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Labourers work at dangerous heights without safety nets or belts
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Suspected dengue patient dies
Insurance employees’ assn flays Centre moves
Tracing history of Ghadar party pioneer
Survey makes 2 firms declare additional income of Rs 3.25 cr
Ayodhya verdict: SDM appeals for peace
Screen printing lessons for HMV students
Crime zone: PO attacks police party, arrested
Deserted by boyfriend, girl attempts suicide
Surjit hockey tourney from Oct 16
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Labourers work at dangerous heights without safety nets or belts Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 23 Throwing all norms to the wind, labourers work at a height of more than 60 feet without using safety belts or safety nets. Even those working on the ground do not wear any helmet, to avoid any eventuality in case of construction material falling over the heads. In fact, all these safety materials can be seen ‘displayed’ along the poles put up across high walls of MBD Neopolis. While labourers have been plastering cement on the outer walls of the building for the past four days, standing on horizontal bamboo shafts, the contractors or project supervisors working on the spot have not cared to ensure that safety equipment is put to use to secure their lives. Raman Kumar, construction in charge, said, “These people avoid using safety belts for they feel uneasy during movement.” Asked why the safety nets were not used, he replied, “They have got used to working on a height”. Just next to this building is the under-construction City Square where too, labourers were seen working today just on the edges of the sixth floor of the building. Rajan Chopra, a partner, said he had given the construction work to a contractor. “The contractor has provided all safety equipment but these men refuse to put them on. We educate them as well but to no avail”, he said. Assistant Labour Commissioner Inderjit Singh, however, said as per the Building and Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Services Act) Act, 1996, it was mandatory for builders to ensure safety or else they could face a severe penalty amounting to imprisonment or fine or both.
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‘Govt should educate beekeepers’
Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 23 He was interacting with the media after the inaugural of second honey store “Little Bee” of his company in Viva Collage on the GT Road, near here today. The store was inaugurated by the Punjab Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia. Replying to the queries over serious allegations against leading honey manufacturers for selling honey with antibiotics in the country, he said that the level of antibiotics, pesticides and other heavy metals in honey depends upon the surroundings of flowers, from which the bees collect nectar. Moreover, the government should motivate the beekeepers to go in for organic medicines instead of allopathic or other medicines to the bees in case of any ailment of some mite attacks. He emphasised on selling natural honey in its original flavour instead of concoction of antibiotics and heavy metals. Ramanjit Singh, chief executive officer of the company, claimed that the company, which exports almost 85 per cent of its honey, had ventured into the Indian market. The company aims to open 100 more stores across the country in next two years with an aim to provide natural honey in its own countrymen.
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Suspected dengue patient dies
Jalandhar, September 23 Confirming the death, Dr Chander Mohan, Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, said a middle-aged patient, Pooja, was admitted to the hospital 5 days back. Considering her serious condition, the patient was shifted in the intensive care unit (ICU) ward today morning, he said. He, however, claimed that death could not be attributed to the dengue as confirmatory test has not been performed on the blood samples of the victim. “Only IgG and IgM tests of the patient were positive, which are, though suggestive, but not confirmatory tests for dengue”, he added. He, however, said platelet level of the patient was highly compromised. He said the condition of the patient was critical and attendants of the patients were advised to shift her to some other hospital. However, they expressed inability to go anywhere else. Intracranial hemorrhage is the likely reason behind the death, he said.
