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Tribune Impact
Humour to take on humour in holy city
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DCC chief to CEO: Shift DC, debar Sidhu
Weapon submission just 7 pc in district
Relief for Students
Suicide case: Family alleges false complaint
Gold loss is diamond’s gain
Youth action forces cops to close Jallianwala Bagh
Japan-based Punjabi poet’s collection released
Punjabi poets come together for night-long laughter
Sea-level may rise by 59 cm in 21st century: Expert
Seminar on Punjabi language concludes
2-day seminar on farmers’ suicide on April 9
8-day workshop on radiochemistry starts
CAmpus Buzz: GNDU
‘Badal misusing police to lure Dera followers’
Badal, Sidhu ‘shifted’ central varsity to Bathinda
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Tribune Impact
Amritsar, March 17 The BJP had drawn a flak from various quarters in the holy city. However, lashing out at his critics, senior BJP leaders claimed that the “lotus chowks” were constructed as part a beautification plan for the city. They said the accusations were misplaced as modernisation of the city was the top priority of the ruling SAD-BJP combine. The controversial chowks had been inaugurated by BJP MP Navjot Sidhu and Mayor Shavet Malik just before the announcement of the parliamentary elections. These chowks were set up near Guru Nanak Dev University and Khalsa College. Earlier, Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM) patron Charanjit Singh Gumtala had threatened to file a public interest litigation if the chowks were not removed immediately. He said it was shocking that these chowks were set up on the international Amritsar-Lahore road while the old chowks were being replaced with traffic lights. Earlier, eyebrows were raised over the changing of the colour of the historical Hall Gate from pink to yellow (the favourite colour of the Shiromani Akali Dal) before the Amritsar (South) byelection last year. Later, the original colour of Hall Gate was restored following the publication of a news item in these columns. Though the local administration has removed a number of hoardings of political bigwigs, the AVM has also objected to a number of hoardings relating to political parties, including the BJP, the SAD and the Congress, put up on main roads, terming those as eyesores. |
Humour to take on humour in holy city
Amritsar, March 17 Revealing this to the media here today, Arvinder Singh, cousin of Bhatti, said Shah would pose a laughing challenge to Sidhu especially when he (Shah) would bring laughing and ambitious projects for the holy city. Singh said all those who support the candidature of Ghulle Shah would get equal share in the prosperity of their party and if he loses the elections, he would distribute the money collected during the campaign as no funds would be spent. He said the election manifesto would be released soon and added that the election symbol would also be announced at a later date in view of the piracy rampant in the country. |
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Lok Sabha Poll
Amritsar, March 17 Earlier, the Congress had suffered big loss in the
previous assembly elections in the border region. BJP candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu and former Punjab Governor BKN Chhibber have had a series of election rallies in different parts of the border constituency, but, the Congress workers are left disappointed since the party high command failed to announce its candidate even after 15 days of the announcement of elections. Moreover, adding to the Congress’ woes, several speculative reports on probable candidates are doing rounds in the newspapers. Today there came reports that the Congress high command may zero in on Bollywood actress Poonam Dhillon, which started a debate in the party circles. Sources confirmed that Dhillon met PPCC president Mohinder Singh Kaypee and expressed her keen interest to contest the election from the holy city. However, sources said Bihar Governor R.L.Bhatia who had won the Parliament election from Amritsar for five times would be consulted by the party high command before selecting any candidate. The final decision is likely to be taken tomorrow March 18. The division in the district Congress has reportedly delayed the announcement of the candidate. This was the reason that all the groups of Congress had been urging Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to contest the Lok Sabha from Amritsar which is his home town. However, sources said the PM has declined to contest the poll from Amritsar due to health reasons. Though Om Parkash Sony and Sukh Sarkaria- both Congress MLAs from Amritsar district have been lobbying hard to contest the Lok Sabha elections, they reportedly asked Iqbal Singh, a member of the Congress Working Committee that they would support him if he would contest from Amritsar. Basically Iqbal Singh belongs to Amritsar before he shifted his head quarter to Jalandhar. Earlier, Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS officer, had declined to contest on Congress ticket from Amritsar. |
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DCC chief to CEO: Shift DC, debar Sidhu
Amritsar, March 17 Majithia, in a letter to Kusumjit Sidhu, chief electoral officer alleged that the DC belonged to Amritsar and got his permanent address changed to Ropar to circumvent the guidelines of the election commission. He said Bhagwant Singh also visited the house of the BJP state secretary, Rajinder Mohan Chhina during the visit of advocate general Hardev Singh Mattewal in Amritsar, which also amounts to violation of model code of conduct enforced in view of the Lok Sabha elections. He urged the CEO to shift the DC to ensure free and fair elections. Meanwhile, in another complaint, Lalli Majitha also sought debarring of BJP-Akali candidate from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu alleging that he indulged in flagrant violation of the code of conduct. He said Sidhu and his party’s alliance leaders tried to influence the voters during a rally organised at Gurdwara Baba Buddha at village Ramdass yesterday on March 16. However, when contacted, Bhagwant Singh said he never visited the residence of Rajinder Mohan Chhina and secondly his hometown was Ropar and not Amritsar. He refuted the allegations of the DCC rural president. |
