Remembering Amrita

You see, I thought to myself for a very long time...I must write about the journalist Amrita Chowdhary. She left us in a sudden dreadful road mishap on the 21st October 2012. It was a tragedy as we lost a brave journalist as well as a good human being.
I wanted to write a piece about her in my blogs, but somehow I was procrastinating due to laziness or fatigue or a lack of words to describe a talent - a personality, whatever the reason may be, but after around four months of her untimely demise a sudden instinct made me write about her today.
I was crossing the road in front of Sri Durga Mata Mandir near Jagraon Bridge, as it is my route to reach my office. I saw the lion face gate of the shrine and suddenly Amrita Chowdhary struck in my mind.
I can very well recall the head line of the story (Lalaji, it is an enchrochment) that Amrita had written in local edition of the Indian Express in 2001. She had filed the story about the encroachment made by the Mandir Committee. The Municipal Corporation had demolished that encroachment and the disciples were fuming over the issue. Former Member of Parliament, Late Lala Lajpat Rai was the then head of the management committee of the shrine. Lala ji had made some statements against the action taken by the MC and on very next day Amrita’s story was appeared in the newspaper.
I was working for vernaculars at the time. The story nailed itself to my mind and that’s why I can recall the story ...word for word even after 11 long years.
I met her for the last time face to face in Jagraon SSP in May or June last year. We both had gone there to attend a press conference. She was asking me about my experience as I had recently shifted from vernacular media to an English newspaper.
I had replied, though I was enjoying working for an English newspaper, but i felt like I was being boycotted.  Some of my good friends had started avoiding me suddenly (can’t understand why, but don’t want to discuss it here). Well, Amrita smiled and said, don’t worry, it is yet another phase of life, except it. Then she said calmly, ‘koi na tu mainu phone kar leya kar je tere dost tainu nahi bulande’ (don’t worry, you can call me if you feel like that your friends keep their distance from you.)
That was the last conversation I had face to face with Amrita.
Amrita, today I want to talk to you, tell me what number I need to dial…

Perform your duty and be a hero

In my childhood the Super Heroes like Superman, Spider Man and Indian versions like Super Commando Dhruva, Nagraj, Doga etc fascinated me and I dearly wished to be one of them, like every child of my age. I longed to do extra ordinary stuff - flying like superman, stop a running train with my bare hands, pin the bad guys at top of the tallest tower of the city. I wanted to be the real hero of the city.

As I grew up with the time I realized super hero action could be the peculiar fantasy of a child, but it was not a realistic aim. I used to think about doing something extra ordinary to grab the attention of people that would elevate me to the status of a hero overnight.

But my misapprehension about becoming a caped crusader, a lone hero performing extra ordinary work etc quickly disappeared with the recent episode of the episode of a young IPS officer Swapan Sharma (Assistant Police Commissioner of Traffic, Ludhiana) who had become a real life hero of my city. The young officer was extremely fair and square and devoted to his duty and vision. 

He initiated tow-away drive in the city to punish reckless drivers who used to create problems by parking their cars carelessly anywhere on the road. Though the tow-away drive was criticized by some, it was hugely appreciated by the masses. His initiative made Ludhiana a safer place to drive in. He busted gangs who roamed fearlessly and executed misdeeds by using political connections and by flashing money as bribes to stop any legal actions.

Swapan Sharma took a strong stand, and made these offences count. Initiating a drive against assembled and illegal three-wheelers, a major headache for the city, was another feather in his cap.

What Sharma did, was not one bit 'extra ordinary' - but part of his role as an honest policeman which he performed to perfection. He became a hero, and the city folk were jubilant that someone was finally enforcing the law. People viewed his actions as extra ordinary. Rarely do bureaucrats (or govt. officials in any rank) perform their actual duties and take any initiative, or if they do, they quickly give up before the will of corrupt politicians higher up in the food chain.

It is determination of the young IPS and commitment towards his duty that he became a real life hero for the city in days. In September people were shocked as his transfer orders landed in the city police headquarters. The news has evoked a response in the residents of this city who love and admire Swapan Sharma for his conduct and courage. The official pages of Ludhiana police and Ludhiana traffic police on facebook were flooded with messages of people that want him to remain in the city to carry out his good work.

Fortunately Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister was in the city on that particular day. Several delegations of city denizens pleaded before the CM for a rethink on the decision of transferring the young officer. The CM graciously nodded and immediately cancelled the transfer orders.

