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Bhoond - Indigenous mode of conveyance
Class XII student killed in road mishap
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Traffic lights at shortened roundabouts to solve chaos
Bus stop with solar lights fascinates villagers
Wears:‘White’ strikes in summer
‘Use buckets, not pipes
to wash vehicles’
Locals celebrate PM’s second term
AIPL Ambuja announces
mixed-use township
Its time to save heritage
of bio-diversity
Varsity gets project on environmental conservation
Seminar on ‘information access initiatives’
Workshop on heritage village today
ICSE exam Shubreet gets
96.8 pc marks in Class X
Admission schedule released
Punjabi conference in Toronto from July 22
Three booked for demanding dowry
Cyclist killed in road mishap
Navjot Sidhu takes out ‘vijay yatra’
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Bhoond - Indigenous mode of conveyance
Tarn Taran, May 22 A motorcycle without the rear wheel has been fitted to a specially designed body with two wheels. The body of the vehicle is built by local mechanics and costs about Rs 70,000. It is pertinent to mention here that before this the Punjab and Haryana High Court had imposed a ban on the plying of a “Gharukka”, a locally made vehicle run with the help of a diesel generator about three decades ago. But the vehicles could still be seen in the remote areas of the state carrying more than 20 persons at a time. The newly invented vehicle appeared in the area three to four months back and is getting popular day by day. Owner of one such vehicle Sharanjit Singh of Mohanpur village, near Chohla Sahib, said that he had attached the front portion of a motorcycle with the rear part with a specially designed chain. He said “Bhoond” was proving to be cost effective as the people in the mand area could travel through his vehicle by spending less. He said that whenever a family had to visit the main towns in the border belt they hire his vehicle. Sharanjit said the people in this region were forced to invest new types of vehicles for their convenience as there was hardly any bus service available for them. He said “Bhoond” could cover a distance of about 50 km with one litre of petrol.
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Class XII student killed in road mishap
Amritsar, May 22 According to sources in the police, the deceased, resident of Rani Ka Bagh, had gone to fetch sweets to celebrate his success in the CBSE examination. However, a road from Putalighar to the railway station was under repair so the traffic from both sides was allowed to run on a single lane. Unfortunately, his motorcycle rammed into a truck coming from the opposite side. The Civil Lines police station registered a case against the truck driver and arrested him. The father of Rishi had also died in a road accident. The death of Rishi has sparked off a debate in the intellectual and social circles here as to why not to impress upon the public schools, offering costly education, to get the students inured while admitting them. Surjit Sharma, Deputy Chief Warden, Civil Defence, said public schools must not hesitate in providing an insurance cover to students, at least to those coming from the lower income groups. Since cost of medical care was very high medical insurance would help parents to meet exigencies. A sharp rise in the number of two and four-wheelers coupled with lack of quality infrastructure and wanton traffic management were alleged to be the culprits. District transport officials must impart training and conduct practical and theoretical tests before issuing licences. He opined that parents, teachers and the police must join hands to stop juvenile traffic. Neera Sharma, Principal of DAV Public School, said her school did not allow students up to Class X to drive automobile vehicles. She said even as strict strictures were in force yet some parents and grand-parents dropped in her office to allow their wards to come to school on their vehicles.
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Traffic lights at shortened roundabouts to solve chaos
Amritsar, May 22 The Municipal Corporation had shortened roundabouts at Kitchlu Chowk, Mahan Singh Gate Chowk, Hall Gate Chowk, Ram Bagh Gate, Dharam Singh Market Chowk, Sheranwala Gate, etc. The worst affected chowks were Kitchlu Chowk, near district courts, where as many as eight roads converge, and Mahan Singh Chowk, from where the buses enter the Bus Stand. The experimentation of shortening of roundabouts to smoothen the flow of traffic failed miserably. This had further compounded the problems of not only the commuters, but also the car owners. Owing to the faulty way in which the roundabouts have been redesigned, the sites had become accident-prone often resulting in brawls. The previous bigger roundabouts used to help in regulating the traffic as vehicles used to approach the chowk at slower speed. But due to shortening of roundabouts the vehicles try to cross the road in a hurry as they do not have to move around the chowk as earlier. D.P.S. Kharbanda, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, said the installation of traffic lights would solve this problem of traffic congestion and help in regulating the traffic. He said the ultramodern lights were being installed under the project of beautification and overall development of the city.
