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Failure to comply with PF provisions of mandatory filing of Digital Signature Certificate
NIT gets auto-rickshaw, bus service
19-yr-old found dead under mysterious conditions
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Promotion issue
Civil Hospital adds three more pharmacy windows
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jalandhar: Regularisation of marriage palaces—II
Cong councillor alleges discrimination against blue card beneficiaries, threatens agitation
Punjab tops the list of cow slaughter: Hindu body
Aided school teachers demand third installment of arrears
Labour body demands Rs 3,000 pension
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Failure to comply with PF provisions of mandatory filing of Digital Signature Certificate Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 10 The step has been taken after the parties concerned failed to respond to the show-cause notices. The establishments which may face prosecution include the District Health Society, Jalandhar, in which the Civil Surgeon will face action, the Sukhmani Society for Citizens in which the DC, Hoshiarpur, being the head, will face prosecution, besides the managing director of Hotel Maya Inns Private Limited, chairman of Mahavir Jain Senior Secondary School, principal, Lyallpur Khalsa College, and director, Bikanervala Foods Private Limited. (A copy regarding the matter is with The Tribune). Notably, as per the Para 7 of Para 36 of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, for the transfer and settlement of provident fund claims, the registration of the digital signature certificate (DSC) of class II and above, with the EPFO, is mandatory for all establishments having more than 50 employees for whom contribution is deposited by employer or establishment. Sources confirmed that the legal cell of the regional EPFO has already started the prosecution process and if in three days, the above-said establishments will not reply to the notices, they have to face the court’s action. In the exercise of powers conferred under sub-section(1) of section 14AC of the EPF &MP Act on the regional PF Commissioner, the non-submission of the DSC is punishable under Sections 14(2) and 14(2A) of the Act. Confirming this, Regional PF Commissioner Dheeraj Gupta told The Tribune, “Yes, some prosecution proposals for default in submitting the DSC have been put up for prosecution sanction which includes Sukhmani Society Hoshiarpur in which the DC is the head and District Health Society, Jalandhar, in which the Civil Surgeon is the head,” Gupta said, adding that before submitting the proposal, he had directed the Assistant Commissioner (Legal) to apprise them of the matter and wait for three days before filing the prosecution. Meanwhile, Civil Surgeon RL Vassan said the department had already applied for digital signature. Likely action if prosecution filed in court
Whosoever contravenes or makes default in complying with any provision of this Act or of any condition subject to which exemption was granted under Section 17 shall, if no other penalty is elsewhere provided by or under this Act, for such contravention or no-compliance, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months, but shall not be less than one month with fine. |
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NIT gets auto-rickshaw, bus service
Jalandhar, November 10 A bus service has been started from the institute through which students will be ferried to the nearest crossing in the area and an auto-rickshaw service has also been started so that students going out of the institute might not have to face too many hurdles on the highway so that their lives are not at risk. Notably, after the incident, the college formed a six-member welfare committee which could convey the needs and demands of the students to the institute authorities – the aforesaid decisions were taken, based on the suggestions of this council. A bus service has been started from the institute to the nearest crossing (Vidhipur Fatak) and also from the Vidhipur Fatak to the institute, especially from 5.45 pm to 7 pm. For students travelling after the said time, an auto service has also been started (from 5.45 pm onwards) which will run till later than 7 pm, during which autos will ferry students to the crossing. For this auto service, all the hostel students of the NIT will spend Rs 20 per month from their pockets to pay for it. Talking to The Tribune, students of the NIT said, “This will really help us in travelling in the evening time, something we were earlier having a problem with, owing to the unavailability of vehicles. While hostel students have all agreed to put Rs 20 into their mess account for the auto charges per month, the bus service is being provided free of cost from the institute authorities.” However, the problems regarding the railway tracks still persist owing to which students have jointly decided not to take the route until their other demands are met. Students said, “We have made a demand for foot over-bridge or under-bridge by the railway tracks since crossing an unmanned track is not advisable. Until the time the demand is met, students have jointly decided not to use the track for crossing over. Moreover, the authorities have told us they have sent a demand regarding an over-bridge to the ministry which will hopefully be met soon.” The railway tracks are also yet to get guards as per the demands of students and the highway just outside the NIT still has to get street-lights as well as presently it is very dark there at night. “We are primarily happy with the authorities since they have agreed and made provision in response to most of our demands, but for those remaining, we will wait since they are something which needs the government’s and district administration’s nod to be met,” students quipped. Fact file
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19-yr-old found dead under mysterious conditions
