01032025-JTR-01.qxd 2/28/2025 11:01 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune 700 STUDENTS GET DEGREES AT CT GROUP CONVOCATION AKSHAY KUMAR TALKS ABOUT HIS YOUNGER DAYS YOUNG RAPPERS FROM HP ARE MAKING WAVES Chief guest Satnam Singh Sandhu, MP, commends the graduates for their hard work and dedication. P2 Actor took a trip down memory lane as he talked about working with actress Madhoo in Elaan and Zaalim. P4 Smitten by the hip hop culture and rap music, youngsters are becoming a sensation on social media. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 19°C | MIN 15°C YESTERDAY MAX 17°C | MIN 14°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.25 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:53 AM » SATURDAY | 1 MARCH 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF HUSBAND HURT IN ATTACK BY WIFE Phagwara: A husband was reportedly attacked and seriously wounded by his wife and her other three accomplices in nearby village Chack-Hakim on Thursday night. Victim Baljinder Singh told the police that he was going in his car when four assailants, including his wife Vandana Jhalli, attacked him and managed to escape, leaving him behind in an injured condition. The police have registered a case against four assailants. No arrest has been made so far. OC WOMAN DRUG PEDDLER HELD Phagwara: The police have arrested a drug peddler and seized 10 gm of heroin from her possession on Thursday night. The peddler Pammi Sharma, resident of Rattan Nagar, Jalandhar, was nabbed by the police near check-point in village Maherru near Phagwara. A case under the NDPS Act had been registered against her. OC BIKE STOLEN FROM HOUSE Phagwara: A black Splendor motorcycle (PB-09Z-9829) was found stolen from outside the house of its owner Parminder Singh in Mehli Gate, Phagwara. The victim told the police that he went inside the house after parking the motorcycle but found it stolen after some time. The police have registered a case. OC 3 BOOKED FOR LOOTING WOMAN Phagwara: The Nakodar police have booked three miscreants on the charge of looting a woman. Darshan Kaur of Mohalla Guru Nanak Pura complained to the police that she was all alone in her house on February 26 when three persons with masks barged into her house, threatened her, ransacked the house, locked her in a room and fled with valuables. oc LUDHIANA CAR DRIVER BOOKED Phagwara: The Nakodar police have booked a Ludhiana car driver for causing death by negligence. The accused is Amarjeet Singh of Bhora colony. Harman Preet Singh of Hussainabad village complained to the police that the accused was driving negligently and hit his SUV on February 25 near Chak Kalan village, injuring his wife Simaranjit Kaur, who succumbed to her injuries on February 27. oc MAN HELD FOR BRANDISHING RIFLE Phagwara: The police have arrested a villager on the charge of brandishing illegal arm. The accused has been identified as Dalveer Masih of Killi village. The police have got information that the accused has a telescope rifle and he brandished it in village at public places. oc TWO BOOKED FOR STEALING SUV Phagwara: The police have booked two persons for stealing a Scorpio and household valuables. Jogindar Singh complained to the police that the accused barged into his house, stole the SUV (PB08AX 3909) and other valuables, ransacked house and threatened him to kill him on the phone. OC Aditya Jain scores hat-trick in Dist Bar Association poll State food panel member inspects ration depots in Kapurthala Tribune News Service Jalandhar , February 28 Member of the Punjab State Food Commission Vijay Dutt today conducted a surprise inspection of various government ration depots in Kapurthala district. The objective was to evaluate the implementation of welfare schemes under the National Food Security Act. He inspected ration depots in villages Wadala Kala and Kot Karar Khan. During that he interacted with the beneficiaries to take a feedback about that ration supply by the depots. Jalandhar, February 28 Winning the post of the president in the Jalandhar District Bar Association elections for the third consecutive time on Friday, Aditya Jain has surprised the entire legal fraternity. He has won with a margin of 285 votes, polling 1,056 votes out of the total 1,838 votes. Rattan Dua, who had contested the poll fiercely giving a tough fight to Jain, has polled 771 votes. Eleven votes were declared invalid. For the post of secretary, Rohit Gambhir managed a one-sided victory, polling 1,116 votes. His rivals Tarsem S Taak and Harsh Bhatt could poll only 408 and 311 votes, respectively. Ram Chhabra, whose poster campaign outdid others, polled 1,119 votes for the post of senior vicepresident against his rival Harinder Pal S Narula. The latter trailed by 690 votes. There were four contestants for the post of junior vice-president but Suraj Partap Singh has won, polling 845 votes. His closest rival Pardip Kumar Sharma trailed by 483 votes, Rajnish Sidhi got 274 votes and Vipan Kumar Khaira could grab only 231 votes. For the post of joint secretary, Sahil Malhotra clearly stood out polling 1,463 votes against his rival Mohammad Sajid, bagging only 340 votes. There were four candidates for the post of assistant secretary, of whom Sonalika emerged the winner, polling 635 votes. Talwinder Singh polled 493 votes, Jasbir Singh got 372 votes and Vinay Sab- Ram Chhabra elected senior vice-president, Gambhir is secy Aim was to evaluate implementation of welfare schemes President Aditya Jain (2nd from left) and his team flash victory sign after winning the District Bar Association elections in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH. harwal was the last among the lot at 314 votes. Seven executive members who have got elected includ- ed Amanat Bhagat, Mehul Khanna, Neha Attri, Paras Choudhary, Payal, Prabhu Dhir and Vijay Mishra. There Bhatti elected Bar chief of Garhshankar were 11 candidates in the fray, including Mumtaz, Sonam, Tajinder Singh and Mohammad Rafiq Azad. Ravinder Sharma is Phagwara Bar prez Our