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October 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Punjabi youth land in Lanka jail Chandigarh, October 12 Lured by greener pastures in Europe, these 14 youths were relieved of huge amounts, travel documents, by travel agents before they landed in the Negombo jail in a month ago. “The moment I came to know of these 14 Punjabi boys, I immediately got in touch with Mr Mohan Kumar, Deputy High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, who in turn deputed Mr
K.B. Gokulachandran, Counsellor, to look into the matter,” says Mr Balwant Singh
Ramoowalia, MP and President of Lok Bhalai Party. After a senior functionary from the Indian High Commission visited the Negombo prison, it was found that the Indian youth were getting all basic civic amenities in the prison. “They do not have any problems. The Indian mission in Colombo has requested the prison officials to take care of the needs of the Indian nationals till their repatriation is arranged,” wrote Mr
K.B. Gokulachandran to Mr Ramoowalia yesterday. Further, Mr Gokulachandran informed Mr Ramoowalia that efforts were being made to persuade the Sri Lankan authorities to release the Indian youth. Recently we arranged to repatriate 43 Indian nationals — all Sikhs —within 48 hours of our learning about the incident. The quick action was possible because no case was initiated by the Sri Lankan authorities against them,” wrote Mr Gokulachandran in reply to a fax message sent by Mr Ramoowalia to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner on September 25. Mr Ramoowalia said that parents of the 14 youths were ready to bear air travel and other expenses to get them back from Sri Lanka. |
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Govt gives norms
the go-by Patiala, October 12 Highly placed sources told TNS that this was happening despite the fact that the Legal Remembrancer of the government had given his advice on the matter stating “ The order of the state commission is final and binding on every person, including the state government, unless and until the same was modified, reversed or set aside by the high court”. The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), which is powerless before the commission, has meanwhile ‘’pleaded’’ before the government to implement the tariff order in totality. In a note prepared by it, the board has pleaded that if tariff rates for agricultural pump sets were withheld, it would not be possible to implement the tariff order for other categories. The board has said that this will further add to the existing financial crunch in the PSEB, will create more operational problems and result in its total collapse. It has said that the board will not be able to give adequate and reliable power supply to any sector of consumers and rural sector consumers would be the first to face severe power cuts and long interruptions. The board has also stressed the advantages of putting a levy on agricultural pump sets to the government, saying that even hundred per cent subsidisation of the agricultural sector by the state government will not render the PSEB eligible for claiming assistance from any central sector organisation or World Bank. It has also projected a scenario wherein severe power cuts will occur because the PSEB will not have any money to purchase additional power from the central sector to meet the energy deficit situation. If the tariff order is implemented, the revenue of the PSEB will increase from Rs 4,692 crore to Rs 6,153 crore. In addition to this the tariff order allows the board to retain electricity duty of Rs 140 crore, besides ordering the state government to pay an additional Rs 100 crore as cash subsidy to the PSEB in four instalments starting from October to compensate for the free power given for tubewells from April to July this year. The first instalment of Rs 24 crore due from the government is still awaited. Sources said with the delay in the implementation of the tariff order, the board was being pushed into further debt as it was being forced to borrow heavily from institutional creditors to meet its day-to-day expenses. As per the latest estimates calculated by the board, it would be forced to borrow an additional Rs 470 crore for the period till March besides another Rs 470 crore as ‘’working capital’’ loans. They said during this period, the board would have to make a payment of Rs 1,050 crore on account of debt servicing, Rs 700 crore as salary, Rs 750 crore on account of power purchase, Rs 600 crore on coal purchase, Rs 800 crore on railway freight, Rs 75 crore on spares for thermal plants, Rs 30 crore to the BBMB and supplier bills of Rs 250 crore. The sources said the total cash outflow during this period was estimated at Rs 4,255 crore while the cash inflow would only be Rs 3600 crore. The cash deficit would shoot up to Rs 655 crore as per this estimate, with the largest single item of expenditure of Rs 1050 crore being on debt servicing which indicated the gravity of the debt trap. |
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Will New Delhi listen? Chandigarh, October 12 Was a sort of history created on Friday? The special session,
