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Much fanfare, stony silence
Ludhiana, November 10 The industrial town which lacks basic amenities is so rich in the number of foundation stones that if the works announced had been undertaken seriously, Ludhiana would have even outpaced Chandigarh. The best part of these foundation stones is that they have been not been laid for big projects but even for small daily routine work like re-carpeting of roads, installation of tubewell and inauguration of re-carpeted roads. The biggest example of this stone- laying spree is the mayor's ward which is dotted with more than 30 foundation stones, some of which are even as old as the 1990s. That the Giaspura ward is considered to be the least developed among all the wards in the city is well-known. Interestingly, the politicians who take pride in inaugurating these stones forget to see whether the work has been started on the projects or not. For example: Cabinet minister Heera Singh Gabria inaugurated the work of re-carpeting of roads in a street of ward no 67, along with the mayor on June 14, this year. Unfortunately, till date no progress has been made. Similarly, a foundation stone of a flyover near Lakkar Pul was laid by Chaudhary Jagjit Singh. But the project is till hanging fire. Even the Punjab Agricultural University has not been spared. A foundation stone of the Institutional Management Laboratory for College of Home and Science cum university cafeteria too has been there since December 20, 1997. The stone was laid by than Punjab Board Mandi chairman Balwinder Singh Bhunder. It's not only the city which has been witnessing an air of unkept promises. Even many villages in the district have fallen prey to politicians’ fling with foundation stones. A stone for Sri Guru Gobind Sahib Memorial Hospital laid by former Chief Minister Beant Singh on March 15, 1992 had brought cheer to the villagers. But now villagers are so sick of the stone that they are using it for drying cow-dung. These foundation stones are serving the purpose of advertisers these days as they have become a readily available spot for pasting advertisements. The question which needs to be answered is what is the purpose of the foundation stones.
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Tribune Impact
Ludhiana, November 10 Sources said the police recorded the statement of the complainant. After recording the statements of all those named in the case, the police might register a formal case. In the absence of stringent enactment of directions of the Supreme Court, a “sexual harassment” case, has still been pending at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) for the past two months in which the accused has “refused” to record his statement. As per court’s directions, a woman should be heading a complaint committee and not less than half of its members should be women. To prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from seniors, such committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body familiar with the issue. The complaint mechanism must ensure time-bound treatment of complaints, says the Supreme Court. |
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Admn to hold camps for pensions, blue cards from Dec 1
Ludhiana, November 10 As per Badal's orders, the district administration would now be holding camps from December 1 to provide these facilities to residents of Ludhiana. Confirming this, ADC (development) Priyank Bharti said the administration would be holding camps from December 1 and the schedule for the camps would be released in a day or two. According to information, the department of social security, which is responsible for disbursement of the pension, would also try to improve the system by informing pensioners that their pensions have arrived in banks through media. Interestingly, Badal had directed the district administration to hold these camps on October 15 as he had been receiving regular complaints of the pensioners during his series of the sangat darshan. The complainants who included mainly senior citizens, widows and handicapped rued that despite their repeated attempts, nothing was being done to address their grievances. They said, "We have given applications to various politicians, including municipal councilors, and MLAs, but to no avail.” Besides, they complained that they were falling prey to undue harassment. The issue also came to light when additional principal secretary K.G.S. Cheema held a meeting to review the sangat darshan on October 21 as MLA Satpal Gosain had a quarrel with an SDM. Gosain, who was supported by some councillors told Cheema that it had been more than a year when he submitted applications for the ration cards in his constituencies but till date nothing was done. |
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Delay in paddy lifting rags farmers
