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Enough with wait: police
Appeal to release rescued animals in natural habitats
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Pravesh Project to begin in 610 primary schools
105 cases settled in lok adalat
CBSE cluster competition ends
Former Pak judge foresees better Indo-Pak relations
2 policemen suspended for negligence
Man held in two-year-old murder case
Woman killed on rail tracks
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Enough with wait: police
Jalandhar, October 27 The Special Olympics scenario in the district has fallen prey to inactivity, miscommunication, mudslinging and missed opportunities. The Tribune had brought the issue of special schools not availing the services of a police coach (arranged by the police department) to train their students ahead of the special Olympics a week ago. A week later, the coach is still waiting for a (any) student to turn up, even as livid police officials moot suspending the option, with just six days to go for the Olympics (two of them being holidays). Meanwhile, the situation has turned ugly with some schools in a denial mode even as proper coaching still eludes students. When contacted today, one of the schools made a U-turn on its previous statement, claiming its students were being coached for the past 15 days. Another said they were never informed about the coach, in turn inviting the ire of activist Amarjit Singh Anand who says he went the extra mile for them. Ranjana Bansal, honorary secretary, Red Cross Hospital Welfare Society, had said a week ago that she had sent applications to the DC and Deputy Commissioner of Police for a means of transport to ferry children to the police lines ground, where the training had to be held. While she had earlier said the coaching of children would begin from Monday when the means of transport is made available, she said today, "Our children are being trained about 14 to 15 days before Monday. One of our own teachers has been coaching them and coaches had also been called from the DAV College to provide training to them." One of Prayas School staff members said the school teacher coaching them for the past 17 to 18 years was good enough to have gotten them medals. Meenu Shahi, Principal, Udaan School said, "No one informed us that a coach is available. Why wouldn't we train our children if a coach is there? In fact, Mr Anand had told us about arranging for a coach. But when we enquired again about a month ago, he told us no coach was available. Now with just a few days left for the games, and with holidays in between, sending children for the coaching does not make sense." Amarjit Anand, however, said, "I met the Deputy Commissioner of Police and then the ADCP. Would I go through all this trouble just not to inform the school later? The Udaan School principal had shown me a list of 13 children that they wanted a special coach for. When I later informed them about the coach, they had said they do not have a means of transport to send children." ACP Jasbir Singh Rai said, "Ever since we made the coach available, I haven't received a single call on the issue, nor has anyone come to us with their special children. An inspector rank office, a former athletics player, had been made available to coach children at the police lines ground. We have waited long enough for the children to turn up. I will be making enquiries from the coach again on the matter. We will be suspending the option soon if there is no response." The Special Olympics will be held on November 3, 4 and 5. Both Prayas School and Udaan Schools said they would be sending their school children to the Olympics. |
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Appeal to release rescued animals in natural habitats
Jalandhar, October 27 Dr Sandeep Jain, a coopted member of the Animal Welfare Board of India, in a letter to the Chief Wildlife Warden, Punjab, has given references of certain incidents when officials of the department had sent wild animals to the zoo after they were rescued from different places. He said the wild animals, rescued and sent to the zoo for rehabilitation, come under severe stress in captivity during their stay at the zoo. Moreover, the shifting of such animals further crowds the zoo, he feelt. Giving reference to a news-item, "Rescue of an Indian Rock Python", published in The Tribune, Jain said the python was sent to the Chatt Bir Zoo. He said the reptile should have been released in nature after its examination, and not made captive as had been done earlier in the case of a civet cat rescued from Phillaur and a leopard rescued by a woman near Mukerian in Hoshiarpur district.
