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I-T dept halts refunds, genuine taxpayers hit
Ludhiana, December 9 The department has instructed the treasury branch to stop payment of all the refunds pending for clearing and submission at banks while also requesting taxpayers to return refund cheques issued before November 23. Additional income tax commissioner Munish Gupta said: “Due to some unforeseen circumstances we’ve requested the claimants to submit pending refunds to the department for cancellation and get the refunds reissued from the assessing officers concerned. At the same time the treasury branch has been instructed not to clear the refunds”. "We assure all tax assesses their grievances related to refunds would be addressed by issuing the refunds on a priority basis. Taxpayers need to cooperate with the department," he added. Jatinder Khurana, president of the Young Lawyers Association, said the income tax department’s move to halt payment of refunds will further add to the woes of taxpayers. "As it is tax refunds were issued late and now assesses are being asked to return the cheques. Genuine taxpayers will definitely suffer”, he added. Fake refunds scam
The “fake tax refunds scam” came to light last month when Ramesh Kumar, a local rtesident, tried to deposit a cheque written for ` 47 lakh in State Bank of India. Though the cheque bore the signature of an Income Tax official alongwith a departmental stamp, he aroused suspicion when he failed to produce the Income Tax advice number (ITAN) when asked by the bank officials. The fraud is believed to be the brainchild of a local gang engaged in claiming bogus tax refunds. Cases of fake refunds were earlier reported in Jagraon, Bathinda and other areas of the country.
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‘Peti’ mafia shifts base
to small rly stations
Ludhiana, December 9 This is evident from huge consignments lying in the open at these railway stations. “Peti” mafia is operating freely from these stations making it difficult for the Excise and Taxation Department to keep a tab on its activities. Most of these stations are located in the Ambala and Sangrur division. The Malerkotla and Gill railway stations are located in the jurisdiction of the Ambala division. The department has to seek special permission from the Ambala headquarters before raiding any station in its jurisdiction. Sources said the peti mafia
was using railway stations at Jagraon, Malerkotla, Phillaur, Ladowal and Gill to upload and receive the delivered goods without bills. Consignments without bills are received and sent to the Ludhiana railway station through these stations. Tightening its noose around the peti mafia, the department had launched a special drive to keep a check on the illegal trade, but the mafia has found slip routes to escape from its watchful eyes, sources added. Boxes of the consignment are allowed to reach these small stations during night. The illegal consignment is then sent to Ludhiana from these stations. After the consignment reaches the Ludhiana railway station, it is booked and sent to its actual destination through leased bogies, the sources added. The department achieved a major success recently after a few godowns of the peti mafia were sealed in Ludhiana. Seeing department’s strictness the peti mafia has become overcautious and has now stated using slip routes in the form of small railway stations to receive and send consignments without the bill. Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner Parampal Singh said the department was aware of the diversion of route by the peti mafia. “The department along with its mobile wing is trying hard to curb the menace. We will not tolerate any such practice be it at Ludhiana or adjoining railway stations. Evading Tax
The ‘peti’ mafia was using railway stations at Jagraon, Malerkotla, Phillaur, Ladowal and Gill to upload and receive the delivered goods without bills. Consignments without bills are received and sent to the Ludhiana railway station through these stations. Long duration of train
stoppage Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 9 They alleged that the peti mafia had been duping the state government by getting huge consignments without bills from railway stations which are rarely frequented by excise and taxation officials. Passengers, mainly daily commuters, are made to suffer as the trains are stopped for exceptionally longer durations on the pretext of loading goods from these stations. The activists led by association president Mangat Kapoor alleged that traders of Ludhiana and surrounding localities had been evading huge amounts of taxes by getting their consignments without bills or with the help of fake bills procured from the Gill and the Malerkotla railway stations ever since the excise and taxation authorities begun tightening their noose around the defaulters. This, besides duping the state government of lakhs of rupees, caused inconvenience to train passengers as these were made to stop at smaller stations for a longer period. The platform, which is to be maintained according to needs and convenience of passengers, is usually occupied by huge bales and boxes scattered all around. As the porters arrange them near the brim of the platform for their ease passengers do not get enough space to board the train. The activists alleged that officials help traders in loading their goods at railway stations for obvious reasons of illicit gratification they receive. Investigations revealed that the peti mafia had moved to railway stations situated away from Ludhiana Junction after the authorities in the Excise and Taxation Department tightened noose against them a few months ago. The department found it difficult to keep a check on these railway stations since some of them are situated outside in district Sangrur and the Ambala railway division. Boxes of consignment are shifted to these railway stations at night. The illegal consignment is then sent towards Ludhiana from these stations. Officials at the Gill and the Malerkotla railway stations refuted charges levelled against them and maintained they could not refuse to book goods coming for transportation to other places.
