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Manpreet strikes chord with villagers in Langah’s bastion
2 more held in CID employee murder case
4 polytechnics resent grant discontinuation
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4 killed, 7 hurt in mishaps
Two literary personalities get Kewal Vig Award
Nav Inqlab Yatra enters Doaba
Centre to provide subsidy to 200 industrialists
At 3.8ºC, Adampur coldest in plains
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Manpreet strikes chord with villagers in Langah’s bastion
Aujla (Gurdaspur), December 5 Manpreet’s emotional range rivalled that of the most inspired actors as he managed to mesmerise the audience with Urdu couplets with special references being made to the various problems being faced by this border state. Manpreet was here on the invitation of Swaran Singh Aujla, a Punjab and Haryana High Court advocate. A loud cheer went up as his cavalcade comprising of 12 vehicles rolled into this village in the afternoon. His visit today holds significance as Aujla falls under the Dhariwal Assembly Segment represented by the Punjab Agriculture Minister S.S Langah in the Vidhan Sabha. He not only carried the audience with him but also managed to dent a massive chunk of rural youth votes with his visit today. The former Finance Minister was accompanied by Beas MLA Manjinder Singh Kang and Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s nephew Abhey Singh Sandhu. In his emotionally surcharged speech, Manpreet laid emphasis on the statement that “I am in politics but I am not a politician. I am here to cleanse the corrupt political system of the state where 95 paise out of every rupee lands in the pockets of corrupt politicians.” “Punjab is sick. It needs a good doctor. There are so many problems plaguing Punjab that it will take nearly two decades for it to come to terms with itself. Today I am giving a wake up call to all Punjabis. It is high time that we get on with the onerous task of rebuilding the state where poverty, drugs and illiteracy have been pushed to the forefront by politicians lacking vision,” said Manpreet. Speaking of a “new Punjab” Manpreet said, “Punjab needs to regain its lost pride and glory. We have landed ourselves with a massive debt. It will be our grandchildren who will have to repay this debt. The politicians of Punjab can not rise above vested interests. It is only the common man who can play a bigger role in developing the state. This state has enough resources but politicians are exploiting everything for their own nefarious designs.”
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2 more held in CID employee murder case
Phagwara, December 5 Sunny of Gunachaur, who was also nabbed along with Nirmal and Ninder, being a minor was sent to juvenile home in Hoshiarpur. Jasbir Singh, Head Constable of 9/19 PAP, was posted in CID Wing at Chandigarh. |
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4 polytechnics resent grant discontinuation
Jalandhar, December 5 The four aided polytechnics in the state, which have got a written communication in this regard, include Mehr Chand Polytechnic, Jalandhar; Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic, Ludhiana; Ramgarhia Polytechnic, Phagwara and Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala. Addressing the press conference, Baldev Singh, principal of Mehr Chand Polytechnic, Jalandhar, said they had been conveyed the message by the director technical education, VK Sharma. The principal said under such circumstances, the 50-year polytechnics would either have to shut down or increase by four times the fee levied from students. This would put an undue financial pressure on the students, he pointed out. Principal Vir Singh of Ramgarhia Polytechnic said, “The next possible suggestion given to them was to increase the teacher-student ratio,” which he said was not possible. The principals said that the polytechnics were showing good academic performances with students getting good placements. They said none of the seats with any of the four colleges was going vacant, for the past many years. Vice principal, Baldev Singh, of Guru Nanak Polytechnic, demanded that the directorate should withdraw its decision, or else the polytechnic staff and students would have to start an agitation. |
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4 killed, 7 hurt in mishaps
Phagwara, December 5 In second incident, one unidentified middle-aged man was run over by a train between Phillaur and Goraya on Phagwara-Ludhiana Rail section today. The GRP has registered a case and sent the body to the Phillaur Civil Hospital for the post-morterm examination. Seven persons, including two women, were injured in three different mishaps near Phillaur today. All injured were admitted to different hospitals in Phillaur. Nawanshahr: Gurdial Singh of nearby Kariha village was killed when he was hit by a bus here at Chandigrh Chowk. |
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Two literary personalities get Kewal Vig Award
Jalandhar, December 5 Dhawan was honoured with Best Poet Award, whereas Prof Arinder Singh was felicitated with Best Urdu Writer Award. The award was initiated on December 4, 1993, on the first death anniversary of Kewal Vig, the founder editor of Punjabi magazine Janta Sansar. So far, 41 literary personalities have been honoured with the award.
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Nav Inqlab Yatra enters Doaba
Jalandhar, December 5 Amritsar: Bittu interacting with the media said main objective of the yatra was to feel the real issues concerning the people of Punjab. “So far I have covered Malwa and Majha region during the yatra and during the period I tried to find out the actual ground realities of problems being faced by the people including rampant drug addiction, issues related to farmers and youth, unemployment, depleting water table, shortage of power and dwindling status of health in the state,” he said. He, however, downplayed the clash between two Congress groups in Batala during the yatra. — TNS |
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Centre to provide subsidy to 200 industrialists
Jalandhar, December 5
“Through its campaign of market access initiative (MAI), the EEPC will arrange the exhibition lots for industrialists at the rate of Rs 65,000 per stall, the cost of which otherwise runs above Rs 1.25-1.5 lakh per stall. In addition to this, EEPC will also provide them total reimbursement of air fare”, said Opinder Singh, regional director of EEPC, which provides export promotion consultancy to around 12,000 engineering products manufacturers of the country. Opinder said both the leading and upcoming manufacturers in the segments of casting and forging, machine and tools, hand tools, valves and cocks and auto parts would participate in the fair. He said the purpose of participation in the fare was to highlight the technological achievements made by small and medium scale industries in India and to boost the volume of industrial export of engineering products, eventually.
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At 3.8ºC, Adampur coldest in plains
Jalandhar, December 5 At other cities of Punjab, Halwara saw a low of 6.4º Celsius followed by Pathankot, which recorded a minimum temperature of 7.1º Celsius. While state capital Chandigarh recorded minimum of 8º Celsius. The Met department at Adampur Air Force Station has predicted wide spread fog, mist and haze in the morning hours in the region. Meanwhile, schools in the city are yet to change its timings. District Education Officer (Secondary) Joginder Dass said they were awaiting an official announcement from the education department in this regard. “The schools would remain close from December 25 to January 1 for winter vacations,” he added. The destitute had a tough time braving the chill. The poor were seen sitting around bonfire.
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Jalandhar, December 5
The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), an arm of the ministry of commerce and industry, will arrange and exhibit stalls of nine square metres for each industrialist at subsidised rates during the three-day fair, which will be attended by overseas buyers of 12 west Asian and Commonwealth independent states (CIS) countries. Besides, contingents will also be facilitated with free air tariff.