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Insurance employees’ assn flays Centre moves
Jalandhar, September 23 It decided to initiate a struggle, with the help of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) policyholders, to protest against government’s ill moves to further open up the Indian insurance sector for domestic and foreign private players. More than 600 delegates and observers from across Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab participated in the conference. Delegates observed that the UPA government, under the dictates of World Bank and International Monitory Fund, was trying to dismantle the structure of LIC of India through Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill 2008 and LIC (Amendment) Bill 2009. These amendments will give the private players, their much longing opportunity, to use the household savings of Indian public for filling their own coffers with huge profits. It was also said that the UPA-II was trying to amend the various insurance Acts, including Insurance Act (1938), which will severely impact the nation building projects funded by LIC of India as it contributes more than 4 per cent to the GDP of the nation and has invested more than Rs 6 lakh crore in the nation building activities such as sewerage, water supply, roads, housing, railways, electricity, irrigation etc. till date. Meanwhile, the conference also elected the office-bearers of NZIEA for the next triennial term. RC Sharma of Jaipur was elected President, M.L.Siyal from Udaipur and Laxmi Narayan from
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Tracing history of Ghadar party pioneer
Jalandhar, September 23 Dr Jasbir is writing a book on the Ghadarite who laid down his life for the freedom of the motherland. Shaheed Banta Singh attained martyrdom on August 12, 1915. The book would be released during the upcoming ‘Mela Ghadari Babeya Da’. Talking to The Tribune, Dr Jasbir Kaur, who is also the grand daughter of Baba Banta Singh, said for the past many years she was working on this project. “As he was my grandfather I gathered lots of information on him from my grandmother and his fellow comrades. Besides this I did a thorough study of different literature and books on him. I also studied his court cases and learnt a lot about him from Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga, the last Ghadarite,” she added. Dr Jasbir did her research on ‘Ghadar Movement - A study of revolutionary politics’ under the aegis of Dr Surjit Singh Narang, professor and former head of the Political Science Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. She is the first woman ever to do a PhD on the Ghadar party. Dr. Jasbir has also written another book ‘Ghadar Party da Lohpurush-Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga’ which was released on November 1, 2008. Talking about his grandfather, she highlighted that it was his meritorious educational record, which gave him an opportunity to go abroad for higher studies. “He reached China, Hong Kong and ultimately America. He was moved by the pathetic state of Indians in America. He met revolutionaries Lala Hardyal, Baba Sohan Singh Bhakhna, Baba Visakha Singh and Baba Jawala Singh who had a major influence on him,” she added. “Baba Banta Singh returned to India in 1913 with seditious literature particularly the copies of Ghadar Goonj and won many followers everywhere. He even got a printing press installed at village Sanghwal where he printed a lot of literature which brought huge response from various quarters’, she said. Dr Jasbir maintained that Baba Banta was later charged with anti-British activities and he was arrested. “A summary trial was held at Lahore jail by a special tribunal. He was awarded two hangings and one life imprisonment. Baba Banta was excueted on August 12, 1915”, she added. The family of Baba Banta Singh has formed Shaheed Banta Singh Sanghwal Trust, Jalandhar and constructed a Sports Stadium at village Sanghwal, a Ghadar memorial gate and his statue has also been installed at Pathankot bypass. The family is also running a free 10-bedded free drug de addiction centre at the local Janta Hospital.
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Survey makes 2 firms declare additional income of Rs 3.25 cr
Jalandhar, September 23 Sources said as income tax officials asked from the owners of the firm with regard to some bills related to undeclared income. After certain queries, the firm surrendered an additional income of Rs 2.25 crore. Officials also surveyed the premises of a kiryana store which also declared an additional income of Rs 1.1 crore. During the survey, officials had found some important leads indicating additional income which had to be declared by the owner of the store. Income Tax Commissioner Rakesh Suri said the survey was conducted on the basis of the definite information gathered by its officials that the firms concerned had additional income. He said the department had several channels to gather information regarding undeclared income by various firms. He said the survey was conducted when the officials become certain with regard to the information regarding additional income.