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Two class V girl students go missing
Ludhiana, December 9 The matter came to light this evening when the parents of the girls failed to find the duo and reported the matter to the police. While Kajal is a resident of Sham Nagar, Sneha is a resident of Model Town. Kajal used to go to school in a private van and Sneha was being dropped to the school by her parents. Meanwhile, the police has launched a search operation for the girls.
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Work begins on replacing century-old bridge
Ludhiana, December 9 The old bridge proved very useful to commuters in the past as it linked the old area of the city with the localities like Basti Jodhewal. However, with the gradual passing of time, the bridge was closed by civic officials about four decades ago due to its poor condition, causing a lot of problems for residents. Subsequently, with the increase of vehicular traffic in the area around Valmiki Ghati to Sunder Nagar and Basti Jodhewal, the area turned into a bottleneck. Residents had to face a great deal of inconvenience as they had to travel a comparatively long distance on a lane along the Buddha Nullah Moreover, some of the illegal encroachments in the area had also increased the problems of the commuters as it was also adding to the traffic jams. After area councillor Anil Malhotra had raised the matter with civic officials the latter agreed to build a new bridge for which a proposal was passed by the MC’s finance & contract committee. After allocating over Rs 1 crore for the ambitious project the MC commenced construction work. Malhotra said the bridge had been closed for the past four decades due to which residents had been facing a lot of inconvenience. “With the construction of a new bridge their problems will ease. The new structure will also reduce the number of accidents taking place in the area”, he added.
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Rly ticket examiners go on mass
casual leave
Ludhiana, December 9 They are demanding the transfer of the official for alleged misbehaviour with a CIT on board the Jammu Tawi-Indore Malwa express on December 1. Even after the divisional traffic manager (DTM) Parminder Singh had tendered an apology on behalf of the SrDCM at a rally held by protesting ticket
checking and other railway employees at the railway station here on December 3, the ticket checking staff organisation (TCSO) has maintained that the official concerned did not appear to have mended his arrogant behaviour with subordinate staff and only his transfer would assuage the feeling of resentment among TTEs and CITs. Functionaries of the TCSO claimed that more ticket checking staff would carry on with the protest gesture of going on casual leave and the agitation would continue till the demand of the staff for the transfer of the said official was conceded. In fact, the resumption of agitation on the issue, which had apparently been settled after the DTM personally tendered an apology to the ticket checking staff while also giving an assurance that the official charged with alleged harassment and misbehaviour had expressed regret, has created a sharp division among the ticket checking staff and activists of other unions of railway employees, some of whom were instrumental in persuading the DTM to make an appearance at the protest rally on the railway station on December 3 so that things could be normalised. Requesting not to be identified, a senior trade union leader of the Railways said the protest by the TTEs was unwarranted and uncalled for. They should have waited for some time and given the authorities time to give effect to the assurances given by a senior official at the rally. "It seems somebody from the ticket checking staff is out to settle a personal score over a non-issue." |
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Ludhiana, December 9 PAUSA president Ravinder Randhawa said Sustainable Agriculture Development Agency, department of agriculture, Punjab, had invited applications for state co-ordinator, project directors, computer programmers, block technology managers and subject matter specialists yesterday. Randhawa added that all posts were to be filled on contract basis for six months, but extendable up to the period of scheme depending on performance of candidates. The candidates should have Punjabi as their subject at Class X and should have basic knowledge of computers. “But they have mentioned that candidates should not exceed 62 years as on January 1, 2011, which is shocking. 62 years means that retired or those who have taken voluntary retirement can also apply for posts. But this is not acceptable to us. If government wants to recruit the retired, where will the youngsters go then? We are qualified, energetic, but our chances are bleak as they (retirees) will be more experienced,” said Randhawa. Daljinder Singh, pursuing PhD, said if retired persons were chosen, then it may disappoint the youth. “If retired persons are appointed, they will be dually benefited. They will get salaries, along with their pensions, which is not justified. We are equally qualified or rather more qualified, we should be given a chance,” said Daljinder Singh. According to sources, about 800 posts of agriculture development officers, horticulture development officers and soil conservation officers were lying vacant. “The upper limit of all posts must not exceed 40- 45,” said Randhawa adding if justice was not given to them, they will resort to an agitation against the department.
