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Families of Kargil martyrs honoured
Sanghwal village kabaddi stadium cries for upkeep
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8 retd govt officers provided reprieve
Auction fetches PUDA
Rs 4 crore
Bishop favours quota for Dalit Christians
JIT plans to sell plots in new colony for
Rs 4.25 lakh per marla
Young World
ETT teachers seek special pay grade
Project for PTU Assistant Professor
Deodorants launched
Eye flu grips city residents
Unenthusiastic city perturbs theatre person
Demolition Shopkeepers give memorandum
1 arrested for breach of trust
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Families of Kargil martyrs honoured
Jalandhar, July 26 The martyrs whose families were honoured include - Capt RS Garcha, Capt Amol Kalia, Major Raman Dada, Capt Mandeep Singh, Lt Sachin Khindria, Major Kanwal Gulzar Singh, Lt Gurwinder Singh, Capt Satnam Singh, Major Kapil Vinayak, Commandant Mohinder Raj, Havildar Lakhbir Singh, Rifleman Nastinder Pal Singh and Sapper Daljit Singh. The organisation awarded shawls and photos of the martyrs to 13 families during the honour ceremony. On this occasion, the sabha members also distributed free school bags and uniforms to the students of six schools of the city. Also school fee was given to the selected needy students from various schools. President of the sabha Pawan Kumar Bhodi said this was an initiative from their organisation to honour the martyrs’ families. “Through this honour function we wish to make the local residents realise the significance of the sacrifices made by these martyrs,” he added.
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Sanghwal village kabaddi stadium cries for upkeep
Sanghwal (Jalandhar),July 26 The little structure adjoining them says Mahan Ghadri Babe Library. A kabaddi stadium built for the youths of the Sanghwal village has been more of a cause for concern than a reason to cheer for the talented kabaddi team of the village. Inaugurated in 2001, the stadium was enthusiastically built as the site for the youths of the village to carry out practice sessions. Every year, the place also serves as the site for two kabaddi tournaments. But over a period of time, due to the apathy of the administration and gram panchayat the kabaddi team players are the only ones left to take care of the place. “It’s overgrown with grass. They inaugurated it and then forgot all about it. There’s no one responsible for the place. There’s no electricity, no chowkidar to take care of our equipment. It lies here at the mercy of the God. It also got stolen several times but no one is answerable for the loss. It’s just we who gear up again and buy new stuff with our own money. The panchayat has no money to do anything for us,” a kabbadi player says. Sukhwinder Singh, another kabaddi player, says, “Our current weights, which were bought by the panchayat, are also substandard. Even the shopkeeper didn’t take them back when we went to return them. That’s how we are taken care of.” “Our team is talented and can work wonders if we get a proper coach. But right now we have none. Every year our players go for tourneys around the state. They have also gone for kabaddi tournaments at places like Norway and Australia. If we had a proper coach, we might have been in the national team by now. But leave alone a coach, there’s no person to safeguard our equipment. The panchayat says no chowkidar is ready to come here because it’s a secluded spot. Is it our fault?” says Jagdeep. The Dhan Dhan Baba Ram Jogi Peer Ji Sports Club, made by the kabaddi players three years ago, also suffers the same fate as the stadium.“Till now, the authorities haven’t even been able to provide a little room in the village for us which could serve as an establishment for the club,” says Sukhwinder. “Players from neighbouring villages like Karari, Beas Pind, Gopalpur, Kishangarh, Sadawali, etc, are part of the club. It is also used by wrestlers. Practice is done at the stadium maidan everyday but technically, we are the caretakers. We ensure that the maidan is kept clear of overgrown grass. We also worked on the running track around it,” rues Jagdeep. Balbir Singh, the sarapanch of the village, when questioned, said, “The amount of Rs 10,000 The library of the school was constructed in 2003 along with the school that used to be run by the panchayat back then. A village dispute caused the school to shut down. The library shut down along with it. The scenario caused lack of upkeep at the stadium too. Jasbir Kaur, granddaughter of Beant Singh Sanghwal and presently the general secretary of the Shaheed Banta Singh Sanghwal Welfare Trust, says, “We had started a school here that was run by the panchayat. A rival faction of the village was opposed to the idea. They caused the school to shut down. We know about the sorry state of affairs and soon plan to do something about the stadium. We would also like the school to start working again.” Talking about the library, she says, “Once the school closed, people broke into it. Broke locks, smashed windowpanes and stole the books.”
