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GNM students charged double than those in MBBS, BDS streams
Single girl child scheme: Local school denies facility to student
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Finally, Bhoor Mandi gets sewerage
Khalsa College launches FPSB-approved CFP course
HP India asked to
refund cost of laptop
Young World
City shooter selected for world championship
LPU launches induction programme
Gold medal in wrestling
More seats at Khalsa College
Condolence meet held
Thieves burn kiosk after theft
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GNM students charged double than those in MBBS, BDS streams
Jalandhar, August 3 Although it may sound strange, the state government has fixed Rs 30,000, excluding admission fee, amalgamated funds, hostel fee, etc, as admission fee for the three-and-a-half-year diploma course of general nursing and midwifery (GNM). This is in contrast to Rs 13,500 annual fee charged by government-run medical institutions for the different courses of medical streams, including BSc (nursing), MBBS and BDS. After the admission in GNM diploma was discontinued for fresh candidates in 1984, the course was recently re-introduced in the School of Nursing, Jalandhar, the only government-run nursing school in the state offering GNM diploma. Earlier, instead of charging any fee, a stipend was paid to students pursuing diploma in the school, which has been offering the diploma since 1952. The school, which was earlier managed by the Director, Health Services, will now be run by the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC). “It seems that the government has formulated the fee structure without deliberations. Is it justified that the same government is charging Rs 13,500 for a degree in nursing (BSc, nursing) and more than double this amount for the diploma course of the same stream?” said Jaswant Virli, press secretary, Democratic Employees Front, and Jasbir Kaur Thind, vice-president, Staff Nurses Association. Justifying the current fee structure, Raji P. Srivastva, Managing Director, PHSC, said to provide quality education and other logistics, it was essential to set up a fee structure of this range. “We need to recruit more teachers and technical staff in the school. High quality infrastructure will also be provided. These facilities cannot be provided by charging a minimal fee from students,” she added. On the other hand, sources in the department revealed that in November 2009, the school authorities had forwarded a proposal to the higher authorities, according to which Rs 10,500 would have been sufficient to run the course. |
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Single girl child scheme: Local school denies facility to student
Jalandhar, August 3 In one such case, the management of Guru Amar Dass Public School refused to grant a full waiver of fees charged by it to the daughter of Balwant Singh, a class VI student in the school. This is in contrast with the orders of the Central Board of Secondary Education, which says that fees of a girl student, who is the single child of her parents, should be waived off from class VI onwards. For the universal implementation of the scheme in CBSE schools all over the country, CBSE has made an amendment in the affiliation bye-laws. The scheme is aimed at promoting the education of the girl child. Though orders were passed four years ago, on April 1, 2006, the school is yet to receive a copy of the circular. Talking to The Tribune, Dr Mandeep Singh Sethi, president of the school management committee, said the school management is yet to receive any intimation or circular from the CBSE office. “We have also sent a reminder to the authorities concerned, however, we have not received any answer from their side. We have asked the parents of the student to show us the circular. Once we are shown it, we will immediately waive off the fee of the student”, he added. Refuting the claims of the school management, Balwant Singh maintained that the management is in the denial mode even though he already submitted the circular, along with application, on April 28 this year. “We have completed all the formalities the school management sought from us. Moreover, we have also submitted the request twice in this regard,” added Balwant Singh. |
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Death Of Harassed Woman
Jalandhar, August 3
The family alleges that the police is trying to hush up the case as nothing has been done to nab the main accused even though a criminal case under the IPC has been registered against them. The accused are still roaming openly. Talking to mediapersons, Joginder Kaur, a resident of Bholath, alleged that her daughter Rupinder Kaur died of depression due to mental and physical harassment by her in-laws. Rupinder Kaur was married to German-based NRI Harjinder Singh, a resident of Begowal. Since the marriage her mother-in-law Kailash Kaur, sister-in-law Jaswinder Kaur, brother-in-laws Gurmeet Singh and Balbir Singh had been harassing her to bring cash, a luxury car and other household goods, she alleged. Manvinderjit Singh, brother for the deceased, who is a France-based NRI, said Rupinder Kaur was being harassed as she gave birth to a girl child. Harjinder Singh, who earlier had committed to take her along to Germany after marriage left Rupinder Kaur in India because she did not give birth to a boy, he alleged. Following mental and physical harassment, Rupinder was under severe depression which led to her death on the July 8 night. After struggle of over six hours, the family was able to get a criminal case registered under sections 306, 498-A and 506 of the IPC against Harjinder Singh, Balbir Singh, Kailash Kaur, Jaswinder Singh and Gurmeet Singh, he claimed. Manvinderjit Singh alleged that Jaswinder Kaur and Gurmeet Singh, being politically connected, had influenced the police. Demanding justice, the victims demanded that the accused should be put behind bars. |