Well, news of his transfer had also pinched me a little. I wanted him to remain and to continue reforming the dilapidated condition of traffic control, to improve conditions for everyone who lives and commutes in Ludhiana.

As far my memory goes, in my 12 years of journalism I have rarely filed any news item personally appreciating the good conduct of a cop, but being a regular critic I do appreciate good work when I see it. In September 2012, I wrote an article in the local pages of The Hindustan Times about his ‘ordinary’ extra ordinary work and gave him a moniker ‘the tow-away man’. Long may this superhero 'tow away man' continue to tow away the negative and corrupt elements of policing in my city, and may I have many more opportunities to salute his courage, good sense, and honest integrity.

Jaspal Bhatti - my family member and that of the entire nation

I rarely find time to pen down my thoughts or should I say I prefer to kill time by playing games on my laptop instead of giving shape to my thoughts. The fact is I get mentally drained after beating the keyboard for atleast 5 hours daily to file news, thanks to the police and criminal elements of Ludhiana. I do love to write but never realise my plans in the evenings because of tiredness. I am composing this piece sitting at my desk in my office. I want to write about the sudden demise of Mr Jaspal Bhatti that has left us all in shock. Many eminent writers have written about him and I have read plenty articles about the satirist. Will it matter if I write about him? I asked myself several times and finally I started writing this piece about him. I know it does not matter if I write about him holding the rank of a reporter. But somehow, I want to express my own grief and love towards Sardar of jokes and satire. Well I did get a chance to interact with Sardar Bhatti in 2010 in a hotel. He was in Ludhiana to select the cast for his next venture and he had called a press conference. I was working with a vernacular daily at the time. I reached the venue in time and saw Bhatti was preparing for the press conference. Some arrangements for the press conference were ongoing. Bhatti welcomed us and joked about his staff comparing them with our lazy system. I loved his way with words and to be honest I really wished the press conference would get delayed as I wanted a chance to spend more time with him. I wanted to talk to him about Jaspal Bhatti the man, and not just the news piece I was meant to be reporting on. When I posed some questions, he answered them with his honesty and his trademark comic touch. The press conference set was finally ready and he promised to give me time afterwards.I stared at the face that was entertaining us and making us laugh since my childhood. How simple and down to earth he was. “You seem to me like a cherished family member - I feel like I have seen you since I was a child,”I said to Sardar Bhatti. He replied genuinely that’s why you love me so much. “Yes, we all are one family,” Sardar Bhatti put his hand on my shoulders.Then he asked me about my background. He asked me where did I come from, and how many years was I in this profession etc. He complimented me and said I should try auditioning for TV serials and films. I smiled and said "yes ofcourse Bhatti Saab, I will do". Later, I requested a photo with him. He said sure and smiled towards the camera putting his hand around my waist. Click… clicks the camera sounds and he moved towards other scribes. "Bhatti Saab, I want some more time with you", I said. He smiled and replied, "yes do come at any time I am staying in hotel do come at any time". I got the sad news about his demise at around 6 am this Thursday. I used to sleep till 8.30 generally, but I left my bedside as soon as I heard the news. I was anxious and restless, feeling uncomfortable. I had been praying to God to add some more years to his life, but it seems God 'unheard' my pleas. A rumor that spread in late 2011 (largely due to social media) that the whole world would end in 2012 has stuck my mind. There was something true in the rumor, I thought. Even though the world is not finished but those that keep my world moving have left… Dara Singh, Rajesh Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Jagjit SinghYash Chopra and now Jaspal Bhatti…

Sikh police officers who wear turbans cannot join firearms teams?

Sikh police officers who wear turbans cannot join firearms teams, following a ruling from the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).

Officers can choose instead to wear a smaller head covering known as a patka, which will fit under a helmet.

The Acpo guidance follows consultations with the Home Office and a range of police associations representing Sikhs.

In 2009, a tribunal awarded £10,000 to a Sikh officer who was ordered to remove his turban during riot training.

The British Sikh Police Association asked for a clarification from Acpo following the award, and proposed a "ballistic turban" that would provide head protection.

Acpo opted against the ballistic turban approach but said the idea was worth "future exploration".

'No discrimination'

"The police service has a legal duty to consider the health and safety of staff at work and provide appropriate personal protective equipment to staff who are placed in high risk situations," said Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes, Acpo's head of uniformed operations.

