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Car Goes Kaput
Forum fines Hyundai dealer Rs 50,000
Jalandhar, July 22
The District Consumers Forum on Tuesday fined Rs 50,000 to a local Hyundai motor dealer for not paying any heed to the complaint filed by a car buyer. Besides the fine, the forum has directed the company to pay the car price to the customer and issue a brand new car free of cost.

Deputation Meets DC
Sarpanch’s poll: Cong seeks action against RO
Hoshiarpur, July 22
A deputation of the local Congress leaders, including former Punjab minister Romesh Chander Dogra, general secretary, PPCC, Kuldip Nanda, secretary, PPCC, and segment in charge, Garhdiwala, Jasbir Singh Paul, and former local improvement trust chairman Pawan Kumar Adia along with newly elected panchs of the Johal gram panchayat.

Oxygen cylinder blast toll 4
Jalandhar, July 22
After struggling for life for over three hours, Om Prakash, a victim of the oxygen cylinder blast, who was admitted to the local civil hospital in a critical condition late last night, succumbed to his injuries.

GND varsity extends MoU with memorial trust
Amritsar, July 22
Guru Nanak Dev University and the Sardar Jaswant Singh Rai Memorial Trust, Jalandhar, have entered into an agreement to extend the term of an MoU already signed, for a period of another six years.