Khanna, November 10 They alleged that grain market officials started procurement at as late as 12 noon some times. Instead of working expeditiously, the market officials take half-an-hour to lift one heap of paddy. "The lunch times fall at 3 pm. After this very less procurement is done," said Pola Singh from Mandi Ahmedgarh. Basmati is mainly procured in grain markets of Khanna, Rajpura and Machhiwara. Farmers from all over Punjab descend on these grain markets with their produce. "I brought four trolleys of the basmati yield on Wednesday. But nobody has come yet to lift the paddy," added Tejwant Singh, a resident of Talwandi Mallian village whose village falls 100 km away from Khanna. He rued that there is no other grain market near his village where he could sell his produce. "We have to rush to Khanna, Rajpura or Machhiwara grain markets spending on fuel for vehicles," added Karam Singh. "We have to spend Rs 250 to Rs 500 everyday to keep a check on our produce. There are thieves, who steal paddy lying in open," Karam Singh added. The farmers alleged that there was hardly any facility for farmers in Asia's biggest mandi where farmers from Chhapar, Mandi Adhmedgarh, Jagraon and Hoshiarpur come to sell their produce. The farmers said white colour paddy fetches more price in Khanna grain market and paddy with reddishness is sold off at a better price in Rajpura. They get good price of their produce on the spot, which is the main reason behind maximum numbers of farmers with basmati making a beeline to the Khanna grain market. But this time farmers are
facing lots of problems and will have to shell out extra money to sell their produce, said Nirbhay Singh from Bhammadi village. The total arrival of basmati in Khanna was 6916 tonne and non-basmati was 213037 tonnes. Maximum purchase was done by Pungrain at 64460 tonne. Secretary of the grain market Sukhminder Singh Mangat denied allegations of the farmers and said the procurement process would not take place according to the farmers. Its all up to the officials how they lift the produce from mandi. |
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37 cops miss chance for UN mission
Ludhiana, November 10 The department had sent a list of 37 candidates to the UN mission but the latter wanted it to send only 20 names. Next time, when the revised list was sent it had all new names. None of the 37 interested candidates were named on the list. The dropped out police officers are now alleging nepotism by department officials. "They have favoured their near and dear ones and sent a new list of 19 interested candidates ignoring all 37 who expressed their interest much earlier, "said an officer. These police officers alleged that they had to pay the price of sending the response within time to the MHA officials in Delhi. The last day of sending the request was September 20 and according to the candidates, they sent their request letters on September 18 with the department concerned. Earlier, the MHA asked the department to shortlist 20 members as against their previous list 37 members sent by the state home affairs and justice department. "More than anything, it is a matter of pride to work with the UN peace keeping force. It gives us a chance to interact with the police officers, who came from all parts of the world. It was from around the world. It is a lifetime opportunity. I don't know when I will get a chance to serve the UN again. I filed my candidature in time but due to the nepotism I missed the golden opportunity, "said an officer. The selected officers, who are undergoing three-day training in Delhi, will be sent to the troubled states like Kongo, Iraq, Afghanistan and wereever the UN forces are currently deployed. |
CM offers old wine in new bottle
Ludhiana, November 10 So many times he has been to the city that he is even falling short of new announcements. During every address he keeps on repeating the old ones. There are several issues on which he has spoken for a number of times during the last month when he came to the city. In almost all sangat darshans and at different venues, he is always seen talking about the Rs 350 crore grant that would be released to all municipal corporations, councils and committees in the state for the development. When he is finished with the development, then he is often seen talking about the power scenario in the state. Several times from different venues, he has announced power projects of 9000 MW capacity were being executed approximately at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore in the state during the next four years and the state would definitely be made a power surplus state. Only yesterday at two different venues of sangat darshan, Badal did not forget to speak about the thermal power project of 1980 MW capacity worth Rs 10,000 crore at Talwandi Sabo and Gowindwal Sahib of 500 MW capacity, work on which was already started. Then he was again heard announcing the Rs 350 crore grant for MCs. When he even felt there was nothing substantial in his address, then he went on to praise his initiative of holding sangat darshans. He said he had solved many problems of residents on the spot, while the complainants felt otherwise. His visit has become such a common occurrence that even mediapersons do not seem interested in him. The residents are also dismayed at his frequent visits. They feel nobody attends to them in the offices as officials are busy arranging for his visit. Then traffic is held up at several places adding to the chaos. Interestingly, he was in the city today also with his son and MP Sukhbir Singh Badal to inaugurate an industrial venture. ‘‘During the past 10 days, he has visited the city umpteen times. We are really inconvenienced as no work is being taken up in the offices. We wonder when will these visits last. Why does not he make
the city his camp office?" asked Balbir Singh, a resident.
