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Toilet Trouble A public toilet in a dilapidated condition at BMC Chowk in Jalandhar.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
ABC programme a lost cause in city
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Seminar
MBA Admission
Young World Apeejay college student gives finishing touches to an art piece. A Tribune photo
Encroachment
Drive A view of Sheikhaan Bazaar. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Biomedical waste: Lack of disposal measures exposes thousands to
risk
People for Animals, literally
Semester system for Class X, XII
NREGA made online for transparency
55th National School Games
Girls perform bhangra during inauguration ceremony in Jalandhar.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Re-demarcation of police stations a bad idea: Cong
Chahat Sahota, winner of the state-level painting competition, shows her medals.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Mediamen still have to pay toll
tax
Youth clubs to be set up in villages
Biz Buzz
PCCTU to organise rallies
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Toilet Trouble
Jalandhar, November 24 If sanitation is any parameter to evaluate the governance in a city, the authorities will be adjudged incompetent. One doesn’t need to go very far, the ramshackle washroom buildings in the administrative complex, with their unbearable stink, speak volumes about the negligence on the part of
the authorities. It was learnt that for the last about 10 years the Municipal Corporation has invested no money on developing public urinals. Way back, 13 (out of the meagre 37 toilets) were built under the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) scheme. “But the toilets were closed as the concept didn’t work out well…it proved unsuccessful,” said Gurcharan Singh, Officiating Engineer, Building and Road Department. “The lavatories built under the BOT scheme were not service oriented. They were actually revenue buildings. Their walls were used extensively to display advertisements. They hardy had anything inside and turned into garbage dump yards within no time,” said an official on the condition of anonymity. The rest 24 are lying locked as the Operation and Maintenance Cell of the MC failed to pay attention. The unavailability of public toilets or their dilapidated filthy condition is an issue of major concern. People can frequently be seen urinating on roadsides, causing great embarrassment to the passersby. While men can ease themselves in open spaces, women face a tough time. “I cut down on my liquid intake if I have to spend a day travelling. The lavatories are either locked or in miserable condition. Better not go than use an unhygienic one,” said Nikita, a homemaker. “It filled me with agony to see people performing natural functions on the thoroughfares and river banks,” Gandhi wrote in his autobiography referring to a 1915 visit to the Ganges. The statement stands relevant today also. There are numerous places in the city which have been converted into open urinals owing to the severe lack of public sanitation system. A survey report claims that globally 2,600 million people defecate in open space, of which 700 million live in India. Improper sanitation is one of the major causes behind diseases and epidemics that frequently wreck havoc on our country. Around 7,00,000 children die every year in our country due to diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera and such hygiene-related diseases. The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) says that a single grain of faeces contains 10 million viruses, one million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 eggs of worms. And yet, nothing changes. Instead of being dutiful, the corporation is going to wash its hands off the responsibility. In their last meeting, held on October 30, a resolution was passed unanimously to give the charge of maintenance in private hands. The authorities have decided to allocate a budget of Rs 51 lakh for the construction of new lavatories, which would then be handed over to Sulabh International, an NGO being run by Bindeshwar Pathak. While, these pay and use toilets are no doubt a good step towards ensuring hygiene, the problem, however, is the ability to afford. In cities, it is a common sight to find people urinating just beside the Sulabh toilets. In a country like India, where people die of starvation, who has got the money to pay for excretion? The challenge is to ensure the installation of free toilets, which are easy
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ABC programme a lost cause in city
Jalandhar, November 24 The authorities sometimes wake up to the complaints about nuisance and dog-bites when the scenario is highlighted by the media and goes back to hibernation soon after the noise subsides.
