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Panel faces volley of complaints
Members of the Vidhan Sabha Committee on Local Bodies, headed by Mansa legislator Prem Mittal, meet municipal councillors in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
City markets decorated with
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Six CCTV cameras become operational at BMC Chowk
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Rana Ranbir gives lessons in film making
Poll panel’s facilitator service receives poor response
Agent booked for duping youth
Medical reps protest for fixation of working hrs Drivers of garbage-lifting vehicles hold protest at Wariana dump The Municipal Corporation deploys JCB machines for the compaction of garbage piles, which have spilled over on the approach road to the dump site at Wariana village in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh Three brothers critically injured in attack The three injured were admitted to the Phagwara Civil Hospital on Wednesday. A Tribune Photograph EPFO to hold Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat Protests against killing of five Indian soldiers
One held with intoxicant powder
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Panel faces volley of complaints
Jalandhar, August 7 Congress councillor Neerja Jain complained about the inaction on the part of the Tehbazari Wing for not removing encroachments on Garha Road. Leaders of the Dynamic Group of the party were all given time for tomorrow afternoon. A committee member himself, the MLA from Jalandhar Cantonment expressed his grouse
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City markets decorated with
rakhis, gifts
Jalandhar, August 7 Like every year, this time too, different styles of rakhis, made of sandalwood, colourful beads, gotta patti work, crystals and also metals, have been displayed in various shops of the city. Markets of Rainak Bazaar, Model Town, Attari Bazaar, Civil Lines and cantonment area are decked out with colourful and stylish rakhis. Parallel businesses of gifts, sweets and bakery products are also swelling. Most of the markets are also playing songs like “Phoolon ka taraon ka” and “Bhaiyaa more..rahi ke” to add fervour to the festival. According to wholesalers in Attari Bazaar, markets for Raksha Bandhan start setting up from the beginning of the month of "Shrawan" itself. “We start manufacturing rakhis in May with the help of local labour. But 90 per cent of the rakhis sold in the city are assembled. The raw material for the same comes from China, Mumbai and Delhi. We manufacture around 1,000 pieces in a day. We sell them in the city and the nearby areas,” revealed Achal Gumber, a wholesaler from Attari Bazaar. Rakhis are ranging anywhere between Rs 5 and Rs 500. Looking at the craze of innovative rakhis, some jewellers have also introduced pure gold and silver rakhis into the market. “The demand for silver rakhis has gone up in the last few years. This is grabbing people’s attention as it works both as a rakhi and a gift to the brother. People can preserve it as an asset unlike throwing rakhi threads into dustbin after sometime,” said Pawan Kumar of Pawan Jewellers in Model Town. He added that silver rakhis were available between Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 and gold rakhi could be made on order from Rs 10,000 onwards. Rakhis of cartoon characters are in huge demand among children. Almost all the cartoon character rakhis are available in the market. Chota Bheem, Doremon and Mickey Mouse are the favourite among children. “We have more than 50 varieties of cartoon character rakhis with us as children only want rakhis of their favourite character, said Gurdeep Singh Monga from Greeter Junction in Model Town. Many companies have launched innovative gifts for Raksha Bandhan. Beautifully designed "Sundar Gutka", replica of the Golden Temple and handcrafted rakhi thalis are grabbing people’s attention who want to gift something unique to their loved ones. A huge rush can also be seen in courier shops where residents are busy sending gifts to their loved ones living abroad. Many companies have introduced special rates and packaging for the rakhi couriers. Online business is also gearing up during the onset of festival season, which begins with Raksha Bandhan.
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Six CCTV cameras become operational at BMC Chowk
Jalandhar, August 7 Initially, six cameras have been made operational. The Jalandhar Welfare Society (JWS), which had earlier donated the cameras, worth Rs 2 lakh, to the Punjab traffic police under the World Health Organisation (WHO) project of RS-10, has taken the electricity and internet connection for the same. The society will conduct a dry run for seven days and will hand over the live vigilance system to the city traffic police next week. The traffic helpline number "102" has also been made operational today. “The vigilance system at BMC Chowk is now fully operational. Earlier, the traffic police was not able to get the electricity and internet connection for the same due to some internal problems. Now, we have made the cameras operational 24x7 by taking these two connections. The traffic helpline number has also been made operational today. Now, anybody can inform us about any suspicious movement, accident or traffic violation at 102, which is a toll-free number,” confirmed Surinder Saini, Director, Jalandhar Welfare Society. “We are going ahead to take over the BMC chowk live vigilance system next week. It is a very important initiative as it will not only help us catch the suspects and traffic violators, But also help us conduct study on the various aspects of traffic movement in the area,” Dr SS Chauhan, IG, Traffic, Punjab Police, said. Earlier, eight cameras were installed at PAP Chowk in 2009. The police traced many stolen vehicles, traffic violators with the help of these cameras from 2009-2011. Later, calling it as a hindrance in building the flyover on it, these cameras were removed and reinstalled in the traffic police station near bus stand “Often, the cameras were tempered with during night when they were installed at PAP Chowk. Then, we had to call engineers from Chandigarh to reset them. Later, they were dumped in the traffic police station. We had installed these cameras to streamline the traffic on NH-1, which is presently being six-laned from Panipat - Jalandhar,” said Surinder Saini. He added that these cameras had served the purpose at PAP Chowk as it is an international road going to Pakistan. With the six CCTV cameras getting operational at BMC Chowk, traffic violators, especially the auto-rickshaw and bus drivers, are going to have a tough time from today onwards as the traffic police is planning to preserve the everyday recording of the traffic movement for sometime.