As a result, Sikh officers will only be permitted to engage in armed operations if they remove their turbans or wear the smaller patka head covering to permit the use of a helmet for protection.

Chief Constable Hughes said that wearing a patka was "a matter of choice for the police officer", adding that "Sikh officers who wear a turban will not be discriminated against if they choose not to perform firearms or higher-level public order duties".

'Treated with fairness'

Gurpal Virdi, office co-ordinator for the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association, welcomed the clarification.

"Supervising officers had no idea how to deal with Sikh officers before; there was no guidance," he told BBC News.

"Some Sikh officers were being discriminated against, especially in rural constabularies.

"The guidance now makes clear how Sikh officers should be treated with fairness."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8639432.stm

Mohit and tarsem leads team media to win

Mohit and tarsem leads team media to win

Ludhiana: (7th feb 2010)
Wonderful batting by captain mohit khanna and tremendous bowling by spin bowler tarsem deogan leads team media to another victory here on Sunday in a 20-20 friendly cricket match against the ludhiana police eleven. the match was played at cricket ground of govt. college for boys ludhiana. Team media won this match by 40 runs. mohit scored a fifty, while tarsem scatterd four wickets. Spin bowler from police eleven DSP varinder singh brar also collect four wickets. tarsem and DSP brar declared man of the match jointly. Both teams played with true game spirit.
Captain of police eleven SSP Dr. Sukhchain singh gill won the toss and invited team media to bat. Team media loose nine wickets and set a target of 158 for police eleven in 20 overs. Face batsman mohit khanna and sunil gave a strong start to team media. mohit scored 55 runs with the help of one six and five fours. sunil scored 16 runs. Other successful batsman were neeraj manra and lehri. neeraj collect 20 runs with help of one six and a four. lehri contributes 16 runs in teams total.
DSP varinder brar collect 4 wickets.
Police eleven failed to follow the target. police eleven got all out on 117 runs in 14.5 overs. Captain of the team SSP Dr. sukhchain singh gill scored 15 runs. Ravinder contributes highest 24 runs. SHO Daljit singh khak (18), SP Snehdeep sharma (17) and gurwinder (16) also bat very well.
Tarsem deogan was the most successful bowler for media eleven. tarsem got four wickets and scatterd the middle order of police eleven. Police eleven was in strong position when spinners were introduced in bowling. Arshdeep samar collect two wickets with his off spin bowling and accompanied tarsem to send all the batsman of police eleven back to pavilion. neeraj manra claims two and ajit claims one wicket.
SSP Dr. Sukhchain singh gill congratulate team media for the victory. SSP announced a series of 20-20 matches between team media and police eleven. The others who enjoyed the match were SP (traffic) Rupinder singh, SP (headquarter) Harish kumar sharma, DSP Bhupinder singh, DSP Harmohan singh, DSP Parampal singh, DSP Harjinder singh, manager team media sunil dutt, inspector Maninder bedi, sub-inspector Beant juneja and sub-inspector Jarnail singh.

Sky is for birds

One of my friend send me this e-mail. i found this mail very touchy. one should aware about the nature, the sky is for birds.
The Manja (thread) of kites kills and injures many birds every year. Please don't fly kites and if you have to, please don't use glass manja.

Please pass this on to your friends. Together we can save many birds.

If you see a bird in trouble please report to the nearest animal shelter as early as possible.


The chinese Kite string is responsible for injuries and death of birds animals and even human beings.

WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR

Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara

Patriotic indians can fly the national flag even at night. Don't be so exited, first read the full article and the conditions. This is subject to the condition that the flagpole is really tall and the flag itself well-illuminated.
The Home Ministry took the decision following a proposal in this regard by industrialist Naveen Jindal, who had earlier won a court battle in the 1990s for flying the national flag as a fundamental right for every citizen. In a communication to Jindal, also a Congress leader and Member of Parliament, the Ministry said it has examined the proposal and had no objection to installing "giant flagpoles for flying the National Flag day and night at various places."
In a representation to the Ministry in June 2009, Jindal had sought permission to fly mammoth-sized national flag on monumental flagpoles during night. Jindal had said that the National Flag is to be flown in "as far as possible between sunrise and sunset" as per Flag Code of India, but it was a common practice worldwide for massive national flags to be flown day and night on monumental flagpoles of 100 feet and above in height.
Citing the example of countries like Malaysia, Jordon, Abu Dhabi, North Korea, Brazil, Mexico and Turkmenistan where monumental flags are flown at night, Jindal proposed for such flags to be flown in India also.
JAI HO..

