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5 make city proud in civil services exam
‘Anti-liquor’ Pink Plaza turns ‘pro-alcohol’Neeraj Bagga
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Railways fails to deliver carton to Air Force officer
Modern bridge on UBDC to help ease traffic chaos
Students of Guru Harkrishan school shine in Olympiad
Kar sewa of Gurdwara Kaulsar Sahib’s sarovar begins
Following his passion for collecting stamps, coins
CII northern region gets new director
Farmers’ training camp held
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5 make city proud in civil services exam
Amritsar, May 13 The Amritsar Plus talked to these candidates to find out their success stories.
Besides his parents (father Dr Murar Singh and mother Jasvir Kaur), Dr Singh attributed his success to teachers (Mukul Pathak, Vikas and Abhishek) in Delhi. “My success mantra was to read as thoroughly as I could and tried to go deep into the subject right from the first reading. He is currently working as a rural medical officer at subsidiary health centre, Sangatpura, since March 2011. “I want to work towards a future India where every person rises in the morning with smile on his face and hope on his mind, works honestly in the day and sleeps satisfied at night with a smile on his face”, he said. Daljit Kaur: She is a product of School of Social Sciences, under GND University. Daljit Kaur is also first time lucky in clearing the exams. She had a point to prove that girls are no liability and they attain success of the highest levl. “Being three daughters, it always pricked me when our relatives and family friends taunted my parents on not having a son.” Daljit said, “I would try to contribute to the society in my best of ability and determination.” Her parents, Narinder Singh and Tripatpal Kaur, both government servants, do not have an iota of regret that they do not have a son. Swati Chopra: Also cracking the exam in the first attempt, she was working with an MNC in Gurgaon. Swati showed concerned about the skewed sex ratio in the state. “Believe in yourself, after that there is no stopping you”, was her one line advice to the girls. Swati aspired to join the Indian Foreign Services (IFS). “Though I could not attain it this time, I will reappear next time to qualify for the IFS,” she said. Kathak dance and yoga are other things she I passionate about. She wanted to help his father SM Chopra in fulfilling his dream of opening up a school for poor children in the city. Jatin Chopra: Also a graduate of School of Social Sciences, Jatin said, “Nothing is impossible but there is no substitute for hard work in life.” Born to a humble family of Bhikhiwind village near Amritsar, Jatin wanted to be a helping hand for the rural folk of the border villages. “I actually have felt their pains and I wanted to be their voice. So, this was the only way for me to fulfill my desire”, said Jatin, who is the proud son of father Sat Parkash Chopra, a karyana merchant and mother Kanta Chopra.
Even though he belongs to a prosperous family, he believed establishing his own identity. “This was my way of expressing my identity and I did it”, said Barjinder, who has always been topper throughout his academic career. Even as he wanted to join the police, like his grandfather Param Mohinder Singh, but he said, “The revenue services would also be an equally exceptional career”, he said.
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‘Anti-liquor’ Pink Plaza turns ‘pro-alcohol’Neeraj Bagga
Amritsar, May 13 The Temperance Movement was a social movement urging the people to observe complete abstinence. Temperance Societies had come up in various countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and criticised the excessive alcohol use. Some of the societies stressed on reducing the consumption of alcoholic beverages, instead of abstinence. These societies also used to pressurise the governments to enact anti-alcohol legislations. The formation of the temperance society in Amritsar has a story. The place is now a paradise for liquor consumers where once stood the Temperance Hall, built during the British rule. The hall and society were raised by a widow whose husband was snuffed out by consuming excessive liquor. A question stirred her conscious that when a rich person like her husband could exhaust entire fortune to liquor what would be the fate of ordinary families. A local resident, Ramchand, belonging to a wealthy business family of the city, who owned Lal Kothi on Queen’s Road, which now serves as residential quarters and godown of Kshetriya Shri Gandhi Ashram, Amritsar zone, had passed away due to excessive drinking before the Partition. In this way, he lost his entire fortune to liquor. His death had a deep impact on the psyche of his wife whose vision underwent dramatic change. The thought of evil effects of liquor consumption over the economically weak families constantly nagged her. Her concerns led her to float the Temperance Society. With a view to raise a hall for the working of the society, she got a piece of land outside Hall Gate on lease from the then Municipal Committee, Amritsar. The premises of the Temperance Hall was used for holding meetings to propagate the ill-effects of liquor consumption. Senior citizen Naresh Johar said it was a strange dichotomy that the place which once stood against liquor consumption was now crowded with liquor vends, shops and ahatas. The society had finally handed over the place to the Municipal Committee after the conclusion of the lease period. |
Railways fails to deliver carton to Air Force officer
Amritsar, May 13 Sukhdev Raj Arora of Dashmesh Avenue dispatched two cartons of 81 kg and 82 kg to his son Squadron Leader Sachin Arora, posted at Dibrogarh (Assam), on April 1. Of them, one was never delivered to him. Sachin tied nuptial knot in January and his family wanted to provide him all those necessary articles which were needed in day-to-day family life. The two consignments contained dining table set, juicer-mixer-grinder, utensils, quilts, warm clothes and other essential, but costly articles. Sukhdev said the consignments were worth Rs 40,000 and were booked at Amritsar railway station vide receipt No 349070/R DBRT. He said when his son went to receive the consignments at Dibrogarh railway station he was stunned to find that only one of the consignments had arrived. He said the Station Master at Dibrogarh railway station also confirmed the delivery of one carton. Sukhdev was perturbed at the functioning of the Railways as no local official was ready to give a patient hearing to him. He approached all of them at Amritsar railway station. Eventually, he was told that he should contact Chief Claim Officer, Northern Railway, at New Delhi. When contacted, head of the Parcel Department at Amritsar railway station said the matter was brought to the notice of the department. He said since then the officials were following due procedure to locate the missing parcel. He said in the long journey multiple handling was involved. He said employees of the local department had loaded the parcels in the wagon after completing the procedure.