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Citigroup honcho
gives lecture on investment banking
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 7 Trip
to Virasat-e-Khalsa
Students of BSc (Non-Medical), BSc (computer science), BSc (economics), BCA stream along with their teachers visited Virasat-E-Khalsa complex in Anandpur Sahib. This historical monument depicts history and culture of Punjab. The objective of this tour was to acquaint students with the teachings of Sikh gurus and their message. The tour was a success as it provided a great lesson and learning to students.
ISTE confers Best
Teacher Award-2013
Rajeev Bhatia, lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, was awarded
“Best Teacher Award 2013” by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE),
New Delhi, at their 43rd Section Convention at Rayat- Bahra College of
Engineering and Nano-Technology for Women, Hoshiarpur campus, for his academic
achievements and meritorious teaching, under the chairmanship of Dr DS Hira. A
certificate and medallion was given to Bhatia by chief guest Dr R Murugesan,
president, ISTE, along with Dr SK Das, director of the NIT, Jalandhar. Apart
from other dignitaries, staff members from various technical institutions of
Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and J & K also participated in this
convention. Principal Jagroop Singh congratulated Rajeev Bhatia for this
achievement. Workshop
on films
Multimedia Department of the Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised
a two-day workshop on ‘Creating the creative’. Aakriti Arora,
creative director from Mumbai, was the resource person. On the first day
of the workshop, she shared her expert views on how films are made for
television and advertisements. She also told students that with good
visual effects (VFX), Chroma Studios and 3D environment, students can
make creative films even with no budget. Principal Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj
motivated students and told them to think out of box ideas for better
executions mixed with technology. Jagjit Bhatia, Jasleen Kaur, Jatinder,
Ashish and Jyoti were also present along with other faculty members
during the workshop. Seminar
on heart care
In view of the increasing number of cases of outside hospital deaths and keeping the social initiatives in consideration, Dr Devesh
Tiwariat, gave an in-depth presentation as well as hands on training to more than 100 students at DIPS,
Suranussi, Capitol Hospital. Young audience was chosen to spearhead this initiative as they were the torch bearers of tomorrow. The students were educated about various heart diseases, their symptoms, precautions and the first aid to be provided in case of
emergency. Honours
for SASJP School
Students of the SASJP School,
Sarhali, bagged nine positions in zone-9 competitions. Boys of under-14 Kho-Kho team got first position. Girls of under-14 Kho-Kho team also won first position. Girls under-17 hockey team bagged first position. Boys under-14 hockey team bagged second position. In Volley Ball, under-19 team of boys was placed second. Boys and girls of under-17 volley ball teams got second position and were also selected for the district-level competition .On the occasion president Harminder Singh
Samra, director Raghbir Singh and principal Jatinder Kaur congratulated and encouraged the players for their achievements. They also inspired them for better results in games. |
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Rana Ranbir gives lessons in film making
Jalandhar, August 7 The lesson are being organised at the Yash Chopra TV Studio of the college. The four-day production workshop (August 5 to 8) - arranged by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of the college - saw ace Punjabi comedian, actor and script writer Rana Ranbir, providing lessons in film making, script writing and various other aspects of film-production to students. Studded with practical lessons, the workshop included various exercises to drive the point home - students played clay figurines, which other students had to mould into actors, according to their imagination. Taking a conversation between some students as a premise, students were asked to pen various scripts and improvisation exercises in which they had to knit sentences out of words. Students were divided into eight groups with eight names and encouraged to write down script of the film on those eight names in coming days. Ranbir, who has worked as production assistant at the Theatre Department of the Punjabi University, Patiala, has made inroads into the field of education after a gap of 10 years. He said: “It was great and liberating experience for me. I feel my energy increasing with each passing day. The medium of cinema can play an effective role in propagating love for culture. Students in general are getting cut off from books and look for shortcuts. There is need to rekindle the poignant relationship with ‘Ustaad and Kitaab’ and that is among the many messages I want to convey.” Speaking about importance of humour in education, he said: “For a teacher, humour is a powerful weapon and lights up the most mundane of lessons. As far as production lessons are concerned, it is important for comedians to emphasise upon wise comedy as opposed to the profane versions of humour, which pass for comedy these days. As comedians, it is also one of our duties towards students.” Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Professor Simran Sidhu, said: “Students have benefitted by receiving lessons from a veteran actor, who has been associated with as many as 35 film projects in the Punjabi industry.” Students speak