according to Capt Amarinder Singh, was to be make Punjab’s “collective voice” heard in New Delhi. Will New Delhi listen? The resolution is official for the Congress. “Politically motivated” for the Akalis. Armed with the resolution, now an all-party delegation will visit New Delhi. The delegation may not have the SAD-BJP
component. With two CPI MLAs, Gurjant Singh and Nathu Ram, having come under the Congress umbrella, there will be no opposition member in the delegation. The farmers are in the Congress-Akali pincer. There are as many as seven kisan organisations. Now the food politics has further divided the kisan or BKU (Bharti Kisan Union). This was evident from the political support these factions drew during their recent agitation in Chandigarh and elsewhere, as also in the two parallel all-party meetings here; one official, called by Capt Amarinder Singh and the other, ‘’non-official’’ called by the CPI. In the House members spoke on the dotted political lines, while, no kisan representative was present in the visitor’s gallery during the session. The members spoke with emotion but missed out on economics. Their focus was on either what the Congress and Akalis did or did not do for the kisan and not on core issues like sustainability of agriculture, agricultural economy and agriculturist or ways to meet WTO challenges or opportunities. Not many raised key issues, except Sunil Jakhar, who said MSP should be announced before the next sowing. This, perhaps, will also take care of “diversification”, provided there is remunerative MSP for ‘’alternative’’ crops. No one asked why should state lobby politically for MSP every season? Or talked of how best to safeguard the small and marginal farmers, who will be thrown out of agriculture? Or what has happened to the report of the Chief Minister’s advisory committee on agriculture, submitted by Dr S.S. Johl, more two months ago? Or what policies must be framed to dovetail production-oriented policies with agri-business and agro-processing industry or export-oriented crops and their varieties. And, not many MLAs made any concrete, practical suggestions to save Punjab agriculture and its economy. The suggestion of Manpreet Singh Badal to evolve a ‘’common minimum economic programme’’ to be followed, irrespective of political party in power, was lost in the din and dust of the House. In this backdrop, the Cabinet will decide on Monday the implementation of September 6 tariff order of the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Authority scrapping continuation of free power to agriculture sector. |
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Bonus paid to drought-hit farmers Chandigarh, October 12 Official sources said that following a state government order on October 4, the procurement agencies started paying the additional amount to the farmers along with the minimum support price
(MSP). “Since October 4, the farmers were being paid Rs 580 (the MSP originally announced was Rs 560 for the grade A paddy) for each quintal of paddy”, an official here said. He added that the farmers who had sold their produce to the official agencies before October 4 would also be compensated as their names and others details were available in the records maintained in the mandis. The money spent by the state government for this purpose would be later adjusted with the funds which would be released by the Centre to fulfil its commitment of giving the additional amount to the farmers in view of the affect of the drought situation on farming sector. The amount of paddy being brought by farmers to the mandis is also relatively less this time as 7.79 lakh tonnes of the grain had reportedly arrived in the mandis till yesterday. According to officials here, the amount of paddy arriving in the mandis till yesterday included about six lakh tonnes of grade A variety of paddy. They said that the amount of leviable paddy arriving till yesterday was 6.22 lakh tonnes and added that out of the total leviable paddy, 5.23 lakh was purchased by government agencies and 99000 tonnes came from the private millers. Officials also said that the state government had contributed 15 lakh tonnes of paddy in the Central pool last year and added that contribution of Haryana to the Central pool would not be less in the current season on account of the affect of drought on paddy. |
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Langah granted regular bail Ropar, October 12 Langah had filed the bail application on September 5. He is currently lodged in the Patiala jail. He had surrendered in the court of the Judicial Magistrate at Kharar on July 25 after evading arrest for some time. In his bail application, Langah had stated that the case had been falsely registered against him by the Vigilance as he had no assets disproportionate to his income. The Special Judge, after hearing the arguments of the counsel for Langah and the public prosecutor, observed that it is considered fit to allow regular bail to the accused applicant (Langah) and hence the bail application is accepted and the accused applicant is allowed to be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs 2 lakh each with two sound sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of this court or to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar, failing which he would remain in judicial custody as already ordered. The Special Judge has also ordered the accused applicant to surrender his passport, if any, to the court of Special Judge within a fortnight. |
