Violent protests in Punjab after Vienna clash May 25, 2009
JALANDHAR: Army was deployed in Jalandhar and neighbouring areas and indefinite curfew clamped after protesters resorted to arson and blocked rail and road traffic following an attack on Dera sect leaders in Vienna. Mobs in Punjab on Monday set railway coaches on fire at the Jalandhar Cantt railway station and blocked the National Highway No.1 to protest clashes in Vienna that left one dead and many injured ... Six buses were damaged in stone-pelting in Phagwara and Adampur, near here, and two... (India Times, India -- Community News)
30 hurt in clash at Sikh temple in Austria May 25, 2009
Separately, Indian media said a curfew was imposed in parts of the Sikh-majority city of Jalandhar in the northern Indian state of Punjab after violence broke out, apparently in response to news of the Vienna incident. The clash in Austria broke out around 1:30 pm (1130 GMT) and saw the perpetrators pull out knives and a gun as two gurus visiting from India gave a sermon at the temple, where some 200 people had gathered. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Guru dies in temple clash May 25, 2009
Separately, Indian media said a curfew was imposed in parts of the Sikh-majority city of Jalandhar in the northern Indian state of Punjab after violence broke out, apparently in response to news of the Vienna incident. The clash in Vienna broke out around 1. (iAfrica.com)
Protest in Jalandhar over Vienna gurdwara clash May 25, 2009
Protests in Jalandhar over Vienna gurdwara clash - India - The Times of India ... Protests in Jalandhar over Vienna gurdwara clash ... JALANDHAR/PHAGWARA: Curfew was clamped in Jalandhar city on Sunday night and Army alerted as tension gripped Doaba region after violence flared up and protesters resorted to arson within hours of attack on the head of Dera Sachkhand Ballan in a temple shootout in the Austrian capital of Vienna, where about 30 people were wounded when rival Sikh factions clashed... (India Times, India)
Sonia plays Manmohan as PM card May 4, 2009
CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR/GURDASPUR: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused the SAD-BJP alliance of overlooking the interests of farmers in Punjab, Congress president Sonia Gandhi tried to win over voters in the state by reiterating that he would lead the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government once again if voted to power. Addressing separate rallies in Chandigarh, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur on Sunday, the UPA chairperson reiterated that a stable and strong government was required at... (India Times, India -- Community News)
SUBVERSE: Virtual Jamgalore May 2, 2009
Visitors can try and tell them that other places too like Delhi, or Mumbai, or Kolkata, or Jaipur, or Hyderabad, or Amritsar, or Jalandhar, or New Jersey, or Toronto, or any other suburb of Punjab have traffic jams. But on being told this the Bangalorean normally the friendliest of individuals you're ever likely to find anywhere is apt to look at you squinty-eyed, as if you were a virus trying to sneak into his PC. Bangaloreans are possessive about traffic jams. (India Times, India)
Congress may dump Tytler to secure Sikh votes Apr 9, 2009
At the Dakoha railway crossing in Jalandhar, the protest was led by Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Dhuma and SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar. Long-distance trains, including the Flying Express from Amritsar to Darbhanga, were cancelled and others like Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi and Dadar-Amritsar Express delayed. (India Times, India)
Brit kills Indian merchant navy officer Apr 1, 2009
Mohanty was in Glasgow to take an examination and return to India in early April to his pregnant wife and family based in Jalandhar. The 20-year-old arrested man appeared at the Glasgow Sheriff Court in connection with Mohanty's death. (India Times, India)
No. portability in major cities by August: Raja Feb 23, 2009
On February 27, BSNL will soft-launch 3G in Lucknow, Agra, Dehradun, Ambala, Jammu, Shimla, Jaipur and Jalandhar. Text. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
NRI posing as SP nabbed in Punjab Apr 1, 2008
JALANDHAR: An NRI allegedly impersonating as superintendent of police (SP) has been arrested. Police claimed that apart from defrauding people he had been even threatening police officials to get security. (India Times, India)
Mangoes to sweeten Indo-Pak ties Mar 31, 2008
