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CAPARO school faculty, staff a harried lot
Op Sadbhavna brings cheers to valley children
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IT expo draws rural youth
Forum issues warrants against SBI Card officials
Health Hazard
Seminar on communalism from October 11
BSP chetna rallies against UPA ‘misrule’
Husband, in-laws held
Two women held with 2 kg opium
Kanungo held taking bribe
Woman kills self
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CAPARO school faculty, staff a harried lot
Jalandhar, October 6 Ever since the campus began it has been witnessing one confrontation or the other. Initially it was the students alone who faced problems due
to the shortage of infrastructure but with no regular salary for the past two months and lack of electricity supply the future of the faculty also hangs in balance. Assistant professor of the mechanical engineering department Rakesh Bhatia said, “It has been nearly
two months since we received our salaries. Even our repeated attempts for the same have fallen on deaf ears. As the students of the institute had been shifted from a constituent college to a private engineering college and no fresh admission has taken place so far, therefore the faculty is left with no work. But this has further put our future at stake.” According to staff members, the college was running on two generator sets, as there has been no electricity supply on the campus since July, 2007. Till the time the students were studying in the campus, the diesel generators were used alternatively day and night as girl students were staying temporarily in some staff quarters on the campus. The situation became worse when the college authorities shifted its students to the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, on August 25 after which the authorities stopped procuring diesel anymore, thereby leading to no power and water supply. “The faculty and staff members who were residing on the campus with their families were forced to leave the quarters. Even the canteen and mess facilities have also been withdrawn by the contractor after the shifting of the students,” said another teacher on the terms of anonymity. It is pertinent to mention here that the CAPARO PTU School of Manufacturing and Materials Technology, Kapurthala, a constituent engineering college of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, was started in August, 2007, with an aim to provide quality education in the field of industry-institute interaction. Despite repeated attempts the director of the institute, Dr P.S. Maity, could not be contacted for comments. |
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Op Sadbhavna brings cheers to valley children
Amritsar, October 6 The group was received by Col Vikram Kumar, Commandant of the Flaming Arrow Brigade, who gave a motivational lecture followed by a visit to acquaint them with the military customs and traditions of the Armoured Regiment. They also visited the “archives”, which is the Regimental Motivational Hall for soldiers. Operation Sadbhavna has been undertaken by the Army to win the hearts of the people of J&K under which various rehabilitation and welfare measures have been instituted. During their stay in Amritsar, they visited the Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Attari railway station and the Beating Retreat ceremony at the Wagah joint checkpost. Later, Brig S.K. Gadeock, Commander 23 (I) Armoured Brigade, who was accompanied by Flaming Arrow AWWA president Sonia Gadeock, highlighted the secular image of the Army and dedicated efforts made to enlist promising children from remote areas into the mainstream of military career. The children were given gifts and mementos, including books, by Sonia Gadeock. |
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IT expo draws rural youth
Jalandhar October 6 More than 18 prominent brands, including Sony, Asus, Dell, Acer, Intel, Compaq, Toshiba, Samsung, Intex, Frontech, Canon and Luminous participated in the IT expo. “Urban customers are more or less aware of quality. It is good that rural youths have started getting brand conscious. They are so keen that they missed no opportunity to apprise themselves of the emerging technologies related with quality and durability of products,” said expo sponsor Impel Infosys’ spokesperson Paresh Berry. — TNS |
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Forum issues warrants against SBI Card officials
Jalandhar, October 6 The forum, comprising Surinder Mittal and Rakesh Kumari, has issued notice to Diwakar Gupta, CEO, and Amit Bhaskar, head, collections, of the company, for the non-compliance of orders passed on October 22, 2007, on a complaint filed by Hari Prasad Handa, a resident of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar here. In his recent application filed before the forum, Handa had alleged that the company officials were adamant and sending him bills by ignoring the orders. He even pointed that he was receiving calls from officials pressurising him to make payments and deposit the amount that they were directed not to charge. Handa had earlier deposed before the forum that he was availing himself of the SBI card service vide number 4006 6760 1903 3896. He had alleged that he had received a bill at his address of an amount of Rs 2372.89 due to be paid to Royal Sundaram Insurance Company. He had said the amount was illegally deducted without his consent. He had neither authorised the SBI card company to get insurance policy for them nor had given an authority letter for the renewal of policy. He had alleged that that he had surrendered his card along with that of his wife Parveen Handa on September 1, 2006, as a matter of protest but they were again issued new ones. He had demanded return of amount of Rs 2058.89 and Rs 483.44, withdrawal of bills issued to him and compensation through the forum. The company officials had replied that the insurance policy was cancelled on July 29, 2006, and an amount of Rs 967 was credited to the account of the complainant. They had said there was no deficiency of service. The forum had decided that the amount be refunded to the complainant, Rs 967 already refunded be adjusted and no late payment fee, interest or any other charges related to these items be charged from the consumer. The forum had also awarded Rs 5,000 as compensation and Rs 2,000 as cost of litigation. |
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Health Hazard
Amritsar, October 6 A team of sanitary health department, led by sanitary health inspector Govind Mehta, today visited a number of shops and found many shortcomings in the sanitation and cleanliness. Those who were issued notices include Burger Hut, Moonlight and Vadera Fresh restaurants and hotel, opposite to Guru Nanak Dev University, Standard Sweet Shop and Guru Amardass Sweet Shop at Chheharta and Daily Needs, near Khalsa College. The complaints against them include bad and foul smelling sweets, which had outlived their shelf life, besides insects in sweet boxes and unhygienic conditions of the kitchen and manufacturing place. The department had also received complaints from public with regard to shortfall of weight while selling sweets. The sources in the department said they were checking a large number of such shops and restaurants before Divali so that the customers got clean and quality sweets for the festival season.