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More cases of severe diarrhoea reported at Chandan Nagar
Jalandhar, August 3 Owing to their critical condition, patients were admitted to the civil hospital. As many as 30 cases of severe diarrhoea and 40 cases of mild diarrhoea were found in the locality by the teams of the health department yesterday. Dr TP Singh, District Epidemiological Officer, said 80 households, housing approximately 395 residents of the locality, were covered today by surveying teams and 5,000 chorine tablets have been distributed to them. He said four water samples have been collected by the health authorities to ascertain the cause of the incident. To prevent further aggravation of the situation, the municipal corporation has disconnected the water supply to the locality and provided arranged for alternative drinking water through water tanks. “In our opinion, it is not only due to the consumption of contaminated water that such a large number of people have fallen ill. There can be some other reason behind the incident. As far as our role is concerned, we have collected samples of water of our own, the microbiological analysis would be done in the corporation’s water testing laboratory”, said AS Dhaliwal, Superintendent Engineer, Operation and Maintenance Branch, MCJ.
Bhargo Camp
Cases of diarrhoea have also been reported in the Bhargo Camp locality of the city. Three people suffering from the disease have been admitted to the civil hospital, Jalandhar. As per doctors, a brother-sister duo and a boy were admitted to the hospital with symptoms of mild diarrhoea in the evening today. However, the survey teams of the health department were yet to reach the locality till the time of the filling of this report. Sources in the department revealed that health authorities were not in a position to alert the survey teams as the authorities got information of cases at around 7.30 pm. It is learnt that that the teams would reach Bhargo Camp in the morning. |
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Finally, Bhoor Mandi gets sewerage
Jalandhar, August 3 At present the sewerage is at the testing stage and it would become operational after a few rectifications to be made by a committee of the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The work on the minor defects by the committee in the sewerage is under process. Talking to The Tribune, Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) Rakesh Mittal said the board had received a grant of Rs 2 crore for initiating the work. The final draft in this regard was sent on February 6, 2009, and the project was completed in a stipulated time of one year. “Out of this, Rs 35 lakh has been paid by the Punjab Government, while Rs 40 lakh by the cantonment board. We have paid another amount of Rs 1.25 crore to the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation for seeking their permission to use their sewerage mainline. And as soon as the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board committee completes the work on the defects it would be made operational,” he added. Now, the sewerage of Bhoor Mandi has been directly linked with the mainline of the Municipal Corporation near BSF Chowk. Earlier, the sewage coming out of Bhoor Mandi was utilised by the cantonment board authorities for irrigation of Army areas as a temporary option. It might be noted that after four-laning the GT Road, the area of Bhoor Mandi and Rama Mandi had become low by 0.5m to 1.5m, leading to grime in the area. The residents heaved a sigh of relief as this was a long-pending demand of this area. “As the cleaning and desilting of sewers was irregular and temporary disposal work was also not run properly it would always cause silting of the sewers resulting in back flow of sewage. The sewage from temporary disposal work used to stagnate in the low-lying areas of Bhoor Mandi and Rama Mandi,” said Ramesh Kumar, a resident. |
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Khalsa College launches FPSB-approved CFP course
Jalandhar, August 3 The examination for this course would be conducted by NSE (National Stock Exchange), while the certificates would be awarded by the Financial Planning Standards Board of India (FPSB). College governing council president Balbir Kaur said the college would introduce more such courses in the future which the students would be able to pursue along with their regular studies. She expressed happiness that the college had re-established its ties with the family of its esteemed alumni late Prithviraj Kapoor through Ritu Nanda, grand-daughter of the legendary movie icon, who heads the RNIS College of Financial Planning. Dr Jaspal Singh Randhawa said students of the college pursuing diploma courses (affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University) along with this certificate course would be given special fee concessions. The seminar was presided over by Jalandhar Cantonment MLA Jagbir Singh Brar who lauded the efforts made by the college for the cause of education. The gathering on this occasion was addressed by experts of the field, including programme director H.S. Bansal, regional manager Alok Kumar, Twinkle Gujral, CFP, Nirmaljit Singh, zonal manager Punjab and Sind Bank, B.K. Sharma, DGM, Punjab National Bank, Karamvir Singh Sandhu, Aviva Life Insurance Company, and educationist Inderjit Singh. Having a tremendous scope in many areas like financial services, banking, insurance, investment planning, mutual funds, and tax planning, the programme can earn its students attractive salary packages. Graduates from any stream and undergraduates with three
