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Mechanical engineering top choice again, but for boys
SC corporation gives Rs 5-lakh foreign education loan to girl
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The Green voice of Punjab
‘Lack of database hampering research in country’
Young World
Centre making poor fight to pave way for
MNCs: NGO
Himanshu Kumar from Vanvasi Chetna Ashram addresses the gathering at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall in Jalandhar. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Refund Suspense
Surya Sappers trekking expedition flagged off
CT institute gets new director
LJP General Secretary Parveen Kumar Sabharwal addresses a
press conference in Jalandhar. A Tribune photograph
11 villages to get drinking water facility soon
Man nabbed with fake currency worth Rs
12,000
Dalits protest desecration of Ambedkar’s statue
Protesters present a memorandum to the SDM in Phagwara on Tuesday. Photo by Ashok Kaura
CDPO’s office gutted
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Mechanical engineering top choice again, but for boys
Jalandhar, July 6 For the past few years, computer science and electronics engineering had become the most sought-after stream throwing mechanical on number three or four position. But preferences seem to have changed once again. Of a total of 7,263 seats allotted to boys, a maximum of 2,265 seats have gone to aspirants of mechanical engineering. Electronics and communication engineering ranks number two on priority with 1,823 boys choosing it. Computer science engineering has gone on number three slot with 1,304 boys taking seat. Civil engineering and IT rank four and five, respectively, with 523 and 492 seats getting filled. Chief coordinator, PTU-CET, Dr N.P. Singh, said the students had started realising that mechanical engineering was a universal branch. “Anyone taking admission in this stream can go for all kinds of placements, including that in a construction company,
and get a good package,” he cited a reason. Assistant Director of Lovely Professional University said a similar trend had been observed in admissions in his institute. “The students have actually become smarter. They are after a wider choice in placement. With a computers stream, a student gets restricted for placement only in IT sector, but with a mechanical engineering degree in hand he can apply in a variety of segments, including automobile company, manufacturing sector and even IT sector. However, for girls computer science engineering and electronics engineering still continue to be more preferred streams perhaps because of an easy office job. Of the total 3,904 applicants, 1,685 girls have taken admission in computer science and 1,141 in electronics stream. IT, electrical engineering and civil engineering are the next streams rank-wise with 601, 121 and 52 students opting for these. |
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Taking a cue from Mother
Jalandhar, July 6 After going through the article, Dr Khosla, along with two of his close friends Dr SK Sharma, a leading surgeon, then posted at the Gulab Devi Hospital and an industrialist Des Raj Jain, decided to do something for the society. Initially, they started treating especially needy TB patients free of cost. Subsequently, they constituted the NGO Manav Sehyog Society in 1973, which currently runs five dispensaries with well-equipped laboratories charging nominal fees, and runs three schools. Of the three, two schools are for slum dwellers (free-of-cost) and a Manav Sehyog School, affiliated with CBSE at Shahpur village on the Mithapur-Pratappura Road, provides concession to nearly 30 per cent needy students and Vocational Computer and Stitching Centres in different parts of the city. Patron of the society, Dr Sharma (82) told The Tribune, “The entire staff posted at the dispensaries and the schools is well qualified. They are adequately paid for providing quality health and education facilities to the needy. Even a staff of three teachers, headed by a retired head-master KK Sharma, has been deputed for the two open schools being run free of cost for slum dwellers at Bania Bageechi on Ladowali Road and at Qazi Mandi.” “The NGO gets as much as Rs 30 lakh in donations and membership fees annually from different persons including several NRIs, whereas the expenditure on running and maintaining the dispensaries, schools and the computer centre is nearly Rs 45 lakh per annum. The rest of the money is collected from the nominal fees charged from the patients visiting the dispensaries, the students of the CBSE-affiliated school and of the vocational computer centre,” he added. Having remained the President of the NGO for nearly 25 years, Dr Khosla further said “Only Rs 10 are charged from patients visiting any dispensary for the first time and during the follow-up visit, only Rs 5 are charged.” “The land, in different parts of the city, for setting up dispensaries, schools and the vocational centre has been provided by some NRIs and different philanthropists of the city,” added
