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MC plans setting up green cremation
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14 new bridges coming up in city
Govt flip-flops leave peon’s
daughter in a spot of bother
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VIPs challaned
Anti-encroachment drive to be launched
‘Balika Badhu’ big attraction in
shobha yatra
Newlywed man commits suicide
Eye flu prevention and cure important
2 DAVIET employees
term action against them ‘unlawful’
Sahib Singh and Chanchal Rai
'Montessori Mela’ organised at Eklavya School
City Club row: SDM convenes meeting to elect office-bearers
Participants attend a seminar at Doaba College in Jalandhar. A Tribune photo
Workshop on team and time management
Sapling plantation on Earth Day
Volunteers of NSS (boys and girls) and cadets of NCC 21, Punjab Battalion, participate in a plantation drive. A Tribune photo
Govt flayed for keeping mum on Pawar’s statement
Police inaction
Land records to be computerised by Feb 28
Allahabad Bank formulates schemes for exporters
Safari occupants looted of cash, gold ornaments
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MC plans setting up
green cremation
system
Jalandhar, August 31 The technique involves the provision of a hood and chimney over the pyre ensuring adequate combustion and minimising wastage of heat. The system also makes use of pyre fabricated of high-grade heat, corrosion and thermal shock resistant alloy steel. The new mechanism termed as “Mokshda” has been devised and is being promoted by a Delhi-based NGO, Paryavaran Evam Van Suraksha Samiti. On a call by the MC officials, the members of the group today gave a presentation on the fuel-efficient technology involved in the process. Anshul Garg, Executive Officer, said only 100 kg of wood was required for a single cremation as against 400 kg in the conventional method. “It takes just two hours for a complete cremation unlike the existing method during which a platform is blocked for three days for one cremation,” he explained. He said new technique would also be acceptable from the religious point of view. “All rituals can be followed unlike as in electric cremation. The ashes are collected in a tray kept below the pyre, which can be removed after cremation and kept safely in a storage rack to facilitate collections later by the family members,”he added. Comparing with the electric crematorium, he said the recurring cost and capital involved was quite low in the “Mokshda” method. The NGO representatives listed certain lesser-known facts during their presentation. They said 50 to 60 million trees are consumed annually for cremation of bodies. The burning of the wood gave rise to 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide which resulted in global warming. They pointed out that the fuel efficiency could be increased by 70 per cent by this method, thus partly resolving a major environment issue. Mayor Rakesh Rathour and SE (O&M) B.S. Dhaliwal were among those who attended the presentation.
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Better Connectivity Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 31 A reference to this context was made by Mayor Rakesh Rathour during a recent public function. While two new ROBs at Lyallpur Khalsa College and Maqsudan have just been opened, the others, including DAV College ROB and Domoria ROB, will open by the next year. The Mayor had included the reference of three bridges and underpasses coming up with the effort of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on the Amritsar route at Chugitti, Verka Milk Plant and Transport Nagar in the process of six-laning of the highway. There are at least three more flyovers coming up as a part of the same project. A flyover coming up at PAP Chowk would facilitate those coming from Phagwara side take a right turn towards Amritsar. This would divide the traffic so that those coming straight towards Jalandhar would be able to follow the left lane to move on the existing road. As a part of the same project, a flyover is also coming up at Rama Mandi where work has already begun. Similarly, the highway authority has sent the drawings for the construction of a ROB atop Bidhipur crossing to the Railways for taking a sanction. The NHAI is also coming up with an underpass in front of Haveli so that the pedestrians would be able to cross over to the other side from beneath the high-speed traffic road. A couple of footbridges, including those in front of Lovely Professional University, are also being planned to facilitate those crossing over to the other side. Within the city, a flyover is under construction at BMC Chowk under a project taken by the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT). The project is said to have been going ahead of its schedule. The Mayor said an underbridge across the Chandan Nagar railway crossing had also been approved.