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Sukhbir: Scribe assault to be taken up with CM
Ludhiana, November 10 He made it clear that not a single member of the Badal’s family besides MP Sharanjit Singh Dhillon would be contesting in the coming Lok Sabha elections from Ludhiana. He stated that the government had decided to carry out planned development of all big cities of state for which the
services of designers of international repute had been hired. Addressing gathering after inaugurating Vipul World, Badal said the work on the projects of basic amenities in Bathinda worth Rs 400 had already been initiated under the optimum utilization of government property scheme. He also added that development projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore had been planned in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and
Patiala. He said a landscaping company of Malaysia had been engaged for Amritsar, US- based company for Ludhiana and Australian company for Jalandhar. He added that in Ludhiana city, the development projects worth Rs 2,000 crore were being launched, including an expressway on both sides of the Sidhwan Canal, five flyovers, adequate sewerage and water supply and road network.
Badal said the Punjab had a tremendous potential of infrastructure in Industry and housing and the government had laid major stress on strengthening the infrastructure, which would enthuse confidence among the investors. He said Punjab was basically an agriculture state and during the current year 45 per cent increase in income of the farm sector had been recorded by way of 20 per cent increase in production and 25 per cent increase in cost and the people were in a position to spend liberally as compared to the people of other states. He claimed that in spite of the recession, the revenue collection from the stamp duty witnessed an increase of 15-20 per cent in Ludhiana district whereas in state it was recorded Rs 400
crore, higher than the last year.
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Small, medium units feel ignored
Ludhiana, November 10 A number of small and medium industrialists met there yesterday to review the situation arising out of the industrial recession caused by the global meltdown. There was a feeling that the government was concerned only about the large industrial houses and did not bother about the plight of the small and medium industries. These industries were the backbone of the industries of the country, the members felt and the government must shun its indifferent attitude towards these industries. A leading industrialist disclosed that finance minister P. Chidambaram was holding at least five meetings daily to review the overall situation with regard to the industrial development of the large houses. It was sad that neither the Prime Minister nor the finance minister had bothered to convene a meeting of representatives of the small and medium scale industries to know their problems. Satish Dhanda, vice-chairman, Medium Scale Industrial Development Board of the Punjab government, told the Tribune that the Central and the state governments were urged to make payments of the arrears like VAT, income tax refund and contracted payments to the industrialists to enable them to meet the financial needs. The government must show its promptness in refunding the arrears, it was emphasised. Dhanda disclosed that that VAT arrears worth Rs 400 crore were pending with the Punjab government. These pertained to the exporters only. Similarly, income tax refund should also be expedited. The meeting also demanded that the state government must come out with assessment of losses being suffered by the small and medium industries on the pattern of agricultural losses which were caused by rains and other calamities. The state government must have a master plan to ensure the survival of the industry. The survey should indicate the fall in industrial production. The meeting further asked the state government to postpone the levy of octroi duty in the electricity bills for one year at least as a measure of relief to the industry. The government was also urged to stop the wasteful expenditure. Dhanda said the state government was asked to reduce the rate of interest on the industrial loans extended by the government institutions. The Central Government was pressed to direct the banks to reduce the rate of interest at the earliest and liquidity crunch should not be allowed. The meeting called upon Prakash singh Badal to announce some relief for the small and medium industries as the large industrial development board of the state is meeting on November 12 at Chandigarh. This
board is headed by the Chief Minister.
