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Anna ‘brigade’ continues march
Nuclear scientist calls for greater industry-institute synergy
ABVP forces closure of colleges, schools
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Medical representatives observe strike
Agri labourers, NREGA workers seek hike in wages
One injured as grenade explodes in Ajnala
Cop arrested for snatching bid
Man killed in mishap
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Anna ‘brigade’ continues march
Jalandhar, August 17
Several youth visited the site in front of DC office where the local chapter of India Against Corruption has been holding a relay fast. The youth had brought interesting quotes penned on charts. They moved out on motorcycles taking out rally in important areas of the city. The members even held a meeting at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall. Bharat Gaurav Sanstha led by BJP leaders, including Punjab Khadi Board chairman Vijay Sampla and councillor Kamal Sharma, held a protest outside the office of Municipal Corporation. The members of the organisation also held protests in front of the DC office and outside DAV College. The PHRO representatives held demonstration at Jyoti Chowk. The BJP leaders, including Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari and former minister Manoranjan Kalia, gave a memorandum to the DC addressed to President of India where in they termed the arrest of Anna Hazare as undemocratic. “It reminds us of the days of Emergency when fundamental rights of the citizens had been frozen,” they mentioned. Nawanshahr: People from all walks of life, including representatives of different political, religious, trade organisations, Indian Medical Association, Rotary Club, Art of Living, Osho Dhara, All India Federation of Trade Unions, Istri Jagriti Manch, Punjab Students Union etc took out a candle march to express solidarity with Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption here for the second day today. The march began from the local Old Grain Market and culminated at Ambedkar Chowk here after passing through the main bazars of the town. Kulwinder Singh Warraich, state vice-president, AIFTU, Gurbaksh Kaur Sangha, state president, Istri Jagriti Manch, Dr Paramjit Mann, president, Rotary Club, Dr SK Sukhi, state general secretary of the BSP, Satnam Gulati, Balbir Singh Jadla (CPM), Pandit Manish Vasudev, Shanker Duggal, Varinder Sareen, Mohinder Singh Bajaj, Ashwani Ballagan, Davinder Kumar, Baljinder Mangat, Pardep Sharda, Manoj Kanda addressed the dharna. Kapurthala: Members of District Bar Association (DBA) in Jalandhar and Kapurthala observed a strike today to express their solidarity with the Anna Hazare team. GK Agnihotri and Ashok Kumar Sabharwal, presidents of Jalandhar and Kapurthala District Bar Associations (DBAs), respectively, claimed that the strike was complete and no lawyer attended the courts. Members of the Bar associations of Hoshiarpur, Mukerian and Dasuya observed a strike in support of Anna Hazare here today. Shopkeepers of the city also took out a motorcycle rally in the main bazaars of the city. Shopkeepers also took out protest march in Garhdiwala town. The activists of the CPM burnt effigies of the UPA government at Mukerian, Dasuya and Chabbewal towns. Reports of protest by BJP workers at Hoshiarpur, Dasuya, Garhdiwala and Mukerian towns were also received. Phagwara: Several social, traders’ and political organisations, including the BJP, Laghu Udhyog Bharti, BJP, BJYM, Shiv Sena, Purshuram Sena held a protest march here in support of the agitation being launched by social activist Anna Hazare today. The protest was held at Hargobind Nagar ground. Later, the agitators also submitted a memorandum to the SDM. Batala: Local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists took out a torch march to protest against the alleged undemocratic, uncalled for and illegal arrest of social activist Anna Hazare here on Wednesday evening.
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Nuclear scientist calls for greater industry-institute synergy
Jalandhar, August 17 Having headed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Atomic Energy Commission for decades, the Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr Kakodkar has picked up the challenge of conducting reviews of top educational institutes of the country including IITs and NITs. A key contributor to the India’s strategic programme, he said even when he was still working as Professor, Homi Bhabha Chair at the BARC, he had delegated work to his team there. “These days I want to work more in the field of education. I have done an extensive study of the IITs and I just got a go ahead to thoroughly study the various aspects of working of 30 NITs across the country. It is going to be very time consuming and we are yet to begin,” he said. He, however, declined to give any timeframe by which the NIT reports would be ready. The IIT reports, he said, were readily available on the MHRD web portal. “But I am enjoying the new assignment. I began doing it before deeply studying the World Class University idea conceptualised by the World Bank. It enlists three main components - talent in terms of having the best faculty and research scholars, being well-resourced to bear all the expenses and the autonomy as I am allowed to take decisions independently,” he said outlining his plans. He added, “But I have Indianised these concepts. Ours is a huge economy and we are facing stiff competition in the international market. My idea is to make changes which would encourage R&D in the country, help nurture innovative skills in a large number of youth here so that they can hit the market with new products and bridge the big gap between the industry and academicians.” Dr Kakodkar said, “The institutes and the industry need to understand each other’s psyche and problems. They need to find solutions for their partner’s problems. They have been living as separate entities and I want to give that a quick fix. Just conducting seminars by inviting representatives from either sector cannot help. It is just the beginning in this direction and there is a long way to go.” As many as 850 passouts of the last two sessions received degrees on the occasion.