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Modern bridge on UBDC to help ease traffic chaos
Amritsar, May 13 Deputy Commissioner Kahn Singh Pannu said a 10-lane bridge has been conceptualised to replace the presently cramped Taran wala pul by the yearend. This multilane bridge would cost approximately Rs 23.65 crore. It is being funded by the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) and the work is being executed through PWD (B&R). “This bridge is being designed in such a way that it would also have provision for making an additional three-lane flyover too. Keeping in view the massive traffic on this track, it was necessary to introduce such an arrangement because this track caters to heavy traffic flowing in from Jalandhar, Tarn Taran and other neighbouring districts. At times, it becomes difficult for the traffic to negotiate because it was the sole entry and exit point of the city”, he said. Nevertheless, the new bridge would consist of four parts. First part would be the three-lane bridge for straight traffic from Amritsar to Jalandhar, second part for the two-way bridge for diverting traffic from Amritsar to Tarn Taran. The third part would be the two-lane high-level bridge for the traffic turning left, from Tarn Taran side to Amritsar city and the fourth part would be a three-lane flyover for traffic from Jalandhar side to Amritsar city. According to officials, the three-lane roads (Amritsar-Jalandhar) on the bridge would be 12.5-metre wide whereas the two-lane running perpendicularly on Amritsar-Tarn Taran route would be 10-metre wide. Amritsar Municipal Commissioner DPS Kharbanda, said, “There would be 0.5 metre wide anti-crash barriers and ample footpaths for the pedestrians too. Besides this, special traffic lights and neon signs would be installed on the bridges to direct the traffic.
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Young World
Amritsar, May 13 Navjot Singh, a student of Class VIII, got the first rank in Punjab and 36th at the international level. He was honoured in Chandigarh on May 7 by Union Minister for Science and Technology, Parliamentary Affairs and Earth Sciences Pawan Kumar Bansal. Besides, Harmanpreet Singh and Harmanpreet Kaur Bajwa won gold medals for science and Kanwar Gurpartap Singh won gold medal for mathematics. Manjot Singh and Ujjwalpreet Singh received “certificate of merit” in English. Mother’s Day
Ryan International School celebrated Mother’s Day here. The school made the event special by inviting mothers of Montessori students. A special assembly was conducted for them. Various competitions were held for these mothers like hairstyling, salad-making, sandwich-making and mehandi designing. The winners were awarded prizes. The guest mothers also enjoyed fun games like musical chairs and did ramp walk for various titles. A poetical recitation on the theme of “mothers” was also organised. The principal, Gurpal Anand, thanked the guests. Prize distribution
Cambridge International School (CIS) organised the annual prize distribution function “Udaan 2010-11” on its sprawling campus. Sandeep Kaur, wife of Paramjit Singh, SDM, Amritsar II, was the chief guest. The Managing Director, CIS, Mohinder Aggarwal, along with his family members, Executive Director, LWES, J.K. Kohli, Principal Sunita Babu and the school staff and parents cheered the students who got awards. Students presented “Dashavtar”, a dance drama, English choir, Haryanvi dance and the school song, which mesmerised the audience. Conference held
A two-day national conference on “Road map for sustainable corporate growth in India”, organised by the Global Network of Business Researchers, concluded here. Dr R. Vinayak, Dean, Faculty of Commerce, MD University, Rohtak, chaired the technical sessions on HRM and it was co-chaired by Dr Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Department of Management Studies, Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, and Dr A.S. Sidhu, Professor, Department of CBM, GND University, Amritsar. More than 70 papers were presented in different sessions of the conference. A large number of scholars from different universities, including Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjabi University, MD University, Rohtak, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Jammu University and Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, and from many affiliated colleges took part in the deliberations and discussions in four technical sessions. Earlier, Dr B.S.Chandi, Chairman, Global Institutes, welcomed the scholars on the Global campus. Prof B.D.Sharma introduced the theme of the conference. Dr Akashdeep Singh, Vice-Chairman, Global Institutes, thanked the scholars for making the conference a meaningful exercise. Principal Dr A.S. Dhindsa presented a brief report of the achievements of Global Institutes and Director Dr N.S.Bhalla dwelled on the application of TQM principles practiced in Global Institutes. Youth Red Cross
