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Rain damages wheat produce
Hamira
(Kapurthala),
April 27 The worst hit are mandis that do not
have cemented floors and a shed atop. Piles of wheat sacks procured by
the government that have been lying stacked in markets get wet every
time it rains. Even after today’s moderate rainfall, sacks of grain
could be seen lying in pools of water in three mandis of Hamira village
that fall on the Amritsar road. While plastic covers had been used to
safeguard the grain, the wheat bags that formed the lower layers of the
stacks got damaged due to the showers. Nearly 4,000 sacks of the grain,
containing 50 kg of wheat each, were lying in these mandis. The mandis
received produce from Hamira, Dogranwal, Dyalpur, Lakhanke pade,
Banurwal, Dhirpur, Manar, Mana Talwandi, Lakhan Khurd, Lakhan Kalan and
Lakhan Khole villages. Labourers working in the mandis said while the
loss incurred today was not much, the downpour on Monday had proved to
be disastrous as plastic covers were not able to withstand the pressure
of the wind that accompanied the rain, thereby also making the sacks on
the upper layers wet. Bhajan Singh a farmer, said since the entrance to
the grain markets had been marshy since Monday’s rainfall, most farmers
were now taking their produce to other mandis that fell nearly 10 km
away. He rued that nothing was being done to improve the infrastructure
of the mandis at the village that had been lying in shoddy condition for
the past many years. The situation in mandis at Begowal and Chowk
Bajaj, which have muddy floors, is reportedly dismal. While villagers
blame it on the Mandi Board, officers claim that the panchayats of
Hamira and Chowk Bajaj and the Nagar Panchayat of Begowal had not given
them acquisition of land, and therefore they could not make any
arrangements for improving the infrastructure. Mr Sarabjit Singh Atwal,
District Mandi Officer, Kapurthala, admitted that there had been some
loss, but he was yet to assess it as he was in Chandigarh today. Mr
Jagdish Singh Sanghera, Deputy General Manager (Marketing), said the
board had earlier decided not to allow purchase in mandis that did not
have cemented floors. But it had to be done finally for the convenience
of farmers. He said he had directed them all to buy at least 20 plastic
covers to prevent damage to the produce. He said he took a round of
mandis in Tarn Taran today and found that there had been some
losses. Meanwhile, a report said rain and hailstorm lashed Amritsar
city this morning, which lasted for about an hour. However, light
showers continued for several hours.
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Hailstorm ruins cotton crop in
Malwa
Bathinda, April 27 Farmers in the cotton belt were taken aback by the sudden downpour that lashed the region resulting in a major loss to those who had just sown the cotton crop. Sources said cotton was already sown in about 20,000 hectares, while the Agriculture Department had fixed a target of 1.55 lakh hectares. Bt cotton would be sown in about 55 per cent of the area and farmers were shelling out Rs 3,400 per acre on sowing. A number of villages in Talwandi Sabo were also lashed by rain. In many villages, there has been a lot of waterlogging on agricultural land owing to which the farmers may have to sow their crop again. Naib Singh of Kotbhara village rued that he had sown costly cotton seeds on his five acres and it was all swept away by water. Nachhatar Singh of the same village also suffered losses, as rain ruined his standing wheat crop. Hailstorm also struck Kotbhara, Kotshamir, Kotfatta, and Ramgarh Bhoondar villages. In Bhikh village, the entire crop of farmers was hit by the hailstorm. Wheat kept in the grain markets had also gone wet. About 4.65 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured in the district so far. Sources said this year the harvesting started late and standing wheat crop was still there in a few areas. Now, the harvesting of wheat has got delayed, due to which the sowing of next crop would also be affected. According to agricultural experts, the appropriate time for sowing cotton is between April 15 and May 15, but rain has played spoilsport. Combines have also come to a grinding halt. The District Agricultural Officer, Mr Jarnail Singh Dhaliwal, said rain had affected the cotton crop and it had to be sown again wherever waterlogging had taken place. He said only 10 per cent cotton was sown in the district.
