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Teacher appointed on fake degree? Bathinda, June 6 Every year, thousands of “innocent” students are cheated by these fake universities, operational throughout the country. The fee being charged by agents of these universities ranges from a mere Rs 15,000 to Rs 1 lakh. Some innocent students also manage to secure jobs of trained graduate teachers (TGTs), mostly in private schools or those receiving grant-in-aid from the state government. Every year, the University Grants Commission (UGC) issues a list of fake universities operational in the country, but still these are flourishing. As per the latest list issued by the UGC, 19 fake universities are operational in the country. Section 23 of the UGC Act provides that no institution, whether a corporate body or not, other than a university or a vishwavidyalaya established by law, can associate the word university or vishwavidyalaya with its name. These institutions do not have the right to confer degrees on students and the degrees or diplomas issued by them are invalid for academic or employment purposes. Apart from B.Ed these universities offer BA. B.Sc, B.Com, MA and MBA degrees. A case where the candidate has not only secured a fake degree but also managed to secure a job in a school has come to light. Mr Bhola Singh Brar, a resident of the city, has moved an application with the SSP for the registration of a case under Sections 420, 465, 468 and 120-B, IPC against the candidate who managed to get employment as a social studies mistress in one of the government-aided schools. Mr Brar said the candidate had secured the job on the basis of a degree awarded by Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, which had been declared fake by the
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One held for making spurious spices Bathinda, June 6 Over the years, the town and its surrounding areas, having close proximity with Haryana and Rajasthan, have become a haven for traders who have been making money by selling goods under popular brands. The police has seized fake watches, paints, cement, degree certificates, audio cassettes, driving licences and registration certificates of vehicles, television sets, medicines and cosmetics in the past year. The district police today achieved a major success when it seized adulterated spices being manufactured in a factory located in the town. Dr Jatinder Kumar Jain, SSP, in a press note issued here today, said Krishan, owner of the factory, who was arrested, had been selling adulterated spices to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland for past many years. He added that the material being used to make the spices was harmful for health. Dr Jain said Krishan had been mixing red colour, rice powder and saw dust in the spices. He had been manufacturing ‘chat masala’, ‘channa masala’, ‘kashmiri mirch’, ‘haldi’ and ‘meat masala’ and supplying the same to business establishments in other states as well. Dr Jain said 18 bags of 20 kg each of yellow rice powder, 12 bags of 50 kg each of white rice power, powder of pepper, 80 bags of 50 kg each of saw dust, ‘dhania’ husk, ‘elaichi’ husk and turmeric masala for containers were seized from the factory. He added that a case in this connection had been registered under Sections 420, 273 and 272 of the IPC and Section 16 of the Food Adulteration Act in city police station. Further investigation into this case was being made. |
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Administrative complex for Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur Keeping in view the inconvenience faced by the public and to ensure more efficiency in work, the state government has decided to construct a district administrative complex to bring all government offices under one roof. A site was selected near DAV College on the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road. Some persons had opposed the selection of the site and had even approached the court to get it changed. After efforts by the district administration, various hurdles, including a stay by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, were overcome and Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, laid the foundation stone of the project. Construction work on the complex has now started. Mr Iqbal Singh Sidhu, Deputy Commissioner, said that the multi-storeyed complex would have about 3.40 lakh sq ft of floor area. The total requirement of land for the project was 7.5 acres out of which 52 kanals and 9 marlas belonged to the Zila Parishad. The land of the parishad had been transferred to PUDA. The rest of the land had been acquired from private owners. He said PUDA had taken up the construction of the complex, which would have various facilities, including a parking area, lifts, a fire-fighting system and a power substation. The estimated cost of the complex was Rs 31.98 crore. It would be built in two phases. In the first phase the executive administrative wing would be constructed and in the second the judicial block, he added. |
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Doda migrants want say in talks Amritsar, June 6 “Religion is not the issue here”, they claim, as terrorism has affected residents of Doda district in Jammu without any discrimination with regard to religious affiliations. They say they encountered suffering first at the hands of the so-called “jehadis” from across the border and subsequently the apathetic government which, they allege, is meting out stepmotherly treatment to them in comparison to their counterparts from the trouble-torn Kashmir. Consequently, mass migration from Doda, the officially declared “disturbed area”, remains unabated. At least 2500 families have migrated in recent years from a total population of 2.5 lakh in Doda consisting of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. More than 350 affected families of Beli Charana Camp in Jammu remain unregistered and hence are in a pitiable