The local authorities have reportedly carried out sterilisation drives across the city from time to time. The seriousness of their projects can be judged from the fact that according to the census conducted in 2006, there were around 3,000 dogs. The number has now reportedly gone up to 6,000. On an average, for the past 3.5 years, the authorities have reportedly sterilised around 20 dogs per month, which means roughly 840 dogs have been sterilised in the aforementioned time (3.5 years). A single female dog can give birth to 5 to 6 pups every semester and there are approximately 2,500 female dogs in the city. The project, which should run around the year, hasn’t been carried out for the past one year. According to law, male and female dogs should be operated equally. But authorities prefer male over female dogs, as the latter need more post-operative care; compromising with the quality of results. Furthermore, the authorities are supposed to establish sufficient number of dog kennels for post-operative care. But, there are only 18 cages for the purpose and those have been lying non-functional in the Burlton Park for over an year. There should be requisite dog vans, trained dog catchers and ambulance-cum-clinical vans. But, there is only one dog van, one ambulance and five dog catchers in the city. After the necessary follow up measures like sterilisation, post-operative care and vaccination, the dogs are supposed to be released at the same place from where they were captured. But that doesn’t happen. “People of the area don’t cooperate with us. They ask us to release the dogs anywhere but not in their locality,” said AC Mishra, Sanitary Inspector. Thus, many a times, the dogs are released at different locations causing great imbalance and inconvenience to the dogs and the people. Furthermore, the laws clearly state that each dog-capturing squad shall have at least one representative of some animal welfare organisation to ensure that the dogs are captured using humane methods and are later left at the same locality. But when enquired, a senior health official in the corporation said they hadn’t contacted anybody for the purpose as there was no need. When there is such gross negligence of duties and violation of rules at the level of the concerned authorities, the dog population would only increase while the quality of their life would suffer.
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Experts: Science journalism needs a push
Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Kapurthala, November 24 Dr Patairiya said the common man would not only be benefited with the new advancements in science and technology but would also be able to fight hunger, drought, diseases, and social evils, like superstitions. Several eminent professionals and over 250 students from different universities and colleges participated in the seminar. Also the editor of Indian Journal of Science and Communication, Dr Patairiya pointed out that science coverage attributed to mass media is about 3.4 per cent in the print media and 2.2 per cent in the electronic media which was far below the desired level of 10 per cent as per the resolution of UN resolutions. Speaking on the occasion, Associate Editor of The Tribune Amar Chandel said the coverage of science related stories poses peculiar challenges. “A science reporter not only has to separate grain from the chaff, he has also to present the story in a language that the common man can understand. That is easier said than done, because most of the developments in the scientific world are highly technical. A simple rule of the thumb is to focus on the basic issue of ‘how this development will affect the common man,” he added. Chandel also shared his experiences with the students of journalism and stressed the need to develop scientific temperament to overcome the fears and superstitions. Presiding over the seminar, Jalandhar Doordarshan Director Dr Daljit Singh said science and religion were not contradictory to each other. He said Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar was concentrating on making such programmes in order to develop scientific temper among the viewers. Hasan Jawaid Khan, Editor, Science Reporter, published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR), and Surjit Singh Dhillon, Editor, Nirantar Soch, also spoke on the occasion. During the seminar, A.P. Singh Randhawa, Programme Executive, Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar, showed the award winning documentary film ‘Pushpa Gujral Science City -An Emblem of Pride for Punjab’. In his welcome address PGSC Director General Dr RS Khandpur said science and technology has progressively developed in India in terms of quality and quantity. He stressed the need to train professional journalists in science so that they could use a simple language suitable for the general public to understand.
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Adopt mgmt aptitude test, PTU asked
Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 24 Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Institutes (AGOI), on behalf of AIMA presented a memorandum to PTU Vice-Chancellor Rajneesh Arora.