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8 retd govt officers provided reprieve
Jalandhar, July 26 The forum has also issued directions that the complainants will not be restrained from having any access to the club premises and will also avail themselves of the services which were being enjoyed by them earlier. The forum has also issued a notice for August 10 to the club through the Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, who is ex-officio president, executive committee and General Manager. The complaint was filed jointly by the eight officers - Dr G.S. Mann, retired Chief Medical Officer, I.S. Mall, retired IG, BSF, Ajay Kumar Sharma, retired District and Sessions Judge, Jatinder Singh, retired ETO, Manjit Singh, retired SE, Rajinder Singh Arneja, retired Chief Engineer, Arun Kapoor, now legal adviser to the DGP, Armed Battalion, Jalandhar Cantonment, and Chand Pujara, widow of Subhash Pujara. The members had said they were in service about 15 to 30 years ago, were granted permanent membership as per rule and were regularly paying subscription charges. They said they continued to receive the bills for monthly subscription till January, 2011, and the payment was being duly accepted. They said in March, 2011, they were not allowed entry into the premises of the club which was very humiliating for all of them, who have served as high-rank officers. They said even after the termination of their membership, they continued to receive regular text messages from the club inviting them for participating in the upcoming events. “It was two months later on May 7 that we were informed for the first time that they were having a tenure membership, which had been terminated on account of their retirement from government services,” the complainants had submitted. They said it was on the same day that an offer was made to them to become permanent members subject to deposition of Rs 50,000 as fee. The compliant further read, “The perusal of the clause 19 of yjr Memorandum of Association would reveal that there is neither any category termed as ‘tenure’ membership’, nor any ground of the retirement of the member for the termination of permanent membership”. The complaint revealed that the permanent membership of 98 retired government officials had been terminated. The ETO, Jatinder Singh, stated that on May 24 he received another letter wherein the offer amount to be deposited was reduced from Rs 50,000 to Rs 25,000.
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Auction fetches PUDA Rs 4 crore
Jalandhar, July 26 Nearly 10 residential plots of Chhoti Baradari, Part I, were put on auction, of which three got sold. None of the three shop-cum-shops in Part II of the locality could be sold today. One of the two booths of Part II, falling right on Garha Road, fetched the maximum price. — TNS
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Bishop favours quota for Dalit Christians
Jalandhar, July 26 Dr Couto, also the regional chairman of the SC/ST Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), said the Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims were being deliberately denied the Scheduled Caste rights provided to Dalit Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. Meanwhile, Christians of all denominations, all lay leaders and various political leaders of Punjab, have decided to take part in a three-day fast in New Delhi and Parliament march on July 28 demanding the Scheduled Caste status for Dalit Christians and Muslims. According to the data provided by the Christian organisations, over 95 per cent of the total 18 lakh Christians are Dalits. On the occasion, the chairman of Punjab Minority Commission, Munawar Masih, said several Christian organisations of the state had submitted a memorandum to him requesting the commission to recommend to the Centre to give the Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians. He said the commission would soon send a letter to the Union Government to do so at the earliest.
