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Surrogate liquor ads dot DTO office
Prices of beverages register hike
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Christians protest depiction of Jesus in bad light
Non-teaching staff threaten to boycott examinations
PTU ties up with University Canada West
LPU to hold workshops for Adarsh School teachers
Roadways employees hold protest
Playing the Folk Aparna Banerji
Welfare schemes for Dalits inadequate: Kainth
Young World
13 Sikh celebrates silver jubilee
Tribune Adalat
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Surrogate liquor ads dot DTO office
Jalandhar, February 18 Over a dozen signboards displaying messages on safe driving welcome the visitors on the floor and extend all across the corridor. But each of the message has the name of a liquor brand boldly displayed at the bottom. The colour contrast, font and style with which the brand name has been painted is exactly the same as printed on the liquor bottles, but this one comes with the word “Soda” written in a corner inconspicuously. While traffic rule violators queue up outside the office of the DTO for redemption of the challan, they are further being greeted by the advertisements of a product that is perhaps the most common reason for road accidents. The most striking aspect of the advertisement is that one of the boards mentions “Do not drink and drive” with the name of a liquor brand appearing rather more boldly. There are other messages displayed across “Do not overspeed in the land of Farid”, “Buckle up for safety”, “It is better to be 15 minutes late than 15 minutes early in the next life”, “Wear helmet or someone will blow your head away”, “Take your time not life” and “Kids move fast but elders can slow down”. There are other signboards with the name of a brewery given below. While surrogate liquor and tobacco advertisements often appear on huge hoardings across the city, their use in the district administrative complex has left many visitors perplexed. “I wonder why the officials had to depend on a liquor company for spreading awareness on safe driving,” said Bakshish Singh, an elderly onlooker. DTO Babita Kler, when contacted, said, “There were not many sponsors so we had to depend on whosoever came forward for the cause. Now that you have pointed out, I will get it checked.”
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Prices of beverages register hike
Jalandhar, February 18 The prices of a 500 ml and 300 ml bottles have increased by Rs 2 per bottle each from Rs 20 and Rs 10, respectively. Similarly, the prices of 2-litre bottle witnessed an increase of Rs 5 per bottle from Rs 55 to Rs 60. The price of a bottle of 1-litre distilled water has increased by Rs 3. The prices of vegetables like onion, potato and tomato witnessed a fall. Onion remained at Rs 18 and tomato at Rs 13 per kg this week. Both the items were sold at Rs 20 and Rs 16 per kg last week. Similarly, potato also witnessed a marginal decrease of Re 1 per kg against Rs 8 last week. The prices of carrot and capsicum witnessed a fall. Capsicum remained at Rs 32 per kg this week against Rs 40 last week. Carrot witnessed fall of Rs 2 per kg. The prices of carrot was Rs 12 last week. Radish came down to Rs 6 per kg as compared to Rs 8 last week. With the passing of winter season, garlic prices witnessed a significant decrease. Garlic remained around Rs 100 per kg last week. However, it witnessed a decrease of Rs 20 per kg.
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Christians protest depiction of Jesus in bad light
Jalandhar, February 18 Jesus Christ was allegedly shown holding liquor in one hand and a cigarette in another in a poster, along with other deities of different communities. Scores of activists assembled at the Shri Ram Chowk and raised slogans. Some of them even damaged hoardings and banners displayed by the organisers of the processions. Religious leader of the Christian community, including Father Peter, Hameed Masih, Tarsem Masih and certain others, blocked the roads at a couple of places in the city, saying the act has hurt the sentiments of Christians. The leaders also demanded the arrest of the organisers, the printer and others parties involved in it. The activists have also warned the administration to bring the culprits to book by tomorrow morning or face the music. Talking to The Tribune, SP (City-I), SK Kalia, said the situation was under control and a case under Section 295 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered against unidentified persons. The police has launched a hunt for the suspects. Meanwhile, Tarsem Peter, President of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, Punjab, has condemned the act terming it a conspiracy of certain mischievous persons who want to create a line of separation between dalits, the minority community and Christians. He has demanded that the government should solve the issue soon.
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Non-teaching staff threaten to boycott examinations
Jalandhar, February 18 Earlier the union members submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Ajeet Singh Pannu addressed to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. During the state-level dharna at the local Doaba College the members demanded implementation of new pay scales from January 1, 2006, and the necessary notification in this regard. It was also declared that the government should issue 5 per cent interim relief, enhance the medical allowance from Rs 250 to Rs 350 and merget of 50 per cent DA in the basic pay.Press secretary of the union Rashpal Katal from Doaba College said despite an assurance by the SAD in this regard in its election manifesto, nothing had materialised so far. “The SAD at that time had assured that our demands would be met on priority,” he added. The union members said that the notification regarding the new pay scales was issued in the case of the teaching staff but the non-teaching staff were ignored. The agitated members maintained that despite apprising the educational officials of the genuine demands, nothing had materialised till date.