years of work experience in the financial field are eligible for the programme, which will be of five to eight months duration. |
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HP India asked to
refund cost of laptop
Jalandhar, August 3 The complainant, who owns a cement trading company on the Pathankot road here, said he had purchased HP Pavillion DVS-1002 laptop along with a case, mouse and other accessories in September, 2008, under a warranty scheme. He said the laptop soon developed a technical snag as the screen started blinking and windows became defective. He said even the adaptors stopped working properly. He said he took the laptop to a Model Town-based dealer. He took it back but it again developed some problem in the second week of March, 2009, and again in April when he was at Sonipat. He was asked to deposit the laptop at a service centre at Panipat. He was asked to collect it on April 14, 2009, but it was not found in working order and he refused to take it back. Later, he said he was asked to collect the laptop from a service centre at Jalandhar. He was not delivered the laptop after rectifying its defect despite several visits. The representatives of HP India resisted the claim of the complainant. The forum checked the records and found that there was a fault in the power connected slot for which the complainant was directed to deposit the laptop at the repair centre. It found that the laptop was still under repair with the service centre. The forum also went through copies in which HP India representatives admitted manufacturing defects twice and that these could not be rectified. It observed, “Even the local dealer cannot shirk its responsibility
for inconvenience suffered by the complainant because it was his duty to get the defective good repaired instead of pushing the aggrieved customer to
the service centre for removal of the defects.” It asked the HP India
sales office at Bangalore and Chandigarh to refund the amount and pay compensation. The forum also directed the local dealer to bear 50 per cent of
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Young World
Jalandhar, August 3 While Suchi Jain secured the third position by securing 662 marks, followed by Kanika Gupta. Aditi Bhardwaj stood sixth in the university, while Palvi Malik from Civil Engineering stood seventh in the university. While in B. Tech (Chemistry Group)-IInd semester, Kiranvir Kaur, a student of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) and Kunwarpreet from Electrical Engineering jointly stood second by securing 659 marks out of 750. Jaskiran Kaur, also from ECE, stood 10th in the university. Regional Director of Engineering Colleges, DAV CMC, New Delhi, Professor C.L. Kochher and Principal Dr A.S. Arora congratulated the students on their achievements. Teej celebrations
Students of the Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, celebrated Teej and vanmahotsav on the college campus. The girls dressed up in traditional Punjabi dresses presented a colourful cultural programme. Meanwhile, tree plantation was also held on the college premises to mark vanmahotsav celebrations. Chief guest Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, Raj Kamal Chaudhary also planted saplings and highlighted the importance of environment conservation. Teej was celebrated in traditional way at Saint Soldier Divine Public School, Maan Nagar. Students, dressed up in traditional dresses, enjoyed swings. Dishes related to the festival were prepared in school. A mehndi competition was held. Girls students performed kikli and giddha. ‘Fantasia’ organised
“Fantasia”, the annual cultural programme of LKG and UKG, Loharan Branch, was held in the auditorium of Innocent Hearts, Green Model Town. Dr Sayeed Zafar, Group Director of the Innocent Hearts Group of Institutions, was the chief guest. The programme started with lighting of the traditional lamp by the chief guest. Tiny tots showed the importance of discipline through “Ache Bache”. A Qawwali by kids mesmerised the audience. The programme concluded with Punjabi folk dance. The Principal of the school, Dheeraj Banati, proposed a vote of thanks. CT placements
As many as 200 MBA students the CT Group of Institutions bagged placements with leading brands at an annual package of Rs 1.5 lakh to 3.2 lakh. The students have been placed with companies like IBM, Pantaloon, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, KFC, ING Vysya Bank, DTDC, Big Bazaar, HCL and much more. Director,Corporate Relations and Placements, Professor Manhar Arora said the institution had been successful in placing the students with leading companies due to new and improved industry-oriented education system. KMV sports champs
The badminton team of KMV Collegiate Senior Secondary School,comprising Rupinder, Gursharan and Shallu, bagged the first position in a zonal tournament. Meanwhile, the basketball team of the same school also won the first position in the zonal tournament. The team comprised Sabina, Harpreet Kaur, Pooja, Harjinder, Savita, Jaspreet and Sandeep. Head of the Department of Physical Education Ashu Bajaj and Principal of the school Dr Atima Sharma congratulated the girls on their victory.