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Ayodhya verdict: SDM appeals for peace
Phagwara, September 23 Addressing a sub-divisional meeting of the Grievances Redressal Committee here today, the SDM instructed the officials of Health and Civil Supplies Department to check the quality of eatables, including sweets, being sold at various shops and eating joints and rehris in chaupati. He instructed the officials to make it compulsory for sweet shop owners to display the rates of items. Taking serious notice of the complaints regarding triple riding on two wheelers and the anti-social activities by some groups of youths roaming on motorcycles with masked faces, the SDM directed the police to check the menace. Several other issues, including parking arrangements for the vehicles, blocked sewerages, stagnation of rainy water due to lack of disposal were also discussed in the meeting. Flag march
Jalandhar/Kapurthala: Keeping in view of impending Allahabad Court’s verdict on the Ayodhya issue, the police today took out flag march in Jalandhar and Kapurthala. The police has made elaborated arrangements to tackle any untoward incident. All the entry and the exit points to Jalandhar and Kapurthala cities were sealed. Additional police parties were deployed at various strategic points. However, the court adjourned the case till September 28 in the evening. Remain vigilant: Left parties
Jalandhar: Leaders of the CPM and CPI (ML) Liberation held a joint meeting here today. Central committee member of CPI (ML) Liberation Swapan Mukherjee along with Rajwinder Singh Rana and Bhagwant Singh Samao from that party and Mangat Ram Pasla, Harkanwal Singh and Bodh Singh Ghuman from CPM Punjab participated in the meeting. The meeting issued a fervent appeal to the people to remain vigilant against all types of possible provocations of the communal and mischievous elements in wake of the impending decision of the court on the Ayodhya dispute and to spare no efforts for maintaining communal harmony. The meeting noted with concern that imperialist agencies along with the vested interests in our country were continuously stoking communal and divisive issues so as to sidetrack the genuine struggles of working people. The meeting also decided to observe the coming anniversary of the Great October Revolution as anti-imperialism day by holding a joint mass convention at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Jalandhar on November 7, 2010. The meeting extended its all out support to the on-going struggles of workers, peasants, unemployed and under-employed youth and employees etc. and urged upon the govt. to concede all the demands promised and accepted in principle by the authorities at various occasions. |
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Screen printing lessons for HMV students
Jalandhar, September 23 Quiz contest
An intra-class quiz competition was organised by the CT Institute of Hotel Management at the Shahpur Campus. The event was organised with the intention of testing the current affairs and overall knowledge of students. There were four teams having three participants each. The quiz was hosted by Professor Anubhav Sachdeva. The first round contained a different category of questions i.e. politics, science, entertainment, history and current affairs. The second round includes questions, particularly related to the hospitality and tourism area and the final round comprised audio-visual and rapid-fire quiz. Questions were also asked from the audience and gifts were given to them. The Oberoi Challengers’ team stood first. Continuing with its efforts towards fostering industry-academia interaction, CTIHM also organised a guest lecture along with the quiz and invited Raj Kumar, manager, The Maya Hotel. The event was graced by the presence of Chairman Charanjeet Singh Channi as he motivated students and appreciated the efforts of the hotel management department for organising the quiz. Cyber crime lecture
The PG department of computer science and information technology of the Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, has organised a lecture on ‘cyber crime and ethical hacking.’ The lecture was delivered by Parul Khanna, owner of the Third Eye Ethical Hackers’ Society. The programme was started with the welcome of resource person by Principal Dr Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj. Parul Khanna discussed about hackers, hacking and other cyber crimes. He also mentioned methods to get rid of these cyber crimes like mobile phone hacking, invisible camera hacking, e-mail forging attack, sniffer attack, privacy attack etc. He also discussed about various softwares like Trojan, Keyloggers, viruses etc., which are hacking our personal life. He said unethical hacking is a big crime. Sangeeta Arora, head of the computer sciences department thanked the resource person and participants. Radio workshop