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SGPC men being threatened: Badal Patiala, October 12 Talking to newspersons, he said false FIRs had been registered against two SGPC members and nine others were being threatened by the government. Union Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa who was also present on the occasion said the government had started a protest on the MSP issue despite the fact that it had not taken up the issue with the Central Government earlier. He said he had written to the state government requesting it to take up the matter with the Centre on August 12, but he did not get any response from it. Mr Dhindsa said he had called up MPs elected from the state to develop a consensus on the issue and had been surprised to know that even Congress MPs were not aware of the steps being taken by the government to ensure a better deal to Punjab farmers. He said he had also taken up the matter of interchanging the Bathinda-Delhi Shatabdi which had started recently with Jan Shatabdi which had been introduced on the Chandigarh-Delhi section. |
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Canal closed for maintenance Bathinda, October 12 Sources in the Irrigation Department told TNS that water flow into the canal was shut down on October 4 and was expected to resume by tomorrow. The supply of potable water to Bathinda is dependent on this canal. Residents have reported that the water supply to the town over the past two days has been adversely affected. The first few days after the shutdown were tided over by supply from the waterworks reservoirs. Officials, while admitting to inadequate supply, maintain that there is no crisis and the water supply is expected to increase once the canal opens. A canal with unpaved embankments, it has been prone to maintenance problems. Over the years, the canal’s carrying capacity has been reduced due to heavy growth of weeds and accumulation of silt. While the water demand for the Bathinda branch of the Sirhind canal is 2,552 cusecs, the average discharge into it is 100 cusecs less. The sources said over the years, the canal system, most of which was unpaved, was being choked by weeds and silt. Further, the banks of the canals have become week due to erosion, making them prone to breaches. Officials said this was another reason they feared to discharge more water into the canal. The Bathinda branch has tremendously benefited this region, with its water being used extensively for irrigation as well as drinking purposes. It was originally constructed by the British in 1882 and was remodelled later. With a bed width of 45 metres and a depth of 16 metres, the 100-km long canal was designed to have a water carrying capacity of 2,787 cusecs. While the water flow into the Bathinda branch is nowhere near its stipulated capacity, a drive along its banks revealed that large tracts of weeds, particularly water hyacinth, are restricting the flow of water. At several places the mud embankments have weakened from the outer side. The officials say water flow has been reduced by around 100 cusecs and the canal, in its present condition, cannot take more water without risking damage to its banks. The issue of clearing the canal had been hanging fire for quite some time, but the water supply could not be shut down because of heavy demand for canal water during the paddy season due to poor rains and non-availability of groundwater. Another factor is that canal water is also becoming polluted as residents of towns and villages situated along its course throw garbage and other effluents into it, with the authorities not exercising any check on it. |
Hanspal lauds fair poll in J&K Jalandhar, October 12 Addressing a press conference at the residence of the Mayor of the local municipal corporation, Mr Surinder Mahey, this evening, he thanked people of Jammu and Kashmir for reposing faith in the Congress. “The Punjab Congress will prevail upon the Jammu and Kashmir Government to give due status to Punjabi in the state,” he said. Mr Hanspal said he would meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday to finalise the formation of a body of the
