27042024-JTR-01.qxd 4/27/2024 12:55 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune HOCKEY C’SHIP: BATHINDA TEAM DEFEAT JALANDHAR, ENTER FINAL PUNJABI MUNDAS SHINING BRIGHT IN FILM INDUSTRY ANOUSHKA TO GET HONORARY DEGREE FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY Bathinda team entered the final of the junior category (boys) of hockey championship by defeating the Jalandhar team. P2 Actors Pranav Vashisht and Jashn Kohli, Chandigarh lads, believe the region has a lot of talent. P4 Anoushka Shankar will receive an honorary degree from the University of Oxford and described it as a “pinch-me moment”. P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 36°C | MIN 22°C YESTERDAY MAX 39°C | MIN 20°C SUNSET SATURDAY 7.04 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:45 AM SATURDAY | 27 APRIL 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF WOMAN DRUG PEDDLER HELD Phagwara: The police arrested a woman drug peddler and recovered 9 grams of heroin from her possession near a dera of Gujjars at Panchhat village near Phagwara on Thursday night. The suspect was identified as Jasbir Kaur, a resident of Mehatiana village in Hoshiarpur district. Rupinder Kaur Bhatti, Superintendent of Police (SP), Phagwara, said the suspect was nabbed at a check point. The SP said the entire family of the arrested woman was involved in the drug trade. Her two sons had already been arrested for selling drugs, the SP added. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the suspect. OC MOBILE PHONE SHOP BURGLED Phagwara: A mobile phone shop - Rihana Enterprises - was reportedly burgled at Rihana Jattan village near Phagwara on Thursday night. As per reports, burglars entered the shop after breaking shutters and decamped with 65 mobile phones, an inverter, batteries, DVR, computer, two printers, 10 pen drives, two CCTV cameras and Rs 3,000 in cash. Shop owner Narinder Kumar told the police that he suffered a loss of more than Rs 3.5 lakh. The police registered case under Section 457 and 380 of the IPC and initiated probe. OC ONE KILLED AS SUV RAMS INTO TRUCK Phagwara: A woman was killed on the spot while two other persons were seriously injured when the SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck near Goraya on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Amandeep Kaur. The injured were identified as Raj Kunwar, son of the deceased, and SUV driver Mahinder Pal Singh. Both were admitted to a hospital in Ludhiana. Eyewitness said the SUV was so badly damaged in the accident that passersby had to make all out efforts to pull out the occupants. The truck driver, who was drinking sugarcane juice from a nearby vend at the time of accident, managed to escape. The Goraya police have registered a case in this connection. OC ROBBERS LOOT SHOP OWNER Phagwara: Four unidentified robbers, including a girl, looted Rs 65,000, two mobile phones and an ATM card from Dharam Paul, owner of a money exchange shop International Western Union at Chiherru village near Phagwara on Thursday night. The police registered a case under Sections 379 and 427 of the IPC against unidentified robbers, who managed to flee after committing the crime and initiated a probe in this connection. OC ONE BOOKED FOR ABDUCTING GIRL Phagwara: On a complaint lodged by New Patel Nagar resident Satish Kumar, the police have registered a case under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC against a youth identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of New Mansa Devi Nagar, for abducting a minor daughter of the complainant. The girl has been missing since April 22 night. The police are investigating the matter. No arrest has been made so far in this connection. OC AAP-BJP in bitter row over posters displayed for CM’s roadshow in city Smart City project: BJP alleges scam, submits complaint to Governor Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, April 26 The Bharatiya Janta party (BJP) on Friday submitted a memorandum to the District Election Officer-Cum-DC Himanshu Aggarwal addressed to the Punjab Governor, seeking an investigation by the CBI/Enforcement Directorate into the alleged corruption and financial mismanagement in the Smart City Project in Jalandhar on the basis of CAG report submitted by auditors. The memorandum was submitted by BJP leaders a day after the local party leadership alleged irregularities in the utilisation of Rs 638 crore given by the Modi-led government at the Centre for the Smart City development projects in Jalandhar. They accused the AAP government in Punjab of trying to shield those responsible for it. The leaders also sought registration of an FIR, based on discrepancies found in the CAG audit report regarding this. The complaint to the Punjab Governor stated that a special purpose company “Jalandhar Smart City Limited” was formed under the Company’s Act 2013 for the Smart City Mission envisaged by the Government of India. The purpose Tribune News Service Jalandhar, April 26 Ahead of CM Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Jalandhar to hold a roadshow in support of party candidate Pawan Tinu on Friday, the BJP and the AAP remained embattled over flex boards put up for the CM’s roadshow on the road heading from Love Kush Chowk to Bhagat Singh Chowk. The entire stretch in Jalandhar North constituency where the CM held a roadshow in the congested bazaar areas and serpentine streets dotted with the AAP flags, flex