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Govt flip-flops leave peon’s daughter in a spot of bother
Jalandhar, August 31 Hoping for a bright future as an engineer, the daughter of a peon had not realised that she would have to go through such a rigorous process and still made to wait for help endlessly. Surviving on a paltry family income of Rs 2,000 a month, Gagandeep is worried that she might have to forego her dream if the scheme does not materialise. “The counseling under the scheme was to begin on July 19 but there has been no information till now. The classes began almost a month back at the PTU-affiliated Rayat Bahra College Hoshiarpur where I had taken admission on the basis of the CET rank. I was asked to pay up for the first semester fee but the amount certainly was beyond our capacity,” she said. Gagandeep’s father is no more. Her mother, who earlier used to wash utensils in houses, is now working as a peon in a factory. The family lives in a one-room accommodation at Guru Nanak Pura East colony. Gagandeep also has a younger brother who is doing plus one from a government school. The student said she personally approached the Deputy Commissioner for help on the fee front. “He was considerate enough to have written to the college management for allowing me concession. They waived off some amount and I was still asked to pay Rs 20,000. This again was an unmanageable amount. We got into contact with an NRI who paid up for the fee”, she said. The financial issues did not end here. “I have now been asked to pay Rs 18,000 as the annual fare for the college bus. I just do not know how I’m going to do that. I cannot always keep on asking people for help. There are seven more semesters to go. I do not know how things will be done”, she expressed her worry adding a word of praise for her college teachers, who have given her sample books for studying. “If I somehow complete B.Tech, I will be the first engineer in the entire family. In fact, I will be the first one to have attended a college. My mother is just eighth pass but she has been doing every bit for me just hoping that there would be better days ahead”, she said. Though Gagandeep has just started pursuing electronics and communication engineering, lack of resources has been a great obstacle for her. She regrets that she does not even know the basics of computer. She narrated an anecdote. “The other day, in college, a teacher started conducting a group discussion. The topic given was the pros and cons of social networking. Since I have never used the internet, I had never heard about the term and sat quietly like a dumb person trying to comprehend what it all was. Later, at a friend’s place I saw a demonstration of various sites like Orkut and Facebook to understand what it all was about. My teachers have been telling us to buy laptops for doing various assignments and projects. But that again is a far-fetched idea”, she said.
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VIPs challaned
Jalandhar, August 31 The offenders, including three political leaders, two police personnel and their relatives, were challaned for driving vehicles with stickers (VIP, VVIP and police) and black films. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic), D.S. Dhillon said the offenders have been challaned under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act and their stickers have been seized. The police yesterday challaned a car owned by a Delhi-based police personnel. A son of the Delhi cop was driving the vehicle. Dhillon further claimed that the traffic police had chalked out a plan to launch to curb misuse of “Press” word on various vehicles in the city. The drive would be launched only after obtaining a list of ‘working journalists’ from various newspaper offices in the city and surroundings and from the Punjab Government.
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Anti-encroachment drive to be launched
Jalandhar, August 31 While the drive was scheduled to begin today, the representatives of the market associations pressed the officials for a postponement of the action keeping in mind the Janmashtmi celebrations. The officials of the department said they had received directives of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in this regard. They said all permanent and temporary extensions in markets around Jyoti Chowk, Rainak Bazaar, Sheikhan Bazaar and Phullanwala Bazaar would be demolished on September 3 and 4. Joint Commissioner Rahul Gupta said an announcement had been made today asking the shopkeepers to take to self-corrective measures in the next two days or face the demolition. He said that only four to five shopkeepers had been removed as of now despite repeated requests.
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‘Balika Badhu’ big attraction in
shobha yatra
Ambika, who along with her parents, came from Mumbai to take part in the shobha yatra, drew a huge crowd during the yatra which culminated at Devi Talab Mandir itself after passing through different areas of the city, including Adda Tanda, Hoshiarpur Adda, Bhagat Singh Chowk, Company Bagh, Jyoti Chowk, Jail Chowk, Patel Chowk and Mai Hiran Gate. Hundreds of devotees took part in the shobha yatra. Langars of various eatables and chhabeels were organised by different societies on the way of shobha yatra.