The Youth Red Cross Unit of the BBK DAV College for Women has won the second prize at the state level from the Punjab branch of the Indian Red Cross Society. Poonam Rampal said the Youth Red Cross Unit of the college had been organising a number of welfare activities, such as medical camps, blood donation camps, eye check-up camps, fund raising for the needy, awareness against female foeticide, etc. Besides, it has also undertaken a unique initiative of adopting a school for special children. Technology Day
National Technology Day was celebrated at DAV International School. The morning assembly was conducted on the theme. Students spoke about some amazing facts related to technology and the importance of various technologies in human life. Principal Anjana Gupta addressed the students and advised them to make constructive use of all the technological gifts. She told them not to become slaves of these scientific objects as they could be very harmful for them. A discussion was also held in all the classes, in which students expressed their views about the uses and misuses of the technology. |
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Kar sewa of Gurdwara Kaulsar Sahib’s sarovar begins
Amritsar, May 13 Talking to The Tribune, Darbar Sahib manager Harbhajan Singh Malhi said the work on the sarovar of Gurdwara Kaulsar Sahib has already begun. “Here, the level of protective wall (which helps in saving people from drowning) inside the sarovar is being raised. Earlier, the wall was seven feet deep, but now it would be only one feet into the sarovar,” he said. According to him, they are resorting to the move in view of the last year’s incident in which two kids had drowned while taking a holy dip at the same sarovar. “The main focus of the pilgrims and subsequently our watch and ward staff is on the main sarovar around Sri Harmandar Sahib and therefore there are very few people around Kaulsar Sahib to help check any untoward incident, if
any,” he added. Apart from it, bathing facility for women is also being built at the sarovar. The water level has been reduced to facilitate the kar sewa and fresh water will be released into the sarovar once the work is complete. Malhi said Baba Kashmir Singh will also perform the kar sewa of the sarovar at Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib, which would be cleaned after taking out the entire water from it. He said the kar sewa was performed at Gurdwara Santokhsar Sahib sometime back and it would be done at Gurdwara Bibeksar Sahib too, if needed. The Tribune had highlighted the pathetic state of these sarovars in Amritsar Plus on January 5. Kaulsar is one of the five holy tanks (sarovars) in the city including Santokhsar, Bibeksar, Ramsar and the main one after which the city is named, Amritsar, at the Golden Temple. The significance of the Gurdwara Kaulsar Sahib and its sarovar could be gauged from the fact that Guru Hargobind had directed the devotees to take a dip in the Kaulsar before the Golden Temple sarovar. |
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Following his passion for collecting stamps, coins
Amritsar, May 13 The philatelist said his collection was a treasure trove at this time and its value was in crores. He added that this was a result of over 45-year long passion. His father had introduced him to philately. Since then he has been diligently collecting stamps, coins and first cover stamps. One of the rare things in his collection is the pure 24-karat gold coin released to commemorate the marriage of Prince of Wales with Diana in 1981. Its obverse depicts the fine numismatic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II created by Arnold Machin while the reverse depicts Prince of Wales And Lady Diana Spencer.
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CII northern region gets new director
Amritsar: Pikender Pal Singh
has taken over as the new Regional Director of Confederation of Indian
Industry (Northern Region), stated a press release of the CII, Northern
Region. In a career spanning over 20 years, Pikender has worked in
different capacities and departments of the CII. Prior to assuming the
position of Regional Director, he was responsible for the implementation
of the CII national theme of India@75, a vision building exercise to
transform India into an economically vital, technologically innovative,
socially and ethically vibrant leader by 2022, in northern states. —
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Farmers’ training camp held
Tarn Taran, May 13 Dr Harwinder Singh Bhatti, Additional Director of the department, was the chief guest, while Dr Sukhdev Singh Sandhu, Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO), presided over the camp. Experts from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, and officials of the department spoke about the latest techniques used in cultivating kharif crops.
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