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PTU ties up with University Canada West
Jalandhar, February 18 As per the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the Canadian university has agreed to give recognition and credit to the students of MBA first year (regular and distance education). This will make the first-year MBA students eligible for joining final-year MBA in the UCW and get a foreign degree. Officiating dean (distance education) R.P.S. Bedi said the degree would enable the students to get two to three years work permit leading to permanent residency (PR) in Canada. “Under the agreement, even the students with BBA and B.Tech degrees from the PTU will be eligible to join the one-year MBA programme of the UCW. They have also agreed for the faculty and student exchange programme,” he specified. Bedi clarified that this would not be a dual degree course. “The PTU will only provide certification for the period for which the students will study here. The PTU certification will, however, help the students save a year and amount of fee that they would have had to otherwise spend there,” he added. Diwankar Gandhi, director, South Asia and Middle East for UCW, said it was a private university which was accredited, approved and recognised by the Government of Canada. Meet Marriya, the representative of the UCW in North India, added that the State Bank of India had decided to help the students of the PTU by giving them loan in case they wanted to join the UCW. The bank officials are also learnt to have waived the processing fee for the loan. Students would be also provided assistance, including free of cost submission of application, visa consultancy and assistance in getting bank loans.
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LPU to hold workshops for Adarsh School teachers
Jalandhar, February 18 The workshops are aimed at preparing teachers for technology-oriented teaching programmes in nine Adarsh Schools in Punjab. Through the workshops, 43 lecturers teaching students of classes XI and XII, 89 teachers teaching students from classes I to X and six primary-level teachers will be trained to restructure the teaching methodology at the school level. The workshop will be organised in six phases. The first phase will lay stress on training of the lecturers in all the Adarsh Schools in Punjab, the second phase would be directed towards junior and master level teachers of Muktsar and Bathinda and the third phase would lay stress on the training of the junior and master level teachers at
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Roadways employees hold protest
Jalandhar, February 18 The representatives of various unions said after three months the government had failed to meet the promised demands. “Our all five demands are still pending. We demand that instead of on purely contract system, fresh recruitment should be done as per the Haryana government system,” said state convener Balbir Singh “360 buses, which were introduced under the built-operate-transfer principle a few years back, are now free of loan and these buses should be transferred to Punjab Roadways,” he added. Speakers criticised the government for not fulfilling the promise on promotion of traffic managers and superintendents by December 4 last year. Committee general secretary Gurmail Singh revealed that after any incident, only driver of the bus had to pay claim to the victim under the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal. “The Motor Transport Reserved Fund has been generated by the government for this purpose and amount should be withdrawn from this fund. However, the roadways is forcing drivers to pay,” he said. — TNS |
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Playing the Folk Aparna Banerji
Jalandhar, February 18 Balwant Gargi's Mirza Sahiban was staged at Red Cross Bhavan on February 14 and though theatre, especially in Jalandhar, hardly ever needs excuses, the organisers' getting-the-youth-back-to-the-roots-on-V-day rhetoric gave added meaning to the event. Sukhwinder Sukhi's (also the director of the play) speech kick-started the play along with a little bit of buffoonery (by Sanjeev Lucky, who would later play Kammu Bahman) thrown in to get the audience connecting. Then came along the little, delicate, affected Sahiban strutting on stage with an almost double-heighted Mirza. The play, which was newly-floated organisation Sajda's first venture, was deeply traditional and melodramatic. It abided by the usual rules, regulations and cliches and did not attempt to do something miraculously new or out of the world. But the good news is that whatever it did attempt was executed with panache and with a professional approach. If there were any goof-ups, the audience did not notice. The music struggled in the beginning, but cleared up as the play advanced. The vocals of Santosh Basran and Manjit Mast complimented the mood of the play. The dialogues were a refreshing Punjabi and played with the musical verses from time to time. Sahiban's mother (Bego Balwinder) and father (Rajdeep Singh) were graceful and the faffekutnis (Poonam and Gagan) stood out for the comic timing. It would have helped, though, if the lead pair (Baljit Singh and Kirandeep Kaur) had some more chemistry. All said and done, the play did take us back in time. It was a valued, much-needed peek into folklore for the city audience and more importantly, a notable effort to revive the theatre scene in the city.
