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Adarsh school awaits CM’s promised 3 crore
Narula, Hans sing to mark martyr’s birthday
Native village celebrates birth centenary
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9 months after: Body exhumed to know cause of death
‘Congress will expose double-speak of govt’
85 youths’ convoy flagged off
Mini-marathon organised
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Adarsh school awaits CM’s promised 3 crore
Of the Rs 3 crore grant that the CM had promised and Rs 50 lakh that MP Charanjit Singh Atwal was to donate for Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Adarsh Senior Secondary School, not even a single penny has been spent on the school as yet.
Khatkar Kalan, September 27 Of the Rs 3 crore grant that the CM had promised and Rs 50 lakh that MP Charanjit Singh Atwal was to donate for Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Adarsh Senior Secondary School, not even a single penny has been spent on the school as yet. While the CM had promised on the 75th death anniversary of Bhagat Singh on March 23 this year that the school would function as an “adarsh school” in a year’s time, no such signs are visible till date. Although the CM had committed that bright, poor students would get education free of cost, the fee being levied from the students here is almost double what any other government school of the state is charging. Further, the location of the new school building, which is 2 km away from the main road all along the fields, does not suit many students and has rather forced many parents to withdraw their children from the school. Since the old school located on the backside of the martyr’s memorial was short of space, the new school building was constructed on the other side of the road in 1999. The students from the adjoining schools, including Gama, Thadian and Manguwal, have to cover 4 km to reach here. The high fee structure and location in the interior side has had a fallout on the strength of the students. While the school earlier got more than 1,000 applicants against 500 seats, admission was done on the basis of an entrance test. The situation now is just the reverse. While the school has doubled its capacity, it has just about 350 regular students from classes nursery to XII. Nearly 150 open school students are also taking classes here. Although an NRI had donated a bus, the school is unable to ply it for lack of funds. The poor students have been asked to pay Rs 50 as conveyance charges. While the NRI had donated Rs 10,000 for initial diesel expenses, the amount lasted a few months only. The school already carried the name “adarsh” with it since its inception in 1999. The school already has more than 15 classrooms and a couple of toilets. There is a requirement of more rooms as the school intends to introduce medical, non-medical and commerce streams for classes XI and XII. The school is equipped with Edusat but it has not been functional owing to incomplete apparatus. It has 11 sets of computers but there is no teacher for the purpose. A science teacher takes computer classes. Principal Renu Bhatti says, “I have put in a request for slashing the fee and starting of three new streams for the senior secondary classes.” |
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Narula, Hans sing to mark martyr’s birthday
Amritsar, September 27 Renowned Punjabi singers Hans Raj Hans and Jaspinder Narula rendered Sufi and pop songs on the occasion. With the pristine building of Khalsa College in the backdrop, it was a treat to watch the artistes sing and dance to passionate cheering by a large crowd which savoured every moment of the performance. The programme began with the play “Aazadi De Parwane” on the ideology of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. The performance was complemented by rare pictures of Bhagat Singh and other martyrs. The play also featured songs like “Mera rang de basanti chola” and “Pagri sambhal jatta”. Well-known playback singer Narula kicked off her performance with the song “Amritsar-sifti da ghar”, a song composed by her father. It was followed by “Ai mere watan ke logon” sung on an emotional note and “Dama dam mast kalandar” as an ode to saint Shehbaz Kalandar. Aptly titled “Shan-e-Watan”, the music-filled show also made a subtle effort to put across the message of unity and patriotism. It was telecast live on Punjabi TV channels and Doordarshan would show highlights of the programme. The atmosphere can best be described as electrifying as Hans struck an instant chord with the audience enthralled with his hit Sufi numbers. The crowd went berserk the moment Hans Raj Hans stepped on to the stage. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was the chief guest. SAD acting president Sukhbir Badal and information and public relations minister Bikram Singh Majithia were also present on the occasion.
