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Virsa Vihar, a blend of traditional and contemporary art
Artists with Apeejay College staff during an exhibition of visual art at Virsa Vihar in Jalandhar on
Wednesday. Tribune photo
City all decked up for Diwali
City markets decked up ahead of Diwali in Jalandhar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Liver cancer can be treated by surgery & transplant, says doc
Traders, industrialists lay siege to BMC Chowk
Jumbo protest: Members of the Joint Action Committee of Traders hold a demonstration in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh
Onion prices soar to a new high once again
Illegal colonies’ regularisation: Amendments, clarifications mar response of applicants
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Youth Vibe-2013 concludes
Students perform giddha during the closing ceremony of the Youth Vibe 2013 at LPU near Jalandhar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
A man dumps garbage in Jalandhar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
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Baghela school a sign of moribund system
Nakodar, October 23 There are 12 sanctioned posts of teachers in this school — two each for math, science and social studies, one each for physical education, drawing, classical, Hindi, English and Punjabi. Of the 12 posts, only three teachers (one each for Hindi, social science and Punjabi) are taking care of the total 424 students here. Out of this, there are 141 students from Class VI to VIII, 151 students from Class IX to X and 132 students from Class XI and Class XII. When The Tribune team visited the school, only two teachers were present while one had reportedly gone to attend a seminar. Even as the Class XI-XII students need at least five teachers and one principal, no posts have been sanctioned for them so far. Two computer teachers at the school go to teach at two primary schools nearby twice a week. Four PTA teachers have been hired with the help of the local panchayat for whom Rs 105 per month are charged from the students of Class XI and Class XII. The school has only two clerks while the third is on leave without pay for the past five months. One of the clerks has to do the watchman’s duty at night. It was also learnt that sending the postal material sought by the Education Department occupies half the time of the school staff. While as per the RTE Act norms, the school should have at least 13 rooms (one room for 35 students), there are only five classrooms and two laboratories. Some sections adjust as many as 85 to 95 students. The ROT (Edusat) room, library and generator room are used as classrooms. The practical laboratories for mathematics, science and English are housed in a single room. The English lab section has been lying unattended for months as there is no English teacher in the school. The staff present said even as they regularly keep informing the Education Department about the need for more rooms in the annual DISE report, the request has not been granted. At least Rs 45 lakh is needed for the construction of new rooms. The Classes XI-XII were started in 2003 at the school with the panchayat’s promise of providing help. The panchayat backed out and requests to upgrade the school to senior secondary have fallen on deaf ears for the past one year. The Classes XI-XII are currently running on funds from other allowances and PTA. The staff said they get many admission requests from those students who are either dropouts or were unable to clear their examination. Sorry state of affairs
Victim of apathy
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Virsa Vihar, a blend of traditional and contemporary art
Jalandhar, October 23 SK Sarkar’s
blue-grey seascapes with fishes and cats and an ascetic playing an ektara made comments on culture, society, corruption and the hidden conflict within. Dr Neeta Mohindra’s works from the Prithamnian series, stood out for the freshness in approach, crimson-clothed women and respect for tradition. Puneet Dosanjh’s two women - one colourful and neon (the birds surrounding her, indicating an intent on flight or freedom) another sombre in black and red — revealed artistic depth. Among city regulars, Basudeb
Biswas’ figures inspired from the toys and forms of the Indus Valley Civilization and long-limbed woman sculptures; Surjit Kaur’s insightful, minimalist comments on women, Pawan Kumar’s imaginative, multi-layered works with limbless figures and four-headed monsters spewing textured clouds were delightful. Dr Jaspal dug through the surface, exploring the deep, dark, psychedelic aspects of the society and consciousness through his compositions. Sukhwinder Singh’s beautiful pastel landscapes, Gurdish Pannu’s neon delight, Dr Gambhir’s bright temple chants and Arjun Kumar Singh’s Jharkhand memories done in paint, cardboard and scrap on canvas, were also much loved. Amit’s dreamy maidens and Sapna’s dark alleys were very different from their previous works. Works by Dr Abid
Habdi, Maneet Kaur Chhatwal, Suruchi Sharma, Sonali Arora and Shikha Katoch and Deepti Parhwal were also pretty. All five photographers - veteran Anil Gupta, Karamveer
Sandhu, Vikram Singh, Vijaya Sondhi and Amandpreet - put up special visual
treats. Sandhu’s praying petals and Darbar Sahib’s dreamy reflection caught among tumultuous waters, Gupta’s nature eyes (two depressions on a tree stem) and remains of a ritual, Vikram Singh’s poignant takes on rustic life, Sondhi’s dreamy Venice and Amanpreet’s surreal dancing figurines were a feast for eyes. Among sculptures, Harminder Singh Boparai’s scrap peacocks and cycles-seat-headed cows, Gurcharan Singh’s humourous block-headed men and Mohinder Mastana’s candid figures (and paintings reminding one of African tribes) were the icing on the top of the delicious art cake served at the Virsa