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Godfrey Philips awards for 3
Ludhiana, November 10 Punjab is a proud state as it has people who were eligible for all three categories. Sangeeta Deol from Jalandhar was bestowed with “Mind of Steel Award”, Rajnish Pathania from Hoshiarpur was honoured with “Physical Award” while Aagaz, an NGO from Ludhiana, received “Social Acts of Courage Award”. The award ceremony was held at Shimla and Governor of Himachal Pradesh Prabha Rau gave the awards to the brave hearts. Rajnish Pathana from Hoshiarpur risked his life to save others. One day when he was coming back from work, he saw a Sumo with 12 passengers fallen into the Kandi canal in Hoshiarpur. Without giving a second thought, he jumped into the canal and saved the lives of eight people while four died. Two kids were among those who were saved by him. "I took an instant decision and jumped into the canal to save people, not caring for the aftereffects," he said. Sangeeta Deol suffered from polio but yet she received her education and obtained bachelor's degree and completed course on sericulture and mushroom farming. She is at present the chairperson of the Agricultural Technology Management Agency and is also associated with the Bee Associated. "I now plan to venture into food processing," she adds. City NGO Aagaz led by Manmeet Grewal and Preeti Kansal is making all efforts to create a humane and congenial society where future generations can live in peace and harmony. "We aim at the upliftment and empowerment of women and children in the rural areas and the underprivileged in the urban areas. We have adopted Aitiana village in order to make women self-sufficient," added the duo.
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Fluctuating steel prices
Ludhiana, November 10 If things don’t improve, industrialists say that nearly two to three lakh workers employed in the cycle industry will loose their jobs. Besides the fluctuation in steel prices, the cartel of secondary steel producers are selling it on their own will. Cycle manufacturers feel that the secondary producers are
responsible for fluctuating prices. United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers’ Association president Charanjit Singh Vishivkarma said rates of steel ingot, which was priced at Rs 23,000 per tonne, had again been hiked by Rs 29,000 per tonne by the secondary producers. Not only this, it has become difficult for the industries to even
run single shift. Earlier these were running in two shifts daily. There are apprehensions that the factories will start laying off its workers if the prevailing circumstances don’t improve. “Nearly 2 to 3 lakh workers will be out of their jobs and unemployment will in turn become another major problem,” said Pardeep Wadhawan, secretary of the association. Approximately 50,000 cycles are manufactured per day. The annual production comes to Rs 6,000 crore involving five to
six lakh workers in various units. Another cycle manufacturer said the city, known as the Manchester of India and hub of cycle and cycle parts, is passing through a very critical phase due to the fluctuation in steel ingot prices. During the past few months, the fluctuation in the steel prices has adversely affected the development of small-scale industry in Punjab.
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Marriage of 19 girls solemnized
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 10 Speaking on the performance of the society, the DIG said it has arranged 90 marriages of girls in four years. It has extended its services in blood donation camps and medical camps. It started three sewing centres in the district which provided four-month training to girls free of cost. Society secretary Som Dutt said the members of the society contributed every month from their income for the cause. Besides this, as many as 10 couples have tied nuptial knots at a function organised under the aegis of the Baba Sangat Singh Sewa Foundation and Naujawan Bhalai Club, Dehlon, near here today. Former SAD minister Jagdish Singh Garcha presided over the function and Harish Rai Dhanda, chief parliamentary secretary, was the chief guest. Newly-weds were presented jewellery, clothes, furniture and cooking gas cylinders. Dhanda and Garcha called upon the couples and their parents to create a congenial atmosphere at their respective homes so that the future generations might enjoy a healthy life. Satwinder Singh Khalsa, chairman of the society, Sucha Singh sarpanch, Jagdip Singh Bittu, block samiti member, Vijay Kumar Shahi and Amrit Pal Kailey were among others who blessed the couples.
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Rare knee surgery performed
Ludhiana, November 10 According to treating consultant, the patient was suffering from severe osteoarthritis with deformity and instability in knee. While sharing his views on the application of this new technique in the knee surgery, Dr Yamin said the computer-assisted surgery helped surgeons aligned the patient’s bones and joint implants with a degree of accuracy, which otherwise was not possible with the naked eye. The computers used in orthopaedic surgeries offer visual mapping of the concerned body part to help doctors make crucial decisions before and throughout the operation.
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People seek subdivision status for town
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Ahmedgarh, November 10 Though this demand was raised during the campaigning of the last assembly elections, it died down after the new government and the civic body came to power. While a few Congress leaders became silent for the fear of loosing their local base, those owing allegiance to the SAD and the BJP did not dare annoy their seniors. SAD nominee Abdul Gaffer had lost the election after Congress candidate’s supporters had blamed him for opposing the move for to upgrading the town to subdivision during his tenure as the Congress legislator.
