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Army veterans get thumbs-up from India Inc
Jalandhar, April 10 The nationwide survey, conducted by a leading defence portal and a private advisory company over a period of 30 days, cleared the mist on the corporate attitude towards ex-servicemen and brought forth the paradigm shift in the manner in which the HR managers perceived them.
During the survey, over 1000 industry people were handed over a brief questionnaire aimed at discerning their preferences and the response was overwhelmingly in favour of the ex-servicemen. The Army veterans got a staggering 70 per cent positive vote on the parameters of efficiency, openness to fresh thoughts and ideas, management skills and ability to “think out of box”. Interestingly though, the new-age companies found these veterans “average” in terms of adaptability and open-armed approach to new cultures. But their voice of dissent drowned in the cacophony of approval. In fact, the who’s who of the business world saluted the talent of the veterans and found them an asset to any organisation rooting for efficiency. Be it Reliance, HCL, Panacea Biotech, Sahara or Alcatel-every big name came out strongly in the support of inducting the Army veterans into the corporate world. “The survey results are not surprising at all. The veterans have the grooming technique, sense of duty, discipline and devotion to be the perfect managers,“ said Army PRO Naresh Vij, waxing eloquent on the veteran power. They were used to pyramid work structure and the same was followed by most of the corporates. Jelling with the new environment was not difficult at all for them, asserted Vij. So be ready you ex-men, the corporate world is all poised for you to wage its sophisticated battles. Are you game.
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Newborn dies in hospital; parents allege negligence
Jalandhar, April 10 They also burnt effigies of management committee of the hospital and demanded action against “erring” Meanwhile, the hospital authorities denied allegations of any negligence on their part and asserted that the newborn child had died of asphyxiation caused by milk-feeding immediately after his birth by family members. Naresh Nanda and his wife Nisha, residents of Preet Nagar, Sodal Road, alleged that their son, born on Monday evening, died due to the “negligence’ of the hospital staff. They said the boy was alright at the time of his birth at about 8.30 pm but died shortly thereafter due to “lack of care”. Refuting their allegations, Dr Dimple Sharma, paediatrician, said there was no error on the part of the hospital and its staff. “Actually, the child died of asphyxiation, caused by milk-feeding by family members immediately after his birth. Due to unwanted milk-feeding the baby could not breathe properly, resulting in his death,” said Dr Dimple Sharma. Parents of the deceased infant lifted their dharna only after they were assured by the SP, City, that suitable action would be taken against anybody found guilty in the case.
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Needed: Overhaul for police infrastructure
Jalandhar, April 10 At night policemen sleep on chairs and, moreover, the inmates are kept tied with pillars, which is gross violation of the The policemen, who were posted at these stations, said the situation was worse than animals. The station (division no 8) located on Kaumi Marg is functioning in a rented two-room building. The locality known for its crimes, the policemen are under constant fear that their weapons would be stolen some day. Meanwhile, district police chief Arpit Shukla said the department had sent a proposal to the government for providing buildings and land to the police department. The police in its report admit that the building is in bad condition. The police station (division no 3) is functioning in the building of the veterinary department. The station (division no 5) is functioning in the building of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust. The trust is demanding vacation of the building. And a request has been made to the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar, for allotment of suitable land for the construction of a police station building. Station division no 6, which is situated in a crowded locality, is functioning in a private building. According to sources, it is learnt that the owner did push for the vacation of the plot but nothing materialised. As we are paying the rent, Shukla said people who have complaints are free to go to the courts. The stations located in the rural belts are also functioning in the private buildings like the Lambra station, which is functioning at a private building. The police station at Maqsudan is functioning in a dispensary of the health department. The police station at Bilga is operational in a panchayat building and the Noormehal station is functioning in a private building. Apart from stations, the police department has taken several buildings for higher authorities. At Shahkot, in the absence of proper arrangements for the DSP office, a guest house of the panchayat has been taken. Similar is the case with the station at Nakodar which is functioning in a BDO building. They are demanding vacation of the building.