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MC staff to strike work from tomorrow Jalandhar, October 12 At an emergency meeting of the JAC held here today, it was decided that the staff posted at octroi collection centres would abstain from work to put pressure on the state government to withdraw the alleged fake case against its employees in the fogging machine scam. The decision will adversely affect the financial health of the civic body, which is earning about Rs 15 lakh per day from the centres. The JAC has already declared to stop drinking water supply to the city. Besides, it has instructed all its members to abstain from duty in the sanitation wing from October 14 onwards. Meanwhile, the JAC is trying to gain support from the employee unions at the three other municipal corporations at Ludhiana, Amritsar and Patiala. “We are sure that the MC staff throughout the state will come out openly against the “dictatorial” attitude of the Vigilance Bureau officials, who have registered a “fake” case against the MC employees without any documentary and material evidence against them,” Mr Prem Kumar Dumeli, a spokesman for the JAC, said. Making a scathing attack on the Principal Secretary of the Local Bodies Department, Mr Sarvesh Kaushal, Mr Dumeli demanded that the Vigilance Bureau should conduct an inquiry into the assets of Mr Kaushal, who was facing the departmental inquiry in the Rs 100 crore paddy scam. |
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BKU(E), transporters trade charges Bathinda, October 12 Mr Jhanda Singh Jhetuke, district president, BKU(E) in a statement issued here today said the bus operators used money and muscle power to harass the students. On other hand, the president of the Mini Bus Operators Union, Rampura Phul, Mr Harmeet Singh alleged that even as the students had reached a compromise with them, BKU(E) activists had asked the students to ignore it. Mr Jhetuke claimed that armed goons of mini bus operators abused the students and at times forced them to buy tickets, even though they possessed bus passes. He alleged that students were beaten up and forced to leave the buses mid-way. He pointed out that if the bus operators did not accept the demands of the students, the union would be forced to join the stir. In a separate statement issued here today, the Mini Bus Operators Union claimed that a compromise with the students had been reached. Wherein the students had agreed that they would pay half the fares paid by non-student passengers. They added that as per the letter of the Punjab Government (dated January 23, 2001), the state Transport Commissioner had directed that the concessional bus passes would not be honoured in mini buses. Mr Harmeet Singh alleged that the students had been stopping their buses on being provoked by BKU (E) activists. Mr Singh
threatened that if the administration did not helped them to sort the issue, they would hand over the keys on their buses to the Rampura Phul Subdivisional Magistrate. |
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Ayurveda ‘boon’ for HIV patients
Jalandhar, October 12 Stating this at the 59th annual general body meeting of the Catholic Health Association of India
(CHAI) here today, Father
Sebaistian said ayurvedic medicines had been successfully tried on HIV patients. They not only boosted the patient’s body
immunity system, but also built the health of an HIV patient, he added. In contrast allopathic medicines only helped increase the immunity system. He said HIV patients treated by ayurvedic medicines at Amla Cancer Research Centre in Trichur (Kerala) had maintained good health even after 12 years of contracting the virus. Father Sebaistian said the government should promote ayurvedic research as a combination of traditional Indian medicines with allopathic medicines was the best form of cure for a number of diseases. Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day conference which opened today, Dr Christpher Nathan, a member of the CHAI, said the medical community and society should change their attitude towards AIDS patients and accept them rather than labelling them as outcasts. Dr Satpal
Sehgal, additional project director of the Punjab AIDS control programme, warned that the AIDS situation in Punjab was gradually becoming alarming. UNI |
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Photo exhibition mesmerises Patialvis Patiala, October 12 Possessing an air of
adolescence and gestures of a thief, there are some photographs of
female factory labourers, who are clothed only in white rags, drunk
with grief and a sad expression , pregnant with meanings but eyes set
towards the horizon. From model Mehar Jesia, writers Mahashweta Devi
and Arundhati Roy, thespian Usha Ganguli, police officer Kiran Bedi to
Capt Jayshree saluting the coffin of her dead husband and scores of
women social workers working in remote parts of the country in
inhospitable conditions, spearheading a quite revolution ; almost all
the photographs, rich in imagery and symbolism reflect the
photographer’s sense of rhythm and fluidity. A seven-day exhibition
of 300 photographs of the fairer sex “Women in India”, organised
by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual publicity, Chandigarh,
aims to promote women empowerment and to highlight the need to
recognise women’s contribution in nation building through
attitudinal transformation of society. The exhibition is going on in
the Lecture hall, Central State Library, here. Capturing the essence
of ‘womanhood’ and breaking free from the barriers of showcasing
women in orthodox frames, the photographs bring forth an underlying
revolution in society and show the fairer sex as important artists,
