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Thieves decamp with gold, diamonds worth Rs 5 cr
Ludhiana, December 27 The incident took place between 6 am and 9 am. Security guard Mul Singh, who was supposed to be on duty till 8 am, left the showroom at 6 am. The other guard, Dinesh Kumar, who was to reach the showroom at 9 am, came late by half an hour. According to the police, the thieves used duplicate keys to open the showroom, remained inside for quite some time and decamped with gold biscuits, gold-etched jewellery and diamonds kept in the safe. They could not lay their hands on the entire cache and left some ornaments. The thieves first opened the entrance lock and opened the lock of the main safe, where the jewellery was kept. Being a Sunday, the shops in the neighbourhood were closed today. The police said two persons saw some men carrying two suitcases in the morning. The incident came to light this afternoon when the manager of Forever Jewellery informed the police about the theft. The store employees came to know about the theft when Dinesh Kumar, a security guard, reached the store. He found the store and the safe open. Most of the jewellery was gone. He called up the store manager, Tarunpal
Kaur, who reached the store. Interestingly, they informed the police around 12:30 pm. The police pressed sniffer dogs and fingerprint experts into service. “I cannot tell you the exact the loss. We are waiting for our owners, who are on their way to Ludhiana from Delhi,” she said, refusing to divulge further details. According to the police, the thieves knew that where the gold was kept and without wasting time, they opened the safe and decamped with the
jewellery. The police claimed that the theft seemed to be the handiwork of an insider as the thieves used duplicate keys to open the locks and had made keys of the main locker. This was the company’s biggest showroom in north India after the one in Delhi. The police claimed that many persons might be involved in the case. Someone must have been monitoring movement from outside as a theft on such a scale could not be committed by one man alone, said the police. Initially, the police tried its best to keep the matter under the wrap but the news of the theft spread in the evening, when the police detained a few employees of the jewellery showroom for questioning. The police also suspected the involvement of security guard Mul Singh behind the theft as he left for home three hours prior to scheduled time. He claimed that he returned home as his son had fever. Sources said thieves might be insiders or they might have recently visited the shop as the wire of the security alarm of the main safe was disconnected a few days ago, which was not got repaired by the staff. In the meantime, the police detained a few employees for questioning while one employee was on the run following the incident. The police also told the woman staff to find out if someone amongst them was involved in the incident. It was learnt that a few salesmen were recently sacked by the company for misconduct and other reasons.
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Club suspends whistle-blower
Kuldip Bhatia
Ludhiana, December 27 Apparently to teach the whistle-blower a lesson, the club management slapped a suspension order on Ajay Pal Singh Bhandari. The suspension order issued by the general secretary of the club, Yogesh Bansal, on December 24, says, “Mr Ajay Pal Singh Bhandari is hereby placed under suspension for briefing the print media against the club and creating misunderstanding in violation of the decision of the competent authorities taken in the general body meeting and the executive committee meeting.” In the orders passed on the complaint filed by Bhandari in this regard, the PSHRC had noted that the smoking area created within the club was also used for playing cards and liquor and eatables were also served in the smoking area, which was a clear violation of the Centre’s notification, which laid down that that a separate smoking area, provided at a public place, will be used only for the purpose of smoking, and no other service will be provided thereat. The orders of the commission on November 11, along with a copy of the complaint, were forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner, also the ex-officio president of the club, to look into the complaint and dispose of the same in accordance with the law. While Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg had gone on record to say appropriate steps would be taken as per the law in the wake of the orders of the PSHRC, the suspension of the complainant and the bid to gag him came as a shock not only to the member, but many other members of the club as well. Requesting not to be identified, an old member of the club said the action of the management was outrageous. “If the club has been violating the law on smoking at public places, the right thing would have been to make amendments and follow the law in letter and spirit. The line of action taken by the club management not only smacks of disdain, but also reflects upon the institution poorly, especially when it is headed by the Deputy Commissioner,” he said.