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	Car Goes Kaput Forum fines Hyundai dealer Rs 50,000 Jalandhar, July 22 The District Consumers Forum on Tuesday fined Rs 50,000 to a local Hyundai motor dealer for not paying any heed to the complaint filed by a car buyer. Besides the fine, the forum has directed the company to pay the car price to the customer and issue a brand new car free of cost. Complainant Vishal Vinayak, resident of Industrial Area, had filed a complaint in the forum that he had purchased a car “Electra CRDI” from Goyal Hyundui Motors. The performance of the vehicle was not up to the mark. He had filed the complaint on July 1, 2006, and July 3, 2006, in which he apprised the company of the poor performance of the car. But the company didn’t take any concrete steps to solve his problem and then he knocked the door of the consumers court. Acting on the complaint, forum president M.M. Bhalla and member Surinder Mittal fined the company and directed it to deliver a new car to the complainant. Nokia told to refund phone price The forum has ordered mobile phone company Nokia to refund Rs 10,100 as cost of a faulty mobile phone set purchased by a consumer of the city. The forum also imposed a penalty of Rs 2,000 while directing the company to pay Rs 1,000 as the litigation cost to the consumer. Complainant Balraj Singh had purchased a mobile phone set from Mobile Clinic situated in Model Town here on October 27, 2006. The mobile set started giving problems after some months and Balraj took the faulty phone for repair to Alibaba Video Centre situated on Nakodar Road as per the instructions of Mobile Clinic. The fault repaired by the service centre resurfaced in June 2007 and the same set was sent to Chandigarh by the service station for repair and was returned to Balraj after one month. On August 20, 2007, the set again started giving problem with the same fault and the persons at service centre misbehaved with Balraj’s wife by throwing away the mobile set when she took the same for repair. In his judgment, forum president M.M. Bhalla directed Nokia, its local dealer Mobile Clinic and its service station to refund the price of the mobile to the tune of Rs 10,100 to Balraj and also directed all the three to pay Rs 2,000 as the compensation to the complainant and Rs 1,000 as the cost to the litigation. — UNI, PTI
	Deputation Meets DC Sarpanch’s poll: Cong seeks action against RO Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, July 22 A deputation of the local Congress leaders, including former Punjab minister Romesh Chander Dogra, general secretary, PPCC, Kuldip Nanda, secretary, PPCC, and segment in charge, Garhdiwala, Jasbir Singh Paul, and former local improvement trust chairman Pawan Kumar Adia along with newly elected panchs of the Johal gram panchayat, viz Gurdarshan Singh, Sher Singh, Sushil Rani and Kamaljit Kaur, met the deputy commissioner-cum-district electoral officer N.K. Wadhawan today and demanded action against the returning officer for the election to sarpanch of the Johal Gram Panchayat and SHO, Hariana police station, who did not allow the panchs to participate in the election to sarpanch of the village, yesterday. Talking to this correspondent here today, Jasbir Singh Paul claimed that the deputy commissioner had asked the deputation to file a writ petition before him and after getting conducted a thorough probe into the allegations, he would do the justice. However, the members of the deputation were not satisfied with the assurances of the deputy commissioner and had decided to knock at the doors of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. They had given a call for staging a dharna and blocking vehicular traffic at Bhunga on July 24, if justice was not done to them. Meanwhile, former Punjab minister and senior Congress leader Naresh Thakur condemned the returning officer’c conduct. He demanded immediate transfer and stringent action against the returning officer and the SHO.
	Oxygen cylinder blast toll 4 Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 22 After struggling for life for over three hours, Om Prakash, a victim of the oxygen cylinder blast, who was admitted to the local civil hospital in a critical condition late last night, succumbed to his injuries. With the death of Om Prakash, the death toll has increased to four. The police has booked Mohit Kumar, owner of Sai Gas Agency and a case under sections 304-A, 337 and 338 of the IPC registered against him. The bodies were handed over to the family members after a post-mortem examination at the local civil hospital this afternoon. The fifth victim Som Nath is said to be out of danger. Jasbir Singh, his son Jaswinder Singh, residents of Haripur village, and Saghu, a migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh, were killed in an oxygen cylinder blast near Leather Complex late last evening. The critically injured Som Nath and Om Prakash were been rushed to the civil hospital where Om Prakash succumbed to his injuries late last night.
	GND varsity extends MoU with memorial trust Amritsar, July 22 Guru Nanak Dev University and the Sardar Jaswant Singh Rai Memorial Trust, Jalandhar, have entered into an agreement to extend the term of an MoU already signed, for a period of another six years. Under this agreement “Sardar Jaswant Singh Rai memorial visiting lecturership in life sciences” has been instituted in the university. Vice-chancellor Dr Jai Rup Singh and trust chairman Karamjit Singh Rai signed the agreement on behalf of their institutions. Director of research Dr S.S. Chahal said the visiting lecturership would preferably rotate amongst the different disciplines in the faculty of life sciences on yearly basis. After signing the MoU, Dr Rai said the memorial lectures delivered by eminent scientists of international stature under the previous agreement had been a success. — OC
	Kali Bein: VVIPs to attend kar sewa anniversary functions Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service Kapurthala, July 22 Week-long functions to mark the eighth anniversary of kar seva of the Kali Bein started on Sunday. Ek Onkar Charitable Trust chairman Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal said painting, poem and declamation contests were being organised among the students of different schools of Kapurthala and surrounding districts during the function to spread awareness among them against pollution, especially water contamination. Hundreds of students and disciples of the chairman of the Ek Onkar Charitable Trust are leaving no stone unturned to make the functions a grand success. Dignitaries from different walks of life are participating in the functions. Talking to The Tribune, Baba Seechewal said several MPs from England would take part in the concluding function. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would participate in the anniversary programmes on July 24 afternoon. Apart from this, Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Jain also gave his consent to attend the function on July 26, Baba Seechewal said, adding that former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam would specially participate in the concluding function on July 27. Baba Seechewal started cleansing of holy Bein, sacred to the Sikhs for its association with Guru Nanak Dev, on July 16, 2000. At that time, probably no one had thought he would be able to make the Bein, which had turned into a virtual sewer as several drains from Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur flowed into it, clean but his continuous efforts had achieved a lot. Still more is required to be done in this direction. Two to be honoured JALANDHAR: New Delhi-based documentary producer Surinder Mannan and Jalandhar Doordarshan’s programme executive Lakhwinder Singh Johl would be honoured by environmental organisation Dharat Suhavi at a function to be held on the banks on the Kali Bein at Sultanpur Lodhi on July 26 for their work on the Bein and preservation of environment. While Mannan’s documentary “Black River” on the Kali Bein has already won the gold award from the Indian Documentary Producers Association, Johl was being honoured for his film, “Pardooshan Virudh Pavittar Jung”, screened a number of times by Jalandhar Doordarshan.
	Masih is new BUCC head Our Correspondent Batala, July 22 Dr Edward Masih took over as the new principal of historic Baring Union Christian College (BUCC), Batala, today. An ‘Installation Ceremony’ was held in the college chapel in the presence of Bishop Dr Anand Chandu Lal in this connection. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Lal said with proper experience and caliber Dr Masih would add to the legacy of the college. Dr Edward Masih is PhD and MSc in agricultural sciences. Formerly, he has been an associate professor in the department of extension and communication, Allahabad Agricultural Institute. He has also worked as principal of Krishi Yigyan Kendra (ICAR), Sant Ravi Das Nagar, Bahodi (UP). Dr Edward belongs to Kali Bahmani village in Batala. He did his schooling from Nabha and Dabwali. Among others vice-chairman, Baring Union Christian College Association (BUCCA), RM.Chaudhary and secretary, BUCCA, Parvez Samuel Kaul were also present.