor Akshay Kumar paid tribute to his late parents by participating in a tree plantation drive. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 42°C | MIN 30°C YESTERDAY MAX 39°C | MIN 29°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7:28 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:23 AM » TUESDAY | 25 JUNE 2024 | JALANDHAR Bikers flee with elderly woman’s gold earrings Famed for sporting talent, zeal for games flagging in district Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 24 It seems like sports has taken a backseat in Jalandhar from where many legendary players rose to eminence because of their contribution to the discipline they represented, bringing fame to the district. Poor turnout of players was witnessed during the college wing trials today. The grounds were almost empty and coaches were seen waiting for more players to come. The wings are for selection in colleges associated with Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab Technical University and Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Sports University, Patiala. Not even a single participant came for swimming, table tennis, lawn tennis, badminton, fencing and cycling. Games like kho kho, powerlifting, judo, weightlifting and gymnas- The victim was seen crying due to pain in a video. Jalandhar Heights, said the incident took place when they were going for eye check-up. A complaint in this regard has been lodged at the police station. There seems to be no letup in crime incidents in the Model Town area. Unidentified persons recently attacked a restaurant manager with sharp weapons. The incident took place when the victim, Amit (35), was returning to his home on his scooter. Bike-borne miscreants waylaid him and chopped off his three fingers. The miscreants also took away his mobile phone. Union demands recruitment of primary teachers Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 24 Leaders of Government Teachers Union Punjab including its state president Sukhwinder Singh Chahal, secretary Gurbinder Saskaur, finance secretary Principal Amandeep Sharma and press secretary Karnail Phillaur have demanded that the pending recruitment of primary teachers (5994) be completed immediately as posts in many schools were lying vacant and unemployed teachers were getting overage due to delay in recruitment. The union leaders demanded from the education department that in case of teachers who had a mismatch of fingerprint, the exam should be held again. The union leaders demanded that the recruitment process be carried out quickly so that repeated obstacles like court cases could be avoided. Balwinder Singh Bhutto, organising secretary, Jaswinder Singh Samana, assistant organising secretary, Kuldeep Singh Purowal and Gurpreet Singh Ammiwal, senior vice-presidents, Gurdeep Singh Bajwa and Manohar Lal Sharma, vice-presidents, Devi Dayal and Harinder Mallian, joint secretaries, Dildar Bhandal and Ganesh Bhagat were among those present. Tribune News Service Few players turn up for college wing trials, grounds remain largely empty Players take part in sports trials in Jalandhar on Monday. The participation in trials for the sports wings has dwindled over the years. PHOTOS: SARABJIT SINGH tics witnessed less than five players for the trials. Out of 305 players, who turned up, 125 gave trials for football. Jalandhar is renowned for producing exceptional national and international players, including recipi- sports wings has dwindled over the years. The Tribune had earlier highlighted that the coaches attribute this decline to the diminishing interest of students in sports as more and more are opting to go abroad in pursuit of NO PARTICIPANT FOR SEVERAL GAMES Not even a single participant came for swimming, table tennis, lawn tennis, badminton, fencing and cycling. Games like kho kho, powerlifting, judo, weightlifting and gymnastics witnessed less than five players for the trials. Out of 305 players, who turned up, 125 gave trials for football. ents of the prestigious Padma Shri and Arjuna awards. However, the participation in trials for the different vocations. Trials for the residential wing of Government Sports School were held three months ago. Till now, neither has the list of selected candidates been released, nor has the wing been started. A coach said this also seemed to be one of the reasons for players losing interest. Coaches of various disciplines said the players who gave trials had been inquiring about selection and admissions. There were 334 seats for the day scholar wing for which, the sports officials said, nearly 1,000 players took part. For 120 seats in the residential wing, 457 candidates had appeared in the trials. One of the coaches, requesting anonymity, had earlier said that last year too, the wings had started late. “We