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Teaching methods discussed
Amloh, March 6 He was addressing teachers of Amloh block on the concluding function of the five-day training camp organised under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) at Government Girls Secondary School, here yesterday. The camp was organised by the District Institute of Education and Training, Fatehgarh Sahib. The respect of teachers among students and society could be revived if the teachers were honest towards their duty, Mr Gill added. The block coordinator, Prof R.K. Sharma, said 23 social studies, 15 science, 16 Punjabi, 11 Hindi, three Mathematics, nine PTI, 16 art and craft, two sewing, one center head master and one ETT teacher participated in the last round of this camp. Mr Dharam Singh Raiwal was the resource person. Mr Avinash Bansal, Mr Kaka Ram and Mr Mange Ram touched interesting aspects of imparting education of subjects like science and mathematics by creating interest among the students through innovative methods.
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Women educated on legal rights
Ludhiana, March 6 Mr Harbans Lal was addressing a seminar organised by the District Legal Services Authority, as part of National Legal Aid Week for women being celebrated from March 2 to March 8, in women jail, here yesterday. The Judge said that under the Free Legal Services Authority Act, any woman irrespective of income, caste with income or mentally disturbed could her self the free legal services to file a suit for legal remedy and to defend criminal cases against her. He said that the Punjab Legal Services Authority Act had also provision for the free legal service to mentally retarded children, scheduled castes, poor people and many other categories and whole expenditure, including the fee of lawyer and other charges, was being borne by the government. The Judge said that apart from this, the DLSA to provide cheaper and permanent justice, was laying main stress on the organisation of Lok Adalats. He informed that an other Lok Adalat was being organised on March 12 to settle maximum numbers of Pre-Litigation level cases relating to bank loans, so that the litigants could be saved from harassment and financial expenditure. He said that the settlement of cases in Lok Adalats would save a lot of time, money and energy. He further informed that during a total of 2460 applications were received by District Legal Services Authority for free legal aid, out of which, 2280 have been provided free legal services. He said that so far 225 Lok Adalats have been organised in the district, in which 65436 cases were taken up and 44338 have been permanently settled with the mutual understanding of both parties. He said that compensation amounting to Rs 49 crore was awarded in those cases. He appealed the people to accord priority to bring their cases for settlement in Lok Adalat.
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An expression of human relationships
Ludhiana, March 6 “Aapki Soniya” is an emotional outburst of an alienated young girl, who seeks her existence and identity. She is left at the mercy of her drunkard father by the world famous painter mother Amrita Nigam. Her mother leaves for India apparently in pursuit of her love Zulfiqar Haidar, a former Governor and an influential political leader. Both the two acts of the play are only in dialogue and discourse without any action. However, the discourse is impassionate and overwhelmingly more involving than any action. Sonali Bendre, who plays the alienated daughter of the painter, appeared to have done lot of homework in her Urdu phonetics speaking chaste Urdu that could be matched only by Farooque Sheikh. It was probably a first of its kind immaculately Urdu presentation done with elan and elegance. The relationship between Soniya and Zulfi begins with hatred. In fact the extent of alienation in Soniya’s mind is so deep that she does not like anyone. Neither her mother, Amrita, who abandoned her when she was not even two, her father, who would drink himself to indifference and Zulfi, whom he thought to be the reason of her being abandoned by her mother. But ultimately she understands Zulfi. However, it is too late for her to repent. When she arrives in India, Zulfi is no more. She gets fond of him addressing him as Abba, her father, knowing well that he was not her biological father. As Zulfi tells her the relationships based on love are far more stronger than physical, biological and legal. But the anti-climax is that Soniya ends up loving the person she starts with hate. And the tragedy is that she is not able to meet him and address him as ‘Abba’ her dear father. The play produced by Lubna Salim is written and directed by Javed Siddiqui. It was jointly presented by the Durga Dass Foundation, Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Spice Telecom and The Tribune Group of Publications.
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Attempt to revive union activities in DMCH
Ludhiana, March 6 On the heels of submitting a memorandum to the DMCH management to settle several pending matters through negotiations with the representatives of the employees, a section of the workers was upset over the serving of a charge sheet to Ms Amardeep Jakhu, who claimed to be the convener of the newly formed ad-hoc committee of the employees union. To counter the charges levelled against her, Ms Jakhu led a group of workers to meet the Medical Superintendent Dr Sandeep Puri and Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Raju Singh Chhina here yesterday. Claiming that all allegations contained in the charge sheet were false, she maintained that she was not on duty at the time of distribution of leaflets in the hospital and further that at the time of being charged with absence from duty, she was deployed in an operating theatre. Ms Jakhu and her supporters defended their democratic right for trade union activities and disagreed with the management that their meetings during off-duty hours with the employees were, in any manner, objectionable. However, most of the other employees of the hospital, for the time being at least, were not inclined to take any side, nor were they vocal about the resumption of trade union activities. Many of them even challenged the claim of Ms Jakhu that she led the ad-hoc committee, representing a large number of the DMCH employees. With the visible presence of police force in the hospital premises and a proposal of the management to set up a permanent police post in the vicinity of the institution, the employees favoured treading the path with utmost caution. Another activist of the employees union told the Ludhiana Tribune on the condition of not being quoted that where interests of the employees were concerned, the union functionaries were committed to stand by their colleagues and take such issues to their logical conclusion. But, at the same time, attempts aimed at disrupting the day to day working of the hospital and creating dissension among employees would be resisted at all cost.
