24112025-JTR-01.qxd 11/23/2025 11:04 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune CITY DOCTORS RUN TO PROMOTE FITNESS, STRESS-FREE LIFESTYLE ‘ARREST WARRING IN A WEEK’: RANGHRETA DAL THREATENS STIR Will ensure that the Congress leader is apprehended, says AAP state spokesperson Harnur Singh Mann.P3 MAINLY CLEAR MAX 22°C | MIN 10°C YESTERDAY MAX 23°C | MIN 10°C MANISH MALHOTRA STEPS INTO FILMMAKING The Indian Medical Association, Jalandhar, kicks off its sports week with a marathon and walkathon. P2 FORECAST Celebrated designer awaits the release of his maiden production, Gustaakh Ishq: Kucch Pehle Jaisa. P4 » » SUNSET MONDAY 5.25 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 7:03 AM » MONDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2025 | JALANDHAR HEALTH & WELLNESS The Tribune is starting a Q and A column to address your health-related queries. Please mail your questions (not exceeding 40 words) at healthandwellness@tribunemail.com. The Tribune’s panel of doctors will answer all your healthrelated concerns. Ashram inmate had collapsed in bathroom: Supdt to Director Police await post-mortem report | No FIR yet in shelter home death case Teenager found murdered in field, two booked Our Correspondent Aparna Banerji THE CLAIM Tribune News Service INBRIEF MAN CONSUMES POISONOUS SUBSTANCE, DIES Phagwara: The Shahkot police have initiated action in connection with the death of a migrant. The deceased has been identified as Amarjit Kumar, a native of Bihar and living at Parjian Kalan village. Arun Kumar, brother of the deceased, told the police that his brother consumed some poisonous substance and died. The police reached the spot and sent the body to the Civil Hospital, Nakodar, and handed over the body to the family after post-mortem. OC TWO BOOKED FOR KIDNAPPING Phagwara: The Nakodar Sadar police have booked a motherson duo on the charges of kidnapping and selling newborn babies. The accused have been identified as Ranjit Kaur, a resident of Manjit Nagar, Ludhiana, and her son Jagjit Singh. A social activist has informed the police that the accused Jagjit Singh had formed a gang and kidnapped newly born babies and sell these in lakhs of rupees. A case has been registered against the accused. OC BID TO ENCROACH LAND, 2 BOOKED Phagwara: The Shahkot police have booked a mother-son duo for attempt to encroach land. The accused have been identified as Balwindar Kaur of Bajwa Kalan village and presently living in Ludhiana city and his son Manjindar Singh. Bachan Singh of Bajwa Kalan village complained to the police that the accused and their accomplices tried to encroach his land. A case has been registered against the accused and further investigations are on. OC Jalandhar, November 23 A day after the DC ordered an inquiry into the mysterious death of a 15-year-old minor at Children Home of the Gandhi Vanita Ashram in Jalandhar, the ashram authorities, in their response to the Social Security Department, have sent details regarding the circumstances in which the girl died. The letter, however, does not mention the cause of the death of the girl. Enquiries from the police revealed that no FIR has been registered in the case as yet. The Superintendent of the Children’s Home at Gandhi Vanita Ashram has written to the Director, Social Security and Women and Child Development, saying that the girl collapsed in a bathroom of the ashram and died. A letter to the Director was sent by the home Superintendent on November 22. As per the letter, the girl had arrived at the Children’s Home only on November 19, and was found dead just two days later. The girl had been The girl went ❝bathroom on to the the night of November 21 and when she didn’t come out after a long time, the bathroom was visited by the house mother, where the girl was found lying collapsed. During check-up at the hospital, the girl was declared dead. ❞ Gandhi Vanita Ashram in Jalandhar. sent to the ashram by the Child Welfare Committee, Ferozepur, on November 19. The letter from the Superintendent, Children Home, to the Director Social Security, states, “The girl went to the bathroom on the night of November 21 and when she didn’t come out after a long time, the bathroom was Newborn found dead in Bholath Our Correspondent Kapurthala, November 23 A shocking incident came to light when the body of a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in the playground of village Mahmadpur in Bholath. According to the police, local residents noticed the body and immediately informed the authorities. The police reached the spot and took custody of the body, which has been