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Urinal a source of nuisance for school kids
Sculptor with the patriotic twist
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Bank account hacked: Victim yet to get money back
Assessment of burnt wheat crop soon: DC
Pensioners decry rejection of one rank, one pension demand
Tazakistan varsity doctorate for city CA
Hire jobless youth for census: Cong
District Bar Association office-bearers
Ganda nullah ‘encroached’
Ambedekar Sena men block traffic
Jasjit Singh in contention for Senior Azlan Shah Cup
Young World
Five wounded in truck-bus collision
City teacher chosen
akademi’s translator
B.Ed teachers reelect front members
Canada may revise POL by May 1
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Urinal a source of nuisance for school kids
Jalandhar, April 20 The school is virtually a mess as the urinal situated for past more than eight years has been a major cause of trouble for the girls who have to pass that stretch everyday. It was owing to the stinking smell that the school was forced to seal their windows facing the urinal. “We had to shift one of the classes which was just behind the portion of the wall where urinal is constructed. We are using this room as a store,” said a
school employee. This despite the fact that the school authorities arranged a sweeper to clean the urinal, which had aggravated the situation as the stench was unbearable. Principal Meenakshi Bhardwaj said they hired a sweeper to clean the urinal on daily basis but it failed to serve the purpose. “Being a public urinal it remains busy throughout the day. And the situation becomes worse when girls had to pass this stretch while men are easing themselves,” she rued. To add to the embarrassment to the girls are the men who usually pass lewd comments at girls and keep standing outside the urinal. “We cannot help control this problem, though we keep raising this issue with the railway authorities,” she added. Even girls rued that many a time men ease themselves outside the urinal, adding to their woes. “Men use the entire wall till the entrance for easing themselves,” said a Class X student. As if this was not enough, the railway authorities had almost started construction of another urinal just outside
the main gate. “The timely intervention of the higher authorities of school in
this matter solved the problem,” said the Principal. Station Superintendent of Jalandhar railway station Ashok Kumar said he was not aware of as to who got the urinal constructed outside the school. “The urinal has not been constructed by the railway authorities,” he claimed. Even Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vinay Bublani expressed his ignorance about the urinal but later said that he would check the status with officials concerned. |
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Sculptor with the patriotic twist
Jalandhar, April 20 Harminder, whose exhibits became part of exhibitions organised by the Lalit Kala Academy and Indian Academy of Fine Arts, was pursuing his graduation when he decided to be a master of three-dimensional art for the rest of his life. Harminder, who belongs to Ghudaani Kalan village in Ludhiana district, was here a few days back to attend a function in the memory of martyrs of Johlaan village. He gifted statues of two village martyrs which he created without charging any cost to
the village. The 28-year-old artist, who donated self-made statues of two martyrs to the village panchayat, shared his journey with The Tribune. “Even while pursuing graduation, I considered sculpting as my hobby. It was only in the last year of my graduation that I chose it as a profession. I joined a two-year sculpting diploma course and have carved more than 1,000 items of sculpting and modern art since then,”
said Harminder. He won the first position in Punjabi University zonal-level competition for his exhibits for three consecutive years. His exhibits were declared the best in the inter-zonal university competition in 2002. Selection of his items at the annual exhibition of the Lalit Kala Academy and Indian Academy of Fine Arts placed him in the category of fine-tuned artistes. Harminder has also made a statue of Bhagat Singh installed at the Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall, Jalandhar. |
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Bank account hacked: Victim yet to get money back
Jalandhar, April 20 This money is part of the Rs 66 lakh that were
illegally transferred from the account of Hemant Beri. The police had registered a case on January 28 under section 420 of the IPC and section 66 of Information Technology Act 2000 at the division no 3 police
station. Acting on the complaint, the bank immediately credited Rs 40 lakh back to the account with assurance that remaining amount would be deposited in the
coming days. Smelling involvement of senior employee of information technology division of the bank, the complainant alleged that computers with Internet Protocol addresses of foreign countries were used for these fraudulent transactions. “Amount of Rs 26.48 lakh was transferred to 38 account holders of PNB. On January 25, all these 38 accounts were frozen and the bank told us that balance of Rs 10.87 lakh is still lying in the accounts. However, the bank expressed its inability to transfer this amount to our accounts. Surprisingly, amount was continued to be withdrawn even from the frozen accounts, even as late as on March 5,” said Hemant Beri. Citing example of one such account, he said one
of the 38 accounts was opened with bank branch at Thangal Bazar, Imphal with nil balance on