Vihar. While the exhibition will be on till October 23, it is a demonstration of the sort of link that the city needs with the traditional and the contemporary, to keep up with the art elsewhere. The fact that new talent was given as much respect and encouragement as the old, was a reassuring factor for the viewers as well. |
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City all decked up for Diwali
Jalandhar, October 23 Various markets have come up with different themes to attract customers. Some jewellers have launched new designs on Diwali and are selling them at lucrative offers. “ We have introduced some international designs this time on Diwali. Our hot selling designs nowadays are Portico Collection, Star Diva, Ivory collection and Myra. We have also introduced diamond in silver jewellery this time which brings down the cost of the jewellery piece a little and brings it under the budget of a common man also. We are also offering 20% off on diamonds price and labour up over the purchase of 1 lakh and above,” said Ajay Kumar, Store manager, Tara jewellers, Model Town Gujaranwala Jewellers is also offering 60% off on making charges of diamond jewellery and 30% on diamond value. “The demand of diamond jewellery is more than gold and people are buying more of diamond bangles and gold chains during this festive season. Also, since we are celebrating our anniversary this month, we have launched anniversary bonanza whereby customer will get a ‘buy and win’ coupon over a purchase of 25000 and above and win attractive prizes,” said Vinay Jain, Partner, Gujranwala Jewellers, Plaza Chowk. Gifts shops have also introduced some new products this time. “We have introduced German Crystal crockery for the first time in Jalandhar. We have glasses, dinner sets, candle stands, pots etc made from German crystal. This is a very good gift item and can be purchased for personal use also. The range starts from 2000 to 20,000 rupees,” said Balwinder Singh from Sahib’s Gallery, Model Town. Chunmun store is also offering lucrative gifts items like trolley bags, bed sheets etc
over a purchase of 15000 rupees and above. Some clubs are also organizing Diwali melas and various exhibitions for its members. Many people are upbeat to make most of their purchases this Diwali as they consider it an auspicious time for buying and the shopkeepers are en-cashing it to the fullest! The Diwali has actually turned the city into a city of lights! |
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Liver cancer can be treated by surgery & transplant, says doc
Jalandhar, October 23 Dr Gupta discussed about the causes and prevention of liver cancer. He said 90 per cent of the liver cancer was caused by infections like hepatitis B and C. It caused cirrhosis of liver and liver cancer. It could be prevented if these type of diseases treated properly. In India use of alcohol was also a major cause of cirrhosis. On treatment part Dr Gupta said liver cancer could be treated by surgery and liver transplant. Dr
Goyal, gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, discussed about the management of upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. He said as the amount of pain killer drugs usage in the elderly continued to increase, the incidence of ulcer also increased. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy would play an important role in the management of gastro-intestinal bleeding. Initial efforts should be directed toward stabilising the patient and obtaining a history and physical examination. As the number of associated diseases increases in a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding, so does risk of mortality. Therefore, it is important to promptly identify the site of bleeding and to stop active or recurrent bleeding by the application of endoscopic therapy. Intravenous sedation should be given cautiously to achieve conscious sedation in a monitored patient. An expert should be available to perform endoscopy and apply the therapeutic modalities of
electrocoagulation, photocoagulation, or injection therapy for bleeding or non-bleeding vessels or
sclero-therapy for esophageal varices. The key to success is to identify the site of bleeding and then act on the finding as clinically indicated. By doing so, it appears that the cost of hospitalisation and the mortality in the elderly patient are reduced, said Dr Surinder Sharma, secretary of the
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Traders, industrialists lay siege to BMC Chowk
Jalandhar, October 23 Raising slogans against the state government for its anti-industry policies, the agitators demanded immediate clearance of VAT refunds. JAC leader Ravinder Dhir said, "During a meeting with Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal on July 30, it was conveyed that VAT refund is pending for the past two years. Sukhbir had promised that all the pending VAT refund cases will be cleared by September 15 but nothing concrete has been done so far." Dhir further said imposition of advance tax on 30 items during inter-state purchase has come as a shocker to the industry. He said the sales tax or VAT is levied after the sale of goods whereas advance tax will be charged at the very primary stage without any sale of product. "When we are not getting the VAT refund, where the industry will manage advance tax from," he questioned. Gursharan Singh, another JAC leader, rued that due to the shortage of C-Form, the dealers were unable to get their sale tax and VAT cases assessed. "The decisions taken by the state government in the recent past are anti-industry. While the industry is already passing through a bad phase, unfriendly policies of the Punjab government are further deteriorating the situation," he
