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Lone show for new MD of Cooperative Bank
Exhibition on currencies
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Nanak’s creed was all-inclusive: Scholars
SAD accuses DSGMC of violating
Sikh norms
Mann’s advice to Sarna, Makkar
Seminar on women empowerment
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Lone show for new MD of Cooperative Bank
Jalandhar, November 29 Even the newly-elected office bearers to the Governing body of the bank did not turn up for the first major function after the bank’s November 16 elections. The function was supposed to be a celebration of Mr Dutta’s appointment to the post after winning a close battle with his arch rival in the polls. The political figures, including MP Rana Gurjit Singh, ministers for Local Bodies and Parliamentary Affairs, Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies and Public Health, Mr Avtar Henry, Minister of State for Welfare of SCs and BCs, Social and Development of Women and Children, Ms Gurkanwal Kaur, Minister for Transport, Mr Mahinder Singh Kaypee, Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation Relief and Resettlement, NRIs, Mr Amarjit Singh Samra along with the three MLAs from the district Rajkumar Gupta, Chaudhary Santokh Singh and Kanwaljit Singh Lalli, on whose behalf the invitations were extended, were not present at the function. The only name missing from the invitee list was that of MLA Mr Gurvinder Singh Atwal, who is a close confidant of MD’s arch rival Mr Rajinder Singh. The lone saving factor for the MD was the presence of the Cooperatives and Horticulture Minister, Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa. The claims by Mr Dutta that the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh would attend the celebrations fell flat. When asked about the absence of the other ministers, Mr Randhawa said the ministers had gone to pay obeisance at the Gold Palki Nagar Kirtan. Mr Randhawa said he himself was to go to pay obeisance at the Nagar Kirtan but stayed back for the sake of the function today. The absence of even the seven Akali and six Congress Directors of the Bank was another factor, which dampened the show. The only director present was the independent Mr Inderjit Singh Bajaj. The special Congress and SAD pact to contain the dissent from the anti-CM camp, which had led to the election of majority Akalis to the coveted posts, including the chairman of Board of Directors, Mr Naib Singh Kohar, had its bearing on the function today, sources say. On the occasion, Mr Dutta submitted a memorandum of demands that included the recruitments for filling up shortage of staff, pension and increments for the staff, to the Cooperatives minister. Replying to the demands, Mr Randhawa said the interest rates to the agricultural creditors, which have been slashed from 14.5 per cent to the present 10 per cent. The rate of interest would be slashed further to help co-operative banks cope with the competition being posed by private commercial banks. He said though the institutions like the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA), the Municipal Corporation, the District Rural Development Agency, and the Market Committees were autonomous bodies but the government would appeal to the bodies to make maximum deposits in the cooperative bank. The Improvement Trust Chairman, Mr Tejinder Singh Bittu, deposited a cheque of Rs one crore in the bank, while the city’s Mayor Mr Surinder Mahey promised to make a deposit of Rs 2 crores. Making another important announcement, the minister said up to 100 posts would be filled up soon to meet the shortage of staff in the bank. On the issue of increments for the employees and pension facility, the minister said the demands once passed by the banks board of directors would be duly taken up by the ministry. |
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Exhibition on currencies
Jalandhar, November 29 Various currency notes and coins from European, Middle East and Asian countries were put on display. A huge collection of currency from Singapore, Italy, Nepal, Bhutan, Kuwait, China, Burma, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Pakistan, Iraq, England and USA were exhibited. Students from other departments visiting the exhibition took keen interest in knowing about the historical significance and the time of the release of the currencies. The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr Sarita Verma, the college principal. Prof Manjula Bhalla, head of the department, and Prof Neerja Dhingra, a lecturer, organised the event. Body found
The body of a doctor, who had gone missing since November 10, has been found from the Beas river near Darauli Khurd village. The near-skeleton body of Dr Baljit Singh, a resident Darauli Khurd village, was found on Monday. SHO, Adampur, Mr Onkar Singh said the wife of the deceased, Rajvinder Kaur, had filed a complaint with the police that her husband had gone to attend kirtan darbar on November 10 at Adampur Mandi but did not return. The body was identified with the help of the identity card found from the pocket of the deceased. His father-in-law, Dilbagh Singh, was informed about the body being found in the river yesterday. The body has been sent for a post mortem. The police is investigating the case under Section 174 of the IPC. ETT youth hold rally
