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Irrigation Dept admits: No funds to clean canals
PTU student gets PU Biotech Excellence Award
ESI Hospital sans eye, ENT specialists
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LIC official drags V-Mart to consumer forum
More kin are coming to donate kidneys,
says expert
Need to reorganise Punjab districts, feels Kainth
Residents celebrate Bhaji’s feat
Young World
1,500 attend tech fest at LPU
Saplings planted at
District Industrial Centre
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Irrigation Dept admits: No funds to clean canals
Phagwara, November 23 Phagwara SDM Amarjit Paul presided over the meeting. When a member asked about strengthening of the small bridges on canals, SDO Irrigation Department Nirmal Singh said it’s the task of Punjab Mandi Board. Meanwhile, Phagwara Sub-Divisional Advisory Committees related with Sub-divisional Social Security Funds Review and Monitoring Committee, SC/BC Welfare and Social Security Department, headed by Phagwara SDM Amarjit Paul today reviewed the workings of the department concerned in different meetings summoned by SDM Paul here today. In another meeting of Advisory Committee of Food and Civil Supplies Department, SDM Paul instructed the gas agency owners to regularise normal supply of cooking gas to the consumers. Regarding complaints of misuse of domestic gas cylinders for commercial purposes, the SDM instructed the civil supplies officials to check the irregularities. In fourth meeting of another Advisory Committee, SDM Paul said revision of voter rolls were in progress and would continue till November 27. |
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PTU student gets PU Biotech Excellence Award
Jalandhar, November 23 Amritpal Kaur, final-year student of MSc (biotechnology) of the Chandigarh College of Engineering, Landran, put up a model displaying production of diesel from algae. Students also participated in activities like poster session, student biotech expo, etc. The projects displayed by PTU students were based on novel ideas and technologies like microbial fuel cell, synthetic seed formation, micropropagation, detection of electro-magnetic radiations in air and a stick for the blind people with loads of new features. The abstracts of three PTU students Tarun Garg, Gurpreet Kaur and Mamta got selected and published in the souvenir booklet. Placement Officer, PTU, Navdeepak Sandhu said during the three-day event, interactions with senior officials from industries like Biocon, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Panacea Biotech Ltd, etc were made and issues related to the research and development, industrial training and placements in the field of biotechnology were taken up. Assistant Professor, PTU, Gazal Sharma said the inputs of people of all backgrounds were sought for the development of the best course curriculum for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of biotechnology. She added that such events helped the students become industry-ready. |
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ESI Hospital sans eye, ENT specialists
Jalandhar, November 23 Besides eye and ENT, another crucial post of Medical Specialist has also been lying vacant for months. The overall service scenario at the hospital is very bad as the patient load in these specialisations comprises the major chunk of the patient volume. As of now, specialists, who are posted at some other hospitals and dispensaries, are providing their services, but only for one or two days a week. Owing to the temporary nature of services, not only the routine check up, but also the surgical interventions were hit hard in the hospital. Asked in this regard, Dr H.S. Batra, Medical Superintendent, ESI Hospital, said proposals for the enrolment of specialists on contract basis had been already forwarded to the Directorate, ESI, Chandigarh. “It is only in their ambit to give green signal in this regard. We are anticipating that the authorities would give permission to employ the required doctors just in a few days,” said Dr Batra. “However, we are doing our level best to provide the services and made it possible to provide the services, though one or two days a week,” he added. |
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‘3 idiots’ song brought sunshine in my life: Suraj Jagan
Jalandhar, November 23 It was the ‘Give me some sunshine’ in this movie that brought all this sunshine in my life, changing everything overnight. All of a sudden I was giving 35 interviews a day and soon ‘The New Musical Sensation (male)’ Stardust award came my way.” Suraj was here to perform at the Gyan Manthan, a technofest at Lovely Professional University. Prior to his performance, he interacted with mediapersons in Jalandhar. “The track which has given me life’s biggest hit is actually a track that denotes my life, thoughts and perception. I strongly believe that one should have the freedom to do whatever he wants to do in life. It is only the person himself who knows his abilities, interests and passion and every youth should be allowed to live his life to the fullest without any unnecessary pressures from parents, siblings, relatives or friends. Everyone was just telling me that I was ruining my life since I had taken to rock music in 1988 at the time when I was in college doing B.Com. But they have all seen the result now,”