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Factionalism mars Libra’s visit
Mandi Ahmedgarh,
December 27 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal’s
loyalists remained away from the function. Legislator Razia Sultana was
also conspicuous with her absence. The situation was a fallout of the
reported political frustration following reorganisation of the Sssembly
segments Amargarh and Malerkotla. Libra maintained that he respected
all Congressmen equally and would attend the functions to be organised
by other groups in case they invited him. Terming factionalism a
universal phenomenon among politicians, Libra called upon senior leaders
to play an active role in bringing genuine people on a common platform
so that development of the area could be undertaken on a war
footing. Responding to demands by Jatinder Bhola, Vicky Tandon and
Harinder Singh Nathumajra, Libra said he would meet the Sangrur Deputy
Commissioner to get the ‘anti-people’ decisions reversed. The
shifting of the birth and death registration office and the block
development office to Malerkotla were the major complaints of the
Congressmen. Libra later attended a felicitation function organised by
the Church of God Welfare Society at the Janta College for Women. Pal
Bachan Singh Rara, Nirbhai Singh Nathumajra, Davinder Singh Garcha,
Resham Singla and Sudhir Singla were among those who spoke during the
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‘Younger lot should learn from Rehman’
Pop diva
from Bollywood Sonu Kakkar has great respect for music Legend AR Rehman.
She considers the Oscar winner as her inspiration and feels that younger
generation has to learn a lot from the genius.
Sonu was in the city
today to perform and entertain Ludhianvis with her peppy numbers in an
effort to promote Indian Shopping Festival- shopping carnival by Indian
Bachat Shopping Festival. Talking to The Tribune, Sonu said she was
given a break in the Bollywood by music director Sandeep Chauta in
"Dam" with the song “Babu Ji Zara Dheere Chalo” and after
that, there was no looking back. Not having taken any formal training in
music, she said she grew up listening to Noor Jehan, Ghulam Ali and
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. When she was being brought up amidst the rich
music, she emerged into a good singer. Accolades from all quarters from
childhood lent her the much-needed confidence. Recently, she got
recognition through her title song "Beikhoff Nigahein" in
“Blue”. Besides, she has also sung songs in leading films,
including “Jail”, “Corporate”, “Mukhbir”, “Risk”
etc. She does not forget her "Yaddan Teriyan" experience in
which she mesmerised the music lovers with a Sufi number. "It was a
great to perform with brilliant singers. My voice was recognised and
appreciated by all,” she said. Young damsel from Rishikesh, Sonu said
though she had a different kind of voice but good music directors gave
her opportunity to sing even soft songs. "Besides Punjabi, I have
sung in languages, including Marathi, Bengali, Urhia, Telugu and Kannada
etc. You get a lot of exposure while singing for different languages,”
she added. She is excited about her up coming ventures, including the
one with Dharma Production film with Sukhwinder Singh and "Matters
of the Heart" is another music video directed by Sandeep Chauta in
which 57 singers from all over the world will perform.
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SSP to act tough on drug trade
Doraha, December 27 Quoting Rabindranath Tagore: “Where the mind is
without fear and the head is held high,” SSP Mann asserts: “With a
still improved vision that the country cannot be thrown to the winds at
any cost. To nab those linked with the drug trade is essential,” he added. “Many such cases have been cracked during my 10-month stay
in the city, but unless the roots of the problem are touched and the
final uprooting is initiated, it will keep on plundering many young
lives by coercing them to become a party to it,” he added. SSP Mann
has a message for the youth who are being dislocated from their aims and
at the same time oblivious of the dangers they are being pushed into by
the so-called drug mafia. “The young boys can accord commendable
assistance to the police once they make up their minds to resist any
such temptation and say no to drugs forever. He has also invited various
organisations to come to the aid of the youth, who are brain washed by
the enemies of the nation and are unknowingly digging their graves,”
he further asserted. Mann said Drug mafia, by establishing contacts
with foreign powers, is actively engaged in selling such deadly drugs,
which have pushed many families to penury apart from according
pre-mature deaths and a destructive social sense. "The ones
involved in the sale and supply of drugs, however, influential they may
be, shall be taken to the task and pulled down with a strong hand.