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Permissions for kidney transplants not forthcoming Maneesh Chhibber Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 27 But since then, a very few transplants have been given the go-ahead by the Punjab Government’s Authorisation Committee which sanctions donation of kidney by a healthy person to a kidney patient, particularly if the donor and the donee are not related to each other. Government sources say that scores of requests for grant of permission for kidney transplant have been turned down by the authorization committee since the unearthing of the scam. This approach is due to fear of victimisation and extreme caution. Following the unearthing of the scam, Dr Sareen was not the only one to be arrested by the Special Investigative team constituted by the Punjab Police. Dr O.P. Mahajan, the then Principal of Government Medical College and Chairman of the Authorisation Committee, and some members of the committee were also arrested. “What can we do? We have to be very cautious. Tomorrow, a decision taken by us in good faith could turn out to be wrong,” says Dr J.S. Dalal, present Chairman of the Authorisation Committee. However, so cautious is the authorisation committee that even in those cases where the district police chiefs ruled out payment of money to the donor, the committee refused to give permission. Probably understanding the dilemma that the authorisation committee faced while deciding such applications, Mr Sarvesh Kaushal, the previous Secretary, Medical Education and Research, wrote to the Chief Secretary, seeking his intervention in the matter. Seeking modifications in the rules that govern kidney and other organ transplantations, Mr Kaushal also wrote that by refusing permission for kidney transplants, the government was in effect signing the death warrants of the patients. “After the scam, we became too cautious. This led to the situation where even genuine cases were not been allowed. I felt that something much be done to break the impasse,” Mr Kaushal, who is presently on long leave, told The Tribune. Incidentally, in at least four cases, the Secretary, Medical Education and Research, Punjab, who is the appellate authority in such cases, set aside the decision of the authorisation committee and allowed transplants to take place. Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been aware of the situation. During a case relating to the grant of permission for carrying out kidney transplant, a Bench headed by Mr Justice H.S. Bedi noted, “It is apparent that the authorisation committee as well as the appellate authority have been influenced by the suspicious atmosphere which had been created on account of some irregularities in kidney transplantation in the past. However, the result of the aforesaid suspicious atmosphere cannot be allowed to become a dead wall for seriously ill patient.”
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Robbery: 2 women cops accused of conspiracy
Jalandhar, April 27 Constables Manjit Kaur and Harjinder Kaur, posted at Central Jail here and had befriended businesswoman Ms Kamal Moti before hatching a conspiracy were still at large while their five accomplices have been arrested by the police today. The police stumbled upon stunning information that two woman constables were also involved in the crime when, on a secret information Nakodar DSP Rajit Singh arrested five members of a 10-member gang of criminals from Kutiya Pandori village near Nakodar while they were planning to commit a robbery. The accused have been identified as Gurdev Singh Gogi of Bajooha Khurd village, Harnek Singh Kala of Dherian village, Nasib Chand Pamma of Bhungarni village in Hoshiarpur district and Kulwinder Kaur Simro of the Lamma Pind locality of Jalandhar, while Tirath of Kotla village and Sunny of Pandori village managed to flee. Search of the accused led to the recovery of two motor cycles, two pistols with ammunition, two “Datars”, a mobile phone and some gold ornaments. Mr S.K Asthana, SSP, said the preliminary interrogation of the accused revealed that gold ornaments recovered from them were part of gold ornaments looted from Ms Kamal Moti’s house on April 12. In the backdrop, a regular interaction of Kulwinder Kaur Simro, who spent six years in Central Jail before being released recently on bail and who had befriended constables Manjit Kaur and Harjinder Kaur in the jail, worked behind the dacoity as the trio also befriended Ms Kamal Moti, who visited the jail to see her son where he was lodged in a bride burning case. Then they started visiting her house and eyeing her wealth. The constables allegedly hatched the conspiracy to loot Ms Kamal Moti and in their plan they found a willing accomplice in Kulwinder Kaur Simro and contacted Kulwinder Kaur’s paramour Gurdev Gogi for the purpose. Sunny and Billu had posed as meter readers and Tirath had followed them in the house to help them overpower Ms Moti and two persons who had come to her rescue after she had raised an alarm. Gang members Tirath and Harnek Kala had also robbed Rs 1 lakh and mobile phone cash cards worth Rs 68,000 from Mr Anu, an employee of a mobile phone dealer, while he was returning from Jandiala by showing him a “Datar”. Mr Asthana said efforts were being made to arrest the two constables and other members of the gang.
