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Bhagat Singh still fascinates youth
Red tapism stalls Sainik School restoration work
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Travel agents under scanner
2 killed in separate road mishaps
Woman killed in accident
Four more dengue cases
From schools and colleges
Bank employees observe hunger strike
Fake lottery seller nabbed
4 booked for usurping property
DC bans sewage disposal
Scholarships to needy students
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Five days of ‘Gadar’ begin
Jalandhar, October 26 Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga, also president of the Desh Bhagat Yadgari Committee, asked the women to awaken and bring about a change in their situation. “Women need to fight for their rights in society.” He, along with Gandharv Sen Kochar, General Secretary of the committee, also unveiled a statue of Shaheed Bhagat Singh sculpted by Mr Harminder Singh Gudhanikalan. Mr Bilga urged the audience present there to fight against subversive establishments and relentlessly continue with their cause till a just establishment takes over. “The welfare of the common man must take precedence over everything else and women must get special attention in this cause. Women have to break shackles to improve their plight because no other agency is going to give them their rights on a platter.” He asked girls to take inspiration from the revolutionary history of the country and imitate the likes of Bibi Gulab Kaur and Durga Bhabi as role models. Mr Gurmeet Dhadda, member, Desh Bhagat Yadgar Committee said the Mela aimed at giving a social orientation to the youth in the region. “College education fails to make the youth responsive as well as responsible towards the issues the society is facing today. Real education goes beyond course books.” Justifying Mr Dhadda’s words, 12 stalls full of revolutionary literature have been set up at the venue. A debate competition, held on the occasion, highlighted the issues facing women in Indian society. The participants, all school girls, tried to look beyond gender discrimination and explored the various socio-economic factors affecting the present status of women in society. Ms Rajni Bala from Guru Nanak College of Education, Kapurthala won the first prize in the competition followed by Ms Reena Sehajpal from Doaba Arya Senior Secondary School, Noormahal in second spot and Ms Arti Verma from School of Legal Studies, Jalandhar in third position. |
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Bhagat Singh still fascinates youth
Punjab’s most famous freedom fighter proved why he is still revered. Of the 12 book stalls at the 14th Mela Gadari Babeyan Da, Shaheed Bhagat Singh had shelf space in all and was going off them at a rapid pace. He was also the hot favourite of poster buyers visiting the venue. The pictures of Kartar Singh Sarabha, Sohan Singh Bhakhna, Shaheed Udham Singh also sold well.
“There is something about him (Bhagat Singh) which is forever enigmatic. He lives in our hearts,” said Shikha, a college student, while Sushant Singh, another student, felt, “The fact that he was so young when he made his unforgettable contribution to the freedom movement makes us feel one with him.” |
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Red tapism stalls Sainik School restoration work
Kapurthala, October 26 In fact, grants worth Rs 1.97 crore have been lying unutilised for the past five months due to the lackadaisical attitude of the authorities. From time to time, several meetings have been held to discuss the repair work of the crumbling building, but to no avail. The tenders for the repair work are yet to be floated by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) that has been assigned the supervision of the renovation work. A technical committee for the restoration work of the palace has been formed. This committee is headed by Ms Geetika Kalha, Principal Secretary, Defence Services Welfare, Punjab. Though the committee has held several meetings, it seems to have made no headway. Some INTACH officials visited the school during the recently-concluded heritage festival. Two employees of the Trust have been deployed here for chalking out the technical details of the restoration work. Meetings had also been held earlier with Brig Sukhjit Singh, descendant of the Kapurthala royal family, to take his opinion on the restoration work. As of now, the palace building is in bad shape. The Durbar Hall of the palace, along with a number of murals, needs to be restored to its former glory. The wooden floor and doors have almost been made hollow by termites. The wood-planked path atop the library may “tumble down” any time, reveal officials of Sainik School. The roof of the Registrar’s Office had collapsed in February last and the office had to be shifted elsewhere. The roofs of the classrooms leak during the monsoons. The faculty of the school has been urging the authorities concerned that the building be renovated in view of the safety norms. The officials from INTACH had earlier visited the school and prepared an estimate of Rs 3 crore for the upkeep of the building. The chairman of the Trust, Mr S.K. Misra, had subsequently taken up the case about the funds with the Ministry of Defence. The Defence Ministry had said that it would chip in with funds in case the Punjab Government was ready to give its share of funds for the restoration work. Eventually, the Ministry of Defence gave its share of Rs 1.01 crore on March 31, even as the Punjab government took another two months to release its share of the matching grant worth Rs 96 lakh. Strangely, despite the availability of the grants, the work seems to have been stuck up somewhere. |
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The building of the Jagatjit Palace is a unique example of the French architecture and it stands as a symbol of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh’s quest for beauty. His global exposure enabled him to create a string of beautiful buildings in Kapurthala. The celebrated Jagatjit Palace was built in 1906 by French architect, Monsieur M. Marcel, who drew his inspiration from the palaces of Versailles and Fontainebleau. The Jagatjit Palace’s plaster of Paris figures and painted ceilings represent the finest features of the French art and architecture.