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Weapon submission just 7 pc in district
Tarn Taran, March 17 According to information, 8,370 licenscs for weapons have been issued to the residents of this district for self-protection. These weapons are to be deposited soon after the imposition of the model code of conduct. Deputy Commissioner Khushi Ram has already issued a public notice under section 188, CrPC, for the residents to deposit their weapons at the respective police station of the area or with any other authority concerned. Till now, only 13 weapons (pistols, revolvers and double-barrel guns) out of a total 1,009 have been deposited at Jhabal police station and 21 out of 795 at Khalra police station. In this town itself and Sadar 44 and 24 weapons have been deposited out of 318 and 604, respectively, while in Patti 45 arms have been deposited out of 904 issued to the residents. The same is the position with other police stations - Goindwal 50 out of 550, Verowal 48 out of 514, Sarhali 94 out of 693, Harike 97 out of 877, Valtoha 128 out of 709, Bhikhiwind 43 out of 881 and Khemkaran 21 out of 516 weapons. Tarn Taran district has many sensitive segments which have witnessed violence during the elections even leading to the killing of persons. SSP Surinder Pal Singh Parmar, when contacted, said he had to maintain balance between the orders of the Election Commission and the situation of the area. He said he could not take the weapons at this moment from people living at farmhouses in villages who lived under the threat from anti-social elements. He said more than two months were still left for the elections and the weapons would be recovered from the people. |
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Rehris mushroom at Ram Bagh
Amritsar, March 17 Its warm flavour and its verve are projected through the lifestyle of its residents. Rehris selling eatables dot almost all roadsides. Lately, the rehris have mushroomed in Ram Bagh - the summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Though Ram Bagh has been declared national monument by the Archeological Survey of India, yet allowing rehris on its premises has violated the Heritage Act. Earlier, the administration removed the vegetable vends from the protected monument following the issue highlighted in these columns. Interestingly, the holy city has the highest consumption of desi ghee and butter in the state. Puris, paranthas, gur da karah, samosas and kachauris, made of desi ghee, are available at eating joints here. Though this is the city of Verka Ghee, yet the monthly sale of Amul Ghee is said to be about Rs 50 lakh, while its consumption in Ludhiana, which has relatively more population, is much less. It is said nobody dies due to starvation in Amritsar, though many may die due to “over-eating.” This is perhaps the reason why multi- specialty hospitals like Escorts and Fortis have found their footholds in Amritsar. |
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Relief for Students
Amritsar, March 17 Now, the MD students of the department would be able to practice anywhere in the country. It is pertinent to mention here that Dr J.S. Dalal, former director of Research Medical Education and present incumbent Dr Jagdish Gargi both belong to this department and remained as head of the department besides being principals of the college for considerable long period. Dr Gargi is presently heads the medical college. The department received a serious jolt from MCI as its team headed by Dr Datarwala in his report had declined to give approval to the PG degree in view of the staff shortage. However, later Dr Gargi made a presentation to the government pleading that the MCI was refusing to grant recognition to the department whereas the department fulfilled all the norms required under the rule. The MCI had pointed out in its report that the approval was withheld as they would give credence to Dr Gargi being both the head of department as well as the principal f the Medical College. However, this argument was opposed by Dr Gargi who said that there was no post of Principal and being the senior most in the college as appointed as principal. It may be pointed out that the medical college started the MD course in this department in 1985 and the it had to wait for nearly 25 years to get the official approval from MCI so that the students passing out would get due recognition during their jobs in other institutions. |
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Suicide case: Family alleges false complaint
Amritsar, March 17 Rupinder Jit Singh Sandhu, son of the deceased, in a complaint to DIG (Border Range) Gurpreet Deo alleged that in order to pressurise and harass the family, one of the accused Tirath Gautam got a false case of trespass, damage to property and intimidation registered against him and his sister Artinder Kaur through his servant Roshan Lal on March 15, 2009. Gautam, who was arrested by the police, was currently on bail. Rupinder alleged that the accused were roaming freely and were continuously threatening
them with dire consequences. They urged the DIG to hold an independent probe against the accused and quash the FIR in their bid to falsely implicate them. It may be mentioned here that the police has booked the three accused, Amanbir