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Metal rules his head
Jalandhar, April 10 Not only has he simply invested on purchasing these items, he has even bought expensive imported albums and boxes to arrange them in order and then flaunt these before his special guests. The fact that he is very passionate about his collection is evident from the way he discusses the importance of each and every item that he takes out - its unique features and the way he managed to procure it. Jain has a mixed collected of ancient and modern coins and notes of India, Nepal, Bangkok, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Qatar, US, UK and Australia. His coins in gold, silver, copper and other alloys date back from the nineteenth century to some of the latest memorial ones released to mark 400 years of installation of Guru Granth Sahib and tercentenary of the Khalsa Panth. Having arranged his coins in a sequence of their release, he shows one of his most admired Indian possessions featuring Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, George VII, Chandra Gupta Maurya, Akbar and other Mughal rulers. The denominations range from few annas to Rs 100. His currency notes too have been arranged in the order of signatures of different Governors that the RBI has appointed so far. Large size notes of the denomination of Rs 1000, those printed from khadi hundis of Gujarat and the ones that were released only as proof sets are also a part of his collections. Seemingly a staunch follower of Bhagwan Mahavir and Gautam Buddha, a unique collection of rare 24 k gold and silver coins featuring his gurus, is what he takes immense pride in. Jain also possesses a memorial coin of Bhagwan Mahavir coinciding with 2600th Janm Kalayank year released in 2002 by PSIEC. This numismatic has not just been collecting his coins but even purchasing books related to the subject so that he gains enough knowledge and is rather not duped during any purchase. “I hardly get time to take part in state association meetings or undertake training programmes related to the field held at Nasik. So, I keep on buying books so that I can collect references and read them at times when I am free and travelling”, Jain explains as he also shows the bills of various coins which he had filed as their proof of purchase. The amateur numismatic said that he had begun assembling these items 30 years back. Now, everyone in his circle was aware of his fad. “Realising my interest, my mother-in-law also once presented me very old collection of Rs 10 currency notes which she once found in her locker”, Jain smiled. Jain also has a collection of few army medals completely intact which he recently got polished from a jeweller. His colourful collection of telephone cards of Portugal, Europe, Italy, Germany, Bangkok, Columbia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and “Not many people in India have been collecting these cards but slowly when they will start realising their increasing value”, he said as he carefully packed up everything back into his treasure boxes..
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PSEB goes into power saving mode
Phagwara, April 10 This was stated by chief engineer (north) Parminder Singh Sandhu while talking to media persons here today. He said the people would be inspired to use low voltage consuming and compact fluorescent lights to save energy. He said the people would also be educated to take help of modern architecture during renovation and constructions of their houses so that the use of solar energy could be made at the maximum places to save power and make their premises airy. The PSEB was working on a scheme to open a computerised centre in each town which would receive complaints and forward those to the officials concerned, Sandhu said. Referring to measures taken to check power theft, Sandhu said the board was implementing a plan under which all nine lakh tubewell connections would be connected directly to power transformers and all low-tension wires would be removed.
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Woman found dead, in-laws arrested
Jalandhar, April 10 While her in-laws claimed that she had committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan, her brother Sukhminder Singh alleged that her in-laws killed her as they had been demanding dowry from them. —TNS
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Gujral wants top facilities
at PMCH
Jalandhar, April 10 Naresh Gujral and his father and former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral have been dreaming to set up a world-class heart facility at Jalandhar and they have repeatedly been making their dream public. They have been promising that Jalandharites and residents of adjoining areas would be provided with best of healthcare facilities. Naresh Gujral has particularly been very enthusiastic about the upcoming Punjab Medical College and Hospital with the hope that it could provide world-class healthcare to poor people, also at affordable rates. To give a practical shape to his long-cherished dream, Naresh Gujral brought along Dr Naresh Trehan to the college so that the latter could inspect the institution for its future planning. “We are preparing a roadmap of future for the institution. Dr Trehan and me discussed various models which could be used for further development of the institute. The basic idea behind my request to Dr Trehan to accompany me was to elicit his valuable suggestions on how the college could be developed on the lines of the PGI, Chandigarh,” said Naresh Gujral. Dr Trehan was impressed with the building of the institute and has suggested that there is no problem in the upgradation of the institute to the international level. “In fact, we have a good hardware in the shape of the building. Now, we need good software, doctors, faculty and other infrastructure,” said Gujral. A number of SAD leaders, including Charanjit Singh Channi, president of the district unit of the party, accompanied Gujral and Dr Trehan.
