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Direct recruitment of docs in medical colleges
Govt flayed for converting industrial area into residential
EDI system made operational on trial basis at Amritsar airport
19 families of eye donors honoured
Crime File
Teachers’ Day Honoured:
The Alami Punjabi
Virasat Foundation felicitated Principal Rajwinder Kaur and
Vice-Principal Sushma Sharma, both from Government Secondary School,
Mallunangal, for their meritorious services in education on Teachers’
Day.
BEd teachers welcome government decision on regularisation
‘We Are Family’ fails to strike chord
Young World
Members of the FCI Workers Palledar Union protest outside the FCI office in Amritsar. Photo: Vishal Kumar |
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Sewage trouble: Gammon India, Powercom play blame game MC Commissioner claims problem solved, officials worked round the clock to fix it P.K. Jaiswar Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 7 MC Commissioner D.P.S. Kharbanda, besides officials from the sewerage board and water supply department, visited the area and took stock of the situation. He directed officials to rectify the problem of sewerage blockage and water contamination at the earliest. Alleged negligence of employees of Gammon India Limited, responsible for the construction of the elevated road in excavating the land, led to damage to sewer pipes. Nevertheless, the company, in turn, blamed employees of the Punjab State Power Corporation for the trouble, who, they said, borrowed the JCB machine for laying power cables. But, these charges were rebutted by the PSPC officials who said they had not borrowed the machine. Superintending Engineer Balbir Singh said, “We have nothing to do with the incident as we had no work of laying any power cable in the area. The company is unnecessarily blaming the power corporation to save its skin.” Congress leader Iqbal Singh Sherry pointed out that the sewerage and water contamination problem still existed in various adjoining areas situated close to the Golden Temple. The Bakkarwana Bazaar was still flooded with sewage, making life hell for shopkeepers and residents. Other affected areas are Jallianwala Bagh, Butt Malka, Dharam Singh Market, Bagh Ramanand and inside Sherawala Gate up to Mahan Singh Gate. Jagdish Singh, another resident, alleged that sewage leakage had started near the old improvement trust office situated near the car parking lot. He alleged that the newly-laid sewer pipeline, due to construction of pillars for the elevated road, was faulty and had been leaking at many places. An official from the Municipal Corporation, preferring anonymity, revealed that the sewerage board and operation and maintenance cell of the MC had failed to properly connect the newly-laid pipelines with the older existing sewerage, which was the main cause of the blockage. Meanwhile, the MC Commissioner said, “The problem has been sorted out. It sometimes happens during the digging of earth for the construction of huge pillars for the elevated road. All the officials from the concerned departments gathered on the spot and worked round the clock to solve the problem.”
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Asal Uttar no more favourite with politicians
Amritsar, September 7
Dawinderjit Singh Dhillon, another native of the village, said they were extremely thankful to martyrs, who saved their houses from marauding invaders and beat them back. He added that martyrs must not be ignored at any cost and their sacrifices must be recalled to give a sense of pride to the young generation which is not aware of the intensity of the situation existing over here 45 years ago. The Army regularly organises elaborate functions to recall the valour and sacrifices of its gallant men every year. It organises a fair in the village every year to pay tributes to soldiers who left a saga of courage behind them. The fair concludes with the memorial service at the CQMH Abdul Hamid Param Vir Chakra Memorial. Matches between Armymen and villagers and free medical camps for locals and ex-servicemen are held, besides, a number of food stalls and CSD canteen services are also set up. A community kitchen (langar) is organised at the village gurdwara. This year, the three-day-long fair will begin from September 9. The battle of Asal Uttar entered the annuls of history, especially military history, in Independent India, for being the mother of tank battles and for the personal bravery of Indian soldier Company Quarter Master Abdul Hamid of 4th battalion of the Grenadiers Regiment. Honoured with the highest Indian gallantry award Param Vir Chakra, Abdul had knocked out seven enemy tanks with a recoilless gun. Though under intense artillery shelling and tank fire, Abdul Hamid moved from one firing position to another and pulverised three Patton tanks of the enemy. However, while engaging the fourth tank, he was fatally wounded by an enemy shell. Abdul Hamid’s courage, disregard for personal safety and act of bravery, in the face of the enemy, was a shining example of the valour and high traditions of the Indian Army. Contrary to the awesome prestige of the Patton tank, the battle saw nearly hundreds of Pakistani tanks, majority of them Pattons, either being destroyed or abandoned, thus, earning the locale epithet of “Pattons’ Graveyard”. Interestingly, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf had participated in the battle as a Lieutenant of Artillery. The 1965 war was regarded as a tactical Indian victory as Indian troops had flooded the area along the International border in the then district of Amritsar, following the capture of Khemkaran by the Pakistan forces. As per military history, the Pakistani forces were brought into a horse shoe formation. As many as 32 Indians tanks also got destroyed or damaged. The Indian troops were led by Maj-Gen Gurbaksh Singh while his Pakistani counterpart was Maj-Gen Nasir Ahmad Khan.