pilots, defence officers, models, mountaineers , factory workers and
other professionals. Rich in variety and conception, the exhibition
brings forth not just the attractive aspect of the fairer sex, but
also successfully captures their struggle of survival in a
male-dominated society and making a mark. Most of the photographs,
‘optimistic’ in their approach, present a scenario where the women
have managed to come out of their roles defined by an essentially
male-dominated society. The photographs, including those of tribals of
north-east and southern classical dancers, have a ‘magic
realism’. Those, in black and white successfully capture a certain
essence and feeling of the people who are behind the facade of their
on-screen portrayal. Film-maker Aparna Sen’s and Mother Teresa’s
photographs reflect the photographer’s eye for purism and
idealisation. Frames of sportswomen who have brought laurels to the
country, including those of PT Usha, and astronauts like Kalpana
Chawla are captured in a rare mood. Frames of women freedom fighters
are a unique part of the exhibition. The exhibition is a rare treat
for Patialvis and is sure to draw a huge crowd. Despite the fact that
the organisers failed to give names of photographers, who captured
these photographs, the exhibition is a must see for photo enthusiasts
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, October 12 Delivering the verdict, Mr Justice Mittal observed: “In my considered opinion, no case under Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code is made out against the petitioner even if it is assumed that he was the guarantor of a miller. Nothing has been shown to me that besides being the guarantor the petitioner had played any role in the agreement or milling of the paddy which had been handed over by the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation to the miller. In these circumstances, FIR No. 22 dated September 27, 2000, is quashed. All other consequential proceedings are also quashed qua the petitioner alone”. In his detailed order, the Judge clarified: “It is made clear that the quashing of the FIR qua the petitioner shall have no bearing or effect upon the continuation of the proceedings against the remaining accused”. |
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Defamation suit against Bhaniarawala Patiala, October 12 The suit also said Mr Badungar had already appeared before Akal Takth jathedar on the issue and explained his position. He said the then SGPC President, Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi, who was calling him a follower of Bhaniarwala, had not placed any evidence to substantiate the charge against him. |
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Lok Adalat settles 174 cases Kapurthala, October 12 Cases relating to the matrimonial disputes and Negotiable Instruments Act were taken up specially by the lok
adalat. Next lok adalats will be held at Kapurthala on November 9 and at Phagwara and Sultanpur Lodhi on November 16. Mr Gurdev Singh, District and Sessions Judge, Mr Zora Singh, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr
A.L. Khichi, Civil Judge (Senior Division) and Mr S.S. Dhaliwal, Chief Judicial Magistrate presided over. |
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122 applications approved for legal aid Amritsar, October 12 Mr
M.R. Batra, District and Sessions judge, Amritsar said not only would a Lok Adalat be held to mark the Legal Services Authority Act which came into force on this day in 1987, seminars on free legal aid would be organised at district and subdivisional headquarters. Representatives of public at the grassroots level would be invited. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Commissioner, SSP
Majitha, SP Amritsar Chief Judicial Magistrate, ADJ, and Civil Judge (Senior Division), and BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla. |
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1998: No judicial officers tainted Chandigarh, October 12 |
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Road repair work begins Bathinda, October 12 Inaugurating the work of laying the premix on the road today, Mr Verma said the task would be completed in two days. He said the Punjab Government had sanctioned the amount and the Municipal Council was asked to repair the road. |
Youth held in fraud case Gurdaspur, October 12 Giving details here today, a press note issued by the SSP office said the police arrested Balkar Singh, who had come back from Italy, from his village. The arrest was made under Sections 419 and 420 of the IPC. The press note said Gulzar Singh, a constable in the CRPF and brother of Balkar, was still at large as he too was involved in this case. Gulzar had used the matriculation certificate of Balkar, a physically challenged person, to gain entry into the CRPF in 1990. Thereafter, Balkar, through a travel agent, procured a passport affixing the photo of Gulzar and managed to go abroad through illegal means and was deported back to India in 1994. Again in 1996, Balkar went to Italy and returned only recently and was subsequently arrested.
