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Jalandhar, November 16 The owners of the various immigration firms have in fact been planing to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the decision of the state government on levying Rs 1 lakh as licence fee for continuing the business after November 30. While the Suwidha Centre has opened a counter for the purpose, there only have been queries and demand for forms. Nearly 50 owners of different immigration firms got together and held a meeting at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall here last evening. They have been demanding from the government that the amount being sought as licence fee be reduced and that the amount be payable in instalments for their convenience. Paramjit Singh, owner of an immigration firm, said the members were also against a decision that their premises and houses could be searched and records confiscated without search warrants and even by breaking locks at any time. "This clause has to go," he added. The members have also been claiming that another clause of giving monthly report to the police on people sent abroad and fee levied be revised. "We have no problem in giving reports, but it should be after six months," they said. Sagar of Sagar Forex said he was trying to urge all members of the four associations in the city to come together and file a petition against the implementation of the Act in the court. Suwidha system manager Rajbir Singh confirmed that he had not received any application under the Act for processing as of now. Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam had earlier, however, issued a press note saying that arrangements for taking applications had been made and the forms could be downloaded from the website, www.punjabgovt.gov.in. He said no agent would now be able to practice without licence as per Section 3 of the Act after November 30 and in case found doing so could be imprisoned for three to seven years under Section 13 of the Act with a fine of Rs 5 lakh. |
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Potholes around Domoria ROB inconvenience commuters
Jalandhar, November 16 The users of Domoria ROB face difficulty, especially while ascending and descending it, due to deep potholes. Though the Municipal Corporation (MC) repaired many patches on the road a few months ago, but that was inadequate as the material filled in the patches got washed away during rains probably due to its poor quality. A Mai Hiran Gate resident, Sahil Sharma, said, “I was ascending the Domoria ROB on my motorcycle and going towards the railway station side a few days ago when my bike skidded due to deep potholes there. I sustained injury on my left arm and my motorcycle was also damaged.” Pritpal Singh of Gopal Nagar said, “The MC should get the damaged patches repaired again without any further delay and it should also ensure use of good quality material as a number of vehicles, especially two-wheelers, keep on skidding around Domoria ROB due to damaged roads.” |
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Undertrial falls unconscious outside court, hospitalised
Kapurthala, November 16 The undertrial reportedly suffered some kind of attack after consuming tea and some food given to him by his relatives who had come to see him outside the court. Even as the Civil Hospital falls close by, policemen did not wait to get a stretcher for him, lifted him by his limbs and bundled him in their vehicle. The SHO, city police station, Bharat Masih, said he had got the report from his staff, but he was busy checking security provisions ahead of the Chief Minister's visit tomorrow. “Since his condition deteriorated, he has been shifted to Amritsar Medical College,” he added. |
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Kartar Singh Sarabha remembered
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 16 Ninetyeight years ago, on this day, 19-year-old Kartar Singh Sarabha, along with his seven revolutionary companions - Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, Harnam Singh Sialkot, Jagat Singh Sur Singh, Bakhshish Singh Gillwali and two others both called Surain Singh Gillwali - were hanged to death at Lahore Central Jail for their role in pursuing the cause of Indian freedom and liberty. Among the crucial early triggers which fanned the flames of the Indian movement for Independence, the sacrifice of the young Sarabha - whose legend was a key inspiration for Bhagat Singh himself - holds a massive significance for the nation. Emphasising this, members of the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Committee exhorted the youth to seek inspiration from the martyrs. On the sidelines of the meeting, historian Sita Ram Bansal said, “Sarabha’s last words became a clarion call for the movement to come after his sacrifice. While he had called out to mother India that while his generation could not unshackle the chains of slavery, his comrades would carry forward that work, those associated with the movement were