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MC, traffic cops slug it out
Jalandhar, October 27 Neither of the two departments is aware as to which advertisement company had got the hoardings displayed, as none of them claim to have received any amount for the use of this space. It is not a designated site to put advertisements atop police beat box, and the authorities have clearly not drawn any revenue in the form of tax out of it. While the MC officials want the police to itself pull down such hoardings, the police officials have, instead, termed it a duty on part of the MC. Parminder Singh Bhandal, ACP (Traffic), claims that the violation falls in the ambit of the MC and that they could pull it down if they felt that there was an evasion of any taxes. Mayor Sunil Jyoti said he had directed his office superintendent to get in touch with the police officials for clarification of their stand on the issue before proceeding with any action.
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Pravesh Project to begin in 610 primary schools
Jalandhar, October 27 Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti has recently said out of the total 918 primary schools, the project would be started for the 58,710 students of the 610 primary schools in the district to inspire creativity among them. As per the project schedule, baseline tests and post tests of students from Classes I to V will be conducted. To run this programme successfully, as many as 38 block pravesh coordinators have been appointed in the district who will be given special training in this regard. The project will inspire activity-based learning in classrooms both among students and teachers. It will ensure that students have not just theoretical but also practical understanding of whatever they study. Their understanding level will be checked through tests conducted at the beginning, mid-term and end of a class. A five-day teacher training programme will also be started for teachers shortly. Talking to The Tribune, Navpreet Singh, district coordinator of the project, said: “The project will be the next step after the Parho Punjab Project. It will inspire deep practical knowledge of the subject matter that children study. For example if children are studying about Bhagat Singh, they will also be taken to a field trip to Khatkar Kalan. From November 1, every teacher in the covered primary schools will be trained as per the project. The project will develop students’ imaginations and their rationale and ability to question things and find new answers.”€ť While there are already grants for field trips under the Parho Punjab Project, under the Parvesh Project, special teacher-training grants will be received.
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105 cases settled in lok adalat
Jalandhar, October 27 In a press statement here today, District and Sessions Judge-cum-DSLA Chairman JS Kular said as many as 105 cases were disposed of whereas a total of 238 cases had been put up in the lok adalat today. The settled cases pertaining to matrimonial disputes, cheque bounce and non-serious criminal cases. A total of Rs 6,09,55,782 as damages was also handed over to the aggrieved party. |
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Institute holds 'Yuva
Manthan'
Jalandhar, October 27 Students of the college participated in different activities, including debate, rangoli, quiz, collage-making, pot painting, poetry recitation, flower arrangement (dry and fresh), poster-making (slogan) and hard selling. Balbir Kaur, president, governing council, appreciated the efforts of students. Sukhbir Singh Chatha, Director (education), said more opportunities would be given to students for such activities. Later, winners were awarded with prizes and certificates. Computer tablets were also distributed among students by the college president. Seminar on public speaking The training and placement cell of DAV College organised a seminar on “personality test and public speaking” and a group discussion on the topic “reality shows on TV” for students of the college. Prof VK Sareen, Dean, Training and Placements, highlighted the importance of soft skills for placements in the corporate world and admissions in management institutes in the competitive environment. In the first session, a personality test was conducted on 400 students after which an interactive session on personality traits was held. In the second session, a discussion was conducted, which invited spontaneous response from students. Principal Dr BB Sharma stressed the role of such activities for personality development. A major attraction was the surprise gifts for 15 lucky winners among the participants. Students get placements Seven BTech students of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology from the electrical engineering discipline have been placed with Bonton Cables (India) Private Limited. The company is a pioneer in bringing eco-friendly cables to India. The names of selected students are Brahmpreet Singh, Gagandeep Kaur, Gurdipinder Singh, Keerty Khurmi, Meenakshi Mohindru, Ravneet Kaur and Ritika Katyal. CL Kochher, Regional Director (engineering colleges), and Dr Anil Soni, Associate Professor and Head, Training and Placement, congratulated the students. English journal released Doaba College Principal Naresh Kumar Dhiman, Prof Neeraj Jain, HoD; Prof Sandeep Chahal, editor; Ominder Johal, poet; and a student, Jaspreet, of BA Hons in English III released the maiden issue of the journal of the English Language and Literature “The Aesthetica”€ť (a bi-annual journal with the ISSN number 22782990) on the college campus. Principal Dr Dhiman and Prof Jain said the journal would provide a suitable platform for expression to all researchers of English language and literature in the region. Prof Chahal said in the first issue of “The Aesthetica”ť, 19 research papers and 11 poems of different scholars have been released. ‘Devfest 2012’ Bibin Babu, a BTech (IT)-MBA (HR) student of Lovely Professional University, has been chosen as the manager of Google Developers Group. The student had organised ‘Devfest 2012’€ť, Punjab’s first-ever developers’conference, under power and sponsorship of Google. The fest focused on Google technologies - Android, Android Apps, Google Maps, API, Google Docs, HTML5, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in IT. The student is also co-chairman of the Young Indians- Confederation of Indian Industries, LPU Net and Ambassador-Bloomberg (North India). He explained the concept of his working as the Google manager.a“We conduct regular meet-ups to discuss and share new knowledge among the Google group and enjoy the company of fellow developers, who are free to join and experience,”ťhe said.
