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Bill Waiver
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Rise in cement prices hits construction business
VC plays safe at PTU council meeting
Rash car-driver injures four
Young World
Two unapproved colonies demolished
The office of a coloniser at an unapproved colony site demolished by the MC team in Chogitti area in Jalandhar. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Railway women hockey tourney from March 20
New SSP welcomed
Dun and Bradstreet releases cluster series
Breathing music
The classic jalsa
Army recruitment rally from tomorrow
Fraud case
Biz Buzz
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Bill Waiver
Jalandhar, March 17 In fact, since no government advertisement can be printed on the matter on account of imposition of the code of conduct, the MC teams have been going door to door handing over personal notices to the defaulters and apprising them of the chance to avail the scheme valid before the end of this financial year. The MC has already started getting a good amount of payment each day. “We have been getting Rs 7 lakh each day from the defaulters of house tax in commercial and industrial areas. The total recovery has gone up to Rs 11.9 crore. We are expecting it to go up to Rs 10 lakh each day as a very few days are left for the scheme to close,” said Assistant Commissioner P.S. Ghuman. Ghuman said those who would not pay up now would have to later deposit the bills along with 12 to 18 per cent interest, depending on the extent of delay in payment. Similarly, exemption on surcharges on water and sewerage bills has also allured the residents to come out with payments. SE (O&M) V.P. Singh said, “We have been getting Rs 4 lakh as our dues each day as people have been walking in daily to make the payment. We have crossed the last year recovery figure of Rs 12.82 crore, for we have already received a payment of Rs 13.8 crore and expect it to go beyond Rs 15 crore by March 31.”
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Violators toy with traffic rules
Jalandhar, March 17 Though the police claims to have launched a drive against the violators, it seems that the claims were just an eyewash. Traffic SP Rajpal Sandhu, however, claimed that over 5,000 motorists were being challaned every month for violating the rules. “We have been making all possible efforts to curb the violators with the available strength of 150-odd cops. The SP said to enforce the traffic rules and the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, various social organisations have also been roped in to control the menace. He was of the view that, besides the traffic police, every Station House Officer was responsible for enforcing the guidelines by challaning the violators. A survey by The Tribune team revealed that a majority of the violators included youths who hardly use helmets and play havoc on the busy roads. With honking horns and additional accessories fitted in their vehicles, many boys hardly bother to stop at the traffic light points at red signal. While jumping the red light signals, they often meet with accidents. The number of accidents on the traffic light points in the city and vicinity has gone higher in the past one year as per the police records. The bus drivers could be seen driving rash with mobile phones on their ears and honking horns. Additional District Transport Officer (ADTO) Manmohan Luthra held the political leaders and bureaucrats responsible for the menace. He said political pressure on the enforcing authorities have aggravated the problem and boosted the morale of the violators. This has not only been helping the violators but also making a
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Rise in cement prices hits construction business
Jalandhar, March 17 The city’s real estate developers tell that a 50-kg cement sack was today available for Rs 247 while the same could be purchased for Rs 215 till the past few months. They said they had received a major setback because of the cement price hike and any further hike as was being proposed could force them shut down their ongoing projects. The realtors pointed out that the cement companies with active “cartelisation” had jacked up the prices keeping in view the election days. “I don’t know why this happens. But this phenomenon is strongly correlated with the poll time. Whenever there are elections around, the cement companies enjoy the liberty to raise the prices,” said Rajan Chopra of St Soldier Group who is going ahead simultaneously with three malls and two residential projects in Jalandhar. The construction companies are more perturbed as they said the billing was being done over and above the printed MRP. “Today, we got sacks for Rs 247 while the price printed on them was Rs 243. Since all companies have been doing that in unison, we are the losers for we have no choice but to bow down,” said Amarjot Singh, another developer. He added that the prices of coarse sand had increased three times while those of the aggregate had also plunged to double the rate. “The coarse sand now comes for Rs 4.5 to Rs 5 per cubic feet while it could be bought for Rs 1.5 per cubic feet sometime back. Similarly, the aggregate that earlier cost us Rs 4 or Rs 5 per cubic feet now comes for Rs 9 per cubic feet. In addition, we also need to pay up the unloading charges,” he rued, saying that even the crusher companies were
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VC plays safe at PTU council meeting