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Young World Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
Phagwara April 10 The students had designed I-energy system which can increase electrical power for rural India. Bansal is a student of the Department of Textile Technology while Aniket is a student from the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering. Toppers
Students of Bachelor of Design (third semester) from Apeejay College of Fine Arts have got top ranks in examination conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University. Seema Rani has stood first with 902 marks while Mansi Khurana is third with 864 marks. In Bachelor of Multimedia (seventh semester), the college student Shehnaz Randhawa has got third rank with 4773 marks. Two
new labs
DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology has set up two laboratories on the campus, Refrigeration and air conditioning laboratory and Fluid mechanics and machinery laboratory. The refrigeration laboratory was opened by Dr C.P. Khatter, principal director of Central Institute of Hand Tools, whereas fluid mechanics laboratory was opened by Sukhdev Raj, an industrialist and managing director of Victor Forgings. Dr Khatter proposed for a MoU for exchange of staff between the two institutes and training of students. Workshops
Nilima Shah, an education adviser and consultant from Ahmedabad, conducted workshops for teachers as well as students and parents in various city schools from April 3 to 8. At Eklavya School, Shah held a morning workshop was for the educators on “How children learn mathematics”. “Learning mathematics is not only finding the correct answer, it is also a process of solving problems and applying what you have learned to newer problems”. She demonstrated techniques for making mathematics interesting for pre-primary, primary and senior children through creative activities, worksheets and games. In the afternoon, another workshop on personality grooming was conducted for children and parents.“Parents have started becoming aware and are trying their best to sustain a better relationship. Spending some quality time without any disturbance helps,” Shah stressed. A number of role plays and group discussions were conducted during the workshop to stress the correct method of communication. All the parents enthusiastically participated in the workshop. Besides, the resource person also held workshops on “How to maximise children’s learning ability,” “Diverting children to constructive use of television, computer and internet” and “Mind mapping”. Seminar
Lovely Professional University organised a seminar “Expectations of banking industry” in which more than 100 MBA students participated. Regional Manager of Centurion Bank of Punjab, Jasmeet Singh, shared aspiration of bank managements from its employees in terms of performance and employability concerns. Underlining the attributes of an ideal banker, he said that the banks always looked for candidates who were energetic, motivated and sales-oriented for maximising banking revenue, sales and customer satisfaction. Good Friday
Tiny tots of Maple Bear Pre-School, Garden Colony, celebrated Good Friday. Kids with the held of their teachers decorated Easter eggs and Easter Bunnies. Tiny tots and the staff had a great time participating in the Easter Hunt. Centre in charge Gurjot Khera explained to the students the importance of the day.
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Water-borne diseases: Minister asks for report
Phagwara April 10 Talking to The Tribune here, Kalia said that department will take all necessary steps to control the situation. He said all preventive measures would be taken at the earliest. Meanwhile, Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner J.M. Balamurugan visited the affected areas and held meetings with concerned officials besides JCT and Sugar Mills authorities. Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Pal discussed the matter with civil surgeon Kapurthala, Nagar Council authorities and made a short term plan to control the situation. The teams of doctors visited the most affected area of local Shivpuri and medically examined the patients. The Nagar Council provided water tankers in the area. SMO Dr Adarsh Sood advised the residents to take boiled drinking water for the prevention of the diseases.
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Sports Roundup Parwinder Blaggan Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, April 10 The trials are being conducted for both boys and girls in the under-14, under-17 and under-19 In city, the sports wing is coming up at Government Senior Secondary School Nehru Garden (Hockey, Volleyball), St. Thomas School Suranussi (Hockey), Olympian Surjit Hockey Academy (Hockey), HMV Collegiate Girls School (Athletics, Weightlifting), Sant Baba Bhag Singh International School (Athletics), Sports School (Athletics, swimming, Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Gymnastics), Doaba Arya Senior Secondary School, Noormahal (Volleyball), DAV school, PAP (rifle shooting) and Cantonment Senior Secondary School (Football). Athletic meet
CT Institutions organised Sardarni Manjit Kaur memorial annual inter-CTinstitutions athletic meet on Friday. The students participated in various track and field events, including 1500 m 800 m, 400m and 4x100 m relays race, shotput, javelin throw, long jump, discus throw and triple jump. The first prize for 800 m boys’ race was bagged by Subeg Singh, while Rajni emerged victorious in the girls; category. The 200 m event was bagged by Manpreet Singh and Rajni in their respective categories. The other results were as follows: Shotput, Chandanjit Singh, 400 m and 1500m (boys),Vikas Jasrotia and Manohar Singh respectively. In long jump, Shamsher Singh bagged the title, while discus throw saw Jagdeep Singh and Akashdeep Kaur walking away with top honours. The boys’ triple jump was won by Simranjit Singh.The overall trophy went to CT Institute of Pharmacy. Honoured
Arya Pradeshik Pratinidhi Sabha honored three international athletes, Rajwinder Kaur, Manjit Kaur and Sunita Rani, alumni of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, during a function held at Delhi recently.
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Men in uniform pedal for a cause
Jalandhar, April 10 The rally which started from Mamoon cantonment, comprising of one officer, two JCOs and 17 jawans from Pathfinder’ Artillery Unit of Gurj Division, are on a mission to cover about 600 kms along the border districts of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir for establishing contact with ex-servicemen and war widows settled in far flung areas. After seven days of grueling cycling through enroute Mamoonn Cantonment, Gurdaspur, Dera Baba Nanak, Ajnala, Amritsar, Atari, Beas and Kapurthala, the team headed towards Jammu today. During a tea break at the cantonment, the team members said that they had interacted with 400 ex-servicemen and seven war widows trying to understand their problems. They said that they also disseminated the awareness on various welfare schemes being undertaken by the force for them while spreading a message of goodwill, secularism and brotherhood. The members also said that they had met students of various schools and motivated them to join the Army. Issues related to environment, especially ill-effects of polybags, were also discussed by them among local populace.
