Hoshiarpur DC Apneet Riyait participate in cycle rally

Hoshiarpur DC Apneet Riyait and others participate in a cycle rally held by the Hoshiarpur MC on Sunday. The civic body held the rally as part of the 75th Independence Day celebrations. It started from MC complex and culminated at the same place. The rally was flagged-off by Mayor Surinder Kumar, senior deputy Mayor Praveen Saini and deputy Mayor Ranjeet Chaudhary. ADC (UD) and MC Commissioner Aashika Jain, Jalandhar ADC (UD) Himanshu Jain and other officers also joined the rally. OC

‘Improve POCSO conviction rate’

Jalandhar: A state-level meeting of District Attorneys of Punjab was held at Jalandhar under the presidentship of Prosecution and Litigation Director Nirmaljit Singh. Apart from giving other instructions to the District Attorneys, Prosecution and Litigation Director specifically instructed to improve the conviction rate in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases. He also instructed that computerised data of victims of POCSO Act cases should be prepared in the offices of District Attorneys. All witnesses in such cases should be examined even if the complainant/victim has turned hostile, he instructed. TNS

Aid sought for Sachin’s kin

Jalandhar: City traders have demanded an ex gratia of Rs50 lakh for the kin of a 32-year-old shopkeeper Sachin Jain, who was killed in a firing incident recently. The victim, a general store owner near Sodal Road, was shot dead by snatchers. They said: “At least three persons were killed when a private bus collided head-on with a Punjab Roadways and an ex gratia of Rs5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs50,000 to the seriously injured persons was announced.” Traders appreciated the step but they said no help was being provided to the family of Jain who was the only bread earner in his family. “We demand that monetary help of Rs5 lakh should be given to his family by the state government,” said Ravinder Dhir from the traders’ forum. TNS

Man injured in mishap, 1 booked

Nawanshahr: The police have booked a person for rash driving here. A Behram resident in his complaint to the police said he injured his right leg, when a car driver coming from the opposite direction hit his bike from the opposite direction. A case under various Sections of the IPC has been lodged. TNS

DC inaugurates IVF centre

Hoshiarpur: The Deputy Commissioner, Apneet Riyait, inaugurated the city’s first fully hi-tech infertility centre (IVF) at IVY Hospital, Hoshiarpur. The centre will be managed by the hospital’s IVF experts team, including Dr Priyanka Sharma, an IVF expert, and Dr Amandeep Mann, consultant-gynecologist. OC