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Bus stop with solar lights fascinates villagers
Amritsar, May 22 The place has also become a resting place for the people who have to walk for considerable distances to reach their destinations. Even the children, who play cricket in the nearby ground, adjacent to the BSF post, come to the bus stop to take rest for few minutes before starting their new innings. The other thing which attracts the people is the solar lights installed on two poles on each side of the border. The bus stop and the lights have been set up by a private contractor who had constructed the road a few years ago. Many such bus stops have been established on the 25-km road sometime ago. Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Rajatal village, said during summer when there is heavy power cuts many residents prefer to come at the bus stop and enjoy the lighted surroundings. He said they preferred to stay there instead of staying in their houses during the complete blackout. He said even students preparing for exams came to the well-lit bus stop. He said the government should initiate steps to set up such solar lights in the streets of the villages.
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Wears:‘White’ strikes in summer
Amritsar, May 22 Amritsar being one of the hottest places in the country with temperatures soaring around 46 degree Celsius, people prefer not to move out of their homes to attend parties, especially in the daytime even as this is also the time of functions and weddings. Hence some fashion designers have introduced beautiful dresses in white not only for the formal wear but also for the casual wear. White can be used in every season by everyone, irrespective of their age. The young as well as the old people like to wear white clothes. Such dresses also help in summer season as the white reflects the sun rays making one feel cool. Local fashion designer Mandeep Sokhi said last year only white kurtis were in demand but this season one can buy lehnga, churidaar suit, western dresses, Patiala salwar with suit, frock suit and many more. In casual wear girls can buy kurti and long top but for formal wear churidaar and lehnga in white was the best, she added. About the demand of white, Amit, owner of “Queen in Style), said this season most of the girls were preferring clothes in white because it enhanced their personality, besides giving them a gorgeous look. He said designers were introducing new designs keeping in view the latest trends and style. About the style and colour matching with white, Amit said there were a lot of varieties in white alone. He said the people were also going in for colour combination like choosing a lehnga in white alone and selecting a matching dress in pink or green. He said girls were preferring white shirt and coloured churidaar pyjami. For the formal wear girls are using white shirts or lehngas with embroidery of different colour or variety. Sometimes people prefer less embroidery. However, when going for parties they prefer patches of heavy embroidery.
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‘Use buckets, not pipes
to wash vehicles’
Amritsar, May 22 Deepak Babbar, said a number of concerned citizens had approached the NGO to work out a module to educate the vehicle owners to use buckets instead of plastic pipes for cleaning of their vehicles during morning times to save water. He said during the survey conducted in several colonies in the Civil Line area, the organisation found that the drivers and cleaners let the water go waste while scrubbing the vehicles. He said a senior doctor and concerned citizen had offered to fund the purchase of buckets and mugs, which would be given to the drivers for cleaning the vehicles every morning as a first step to save the wastage of water. He felt that this kind of gesture would set an example for others to follow. Deepak said they would also educate and train the drivers how to clean the vehicle with the minimum use of water and said this could be done twice or thrice a week instead of daily wash. He said excessive use of water also damages the roads as potholes develop due to the daily use of water on the roads. He said that if the experiment succeeded they would appeal to the citizen of the city to adopt this pattern and in case they required any assistance they could get in touch with the mission for awareness and education. |
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Locals celebrate PM’s second term
Amritsar, May 22 Celebrations started with his taking the oath of office and secrecy. In various areas of the city, including Katra Baghiyan and Hall Gate, people distributed sweets and danced to the beats of dhol. Relatives of the Prime Minister expressed their joy by lighting candles. Congress leaders also came out in the open to celebrate the moment. Congress candidate for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat O.P. Soni, former MLA Darbari Lal, Sukhjinder Raj Lali Majithia, President, District Congress Committee (Rual), and Padam Shri awardee Bhai Nirmal Singh greeted people on the occasion.
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AIPL Ambuja announces
mixed-use township
Amritsar, May 22 With more than 30,000 sq feet devoted to commercial space, including Bharti Walmart’s first cash and carry store in India, Dream City is set to revolutionise the residential and commercial landscape of the region. The township will offer 1,600 residential units which would include 250 premium villas and 217 high-end branded residences, said AIPL Ambuja CEO Gurpreet Singh. The township would also contain a built-in commercial complex, a mega shopping mall, multiplex, world-class medical facilities, a health spa, new-age offices and international quality education, among other facilities, he said. Spread over 148 acres and located on the G.T. Road, Dream City would be connected to Rajasansi airport, the railway station, the bus stand and the Golden Temple.