Expressing similar senti 00004000 ments, Devinder Pal Singh Dosanjh from Wadala village, Jalandhar, added: "We have a lot to learn from Pakistan in growing citrus fruits and cotton crops. The varieties grown in Pakistan are much more superior.". Get personalised news stories on mobile. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Khali still on Punjab police pay rolls Mar 30, 2008
ADGP Rajan Gupta of PAP, where Khali is "posted" in Jalandhar, said, "I don't think there is anything wrong in extending his leave. He is an asset to the department and an exception can always be made." The love for Khali runs across departments. ADGP (law and order) Chander Shekhar said, "He has become a brand and in my opinion his name should instead be suggested for a Padma Shree or any other national award.". (India Times, India)
Akali leader caught smuggling heroin Mar 24, 2008
AMRITSAR/JALANDHAR: Purshotam Lal Sondhi, who identified himself as a Youth Akali Dal leader, was arrested with 22 kg heroin near Amritsar international airport late on Saturday night ... Joint director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Dheeraj Rastogi, said a vehicle was intercepted at Mirankot, about 3 km from the airport, late on Saturday night, while it was on its way from Jalandhar ... Upon checking, Sondhi (39), of Arjun Nagar, Jalandhar, who claimed to be the national general... (India Times, India)
Punjab to track out-of-school kids Mar 22, 2008
JALANDHAR: The Punjab education department has started working on a novel child tracking system to keep a tab on school dropouts to ensure universal elementary education. Earlier, a door-to-door survey has revealed that out of the total 42,70,985 children in the age group of 6 to 14 years in the state, 1,00,457 do not attend school. (India Times, India)
Tata Motors launches Sumo Grande in Jalandhar Mar 9, 2008
JALANDHAR: Tata Motors on Saturday launched its latest passenger vehicle 'Sumo Grande' priced in the range of Rs 6 ... 49 lakh in Jalandhar. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Blighted bridesThe sad tales of Indian women 'conned' into losing their dowries Mar 8, 2008
Amarjit Thind is a senior correspondent for the Tribune newspaper in Jalandhar, a city that is the source of the largest percentage of overseas Punjabis. He explains that it is the success of these NRIs that provides a huge incentive for families here to send their daughters abroad. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Jagriti Yatra to enter Punjab today Mar 3, 2008
On March 23 the yatra would move to Una Sahib, Nawanshahr, Phagwara, Phillaur, Sultanpur Lodhi, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Mukerian, Pathankot, Jammu, Kathua, Gurdaspur and reach Dera Baba Nanak on April 30. It would go to Batala, Baba Bakala and finally reach Amritsar on April 13 on the occasion of the Baisakhi celebrations. (The Tribune)
The private life of public enemy No.1 Mar 2, 2008
They say he is a product of his lower-middle class upbringing in the industrial town of Jalandhar in the north of India, where his father ran a modest metalworking business. When Harbhajan was 18 his father died of cancer, leaving him as the only breadwinner with the duty of caring for his ageing mother and finding husbands for his five sisters. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
UK cop helps rural students in Punjab Feb 29, 2008
SEHAM/SINGHPUR DONA (JALANDHAR): NRIs can take a cue from this Englishman while fixing their priorities for investing in social sector back home in Punjab. The first visit of David Gee, who retired as head of criminal investigation department, Derbyshire, UK, to village Seham here for holidaying, proved a turning point for students of five schools of villages in the area. (India Times, India)
Murder outsourced Feb 26, 2008
NRIs sitting abroad think that they can get away with it by getting the crime committed in Punjab through contract killers,'' says Jalandhar range deputy inspector-general Narinder Pal Singh ... Most of the recent cases have occurred in Punjab's Doaba belt - the land between the Sutlej and Beas comprising the districts of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr. (India Times, India)
Ayurveda, Alopathy are linked Feb 20, 2008
JALANDHAR: Ayurveda, which is one of the oldest and most holistic medical systems, suffered a setback during Medieval and British rule in India. But, institutions like, Dayanand Ayurvedic College in Jalandhar, have been trying to revive the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda within the parametres of modern medical science. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Morepen CMD's property to be attached Feb 12, 2008