Meetings in this regard would be arranged with the chemists association
so that prohibited drug at medical stores be banned and a strict vigil
be kept on the ones selling death at cheaper rates,” the SSP
opined. "In order to ease the traffic congestion, new traffic
lights shall be installed and adhered to strictly. No trespasser shall
be allowed to go free," he asserted. "A special move shall be
initiated against the eve-teasers, wrong-doers and all those anti-social
elements who engage in illegal acts and negatively intervene to spoil
the peace and serenity of the place,” Mann added. Mann said:
“Collaborating with NGOs and other social welfare organisations will
be my next target in the coming year, as I believe in the involvement of
the public through various community oriented policies and programmes.
It is only by maintaining a healthy rapport with the public, that we can
win over their lost faith and work for their welfare,” Mann viewed.
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Bridge sans connecting link
Ludhiana, December 27 It has been over four months since the work at the bridge has
been completed and it is all set for public use. But due to a major
planning error, it is lying unused as the municipal corporation is not
able to buy the land on Humbran side, which is to connect the bridge
with the area. During the time of its construction it was promised that
the land falling in front of the bridge on the Humbran road side, where
vegetable vendors had put up their stalls, would be purchased by the MC
and a road would be constructed to ease traffic chaos, but the MC could
not manage to strike a deal with the owner of the land, due to which the
ambitious bridge project was in limbo. Built for the convenience of
commuters, this bridge depicts a perfect example of how public money is
used for petty political motives and how babus, in order pocket money,
give nod to such project which become useless. The projected was mooted
a few years ago by area councillor Mukhtiar Kaur and was further
approved by the B& R department. During the time of construction,
it was considered a boon for resident of Humbran and Jassian, but little
did the resident know that bridge would meet a dead-end. The owner of
the land, Narinder Singh Dev, refused to sell the land to the MC, due to
which the project came to a halt. He claimed that before the
construction of the bridge, no official approached him and asked for his
approval on whether he was interested in selling the land or not. “I
have never asked the MC authorities to construct a bridge here and have
never promised them that I will sell the land to them. They must have
planned something before constructing the bridge,” he said. He
constructed a wall in front of his plot as following the construction of
the bridge, his plot was being used as a road and the vegetable vendors
were asked to clear the portion so that vehicles could pass through that
stretch. In the ongoing tug-of-war, it is the commuters who are
suffering. “If someone wants to see how public money is wasted, he
should visit Ludhiana. It is an irony that the bridge is ready, but we
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Government may compel PAU to sell land
Ludhiana, December 27 The university has been in the grip
of a severe financial crunch for the past three or four years now and
the state government has given a lukewarm response to it. Members of
the university staff have been agitating for the implementation of the
new pay scales, as recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission of the Centre
and the Fifth Pay Commission of the Punjab government. The agitation
has been revived by them to protest against the failure of the state
government to sanction and release funds for employees under the new pay
scales. The Punjab government has sanctioned Rs 4.23 crore for the
payment of revised pay scales to teachers and members of the
non-teaching staff are yet to get any help from the state government. PAU
officials who go to Chandigarh to meet senior bureaucrats for the grant
of funds are plainly told that that the state government cannot meet the
financial needs of the university and they have to generate their own
resources to meet financial requirements. Bureaucrats also tell them
that other universities of the state have not been bothering the
government for funds and have been managing their affairs. Helpless PAU
officers explain to government officers that they should not equate it
with traditional universities as the PAU is a research institution and
has the responsibility to improve the agricultural economy of the
state. They also explain that traditional universities have a large
number of affiliated colleges and the student strength is high, as a
result of which they collect huge amounts in fees. The PAU is a
residential university with 2,000 students and four constituent
colleges. Senior administrators at Chandigarh are not ready to listen to
them. As a matter of fact, the state government has been after the PAU
to dispose of some prime land since 1998 to raise funds. In 1997,
immediately after taking over as Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal had
