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DC loses appeal in RTI case, pays Rs 1,000 as compensation
MC staff stage protest against environmentalist
UAE Exchange launches domestic money transfer service
City witnesses 10 suicides in two weeks
Row over new Gymkhana Club rules
With results near, social media abuzz with LS poll talk
Second phase of awareness campaign on migration ends
Doaba Khalsa School celebrates 100th anniversary
Woman dies in road accident
5 snatchers held in separate cases
Woman dies in road accident
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4 new Suwidha Centres to come up
Rachna Khaira Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 14 The forms thus sold will add to the income of the society, which has been reeling under a financial crunch. To add more revenue at the division level, the administration has also decided to set up four new Suwidha Centres in the city. While confirming this, Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam said the DRCS was undergoing a weak financial phase. “The society has not received any funds since 2009. It is running on meagre donations. So, to provide support for its revival, we have decided to set up DRCS counters at all the Suwidha Centres running at the three sub-division levels that will sell PUS forms and the income generated will be utilised on various projects running under DRCS,” said Roojam. He said with the administration tightening its noose around people selling forms illegally at various facilitation centres, a rise in revenue has been recorded in the past few months. “We can now divert some funds to the DRCS that is breathing for its revival since long,” said Roojam. He added that since the people coming from Pathankot intersection, Tower Enclave and Kapurthala Road had to cover a distance of almost 20 km to reach the Suwidha Centre, the administration had decided to open four new centres in various parts of the city. At present, all the tendering process, including the printing of PUS forms, is being taken care of by the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Society of the district administration. Last year, the contract for these forms was given to a private contractor for Rs 13.5 lakh. However, this year, to raise the revenue, the administration has decided to take the reins in its own hands. While the printing and sale of forms at the headquarter-level has already been given to Sukhmani Society that is presently running the Suwidha Centre in the city, the sale of forms at the sub-division level with a daily earning of around 0.30 lakh has now been given to the DRCS, to support it financially. Jalandhar Tribune in one of its recent reports highlighted the DRCS’s poor financial condition. Most of the projects running under the society such as Prayaas School for intellectually challenged children, Deaf and Dumb School, Senior Citizens Home etc were all found to be running in a pathetic condition while fighting with the shortage of staff and lack of funds.
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DC loses appeal in RTI case, pays Rs 1,000 as compensation
Jalandhar, May 14 Advocate Arvind Sharda had lodged a complaint in June 2010 before the forum claiming that he had sought some information regarding noise pollution from the DC office on October 3, 2009, by paying Rs 10 by way of two postal orders of the denomination of Rs 5 each through speed post. He had alleged that he was not given any information even after eight months and being a consumer, he must be compensated. The forum had then decided in favour of the lawyer and announced Rs 1,000 as compensation. The then Deputy Commissioner had twice filed an appeal against the decision before the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which was dismissed. The lawyer said a month after he had moved an application for the execution of the order, the incumbent Deputy Commissioner got the amount deposited with the forum, which he finally received today. In his complaint at that time, Sharda had said, “Even as the information sought was to be provided to the plaintiff within 30 days, he got an acknowledgement of the same on October 23, 2009 and a letter later on November 23, 2009, that the reply would reach him shortly. Despite a lapse of more than eight months, the required information has not been provided.” Sharda had earlier complained to the DC on August 3, 2009, that there was a blatant violation of rules laid down in the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Controlled) Rules 2000. He had said there were no distinctive display signs depicting the area to be silence zone, especially around the Judicial Courts Complex. He had asked two questions through his RTI application, “When was my complaint received by the PGO, dated August 6, 2009 and forwarded to the steno on August 7, 2009, actually presented to the DC-cum-District Magistrate and what action has been taken on the above mentioned complaint?” The then DC through his lawyer had claimed that the complainant should have instead gone to the Commissioner, Jalandhar Division or the State Information Commissioner for the appeal and that the RTI Act applicant had no right to appeal before the consumer forum. The forum, presided over by Darshan Singh and member Jyotsna Thatai, had said, “The complaint is maintainable. The forum has the jurisdiction to hear and decide the case. The act of the opposition party amounts to deficiency in service. He is directed to pay Rs 1,000 as compensation within a period of 30 days from the receipt of the copy.