inspired and driven by these parting hopes of his.” Exploring Sarabha’s links with the city, he said, “Sarabha also held a meeting with Sachinder Nath Sanyal (freedom fighter and Sarabha’s associate Satyen Sanyal) at a ground near the railway station to discuss the future course of their operations in view of the impending arrival of their 8,000 Ghadar comrades to India.” His efforts to establish a press in Jalandhar - at the Sanghwal village - to print his newspaper "Ghadar" were also well-documented, he added. Author and committee member Charanji Lal Kangniwal, said, “Sarabha, Daleep Dhamia of Dhamia village and Bhagat Singh’s names are key among the martyrs who died very young for the country. While Sarabha was 19, Damia wasn’t even 16.” “His seven compatriots also had a very important role to play in the freedom struggle. While Pingle was known for his work in visiting cantonments across the country and exhorting soldiers to be a part of the movement, most of the others were active in spreading the word and strengthening the Ghadar movement in the Punjab region but it is sad that people know very little about them,” he added. The DBYH committee also has the precious first edition, November 1, 1913, copy of the Ghadar newspaper printed by Sarabha. During the meeting today Amolak Singh, convener of the cultural wing of the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall, committee president Darbara Singh Dhillon, general secretary Raghbir Kaur and committee co-cordinator Gurmeet and Kulbir Singh Sanghera representing the Ghadar efforts abroad were present, among others. With centenary year of the establishment of the Ghadar Party celebrated this year, the committee also called for the initiation of efforts to observe the centenary of the Komagatamaru and Bajbaj Ghat incidents (1914) in 2014 as well as the centenary of the martyrdom of Sarabha himself in 2015. They said one of the prime aims of the committee remains to keep alive the cause and memories of these enlightened martyrs among the minds of the present generation.
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Delhi group spreads epilepsy awareness
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 16 Invited to the city by Dr Sandeep Goyal, a neurologist with Nasa Neurocare hospital, the group, founded a year ago, has been active in theatre activities across India to spread awareness on issues related to education and healthcare. Holding street plays outside educational institutions, the group’s performance was aimed at informing the masses about ways to tackle epilepsy and things to be avoided in dealing with patients contrary to serious ills and superstitions which patients and their families often fall prey to. Vipin Narayan, a mass communications student at Delhi and one of the members of the group, said, “Epilepsy patients are often not taken seriously and their attacks are often confused with mental soundness among the people who know little about the disease. It is important that these myths and misinformation be busted for the disease to be eradicated.” While the members of the group say they are usually bombarded with queries during the performances, they keep the contact numbers of doctor across the country who they are associated with, when people want to enquire about the proper treatment and response about the disease. Founded by Sukriti Khurana, their group’s current director, a year ago, the group has regularly held performances in Delhi and Ludhiana, among other cities, but it is the first time that they performed in Jalandhar. With average age ranging between 22 to 24 years, the members of the group, except for Sukriti, are all students pursuing courses in various disciplines in Delhi. They pursue theatre on a part-time basis to spread awareness about key social issues though nukkad nataks. Visiting Jalandhar were team members Vipin Kumar and Mohammed Rahim, students of mass communications, Yagyashree, who is doing her masters in environment and development and Madhu, who studies animation. All of them are based in Delhi. Speaking about the response of the masses, they said, “While we performed in Jalandhar for the first time, the response was very encouraging. We usually hand over the contact details of doctors in case of queries by the patients. It was nice to see that our plays were taken seriously by the people and they found them to be informative. With each passing day, the response is only getting better.” Doc SpeakTalking to The Tribune, Dr Goyal said, “The group helped in busting some common myths among their audience which we have also often encountered. While epileptics are often wrongly confused to be suffering from mental problems, it is also thought that they can’t marry. But all this is not true. They can be more intelligent than the others and an epileptic can marry and deliver perfectly normal kids. Exposure to such groups and causes is necessary to ward off misconceptions about the disease.” Doc’s advise to patients: take regular medication, sleep well.