The deceased, Davinder, was a resident of Machiwal village in Kapurthala. He was a student of class X in a private school in Sidhwan Dona village. As per the victim’s father, Mangal, Davinder was killed by his two-above mentioned friends. “On November 7, when my son was standing outside his house, Pavitar and Gurmukh came and took him along on a bike. When my son didn’t return home till late night, I enquired about it from the duo, but they refused to reveal his whereabouts.” A day after, the duo had also visited his house and started searching for Davinder, but they didn’t reveal his exact whereabouts. Yesterday, his son’s body was recovered from an empty plot. He seemed to have been given some poisonous substance by his killers. The Kapurthala Sadar police said the police had registered a case of culpable homicide and the postmortem would tell the exact cause of the death. |
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Employees to stage protest during winter session
Tribune news Service
Jalandhar, November 10 The federation has condemned the state personnel department direction that does not consider reservation under roster point as a seniority point. Following the same direction, the reserved categories will not able to avail seniority and promotion benefits. A meeting presided over by the federation president Jasbir Singh Pal said that a letter had been issued on October 10 by the Personnel Department, Punjab, which was unconstitutional. A memorandum, signed by 50,000 people, will be handed over to the President of India and Governor of Punjab next month to get the letter cancelled, it was decided. He said 38 per cent of the SC and 17 per cent of the BC population in the state was going to be affected by the letter. During the course of the protest, the federation will stage protests in front of the houses of 34 MLAs, ministers and MPs belonging to the SC and BC community. He said a signature campaign within the community had already been launched. Delegates of the Gazetted Federation have already handed over a memorandum of demands to Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal regarding the matter.
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Miscreants break into
MC office
Jalandhar, November 10 According to Anupam Kler, Joint Commissioner, MC, the attempt seems to have been made by some staff member only, as all records have been found intact. “The department sometimes keeps petty cash in the almirahs which it collects after 5 pm as fine. The intruder seems to have been aware about the fact and made the attempt to steal the cash,” said Kler. She said the department had not registered an FIR, as nothing was found missing. However, following the incident, officials have reviewed the security of the entire building and decided to close the two doors in the basement through which they feel that the building could be accessed by miscreants. They are planning to increase the security of the building housing important records and having just four policemen to guard the entire building. |
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Civil Hospital adds three more pharmacy windows
Jalandhar, November 10 Till date, people were facing a lot of harassment in getting medicines from the hospital, as there is only one pharmacy window in the entire hospital and only two pharmacists catering to around 1,100 patients visiting the 16 OPDs everyday! Also, the laboratory timings for the hospital have been increased from 9 am to 6 pm in winters and from 8 am to 6 pm in summers. Earlier, where the laboratory was accepting blood samples only till 12 noon will now accept samples till 6 pm. According to RL Bassan, the hospital authorities have taken the decision at the behest of SK Jiyani, Punjab Health Minister, who visited the hospital on Saturday. “The decision will help patients, as a majority of them come from far-flung areas. Sometimes, it becomes very difficult for them to get medicines and most of them even have to stay for the night to give blood samples on the next day,” said Bassan. He also said that the old pharmacy window would be reserved only for women, whereas the new windows would give medicines to male patients. The authorities have deputed four lab technicians and three pharmacists for the new pharmacy windows. The District Health Department is also planning to start video conferencing system for the doctors inside the hospital premises only. |
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jalandhar: Regularisation of marriage palaces—II Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
Even as there are clear-cut bylaws spelling out the number of toilets, fire exits, covered area, parking area, landscaping, having no entry and exit points of the palace on the scheduled roads and national highways, getting building plans approved, Change of Land Use (CLU) cleared and getting NOCs from six departments including PWD, forests department, PSPCL, District Town Planner, fire department and concerned civic body, the owners have till date not bothered to ensure compliance. "There are two marriage palaces just adjoining my house in Model Town. There are times when both these palaces are booked at the same time. The congestion caused by vehicles leads to so much of a problem that we are not even able to reach our houses. The blaring music too makes our life miserable,” said Tarlok Singh, a resident of Kapurthala. "The marriage palaces which fall on highway or in residential colonies are a big nuisance. Since they are run by influential people, they manage to prevent themselves from any action against them by using their money and muscle power. But the law is the same for everyone and should not be violated at the cost of affecting the lives of others,” said Surinder Mittal, a resident of Phagwara. "The number of four-wheelers has been souring and almost all families attend a marriage going on a car. Further, even the sizes of the cars have started increasing. So, clearly having proper parking provision should be a must for all marriage halls, hotels and banquet halls, said Mahinder Kaur, a housewife. "A fire clearance is prime. There are palaces and hotels having kitchens in the basements. There is every chance