NIT venue for PTU convocation
The Punjab Technical University, which is scheduled to hold its convocation on Wednesday, has chosen NIT as the venue for the event. The university had been holding its convocation in the lawns of its own campus for past three years. Owing to the predictions of the Adampur Air Force Meteorology Department, the authorities decided not to take a risk. Interestingly, Anil Kakodkar, a guest on the occasion, was addressed as Mr in the invitation cards instead of Dr for the man who holds as many as 17 doctorate degrees. |
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ABVP forces closure of colleges, schools
Amritsar, August 17 After forcing the closure of DAV College for Boys, the ABVP members marched towards Hindu College, Hindu Sabha Senior Secondary School, Dayanand ITI and forcing their closure too. Upon reaching Hall Gate, they raised slogans against the government for doing little on corruption. They concluded their march at Jallianwala Bagh. They took an oath to remove corrupt leaders from the present government. To lodge their protest over the same issue, members of the Communist Party of India (CPI) also burnt an effigy of the Union government for arresting Anna Hazare and preventing from holding a peaceful protest against corruption. Earlier, they started a protest march from the CPI office known as Ekta Bhawan and disrupted vehicular traffic at
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Medical representatives observe strike
Jalandhar, August 17 Union president R Sahni said it had been over 36 years that the medical representatives had been struggling to get the law implemented. “Scores of pharmaceutical companies have been blatantly violating this law and have evenly openly declared that they will not implement it. Surprisingly, even the consecutive governments have remained a mute spectator. We demand the immediate attention of the government on the issue,” he said. — TNS
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Agri labourers, NREGA workers seek hike in wages
Jalandhar, August 17 Hundreds of agriculture and industrial labourers, NREGA workers, brick kiln and anganwadi workers took part in the protest. The state units of CITU, AITUC, INTUC, HMS, NTUI and CITU (U) had jointly organised the march. The protestors demanded that wages of anganwadi and mid-day meal workers, chowkidars, NREGA workers and laborers working in the unorganised sector be brought under the ambit of the Minimum Wages Act. The protestors also demanded that Rs 350 should be fixed as the minimum daily wage for agriculture labourers as well as workers under NREGA. — TNS
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One injured as grenade explodes in Ajnala
Amritsar, August 17 The explosion was so intense that it also damaged many adjoining houses in the village. According to information, Amandeep Singh was doing labour in the newly constructed house of Bikramjit. The victim found a ‘roundish’ thing that turned out to be a hand grenade (HI.36), beneath the cot lying in the verandah. As he kicked the thing, it hit the wall and exploded. He was rushed to Ajnala Civil Hospital where his condition is stated to be serious. The authorities from the Army also inspected the spot. Harkrishan Singh, SHO, Ajnala police station, informed that during investigation it was found that Pavitar Singh and Jaskaran Singh, two brothers of Bikramjit were in the Army. They were posted somewhere in Assam and Rajasthan, respectively, who probably had brought the grenade. The police has registered a case under Section 3, 4, 5 of Explosive Act against Bikramjit. The police also recovered pieces of bullet proof jacket from the spot. |
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Cop arrested for snatching bid
Jalandhar, August 17 Constable Raman Kumar and his aide Amit Kumar, a resident of the Shahed Babu Labh Singh Nagar locality and a financer by profession, targeted a couple at a petrol filling station near Nakodar Chowk and tried to snatch a chain of the woman. But they were overpowered by the public before they could snatch the chain, said Jatinder Singh, SHO, Division No 4. In his complaint to the police, Umesh Kumar, a resident of Nizatam Nagar, complained that the duo followed them and tried to snatch the jewellery when they stopped at the filling station. During preliminary investigations, Raman Kumar said it was his first snatching attempt. Raman was a resident of Harnampura Mohalla, said the SHO. The city police has informed the Ropar police authorities about Raman Kumar’s conduct besides seeking departmental action against him. A case under Sections 379-B and 511 of the IPC has been registered against them. |
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Man killed in mishap
Nakodar, August 17 The victim identified as Vasdev, a resident of Bhogpur and working as an inspector with PUNSUP, died when a speeding SUV hit his scooter from behind near PWD rest house at Shahkot in Nakodar. The deceased was on way to Malsian for some personal work. A case has been registered against the driver of the SUV but no arrest has been made so far, according to the police. |
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and political organisations today continued their protest here expressing their solidarity with activist Anna Hazare on the issue of Jan Lokpal Bill. 
