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Mela Ghadar Shatabdi Da ends
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Diwali: PPCB to monitor air, noise pollution in city
Dal Khalsa takes out march on anti-Sikh riots’ anniversary
Harsimran adjudged best athlete
20 injured in mishap
Woman sets herself ablaze
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Mela Ghadar Shatabdi Da ends
Jalandhar, November 1 While the fair also attracted popular writers and documentary makers, the primary aim for all was the celebration and understanding of the Ghadar ideology through discussions, contests, plays and film screenings. The movement, for all, remained the hero. The organisers time and again reiterated the prime motive this year - a link which connects the present generation with Ghadar ideals. The concluding day started with a march past, which included students saluting the Ghadar flag. The much awaited "Jhande di rasam" (flag hoisting ceremony) and "Jhande da geet" (penned by cultural convener of the committee Amolak Singh) kick-started the day. In the song, which featured the voices of 150 artistes from across the state, various universities, student groups, artiste and theatre groups participated. Books "Ghadar Di Goonj" and "Geet Chiragan De", a souvenir and Desh Bahgat Yadgaar Hall (DBYH) library's directory, published by the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Committee, were also released on the occasion. Dr Varyam Singh Sandhu and Dr Parminder addressed the audience and a play, "Aa ke Ragoo Basant", directed by Neeraj Kaushik, was staged. Singer Knwal Bahar and Kvishar Gurmukh presented vocal performances. A Ghadar march from Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk was also held in the city on the occasion. Trustee Gandharva Sen Kochar and Chain Singh Chain and other eminent committee members led the march. More than 150 groups across Punjab, Ghadar village committees and representatives of Punjabi groups from various countries participated.
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Roy visits mela Ghadar Shatabdi Da
Jalandhar, November 1 She today came to the city during the ongoing 'Mela Ghadar Shatabdi Da'. Speaking about politics and the projected PMs of the country, she said, to her mind, there is a little difference between Modi and the country’s present PM. The last time she visited Punjab, was during a huge rally by farmers’ unions from across the state at Moga. A fierce critic of the BJP’s version of 'Hindutva' and the Congress corporate friendly policy, she voiced a similar concern today. “Taking a dig at the polarisation caused by the BJP’s Hindutva agenda and a fillip to the corporate by the ‘open market’ policy of the Congress, she said, these decisions had given way to a developmental model which was detrimental for the country. “Islamic fundamentalism and Maoism were fallouts of political decisions and have only caused the social and political scenario in the country to get more volatile,” she added. Referring to the incidents of recent violence in various parts of the country, she said as the elections come nearer, such incidents will increase. Having witnessed and written about the NBA movement and the struggle of the tribals in Orissa, Jharkhand and elsewhere, closely, Roy’s defence for these people has been smirked at by many, but she says the government’s encouragement of the rural and tribal masses making way to the cities would turn the country into a police state. “Once the rural people move to the cities, they will be easier to manage. They will need security. People across many states in the country are fighting battles for their lands. However, some people’s struggles have also been able to stall big companies from occupying their lands.” Referring to countrywide protests following the Anna Hazare movement and the Nirbhaya rape case, she said such protests give way to strict laws.