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MC staff stage protest against environmentalist
Jalandhar, May 14 Gaurav Jain said he was out of home for work when employees of the Nakodar Municipal Council staged a protest which later turned violent as they tried to trespass by climbing on to the gate. “I have been working for the betterment of the town for the past 15 years and have raised issues relating to cleanliness before the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the National Green Tribunal," he said while explaining the reason behind the agitation. He said he had filed a case before the National Green Tribunal. Following this, the bench announced a penalty of Rs 1 lakh per day to be paid by the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council from his own pocket, if he fails to keep the roads clean in the coming days. The Tribunal also asked the Rural SSP, Jalandhar, to ensure the implementation of the order and be present before the Tribunal on February 20. Apart from this, the chairman of the the NGT, Justice Swatanter Kumar asked for presentation of photographs as proof if the problem was still rampant. “By organising such protests, the MC officials want to put pressure on me not to pursue the case any longer. I have filed a complaint with the local police," he added. When contacted, Nakodar Deputy Superintendent of Police Kulwinder Singh said after receiving a complaint, the police immediately took action. The protesters were class IV employees of the local Municipal Council. “Our officers have been there on the spot. We asked Gaurav Jain if he needs security but he refused," Singh added. When asked whether an FIR has been registered, he said the issue was not so big as to register an FIR.
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UAE Exchange launches domestic money transfer service
Jalandhar, May 14 Zonal head of the service, Atul Aswal, said person to person money transfer allowed customers to send or receive money across India round the clock. The service would empower its users to send money anywhere in India using mobile phones or internet, he said. He added that the service would help unbanked customer segments such as migrant labourers to send money to their families instantly without visiting a bank. He said the service was the latest addition to the basket of the UAE Exchange, which already had international money transfer schemes like Xpress Money and Money Gram. “The service will benefit labourers who send money to their families members as most of them do not have bank accounts,” he said.
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City witnesses 10 suicides in two weeks
Jalandhar, May 14 A resident of Friends Colony, Inderjit Singh, was reportedly suffering from some kidney and liver ailment and was under depression as he could not get relief from the disease. He left home at 8 am for a walk but reportedly went to the railway track and committed suicide. The deceased, who has two sons who run a wholesale business in Maqsudan Sabzi Mandi, was otherwise said to be well off and had no financial problems. Investigating officer, GRP, Rajinder Kumar said inquest proceedings had been started under Section 174 of the CrPC. Six jump before trains, four hang themselves
There have been at least 10 incidents of suicide committed by the residents in the last two weeks. As many as six persons ended their lives by jumping before trains while four died by hanging themselves from a ceiling fan in separate incidents. Two persons had committed suicide yesterday. A 20-year-old youth, Gursewak Singh, reportedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near the Cantonment railway station last evening. A 50-year-old man, Tilakraj, had also committed suicide last morning after hanging himself from a ceiling at his residence in Rama Mandi. As many as three suicides were reported in the city on May 7 in which an industrialist, Chander Mohan Arora, a staff member of district and sessions court, Raju and an elderly person, Devraj, were found lying dead on the tracks. The suicide committed by Pardeep Kaur on May 3 had rocked the city as she had left behind a suicide note blaming her uncle for sexually harassing her since childhood. Her uncle, a police officer, and her aunt, are behind bars after the case. Reasons vary
All the persons who committed suicides had varying problems ranging from love affair, sexual harassment, marital disputes of daughter, problem with business partners and physical ailment. Most of them were from well-off families, including Pardeep Kaur of Green Avenue, Chander Mohan Arora from Kailash Nagar and Inderjit Singh from Friends Colony, who died today. Family regrets police inaction