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CBSE cluster competition ends
Jalandhar, October 27 As many as 76 teams of the CBSE participated in this competition. DIPS Dhilwan secured the third position. Prominent teams that participated were St Soldier, Jalandhar, GMT Ludhiana, Cambridge School, Amritsar, SGMP School, Amritsar, and Akal Academy, Bhariyal. Debate contest Inter-house debate competition was held at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji Public School, Sarhali, on Saturday. Students from the four houses participated and spoke in favour and against the topics, such as, “Are we too much dependent on computers? Is home work helpful? Is Class XII is the right stage to choose the career? and Is college admission too competitive?” Manpreet Kaur from Red House, Ramit Johal from saffron house and Jaspreet Kaur from blue house were declared the first, second and third, respectively, from the middle wing. Gursharn Kaur of saffron house and Mansimran Kaur from red house were adjudged first and second, respectively. Science exhibition The 41st district-level science exhibition was held at Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur. As many as 110 science models were displayed on the occasion. The exhibition was held at the school by District Education Officer (Secondary) Neelam Kumari and District Science Supervisor Baljinder Singh. The teams standing on the first, second and third positions will be presenting their models at the Baba Sheikh Farid Institute, Bathinda, on November 5.
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City lawyer returns from Pak
Jalandhar, October 27 After his return from Pakistan, Bhardwaj, who is the president of the Young Advocate Club, expressed his gratitude over the warm reception he received in Pakistan. He hoped the visits of Indian jurists to Pakistan and vice-versa would play an important role in strengthening the Indo-Pak relations. Punjab and Haryana Bar Council chairman Lekh Raj Sharma was also the part of the visiting team.
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Former Pak judge foresees better Indo-Pak relations
Jalandhar, October 27 "If having fought for centuries, European countries are able to bury the hatchet and form a kind of practical union then what can prevent us. Brothers and sisters have differences even in our families. But, this does not mean that they will continue to fight each other for generations. Time has come for the two countries to realise that the era of fighting is almost over. Now, swords don’t decide matters but, cooperation does. At least, we can form some trade zone or economic union," observed Justice Ramdey. Justice Ramdey was part of the Pakistan Supreme Court and his dismissal was effected by the then Pakistan regime led by General Parvez Musharraf after presidential candidate Justice Wajiahudin had filed a petition against Musharraf in 2007. He was put under a house arrest for over four months along with other Pakistani judges. Accompanied by his friend and senior IAS officer Harjit Inder Singh Grewal, Justice Ramdey was in Jalandhar for an inauguration function of an auditorium at Nawanshahar-based Doaba Arya Senior Secondary School in memory of his father late Justice Mohammed Siddique by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on October 18. Talking to The Tribune about Indo-Pak relations and potential to improve the bilateral ties, Justice Ramdey observed that both countries should leave skepticism about each other aside. "The element of distrust needs to be eliminated. It is good that both countries have taken initiatives for improvement of relations and the situation. Outstanding issues needs to be resolved. There is no issue which could not be resolved with dialogue. All we need to do is to have a strong will and to intensify the ongoing Confidence Building Measures (CBMs). The SAARC has already been contributing towards improvement by bridging gaps between the countries," he added. "The SAARC has ensured visa free regime for certain categories of peoples including, judges. But, I want that the system should open up for the ‘Aam Aadmi’. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has already urged the Centre to dilute the existing strict visa regime to enable people of the countries to travel freely and to form business ties without any hesitations," he stated. Referring to delay in inauguration of the auditorium, Justice Ramdev said it was due to the turbulent times and his busy schedule which were to be blamed. "By chance, I was part of the SC benches, which were to decide so many important cases. Anyway, I always remain indebted to people of India and Punjab. I am also indebted to the school as my father had studied hers and had rose to position of a judge. Jalandhar has a special place in my heart as it is my maternal city. I still have memories running afresh in my blood about Jalandhar as a warm city," reminisced Justice Ramdey.