keep getting queries from the players. With this attitude, we may see much lower participation, which has already decreased over the past few years,” he said. The coaches said there was a high possibility that any further delay would lead to the players taking admissions to other institutes and they would not come. Jolt for Congress ahead of bypoll Jewellery shop robbery cracked within 24 hours Former councillor Onkar Tikka leaves party, joins AAP Worker, two of his accomplices held; looted items, cash recovered Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, June 24 The police claimed to have solved a robbery at a jewellery shop here within 24 hours by arresting the mastermind and two of his accomplices. The police also recovered the looted items from their possession. Addressing a press conference at the Police Lines here today, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba said Khushal Bhikaji, an employee at Shri Nath Tanch Marathi Goldsmith, yesterday told the police that when he came to the shop in the morning, he found that unidentified persons held his fellow employee Yogesh Yadav hostage and took away cash worth about ~23 lakh, one kg gold and three kg silver from the shop. They also injured Yogesh. The SSP said after getting information, the police reached the spot. During preliminary investigation, the police found something suspicious. A team was formed under the leadership of the SP EMPLOYEE TURNS OUT TO BE MASTERMIND The suspects in custody of the police in Hoshiarpur. (D) to investigate the matter. DSP (City) Amar Nath, City police station in-charge Deepak Sharma and CIA staff were also part of the investigation. The SSP said after the incident, the police scrutinised the footage of CCTV cameras installed nearby to get clue about the suspects. After investigating technical aspects, the police arrested Yogesh Yadav, the employee working at the shop. After interrogation, it came to light that he had planned the rob- Two graveyards reserved for Muslim community Hoshiarpur, June 24 MF Farooqui, administrator of the Punjab Waqf Board, who is also an ADGP rank official with the Punjab Police, has reserved two graveyards to fulfil the needs of the Muslim community in Hoshiarpur. A memorandum was recently submitted to the Punjab Waqf Board putting forth this demand. Farooqui said a graveyard of about 7 kanal 7 marla had been reserved at Budhawar village of Mukerian Tehsil in Hoshiarpur district and another graveyard of 10 kanal had been reserved at Pandori Moyal village. Farooqui said the first priority of the Punjab Waqf Board was to provide graveyards to the people. Along with this, maintenance of mosques, upgrade of Islamic schools and hospitals would also directly benefit the common people of Punjab. He said the Punjab Waqf Board was working to remove all kinds of problems of the Muslim community. People could meet him at the PAP Headquarters on Wednesday and Thursday with their complaints regarding graveyards, mosques and schools. Besides, they could also contact Jameel Ahmed on mobile number 9877522568. — OC bery with his friend Krishna Kapoor, a resident of Karnal district. According to the plan, Krishna, along with his father Sandeep Kapoor, came to Hoshiarpur. The suspects committed the robbery as per the plan and fled the spot with the jewellery and cash. The SSP said the police followed the suspects. They conducted a raid at their house in Karnal and recovered cash worth ~22.50 lakh, 800 grams of gold and 2.500 kg silver. The SSP said after com- SSP Surendra Lamba said after investigating technical aspects, the police arrested Yogesh Yadav, an employee working at the shop. After interrogation, it came to light that he had planned the robbery with his friend Krishna Kapoor, a resident of Karnal district. According to the plan, Krishna, along with his father Sandeep Kapoor, came to Hoshiarpur. The suspects committed the robbery as per the plan and fled the spot with the jewellery and cash. mitting the crime, the fatherson duo took a taxi to Ludhiana. Later, they boarded a bus to Karnal. The shop owner, who is originally from Maharashtra, was at his native place for the past one month. His two employees were running the business. He said during investigation, it also came to fore that Yogesh was demanding around ~4 lakh from the shop owner. After the owner refused to give him money, he planned the robbery at the shop. . TRIBUNE PHOTO Jalandhar, June 24 Unidentified bike-borne miscreants snatched gold earrings from an elderly woman in the posh Model Town area here today. The victim was riding pillion on a two-wheeler with her husband. A video of the woman crying due to pain went viral. She was not able to utter a word because of the trauma. Darbari Lal, victim’s husband and a resident of Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Onkar Tikka joins the AAP in the presence of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in Jalandhar on Monday. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 24 In another jolt for the Congress ahead of the Jalandhar West bypoll, its active former councillor Onkar Tikka left the party and joined the AAP . MP Charanjit Singh Channi had recently met Tikka and discussed various strategies. “The only reason to shift to AAP is that party candidate Mohinder Bhagat is my relative. My daughter is married in his family,” he said. Onkar said he had no complaints with the Congress. “Whatever I am today, I am because of the Congress. But, I had to change the party. I am hopeful that the AAP will ensure jobs for youngsters in Punjab,” he said. Onkar became councillor for the first time in 2017. He always remained vocal against ABOUT THE LEADER Onkar Tikka (65) is a multitalented personality. He has been running his furniture business. Earlier, he was a government employee. During his service, he took leave and went to Mumbai in 1996 to try his luck in Bollywood. He also acted in some serials and a few movies too, but returned to join his job. After retirement, he decided to join politics. his own Mayor too. Onkar (65) is a multi-talented personality. He has been running his furniture business. Earlier, he was a government employee. During his service, he took leave and went to Mumbai in 1996 to try his luck in Bollywood. He also acted in some serials and a few movies too, but returned to join his job. After retirement, he decided to join politics. Papers of 16 candidates found valid after scrutiny Jalandhar: Nomination papers of 16 candidates Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll were found valid after the scrutiny here on Monday. District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said a total of 23 candidates filed nomination papers. Papers of seven candidates were rejected during scrutiny. He said papers of Raj Kumar, Inderjeet Singh, Vishal, Ajay Kumar Bhagat, Neetu, Ajay, Varun Kaler, Amit Kumar, Aarti and Deepak Bhagat, all independent candidates and BJP’s Sheetal Angural, SAD (Amritsar’s) Sarabjit Singh, BSP’s Binder Kumar, AAP’s Mahinder Bhagat, INC’s Surinder Kaur and SAD’s Surjeet Kaur were found valid. TNS Angural stages protest after fresh poster war with AAP Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 24 A fresh poster war has erupted between the AAP and BJP again. BJP leader Sheetal Angural today visited the zonal office of B&R (Buildings and Roads) and O&M (Operations and Maintenance) at Basti Sheikh and also held a protest outside the offices, alleging that his posters had been torn by AAP workers and civic body officials at Babrik Chowk in Jalandhar in a targeted manner. Angural, along with his supporters, visited the zonal office of B&R at Basti Sheikh, to lodge a formal complaint and also raised slogans against AAP and “Cor- c m y b Sheetal Angural, along with his supporters, visited the zonal office of B&R at Basti Sheikh, to lodge a formal complaint. poration officials”. Angural alleged that posters of the BJP at Babrik Chowk in Jalandhar were torn while AAP posters in the same area remained intact. He accused the administrative machinery of specifically targeting his posters. Angural also formally addressed the press about the incident. Speaking to media, Angural alleged, “I was holding a meeting with workers today when I was called by some workers at Basti Gujan road about BJP banners and posters being torn. These posters were put up with due permission yesterday. We are doing all work with permission. This government’s machinery is at Babrik Chowk and they sent teams to uproot posters and banners of the BJP . My posters were taken off by Corporation teams to please their leaders. This shows that the AAP is flustered. I took up the issue with the MC Commissioner. The BJP will lodge a formal complaint with the ECI on the issue.” This is not the first feud between the AAP and BJP over election posters. After then Jalandhar MP Sushil Rinku had joined BJP earlier this year in March, he faced fierce protests by AAP work- ers and his signboards were vandalised and uprooted by irate AAP workers on the 120feet road, which invited FIRs against five AAP workers. In April, the BJP complained to the Election Commission against AAP , demanding removal of all flex boards and posters displayed ahead of CM Mann’s roadshow, terming it a violation of model code. Following this, some AAP flex boards at Bhagat Singh Chowk were uprooted late at night, inviting a police complaint by AAP against the BJP . Rinku quitting the AAP had invited ire and sloganeering against them even during their first roadshow by AAP workers.
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