Jalandhar, September 23, 2013: The cremation of Hindustan Times Staffer Jasdeep Singh Malhotra will be held at 11 am at Model House cremation ground here on Monday.

Later, a candle march will be organised at 7 pm at Press Club, Jalandhar today, to pay tributes to the departed soul

The promising journalist Malhotra was killed in a road accident yesterday.

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Jalandhar, September 24, 2013: The Bhog ceremony of Jasdeep Singh Malhotra would be held on September 29 between 2 to 3 pm in Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Model Town, Jalandhar.  
Malhotra (41), Principal Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Jalandhar, had died on Sunday in a fatal accident at Milwan village near Mukerian. He was cremated here yesterday with hundreds of people from all walks of life paying last tearful tributes to him in Basti Sheikh Cremation Ground.
The mortal remains of Malhotra was taken in a procession from his residence Model House area and after performing religious ceremony in Model House Gurdwara the body was taken to Basti Sheikh cremation ground.
R. Venkatratnam, Commissioner Jalandhar Division laid wreath on behalf of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam laid wreath on behalf of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Assistant Media Advisor to Deputy CM Harjinder Sidhu laid wreath on behalf of Bikram Singh Majithia, Information and Public Relations Minister. Suresh Arora, Chief Director Vigilance Bureau, Punjab laid wreath on behalf of Punjab Police and Vigilance Bureau. K.D. Bhandari and Pawan Kumar Tinu, both Chief Parliamentary Secretaries also laid wreaths on behalf of Punjab Government. Mayor Jalandhar Municipal Corporation Sunil Jyoti also laid wreath.  
Ramesh Vinayak, Resident Editor, Hindustan Times and Pawan Sharma, Chief of Bureau, Hindustan Times also laid wreaths on the mortal remains of Jasdeep Singh Malhotra. Barjinder Singh Hamdard, Managing Editor, Ajit Group, Irwin Khanna Editor Uttam Hindu and Shital Vij, Managing Editor, Dainik Sawera also laid wreaths.
As his 9 years old son Harnoor lit the pyre, the moist eyes of all those present paid their glorious tributes to that fearless soldier of media, who always gave precedence to public interest in his stories. Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner shared grief with his wife Kulwinder Kaur Malhotra and his brother Sandeep Singh Malhotra.   
MPs, MLAs and political leaders representing all political parties, civil and police officers from various parts of the state, media fraternity representing various media house from all over the state were present in strength to pay their last tributes.  

Ferozepur, October 21, 2013: Maninderjit Singh (28), son of journalist Paramjit Kaur Sodhi suddenly died due to low blood pressure.

According to available information, Maninderjit Singh was admitted in private hospital on Sunday night at about 11 pm where he died at 3 am on Monday due to low blood pressure.
All the members of Ferozepur Club, local NGOs, political leaders have expressed their deep sorrow on the death of Maninderjit Singh.

Maninderjit was the youngest son of Paramjit Kaur Sodhi. www.cityairnews.com

Ludhiana, November 4, 2013: Kirya ceremony of Rupawati Grandmother of Minna Zutshi, Bureau Chief, The Tribune here, will be held at Community Center Aggar Nagar Ludhiana on November 5 at 2 PM to 3 PM.