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NRI collects Rs 20 lakh for cancer, AIDS
Jalandhar, April 27 This was stated by Mr B.S. Grewal, an NRI and the Chairman of the UK-based India Association, who has completed his walk to raise money for cancer and AIDS research. While, Mr Grewal managed to collect about Rs 20 lakh during his five-month long walk which began from the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 15 last, he has collected $ 1.20 lakh in the UK. The walk concluded at Kanyakumari on April 13. “I was greeted by anxious but smiling people almost everywhere. Though the amount donated by individuals seldom exceeded Rs 200, the humility with which the people approached me was touching. I was, particularly, moved by a couple at Ahmedabad, who went home to fetch a Rs 100 note and then returned on their scooter. “Only two incidents disheartened me in Mumbai. When we reached Malad in Mumbai the gurdwara caretaker there, slammed the door on us, saying there was no place for anybody in the gurdwara.” “Similarly, a temple priest in Mumbai said he would allow us to stay only if we paid him Rs 500 to him.” Mr Grewal, was accompanied by his aide, Mr Anurag Sood, also general secretary of the Hoshiarpur-based Sarb Dharam Sadbhawana Committee, Punjab. “Kerala seemed to be the ideal place as no house or street was devoid of green trees. Coconut trees made a beautiful backdrop for any visitor and his photographs,” said Mr Grewal. He said the fund raised by him would be given to only those organisations which had dedicated themselves to eradication of AIDS and cancer from the world.
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Lobbying intensifies for post of SAD dist chief
Ropar, April 27 Mr Badal has been
taking up the matter seriously, as following differences among leaders,
the SAD had failed to get the desired results in the last Assembly and
SGPC elections in the district, the sources said. Out of the five
Assembly seats, the SAD has won only one seat. Similarly in the SGPC
elections, the SAD, had managed to win only one seat. The reason for
the delay in the appointment of the new party president has been
attributed to differences among the local Akali leaders. Last month, a
meeting was held at Bhatta Sahib Gurdwara to elect the president, but
following different opinions among the leaders, they failed to reach any
consensus. Finally, the matter was left with Mr Parkash Singh Badal to
appoint the new party president. Prominent leaders in the race for the
post of president include present president Pritam Singh Salomajra,
Ujjagr Singh Badali, former minister Tara Singh Ladal, the SGPC member
Gurinder Singh Gogi and Dharam Singh Kang. Sources in the party
revealed that Mr Badali, being former president, and having a clean
image has his chances bright for the post, while Mr Gogi is believed to
be close to Mr Sukhbir Badal and for his hold over the youth of the
district. Mr Ladal, being former minister, and having association with
Mr Badal is also be considered as front-runner for the post. The
sources also revealed that the party was also considering to appoint a
candidate from reserve category for the post of president this time.
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CPI for change in status of constituencies
Sangrur, April 27 Talking to The Tribune today, Dr Joginder Dayal,
secretary of the Punjab unit of the CPI, said the CPI would raise this
issue through its nominee at the next meeting of the delimitation panel
on May 9 at New Delhi. Dr Dayal said a meeting of the Punjab units of
the CPI and the CPM Coordination Committee would be held on April 29 at
Chandigarh to discuss the political situation in the state. The meeting
would also discuss the state government’s move to privatise government
schools, hospitals and other institutions, like the Punjab State
Electricity Board and Punjab Roadways. He said the meeting would chalk
out a mass movement programme to oppose the privatisation policies of
the government. He said the state government was running away from its
constitutional duty of providing free education to children under 14
years of age. The Punjab CPI secretary also demanded compensation for
farmers whose wheat and other crops had been damaged due to bad weather.
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SGPC chief angry over CM’s remarks on ‘kar seva’
Amritsar, April 27 Stung by the statement, the SGPC President, Bibi Jagir Kaur, today lashed out at the Chief Minister and called him a “traitor”. She asked the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to restrain the Chief Minister from issuing such provocative statements. The SGPC President said the Chief Minister had no right to directly request the President of any country and charged him with violating the protocol besides the Constitution. She said the SGPC was an apex body that came into existence to run the management of all historical Sikh shrines in undivided Punjab under the Gurdwara Act of 1925. Hence even after Partition the SGPC was looking after the management of Nanakana Sahib, Panja Sahib, Dera Sahib gurdwaras in Pakistan for the past many years along with the Waqaf Board. The SGPC President said it seems that an ulterior motive existed in the Chief Minister’s statements given in Delhi. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee had bestowed “siropa” on him. “The Chief Minister seems to be so obliged that he reportedly favoured the DSGMC for “kar seva” of Sikh shrines in Pakistan and tried to dishonor the SGPC”, she added. Meanwhile, SAD general secretary Sukhbir Singh Badal said today that the SGPC was an elected representative and highly respected body of Sikhs besides constitutionally empowered to manage the affairs of Sikh shrines in India and abroad. He accused Capt Amarinder Singh of tarnishing the image of the SGPC.
