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Intrusion in girls’ hostel
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Court: Only state can decide on facilities for
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Two bombs found in farmland
Cancel transfer of Phul villages, demand residents
PCB team inspects Abohar hospital
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Intrusion in girls’ hostel
Faridkot, July 17 The students, who are on strike after the incident, said they would not attend their classes until the intruders were caught and the college authorities make adequate security arrangements in the hostel. In the evening today, many girls vacated the hostel and moved to their homes. Accusing the college authorities of turning a blind eye to the poor security arrangements in the hostel which led to many incidents of intrusion recently in the hostel, the students alleged that the college management was threatening the students with poor assessment of marks in their annual exam after they raised the issue of their security. Jarnail Singh, managing director of the Nursing College, denied the allegations, saying he had asked the students to end the strike as all preventive steps were being taken. He said that adequate security arrangements were already there in the hostel and every complaint of the students was taken seriously. The protesting girls alleged that the intrusion in their hostel at night was a recurring phenomenon. As the college is situated close to the industrial area, the hostel, with over 150 girl students, is highly prone to intruders due to the poor security arrangement and absence of a boundary wall, alleged the students. A delegation of the protesting students also met the DC. Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, Ravi Bhagat said the police had been instructed to provide security and conduct patrolling at night in the area to check such incidents. The SDM, Faridkot, and the DSP, Kotkapura, have been asked to meet the students and listen to their problems, the DC said.
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Bathinda, July 17 In an exclsuive chat with The Tribune, Malhi said he has plans to make use of tools and technologies which will help in opening up the minds of its students for imagination, curiosity and questioning. “Teachers educate but they don’t encourage the students to ask questions. Questioning opens up several avenues for the inflow of knowledge. Our education system is producing graduates and post-graduates half of whom are un-employable. We are producing job seekers while we should emphasise on turning our students into job providers,” he said. He added that the monotonous methods of giving and receiving education were creating a huge gap between the demands of the job market and the capabilities of the students. “We will now try and focus on introducing courses which will equip the students to cater to the demands of the industries in the Malwa region and the state. We may look at introducing a post-graduate course in international agri-business,” he said, reiterating his point. The VC also wishes to lay emphasis on the moral education of students to bring them closer to their culture and make them better citizens. “There has been a degradation of moral values and ethics in the state. I plan to give a presentation to the students which will make them understand the importance of being a good human being over a good professional,” he added. Malhi, who is a renowned plant-breeder, is also worried about the indiscriminate use of pesticides in the state. Emphasising that the state government could play a huge role in preventing its farmers from using pesticides, he said, “The farmers are stuck between the agriculture experts who tell them not to use pesticides and the pesticide manufacturers. The government should keep in constant touch with the farmers and convince them about the need-based utilisation of pesticides.” To support his point, he also added that despite using heavy doses of pesticides, cotton crop in the state had proved to be a failure in the state some years ago and the Bt cotton variety saved the day for cotton farmers. He said the need-based application of pesticides would not only make the produce safer for consumption but will also bring down the cost of agronomic practices. |
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Ropar spent maximum under MGNREGA
Muktsar, July 17 Some districts, however, have spent more than 50 per cent of the available funds with Ropar spending 76.03 per cent, Bathinda 64.91 per cent, Muktsar 61.69 per cent and Mansa 55.52 per cent. Other districts have also performed better. These include Faridkot that utilised 48.51 per cent of the funds, Fatehgarh Sahib 40.86 per cent, Fazilka 39.19 per cent, Mohali 35.73 per cent, Gurdaspur 31.87 per cent, Nawanshahr 24.51 per cent, Moga 21.14 per cent, Kapurthala 17 per cent and Tarn Taran 15.2 per cent. The official records further revealed that against the total funds of Rs 8,661.51 lakh, only Rs 2,172.57 lakh had been spent in the current financial year. The MGNREGA aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Use of money
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Court: Only state can decide on facilities for
Sidhu
Ropar, July 17 Now to get B category facilities, Sidhu has to send his application to the state government through the jail authorities. When contacted, Jail Deputy Superintendent Rajiv Arora said they had not received any
such request from Ravi Sidhu yet. Sidhu had requested for B category facilities, stating that he was a graduate and had held the reputed post of PPSC chairman. He had asked the court to issue directions to the jail authorities to provide him the same.
Sidhu was jailed Monday for six years after being convicted for accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from Bhupjit Singh, an
Assistant Excise Inspector, in lieu of selecting him as a PCS officer in March 2002.
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Two bombs found in farmland
Abohar, July 17 Raziasar SHO Rajesh Sihag confirmed that the bombs had been spotted by some farm workers who were working in an agricultural farm using a tractor equipped with agricultural implements in the afternoon. For them, it was a narrow escape since two of the three bombs could have exploded. One of the bombs was a used one. It has been assumed that the bombs might have been dumped during a special exercise that the Army had taken up last year in the deserts after getting the wheat crop harvested. A team from the local cantonment has reached the site to defuse the bombs but further proceedings are expected by tomorrow after the arrival of more experts from outside.
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Cancel transfer of Phul villages, demand residents
Bathinda, July 17 The residents raised slogans against the government claiming that they had given affidavits about their decision to stay in Rampura Phul sub-division. They said their villages had been transferred to the Maur sub-division despite their affidavit. The lawyers are already on strike since Monday seeking cancellation of the transfer of the villages.
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PCB team inspects Abohar hospital
Abohar, July 17 The level of sanitation was also not up to the mark in the labour room of the maternity block. All developments were recorded on camera by the team, which would send its report to the Civil Surgeon to initiate steps to improve pollution control measures.
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