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Direct recruitment of docs in medical colleges P.K. Jaiswar Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 7 The association, led by senior vice-president Dr R.S. Buttar, said, “The committee and criteria fixed by the government for selection of doctors were not acceptable to PCMS doctors.” It is evident to mention here that in order to meet the shortage of staff in government medical colleges, the Punjab Cabinet gave clearance to the direct recruitment of doctors, who were otherwise to be recruited through PPSC. About 25 per cent posts of various government medical colleges are filled by the PPSC while the remaining 75 per cent vacant posts are filled by way of departmental promotions. Demanding a thorough probe by a sitting judge to investigate into the various reasons and persons responsible for the ugly situation aroused in premier medical colleges facing de-recognition by the MCI in view of the staff shortage, the association pointed out that the committee constituted by the government in this regard has fixed upper age limit as 40 years for applying for the said posts which would automatically debar PCMS doctors from appearing in the interview. Dr Buttar said this would jeopardise the carriers of senior resident and other senior medical teachers who were waiting for their promotions for a long time now. The association sought immediate holding of meeting of departmental promotional committee for the promotion of PCMS doctors and other senior teachers eligible. “If the posts still remain vacant it should be filled with long established criteria of 75 percent from PCMS and 25 percent through PPSC,” he said. The association said it would fight tooth and nail against the move of recruiting much junior doctors for the posts of professors and other senior teachers ignoring senior PCMS doctors and serving government teachers and various departments of government medical colleges of Punjab. Dr Manjit Singh Khalsa, President Medical unit GMC threatened that if government did not review the decision, the PCMS doctors would be forced to resort to launch an agitation and the onus would be on the government. They urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to intervene and direct the Minister of Medical Education and Research to take remedial measure immediately besides calling DPC meeting without any delay.
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Govt flayed for converting industrial area into residential
Amritsar, September 7 Describing the decision as a bolt from the blue, they alleged that the decision was due to lack of an industrial policy of the present government. An industrialist from the area, Harjit Singh, said the industry in the border district was already grappling with untold miseries and shortcomings. Against the highly negative scenario, they had been sustaining it purely depending upon their grit, determination, hard work and vision. The Punjab Government converted the status of about 500 m of industrial area from Kot Meet Singh railway crossing to Guruwali village to residential one. The area was part of the more bigger industrial area starting from Chattiwind Gate to Gohalwar village. The industrial area had been in existence even before 1947. Another entrepreneur, Hariom Arora, said the decision was the outcome of myopic vision of leaders and absence of the industrial policy. “This is visible in the context that the industries falling under the green and red categories are neither being given new connection nor their load is being increased,” he fumed. Instead, 20 per cent surcharge was imposed on the consumption of power which dealt a severe blow to the border industry. The road leading to the adjoining district of Tarn Taran houses processing and manufacturing units, including rice shellers and plastic, grinder and engineering works. Another industrialist dealing in plastic, Naval Galhotra, said the industrialists from the industrial areas of Sultanwind Road, GT Road, Chabbal Road and Puttalighar, besides Tarn Taran Road, falling out of the purview of category two, were peeved at the lopsided and ad hoc approach of the government toward the industry.
