0.01% pendency at Jal Sewa Kendra

Jalandhar: Jalandhar district has secured top position in the state by ensuring 0.01 per cent pendency in the services dispensed through Sewa Kendras. Hailing the efforts of the entire team of the district, DC Ghanshyam Thori said the administration had achieved this target by ensuring a timely disposal of applications being filed by the citizens at Sewa Kendras, especially amid unprecedented health crisis posed by Covid-19 pandemic. The DC said on June 15, as many as 2,80,569 applications were received for around 330 services at all 33 Sewa Kendras, which were disposed by the officials in a time-bound manner. Of these applications, only 0.01 per cent, ie, 33 were pending for disposal. Thori said due to Covid-19, all requisite measures have been adopted in all Sewa Kendras for the safety and security of everybody. TNS

DLSA secy visits children home

Hoshiarpur: Aparajita Joshi, CJM-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, visited children home, special home and observation home, at Ram Colony camp here on Tuesday. She motivated the children to keep the environment clean and plant more and more saplings on the children’s home campus. She planted kinnu, guava and seasonal plants in with the help of NGO Sarbat Da Bhala. She asked the children to follow Covid protocols and learned about the difficulties of inmates there. During the inspection, the superintendent of special home apprised her about a 21-year-old youth who is a speech & hearing impaired and a resident of Pakistan. She immediately directed the officers of the special home to send the relevant documents to the office of the DLSA so that he is sent back. OC

Three booked for Rs 7.25-Lakh fraud

Hoshiarpur: The police have registered a case against three employees working at a petrol pump on the charge of embezzlement of Rs7.25 lakh. According to the information, Jasdeep Singh of Jand had lodged a complaint with the police. He said Narinder Singh of Dhanwan Kot, Narinder Kumar of Jatoli and Rishu Kaushal of Ansran were working at his petrol pump. According to him, the said accused allegedly embezzled Rs7.25 lakh in collusion with each other. The police have registered a case against the three under various Sections of the IPC. oc

Two held with 7 stolen vehicles

Jalandhar: The police have arrested two 19-year-old youngsters with four stolen Activas and three motorcycles on Monday. The accused have been identified as Ranjeet Singh and Mahesh Pandey. The police said the accused had a history of stealing vehicles and scores of cases had been registered against them. A case under Section 411 (Dishonestly receiving stolen property) and 379 (punishment for theft) of the IPC was registered against the duo. TNS

Two nabbed with smuggled liquor

Hoshiarpur: The Mahilpur police have arrested two persons and seized smuggled liquor from them. Roshan Lal of Binjhon village has been arrested with 9,000 ml of smuggled liquor. Also, Arun Kumar of Bajwara has been arrested with 2.88 lakh ml of liquor from the car he was driving. He was arrested when he tried to flee the spot on seeing a police naka at Mahilpur Main Chowk. Separate FIRs under the Excise Act have been lodged against both the accused. oc

Two booked for Rs 3-Lakh fraud

Hoshiarpur: The police have booked two persons for allegedly duping a woman of Rs3 lakh on the pretext of buying a land. According to information, Kulwant Kaur of Talwandi Salan village, told the police that Sucha Singh and Kulwant Singh, both residents of her village, had allegedly cheated her of Rs3 lakh on the pretext of selling a land. The police have registered a case against both the accused under various Sections of the IPC. oc

Webinar on blood Donation Day

Hoshiarpur: On International Blood Donation Day, a webinar was organised by the District Legal Services Authority on Tuesday. Initiating the webinar, CJM-cum-Secretary DLSA Aparajita Joshi motivated the participants to donate blood. Addressing the webinar, DLSA panel advocate Malkit Singh Sikri gave detailed information about the day. He expressed his gratitude to the organisations donating blood, due to which human lives were saved. He motivated the blood donating organisations to donate more and more blood. At the end of the webinar, advocates Malkit Singh Sikri and Harman Singh thanked advocates Gurpreet Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Archana, Dr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu and Harjeet Kaur who participated in the webinar. OC

E-poster making contest held

Hoshiarpur: DAV College of Education organised an online inter-house e-poster making competition on World Blood Donor Day to make the students aware regarding the significance of blood donation. Teacher trainees from the different houses of the college participated in it. In the first category of inter-house competition, Swami Vivekanand House secured first position, Mahatma Gandhi House secured second and Swami Dayanand House third position. In the second category of individual competition, Asha got first prize, Khushnaseeb Rahanu got second, Priya got third prize and Manpreet Kaur, Simranjit Kaur and Priyanka Sharma got appreciation prizes. Principal Vidhi Bhalla congratulated the winners. oc

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