said. He demanded that the state government must address all the issues concerning the traders and industrialists without any further delay. |
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Onion prices soar to a new high once again
Jalandhar, October 23 Due to a heavy rain, the first crop of the season that arrives near Dussehra in Punjab from Alwar got damaged. This has led to increase of retail prices of onion from Rs 55 to 100 per kg in the local market. Experts, however, feel that onion prices will stabilise after Diwali due to shortfall in demand after the festival season. The onion consignment from Afghanistan which had got halted for a week due to Eid also resumed on Wednesday. Now, the bumper crop from Alwar and Mahuwa in Gujarat is ready to enter the local markets within few days which will lower the onion prices further. "Prices are likely to rise further in the coming days. Demand for onions has gone up manifold compared to last month. We are struggling to meet the demand because of Diwali and the wedding season ahead. The supply is slow compared to demand," said Harinder Randhawa, district mandi officer, Jalandhar. Despite a huge demand, the commissioning agents in the Sabzi mandi are a worried lot. "We are suffering huge losses. Around seven to eight trucks of onions are coming here every day and around 30 per cent damage is being reported in each truck. We are paying full price but have to pay for discard the damaged commodity which escalates its prices even further," said Rachpal Singh Babu, vice-president, Aadti Association, Sabzi Mandi, Jalandhar. Some of the agents have also complained that few of their big institutional consumers refused to buy inferior crop thus causing huge losses to their business. “The Army has set certain parameters for buying the crop. Due to low-grade crop coming nowadays, I am unable to provide even 10 quintals in a day. Due to this, I have suffered losses of more than 35 lakh in three months,” said Harjinder Singh, a commissioning agent. "Earlier, I used to buy around 2 kg for weekly consumption but I just buy 1 kg as the prices are too high. I have stopped making gravy recipes and I make dry vegetables," said Gurneet Kaur from Model House area.
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Illegal colonies’ regularisation: Amendments, clarifications mar response of applicants
Jalandhar, October 23 Even as the last day for filing applications is just two days away, not much rush was witnessed in the offices of the Municipal Corporation and Jalandhar Development Authority. The number of visitors for seeking refund as per the new clarifications outnumbered those for filing fresh applications. However, all such applicants were turned away and asked to wait for at least two to three weeks. There have been a lot of changes in the regularisation policy with a first major revision coming on August 21. While earlier the last date for filing applications was October 7, it got extended to October 25 with a clarification issued that plots sold before August 9, 1995 (the date of enactment of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act (PAPRA Act 1995) were not required to be regularised under the policy. All those people falling in this category who have already deposited the amount have started seeking a refund. While the department had issued a public notice in this regard on October 10, the staff of the building branch kept on accepting the applications till this Monday when they finally received a copy of the notification. The state government on Wednesday issued yet another clarification in the form of a public notice on cut in the composition fee rates for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. The composition fee which was Rs 12.50 per square feet for residential buildings has come down to Rs 5 per square feet within the MC
limits and Rs 2.50 outside the MC limits. The notice mentions that the owners who have got their buildings regularised at the earlier fixed rates under the policy can claim refund for the excess amount deposited from the authority concerned. Joint Commissioner MC Anupam Kler said that since a lot of processing work was lying pending, such applications had not been bifurcated. "It will not be possible for my staff to make any refunds at least for a month." Similarly, Chief Administrator, Jalandhar Development Authority, Jaskiran Singh said that any refund cases would be taken up only after two weeks. "There is a lot of pending work regarding the clearance of files till that time," he said. OP Mittal, who owns a residential plot in Jamsher village, rued that the rebate had been announced only for built-up properties and plot holders like him got no relief. The response so far
The Jalandhar Development Authority has so far received 5,079 applications from plot holders and 353 applications from colonisers with their total collection going up to Rs 11.96 crore. In contrast, the MC has received 15,794 applications from plot holders and 62