Unbeaten Media XI register 7-wkt win

Ludhiana: Sunny smashed 50 runs with the help of three sixes and six hits over the ropes as Ludhiana Media XI scored an easy seven-wicket win over State Bank of Patiala in a Twenty20 cricket match played at Arya College ground here on 19th april. This is sixth victory in a row for media eleven.
State Bank of Patiala won the toss and elected to bat first. However, their decision turned out to be a miscalculated one as they could muster only 120 runs in 18.3 overs. The main contributors were Purshotam (30), Gaurav (19) and Sanjeev (11).
For Ludhiana Media XI, Lahiri and Ajit were the pick of bowlers who captured four and three wickets, respectively, while acting captain Arshdeep scalped two victims and Tarsem Deogan grabbed one wicket to contain State Bank of Patiala to a modest total of 120 runs.
Ludhiana Media XI made the required runs in just 14.5 overs after losing three wickets. Sunny scored 50 runs while Sunil made 28. Venkat remained unbeaten on 8 runs and Tarsem Devgan chipped in with 7 runs.
For his fine performance with the ball, Lahiri was declared the Man of the Match. we realy played very well and team players gave their hundred percent to register this victory, says media eleven's acting captain arshdeep samar.

Dr. Manmohan Singh or Mr. LK Advani?

Though, the Sikhs are in a dilemma whether to vote for Dr. Manmohan Singh, or Mr. LK Advani, Prime Ministerial candidateds of main contender/political parties Congress and BJP, a section of Sikh intelligentsia is of the view that Dr Manmohan Singhs hands should be strengthened as he has enhanced the pride of Sikhs. Dr. Singh is a man of integrity, eminent economist, gentleman,humble and soft-spoken. None can point out any accusing finger towards him, they say. Dr Manmohan Singh’s contribution for the development of Punjab can not be ignored. The facts given hereunder speak themselves:-

Beside releasing liberal funds for strengthening the infrastructure at Amritsar Airport, a new International Airport has been sanctioned for Punjab at Mohali-Chandigarh.
Two Central Universities(at Amritsar and Bathinda) and one IIT at Ropar have been allocated to Punjab.
Guru Gobind Singh Marg has been sanctioned from Talwandi Sabo in Punjab to Nanded (Maharashtra)passing through five other states. Adequate funds were allocated for the development of Anandpur Sahib( Rs 147 crores)and Talwandi Sabo(Rs 132 crores) in view of 300 years of Gurta Gaddi Divas in 2008. Rs 1400 crores were spent for the development and beautification of Nanded. An airport named after Guru Gobind Singh Ji has also been established at Nanded, Special funds were allocated for development and beautification of Amritsar under JL Nehru Urban Renewal Programme. A special grant of Rs 100 crores was given to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhian in 2007 for research work. An Institute for studay/research of holy Guru Granth Sahib is being established at Guru Nanak Dev University,Amritsar.
First time in the history of India, Governors of 8 important states are Punjabis(Surjit Singh Barnala, General JJ Singh, SS Sidhu, Bhupinder Singh Andeman Nicobar, RL Bhatia, Balram Jakhar, NN Vohra, Gurbachan Jagat, Tejinder Khanna). Four Ministers ( Dr. MS Gill, Ambika Soni, Ashwini Kumar, Pawan Bansal) in the central cabinet are from Punjab.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia is Deputy Chaiman of Yojna Board. Navtej Singh Sarna is Spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry, while Hardip Singh Puri is Indian Representative in UNO.By honouring Bhai Nirmal Singh Kha lsa, a Hazoori Raagi of Sri Harmander Sahib with Padma Shree award/title, the Gurmat Sangeet and Raagi community have been honoured for the first time by the Govt. of India

On the other hand, during its 6 years rule, the BJP Government led by Mr. AB Vajpayee did nothing for Punjab. The Akali Dal supreme S. Parkash Singh Badal raised only one demand, a berth dor his son Sdukhbir Singh Badal in the Central Ministry, which was met. Vajpayee governmet sanctioned a sum of Rs 100 crores for observing 3ooth Year of Ordaining of Khalsa Panth, but only Rs 50 crores were given to Punjab government, other Rs 50 crores were given to Rashtria Sikh sangat to creat confusion about Sikh philosophy and traditions. Sikhs have demanding that marriages of their children should be registration under Anand Marriage Act, and legislation of separate Code Bill for Sikhs, whereas the BJP election manifesto stands for Hindutava and Common Code Bill for all Indians irrespective of religion/dharma.