Kataria said there were around 150 management colleges of Punjab. The MBA admission in the colleges/campuses of GNDU, Amritsar, Punjabi University, Patiala and PTU, Jalandhar was done through MET. Kataria said the Haryana government has accepted MAT. If MAT examination is also used in Punjab, it would benefit the students, parents, colleges and public at large, he said, adding that the admission on the basis of MAT would help PTU institutes to get students of higher level from throughout India and abroad as thousands of students take up this test yearly. In a press-note issued by AGOI, it was stated that PTU VC Rajneesh Arora agreed there was a need of scraping MET and accepting the MAT. He assured that PTU would forward the proposal to state government with recommendation. It is pertinent to mention here All India Management Aptitude Testing Service (AIMATS), New Delhi, conducts MAT on a national basis every year in the months of September, December, February and May. The Government of India has approved MAT as a national entrance test for admission to MBA and equivalent programmes. Institutes offering recognised PG programmes in management and allied fields can participate in MAT. All management institutes that participate in MAT are either AICTE (All Indian Council for Technical Education) approved or affiliated
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HMV brings home KHOJ-2009
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 24 Gyan manthan at LPU
Lovely Professional University organised its annual tech fest Gyan Manthan 2009 in which students participated in scientific contests, technical demonstrations and presentations. The computer engineering section saw students competing in “Technoposium” where students demonstrated technical skills in a single event while biotech engineers competed in “Bioathalon” wherein they solved crosswords and guessed pictures from the field of biotechnology. Another event was “Helicase” in which students participated in brainstorming clues and adventures. Students of electronics and communication engineering competed in “Innova”, which tested the knowledge of digital electronic circuitry of competing students. In Ad Mad World, participants were asked to prepare an advertisement on hypothetical products of weird nature. “Mock placements” saw students competing for an imaginary job. Rashmi Mittal, Executive Dean of LPU, awarded a prize of Rs 1 lakh to the performers. Religious function
A programme was organised on Tuesday on the eve of the martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur at St Soldier Divine Public School, Kapurthala Road. Students and faculty members took part in the religious function. Seminar on Punjabi
A seminar on “Present state of Punjabi language” was held at Government Arts and Sports College on Friday. Punjabi poet Surjeet Patar recited poems and talked of loss of many Punjabi words in the past years. Through his soulful poetry he pointed out how English as a language had overshadowed the existence of the Punjabi language. Another guest, Dr Lakhwinder Johal, Programme Executive, Doordarshan Jalandhar, apprised the students of the current state of Punjabi language with data collected by surveys done by UNESCO. He said, according to the survey, more than 400 languages of the world were on the verge of death. And our mother tongue Punjabi too has 50 years to live. “No doubt that Punjabi is spoken in more than 25 countries, it is used only as a medium of communication and entertainment. It cannot attain the required status until it is associated with means of employment in the state,” he added. Blood camp
NCC cadets of Punjab 2 battalion, in association with District Red Cross Bhavan, organised a blood donation camp on Friday. The NCC wings of Lyallpur Khalsa College, DAV College and Doaba College took part. As many as 25 units of blood was collected at the camp. Commandant of 2 Punjab battalion, Lieut-Gen K.S. Chahal said NCC cadets had been taking part in such camps. Mega carnival
A mega carnival was held at Innocent Hearts Green Fields, Loharan, near here, to mark the silver jubilee of the school on Sunday. Students participated in activities like food street, games zone, fancy dress, bouncy rides and music on demand. Dance competition
The Department of Commerce of DAV College organised a dance and poster-making competition, “Groovz and Artists 2009”. Ten teams participated in the contest. Results: B.Com (II) regular (1), B.Com-I (2), B.Com-II and III (professional) (3); poster making: Karan Yadav (1), Priyanka (2), Mandeep Singh (3). Sports day
The primary wing of Guru Amar Dass Public School organised a special sports day for the tiny tots of the school. The students participated in events like inter-grade race, hurdle race and spoon race. The winners were given prizes. Inter-school contest
KMV Collegiate Senior Secondary School organised Spark, an inter-school competition, in which 350 students from 22 schools took part. Students participated in declamation, working models, quiz, slogan, poster, collage, logic building and much more. Principal Atima Sharma gave away prizes to the winners. School of Communication
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya has started School of Communication on its campus to teach French language. Quentin Calmet, a teacher from France has been appointed to teach the students. Thirty students have enrolled for the classes who include housewives, working professionals and students. The co-educational language classes are being held in the morning and evening. Book Club
The Book Club of the Apeejay College of Fine Arts organised an open book review on Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson on Saturday. College students and faculty members participated in this event to discuss the book from different points of view. Workshop held