NEW DELHI: A court in Jalandhar has directed to attach the property and confiscate the passport of pharma firm Morepen Lab's CMD Sushil Suri, accused of defrauding the company's investors of nearly Rs 156 crore. Passing orders on a case filed by the Registrar of Companies, Jalandhar on February 7, the Chief Judicial Magistrate has directed the authorities concerned to attach Suri's Anand Niketan house here. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
NRI family relives Punjabi traditions Feb 7, 2008
HUSSAINPUR (JALANDHAR): Despite being born and brought up in the UK, this family chose to relive rural traditions of a Punjabi wedding. Far from trigger-happy urbanites here, NRI Kulwinder Singh's baraat on Wednesday consisted of bullock carts, horses, camels and people attired in traditional costumes and ornaments. (India Times, India)
'Punjab worst in horticulture' Feb 5, 2008
Also, the Punjab government has set up four modern terminal markets for fruits, vegetables and flowers at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Muktsar. Ramesh Inder Singh, chief secretary, Punjab, was the chief guest on the occasion and he released the State Focus Paper for the year 2008-09. (India Times, India)
Mumbai coldest in 45 years Jan 29, 2008
4 degrees at Adampur, near Jalandhar, while the Halwara airbase recorded the minimum at 3. 6 degrees. (The Tribune)
Mobile handset retailers expand in Punjab Jan 28, 2008
The CEO and director of The MobileStore Ltd, Rajiv Aggarwal, said: In Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, we have our presence in key cities like Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Ambala. Further, in order to extend our presence into smaller towns and cities, we will soon create over 40 retail stores across 5 cities in these states. (Business Standard)
The fairer face of crime in India Jan 27, 2008
The con couple from Punjab met about 15 years ago and have since carried out jewellery heists in Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, Rohini, Shahdara and south Delhi. "Asha and Amarjeet's unique modus operandi involves their family members including sons, cousins, other relatives and their paramours, who pose as customers at jewellery shops. The couple strikes while the unsuspecting shop owner is busy attending to customers," said an officer. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Canadian Sikh kills two-yr-old daughter Jan 21, 2008
Lakhvinder Singh Kahlon (47), who belongs to Punia village in Nakodar in Jalandhar district, allegedly slit the throat of his child on Friday morning at their home when his wife, Manjit, was away to drop their two older daughters at school. When Manjit returned home at about 8. (India Times, India)
NRIs put Punjab villages on top Jan 19, 2008
In terms of region, Judge points out that most migrants are from Doaba (Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr)- from Rurka Kalan village (Jalandhar), 2,067 persons have gone to different countries. Later, people from Ludhiana and Moga too have migrated. (India Times, India)
Market for premium bikes yet to mature in India Jan 16, 2008
But here also, traffic congestion is a major hurdle, said Rishabh Bhagat, a student, who had come all the way from Jalandhar for the Auto Expo. Bullish about the potential of premium bikes in the Indian market, major bike makers are gearing up with a line-up for the super bike segment. (India Times)
Bhagat Singh favourite 'calendar boy' Jan 12, 2008
Desh Bhagat Yaadgari Hall in Jalandhar is being flooded with requests for photos of Bhagat Singh from NGOs and other organizations. According to Gurmit, secretary Cultural Wing of the Hall, over 2 lakh Bhagat Singh calendars and posters have been published in the last few months. (India Times, India)
A spinner who delivers plenty of niggle Jan 12, 2008
Harbhajan, the only son of a Punjabi factory owner, honed his skills as an off-spinner by practising after school in Jalandhar, often when the only light came from the headlamp of his father's scooter. He made his Test debut against Mark Taylor's team in the final match of a three-Test series in Bangalore 10 years ago. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
PS3 Home (Preview) Jan 9, 2008
by Rajesh Puri from Jalandhar on 09/01/08 12:03 PM. this is a cool looking place man, Im sure gonna grab my share of virtual babes here. (Techtree.com)