Regards,
Harbir Singh Bhanwer,
Ludhiana ( India)


On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:27:49 +0530 wrote
(writer is a renowned journalist)

Mohit and tarsem lead team media to win

Ludhiana: Tremendous bowling by Tarsem (4/20) and fabulous batting by captain Mohit Khanna (80 not out) leads team media to win over Lead XI in a T-20 match played on April 12, 2009 at Arya college for boys. Team media won by 7 wickets. Tarsem declared man of the match for his deadly bowling. This is the fifth victory in a row for team media.

After won the toss team media invites Lead eleven to bat. Lead’s batsman set a score of 133 on loss of 8 wickets. Face batsman Khullar and captian shavinder gave strong start to the team. Mandeep kuarana played also very well and scored unbeaten 24 runs. Khullar scored highest 38 runs, while Kerry, babbar and captain babbar contributes 26, 10 and 7 runs respectively.

Team media’s bowlers done very well with the boll. Tarsem claims four wickets and scattered the batting line of opposite team. Mohit khanna, neeraj manra' lehri and arshdeep samar also took 1-1 wickets each.

Team media achieve the target in only 13.5 overs after loosing only three wickets. Mohit khanna scored highest (80 not out) runs with the help of 5 sixes and 8 fours. Sunil contributes 14 runs while sunny remain unbeaten on 17 runs. Team media’s selector sunil dutt congratulate the team for the victory.

Another win: team media… Jai ho

Ludhiana: A scintillating batting performance by Mohit Khanna who remained unconquered on 74 runs, fashioned Ludhiana Media XI's victory by seven wickets against Westend Mall XI in a friendly cricket match played on Arya College ground here on 5th April. It was the fourth in a row victory for team media.
Ludhiana Media XI won the toss and invited Westend Mall XI to bat. In the stipulated 15 overs, Westend Mall XI made 107 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Binny and Deepak contributed 24 and 23 runs respectively and gave a strong start to their team, while Manpreet chipped in 13 runs. Rest batsmen could not sustain the speed of scores and team could only set the target of 108 runs.
For the Ludhiana Media XI, Lahiri scalped three victims, while Tarsem Deogan and neeraj manra captured two wickets each. Arashdeep Samar grabbed one wicket.
Thanks to the useful innings by Mohit, Ludhiana Media XI achieved the target losing just three wickets after 9.3 overs. He remained unbeaten on 74 runs which included four sixes and 10 fours. Tarsem and Neeraj scored 10 and 8 runs, respectively.
Punjab ranji team selector Chaman lal was present as chief guest, while former ranji player sham lal was also graced the occasion. Chaman lal congratulate team media for victory.

Media eleven continues to be on winning spree

Ludhiana: Media eleven, ludhiana played wonderful game and claims victory against young and highly talented MGM school eleven in 20-20 cricket match. The match was played at the cricket gound of arya college for boys on 15th march. This is third win in a row for media eleven. Lehri declared as man of the match for his bowling and wonderful match winning inning.
After won the toss MGM eleven's captain Varun decided to batting first. Opners gave streak starting to the team. MGM eleven set a score of 146 after loosing three wickets in 20 overs. Captian varun played wonderful inning of 54 runs, while sunny contribute 42 runs in innings total. Akhil scored 32 runs.
Media eleven pace bowler lehri and spinner arshdeep samar claims one-one wicket each.
Media eleven achived target in 18.5 overs after loosing 8 wickets. Lehri scored team's highest 29 runs and make team win. Sunny played another good inning of 23 runs. Media eleven captain mohit, manoj, arshdeep samar and lehri contibutes 17, 18, 14 and 11 respectively.
MGM pacer Gaurav claims 2 wickets in his first two overs. abhinav and akhil also send pavellion 2-2 players of media eleven.