The sons of the deceased industrialist, Chander Mohan Arora, Sahil and Sagar today interacted with the media at their residence. They raised their voice over the alleged police inaction. Despite a suicide note left by the deceased, the GRP had registered a case of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC three days after the incident against Yograj Puri, Neeraj Puri, Davinder, Naresh Sharda, Ramesh Sharda, Harish Verma, Sudesh Sharda and Rajesh Verma. While the police have been claiming that the accused are still at large, the victim’s family has alleged that the accused were being allowed to go scot-free. The Puris are property dealers, whose names had figured in the DAV University land purchase deal. Sahil said it was his father who had helped the university officials purchase the land. He alleged that even as the suicide note (a copy of which was circulated in the media) mentioned addresses and phone numbers of some of the accused, the police took a lot of time in taking action on them, which helped them escape. He added that the note had even mentioned the names of witnesses in front of whom the financial deals was struck. Alleging that it was more of a murder than a suicide, he said his father could even have been dragged to the tracks as Rs 3.5 crore was due from the accused in various property deals. SHO, GRP, Davinder Singh Randhawa, said, “Raids are being conducted by our team at the residences of the accused. We learnt that two of the accused have applied for bail but we are going to contest it asking for rejection." |
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Row over new Gymkhana Club rules
Jalandhar, May 14 “What would he achieve by this? He can formulate new rules and can also order the screening of members but he cannot cancel any membership as the jurisdiction of this lies only with the EC,” declared Daljit Singh Chabra, Secretary, Gymkhana Club. While revealing this he has also accepted the fact that many relaxations in terms of minimum qualification of being graduate, financial burden up to 50 per cent have been given to various members by SR Ladhar, former president of the club. “The power to relax certain eligibility condition lies with the club president who can relax any rules to grant a membership. Many people in the last 10 years have been given various relaxations by the former club presidents. Now, by constituting a committee, the incumbent club president cannot revoke any membership at his own will. He has to send the report to the EC and only after the mutual consent of all the EC members, a membership can be revoked,” said Chabra. However, when contacted, R Venkataratnam, the club president, informed that the unnecessary relaxations given to various members in the past has spoiled the decorum of the club. “The club was known for being elite as it used to comprise of the senior-most bureaucrats of the region and the elite class of society. But due to these relaxations, the decorum of one of the most elite club in the city has gone for a toss. Nowadays, many ineligible people have also found their ways to the club and are now destroying its ambience,” said Venkataratnam. While calling it a serious concern, he informed that recently many new ultra-modern facilities like the fully-equipped gym and the bar has been introduced in the club which are getting spoiled by these miscreants. “Recently, Sherry Maan and Gippy Grewal had to leave the stage in between following misbehaviour by some of the members. Also, on the day of the inauguration, one of the seats at the bar was found to be torn by some miscreants. Being the club president, it is my duty to maintain the standards of the club,” said Venkataratnam. He said following this, he has ordered the formulation of the election and membership rules for the club that would bring things back in place.
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With results near, social media abuzz with LS poll talk
Jalandhar, May 14 The analysis is being done with humour and criticism with pictures of political leaders standing on the victory stand and cartoons of candidates from various constituencies, showing them running towards the finishing line in an athletic event. The most common issue doing the rounds is the effect of the poll outcome between the alliance partners in the state-SAD and BJP. The BJP leaders who are riding high on Modi wave and are expecting good results in favour of the party have already started demanding snapping of ties with the alliance partner. A section of the BJP leaders have also started asking if AAP, which originated just a year back, could contest independently from across the country on nearly 450 seats, then why can't the BJP which is an old national party. Discussions are also being held over the fact that BJP leader Arun Jaitley who contested from Amritsar has got a negative feedback about the alliance partner from the state and is likely to take up the matter at the appropriate forum. WhatsApp messages evoking the sentiment in the form of a bhog card printed by the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley is already doing the rounds. Much is being said about the exit poll results which have perhaps caught the fancy of none. A journalist wrote on his Facebook wall, “Though