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At last MC gets its chief in Ambika Khanna
Speed limit for vehicles in Hoshiarpur
Nawanshahr gets another govt creche
VC for more exchange programmes with Pak
Sugar mill workers’ union threatens stir
Cheap wheat for APL families too
Owner drugged, vehicle looted
2 booked for felling trees
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Power cuts return as its payback time for PSEB
Jalandhar, November 6 H.S. Brar, member, distribution, said the cuts were being effected since the board had to return the power leased from other states to meet the demand of eight hours of uninterrupted power to farmers during the paddy season. As a result of the cuts, Punjab was returning 90 lakh units of power daily, he disclosed. The cuts were not unannounced since all the requisite information had been provided to the people, he said. However, he reiterated that there would be no cuts during nights. Every person in the state had the right to a good night sleep, he added. Brar said the board had high hopes from the accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme as money received under the centrally funded scheme should help in creating new infrastructure, besides upgrading the existing one. He appealed to the people to go in for CFL bulbs since that would entail in power saving in all households. Citing an example, he said if all homes in the state used standardised bulbs they would save 475 MW of power. Farmers, who have applied under the OYT scheme for tubewells and have taken some equipment, need to submit copies of the items taken to the respective board offices so that the remaining equipment could be issued to them by June 30. The scheme had been temporarily
suspended by the board but has been restarted. He also said their power theft drive had been a great success and they had nabbed several big power thieves. The drive would be rigorously pursued in the coming days, he added. |
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Karimpuri among BSP’s lucky six who make it to RS from UP
Jalandhar, November 6 He will file his nomination papers tomorrow at the UP assembly. Sources said his election is just a formality since the BSP has 217 members in the house and have the requisite numbers to get all the candidates elected. According to party sources, Chief Minister Mayawati has chosen six candidates and Karimpuri is one of them. Known as the BSP face in the state, he has apparently been rewarded for working hard to strengthen the party in Punjab over the years. Talking to The Tribune from Lucknow, he said it was a matter of pride for all Punjabis that he would represent the state in the august house. It will also provide him an opportunity to work for the development of the state, besides giving a boost to the party rank and file in Punjab. He said he was thankful to party chief Mayawati since she had acknowledged his hard work and rewarded him for working for the cause of the poor and the downtrodden. “It will also motivate me to work harder and bring more people into the party fold,” he added. The others who have been chosen are Veer Singh from Muradabad, Raja Ram from Azamgarh, Brij Lal Khabri from Jalon, Dr Akhilesh Dass from Lucknow and Brijesh Pathak from Hardoi. |
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Classmate remembers B.R. Chopra
Hoshairpur, November 6 Bhardwaj said he himself wanted to become an educationist and was keen in acquiring knowledge and spreading the same among others throughout his life. Both the friends achieved their missions of life. All this was told by 95-year-old principal Bhardwaj while recollecting the golden memories of his youth time to this correspondent today. B.R. Chopra, who had a strong will power, did BA and MA with Bhardwaj from 1932 to 1936 at Government College, Lahore. His father, late Lala Walaiti Ram of Rahon in Ludhiana district, was an office superintendent in a PWD office, Lahore, at that time. During his studies, B.R. Chopra was deeply influenced by drama professor A.S. Bukhari of the college who later became the first controller of the Broadcasting of India. He was neither an actor nor took part in any drama, but even then had a complete understanding of direction. During his studies, he became editor of English periodical “Film Star” being published from Lahore. Owners of all the cinema houses of Lahore used to issue free cinema passes to him which he generally distributed among his friends. His younger brother Yash Chopra, film producer and director, was a schoolboy and used to visit them occasionally in the college. After doing MA in English, Bhardwaj opted the teaching profession, but B.R. Chopra continued his study to obtain D. Lit degree in English. After partition, B.R. Chopra shifted to Mumbai to achieve his goal. In the beginning, he did even odd jobs but ultimately succeeded in achieving his mission of life. Though thereafter B.R. Chopra never met Bhardwaj after shifting to Mumbai, he continued his association with him through letters and telephone till the end of 2006. Shivnandan Bhardwaj showed dozens of Chopra’s letters to this correspondent which he had kept safely. Recollecting the faded memories, Shivnandan Bhardwaj, who is quite hail and hearty, said during student life B.R. Chopra always hummed these lines “Sakhi ri mohe preet ki reet sikha de” and Shakespearian’s line “True love does not alter when it finds alternation”. Answering a question, Bhardwaj said Chopra invited him to Mumbai many times. But on account of his engagements, Shivnandan Bhardwaj never met his close friend since his departure to Mumbai in 1947. |
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Bad Ad
LIC pays up The Life Insurance Corporation today paid Rs 12,28,301 as dues to Unita Bansal, a Sansarpur-based widow, whose husband had died almost seven years back. The forum had, on Tuesday, asked the LIC officials to pay up till today or face a bailable warrant notice. Bansal had earlier also received an amount of Rs 75,000 as security of three appeals deposited by the LIC in the state commission. The appeals had been rejected by the commission.