applications from colonisers. The civic body has processed 4,005 applications of plot holders and collected Rs 9.4 crore while only nine colonisers have been issued NOCs with Rs 0.45 crore recovered so far as part payment on this account. |
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Jalandhar, October 23 PTU football Sant Baba Bhag Singh College of Post Graduation and Sant Baba Bhag Singh College of Engineering and Technology won their respective matches and entered into the quarter finals of PTU Inter-college Championship. In the pre-quarter finals of the North Zone teams Sant Baba Bhag Singh Post Graduation College defeated Rayat Bahra College of Hoshiarpur by 2-1 while Technology Institute beat SSIET Patti by 4-0. Eight teams of the four zones will compete in the quarter finals of the championship which will be played at any other place as sanctioned by the university. Youth festival Guru Nanak Dev University’s Zonal Level Youth Festival, zone - ‘C’ commenced at the DAV College here today. Thakur Anurag Singh,Member of Parliament, Hamirpur, was the chief guest on the occasion. Principal BB Sharma honoured Director, Youth Welfare, GND Varsity. Dr Jagjit Kaur, Kundan Lal, Head, local DAV managing committee. The 4-day youth festival will witness 34 events from 16 participating colleges. Prof S Kanwar Rajinder Singh, S Khak and HS Bajwa judged the event. Principal BB Sharma, Kundal Lal Aggarwal, Prof Sharad Manocha and Dr Jagit Kaur facilitated the chief guest and guest of honor with shawls and tokens of appreciation. First day events in the youth festival included bhangra, group shabad, group song and fancy dress competition. Theatrical performance by four teams of different colleges was the concluding event. Eight teams participated in the ‘kavishree’ competition. Karva Chauth celebrations Department of Cosmetology and Home Science Association of PCM SD College for Women celebrated Karwa Chauth by organising various competitions. Students from arts, science, commerce, fashion designing, computer science, post graduate courses participated in different events like mehndi, thali decoration, gift wrapping and Miss Karwa Chauth. Kiran Arora, principal,CM Markanda, Advisor, DSSD Board, Sudesh Sehgal, Head, Department of Home Science, Ujla Joshi, Staff Secretary encouraged the students for their participation and appreciated them.
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Youth Vibe-2013 concludes
Jalandhar, October 23 As many as 50 competitions were held in different technical, non-technical, literary, theatre, film production and fine arts categories. For both Mr and Ms Youth Vibe contest the LPU got first as well as the second crown. For Spectrum– the choreography, PTU, Jalandhar and Panjabi University, Patiala shared first position, whereas the LPU remained second. In folk dances GNDU, Amritsar emerged supreme and DAV College, Jalandhar remained at second position. In folk singing, the LPU got the first prize and Panjabi University, Patiala was the runners-up. Congratulating the winning team and encouraging other participating teams, LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal asked students to improve their present performances for a better tomorrow. Mittal said, “Events are to teach a lot to the participants for team work, leadership, excellence and allied things. Students must be ready to gather the best of others to further shine.” |
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40 challans issued against those throwing garbage in open
Jalandhar, October 23 The inspectors have been asked to click pictures of the offenders to make a strong case against those being challaned. The offenders are issued challan and given two days time to visit the MC office and pay fine. The sanitation staff has also been asked to issue challans against those grazing their cattle on vacant plots. This is common in colonies in the periphery of the MC. Dr Varinder Kalia, Assistant Health Officer (MC), said the residents of Bashirpura and surrounding colonies had been rearing animals against the MC norms. "We have issued about 10 challans against the owners of such dairy farmers. We have even got their pictures clicked and asked them to visit our office to clarify their stand, pay fine or appear in court in case of default," he said. Mayor Sunil Jyoti said challaning was already permitted but it was being done to ensure that the residents use the door-to-door garbage collection service as per the new solid waste management scheme. "Further, we want to inculcate some civic sense among the residents, even if in a little harsh manner," he said. |
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Instance 13, an exhibition by a group of 28 Punjabi artists - 26 from
Jalandhar, the remaining two from Amritsar and Hoshiarpur, concluded today at the local Virsa
Vihar. For those starved of some good art, it has served as a feast for the eyes.
Jalandhar, October 23
Traders and industrialists of Jalandhar today staged a massive agitation at the busy BMC Chowk against the
SAD-BJP government's decision to levy multiple taxes on the industrial community.
The protest was held under the banner of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), a conglomerate of several trading and industrial association. The protesters gathered at Milap Chowk in morning and reached BMC
Chowk.
Lovely Professional University’s National Open Festival ‘Youth Vibe-2013’ concluded today amid spectacular performances by the Astitva Band. The band presented selected songs with magical blend of rock, jazz and classical to enhance soulful lyrics. Winner teams received cash prizes worth Rs 18 lakh, along with trophies and certificates.