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Seminar on legal literacy at Borstal Jail
Ludhiana, November 10 The seminar was presided over by the additional district and sessions judge G. S. Sran. He highlighted the various schemes run by the authority for the needy section of the society. Speaking on the occasion, chief judicial magistrate Lachhman Singh said any women, persons belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, industrial worker, person in the police or judicial custody, physically handicapped children, mentally retarded (irrespective of their income group) and the persons belonging to weaker section having an annual income less than
Rs 50,000 were entitled to avail the free legal services. But still now people were not much aware about this, he added. A panel of 15 lawyers has been constituted by the authority to deal with the cases of such persons. Fee to the lawyers and all incidental expenses are borne by the authority. The authority has provided free legal services to more than 3,200 persons, he further added.
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Infighting within Cong comes to fore
Ludhiana, November 10 The DCC (urban) has been in disarray for the past many years and the succeeding presidents of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee have not bothered to reorganise the district unit. The three Congress leaders have alleged that Jagmohan has not been able to energise the Congress workers and was found wanting in the Vidhan Sabha elections and the municipal corporation elections, Ludhiana. Whereas the Sharma group alleges that three leaders, who held ministerial berths in the Amarinder Singh cabinet, did not recognise Congress workers and ignored them completely.
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150 delegates to participate in anaesthesia update
Ludhiana, November 10 The oration will be given by Dr Gurvinder Vasdev, a former president of the American Society of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Perinatology. Elaborating on the update, Dr Valsa Verghese, head of the department of anaesthesia at CMC, said the other speakers include Dr Gerard Kamath, Dr R. Sashidaran and Dr Alexandra Bullough from the US. Eminent national faculty and over 150 delegates are expected to participate in the event.
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PAU horticulturists get gold medal
Ludhiana, November 10 Dr Ramesh Kumar, head the department of floriculture and landscaping, PAU, was awarded HSI gold medal for 2008 for his outstanding contributions in the field of floriculture. Dr Kumar has published 66 research papers, two reviews, six bulletins/manuals, four book chapters, 45 extension articles and 58 presentations and developed seven CDs on landscaping. He has been associated with the release of six new chrysanthemum varieties (three cultivars of chrysanthemum for loose flower production at a national level). He has earlier been honoured Hans Raj Pahwa Award in recognition of his achievements in the field of floriculture. Dr. D.S. Cheema, head the department of vegetable crops, who has been associated with the development of six varieties/hybrid of tomato and one each of carrot, pumpkin and colocasia was honoured with the fellowship of the HSI for the year 2008. He recommended net-house and poly-house technology for cultivation of vegetables. He has published 57 research papers and four book chapters, besides making 18 conference presentations. He has earlier received Hans Raj Pahwa Award (2002) and Harpal Kaur Memorial Award (2005) in recognition of his achievements in the field of vegetable breeding. Dr. W.S. Dhillon, professor in the department of horticulture, PAU, has made significant contributions in fruit crops and was honoured with fellowship of the HSI for the year 2007. He was associated with nine released varieties of mango (two), pomegranate (two), sub-tropical pears (four) and grape (one) and standardisation of pruning techniques in grapes, crop-regulation in pomegranate, propagation in litchi, mango and pear, ripening and storage/processing of fruits. He has authored a book on viticulture and a bulletin on pear cultivation in addition to 100 research papers, 15 book chapters, five manuals and 65 technical articles. He has earlier received Girdhari Lal Chadha Memorial gold medal and best research paper award in recognition of his achievements in the field of horticulture. The award was presented in the inaugural session of the Congress by the Governor of Orissa while Dr. Balram Jakhar, Governor of MP, was also present.