— TNS
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Newlywed man commits suicide
Jalandhar, August 31 Sagar, alias Vicky (21), died at a Gurgaon hospital on August 11, a few hours after consuming the tablets. In a complaint submitted to Gurgaon Commissioner of Police S.S. Deswal, his father Sajneev Kumar demanded that Sagar’s wife Shilpa, her mother Veena and her father Ashwani Verma of Modian Mohalla should be booked under section 306 of the IPC for abetting Sagar to commit suicide. When contacted, Gurgaon Commissioner of Police S.S. Deswal said he would check the entire matter. In his complaint, Sanjeev Kumar stated his bodybuilder son Sagar of over six feet height had fallen in love with Shilpa (23) when he was residing in a rented accommodation Vikash Puri in Jalandhar with his grandfather Surendra Kumar. Subsequently, Sagar married Shilpa without any dowry with the consent of their parents on February 12 this year. He alleged that Shilpa started quarrelling with Sagar two months after his marriage at the instigation of her mother Veena. Later in May, he along with his wife and grandparents shifted to Gurgaon where they started living on rent at Patel Nagar. The complainant further stated that Veena started creating problems for Sagar on one or the other excuse even in Gurgaon. Veena took Shilpa and Sagar with her to Jalandhar, from where they went to Shimla. Sagar returned to Gurgaon but Shilpa stayed back at her parents’ house. Later they came to know that Veena got aborted her pregnant daughter. Shilpa returned to Gurgaon but suddenly disappeared from her husband’s rented accommodation on July 27. When they could not find her at their own, they informed the Civil Lines police. Later they came to know that Veena took Shilpa with her to Jalandhar. At this they informed Police Station No 3 on July 30. The SHO confirmed after calling Shilpa’s parents that Shilpa was with her parents, he added. A meeting of Sagar and Shilpa’s parents was fixed at Police Station No 3 on August 8 but no one from Shilpa’s side reached there. On August 11, Sagar consumed sulphos tablets. Later they came to know that Sagar had talked to Shilpa and his parents for several minutes before committing suicide. Sanjeev Kumar alleged Sagar committed suicide as he had been harassed repeatedly by his wife and her parents. Showing papers, he said the Gurgaon police initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 of the CrPC but now they wanted that the police should book them under section 306, IPC.
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Eye flu prevention and cure important
Phagwara, August 31 These advices are being given by different eye specialists, including renowned eye surgeon Dr Ashok Sharma to people, for prevention from eye flu, which is rapidly spreading in the area. Talking to The Tribune here today, Sharma disclosed that more than 70 per cent patients were coming to clinics with eye flu during this rainy season. He cautioned people not to touch or rub infected eyes, avoid using contact lenses and not to share eye make up with others. Dr Sharma said with other seasonal diseases and infections, conjunctivitis, caused by pathogens (viral or bacterial), has begun to spread its wings in the area. He said acute conjunctivitis is caused by viral and bacterial infections, spread by touch, whether directly or indirectly. The infection usually spreads during the monsoon season and redness of the eye, discharge, itching and watering are the main symptoms of the disease. He said whenever a patient of conjunctivitis touches the infected eye, the bacteria is transferred from his fingers on to any place he touches, and thus he infects other people as well. He advised eye flu patients to visit nearby eye specialists for the cure of the disease.
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2 DAVIET employees
term action against them ‘unlawful’
Jalandhar, August 31 Sahib Singh said he was suspended after over six years of service on the ground that he had not got sanctioned his two-day leave. Showing papers, he said he had already sent an email, fax message and letter through courier for
the leave. Similarly, Chanchal Rai said he had been appointed twice on May 10, 2005, and September 23, 2008, on the same post by DAVIET. He was issued termination letter by DAVIET on March 30 this year, whereas the DAVIET management got it issued from the DAV College Management Committee five months ago on October 30, 2009. Both Sahib Singh and Chanchal Rai alleged that they had been asked to do domestic work by the Regional Director, C.L. Kochher. at his house located at Durga Colony. They kept on doing so for several years. but when they stopped doing so and became members of the DAVIET Employees Union, he took action against them, they added. Chanchal Rai alleged that he was asked to pay Rs 50,000 as bribe to avoid his termination. Giving reasons, he said that was why the DAVIET management kept his termination letter with itself for five months after getting it issued from the DAV College Management Committee. However, when contacted, Kochher denied all allegations levelled by Sahib Singh and Chanchal Rai. Kochher said suspended Chowkidar Sahib Singh was not even joining the inquiry initiated against him and not even marking his attendance. He said peon Chanchal Rai was misbehaving with DAVIET officials, that was why
he was terminated during probation. To a query regarding issuance of two appointment letters, he said he was reappointed as he had left the work at his own after his first appointment. The
union has been staging a dharna near DAVIET for several months for
cancellation of the action taken against the two employees. President of
the Bhagwan Valmiki Sena Nav Vikas Simpu requested the president of the
DAV College Trust and Management Committee to provide justice to the two
persons within 10 days, failing which they would intensify the stir.
