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10 pc quota for students from poor strata: CM
Lucky Day
Seminar on Namdhari Movement on Sept 17
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Recruitment rally for
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Urban Esate, Phase III, Project
3 nabbed for fraud
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10 pc quota for students from poor strata: CM
Khiala (Jalandhar), September 11 He was here to attend a function organised by the management of the Sant Baba Bhag Singh Education Complex. At pains to downplay all talk of political vendetta as rubbish, Badal said, “We merely acted on the report of the committee of the assembly in which charges of corruption, misuse of official position and mala fide intent had been established. In fact, the enquiry had been initiated during the rule of the Amarinder Singh government and the committee had Congress members, he pointed out. Responding to a query, he said the government would act in a similar manner if such cases against ministers and government officials were brought to the notice of the house during his tenure, he added. Earlier, the CM met Baba Malkiat Singh and appreciated the efforts being made by the latter in transforming the educational scenario in the countryside. Badal emphasised that the educational institutions must come forward with innovative projects to ensure that students from the poor strata could get special attention for developing their potential and making them professionally competent. He said the universities and higher education institutions, therefore, had an important role to play in guiding the national endeavour for bringing about social transformation and equality in society, which was the basic objective of free India. Badal further said recently the government had also signed an MoU with private engineering and technical institutions to provide absolutely free seats to the economically poor rural students in their respective institutions, for which the state government would allot them an additional quota of 10 per cent seats. He said the basic objective of this scheme was to impart technical education to the underprivileged. Another scheme of Rs 141 crore, to encourage students to opt for the science stream, had also been started by upgrading the existing infrastructure in 351 government senior secondary and high schools (three in every constituency of the state), he added. Earlier, Badal, along with Baba Malkiat Singh, laid the foundation stone of a nursing institute in the complex. He announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for the complex. |
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Lucky Day
Hoshiarpur, September 11 The children, identified as Umesh Pal (6), son of Charan Singh, Patara (7), Sukha (9), Manpreet (14), son of Chhote Lal, Omveer (12) and Suraj Pal (10), son of Karam Singh, were rescued by the minister after he took them in his custody. All these children were unloading stones from a tractor-trailer at a road construction site. Sud immediately called the officers concerned of the local department and ordered to take strict action against those contractors who had been getting work done from these children. The minister said the Child Labour Act would be strictly implemented in the state and strict action would be taken against all those contractors, traders and industrialists who were still carrying on with this unhealthy practice. — OC
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Seminar on Namdhari Movement on Sept 17
Amritsar, September 11 Stating this in a release to the media here today, Dr Joginder Singh, head of the Namdhari Guru Ram Singh Chair, said Dr Mohinder Singh, director, Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Adan, New Delhi, would deliver the inaugural address, while Thakur Uday Singh, chairman and managing director, Namdhari Seeds Corporation, Bangalore, would be the chief guest. Dr Singh said H.S. Hanspal, president, Namdhari Darbar, Bhaini Sahib, would preside over the second session, while Jagdish Singh Wariam, general secretary, Namdhari Darbar, would chair the third session. The valedictory function would be presided over by Surinder Singh, vice-president, Namdhari Darbar. — TNS |
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Recruitment rally for
ex-servicemen
Jalandhar, September 11 The medical examination of the candidates would be held on September 21. The candidates should be below 45 years of age and the gap between discharge from service and re-enrolment should be five years. |
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Urban Esate, Phase III, Project
Jalandhar, September 11 The move has also led to a haphazard development of the 302.13 acres and fleecing of villagers at the hands of land grabbers and property agents. PUDA’s project, it is learnt, was cancelled owing to a political decision. The awards in lieu of land acquisition were not deliberately announced by the state government in time, which led to the lapse of the term of the scheme, sources in PUDA revealed. But now the prices of land in the area have shot up since last year. While areas falling right along the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road are being sold for Rs 5-6 lakh per marla, those somewhat inward are going for Rs 2.5 lakh per marla. The area near the Apeejay Institute of Management is also developing fast with property dealers setting up market areas and private colonies there. In fact, the property dealers are waiting for the proposed shifting of the judicial complex to Nangal Shama. Property dealer Sunil Kumar said, “Once that happens, the prices are going to skyrocket. Many advocates have already bought land around the area.” While all NRIs have sold their entire properties, many villagers have sold their land partly or are waiting for lucrative offers. Paramjit Singh, a farmer of Chokan village, said, “Every other day a property dealer is visiting me with one offer or the other. I am waiting to get something better. Till then, I will keep on cultivating my land and taking care of my dairy farm.” He added that the villagers were against selling their land to the government. “The officials tried every bid to take our land forcibly and put up their own signboards but we had resisted tooth and nail. We were not hopeful of a good price for our land. The residents of all three villages had then jointly began a legal fight,” he recalled. “Later, assembly elections arrived and the SAD supporters told us that they would support their cause and drop the land acquisition. It happened exactly so. As soon as Parkash Singh Badal came to the power, the project was cancelled,” villagers revealed. The ACA, PUDA, A.K. Sikka, said the scheme was denotified on June 25, 2007, the same day on which the awards were to be announced. Asked if he had pursued the case for withdrawing of the orders, he said, “It came during the term of my predecessor Kulbir Singh. I did not follow it up later since the decision came directly from the higher authorities.”
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3 nabbed for fraud
Pathankot, September 11 According to a complaint lodged with the police on Wednesday, it was alleged that five persons came to the tyre shop situated on Dalhousie Road and asked owner Gurjit Singh to change the tyre and tube of their car. When the tyre and tube were changed, two persons asked for a test drive to check the new tyre. As soon as the two persons drove away in the car, the three accomplices left in the shop forcibly locked the owner in a room of the shop and to fled. Two persons, Sukhdev Singh and Mukha, are still absconding. — OC |
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