Jalandhar, March 17 The highlight of the meeting was a presentation by the staff of the National Information Centre (NIC) on online CET counselling with an aim to sensitise the college principals about the modalities of the counselling conducted earlier for the AIEEE and Punjab State Council for Technical Education (PSCTE). The online counselling will be held off-campus with students filling up their preferences on the web from their respective homes, cyber cafes or a few nodal centres that could be set up at PTU-affiliated colleges, the principals were told. The college principals demanded that MBA counselling be also conducted online on the same pattern and with an advanced schedule to which the VC replied, “We cannot take any such decision. It is the prerogative of the state government.” A demand of the college principals for the preparation of merit positions for each semester in each stream was agreed upon. The principals had said while the final compiled result and overall merit positions were available, the top students also wanted to know their university rank in each semester. The university also appointed an honorary faculty for pharmacy, engineering and management courses on the directions of the board of governors (BoG). The officials said the faculty comprised senior subject experts from different colleges, who would be considered as advisers in respective areas on various academic issues and syllabus upgradation. |
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Rash car-driver injures four
Jalandhar, March 17 The car driver, an inspector with the Kapurthala police, Narinder Singh, also sustained multiple injuries in the mishap. Harjinder Singh, Station House Officer, Maqsudan, said Narinder Singh was on his way to Kapurthala from Jalandhar when he lost control over the steering wheel and knocked down a cyclist, Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Deshpura Mand. The car subsequently crushed two girls, Aarti and Amarjit Kaur, of the same locality. After injuring the three, the car rolled into a ditch causing injuries to the driver. The injured, including the car driver, were rushed to a private hospital. A police party from Bawa Khel police post reached the spot and took the vehicles in custody. The injured girls were operated upon for multiple fractures at the hospital and their condition is said to be stable. No case was registered till the filing of this report. The SHO, however, revealed that the family members of all the injured will have a meeting to settle the case though a compromise. “If their talks fail, a case would be registered against the car driver for rash and negligent driving,” claimed the SHO. —
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Young World
Jalandhar, March 17 Campus placement
Four students of M. pharmacy (final year) of Lovely Professional University have been recruited by Overseas Health Care Pvt Ltd. in a joint campus placement programme. The students have been selected for various high-end jobs with the pharma company at an annual package of Rs 2.2 lakh each. The HR manager of the company conducted the interview on behalf of the company. Overseas Health Care specialises in developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical formulations, especially in treatment of anti-TB, gynae, gastroenterology, paediatrics, neutraceuticals and urology segments. Disabled day
World Disabled Day was celebrated by St Soldier Group of Institutions on Monday at Pingla Ghar. Vice-Chairperson Sangeeta Chopra went to Pingla Ghar to distribute clothes, toys and sweets among the inmates. She said that these children needed love
and affection ‘Mr & Miss Apeejay’
The Apeejay College of Fine Arts organised a farewell party for the final- year students. The junior students presented a cultural programme. Sugandha Jain was declared “Miss Apeejay” and Sukhsimran Singh “Mr Apeejay”. KMV students also bid adieu to the final-year students. Meanwhile, the Apeejay College of Fine Arts organised its 34th annual prize distribution function on March 14. The university position holders and youth festival winners were honoured during the programme. Students presented cultural items. Chief guest commissioner Jalandhar division S.R. Ladhar gave away prizes to the students. Students honoured
HMV organised its annual prize distribution function on March 14. As many as 533 students, who won laurels in academics, sports and co-curricular activities were honoured. As many as 25 meritorious students won 25 gold medals and 20 get silver medals. Students who secured 24 top positions, 18 second positions and 12 third positions, respectively, along with 31 positions in zonal youth festivals. Annual day
Air Force School, Adampur Air Force Station, organised its annual day on March 14. Tiny tots presented dance and skits. Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA) President Dr Veena Ambekar gave away prizes to the winners. Trip to Wonderland
Delhi Public School took students on a fun ride to Wonderland where the students had a gala time. Besides, students were taken for a religious trip to the Devi Talab Mandir. Meanwhile, the school also organised a solo dance competition for the students to provide a platform to the budding students. Amar Jyoti function
KMV organised “Amar Jyoti” function to culminate the current academic session. The outgoing students of final year passed on the “Amar Jyoti” to their juniors as a tradition of the college. World Maths Day
Police DAV Public School observed World Maths Day and apprised the students about the mathematical
and geometrical concepts. Students put up special display boards depicting the mathematical terms and their origin. Campus placement
