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Promoting Punjabi language
Patiala, November 4 Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr Jaspal Singh said Punjab government’s efforts to promote Punjabi were appreciable and the government must strictly follow the act. He said such functions helped in the promotion of Punjabi in a big way. Punjabi faced danger of extinction and only efforts of the people could help to save the language, he added. Eminent scholar Satinder Singh Noor expressed his views regarding the increasing concern of people towards the language. He said Punjabi was a powerful language and could never be extinct but efforts should be made to promote it. Sardar Gulzar Singh Sandhu presented his views on the promotion and implementation of Punjabi language. Balbir Kaur, director of language department, said it was only due to their efforts that they could implement the language Act. Dr Surjit Singh Bhatti, Dr Rawal Singh and Dr Amarjit Singh Grewal presented their papers on different aspects of the language and requested people to use the language in their daily routine and in all official works strictly. After the presentation of papers, a discussion was held in which Prof Hamdardveer Singh, Prof Arvinder Kaur, Dr Tejwant Mann and Dr Pritpal Kaur took part. Punjabi magazine “Jaago International” addition dedicated to Punjabi language was also released by Dr Bhagwant Singh. A book exhibition was also put up for people.
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‘Present ma’am’ always for ninth consecutive year
Patiala, November 4 Hardy was honoured by Guru Nanak Foundation School here for achieving 100 per cent attendance for the ninth consecutive year. Hardy did not complain for stomachache or headache throughout his schooling and erratic weather could not prevent him from going to school, said Karanvir Singh, his father and a Central government employee. Talking about this record, Hardy said it happened by chance for the initial three years, but then he got fond of the reward. “I have seen that being punctual has not only helped me in studies, but it has also made me more passionate about whatever I do, be it sports or studies”, he added. “I know it is hard to believe and even I was a little surprised initially. People often ask me why I never fall ill. What is interesting is that even if I fall ill, it is in summer vacations”, he laughed. Now studying in class XI (non-medical) at the Buddha Dal Public School, he said he was guided by his grandparents Ishar Singh and Swaran Kaur for being regular. “The stories of Sikh Gurus narrated by my grandparents helped me make my life disciplined”, said Hardy. Giving an example as to how destiny helped him, Harsimran said, “There was one instance when I would have missed school. It was when my maternal grandfather died, but that happened on January 26, a holiday”. He scored 81 per cent in the CBSE class X examination in March this year. The support of his mother Jaswinder Kaur also helped him. |
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Teachers’ protest today
Patiala, November 4 In a statement issued here today, president of Patiala unit of
PCCTU, Charanjit Kaur, said various colleges have revised the pay scales in accordance with the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission, but still several others are yet to implement the revised pay scales.
— TNS
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Promotion of 16 linemen flayed
Patiala, November 4 In a press note issued here today, members of the Employees Federation (P&M) said they would protest against the decision of the
management. Patiala and Nabha unit presidents Amarnath Jasowal and Kulwant Singh Atwal said the PSEB management had promoted the linemen who were diploma holders. As per PSEB rules, substation attendants were eligible for promotion to the post, but injustice had been meted out to them.
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School being used for storing paddy
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 4 “We’re quite upset over dumping of paddy at the school ground where stage level games are being held. This is despite the fact that the arhtiyas don’t have any written permission to store paddy at this ground,” said schoolteachers while talking to TNS. School officials said though they had made repeated requests to the higher authorities as well as villagers nothing had happened. They added the villagers refused to budge and had occupied nearly 70 percent area of the ground adjoining the grain market. The school authorities said as the ground did not have a boundary wall the villagers had occupied it without any any intimation. They stated the barbed wire fencing that the education department had put around the ground many years ago is now completely destroyed. “The cost of a new barbed wire fencing for the ground has been estimated at nearly Rs 30,000 and the school is awaiting funds for the same”, said education department officials. “So far the government has not responded to our request for the funds”, they added. Meanwhile, school principal Jasvir Singh said it would be quite difficult for them to clean up the school ground after the paddy or wheat season. “Children are bereft of playing activities as there is no other place in the school compound. This would continue for the next few days or so”, he added. The commission agents and other villagers, sitting in the ground with their paddy, said they had no option but to use this ground for dumping paddy for lack of alternative storage areas in the area. When contacted, Fatehgarh Sahib deputy commissioner Yashvir Mahajan said he would look into the matter.