A five-day workshop on radio production was organised by the postgraduate department of journalism and mass communication, Doaba College. Anil Kak, announcer, All India Radio, graced the occasion in the morning session. Anil Kak discussed in detail various concepts of radio management, radio industry, programme and sound format. During the last two days Gurpreet Singh of Radio Mirchi taught students the basic techniques of RJing. Dr Sukhwinder Singh Sanga of Ladhewali regional campus discussed in detail about the role of language and linguistics in RJing and the radio profession. Tahir Ahmed, programme head, My FM, discussed voice and artist skills with the students. RJ Seep Taneja taught students about the basics of RJing. He was accorded a hearty welcome by Prof RK Badhwar, registrar, Dr Ranbir Singh, head of department, workshop co-ordinators Prof Simran Sidhu and Prof Gurpreet Kaur, staff and students of MJMC and BJMC. Freshers’ party
To welcome and boost up new students who have joined various UG and PG courses, the CT Institute of Management & Information Technology organised a Freshers’ Party. The gala event named ‘Mosaic’. More than 300 students from all courses participated in this event and presented various cultural events. Students presented various cultural items like solo song, bhangra, salsa, mimicry, group dance and western dance. Inaugural of the party took place with the lighting of the traditional lamp by the chief guest S Charanjit Singh Channi, chairman of the CT Group. Based on the participation of students in various contests held during the event, Vinod and Arpan were crowned Mr. and Miss Fresher, besides this Mr. Handsome was Shakir Rasool and Miss Charming was Reeti Sreevastava, Mr. Talented was Amandeep Singh and Miss Talented was Amarpreet Kaur. Hindi seminar
The PG department of Hindi of the Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a In the inaugural address, Dr Shitanshu said gender disparity should not be the basis for torturing and exploiting women. Woman has been tortured, suppressed, subjugated and exploited a lot under the patriarchal system of society. Social situations provide the basis for literature. Raji Seth, in her keynote address, through her personal experiences, conveyed that to be empowered, woman has to draw strength from her inner self. Dr Sunita Jain said the picture of womanhood portrayed in the serials should not be the example to be followed because there women exploit women. In the second and third session of the seminar, Dr Puran Chand, Dr Usha Uppal, Dr Rakesh Kumar, Dr Rajinder Toki, Dr Kirti Kesar, Dr Vikas Narang, Dr Tarsem Gujral presented their research papers. The presidential remarks were presented by Baldev Vanshi and Dr Hukum Chand Rajpal, for the second and third sessions. Exotica - 2010
The Innocent Hearts Group of Institutions (IHGI), Nakodar Road, Loaharan, Jalandhar organised “Exotica-2010” to welcome its new batch of students. The guest of the function was Dt. Anup Bowry, Shally Bowry and Aradhana Bowry. The entire programme was headed by Dr. Sayeed Zafar (group director). Various cultural items in Punjabi, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Kashmiri were performed. Questions were asked by Shally Bowry and Aradhana Bowry to judge the talent and IQ of students. Based upon the answers, Baljinder (MBA-I) was chosen Mr. Fresher and Baljeet (MBA-I) as Miss Fresher and Santosh (MBA-I) Mr. Talented and Tapsi (BBA-I) Miss Talented. Consolation prize was given to Wasim Raja (MBA-I). Dr Anup Bowry and Dr Sayeed Zafar encouraged students. MoU inked
The local DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology (DAVIET) signed an MoU with Ericsson - a telecommunication company for providing training and placement to the students. The company visited the campus on September 16 for the launch of 'Ericsson Excel Certification Programme'. Under this tie-up, Ericsson would provide internship training and Ericsson excel certification to the 7th semester students of electronics and communication engineering. Apart from this, as a part of an MoU, Ericsson would also visit DAVIET to conduct campus placements for its final year students. |
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Crime zone: PO attacks police party, arrested
Nakodar, September 23 Nakodar DSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said three police personnel, identified as head constable Baldev Singh, constables Janak Raj and Joginder Paul, were injured in the attack. However, the police party succeeded to arrest proclaimed offender Balbir Singh, his sister Balbir Kaur and her brother-in-law Bhajan Singh under sections 307, 332, 353, 186, 212, 224 and 225 of the IPC. Balbir Singh was wanted since 2007 by the Firozepur and Sultanpur Lodhi police in two cases under sections of the NDPS Act. Balbir was hiding at the house of his sister in Mehatpur. All the arrested were produced before the Nakodar Judicial Magistrate who sent them in judicial remand till October 7. Ornaments looted