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Health talk for rural masses
Ludhiana, December 9 Marketing manager of the hospital Sunil Mehta said this was in line with hospital’s initiative to spread awareness on preventive healthcare among rural masses. Dr RP Singh, consultant cardiologist at Apollo, said in coming years, chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer and AIDS would account for over 65 per cent of deaths in India compared to 53 per cent in 2005. He added: “Preventive health is best described as -warding off disease. It’s a process of making small regular decisions and taking positive action on health, diet, exercise and lifestyle. These actions give your body the best chance of remaining free from diseases.” Dr RS Bhatia speaking on “Myths and realities of stroke” said around 74 per cent of the Indian population lived in some 6.38 lakh villages in India. Preventive, as compared to curative healthcare, can help reduce the burden of the cost of the treatment of preventable diseases.
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National voters’ day
Amloh, December 9 The SDM suggested block-level officers to invite principals/headmasters of schools, office-bearers of local panchayats/gram sabhas, parents of youngsters, who have registered as electors for the first time to distribute badges to all newly eligible and registered voters with the inscription “Proud to be a voter-ready to vote”, to spread awareness among citizens of the polling station area to come forward and get the eligible electors registered well in time and get their EPIC and to prepare reports with photographs on the ceremonies/functions organised in their polling station areas.
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Fog makes commuting on NH-I tough
Doraha, December 9 A commuter said, “The process of six-laning of the road has narrowed down the passage to such an extent that numerous lives have been lost or incapacitated in the process. It seems that the authorities have failed to learn any lessons from the accidents that took place last year due to the absence of reflectors and other road safety signals, that should have otherwise been in the place, especially when the construction work is going on.” Numerous fatal accidents were averted at the diversion made by the National Highway Authority of India for the purpose of the four laning of the road near Doraha last year. “One is caught almost unawares. These diversions should be clearly marked at the onset of winter or otherwise too so that it is visible from a distance if such projects are to be undertaken at all,” commented a car owner, who had a narrow escape. “At many spots, the NHAI has made diversions in an unconcerned manner, which seems to be oblivious of the damage it can cause to countless number of people commuting on the National Highway No. 1 and that too in this hazy weather,” another commuter viewed. “Sometimes the scene is so horrifying that it literally seems majority of people adopt hit-and-trial method while commuting. The diversions are such that every second vehicle seems to hit them even though reflectors. But these too sometimes prove to be insufficient for the commuters who usually travel at very high speed on the National Highway No. 1 and are coming from far off places. A driver could judge it only when he comes too close to it. As a result, either the vehicle gets out of control due to sudden application of brakes or those following him become its victims,” a social activist said. “Special arrangements should be made by the NHAI authorities at the onset of the winter season. As the blanket of fog will become dense in days to come, absence of proper signboards, barricades and speed breakers will make driving more difficult. The driver cannot afford to indulge in any miscalculation at any cost.”
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Varanasi Blast
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 9 SSPs at district headquarters have directed circle police officers of Amargarh, Payal, Raikot and Malerkotla to supervise and beef up the security arrangements in their respective areas. Special police teams have been constituted to search railway stations, bus stops, religious places and other administrative offices. The police is also focusing on providing enhanced security cover to religious places and administrative offices. According to Gurpreet Singh Sikand, DSP, Amargarh, the security has been beefed up in view of the Varanasi blast. “Though there is no immediate threat we have directed beat officers to rule out possibility of intrusion of miscreants from outside and ensure safety of public places,” said Sikand and added that special checkpoints had been set up to search vehicles.