boards and paper posters pasted on shop walls, pillars and gates. Three open jeeps carrying local leaders were followed by the CM’s vehicle in the roadshow during which Mann and Pawan Tinu greeted people on Friday. AAP leaders Mohinder Bhagat, Jagbir Brar, Chandan Grewal, Principal Prem Kumar, Robin Sampla, Surinder Sodhi, Raman Arora and Rajwinder Kaur Thiara were present among others on the occasion. The BJP complained to the Election Commission last night for seeking action CM Bhagwant Mann along with AAP candidate Pawan Tinu addresses the public; and (right) hoardings at Milap Chowk in Jalandhar. MALKIAT SINGH RINKU GOES LIVE ON FB LIVE AFTER MANN’S SPEECH Shortly after the CM’s roadshow in Jalandhar and his speech repeatedly targeting him, Jalandhar MP and BJP candidate Sushil Rinku took to Facebook to dismiss Mann’s “repetitive promises” made with residents over lack of civic amenities in city. On his FB live, Rinku said, “The CM has repeated the same promises which he made an year ago. I’m near the BMC Chowk flyover. I want to tell city people that no streetlight on this stretch is working, building maps aren’t being passed and people are languishing in PUDA offices.” against posters of the AAP . On Thursday night, BJP leader Ashok Sareen Hicky complained to the District Election Officer, Jalandhar, and demanded removal of all flex boards and posters displayed on the route of Mann’s roadshow. Following this, some AAP flex boards at Bhagat Singh Chowk were uprooted late in the night. AAP workers submitted a formal complaint at the police station No. 3 in this regard. In the complaint, AAP workers alleged that tearing of posters, which bore pictures of Bhagat Singh and Dr BR Ambedkar, was an ‘insult’ to the martyr and Babasaheb. The AAP also alleged that the persons, who tore posters, included some BJP workers. In his complaint, BJP leader Ashok Sareen Hicky had alleged that AAP posters and flex boards were displayed without permission and violated the model code of conduct. Seeking action against those, who had displayed posters and flex boards, Sareen demanded that these be removed and it be ensured that these were not displayed on Friday. The BJP also shared photographs of posters with the DC. AAP Jalandhar North leader Dinesh Dhall, who reached the spot where posters were torn, alleged, “Several people, including some officials and migrant workers, tore posters despite requests by AAP workers. We have submitted a complaint regarding this at the police station No. 3.” Sareen said, “The AAP is responsible for violations. Being disgruntled, the party is instead levelling false charges against the BJP to hide its own failings. No BJP workers were present at the site where posters were torn.” Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service of the company was the development of Jalandhar city. As per the audit report, an amount of Rs 693 crore (dedicated by Centre) was received under the project for development of the Smart City. The report further stated that an amount of Rs 618.13 crore had also been shown already spent on the project, but ground visits denote nil visibility of the usage of the said money. In the complaint it was alleged: “Even a common person on a spot visit to Jalandhar can easily gauge that this huge amount received from the Centre has been embezzled and misused. The very same report under financial management shows that an amount of Rs 618.13 has already been spent. The visibility if this amount being spent is nil on the ground. Reports of the auditor clearly point out material irregularities.” The complaint was written by BJP district president Sushi Sharma and endorsed by signatories including Jairvir Shergill, Manoranajan Kalia, Rakesh Rathour, KD Bhandari, Sishil Rinku, Sheetal Angural, Avinash Chander, Inder Iqbal Atwal, Sarabjit Singh Makkar, Anil Sachar, Raman Pabbi, Rajesh Kapoor, Ashok Sareen and Amarjeet Singh Goldy. 15 hurt in 10 vehicle pile-up at Pathankot Chowk 67 school buses checked, 18 challaned, two impounded in Hoshiarpur district Tribune News Service Jalandhar, April 26 As many as 10 vehicles were damaged and 15 persons injured in a vehicle pile-up at Pathankot Chowk near here on Friday afternoon. The incident reportedly occurred when these vehicles were waiting for their turn to cross the traffic lights when a speeding milk tanker rammed into them. Eight cars and two auto-rickshaws were badly damaged in the accident. Two persons, including an auto-rickshaw driver, sustained serious injuries in the accident. An eyewitness said the impact of the accident was so huge that the auto-rickshaw driver, who hails from Dakoha locality, was flung into the air before he fell on the road and got seriously injured. He was rushed to a private hospital with the help of some passersby. An auto-driver Our Correspondent The police remove mangled vehicles from Pathankot Chowk in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO at the spot said the driver of the milk tanker seemed to have lost control of the vehicle either because he was drowsy or under influence of some intoxicants. The tanker driver, howev- er, claimed that the brakes of his vehicle had failed. The police reached the spot and initiated action. The injured were shifted to hospitals for first aid. The vehi- cles, which got stuck or damaged in the pile-up, were removed from the site with a help of tow-away vehicles. A case was registered in this connection. Hoshiarpur, April 