condition with no jobs, money, ration and shelter forthcoming from the government despite the fact that they have taken shelter here since 1996. They allege they are surviving by collecting “crusher” (small pebbles) from the river-bed and selling it. Only some succour provided by the Hind Samachar group in the form of dried ration, tents etc has managed to bail them out of their sorry state. These families, who were approached by the All-India Hindu Shiv Sena president, Mr Surinder Kumar Billa, formed a multi-religious 10-member Zila Doda Migrants Committee headed by Mr Kunj Lal Bhall comprising Doda Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims. Mr Gulam Mahuddin Beg, Mr Bhagchand Bhagat, Mr Gurdev Singh, Mr Surat Singh, Mr Maan Singh, Shekh Abdul Gani, Mr Rajinder Singh Chauhan, Mr Gulab Chand Aryan and Mr Daya Krishan Singh were present here today. The committee in its memorandum forwarded to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, by the sena president besides enlisting its demand for rehabilitation urged for basic amenities like water, medical aid, shelter, ration and electricity. It has also demanded easy loans, jobs, security, education, status on a par with Kashmiri migrants etc. In addition to these the committee has urged the Prime Minister to include those who migrated as a result of militancy as representatives in the talks with the Pakistan Chief Executive. Among those present here yesterday at the Durgiana Mandir complex was Mr Daya Krishan Singh who had worked in the special task force (STF). He was carrying a thick file of commendation certificates from the police and the Army in his right hand. His left arm was injured in a shed collapse yesterday at Jammu. One of his brother, Kartar, was injured in a shootout on May 22 when 12 persons were killed at Thathri village. “The government has provided no job to me despite these certificates praising me for tremendous bravery in the face of militancy. Of what use are these papers?” he asks. “Most of the militant outfits — the Hizbul Mujahideen, the Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Harkat-ul-Ansar and the latest being Jaish-e-Mohamadi — are active here in Doda,” he revealed. Sikhs and Hindus are targets of these foreign militants from Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan and Lebanon. The Muslims are caught between the devil and the deep sea. While militants ask Muslims to “pass on” one of their boys for their outfits they kill them on refusal, accusing them of being government informers. The security forces also target them with accusations. Mr Maan Singh, a dhaba owner and Mr Gulab Chand Aryan are scared to go back after the threats their families received. “We just want the government to provide food on a daily basis survival as a first step. Every day it is an ordeal to look for a meal at dinner. Sometimes, we are forced to survive on just a single meagre meal a day.” |
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Bluestar haunts people Amritsar, June 6 Throughout the night of May 30, CRPF, BSF and police pickets on terraces of high buildings were sandbagged. “I ran to fetch my two sons from school on May 31. They had already been let-off. Panic set in as I found them much later at a relative’s house and remember staying the night there. The next morning was an ordeal of looking for vegetables and other food items. Since there was shortage of water supply, I went to fetch water from the Brahm Buta Akhara hand pump. Only half-the-bucket was full when I was caught by an army personnel and escorted back.” His sister-in-law, Mrs Vijay Chaudhary, reminisces “as we were having our meal, a rocket was fired at a nearby hotel where suspected militants were hiding. The impact left the windows of our house shattered. We saw the reddened sky and incessant firing and had sleepless nights till June 8 when the curfew was lifted. Bodies of those killed in the hotel lay there for a week with an unbearable stench. Even dogs left the area”. Chet Ram, a waiter at a sweetmeat shop at Ghantaghar Chowk reminisces, shutters were pulled up and down in coordination with the firing, “when the firing stopped, which was an everyday affair, militants would come to our shop to have meals and place their weapons on tables and chairs in a casual way. Once the firing started on June 1, it did not stop for days.” Narinder Sharma and late Balbir Singh Sagoo, both journalists, visited Bhindranwale for the last time on June 3. Narinder Singh recalls, Sant Bhindranwale never believed that the Temple would be attacked by the Army, leave alone, the Army’s eventual attack using armoured carriers, tanks and rocket launchers. |
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“Seditious” handbills distributed Amritsar, June 6 |