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Patiala, November 14: The Punjab Information & Public Relations and Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today exhorted journalist fraternity for factual and investigative reporting to keep intact the trust of public thereby playing a significant contribution in creation of better society. Accompanied by Punjab Rural Development & Panchayat Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra and Jangveer Singh, Media Advisor to Deputy Chief Minister, Majithia was here to inaugurate the Patiala Media Club office.
After the inauguration ceremony, while addressing an impressive gathering here at Harpal Tiwana Kala Kendra, Majithia pointed out that journalists have played a major role in nation’s freedom struggle as well as in post independence era and set new unparalleled standards of values and commitment for their profession. He regretted that at the same time few unscrupulous elements have also tarnished the image of this important pillar of democracy. He said that respect for truth and the public's right to information was fundamental principles of journalism as Journalists inform citizens and animate democracy. They give a practical form to freedom of expression, he added.
Majithia mentioned that in the fast changing scenario new age media in the form of electronic and online media has emerged but print media has its own credibility. He said that during Kargill war Indian media had done a commendable reporting. Recalling Patiala press contribution in the state, Majithia assured to allot an appropriate space and adequate funds for construction of a modern building of Patiala Media Club.
The Public Relations Minister informed that the Punjab Government under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and development oriented vision of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has taken various steps for the welfare of Journalistic fraternity. He said that our government has introduced smart cards for the accredited journalists to provide an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh .The insurance cover was being extended to all the yellow card holder journalists of the State thereby covering more than 3000 journalists at the cost of Rs 35 lakh. He said that  the limit of free travel facility for the journalists has been enhanced from Rs. 800 to Rs.1200 for field journalists, whereas, in the case of Chandigarh based journalists this amount would be now Rs. 1600. Besides this, to meet the long pending demand of journalistic community, Punjab Government has decided to set up Press clubs in all major cities across the state and the budgetary provision has been made for this purpose.
Majithia informed that our government had recruited requires number of PROs/APROs and first time a field journalist’s family got Rs. 5 lac on his death in a road accident. He also assured the media persons to take up the issue of exemption of toll with PWD Minister to find out a way.
Later, Jangveer Singh was also honored for his valuable services in the field of journalism. Speaking on the occasion, Jangveer Singh urged them to publish the unique development initiative of state government prominently and assured them full support of the state government.
Punjab Rural Development & Panchayat Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra and Deputy Commissioner GK Singh also expressed their views. On this occasion, the Patiala Media Club President Rawel Singh Bhinder, Jagjit Singh Dardi, Vishal Rambani, Aman Sood, Amarjit Singh Waraich, Sarabjit Singh Bhangu, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Jaswinder Singh Dakha, Amaninder Pal Sharma, Mehakdeep Grewal, Gagan Teja, Parmeet Singh, Rajesh Panjola, Baljinder Sharma and Gurpreet Chatha honoured Majithia, Rakhra, Mayor Amarinder Singh Bajaj, DC GK Singh and SSP HS Mann.
Prominent amongst others, who were present on the occasion included Prof. Kirpal Singh Badungar, Divisional Commissioner Ajit Singh Pannu, Mayor Amrinder Singh Bajaj, Chairman District Planning Committee Deepinder Singh Dhillon, Former Minister Ajaib Singh Mukhmelpur, Former Chairman Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu, Surjit Singh Ablowal, Chairman Zila Prishad Jaspal Singh Kalyan, AIG Intelligence Gurpreet Singh Gill, Surjit Singh Garhi, Faujinder Singh Mukhmelpur, Anil Bajaj, Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna, Ajitpal Singh Kohli, Ravee Ahluwalia

Sarabha (Ludhiana), November 15, 2013: In a big relief to the journalist fraternity, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced to constitute Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Journalist Welfare Fund for bailing out the scribes during any hour of crisis.
Addressing the gathering during a function organised by Punjab Union of Journalist to mark the centenary of ‘Ghadar’ newspaper here at the native village of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, the Chief Minister paid rich tributes to this great national hero who laid down his life at a tender age. He said that Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha was not only a true patriot but also a fearless and upright journalist who played a vanguard role in starting the ‘Ghadar’ newspaper for bringing awareness amongst the masses to uproot the cruel and mighty British Raj. Badal said that the Ghadar newspaper had set a benchmark for all the other newspapers to propagate the message of national unity and integrity in a fearless manner. “The media must follow the footsteps of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha in serving the country in true sense” he added.  
Impressing upon the journalistic fraternity to pursue constructive agenda by shunning the tendency of negative reporting, the Chief Minister said that the media could act as an important catalyst in awakening the people against the social maladies by duly highlighting them. Acceding to the demand of the union, he said that the state government would soon constitute the Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Journalist Welfare Fund to help the media persons to brave any odd in eventuality of any unforeseen circumstances. Mr. Badal also exhorted the journalists to make all out efforts for promoting the ethos of communal harmony, peace and brotherhood in the state, which was necessary for its overall development. Terming the media as the fourth pillar of democracy, the Chief Minister said that the journalist fraternity should make concerted efforts to highlight the social maladies faced by the country thereby awakening the people to eliminate them.  
Lashing out at the Union government, the Chief Minister said that even after more than six decades of independence the successive Congress governments at the centre have ignored the enormous contribution of Punjabis in the national freedom struggle. He said that the Union government was meting out step motherly treatment to the state due to which the development of Punjab has suffered adversely. Advocating the true federal system for the country, Badal said that it would help in ensuring the holistic development of all the states.
The Chief Minister said that the Congress led Centre government have given a fatal blow to the federal structure of the country by continuously usurping the powers of the states. He said that the policies arbitrarily framed by the centre were resulting in lopsided development of the country due to which the nation was confronting with a large number of problems. Citing an example, Badal said that the hard working and resilient farmers of the state who have made the country self reliant in food production were on the verge of economic disaster due to the centre’s policy of excessive centralisation. “The centre’s decision to enhance the cost of agriculture inputs exorbitantly without giving remunerative MSP to the farmers has broken their backbone” he added.  Interacting with the media persons, the Chief Minister said that the Union government has forced the state government to impose property tax in the state. He said that if the states do not comply with the norms set by the Union government they stop the developmental grants to them as a result of which the growth of the state suffers. However Mr. Badal said that due care has been taken by them while levying this tax so that no burden is put on the people.
Later on the Chief Minister also presided over a sports tournament organised by Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Sports Club.   
The Chief Minister was accompanied by MLA Manpreet Singh Aiyaali, President Punjab Union of Journalists Jaspal Singh and President Punajb Saahit Academy Prof. Gurbhajan Gill. 