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SC corporation gives Rs 5-lakh foreign education loan to girl
Jalandhar, July 6 The SC corporation awarded education loan of Rs 5 lakh to Neerja (23), who would be pursuing a professional degree course in software engineering. The education loan was awarded by Chairman of the SC corporation Pawan Kumar Tinu and district SAD (Urban) president Gurcharan Singh Channi. Talking to The Tribune, an excited Neerja said it was an advertisement in a newspaper from where she got to know about the education loan facility. “This is a dream fulfilment for me. All thanks to the SC corporation for turning my dream into reality. It is due to the timely help of the corporation that I have been able to realise my dream,” she added. “The plus point of the education loan is that it is easily available and that too on 8 per cent annual interest. What else we could have asked for? The SC corporation employees helped us in completing all formalities. Though the entire cost of studying abroad would amount to approximately Rs 10 lakh, but easy education loan made things easy for us,” said Vimla the mother of Neerja. The girl completed her B.Sc (computer science) from Amardeep Singh Memorial College, Mukandpur. A resident of Aujla village in Phillaur tehsil she had been looking forward to take up higher studies abroad but financial constraints restricted her way. Just last year the SC corporation raised the limit of the education loan for the students from Rs 40,000 to Rs 5 lakh. Under the education loan scheme, meritorious SC students pursuing medical, engineering, MBA, MCA and PhD programmes across the country or abroad are eligible to avail themselves of a loan Rs 5 lakh on 8 per cent annual interest.
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The Green voice of Punjab
Jalandhar, July 6 Born at Adampur, Avinash Bhakri, was brought up in a rural environment, stuck to the rural stuff ‘cause ‘that’s what’s closest to my heart’. Thirty eight years and three and a half months. Bhakri, who retired about a week ago, chants the perfect count of his stay at All India Radio. But talking of beginnings, as a 21-year-old youngster, he had stumbled upon the AIR job through an advertisement in Employment News. During his first day at the radio station, he was supposed to be trained but he picked up the 'mandian de bhaa, kheti samachaar’ bits so fast that by the end of the day he was making announcements on his own. “The next day, a special meeting was called and I was assigned the dehati programme. Names were being thought up for the character that I’d be. I chose Master Ji ‘cause it sounded like a guy who’d be free from religious ties.” So began the daily sessions of the secular Master Ji chanting ‘langhe aao’ to his friends on the Dehati Programme, lending precious ‘kheti bari’ tips to his ‘kisan veers’ in the chaupal-like mood that they created together on the programme. It wasn’t long before Master Ji became a household name in Punjab and it’s no wonder that he and his colleagues at the programme are given massive credit for ushering in The Green Revolution in Punjab. Barring Dehati Programme, during the course of his career, Bhakri has anchored shows like Unnat Kheti and Baal Bari programme for the rural kids, besides anchoring the magazine programme Chann Resham on Sundays. Bhakri has also acted in more than 200 radio plays in Hindi and Punjabi. Though he has played the hero in roles like Heer, Ranjha and Keema Malki, his favorite role is that of the unconventional drug addict for the AIDS-awareness play Alvida. Bhakri has also been a field reporter for his agricultural programmes, and has many interesting incident up his sleeve. “In the villages, some farmers had a quicker access to PAU techniques than others. So anyone with a better crop was considered to be keeping secrets. I had advised one such wary farmer to get his soil checked and make use of gandhak in the fields rather than be sceptical about his neighbour. The trick worked and later, whenever I met him, he gave me a lot of thanks.” Bhakri has also penned lyrics for memorable Punjabi songs like Sadi chure vali baanh utton gana khol de (Jagmohan Kaur); Ni nande puare hatthiye; Gora tera rang par nain kale goriye (Hans Raj Hans) and other numbers by Ajit Kaur, Gurdip Singh and other singers. Bhakri, has made his mark in the west too. He is a known name in the radio circles of London and Southall and has been hailed by the regional newspapers of the west time and again. He boasts of students abroad. Ludmila, a producer-in-charge at the Moscow radio who came to India to study Punjabi at the Panjab, University, Chandigarh, trained under him for many months. On her second visit to India, she made it a point to visit Bhakri, whom she considers her guru. Bhakri was recently awarded by PAU - along with which he has undertaken many radio projects - at the varsity’s Kisan Mela. So after him are things gonna change for the Dehati Programme? I don’t think so. As long as they stick to the pattern, people are going to love the programme just as they used to earlier. What are the plans now? I plan to help my daughter with her IAS preparation and help my son with the mobile shop of his. Is he gonna miss radio? No worries, I’ll be around. |