Correspondent Our Correspondent Garhshankar, February 28 Advocate Raj Kumar Bhatti was elected president of the Bar Association, Garhshankar, today. Bikramjit Singh was elected secretary, Deepankar Lamba, vicepresident, Sukh Nagpal, joint secretary and Raman Kumar Gujral cashier. In the elections for the Bar Association, 59 votes were cast out of 61, of which two votes were cancelled. advocate Raj Kumar Bhatti got 37 votes and advocate Pankaj Kripal got 20 votes. In this way, Raj Kumar Bhatti won by 17 votes for the post of president. PHAGWARA, FEBRUARY 28 Advocate Ravinder Kumar Sharma was elected president of the Phagwara Bar Association today. Sharma got 78 votes while his rival Jarnail Singh could only manage to get 69 votes. Rohit Sharma was elected as the vice-president with 77 votes while his rival Ashish Kumar secured 70 votes. Returning officer Raman Narang and ARO Gurdip Singh said Dhandeep Kaur was elected as the general secretary, Manpreet Kaur would take over as the new finance secretary and Sunny Dev would be the joint secretary. Weapons used in kabaddi player’s murder recovered from 2 shooters Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 28 The Jalandhar Rural Police have seized illegal weapons from two shooters involved in the murder of international kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Nangal Ambian in 2022, said SSP Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh here today. The accused Puneet Kumar of Mohalla Aman Nagar, Jalandhar, and Narinder Kumar of Gobind Nagar near Gujapir, Jalandhar, were brought on production warrant by the police. During interrogation, they revealed information about weapons used in the crime, which have now been recovered by the police. These include two pis- tols and ammunition. “The weapons’ recovery is a crucial piece of evidence in this high-profile murder case. The accused were brought on production warrant specifically to recover these weapons, which, we believe, were used in the execution of Ambian’s murder,” said Khakh. Khakh said the recovery operation was carried out under the leadership of SP Jasroop Kaur Bath, and DSP , Nakodar, Sukhpal Singh, CIA staff incharge inspector Pushp Bali with the active involvement of SI Baljinder Singh. On March 14, 2022, Sandeep was shot dead by assailants during a kabaddi tournament in village Mallian Kalan. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they were recruited by foreignbased handler Jagjit Singh, alias Gandhi, alias Lucky, who provided them accommodation at different locations before directing them to murder Sandeep. The investigation has established that the shooters along with three other accomplices executed the killing in village Mallian. Wrestlers from Iran, Canada show strength PUREWAL GAMES Tribune News Service Nawanshahr, February 28 On the second day of the 28th Purewal Games of Hakimpur, wrestlers competed and tried their best for seven wrestling titles today. Three wrestlers from Iran, three from Canada and one from Brazil also participated. The wrestling competitions, organised by the Purewal brothers and the Purewal Sports Club, were held at the Indoor Multipurpose Hall of Amardeep Shergill Memorial College, Mukandpur, under the supervision of Tribune News Service The referee declares a player winner in wrestling championship. former chief coach of India PR Sondhi. Around 200 wrestlers participated in the ‘Mahabharat Kesari’ (Men and Women), ‘Sher-e-Hind’, ‘Aftab-e-Hind’, ‘Sitar-e-Hind’, ‘Mahabharat Kumari’ and ‘Punjab Kumar’. c m y b As per the announcement made by sports writer Principal Sarwan Singh on the occasion of the Paris Olympics, it was decided to honour Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat where she would be given a gold medal of 23 gram. Chief organiser Gurjit Singh Purewal said since Phogat could not be available due to her busy schedule, now this award would be given to her in Chandigarh in the coming days. Purewal said the winners of seven wrestling titles were honoured with cash prize of more than Rs 10 lakh, Gurj and almonds. The kabaddi open matches were postponed due to rain. Dutt stated that the government was running a wheat distribution scheme from January to March. According to data, approximately 74 per cent of the wheat distribution in the district had been completed. Additionally, with the installation of biometric machines and electronic weighing machines in all government ration depots, the ration distribution process had become more transparent, providing relief to the public. He also said the Punjab State Food Commission’s helpline number (9876764545) be displayed at all government ration depots in the district. He also stated that if any beneficiary had a complaint regarding the National Food Security Act schemes, he could register their complaint on this helpline number. Date for registries without NOC extended till Aug 31 Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 28 A heavy rush of applicants was seen in tehsils of Jalandhar as it was purportedly the last day for getting the properties registered without NOCs. In Jalandhar-1 tehsil, 161 registries were done, almost double the documents registered in routine days. The rush for applications was surging each day. A huge rush was witnessed yesterday and even today the number of appointments was alltime high. Just as the day got over, the state government issued a notification extending the last day of registering properties without NOC till August 31. This brought a huge relief for those who could not complete their files for registration by today or could not get appointment slots. The registries are not possible without seeking online appointment for the work from the office of the sub-registrar concerned. Gurpreet Singh, Tehsildar, Jalandhar-1, said, “The government has now given a sixmonth extension in the scheme. We have received orders for the same. Earlier, the government had given a window period only of three months for this - from December 1 to February 28, which got over today.”