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Caparo Crisis
Illegal kiosks, shops demolished in Rama Mandi area
Manufacturing Trouble |
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Section officer held on graft charge
Chief secy reviews flood situation
Little response to strike by trade unions
Now, volunteers to bail out struggling one-man schools
Hindu activists to court arrest
Op hedge clean-up at border soon
Cong men take Majithia to task
Rally, contests mark Urja Divas
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Caparo Crisis
Jalandhar, August 20 “It seems the most feasible idea right now. We don’t want their studies to suffer,” said varsity registrar Sarojini Gautam Sharda, while talking to The Tribune today. The decision would be made official after a special board meeting is convened on the matter and all the officials give their nod in writing on the circular. But the students are not fully convinced with the idea. “We will be making a big compromise. We came here for specialised training. A year ago, we had so many options, but now we can’t do much except curse ourselves for the choice we made,” said a student representative, pleading anonymity. The students have a sound reason to express their grouse against the system, for, it’s they who are bearing the brunt of the administrative tussle. “Going by the present situation, getting an engineering degree on time would be our greatest achievement. We have already lost precious study time. The authorities need to make a quick decision now,” said another student. However, the final decision does not seem to coming in the near future. Even as Swraj Paul has already made it clear that either he would run the institute or the PTU, the official formalities, legal wrangles and technical glitches will certainly take a lot of time to clear. And since one of the partners is based in UK, the delay is inevitable.
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Illegal kiosks, shops demolished in Rama Mandi area
Jalandhar, August 20 The area which was cleared today was encroached upon by lottery vendors, tea-stall owners, barbers and washer men. Expressing their resentment, kiosk-owners said the untimely action of the authorities have left them in deep trouble. “I have been running a tea stall here since 1962. I don’t have any other source of income. The demolition has put my family’s future
in jeopardy,” said Rajinder Kumar. The kiosk-owners claimed that the authorities had given them just a day’s notice. However, a board official Tejinder Singh said the notice was issued six months ago. “The notice issued on August 18 was a reminder. Since they did not budge, we had to carry out the drive,” he added. |
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Manufacturing Trouble
Hoshiarpur, August 20 Sukdev Singh had complained to forum that the Honda Eterno scooter purchased by him on March 31, 2006 from the local Punj Autos was a faulty one. The complainant said he had to get the clutch plates changed at a cost of Rs 900 soon after the purchase. Just two days after, the vehicle developed a snag again and when he approached the dealer he was told that the engine of the scooter needs to be changed. Sukhdev claimed that since the scooter was in the warranty period he told the dealer that he was not liable to pay Rs 9,000 cost for changing the engine. However, the dealer failed to replace or change the engine. The company officials admitted that the vehicle in question was produced on various occasions for service. “But it was delivered in a defect-free condition to Sukhdev,” they claimed. The company also denied that there was any manufacturing defect in the scooter. “Some minor defects were found but they were rectified,” they said, adding that the complainant had failed to get the vehicle serviced as per the schedule. The consumer forum held that though the scooter has already covered more than 25,000 km till date, the owner has successfully proved on record that there was a manufacturing defect in the vehicle and the maker has failed to rectify the same. “It amounts to deficiency in service,” observed the forum, adding that it will not be appropriate to give maker a direction to replace the scooter, but Sukdev is certainly entitled for compensation.
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Section officer held on graft charge
Jalandhar, August 20 In his complaint to the bureau, Gursahib Singh had said Jindal was demanding bribe for issuing him a no-objection certificate (NOC) for his mini bus (PB-7-1083). Acting on the complaint, a team of the bureau laid a trap and nabbed Jindal while accepting marked currency note in his office. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered. |
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Chief secy reviews flood situation
Amritsar, August 20 Deputy commissioner K.S. Pannu apprised the Chief Secretary of the steps taken to plug the breaches in the areas along the Ravi embankments in the Ajnala sector. He said the administration got the requisite funds of Rs 3.50 crore to clear the drains and strengthen the bundhs on storm water channels, nullahs and the Dhussi bundh. The Chief Secretary said that according to the Met Department, the monsoon would once again be active by next week. He cautioned the administration to take utmost vigil around the rivers and monitor the flow of water at various headworks. The DC said that some of the rainwater drains in the city needed to be cleaned. Although the Ravi was flowing below the danger mark, the administration was geared up for any eventuality. Earlier, the Chief Secretary was on a whirldwind tour of the flood-effected districts of the state. He said the funds would not be any problem. He directed the district administrations to send their demands well in time so that proper grants could be allocated immediately. |
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Little response to strike by trade unions