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Pvt transporters seek hike in bus fare
Ludhiana, December 9 In a stark contrast, diesel price which was ` 9.68 per litre in 1999 shot up by 285 per cent at Rs 37.50 per litre during the same period. During the past 10 months the price of diesel had gone up by ` 4.50 per litre, and there were indications of further rise in the prices soon. To add to the woes of private bus operators, Libra added that the cost of bus chassis had increased by 125 per cent from ` 4.85 lakh in 1999 to ` 11.00 lakh, while the cost of fabrication of bus body had gone up from `2.15 lakh to ` 5.50 lakh (up by 155 per cent) during the same period. Besides, the prices of tyres and other operating expenses had also more than doubled during the past few years. Singing paeans for the SAD-BJP government, Libra said for several major concessions granted by the state government, especially the deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, the private bus transport sector would have gone out of business. "Private transport companies are once again on the verge of closure, and an immediate hike in bus fare is the only way out to give them a new lease of life," he added. In order to justify the demand of private transporters, he cited mounting daily operating losses of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation while adding that the neighbouring state of Haryana had recently allowed an increase of 12.50 paise per kilometre in the bus fare.
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Five labourers made hostage
Ludhiana, December 9 They alleged that the brick kiln owner used to make them work without giving them proper wages. Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner has ordered a probe into the matter. No arrest has been made so far. All labourers were residents of Bihar.
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Audit Objections
Ludhiana, December 9 Additional Municipal Commissioner Kanwalpreet Kaur Brar, who is also the in charge of the audit branch, had convened a meeting of all branches of the civic body so as to review the progress of filing of replies regarding the objections. But much to her dismay the Municipal officials had once again adopted a lax attitude towards the issue and come unprepared to attend the meeting. The entire top brass of the Operation and Maintenance branch was absent from the meeting. They had sent a clerk to file the reply. Ironically even the clerk was not aware of the development being made by the branch in filing the replies due to which Brar called the Superintendent Engineer (SE) of the branch and asked him to bring entire record. Though the Building and Road branch had made some improvement in filing of the replies, but Brar also asked its officials to expedite the matter. But much to embarrassment of the Additional Commissioner, who has been taking the review meetings since November last year, a clerk expressed his ignorance about what exactly the audit objections means. Upset over it, Brar pulled up the clerk and ordered her to sit in her office and study it. The Additional Commissioner also warned the Municipal staff that as the matter was of grave importance and the Committee of Punjab Legislative Assembly was continuously monitoring them so no laxity on their part would be acceptable. She also stated that if an officer was found guilty she would not hesitate to take stern disciplinary action against him.
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Obscene Remarks
Amloh, December 9 She stated in her complaint that her husband works in Mandi Gobindgarh. About six months ago Malkeet Singh, the village sarpanch, came to her house and told her about a vacant post of an anganwari worker. But, he (sarpanch) was willing to give this job only if she developed illicit relationship with him. Surinder Kaur refused to give an application for the job. At this, the sarpanch passed obscene remarks on the mobile phone and even threatened her of dire consequences. The matter was brought to the notice of the villagers.The sarpanch was summoned. He admitted his fault and assured in writing to desist from such actions.
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Army aspirants using performance boosting drugs
Ludhiana, December 9 According to recruitment director Sharad Dhindaw, the army medical team had begun nabbing candidates who were caught taking performance enhancing drugs. “Those aspiring to enlist in the army have now switched to ‘ayurvedic’ medicines such as ‘Musli Power’. One can easily spot packs of such ‘ayurvedic’ drugs strewn on the floor outside the venue of the recruitment rally,” he added. The switch to ‘ayurvedic’ medicines came after the army medical staff began apprehending candidates who took part in the physical fitness test by consuming or injecting performance enhancing drugs. “For the past couple of years the army’s medical wing has been successfully catching hold of candidates who were using these drugs. Lately they have started taking ‘ayurvedic’ drugs,” said Dhindaw. According to some candidates, they began taking the course of such ‘ayurvedic’ drugs a month before their recruitment and continued doing so . “It’s getting difficult for us to nab candidates using such drugs. But we know despite being selected candidates who are addicted to drugs won’t clear the training,” said Dhindaw. Dismissing the popular notion that Punjabi youths are not fit enough to enlist in the army, recruitment director Sharad Dhindaw said: “Punjabis have got the best physique to serve in the armed forces. Perhaps the critics might not like it but it is true that 65 to 70 percent of candidates manage to clear the test, which is the international average and no other state in India has shown such phenomenal results”. He added in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana the army faced a problem in finding young men with good physique similar to that of Punjabi youths. “We’ve no problems with the declining physical standard as long as the Punjabi youths are fit enough to make their place in the army,” he stated.