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Travel agents under scanner
Phagwara, October 26 According to police sources, the department is gathering details of travel agents to ascertain how many of them are genuine. The Police would now be getting in touch with the protectorate of emigrants office in Delhi to formulate a fool-proof strategy against the conmen, the sources told the Tribune. The department was also compiling details of cases registered against the travel agents, they added. In majority of cases registered against travel agents, the complainants belong to villages and other backward areas, and are cheated as they are unable to read the visa conditions. The travel agents generally paint a rosy picture to the villagers and duped them. However, the police officials continued to maintain that Makhan’s abduction case was not under their jurisdiction and it had to be solved through proper channels, that was Ministry of External Affairs. “We can only caution the people against such unscrupulous elements,” said a police officer. |
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2 killed in separate road mishaps
Phagwara, October 26 As per the police information, the deceased Amrik Singh, and his companion Paul, who suffered grave injuries in the mishap, were residents of Ghummna village near here. They were coming from their village to Phagwara on a motorcycle when a Tata-407 mini-truck hit them around 10.30 pm on the Mehli bypass. Amrik Singh died on the spot. Paul, whose condition was critical, was admitted to the local Civil Hospital. The truck driver, however, fled from the spot. In another accident, a cyclist, who was identified as Chuhar Singh, a resident of Kotli Khakka village, was crushed to death by an unidentified vehicle. He was on his way to Goraya. Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon a youth was seriously injured when a jeep hit him near Chaheru village here. According to police sources, the youth, identified as Saurabh Kaushal, a resident of Shivaji Nagar in Ludhiana, was a mechanical engineering student at Lovely Institute. He was taken to the local Civil Hospital in a critical condition. Later, the doctors referred him to the DMC Hospital, Ludhiana. |
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Woman killed in accident
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Four more dengue cases
Jalandhar, October 26 While two of the dengue cases have come from the fever-infected New Model House area, the two other cases are from new areas Lamba Pind and Bhargo Camp, according to Medical Superintendent Dr Ranvir Singh. The Civil Hospital authorities had asked the Health Department to speedily spray the areas to make these dengue free as the dengue-causing mosquito could only exist within 50 meters radius of the affected area, he added. The Civil Hospital now has seven patients, who were found dengue positive in the serology tests. Out of the total fever cases in the hospital, ten were discharged today while 21 patients were still being treated in the hospital, Dr Ranvir said.
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From schools and colleges
Jalandhar, October 26 As many as 25 teams from different schools of the district took part in theatre, music, folk dances, literary and fine arts events during the festival, which was organised by the Citizen’s Welfare and Protection Council. The team of DRV DAV Centenary Public School, Phillaur, lifted the Over All Championship Trophy while Army Public School and Victor Model Senior Secondary School of the Cantonment were declared first and second, respectively.
Topper The students of the HMV College have topped in the BA (Honours) second year examinations results in the Guru Nanak Dev University. Harpriya stood first in BA English (Hon) results. Ruchika Gupta, Binny and Sawinder Kaur have topped in the BA (Honors) hindi, political science and music vocal, respectively.
Foundation stone Foundation stone of a lawn tennis court was laid in Delhi Public School here today. Mr Narendra Kumar, Chairman and Mr Ashok Chandra, co-chairman, of the school were present on the occasion.
Seminar A seminar on drug addiction was organised at Government Arts and Sports College here today. Participating in the event, Dr Nirdosh Goel of psychiatry department of Civil Hospital, said the youth, especially from weaker section of the society, were more prone to the social evil. The problems like unemployment and marital discord drove people to taking drugs, eventually creating social, economic and health problems, he added. Ms Karamjit Kaur, College Principal, urged the students to spread awareness among the masses over the issue.
Reading Day The students and staff of Seth Hukum Chand S.D. Public Senior Secondary School organised ‘Reading Day’ here today. Ms Manju Arora, Principal, said that an effort was made to enhance reading ability and lay stress on correct pronunciation. Importance of library was explained to the students. On the occasion, news section was also expanded to encourage newspaper and magazine reading among the students. |
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Bank employees observe hunger strike
Jalandhar, October 26 The employees alleged that the management had started taking decisions on its own for creating new staff posts. They said many decisions were being taken without discussing the issues with the members of the All India State Bank of Employees Federation. The protesters have also threatened to observe a state-level strike on November 10, if their grievances are not addressed. |
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Fake lottery seller nabbed
Jalandhar, October 26 |
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4 booked for usurping property
Kapurthala, October 26
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DC bans sewage disposal
Kapurthala, October 26 |
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Scholarships to needy students
Phagwara, October 26 According to Mr Surendrajit Singh Riyat, the Trust secretary, the Trust since its inception in 1982 had been awarding scholarships to needy and brilliant students annually. During the period, more than 1500 students had benefited from the scholarships, he claimed. “A college student gets Rs 500, while school students are given Rs 300 as scholarship,” he added. |
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