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10 from PAU attend camp in Hisar
Ludhiana, November 10 According to Dr. J.P. Singh, programme officer, students from 10 universities participated in the camp that had a theme "Water Harvesting and Conservation". The participating volunteers undertook tree plantation and land clearing activities to develop dry lands. Experts of CCS, HAU, interacted with volunteers and delivered lectures on different topics such as personality development, moral values, water literacy, etc. Competitions for slogan-writing, poster-making, essay-writing, etc. were held, said Dr. Singh, adding that Mehak Gupta, Manisha Kathuria, Rakesh Kumar Meena participated in these activities. A programme showcasing the cultural heritage of different states through folk songs and dancing was also held. Navdeep Singh Jamwal and Shifali Sharma were selected as best volunteers while Chet Ram and Naresh Kumar as best group
members. Dr. K.S. Verma, programme officer of the NSS, said PAU encouraged students volunteers for participation in inter-college and national events as it provided them with opportunities to learn about culture and heritage of other states. He said PAU volunteers had always excelled.
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From Schools
Ludhiana, November 10 Vigilance Week
Students of Spring Dale Senior Secondary School organised an “anti-corruption rally” on the concluding day of the Vigilance Week, which was observed with much enthusiasm and conscience by the students. Earlier in the week, the students had participated in speeches and declamations on topics like “Corruption- A curse”. Jaspreet Kaur 10+2 (Com), Vanika 10+1 (Arts), Amandeep Kaur 10+1 (Com) and Baljit Kaur 10+1 (Com) won prizes for their oration in English, Hindi and Punjabi,
respectively. Avinash Walia, founder principal, and current principal Sandeep Raikhi said they were making the students aware of the ills of corruption. They asked the students and staff members to take a pledge that they will root out corruption.
Seminar held
The Freedom to Speak Institute organised a seminar on spoken English and personality development at New Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, here today. The institute director Puneet Batra spoke on the importance of English in the modern scenario. Deepak from London, a migration officer, gave tips regarding the immigration procedure. Principal V. I. Patel also laid stress on spoken English.
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Contests mark welcome party at RIMT
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Gobindgarh, November 10 A large number of BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA, MSc, PGDCA students took part. Hukam Chand Bansal, the chairman of RIMT Group of Educational Institutes, was the chief guest and he inaugurated the function by lighting a lamp. Students presented a lively cultural programme on the occasion. The various foot-tapping group dances were presented by Gurvinder and group, Sandeep and group and Hitesh and group. Ishan (BBA), Sandeep and
Sunaxi presented melodious solo songs. The freshers also presented various rounds of modelling. Rahul Sharma (MBA), Neha (MCA), Mayank (BCA), Gaurav (MBA) and Manpreet (MCA) played the role of anchors. The audience swayed by the instrumental presentation of Ishan and group while Ila’s solo song was also liked by one and all. Bhangra items of Jasmeet and group and Johny and group made the students to dance on
the drum beats. The most eagerly awaited item was the selection of Mr. and Ms. Fresher. Meenal of (MCA) and Salil Soshi of (PGDCA) were selected Ms. Fresher and Mr. Fresher. The titles of Ms Gorgeous and Mr Handsome went to Neha (MBA) and Manish Sahi (MBA).
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Atul first in poetry recitation
Amloh, November 10 Play on female foeticide was also staged. Chief of the local unit of the Bharat Vikas Manch Ashwani Abrol and BJP district vice-president Rajpal Garg were also present on the occasion.
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200 examined at medical camp
Ludhiana, November 10 Counseling the patients, Dr GS Wander, chief cardiologist & coordinator and Dr Rohit Tandon urged them to always keep their hypertension and diabetes under check. “Patients who are either hypertensive or diabetic have a very high probability of developing undetected and serious medical complications. High blood pressure and diabetes often occur together and if left untreated can lead to serious consequences. If you have diabetes, you're much more likely to have a stroke, heart disease or a heart attack. But you can cut your chances of having these problems by taking special care of your heart and blood vessels,” said
Dr Wander.
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Ex-servicemen to hold stir on Nov 25
Ludhiana, November 10 Col Bhag Singh said personnel from all three forces had always served the nation but today they were being compelled to go against the government as it had failed to accept the demands of ex-servicemen despite directions by the Prime Minister to GOM to decide demands till October 31. He said their demands of one rank, one pension, 80 per cent amount of the last pay drawn as pension, better benefits and acceptance of four demands submitted by the three chief of armed forces were logical and that was the reason why the outfit supported them. He added that serving and retired armed forces personnel should be exempted from the income tax as there had been a shortage of staff in the defence. He said league members had already given a charter of demands during their rally in Mohali on November 2 and warned the government that if it did not meet their demands they would be forced to resort to agitations like bus and train roko.