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Amri tsar, April 27The SGPC today formed a seven-member committee to look into the issue of Ripudaman Singh being penalised for carrying a kirpan in Denmark. It includes Dr Darshan Singh, Mr Gurbachan Singh Bachan, Mr Malkit Singh Rahi, Justice Kulwant Singh, Mr Darshan Singh, Mr Kirpal Singh and Mr Hardeep Singh Mohali. — OC
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Forest Dept wants case against school
Jalandhar
April 27 The Punjab Forest Minister, Mr Hans Raj
Josan, has already ordered a high-level probe into the issue. A huge
advertisement board of the school was found mounted on trees of the
Forest Department near Madarn village. Some trees were felled near
Chuharwali village. A story in this regard was carried by The
Tribune. The school management, it is learnt, is taking the plea that
it has nothing to do with the installation of boards on forest trees as
it had given the “advertisement contract” to a local agency. In a memo,
the Forest Block Officer, Jalandhar, has urged the SHO of the Adampur
police station that a case be registered against the school and a
Jalandhar-based agency for offences under Sections 2 and 3-A of the
Forest Conservation Act, 1980, Section 64 of the Damage to the Public
Property Act and Sections 32 and 33 of the Indian Forest Act. The Block
Forest Officer has also mentioned that he, along with a forest guard,
had gone to Madaran village to remove and seize the hoarding, but on
reaching there had found that it had been removed and placed near a
“Dhaba” on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road. Interestingly, the Forest
Block Officer had lodged his complaint with the Adampur police station
on Monday but the SHO remained unaware about the complaint till
Wednesday evening. Mr S.K. Asthana, SSP, said: “I am looking into the
matter and the needful will be done.” Forest Department sources point
out that there is no need for its officials to go to the police for
registration of a case as they are competent to lodge a “Damage Report”,
which was equivalent to FIR, and take the necessary action against
offenders. The amended Forest Conservation Act provided that the Forest
Department officials could not only take cognisance of an offence, but,
also act on their own. Going to the police may only delay the matter,
they apprehended.
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Despite stigma, they help their kids realise dreams Perneet Singh Tribune News Service Bathinda, April 27 There are about 80 lepers in the ashram, of which 40 from about 25 families are doing medical and technical courses from Indore, Bhogpur, Kota and Roorkee. These lepers extend monetary aid to their children as much as they can, while some missionary organisations are also helping them. A majority of lepers at this ashram belong to Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Maharashtra. They seek alms door to door. They have also formed a committee and Mr Jagdish Rai is its chief. Talking to The Tribune, Rai said his daughter, Shanti, is doing MBBS from Indore, while his second daughter, Sunita, is studying at Roorkee. His son has got a job following a technical course from Roorkee. He said some missionary organisations are helping him in educating his children. Bujharat Thakur’s daughter Anita has got a job at CMC, Ludhiana, after her education in Bhogpur. She has also got married there. Similarly, Jai Ram’s son Sriram and daughters Parvati and Sarasvati are doing graduation from colleges in Kota in Rajasthan. An organisation is bearing their hostel expenses. Their children come to meet them at the ashram during vacations. Another leper, Rameshwar is dreaming of sending his son abroad. His son, Dinesh, is studying in Indore. He said the organisation, which is helping in his education, has taken the onus of settling him abroad. Rameshwar visits his son once a year. Shanti Bai ventures out for begging on the city’s streets daily, but wants to change her daughter’s destiny. Her daughter is doing a technical course in New Delhi. These lepers are content and they always want to stay there. They dream for their children a separate world, where they can achieve loads of success in their lives. While they thank people of Bathinda who always helped them, they are disappointed with the administration. They haven’t received pension for the past seven months and on top of that the Health Department has discontinued the supply of medicines to them.
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Dalits to protest in Jalandhar
Phagwara, April
27 This was declared at Gurdwara
Akalian, Phagwara, at a function by the front’s national president,
Jathedar Seva Singh Sekhwan, a press note said here today. Mr Harinder
Singh Kahlon, general secretary, also spoke. Jathedar Sekhwan alleged
that while France had banned turban in schools, Dubai was creating
hurdles in coming up of Sikh shrines. He called Amarinder Singh
government a govt of the rich. That was why it was taking the anti-poor
steps like privatisation of education, health and power, he said. The
decision to hand over 2,000 government schools to private parties was
also condemned. Jathedar Bahadur Singh Sangatpur was appointed the
district president of the front. It was also declared that the front’s
organisational set up would be revamped within three months at the block
and district levels.
