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Pak girl sent back home
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Cold wave continues, rain likely in next 48 hours CPM supports canegrowers’ struggle From schools and colleges
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Pak girl sent back home Jalandhar, December 26 The teenaged girl, who was lodged in the Gandhi Vaneeta Ashram on the Kapurthala Road, was released here early this morning following the orders issued by the Home Ministry in this regard. Eager to meet her family once again and carrying back home memories of her new friends she had found here, Farah Masih returned to her home in Kotli Bare Khan village in Narowal district of Pakistan. Talking to media persons here, she said her mother had scolded her when she had expressed her desire to study. Her mother told her that it was not her age to “hold books but to hold the broom” instead and take care of her family. Disillusioned and disturbed, Farah had wandered off to the border. “I was torn apart between my desire and my sense of loss of purpose following what my mother had told me. The state of disarray and disillusion led me to lose sense of where my feet were taking me,” she said. She was released with a special police party of the Jalandhar police. She is among the children who are being let off after special instructions from the Union Government (Ministry of Home) as part of the special confidence-building measures between the two countries. Farah said it felt like home here and if her family could have been here, she would have felt no difference. She thanked her Indian friends, who gave her paranthas for the journey back home and sent her back home with all the love and care from their hearts. She expressed her desire to return to meet her new friends and teachers at the Ashram, where she had lived since she crossed the border. She thanked her teachers for teaching her many things and making her wiser. Her desire to study too was fulfilled to some extent thanks to their guidance, she said. She added that she hoped to continue her studies further once she went back home. She was taken into custody from Dera Baba Nanak sector by the BSF and was later sent into the custody of the Punjab police after the preliminary investigations. She was then sent to the Gandhi Vanita Ashram following the court’s order. Her hopes of going back home rose as she was sent to Amritsar for identification in the last week of March last year. |
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Exporters seek CM’s intervention Phagwara, December 26 In a joint statement issued here, they claimed that the diesel engine industry, in particular, was located in villages and small towns of the state, producing more than 30 per cent for export and bringing large amount of foreign exchange for the country. They rued that the newly-implemented VAT system had many anomalies. These were later taken up by the high-powered state-level VAT Committee, comprising Mr Surinder Singla, Finance Minister Punjab and Chairman, Mr Avtar Henry, Cabinet Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, and Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Sardul Singh, they said. They disclosed that the Committee had invited representatives of the industry and the trade to know the problems being faced by the sectors. The Committee, during its last meeting held on November 21 and 22, had decided to give relief to these sections by way of simplifying the procedures and reducing the VAT rate on items like diesel engines, valves and clocks and auto parts among others, and recommended it to the Cabinet for final orders. They regretted that a notification in this regard was still to be issued. |
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Cold wave continues, rain likely in next 48 hours Jalandhar, December 26 The weather forecast from the department says that rain is likely in the next 36 to 48 hours in the region. The minimum temperature recorded in Adampur here was 0.4 degree Celsius, the same as in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. Amritsar recorded a minimum of 1.8 degrees Celcius, while Halwara was cold at 4.2 degrees Celcius. Chandigarh recorded 7.6 degree Celsius as minimum temperature. The temperature was 5 degree Celsius at Ambala. The temperature recorded at Pathankot was 3.6 degrees, while Jammu recorded 5.8 degrees. Srinagar recorded minus 5.7 degree Celsius, making today one of the coldest days again. There was, however, no fog here for the second consecutive day today. |
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CPM supports canegrowers’ struggle Phagwara, December 26 Addressing the gathering at the dharna of the canegowers, which entered its 47th day today, Prof Balwant Singh declared that his party would leave no stone unturned in supporting the struggle for ensuring acceptance of the demands of the Cane Growers’ Coperative Society, Phagwara, which is spearheading the agitation against the mill management for bye-passing the society. He also flayed “anti-farmers” policies of the government. Mr Gurmit Singh Dhada, secretary,
Jalandhar-Kapurthala district unit of the party, also addressed the protesters. Meanwhile, in a press release, issued here, the society president, Mr Rashpal Singh, has alleged that the mill management was violating provisions of the Purchase and Supply Act. |
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Doaba College to host Principals’ Conference Tribune News Service Jalandhar, December 26 Nearly 300 delegates from all over India are expected to participate in the two-day event and present their papers on the topic “Restructuring of Higher Education in India” and other sub themes like “Role of state, UGC and NAAC”, “Accountability in higher education” and “Privatisation and higher education”, Doaba College Principal, Dr R P Bhardwaj, who is also the Joint Secretary cum Treasurer of the Association of Indian College Principals, said in a press release issued here on Monday. Lecture
A lecture on the subject “Banking in present scenario” was organised at Banarsi Dass Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantt. The lecture, organised by the commerce department of the college, was presided over the college Principal, Dr Sarita Verma, and the senior Regional Manager of Punjab National Bank, Mr A R Mishra, expressed his views on the topic. The college’s director, Mr Swaraj Mohan, was the chief guest, a press release issued here said. Annual function
MR International School, Adampur, celebrated its 5th annual prize distribution function on Saturday. The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr S Charanjit Singh Atwal, was the chief guest. Around 250 school students participated in various items, including skits, play and group dance among others, a press release issued here said. Mr Atwal gave away the prizes to the students. Addressing the gathering, Mr Atwal said, “Education is the third eye of man. Imparting education means doing selfless service for the humanity.” The students of Bashesharpur village school visited Dayanand Model School (DMS), Model Town, here. The students’ trip was organised by DMS to promote educational awareness among the students of the village, which has been adopted by DMS under a programme started by DAV. The students were accompanied by their teachers, village elders and the sarpanch, a press release issued here on Sunday said. The village students visited different sections of DMS school like science lab and computer lab, which they liked the most. The children were also taken to kindergarten wing, which was decorated to celebrate Christmas. Some tiny tots dressed as Santa Claus entertained the visitors and distributed sweets to them. They were gifted socks and shoes by DMS Principal, Mrs B. Manuja, who also promised to them that her school would provide every kind of help needed by the village students. |
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