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16 kg tumour removed from woman’s abdomen
Ludhiana, March 6 Doctors had told her husband, a rickshaw puller, that a tumour was growing in her abdomen but, he had chosen not to tell his wife. He used to get some tablets which provided no relief to the patient. On learning about a surgical camp, being held in Dewan Hospital and Advanced Laparoscopic and Endourology Centre, Munni Bai’s husband brought her here for treatment. According to Dr Narotam Dewan, the patient was found to have lost lot of blood and was anaemic. Blood was arranged from the Red Cross Blood Bank and transfusions done. Munni Bai underwent an extra-major surgery and a 16 kg tumour was removed from her abdomen. Dr Dewan said that 30 per cent of patients visiting the hospital during the camp were suffering from long standing illnesses, due to economic and social reasons. Patients not only from Punjab, but also from states like Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal were also coming to benefit from the facilities being provided at the camp.
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New block of hospital opened
Ludhiana, March 6 He was addressing a function after inaugurating the new gynaecology wing in Dr D.N. Kotnis Health and Education Centre and the Acupuncture Hospital in Salem Tabri here yesterday. A free medical camp was also organised. Lauding the work done by this health institution, he announced a grant of Rs 2 lakh for the hospital. Mr K.L. Malhotra, secretary of hospital managing committee, welcomed the chief guest and apprised him of the developments of the hospital. Noted gynaecologist Dr T.S. Cheema, addressing the function, said there was need to create awareness about women and child health.
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Rajni adjudged best athlete
Ludhiana, March 6 Rajni proved her supremacy over others to romp home victorious in 50 m, 100 m, 400 m, long jump, javelin throw and high jump events besides finishing runner-up in shot put and sack race. More than 200 students took part in this two-day meet. Mr Kartar Singh, Director (Sports), Punjab, was the chief guest. Results: 50m — Rajni Bala 1, Sunita 2 and Naman Sharma 3; 100m — Rajni Bala 1, Manjeet Kaur 2 and Ranjit Kaur 3; 400m — Rajni Bala 1, Ranjit Kaur 2, Sumita 3; Potato race — Amandeep Kaur 1, Anita 2 and Kanchan 3; three-legged race — Neeru and Sarabjit 1, Sarabjeet Kaur and Preeti 2, Jagjit Kaur and Mukta 3. Chatti race — Inderjit Kaur 1, Rajni Bala 2 and Harmeet Kaur 3; obstacle race — Manmeet Kaur 1, Mukta 2 and Baljit Kaur 3; long jump — Ranjit Kaur 1, Harjit Kaur 2 and Rajni Bala 3; shot put — Harmeet Kaur 1, Rajni Bala 2 and Gurjit Kaur 3; javelin throw — Rajni Bala 1, Harmeet Kaur 2 and Baljeet Kaur 3. 200 m — Rajni Bala 1, Manjeet Kaur 2 and Ranjeet Kaur 3; musical chair race for guests — Surinder Atwal 1, Sukhdev Singh Pannu 2 and Mohinder Singh 3; 4x100 m relay — Manjit Kaur, Kulvinder Kaur, Rupinder Kaur and Jagroop Kaur 1, Baljeet Kaur, Rajbir Kaur, Mukta and Sucheta 2; Rajni Bala, Ravinder Kaur, Ranjit Kaur and Harmeet Kaur 3. Blind race — Harmeet Kaur 1, Rajbir Kaur 2 and Renu Sharma 3; Sack race — Harmeet Kaur 1, Rajni Bala 2 and Sunita 3; Skipping race — Baljeet Kaur 1, Manjit Kaur 2 and Inderjit Kaur 3; Tug-of-war BA III; High jump — Rajni Bala 1, Priyanka 2 and Anita 3; Harmeet Kaur 1, Mukta 2 and Namanpreet Kaur 3; Musical chair race for staff — Ms Swarndeep 1, Ms Kirandeep 2 and Ms Sumedha 3.
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Big win for Rana Club
Ludhiana, March 6 Batting first, Grewal Club were bowled out for 111 runs in 20 overs. Vinay contributed 30 runs shile Nitu and Ashok scored 16 and 15 runs, respectively. For Rana Club, Tony chipped in with three wickets for 10 runs. Other wicket takers were Sanjay ( 2 for 18) and Dhiraj ( 2 for 18). Rana Club achieved the target after 11.5 overs without losing any wicket. Both the
opners, without facing any difficulty, steered their side to victory. Inder Pal Singh’s innings of 47 runs came off just 29 balls with the help of seven hits to the fence and one six while Vicky’s essay of 48 runs was studded with four boundaries and two sixes. MC XI win cricket match
Municipal Corporation XI scored a thrilling nine-run victory over Purshottam XI in 25-overs cricket match played at Satish Chander Dhawan Government College here today. Municipal Corporation XI skipper Sunil Sharma won the toss and opted to bat. In the allotted 25 overs, they made 138 runs with main contributions coming from Salil Kaushal (35), Deepak (31) and Sunil Sharma (15). For Purshottam XI, R.P. Singh took three wickets for 21 while Tinku and Narinder grabbed two wickets each after conceding 29 and 16 runs, respectively. Chasing a modest total, Purshottam XI’s Jeeta and Gabbar were in command of the situation. They scored 47 and 24 runs, respectively. However, no other batsmen could stand out the ground as their innings folded at 130 runs with three balls to spare. Municipal Corporation XI’s Deepak claimed four wickets for 32 runs. Rajesh and Rajeev scalped two victims each for 13 and 7 runs, respectively.
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