A one-day workshop on effective teaching of social sciences at the middle school-level was hosted by CT Public School on November 23 which was attended by social science teaching faculty from different CBSE schools all over Jalandhar. Sagarika Mukherjee, author of various CBSE syllabus books, was the resource person of the workshop. She highlighted ways to enhance the learning process of the child, improving history learning, how to convert boredom to interest in the subject and how to evaluate a child with new continuous comprehensive evaluation. |
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MC gears up for final clear-up act today
Amaninder Pal Tribune News Service The MC blames the remaining encroachments on “uncooperative” shopkeepers while the latter say 99 pc of them have already cleared Jalandhar, November 24 It is learnt that the MC has constituted three teams which will conduct the drive tomorrow. Each team will include a subdivisional officer, an assistant town planner, a senior draftsman, a draftsman and personnel from the building department. Three JCB machines will be pressed into the operation. Though the authorities are not disclosing any information regarding the work force, it is learnt that nearly 80 labourers and 70 police personnel will be deployed in the market. While talking to The Tribune, Joint Commissioner B.K. Gupta, who will also be in charge of this drive, said, “Time to start the demolition drive will be decided tomorrow morning only.” According to the last report submitted by the corporation in the High Court in October, plinths constructed in front of the shops of only 55 shopkeepers were cleared. Though the exact number of encroachments voluntarily cleared is not clear, sources in the corporation are of view that shopkeepers are still not cooperating in the manner they had promised before the festive season. It is important to mention here that the shop owners had promised that they would voluntarily clear the encroachments after Divali. On the other hand, representatives of the shopkeepers claim that nearly all encroachments have been cleared. “The authorities directed us to reconstruct steps within the limits of the shutters of the shops. This will widen the market approximately up to 2 feet from both sides,” said Bazaar Sheikhaan Traders Association chairman O.P. Midha. Representatives of the shopkeepers are of the view that the authorities must take care of the fact that shopkeepers had to extend the limits of shops only after getting permission from the MC Chairman in 1976. “Structures, which are being marked as encroachments, were built with the cement provided by the authorities themselves at controlled rates,” added Midha. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the corporation is working on a plan to convert the ground of the Government Elementary School, Rainak Bazaar, into a parking lot.
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Biomedical waste: Lack of disposal measures exposes thousands to
risk
Jalandhar, November 24 The threat becomes all the more
significant when small clinics, running without any indoor facility, are
dragged under the scanner. The term biomedical waste can be applied to
all those items used in the minor or major surgical procedures conducted
during the treatment of any disease and discarded later. Discarded human
tissues and organs are included in this category. This waste is
contaminated with strains of highly infectious agents, and poses a
threat to the vast population. The Punjab Pollution Control Board,
under the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, has
made it mandatory for every hospital, with indoor facility, which
provides services to more than 1,000 patients per month, to sign a
memorandum of understanding with any of the four common facilities in
the state. These common facilities are located in Pathankot, Ludhiana,
Mohali and Amritsar. These facilities are authorised by the board and
are responsible for the collection, transportation and destruction of
biomedical waste. Though, as per record, big super speciality
hospitals and clinics use these common facilities, what’s ironical is
that there is no rule for small clinics, with an OPD reporting rate of
less than 1,000 per month, to get enrolled under this rule. As per the
record of the PPCB, there are 328 hospitals in Jalandhar where there the
indoor facility and OPD rate are more than 1,000 patients per month. Out
of this total, 318 hospitals are already covered under the rules of
biomedical waste management and notices have been served on the rest 10
hospitals. But there are other 157 small hospitals, with an OPD rate
of less than 1,000, as claimed by their owners. In the state, the
number of hospitals registered with common facilities turned out to be
nearly 2,300. Unfortunately, the exact data of small clinics scattered
all over the state are not available. According to the rules, waste sharps, including
needles, syringes, scalpels, blades and glass, fall under category IV of
biomedical waste. Similarly, waste comprises outdated, contaminated
and discarded medicine and items contaminated with blood and body
fluids, including cotton, dressing, linen beddings and other materials
contaminated with blood come under the category V and VI of biomedical
waste. “Even the smallest unit of bacteria or virus is sufficient to
initiate a series of infections to the general population. Prevalence of
diseases like hepatitis B and C and AIDS has been increasing with every
passing day and 90 per cent of the causes of these diseases are hidden.