Kaur, Tajinder Singh and Tirth Gautam, in the suicide case on the basis of a suicide note found
after Mohinder Kaur committed suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of her
residence. Deo said she had marked an enquiry into the case to the SP city-I. She said the members of the opposite party had also met her which had pointed out
that it was a matter of property dispute due to which they were falsely implicated in the case. |
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Elevated road project: Commuters face hardship
Amritsar, March 17 Thousands of daily commuters using both sides of the road and the service lanes have been complaining to the administration for the awful condition of the road with potholes making the driving miserable. Dr Kiran
Bedi, who was on a visit to the city, expressed her horror at the condition of the road and said it was poor governance with little accountability. She said the people must give ire to their feeling and force the government to take urgent steps to at least repair the road and make it motorable for lakhs of pilgrims visiting the holy city. She said it was an appalling state of affairs and immediate corrective measures were required to save the city from going to
dogs. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been personally monitoring the progress of the elevated road and the dreadful service lanes, said repair work would be taken up on a war-footing and urgent basis. The corporation authorities who are supervising the construction of the elevated road said providing service lanes and repair of road parallel to the bridge were not part of the earlier agreement with the builders, Gammon India Limited. The spokesman for the corporation said the repair would be undertaken by the civic body itself to meet the emergency needs of the commuters. |
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Gold loss is diamond’s gain
Amritsar, March 17 Besides, gold traders are perturbed over the imbalance in trade as the number of sellers has risen sharply in comparison to the buyers of the metal in view of the steep rise in its price. The price of diamond has been stable for the past several months while bullion’s value remained unstable and highly fluctuating during the corresponding period. A resident of MM Malviya Road, Shashi
Mehra, said she wanted to buy a gold necklace to gift to her daughter-in-law in a hurriedly-arranged engagement ceremony. She was shocked to hear the price of gold necklace, prompting her to go in for a diamond necklace. “Finding a marginal difference in the prices she decided to go in for a diamond one,” she said. High bullion rates have been on the rise which have changed trends even in traditional towns. Soaring prices of gold have a palpable impact on the age-old opinion as well. It has caused heavy selling by people with large gold holdings, on the ground that prices may not reach this level again. Pal Singh
Puji, president, Amritsar Sarafa Association, observed that high fluctuation in gold prices was a blow to middle-rung shopkeepers. He said the number of sellers, instead of buyers, had borne the brunt resulting in an imbalance. He said there was no mechanisation to boost sagging consumption of the yellow metal. He observed that the uncertain bullion market would ensure survival of only big players in the market.
Harinder Singh Madaan of Tanishq said volatility in gold was definitely a gain for diamond. He said he did not feel the pinch due to decreased sale of gold since his company launched the scheme of 25 per cent discount on diamonds. Lately, post offices have joined the league with banks and micro finance institutions in selling gold coins. Coins in various weighing categories can be procured from the main branches of post offices in the city. |
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Youth action forces cops to close Jallianwala Bagh
Amritsar, March 17 The gates remained closed from 10 am till 4 pm on March 16. Activists of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Naujawan Sabha and the Punjab Students Federation entered the highly protected bagh in small groups in the morning. The administration had deployed police personnel, including women cops, and installed a metal detector at the entrance of the Bagh after the police lathicharged activists of the two organisations on February 12. In order to ensure that such incidents do not happen again, vetting of suspected people was also being done. Tourist Ombir Pradhan of Greater Noida said he along with three family members paid obeisance at the Golden Temple after which they headed for Jallianwala Bagh. “But we were left disappointed as we could enter the bagh,” he added. One Adde along with his wife and son, who came from Paris, expressed similar views. Moreover, as the agitators squatted on the road, which also leads to the Golden Temple, the traffic movement was badly hit. The police officials had to divert pilgrims to approach narrow lanes inside Ahlu wala Katra to reach Harmandar Sahib. However, two wheelers and four wheelers were not allowed to proceed beyond Dharam Singh market. |
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Japan-based Punjabi poet’s collection released