Demanding their recruitment as teachers on regular basis in government schools of the state, the members of the Unemployed ETT Union held a rally at Namdev Chowk here today. The members had planned to hold a demonstration in front of Jalandhar Central Cooperative Bank, where the Cooperatives and Horticulture, minister Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa, was expected to come this morning. But on an assurance from the district police about their meeting with the minister, they withdrew their protest plan. They had earlier converged outside Desh Bhagat Yaadgaar Hall, where they raised slogans against the state government. The representatives of the union later met the minister at Circuit House. Mr Beant Singh Bhadna, district president, said the minister had given the assurance that he would urge the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to resolve the matter. Woman arrested
Hoshiarpur: Mahilpur police has arrested one woman Monday night under NDPS Act for carrying 7.5 kg of poppy husk. Sunita, wife of Dalwinder Singh of Baria Kalan, was apprended under the Act. |
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Nanak’s creed was all-inclusive: Scholars
Phagwara, November 29 Speaking at a seminar on “The present day relevance of Guru Nanak’s teachings and mission” held at Guru Nanak College here in observance of Guru’s Parkash Purb, the scholars, including Prof Piara Singh Bhogal, a Punjabi writer, and columnist, Prof Harbhajan Singh Sohal, Head of the Post-Graduate Punjabi department of the college, Mr Jatinderpal Singh Palahi, Secretary, College Managing committee, Mr Gurmit Palahi, Principal, Community Polytechnic, Palahi, said Guru Nanak Dev had taught to the humanity the concept of the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man. Nanak’s mission and message were interactive dialogue, inter-faith harmony and cosmopolitan religio-social ethos, they said. His credo was secular, humanitarian and humane, they remarked. He worked for an egalitarian society which was free from the shackles of caste or class distinction, they added. Prof Bhogal said Guru Nanak Devji was not only a towering spiritual leader but a first-rate linguist and writer besides being well-versed in ragas. He cited several examples from the Japuji Sahib, the bani penned down by Guru Nanak Dev, to prove that Guru Nanak was both a linguist and a sublime poet. Some speakers expressed concern over the mushrooming of deras and gurudom. |
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SAD accuses DSGMC of violating
Sikh norms
Jalandhar, November 29 Stating this at a press conference here today, the District Akali Jatha Jalandhar Urban, and prominent SAD leader, Mr Gurcharan Singh Channi, said Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna, President, DSGMC, had desecrated the “maryada” during the nagar kirtan that he was leading from New Delhi to Sri Nankana Sahib. He said Mr Sarna was seen sitting close to the bir of Sri Guru Granth Sahib wearing socks during the passage of the procession through various districts of Punjab yesterday. He alleged Mr Malkit Singh Birmi, Parliamentary Secretary for Jails, too had committed a similar violation. The SAD leader said, “The DSGMC President had also flouted norms by taking langar in the same vehicle in which the golden palanquin and the bir were boarded. He had also been making calls from his cell phones while sitting in front of the bir”. |
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Mann’s advice to Sarna, Makkar
Phagwara, November 29 Talking to this correspondent here, Mr Mann said “the two are holding independent constitutional positions among Sikhs and they should not stoop to be the stooges of Capt Amarinder Singh as Sarna has become and of Badal as Makkar has become.” He flayed the Badal Dal and SGPC for boycotting the Nagar Kirtan carrying the golden palki from Gurdwara Bangla Sahib New Delhi to Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. “It has generated a euphoria among Sikh masses and it will further improve cordial relations
between India and Pakistan,” he claimed. “My party is only opposed to the replacement of the historical palki,” said Mann. “It was victory of the Guru and the Sikh history and heritage that Pakistan government had assured us that the original palki would not be replaced,” he claimed. “Destroying Sikh historical artefacts is like the Taliban act of damaging the Budha statue and my party would continue opposing Talibanisation of the heritage,” he said. |
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Seminar on women empowerment
Hoshiarpur, November 29 Disclosing this while addressing a seminar on “Women Empowerment” here today, Ms Parminder Kaur, PSWC Chairperson, said “Though Indian constitution has granted right of social equality, including economic and political, to women, but still a majority of them suffer and are leading miserable lives due to lack of awareness.”
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