Property transfer law being ‘amended’ Gurdaspur, June 6 According to the amendment, the transfer of property will be exempt from stamp duty of 6 per cent. However, registration fee of 1 per cent will continue to be charged. Mr Sekhwan said that soon after its approval by the Finance Department, the amendment would be implemented through an ordinance by the Governor and put forward for approval in the coming Assembly session. Mr Sekhwan said the President had given his consent to the Bill for putting an end to the practice whereby registration of sale deeds of land and property located in Punjab could be done in cosmopolitan cities like Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. He said the practice involved loss of revenue to the state and encouraged mala fides. Henceforth the registration of sale deeds of land and property located in Punjab would be done in Punjab only, he said. He said the computerised registration of sale deeds had resulted in a 400 per cent increase in revenue for the state. He said no cases of fake registration of sale deeds had been reported since the computerisation had begun in 1997. |
SHSAD expels Dhanaula Sangrur, June 6 A photocopy of the letter issued by Mr Thekedar regarding the expulsion of Mr Dhanaula was handed over to TNS by Baba Tek Singh Dhanaula, district president of the SHSAD, here today. Mr Dhanaula had joined the SHSAD after leaving the SAD on January 20 following his reported differences with the SAD leadership, including Mr Barnala, Governor of Uttaranchal. On January 28, at the SHSAD conference in Dhuri, Mr Dhanaula was appointed general secretary of the SHSAD by Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra. Mr Dhanaula was suspended from the party on May 31, after he did not participate in a workers meeting held at Dhanaula on May 28 which was attended by Mr Tohra, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra and Mr Sukhdev Singh Bhaur. Mr Dhanaula, when contacted by TNS on May 28, had stated that he had major differences with Baba Tek Singh as the latter had not informed him about the meeting. |
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Bajwa to probe Cong unit affairs Chandigarh, June 6 Ms Lakhwinder Kaur Garcha, general secretary, PPCC, said the PPCC chief had taken a serious view of the activities of various groups in the district unit and directed all partymen to refrain from airing their grievances, if any, in the Press. |
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Inderjeet was ‘not SJP member’ Bathinda, June 6 Mr Joshi, in a written statement issued here said Mr
Fauji, who had claimed to be the district president of the SJP, had misled the people by making a false statement. He said Mr Baldev Singh was the president of the party’s district unit. |
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AICC secy to visit Punjab Chandigarh, June 6 |
Parthenium posing health hazard Ropar, June 6 Parthenium hysterophorus, which came to India, along with PL-480 wheat imported from the USA, in the fifties, has now spread in almost all parts of the country. The weed was first reported in Punjab in 1981. The weed is known to cause allergic contact dermatitis. Doctors here attribute the increase in skin disease in the area to the allergic reaction by the toxins present in the weed. According to them, allergies caused by the plant are prevalent more the age groups from 30-60 years. The pollen of the weed which is released in the air in the monsoon also causes asthma to relatively sensitive people, they said. The parthenium is also reported to have detrimental effect on the health of the animals. The animals feeding on the plant usually develop ulcers in mouth or intestine. The milk of the cattle feeding on the weed also gets infected. The weed is also known to reduce production in crops due to its allelopathethic effect. Dr Catha, a senior lecturer in Botany in Government Shivalik College, on being contacted, while admitting the hazardous effects of the weed on the health of humans and animals, stressed the need to check its growth. Manual uprooting of the weed, especially in the rainy season, had proved to be effective in checking its growth. However, improper cutting or uprooting was likely to accelerate the growth of the weed. So, the most effective method to check the spread of the weed was manually uproot it. Another cheap and effective method of the chemical control of the weed, was to use a solution containing 15 per cent salt and 20 per cent urea. The solution, when sprayed would lead to desiccation of the plant, he said. The Municipal Council and the Forest authorities, when contacted, blamed the paucity of funds for the failure to check the growth of weed. The Forest officials alleged that many daily wage staff had not been paid since the past one year due to the unavailability of funds. However, if spread of the weed was not checked, it would pose ecological, agricultural and health in the near future. |
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IMA to launch anti-pollution drive Sangrur, June 6 Giving this information here yesterday, Dr Surinder Singla, senior vice-president of the IMA, Punjab, said the government should also take effective steps soon to prevent pollution of the environment. He said the association had also expressed concern over the alarming rise in incidence of various respiratory problems like lung cancer, asthma and tuberculosis, besides heart and eye diseases, due to environmental pollution. Dr Singla said the association also wanted that policy-makers find a solution to the problem with the active cooperation of health experts and social organisations. Dr Singla, chest and TB specialist, also urged the people to use environment-friendly vehicles. He said proper servicing of vehicles, use of unleaded petrol and CNG (compressed natural gas) by vehicle owners could help in controlling pollution. He said the IMA wanted that there should be no political interference in the running of state pollution control boards. Dr Singla said the IMA would involve students in a big way in its campaign against pollution and smoking. |