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JIT plans to sell plots in new colony for
Rs 4.25 lakh per marla
Jalandhar, July 26 While the trust had acquired the same land with an award of Rs 1.28 lakh per marla, it will now be sold out at a premium. Almost 500 plots are likely to be given out in the first phase which will include sizes ranging from 125 sq yards, 200 sq yards, 250 sq yards and 500 sq yards. The applications are expected to be invited in a month or so. SE Mukul Soni confirmed the proposed price, adding that it was yet to receive final approval. Regarding higher rates, he said almost 40 per cent of the area would to go as roads, parks, community parks and other facilities. In addition, the trust would also be spending money for development purposes, he added. No ‘suvidha’ here
The project to start single-window system in the Jalandhar Improvement Trust has come as a damp squid. While Chairman Baljeet Singh Neelamahal had earlier in a trust meeting announced that the ‘Suvidha’ Centre would be started by Baisakhi, the deadline had long been surpassed. While the building for the purpose has been readied, the centre is not being started owing to problem in the server and shortage of staff. Server problem
The server and networking system in the Jalandhar Improvement Trust has not been working for the past few months. While the system is said to have been set up in the office by a Ludhiana-based private firm, it has been lying defunct since a long time. The staff of the office claims that the problem has come as a major hindrance in their day-to-day working. |
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Young World
Jalandhar, July 26 Chief guests Income Tax Officers S.P. Singh and Raman and Inspector, Income Tax Department, Rohit Garg informed the students about taxes and how the tax money was being used for the development of the nation. The seminar was held to make the youth aware of the importance of taxes. The students were also told about the income tax website, www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, from where their parents can gather the required information. Science Day
National Science Day was observed at Lyallpur Khalsa Collegiate Senior Secondary School On July 25. Students from various institutions presented their views on the importance of science and technologies. Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra gave away prizes to the winners. One-act play
Army Public School, Jalandhar Cantonment, organised the 11 Corps inter-school one-act play competition on July 23. As many as six schools under the corps participated in it. The host team mesmerised the audience by its magnificent performance in “A sojourn of the martyrs”. Army Public School, Jalandhar, bagged the first prize, while APS, Amritsar, stood second, followed by APS, Beas, at the third position. Kabbadi match
Students of the pre-primary wing to Class XI of Sanskriti KMV School participated in different co-curricular activities like English rhyme contest, rangoli making, fun races and much more. A kabbadi match was also organised for the students of Class VII to XI. Principal Dr Nisha Rani Bhargava gave away prizes to the winners of the competitions. Fancy dress
An inter-class fancy dress competition was organised at CT Public School. Students from Class I to III highlighted issues such as terrorism, illiteracy, poverty and natural calamities. The first position in this competition was bagged by Gunraj Singh, Sehazvir Singh, Yakshvardhan and Gulkirat, followed by Sneha Wadhwa, Harsimran, Armaan, Nishant, Anika standing second and Daksh, Bipasha, Anjali, Rohan coming third. Poetical recitation
MGN Public School organised an English poetical recitation competition for Class III and IV on July 21 and for Class I and II on July 22. The students highlighted social issues and environment concerns in the competition. The winners, namely Asmita Arora, Anhadpreet Kaur, Tabasum, Gurangh Singh Kukreja, Fiza Manchanda, Kashish Kapoor, Harsheen, Kushagra Diwan, Saloni Sharma, Sehajpreet Singh, Gaumit Kauts and Ashraj Singh, were given prizes. KMV toppers
Anu Chawla, a student of MSc (fashion designing & merchandising)-I of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya bagged the first position in the GND University examination and secured 841 marks out of 900. As many as 13 students of the Department of Fashion Designing bagged merit positions in the university. Another student of KMV, Sandeep Kaur, obtained 825 marks and stood fourth in the university, followed by Sukhpreet who obtained 806 marks. Aditi obtained 795 marks and stood eighth in the varsity. Apeejay toppers
Students of the Bachelor of Design-VII semester of the Apeejay College of Fine Arts bagged the first six positions in GND University in a row. Sakshi Mahajan bagged the first position by securing 890 marks out of 900, followed by Sakshi, who bagged 883 marks. Manikaran Anand secured 879 marks and stood third, while Ankita Goyal stood fourth and bagged 875 marks. Ity Aggarwal bagged the fifth position and Dimple Bal stood sixth in the university. Swimming pool