sent to the mortuary for further examination. Bholath DSP Karnail Singh said the infant’s body had also been partially eaten by stray animals. He added that the Health Department had Report by Superintendent to Director, Social Security Dept been informed about the matter. As per initial police investigation, the baby appeared to be two or three-day-old. ASI Sham Singh, who reached the location with a police team, has initiated further inquiry. DSP Karnail Singh stated that efforts were underway to identify the baby and her mother by conducting inquiries in nearby villages. Meanwhile, Civil Surgeon Dr Sanjeev Bhagat said the department had received information and records of recent deliveries in the surrounding areas would be checked over the next few days. The police are investigating the case. checked by the house mother, where the girl was found lying collapsed. The mother and fellow inmates of the shelter home picked her up and seated her on a chair. Police (security) person Reena was then called from the first floor of the home, after which the girl was taken to a nearby hospital. The girl was taken to the Civil Hospital by fellow inmates. During check-up at the hospital, the girl was declared dead.” While SDM-II, Jalandhar, Shayari Malhotra was unavailable for comment, the police said the post-mortem report of the girl is yet to come. SHO Jaswinder Singh of the police station number 2, Jalandhar, said, “Proceedings have been initiated under Section 174 (CrPC) in the case of the death of the ashram inmate on the night of November 21. The cause of the death of the girl is not yet known.” The SHO added, the body was handed over to the family of the girl and her last rites had been conducted. Phagwara, November 23 A 19-year-old youth was found murdered in a field near Akala village in Bholath, prompting the police to register a case of murder against two individuals and their unknown accomplices. The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint by the victim’s mother, Rani, a resident of Akala. According to the complaint, her son Vansh had left home around 4 PM on November 20 for routine work but failed to return. The family’s search efforts through the evening yielded no clues. On the afternoon of November 21, Rani, accompanied by her son-in-law Mandeep Kumar of Nawala and her elder son Surjit of Sidhwan, continued the search around the village. While checking the fields near the village, the family discovered Vansh’s body lying in a mustard crop field. Rani alleged that Kuldeep Singh, alias Keepa, of Akala, and Dimple of Sidhwan, along with unidenti- fied persons, had murdered her son and dumped the body with the intention of destroying evidence. The complainant further stated that the previous day, on November 19, Vansh had an altercation with the accused near the Gurdwara Sahib chowk in Akala, for which a case had already been registered. She believes this prior conflict may have led to the killing. Based on the complaint, the Bholath police have registered an FIR under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and initiated further investigation. Police teams are working to trace the accused and determine the full sequence of events leading to the murder. NPS employees all set for Delhi march tomorrow To attend rally at Ram Leela Maidan in Capital, expose AAP govt in Punjab over OPS Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 23 Government employees under the New Pension Scheme (NPS), Punjab, will participate in large number in the national-level rally to be held at Ram Leela Maidan, under the banner of the National Movement for OPS (NMOPS), under the umbrella of the Old Pension Restoration Sangharsh Committee. State convener NPS employees Jasvir Singh Talwara and president Sukhjit Singh informed the media that the preparations for the Delhi rally had been completed. They said the employees would protest against the Uni- fied Pension Scheme (UPS) being imposed by the Central Government and demand the restoration of the OPS. They said the employees would expose the performance of AAP in Punjab at the national level because in November 2018, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal had promised the employees in a rally that wherever the AAP government was formed, the old pension would be restored and this guarantee was also given to the employees in Punjab. But they said even after four years of the formation of the government, the employees were without pension. They said keeping in mind the Himachal and Gujarat NPS members during preparation for the Delhi rally in Kapurthala on Sunday. elections, an