I shied away from scriptwriting and never thought I was capable of it, but the workshop has changed my
ideology. — Mehak We are making our own film in which students from our department shall act. Concepts that we were confused about have been cleared after the workshop. We think we will do a better job
now. — Robin Gupta and Sunny Chopra He (Ranbir) has explained in detail the division of various roles among crew members. Many fundas of film making have become clear and so has my own
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Poll panel’s facilitator service receives poor response
Jalandhar, August 7 As per the scheme, a facilitator will act as a legitimate agent reaching out to the applicant, providing him a copy of the form, helping him fill it up and depositing the same with the Booth Level Officer (BLO). The facilitator is allowed to take an amount of Rs 50 from each applicant in lieu of the service provided. The service can also be availed for deletion or changes in the voter card. Tehsildar (Elections) Raj Kumar Tangri said the facilitators were to be directly deployed by the ROs, who would also give them identity cards for their authentication. He said the facilitators would be able to use the data of voters, downloadable forms and details available on web for any information related to BLOs, EROs or constituencies on the ceopunjab website. The EROs have confided that they felt that there was no need for any such provision as the enrolment was pretty high at above 90 per cent. “What is actually required is to enlighten voters to go out and make sure that they use their right to exercise their franchise on the day of poll,” commented an ERO. Admpur ERO-cum-MC Commissioner Vinay Bublani said he was not sure as to any such communication had been sent to his office. SDM-II-cum-ERO, Kartarpur, Paramjit Singh said he had so far received two applications in his office and was yet to go through the same. The election office has also asked all colleges to enrol a head, be it principal or director, as nodal officers for registration of new voters. Tangri said the summary revision of voter list would begin from September 6 to October 4, wherein anyone directly or through facilitator could reach out to his BLO or Electoral Registration Officer. The election office is also preparing to hold a training programme from August 19 to 22 for all ROs and election officials of Doaba and Majha region, which will be presided over by Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, Rahul Tewari.
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Agent booked for duping youth
Phagwara, August 7 The police said Amrik Singh had lodged a complaint with the Sadar Police last evening that Avtar met his mother Harjinder Kaur in Jalandhar in 2009 and demanded Rs 22 lakh for sending him to Canada. A deal was settled at Rs 18.50 lakh. The complainant gave Avtar Rs 2.5 lakh and his passport on November 10, 2009, and Rs 3 lakh on December 5. Later the accused came to them and told that visa was stamped on his passport on December 15. The accused came to them again on December 20 and took away Rs 13 lakh after disclosing about confirmation of his ticket for January 7, 2010. Harjinder Kaur, mother of the victim, said the accused could neither send her son to Canada nor return her money back despite repeated requests.
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The Vidhan Sabha Committee on Local Bodies, headed by Mansa legislator Prem Mittal, which reached here on a two-day visit, had to face a volley of complaints on inaction on the part of the officials.
problems for them.
The drivers alleged that the MC officials were not getting the chain machines repaired for compaction of the piles of garbage, which was leading to the problem.
They said they were left with no way to cross the piles and had to either return with loaded trucks or further fill the roads with garbage.
After their protest, however, the officials got smaller JCB machines into operation for clearing the passage.
— TNS
when they went to a village gurdwara to pay obeisance on the birthday of injured Pardeep, in Dhadhey village, this afternoon.
Personal rivalry was said to be the cause behind the attack. All the three injured were admitted
to the local Civil Hospital. The police has registered a case. — OC
Leader of the Opposition Jagdish Raj Raja remained on the front and complained to Mittal and other MLAs, including Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Balwinder Bains, Iqbal Singh and Pargat Singh, about pitiable condition of the roads in the city. He insisted that the Congress councillors be also taken along when the team would take a round of the city tomorrow at noon. "These officials will take you along only those roads which are in good condition for a cover up. We will show you the real picture," he said.
