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Khalistan discussed in Pak shrines Area under wheat to decline: Ranike Will Punjab hike cane price? HC upholds Coop
Registrar’s order IAS probationers undergo
rural training Mittal inaugurates work on
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| 2,215 cr to be
spent on roads, bridges PHAGWARA, Nov 13 — The Punjab Tourism Minister, Mr Swarna Ram, yesterday told a gathering at Bhakhriana village that the government would spend Rs 2,215 crore on new roads and bridges, including railway bridges.
Bibi should quit,
says Dal Khalsa Kathuria wins MC seat
A boon for
illiterates PSEB engineers hold protest meeting ‘Introduce new methods
of contraception’ Terrorist surrenders
after 14 years Baggage allowance for Samjhauta cut Rs 356 lakh released
for Sangrur dist
Woman killed
in road mishap Seven arrested for gambling One more held for murder
M.A. (II) students
begin stir College teachers’
bandh today Thapar college annual fest ends Punjabi varsity
starts TV project PSMS ranked among top 100 business schools
Agitation threat
by traders
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Khalistan discussed in Pak shrines AMRITSAR, Nov 13 — A battered Surjit Singh (42) and a swollen-eyed Anup Singh (55) alighted from the Samjhauta Express today. Both belong to the Baba Mangal Singh Satlani (Amritsar) group of the Gurmat Gurbani Sant Samaj. A clash took place between them and armed militants when both were suspected of being CBI men. The train arrived at 4.30 pm, behind schedule, at Attari station. Baba Mangal Singh, who addressed presspersons at the station, revealed that Khalistan was openly discussed in Pakistan gurdwaras, especially Nankana Sahib. Besides inflammatory literature, the sangat was given cassettes of Sant Bhinderanwale free of cost to propagate secessionism. Sant Mangal Singh, who had a close encounter with Mr Rafiq Tarar, President of Pakistan, said that security officers were openly announcing political stay/asylum’ to whosoever was interested in the presence of Mr Tarar. He claimed that he also demanded a change in the current Pakistan Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (PGPC) chief, Javed Nasir and installation of a baptist Sikh in his place. Mr Tarar promised to look into the matter, the sant claimed. Gurdial Singh Bhatia of Indore (48) and his wife, Paramjit Kaur, said that they had an unpleasant experience in Pakistan. The couple said Pakistani intelligence officials followed them everywhere and photographs of Khalistani secessionist leaders were pasted everywhere along with inflammatory handbills. Bhinderanwala cassettes too could be heard everywhere, they said. A member of the Sant Samaj, on condition of anonymity, claimed that the men who had beaten up Surjit Singh and Anup Singh belonged to the Babbar Khalsa militant outfit. Baba Mangal Singh alleged that the Pakistani police too was hand in glove with militant outfits. He said that a Pakistani police officer pointed a rifle at Surjit Singh while another suggested that he should be shot as he was a ‘CBI agent’. The Pakistani police even refused to register a criminal case in connection with the incident. The two were badly beaten up with sticks on the gurdwara terrace before being saved by members of Mangal Singh’s jatha. Lashing out at the Pakistani Government, Sant Mangal Singh said, “We had expected the Pakistan Government to deal more favourably with us, when each of the jathebandis were sent invitation. “As guests we should have been treated more gracefully”. On whether he would go to Pakistan in future or sent jathas despite the SGPC ban, he said, “We are the children of the guru and nobody, not even the SGPC nor-Pakistan can stop us, and we have proved that”. As many as 1500 passengers disembarked from the Samjhauta Express, a majority of them part of the Sikh jathas that had left on November 6 to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan. Many of those still in Pakistan would be able to extend their visas till Thursday, senior customs officers assured. |
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Area under wheat to decline: Ranike GURDASPUR, Nov 13 — Mr Gulzar Singh Ranike, Minister of State for Agriculture, addressing a district-level kisan mela have today said that the area under wheat cultivation would be reduced by 2.20 lakh acres during this year. The target for wheat production on an area of 30.80 lakh hectares for this year would be 142 lakh tonnes. Mr Ranike said that last year, the area under lentil oils was 84000 hectares only and it was going to be increased to 2.26 lakh hectares during the current year. He said that the area under sugarcane cultivation had also been increased so that sugar mills could utilise their optimum capacity to increase sugar production. The deep tubewell scam