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P4 » » » MAX 24°C | MIN 09°C YESTERDAY MAX 25°C | MIN 10°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 5.27 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 7.10 AM WEDNESDAY | 27 NOVEMBER 2024 | AMRITSAR SKM holds protest to mark 4th anniversary of Delhi morcha Tribune News Service Four school children hurt in road accident Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Members of the Sanyukat Kisan Morcha along with trade unions stage a protest outside the DAC in Amritsar on Tuesday. ers have lost their credibility by not fulfilling their words. Chinna said leaders ought to have credibility. The protesters asked the Central Government to give a legal guarantee for MSP for crops, increase of minimum wages for skilled workers to ~26,000 per month, minimum 200 days’ work for labour under MGNREGA, and increase in MGNREGA wages to ~600 per day and ~10,000 pension for farmers above 60 years of age. Farmers and farm workers present during the protest also demanded action against commission agents who had applied unnecessary cuts on the MSP during the purchase of paddy. The SKM leaders demanded that all FIRs registered against farmers for burning crop residue should be cancelled. Other farmer leaders who addressed the gathering included Lakhbir Singh Nizampura, Sucha Singh Ajnala, Dhanwant Singh Khatrai Kalan, Gurdev Singh Varpal, Dalbir Singh Bedadpur, Sukhram Singh Loharka and others. Amritsar, November 26 A snatcher involved in two incidents of targeting NonResident Indians (NRIs) sustained a bullet injury on his leg while unsuccessfully attempting to escape from police custody after snatching a rifle from a police personnel here on Tuesday. The snatcher has been identified as Suraj, alias Mandi, a resident of Bhindi Saidan village in Amritsar. Commissioner of Police (CP), Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the accused was traced and arrested by a team of Civil Lines police station, following a detailed investigation into these cases. The police have launched a search operation to apprehend accomplices of the injured robber. Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar stated that the injured had hidden robbed items at the crime scene, which led the police to bring him to vacant plots on the VerkaMajitha bypass for recovery. However, the accused attempted to snatch a police rifle, prompting the police to retali- MC elections: Cong, BJP begin process to finalise party tickets Our Correspondent Charanjit Singh Teja Tarn Taran, November 26 Four school children of a local public school were injured on the Sarhali road when the e-rickshaw in which they were riding was hit by a speeding car here on Tuesday. A team of the Sarak Surkhia Force (SSF) led by ASI Surinder Singh reached the spot and took the injured children to the local Civil Hospital. ASI Surinder Singh said the driver of the car was under the influence of drugs and rammed his car into the e-rickshaw as a result of which the rickshaw turned turtle. He said the injured children have been identified as Jaspreet Kaur, Shawarjit Singh, Lucki and Navpreet Singh. The children were discharged after first-aid treatment. The city police have initiated further proceedings. Tribune News Service Amritsar, November 26 Though the Municipal Corporation elections are likely to held by the end of December, the Congress and BJP have initiated the process of finalising party tickets for candidates. The District Congress Committee (Urban) office received 450 applications from aspirants for the ensuing MC polls. Senior leaders of the Congress claimed that 5-10 party activists have applied for a single seat. There are a total of 85 wards in the city and 50 per cent wards are reserved for women candidates. The activists of various parties have been displaying their flex boards and posters in their respective wards to stake their claim to party ticket. The Congress had started the process of collecting applications for the party ticket in October 2023 as the government had announced to conduct elections after completing the delimitation of wards. But due to some court cases and Lok Sabha elections, the process was delayed. Now again, the state government has issued a notification to conduct elections in December. However, the schedule has not been issued yet but local politicians are of the view that the election could be held by the end of December or first week of January 2025. Ashwani Kumar, district Congress president said, “Last year, when the government had announced the elections, we invited applications. We got around 450 applications. There are five to 10 aspirant for a single seat. Yesterday, I met the party president at Chandigarh and initiated the scrutiny of applications. We have closed all doors for turncoats. Anyone who left the party in the past, would not get the party ticket. We will come with young faces, who worked hard in their area.” Meanwhile, BJP leaders are also inviting applications from party aspirants who didn’t apply last year. Harvinder Singh Sandhu, district BJP president, said, “We received over 400 applications last year. On Sunday, we held a meeting and decided that if someone wants to submit an application, then he or she may submit it at the party office. We will scrutinise it and announce tickets as soon the election schedule is announced.” Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar (3rd from left) at the crime spot on the Verka-Majitha bypass in Amritsar on Tuesday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR ate in self-defence. The injured snatcher has been hospitalised. A search is underway for his accomplice, identified as Gurkirat, who was involved in a crime. Duo had targeted two NRI women and snatched their hand bags. In one of the snatching incidents, a woman was also injured. Police officials said all the stolen items, £300, 600 and ~22,000 in cash, passports, mobile phones, ATM cards, AAP leader gets extortion threat from gangster Tarn Taran, November 26 Gangster Jassal Chambal has served a threat to Gursewak Singh Aulakh, a senior leader of the ruling AAP and sought a ransom of Rs 50 lakh. Gursewak Singh Aulakh, in his complaint to the local city police, said the gangster had been contacting him on his WhatsApp number but he was avoiding the caller, being a suspected person. He said the gangster sent him a WhatsApp message demanding ~50 lakh and threatened that he was aware of his son’s movement. He threatened that in case his demand was not met, he would be harmed. He said the gangster served him threats twice on November 22 and 25. In his message, the gangster said that the state government was contemplating serious action against him and he was in need of money. ASI Inderjit Singh of the city police said a case has been filed. — OC Barclay card, Revolut card and National ID Card of Mauritius have been recovered. Meanwhile, the Amritsar police have earned appreciation from two international visitors for their prompt and effective response in recovering stolen belongings. Both individuals, visiting the city from the UK and Mauritius, had fallen victim to theft in separate incidents during their stay. A complainant residing in England stated in her complaint on November 24 that she, along with her daughter, travelled from England to Delhi and reached Amritsar. They checked into a hotel on the Queen’s Road. On the same day, both went to have lunch at Bhrawan Da Dhaba. After finishing their meal, they boarded an e-rickshaw to return to the Queen’s Road. Around 1.30 pm, as the e-rickshaw reached the railway flyover bridge in front of ‘Bag-Free School’ day on last Saturday of every month in dist Tribune News Service Amritsar, November 26 Expanding on the No Bag day in all government schools, the district education department has issued instructions to district education department, Amritsar that all schools in the district will observe a ‘Bag-Free School’ day on the last Saturday of every month. This will be implemented across all schools for students in classes 1 to 8. District Education Officer (Secondary) Harbhagwant Singh said that the initiative aims to create a more engaging and joyful learning environment, reducing stress and promote overall well-being. “This means that on bag free days, students will engage in recreational activities, learning through alternate methods through music sessions, and other tools and interactive sessions. The goal is to ensure that the school is As per the Education Department order, school students will not have to carry school bags on last Saturdays of the month in Amritsar. seen as a place of holistic development,” he said. The project was initially introduced in Fazilka primary schools, gradually expanding to Ludhiana and other districts. In line with NEP 2020, the CBSE had also introduced Bag free school day every month across all its schools. While the onus is to ensure that DC pays surprise visit to Registrar’s office CSinspectsAjnala Civil Hospital Tribune News Service Amritsar, November 26 Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney conducted surprise checking at the Registrar’s Office (Amritsar I, II and III) here on Tuesday. During her visit, she met the applicants who came for registration and took their feedback about the department and offices. Apart from this, she saw the record of yesterday’s registries and instructed the officials that it should be ensured that the registries are signed and handed over to the owners the same day. Mutation of all registries should be done immediately. Interestingly, she called Sukhwinder Kaur who had Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney during a surprise visit to the Registrar’s office in Amritsar on Tuesday. made a lease yesterday and took details from her about the expe- rience at the Registrar’s Office. The Deputy Commissioner found the display screen in the Registrar’s Office, on which the number is given to people who came for registration, damaged. She immediately instructed the officials to replace it. Besides, she directed the staff to send a demand for the cupboards to store record. She observed that there is a water cooler outside the Registrar’s Office, but there is no water cooler inside the office. She directed the staff to install a cooler inside the premises. On the occasion, District Revenue Officer Navkirat Singh, Tehsildar Jagsir Singh, Tehsildar Harkaran Singh and Tehsildar Rajwinder Kaur also accompanied her. c m y b Amritsar, November 26 In order to better health services for the general public, Civil Surgeon Dr Kirandeep Kaur conducted a surprise inspection at Sub-divisional Civil Hospital at Ajnala near here on Tuesday. During the inspection, she visited OPDs, in-patient wards, X-Ray room, Labour Room, Blood Bank, Laboratory and other facilities. She also checked the stock of medicines and the operation theatre. She inquired about medical services from patients and asked the hospital authorities to resolve issues faced by patients. The Civil Surgeon reprimanded the health employees who came late and they Hall Gate, a young man riding an Activa scooter approached them from behind. The man, wearing a black jacket, snatched the complainant’s purse and fled on his scooter. The stolen purse contained a passport to UK, iPhone, ICICI Bank ATM card, Barclay card, Revolut card, American Express card, sunglasses, etc. Similarly, a case was registered based on a written complaint by Premita Qureshi, a resident of Mauritius, stating that at around 10.30 pm on November 21, she was travelling in an auto-rickshaw from Darbar Sahib to Hotel Golden Velvet, Gagan Colony, Batala Road. At approximately 10.45 pm, near Care and Cure Hospital on Batala Road, two young men on an Activa scooter approached them, snatched her purse from the auto-rickshaw, and fled. The stolen purse contained a Samsung mobile phone, Passport (Republic of Mauritius), her visa, National ID Card of Mauritius, Rs 600 (Euros), and Rs 20,000 (Indian Rupees). The case was registered and initial investigation was conducted by SI Rajbir Singh. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR Amritsar, November 26 To mark the fourth anniversary of the Delhi morcha, the Sanyukat Kisan Morcha along with members of various trade unions staged a protest outside the District Administrative Complex here on Tuesday. The protesters alleged that promises made to farmers remain unfulfilled. The protest started with farmers paying homage to those who died during the protest at Delhi borders. The farmers also demanded justice for the Lakhimpur Kheri violence victims. Farmer leader Rattan Singh Randhawa said though the Central Government had promised the minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, the farmers in Punjab are still not getting it on crops other than paddy and wheat. He said the Central Government had also promised jobs for kin of 700 farmers who died during the agitation. Another farmer leader Jatinder Singh Chinna said, “All the promises which the Central Government had made and on the basis of which the Sanyukat Kisan Morhca had called off its protest still remain unfulfilled.” He said the government and its lead- Snatcher fired at while trying to flee from police custody, injured Civil Surgeon Dr Kirandeep Kaur (third from right) talks to a patient at Sub-Divisional Civil Hospital in Ajnala on Tuesday. were asked to submit their replies in writing. She also instructed the staff and doc- tors to make all the medicines available in the hospital. — TNS students also engage in creative methods of learning apart from textbook methods, the bag free day would also shift focus towards nurturing of creative expression and talent among kids. The new directions received through a notification has asked all schools heads to ensure its implementation effective immediately. BSF nabs man with heroin Amritsar, November 26 The BSF foiled the cross-border smuggling attempt and arrested a smuggler, a resident of Talwandi Rai Dadu village in Ajnala, with 495 gram of heroin from the district border belt. A drone intrusion was detected by vigilant BSF troops at border area of the district during the evening hours of November 25. An ambush-cum-search operation was launched by BSF troops with its intelligence personnel in the suspected area. The operation culminated in arrest of a narcotics smuggler near Ballahrwal village in the district. The accused was there to retrieve the narcotics consignment dropped by the drone. — TNS