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‘Lack of database hampering research in country’
Jalandhar, July 6 In the absence of such database and study, Indian doctors have not made any major breakthrough, as per the disease pattern and treatment needs of Indian population, but are content with following the practices developed by their western counterparts. This was stated by the world-renowned joint replacement surgeon Dr Jens G. Boldt, who is employed in prestigious Saint Vinzenz
Hospital, Dusseldrof, Germany. He was here to perform live surgeries in a two-day workshop on “Minimally invasive hip and knee replacement” organised at a local hospital. Earlier, he had performed live surgeries in 52 different cities of India. He, however, claimed that doctors performing such replacement surgeries in the Indian subcontinent are equally expert and even the equipment, techniques and operation theatre facilities are at par with those used in the Western world. |
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Success galore for GND University College
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 6 Merit holders
As many as 10 students of Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications of Prem Chand Markanda S.D. College for Women bagged merit positions in the GND University. Nimi, Isha, Megha, Harpreet, Sangeeta, Ranjit Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Deepika, Babita and Navdeep have been placed in the university merit list. New academic session
The new academic session (2010-11) of the Apeejay College of Fine Arts commenced on July 2. University merit holders
Payal Luthra a student of BCA-II of Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, bagged third position in GND varsity by scoring 646 marks out of 800. While Malki and Aditi bagged position in university merit list. Meanwhile, Kanika, a student of B.Sc (Fashion Designing)-I stood first in Kapurthala district. KMV results
Pallavi Garg, a student of BCA-II, bagged eighth position in the university while Kiranjot Kaur stood 11th in the varsity. Kapurthala topper
Rajwant Kaur a student of B.Sc Award function
An award function was held at St Soldier College, Hadiabad, in which students of the session 2009-10 were awarded for their achievements in academic, sports and cultural activities. On this occasion a cultural programme was also held. Students presented
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Centre making poor fight to pave way for
MNCs: NGO
Jalandhar, July 6 The Union Government is perpetrating the fight between the poor to pave the way for MNCs in the rich state of Chattisgarh, he said. “Even we feel concerned at the recent spate of killings of innocent CRPF jawans. It is a pity that the jawans are losing their lives at the behest of the wrong policies of the government,” he added. Himanshu was here at the local Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall to address a convention against the ongoing Operation Green Hunt at Chattisgarh. The convention, which started on July 1, would culminate on July 16 in Punjab. Attacking the union government for its biased policies towards rising privatisation in Chattisgarh, he said the union government is selling iron at Rs 400 per metric tonne to Japan whereas the same is being sold to Indian businessmen at Rs 6,000 per metric tonne. “This clearly indicates the biased policies of the central government towards the MNC culture. This is a major cause of concern as the best iron, mines, jungles and minerals are available at Chattisgarh”, he added. Security forces have labeled tribals as ‘naxalites’ and torture them. “Even the picture of tribals is shown in poor light. An image has been created that all tribals are naxalites, which is wrong,” he maintained. He was accompanied by Abhey, a tribal boy from Chattisgarh, who was here as a part of the convention. He added that even in Punjab, people who try to raise their voice against various atrocities and fight for their rights are not being heard. “If people in a prosperous state like Punjab are not being heard, how can we expect any mercy for those living in the dense forests of Chattisgarh”, he said. He also pointed out that nearly 50,000 people from Chattisgarh have fled to Andhra Pradesh fearing attack from security forces in the ongoing Operation Green Hunt. “While another 50,000 are held as ‘captives’ at Salwa Judum. However, the fact is that the security forces make use of weapons and ammunition to terrorise people at Salwa Judum”, he added.