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Rural games: Sangrur lift overall trophy
Jalandhar, November 16 Defeating Patiala by a margin of 13-4, Mohali bagged the gold while Sangrur outplayed Gurdaspur 19-11 to wrest the bronze in the kho-kho competitions. Ferozepur beat Bathinda 18-13 to win the gold in the kabaddi final whereas both Ludhiana and Ropar were placed third. Mansa outplayed Muktsar 3-1 in the volleyball final to win the gold while Ludhiana defeated Sangrur 3-0 for the bronze in a one-sided match. In the basketball final, Amritsar emerged the winner defeating Mansa 43-27 while Sangrur beat Muktsar 32-12 for the second position. Hoshiarpur won the team championship in weightlifting with 21 points, Sangrur won the silver with 14 points while Ludhiana got the bronze with a score of 9 points. In boxing, Bathinda showed its supremacy in the ring by scoring 24 points, Patiala won the silver with 14 points while Faridkot got the bronze with a score of 10 points. Muktsar outplayed Sports City Jalandhar on their home turf in hockey 2-0 while Tarn Taran defeated Mansa 5-0 for the bronze. In wrestling, Moga clinched the gold with 44 points, Tarn Taran won the silver with 23 points while Faridkot got the bronze with 8 points. Ropar bagged the gold defeating Tarn Taran 22-20 in the handball final while Faridkot got the bronze defeating Ludhiana 14-13. In judo, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur were declared the first with both getting 19 points each. Mansa won the silver with 15 points while Amritsar got the bronze with 5 points.ni Lal Bhagat, Punjab Forest Minister, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes to the
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Seminar puts focus on challenges in combating global warming
Jalandhar, November 16 This was the abstract of papers presented by Manjushri Pathania, Gour Sundar Mitra Thakur and Chandra Prakash on "Neuro-Fuzzy inference system for rainfall prediction over northern India" at an international conference on computing sciences- ‘Wilkes 100’ -dedicated to the birth centenary of British computer scientist Maurice Wilkes, at Lovely Professional University (LPU), near here today. The experts were of the view that the fine particulate matter produced by the industries and vehicles besides human activities create a cloud condensation of pollution which influences the pattern of rain. Most existing models for rainfall prediction depend mainly on the historical data. But now, it has been proved that pollution and emission of greenhouse gases in various regions also influence the pattern of rainfall, the panelists said. The papers produced said that a new Neuro-Fuzzy model has been developed to predict rainfall in Northern India. The influence of rainfall has been measured using a Fuzzy rule system. It has also been used with some other factors to train a neural network for the prediction of the quantum of rainfall. The model has been tested with the historical rainfall data from northern India surrounding Punjab, the experts claimed. In another paper, "A novel approach for performance evaluation o af DHT based multi-path routing protocol," Ranjeet Kaur Sandhu, Dr. Amanpreet Singh and Gurmukh Singh were of the view that mobile adhoc networks (MANETs) create a temporary network of mobile nodes. With the increase in applications of MANETS, the networks have become complex which leads to channel impairment. Faiz Mohammad and Dr Sunita Yadav, who presented a paper on "An intelligent middleware for multi-parametric load balancing in grid environment using AHP", were on the view that in grid environment, nodes have the property to join or leave the grid at any time. Due to the property of joining and leaving, some nodes may get overloaded while others may be under loaded and the overall performance of the grid will degrade. To maintain the performance, a load balancing strategy is required, the paper suggested. At the valedictory function, global president of INNS Dr Danil Prokhorov said active collaboration was on with professional organisations to develop networking in India. |
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‘Students, teachers should learn from each other’