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law, says IMA Hoshiarpur, June 6 A delegation of the I.M.A., Hoshiarpur unit met the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ms Mohinder Kaur Josh, at Hoshiarpur yesterday and told her that medical professionals were already being regulated and supervised by the Punjab Medical Council. There was no need for a separate law in that regard. They alleged that the bill was discriminatory because the government hospitals had been kept out of its ambit. The bill was a covert effort of bureaucrats to control professionals, alleged the delegation. The bill made a mockery of democracy as it barred jurisdiction of the civil courts to entertain any suit of proceedings in respect of any direction or order issued by the state government or by any officer authorised under this Act, said the IMA. The delegation pointed out the illegality, discrimination and
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Cycle path under construction Patiala, June 6 Army men of the cantonment in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation are engaged in laying a concrete path opposite the military station headquarters to ensure that cyclists and pedestrians do not block the passage of vehicle drivers on the main road. The funds have been made available by Patiala Member of Parliament Praneet Kaur. The construction work is likely to be completed before the onset of monsoon season. Brigadier Chiranjiv Singh Harika, the person under whose guidance the work is being organised, said since the venue has been selected for the National Games to be held at Polo Ground which are to commence in a few months, the area will require even more attention. The city’s Lower Mall, stretching from Thikri Wala Chowk to YPS
Chowk, has been found to be the most congested area in the city. The area also allows a passage to various educational institutions such as Multani Mal Modi College, Government College for Girls, Government Mohindra College, National Institute of Sports
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3 Kapurthala youths to get awards Kapurthala, June 6 The youths are Varun Sahni, Gopal Kundra and Shiv Rattan Aggarwal. Dr Dhawan said eight youths from the country had been selected. Three youths were from the local Rotaract Club. He said these youths had been selected from Rotary district 3070 which represents half the territory of North India. He said three youths had been selected for their excellent contribution to social work and youth services. |
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Book on Bhagat Puran Singh Amritsar, June 6 Dr Daljit Singh recommended the selfless service rendered by Bhagat Puran Singh and said it should form part of school textbooks so that children could learn about the great work done by him for the suffering humanity. Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Dr Harbhajan Singh Soch, said the life of Bhagat Puran Singh was an inspiration for all of us. He added that people must donate to the organisation which was providing shelter, food and medical care for the mentally sick and the destitute. |
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Pharmacists’ rally on June 10 Sangrur, June 6 Giving this information here yesterday, Mr Swaranjit Singh, general secretary of the Punjab State Pharmacists’ Association, said their demands included the removal of pay anomalies, the appointment of a District Pharmacy Officer each in districts and the appointment of a Deputy Director (Pharmacy) at the state level. He said the other demands included patient care allowance for the pharmacists, the implementation of the Pharmacy Act and the supply of
quality medicines in the hospitals. Mr Swaranjit Singh said there was great resentment among the pharmacists against the indifferent attitude of the state government towards their demands. He said in case their demands were not accepted by June 10, further course of action would be announced at the rally. |
Millers threaten stir Patiala, June 6 In a statement here, association President Tarsem Saini appealed to the State Chief Minister and the Food and Supplies Minister to convene a meeting of heads of State procurement agencies to ensure implementation of the decision taken by the government on the withdrawal of the arbitration cases in line with the government decision taken in this regard earlier. Mr Saini claimed that the government took a policy decision on April 17 to put an end to the prolonged litigation with the rice milling industry in the State and framed a policy for the withdrawal of the cases. He said though the decision was conveyed the heads of various procurement agencies for compliance, they had not complied with the directions since the past one year. He said arbitration cases had been initiated against the millers by the State procurement agencies except the Food and Supplies Department for the recovery of losses suffered in 1994-95 due to the sale of paddy crop at the sale price fixed by the Union Government which was lower than its cost. He said with the initiation of arbitration proceedings against the millers without any fault of theirs resentment prevailed amongst the milling trade of the State as the decision for the sale of paddy was taken by the central government itself assuming non completion of milling of paddy even within the extended period of milling up to June 1995. Mr Saini said the State government recommended neither the sale of paddy nor the rates at which the paddy was sold. He said the rates at which the paddy was sold ranged between Rs 442 per quintal to Rs 220 per quintal. He said since the paddy had been sold by the Union Government and as such the claims for the losses suffered were lodged by the State government with the Union Government, it was felt that it was