held a meeting at the Sutton House of the PAU, where he suggested that
the PAU should hand over 65 acres on the Ferozepore road for the
establishment of a new township to reduce the population burden on
Ludhiana. Dr AS Khera, the then Vice-Chancellor, was told that the
state government would give some allotment to the university in lieu of
the said land, but he rejected the proposal. In 1998, a proposal was
mooted to acquire 65 acres, but Dr GS Kalkat, who was then the
Vice-Chancellor, put his foot down and did not allow the government to
take over the land. During the tenure of Capt Amarinder Singh, the
issue of land takeover did not figure, but the same land had now gone to
the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU),
carved out of the PAU. The PAU had originally been established on 1,650
acres. Residential, administrative, hostel and college buildings covered
about 600 acres. The GADVASU had got 225 acres under the bifurcation
plan in 2006. The total area under cultivation or experimental area for
research at the PAU was about 800 acres. According to the PAU
authorities, this was not sufficient and it required more. In 2007,
immediately after the formation of the SAD-BJP government, the state
government had acquired 25 acres from the Bathinda regional research
station for the establishment of a cricket stadium of international
standards. The fate of the stadium was not known, but the university
authorities had not got any compensation for the land in cash or
kind. Sugarcane research in Punjab received a big setback when the
state government acquired the sugarcane research farm of the PAU at
Jalandhar in two phases, the first being when the BSF headquarters were
set up. The second phase of the acquisition was in 1992, when the
government decided to set up the PIMS, the name of which was now mired
in controversy. The PAU had been allotted 1250 acres at Ladowal, which
was part of the Central State Seed Farm after it was transferred to the
Punjab government. The PAU faculty and non-teaching staff had
unanimously rejected the suggestion of the Punjab government to sell its
land and asked for Central status for the PAU. But the state government
has not bothered to move the issue of central status because the
government does not want to lose its control over this internationally
reputed agricultural research institute of the country. The teaching
and non-teaching staff has a grouse that the Chief Minister does not
miss any opportunity to criticise the functioning of the university. He
has described the PAU as ’junk’. He has also criticised the
university for the release of the 201 rice variety, which has been found
to contain a high content of iron. This analysis has been done by an
ICAR team. In its latest move to force the PAU to sell prime land for
commercial purposes, officers of the state government have offered to
get the land evaluated from the GLADA and the PUDA. They have even
suggested the piece of land located adjacent to the Kitchlu Nagar and
the Shaeed Udham Singh Nagar, both posh residential colonies. However,
the land is now being used by the College of Agricultural Engineering
Department of Farm Power and Machinery and Soil Engineering for testing
the new agricultural machinery. Besides facing difficulty in meeting
the salary component of the staff, the PAU is faced with the problem of
giving pension to retirees, who are about 2,700 in number, and they need
Rs 5 crore every month. The retires have not been paid pension after
September and they are contemplating to move the Supreme Court for
contempt proceedings against the university and the Punjab
government. They had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had
directed the PAU and the state government to make the payment for
pension, which was two years ago. Presently, research work at the PAU
had come to a standstill as government grant of Rs 100 crore did not
meet the salary requirements alone. The PAU sent a status report to the
Punjab government in August 2009, seeking a pension fund and the
implementation of the Johl Committee report, which had suggested the
levy of a cess on agricultural produce. The Chief Minister had agreed
in principle to levy the cess, but had later backtracked under pressure
from the farmers’ lobby. Resentment had been mounting among teachers
and the non-teaching staff against the state government for its
indifferent attitude and failure to bail out the PAU. Some senior
scientists who had contributed to the development of agriculture in
Punjab were feeling offended at the attitude of the state
government. Dr DR Bhumbla, former Vice-Chancellor, Haryana Agricultural
University, who was an alumnus of the PAU, Dr KS Aulakh, former
Vice-Chancellor of the PAU, and Dr GS Nijjar, former Dean, College of
Agriculture, expressed anguish over the humiliation of the PAU
staff. They said the administrators should not forget the contribution
of the PAU in wiping out the food deficit and making Punjab the Green
Revolution leader. They added that the bureaucrats who belonged to the
present generation should learn to respect the achievements of the PAU.