Unfortunately, rag-pickers and children playing in streets and
playgrounds become victims of this waste,” said an expert of social
and preventive medicine Dr A.S. Azad. “Chemists shops should also
follow the rules of bio-medical waste management. Injection
administration and wound management at chemists shops is a routine
practice nowadays,” he added. “We need to rely on the OPD register
available in the clinics. What the authorities can do is surprise
inspection of clinics. Usually registration records in the OPD register
are according to the will of owners. Moreover, in the countryside, towns
or low-lying areas, you can find a number of clinics running with only
one or two folding beds. Ideally, these clinics should get themselves
registered for common facility. And most of the small clinics fall under
this category,” said an official of the PPCB on the condition of
anonymity. It is learnt that the Central government has proposed an
amendment to bring small clinics under the rule. |
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People for Animals, literally
Jalandhar, November 24 They would have come running, making merry but it is not to be as most of them don’t have four legs intact. Some are blind, some lame, some marred by cancer and some carry grave injuries. There are puppies that have lost their mothers to road-accidents and mothers who, being seriously injured, are unable to feed their pups. The house reverberates with woofs and deep-throated sounds of the patients who take time to adjust to one another’s presence. They quarrel, play and care for each other. One of the dogs has taken up the responsibility of making sure that no one pokes its nose into another’s food. People call her Bhua with love. The caretaker leads you to a shed for bigger animals. There are cows, goats and donkeys. There is a parrot and some kittens also. While some were brought here injured, others were rescued from different places where they were being offered for sacrifice. Yes, it’s a home for the banished, a safe haven for those left to die by their owners, a hospital for the ailing and a refuge for the orphans. It is a laudable initiative by Chander Bhushan, who retired as senior assistant from the Irrigation Department, who spearheads a movement for respecting all life on earth. It all started with the sole initiative of Bhushan and G.S. Bedi (veterinary doctor), today the organisation’s Jalandhar district has 15 to 20 dedicated persons and a membership of about 400 people. The organisation got some land in Police Lines in 1999, courtesy then SSP Gaurav Yadav (now, DIG, Encounter branch, Intelligence). Bhushan manages the “animal home” with the help of five persons. Presently, they have around 56 dogs, 18 cows, four goats, two donkeys and a parrot. Maintaining such a huge family requires a mammoth monthly budget of Rs 2.5 lakh. Their daily requirement comprises around 60 litres of milk, 700 chapattis, dry and green fodder. About 250 chapattis are donated daily by the Home for Disabled, Dana Mandi, and about the same amount is arranged by a group of animal lovers. Milk from the cows that have been recovered is used to feed the dogs. And the rest is bought from the market. Besides, the standard expenditure, around Rs 300 are needed daily to attend to some unforeseen problems. PFA covers the whole of Jalandhar, neighbouring cities and goes wherever the need arises. The organisation has got three acres of land on lease on the Pathankot bypass road and plans to shift there soon. The PFA is short of funds and needs donations in order to serve better. Want to help? « Donate in kind cash/cheque (donations are entitled to income tax rebate)
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Semester system for Class X, XII
Jalandhar, November 24 There are some basic aspects to be looked at. While, the process of continuous evaluation is a good one, it shouldn’t be done at the cost of extra-curricular activities. The slab of evaluation needs to be re-designed. It should be made keeping in view the overall development of the child. It should be a process to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of a child so as to help him/her grow better. The Tribune team spoke to some of the eminent personalities in the field of education. Eminent educationist Dr Sucha Singh Gill said, “Semester system is good in the way that it decreases the burden of the student by dividing the syllabus into two parts. Moreover, the culture of continuous assessment makes students study throughout the year. Tension that comes along with the exams is good for students.” As far as the scrapping