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Native village celebrates birth centenary
Nawanshahr, September 27 SAD MLAs Jatinder Singh Kariha and Chaudhary Mohan Lal and deputy commissioner Gurpal Singh Bhatti handed over the “mashal” to the youth and flagged off the rally for Amritsar to participate in the national-level function to mark the birth centenary celebrations of
Bhagat Singh. Earlier, a similar jatha was flagged off by chief parliamentary secretary Nand Lal from Babar Karam Singh Smark, Daulatpur. Besides, a number of such jathas belonging to other districts also passed through the town on their way to Amritsar. They paid tributes to the martyrs at Khatkar Kalan and pledged to realise the dreams of the great martyrs. Paying tributes to the martyrs, chief parliamentary secretary Chaudhary Nand Lal said Bhagat Singh was not only a revolutionary freedom fighter but a great philosopher too. He had read about revolutionary movements in different countries and in his “jail diary”, he had commented on democracy and modern system of the government. Lal stressed the need of evolving a social, political and economic system for realising the dreams of the martyr and for paying him tributes in the true spirit. MLA Jatinder Singh Kariha said the NRIs had offered to provide generous donations for setting up a medical college and hospital at Khatkar Kalan. MLA Mohal Lal, district SAD president Mohinder Singh Hussainpuri, the DC, ADC Pritam Singh Johal, among others, also addressed the gathering. A cultural programme was presented
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9 months after: Body exhumed to know cause of death
Jalandhar, September 27 Mathew was reportedly residing alone in Kaki Pind and died in Aligarh on December 29 last year, said additional SHO of Sadar police station Harbhajan Singh, adding that he was working somewhere in Ludhiana. The body was exhumed on the high court’s order dated August 30 this year on his NRI sister Suman Sohanta’s petition, said SDM Bhupinder Singh, adding his sister had suspected some foul play behind his death. After exhuming the body, the police took it to the local civil hospital where a four-member board of doctors led by pathologist Dr Davinder Singh conducted a post-mortem examination on Thursday evening, said medical superintendent Dr Ranbir Singh while talking to The Tribune. However, they could not reach at any conclusion about the cause of Mathew’s death and decided to send available organs to the forensic laboratory in Patiala for chemical examination and the heart to the medical college in Amritsar for that purpose, he added. Dr Ranbir Singh said the body was again handed over to the police after conducting a post-mortem examination. When contacted, Harbhajan Singh said the police gave the body late in the evening to Suman Sohanta for reburying it. Suman had reportedly come from England to get his brother’s body exhumed to know the exact cause of his death. Foul Play
The body of 45-yr-old George Mathew, who died on December 29 last year, was exhumed on the high court’s order dated August 30 this year on his NRI sister Suman Sohanta’s petition. She had suspected some foul play behind his death. — SDM Bhupinder Singh |
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‘Congress will expose double-speak of govt’
Jalandhar, September 27 En route to Amritsar, she talked to mediapersons at Rama Mandi Chowk during a brief stopover. The government had failed on all fronts so far. People had already started feeling the pinch of the steep rise in the prices of essential commodities and all sections of society were feeling cheated in voting this alliance to power, she pointed out. Taking a dig at the much-touted “sangat darshan”, she said all the people were getting was a “free darshan of the ministers and bureaucrats.” Commenting on the one-person, one-post principle in her party, she said it was the prerogative of the high command to ask its leaders to shoulder additional responsibilities. “I am trying to justify their faith in my abilities,” she added. |
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85 youths’ convoy flagged off
Hoshiarpur, September 27 The youths are participating in the birth centenary celebrations of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Shaheed Rajguru and Shaheed Sukhdev, being organised at Amritsar tomorrow. The minister handed over a flaming torch to the convoy. Earlier, while paying floral tributes to the martyrs of freedom struggle, Sud said the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru was an extra-ordinary sacrifice in the freedom struggle. He exhorted the youth to come forward for eradicating social evils like dowry, female foeticide, corruption, drug-addiction, etc. Punjab chief parliamentary secretary Avinash Rai Khanna, deputy commissioner D.K. Tiwari, SSP Anita Punj and various local leaders of political parties were present on
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Mini-marathon organised
Nawanshahr, September 27 In the boys’ category, Inderjit Singh (Nurpuri Bedi) won the first prize, while Jiwan (Jalandhar) and Anil Kumar (Khatkar Kalan) were declared second and third, respectively. Similarly, in the girls’ category, Manjinder (Khatkar Kalan) was adjudged first and Manpreet (Banga) and Jasbir (Banga) won the second and third prizes. Meanwhile, activists of thePunjab Students Union and Naujwan Bharat Sabha organised a rally to celebrate the birth centenary of Shaheed.
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