Phillaur: Three unidentified robbers struck at nearby Dosanjh Kalan village last night and robbed six persons --- an NRI couple and four other village women --- of ornaments and cash. In the first incident, motorcyclist-borne robbers stopped NRI couple Balwinder Singh and his wife Surinder Kaur, both also on a bike, and snatched 20 tolas of gold jewellery, two mobile phones and cash worth Rs 3,000. In another incident, the same robbers stopped a Maruti car (PB-36A-9197) and snatched cash and earrings from four women occupants, identified as Sarabjit Kaur, Rani, Satya and Kartari of the car. Residents of Tibbi Mohalla in Phagwara, the women told the police that the robbers had a black motorcycle with a logo of the UK on its number plate. Phillaur DSP Parampal Singh said a high alert has been sounded to nab the robbers. |
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Deserted by boyfriend, girl attempts suicide
Kapurthala, September 23 Hailing from Jalandhar, Rajwinder Kaur accompanied by her boyfriend Navdeep Singh of Chamiyara village, Jalandhar, had been to the Kapurthala court for registering The police said the boy escaped from the court premises leaving the girl alone. Deserted, the girl consumed the poisonous substance following which she fell unconscious and was rushed to the local Civil Hospital by the court employees in a PCR vehicle. The health of the girl is said to be out of danger. The police has initiated action against the boy and the girl. No case has been registered in this regard
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Surjit hockey tourney from Oct 16
Jalandhar, September 23 Thirteen teams, including two foreign teams from Malaysia and Pakistan, will compete in the eight-day-long tournament. It is for the first time that Air Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be seen in action in the tournament. While former runners-up of the 25th Surjit hockey tournament Javed Hockey Club, Gojra, Pakistan, will also be seen in action on the turf. The Pakistani team had failed to turn up for the 26th Surjit hockey tournament held last year. “This year the Pakistani team has confirmed their entry in the match,” said the organisers. President of the Surjit Hockey Society-cum-Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti said renowned Punjabi folk singers would grace the occasion. The winning team will be given a cash award of Rs 2.5 lakh, which will be sponsored by Gold’s Gym. Among other Indian teams are defending champion Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai, former champion Indian Oil, Mumbai, Air India, Mumbai, Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Dehradun, Army-XI, Delhi, Border Security Force (BSF), Jalandhar, Indian Railways, Delhi, Namdhari-XI, Sirsa, and Punjab and Sind Bank, Delhi. PTC News and PTC Channel will telecast live the both semifinals and final matches of the tournament. Organising secretary of the tournament Iqbal Singh Sandhu said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia along with other Cabinet ministers would grace the occasion. ‘Watch hockey, win Nano’“Watch hockey, win Nano car”. The Surjit Hockey Society has offered a Nano car for the spectators to win during the hockey tournament. Earlier, Punjab Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia unveiled the Nano car and gave the keys to Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner and president of Surjit Hockey Society Priyank Bharti along with society secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu. “The initiative has been taken with an aim to rope in maximum spectators during the tournament. The spectators would be given a lucky coupon daily and on the final match on October 23 a lucky draw would be held and the winner would be announced,” said Sandhu.
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Jalandhar, September 23
the bees so that antibiotic content in the honey don’t go beyond the prescribed limits, said Jagjit Singh Kapoor,
chairman-cum- managing director of Kashmir Apairies Private Limited, one of the largest honey bee firms located in Doraha near Ludhiana.
The multimedia department of the Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a four-day workshop on ‘screen printing’ from September 17 to 21. Professional screen-printing expert Pawanjeet Kaur was the resource person. She told students about screen-printing and texture work. The students learnt about the printing techniques to print T-shirts, bed sheets and posters. 