of board exams is concerned, as directed by the Central government, Dr Gill said: “Seats in medical and engineering colleges should be increased if you want to decrease tension, scrapping board exams is not the solution.” Harcharn Singh, state general secretary of Democratic Teachers’ Front, said: “Semester scheme is good for the students and should be preferably introduced in the VIII class also. Additional subjects like drawing, physical education, home science and agriculture should also be included. The board should come up with a new calendar adjusting the holidays in a way as to divide them equally between the two semesters. Of course, it increases the work load of teachers, but quality education is important to be delivered. And teachers shouldn’t be appointed on non-teaching duties.” The syllabus should be divided into 10 months instead of 12 as students from agricultural families need two month vacation to assist their parents during harvesting season, he said. Gurbakshish Singh Brar, retired DEO who attended the board meeting, was of the view that semester system ensured continuity in studies and divided the syllabus uniformly; giving the students a better chance to grasp the subject. He further said educationists present in the board meeting unanimously decided in favour of board exams. A committee headed by Dr Avtar Singh of State Council of Education Research and Training, would set the objective criterion for deciding internal assessment scales, he said. Krishna Kumar, director NCERT, believed that the prevailing system of board exams induces competitiveness, but at the cost of burning out the natural desire to learn in a million of students. Sucha Singh Khatra, former general secretary, Government Teachers Union, Punjab, said the semester system is good only if all the infrastructural and labour needs of the department are met. Unless there is requisite number of teachers in a school, it will not prove useful. When talked to students, they felt that semester system would actually increase their burden. “Tight schedules will takes away our leisure time and we will not be left with any time for extra-curricular activities. Moreover, there is no way to ensure transparency in the internal assessment system,” said one of the students on the condition of anonymity. “There are not enough teachers in schools. And the ones there are sent on non-teaching duties. There are so many holidays in an year. Now exams will be conducted twice. Then there’ll be internal exams. When will students get sufficient time to study,” said one of the parents.
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NREGA made online for transparency
Jalandhar, November 24 The online status of NREGS would in turn help increase the efficiency of the Act. A four-day workshop of the data entry operators (DEO) and IT managers from across the state held at the NIC Centre of the District Administrative Complex (DAC) concluded on November 18. As many as 100 DEOs participated in the workshop. Talking to The Tribune, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Sarojini Gautam Sharda said from December onwards the details of various works would be completely online. “The online status of the NREGS would help us monitor different aspects of the scheme, thereby improving accountability. At the same time, we would be able to provide employment to more job aspirants under this Act,” she added. At present, the work on the online entry of the data is going on in full swing with the Jalandhar (West) and Nakodar block taking the lead in the district. Both the villages have started as many as 35 works in the past some time. The villagers are working for drought proofing, flood control and protection, land development, micro-irrigation works and renovation of traditional water bodies. Earlier the exact status of the implementation of the Act was not clear as the data were not updated well on time. “The online status would help in providing information of job details, work status, employment provided period wise, progress report and social audits of the 10 blocks of the district,” she said. The NREGS was started to create job avenues for the rural people under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Act (NREGA) which provides right to work as a guarantee to villagers. According to the scheme, the authorities concerned are bound to provide 100 mandays of labour work
to villagers. At present, work under the NREGS is going on in all the 10 blocks of the district, Adampur, Bhogpur, Jalandhar (West), Jalandhar (East), Lohian, Nakodar, Nurmahal, Phillaur, Rurka Kalan
and Shahkot.