incomplete notification was issued in 2022, which had not been implemented till date, due to which there was intense protest and anger among the employees. Suna na Yaar, Overcoat regale audiences Sangha named Umpire Manager in Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 23 The two days of the weekend theatre of the Yuvaa Rangh Utsav regaled Jalandhar with theatre outings from two plays. On Sunday the play ‘Suno na Yaar’ written by Chirag Khandelwal and directed by Vibha Chibber won hearts in a packed hall at the KL Saigal Memorial during the ongoing 11th Yuvaa Rangh Utsav by Yuvaa Theatre. Impressive performances by Rajinder Sharma Nanu, Vibha Chibber, Pihu, Arush and Dhruv, charmed the city theatre lovers. The play ‘Suno Na Yaar’ explores the intricacies of everyday relationships — the things we say, the things we hide, and the things that never quite become words. Often, behind our laughter and jokes lies a pain that we neither fully understand nor know how to share. The play conveys serious emotions with a light touch - without heavy dialogues, many things are felt simply through their presence. It’s a story about the complexities of relationships, unspoken pain, and the silence that exists, in some way or another, in every home, in every person’s life. On Saturday, the festival opened with “The Overcoat”, inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s iconic short story. Yuvaa Theatre’s adaptation presented a moving elegy to poor workers crushed under the weight of capitalism. The narrative follows a lowly clerk in a clothing warehouse who dreams of owning an overcoat he cannot afford. Ridiculed by his boss and denied warmth, he dies a miserable death — and returns as a ghost, still without a coat. The play is a stark reminder of the plight of the underprivileged and their struggle for dignity. Next week at Yuvaa Rang Utsav, city residents will witness two classics ‘Wo Afsana’ and Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ in Hindi. Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 23 Gurinder Singh Sangha from Jalandhar has been appointed as an Umpire Manager to the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup that is going to be held in Tamil Nadu from November 28 to December 10. Sangha, while talking to The Tribune, said he was the first Indian to be appointed as Umpire Manager at the World Cup. “I cannot express my happiness in words,” he said. Sangha is a physical education lecturer at Olympian Manpreet Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur. His contribution to the field of hockey is praiseworthy. The International Hockey Federation (IHF) had also appointed Sangha as the Umpire Manager for the Junior Asia Cup recently. The event was held in Oman from November 26 to December 4 last year. He was also the Umpire Manager for the 19th Asian Games and was declared the Umpire Manager for 2022. Sangha has served in prominent international games like the Asian Games, Actors from Mumbai perform in play “Suno na Yaar” at Yuvaa Theatre during the 11th National Theatre Festival in Jalandhar on Sunday. A TRIBUNE PHOTO c m y b Olympic qualifiers and Asia Cup. “The day I am taken out of the ground is the day I will breathe my last,” said Sangha, expressing his passion, love and admiration for the sport. The 53-year-old international hockey umpire hails from Jandu Sangha in the city. He started playing when he was 13. He studied at Doaba Khalsa Senior Secondary School and played at the school, district, state and national levels. Sangha’s father, who was in the Air Force, was also an internation- al-level hockey player. “I also wanted to represent my country but because for some reasons, I couldn’t do it. That hurt me a lot, but I didn’t want to leave sports. So, I decided to take up teaching and coaching,” he told The Tribune. He has already added several feathers to his cap by winning many accolades. In 2018, the IHF appointed him as an international hockey Umpire Manager so that he could guide and train new umpires. He has been serving as a member of Hockey India’s technical and umpiring committee for years. He has also given training to international hockey player Olympians Sukhjit Singh, Hardik Singh and Jarmanpreet Singh. “Game ne mainu bahut kuch ditta hai (This game has given me a lot). I will never leave it, no matter what,” he said. “As umpire, I have taken part in approximately 80 international matches and have also attended many big tournaments all over the world,” he shared. Now he has been representing the country in international tournaments around the globe as an Umpire Manager.