Januray 16, 2010. “Surprisingly, a duplicate debit card was issued by PNB, Maharani Bagh Branch, New Delhi. We have failed to understand that how a branch of New Delhi can issue a debit card for the account which is opened in Imphal that too with zero balance,” he rued. He also alleged that though account holder cannot withdraw more than Rs 25,000 in a single day, but in this case bank system allowed the withdrawal of more than the said amount. |
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Assessment of burnt wheat crop soon: DC
Phillaur, April 20 Bharti said 77 purchase centres had been set up in the district. He instructed the officials to redress the problems of the farmers and provide all possible facilities to them. Answering a question the DC said that an assessment of the burnt wheat crop would soon be made to provide compensation to the victim farmers. |
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Pensioners decry rejection of one rank, one pension demand
Jalandhar, April 20 Association member V.S. Jolly condemned this action and termed it as cheating with lakhs of retired soldiers. It is a matter of shame that the ex-servicemen had not been given their due. “Recently thousands of soldiers had returned their gallantry awards and medals to the UPA government for adopting a dilly-dallying approach towards their genuine demand of one rank, one pension,” he said. He said this move of the UPA government had led to a lot of resentment among ex-servicemen. |
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Tazakistan varsity doctorate for city CA
Jalandhar, April 20 During his visit to Tazakistan early this month, Gupta, at a meeting with the Deputy Minister for Finance, submitted a proposal for establishment of financial institutions in Tazakistan. Ashwani Gupta said there was tremendous scope for establishing business and services in Tazakistan and the people of Punjab and other parts of the country could benefit by exploring such opportunities. |
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Hire jobless youth for census: Cong
Jalandhar, April 20 PPCC secretaries Virendra Sharma, Rishi Verma and DCC (Urban) president Arun Walia said the UPA government had ensured education for each child by enacting Right to Education Act, whereas the Punjab government engaged teachers for census which would adversely affect the studies of children. Talking to The Tribune, Sharma said the Badal government was providing extra money to teachers for census, but this amount could have been given to jobless youths for the same work. Their work could have been monitored by government supervisors, he added. Even if the state government was in no mood to employ jobless youths for this work, the employees of other departments should have been engaged to ensure uninterrupted study at government schools. The Congress leaders said they had already sent letters to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in this regard. They would meet Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner on Wednesday, he added. |
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District Bar Association office-bearers
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Ganda nullah ‘encroached’
Phagwara, April 20 When this correspondent visited the site yesterday he saw a wall being constructed in the middle of the nullah by the colonisers, who are constructing a colony on more than 26 acres near the site. When contacted, SDM Amarjit Paul disclosed that Charanjit Kaur, sarpanch of Palahai village, had lodged a complaint before the Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary, who forwarded it to him for an inquiry. The SDM said he had deputed the Phagwara Tehsildar for investigating the matter and the colonisers had shown some sanction from the PWD Department. He assured that no violation of rules or encroachments would be tolerated at any cost. |
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Ambedekar Sena men block traffic
Phagwara, April 20 Sena president Surinder Dhadha had gone to the Banga police in a case of a clash between two groups of Kajla villagers, but policemen misbehaved with him. The irate mob also ransacked and damaged a few vehicles near the Mehli bypass. Reports received here said that Dhadha, who went to Banga police station to solve a dispute, was rounded up and sena district president Madhav Gopal was beaten up by policemen. On hearing the news, hundreds of activists assembled. The protesters demanded immediate suspension of Banga SHO Dalbir Singh for his misconduct. SP (Operation) Kuldip Singh and SP (HQ) Jagjit Singh rushed to the spot and promised justice. Road traffic between Phagwara and Banga remained suspended for more than one hour due to the demonstrations. Later the blockade was lifted and normal traffic restored after amicable settlement with police officials. —
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Jasjit Singh in contention for Senior Azlan Shah Cup
Jalandhar, April 15 A product of the Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) Academy cell of Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jasjit is one out of the total seven players selected from Punjab for this camp. Jasjit, a right half, has been playing from the PSB Academy for the past three years. As many as 40 hockey players from across the country are participating in this camp while only 20 players would be selected for the tournament. Apart from Jasjit, Punjab and Sind Bank Academy (senior and junior goalkeeper), RCF, Kapurthala (goalkeeper), BSF (goalkeeper) whereas another two players from PSB are already playing in the Indian hockey team. The player is a student of BA-III of the Khalsa College. Recently he played in the prestigious 17th SAIL Nehru Hockey Championship held at Gwalior. It was for the first time Khalsa College team won the trophy since its inception. Earlier, he had played in the inter-university hockey tournaments and other district-level tournaments. |