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55th National School Games
Jalandhar, November 24 Results (Day-II): Hockey (girls): Punjab beat Orissa (5-1), Uttar Pradesh beat Chandigarh (1-0), Goa beat Kerala (5-1), Chhattisgarh beat Goa (4-0), Jharkhand beat IPSC (5-0), Maharastra beat Jammu and Kashmir (8-0), Haryana beat Chhattisgarh (6-0), Rajasthan beat Andhra Pradesh (3-1), Jharkhand beat Delhi (2-0), Manipur beat Delhi (2-1), Madhya Pradesh beat Jharkhand (16-0), Himachal Pradesh beat Mizoram (5-1). Hockey (boys): Punjab beat Uttarakhand (5-0), Chandigarh beat Tamil Nadu (6-0), Madhya Pradesh beat Kerala (4-0), Manipur beat Tamil Nadu (14-0), Haryana beat Maharastra (3-0), Delhi beat Vidya Bharti (7-0), IPSC beat Goa (8-0), Karnataka beat Rajasthan (13-1), Jharkhand beat Uttarakhand (6-1), Delhi beat IPSC (3-0). Handball (boys): Uttar Pradesh beat Manipur (20-13), Kerala beat Andhra Pradesh (25-13), Tamil Nadu beat Andhra Pradesh (19-12), Jharkhand beat Madhya Pradesh (21-13), Uttar Pradesh beat Kerala (24-16), Andhra Pradesh beat Manipur (21-12), Maharastra beat Assam (24-16), Haryana beat Goa (17-12), Chhattisgarh beat Vidya Bharti (21-14), Chandigarh beat Karnataka (12-7), Punjab beat Chhattisgarh (31-17). Handball (girls): Manipur beat Madhya Pradesh (29-4), Chhattisgarh beat Tamil Nadu (14-10), Manipur beat Goa (15-5), Kerala beat Uttarakhand (14-4), Chhattisgarh beat Madhya Pradesh (14-3), Haryana beat Chandigarh (18-3), Jharkhand tie Rajasthan (12-12), Uttar Pradesh beat IPSC (34-3), Punjab beat Assam (18-1). Basketball (girls): Kerala beat Karnataka (33-23), Madhya Pradesh beat Chandigarh (37-7), Jharkhand beat IPSC (24-5), Delhi beat Haryana (60-4). Results (Day-I): Basketball (boys): Delhi beat Haryana (41-39). Basketball (girls): Punjab beat Uttarakhand (52-9), Karnataka beat Chattisgarh (19-18). Hockey (boys): Orissa beat Chhattisgarh (6-0), Delhi beat Goa (7-0). Hockey (girls): Haryana beat Goa (12-0), Jharkhand beat Manipur (1-0), Madhya Pradesh beat Mizoram (6-1), Himachal Pradesh beat Rajasthan (4-0). Handball (boys): Manipur beat Tamil Nadu (24-13), Kerala beat Navodaya Vidyalaya (20-7), Uttar Pradesh beat Andhra Pradesh (14-5), Haryana beat Chhattisgarh (18-13), Punjab beat Vidya Bharti (20-17). Handball (girls): Rajasthan beat Uttar Pradesh (18-17), Chandigarh beat Jammu Kashmir (12-1), Tamil Nadu beat Madhya Pradesh (12-6), Manipur beat Maharastra (11-11).