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Orders on pending bills resented
Bassi Pathana, November 4 Council president Kulbhushan Malhotra said the chief minister had given a grant of Rs 1 crore to the council with the directions that no pending payments would be made from the grant and it would be spent only on new work. Work worth Rs 1 crore had been initiated in the town and the contractors had started the work as they were sure about the payments, but now, as half of the work had been completed, these orders had created confusion. He said contractors had stopped work as they apprehended that their payments would not be made. The incomplete work had caused inconvenience to residents. Contractors had started pressurising the council to clear pending bills, he said, adding that if pending bills were cleared, there would be no funds for ongoing projects. He urged the government to either sanction another grant or withdraw the orders so that ongoing work could be completed. |
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Flesh trade racket busted, 8 held
Lalru, November 4 The accused were produced in the Dera Bassi court today, which remanded them in 14-day judicial custody. The police got information that flesh trade had been going on at the hotel. A police team raided the hotel and caught three couples from three rooms. On preliminary investigation, the accused told to the police that hotel owner Shiv Kumar of Chandigarh, manager Pankaj from Uttarakhand and two Ambala-based women were involved in the flesh trade. Those arrested included Ambala residents Jaspreet Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Teja. Suman and Sonia managed to flee during the raid, the police said.
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Religious site becomes bone of contention
Ambala, November 4 The site, known as Dargah Pir Baba Mama Bhanja, witnessed tense moments today when Army personnel, along with personnel of the military police, came down to empty the money donation box. The box, which had been sealed a year ago, allegedly had a few lakhs in it. During the process of welding the box open, a spark caused a fire and the money was burnt. The fire was doused, but the Army could not cool down the civilian staff of the military farm, with which it had a case pending in court over the functioning of the dargah. The civilian staff of the military farm had a committee, registered under the name of Pir Baba Committee Military Farm, Ambala Cantonment. Nandu Yadav, one of themembers of the committee, stated that the body had been functioning for over four decades and had been looking after the functioning of the dargah. A year ago, the Army sealed the money donation box and decided to take charge, to which the employees protested and filed a case in the local court. Yadav added that they were surprised when the Army tried to open the box while the case was still pending in court. The employees protested and raised slogans. Upset at the money being burnt, Yadav said at least Rs 20,000 was being collected as offering every month and the money box had not been opened for around a year. Military farm employees complained to the SP and the DC. No one from the Army was available for comment.
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Jewellery, cash stolen from temple
Ambala, November 4 The temple is located in the Swamia Mohalla in Ambala City and is one of the oldest temples of the Digambar community. The theft was noticed by the priest of the temple this morning when he opened the door. He found that the cash box of the temple was broken and the jewellery of the idol of Lord Mahavira was missing. He informed the management of the temple. The SHO of the Ambala City police station reached the site. Fingerprint experts were summoned, but no clue of the thieves could be found so far.
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One-day police remand for Nigerians
Chandigarh, November 4 Sources in the police said the accused, Kozi Chinoh and Calistus O Agumba, were hardcore criminals and did not divulge useful information to the investigators. The investigators have sought mobile call details of the accused to gather information about their networking and the people associated with them. A police official said after getting the details about their contacts, it would be easy for them to zero-in on their links with the narcotics smugglers. The police was trying to trace their hideouts in Delhi and would send raiding parties there. The police would also write to the Nigerian Embassy to get details about the accused, said a police official. The police had arrested the accused with 30 grams and cocaine on Tuesday and later found that they were staying in the city even as their passport and visas had expired.
