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Fazilka, July 13 Under the banner of the All India Students Federation, the students, who have been denied admission to the course, raised slogans and staged a protest on the college premises today. They also burnt an effigy of the Punjab Government. The students have submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner demanding increase in the number of seats. The district president of the federation, Khrait Lal Bagheke, warned that if the demand was not met, the students would sit on hunger strike from Monday onwards. It is learnt that the reason for denial of admission to hundreds of applicants is that the PU has slashed the quota of seats to only 480. Notably, last year, the college had admitted 1,330 students in BA part-I. As per official sources, about 1,100 students have applied for admission so far. “We have been betrayed by the PU. Admission is denied even to students who have secured 70 % marks in class XII,” rued Manjit Singh and Ramandeep Singh, students. As per a PU letter, received 12 days ago, the local management has been directed to allow admission to 480 students only. The number of seats has been worked out on the basis of the sanctioned posts of lecturers. There are only four lecturers posted in the college against the sanctioned 31. Services of the guest faculty were being hired. “Most of the students seeking admission in government colleges come from rural poor families. Their parents cannot afford the expensive education in private colleges. Sample this. A student has to pay annual fees of about `12,000 in a private college besides other expenses. In contrast, the fee charged by a government college for the similar course is nearly `4,000. Hence, the number of seats in the Government College, Fazilka, should be raised,” demanded students awaiting admission. “Last year, the local management crossed the stipulated limit and allowed a large number of students to take admission in BA part-I. As a result, some students and even lecturers complained to the PU authorities regarding flouting of norms. But this time, we cannot go beyond the stipulated number of seats as per the directions of the PU,” said the officiating principal of the college, Prof Tribhuvan Ram. |
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Faridkot, July 13 The incident has happened about a week after the Deputy Commissioner directed various departments in the district to identify all the abandoned borewells and either fill or cover them. The DC's orders were in the wake of the death of a four-year-old girl in Gurgaon last month after she had fallen into an abandoned borewell. The incident had stirred the nation and there was a special drive all over the country to identify the abandoned borewells. However, the water storage tank of the Water Supply Department in Deviwala village, which was lying abandoned for the last over 10 years, attracted nobody's attention during the special drive. Without any boundary wall, fencing or a guard, the water tank had turned into a cesspool over the period. Today's mishap is not the first incident in Deviwala village. Some time ago, five-year-old Hardeep had drowned in the same water tank. There was a lot of hue and cry then and the village panchayat had demanded of the department to fill the tank, but no action was taken. And now, another incident had taken place, said Jaswinder Kaur, Hardeep's mother. The residents of Deviwala said there were three other incidents when small children had slipped into the tank. Fortunately, they were rescued. "But my son was not that lucky," said Gora Singh, Happy's father. Some children, who were playing along with Happy, had informed the villagers that he had slipped into the tank. But by the time, the villagers could reach the place he was already dead, said Krishan Kumar, a resident. Suresh Kumar Grover, the executive engineer of the Water Supply Department, Faridkot, said he had got the information about the incident and an SDO and a JE had rushed to the spot. When apprised of the fact that the tank was lying abandoned for the last over 10 years, the official assured of checking the records. However, residents of Deviwala village said the water supply system installed about two decades ago in the village never provided them drinking water but only entailed tragedies or controversies. In the absence of any guard or supervision, all electric motors and other machinery from the waterworks were stolen four month ago, but nobody was held liable for the same, rued the villagers. Faridkot Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat said he had ordered an inquiry into the incident that would be conducted by the
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Cops hot on heels of kidnappers in Barnala
Barnala, July 13 However, the kidnapped boy was rescued within eight hours by the Barnala district police from the clutches of two motorcycle-borne unidentified miscreants, who reportedly managed to flee from the spot. Akashdeep, son of a Bhadaur resident Pola Singh, was kidnapped at about 2.30 pm on Wednesday when he was returning to his house along with his six-year-old sister Jaspreet Kaur after purchasing some eatables at Bhadaur. Talking to this reporter over the phone this evening, Barnala SSP Surjit Singh said the police had identified one Baldev Singh from whose mobile phone the missed phone call had been made to the mobile phone of the father of the kidnapped boy. He said Baldev Singh was a neighbour of Pola Singh at Bhadaur. The SSP said the police had raided various places to nab Baldev Singh but he could not be arrested so far. He said according to the family members of Baldev Singh, he did not return to his residence since Wednesday. The SSP also said no concrete cause behind the kidnapping of the boy had come to the fore so far. Despite this, the police was working on some theories to ascertain the real cause of kidnapping as no ransom had been demanded from the family of the kidnapped boy. However, the SSP said the police was trying to nab Baldev Singh as the missed call from his mobile phone had given them the clue to trace and rescue the boy. The SSP said he was hopeful that the police would be able to resolve the case by tomorrow. |
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Shifting of DC office staff flayed
Ferozepur, July 13 In a memorandum submitted to Deputy Commissioner S Karuna Raju, members of the union, led by its president Vijay Behl, said the administration was setting an "erroneous" precedence by shifting the employees from the DC office to the Commissioner's office, especially when the DC office was already reeling under shortage of staff. Behl said posts of nine senior assistants, 23 clerks, stenographers, steno-typists, four drivers and over 30 helpers and sweepers were lying vacant. He said already, Sulekha Rani and Bhupinder Singh, both clerks, besides Mohinder Pal and Deepak Loomba, have been transferred to the Commissioner's office, which has further reduced the headcount in the DC office. The union demanded that the recent transfer of Krishan Kumar, a clerk, to the Commissioner's office, should be immediately cancelled failing which the union will be forced to resort to protest. — OC |
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Fazilka, July 13