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Anganwari inmates given fungus-infested food
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 27 The Deputy Commissioner immediately ordered to stop the supply of this sub-standard food to the anganwari inmates and also ordered chemical examination of the samples of all items. He also directed the Secretary Zila Parishad, who has purchased the material through tenders to immediately stop the payment of the supplier. While talking to Chandigarh Tribune, sarpanches said at anganwari centres at Mullanpur 312, Kheri Bir Singh,
Khalspur, Mehdoodan, Shergarh Bara, Kamali, Jarkhela Kalan and at various other
centres, the inmates were supplied fungus-infested chana, murmura, moisturised biscuits and stinking gur
patti. They said panjeeri supplied to pregnant women was also stinking and substandard. They said when the children brought the material to their homes it was noticed by their parents and they complained to the
CDPO. The biscuits envelope wears the name of supplier as JVS Foods Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur, and manufacturing date is January 1, 2005.
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Physically challenged given mobile PCOs
Patiala,
April 27 The
function, which was jointly organised by the DDRC and the Ehsaas
Foundation, New Delhi, was presided over by Deputy Commissioner Tejveer
Singh. Reliance provided the necessary infrastructure for the mobile
PCOs, while tricycles were given by the DDRC under the ADIP scheme of
the Central Government. The Ehsaas Foundation provided funds for billing
machines, batteries, telephone sets and roof structuring for the PCOs
which have been designed and fabricated by the DDRC. Prominent among
those present on the occasion were orthopaedic surgeon Dr R.L. Mittal,
Mr Pritpal Singh Sidhu, in charge, DDRC, Mr C.M. Bali, secretary of the
Red Cross Society, and social worker Vijay Gupta.
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Stay away from travel agents, DSP tells residents
Kharar, April 27 This was stated by Mr Raj
Bachan Singh Sandhu, DSP, who was recently transferred to Kharar, while
addressing residents of the town here today. He appealed to the
gathering to raise their voice against crime. He said that residents
should go in for verification before keeping new servants and tenants,
as most of the crime was committed by persons hailing from other states.
He suggested that people should stay away from travel agents, as in
most of the cases those who had approached them had been duped of lakhs
of rupees. Mr Sandhu said that the police would organise camps with the
help of social organisations to free youths from the menace of drugs.
Such camps would he held at the village level or at the level of wards
in towns.
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Chatha given Cabinet rank
Chandigarh, April 27 The
state government, vide another order, promoted Deputy Director (Local
Audit) Saraj Kumar Puri as Examiner, Local Funds Accounts. — TNS
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Plan on court complexes to be sent to Centre soon
Chandigarh, April 27 Once constructed under the new plan, the complexes will not require expansion for at least another decade — at least this is what sources in the state’s Department of Home Affairs and Justice are claiming. They add that the plan for expansion, besides the repair of judicial court complexes in the state, will be submitted to the Centre latest by May-end. The report is being handed over in response to a communication received by the state government asking it to forward a comprehensive proposal for the next 10 years regarding the condition of judicial complexes in the state and the places where new ones are required to be constructed. Besides this, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Justice has also sought details regarding the cost of constructing and repairing the complexes. The sources add that the state government has initiated the process of identifying places where new judicial complexes are required to be constructed. They claim that as of now the state government has plans of setting up the complexes at Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Ferozepore and Muktsar, besides several other places. They say that the development is significant because litigants and lawyers are currently grappling with a crumbling infrastructure in most of the judicial complexes across the state. In most of the places, the courts, the chambers and other offices are situated at inconvenient distances from one another. As such, going from one place to another is not only arduous, but also time consuming. Worse, in a large number of complexes, visitors to these do not even have access to drinking water and toilets. In fact, there is hardly any place for them to sit down and discuss even judicial matters. Regarding the work already undertaken by the state government in collaboration with the Centre, the sources say that more than Rs 60 crore was spent till March last year for the construction of judicial complexes at Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Jalandhar, Mansa, Sangrur, Ludhiana and Amritsar. The complexes, the sources say, were constructed under a centrally sponsored scheme on a 50-50 sharing basis.