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Goods worth Rs 6 lakh stolen
Zirakpur, November 4 Shop owner Jagjeet Singh alleged that he got a telephone call from his neighbour this morning, informing him that a wall ont the third floor of the shop was broken. He rushed to the shop and found it ransacked. He alleged that shoes, wrist watches and trousers worth Rs 6 lakh and around Rs 30,000 in cash were missing from the shop. He informed the police, which started investigations.
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Another arrest in rape case
Chandigarh , November 4 While senior police officials were tightlipped about the development, sources said Vijender was picked up late this evening after his involvement in the case was established. With his arrest, the total number of people booked in the case has gone up to five. Sources said though the victim had been naming Vijender along with the other accused, Bhupinder and Jamuna Das, his role in the case had not been pinpointed even though investigations had brought him too under suspicion.
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Gujarat lads emerge victorious
Chandigarh, November 4 Udadhyay Ishan of Gujarat scored first goal in the seventh minute of game for his team and soon after Shailesh Paswan who scored two goals in the match sounded the board in the ninth minute. Mohd Asmir of Gujarat scored another goal in the 25th minute of game as Gujarat took 3-0 lead in the first half of the game. In the second half Unial Nripennarayn of Gujarat scored his first goal and after about 10 minutes in the second half Md Aamir, who scored three goals in the one-sided match, scored his second goal. Unial, Shailesh and Aamir scored goals in the 53rd, 55th and 57th minute of the game thus sealing the fate of the J&K team who looked helpless in the entire game. Even though the Gujarat team goat got four penalty corners, they could not convert them in goals and the goals scored by its players were field goals. Earlier, the match between NCC (A) and Government Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, in the Pool F ended in a draw as both the teams scored two goals each. NCC team scored the first goal in the third minute through H Thomba Singh. However, Ludhiana team also played the attacking game and scored its first goal in the 18th minute through Gagandeep Singh thus leveling the score in the first half. In the second half, NCC’s Prashik Khobragadage scored the second goal for his team. However, soon after Ludhiana players while playing the defensive game also scored their second goal in the 66th minute of game thus leveling the game. The NCC team got one penalty corner and two penalty strokes. However, they were able to convert one penalty stroke. In Pool A, the match between Government Boys High Secondary School, Jashpur, and Government High Secondary School, Kerala, also ended in a draw as both the teams scored three goals each. Kerala boys scored the first goal in the fourth minute of the game through Deepak and soon after Breej Minj of Jashpur sounded the board in the sixth minute. Continuing the attacking play Jashpur again scored the goal in the eighth minute through Ashwin Tirkey making the Kerala team defensive. Vivek of Kerala scored the goal in the 28th minute of the game leveling the score with Jashpur at half time. In the second half, Kerala started the attacking game and scored third goal in the 50th minute through shun however, Jashpur while playing the defensive game also scored third goal in the 60th minute leveling the score 3-3. Kerala scored two goals through field goals besides converting the penalty stroke they got in the 50th minute. Similarly, Jashpur also scored two field goals and converted one penalty corner in the sixth minute.
