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Lecturers seek full-time
jobs Ludhiana, May 24 He appealed to the government that for the past 10-12 years they have been employed as part-time teachers only. They urged the government to make them full-time lecturers, as they have the required ability, knowledge and experience to do their jobs. They said that their remuneration is low, adding that only recently the government increased their salary from Rs 4000 to Rs. 6000. Members of the association said that after 10 years of teaching , they have reached a situation where there are no other openings for them. The government should formulate some new policy for part-time teachers. They said that Capt Amarinder Singh, in a recent statement, had said that no new appointments would be made in in view of the financial condition of the state. |
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GCTA flays teachers’ arrest Ludhiana, May 24 If the government is really serious about checking private tuitions and wants to save society from the claws of private tuitions, then it should strike at private academies and should monitor the syllabi and curricula of the so-called public schools. Such schools encourage mass tuitions. Further, the various entrance tests have no limited boundaries and require a lot of mental orientation and training, which is not possible during normal classroom teaching. So these tests also lead to private tuitions, may be by individual teachers or by small or big academics. The need of the hour is to restore the credibility of the examination system of various universities and education boards. Since the teachers arrested by the Vigilance Bureau were also going to abandon private tuitions, they may be given a chance to improve themselves and the cases against them should be withdrawn after giving them a warning. |
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Anti-tobacco campaign Ludhiana, May 24 Over 500 students participated in peaceful picketing of tobacco vends near their schools. The students raised slogans, and educated passersby regarding the ill effects of tobacco consumptions. Mr Gurmeet Singh, chief secretary of the circle, said the state government should rise to the occasion and regulate the sale of tobacco related products. He said the setting up of vends near schools and religious places should be banned. He added that the Government of India earns a revenue of Rs 6,000 crore from tobacco but spends Rs 27,000 crore annually on tobacco related diseases. Mr Surjit Singh, zonal secretary, said the campaign was launched simultaneously at five places and would be carried on to every nook and corner of the district. |
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Fancy dress show by
tiny tots Ludhiana, May 24 Students were dressed up like washerman, gardener, newspaper hawker, milkman, watchman, vegetable seller and fruit seller. Ms Harpreet Kaur, Principal, said the purpose of the celebrations was to make the children aware of the job of grass-roots workers without whose active help, life cannot run smoothly. |
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Dairy farming course concludes Ludhiana, May 24 Dr K.B. Singh, Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandary Extension, said dairy farmers belonging to various districts of the state were given training. The course covered managemental aspects of dairy farming as well as nutrition, breeding, fodder, production and conservation. |
Transport firm penalised Ludhiana, May 24 According to the complaint, the firm has booked a consignment with the transport company on March 25, 2000, worth Rs 24,025 from Ludhiana to Jaipur. One of the partners of the firm, Mr Manmohan Khanna, stated that the consignment was to be delivered by the transporter on the receipt of original goods receipt duly endorsed in their favour by the complainant as the consignee mentioned in it. He said the purchaser did not make the payment of the consignment as such the original goods receipt was not sent by the complainant after due endorsement. It is still in the possession of the complainant. Mr Khanna said his firm requested the respondent through a letter on June 27, 2000, to rebook the goods. After the branch office of the transport company in Ludhiana wrote a letter on July 7, 2000, asking them to rebook the consignment to Ludhiana in case delivery had not been made to the purchaser or to send the payment of Rs 24,025 immediately if the goods had been delivered. The complainant said neither the consignment was delivered back nor the payment of goods was made. It was alleged that the respondent illegally delivered the consignment to the purchaser without the receipt of the original goods receipt as such there was clear deficiency in services. The transport company failed to file the written statement. However, it had filed the affidavits mentioning the complainant was not a consumer and the complaint was liable to be dismissed. But the respondent admitted the booking of the consignment.  |
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Home Guards commandant denied bail Ludhiana, May 24 Grewal has been charged with amassing property worth Rs 6.22 crore, which is disproportionate to his known sources of income. Further investigations showed the amount to be more than Rs 7 crore. |
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Man
acquitted Ludhiana, May 24 A case was registered against him on July 9,2000, at the Sadar police station for possessing charas. Giving the benefit of the doubt, the judge acquitted him. |
Advocating
dance for better health Ludhiana, May 24 Amit has introduced a special course in dance therapy after learning it from the American Dance Therapy Association. “However I have to go back and take up two courses yet. Then I would be qualified to give a certificate,” said Amit. Amit has come back recently to the city after spending five months in Mumbai working with a famous dancer and choreographer. “Dance is in my blood. When in school, our team won Bhangra Competition , I knew my vocation was dancing. I got further encouragement when without any recommendation I was asked by an official of Jalandhar Doordarshan to perform on TV. For five years my programmes were telecast on Jalandhar Doordarshan. I was continuously selected to dance in the special programmes for the New Year eve. Till then I had no formal training. I felt I should learn dance formally. I begged dancers teaching modern dances to accept me as their disciple, but for some reasons no one accepted me. Later I devised my own steps, I gave them names like “single” “arm press” “get away”, “side push”. I found children learnt very easily when the steps were called out. I have devised a syllabus of my own.” These days Amit is holding summer camps both for women and children. About 50 women are learning choreography on latest songs. Besides, he is also teaching jazz, hip- hop, shaggy, jeffro, jazz styles and western dances. He went to Greece to get the National Association Fitness Certification. “Five minutes’ meditation after vigorous dance class relieves my students of fatigue. After meditation , they rise refreshed. Yoga also finds favour with many people.” Amit is also adept in martial arts and takes up modelling and grooming classes too. |
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