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EDI system made operational on trial basis at Amritsar airport
Amritsar, September 7 With the introduction of the facility, the long-pending demand of the exporting fraternity would be met, which otherwise had proved to be a major dampener as a majority of the exporters were hesitant to send cargo from this airport. This achievement has been the outcome of the direct intervention of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel after initiative taken by local MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is also member of the Amritsar Airport Parliamentary Panel. “Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel was receptive to the idea of the panel and it was materialised. It will definitely be beneficial for a large number of exporters and business houses for sending their export cargo from this airport. With the introduction of the EDI system at the airport, it will be a manifold boost to the cargo handling operations at the airport, besides generating additional source of
revenue,” Navjot Singh Sidhu said. The EDI system defines the electronic exchange of structured business data, such as purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices, typically between one organisation and another. The new system with potency of 1.5 version would enable the airport authorities to scrutinise and process all kinds of documents, including shipping bills. The system has now been directly connected with the networking server at the Customs Headquarters in Delhi to do the
needful. It is pertinent to mention that earlier the airport was having the EDI system of 1.1 version, which could handle only white shipping bills, describing duty-free goods, without any export incentives. But after the introduction of 1.5 version, its capacity would increase and it would be capable of analysing green, yellow, pink and blue shipping bills. These bills depict those goods, to be exported, for which government extends export incentives. Dalip Singh, secretary, Customs Clearing Agents Association, said it would be a dual benefit after the installation of the system at the airport. “With only the white billing, it was least useful for the exporters, as for other bills we had to get through Delhi airport. Now, when this facility would be available here, it would be beneficial for us as well as for the airport authorities as it would generate additional revenue,” he said. |
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19 families of eye donors honoured
Amritsar, September 7 As many as 19 cornea transplant operations were conducted free of cost at the Punarjot Eye Bank Society, Ludhiana. In India, the requirement of corneal surgeries per annum is about 25,000. According to an estimate, around 30 lakh patients wait for cornea transplantation in India and about 20,000 more patients per annum would be added to this figure. The NGO has been endeavouring to meet this requirement to a large extent. Kirpa Arora, the founder of the centre, said with a population of 115 million in a country where 62,000 deaths occur per day, we would be able to meet the requirements of patients in queue. “But we would be achieving this target sooner or later, with the all out efforts of the members of our centre. Another appeal that I would like to make is that the kin of the deceased person, who has pledged to donate his/her eyes, should keep the cause of eye donation in their minds because it has been observed that during those crucial moments, the family members usually forget all about it,” said Kirpa Arora. Dr. Ramesh Kumar said “Our centre has been conducting eye donation awareness camps in Amrtisar from time to time. We have recently referred another 69 cases of cornea transplantation to the Punarjot Eye Society. “When we started out in 1992, we used to have just one or two eye donations in a year. In 1996, we were a part of an international conference on eye banking in Europe, after which our organisation got popular and we started receiving 30-40 eye donations yearly. Our mission got a boost in 2003, and till now we have operated upon over 10,000 patients,” he added.
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Asked for car documents, brothers beat up 3 cops
Tribune Reporters
Tarn Taran, September 7 Identified as Sukhbir Singh and Balbir Singh of Kajikot village, the brothers beat up cops Gurlal Singh, Gurjit Singh and Bishan Das. Gurlal Singh, head constable, was leading the police party. In his statement to the city police, he said as soon as the party told that brothers to produce the registration copy and other relevant documents of the car, the accused attacked them with a baseball bat and a datar. The accused managed to escape. SSP Preetpal Singh Virk said a case under sections 353, 332, 186 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the brothers. Rs. 1.3 lakh stolen
Tarn Taran: Abdul Hamid, a resident of Nepal, stole Rs 1.3 lakh from a sheller at Naushehra Pannuan, 16 kms from here. Charanjit Singh, a senior Congress leader and the owner of the sheller, said Abdul was working in the sheller for the past six months. He stole the money after cutting the lock of the safe of the sheller. He left the sheller with his family. The Sarhali police has registered a case under section 380 of the IPC against Abdul. Car showroom looted at gunpoint
Amritsar: Four armed unidentified persons
looted a car spare parts showroom ‘Car Nation’, situated at Vallah bypass, GT Road, and decamped with the locker fixed in an almirah of auto spare parts showroom last midnight. The locker situated in the account room contained
Rs one lakh in cash besides cheques worth Rs 1.5 lakh, said Rajbir, manager of the showroom. Besides forensic teams, the police teams, led by ACP Dhanpreet Kaur, visited the spot. Rajbir said the armed persons locked two chowkidars in a room on a gunpoint and dug out the telephone wires before fleeing the spot. He said the accused entered the showroom by jumping over the walls and took chowkidars --- Romesh Kumar and Jatinder Singh --- in a room. The police authorities said the police was investigating on different lines while a case has been registered at Sultanwind Police Station.