Hoshiarpur, August 20 Activists of trade unions, led by state committee member CPM Darshan Singh Mattoo, blocked rail and road traffic for more than an hour at Banga Chowk rail-road level-crossing in Garhshankar. However, the traffic was diverted to alternative routes. Similarly, CPM activists led by district secretary Gurmesh Singh blocked traffic for more than half-an-hour at Tanda Bypass Chowk, here. Reports of traffic disruption at Garhdiwala town were also received. Though, the staff was present in some of the banks, including Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Punjab and Sind Bank, they stayed away from work. |
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Now, volunteers to bail out struggling one-man schools
Jalandhar, August 20 The SSA has earmarked as many as 98 elementary schools in the district for this purpose. Under the upcoming project, District project coordinator, SSA, Rajiv Kumar Joshi said, “We have already started the process of recruiting education volunteers in the schools. Over the last some years, we had been getting reports of many schools being managed by single teacher alone. Through this process we would be able to maintain a good teacher-student ratio,” he said, adding that the ultimate aim was to upgrade the standard of education as well as to reduce the burden on teachers too. And to accomplish the project, the SSA officials have started recruiting unemployed B.Ed and postgraduate youth from villages and urban areas in these schools. The SSA has taken the help of the Urban Education Development Committees (UEDC) and Village Education Development Committees (VEDC) to recruit the teachers. The block resource persons (BRPs) and block primary officers (BPOs) are also looking after the project and helping the SSA officials in finding suitable candidates for it. “We have completed nearly 50 per cent of the process. And to make this project a success we are taking the help of local committees and gurdwaras at the urban and rural levels,” added Joshi. The education volunteers |
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Hindu activists to court arrest
Amritsar, August 20 The local chapter of Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti, in a press statement, said a march would be organised from Durgiana temple to Kotwali. Vipin Mehra of Dharam Jagran Samnvya Vibhag said the Shrine land row has badly hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community across the country. He said their body had whole-heartedly decided to support the
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Op hedge clean-up at border soon
Amritsar, August 20 The Indian delegation was led by Commandant B.L. Meena, while the Rangers were led by Lieut-Col Tariq. The delegates discussed various issues, including fixing the timing of joint patrolling on the border, besides repairing the pillars. The delegates also discussed steps for improving the Beating Retreat ceremony in view of a large influx of tourists from all over the country. Approximately, on an average between 3,000 and 5,000 tourists visits the Wagah border to witness the retreat ceremony daily. The government has also decided to upgrade the Attari check post to facilitate the visitors. The meeting also took an important decision of cleaning the hedges alongside the Indo-Pak border keeping in view the large quantity of smuggling of narcotics and fake currency. Fake currency worth about Rs 20 lakh was seized by the BSF during the past three days. |
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Cong men take Majithia to task
Amritsar, August 20 Congress leaders, including Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Harpartap Singh Ajnala, Sukhbinder Singh Sukhsarkaria, Tripat Rajinder Bajwa, Jasbir Singh Dimpa, Sawinder Singh Kathunagal, Dharbir Agnihotri, Tarsem Singh and Harminder Singh Gill said that by criticising the Congress Majithia himself criticised his father and forefathers who all were Congressmen. They further said that Majithia, who had been thrust upon the people as a Cabinet minister, was yet to come of age and was issuing statements against Capt Amarinder Singh out of frustration as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his coterie were haunted by nightmares and hallucinations after the huge rally organised by the Congress at Baba Bakala on August 16. Taking a dig at Majithia, Sukhjinder Randhawa said Majithia should refrain from making such mischievous statements as he had no stature to comment on senior leaders like Capt Amarinder Singh. He said Majithia had become minister not due to his capability but for being the brother-in-law of Sukhbir Badal. The elevation of Capt Amarinder Singh as chairman of the Campaign Committee had infused a new courage amongst Congress workers. Even some Akalis would join the party in the coming days, he claimed. Randhawa said the Congress under the leadership of Capt Amarinder Singh would wipe out the SAD in the forthcoming parliamentary elections and win all 13 seats. |
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Rally, contests mark Urja Divas
Nawanshahr, August 20 With a view to creating awareness on the use of renewal sources of energy, the rally, which saw students carrying banners and placards, was flagged off from Baradari Garden by SDM Prem Chand. The rally culminated at Shivalik Public School where declamation and painting contests were held. In the declamation contest, Nitika Puri, Sapandeep Kaur and Amanpreet Saini won the first three positions, respectively. The painting competition saw Mohinder Singh, Simranjeet Kaur and Ashwani Kumar walking away with the glory in category A, Milan Sharma, Dadichi Thakur and Anjali Sharma excelled in category B and Bhupinder Kaur, Jasjit and Pardeep Kumar won the first three positions, respectively, in category C. Deputy commissioner Nilkanth S. Avhad presided over the prize-distribution function. He exhorted the students to create awareness on the use of renewal sources of energy. He stressed on the need for promoting use of CFL tubes for saving electricity. — OC |
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