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Diwali: PPCB to monitor air, noise pollution in city
Jalandhar, November 1 According to department officials, the noise and air pollution levels would be monitored on November 2, 3 and 4. The authorities have divided city into three zones - commercial, residential and sensitive. The practice to monitor the pollution level in the city is undertaken by the PPCB every year during Diwali and later a detailed report is prepared and sent to the head office of the board in Patiala. As per the Punjab Pollution Control Board reports of previous few years, the air and noise pollution levels during Diwali days in Jalandhar had not been alarming. Speaking to The Tribune, Senior Environmental Engineer, PPCB, SP Garg said the board would be installing pollution-monitoring devices in residential areas, commercial markets and sensitive zones. “Sensitive zone include hospitals, educational institutions and religious places,” he said. Meanwhile, Punjab Pollution Control Board Chairman Ravinder Singh has exhorted the city residents to celebrate pollution-free Diwali. “In order to ensure that environment of the city remains pollution free, everybody should try to make sure not to burst crackers, which create pollution,” he said, while urging the people to keep their surroundings clean during Diwali. |
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Dal Khalsa takes out march on anti-Sikh riots’ anniversary
Jalandhar, November 1 Started at around 1.30 pm from the Model Town gurdwara, the march passed through various areas, including Guru Nanak Mission Chowk, Nehru Garden and BMC Chowk, before culminating at its starting point. The city police had made elaborate security arrangements for the march. While Commissioner of Police Ram Singh sauid he was unaware of any "Khalistani" slogan raised during the march, Dal Khalsa spokesperson admitted that "Khalistani" slogans were raised by some youths at their own level. "The activists as a whole only raised 'We Want Freedom' slogan," he added. Punjab Congress spokesperson Nimisha Mehta said, "Why such type of anti-national slogans are raised during the Akali rule?" She demanded stern action as per law against those responsible for raising such slogans. Former DGP (Prison) Shashi Kant, former IAS officer Gurtej Singh, human rights activist advocate Navkiran Singh and advocate Amar Singh Chahal also attended the march. Seeking a UN probe into the killing of Sikhs in November, 1984, in various parts of the country on the pattern of the UN probe done in the case of the killing of former Pakistan President Benazir Bhutto, Dal Khalsa head HS Dhami and Akali Dal Panch Pardhani chief Harpal Singh Cheema said, "The Congress and even Opposition parties, including BJP, who have ruled at the Centre, are responsible for the carnage, injustice and inability to bring the culprits to book. It would be foolishness to expect justice from them."
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Inflation hits festive spirit this Diwali
Jalandhar, November 1 “Earlier, we used to organise a huge party for our friends, but this year due to soaring prices we have planned a pot luck party. Each one is contributing a dish and later we are going for a long drive to view the flamboyant lighting decoration of the entire city,” said Gurbinder Sahota from the Cantt area. Until last year, Dry fruits packet along with a sweet box were exchanged on the Diwali between friends and relatives, but this time people are simply greeting their friends with a small box of Chocolates or a crockery set. People are also curtailing on their home decor budget. Instead of flashy Chinese lights, they are going in for bulb holder lights which can go on for years. Also, some of them are buying Indian made home appliances which are much cheaper than the international competitors. The economic slowdown and the price rise have had a trickledown effect. An overall 15 to 30% drop in the sales has made traders also a worried lot. “Our sales are completely down as compared to last year. In fact our festival season ended with Karwa Chauth. The trend to buy clothes on Diwali has almost ended,” said Yogesh of Guddis, Lajpat Nagar. Markets during the season are buzzed with sales activities, but this time the festive spirit is almost missing! “I was shocked to see a lot of difference in prices between the retail and the wholesale market. At some places, there is a difference of almost 50% in the rates said Neena. Dry fruit sales have also gone down as compared to the last year. According to wholesale traders, earlier they used to get huge corporate bulk orders but this time the orders are curtailed by almost 40%. The soaring prices have derailed the budget of entire festive season completely.
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Jalandhar International animation day organised by students
Annual fiesta
A two-day annual fiesta “Apeejay Pinnacle” concluded at Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus (AIMTC), Jalandhar yesterday. More than 300 students participated with great gusto for top honours in 40 different events organised during the multi-event meet ‘Apeejay Pinnacle-2013’. This grand fiesta encompassed; academic events: paper presentation, quiz, debate, net savvy; cultural events: skit, antakshri, one act play, dumb charade, debate, classical vocal solo, balle-balle, fashion show, duet song; sports events: cricket, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, basketball and Chess. Second day began with bhajan rendition and throughout the day there were competitions. Raffle draw marked the culmination of the two-day multi-event meet-Pinnacle. Kamal Sharma, state president, BJP, Punjab was the chief guest for the closing ceremony. Vijay Sampla, vice- president, BJP, Punjab, Rakesh Rathore, general secretary BJP, Punjab and ex-Mayor, Jalandhar, Irwin Khanna, Chief Editor, Uttam Hindu were also present on the occasion. Dr Rajesh Bagga, Director AIMTC stressed the importance of such multi- event meets for personality development of the students. Seminar on advance