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73 units of blood collected
Mullanpur Dakha, December 27
Telu Ram Bansal,
president of Mullanpur Dakha Nagar Panchayat, Pawan Kumar Kansal, Baldev
Guleria, Tersem Chand, Krishan Kumar and others were present. Jasbir
Singh Jassi, who donated blood for the sixth time said it’s a myth
that after donating blood one feels weak. By donating blood one feels
healthy and active, he added. Akali leader Manpreet Singh Ayali,
chairman Zila Parishad, Ludhiana, along with Sukhdev Singh Chak visited
the camp to encourage the donors.
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National seminar on global warming
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 27 A national-level seminar on the subject will be organised
at the university auditorium from February 16 to 17. According to Prof
Dr Shalina Mehta, organising secretary of the event, authorities in the
department had decided to dedicate golden jubilee celebration on the
occasion of 50th year of establishment to examine recent researchers in
variation, genetic diversity, body composition analysis, ageing and
growth to assess physical changes due to global warming and mitigate any
future response for adaptation. Referring to the findings recorded in
the fourth assessment report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC- 2007), Prof Mehta asserted that anthropogenic warming had
an influence on many physical and biological systems. As anthropology is
continuously engaged in documenting these factors, its unique holistic
approach and early documentation of ethnographies of communities
illustrating how they adapted to their respective ecological niches will
provide a rich resource for any future interventions. “Plaeo-ecology
and environmental archaeology are other important areas that have
provided enriched insights in human histories and we have to draw on
their conferences to develop any future mitigation programmes,” argued
Prof Mehta. Correlating the recent global meltdown with human errors,
Mehta said physical and ecological aspects could not be ignored while
discussing methods for revival of the economic feasibility of any
geographical entity. “Global meltdown in economic terms may help in
restricting consumption and over-board production for a small section of
the world population, but there are many lessons to learn from the
survival stories of communities who lived under adverse climatic
conditions for centuries together,” maintained Mehta adding these
communities had generated their own ideological commands either in the
form of rituals or sacred groves to ensure that over exploitation of
natural resources did not occur. The organising secretary appealed
experts and pioneers in the subject to come forward and present their
papers on the subject during the seminar. Themes for the seminar
include, remote sensing technologies in environmental anthropological
research, conservation bio-diversity and disaster management’s
practices of indigenous communities. Ethno-biology and sustainable human
eco-systems, inferring human natural history from DNA molecules and
skeletal remains, environmental ethics and environmental policy,
migration, land use patterns, industrialisation and pressures of
globalisation, global warming, human biology and disease-changing
patterns of human epidemiology and ecological adaptations -recent
researches and best practices.
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Tributes paid to Mehar Chand Mahajan
Ludhiana, December 27 Dharamvir Mahajan,
president of the local chapter of the sabha, Satinder Mahajan general
secretary, Rozy Mahajan, Narinder Mahajan, Purshotam Mahajan, Harish
Mahajan, Raj Kumar Mahajan, Munish Mahajan and Geeta Mahajan spoke on
the occasion. Recollecting the contribution of Mehar Chand Mahajan
towards the growth and development of the community, they called upon
members of the community to adopt his teachings in daily life. The
meeting concluded with best wishes for the New Year.