Rs 37L found at KMV principal's house Jan 9, 2008
JALANDHAR: With no headway made in the murder of KMV principal Dr Rita Bawa along with three other employees, the recovery of Rs 37 lakh cash from her residence has further deepened the mystery. While the police explores different angles, SSP Arpit Shukla who visited Dr Bawa's house on Tuesday said it appeared that her killers were looking for some papers or a CD. Further, police investigations have also brought forth that Dr Bawa owned valuable properties and considerable finances. (Times of India)
Prisoners riot in northern India Jan 8, 2008
Hundreds of prisoners have rioted for several hours in the main jail in India's northern city of Jalandhar, in Punjab state. Officials said the prisoners were protesting against the alleged high-handedness of the staff. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Riot in Jalandhar jail Jan 8, 2008
Jalandhar, January 7 Prisoners took over the overcrowded Central Jail located near Basti Adda Chowk here and did not allow anyone to come near them for a couple of hours today. The prisoners also reportedly tried to blow up the boundary wall of the 19th century jail of the British time. (The Tribune)
Punjab woos sons of soil, but NRIs sceptical Jan 7, 2008
So, during a two-day conference in Chandigarh and Jalandhar, the Punjab government presented them a vision of a vibrant Punjab. But the NRIs are not so sure whether the vision will materialise given the lackadaisical approach of the bureaucracy. (Daily News & Analysis)
Jalandhar college principal murdered Jan 7, 2008
JALANDHAR: In a shocking incident, a group of unidentified people brutally murdered the principal and three employees of a women's college in Jalandhar, Punjab, on Saturday night ... Sanjeev Kalra, IGP Jalandhar range, who inspected the spot said, "The murders were carried out in a planned and professional manner and they seem to be the handiwork of a group." Though awaiting post mortem results for confirmation, the IG said that preliminary investigation revealed the murders might have taken... (Times of India)
College principal killed in Jalandhar Jan 6, 2008
JALANDHAR: The principal of Kanya Maha Vidyalya, Rita Bava, her two security guards and a cook were found murdered at her residence in the college campus on Sunday. The bodies were found lying in a pool of blood and bore injury marks of some sharp edged weapons, police said. (India Times, India)
At 27, bad boy Harbhajan risks turning into India's boor Jan 6, 2008
Harbhajan still lives in the house of his childhood in a poor area of Jalandhar, an industrial town in Punjab. When he needs a break from the crazy world of cricket, he returns there to be with his mother. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Punjab does some hardsell Jan 6, 2008
NRI police stations would be set up at Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Moga, Kapurthala and two other places ... Similarly, travel for NRIs will become very comfortable as the government proposes to introduce radio cabs in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Mohali in three to four months, said Sukhbir. (The Tribune)
Punjab to set up NRI police stations Jan 6, 2008
The six NRI police stations will be set up in Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Moga, Nawanshahr and Ludhiana districts ... Among other incentives announced by Badal for NRIs from Punjab is the setting up of a fast track court at Jalandhar to deal with their property and revenue cases. (India Times, India)
BSF man took Kuki leader's 'supari' Jan 4, 2008
Malkit, who was arrested from Jalandhar, where he had gone to take part in police games, told police that he was accompanied by nine other men, all associated with the banned outfit, United National Liberation Front, when he hit Hangsing with a hammer on his head and killed him. Malkit told police that he was paid Rs 15,000 for the job. (India Times, India)
Punjab to host high-voltage NRI meet Jan 4, 2008
If all in the list keep their promise, the two-day event, to be held on January 5 and 6 in Chandigarh and Jalandhar, will see the likes of top hotelier and Clintons' fund raiser Sant Singh Chatwal, Rana Diljit Singh, Usha Parashar, EU MP Neena Gill and former British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh in attendance. Visibly excited as time nears for the assembly, SAD working president Sukhbir Badal said here on Thursday that the MOU for Mohali international airport, to be signed on Friday between... (India Times, India)