Jalandhar, November 6 In his complaint admitted yesterday, Anil Walia of Kapurthala said he had seen advertisements of 29-inch Samsung colour TV set and purchased the set from a dealer near Namdev Chowk here for Rs 20,150 on November 1, 2005. To his astonishment, Walia found that the display screen size measured diagonally just 27 inches and not 29 inches as had been advertised. He had alleged that he had become a victim of unfair and deceptive trade practice. He said had he known that the TV screen size was lesser than it was advertised, he wouldn’t have purchased it. He said even the dealer sold the 27-inch set by misrepresenting it
as 29-inch. For evidence, Walia’s counsel K.C. Malhotra had presented a copy of the invoice to the forum with TV model number 29T11 Samsung-CTV 29 (plano). He had also presented a copy of the reply that he had received in connection with his complaint to the Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. office, New Delhi. The company officials had pointed out, “In case the screen size is greater than 25, the standard practice is to measure
the complete tube size diagonally between the extreme corners, including the hidden area.” Further, the complainant said the TV set was defective and was not giving satisfactory performance. He said he visited the showroom on November 10, 2005, and brought the defects to the notice of the proprietor. After a persistent follow-up, however, the defect was removed. The plaintiff had demanded that the company and its dealers must stop false and misleading advertisements, displaying of signboards and other publicity material as these called for stern and deterrent action in the larger public interest. The forum observed that from the mode of measurement of the TV set, a misrepresentation could not be attributed to Samsung India Electronic. It, however, directed the company “to use simple words about the quality, efficacy and exact measurement of the viewing screen area of the colour TV sets and even its advertisements in future so that gullible customers may not be taken in by ambiguous and double meaning advertisements.”
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At last MC gets its chief in Ambika Khanna
Batala, November 6 First of all the sixs elected members of the BJP, Harinder Singh, Dharamvir Seth, Kamlesh Seth, Ram Saran Bhatia, Neelam Mohan Lal and Gurpinder Kaur Neeta, took the oath as members of the house. Afterwards these sixes member elect the house. Akali member Randhir Singh proposed the name of Ambika Khanna for presidentship which was seconded by Harjit Singh Bhalla (BJP). She was elected president unopposed. Balbir Singh Bitoo was elected senior vice-president unopposed. Jagdish Sahni declared that Rs 3 crore had been received from the Punjab government for development works and another sum of Rs 3 crore would be received by March 31, 2009. Ambika Khanna told mediapersons that cleanliness and improvement of sewerage would be her first preferences. — OC
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Speed limit for vehicles in Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur, November 6 The police and the municipal council would jointly arrange parking for rehri and phari operators for the smooth flow of traffic. The phari market being organised on Sunday between Roshan Road and Jalandhar Road would not be allowed. The new place for holding this market would be provided by the municipal council and the district administration along the guide bundh on the Bhangi choe. Arrangements for car parking would be made in the
complex of Municipal Fire Brigade. The issue of chain-snatching incidents, illegal trade of lottery and open use and sale of liquor were discussed and it was decided that the police should strictly deal with such issues with iron hands. |
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Nawanshahr gets another govt creche
Nawanshahr, November 6 The scheme is specifically aimed at providing facility to working couples who find it difficult to send their kids to preparatory schools, said council chairperson Prajakata. Besides, the facility will also take care of the psychological needs of kids in the age group of two to six years. “We also have a plan to open evening schools to provide education facilities to the children who are unable to attend regular schools,” she added. The DC also urged the social organisations to come forward to extend a helping hand for the successful execution of the project. “By providing proper care, nourishment and education facilities to the kids, we can contribute a lot to build a healthy society as it would ultimately ensure better human resource development,” said Avhad, adding that such community service projects should be converted into a mass movement. NGOs should come forward for creating awareness among masses for the purpose, he said. Among others district child welfare council secretary Jiya Lal Sharma and social activists J.K. Dutta, Naubat Rai, Paresh Narad, Lally Saini, Anita Sharma and Kulwant Kaur, also spoke. |
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VC for more exchange programmes with Pak
Amritsar, November 6 Interacting with Dr Ashraf, the vice-chancellor said more exchange programmes should be formulated which could benefit the university as well as the educational institutes located in Pakistan. Dr Jai Rup Singh said the university was going to start capsule courses in Punjabi for immigrants. Dr Ashraf said Punjabi was studied in Pakistan in the Shahmukhi script. |
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Sugar mill workers’ union threatens stir
Jalandhar, November 6 Addressing a meeting here today, Karnail Singh Lakhmipur, president of the outfit, said they had been agitating for many years to get their grievances redressed but to no avail. They had even staged a rally in Chandigarh on October 16 but had to face the batons of the cops. Despite that, no one from the government called us for parleys,
he alleged. He said their main demands included merger of 50 per cent VDA in their salaries, payment of salaries that had been held for the past many months, release of the seven-year increment and reviving all the cooperative mills in the state. He warned that in case their demands were not met they would staged a dharna in front of the office of the registrar, cooperative societies, Chandigarh, on November 11.
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Cheap wheat for APL families too
Amritsar, November 6 The district food and supply controller Dr Anjum Bhaskar told The Tribune that out of the above allocation, Amritsar had been allocated 6,000 metric tonnes to be distributed among about four lakh families. She said every family would be allowed 15 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs 8.10 per kg which would help the families to save a considerable amount on wheat purchase. Dr Bhaskar urged the families to contact their area depot holders to collect their quota and in case of any problem they should contact the food and supplies control room (phone 2564966). She said officers of the department would be available to sort out any glitches in the distribution of wheat. |
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Owner drugged, vehicle looted
Hoshiarpur, November 6 After regaining consciousness in the forenoon today, Satnam Singh approached the Sadar police station and reported the incident. According to police sources, five unidentified persons hired the said taxi of Satnam Singh at Ajitpal village in Moga district yesterday for to go to the shrine of Goddess Chintpurni. After paying obeisance at the holy shrine, they returned. When they reached near Chohal at about 11.30 last night, they forced him to stop the vehicle at pistol point and then administered some intoxicants to him. Later, they tied him to a nearby pole and fled in the Scorpio vehicle.
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2 booked for felling trees
Hoshiarpur, November 6 |
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