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Crash Course Ludhiana, December 27 Charging anything from Rs 5,000 to Rs 12,000 for a month for the full syllabus of a particular subject, be it mathematics, accounts, economics or science, various coaching centres in the city are promising the students “assured results within 30 days”. Unfortunately, with rising pressures from parents, teachers and peers to score good marks and to make it top, students make a beeline for these coaching classes that have perhaps been the most criticised aspect of our school education, but unfortunately, have become the norm of the day. Private tutors continue to rule the roost with numerous school principals and teachers promoting it, many times even forcing the students to take tuitions “if they want good marks in internal exam, practical and viva”. This fact, coupled with the harsh reality that most of these private tutors are teachers in various reputed city schools, one wonders if the Right to Education Bill has been implemented in letter and in spirit. For, the Bill has banned private tuitions and made obligatory for the teachers not to engage in private tuitions. However, contrary claims by various school heads, private tutors continue to mint money in accordance with the number of “hours” they teach. For example Rs 300 per hour was being charged for various subjects through the year. However, as board examinations near, the charges have been hiked three-four times. Now, students are being made to pay Rs 5,000 for a 30 days’ crash course in chemistry, while Rs 10,000 for the entire syllabus of Class XII mathematics and Rs 8,000 for that of Class X. However, “tuition fee” rates vary, in most cases depending upon various factors like repute of the tutor, his/ her professional affiliation, choice of students, peer pressure, location of the coaching centre and so on. Similar courses are also available for other subjects like Hindi, Punjabi, English, science, social studies, physics, biology and so on. Parents are ready to spend any amount just to ensure that their child performs well. “Classrooms are full of students that the teachers are not able to concentrate on each one of them. Thus, guidance of the schoolteachers through tuitions is perhaps the best option children have,” rued Swati Bhardwaj, parent of a Class XII student. Says another parent Rajesh Guglani: “Private tuition are unfortunate, but necessary evil in today’s times. Academic competition and though paying such amounts of money pinches, it at least ensures that the child knows everything from his textbook when he enters the examination hall.”
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70 examined at medical camp Raikot, December 27 He also gave tips to the caretakers of the patients and visitors regarding the early symptoms and remedies. He said it was easy to check the disease at the primary level, but it was unfortunate that the patients reach the specialists when much damage was done to the body system. He said in the rural areas, patients tried to get relief from self-prescriptions, homemade medicines, etc. Club president Mukesh Kumar Gupta accompanied by others, including Dr Durgesh, KK Sharma, Dr Naresh Goyal, Rajinder Kumar, Dr Harjinder Singh, Jaswant Singh, BR Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Subhash, Passi, Avtar Singh, Pawan Verma and others were present. The club dispensed medicines free of cost to the patents along with free meals. Free medical tests were also conducted on the patients.
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Annual day at Peace Public School Mullanpur Dakha, December 27 The function was presided over by Dr Rollin Jackson, an eminent personality from Georgia, USA. School principal CK Jeeja read the annual report and highlighted the achievements of the school. The prize winners were felicitated by Prof SC Jain, founder of the school, and Usha Jain, director of the school. Shubhsangeet Kaur, a national-level gold medallist was awarded the roll of honour trophy. Different tribal and folk dances were showcased. Gujrati folk dance and Punjabi folk dance Sammi were highly appreciated. Goan carnival was a colourful and power-packed affair. Fairy tale Cinderella was also enacted by little kids. “Let’s honour childhood”, choreography was a compassionate call to stand up for the rights of the children. Tarzan and Jane drew everyone’s attention to the need to save forests. “Five Elements” a commendable show, took the audience into a journey of self-discovery. The harmonious fusion of the five elements air, water, space, earth and fire beautifully depicted the importance of each element in our lives. Students inspired all with their zeal and resolve to keep each element pure and clean. Referring to the Copenhagen climate change summit, a power-point show on global warming was prepared and presented by the students. The grand finale “we are the world” expressed the need to transcend boundaries and promote a feeling of tolerance and love that is so necessary in a world torn by division. As many as 141 students participated in the event.
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50 students honoured As many as 50 students were felicitated at the annual function of Zenith Institute of Management and Accounts, on Guru Teg Bahadur Complex here yesterday. Gurdeep Kaur Grewal presided over and Manpreet Singh Ayali, chairman Zila Parishad, Ludhiana, was the chief guest. Speakers including, Ayali, Sanjay Sood, Kedar Kapila, vice-president municipal council, and principal Hardev Singh stressed on need of professional courses in fighting with the menace of unemployment, which they said was the main cause of various evils in the society. They called upon residents to encourage their wards achieve technical knowledge from institutes engaged in imparting quality education. Ramanjit Kaur, Baljit Kaur, Navdeep Dhand, Gagandeep Singh, Swaran Singh and Jasdeep Singh were among others who were felicitated for outstanding performance. Bhagwant Singh, Bhupinder Kaur Pandher state award winner, Bimal Kumar Sharma, councillor, Gurwinder Grewal, sarpanch, Ravinder Puri and Arashdeep Singh were prominent among others who greeted the students.