Media eleven on cloud nine with another win

Ludhiana: It was great team efforts and Ludhiana Media eleven make a win against Ludhiana Reliance eleven on sunday 1st March. Media eleven won the match by 54 runs. Media eleven’s captain Mohit Khanna scored thundering 65 runs and declared Man of the match.
After win the toss reliance captain Lehri invited media eleven to bat. Media eleven scored 172 after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Mohit khanna smashed 2 sixes and five fours in his 65 runs innings, while Neeraj manra and rajesh bhatt contributes 21 and 20 runs in innings total. For relience eleven Bunty and gurwinder claims 2 wickets each, while lehri satish and manjit grabs 1-1 wickets.
While chasing the huge target Reliance eleven’s all players bowled out on 118 in 14.5 overs. Lehri made highest 32 runs while gurwinder contributed 16 runs. ‘The terbonator’ spin bowler Tarsem Deogan shine again with his bowling skills. Tarsem send three players of reliance back to pavellion in his very first over and scattret the middle order of reliance eleven. Tarsem grabbed 4 wickets on 19 in just two overs. Neeraj manra got three wickets with his sizzling pace deliveries. Arshdeep samar claims 2 and amit claims one wicket. Venkat also shines with his fielding skills.
On last Sunday Media eleven drubs ITBP eleven in 20-20 cricket match.

Ludhiana Media XI drubs ITBP XI

Ludhiana:All-round performance by skipper, OP Yadav (22 runs and 2 for 20) went in vain, as ITBP XI suffered defeat by eight wickets against Ludhiana Media XI, in a Twenty20 cricket match played at the Indo Tibet Border Police Training Centre ground at Baddowal near here yesterday.
Ludhiana Media XI captain, Arashdeep Samar, won the toss and invited ITBP XI to bat. They could not survive for twenty overs, as their innings folded at 74 runs, with two ball to spare. The main contributors were OP Yadav and Vimal, who scored 22 and 20 runs, respectively.
For Ludhiana Media XI, Tarsem Deogan, was the most successful bowler who chipped in with three wickets for 9 runs. Neeraj Manra accounted for two wickets for 15 runs while Ajit, Lehri and Sunny grabbed one wicket each.
Ludhiana Media XI made the required runs in just 8.4 overs after losing two wickets. Sunny 26 and Sunil 14 (not out) helped Ludhiana Media XI to overhaul ITBP XI's total. OP Yadav was the lone wicket taker, claiming two for 20.
Tarsem Deogan was the man of the match.
The acting captain Arshdeep samar dedicate the victory to the performence of all team members. 'We played realy well, speacialy our bowlers played the key role in thundering victory, says the captain Arshdeep samar.

Why wedding ring should put on the fourth finger??

LUDHIANA: Thumb represents parents
Second finger represents brothers & sisters
Center finger represents own self
Fourth finger represents your partner
Last finger represents your children
Really interesting

Why wedding ring should put on the fourth finger??
Pls follow the below step, really god made this a miracle (this is from a Chinese excerpt)

Firstly, show your palm, center finger bend and put together back to back Secondly, the rest 4 fingers tips to tips

Game begins....follow the below arrangement,

5 finger but only 1 pair can split.
Try to open your thumb, the thumb represents parents, it can be open because all human does go thru sick and dead. Which are our parents will leave us one day.

Please close up your thumb, then open your second finger, the finger represent brothers and sisters, they do have their own family which is too they will leave us too.

Now close up your second finger, open up your little finger, this represent your children. Sooner or later they too will leave us for they got they own living to live.

Nevertheless, close up your little finger, try to open your fourth finger which we put our wedding ring; you will be surprise to find that it cannot be open at all. Because it represent husband and wife, this whole life you will be attach to each other.

Real love will stick together ever and forever. . .

Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi

LUDHIANA: Head falls in shame as the very people, who danced in wild frenzy and distributed sweets amongst each other when the country did well in Olympic, damaged the very infrastructure that produced the Olympic grates.

It was free for all at the Canada Gold cup Kabaddi cup tournament at Guru Nanak stadium as the state of the- art stadium falls prey to the over enthusiastic mob as near stampede like situation occurred when Punjabi pop singer Babbu Mann appeared on the stage after the kabaddi event was over.
Approximately 20,000 people entered the ground either by jumping the fence of damaging it.
The handful of cops deployed to control the situation felt helplessly miserable in front of erratic crowed.
Though, the police conducted a mild cane charge to disperse the fan but it proved futile as the fan poured in the stadium from all sides and created ruckus.
"It seem that administration is least bothered about the sports infrastructure of the city. The stampede at Canada Gold Kabaddi cup is the blatant example departmental ignorance, who are allowing such events to take place in the stadium," said an athlete.
The saddest incident occurred during the evening when a personal vehicle of the singer was driven inside the stadium to pick up out the singer from the stadium.
J S Bhandri, District Sports Officer (DSO), when informed about the incident reached the ground and stopped the show.
"It is strictly prohibited to drive vehicle inside the premises as it can cause damage to the costly synthetic tack. I will intimate the higher authorities about the incident, " said Bhandri.
Recently the synthetic track was bore the burnt of a miscreant motorcyclist who entered the ground from nowhere and took two rounds on the expensive synthetic track.
The incident damaged the costly synthetic track and also ruined the ground.
The incident has triggered sharp criticism from athletes as they worship this stadium and the entry of vehicle is strictly prohibited inside the ground.
Menwhile, Miri- Piri club California emerged winner of the tournament as they beat Guru Nanak club Bassiya by 38- 29.