The swimming pool in MGN Public School, Urban Estate-II, was inaugurated by Dr Iqbal Singh, Lt- Governor Puducherry. Jarnail Singh Pasricha, Honorary Secretary, MGN Educational Trust; Gurpreet Singh, RS Mehta, Ramneek Singh Kalra and SS Saini (all trustees); Principal MGN College Dr Amit Kauts; Principal MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Satwant Gakhal; and Principal MGN Public School, Kapurthala, Kamlesh Multani also attended the inauguration ceremony. Principal Jatinder Singh and staff members welcomed the distinguished guests and chief guest Dr Iqbal Singh, who was all praise for the endeavours of the MGN Educational Trust and the school. He congratulated one and all on this occasion. National award
A team of students, accompanied by a teacher from Apeejay School, Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, was honoured by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for their meritorious achievement in the Gobar Times Green School Programme 2010-11 held at Stein Auditorium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Principal Madhu Sharma congratulated the team of students and teachers who worked very hard for this project and brought laurels to the school. She wished them luck for all their future endeavours. It is an honour for our school to have won the national award ranking fourth, based on all-India rating. The school team was presented a Green School Trophy along with the certificates of merit. Dance contest
State Public School conducted an inter-school dance competition in which students from all the three schools of the group participated. Around 60 participants from classes LKG to II took part in the contest. Dr Narottam Singh, president of the group of State Public Schools and vice-president Dr Gagandeep Kaur presented prizes to the students and encouraged them to do the best. Angel (LKG), Jaskirat (UKG), Sukhpreet (class I), Gursimran (class II) stood first. Amar (LKG), Manpreet (UKG), Asheet (class I), Jasmine (class II) stood second. Mandeep (LKG), Gurkirat (UKG), Ishmeet (class I) and Noorpreet (class III) bagged third positions in their respective age groups. Amit, Sukhdev and Maria were awarded the consolation prizes. Director of the group Sushma Koul congratulated the winners. |
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ETT teachers seek special pay grade
Nakodar, July 26 Harpreet Sindhar, block president of the front, said ETT (Elementary Teachers Training) teachers should be given special pay grade like given to nurses and police employees as recommended by the Fifth Pay Commission. The teachers also demanded filling of the vacant posts of teaching fellow and abolition of unnecessary two years of probationary period. Meanwhile, they threatened to launch an agitation against the state government if their demands were not met. |
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Project for PTU Assistant Professor
Jalandhar, July 26 This project will address some very fundamental problems being faced today of hydrogen storage for commercial or industrial application. The project will explore the use of hydrogen as renewable source of energy and will suggest methods or solutions for possible storage and release of hydrogen from metal hydrides at room temperature.
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Deodorants launched
Jalandhar, July 26 The company has come up with three varieties - Teens, Provoke, H2O and Crush - for women, and four - Stag, Black, Aqua and Sports - for men. Specially manufactured and designed for the Indian climate conditions, the NEXT deodorant range is powered by the advanced CP technology, which ensures stability and long-lasting fragrance, claimed a spokesperson for the company.
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Eye flu grips city residents
Jalandhar, July 26 Last year also, an eye-flu outbreak badly gripped the entire Doaba region and hundreds of patients were reported in the civil and sub-divisional hospitals of Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur districts. Dr Vijay Joshi, senior ophthalmologist, Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, said, “The cases of eye flu have begun reporting in the Civil Hospital but the volume of patients cannot be compared with an outbreak.” “However, with compromised preventive habits prevalent among high-risk patients, the prevalence of the disease will definitely shoot up in the coming days,” Dr Joshi said. Dr Joshi added that besides following the routine preventive measures, the patient, complaining itching and heaviness in eyes, should avoid to get treatment from quacks. “Quacks usually prescribe heavy doses of steroids, which, after providing intermittent relief, lead to further increase in infection. The patients should strictly adhere to the drug regimen prescribed by a specialist doctor,” Dr Joshi added. Dr Tejinder Singh Goindi, an eye specialist, also added that eye flu cases had started coming to clinics and due to the prevailing humid conditions, the number of cases would definitely increase in the days to come.