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Meritorious graduates, too, opt for soldiers’ post
Ludhiana, December 9 Highly qualified for posts like soldier (technical), soldier (nursing assistant) or soldier (clerk) etc, these meritorious candidates have applied here to get a secured job. The recruitment rally for the Army is being organised here for candidates belonging to Ludhiana, Moga, Roopnagar and SAS Nagar (Mohali) from December 6-11. About 15,000 candidates have applied for the jobs. Giving details about the recruitment process, Director (states), HQ Recruiting Zone, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, Col Sanjive Sirohi said screening process was on till December 11 and the exact number of short-listed candidates could be given after the screening was over. “About 3,000 candidates are going to be screened today. The screening process consists of verification of documents, putting the candidates through physical tests, which include 1.6-km run, pull-ups, balance and crossing a ditch. The successful candidates are put through physical measurements of height, weight, chest and finally they are medically examined by a team of doctors,” said Col Sirohi. Brig Vinod Raizada, DDG, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, said candidates who met the standards and were found fit in medical examination, would appear for Common Entrance Examination (CEE) to be held here on January 30 next year for all categories from all districts of Punjab. The officials said every year 3,200-3,300 vacancies in the Army were filled from Punjab. They also stressed that due to urbanisation, the youth of Punjab was not much physically fit. The rally is being organised by Army Recruiting Office, Ludhiana, under the aegis of HQ Recruiting Zone, Jalandhar Cantt, hosted by Army Recruiting Office, Ludhiana.
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PSPCL staff strike continues
Ludhiana, December 9 Cash counters and customer care centres in some divisions like City Central, City West, Janta Nagar, Aggar Nagar and at a few sub-divisions were also partly operational. Payment of energy bills was received from consumers and their applications for other works related to power supply were also entertained at the customer care centres. While no major breakdown in power supply was reported during the past 24 hours, the officials managed to get individual line faults rectified with the help of private electrical contractors in several parts of the city.
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Pending arrears of water supply, sewerage
Ludhiana, December 9 Acting sternly the MC staff of operation and maintenance (O&M) branch claimed to have recovered ` 9.63 lakh from various defaulters. The MC team, under executive engineer of D-zone Manjeet Singh, recovered ` 5.09 lakh from the defaulters and severed four connections of water, along with a sewerage connection, in their zone. Similarly, the team of C-zone, led by XEN Balwinder Singh, recovered ` 1.75 lakh from the violators. Team of B-zone, led by XEN Kamlesh Bansal, recovered ` 1.35 lakh from defaulters in the industrial area and Focal Point localities. In A-zone also a team, led by XEN Rama Kant Sahai, recovered ` 1.44 lakh from the defaulters.
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Function postponed
Ludhiana, December 9 Unesco Club of Punjab’s secretary general, Dr Kulwinder Kaur Minhas, said the club would now celebrate Human Rights Day tomorrow.
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PAU Notes LUDHIANA: Directorate of extension education, PAU, will organise a three-month training course for farmers in integrated crop production from January 3 to April 4 at Kairon Kisan Ghar, PAU. Dr MS Gill, director of extension education, PAU, said the course would equip the farmers with in-depth knowledge about diversification in agriculture, farm management and practical field training will be imparted to them. Subject experts from various departments- agronomy, agri business management, dairy science, entomology, horticulture, plant pathology, soil science, vegetable science, farm management and farm machinery and power engineering will provide the participants with theoretical and practical training in different aspects of crop production. Protecting wheat from yellow rust Yellow rust of wheat is a serious fungal disease which, if left uncontrolled, can cause upto 50 per cent yield loss. The disease spreads due to air-borne propagates of its pathogen and appears early in the season in sub-mountainous areas of Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar districts. It appears in patches in crop forming elongated yellow stripes on leaves. The affected parts produce yellow dusty material that sticks to hands. The disease from sub-mountainous areas can even spread to plains of Punjab. Discussing about the disease Dr Chander Mohan and Dr PPS Pannu of plant pathology department said in 2008-09, the disease occurred in the entire Punjab and caused a yield loss of two to six quintals per acre. The popular wheat variety PBW-343 was more prone to the disease, said experts. Therefore, the variety is not recommended for disease-prone areas. Instead, farmers should grow the disease tolerant varieties of wheat namely PBW-550 and DBW-17. Another variety PBW-621 that PAU has recommended is also tolerant to yellow rust, said the scientist. During 2009-10, the incident of yellow rust was noticed in some villages of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in January. The University made efforts to contain the disease by spraying the recommended fungicide tilt (200 ml in 200 liters of water) at 26 places to contain its further spread. Dr Mohan and Dr Pannu have advised farmers to be vigilant to notice the start of the disease in