tally organised
A seminar on ‘Advance Tally’ was conducted in the premises of the PCM SD College for Women, Jalandhar arranged by the Commerce Club headed by Mr Harish Rajput (Regional Head of Tally Solutions), Mr Arvind Rajput (Group Head NIIT), Mr Arvind Rajput (group head NIIT) and Mr Harjinder Singh (business head NIIT). Mrs Renu Tandon (in charge of Commerce Club) welcomed the guests. The topic of discussion was Advance Tally and various Job Roles in the commerical background. It also included knowledge of the skills required to become a professional leader in the field of commerce and accounting. The seminar influenced students and will help them to choose the right career options. Student selected
Romika Kumari, a student of MSc Bioinformatics, at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya has been selected for PhD in Bioinformatics at University College Cork, Ireland. Her PhD is funded by the Science Foundation, Ireland while she will also be given a stipend of 18,000 Euro per annum. Principal Dr Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj congratulated the student and the faculty of the department of Bioinformatics for the achievement. Dr Meena Sharma, Coordinator Bioinformatics and Harpreet Singh, Assistant Prof in Bioinformatics were also present on this occasion. Top positions
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya’s students of PG diploma in Textile Designing have bagged top four positions in GNDU exams. Ridhima Sharma has bagged the first position in GNDU with 481/ 500 marks. Priya has bagged second position with 462, Kamini and Kamalpreet have bagged third position with 460 Marks. Shaweta has secured fourth position with 448. Scholarships given
Bishop Franco Mulakkal, the Catholic Bishop of Punjab, gave away Rs 40 lakh for the scholarship of 550 poor students. He said the Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar’s social development arm the Navjeevan Charitable Society shall be helping him achieve his aims. Eye camp
The Rotary Club organised an eye camp in association with the Canadian Eye Sight Global at Bilga village of Kapurthalla, where more than 450 patients were examined and successful IOL surgery was performed on 105 patients by Dr Amandeep and a team of his staff. President of the club Kuldip Singh and Secy Manpreet Kaur Soand, were present. Lawn tennis player
Gurnek Kaur Bhandal a budding player of lawn tennis (under 16) with an AITA ranking of 200, represented the district in the Punjab Women’s Lawn Tennis under 16 Tournament at Shivalik School Ropar. She secured a gold medal and will now represent the state in the national women’s lawn tennis under-16 tournament. Sports Day
Two-day Inter-department Sports Day was held at the St Soldier Polytechnic College in which department of ECE, Electrical Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Computer Science participated in volleyball, badminton, kabaddi, football, kho-kho with true spirit of sportsmanship. The ECE department won volleyball match, Computer Science Department won football, Civil Department won Kabaddi, Mechanical department won kho kho, ECE won badminton. MD Prof Manhar Arora and Director Dr SPS Matiana honoured the players. |
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Harsimran adjudged best athlete
Jalandhar, November 1 In the 100 metres (girls), Harsimran Kaur from Cambridge School won the first place while Navneet Kaur from MGN School and Renu Fillaur got the third place. In 100 metres (Boys) Karanpreet Singh from Cambridge got the first place while Harkirat Singh from Alawarpur and Amanpreet Singh from Police DAV got the 2nd and third place. In the hammer throw under 17 category, Gurpreet Singh from Bolina got the first place while Salveer Singh from DIPS secured the second place and Suman Kumar from Janta Zandu Singha won the third place. |
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20 injured in mishap
Phagwara, November 1 The 13 injured, including five women were admitted in the Civil Hospital The condition of the 11 injured was stable, but two of them were referred
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Woman sets herself ablaze
Jalandhar, November 1 The woman, Veena, was reportedly upset at being unemployed despite having MA and B.Ed degrees. She made the same declaration before a Magistrate while being treated at the Civil Hospital. A daughter of a labourer, she is reportedly the most qualified in her family. She had been saying that while her elder sister had got the job, she could not owing to which she was disturbed. The woman sprinkled kerosene and set herself afire. She has reportedly got 80 per cent burns. The SHO, Bhargo Camp police station, Barjinder Singh said there apparently was no other reason for taking such a drastic step. He denied any allegations of a dispute of the woman with her brother as was being said.
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Credited with identifying the real politics behind moves, policies, protests and statements disguised as pro-people, and standing up for those she believes to be the victims, at times, even at the cost of estranging herself from the mainstream is the iron lady Arundhati Roy .
Slogans for Khalistan were raised during a march carried out by the radical groups Dal Khalsa and Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) on the 29th anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in various parts of the city here on Friday.
Phagwara, November 1