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Emphasis on leadership qualities Ludhiana, December 27 Addressing youth leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab at the inaugural ceremony of the Rotary Youth Leadership Award here today, he said, a true leader ought to inspire hope and confidence. He said the country was looking forward to the inspiring youth for prosperous future. Tewari said, a true leader is one who could look beyond present, into the future and take the nation to new heights by building the consensus, which could bring about a transformation not only in the political fabric, but also in the mentality and value system of the masses in a country. The function was jointly organised by Rotary Club, Ludhiana, and Partap College of Education on the college campus under the leadership of Gurjit Singh, district secretary and Balwant Singh. As many as 300 students from Punjab and adjoining states, along with more than 200 BEd trainees, members of teaching and non-teaching staff of the college, attended the event.
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Woollens distributed Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 27 According to secretary Tarsem Garg, as many as 200 students from various schools of the town and surrounding villages were provided with woollen clothes and shoes by the organisation every year. Pardeep Sharda, principal, and Ravinder Puri, an office-bearer of the school management committee, called upon office-bearers of other social organisations to contribute in helping the poor students. —
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Missing man’s body recovered from canal
Doraha,
December 27
“There are no fingerprints on his scooter,
not even those of Jagtar. Leaving aside minor injury marks here and
there, no major injury marks are to be found on the body,” said a
relative. “The turban may have been washed off in the current, but
the cardigan too cannot be found. His shoes have scratches, indicating
that he may have been dragged by more than one person and thrown into
the canal. His mobile phone, money and gold ornament have been found in
the scooter,” added the relative. Relatives suspected that the manner
in which the scooter had been comfortably placed near the canal was an
indication that someone tried to cover up the story. Jagtar last rang
up his family around 7:30 pm on Monday, when he was about to start from
Bhutta village for his native village Jarkhar. When he did not reach
home, his family tried to find his whereabouts, but to no avail. A case
had been registered under Section 364 of the IPC. According to the SHO
Sadar, as per the post-mortem report, no major injury marks were found
on the body.
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Plea to schoolchildren to donate Re 1 each
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 27 Sham Singh Harike, a farmer leader owing allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal, said students should help the Girhotra family so that no powerful person could go scot-free. “The family should go ahead and file an appeal. If every schoolchild in India donates Re 1, the family can easily collect Rs 1 crore. It will not be difficult to fight another legal battle. It is for the children to help them as she was a school student when she was molested,” he said. Stating that molesting a minor girl was a heinous crime, Harike said the former DGP should be ashamed of himself. “He should know that humanity has not pardoned him. He is a sinner in the eyes of the people and he will pay for it in case of poetic justice,” he added. Calling upon managements of schools to encourage children to donate money, Harike said Re 1 would not burn a hole in anybody’s pocket. “Children can do it very easily. Students should get together in this battle. I will request schools personally. The Girhotra family should know that they are not alone in this battle. We all are with them,” he said.
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Travel agent booked Ludhiana, December 27 The complaint Malkit Singh alleged that the accused were running an immigration racket and took Rs 32 lakh from him on pretext of sending his son to Canada, but neither his son was sent to Canada nor the accused returned him the money. All the accused are on the run.