it can be called a sin for a journalist not to watch exit polls, I committed it last evening and blissfully stayed away from listening to a lot of crap. Just looked at the tables in the morning. I and a few journo friends did not come across these exit pollwalas though we moved around in urban and rural areas and saw several polling booths. They may be working outside a few polling booths which we did not visit. Did any journalist friend see these fellows on that day?” A reply came that the surveys are done in studios equipped with 3-D technologies. Another FB post reads, “Exit poll results for Punjab: Height of stupidity as channels giving 5 to 9 to one party, 4 to 6 to another and 1 to 4 for the third. What is this?” A reply to the user reads, “It is wastage of time to see exit poll. The actual results will show the public mind. So many problems in India and so many factors there.” Finally, a user associated with the Congress party concludes, “Whatever the results and whosoever forms the government at the Centre, the bitter confrontation during the electoral battle must make way for conciliation and cooperation between the government and the opposition without any prejudices. After all, everybody is part of the same political system.” Fact file
* The analysis is laced with humour and criticism with pictures of political leaders standing on the victory stand and cartoons of candidates from various constituencies, showing them running towards the finishing line in an athletic event. *
The most common issue doing the rounds is the effect of the poll outcome between the alliance partners in the state — SAD and BJP. The BJP leaders who are riding high on Modi wave and are expecting good results in favour of the party have already started demanding snapping of ties with the alliance partner. |
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Second phase of awareness campaign on migration ends
Jalandhar, May 14 Dr PRC Patnaik, Project Co-ordinator, said during the one-month awareness campaign, approximately 1500 to 2000 people from each village witnessed the programme. This pilot project has been undertaken to prevent illegal migration from Punjab to other countries in search of better job opportunities and make the rural folks to understand the dangers of illegal migration and its consequences and prevention of irregular migration. He said that van shows, street plays and puppet shows on migration have been conducted in all selected 40 villages almost daily. In addition to these activities, meetings were held in group of 3-4 people to educate them on safe and legal migration. Programmes were also conducted for students of X to XII standard to educate them on legal migration. He said that (MIPD) started the “Community-Based Awareness Campaign and Capacity Building for Safe and Legal Migration and preventing Irregular Migration in Doaba Region of Punjab.” since July 29, 2013 at Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Nawanshahar. This pilot project has been launched in collaboration with European Union (EU) through the India centre for Migration (ICM) and is to be conducted by Management Institute of Population and Development (MIPD). As a part of above activity, a street play on migration issues was organised in Higher Secondary Schools of villages Sarih and Heran of Nakodar block of Jalandhar district on 24 Apr, 2014. Approximately 400 students and 10 teachers including principals from both schools witnessed the programme. A puppet show was conducted in the higher secondary school at Nadala. Approximately 100 students attended the programme. A van show was conducted at village Heran. People were enthusiastic to know more about migration and take the help of government agencies. Approximately 30-40 people attended the programme,” he added.
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Doaba Khalsa School celebrates 100th anniversary
Jalandhar, May 14 Speaking on the occasion, a former student of the school, Dr Karamjit Singh Rai, said the school has figured among the prominent educational institutes of the area for the last 100 years. Renowned personalities like Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjit, former Union minister Swaran Singh, former transport minister of Punjab Karam Singh Kirti, Air Chief Marshal Dilbag Singh, Brigadier Tikshan Singh Sahota and Olympian Surinder Singh Sodhi have been the alumni of the school. He said an alumni meet will be organised in the school on November 23, where former students from across the world will participate. In 1960, the institute became a higher secondary school. In 1967, the school came under the aided school category and received grants from the state government. Another branch of the school started in 1970 and came to be known as the Doaba Khalsa Modal School. To promote education among women, the school was converted into a co-educational school in 2001. Later, the school opened another branch at village Dheena called SNS Doaba Khalsa Public School.