in the state had adversely affected production. The inquiry being conducted into the scam had been delayed. He said that block-level agriculture offices would be equipped with computers, fax, telephones and e-mail to reduce the gap between the department and farmers. Oilseeds were scarce this year, but the situation was expected to be normal next year. Dr R.K. Rampal, Joint Director, Agriculture, said that the state had 63 soil-testing laboratories. The government had floated a scheme to adopt villages for soil testing. Under the scheme, the villages adopted by the department would witness soil testing of all agricultural land. As many as 25 villages would be adopted under the scheme this year. Dr Rampal said that the Central Government had sanctioned Rs 2.98 crore under the ICDP scheme. Under the scheme, farmers would be given certified seeds, threshers and sprinkler sets on subsidy besides imparting technical knowledge to farmers for optimum production. Mr Husan Lal, ADC (General), also spoke. |
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Will Punjab hike cane price? CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 — There is a remote possibility of an increase in the sugarcane price in Punjab. Though the crushing of cane has already started, the state government has not announced the new price of cane yet. The Minister for Cooperation, Mr Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, said that the price of cane was fixed at Rs 100 per quintal last year. He said there was little chance of enhancing the cane price this year as the rate fixed last year was “good enough” for cane growers. Last year, Haryana was the only state which fixed Rs 110 as the price of cane, more than that given by Punjab. This year Haryana has also indicated that it will not increase the price of cane. In the case of Punjab, the final decision pertaining to the price will be taken following the return of Mr Parkash Singh Badal from a foreign trip. Sugarfed in the state is suffering a huge loss because of cooperative sugar mills. While the accumulated loss of Sugarfed is nearly Rs 200 crore, its monthly loss has been estimated at Rs 2.72 crore. Cooperative sugar mills located at Ajnala, Zira, Jagraon and Patiala are in huge loss. The government is planning to get rid of these mills by appointing a liquidator. According to information available at the official level, the cooperative sugar mills at Nawanshahr, Morinda and Batala have started the cane crushing operations. Other mills located at Gurdaspur, Bhogpur, Fazilka, etc, will start the work in a day or so. There are 21 sugar mills in the state and 14 of these are in the cooperative sector. Mr Jagjit Puri, Managing Director of Sugarfed, said this year the main emphasis was on enhancing sugar recovery. The existing rate of sugar recovery was 8.17 per cent and it would go up to 9.20 per cent by the end of February when the mature crop of cane would start arriving at the mills for crushing. However, most of the sugar mills in the state will have to close their crushing operations by the end of February because of the lack of raw material. There is about 33 per cent shortage of raw material (cane) than the optimum crushing capacity of the mills, it is learnt. Though the area under cane had increased last year, it was not sufficient to feed the sugar industry in the state. |
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HC upholds Coop
Registrar’s order CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 —The Punjab and Haryana High Court today ruled that administrators appointed by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Punjab, have no powers to make appointment of employees, their removal or increase their pay scales. Mr Justice M.S. Gill while handing down this order also upheld a circular passed by the Registrar on September 26, 1986. Mr Justice Gill passed this order on a writ petition filed by Mr Amar Singh, retired Cooperative Inspector who was earlier Administrator of Kotla Doom Agriculture Cooperative Society. The Managing Committee of the society appointed him Administrator to run the society. As administrator he appointed one Guravtar Singh as salesman of the society on a salary of Rs 800 per month. Guravtar Singh was later admitted to the society as member with a credit limit. But he defaulted in payment of a loan and the society filed a case in the trial court which attached Amar Singh’s pension for the recovery of the society’s loan. He challenged the order in the High Court which dismissed his petition. |
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IAS probationers undergo