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Diamonds still elude merchant
Ludhiana, November 10 Despite the recovery, the ill-fated diamond merchant Bhupesh Shah cannot touch his diamonds. The diamonds are in the custody of the Phillaur police for nearly a month and the police has possessed it as the case property. Bhupesh Shah filed an application for the "superdari", possession of the diamonds in the court of H.S Grewal a fortnight ago but the police has yet to file a reply in the court. Without reply of the police, the application has still not been decided. The police expressed that the diamonds were case property and it should be kept in the possession of
the police. The police said the officials feared the diamonds would be either replaced with the sub-standards diamonds or replaced with crystal. According to another theory, the police fears that once the merchant will recover the diamond, he will not return to pursue the case and may not depose before the court. But the diamond merchant Bhupash Shah is felling helpless about the entire turn of events. A close aide of the diamond merchant said, though, the police had succeeded in recovering the diamonds, for him the diamonds belong to him only on paper. Interestingly, it is the biggest amount which has been kept in the Phillaur police station. An officer said the fear of stealing the expensive diamonds or misplacements is giving immense stress to the officials.
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Dengue: Diagnostic centres fleecing people
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 10 A large number of people hailing from Ludhiana and Sangrur districts have been tested positive for dengue by such laboratories during the past few weeks. However, community health centre’s authorities denied having detected any case. The health authorities have constituted five teams for conducting door-to-door screening for identifying and managing patients or suspects. Claiming that no case of dengue had been brought to his notice, K.S. Brar, executive officer at the civic body, maintained that officials in the sanitary department had been directed to undertake periodic fogging to ensure that vector for the pathogen was not allowed to breed. Investigations revealed that owners of a few medical laboratories, including the established nursing homes and private hospitals, had been fleecing people by conducting various diagnostics tests for dengue, typhoid and viral fever. Barring a few reputed laboratories, most of them were not even disclosing the reports to patients, obviously due to alleged nexus with the practitioners. Patients suffering from fever were being made to shell out anything between Rs 400 and Rs 600 for dengue and Rs 100 for ruling out typhoid. Investigations further revealed that a few patients, suspected to suffering from dengue, were shifted to multi-speciality hospitals at Ludhiana and other cities. Claiming that no dengue case had been detected at the local civil hospital, civil surgeon, Sangrur, Dr Dalip Kumar said five special teams of health officials had been constituted to undertake screening tests for dengue. “Five teams will do door-to-door survey for screening residents for pathogens, including those for dengue. Treatment of the detected case will be done by the government,” he added.
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Polio no deterrent for this farmer
Ludhiana, November 10 She has found her niche through bee-keeping and mushroom farming. Hailing from Jalandhar's Dhannal Kalan village, she is tasting sweet success with many awards to her credit and recently being honoured with the 17th Godfrey Philips Awards in the "Mind of Steel Category" on October 22 by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh Prabha Rau. She suffered from polio when she was 9-month-old and received most of her education at home. "My fellow students did not accept me in the school so I decided to receive education from home itself and did my graduation while studying at home," she tells. Her problems did not ended here and after marriage she has to toil even more. She got married in 1970 and decided to get her land free which was mortgage. So she started farming on the fields. First, she opened a grocery shop and then started poultry farming with 50 poultry birds. Then she took to agriculture. "Though physically challenged, I used to drive a tractor. In 1984 after getting training from PAU, I started a bee farm," she recalls. She ventured into beekeeping and selling honey, going from street to street. After that she started mushroom farming. Recollecting her hard days, she said: "I would travel every night to Delhi by train, sell my mushrooms and return by the day train". Sangeeta also runs a farm-field school to teach farmers about vermin-compost, mushroom farming, bee-keeping and dairy farming. "Women farmers should make efforts to start their own venture. Initially, they might find some opposition, but once they start generating profits, it will become easy. I think women farmers should fight for their rights. They should have the confidence that they can do everything," she said. Sangeeta has also been felicitated with many commendations such as Punjab's leading bee farmer, gold medal for agriculture diversification, special award from PAU and a special award from Kisan Club for record production in honey.