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Seminar on communalism from October 11
Amritsar, October 6 The seminar is being organised under the aegis of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha to discuss the deteriorating state of education in the country. Eminent educationists like Dr Sucha Singh Gill from Patiala, Bhai Vaidji from Maharashtra, Anil Sadgopal and Dr Vinay Bhardwaj are likely to participate in the seminar. Eminent social activists like Joginder Yadav, Medha Patkar and Vandhana Shiva would also address the gathering during the seminar. Socialist Front Punjab spokesman Balwant Singh Khera, while talking to The Tribune here today, said as there was need for a new political direction to save the country from the communal clashes and terrorist activities, various small political parties, including the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Samajwadi Party, have decided to establish a new political outfit which would jointly contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections. A special resolution would also be passed on the Kashmir issue as the state has been plagued with terrorism for the past two decades, he added. Commenting on the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led UPA, Khera said these had the same economic agenda and had also failed to fulfil the aspirations of the general public which was reeling under the rising price index. He said the Leftists were trying to forge a third front but they would have to leave dogmatism to win the confidence of the people though they had been raising issues concerning the common man. Lashing out at chairman of the marketing board Ajmer Singh Lakhowal for distributing Rs 2 crore each to the MLA of the rural area in the state, he said the kisan leader, for his selfish interests, had hypothecated the farmers’ union to appease his political bosses. |
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Kailash Kher goes gaga over Sufi music
Amritsar, October 6 Famous Bollywood playback singer Kailash Kher, who was here as a judge of Indian Idol along with three of the 30 top singers who have been shortlisted during several months’ auditions, said he loved to sing Sufi kalam as the chord of the music connected with the Almighty and gave tremendous satisfaction to the singer and the audience. Kher said he had recently cut a gurbani kirtan album along with Jagjit Singh for the tercentenary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib. He said it was a unique experience for him to be party to the rich traditions of Sikhism and gurbani. Kher, a gifted singer with a raw, high-pitched voice, had given a series of Bollywood hits, including “Allah Ke Bande” and had joined the top rung of singers. He said Indian and Pakistani singers continued to carry forward the excellent traditions of Sufi music. He said he aspired that the young singers should learn from stalwarts who had dedicated their lives to music and carry forward the legacy. |
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BSP chetna rallies against UPA ‘misrule’
Hoshiarpur, October 6 Kashyap said it was the duty of the government
to ensure security and safety of all the citizens and if it failed in performing its duty well, it had
no right to rule. “Janhit chetna” rallies are being organised throughout the country to spread awareness among the people regarding unemployment, price hike of essential commodities, poverty, corruption and terrorism prevailing in the country so that they could dethrone the UPA in the forthcoming elections. The Congress-led UPA government had failed in controlling unemployment and price hike. Kashyap claimed that the BSP government had provided jobs to lakhs of youths
in Uttar Pradesh. More than 12 crore persons in the country were still without houses and did not have sufficient food and clothing even after the 61 years of the independence, lamented
Kashyap. BSP supremo Mayawati would become the next Prime Minister after the next general election and would set the things right, he claimed. State BSP chief Avtar Singh Karimpuri alleged that the people of Punjab were fed up with the corrupt rule of the
SAD-BJP alliance. Leaders of the state ruling alliance were misusing the public money for their vested interests, he alleged. |
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Husband, in-laws held
Hoshiarpur, October 6 According to police sources, Iqbal Singh of Jandial alleged in his complaint that his daughter Chanderdeep Kaur’s husband Jasbir Singh, mother-in-law Amar Kaur and sister-in-law Rajwinder Kaur of Pandori Araiyan village used to torture her for more dowry which compelled Chanderdeep to commit suicide by hanging herself from ceiling of the house. The Dasuya police has arrested all the accused under section 306 of the
IPC. — OC |
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Two women held with 2 kg opium
Tarn Taran, October 6 District police chief Harinder Singh Chahal said here toady that the accused had been identified as Sarabjit Kaur of Zira and Amarjit Kaur of
Ferozpore. The accused had been indulging in this anti-social activity for the last sometime and used to bring opium from
Rajasthan. — OC |
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Kanungo held taking bribe
Amritsar, October 6 Dilbagh Singh, SSP, vigilance, in a press note issued here today said Dalip had lodged a complaint with the bureau that the accused was demanding Rs 20,000 as bribe for clearing the file. The matter was later settled at Rs 10,000, he added. — TNS |
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