26 Twenty two buses of Triple M Education Institute at Dasuya and St Augustine School at Pandori were checked today under the Safe School Vahan Policy drive. During checking, nine school buses which had expired first aid kits and without lady attendant, passing, speed governor, emergency exit, fire extinguisher and CCTV cameras and had other deficiencies and were ferrying children in excess of the seating capacity were challaned. Giving information in this regard, Child Protection Officer Yogesh Kumar said buses that do not meet requirements as per the Safe School Vahan Policy were often at a risk of accidents. He said the task force would continue with the Members of the task force issue challan of a school bus caught flouting the safety norms at Dasuya on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO campaign in the entire district. During the drive in Mahilpur and Garhshankar, Sandeep Bharti, Assistant Transport Officer (ATO), Hoshiarpur, checked 45 buses of five schools of which nine were challaned and two were impounded. The ATO said during checking, nine buses were challaned for violating instructions of the Safe School Vahan Policy. Two buses without documents and fitness certificate were impounded during the drive, he added. He said principals had been instructed to keep all documents of their school buses. Three travel agents dupe Residents meet MC Commissioner, Health team destroys villager of ~23.70 lakh seek redressal of issues in Urban Estate larvae in Sunder Nagar Tribune News Service Our Correspondent Phagwara, April 26 The Shahkot police have booked three travel agents, including a women, for allegedly duping a Shahkot villager of Rs 23.70 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Amandeep Singh said the suspects were identified as Surinder Kumar Arora, a resident of Adarsha Nagar, Shahkot, his wife Alka Khurana, and son Ishan Khurana. Paramjit Singh, a resident of Narangpur Hansi village, complained to the police that he paid Rs 23.70 lakh to the suspects for facilitating his immigration to Canada, but they gave him a fake visa and cheated him. The DSP said a case under Sections 406 (breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professions Regulation Act, 2012, was registered against the suspects after an inquiry. In another incident, the Bilga police have booked three travel agents identified as Balwinder Singh and his wife Asha Ranni, residents of Lallto Kalan village in Ludhiana district, and Balvir Singh, a resident of Poadharra village, for allegedly duping Parabhdeep Singh, a resident of Gumtali village, of Rs 3.65 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Jalandhar, April 26 Residents of Urban Estate, Phase I, today met MC Commissioner Gautam Jain and apprised him of issues like encroachments, poor sewer system, stray cattle menace, defunct streetlights and nonlifting of garbage dumps in their area. They told Jain that without his intervention, the issues would not be resolved. They also gave a memorandum to Jain which read: “There are encroachments on government land at the entry and exit points of the locality. Silt and mud have clogged rainwater gullies. During heavy downpour, the situation gets worse.” The memorandum further states: “Sewerage sys- c m y b Residents of Urban Estate submit a memorandum to MC Commissioner Gautam Jain in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO tem requires cleaning with suction pump machine. Potholed roads need immediate recarpeting.” Suresh Kumar Malik, a resident of the locality, said, “Stray dog and cattle menace in Urban Estate, Phase I, poses a threat to residents. Defunct streetlights raise a security con- cern in the area. We have been taking up the issues with the authorities concerned for a long time, but to no avail. I have visited the MC office for at least10 times in this connection.” He said the MC Commissioner had promised that the issues faced by residents would be resolved soon. Hoshiarpur, April 26 With the onset of summer season, the number of patients of vector- borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya start increasing. Keep this in view, the Health Department has started an awareness drive and a survey in the district. Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) Rajdavinder Singh said as per instructions of Civil Surgeon Dr Balwinder Kumar Damana, a team of the Health Department visited houses in Sunder Nagar today and drained water from coolers, pots and other containers. Residents were asked to keep water coolers, pots and containers dry to prevent breeding of mosquito larvae. He said wherever mosquito larvae were found, these were destroyed. Apart from this, anti-larva wing sprayed insecticides in various wards of the Civil Hospital today to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases, he said. Regarding prevention, he said to protect from mosquito bites, wear full-sleeved clothes during the day, use mosquito repellent cream and maintain cleanliness. He asked all city residents to follow the guidelines of the Health Department so that diseases could be kept at bay. He said the awareness drive would be intensified by the Health Department in the coming days. Health inspector Jaswinder Singh and multi-purpose health workers Baljinder Singh, Vinod Kumar and Gagandeep Sial from the anti-larva wing were present during the drive. — OC
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