Amritsar, November 16 "When we standardise education, the creativity of a child that is the very core of their talent, gets limited. Most of us have grown up with certain set patterns of education system, where keeping quiet during a class was encouraged, mugging up text books was considered knowledge and student’s marks judged their intelligence. But the primary focus should be on learning which only happens when students and teachers collaborate, learn from each other,” she said. Educational practitioner for over three decades, Kaye has been recruiting, accrediting and teaching in various reputed educational institutes world over. She has currently taken over as an associate director at the Heritage Schools in Gurgaon. “The education gene pool, I must say, works on the principles of collaborative community, conceptional thinking and creative learning. Designing the schools of the 21st Century needs an open perspective from parents, students and teachers,” she said. She also emphasised on civic literacy and function based on systematic thinking for schools and education centres. “I am not saying that we undermine any educational system, but maintaining and contributing into building a stable civic society too should be the aim of schools,” she said. Loosening the dread around schools where students need to experience only a rigid, disciplined and standardised environment, she suggested that schools could become learning centres where learning be made fun. “I also feel that the concept of libraries has been severely under developed. Libraries are an important area in the education system and could be turned into educational playgrounds, community space where books and fun could be matched,” she added. |
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DAV school wins skit competition
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 16 Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, got the first prize, State Public School, Shahkot and Sant Sarwaan Das Model School, Phagwara, got the second prize, Kamla Nehru Public School, Phagwara and DIPS Suranasi, Jalandhar, got the third prize. Prizes were given to best actors and actresses. HR conclave
HR conclave was organised by the GNA-IMT Phagwara and Yi Ludhiana Chapter on the theme “Capable HR for capable business”. The conclave was inaugurated by chief guest IMJS Sidhu, president and director in-charge Vardhmaan Textiles Ltd, Hoshiarpur.He congratulated the management of GNA-IMT for organising an industry - academia interaction on HR issues. The conclave was conducted in two plenary sessions. Children’s Day celebrated
Children’s Day was celebrated in Seth Hukam Chand SD Public Sr Sec School,
Jalandhar. The students recited poems and presented speeches on Jawahar Lal Nehru. A small play was also organised against child labour. The tiny-tots represented themselves in different hues and with balloons in hands. Principal Manju Arora delivered a speech on Nehru, his contribution in freedom struggle and motivated the students to be enthusiastic to free our society from social evils. Team honoured
The members of the Jaago team of Lyallpur Khalsa College which bagged second position In the Virasati Mela organised in the college last week were honored in a brief function held in the college. The president of the college governing council Balbir Kaur congratulated the prize winning team. Annual function
MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Jalandhar celebrated its 37th annual academic and cultural function. Dr Rajneesh Arora, Vice-Chancellor, PTU, Jalandhar graced the occasion as the chief guest. Students presented a cultural programme included dance, gidda, bhangra, play with title “Putla Bol Piya”. Students of MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, Jalandhar beautifully enacted their performance in this play, KG wing students presented their dance items on ‘Vande Mataram, Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja’ …Khushi Ke Geet Gaaye Ja and trapped audiences’ heart. |
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Farm fair concludes
Jalandhar, November 16 MLA, Nakodar, Gurpartap Singh Wadala, presided over the function and gave away prizes to the winners of the high milk producing animals. The top prize winners included dairy farmer Garib Singh Issewal for his Murrah buffalo producing 16 kg milk a day, Hardev Singh of Nangal Ambian village for his HF cow breed yielding 34 kg milk, Sukhwinder Singh of Dharmiwal village for his Jersey cow producing 21 kg milk and Karam Chand of Uggi village for his 3 kg milk producing goat. Other prize winners included Neeraj Sharma of Raipur Rasoolpur for his Nukra horse and Mandeep Singh Malri for his sheep. A dance by horses at the end of the fair won much applause. Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Dr Jaspal Singh Ghuman informed the dairy farmers about the various animal diseases, their symptoms and ways to get rid of them. He told them about the various subsidy schemes of the government such as those for sheep rearing, fish farming and dairy farming. Veterinary expert Dr Sukhnain Singh coordinated the event. |
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VHP flays cow deaths
Jalandhar, November 16 The local unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has also warned of launching a protest if the accused were not arrested in the next two days.
— TNS
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