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SHSAD hails boycott decision Bathinda, June 6 In a press note issued here today Mr, Ishatpal Singh said that the remarks made by the MLA allegedly against the members of a rural youth club when they had asked him to give them the money he had promised for the welfare of the village, should be condemned. Mr Khialiwala said that if the MLA was not able to give the money he should not have promised to do so. He said that it had become a trend that the members of the ruling party announced the grants for various welfare schemes in rural areas but the money never reached the needy. The SHSAD leader further said that the youths who could become the nation-builders have felt let down by the statement of the said MLA. He alleged that some of the members of the ruling party did not respect the sentiments of the people. Mr Khialiwala said that the potential of the youths should be used in a positive way and the such actions of the politicians would make them to follow the path of agitations and demonstrations. He further said that the MLA was now denying that he had made any derogatory remarks. But he said that any explanation of the MLA would not heal the wounds of the youths created by the abusive language he had used earlier. |
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Tricycles given to physically challenged Bathinda, June 6 The function was presided over by Mr Jaspal Singh, Deputy Commissioner cum Chairman District Red Cross Society. The tricycles were provided by the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALMCI) in cooperation with the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment Government of India. Mr Jaspal Singh said on the occassion that special camps were organised in the districts to identify the persons who needed tricycles, artificial limbs, clippers etc. He said the school children who were handicapped of both legs would be given preference while giving the tricycle. He said that 44 persons were provided artificial limbs, 56 calipers, 30 persons special shoes and 32 were tricycles in the current year in the district year so far. Mr Harjinder Singh, project officer, ALMCI, said that under a special programme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 107 Handicapped Rehabilitation centres had been set up at various be setup at Ferozepore, Sangrur and Patiala. He said that for the establishment and maintenance of these centres Rs 14 lakh each would be given. He added that every handicapped person would be contacted under the programme. He said that special attention would be paid to those living in the rural areas. |
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Market building safe: association Bathinda, June 6 Mr Gurdas Garg, secretary of the Gold Market Association, in a press note issued here today said the shopkeepers had got a survey conducted by a government-approved private architect. According to a report by the architect the construction had been done on modern techniques and the building was framed with the RCC beams, columns and slabs of RBC. |
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Prophet’s birth anniversary celebrated Hoshiarpur, June 6 Mr Tikshan Sood, the Minister of State for Excise and Taxation, Punjab, presented a cheque of Rs 21000 to Dr Jamir Bali, the president of the Masjid Management Committee for cementing of the Idgah floor. |
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SGPC Secretary’s directive Amritsar, June 6 |
BBMB releases more water for irrigation Ludhiana, June 6 It is learnt that Rajasthan is facing acute shortage of water and the more release of water from the Gobind Sagar reservoir is facilitating the same. Besides, releases from Ranjit Sagar dam have also been raised to 8500 cusecs as a result of which two units of Ranjit Sagar Dam have started generating power to the extent of 48 lakh units daily. Similarly power generation from Bhakra power complex to Punjab has risen to 133.4 lakh units daily, Dehar-144.5 lakh units and Pong Dam-22 lakh units respectively. Pong reservoir is still low. The enhanced water releases from Gobind Sagar reservoir have also resulted in the more generation from the Anandpur Sahib Hydel project. Enquiries reveal that daily consumption of power in Punjab these days range around 850 lakh units and this is being met by the hydel and thermal plants of the state and the central thermal stations. The thermal plant s of Punjab are generating 376 lakh units of power daily in Punjab and while the central power projects are supplying nearly 200 lakh units of power daily to Punjab. The sources close to the PSEB do not expect any serious trouble on the power front in the next few days except that the demand of power for tubewells is mounting. Tubewells are being supplied power for eight hours daily in three groups in the rural areas. Coal supply position to the three major thermal plants of the PSEB is also quite satisfactory-Bathinda has coal stocks for 28 days, while Lehra Mohabbat for 29 days and Ropar thermal plant for 20 days respectively. |
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Govt to simplify mode of granting SC certificates Jalandhar, June 6 The acquisition of Scheduled Caste certificates has been a major headache for Scheduled Caste and Backward Class children and their parents since it involves many hassles and several rounds of government offices. In a