of fire spreading from such compartments. Most palaces also have a single exit where as there should be multiple exits to prevent any casualty during such an emergency situation,” said Kanika, a teacher. "Even as JDA has shown some concern regarding unauthorised palaces, the Municipal Corporation staff has not taken any action against them. This clearly shows the intention of the town planning department. All such palaces, which do not comply with norms, should be sealed which should be opened when a palace submits it in writing that he will make the necessary infrastructural changes in a requisite timeframe,” said Manoj Arora, PPCC member. "The civic bodies should issue a licence to the marriage palaces only if they have requisite parking provision. Any congestion caused on highway can lead to a fatal accident or a traffic jam. There can be emergency vehicles like ambulances, cops or people waiting to catch a train or a plane who may be caught in traffic. All such circumstances have to be seen,” said Rajat Mohindru, a BJP leader. "We lag much behind other developed countries of the world on this front. If we go abroad, they do the booking at a palace after calculating the number of likely guests and verifying the car parking capacity of the venue. In India too, we have tough laws but there is no implementation. We need administrative officers like former DC of Nawanshahr Krishan Kumar who wield their power without caring an iota about anyone's affluence or contacts,” said MP Singh Goraya, a social activist. Officialspeak
I need some time to thoroughly look into the background of all such cases. We will initiate required action after looking into all pros and
cons — Gurpreet Singh Khehra, Chief Administrator, PUDA and Municipal Commissioner |
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Cong councillor alleges discrimination against blue card beneficiaries, threatens agitation
Jalandhar, November 10 The Congress councillor also said if his demand for the issuance of blue cards for his ward residents wasn't met in the next 10 days he would sit on a hunger strike from December 1, 2014, along with these people. Alleging that the ward residents had been denied benefits because they supported the Congress, Jassal said the discrimination had left many poor homes, widows and needy people without recourse, since they were already having trouble making ends meet. Alleging discrimination in the release of blue cards, Jassal said as many as 2,200 families were ignored during the process due to their support for the Congress and among these applicants there were at least 250 poor widows. As many as 630 cases were of old age and widow pension where people had not been given pensions for the past nine months and no move was being made by the government to make sure that these pensions are meted out. Barring this, 250 cases were of such people who had applied for pensions, but hadn't received them till date. Many handicapped people in the ward were also not receiving the pensions meant for the handicapped people. The councillor also said over 500 homes which had sent applications regarding getting lanters (pucca roofs), had also not been cleared and so far only 22 had been cleared (by their forms being stamped) by the local MLA. "Only about 500 people have been issued blue cards in the ward and I know at least eight to 10 people on the list who are government officers. While those close to the MLA are favoured, Congress supporters are left out of the list of beneficiaries. As per the last updated data, there are at least 3,300 beneficiaries of blue cards in the ward but only 500 cards have been issued," Jassal said. Jassal, along with Congress leader Rajinder Beri, had also met the District Food and Civil Supply officer a couple of months ago on the issue. Talking to The Tribune, MLA KD Bhandari said, "Who am I to issue blue cards. It is not my work, it is the councillor's. He is just spreading falsehoods and blackmailing people by making false and baseless statements. I have never favoured any particular person, nor will ever do so. For me even the councillor is favoured. I believe blue cards and benefits under various schemes should be issued to 100 per cent of the beneficiaries and it has already been done for many people. If any of the beneficiaries remain, we shall also do so in their case." Fact file
Allegations of councillor
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Punjab tops the list of cow slaughter: Hindu body
Jalandhar, November 10 He said people were abandoning cows after milking them die to which accidents happen and deaths also occur. He said even though Cow sheds in Rajasthan and Haryana were being paid grants by the government, the same was not being in Punjab by the Akali-BJP combine. He said the policies of the govern were causing animal and cow lovers to feel disappointed with the government. Swami Virendranand said letters in this regard had been sent to PM Narendra Modi, BJP National president Amit Shah, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, BJP state president Kamal Sharma among others. They said their primary demand was that a special meeting should be convened to declare the cow a national level and a proposal thus passed by the government be forwarded to the president by the party. Swami Virendranand said another immediate need to conserve the cow as an animal was due to the fact that trucks filled with cows were being sent to Ahmedabad in Gujrat to be butchered at a big scale. He said many times Hindu bodies have intercepted trucks full of cows at the Sirohi border in Rajasthan but had been disappointed with the government action which has followed because majority of the times the perpetrators of such crimes have been let off scot free. Activists of the organisation also said even the cows cut off to be used as beef were putting people’s lives in peril because often the most haggard and diseased cows are being used for the same which is causing people to consume meat of diseased
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Aided school teachers demand third installment of arrears