rural training PHAGWARA, Nov 13 — In their quest for greener pastures abroad, Punjabi youth have lost higher education moorings. Prosperity has brought the problem of plenty and a new paradigm of development will have to be created to sustain growth, with major thrust on higher education. These were some of the impressions shared by some probationers of the IFS, IAS, IPS and IRS before returning on Saturday night to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, after their one-week in-house training at Bhagana, Surakhpur, Budhesal and Talwandi Chaudhrian villages as part of their rural training and study of socio-economic conditions in villages. The 22-member group of probationers also spent a day at a nearby model village, Palahi. The trainees also pointed out rural economic disparities and growing drinking habits due to prosperity, augmented by the flow of NRI funds. |
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Mittal inaugurates work on
bridge ROPAR, Nov 13 — Mr Madan Mohan Mittal, Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Punjab, inaugurated the construction of a bridge on the Swan river yesterday. The foundation stone of the bridge was laid about three years ago by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Talking to newspersons, Mr Mittal said the bridge would be build at a cost of over Rs 20 crore. The 2-km width of the Swan would be canalised to about 500 metres. It would be completed within a year, he said. Mr Mittal when asked about his meeting with the Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, on November 8 on the storage of rice, said the minister had assured him that adequate storage space would be provided for rice. For this, the Union Government was planning to build more stores, besides speeding up the movement of food grains. |
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2,215 cr to be
spent on roads, bridges PHAGWARA, Nov 13 — The Punjab Tourism Minister, Mr Swarna Ram, yesterday told a gathering at Bhakhriana village that the government would spend Rs 2,215 crore on new roads and bridges, including railway bridges. He said Rs 1,245 crore would be raised through bond funds during the next two years for
four-laning of main roads and completing projects of bridges and new roads and Rs 150 crore would be spent on repairs of roads. He said Rs 312 crore would be spent this year on the welfare of Scheduled Castes under the special component scheme and Rs 138.38 crore had been earmarked for old-age pensions. The minister also inaugurated two link roads. |
Bibi should quit,
says Dal Khalsa AMRITSAR, Nov 13 — In the wake of the rejection of the anticipatory bail plea of Bibi Jagir Kaur, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), and imposition of Section 302, IPC, in the CBI case relating to the purported hand in the mysterious death of her daughter Harpreet Kaur, the Dal Khalsa lashed out at the stubborn attitude of the Bibi. It said she should have resigned at the first instance. Mr Kanwarpal Sikh, spokesman of the Dal Khalsa, said today’s decision had sounded the death knell for Bibi’s political career. She should resign before being arrested or surrender before the investigating agencies in the larger interest of the Sikh community”, he added. He suggested that the members reject her candidature for SGPC
presidentship. |
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Kathuria wins MC seat MALERKOTLA, Nov 13 — Mr Jagdish Kumar Kathuria (Jaggi) has won the Municipal Council seat from ward No 9 by 820 votes in the interim election held here on Sunday. Only two candidates were in the field. Out of the total 2274 votes, 1306 were polled in favour of Mr Kathuria and 486 of Mohammad
Ishaq. |
A boon for
illiterates BATHINDA: Geeta was just a kid when her father died. Her mother could not make arrangements for the education of her eight children after the death of her husband. Geeta, who remained illiterate for about 30 years has been coming regularly for night classes being organised by the National Literacy Mission at various places in this city. Geeta, who has come to know about the value of education has also been bringing her two daughters, Mala and Reena, to night classes so that they could get education to stand on their own in the life. She is happy now that she knows that who is Punjab’s Chief Minister and the Prime Minister. She always learns whatever is taught to her in classes at home. Reshma, who is above 45 years, could not resist the temptation of night classes. Mother of 10 children (five married and five bachelors) she along with her son regularly attends night classes. She is of the opinion that after getting education, she will be able to read and write letters. Chindo (16) says that she could not get education as her father died when she was a kid. After the death of her father, she lived with her grandmother, who could not arrange for her education. But in the night classes, she has been coming regularly along with her two brothers and four nieces. Most students of night classes