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Complainants against transfer
of consumer cases
Jalandhar, April 10 While written orders in this regard are said to have reached the forum office three days back, the District Bar Association (DBA) today passed a unanimous resolution against it while also giving a call of complete boycott. The members even pointed out that they had learnt that the commission was in the process of shifting another set of 100 cases to Nawanshahr forum. Om Parkash Sharma, secretary of the DBA, said that the directions of the commission defied the very purpose of the Consumer Protection Act on the basis of which the consumers get justice. He explained, “When a consumer has to travel to another district, he suffers botheration and ends up spending more money. But the purpose of these fora is to provide inexpensive judgment to the consumers without putting them into much hassle.” The consumer forum, it is learnt, has nearly 700 cases pending with it some of which have been hanging on for nearly seven years. But Sharma pointed out that there were other ways to dispose them of quickly. “If the forum is burdened so much, camp courts would be established here twice a week in which the president or members of consumer fora from neighbouring districts could preside over. This had been in practice earlier and actually helped solve the problem in a better way”, he pointed out. Prof Assa Singh, a lawyer who also deals with consumer cases, too had a similar version. He said that if the pendency rate was higher here, there was no point in further harassing the consumers. He said that the act stipulated to provide cheaper justice to consumers. Another lawyer, K.C. Malhotra, showed a reference from a judgment of Kerala High Court which called for provision of camp sittings at various places for the convenience of petitioners.
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Exporters demand representation in boards
Kapurthala, April 10 Badal government decided to set up the three boards for the growth and promotion of trade and industrial activities with 11 members and one chairman in each board, empowering them to resolve and solve the trade and industry-related problems independently. PCSE’s senior vice-president A.K. Kohli and secretary V.Chandra appealed the Badal government to appoint representatives from the reputed export houses in the three boards. The representatives of PCSE said with the participation of leading export houses in the proposed boards, the exports from Punjab would get a boost especially as export chambers and export houses had wide knowledge and international experience in the field of WTO and industrial expansion. Kohli further appealed to the chief minister that before setting up the boards, district-wise meetings with representatives of the export chambers, trade and industrial associations should be conducted to discuss and consider representations in the boards.
—TNS
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Missing child Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, April 10 As what to talk of making any headway in the case, the police has till date not even registered any first information report (FIR). Rather a daily dairy report (DDR) has been registered at Kartarpur police station. Shovendra Jha told The Tribune that his wife Saroj Jha had reported the matter to Kartarpur police on March 19, the next day of mysterious disappearance of Anand. The CRPF constable said that he had also brought the matter to the notice of the then Superintendent of Police (head quarter) SK Kalia on March 30 and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Arpit Shukla on April 5 but no concrete steps were taken to trace his son. When contacted, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rural II Rajjit Singh said that no FIR was registered in this case as the CRPF constable’s son does’nt appears to have been kidnapped. Interestingly, Kartarpur SHO Inderjeet Verma claimed that several police teams had been sent to different places to know the whereabouts of missing adolescent. He said that he had also spoken to the sentry who was on duty at the gate number two on March 18 evening, but the latter failed to tell anything concrete.
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Dr Sud is IAP chief
Jalandhar, April 10 Dr Anil Sud is also a member of the national executive board of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He has been taking active part in the efforts aimed at creating awareness among the masses so that people should be able to protect the children from various dreadful diseases. Besides, he has also been delivering talks for child specialists from states like Delhi, Punjab and Haryana.
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Omnipotent ‘pardhanji’
Jalandhar April 10 So much so that none dared to speak or write about him despite exposure of his alleged acts of omission and commission and despite the summoning of records about the office, previously held by him, by the office of the Chief Minister. Instead they used to pass on to him whatever information they had. Why they should not do that? They had reportedly been “rewarded heavily” during the five-year “rule of pardhanji”. And rewards were not too small to be ignored. Some are said to have got residential flats (a few of them not in their own names), while others were rewarded with rich hospitality and attractive tour packages and payment of electricity bills. If this was not enough, modern gadgets like computers allegedly made their way to these “investigative” writers. In return, “pardhanji” not only got flashed in the media but he also got some “hold” in the opposition camp with the help of his “friends” and Akali leaders so that he could surmount any problem in case the opposition came to power.
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