he shrugged. Recalling his recording experiences of the song which is almost an anthem for the youth, the singer said, “Had it not been Shantanu Moitre, music director of ‘3 Idiots’, I would not have got the opportunity. He told me that he had specially got the song composed for him, a promise that he had made after making of an advertisement jingle two years ago.” Suraj has done popular jingle “You and I” for Hutch, “Happy to help” for Vodafone and a few others for Yamaha, Reliance, BSNL and HDFC. Post “3 Idiots”, he has done “I am dog gone crazy” in “Action Replayy”, “Dil khol ke lets rock” for “We are a family” and “Rang de” for “My name is Khan”. He has even played a role in movie “Rock On”. His forthcoming work will be seen in the movie “Patiala House”. |
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LIC official drags V-Mart to consumer forum
Jalandhar, November 23 In his complaint, Senior Divisional Manager, LIC, Girish Kumar, said he visited the store on November 17 evening and purchased 25 different items of grocery, eatables and daily need vide a computerised invoice No 131/007573 for a total value of Rs 1,650. He said after purchasing goods he went back to his house, which is situated nearby in the building of Jeevan Parkash of the LIC at the back of the office premises. He said after sorting out the purchased goods, he removed the lid of Himani Sona Chandi Chavanprash plastic jar of 500 gm and found that the internal seal had been broken and some one had taken out some of the material from the jar. “It was a shocking incident for me. The modus operandi in breaking internal seal of a jar and extracting the material from it in a clandestine manner is unprofessional and amounts to duping customers. Further the possibility of putting some contaminated or injurious substance in the broken-sealed jar could not be ruled out,” he claimed. The complainant said he immediately rushed back to the store, but to no avail. “The officials flatly said the jar was not sold by them to the complainant. A request to compare the batch number from their other stocks on the shelf and with the computerised bill was also refused.” Attaching all proofs, he said Himani Chavanprash offered free Zandu honey (40 gm) worth Rs 18 with it, which was neither given to the complainant nor the price thereof was deducted from the computerised bill items. He called for a refund and compensation from the store. |
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More kin are coming to donate kidneys,
says expert
Jalandhar, November 23 He was here as the main speaker in a seminar held by the IMA, Jalandhar, on November 20. The seminar was organised under the chairmanship of Dr Sanjiv Sharma, president, IMA, Jalandhar, and was attended by 200 doctors. Dr C.M. Malhotra, consultant neurosurgeon from Delhi, highlighted the benefits of the minimally invasive neurosurgery. The hospital stay is minimised with this surgery. Dr Ganesh K. Mani, an eminent cardiac surgeon, spoke on the current strategies in cardiac surgery. Dr Raghuvendra Singh, Dr Manoj Kumar, Dr Nitish Garg, Dr Arvind Makkar, Dr R.S. Chhabra and Dr Sumesh Handa chaired these sessions. |
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Need to reorganise Punjab districts, feels Kainth
Phagwara, November 23 Talking to newsmen here this afternoon, Kainth said that several people had to cover a distances of more than 50 km to reach their respective districts headquarters which is causing much inconveniences to them. He urged the Chief Minister to initiate reconstitution of all the districts. Answering a question, he urged the state government, including the DGP, to make appointments of the police officers according to the needs and not according to assembly constituencies. While commenting on the performance of the Central and state governments, Kainth said the government should take steps to cut prices of essential commodities on priority. When his attention was drawn towards increasing atrocities on Dalits, the BSM leader said every citizen should be protected. When asked about several scams coming to light in different states and even at the Centre, Kainth said though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was an example of honesty, investigating agencies should be geared up to book the corrupt. |
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Residents celebrate Bhaji’s feat
The budding cricketers at the Jalandhar District Cricket Academy (JDCA) too joined the celebrations and are eagerly awaiting a meeting with their hero Harbhajan Singh. Secretary of JDCA Sanjiv Rai Bitta said it was a proud moment for them and they would plan a grand welcome for Harbhajan shortly. “I could not speak to Harbhajan after he made history in the test series. We are eagerly waiting for celebrating this proud moment with Harbhajan once he is back home,” he added. |
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Young World