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KMV organises faculty development programme Jalandhar: KMV has taken the initiative to organise faculty development programmes. The programme aims at the enhancement of the skill, knowledge and expertise of the highly qualified and capable faculty of the KMV. A series of presentations and lectures from within the faculty and also by experts from outside are a part of the programme. The lead lecture in the series was by the principal Atima Sharma. She laid stress on the need for updating knowledge by keeping in sync with the global developments. She also emphasised the need for e-based teaching and learning in the contemporary system of education. She also appreciated the KMV faculty for incorporating e-content in their lectures. She said good learners can make good teachers and this was an opportunity for the faculty members to improve themselves. The second presentation in the series was by Dr Madhumeet on the topic “Meeting minutes writing”. Meetings are very important for the organisations and the decisions taken during the meetings have a lasting impact on an institution. Dr Madhumeet from the English PG Department extensively delved into details like giving a presentation required before taking down the minutes and on how to take down the minutes, etc. Dr Ekta, head of the department of the JMC, made a presentation on “Report Writing”. Writing reports for media coverage is a significant task which should be carried out with responsibility and a proper format should be followed while writing it. Suman Khurana, head of the PG Department of Computer Science and Applications, made an extensive presentation on “using e- content”. In the contemporary scenario, using e-content adds to professionalism in education. Khurana informed the faculty how to access various sites and make the best use of e-content. The presentations were made using audio-visual aids and were of great worth to the faculty members. The next presentation in the series will be on Saturday on "Healthy Eating Habits" by Dr Mandeep Kaur from the Department of Biotechnology. Placement drive
Haryana-based Asahi India Glass Limited held a pool campus placement drive at the CT Group of Institutions, Shahpur, for recruiting diploma students of the ME/EE/AUE. Seven students were selected in the recruitment process held at the seminar hall of the CTIEMT, Shahpur. In the pool campus drive, as many as 165 students participated. The selection process included three rounds following a group discussion, written test and final interview on the basis of which the company shortlisted as many as seven students for recruitment. Students from different polytechnic colleges of Punjab participated in this pool campus drive that included Mehar Chand Polytechnic College, Jalandhar, St Soldier Group of Institutions, Ramgarhia Polytechnic College, Phagwara and others. In the final round of interviews, seven students were selected for placement. After the successful completion of the recruitment process, the students got placements with a salary package of Rs 1.2 lakh per annum. “We would like to introduce ourselves as the largest glass company in India. AIS is transforming itself from being a manufacturer of world-class products to a “solutions” provider. Our company has three operating business units as AIS Automotive Glass, AIS Architectural Glass (Float and Glass Solutions) and AIS Consumer Glass (Auto Services - AIM, AIA & WE and Glass Xpert). Besides, we have around 10 plants in four major locations across India, namely, Bawal, Roorkee, Chennai and Taloja.” Group Director of the CT Group of Institutions, Dr Manoj Kumar said, “This was an effort to provide a platform to the students. Our institutions have always been keen to organise such placement drives and create ample job opportunities for the students of different streams.” Chairman, CT Group of Institutions, Charanjit Singh Channi motivated the students to keep working hard and remain prepared for important assignments through the company. He emphasized that to provide the best employment experience to the students, the institute was grooming them. Traffic rules awareness programme
Sanskriti KMV School organised an awareness programme on traffic rules for the school bus drivers. Under the guidance of Assistant Sub-Inspector Ranjit Singh, Head Constable Ramesh Kumar and Shamsher Singh took part in a seminar in which they laid stress on the need to make sincere, collective and individual efforts to spread awareness about the implementation of traffic rules and road safety. Principal Rachna Monga laid stress on such awareness programmes in present and for future. — TNS |
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Woman dies in road accident
Jalandhar, May 14 As many as eight women were travelling in the auto-rickshaw which lost its balance while avoiding a collision with a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in a critical condition where she was declared brought dead by the doctors.
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5 snatchers held in separate cases
Jalandhar, May 14 SHO Barjinder Singh said Karamjit Singh of Mehatpur, Ashok Kumar of Nakodar and Shivani had confessed to the incidents. He said their gang was active in the rural belt around Kapurthala and Lohian. In another case, the Maqsudan police today arrested two youth for allegedly purchasing stolen bikes and selling their spare parts in the scrap market. SHO Barjinder Singh said Gurpreet Singh and Harjot Singh of Kahlwan village had fled from a naka throwing away a sack full of motorcycle spare parts. He said his team chased the youth and arrested them. The police also seized small quantity of drug powder from them. — TNS
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Woman dies in road accident
Jalandhar, May 14 The residents of the area alleged that while all truck companies had been shifted to Transport Nagar, some big transporters were still not leaving the area, which was leading to frequent accidents. The police are investigating the case to nab the driver of the Delhi-Punjab Goods Carrier bearing number PB-08-BN-3092. 17 injured in accident As many as 17 persons were injured when a Tata-407 in which they were travelling overturned at Lambra on Nakodar Road here. Those injured were mostly farm labourers who were coming from Bhikhiwind. The injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital. — TNS
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UAE Exchange launched its domestic money transfer service in Jalandhar today.
Contrary to the recent Lok Sabha elections held in the district where the bureaucrats and the politicians were found to be working in perfect harmony, a recent fight has now erupted between the two at the local Gymkhana Club.