4 BKI militants nabbed for Shingaar blast Dec 31, 2007
A team constituted in the wake of the blast was headed by IG (Zonal) Sanjiv Kalra and had DIG, Ludhiana, Ishwar Singh, DIG, Jalandhar, Narinderpal Singh, SSP, Ludhiana, Jaiswal, SSP, Jagraon, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar and SSP, Kapurthala, Rakesh Aggarwal as members. The Kapurthala police had nabbed Gurinder Singh and three accomplices, the Ludhiana police had earlier arrested Bhavdeep Singh, Dr Bhagwan Singh Sandhu, a Khalistan idealogue, and the Jagraon police had arrested Bhawanjit Singh and... (The Tribune)
India prepares action plan for bird flu Dec 26, 2007
Bio Safety Level (BSL)-III labs, one each in Jalandhar, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune and the North-East, to test animal samples for H5N1 virus are being set up. Labs are being set up to test human samples of which the ones in Delhi and Kolkata are almost ready while the third in Dibrugarh is coming up. (India Times, India)
Torn posters cause tension in Punjab Dec 22, 2007
JALANDHAR: Tension prevailed in the Gakhal village on the outskirts of the city after Dalits-turned-Christians residing there alleged that the people of the upper caste Jatt community had tore the display boards meant for Christmas celebrations. The president of the Sanjha Prayaas Christian Valmiki Welfare Society of the village, Rizor Messiah, said that some miscreants from the Jatt community of the village had destroyed the boards that had Christmas wishes displayed on them. (India Times, India)
Poisoned Earth Dec 19, 2007
A two-year study commissioned by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and conducted by Chandigarhs Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in five villages along Punjabs riverine drains in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amr 00004000 itsar districts, reads like a doomsday scenario. Water in these areas was found saturated with toxic chemicals, killing off aquatic life and causing genetic mutations in the population, afflicting people with a range of diseases and disabilities... (India Times, India)
Is Hazing Worse in India? Dec 18, 2007
In a suicide note, another student at an engineering college in the northern city of Jalandhar described the constant harassment as humiliating and blamed it for his decision to throw himself in front of a speeding train two years ago. "If education... is to serve as the lever to the great surge forward of the Indian nation, the scourge of ragging which corrodes the vitals of our campuses needs to be curbed," an Indian Supreme Court committee concluded in a recent report. (Time.com)
Child labour may hit exports Dec 4, 2007
The EPCs have been asked to prepare a perspective plan for abolition of child labour in specific areas of geographical concentration like Varanasi, Bhadohi and Mirzapur for carpets, Jalandhar for sports items and Surat and Bhavnagar for gems and jewellery. Special focus would be on issues arising out of employment of children, specially belonging to migrant communities and those subjected to trafficking, suggests the plan. (India Times, India)
Chak De! India revived biz in Punjab Dec 2, 2007
JALANDHAR: The movie Chak De. India has not only revived hockey but brought cheer to Jalandhar's sports goods industry in the city, which witnessed a 20 per cent growth due to an enhanced interest in the game ... The movie had made a lasting impact on the minds of many high profile people and even Priyanka Gandhi had placed an order of more than 20 hockey sticks from a Jalandhar-based manufacturer on the occasion of her child's birthday, industry sources said. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Now Punjab bans Aaja Nachle Dec 1, 2007
Moreover, the government to avoid any communal tension in the state especially Jalandhar implemented the ban on Saturday morning. The government has ordered ban of Aaja Nachle in all the small and big towns of Punjab. (India Times, India)
IVF centre assured boy, girl born Nov 29, 2007
JALANDHAR: Not strange that in a country obsessed with baby boys, yet another couple, NRIs, sought sex selection in favour of a boy ... Amrik Singh and his wife Rupinder Kaur of Canada in their complaint to civil surgeon, Jalandhar, said due to an infertility problem they had approached Vardhan Medical Centre to have a child through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2005. (India Times, India)
