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Job ban in govt-aided colleges to go
Nawanshahr, October 4
The government has started the process of restoration of 95 per cent grants-in-aid for the privately-managed government aided colleges. The ban on recruitment in these institutions would also be lifted.

Van-truck crash leaves 16 kids hurt
Jalandhar, October 4
As many as 16 schoolchildren were seriously injured when a school van collided with a truck on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway near Panchranga village here this afternoon.

Rescue ops prove futile

Nawanshahr, October 4 The 30-hour-long rescue operations to save contractor Jaswinder Singh, who had been trapped in a 30-foot-deep well on Wednesday, proved futile.

The body of contractor Jaswinder Singh, who was trapped in a 30-ft well, was recovered on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Trident picks up 6 GNDU students
Amritsar, October 4
Six students from the 2008 batch of MBA (five-year integrated course) of Guru Nanak Dev University have been selected through campus placement by Trident, a company of international repute. All these students have been offered a salary package of Rs 6.6 lakh per annum.

Woman thieves in police net 
Batala, October 4
The district police recovered 7 gms of gold, five watches, one mobile phone and Rs 45, 000 cash from two women thieves who were arrested on Wednesday evening.

‘Govt, BSP not doing anything for Dalits’ 
Phillaur, October 4
The Bahujan Samaj Morcha (BSM) has accused the Punjab government of not initiating any step for the welfare and uplift of Dalits in the state. Party national president Satnam Singh Kainth said the state government had made tall claims but nothing has happened on the ground.

Airing Grievances
Guru Nanak Nagar residents apprise admn of problems
Nawanshahr, October 4
A deputation of residents of Guru Nanak Nagar, led by Gurbaksh Singh, met ADC Pritam Singh Johal to apprise him of the problems faced by them due to lack of sanitation, encroachments and illegal constructions in their area.

Adampur man booked for fraud
Hoshiarpur, October 4
The police has booked Amandeep of Pandori Naijjar, Adampur, under sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC for duping Mohinder Singh of Lodhi Chack, Tanda, of Rs 20,500. He took the money on the pretext of setting up a tower of a mobile company on his land.

Job ban in govt-aided colleges to go 
Our correspondent

Nawanshahr, October 4
The government has started the process of restoration of 95 per cent grants-in-aid for the privately-managed government aided colleges. The ban on recruitment in these institutions would also be lifted.

This was disclosed by education minister Dr Upinderjit Kaur and finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal at a meeting with a deputation of the Principals Association of Government-Aided Colleges (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) at Chandigarh on Monday. Giving details, association general secretary Dr Jaspal Singh Randhawa said the deputation was led by its president Dr R.P. Bhardwaj and they apprised the ministers of the problems being faced by the government-aided colleges due to non-implementation of their pending demands.

The teachers frequently resorted to the path of agitation affecting the educational environment,he added. Satisfied with the positive response of the ministers, Dr Randhawa said the finance minister also assured them of releasing arrears of instalments of DA merger shortly. 

Van-truck crash leaves 16 kids hurt

Jalandhar, October 4
As many as 16 schoolchildren were seriously injured when a school van collided with a truck on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway near Panchranga village here this afternoon.

The incident took place when a school bus (Pb-10-9525) of Sant Joseph School, Bhogpur Lohara, was carrying children. When the bus reached near Panchranga village on the national, highway, the driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle which overturned after ramming into a stationary truck from rear side, police sources said.

Sixteen of the children received injuries in the accident. They were rushed to nearby private hospital where their condition was stated to be stable, the sources added.

Meanwhile, a case regarding the accident has been registered, the sources said. — PTI

Rescue ops prove futile
Parmod Bharti

Nawanshahr, October 4
The 30-hour-long rescue operations to save contractor Jaswinder Singh, who had been trapped in a 30-foot-deep well on Wednesday, proved futile. The district administration and villagers at around 8.30 this evening succeeded in pulling out the body of the 42-year-old victim. The accident took place yesterday when Jaswinder Singh was deepening the well. Yesterday, the district administration had started the rescue operation with the help of the Army. The operation involved three digging machines and also got assistance from the villagers.

But the operation had to be suspended at about 11 p.m. yesterday taking in view the risk of collapse of the existing structure of the bore-well. The operation was resumed on Thursday morning by the district administration with the help of villagers.

Today the existing structure of the bore-well was demolished and the earth was cleared with the help of digging machines. Then at about 3 p.m. manual digging was started. Scores of youth made a human chain to dig out and clear the earth and sand etc. from the bore-well, where the body of Jaswinder Singh lay.

The villagers with the help of spades, baskets and buckets dug out earth from about 10-foot-deep bore-well to find the body of Jaswinder Singh buried under it. After finding the body, a young man tied with a rope was sent inside the bore-well. He was having another rope in his hand. He tied the rope to the body of Jaswinder, which was then pulled out by the villagers together.

