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Deprived of Benefits
Cong govt sitting on Land Acquisition Bill: Grewal
CBSE to bring sportspersons under gradation policy
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Convention against Operation Green Hunt on Oct 17
Air Force Day celebrated
Youth booked on charges of rape, abduction
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Deprived of Benefits
Jalandhar, October 10 Danga Peerit Welfare Society president Surjit Singh alleged that they felt cheated at the hands of Badal after supporting the Akalis for more than 25 years. The Akalis used the victims of anti-Sikh riots against the Congress at every political stage, promising them rehabilitation, but these promises were never fulfilled. Police lathicharge on protesting families in Ludhiana had reminded them of the riots. The chief of the women wing of the society said the fast would continue till the Ludhiana DC was transferred, action against erring police officials was taken and their other demands fulfilled. They said Parkash Singh Badal and his son Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal would not be allowed to use them
as a tool to garner votes during the coming elections. The society president said Dr Manmohan Singh-led UPA government’s grant of Rs 2 lakh per victim was allowed to lapse in the case of the 10,000 victim families of anti-Sikh riots. The Centre had sent a grant of Rs 440 crore in 2006 to disburse Rs 2 lakh to each victim family, but grants of Rs 200 crore were lapsed as the state government failed to prepare red cards for the victims within the stipulated time, they alleged. Though the Centre had extended the last date for the disbursement of ex gratia on the Punjab government’s request, the state again missed the deadline, he alleged. The families demanded that the process to prepare red cards should be expedited. “We are open to idea of approaching Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to get these issues redressed,” they added. |
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Cong govt sitting on Land Acquisition Bill: Grewal
Phagwara, October 10 In a press release issued here today, Grewal said the UPA government had notified 360 special economic zones in India to facilitate industrialists to set up their units and provide employment, but most of these industrial units had not seen the light of the day as the mere aim of the capitalists was to acquire land of farmers at throwaway prices and create land banks. It is a known fact that farmers across India had resisted these forced acquisitions and once thrown out of their lands, these landless farmers had become soft targets of anti-India movements like Naxalism. Since the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, was not well equipped to protect the interests of the farming community, the Land Acquisition Bill, 2007, would be tabled in the winter session of parliament to provide much-awaited relief to farmers. Grewal said fertile land shall be conserved like forest land and only barren and un-irrigated land would be acquired for public and private projects on lease. Farmers shall get monthly compensation not less than the interest on the land price while the ownership rights would remain with farmers. Grewal stated the BJP had decided to lend its voice to the farming community and would stage protests within and outside Parliament to ensure that the proposed Land Acquisition Bill was tabled
in Parliament. Grewal said the Kisan Morcha had called upon the farmers across the country to agitate against the anti-farmer policies of the UPA government on October 11 at the district and state headquarters. Kisan Morcha president O.P. Dhankar would stage a dharna at Khuda Ali Sher, Chandigarh, on October 11, and submit a memorandum to the President of India through the Governor of Punjab. |
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CBSE to bring sportspersons under gradation policy
Jalandhar, October 10 With the decision of the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare regarding introduction of grading system in such tournaments, sportspersons of over 7,000 CBSE schools across the country would be eligible to avail benefits during admissions in various higher education courses and government jobs. However, only position holders at the state and national levels will be eligible to avail the benefits. Until now, the players of CBSE-run schools had to participate in tournaments organised by the sports wing of the education departments of respective states to avail any gradation facility. In the absence of any such policy for the past one and a half decade, the positions won by them in sports activities conducted by the CBSE did not fetch them any such additional benefits. Talking to The Tribune, Pushkar Vohra, Assistant Education Officer (Sports), CBSE, New Delhi, confirmed that the decision in this regard had recently been taken and conveyed to the CBSE by the Ministry of Youth Welfare and Sports. “We have disseminated the information to our regional offices and also to the various zones of the country where the zonal-level tournaments are being organised shortly,” said Vohra. The CBSE has availed the facility of the grading system after 14 years, since the beginning of the CBSE school games in 1996. |
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DAV varsity to start from 2011 academic session
Jalandhar, October 10 A brainchild of DAV CMC president G.P. Chopra, the university would launch need-based programmes for the benefit of farmers and the industry of Punjab. Talking to The Tribune, Regional Director of Engineering Colleges C.L. Kochhar said students would be given theoretical and practical training with special focus on research. Spread over 75 acres, the university would come up in three phases - the first phase (2011-12) would offer engineering, management, sciences and language courses. While the second phase (2012-13) would offer tourism, hotel management, fashion technology, computer applications, education and vocational training, the third phase (2013-14) would offer pharmaceutical, physical
education and arts and design. “Admissions to engineering courses would be held through CET and AIEEE, and to other disciplines through entrance examinations,” he said. Under the centres of specialisation in research, the university would offer research and development, industrial liaison and consultancy, vedic studies and moral sciences, energy conservation and management, environment and climatology, foreign languages, academic staff college, distance learning and aptitude and skill development. |
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Convention against Operation Green Hunt on Oct 17
Jalandhar, October 10 Convener of the front Dr Parminder Singh, Professor A.K. Maleri and Yashpal said the convention would be addressed by Booker Prize winner and world renowned writer Arundhati Roy and Chhattisgarh-based social worker Himanshu Kumar. The convention would also be attended by intellectuals, writers, historians, theatre activists, poets, musicians, singers and various organisations from across the state. While intelligentsia from different universities of Punjab, educational institutes and research centres would also be present. |
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Air Force Day celebrated
Jalandhar, October 10 The AOC commended 16 air warriors for their outstanding devotion to duty and professionalism. A number of functions were organised during the last week at Air Force Station, Adampur, which included blood donation, camp, painting competition for wards of air warriors, cycle race, healthy baby show and mini-marathon. A large number of air warriors, their families, Army officers and civil dignitaries attended the function.
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Youth booked on charges of rape, abduction
Phagwara, October 10 In her complaint, the girl stated that she, along with Jalandhar resident Shiv Kumar, was returning from Adampur after performing in a marriage function when the accused stopped their Tata Sumo vehicle at pistol point near Khajurala level crossing, pulled her out of the vehicle and pushed her into his car. He attempted to rape her and captured her vulgar photographs. She said when she raised the alarm, the accused threw her out of the car and sped away. The accused has absconded, the police said.
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