It is an anthology of 40 poems, which is well received by Punjabi readers. Dedicated to his close friends, the book begins with ‘ardas’, which is different from the religious one. However, this ardas was penned by the poet himself, summing up the poetic theme of book. The anthology gets its name from its sixth poem drawing inspiration from lake. It advises not to be impatient and hurried while it does not pay to be scared. He stresses the point by saying that you may have won in life for umpteen times then why to be scared of defeat. He says everything in this world is fleeting and same is the case with human life. Among the immigrant Punjabi litterateurs, Parminder has carved a niche for himself. His creations assume significance in the context that he is among the minuscule bunch of writers based in Asia unlike majority of them residing in Europe and America. The first poem “Tusi Vasde Raho” shows humility and humbleness of the poet. Without caring about his own conveniences the poet demanded wellbeing of “Tusi”, which translates into ‘you’. He does not clear who the second person is and it is left on imagination of readers and their discretion to infer the second person. Other anthologies of poems of the prolific writer are Utsav, Tere Jaan To Baad, Ik Chidi Te Mahanagar and Sanjhe Sah Landiya. His only prose came in the shape of book on philosophy “Chini Darshan: Taovad”. It presents school of thought propounded by famous Chinese philosopher Tao. He translated Japanese stories, poems and some religious book in Punjabi and widened the scope of Punjabi readers. The books are “Adhunik Japani Kahaniya”, “Sachai De Aar Par”, Ajoki Japani Kavita, Japani Haiku Shairi, Dhampad and Gita. He edited “Sansar Prasidh Muhavre”. On an average, tone and tenor of poems are positive and exhorts readers never to lose heart. |
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Punjabi poets come together for night-long laughter
Amritsar, March 17 The darbar was dedicated to
renowned Punjabi humorous poet Chaman Lal Shugal. Daljit Singh Arora, president of the society welcomed the participants and the audience. The participants included famous humorous poets of northern India, Chaman Har Gobind Puri, Hari Singh Dilbar, Amarjit Singh Amar, Jagjit Kaur Bholi, Sufi Jagjit, K.K. Vidrohi, Happy Shugal, Raj Kumar Raj, Charanjit Singh Ajnala, Surjit Dukhi, Ravi Thakur and K.K. Arora. MP Navjot Singh Sidhu was the chief guest on the occasion. Arvinder Singh Bhatti, general secretary of the society, said the society would endeavour to continue the organisation of such programmes in the future too. Surinder Farishta, popularly known as Ghulle Shah, also spoke on the occasion. |
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Assamese Sikhs bring Bihu delight
Amritsar, March 17 Attired in traditional dresses, young women and boys regaled the audience with their performance
thus exposing them to the rich culture of north-eastern state after the culmination of the two-day national seminar on “Punjabi language: Present and the future.” They were in the city to pay obeisance at Golden Temple and to rediscover their roots after their ancestors had settled in Assam, who had been sent to help the Ahom ruler by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1820. With the passage of time, they became well adapted with social and cultural aspects of the region. They celebrate Magh Bihu, perform Durga Puja and
other rituals apart from Lohri and Gurpurb. The Assamese artists yielded applause from the viewers after an impromptu performance of Bihu dance. Although these young enthusiasts had not come prepared and had brought no musical instruments like dhol, pepa, taka, gagana and tal, they delighted the audience with perfect movement and steps on the beats of dhol borrowed from the Rajasthani folk singers who had also come to perform. Bihu is Assam’s one of the most important festivals and cutting across the bars of class and caste, it is celebrated by all and sundry. There are three such festivals in Assam: in the months of ‘Bohaag’ (mid April), ‘Maagh’ (mid January), and ‘Kaati’ (mid October). Of all the three, the Bohaag Bihu is the period to enjoy as it marks the arrival of spring season. Though the locals could not understand the lyrics of song sung by them, they were so thrilled that they requested them to present the dance once again. |
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Temple mgmt to Govt
Amritsar, March 17 Stating this to The Tribune here today, Sat Pal Mahajan, general secretary of the DMC, said they had requested Baldev Raj Chawla, chairman of the Water and Sewerage Board, for the installation of the water purifier which costs around Rs one crore. He said Chawla assured the committee members that he would take up the matter with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Mahajan said at present the committee did not have sufficient funds to meet expenses on the ambitious project. He said if the state government did not accede to their request they would have no option but to wait for some more time till they get funds to install the machinery. It is pertinent to mention here that former working president of the shrine Surinder Arjun had signed an MoU with Ahmedabad-based company Ionex Engineering for installing the plant. However, when the present management took over, it cancelled the deal as they felt that the plant did not have the capacity to purify the water of such a huge tank. The DMC general secretary said the committee had received requests from the devotees coming not only from India but also from abroad to install the plant which would not only clean the water but also save the fish and other water bodies. Commenting on the other development projects going on in the temple complex, he said gold plating work on the outer walls of the temple was going on a war footing. He said work on the front side of the shrine has already been completed and the rest three sides would be completed within one and a half year. He said that gold plating on the dome of the temple along would require around 10 kg gold. He said work on constructing the main hall in the Sitla Devi Temple has already been completed and an idol would be set up in hall soon. He said that the canopy over the passage leading to Hanuman Temple from the side of the Sitla Devi temple would also be installed besides laying the marble on the passage. |
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Sea-level may rise by 59 cm in 21st century: Expert