Science Express in Jalandhar Nov 25, 2007
JALANDHAR: The Science Express launched by the Central government in co-operation with the German government in order to develop scientific temper among the students of the country reached the city on Saturday. The seven coaches of the Science Exhibition on Wheels attracted more than 1,000 people on the first day of its four-day halt here. (India Times, India)
Playing for recruitsThe British army gets to grips with Indian contact sport Nov 25, 2007
3 miles) from the Punjabi city Jalandhar, in Northern India. Several thousand people pack the large concrete stand on one side of the ground. (BBC News -- UK)
UP blasts: Sleuths suspect ISI mischief again Nov 24, 2007
In one such case booked by enforcement agencies in November 2006, an accused, held in Jalandhar in connection with the seizure of fake currency, was found to have received contraband from the same source, who had also funded LeT modules in J&K and Bangalore. The revelations were made during the interrogation of two LeT militants held in Bangalore in 2006 for the attack on the Indian Institute of Science. (India Times, India)
Red beacon, gunmen for SGPC members Nov 23, 2007
Meanwhile, opposition members in the SGPC today held a meeting in Jalandhar to draw up next course of action for tomorrows election. These members, including from Haryana, authorised senior SGPC member Manjit Singh Calcutta to take a decision after consulting like-minded members. (The Tribune)
Cable operators to be regulated from Dec 1 Nov 21, 2007
Ashish Sharma / New Delhi/ Jalandhar November 21, 2007. All cable operators will have to regulate the charging and billing procedure to follow the new telecommunication (broadcasting and cable) services (second) tariff (eighth amendment) order, 2007, from December 1, issued in a notification recently by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). (Business Standard)
Kabaddi lessons for Englishmen Nov 16, 2007
A kabaddi team of British army, formed four months back and currently in India to take tips in and learn the tricks of the game, is heading to Jalandhar to take part in a local tournament ... It might sound a little odd when these soldiers utter "kabaddi...kabaddi" in British accent during their matches in Jalandhar's Parasrampur village where the tournament is being held, but this is exactly what the organisers are hoping to cash in on. (India Times, India)
Tribunes Bathinda edition launched Oct 29, 2007
The editions of The Tribune are already being published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Dr. R.P. Bambah, Mr. Justice S.S. Sodhi, Mr. N.N. Vohra, Trustees of The Tribune, Mr H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief and Mr Sanjay Hazari, General Manager, were present on the occasion. (The Tribune)
Russian wrestler is booked for attacking scribes Oct 28, 2007
Besides, they were asked to cough up 125 per cent of the collections from the sale of tickets in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala, venues for the bouts, as entertainment tax. Nikita challenged all Indians for a bout with him and threw a table at media persons. (Daily News & Analysis)
Wrestler-scribe scuffle at a presser Oct 26, 2007
Troupe of dozen wrestlers are part of the Universal Wrestling Stars and are toruing Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala. What triggered their anger was an announcement of their show being postponed at a press conference on Thursday. (NDTV.com)
Ludhiana blast not due to intelligence failure: Badal Oct 20, 2007
JALANDHAR: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Friday that the Ludhiana cinema hall blast was not due to intelligence failure on part of the state. "There was no intelligence failure," he said, reacting to Union Minister of State for Home Prakash Jaiswal's remarks that the blast was the result of 'state intelligence failure. (Daily News & Analysis)
Action heats up as loan rates soften Oct 17, 2007
Amit Khaneja of Collage group said that the company's residential projects in Jalandhar, Dehradun, Amritsar and Bhopal have received very good response. Loading. (India Times, India)
Punjab govt rides piggyback on MSP Oct 15, 2007
JALANDHAR: The blame-game in politics is never-ending but when political parties for a change stop passing the buck and instead wish to ride piggyback, it surely brings comic relief. The SAD-led government in Punjab seems to be doing just that when its advertisements claim credit for the Centres move to hike MSP of wheat. (India Times, India)