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Young World
Jalandhar, August 31 Dr Maria Montessori was one of the most renowned educationists of the twentieth century. Her method of education is now referred as Montessori material. All the pre-primary students performed different activities with the Montessori material. Number of gadgets, small equipment and techniques were taught to students to enhance and polish their capacity to perceive and conceptualise various phenomenon. Painting competition Students of the MGN College of Education Varinder Kaur and Rupinder Kaur won the second and third prize, respectively, in a painting competition and model-making exhibition, organised by Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala. The exhibition was organised on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas. The programme was presided over by Bhai Manjit Singh, Chairman, Punjab Energy Development Agency. Principal Dr Amit Kauts congratulated the participants and the faculty members for bringing laurels to the college. Poetry recitation Manav Sehyog School, Shahpur, has organised Hindi and English poetry recitation competition for the pre-primary students of the school. As many as 60 students participated in the competition. MA toppers Ramandeep Kaur, Amandeep Kaur and Rajdeep Kaur of Lyallpur Khalsa College have bagged the first, second and sixth position, respectively, in the final examination of MA (History), Part-I, conducted by GND University. In addition to this, nearly 80 per cent students of the college secured first division in the exams. HMV topper Maninder Kaur, student of PG diploma dress designing and tailoring, Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidayalya (HMV), got the first position in the university by securing 537 out of 550 marks. Table tennis tourney Apeejay School organised the CBSE Sahodya Table Tennis Championship from August 26 to 27. As many as 80 teams from 30 schools participated in the championship. Apeejay school bagged first position in boys U- 10, U-12, girls U-12 age group. Cambridge International School bagged first position in U-14 age group of boys and girls. Dayanand Model School won the first position in U-19 boys and girls. Volleyball team KMV Collegiate Senior Secondary School’s volleyball team stood first in the district school championship consecutively for the third year. Dr Atima Sharma congratulated the team members on their achievement. Seminar on RTI Over 40 students participated in a seminar on RTI Act organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, DAV College, on the college premises here on Tuesday. Prof Geeta Kashyap, lecturer of the department, spoke of various aspects of the Act, besides answering the queries of the students.
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City Club row: SDM convenes meeting to elect office-bearers
Phagwara, August 31 The Tribune has learnt that though a democratic process was initiated by Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Paul to conduct the elections of the city club on August 1 last year, notices were issued to about 300 defaulters of the club, and memberships of about 40 defaulters were cancelled, some of them knocked the doors of the high court and the case was now lying pending before court. When contacted, SDM Paul told The Tribune here today that the democratic process would soon be adopted again to elect a team to run the city club smoothly. He reiterated his commitment that the city club would soon be made friendly for families and sports and other cultural activities would soon be promoted at the city club. SDM Paul said a huge amount of more than Rs 5,54,809 was still pending to be deposited by 463 defaulters out of the total 677 members, including about 50 life members, till June. The SDM said presently tehsildar Harminder Singh has been appointed in charge of the club for smooth functioning till the completion of the democratic process. The Tribune has learnt that five active members, including Ashok Prashar, Rajinder Singh Basra, Padam Dev Sudhir, Advocate Lokesh Narang and Ranjit Singh were aspiring to contest elections for the posts of junior vice-president, Sharan Paul Kalra and Rakesh Ohri for the posts of secretary, Sham Sunder Indu and Sunil Singh and Amrik Singh for the posts of joint secretary and Now residents are again waiting for the completion of the democratic process and SDM Paul has instructed to paste a notice in the City Club to ask the defaulters to deposit their dues positively by September 13, to participate in the election process. He clarified that no defaulter could be able to caste his/her vote. Meanwhile, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has fixed the date of the next hearing on September 21.
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e-marketing a potent tool to promote business: Experts
Jalandhar, August 31 Dr Inderjit Singh, Registrar, GNDU, said in the era of globalisation e-marketing has become a potent tool to promote business at micro and macro level. Dr S.K. Chaddha, University Business School, Punjab University, Chandigarh, said it is the need of the hour that e-marketing should be used in the rural areas more to promote small and big business. Another eminent expert of the field, Alok Sondhi said as per the latest reports nearly 50 per cent of the business in the world is done through e-marketing. In our country, the business through e-marketing is in infant stage as only 20 per cent of business is
done through e-marketing, said Sondhi. The dignitaries also formally released the booklet of abstracts of this
national conference. Meanwhile, the Department of Computer Science & Information Technology, Doaba College, Jalandhar, organised UGC-sponsored national conference on “Emerging Trends in Information Technology (NCETIT-2010)”.
Dr Hardeep Singh, Reader, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GND University, discussed in detail the significance, role and changes coming in the field of information technology. Dr Yogesh Chahba, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Guru Jambeshwar University, Hissar, discussed the emerging trends in wireless technology. In the proceedings of the seminar 20 teachers from various universities and colleges presented their research papers in the first technical session. Fifteen teachers presented their papers in the second session. In the third session, 16 teachers presented their research papers.