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61 provided free legal aid
Jalandhar, April
27 This was stated by Mr Jagroop Singh
Mahal, District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman of the District Legal
Services Authority, who held the quarterly meeting of the authority here
yesterday. Mr Mahal said to resolve pending cases amicably, the
authority was organising a Lok Adalat on April 30. He said there was
need to publicise utility of free legal aid schemes so that maximum
number of people could benefit of the scheme. Mr K.K. Kareer, Civil
Judge (Senior Division), who was also the Secretary of the authority,
said the panel of lawyers for providing free legal aid to people has
been reconstituted as term of the previous panel had got expired.
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2 Mandi Board officials suspended
Amritsar, April
27 They were found to be overweighing grains and
looting farmers. A government spokesman in a press note here today said
the board officials raided the grain markets at Mananwala, Jandiala Guru
and Bhikhiwind.
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Two held on abduction charge
Kapurthala, April
27 According to the police, the accused,
identified as Rajesh Talwar and Ashwini Gupta, whisked away a woman on
their motor cycle from near the Dhariwal octroi post this afternoon. A
PCR team got suspicious and started following their vehicle. Sensing
trouble, the duo threw the woman from their vehicle and fled. The
woman sustained serious injuries. The accused were later arrested from
near Mainwaan village. A case has been registered.
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3 held under Passport Act
Amritsar, April 27 Official sources said the three were booked and
arrested for violation of the Passport Act. They had been deported from
London as they did not possess valid travel documents. The Indian
authorities had been informed of their deportation. The arrested youths
were identified as Balbir Singh of Amritsar, Vishal Talwar of Hoshiarpur
and Lahimbar Singh of Jalandhar. — UNI
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CMC PG seats: govt to hold counselling on May 1
Chandigarh, April 27 The counselling
will be for filling 28 seats — 22 in the degree course and six in
diploma courses. It will be held at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College,
Faridkot. According to the schedule for the filling of medical seats
released by the Medical Council of India, the first counselling has to
be held by April 30. Senior state government officers say a decision to
fill the seats — that the Supreme Court recently allowed the Punjab
Government to fill — was taken at a high-level meeting held today. The
Punjab Government and CMC have been at loggerheads over the issue of
filling of seats in the graduate as well as postgraduate courses in the
institute. CMC has been maintaining that it has the exclusive right to
fill all seats as it is a minority-run institution. Last year, the
management of CMC had also decided not to follow the orders of the
Justice G.R. Majithia-led Committee for Overseeing the Entrance Test
Conducted by the Association of Private Professional Colleges. The
committee had taken away the right to conduct its own admission test
from CMC. A petition is pending in the Supreme Court to decide the
issue of whether CMC has the right to fill all seats. Government sources
say that the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgement
soon. When contacted, Dr J.S. Dalal, Principal, Government Medical
College, Amritsar, who is also the Chairman of the Selection Committee
for conducting counselling, said that since the Supreme Court, as an
interim measure, allowed the Punjab Government to fill 50 per cent of
the seats, these would be filled. Sometime ago, CMC had moved an
application in the Supreme Court seeking permission to fill all seats.
However, the court allowed it to hold the test and admit only 50 per
cent of the students. Mr John Pramod, acting Director of CMC, told The
Tribune that the college had taken the stand that it should be allowed
to fill all seats on its own. “We are waiting
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ITI students boycott classes
Ropar, April 27 A member of the Punjab Student Union, Karam Singh, while addressing the students said that the Punjab Government had decided to privatise ITIs and 18 polytechnics in the state as per the resolution passed by it on July 16, 2003. The first step the government had taken was by hiking the fees of students four times. Now it has become difficult for the children of the poor sections of society to get education. Besides it, students of ITIs did not get any scholarship for the past seven years, over 65 per cent of the teacher’s posts are lying vacant. He said that if the government failed to solve the problems of students, they would intensify their agitation. Others who addressed the gathering included Jatinder Singh Gill, Jangbir Singh, Davinder Pandey, Harminder Pal Singh, Harjit Kaur, Priyana, Rimi Sharma, Ritu Sharma and Kamaljit Kaur.
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National Science Day organised
Patiala, April
27 As
many as 12 schools from the region participated in the scientific quiz
and working science model competitions which were inaugurated by Dr S.C.
Saxena, Director, TIET. For the quiz competition, the teams were
divided into two group with Budha Dal Public School, Sri Aurobindo
International School and Modern Senior Secondary School emerging
triumphant in one group while teams from YPS, Army School and
Multipurpose school were declared winners in the other group. In the
working science model competition, the winners were Multipurpose School,
Budha Dal Public School, and Sri Aurobindo International school.
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PAU don gets award
Ludhiana, April 27
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