communiqué circulated among all Deputy Commissioners by the State Welfare Department (Reservation cell), these certificates will be prepared and distributed among students by the school authorities after verification by revenue officials. According to the new procedure, the SDMs will circulate performs among high and higher secondary school authorities. The Principals of these schools will get these signed by the parents of students after initial verification and return the signed performas to the SDMs. The SDMs will ensure the veracity of the information mentioned in the performas and give caste certificates to the Principals for distribution among students. The Punjab Government’s decision has come after the success of a pilot project implemented in Jalandhar district. According to the Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner, Mr K. Shiva Prasad, about 10,000 certificates have already been distributed among students of different government schools of the district under the project, which was his brainchild and was adopted by the state government thereafter. The decision is likely to benefit a large number of children belonging to the Scheduled Castes and their parents, as such a certificate is required at every step, particularly for availing reservation facility for admission to professional course and getting government jobs later on. |
Gurdwara land ‘trespassed’ Tarn Taran, June 6 Mr Balvinder Singh, president of the Gurdwara Committee, Tharu, lodged a complaint in this regard. The police party which went to the disputed spot was also manhandled by the miscreants. The suspects included Mukhtar Singh, former Sarpanch of the village, Manjit Singh, Hardeep Singh and Ranjit Singh Rana, a Congress leader. |
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4 of family murdered in property dispute Ferozepore, June 6 Mr Harchand Singh Sidhu, Senior Superintendent of Police, who reached the spot after getting the news, a case has been registered on the basis of statement of Boota Singh, father of Mohinder Kaur, who told the police that Mohinder Kaur was married to Pargat Singh resident of Fatehgarh Sapran 20 years back and was blessed with a sone Paramjit Singh and a daughter. Boota Singh said that unfortunately, Pargat Singh died eight years after the marriage, following which Mohinder Kaur came back to stay with her parents as her in-laws harassed her. Boota Singh told the police that 10 year ago she remarried Mukhtiar Singh son of Kehar Singh, resident of Sastewala village, by him. Mohinder Kaur was blessed with a son Hira Singh from her second marriage. She had brought her daughter Bobby along with her, and four of them were staying together and the other son from first marriage Paramjit Singh was taken by her brother-in-law Resham Singh who had brought members o f panchayat with him, sources revealed. The trouble began when, Resham Singh disposed of ancestral house in the Fatehgarh Sapran village to which Mohinder Kaur protested and demanded the share of her daughter Bobby. Boota Singh also disclosed that he along with his son-in-law Mukhtiar Singh went to Fatehgarh Sapran village and met the members of the panchayat to exhort upon Resham Singh to pass on the share of land and money belonging to Bobby, to which Resham Singh agreed in principle, before the panchayat. Boota Singh told the police that few days back his grandson Parmjit Singh came to meet him and refused to part with Bobby’s share. Mr Sidhu told that the police on grounds of doubt has registered a case against Paramjit Singh son of Tara Singh, Kagaz Singh son of Resham Singh, all residents of Fatehgarh Sapran under the Makhu police station and the bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination. The SP (Detective), Mr Kant said the police has been deployed to nab culprits. |
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Fake travel agents booked Hoshiarpur, June 6 According to police sources, Jatinder Singh son of Mohinder Singh of Bassi Jalal village and Raj Kumar son of Darshan Lal of Ravi Dass Nagar, Jalandhar were booked. Two different cases against constable Karnail Singh son of Sarwan Singh and his accomplice Kewal Singh son of Ram Parkash of Ambewal booked under Sections 420, 506 of the IPC. They alleged that on September 17, 2000 they gave Rs 2.50 lakh each to constable Karnail Singh for sending them to Italy. They said Karnail Singh sent both of them with Kewal Singh to Almata on September 26, 2000, on the assurance that they would be sent to Italy. They stayed there for one month and 10 days and later came back to India. When they asked Karnail Singh to return their money he returned Rs 70000 to Jatinder Singh only. When Raj Kumar and Jatinder Singh started approaching again and again Karnail Singh, instead of refunding the money threatened them. In another case Satwant Kaur wife of Karamjit Singh of Ema Mangat took Rs 1 lakh from Ram Singh of Kaloya village to send his son Rachhpal Singh abroad. She neither sent the boy abroad nor returned the money. |
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Father held on rape charge Batala, June 6 DSP Qadian Baldev Singh said that a woman has lodged a complaint with Sri Hargobindpur police station that she had allegedly caught her husband while raping her daughter last night. She had gone to Army School, Kapurthala to drop her son there. She further alleged that her husband had also tried to rape her younger daughter, but she managed to escape. He has been arrested under Section 376 of the IPC and during his investigations, he revealed that he has been raping her daughter for the past one year and he had threatened to kill her if she disclosed the matter.