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Shishu Niketan School, DPS-40 storm into final
Chandigarh, November 4 Watched by St Xavier’s School’s chairman Andrew Gosain, DPS-40 upset runners-up and hosts St Xavier’s-44 (4-3) in a sudden death tiebreaker in the hotly contested semifinal match. In a contrasting style, holders Shishu Niketan outclassed Delhi Public School of Pinjore 5-0 in a one-sided second semifinal. St Xavier’s took the lead through Austin in the fifth minute, while Niranjan restored parity three minutes later for Delhi Public School. Thereafter, both teams have a couple of chances to score but could not convert the chances, which came their way. With a view to resolving the deadlock, tiebreaker rule was applied. The stalemate continued even after the regular tiebreaker. For St Xavier’s Akshit and Parmodh converted their penalties. Austin’s penalty was blocked by DPS goalkeeper Gurdit Singh. For DPS-40, Himanshu and Rubal converted their spot kicks. Niranjan muffed his penalty. In the sudden death session, DPS clinched the issue in their favour through Shubham. St Xavier’s were denied victory by DPS keeper Gurdit who blocked Ninti’s good try. In the second semifinal, Shishu Niketan made their intentions clear from the word go. They got into the lead straight from the kick-off through Vivek Gulati in the first minute. Four minutes later, Vivek Gulati made it 2-0. Then Sandesh (10th), Devinder (25th) and Shubham (29th) contributed one goal each to swell the victory margin for Shishu Niketan. Hosts St Xavier’s, Sector 44, and Baptist School-45 moved into the boys U-15 final. St Xavier’s got the better of plucky St Kabir School, Sector 26, 2-1 and Baptish School defeated St Joseph’s-44 3-1 in tiebreaker. Ben William gave an outstanding performance for St Xavier’s School. Talented Ben put his team ahead in the 16th minute with a fine goal. Two minutes later, Lal Gopal made it 2-0. St Kabir School reduced the margin through Sanchit who scored in the 25th minute. Baptist School and St Joseph’s were locked one-all in the regulation period. Karan put Baptist ahead in the fourth minute, while Puneet leveled the score Nitin and Amit converted their spot kicks in the tiebreaker session for Baptist to fashion their team’s triumph.
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Panchkula crush Gurgaon
Chandigarh, November 4 Batting first after winning the toss, Gurgaon managed to score just 99 runs and were all out in 21 overs. The batsmen succumbed to fine bowling by Yugnik and Avinash Singh, who came through with their bowling performance and picked up four and three wickets, respectively. The batsmen did not show the body language required to get off to a good start and once the first couple of wickets fell, other batsmen followed suit progressively and the bowlers being successful in making inroads at regular intervals. Vijay Chouhan was the top scorer for Gurgaon with 27 runs. The whole Gurgaon team was bowled out for 99 runs in 21.2 overs. In reply, Panchkula batsmen made short work of the target with Prashant Chopra, who came in to open the batting and got into the attack quickly. He smashed the bowlers all over the ground in the initial overs. Panchkula lost a couple of wickets in between, while Prashant continued to score briskly with a single or two. He got a good support from Devrat, who scored 27 runs for his team. Panchkula got to the target with ease losing only three wickets in just 14 overs. Prashant Chopra was adjudged man of the match and also declared the best batsman of the tournament. Brief scores: Gurgaon Coaching Centre: 99 all out in 21.2 overs (Vijay Chouhan (27), Pankaj (17 not out) and Yugnik (4 for 21)); Panchkula Coaching Centre: 102 for 3 in 14 overs. (Prashant Chopra (41 not out) and Devrat (27).
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16 city golfers for Rs 1cr event
Chandigarh, November 4 The other Chandigarh golfers who are expected to pose a tough challenge are seasoned Harmeet Kahlon and Amandeep Johl, big-hitter Gurbaaz PS Mann, Ranjit Singh and Sujjan Singh. Also in the fray are Aajeetesh Sandhu and Randhir Singh Ghotra. The city golfers will rub shoulders with the cream of Indian golf pros like Anirban Lahiri, Himmat Singh Rai, Gaurav Ghei, SSP Chowrasia, Mukesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh, Rahil Gangjee and Ashok Kumar. The other city golfers who will be in the run for the biggest prize money to be offered in an Indian tournament are AS Lehal, Roop Singh, KPS Sekhon, Rajiv Kumar, Amaritinder Singh, Dayal Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Prem Nath. Patiala's Balpreet Singh Ghuman and Balwinder Singh Mattu of Punjab will make up the other challenge from the region. PGTI Director Padamjit Sandhu said: “BILT Open 2009 has reaffirmed the strength of commitment from the group for Indian professional golf. On behalf of Aircel PGTI, I would like to thank BILT for the increase in prize money for the 2009 event. The BILT Open is today the most coveted title on the Aircel PGTI calendar. Our sincere note of acknowledgement to Gautam Thapar and the Avantha Group for their longstanding and committed support through the last three years, and for 2010.”
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