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Welfare schemes for Dalits inadequate: Kainth
Jalandhar, February 18 In a letter to the Finance Minister, he said the budget sanctioned for these schemes for the current financial year was yet to be released by the government. “The budget is still pending in the accounts of the finance and treasury departments. The financial year is about to end. Chances are there that the budget may lapsed or is transferred to the accounts of other departments,” he added. “Dalits in the state are witnessing zero per cent growth rate. It can easily be ascertained that Dalit leaders are unable to influence any of the state policies. Due to the same reason, nearly all beneficial schemes are miserably failing,” he said. He urged the government to adopt the Maharashtra pattern for the next financial year so that the money for the Dalit community should be allocated according to the population. |
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10 DAVIET students get placements
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 18 In another drive, four final-year students bagged placements. Students of MBA, Neha, Nishant and Mayank got selected at a package of Rs 2 lakh per annum with IndusInd Bank, while Gorika Sood of MBA was picked up by India Infoline Limited. Ball badminton
The ball badminton team of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya won the first position in the inter-college tournament held at Guru Nanak Dev University. Poem recitation
An inter-state B.Ed colleges poem recitation and folk singing competition was organised by St Soldier College of Education. As many as 40 students from 15 colleges across the state took part in the competitions. Students presented poems on female foeticide, drug addiction and the status of women in society. In a poem recitation competition, Paramjit Kaur of the MK College of Education and Rubeena of the Innocent Heart College of Education won the first position, while in folk singing, Pritpal Singh of the Guru Angad College of Education, Khadoor Sahib, and Mandeep Kaur of the Divya Gurukul College of Education, Dera Bassi, secured the first positions. Golden meet
A golden meet based on the theme “Seasons” was held at DIPS, Karol Bagh. The event was organised by the primary wing of the school. Students represented seasons like spring, summer, winter and rainy. A group discussion was also held in which importance of all the seasons was taught to students. MD Tarwinder Singh and Preetinder Kaur distributed certificates. AIDS awareness
The Red Ribbon Club of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised an inter-class poster making competition on AIDS awareness. As many as 30 students participated in the competition. Ritu Sharma of BA-II bagged the first position Gagandeep of BA-II got the second position, while Amandeep of BA-II and Mani Sharma of BA-III bagged the third positions. Literary quiz
The Department of English of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a literary quiz today. The students of English literature were quizzed on various genres of literature in which the Romantics team won the first position. ‘Subhashish’
The Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, organised “Subhashish” on February 15. The outgoing students handed over the pious jyoti (lamp of knowledge) to their juniors. Smart class
To impart the latest education based on technology through smart class, an Educomp was inaugurated in State Public School, Nakodar, by Amarjit Singh Samra, ex-Cabinet minister. State Public School, Nakodar, is the first in the area to start technology based education. Farewell party
A farewell party was organised in Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa Senior Secondary Public School by students of class XI for their outgoing seniors. After the fun-filled party, certificates of the Gurmat Sikhia Study Circle were given to the winners. Art and craft work
A delegate comprising Kim Pan Khurst, Director of Quality Improvement, Birmingham, Metropolitan College, Deb Rajania of Walsall College, UK, and Amarjit Basi, Principal and Chief Executive, Walsall College, UK, visited Police DAV Public School. The delegate witnessed the students involved in various activities in the art and craft room, needle work room and yoga room. Grandparents Day
CJS Public School celebrated Grandparents Day to honour the grandparents of students of classes III to V. A variety entertainment show was put up by students in the honour of their grandparents. Students exhibited their talent through dances, skits and patriotic songs. |
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13 Sikh celebrates silver jubilee
Jalandhar, February 18 The aspirations of the war widow are here to turn into reality as the regiment has set up an ambitious Sikh Regimental Martyrs’ Children Hostel (SRMCH) at Jalandhar Cantonment. The hostel was inaugurated by the Colonel of the Sikh Regiment, Lt-Gen R.S. Sujlana on February 12. An initiative to provide world-class educational facilities to the wards of the war widows, the hostel would be run with the funds issued from Sikh Regimental Centre, Ramgarh. The hostel would provide free of cost educational facilities to the students. The regiment has plans to start this coeducational hostel from the forthcoming academic session and the students coming from rural backgrounds would study at CBSE-affiliated Kendriya Vidyalayas and Army Public School in Jalandhar Cantonment. The hostel is equipped with eight rest rooms, a study room, IT laboratory, dining hall, guest quarters for the visiting parents of the children, large kitchen, living room, sports kits and a peaceful environment to top it all. The regiment has also kept the provision of evening tuition classes for the students to provide them a homely ambience. To begin with, the SRMCH has plans to admit 32 students in the first academic session. And to make this state-of-the-art hostel project a success the regimental authorities have started informing the war widows. “The Sikh Regimental Centre authorities have started the process of informing the war widows about the educational facilities of the hostel. Apart from this, advertisements pertaining to the hostel warden and other necessary staff has also been made,” said an officer from the regiment. The Sikh Regimental Centre already owns a hostel, Baal Sadan, at its headquarters in Ramgarh, but being situated at a far-off place from Punjab the hostel failed to get a good response. “The regiment has been looking forward to start a hostel at Jalandhar Cantonment due to its ideal location. The war widows were bit hesitant to send their children to Ramgarh as it was far off from Punjab. And we hope that SRMCH would come up as big launch pad for the wards of the war widows,” he added.
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Activists of the Christian community today lodged a strong protest against certain organisers of a religious procession by the Hindu community, for allegedly ‘showing’ Jesus Christ in a bad light.
Jalandhar, February 18
Jalandhar, February 18