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2 policemen suspended for negligence
Jalandhar, October 27 The duo - Jatinder Singh and Jarnail Singh - has been shifted to the police lines with the authorities initiating departmental inquiries against them. The other policemen who were deployed at the court were accused under Sections 223 and 224 of the IPC in a case registered against them at the New Baradari police station last evening. An undertrial, Kundal Kumar, who was brought by these policemen to a local court for production, had escaped after giving them a slip. The prisoner had escaped from outside the court room while he along with certain others was accompanied by the policemen. Hailing from the Rampur area in Bihar, Kundal was brought to the local court from Kapurthala jail in a case of snatching. The police, however, failed to locate and nab the absconder even on the second consecutive day today. |
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Man held in two-year-old murder case
Jalandhar, October 27 The victim, who was working at Thaper’s shop, was found dead under mysterious circumstances and during the postmortem examination, doctors disclosed that the youth had died due to injuries on his back. On the statement of the deceased’s kin, the police registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC against Thaper. Since that day, the accused had been escaping police arrest. Police sources said Thaper had been hiding in the flats to threaten the only eye-witness Shanky in the murder case. Interestingly, the police had to struggle for more than an hour to nab the accused. Sources revealed that initially the police suspected that the accused was hiding on the fourth floor and, accordingly, the police kept on searching for him for an hour. Later, the police was informed by sources that Thaper was hiding on the seventh floor of the apartments and was nabbed. SHO Police Division No. 4 Surinder Pal said the accused had been sent to jail. Thaper’s kin allege threat to life Anjali, Thaper's sister, alleged on Saturday to media that prior to the arrival of the police in the apartment, some youths, namely Shanky, Rocky and Shiba, came to their flat and brutally thrashed Thaper. She said the miscreants also manhandled her and even threatened her with dire consequences if she informed the police. She has also sent a complaint to the Chief Justice Punjab and Haryana High Court, District and Session Judge, DGP, Punjab, Jalandhar Police Commissioner and SHO, Division Four. In her complaint, she alleged that the said persons had been giving life threats and if in future, anything adverse happened to her and her family members, the trio should be held responsible. |
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Woman killed on rail tracks
Jalandhar, October 27 Sources said her feet skidded on the tracks while a train was coming towards her, crushing her to death. GRP sources said the woman had not committed suicide, and it was an accidental death. After initiating inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC, the body was sent for the postmortem examination at Civil Hospital here.
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Foreseeing improved Indo-Pak ties, former Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mohammed Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramdey has predicted the bilateral relations between the two countries were all set to brighten up as people of the two countries were happier than simply being anxious to meet each other and to see winds of change were blowing.
In a two-year-old murder case, the city police nabbed a former leader of the Shiv Sena (Hindustan) late last night. He was found hiding in a water tank on the seventh floor of Shivalik Apartments in the Makhdumpura locality here.
