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Career At Stake
360 nursing students not allowed to sit in varsity exam
Jalandhar, October 16
Nearly 360 students who had taken admission to five unrecognised and unaffiliated nursing colleges of the state have been left in the lurch for they have not been allowed to sit in the ongoing annual examination of B,Sc (nursing). The examination had started last week.

1,675 litres of ‘spurious’ ghee seized
Hoshiarpur, October 16
Acting on a tip-off about sale of spurious desi ghee in the district, a team of the health department, led by district health officer Dr Yash Mitra, today intercepted a Mahindra Pickup jeep (PB-07J-9721) and seized 1,675 litres of suspected spurious desi ghee at Mahilpur, 24 km from here.

Panjab varsity zonal festival opens
Hoshiarpur, October 16
A four-day Panjab University zonal youth and heritage festival - Hoshiarpur zone-B was inaugurated by Punjab minister for medical education and research, parliamentary affairs, labour and forest Tikshan Sud at the local Government College today.

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	Career At Stake 360 nursing students not allowed to sit in varsity exam Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service Jalandhar, October 16 Nearly 360 students who had taken admission to five unrecognised and unaffiliated nursing colleges of the state have been left in the lurch for they have not been allowed to sit in the ongoing annual examination of B,Sc (nursing). The examination had started last week. The authorities of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences have now asked them to again take admission to the first year in an affiliated college and appear in the examination next year, thereby directly implying a loss of one academic year besides financial loss of fee and funds of more than Rs 55,000 already deposited in the previous college. The admissions have just been conducted in the colleges and there are some vacant seats remaining. The five nursing colleges include two each of Mohali and Ludhiana and one at Tarn Taran. As per the stipulated rules, the colleges should have got recognition from the Indian Council of Nursing, affiliation from Baba Farid university and an NOC from the state government before conducting admission. The colleges, however, reportedly managed to get conditional admissions at that time in the university counselling with the state government’s nod. Through the academic session 2007-08, the five colleges were unable to get the recognition and affiliation from the bodies concerned, failing which the university has now barred them from appearing in the examination. Registrar of the university S.S. Walia said 79 students were given admission through counselling and the rest came directly through respective colleges. He said the students were aware of the conditions laid down for admission as a notice in this regard was displayed at the counselling venue.The students had been given an undertaking for the same. Many students had also left in between having got an inkling of the trouble ahead. He said one or two colleges have even started refunding money to the students.
	1,675 litres of ‘spurious’ ghee seized Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, October 16 Acting on a tip-off about sale of spurious desi ghee in the district, a team of the health department, led by district health officer Dr Yash Mitra, today intercepted a Mahindra Pickup jeep (PB-07J-9721) and seized 1,675 litres of suspected spurious desi ghee at Mahilpur, 24 km from here. Civil surgeon Dr S.K. Gupta said keeping in view the festival season and to provide pure eatables to people a special campaign as per the directions of Punjab health minister Laxmikanta Chawla was being launched in the district. The department had got a tip-off that spurious desi ghee was being ferried in a jeep to Nawanshahar. On getting this information a team was formed, which intercepted the Mahindra Pickup jeep at a bazar in Mahilpur. The team seized 1,675 litres of suspected desi ghee packed in tins and plastic jars in different quantity of weights. Samples of the seized desi ghee were being sent to the government laboratory, Chandigarh, for ascertaining the ingredients. The civil surgeon said during preliminary investigation the driver of the jeep revealed that the desi ghee was of Gobind Communication, local Gaushala bazaar, and was being taken to Nawanshahar. The tins and jars seized were having labels of “Deep Classic Pure Desi Ghee,” prepared by Tapan Foods Agriculture, Dayal Bagh, Agra. According to the bill of the abovesaid firm of Hoshiarpur, the total cost of the seized desi ghee was more than Rs 2 lakh. Earlier, the team of the health department also seized samples of edible goods from a shop at Mahilpur. The team destroyed more than 1 quintal outdated eatables at a shop in the town, the civil surgeon disclosed, warning all those traders and shopkeepers who are indulging in illegal sale of adulterated and spurious goods to immediately stop their such business, failing which strict action would be taken against them.
	Panjab varsity zonal festival opens Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, October 16 A four-day Panjab University zonal youth and heritage festival - Hoshiarpur zone-B was inaugurated by Punjab minister for medical education and research, parliamentary affairs, labour and forest Tikshan Sud at the local Government College today. More than 800 students of 14 colleges of the Hoshiarpur zone-B are participating in various events. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Tikshan Sud said such youth festivals were strengthening brotherhood among the youths, promoting ancient culture and were helpful in the development of the area. Advising students to work hard in achieving the goals of their lives and not to indulge themselves in addiction, Tikshan Sud said to meet the shortage of teaching staff, the state government had started fresh recruitment of teachers. Buildings of schools and colleges were being repaired. The minister announced a grant of Rs 2 lakh for the college for purchasing computers. He gave away prizes to the winners in the event of women traditional songs of Punjab. The first prize was won by Government College, Hoshiarpur, and second by Dashmesh Girls College, Chack Alabaksh. In the individual category, the first prize was won by Supreet Kaur, Government College, Hoshiarpur, and second by Manpreet Kaur, Government College, Tanda.
	Kin of accident victim protest to get FIR registered Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 16 Family members and residents of Maddu Chhanga village in Ajnala held a dharna by placing the body of Rajkumar, who had died in an accident here on Wednesday, in front of Ajnala police station here today. According to information, two persons died when a motorcycle hit Surjit Singh of Chamiari village, his wife and daughter, who were going for an evening walk on Wednesday. Surjit died on the spot while one of the motorcyclists, Rajkumar, also lost his life in the mishap. Surjit’s wife Nirmal Kaur and daughter Manpreet Kaur sustained injuries. They were admitted to a local private hospital. Kashmiri Lal, who was driving the motorcycle, was also injured. The residents raised slogans against the local police for not registering a case regarding the death of Rajkumar even though the police registered a case under sections 304-A, 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC at Ajnala police station against Kashmiri Lal who is an uncle of Rajkumar. The protesters lifted the dharna only after assurances by Ajnala DSP Tilak Raj, who said investigations would be ordered into the case.
	Man demands cancellation of ‘false’ FIR against daughter Tribune News Service Jalandhar, October 16 A city resident demanded cancellation of a “false” FIR against his daughter Satinder Kaur on the complaint of her mother-in-law Kuldeep Kaur of Palahi Road in Phagwara. Talking to mediapersons here today, Gulwant Singh of the Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar locality in Jalandhar demanded a fair inquiry into the FIR registered under sections 452, 325, 323, 148, 149 and 506 of the IPC at Phagwara Sadar police station on July 11. Gulwant said that Satinder was married to Arjinderpal Singh of Parmar Colony on Palahi Road in Phagwara 16 years ago and her in-laws had been harassing her on one or the other reason since then.