Deputy commissioner Gurpal Singh Bhatti and SP (HQ) Jagtar Singh Kainth, along with officials of the different departments, were present at the site to supervise the operation.

Trident picks up 6 GNDU students
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 4
Six students from the 2008 batch of MBA (five-year integrated course) of Guru Nanak Dev University have been selected through campus placement by Trident, a company of international repute. All these students have been offered a salary package of Rs 6.6 lakh per annum.

Stating this in a press release here on Thursday, director placements Rajneesh Arora said Nipun and Neetika Gupta (MBA finance), Ashish Sharma and Shikha Syal (MBA marketing), Deepika Arora (MBA HR) and Robina Aggarwal (MBE) had been selected. They would join their jobs after the final examinations in June 2008, he added.

Arora said four final-year students of B.tech had also been offered a salary package of Rs 4.5 lakh per annum by Trident. He said the students of batch 2008, Karan Bhateeza, Manjul Khanna, Kamaldeep Sandhu and Gagandeep Sharma had been appointed before the completion of their formal studies, through campus placement.

The director placement said many more companies like Centurion Bank of Punjab, HDFC Bank, Nucleus Software, Khanna Paper Mills, Jubliant, Headstrong, Glaxo, Vardhman, ITC, Raymonds, etc. had confirmed their visits to the university in October and November for campus placements of the 2008 batch.

Woman thieves in police net 
Our Correspondent

Batala, October 4
The district police recovered 7 gms of gold, five watches, one mobile phone and Rs 45, 000 cash from two women thieves who were arrested on Wednesday evening.

SSP Batala RN Dhoke said the two accused have been identified as Shinda alias Shinder, resident of Thikriwal Uche village and Ratti of village Ahmedabad.

A case under section 379, 411 IPC has been registered at city police station, Batala.

Dhoke said the accused used to enter marriage palaces and steal purses and jewellery of women. 

‘Govt, BSP not doing anything for Dalits’ 
Our Correspondent

Phillaur, October 4
The Bahujan Samaj Morcha (BSM) has accused the Punjab government of not initiating any step for the welfare and uplift of Dalits in the state. Party national president Satnam Singh Kainth said the state government had made tall claims but nothing has happened on the ground.

Talking to newsmen after holding a series of party meetings in different parts of the state, Kainth said despite false claims of strong alliance between the SAD and the BJP, cracks could be seen in both parties over several issues like power tariff hike, subsidies, water disputes, etc.

Even the Bahujan Samaj Party didn’t escape an attack from the morcha. “Dalits are not only fed up with the corrupt, selfish and directionless policies of the Shiromani Akali Dal but also with the Bahujan Samaj Party which never bothered for their interests.”

By adopting vindictive policies as can seen in the DGP Virk case, the leader said the SAD-BJP government was creating a rift among bureaucrats which could prove demoralising for the civil and police administration.

Taking the interests of Dalits, small farmers, traders and employees in mind, the morcha would organise a state-level mass campaign, said the president. Kainth made an appeal to all the Dalits to come and unite under the banner of the BSM.

Airing Grievances
Guru Nanak Nagar residents apprise admn of problems

Nawanshahr, October 4
A deputation of residents of Guru Nanak Nagar, led by Gurbaksh Singh, met ADC Pritam Singh Johal to apprise him of the problems faced by them due to lack of sanitation, encroachments and illegal constructions in their area.

A memorandum in this regard was submitted to the executive officer, Municipal Council, about two months ago, but to no avail, rued the residents. They also apprised the ADC of the inconvenience being faced by them due to installation of tower of a mobile company.

Residents said they faced inconvenience because of the absence of parking and call bell facilities on the tower premises. Vehicles carrying equipment for the tower block streets. In addition, whenever an official of the company visited the tower at night, he blew the horn constantly to wake up the chowkidar in the absence of a call bell at the gate, the residents added. They urged the administration to take steps to solve their problems.

Residents also complained about the problem due to a meat shop situated near Shivalik Public School in front of the colony.

“The meat shop poses danger to the children as a number of stray dogs gather near it,” the residents say. They urged the administration to shift the shop.— OC

Adampur man booked for fraud
Our correspondent

Hoshiarpur, October 4
The police has booked Amandeep of Pandori Naijjar, Adampur, under sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC for duping Mohinder Singh of Lodhi Chack, Tanda, of Rs 20,500. He took the money on the pretext of setting up a tower of a mobile company on his land.

Mohinder Singh contacted Amandeep after seeing an advertisement in a newspaper stating that persons interested in installing towers of cellular phones in their land could contact him. Amandeep allegedly took Rs 20,500 on different occasions from Mohinder Singh on the pretext of installing a tower of a private mobile company in his land in Lodhi Chack village.