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Workshop on team and time management
Phagwara, August 31 He said pre-planning is necessary for the proper utilisation of time and in a team, we should give due respect to the view point of every team member. Explaining how to tackle to tackle the deeper causes of time wastage and regain control over our agenda, Kota said one should focus on important issues and achieve the vital balance that is necessary for inner peace. |
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Sapling plantation on Earth Day
Kapurthala, August 31 Volunteers of NSS (boys and girls) and cadets of NCC 21 Punjab Battalion, participated in the plantation drive enthusiastically. The PNB Circle Head RP Sharda, its Senior Branch Manager Manmohan Singh and Honorary Secretary of the College Management and a former Punjab minister Sardar Jagtar Singh Multani motivated students to plant and protect more and more saplings to save the earth from global warming. College Principal Dr Kulwant Singh Phull thanked guests and PNB, Nadala branch for donating saplings.
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Govt flayed for keeping mum on Pawar’s statement
Jalandhar, August 31 Contradicting ministers’ statement, the committee claimed that there was hardly .01 per cent storage loss to food grains despite of shortage of godowns and skeleton staff with the procurement agencies in Punjab in the last seven years. A little bit damage that occurred to food grains could be due to the natural calamities. Talking to The Tribune, Akash Kumar, general secretary of the committee, said maximum storage loss to the food grains was in Haryana because of floods caused by the Hansi-Bhutana canal breach. He claimed that the union government had blemished Punjab’s image by projecting “false” figures while the state government was mute on the issue. Swaran Singh, committee Chairman, said the Punjab Chief Minister and the state Food and Supply Minister should call meeting of the heads of various food grain procurement agencies and coordination committee to counter the Union Governments’ anti-Punjab propaganda on the issue. The committee today announced that a rally to be organised in Chandigarh had been postponed. To press for their demands, the committee would lodge its protest in front of the FCI office in Delhi after the paddy season was over, claimed committee president Bhupinder Singh.
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Police inaction
Jalandhar, August 31 While addressing mediapersons, Harcharnjit Singh alleged that on August 1 his partner tried to take control over the hotel forcibly. Another attempt of intrusion was foiled on August 21, he said. He claimed that the Commissioner of Police got a broken wall reconstructed under police protection, yet no action was taken against the culprits. “I have got my statement recorded with police station division no 4 in this regard but no FIR has been registered as yet,” alleged Singh.
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Land records to be computerised by Feb 28
Phagwara, August 31 He said the Punjab Government would soon amend various revenue laws to reduce steps of appeal and to expedite justice to the people. After computerisation of land records, mutation of the property would be automatic on transfer of property. Earlier, while addressing a high-level meeting of lambardars of the subdivision, the SDM inspired them to actively work as liaison officers of the administration as they are the real representatives of the government in the villages. While commenting on their long-pending demands, the SDM assured them of increasing their monthly honorarium, due respect in police stations and other government offices.
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Allahabad Bank formulates schemes for exporters
Jalandhar, August 31 Ashwani Kumar, who is in the city to accelerate credit growth to MSME and export sector, today met MSME entrepreneurs and exporters here. He listed the latest plans for financing rice shellers, commercial vehicles, nursing homes, etc, and other open-term loans. Kumar explained the Gold Card scheme of the bank for exporters and hopped a fast growth in the sector in Doaba region. He said the hand tool, sports goods manufacturing, leather goods manufacturing, publishing and stationery industry, pipe fitting industry, hospitals, hoteliers, traders and other service providing enterprises would get maximum benefit of the credit facility of the bank.
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Safari occupants looted of cash, gold ornaments
Phagwara, August 31 Rawalpindi police
station SHO Raj Kumar said here today that NRI Gurpreet Singh of Samrian village,
along with his aunt Sub-Inspector Surinder Kaur posted in Ludhiana and two other relatives, was returning from nearby Uchapind after meeting his newly married daughter in
a Tata Safari when robbers asked them to stop the vehicle. As soon as the vehicle stopped, the robbers snatched more than 10 tolas of gold ornaments and Rs 20,000 from them and sped away. The police has registered a case under sections 382 and 34,
IPC.
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Two Class IV DAVIET employees alleged that the management had unlawfully
taken action against them. Chowkidar Sahib Singh was suspended on March
24, whereas peon Chanchal Rai was terminated during probation on March
30. Talking to The Tribune, both alleged that the DAV Institute of
Engineering and Technology (DAVIET) management had taken wrong action
against them at the behest of its Regional Director.
Kapurthala, August 31
Jalandhar, August 31