— TNS Purse snatched from Pak national
Amritsar: An unidentified motorcyclist snatched a purse from a Pakistani woman, who along with her son Rajesh had gone to witness Beating the Retreat Ceremony at Attari Check Post here yesterday. The incident took place near Ranike village when they were going to Attari-Wagah joint check post from the city. The purse contained Pakistani and Indian currency notes besides passports and other documents, said the victim in his statement to the Gharinda police. The two had arrived India on August 2 and was
living in Baba Deep Singh Nivas here. — TNS |
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‘Only 4 pc rural students make it to higher education’
Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 7 Brar said the figure showed a disturbing trend, since 66 per cent of the population in Punjab resided in villages. He emphasised that the need of the hour was to develop a mechanism to bring more and more students from rural areas to higher education. He said the number of rural children admitted in national institutes like IITs and IIMs was extremely low. Rural children could get higher education only if they impart quality education at the school level, he opined. Speaking on the occasion, Finance Minster Manpreet Singh Badal urged teachers to raise the level of education in the state to new heights to catapult Punjab on the path of progress. He stressed that a 19 per cent budgetary allocation for education was hiked this fiscal. Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur said since the coalition government came into power, nearly 40,000 teachers were recruited and promotions were given to instill fresh energy into the education department. The ministers also honoured Prof Brar and Principal of the Khalsa College Public School Sarvjit Kaur Brar. Meanwhile, various schools, colleges and educational institutes celebrated Teachers’ Day in the city. The Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology, DAV Public School, St. Soldier Elite Convent School, Jandiala Guru, Bhavan’s SL Public School and many others, held special programmes in their respective premises to felicitate their dedicated teachers.
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BEd teachers welcome government decision on regularisation
Tarn Taran, September 7 State president Sukhdarshan Singh Bathinda and the other office-bearers of the state body Pargatjit Singh Moga and Sukhjinder Singh Sathiala in a joint written statement issued here today welcomes the decision of the Cabinet in regularising the services of as many as 14,000 education services providers and the teaching fellows from coming April 1, 2011. These teachers were recruited in the Education Department three years back and they had been demanding for regularisation. The leaders called it a victory of their struggle under which they had to face lathis while holding demonstrations in the state. |
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‘We Are Family’ fails to strike chord
Amritsar, September 7 Pegged as the family movie, its subject matter fails to connect with the people of developing and traditional town like Amritsar. However, it gives a new horizon to the sophisticated families to scale. “We could not relate to the film as our value system is completely different,” said Megdha after watching the film. Others echoed similar views. The film, by debut director Siddharth Malhotra, grandson of yesteryear
villain Premnath, abounds with glamour. Picturised entirely in Australia,
the story moves around a family consisting of divorced parents Aman (Arjun Rampal), Maya (Kajol) and their two daughters Aliya (Aanchal Munjal) and Anjali (Diya Sonecha) and a son Ankush (Nominath Ginsberg). Adaptation of Hollywood flick Stepmom, the movie shows comely Kareena and good looking Arjun
Rampal evincing skills of their acting. |
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3 DAV students win NTSE scholarships
Tribune News Service
Amritsar September 7 Seminar
NIIT organised a special seminar-cum-workshop for IT students. Rajesh Talwar from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies shared his 20-year experience in industrial training for passouts in the IT and other sectors. The students were taught the way to conduct themselves in interviews, resume writing, dressing up besides preparing for anticipated questions during interview. |
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FCI Workers Palledar Union holds protest
Amritsar, September 7 Union general secretary Amar Singh Bhatia said whenever the contractual system was stopped in the depots of the FCI, the provisions for direct payment and permanent services to the labourers were offered. The union handed over a memorandum to the Area Manager and Deputy Commissioner K.S. Pannu.
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Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Prof AS Brar said only four per cent of the total students from rural areas in the state manage to pursue higher education.