Amritsar, March 17 One per cent GDP per annum is required to be invested in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change and the failure to do so could risk global GDP up to 20 per cent. The result of climate change will be dangerous if not cautioned timely. These views were expressed by Dr Raghbir Singh, Dean, Academic Affairs, while delivering his inaugural address at the one-day seminar on “climate change” organised here today by the Department of Zoology of Guru Nanak Dev University. Prof Arun D. Ahluwalia, Chairman and Head of the Geology Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, delivered the keynote address. Dr Ladhar, Dr Jagbir Singh, Dr Anjana Pant, Dr Satwinder Kaur and Dr Anish Dua also presented their views on the occasion. Dr Raghbir Singh said climate change could have differential impacts, both positive and negative, but its sum total would be negative. He said the countries likely to be benefited from climate change were in the polar region. Since most of the countries were located in regions other than the polar ones, the damages were the net results, he added. He said, in agriculture, higher temperatures would be conducive for crops but there would be more inconsistency in the rainfall patterns. He said up to certain increase in temperature, the crop productivity increases but with more increase, the production decreases. Similarly, infrastructure in terms of roads, railways, pipelines and sewerage would be prone to weather fluctuations and would occasionally collapse requiring more maintenance with the change in climate, he added. He said the worst affected would be the people living in the coastal zones. Some of the coastal countries would go under water. He said in the Indian subcontinent, the worst-affected country would be Bangladesh followed by Sri Lanka, forcing immigration to India. The coastal cities would shrink in size with rising sea levels. This would result in the shrinking of the land area of India. He said it was predicted that during the 21st century, sea level may rise as much as 59 cm. He said biodiversity was an asset to human requirements in terms of food, medicines, chemicals and consumables. He said by the year 2050, 15 per cent of the plant species and 37 per cent of the animal species would go extinct, and this wouild be a great loss. He said the consequences of climate change could be devastating if action was
not taken to understand and stop these changes. Prof Ahluwaila said the environmental issues talked above were often dismissed as trivial and inconsequential. Let us not ignore a single person burning leaves, littering rubbish, smoking tobacco or buying/gifting flowers. He said earth sciences were largely underused, less understood and under enjoyed. He said in most geology departments across the world, there were natural history museums or they were managing/creating natural history museums but in our country even the campus communities remained ignorant about the wealth of collections made by generations of geologists. |
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Seminar on Punjabi language concludes
Amritsar, March 17 Presiding over the concluding session, Dr Joginder Singh Puar, former vice-chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, said it was high time to implement the decisions taken to flourish the language. He opined that Punjabi must be medium of knowledge. He said in order to spread the language patronage of the government was must. The seminar was jointly organised by the Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha and Janwadi Lekhak Sangh with the support of other literary organisations. Earlier, the inaugural session was chaired by noted Hindi writer Namwar Singh. He said the issue of globalisation was not associated with literature and language. “In order to keep literature and language alive, people and NGOs, besides government, play the role,”
he added. He said in fact mother tongue was identity of each person. He rued that unlike previous generation, young generation was not associating itself with their mother tongue. Commenting on Punjabi language, he said Punjabi inherited treasure of literature, which was constantly being increased by its writers. He said it was one of the most popular languages in the country. Dr Jairup Singh said by creating and adopting technical words, a language could be linked to science and technology and felt that Punjabi universities needed to play an active role in this regard. Former vice-chancellor of GND University S.P. Singh said Punjabi language did not face
any threat but needed to be vigilant to the changing trends. The inaugural session was presided over by Dr Jairup Singh, vice-chancellor, Central University, Punjab, and Bhagwant Singh, deputy commissioner, was the chief guest. President of the Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha Anup Virk said a souvenir, “Ma Boli,” was also released. |
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2-day seminar on farmers’ suicide on April 9
Amritsar, March 17 Dr T.S. Chahal, director, IDP, informing this said suicide among farmers had become a common feature, especially during the last decade of the 20th century, which required deep analysis regarding causes and cures of this situation in several states of India, especially agriculturally advanced state of Punjab. He said the viability of farming as a profession and a source of livelihood particularly for the small marginal farmers had become doubtful in the countryside. He said the suicide among farmers was a countrywide phenomenon while the central and state governments were trying to downplay the number of suicides by farmers and there was lack of availability of reliable data. However, according to media reports about 1.50 lakh farmers had committed suicide in the last decade while 18,000 had committed suicide in 2006 only.