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Ranjit Singh Academy hockey champs
Doraha, December 27 The final was decided via a tiebreaker, as the two sides were locked one, each at the end of the regular period. Gaurav Sehgal of Surjit Academy put his side into the lead in the 25th minute and the equaliser came in the 58th minute off
Amritsar's Mandeep Singh's stick. And in the tiebreaker Amritsar out scored three goals, while Surjit Academy could strike the board twice. Earlier, in the semifinal, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy, Amritsar, outplayed Mehta Gurukul Academy, Doraha, 3-1 while Surjit Academy, Jalandhar, trounced Mata Sahib Kaur Hockey Academy, Jarkhar, 5-0 to settle for the title clash match. Ramandeep Singh of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy, Amritsar, was declared the best
player of the tournament. Bikramjit Singh also of Amritsar was named the best goalkeeper. Karampal Singh and Manpreet Singh, both of Surjit Academy, Jalandhar, were adjudged the best full back and the best half, respectively. Gurpartap Singh of Mehta Gurukul Academy, Doarha was named the best forward. Chander Shekhar, ADGP, GRP, Punjab, distributed the prizes. The winners received a cash prize of Rs 21,000 while the runners up pocketed a cash prize of Rs 18,000.
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LDCA cricket squads victorious
Ludhiana, December 27 In the first match, In the stipulated 25 overs, they made 178 runs for the loss of seven wickets. The main scorers were Suplin (55), Atish (30), Manik (18), Rohan (19) and Supneet (10). For LDCA XI "B", Amritpal and Rohit captured two wickets each after conceding 23 and 24 runs, respectively while Nikhil took one for 39. LDCA XI "B" made the required runs on the last delivery of the 25th over after losing four wickets. The main contributors were Dipankar (55), and Paras Mehndiratta (37). Abhishek scored 29 runs, Chirag Maria remained unbeaten on 17 runs while Sumit made 12 runs. For visitors, Rafique claimed two wickets for 23 runs while Manik and Shubham chipped in with one wicket each. In the second match, batting first, the LDCA XI "A" hoisted a total of 236 runs, losing eight wickets in the allotted 30 overs. The main contributors were Harjit (88), Himanshu (42), Nitish Malhotra (30) and Vivek (19 n.o). For Star Cricket Academy, Lucknow, Sonu Pandey chipped in with four wickets for 33 runs while Sahavinder grabbed one wicket for 23 runs. In reply, Star Cricket Academy, Lucknow, was bundled out for 59 runs in 15.1 overs with only Brijesh reaching double figure (16). For winners, Jashan Sidhu was the pick of bowlers, taking five wickets for eight runs while Vivek took two for seven. Karan Arora and Abhijit Randhawa claimed one wicket each. Chaman Lal Malhotra, chairman of the selection committee (senior), Punjab Cricket Association, and senior vice-president of the Ludhiana District Cricket Association was the chief guest.
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National basketball meet begins with pomp and show
Ludhiana, December 27 Though the matches started well in the morning, the opening ceremony was held at the Guru Nanak Stadium at 3.30 pm. The Punjab Finance Minister and a former national basketball player, Manpreet Singh Badal, declared the championship open. The inaugural ceremony started with an impressive march past by the participating teams. Andhra Pradesh contingent led the march while the host team Punjab, was the last to enter the stadium. Total 25 contingents (men and women) took part in the march past. Dr SS Chauhan, DIG, Ludhiana, and chairman of the organising committee of the championship welcomed the chief guest. Manpreet Singh Badal congratulated the team of Punjab Basketball Association, led by Rajdeep Singh Gill, DGP-cum-director, Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, for organising the meet for the record seventh time. The minister wished the participants a comfortable stay in Ludhiana and good luck for the championship. He also urged the players to take a pledge to work for eradication of corruption, maintain communal harmony and fight against anti-national forces. International basketball player, Talwinder Singh, captain of the Punjab team took oath on behalf of all the participants to play in the true spirit of sportsmanship. Amarjot Singh took oath on behalf of the technical officials to abide by
the rules. Recruits of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, presented a spectacular show. There was an awesome performance by the dog squad trained at Phillaur. The recruits also presented martial arts, which included exercises of the Malkhama The star attraction of the inaugural function was presentation of rich Punjabi culture. Bhangra, giddha, dancing horses, acrobatics by bazigars, martial arts by a team of Nihangs, tug-of-war, gymnastics, wrestling and dance by a group of eunchs were another feature of the opening show. The show culminated with fireworks. |
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