Felicitation function
The Prem Chand Markanda S.D. College for Women organised “Felicitation”, an award ceremony, on July 30 to honour meritorious students from different fields. The DPI (Colleges), Punjab, Jasmeet Kaur, was the chief guest. A college magazine was also released. Merit positions
Students of the PG diploma in cosmetology of the Prem Chand Markanda S.D. College for Women brought laurels to the institution by bagging merit positions in the GND University, Amritsar, exams. Kuljeet Kaur and Inderjeet Kaur secured sixth and eighth position, respectively, in the university. ‘Go global with English’
Trinity College organised a week-long motivational programme “Go global with English” for improving the English speaking skills of the students. Students from arts, commerce, economics and computer science departments took part in the programme. Resource person Joy an IELTS and TOEFL trainer, spoke at length on the importance of English as a global language. An interaction session-cum-group discussion was also held. Environment conservation
Sanskriti KMV School in association with AIESEC-International Students organised a seminar on “Environment conservation”. Christoph from Switzerland, Katerina from Slovakia, Ravish from Mauritius, Yamma from China, Zinab from Morocco and Karan from India were the resource persons. The resource persons discussed the burning issue of environmental pollution and highlighted the modern techniques of garbage disposal, causes of diseases due to contaminated air and water and much more. An audio-visual presentation was also made, which highlighted the ill-effects of deforestation. University toppers
Students of Guru Nanak Dev University College bagged first five positions in MCA (FYIC)-IInd semester examination conducted by GND University, Amritsar. Priyanka Sharma stood first, Ishan second, Nitika third, Navroop fourth and Saurabh Mahajan fifth in the university. Principal Dr Usha Kapoor motivated the students to maintain excellence in their studies. College toppers
Harjit Kaur, a student of PG diploma in cosmetology of B.D. Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantonment, stood first in the college by securing 586 marks out of 650, while Pratibha Sharma bagged the second position and scored 559 marks. Sahodaya Heritage Quiz
MGN Public School, Urban Estate-II, has hosted the Sahodaya Heritage Quiz on the school premises. Around 20 schools of Sahodaya group of schools, Jalandhar chapter, registered themselves for the quiz contest. Four teams were selected for the final on the basis of written entrance test. The overall trophy was bagged by Apeejay School. Innocent Hearts School was second and MGN, Adarsh Nagar, was third. The trophy was awarded by Principal of the host school Jatinder Singh. He congratulated the winner team. Poem recitation
The pre-primary section of Apeejay School, Rama Mandi, organised an English poem recitation competition in the school on August 2. The tiny tots recited beautiful poems on various subjects with enthusiasm. Principal Madhu Sharma appreciated the efforts of the little ones and honoured the winners. |
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Plantation drive marks vanamahotsava
Phagwara, August 3 While addressing a gathering, the DC, SDM Amarjit Paul, Phagwara Environment Association president Kuldip Sardana, Divisional Forest Officer Chaman Lal and environmentalist Malkiat Singh Ragbotra inspired the people to grow more trees to save the environment. Meanwhile, students of the Kamla Nehru College for Women celebrated Teej and vanamahotsava on the college campus. The celebrations presented a riot of colours as the girl students attired in typically Punjabi bright-coloured traditional suits performed giddha, tappe, boliyan and sang folk songs on the occasion. Charkhas and many traditional objects were displayed to create awareness among the students. Meanwhile, sapling plantation on the college premises marked the vanamahotsava celebrations. The DC planted a sapling and appealed to the people to be responsible citizens. |
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City shooter selected for world championship
