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Two persons could not file nominations for Nagar Panchayat
PMET hints at changing educational priorities
Petrol price hike: BKU demands rollback
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Inter-state gang of transformer thieves busted
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Two persons could not file nominations for Nagar Panchayat
Muktsar, May 24 Jagjeet Singh and Nanak Singh, who were willing to contest the elections from ward number 3, alleged that when they went to the local police station to lodge a complaint in this regard, the police refused, which led them to block the road. Talking to media persons, they accused Jaspal Singh Marar, son of Sukhdarshan Marar, with tearing their nomination papers, saying, "We were on way to the returning officer's room, when he intercepted us and tore the nomination papers." It may be mentioned that today was the last day for filing the nominations. Meanwhile, Karan Kaur Brar, MLA, Muktsar, said, "The Akalis even tried to stop our candidates. But I personally went there to get their nominations filed." "It is really sad that the two, who wanted to file their nominations, could not do so, because some people tore their papers. I demand that the elections for this ward should be cancelled and a fresh date be issued so that everyone could file nominations," Brar said. She also clarified that the two, who could not file their nominations, did not belong to the Congress but added that after the incident, she decided to support them. Meanwhile, some senior officials of the district administration reached the spot and assured the protesters that action would be taken on their complaint. Following the assurance, the protest was lifted. Repeated attempts to contact Sukhdarshan Singh Marar proved
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PMET hints at changing educational priorities
Faridkot, May 24 If in PMET-2011, it was 8,759 students who took the exam, in PMET-2012, the number of students aspiring to be a doctor, increased to 11,647. Last year, 2194 students qualified for the medical entrance test but this time, the number of these students is 4,144. To qualify the test, every general category student needs to score a minimum of 50 per cent marks and the score of 40 per cent is mandatory for the SC/BC category student, said Sat Pal, Deputy Registrar, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) which conducted the PMET-2012 on Sunday to fill the 1070 seats for MBBS and 1190 seats for BDS in the medical colleges of Punjab. In the general category, a total of 3362 students qualified in the PMET. In SC category, it was 515 candidates and 267 in the BC category, said the Deputy Registrar. Punjab has nine medical colleges and 14 dental colleges. If last year, the total percentage of students who qualified in the test was less than 25, this year, the percentage increased to over 35. Though the total number of seats in the medical colleges of Punjab has also increased in the last one year, from 770 to 1070 in MBBS and 1090 to 1190 in BDS, the increase is comparatively much lower than the increase in the number of engineering colleges in the state, revealed sources in the BFUHS. Because of the increasing number of engineering colleges in the country, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has even decided not to approve new engineering colleges from the academic year 2013-14. "As several state governments have requested us not to clear the applications for starting new engineering college, so the decision was taken," said AICTE member secretary, KP Isaac. As private engineering colleges are dotting every nook and corner of Punjab, so engineering is getting down to a graduation course and people are getting into diverse fields other than engineering, said a highly place officer in the BFUHS. Shifting Pattern
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Petrol price hike: BKU demands rollback
Bathinda, May 24 In a press release issued here today, state president of the union Joginder Singh Ugrahan and state general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan termed the step of the UPA government as “anti-people” and in favour of the corporate sector. They said they had also called upon the people to participate in agitations to compel the government to withdraw the hike in petrol price. They said though Punjab Government was opposing the hike, it did not want to withdraw the 30 per cent VAT imposed by it on petrol. If it withdrew the VAT, then people would get relief, they added. Both the leaders also asked the farmers and labourers to burn the effigies of the Central Government and hold demonstrations against the hike in petrol price. They said farmers today held demonstrations in 10 villages of Mansa district, five villages in Barnala district and some villages in Sangrur, Bathinda and Moga districts. |
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Pressed cotton bales reduced to ashes
Fazilka, May 24 It is believed that fire broke out suddenly as the bales were being dumped from a height on to the ground. It is reported that iron strips for packing bales generated fire around 4 pm due to reported friction. A spark immediately engulfed the lying pressed cotton bales and reduced them to ashes. A fire tender was immediately summoned. It took more than two hours for the lone fire tender to douse the flames. Nagpal stated that only 220 bales could be salvaged. The estimated price of pressed cotton is nearly Rs 9,600 per
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Inter-state gang of transformer thieves busted
Muktsar, May 24 The police also seized an Indica car, five transformers and 100 litres of oil for use in the transformers. SSP Inder Mohan Singh said the police was looking for these thieves for a long period, as they had stolen nearly 50 transformers installed in 19 villages in Muktsar district alone. The SSP said the kingpin of the gang has been identified as Naresh Kumar, a resident of Banwala village in Dabwali sub-division. “These thieves used to sell transformers to a scrap dealer in Sirsa (Haryana). During the investigation, they confessed of committing the theft at night. Two minor boys were also members of their gang. Nearly 15 criminal cases have been registered against them at various police stations in the district,” said the
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Champion wishes to open wrestling academies
Ferozepur, May 24 Veera had created history by defeating the hosts of international wrestlers in this mega event which was aired on Colour TV. In the finals, he defeated Brutus Magnus of the US to win the coveted title. While talking to The Tribune, Veera said he wanted to open wrestling academies all over the state so that the energy of the Punjabi youth could be channelized in a productive manner. Veera said he will meet Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal shortly in this regard and exhort him to support his venture. Earlier, Veera was honoured by the Deputy Commissioner S. Karuna Raju and former chief parliamentary secretary Sukhpal Singh Nannu on his arrival at Ferozepur. Nannu said Veera's achievement was a matter of pride for the border district. Sunil Kumar, District Sports Officer, was also present on the occasion. |
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Rape accused escapes from police custody
Faridkot, May 24 After he was arrested for the offence of rape and kidnapping a girl by the Moga police six month back, Tara Singh was shifted to the Central Jail in Faridkot on December 11, 2011. Two weeks back, after he complained of urinary infection, he was shifted to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital for treatment. Though two jail warders were on duty to keep a watch, he escaped. Tejinder Singh Maur, superintendent, Faridkot jail, said the two warders have been placed under suspension for dereliction of duty. |
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