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Unenthusiastic
city perturbs theatre person
Jalandhar, July 26 A bunch of 17 students attending a theatre workshop organised by the group Kala at the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall (DBYH) here, have had experiences as bizarre as the production that they work for. The 20-day workshop, till now, has seen students take classes from NSD expert Preetpal Rupana, who gave them lessons in acting and body movement, as well as city-based artist Amit, who held stagecraft sessions for them and also a face-to-face session with DBYH’s Amolak Singh an authority on Bhai Gursharan Singh, to whom the workshop is dedicated. Organiser Kranti Pal, whose passion for theatre has only risen, despite the fact that he has been unable to walk for the past two years (owing to an accident), says watching an Othello being staged in the mime form gave him the idea to present a Macbeth mime. Sitting on a chair with one of his clipper-bound legs resting on another one, Kranti has been one of the most ardent regulars at theatre performances in the city. Kranti has just one misgiving about the workshop this year, “Jalandhar has a lot of theatre happening in it, but the city lacked enthusiasm this time. More participation from the city was called for. I was a bit surprised.” Talking about the play, he says, “There will be no words in Macbeth, just body movements and music. Working with theatre person Partho Banerji for the productions Light and Sound and Romeo Juliet also inspired me to pull off this experiment. We are also making other few changes to suit the Punjabi context - like actors would use sticks instead of swords,” Kranti adds. The second play that the team would perform is Girish Karnad’s Agnivarsha. The students, who have come from places as varied as Amritsar, Rurka Kalan, Fatehabad (Haryana), Kapurthala, Beas, Hamira, Banga and Batala include both old-timers and newcomers. Gurtej, who has never been associated with theatre earlier, laughs about one of his experiences. “It was a bit strange in the beginning. But during one of the sessions we were made to do an exercise where we had to go deep and sense the environment around us. During the exercise I started feeling sad about the world and in a fit of helplessness and rage, went outside and started hitting tin boxes kept there. It was after much struggle that my team mates got me back to my senses. Theatre has that affect on you.” Zorawar who’s been a regular on the Jalandhar stage, says, “The exercises like talking in gibberish have taught us about new aspects of theatre.” Sumit, an MBA student, has been into theatre for the past six months, but, “this experience has told me where I stand as an actor.” Lucky, one of the key organisers of the workshop along with Kranti (his brother as well) and a long-time actor, says, “Acting assignments on a regular basis get mundane but after a workshop our approach towards perceiving and paying a character is refreshed.” The workshop, which will culminate with the staging of Macbeth and Agni Varsha, on the 30th and 31st of this month, will also have Jagdish Garg, Narinder Jattu, Rajinder Singh, Ajmer Aulakh ans Satish Verma doling out precious theatre lessons to the students.
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Demolition Shopkeepers give memorandum
Phagwara, July 26 A deputation of the shopkeepers met former minister Swarna Ram here today and submitted a memorandum. The shopkeepers have urged the Chief Minister to intervene in the matter and instruct the authorities concerned not to displace them and deprive them of earning their livelihood. — OC |
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1 arrested for breach of trust
Nakodar, July 26 Complainant Surjit Singh of Parjian Khurd village told the police that he had given Rs 3 lakh as credit to accused Amrit Pal Verma of Parjian Kalan village and in return, duly-signed cheques were taken for the specific period of time. The police said the accused also signed an agreement in which he promised to pay the above said amount. When complainant deposited cheques in the bank, no money was withdrawn because of insufficient balance in the bank account. |
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