are poor and cannot get education at the right time due to various reasons. Most of these illiterates have turned into rag-pickers, labourers and toy-makers. The night classes, however, have become a turning point in their life as they could attend the classes after earning their livelihood. Moreover, the illiterate parents do not want to keep their children illiterate and are trying their best to make best use of such classes. Sohan Lal, a toy-maker, Raj Kumar, a shoe polisher, and Vijay, a rag-picker, who are regulars at night classes say that they were repenting that they could not get any education during their childhood. Had they got education in their childhood they would have been better placed? Official sources said night classes were being run in various slums of the district and about 56,965 were taught the three Rs. Though the literacy mission started in 1997, it has not produced the desired results so far. The indifferent attitude of the state government towards this campaign, shortage of funds and other bureaucratic bottlenecks had created hurdles in the literacy mission. So far 39,112 persons had learnt primary lesson while more than 28,000 had learnt secondary lesson. About 14,000 persons had been learning the third lesson. A new life was being infused into this campaign to eradicate any illiterate person in this district. Though the NLM was meant for only those belonging to 15 to 35 age group, in the night classes, the persons aged below 15 and over 45 had been coming regularly. Some of the illiterate women demanded that male and female classes should be held separately. |
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PSEB engineers hold protest meeting PATIALA The protest week was being observed against the indiscriminatory attitude of the Board management which was adopting double standards, said Mr Miglani. During the protest week, engineers would be wearing black badges and would hold regional meetings at the district and project level. From November 27, for five successive
days, engineers from different zones and projects would converge at the PSEB headquarters here to stage day-long dharnas. Mr Miglani said if the board management did not give in to their genuine
demands, the situation would be reviewed and the association might even take the step of going of a complete strike. Mr Miglani said the executive of the board had totally ignored the implementation of decisions concerning engineers regarding finalisation of pay scales, allowances, and that there was no transparency in the transfer policy of the board. The engineers would also participate in a state-level rally of engineers and workers at Chandigarh on November 15 as part of the national action plan against the Electricity Bill-2000. |
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‘Introduce new methods
of contraception’ PATIALA, Nov 13 — The one-day 12th Patiala Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society Conference concluded here today with a plea for introduction of new methods of contraception. The conference , which was inaugurated by the Director of the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr M. P. Kapoor, here yesterday , saw nearly 200 delegates from Punjab and adjoining state participating in it. In her presidential address on “Our population control programme — a dismal record of non-performance”, the society president, Dr Ashi R Sarin, said new methods of contraceptives, including long-acting injectibles , implants and inexpensive methods of non-surgical sterilisation , should be used. Dr Sarin said drugs like R U 846 should be made freely available and the techniques of emergency contraception should be widely publicised . She reminded the audience that the United Nationals Population Fund in a recent report said India was not a role model at all in terms of population control. She suggested that the minimum age of marriage of women in the country should be raised to 21 years from 18 years at present to cut down population growth. She felt that incentives should also be offered to couples with two or less children. Dr M. P. Kapoor in his address said the gap between engineering and life sciences should be bridged . He advocated the introduction of sex education in the curriculum and trial of alternative medicine along with modern methods of treatment. Dr Monica Verma, honorary secretary of the society, presented annual report of the society, while Dr Sarita Agarwal proposed the vote of thanks . Other speakers included eminent gynaecologists such as Prof Sarla Malhotra , Prof Subhas Gupta and Dr Umesh Jindal of Chandigarh. |
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Terrorist surrenders