Jalandhar, November 23 The students participated in paper reading, poetical recitation, poster making and slogan writing. Kamna Raj Aggarwal, a renowned business woman, said girls should work hard in life and remain strong to face odds of the world. “It is important that girls become financially independent”, she added. Cricket tourney
The cricket team of the Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya won the Guru Nanak Dev University Cricket Championship for 20th time in a row by defeating the team of BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar. The HMV team scored 145 runs for 5 wickets while BBK DAV team got all out on 72 runs. Guest lecture
The Economics Forum of Apeejay College organised a guest lecture on ‘Emerging Business Environment in India’ on November 19. Dr. Manoj Sharma, Reader from University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh delivered the keynote address. He discussed the changing trends of business in the country since 1950 and highlighted four kinds of reforms namely-monetary, financial, foreign and industrial sector, introduced after 1991. He also discussed Indian economy at large. Nagar kirtan
Guru Amar Dass Public School celebrated the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev by taking out nagar kirtan in which students of the school participated with enthusiasm. It started from the main gate of the school and reached Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Model Town, where it was received by S. Balbir Singh, Head Granthi of Gurudwara Sahib and S. Paramjit Singh. The nagar kirtan culminated here
with Ardas. The procession was led by the young students of the school dressed as the Panj Pyaras. Talent search
Inter School Talent Search’ 2010 was organised by CT Group of Institutions in its Shahpur campus. More than 200 students from 20 schools not only from Jalandhar but from Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Anandpur Sahib, Nakodar and Talwandi Madho also participated in this talent search. Topics for collage making were environment, Commonwealth Games, nuclear treaty, female foeticide and drug addiction. Another event was poster making and the topics were ‘Relaxation- no time for tension’, ‘life is a fun’, ‘examination is menace’, ‘global warming’ and ‘inspiration from Indian politicians’. Students made very attractive posters using different colours. Quiz and extempore competition was also organised. Kiran from Manav Sehyog School, Jalandhar, and Ashwani Verma from Kendriya Vidyalay - 3, Jalandhar, were the judges of this event. All the winners were distributed prizes by S. Charanjit Singh Channi, Chairman CT Group. Athletic meet
MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Jalandhar, organised first inter MGNPS Athletic Meet from November 18 and 19. S.G.S Narula, Chairman, MGN Educational Trust flagged off the event. Various events were held for various age groups from nursery to class XII. More than 750 students participated in all these events. On the last day, students gave performances on karate, yoga, dance on ‘Tai-flo’ beats. Overall trophy was won by MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Jalandhar, and runner’s-up trophy was bagged by M.G.N. Public School, Kapurthala. |
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1,500 attend tech fest at LPU
Jalandhar, November 23 LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said, “Students from IITs, IIITs, NITs and several other state universities from across the nation were competing for various events. The purpose of this fest is to churn the brains of the future technocrats and to bring out better ideas.” In the field of computer science, electronics and communication engineering and mechanical engineering, competitions for Autocad, aero modelling, adobe photoshop, robotics and embedded system were conducted. The biotechnology section saw the bio-informatics related contests. Several other technical events like Dean’s Challenge, Colossus, Bio-theatre, Citidesign and Einstein 2 me were held, besides, many extra-curricular events like fun cricket, cyclo-slack, pictionary, face painting, paint ball and cultural events like “battle of bands” and stunt show. To add to the grandeur of the festival, a great performance was made by renowned 1833 AD band. The evening saw a massive competition of melodies among student-oriented bands, considered among top 10 bands of India of different institutions. On the second day, one of the big players of music industry Suraj Jagan of Bollywood blockbuster “3 Idiots” was performed. |
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Saplings planted at
District Industrial Centre
Jalandhar, November 23 B.S. Brar, GM, Industries, Joga Singh, Amarjit Singh, Project Manager, Surjit Singh, Function Manager, Kirpal Singh, Superintendent, Manjit Singh Lalli, Senior Industry Development Officer, and Harpal Messon, Chairman of the group, were also present. |
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Despite long claims, the Irrigation Department Punjab has admitted that the department has not got sufficient funds for the cleanliness of the canals of
the region. This was disclosed by department officials in a meeting of the Sub-Divisional Level Advisory
Committee of the Irrigation Department held here today.
Jalandhar, November 23