Jalandhar, August 3 The rising shooter has been selected for the junior team in two events - 50m free pistol category and 25m standard pistol category. He is the only shooter who has been selected in the team for 25m standard pistol category in the country for this event. Ajitesh was selected on the basis of two selection trials conducted by the National Rifle Association of India held at Pune from June 10 to 20, 2010. The Ministry of Sports gave financial sanction and approval for the participation in this tournament to only 15 junior shooters on the basis of the scores achieved in the last world championship. Talking to The Tribune, Ajitesh said he was looking forward to a good record in both the events. “After participating in many national and international shooting championships, I am participating in this prestigious tournament which is number two event in shooting after Olympics. I am hopeful of a good record in this championship,” he added. Last year he participated in the Ist Youth Asiad Games held at Singapore. Apart from this, the shooter has won many medals at the international and national levels. |
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LPU launches induction programme
Jalandhar, August 3 The programme will ensure that the students, who are new to the university, are able to get information about various areas like academics, examination, safety and security within the campus, University Management System (UMS), placements and various amenities. It will also give them a glimpse of the campus life. University Executive Dean Rashmi Mittal said, “All the announcements are made on the university website/UMS. The students are given assignments online and they have to submit them online too. The purpose of this programme is to make students familiar with the style of working. The programme will ensure that the students get accustomed to the software being used. “Apart from this, a carnival is also being organised by the old students within the campus, where students will be able to participate. These will include various fun games, management games, cultural shows and exhibitions to facilitate the fresh joiners gel with their peers and teachers. This year, a large number of students from 28 states of India and more than 150 students from various parts of the world have joined the university. The programmes shall also help them understand the culture of different states in India,” she elaborated. |
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Centralised kitchen inaugurated
Phagwara, August 3 The kitchen will prepare mid-day meal for 18,569 students of 177 government and government aided primary and middle schools of Phagwara Sub-Division. Phagwara SDM Amarjit Paul has instructed the
officials to monitor the kitchen preparations.
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Gold medal in wrestling
Jalandhar, August 3 Gurcharan Singh Dhillon, a representative of the wrestling federation, said Kartar Singh beat world champion Russian Damitary Khalab Nikob in semi-final and Austria’s wrestler Franz Titsman in the final. The IPS officer of 1993 batch is a two-time Asian Gold medalist, one-time silver medalist in the Asian Games and has represented thrice in Olympics. Posted as a DIG, he is also a decorated Padma Shree and Arjuna Awardee. |
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More seats at Khalsa College
Jalandhar, August 3 The additional seats have been allotted for M.Sc (physics and chemistry), computer science, M.Sc (IT), BBA, B.Com (regular), B. Com (professional), BCA and B.Sc (IT). Principal of the college, Dr. Jaspal Singh Randhawa said students can take admission in these courses with late fees and the admissions would be made on merit basis. |
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Condolence meet held
Jalandhar, August 3 Addressing the students, Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Dr Kamlesh Singh Duggal emphasised on the need to remain focused in ones life. He advised the students to get inspiration from such visionary and learn to be diligent, dedicated and enthusiastic in their life. |
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Thieves burn kiosk after theft
Phillaur, August 3 In another incident, villager Rashpaul Singh was electrocuted in nearby Dosanjh Khurd in Phillaur subdivision last night. He was on the roof of his house and suddenly touched the live electric wires. In third incident, three villagers sustained injuries in a clash at nearby Mao-Sahib village last night. All three injured, Baldev Singh, Parkash Ram and Atma Ram, were admitted in a Phillaur hospital.
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