Jalandhar, November 10 Condemning the attitude of the state government, the aided school employees said even as the government released their installments of pending arrears of the past two years, the one this year was yet to arrive. Aided School Teachers and Other Employees Union activist Manish Aggarwal said, "To save its face in court, the government released the third installment of pending arrears two months ago but it is stalled at the treasury due to which employees are yet to get the third installment." The employees said, "If the government didn't release the third installment soon, they will be forced to take to the path of protest during which the studies of students will suffer as well, for which only the government will be responsible." They said the union had time and again resort to court for a rescue when the government did not pay them their dues, but interestingly, now the government was not even paying heed to court directions. President Arvind Bains said the government got the recommendations of the sixth pay commission implemented in 2009 but started dithering when turn of aided school teachers came. They said following they had to knock the doors of the High Court, following whose instructions the government relented and agreed to give the pending dues to employees in three installments. But even after agreeing the government failed to pay the installments due to which employees had to fight two contempt proceedings against the government, following which finally the government submitted an affidavit and paid first and second installments in August 2012 and August 2013. They said now when the first two installments were paid, the government was wavering at the time for the third one. They said if the government does not pay their money soon they would have to take to the path of struggle. Meanwhile, union members also demanded that salaries be paid to the teachers of the primary schools of the union which have been pending for the past over six months. |
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Labour body demands Rs 3,000 pension
Jalandhar, November 10 State general secretary of the body Gurnam Singh Daud said old age and widow pension should be increased to Rs 3,000 per month without any interruption. Apart from this, a proper public distribution should be set up to provide subsidised food commodities to weaker sections of the society. He said the sabha has decided to launch a protest in Ludhiana on November 28 to get these demands fulfilled. |
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Fencing team shines
Parminder, Priya, Manpreet and Simranjit of KMV Collegiate School fencing team added another feather to the cap of the department of physical education by winning District School Championship. Principal Prof Atima Sharma congratulated the head the department of physical education, Ashoo Bajaj, and faculty members, Neha and Deepika, and wished them many more victories in future. She also congratulated the winning team members and wished them a glorious future ahead. State sports festival
Students of the sports department of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya participated in Women State Sports Festival held at Ludhiana from Oct 31 to Nov 1 and won silver medal in basketball and kho kho. Cross-country race
Delhi Public School, Jalandhar, organised a cross-country race to celebrate the national unity on Sunday. This race assesses the endurance and stamina of the students. Almost 700 children from classes III to XII took part in the race. The race was flagged off from the school premises by the Principal Asha Kumar. The staff and teachers of Delhi Public School were stationed at pre determined spots to hand over tokens to the students to ensure that they completed each phase in accordance to the rules. The junior students and girls ran for 3 km, and the senior boys covered a distance of 5 km, through the by lanes and dirt tracks of Dhanowali village, Jalandhar. Students thoroughly enjoyed the experience of coming to school early and ran with a spirit befitting their youth. Annual day
Cambridge International School for Girls held annual day celebrations on their school campus. Deepak Bhatia, vice-chairman of school, presided over as the chief guest. Performances of wings dance, book dance and dream dance were presented. To highlight the role of fourth class employees a dance performance was given entitled- Broom dance. The expertise with which the tiny tots played the instruments simply enthralled the guests. On the occasion, academic director Deepa Dogra acquainted the audience with future plans and the activities related to the play way-Cambridge Sparkling stars. Ajay Bhatia, chairman learning wings, presented the chief guest with a memento. The chief guest and the other guests were completely enchanted with the decoration and the show. Blood donation camp
PAHAL organised a voluntary blood donation camp. S Gurjinder Singh Bhatija, chairman, market committee, grain market, jalandhar, was the chief guest, He said, "Blood donation is declaring well being of a personality as only healthy person present herself/himself for blood donation , it also ensure the youth to join mainstream of the nation. Seminar on traffic rules
The student welfare department of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a seminar
on traffic rules. S Shamsher Singh, in charge, traffic education cell, was present on the occasion to observe the lecture delivered by Ramesh Kumar, member, education cell, to the students of the college. Addressing the students he said that with the ever-increasing number of vehicles on the road, to avoid accidents it was imperative to observe traffic rules. Numbers of accidents on roads were increasing alarmingly due to negligence in following of the traffic rules. Principal KMV Prof Atima Sharma reiterated in her interaction with the students that it was absolutely necessary to understand and observe traffic rules to stop the ever-increasing number of road accidents.
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Jalandhar, November 10
Jalandhar, November 10