after 14 years JALANDHAR, Nov 13 (UNI) — A terrorist, absconding for 14 years, today surrendered and was arrested, the police said. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Gaurav Yadav, said Sarbjit Singh of Dalike village, declared a proclaimed offender in a case of gun-snatching in 1986, had fled to Germany from where he returned recently and surrendered under police pressure. The SSP said three accomplices of the accused, Harjap Singh, Kulwant Singh and Balbir Singh, were arrested on August 27. All the four accused had snatched a .12-bore gun from Gurbaksh Singh of Pandori Nijjran village on August 1, 1986. Mr Yadav said the accused was remanded to police custody for interrogation. |
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Baggage allowance for Samjhauta cut ATTARI, Nov 13 — Samjhauta Express passengers are sore over the Government’s instructions to reduce the baggage allowance from Rs 12,000 to Rs 3,000. Expressing anger, a Muslim woman told TNS today that this decision was introduced only in this train coming from Pakistan. Such conditions were not applicable to those who travel on the Delhi-Lahore bus or travel by air. A majority of people who travel by this train are generally from the lower middle class who visit their families and carry small gifts. This restriction was not called for, a man hailing from Aligarh said. A customs officer while confirming the reduction in allowance said they were bound by the instructions from their seniors. Customs officials were being directed to check the baggage and personal belongings of the passengers. |
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Rs 356 lakh released
for Sangrur dist SANGRUR, Nov 13 — The District Planning and Development Board at a meeting here today released Rs 356.89 lakh for different development and welfare schemes in this district. The meeting, which was presided over by Mr Madan Mohan
Mittal, Punjab Food and Supplies Minister, and Chairman of the planning board released Rs 218 lakh for the “shagun scheme”, Rs 70 lakh for providing attendance stipend to SC girl students of primary classes, Rs 5.89 lakh for Indira Awas Scheme, Rs 13 lakh as united funds and Rs 50 lakh for urban development
schemes. Mr Mittal said the state government had provided Rs 15,35 lakh to Sangrur district for various development and welfare schemes for the current financial year. He directed officers to submit utilisation certificates by December 15 of the funds which they had got, during 1998-99 for spending on development works. |
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Tension continues in
Alike village BATHINDA, Nov 13 — Tension gripped Alike village of this district today when two rival groups organised rallies immediately after the bhog ceremony at the local religious place on the issue of the appointment of
attendant of the religious place. One group led by Mr Gurdyal Singh, an attendant of the religious place, and the second group led by the Arjun Singh, a member of the Action Committee of the village, organised the rallies. The district administration has sent commandoes was and police personnel to check any untoward situation. |
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R.S. Mann visits master plan sites MOGA, Nov 13 — The Chief Secretary, Punjab, Mr R.S.
Mann, visited sites where work is going on under the master plan for
the district. Mr Mann was accompanied by Mr N.K. Arora, Principal
Secretary, Local Government, Ms Tejinder Kaur, Mr K.D.S. Sidhu, Mr
D.S. Guru, Director, Industries, Mr Jaspal Singh, and Commissioner,
Ferozepore division. |
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Thermal plant staff
hold rally BATHINDA, Nov 13 — Activists of the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant Employees Federation,
(GNDTPEF) here today organised a rally in front of the gate of the plant in protest against the authorities for not fulfilling the demands of the employees. In a statement issued here today, Mr Sampooran Singh, General-Secretary,
(GNDTPEF), said the activists had submitted a memorandum to the authorities regarding the demands of the employees. |
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Election of panches
on Nov 26 CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 — The State Election Commission, Punjab, here today issued a notification to hold elections and byelections of 98 sarpanches and 473 panches in Punjab on November
26. Nominations can be filed till November 16 and the scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on November 17. The withdrawal of papers will be on November 18. |
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CBI probe
sought into paddy ‘scandal’ CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 — The Sarab Hind Shiromani Akali Dal has sought a CBI inquiry into the paddy muddle in the state. Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra, general secretary of the party, in a statement said there was a big scandal relating to the distress sale of paddy. Only an inquiry at the CBI level could expose this. He said certain officers were behind this scandal. They bought paddy at a low price from farmers and sold it at the minimum support price. |