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Deductors’ fault
leaves tax payers waiting Amaninder Pal Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 6 This was revealed by SK Anand, Commissioner, Income Tax, Ludhiana Charge, who was here to participate in the awareness campaign on the “Tax Deduction at Source Data Base Clean up Drive”, organised by the Income Tax Department Jalandhar. He said the amount is blocked because of filling of invalid Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) of the deductees by the deductors in their electronic- Tax Deduction at Source (e-TDS) returns. He said only in the Office of Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Ludhiana Charge, under which jurisdiction districts of Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr and Kapurthala falls, Rs 58 crore of taxpayers is blocked in suspense accounts. He said only the Ludhiana Charge is struggling with nearly 6,000 cases of erroneous filing of e-TDS returns. “Besides loss of tax payers, the department has to arrange huge force of staff to deal with the grievances of tax payers arising due to such erroneous returns,” added Anand. He said the department could serve legal notice all those who have filed wrong details in e-TDS returns. However, we are in favor to motivate the deductors to rectify the mistakes in their returns, he added. The function was organised to disseminate instructions and guidelines among charted accountants, advocates and businessmen with an aim to prevent such mistakes while filling returns in future. Eminent chartered accountant Salil Gupta gave presentation about the technical aspects which need to be taken care while filing the e-TDS returns. Shalini Kaushal, Additional Commissioner, Income Tax (IT), Satpal, Deputy Commisioner (IT ) , Ved Pas Singh and Ramesh Kaur , IT Officers, TDS wing, were also present.
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Surya Sappers trekking expedition flagged off
Jalandhar, July 6 The team, comprising five officers, two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and eight other ranks, include Col Devang Naik, Commanding Officer, himself acting as team leader. During the expedition, the average altitude of the trek would be approximately 4500 m and the maximum altitude being 5315 m. The trekking team would trek from Leh to Advance Base Camp (5315m) of stock Kangri via Martselang, Namaling, Markha, Shego in the Zanskar ranges of Ladakh sector. The trek has been planned to foster the spirit of adventure and to motivate soldiers to accept challenges of conquering hazardous mountain peaks, overpowering extreme physical conditions.
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CT institute gets new director
Jalandhar, July 6 Earlier, he was working as Professor and Head of Department of Electronics and Communications in DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology (DAVIET), Jalandhar. He joined CT Group of Institutions after having served DAV Institutions for 20 years. He is currently holding the position of Chairman Board of Studies in Electronics & Communication Engineering at Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. He has also presented 55 research publications in leading international and national journals & conferences apart from being an administrator too. He has authored eight engineering textbooks and reviewed five engineering Books. |
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LJP against drug abuse
Jalandhar, July 6 He said it is an open secret that opportunist politicians take support of liquor, money and other drugs among electors to buy votes. “As a result, scores of youngsters have fallen prey to drug abuse in the society,” he added.
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11 villages to get drinking water facility soon
Phagwara, July 6 SDM Amarjit Paul, on Saturday , said 11 remaining villages - Madhopur, Bhakhriana, Kot Rani, Bhanoki, Akalgarh, Sikri, Lakhpur, Panchhat, Khajurala, Miherru and Bhularai would soon be provided with drinking water facility and water tanks would also be set up. Hand pumps would be provided to 8 villages. Under the World Bank-aided scheme, each house belonging to general category has to deposit Rs 400 and SC category Rs 200.
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Man nabbed with fake currency worth Rs
12,000
Jalandhar, July 6 Acting on a tip off, the police laid a trap near the Workshop Chowk and nabbed Shyam Sunder, a resident of Harnamdaspura with fake currency of Rs 500 denomination. Jagdish Kumar, the investigating officer of police station division no. 1, informed that the suspect was waiting for a customer while he was rounded up. The police has also seized a mobile phone from him. The police has been investigating the matter to crack the racket in the area. A case under section 489 of the IPC has been registered against him at police station division no 1.
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Dalits protest desecration of Ambedkar’s statue
Phagwara, July 6 Headed by Harbhajan Suman, which registered its protest against desecration of the statue of Dr BR Ambedekar in Bareta few days back. Activists of the Sena held demonstration and protest march in Phagwara town today.The Protesters burnt the effigy of the miscreants responsible for the desecration of Ambedkar on national highway. Later they submitted a detailed memorandum to local
SDM.
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