their fields in January or February and should resort to sprays of Tilt or Shine or Bumper fungicide (200 ml in 200 liters of water per acre) and to repeat the spray after 15 days. For more details farmers can contact the department of plant pathology, PAU, Ludhiana. Market arrivals Educating farmers and producers, scientists of department of economics and sociology, PAU, provided tips and some hints to them for efficient marketing of crops. Enhancing the participants' knowledge, Dr SS Chahal and Parminder Kaur said in order to get remunerative prices farmers should have information regarding market arrivals, prevailing prices and about purchasing agencies. Producers can fetch 10 to 20 per cent higher prices if they sell graded produce, said the experts. To get higher price of their produce, moisture content should not be more than the recommended (17 per cent in case of paddy). They emphasised that the produce should be taken to the market in the morning hours so that farmers could return in the evening after disposal of their produce and should be aware about the prescribed market charges. Once the produce is unloaded in the market yard, the producers need to remain present in the market till the weighment of the produce is done. After the sale of the produce, farmers should not forget to get form J wherein all details about the name of the produce, the purchaser, and weight of the produce, price and total charges are mentioned. — TNS
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From Schools LUDHIANA: Helping and reaching out to the poor and needy can really make a difference and affect the lives of many underprivileged people in India. The same was depicted when students from Ryan International School contributed generously for ‘HelpAge India’. The organisation was overwhelmed by the response as they made a record collection -- the maximum amount in the entire zone was from Ryan International School, Ludhiana. The principal of the school handed over the cheque to the representatives from HelpAge India who extended his gratitude for the school. Appreciating this noble gesture by the students, principal Gurpreet Kaur Sandhu said, “We aim for holistic development of our students. It is commendable that our students have shown great concern and have given a message to society that it is the duty of every citizen to lend a helping hand to uplift the needy.” Journalists’ club Kundan Vidya Mandir has formed a students’ journalist club with the objective of sensitising them towards society. These students will be encouraged to write articles for the newspaper on the burning issues of society. Officiating principal Navita Puri welcomed spokesperson Sharda and introduced him to the students. Sharda initiated a group discussion with the students of class X. Puri carried forward the discussion and shared her experiences. The students participated in the discussion whole heartedly. Gurpurb celebrated Gurpurb was celebrated with religious fervour and devotion at Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School. Shabads were recited and students were told about the noble life and sacrifice made by Guru Teg Bahadur for the sake of religion and humanity. On this occasion, different activities were organised for students like paragraph writing, essay writing. — TNS
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Setting up of family court at district headquaters
Samrala, December 9 The office-bearers were of the view that on one side the government and High Court wanted to adopt a policy to provide justice to people, but on the other hand court works were being consolidated at district-level by establishing special courts at district-level. By establishing family courts at district head quarters work from sub-divisional courts will be transferred to family courts, which will be against the policy of providing justice at door steps to people. Litigants, who can pursue their cases at the sub-divisional courts near their residents, will have to go to the district courts that are already burdened with the court work. The legal assistance at sub-divisional level is less expensive as compared to the district level. After consideration the bar association office-bearers decided to stage a protest. They also appealed all sub-divisional bar associations of Punjab to present memorandum to the concerned SDMs for sending the same to the authorities concerned on December 14. It was also decided to approach Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana and bar council members to express their views. A five-member committee, including Jaspreet Singh, president of Bar Association, Samrala, Gian Singh Mango, president of Bar Association, Nabha, Jatinder Karkra, president of Bar Association, Amloh, Kashmir Singh Malli, president of Bar Association, Phillaur, and Shamsher Singh Gill, president of Bar Association, Khanna, was constituted to run the agitation and take final decision. The next meeting of the association will be held at Nabha on December 15.
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Bar members to go on strike from today
Ludhiana, December 9 The advocates would continue with their strike till the government gave them assurance that no case related to family disputes would be transferred from the sub-division of Punjab to family court. An appeal was also made to the bar associations of Punjab to make the movement successful. “Government and high court of Punjab and Haryana should reconsider all aspects at the earliest so that the public does not suffer. If the government fails to take any step immediately then the movement will be intensified and the government will be responsible for the consequences,” said one of the representatives during the meeting.
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