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ABVP activists burn Principal's effigy
Ludhiana, September 21 The ABVP has accused the school Principal, Mr R.S Patial, of "terrorising the students and their parents to cast votes in favour of his sponsored candidate Dr Satnam Kaur". Students, the ABVP said, were strictly told to take their parents to polling booths and get their attendance registered at DAV's booth. ABVP, Ludhiana, Convener, Mr Rajat Sood, released copies of a notice issued on school letterhead, signed by the Principal, Mr. R.S Patial, to parents seeking vote for Dr Satnam Kaur. A month before the elections the parents were again told to provide details of sure voters with their names, addresses and phone numbers. This note was written on the school diary of each and every student. In another note in the diary the parents were instructed to phone the class teacher to get necessary instructions. On the diary itself the parents were instructed to vote in favour of Dr Satnam Kaur at serial No. 30, the ABVP has claimed. Mr Kapoor claimed in a written statement that some parents had told ABVP members that that they had even received threatening calls from school authorities saying that their wards would suffer in case they did not cast their votes The ABVP has alleged that it had been observed that all employees of the school, including teachers, were deputed illegally to campaign for the sponsored candidate by making them pay personal visits to the voters in their assigned localities. They were made to visit voters houses not only once but a number of times, which is a well known fact. Mr Kapoor further alleged that the peons were deputed to pass the written instructions to the parents and they were forced to acknowledge receipt of instructions by signing on another sheet. He said it was pertinent to note that a vast majority of teachers were not campaigning willingly, but had been forced by the Principal. The teachers feared loosing their jobs in case they did not comply with his orders as Mr Patial is notorious for his autocratic and vindictive attitude. The school vans were openly used to transport voters to the polling stations which is a blatant misuse of public money, the ABVP has alleged. Mr Patial had earlier been also named in many controversies, particularly for forcefully getting unaccounted money under the garb of donations at the time of admissions from the parents of the students. This practice is still continuing which demands a thorough probe by the government authorities, the ABVP convener, Mr Rajat Sood said. The ABVP demanded a stringent action against Mr Patial and his immediate removal to end his regime of terror. ABVP also demanded a thorough probe to unearth the atrocities carried out by Mr Patial on students, parents and teachers. ABVP also threatened to intensify their agitation till he was removed and justice was done to all concerned. Several attempts were made to contact Mr Patial, but the only functional phone of the school had a fax attached to it. There was no response from Mr Patial to a fax sent by this correspondent.
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PAU approves appointment of three heads
Ludhiana, September 21 Dr V.K. Sharma, Registrar, said Dr P.K. Khanna, Senior Mycologist, has been appointed Head, Department of Microbiology; Dr A.K. Gupta, Senior Rural Sociologist, as Head, Department of Human Development and Sociology, and Dr S.S. Ahuja, Senior Agricultural Engineer, as Head, Department of Farm Power and Machinery. Dr Sharma said the payment of arrears on account of NPA to the veterinary faculty for the period of January 1, 1996, to March 31, 2000, had been made in five annual instalments commencing from 2004-05. The board has approved the enhancement in the special allowance to steno-typists from Rs 40 to Rs 60 per month from September 7, 1994, and at double rate from September 9, 1997. The board has also approved the grant of scale of Rs 3120-5160 to the farm workers and their inclusion in G-IV category from April 1, 1996. It has approved the revision of the qualifications of the post of Director (Seeds) by adding the disciplines of plant pathology/entomology (with experience of seed production/seed technology) to the existing disciplines of plant breeding/vegetable crops/agronomy. The board has authorised the Vice-Chancellor to appoint the head of the department where only a single professor-level teacher in a particular discipline is available or where a single professor-level teacher submits bio-data. However, if in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor, the candidate concerned is not suitable for appointment as head of the department, the recommendations of the Vice-Chancellor will be placed before the board for consideration. Dr Sharma said the appeals of Mr K.C. Jhanji and Mr Ashok Kumar had been heard by the board in person, while Mr B.B. Vatsa did not appear.
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Polytechnic teachers support GNEC faculty strike
Ludhiana, September 21 On the other hand the students of the college also continued their protest demanding the dismissal of the college Principal. But the deadlock continued till this evening. The activists of the Guru Nanak Engineering College Teachers' Association continued their protest against the suspension of Prof J.N. Jha by wearing black badges and threatened to intensify their protest if he was not reinstated. Prof Jha was suspended from the college after students had gone on strike following allegations that he had manhandled a student. The teachers had served an ultimatum on the college authorities yesterday that Prof Jha should be reinstated within 24 hours. The staff of Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic College passed a resolution expressing their solidarity to the cause and also joined the teachers sitting on a dharna wearing black badges. Mr N.D. Sharma, president of the teachers association. Meanwhile, the college remained closed for the fourth consecutive day and three students Vikram Singh, Akaljot Singh and Amanpreet Singh Kang continued with their hunger strike unto death for the second day on the college compound. The students had been demanding the dismissal of the Principal of the college, Dr R.P. Singh.
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93 participate in painting contest
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, September 21 As many as 93 students from 32 schools participated. Mr Avinash Chander Sethi, District Education Officer, Secondary, gave away the prizes. The first prize went to Leeza of R.S. Model School, second to Manju of GGSS School, Bharat Nagar, and the third to Jagdev of Government School, Ramgarh. Ms Manjit Kaur, Deputy District Education Officer of the DEO Office, Secondary, encouraged the students to achieve their goals. Elected Senator: The Principal of Ramgarhia Girls College, Miller Ganj, Ms Harmit Kaur, has been elected a senator of Panjab University from the Principal's constituency for the third term. She was felicitated by members of staff and the managing committee of the college.Lecture: Mr Pankaj Sharma, manager of a software company, delivered a lecture on career opportunities, expectations and tasks to the final-year students of MBA and MCA at GGNIMT. He said the foremost requirement was for students to clearly define their goals and expectations coupled with self-motivation and conviction. Prof Parvinder Singh, a senior faculty member, also made students aware of certain aspects of the corporate world.‘Fun mela’: A “fun mela” was organised for the Little Kingdom KG students of Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines. There were rides and a pool among other amusements for the children.Linux workshop: A four-day workshop on Linux is under way at LCET, organised by the Technical Club under the Department of Computer Science and Engineering for the students of the fifth semester. Eighty students are attending the workshop organised in collaboration with Sucharu Systems, Ludhiana. Dr J. S. Sohal, Principal, said such workshops provide the skills required by students to get placements.
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Woman saved
Ludhiana, September 21 The patient's right kidney was operated upon twice by other surgeons earlier but they failed to clear the blockage and the problem persisted causing damage to the kidney. This was a very challenging case where pre-carrying urine from bladder of right side had got damaged and was scarred. Dr Aulakh first put one pipe in the patient's kidney which remained there for more than seven months and when the kidney function stabilised then he took the decision to repair the only functioning kidney of patient. A 20 cm portion of small intestine was taken and was used as a conduit from kidney to the urinary bladder thus replacing the whole ureter of kidney with that portion of intestine. Normally such a long and damaged ureter is difficult to repair.
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Women’s hockey on Sept 24, 25
Ludhiana, September 21 Entries close with Ms Surinder Dhir, a former Deputy Director, Sports, and honorary general secretary,
DWHAL, on September 23. On the basis of their performance during this championship, the Ludhiana district team for the Punjab State Women Hockey Championship, to be held at Gurdaspur from October 6 to 8, would be finalised, Mr Grewal said.
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