Woman killed
in road mishap PHILLAUR, Nov 13 — One woman was killed and 11 others sustained injuries, when a Batala-bound Punjab Roadways bus hit four vehicles near the Goraya bus stand on Sunday morning. All four vehicles, including Zen car (PB-10-A-1028), Maruti car (PB-10-J-0214), Vespa scooter (PB-10-7766), Chetak scooter (PIJ-6169) were badly damaged. The deceased Tanjeet Kaur belonged to Dholewal Chowk Ludhiana and was on her scooter to deliver marriage invitation cards. Her husband Ajmer Singh, who was riding the Vespa scooter, was injured and admitted to the Royal hospital, Goraya. An eyewitness said the driver of roadways bus coming from Asandh applied brakes at the red light near the bus stand. The bus hit the vehicles and dragged them hundreds of yards. The bus has been impounded and the driver arrested. |
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Seven arrested for gambling KAPURTHALA, Nov 13 — A raid was conducted on the premises of Hotel Shiven on the Kapurthala-Jalandhar road last night and seven persons, including Ashok Kumar, owner of the hotel, were arrested for using the hotel for gambling. According to a press note issued today, the SSP, Mr Iqbal Singh, said the police caught the seven persons red-handed while gambling. Rs 1,05,550 were seized from them. The arrested have been identified as Rajinder Kumar, Narinderjit Singh, Ravi Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Sukhdev Kumar and Baldev
Raj. |
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One more held for murder PHILLAUR, Nov 13 — The Phillaur police today nabbed one more person on the charge of murdering Amarjit Singh, Dharam Singh and Phool Chand near Kherra village in the subdivision on August 26. The DSP, Phillaur, Mr Sajjan Singh Cheema, told this correspondent here today that two other accused had already been arrested on September 5 and one more accused Charanjit Singh was still at large. |
M.A. (II) students
begin stir BATHINDA, Nov 13 — The students of M.A. II (economics) in Punjabi University’s Guru Kanshi Regional Centre here have alleged that the optional subject of money banking is not being offered to them and instead statistics is being ‘imposed’ as an optional subject on them. In a written complaint to the centre head, they demanded that the optional subject of Money Banking should be offered to them. However, so far they have got no positive response from the authorities concerned. The students went on an indefinite strike from today to press their demand. The students have pleaded that their optional subject should be changed, otherwise they would have to do a private course or drop their studies. Dr Jagroop Singh, Centre Head, said that the problem had arisen due to a shortage of staff. “We are unable to provide more than one optional subject to the students as we have got only two professors. Also at this stage, it is not possible to change the elective subjects because university rules allow a change in elective subject only within a month of the start of the session, but now more than two months have passed”, he said. Commenting about the strike by the students, he said that the matter would be resolved within a few days after meetings were held with the students and professors concerned. He maintained that the optional subject could not be changed at this stage and the students would be persuaded to opt for statistics in place of money banking. |
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College teachers’
bandh today PHAGWARA, Nov 13 — Non-government college teachers of
Barnala, Mastuana, Sangrur, Sandhara, Sandhaur, Bhawanigarh, Dhuri and Malerkotla will observe a “zonal education
bandh” tomorrow by resorting to a mass casual leave strike in their colleges and converging on Barnala for a demonstration, according to Prof Charanjit
Chawla, General Secretary, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union. Prof
R.S. Brar and Prof Rakesh Jindal are the chief and joint coordinators for the Barnala protest. Professor Chawla said here yesterday that he would address the Barnala rally. After the October 18 statewide education bandh by about 6,000 teachers of 172 colleges and a state-level demonstration at Chandigarh, the PCCTU had broad-based its protest down to the grassroots level for educating masses against the anti-higher education policies of the government. The teachers are demanding the implementation of the Pension and Gratuity Act, 1999, cleared by all constitutional and statutory bodies, but stalled by the government, which has also not released Rs 4.20 crore as salary for the 26-day strike of teachers. |