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Re-demarcation of police stations a bad idea: Cong
Jalandhar, November 24 Speaking to The Tribune, he said conferring more power on the elected representatives would make the law and order machinery subservient to the whims and fancies of people in power. “It will not leave much scope for police personnel to discharge their duties with a free and fair hand,” he said. Already, the state has had a bitter experience of high-handedness and arbitrary functioning of the state apparatus during the panchayat elections at the behest of ruling politicians, he claimed. He said the administration of justice to the people evenhandedly has been reduced to a farce. He claimed that the decision to split the Jalandhar police administration into two parts, urban and rural, would prove to be a futile exercise. He said such experiments, conducted with the motive of tightening the grip of politicians on law and order, would render the police a pawn in their hands. He expressed concern over the fact that the Supreme Court guidelines, to streamlime and tone up police administration, in order to ensure its better functioning, had so far been ignored. He called upon the government to accept those guidelines and lend more power to the police force. |
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Chahat Sahota - maestro in the making
Jalandhar, November 24 Meet Chahat Sahota, a student of Lala Jagat Narayan DAV Model School here, who won the first prize of Rs 10,000 in the state-level painting competition on energy conservation organised by the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The competition was held on November 14 at Rock Garden, Chandigarh, in which students from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh took part. The painting competition was based on the topic “National campaign on energy conservation 2009”. The budding painter would now participate in the national-level competition to be held in Delhi next month. Talking to The Tribune, Chahat said painting came naturally to her. “I never learned any basics of painting. Whatever little I know about painting is through my inherent desire to express something on the canvas,” she said. It was her thought provoking on-the-spot painting on energy conservation which won her the first position. “I had no idea that my painting would be adjudged the first in the competition. I was competing with 50 students from the state,”
she added. Earlier she participated in the district-level painting contest which saw a tough competition among 3,400 students from various schools. And her big plans to spend the cash award? Prompt came the reply, “I contributed the money to purchase a computer. My parents had been planning to buy one for the past some time but could not do so for certain reasons,” she quipped. |
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Mediamen still have to pay toll
tax
Phagwara, November 24 It was observed that the employees of toll barriers were refusing to entertain the photo-identity cards issued to journalists by the state government. It may be recalled that Public Relations Minister Sekhwan made this announcement during a press conference organised immediately after assuming the charge. When asked, employees of a toll plaza of Behram barrier said no such instruction was received from the government side. Tubewell installed Phagwara:
Punjab Technical Education Minister Ch Swarana Ram inaugurated a new tube-well at a cost of Rs 37 lakh in Jagatpur Jattan village today. The Minister along with Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Paul also inaugurated Dr Ambedekar Bhawan in the village and announced Rs one lakh for the construction of the Dharamshala village. The Minister said all 107 villages of Phagwara Sub Division would soon be facilitated with the fresh drinking water. Swarana Ram also announced Rs one lakh for the construction of a room in the village school.
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Youth clubs to be set up in villages
Jalandhar, November 24 He said only healthy youngsters can build a strong nation and advised the youth coordinator Samsun Masih to form youth clubs in the villages which don’t have one. Sports
kits were distributed to around 100 club units on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, Samsun said intellectuals related to the youth clubs were called in to discuss the action plan for the year 2010. The action plan formed here would be sent to their state body which would then pass it on to their central unit. The meeting discussed socially-relevant issues like drug addiction, female feoticide, environment, unemployment and AIDS. Blood donation Jalandhar:
Punjab 2nd Battalion, NCC, Jalandhar, in association with the district Red Cross Society organised a blood donation camp at the Red Cross Bhawan on Friday.
NCC cadets donated 25 units of blood.
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Honda unveils new Aviator
Jalandhar, November 24 Engineers of the company claimed that the new Aviator would give 15 per cent more mileage than the previous model. Dealership of Mahindra First Choice Wheels
Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd today inaugurated its first authorised dealership in Jalandhar. Here the company will provide the facility to sell and purchase old cars, which would be available only after extensive 118-point quality check by a trained engineer.
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PCCTU to organise rallies
Jalandhar, November 24 General secretary H.S. Walia said the state government had failed in fulfilling the long-pending demands of CAS for DPEs and librarians, relaxation in time for refresher courses and security of service for teachers working against unaided posts.
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Jalandhar, November 24
A group of friendly dogs welcome you at the door of an open building spread over three acres. The canines come to make acquaintance with the new face. Soon you find them moving round you wagging their tales.
They would have come running, making merry but it is not to be as most of them don’t have four legs intact. Some are blind, some lame, some marred by cancer and some carry grave injuries.
Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
The AIMA was created as an apex body of professional management a few decades back.
This
becomes important in the light of the fact that a number of clinics and
hospitals in every city of the state have no adequate facility to
dispose of their biomedical waste. 