Four students of M.Pharmacy (final year), Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, have been recruited by Overseas Health Care Pvt Ltd, a drug manufacturing company, in a joint campus placement programme. The students have been offered an annual package of Rs 2.2 lakh. |
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Two unapproved colonies demolished
Jalandhar, March 17 The roads and sewer work of an unauthorised colony falling near Katehra Mohalla in Basti Bawa Khel was on when the town planning section of the MC reached the
site and conducted the demolition. Similarly, the team also devastated the construction that had begun at another unapproved colony site in the Chogitti area. MC officials also demolished six unauthorised shops coming up at Babu Labh Singh Nagar. |
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Railway women hockey tourney from March 20
Jalandhar, March 17 President of the Rail Coach Factory Sports Association Charanjit Singh said the tournament would be held on league-cum-knock out basis. Women hockey teams of the Indian Railways
from across the country would take part in the championship. These included last year winners Northern Railway, Delhi, runners-up Western Railway, Mumbai, Western Central Railway, Jaipur, South Eastern Railway, Kolkata, North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur, East Central Railway, Dhanbad, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, and Central Railway, Mumbai. — TNS |
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Dun and Bradstreet releases cluster series
Jalandhar, March 17 Dedicated to the local cluster, the study is the fourth such study by the group, the earlier ones being Chennai, Nagpur and Vadodara. The publication focuses on manufacturing units in the city and its vicinity and covers three prominent sectors - sports, leather and rubber goods - in terms of number of units and employment. Mohan Ramaswamy, director, business development, D&B, said the issue highlights the operational and technological aspects, issues and challenges and the growth prospects of these sectors. The SME’s that participated in the survey acknowledged the importance of technology in improving productivity and quality, he said. The study also found that the cost of production and power shortage were the main hindrances for adoption of sophisticated technology among the clusters. There was also little awareness about the latest technology in all three sectors. Interestingly, despite the global meltdown, the surveyed SMEs were optimistic about the growth in the next two years and expected to grow in the range of 11 per cent to 20 per cent, he pointed out. The publication draws insights from the SMEs with the objective of providing an update on the present status and structure of the Jalandhar cluster in terms of key industries. It also highlights the strategies and attributes of the units and comments on the growth potential of the cluster.
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Breathing music
Jalandhar, March 17 Was his curse to turn into bliss for the entire nation? It surely does seem so. Fascinated by Lord Krishna’s bansuri since he was a kid, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaursia’s name is as synonymous to the flute as life is to breath. His renderings of the flute are said to evoke images of Lord Krishna playing to the gopis, in the minds of the masses. He has had stalwarts like Pt Jasraj and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan dedicating their compositions and the likes of Shyam Benegal create a documentary for him on his 60th birthday. His perfect, innovative, cuckoo-bird-sweet renditions of the flute have aroused audiences round the world to hail him as the “bansuri samrat”. Born at Allahabad in 1938, his has been a long and memorable journey into music. His father, a wrestler, wanted him to follow in his footsteps but the young Chaurasia had something else on his mind. Already being trained as a wrestler, he took music to his heart and enrolled as a student of Pt Rajaram of Benares at the age of 15. After some time he heard a flute recital by Pt Bholanath and that made him shift his focus entirely to the flute. He became a disciple of Pt Bholanath and by the time he was 20, he was already doing concerts and playing at the AIR, Cuttack, from where he was soon transferred to Mumbai. At Mumbai, he made a lot of efforts to be accepted as a disciple of Guruma Annapurna
Devi (daughter of Ustad Alauddin Khan and wife of Pt Ravi Shankar) and it was under her tutelage that he soared to unparallelled heights in the realm of Hindustani classical music. He says, “Music has immense power. It encourages tranquillity. But the trouble is there are many places where musicians are unwelcome. Unfortunately, we can't do anything to help matters there.” Clearly displeased with the media’s role in portraying music, he says, “All day they air stuff about murders and robberies. there is one news about Dawood Ibrahim and they spend the entire day telling people all about him. There's no dedicated news about cultural activities. Even if they secure a one hour slot for music and culture daily, things might change for the better.” What do you think about government's role in music? It is putting in efforts but not enough. There is a cultural department but it is not undertaking substantial activities. Music needs to be propagated everywhere. If given a chance, would you join politics? If it helps me to give culture a fillip, I would’nt mind. You are so fit and active. What's the secret? Lord Krishna, swaras and the flute. Of course, without the gopis (laughs). Tell us about your school. It's not a school. It’s a gurukul (at Juhu, Mumbai) through which I try to adhere to the age-old guru-shishya parampara. The best compliment you've got. My audience are my compilment. |