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8-day workshop on radiochemistry starts
Amritsar, March 17 These views were expressed by Dr V.
Venugopal, director, Radioisotope Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), during the inauguration of an eight-day workshop on “Radiochemistry and applications of radioisotopes” at the local Khalsa College. The workshop was being organised by the college in collaboration with the
BARC. Dr Venugopal emphasised the use of nuclear energy for cultivating peace and not hatred among the nations. He discussed at length how India became a nuclear power in 1974, but he added India used this power only for peaceful purposes and development of the country. He also highlighted the uses of radioisotopes in different fields, especially in medicine, physical, chemical, agriculture and industry. He called upon the young scientists to come forward and pursue research in nuclear sciences. Meanwhile, about 50 delegates from various institutes of north region are participating in the workshop. Dr P.C.
Kalsi, coordinator of the workshop, enlightened about the scopes and objectives of the workshop. Earlier, Rajinder Mohan Singh
Chhina, honorary secretary of the Khalsa College governing council and chief guest, welcomed the scientists from the
BARC. Dr Daljit Singh, principal of the college, presented vote of thanks. |
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CAmpus Buzz: GNDU
Amritsar, March 17 Prof. (Dr.) Jai Rup Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Punjab would inaugurate the event, which has been sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, and North-Western Regional Centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Chandigarh. Prof Sukhwant Singh, head, Department of History, said the purpose of this seminar is to take stock of developments in the broad field and to identify the gaps in the existing understanding so as to indicate the possible directions for future research. He further said since the work produced by noted historian Prof
J.S. Grewal over a period of nearly five decades virtually touches upon all the major aspects of recent historical studies in the Punjab, the seminar proposes to approach each theme with a critical reference to his work. Environmental disturbance
Guru Nanak Dev University would organise a 2-day national seminar on ‘Social and Environmental Disturbance: Remedial Steps in Sanskrit Literature’ under auspices of its Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit on March 20 and 21 in the university here today. Dr Renu
Bala, head of the department, said Dr Vachaspati Upadhyaya, vice-chancellor of Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeeth, Delhi, would preside over the inaugural session while Dr Shridhar
Vasishth, director, R.J. Dalmia, Shrivani Trust, Scindia House, Delhi, would deliver key note address. The valedictory session would be presided over by Dr. Shrikrishan
Semval, Deputy Director, Delhi Sanskrit Academy, Delhi, on March 21. Seminar director Dr Dalbir Singh Chahal said around 50 scholars are likely to participate and present their research papers. The scholars would analyse remedial steps on terrorism, national integration, foeticide, decline in family & social relations, indiscriminate running after money & its related crimes, water and air
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‘Badal misusing police to lure Dera followers’
Amritsar, March 17 KAC convenor Bhai Mohkam Singh and Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was desperate to win Bathinda parliamentary seat and for that he was using tactics to lure the Dera Sacha followers. They said the repeated pleas of the Sikhs before the Government of India as well as the chief ministers of both Punjab and Haryana to take immediate steps to contain Sirsa Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim for his reckless and calculated outrage of Sikh sentiments fell on deaf ears.
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Badal, Sidhu ‘shifted’ central varsity to Bathinda
Amritsar, March 17 Bhatia was the chief guest at a meeting of Congress workers from ward number 19 organised by general secretary of the district Youth Congress Ramandeep Singh here recently. Bhatia said the Congress-run UPA government granted several developmental works to the city, including elevated road project, Rs 150 crore upgradation of Government Medical College, augmentation and beautification of Rajasansi international airport and many more. Bhatia said the Congress would seek mandate from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat on the basis of flurry of development works introduced to the city.
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