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Thapar college annual fest ends PATIALA, Nov 13 — The three-day annual cultural extravaganza ‘Saturnalia’ — a brainchild of young minds of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) — concluded at the sprawling TIET complex late yesterday night , amidst an atmosphere of fesitivity and gaiety. The curtain came down on the festival, which symbolised intellect and creativity of the highest order, only after ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh held the jam-packed audience captive with some of his heart rendering ghazals which had an element of pathos and passion in equal measure in them. Jagjit Singh’s lively performance late yesterday evening, which included sone Punjabi ‘tappa‘s’ as well, came close on the heels of renowned Punjab pop singer Jasbir Jassi’s live wire performance which had the knowledgeable audience swaying to some of his famous tunes, including the highly appreciated ‘Dil laye gi kuri gujarat di’ hit. Students of more than 30 professional institutions of the country, including those from engineering institutes, business schools and medical colleges took part in the highly acclaimed mega event. For three days the venue of the festival brimmed with youthful exuberance as hundreds of excited students could be seen vying with each other to create a friendly and happy environment in their endeavour to reach the realms of excellence in their respective fields. On the cards of the festivals agenda were some interesting events like western solo, humorous skits, extempore, ‘Meet the Press’, hasya kavi sammelan, T-shirt painting, slogan writing, orchestra, creative writing ,volte-face and several other innovative items. Scores of stalls exhibiting products ranging from sophisticated cars to traditional Punjabi items like the phulkari were on display. The festival was inaugurated late on Friday evening by the Director of the TIET, Dr M.P. Kapoor. |
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Punjabi varsity
starts TV project PATIALA, Nov 13 — Punjabi University has launched an ambitious television project to prepare TV films representing different aspects of Punjabi culture. Launching the project at the Punjabi University Norah Richards Arts Centre at Andretta in Himachal Pradesh, Dr J.S. Ahluwalia, Vice- Chancellor, formally inaugurated the shooting of the first film on the painting traditions of Punjab. Disclosing this, Dr Gurcharan Singh, Head of Theatre and Television Department of the university, said this film in three parts was being prepared in the context of contributions made by Amrita Shergill and Shobha Singh to the tradition of painting in Punjab. In this context, the interviews of five national-level women painters, Ms Surinder Kaur, Ms Vijay Baghai, Ms Usha Vishvas, Ms Shoba Baruta and Ms Saroj Sharma had also been recorded. The film on Shobha Singh presents a character as the painter engaged in the process of painting and his world famous painting ‘Sohni Mahiwal’ has been kept in the focus. |
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PSMS ranked among top 100 business schools PATIALA Giving this information Dr K.C.
Singhal, Head, Punjab School of Management Studies has said that the school had been ranked 49th and these rankings were based upon a survey of 736 business schools approved by the All India Council of Technical Education
(AICTE). The survey was conducted jointly by Business Today (BT) and Consortium for Strategic Management and Organisation Development
(COSMODE). The BT-COSMODE survey was completed in August this year. These ranking are based upon factors comprising physical and academic infrastructure, financial management, intellectual capital, governance,
efficiency, receptions of recruiters, alumni, students and faculty. On the basis of the ‘Delphi Technique’ a maximum possible score of 1000 points was arrived at and the raw data was converted with scores using scales, percentage and
an analysis
techniques. PSMS got 49th rank with a score of 460.50 points out of a maximum of 1000 points in the all-India ranking. |
Agitation threat
by traders CHANDIGARH, Nov 13 — The Beopar Mandal, Fatehgarh Sahib, in a statement issued here today has urged the Financial Commissioner (Excise and Taxation), Mr Y.S. Ratra, to take action on a complaint submitted to him against a certain officer of the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department. Leaders of mandal said they had met Mr Ratra a few days ago and he had promised to initiate an inquiry against the officer after his transfer from Fatehgarh Sahib district. However, the officer had not been shifted yet. They said they would start an agitation if the officer was not transferred within two days. |
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