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10,000 looted from petrol station Sangrur, June 6 The police said today three persons came to the petrol station at 2.15 a.m. and looted Rs 10,000 from employees. They also look away a scooter from the petrol station and fled towards Ludhiana. The Ahmedgarh police has registered a case under Section 392, IPC. This is the second incident of looting at gunpoint in 21 days in this district. On May 16 two persons had robbed Ghanshayam Goyal, a shopkeeper, at gunpoint near Sular Gharat village. |
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in attack Kapurthala, June 6 The injured, identified as Uma Nand (30) and Rattan (25), both residents of Purnia in Bihar, have been admitted to the local Civil Hospital and are stated to be out of danger. The injured labourers told mediapersons at the hospital today that five of them were returning from Arianwal village when two scooter-borne armed persons opened fire on them. Their three companions escaped unhurt. The miscreants fled after the incident. The SSP, Ms Gurpreet Deo, said the miscreants fired five shots to create terror among the public. She ruled out the involvement of militants in the attack. She said the police had raided more than 20 hideouts to nab the culprits and rounded up more than 10 persons for questioning. |
Punjabi varsity to offer degrees in IT Chandigarh, June 6 Punjabi University becomes one of the first north Indian universities to offer Masters in Information Technology (MIT) degree course and also one of the first to configure bachelor’s degree curriculum — Bachelors in Communication Technology to fulfill the requirements of telecom industry for entry-level software professionals. The courses offered include Masters in Information Technology (MIT) — a three-year course with a provision of lateral entry into the second year for students with a relevant professional degree. There are two four-year bachelor-level courses for plus two pass outs — Bachelors in Information Technology (BIT) and Bachelor of Communication Technology (BCT). Each student registered for undergraduate and postgraduate courses shall have to undergo one semester of industrial training as part of the degree requirements. Besides these main courses the institute will also offer three one-year postgraduate diploma courses in e-commerce, DTP and multimedia and Web designing and Internet applications. For beginners too there will be various two-month duration entry-level courses. The university has made the prospectus available at main branches of Punjab National Bank from June 1, 2001. The first academic session will commence from the first week of August. It has been decided to allocate 10 per cent of the seats available in the degree courses of this institute to poor students from rural background. These students shall be offered scholarships. Spread over 316 acres, Punjabi University has more than 50 research and teaching departments. It prides itself with a magnificent, well-stocked library, spacious auditorium, central computer center, space center, sports stadium, observatory, velodrome, arts museum and beautiful botanical gardens. As many as 65 colleges spread over seven districts of the state are admitted to the privileges of this university. |
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Summer camps to keep kids busy Bathinda, June 6 These summer camps are of various types. Some offer guidance in making toys, greeting cards, paintings or masks, besides different types of dance and music or acting depending on the wish of the students and availability of teachers. The students in the city have shown an overwhelming response to camps. Such camps also deal with personality development and teaching basic manners and traffic rules and regulations. During the camps, the children are introduced to many new activities and avenues of self-expression. Saint Joseph School, Saint Xavier School, Goodwill Public School of the city started their camps in the first week of June and will continue till the end of vacations. Students of every class can attend these camps. The timings for the camp are from 8.00 am to 10.30 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Children also play different games in these camps. In these camps, the number of students in junior classes is more than those of senior classes. There is a special class to find the hidden talent in students. In this class, the children learn to perform on stage, mime, skits and monoacting. Children who love to write poems or stories are motivated by making them read aloud their written material before others and are given guidance to improve their skills. According to information, the camps were started on the request of students and parents. It was also found that these camps had been helpful in involving the hidden potential of those who were shy and not willing to come forward. The camps have also helped to increase interaction among students of different classes. Timsy, a student of class VI, said she had been attending the camp in her school from the day it started and it had been great fun to attend so many new activities. Shruti Sharma, mother of two school-going children, said her children were very annoyed when they came to know that in this vacation the family was not going out but the summer camp solved the problem. |
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