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Its time to save heritage
of bio-diversity
Amritsar, May 22 With a view to creating awareness among human beings regarding the threats and conservation of bio-diversity, the day was observed at the Khalsa College for Women here today. Mission Aagaaz Executive Director Deepak Babbar was the chief guest. He said the plants were drying up because of excessive heat. He added that destruction of green habitats was leading to the extinction of species. He urged the people to shun the use of polythene. The NGO pointed out that climate change and global warming were the biggest threats not only to humans but also to the plants and animal species. He urged all the schools, colleges and environmentalists to create awareness and organise workshops, besides taking care of surrounding bio-life. Organisation general secretary Gurbhej Singh said blind sacrifice of green spaces on pretext of development was already throwing up red signals for water, earth and air. Deepak said bio-diversity was being lost at all levels with ecosystems across the planet had been hit. Deforestation continued at an alarming rate and since 2000, about six million hectares of primary forest had been lost annually. The marine and coastal ecosystems had suffered due to human activities. In the Caribbean Sea, average hard coral cover declined from 50 to 10 per cent in the past three decades and 35 per cent of mangroves had been lost in the past two decades. He said the average abundance of species was declining- 40 per cent loss between 1970 and 2000. The species present in rivers, lakes and marshlands had declined by 50 per cent. Declines were evident in amphibians, African mammals and birds in agricultural lands, corals and commonly harvested fish species. He urged the people to save the environment from man-made curse and grow more and more trees to avoid nature degradations. |
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Varsity gets project on environmental conservation
Amritsar, May 22 Research Director Dr S.S. Chahal said Prof A.K. Thukral would be the coordinator, while department heads Prof G.S. Virk and Dr Saroj Arora would be the Deputy Coordinators. He said under the project the department would receive a grant of Rs 45 lakh to purchase different equipment and two research fellows would be appointed for five years to conduct research work on the environmental conservation. Similarly, the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had sanctioned a major project of Rs 7 lakh, “Ethics in food advertising to children-parental concerns and mediation" for three years. In this project, Prof Raghbir Singh would be the principal investigator and Pavleen Kaur the co-principal investigator from the Department of Commerce and Business Management. Meanwhile, the university had initiated the necessary steps to list for international ranking to promote research and educational cooperation and open up opportunities for students to get admission in foreign institutes. Applications invited
Guru Nanak Dev University has invited applications for a three-week refresher course in economics to be held on June 17 to July 7 under its Academic Staff College in collaboration with the Punjab School of Economics. ASC Director Dr H.S. Bhatia said the lecturers of the colleges and universities in the discipline of economics may apply for the course on the prescribed form available at the Academic Staff College or could download it from the university website www.gndu.ac.in <http://www.gndu.ac.in>. |
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Seminar on ‘information access initiatives’
Amritsar, May 22 Dr H.S. Chopra, Head of Bhai Gurdas Library, said the Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) had sponsored the seminar and around 150 delegates from all over India were expected to participate in the event. Noted experts from the field of library and information science would deliver lectures and present their research papers on ICT and academic libraries, rural-urban divide, preparing rural India for digital libraries, e-resources in social science, e-learning, e-literacy, open access/2.0/web blog and e-governance and rural India.
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Workshop on heritage village today
Amritsar, May 22 Stating this, workshop coordinator Dr Gurmeet Singh said experts from various disciplines would deliberate on the various aspects of the proposed heritage village. |
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ICSE exam Shubreet gets
96.8 pc marks in Class X
Amritsar, May 22 Informing this Nirmal Singh, resident president of Chief Khalsa Dewan and member in charge of the school, said out the total students of the school appeared in the examination, 11 got more than 90 per cent marks. He said Gurkirat Kaur and Navreet Kaur of the school got 95.2 and 93.4 per cent marks, respectively. Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Basant Avenue, is the only school run by Chief Khalsa Dewan which is affiliated with the ICSE.