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Annual Day celebrated
Ludhiana, November 10 “Ji karda”, “Mundeya toh bach ke rahein”, “Aag lage aaj kal de fashion nu” were some of the songs, which were repeatedly requested by the members presented during the celebrations. Apart from Labh Janjua, Laughter Challenge finalist Jaswant Singh tickled the funny bone of the audience. Known for his mimicry of Suniel Shetty, Jaswant left the audience in the laughing riot. His sarcastic remarks on the present social and political scenario were appreciated by everybody present. The new bar was also opened in the club. Pawan Garg, bar secretary, Anand Sikri, vice-president, Nitin Mittal, treasurer, and general secretary Manoj Gupta congratulated the members on the annual day of the club and hope to receive same support from the members for various activities carried out by the club.
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Viva-voice competition held
Amloh, November 10 The function was inaugurated by a Lok Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Libra and CBI inspector Mahesh Kumar Puri was the guest of honour. The parishad chief Ashwani Abrol welcomed the guests, secretary Anil Goel briefed audience about the parishad services towards society. Project incharge Prof Kidar Nath also spoke on the occasion. The college trust’s secretary Tejwant Singh, an advocate, gave away prizes to the winners.
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Former student donates Rs 1 lakh to school
Khanna, November 10 He went to Canada a few years back and
came to visit his school today. The school management expressed their gratitude and welcomed him former student. The school officials said the money would be spent for
the betterment of the students.
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MBA students visit Verka plant
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 10 It was a rare chance for the students to make them aware of the whole process of management. General manager of Verka plant Karnail Singh and sales manager Baljeet Batish shared practical knowledge with the students. Chairman Chaman Lal Garg appreciated the stand and encouraged for such regular industrial visits. Director general Dr S.L Bhardwaj has assured such industrial visits at regular intervals for the upliftment of the students.
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Pachauri to address LMA members
Ludhiana, November 10
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Form C: Knitwear club seeks extension
Ludhiana, November 10 "We tried hard for collecting the forms from other states but to no avail," he added. Forms from other states are also not available, club members added.
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Property shop
Ludhiana, November 10 Its president and CEO Lakshminarayan stated this. The company offers the complete spectrum of property-related services.
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4 heads of cow found dead
Khamano, November 10 The reason behind their death would only be ascertained after the post-mortem examination.
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Councillor, six others booked
Khanna, November 10 The accused have been identified as councillor Shyam Lal Malhotra, his three sons, Happy Malhotra, Rajiv Malhotra, Sanjay Malhotra. In his complaint with the police Vikas, a resident of New Nand Singh Avenue near Hindiputri Pathshala, alleged that the councillor and six others, including his three sons, had attacked him with swords, sticks and baseball bats while he was sitting along with Sushil and Sunil in local market. Sunil sustained serious injuries and was referred to government hospital in Patiala. . A case under Sections 307,324,323,148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered in this connection.
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Scuba diving becoming a popular sport
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 10 Four local doctors have received appreciation certificates from an Australian organisation for successfully completing course at the Great Barrier Reef near Port Douglas. They along with 31 other Indians had taken part in the scuba diving session in Australia.
Vikas Hind, Meera, B.S. Kehal and Gurpreet Kaur were presented appreciation certificates after successfully completing the scuba diving sessions that required extraordinary courage and skill. “Though initially we were afraid of going underwater, persuasion and encouragement by our coach Ayia enabled us opt for most adventurous sports in the world,” said Vikas Hind and
Meera. Getting a closer look of a few amazing aquatic animals was thrilling experience. The vessel, which provides oxygen to the subject, took them to an unforgettable personalized underwater cruise of
the reef. Besides seeing numerous coral formations, they had a chance to come closure to Wally, the hump-headed Maori wrasse, Turtles, moon wrasse, fusiliers, red bass and sweet lips.
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