Ludhiana , November 24, 2013: National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal lashes out at Congress party saying that it sees no reason why a mere apology by Tarun Tejpal and stepping down for 6 months from the post of Editor-in-chief be accepted as sufficient.

In a statement here today, Grewal in fact held the Congress party responsible for trying to protect Tarun Tejpal by putting up a fake action. He added everybody is shocked and horrified at the latest revelations about acts of criminality by Tehelka Editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal.

He said that it is ironical that at a time when a state was being questioned for giving protection to a woman when her family sought protection and she was in complete knowledge of the same a woman journalist is being denied any help by the Congress or the authorities like the NCW and the Press Council of India.

Grewal said that there are the two situations involving two women cannot be compared the morality of the Congress and its surrogates can be questioned in handling the two situations. He said that the flip-flop of NCW and the Congress party on all such issues involving women is condemnable. He said when a young journalist who happens to be daughter of a senior journalist is seeking redressal of an abhorrent crime admittedly perpetrated by the Editor-in-chief himself some sections of the media choose to ignore her plea brushing the entire issue under the carpet.

Grewal said that it comes as a disturbing fact is that some of the media houses were busy writing and organising a campaign to harm the reputation of an innocent victim who had sought protection to protect her honour and dignity at a time she was well-settled in her married life and pleaded for anonymity. He said that clearly it seems to be a case of political vendetta to settle scores by side stepping the key issues like governance and corruption and scams. He said that if the Congress party points a finger on the Gujarat Government for having provided security to a woman to protect her from such crimes. He said why has it remained silent on the 9 MLAs in Rajasthan who are facing serious charges like rape, murder, and sexual assault. He said that the cases relating to Rajasthan Ministers like Parasnath Maderna have failed to elicit a response from either the Congress party or its surrogates.

Grewal said that the conduct of Tarun Tejpal falls under the category of rape as per the amended law in 2013, Sexual assault of this nature would fall within the definition of rape under Section 375 of the IPC.

 He said even though Tarun Tejpal has admitted to having committed the crime sending him away from Tehelka is not a befitting punishment at all considering the serious nature and assault on his own woman staffer.

Also, he said in the end, while the dignified ladies from the Congress party were anointing themselves as a guardian to a woman who sought anonymity, sensationalising her ordeal, dragging her in the newspapers and TV channels, a serious crime, admittedly perpetrated by a senior Editor-in-chief is being ignored by the Congress party.  The least they can do is to demand registration of a criminal case against Tarun Tejpal. He said that the woman journalist in Tehelka in her e-mail to Shoma Chaudhary has revealed the perverse criminal behaviour and nature. He said that the issue needs to be taken to a logical conclusion so that such acts do not recur in future. Will Tehelka answer if a mechanism to prevent sexual harassment at work place, in keeping with the legal provisions, was put in place in their media organisation. He said that Tarun Tejpal has been accused of sexually assaulting a junior journalist during the think festival in Goa. Chief Minister Goa Manohar Parrikar has already ordered a probe and the police may summon Tarun Tejpal for trial under criminal offences.

Chandigarh, November 30, 2013: Giving a major relief to the owners of newspapers, the Punjab Cabinet gave approval to reduce VAT from 5.50% + 10% surcharge to 2.0% +10% surcharge on Newsprint.
This decision would facilitate the local newspaper owners to purchase newsprint from Punjab rather than purchasing it from outside the state.  It would also attract paper industry in the state besides enhancing the revenue of the state.
A decision to this effect was taken here at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal this afternoon.

Ludhiana, December 16, 2013: A blood donation camp was organised by Ludhiana Youth Organisation in the memory of Photo Journalist and theater artiste Aditya Jaitly at Gurudwara Kalgidhar Sahib in collaboration with Bhai Ghanayiaji Mission Sewa Society.
Eighty units were collected in the camp by the teams of doctors from Deep Hospital and Red Cross Society, Ludhiana.
Balwinder Singh Bains, MLA, inaugurated the camp.
Taranjit Singh Nimana, Sarabjit Singh Janakpuri and Ashwani Jaitly distributed the certificates to the donors. Youth Akali leaders Tejinder Singh Shanty, Gurinderpal Singh Pappu, Balwinder Singh Pahuja, Gurpreet Singh Raja, Pawandeep Singh Madaan, Dharamvir Singh Grewal, Arashpreet Singh, Inderpal Singh Bindra, Gaganpreet Singh and Avtar Singh Madaan were among those present.// ludhiana news online, ludhiana news in English, ludhiana news, ludhiana current news, ludhiana news live, Ludhiana breaking news, Ludhiana headlines, Ludhiana latest news, punjab news, india news, punjab news live, punjab news online, punjab news, punjab news headlines, punjab breaking news, india news, punjab news,