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Admission schedule released
Amritsar, May 22 Dr Raghbir Singh, Registrar, said the normal dates for admission to B.Sc agriculture (honours), M.Sc agriculture (honours) and B.Sc food science and technology courses run by the Department of Agriculture of Khalsa College, Amritsar, would be up to July 4, while with a late fee of Rs 50 and with the permission of the college Principal the candidates could seek admission to these courses from July 6 to 15. He said the admission could be made by the college with the permission of the Vice-Chancellor along with a late fee of Rs 100 from July 16 to 31, and with a late of Rs 1,000 from August 1 to September 4.
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Punjabi conference in Toronto from July 22
Amritsar, May 22 He was here to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple along with his wife Krishna. He said about 200 intellectuals, writers, journalists and academicians would participate in the conference. Scholars would present their views on Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiat, besides reading about 20 research papers. He said he would deliver invitations for participation in the conference to Giani Gurbachan Singh, Jathedar of Akal Takht and Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee President Avtar Singh. The SGPC honoured the Bagga couple by presenting siropas, a photograph of the Golden Temple and a set of religious books. |
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NRI duped by wife
Amritsar, May 22 Duped by his wife, he is now running from pillar to post to get the custody of his only son Kabirpal Singh who was taken to Australia by his wife. While detailing his tale of woes, Karanveer, a resident of Nagina Avenue, Majitha Road, at a press conference here today said he was a truck driver in the USA when he was married to Harjot Kaur of Batala in 2006. He said he left the country after his in-laws insisted for this and again on their insistence he applied for the spouse visa of Australia, which was rejected by the Australian Embassy due to technical reasons. He said he deposited Rs 12 lakh in the joint account of his wife and his father-in-law, besides medical fees and other requirements. However, he said on March 6, 2009, his wife changed the air tickets and fled to Australia taking his son Kabirpal and his passport and documents. Karanveer said he filed a complaint to the SSP, Batala, after which a case was registered against his wife, Bhupinder Singh and Jagbir Kaur (in-laws) and Jagjot Singh, his brother-in-law. He alleged his in-laws were threatening him to withdraw the case. He urged the authorities concerned to provide him and his family security. He urged the police to arrest the accused.
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Three booked for demanding dowry
Tarn Taran, May 22 According to information, Amandeep alleged that she got married to Jaswant on June 5, 2008, and her father gave sufficient dowry at the time of marriage. She alleged that the accused used to harass her mentally and physically for dowry and a few days back the accused threw her out of the house. — OC
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Cyclist killed in road mishap
Amritsar, May 22 A couple and a child who were in the car were injured as the driver lost control over the car and it hit a roadside tree. They were admitted to a The Kathunangal police has registered a case against car driver and handed over the body of the deceased to his family after post-mortem examination. |
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Navjot Sidhu takes out ‘vijay yatra’
Amritsar, May 22 The yatra passed through various bazaars and culminated at the Golden Temple where Sidhu, along with his wife Dr Navjot Kaur and leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP, paid obeisance. Earlier, he thanked the BJP’s alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal, especially Youth Akali Dal patron and former Cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia, for his efforts in getting him elected. Majithia had been made in charge of the election campaign of Sidhu after the reports of differences between the alliance partners cropped up. Starting from the residence of the BJP MP, the “vijay yatra” passed through various markets, including the Civil Lines areas, where people welcomed and congratulated him.
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Tarn Taran, May 22
New and ultramodern traffic lights are being installed at various chowks where the corporation has shortened the roundabouts to solve the traffic chaos. However, the shortening of huge roundabouts had come under severe criticism as it led to longer traffic jams, besides causing accidents and often brawls.
The Municipal Corporation had shortened roundabouts at Kitchlu Chowk, Mahan Singh Gate
Chowk, Hall Gate Chowk, Ram Bagh Gate, Dharam Singh Market Chowk, Sheranwala Gate, etc. The worst affected chowks were Kitchlu
Chowk, near district courts, where as many as eight roads converge, and Mahan Singh
Chowk, from where the buses enter the Bus Stand.
Amritsar, May 22
White is always helpful in summer as it beats the heat and gives a cool feeling. On the onset of the season, white is in great demand. However, for formal wear there are some special dresses.
Amritsar being one of the hottest places in the country with temperatures soaring around 46 degree Celsius, people prefer not to move out of their homes to attend parties, especially in the daytime even as this is also the time of functions and weddings.