Virus mails: How to protect your computer

LUDHIANA: We all are getting plenty of " VIRUS MAILS " , usually in the " I/D Name"
( eg: "cyrusmusicever" and not in our real name; eg: Cyrus Malaowala ), with some attachments, photos etc.
Please never open these attachments, and :"DELETE" these mails immediately.
Do not blame these persons on whose ID name the Virus mail was sent, as that person is unaware of it.

Fight this menace of VIRUS Mails unitedly.

CM orders probe into civil aviation department functioning

LUDHIANA: Following the crash of Punjab government-owned C-90 Beechcraft six-seater aircraft in which two senior pilots were killed last week, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday ordered a comprehensive probe into functioning of the state's civil aviation department.
According to Harcharan Bains, media advisor to the chief minister, "The inquiry will be conducted by Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh who has been directed to submit his report within next 45 days.
Ramesh Inder Singh would also periodically apprise the state’s Civil Aviation Minister Upinderjit Kaur on the progress of inquiry.
The aircraft crashed on November 29 while it was on a test flight in vacant premises of thapar agro industry, village jugiyana of Ludhiana, killing both the pilots on board—Capt Dalip Kataria and Capt Manjit Singh Khokhar. The civil aviation authorities have since been under fire for pressing an old aircraft into VIP flying operations.
A separate enquiry into the crash is already being conducted by a two-member team appointed by the DGCA to figure out the cause of accident.

JCT knocked out Mohammedan Sporting Club by 2-nil

LUDHIANA: The home ground proved lucky for the host JCT as they knocked out Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-nil in their third 13th ONGC I- league encounter played at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.
The JCT, retained their supremacy and added three points in their kitty. With today's wind they have earned a total of seven points in three matches.

The visitors Mohammedan Sporting, who were struggling at 10 place in the I- league continued to suffer another humiliating defeat at the hands of the host JCT.
Even the former JCT midfielder Adebayo A. Tokunbo, who shifted his loyalties to the Bangla club remained harmless.
However, the JCT was not playing with the best of their abilities.
The absence of star strikers like Sunil Chhetri and Praveen Kumar was conspicuous as the Brazalian find Edurado Da Silva was left alone in the striking zone, searching for partners.
However, both the teams made forays in the rival territory and made few attempts to score a goal in the first quarter.
A curling kick by Sporting striker Gurpreet Singh was timely saved by the JCT Goal Keeper Karanjit Singh in the 25th minute.
The controversial penalty appeal by the Sporting team, few second after was putdown by the referee.
The deadlock came to an end in the added 46th minute of the game, when flyer by Balwant Singh from the defense missed Edurado Da Silva and caught the right foot of Baljit Sahni, who incidentally found himself in front of the goal post.
He had no problems to glide the ball into the nets. The JCT team registered a 1-0 lead by the end of the first half.
The JCT, players displayed an organized game in the second half after receiving a thrashing from their coach Sukhwinder, who was visibly upset with the lackluster performance of JCT lad at the end of the first half.
As the entire JCT team was playing at the defense things were going bad to worse for the visitors.
Considering the time being wasted by the host, the visitors decided to go all out and attacked the host team.
Sporting midfielders Adebayo and Okoro made some brilliant moves but fail to convert it into a goal.
JCT goal keeper Karanjit Singh, made some breath taking save and foiled all the attempts made by the Sporting duo.

Sighting the opportunity in the weak Sporting defense, the Brazalian, Edurado Da Silva, who was simply magical in the second half and put the Bangla club in the tizzy, as five defender were not enough to stop him scoring a goal in the 68th minute.
After, conceding two goals the visitors made few more efforts to score a goal but their fragile kicks were simply not enough to rock the wall like defense of the JCT consisting Anwar, Julius Akpele and Daljit.