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The classic jalsa
Jalandhar, March 17 The evening opened with a sufi music performance by Lakhwinder Wadali, son of renowned sufi singer Padmashri Ustad Puran Chand Wadali. The performance started with a composition of Sultan Bahu, “Alaf allah chambe di booti”. It was followed by the folk song “Charkha”, originally sung as a duet by Lakhwinder and his father. He rounded up other popular songs within “Charkha”, singing “akhiyan udeekdiyan dil vajan marda” and “loye-3 aja mahi”. His performance ended with “Ve sone deya kangana” which he sung on public demand. For a people used to listening to his father and uncle Ustad Pyare Lal Wadali together, his impressive solo attempt left the audience upbeat. He brought a cheer among the audience saying, “Oh do te main kalla, fass gayi jaan karikki vich” (they are two and I am stuck up alone). Wadali was followed by Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia who came to the city for the first time after 1965. The maestro, who was given a standing ovation, first performed Raag Maru Bihaag in Matt taal by Raag Des and last he performed Raag Pahari on public demand. His performance as ever, left the audience spellbound. At the end of the show the maestro shared an interactive session with the audience. when an audience member asked him whether he had broken up with Santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma along with whom he had given memorable music for films like “Darr”, “Silsilay”, “Chandni” and “Lamhe” and why wasn’t he working on film music anymore, he said, “Why would we break up? That was a particular phase where we were working on films. We are pretty much in touch. Now other works are going on.” Talking about his gurukul he said, "I have many disciples. Have brought one duplicate today too (referring to his disciple who supported him on the flute). Earlier girls used to shy away from flute now they too are very active and play good flute. Talking about the universality of music, he said, “God doesn’t understand the languages, he understands only
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Army recruitment rally from tomorrow
Jalandhar, March 17 Interested applicants should have passed class XII or intermediate with English, math, physics and chemistry as subjects. The candidates should be between 17 and half to 23 years of age as on March 19. Candidates are required to bring along their original educational certificates, residence certificate and caste certificate. The defence PRO maintained that the children of ex-servicemen should bring the discharge book of their father in original and relationship certificate issued by respective records office along with copy of
part II order. |
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Fraud case
Jalandhar, March 17 Declining the pre-arrest bail application of Naresh Kumar filed on February 12, Additional Sessions Judge Tarsem Mangla observed, “The allegations against Naresh Kumar are very serious in nature so his custodial interrogation and that of the officials of the postal department is required.” The investigation officer submitted that except the documents supplied to him by complainant Kamlesh Bhatia, he did not possess any other documents regarding the case even as the postal department had not yet supplied the documents. The Tribune had carried a news item on February 10 about the FIR against the accused. An aged woman, Kamlesh Bhatia of Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, alleged in the FIR registered on February 4 that Naresh Kumar had misappropriated her joint monthly income scheme (MIS) deposit accounts in connivance with the postal officials concerned by forging signatures and thus defrauded her of Rs 4,37,800. Kamlesh had 17 MIS joint accounts with her late father Dev Raj Bhatia. The then Senior Postmaster of Jalandhar, the then Assistant Postmaster of Saheed Udham Singh Nagar and the clerk concerned of the GPO have also been included as accused in the FIR. A retired government teacher, Kamlesh, on verification, came to know that on June 3, 2003, and nearby dates Naresh Kumar, had fraudulently withdrawn the amount by getting the identification done through some agent. Bhatia further alleged that the officials of the department of posts gave the amount to Naresh in cash in place of cheques and that too without the availability of SB-3 forms (account opening form), without any statutory endorsement on the warrants of payment and without the production of the passbooks. Further the reinvestment should have been in the name of the same depositors, she stated, adding that as per rules, the premature amount could be released only with the written consent of both the depositors or with the written consent of the survivor. Further, to withdraw money, the depositor is required to be present or to send his passbook with an application for withdrawal, she added. Moreover, according to section 269 (T) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, any amount above Rs 20,000 is to be paid by crossed cheques only.
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Biz Buzz
Jalandhar, March 17 Other benefits include free washing and 80 points general check-up, 20 per cent discount on labour, 20 per cent discount on value-added services, 20 per cent discount on extended warranty, 5 per cent discount on spare parts, besides other mega prizes. Technical specialists from Hyundai will monitor the camp to assure optimum customer satisfaction. The camp will continue till March 29. |
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