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2 chemists arrested Gurdaspur, October 12 Mr Varinder Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police, said here yesterday that the two chemists were selling drugs without prescriptions. A case under Section 188 of the IPC had been registered against the accused, he added. |
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One held for
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40 pc govt colleges sans Principals Amritsar, October 12 The growing menace of drug addiction, vocation less youth, atrocities on women and increase in crime rate has forced the government to take a new look at the education policies and educational infrastructure, however, little seems to have gone into the promises by the government. More than 20 government colleges out of a total of 48 government colleges are functioning without in the state, Principals for the past many years. Prominent colleges affiliated to Guru
Nanak Dev University sans Principals are Government Colleges at
Sathiala, Patti, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Jandiala, Jalandhar etc said Mr Ajit Singh Shahi, vice president, Government College Teachers Association. Incidentally Government Boys College, Amritsar, was closed down due to resource crunch. The cash-strapped government has, however, invested novel means to keep people quiet on this crime. A few months ago a senior teacher was promoted Principal merely three hours before his retirement at Government College, Sathiala. Earlier too, a Principal was appointed in the same college 13 days before his retirement. Alarming, a person was appointed Principal after his death in the institute some years ago. Even schools in the border areas are in a pitiable state. Many run under pipal and banyan trees, having no classrooms, blackboards or even furniture to sit on. The Army deployment has worsened matters with many of the schools becoming mini ‘cantonments’. Reports of village school staff employing sub teachers, for while running private schools, continue with no government checks on their activities even as they draw their monthly salaries from the government treasury.
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Faridkot varsity Exam Controller quits Faridkot, October 12 According to reports, though he was neither provided proper infrastructure of the requisite staff to perform his duties effectively, he conducted the annual examinations of BAMS, BHMS and nursing without any complaint in May/June. But later, in July, he was denied charge to hold the PMET test in which nearly 7,000 students appeared. Mr C.S. Bindra, Deputy Registrar of the institution, conducted the test. But there was a controversy during the counselling when more than 90 higher rank aspirants were not entertained in the interview for the BDS course on September 10 due to non-mentioning of the option by the students. The image of the university further declined when Mr Tirath Singh, OSD of the Vice-Chancellor, was nabbed by the Vigilance Bureau at Chandigarh on October 3 for allegedly committing various irregularities in the selection of 134 clerks in the Punjab School Education Board during the SAD-BJP rule about two years back. Mr Tirath Singh who joined the university in August 2000 was also charged with nepotism in the filling of about 10 posts of different categories. Dr
L.S. Chawla, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, along with his
OSD, Dr A.S. Dua, also resigned from their posts after serving for a year on December 10, 1999, due to differences with the board of the management and alleged political interference in the affairs of the institution. Many other senior officers, including Dr
R.K. Raina and Dr T. Jessupadam, both Registrars, Dr Harbaksh Singh Johal and Mr Jarnail Singh, Joint Controllers of Examination, also left their jobs during the past about three years for the same reasons. |
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Govt teachers decry education policy Ropar, October 12 The convention called upon the teachers to take part in “Save education — save Punjab” day, on October 29, by wearing black badges and holding rallies. Mr Jagan Nath Bhandari, district president of the Government Secondary School Teachers Union, and Mr Karnail Singh Bhatti, district president of the Government Primary School Teachers Union, presided over the convention. Nearly 200 delegates of both unions took part in the convention. Mr Ranbir Singh Dhillon, General Secretary of the Punjab State Subordinate Services Federation, also attended the convention. Mr Ranbir Singh Dhillon said on October 29, farmers’ organisations would also observe Punjab
Bandh. Mr Dhillon said the convention also demanded filling of 13,000 posts of teacher in the state. The convention also demanded 30 per cent of the budget of the state for education, laboratories and furniture in government schools. The convention wanted that services of the teachers for non-teaching purposes like duties in elections should not be utilised and 75 per cent promotions should be made by seniority. |
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Oxford don speaks on paradox of language Amritsar, October 12 The special lecture was arranged by the English Department of Guru Nanak Dev University here yesterday. Mr Narpinder Singh Rattan, Principal Secretary, Higher Education presided over while Dr
S.P. Singh Vice Chancellor welcomed Dr Harris and Dr Harjit Singh Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. |
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SGPC-run course recognised Amritsar, October 12 This was stated by Mr Ujjagar Singh Dhaliwal, Director and Principal of the institute, here today. |
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