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Jalandhar, April 20 Latex workshop
The Department of Information Technology of the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology organised a three-day state-level workshop on learning effective document writing using latex from April 8 to 10. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof C.L. Kochher, Regional Director, DAVCMC. As many as 50 participants from various institutes like NIT, Jalandhar, Punjabi University, Patiala, Panjab University, Chandigarh, GNDEC, Ludhiana, and BCET, Gurdaspur, participated in the workshop. D. Venu Gopal from Banaras Hindu University was the resource person for the workshop. The workshop highlighted a hand on practical experience on latex, a tool that is widely accepted for typesetting and document preparation, text book editing and research paper writing
for journals. Teachers’ training
Newly appointed teachers of Millennium School underwent a week-long advanced teachers training at a workshop. Principal Punam Singhal said the basic aim of the teacher empowerment programme was to sharpen their knowledge about the content they teach. Teachers would be taught the appropriate use of student-friendly technology, she added. Talent hunt
A talent hunt for the tiny tots of Apeejay School was organised on April 16. Students presented foot-tapping dance, melodious songs, poems and mono acting. Delegates visit
A group of delegates from Spain paid a visit to the Day Care Centre at Jalandhar cantonment on April 16. The delegation was on a month-long cultural exchange programme to North India. During their visit, delegates spent a lot of time with children of BPL families. The trip was organised by the Citizen’s Welfare Centre. Lecture held
A guest lecture on “holistic education and its effective delivery” was organised by the Apeejay College of Fine Arts on April 17. Prof R.S. Salaria, head of computer science and engineering department of Rayat Bahra Institute of Engineering and Nano Technology, Hoshiarpur, said a teacher’s qualification must include inspirational leadership, the desire to teach and the knowledge of the subject. Prize distribution
Mehr Chand Polytechnic College organised its annual prize distribution function on April 16. Chief guest Punam Suri, secretary, DAV College Managing Committee, Delhi, laid the foundation stone of an auditorium on the premises of the college. A cultural programme was also presented on this occasion. C.L. Kochher, Director of DAV Engineering Colleges, Dr A.S. Arora, Principal of DAVIET, and other senior dignitaries were present. Poetical recitation
An inter-house poetical recitation and declamation contest was held in MGN Public School. In the poetical recitation contest for Classes V and VI, Parneet Kaur and Riva of Sardar Jujhar Singh House bagged the first and second positions, respectively. Students of Classes VII and VIII took part in the declamation contest. Gurleen and Parmeet Singh of Sardar Zorawar Singh and Sardar Jujhar Singh Houses got the first and second positions, respectively. Brand ambassador
A student of Lovely Professional University, Rahul Tyagi of the MCA 2008 batch, has been selected brand ambassador of an IT company, TCIL, at Chandigarh. As a representative of the company, he will act as corporate ethical hacking module and reveal his talents working as a penetration tester for many companies who want to audit their website and want to find vulnerabilities in them. Coaching centre
Educomp Solutions launched “Leap”, an IIT-JEE coaching centre, a satellite-based programme in the city on Monday.
The centre would deliver IIT-JEE and AIEEE coaching through VSAT technology, according to Mohit Bansal, director of Educomp Leap. |
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Five wounded in truck-bus collision
Kapurthala, April 20 The wounded have been identified as driver Pal Singh of Nijjar village, falling under Rayya police post, Dalbir Singh (42), Darso (40), Pinki (38) and Kashmir Kaur (40) of Guru Nanak Pura locality in Beas. The injured were admitted in Dera Beas hospital where the driver’s condition is reported to be critical. According to police sources, the collision took place when the Tata driver tried to overtake a trolley loaded with bricks. On getting the information, a police patrol party and the first-aid personnel reached the spot.
They extricated the driver who was badly stuck in his vehicle owing to the collision. |
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City teacher chosen
akademi’s translator
Jalandhar, April 20 Madhumeet was also invited to attend the Sahitya Akademi’s five-day translation workshop at Shimla. She had won the “Yuva Puraskar” of the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata.
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B.Ed teachers reelect front members
Jalandhar, April 20 Press secretary Chander Shekhar said the members had decided to conduct district-level programmes in the state on May 8. The front demanded that the maternity leave should be given with pay and suspension of 563 teachers should be revoked. |
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Canada may revise POL by May 1
Jalandhar, April 20 Col B.S. Sandhu, CMD of WWICS, said the occupations that were presently enlisted in the POL might not find place in the revised list. “If an application is filed before May 1, it would be processed as per the present list and not according to the revised one,” he said. Sandhu said once the revised list was released, it was not known whether an occupation enlisted in the present POL would continue to enjoy the same status in new list as some categories might be deleted and many more added. He said the Canadian government was reconsidering 38 occupations in the POL. |
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