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Mother of two found murdered
CBSE Campaign
Manpreet addresses DBA members
IT introduces 4th residential scheme amid resistance
Painting is pain management for her
Young World
LPU to hold Educon from today
Painting competition on Children’s Day
Mystery of abandoned infant solved
Upinderjit praises NRIs for village uplift
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Air pollution mars beauty of Devi Talab Mandir
Ash emanating from the chimneys of these industrial units and from the illegal work of cleansing bitumen drums by burning them during the night by several persons near Baba Deep Singh Nagar has been marring the beauty of the temple. Even a day before Chhath Puja on Thursday, the ash from these factories and illegal process of cleansing drums was seen spread all over the temple. When the pilgrims from different parts of the country staying in various dharamshalas woke up in the wee hours today to pay obeisance at the temple, they were surprised to see the entire premises filled with ash. The local devotees were also upset on finding the ash on the entire parikarima and sarovar. When this correspondent visited the temple to take stock of the situation, the thick ash was floating on the sarovar. Expressing his anguish, one of the devotees, Ram Lal Bhatia, told The Tribune that the Devi Talab Mandir Prabandhak Committee (DTMPC) should take up the matter with the administration and the latter in turn should take strict action against the erring industries and they should be shifted to the areas designated for the factories to avoid recurrence of such an incident. When contacted, the DTMPC president, Sheetal Vij, told The Tribune that the temple had been facing the problem for the past about two years. The management had already brought the matter of air pollution marring the beauty of Devi Talab Mandir to the notice of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) several times but of no avail so far, he added. Passing the buck, PPCB Executive Engineer Harminder Singh told The Tribune that the ash affecting the temple was emerging due to illegal process of cleaning bitumen drums near Baba Deep Singh Nagar and it was the responsibility of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation (JMC) to take action against those junk dealers who To further queries, he said he would send his SDO to see whether the air pollution caused by several pipe fitting and rubber units was also responsible for the problem and if required, action would be taken against them. When contacted, Mayor Rakesh Rathour said this was for the first time that he was hearing about the problem. Interestingly, he said as soon as he received any complaint, strict legal action would be taken against junk dealers. When asked if he even now required any formal complaint, he instantly changed his stand and said the JMC would see to it at its own and proper action would be taken in this regard. Apart from paying obeisance at the temple, hundreds of devotees also visit the temple daily for their morning walk. Jalandhar (North) MLA Krishan Dev Bhandari also visits the akhara located on the premises of the temple. Bhandari told The Tribune he had brought the matter to the notice of Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti in the morning. It is not only the Devi Talab Mandir, but several residential areas have also been adversely affected by the air pollution caused by the industries set up in different localities, including surrounding Preet Nagar, Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Sodal Nagar, Aman Nagar, Globe Colony and Shashi Nagar, for past several years. The residents of these localities have been demanding to shift the industries creating severe air and noise pollution to the areas designated for the factories for the past some decades. However, ignoring their demand, these areas were included in the mix zone in the recently prepared master plan. On this, Bhandari said though the areas were declared as mix zone, but he would recommend strict action against those industries creating severe air pollution and the administration should also work in the direction to immediately shift them to designated areas for industries.
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Bad Sewerage
Jalandhar, November 11 Rakesh Kumar, son of petitioner Manmohan Singh, had
pleaded the case himself, saying the lanes and houses of Basti Guzan and Bagh Ahluwalia often got deluged with sewage owing to backflow from pipes under the 120-feet road. The petitioner, who is an 80-year-old head constable from the Punjab police, had produced various documents and over a dozen photographs, depicting the problems of residents of the area. He had submitted that his house often had to be locked because of dirty water standing up to 3 feet for several days. Explaining the problem, the complainants had said that a 69-inch sewer pipe for disposal of waste from adjoining Ram Nagar locality was running underneath the 120-feet road. He had pointed out that diameter of the pipe was too low as compared to the volume of the sewage. As a result it started choking or making a backflow of water into their houses, he pointed out. Manmohan Singh had said instead of increasing the size of pipe, the MC had devised a wrong technique by breaking one of the chambers of sewer pipes. He added that because of this the colonies of Basti Guzan and Bagh Ahluwalia were getting swamped with filthy water. The petitioner said the sullage had been finding its way into his house since July 2005 and the problem assumed serious proportions in the rainy season when the stagnant water remained in his house for several days at a stretch. Complaining about the deteriorating condition of his house, he had said the walls had sunken and dirty water often percolated from the floor of his house. He said the plaster on the walls was getting pealed off and the doors were badly damaged. While the complainant had earlier presented his case before the district forum which
had awarded him Rs 2 lakh. Owing to the MC’s dilly-dallying approach on the payment of compensation, the forum had even directed the attachment of the MC Commissioner’s official car. Later, during an appeal filed by the MC before the state commission, his award had been reduced to Rs 20,000. The complainant had then again lodged the matter with the national commission, where members R.C. Jain and Anupam Dasgupta held that the view of the state commission was not justified in reducing the compensation to such a low extent. The members said since the complainant had already been paid Rs 20,000, the MC should pay the balance amount of Rs 80,000 within four weeks, failing which the amount would carry an interest of 12 per cent per annum. |
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Mother of two found murdered
Phillaur, November 11 He said that the Noormahal police had registered a case under section 302, IPC, against unidentified killers and the body of the woman was handed over to her family members after conducting a post-mortem examination in the Phillaur Civil Hospital today.
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CBSE Campaign
The logo would be used countrywide in all the campaigns and official works of the CCE, the grade system introduced by the CBSE to do away with the examination, including the board examination of Class X. Talking to The Tribune, Deepak Bhatia, Director of Cambridge Schools, claimed that only 80 schools, out of total 7,000 CBSE-run schools, were shortlisted by the board to prepare the logo and slogan for the scheme and the logo configure by the Cambridge’s faculty was finalised for the campaign. “This was conveyed to us by the officials concerned of the CBSE, who were here in the city to attend the principal’s meet on CCE on Monday”, he added. The logo depicts the entire globe tied with the ribbon knot, which dignifies the students as the global citizens with global responsibilities and two leaves holding the earth, dignifying the palms of students. “The logo portrays a student with books in her hand, a dancing student and a student with telescope, which represent the overall personality development of student through the CCE”, said Deepa Dogra, Principal, and Cambridge Schools for Girls.
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Manpreet addresses DBA members
Kapurthala, November 11 Addressing Kapurthala District Bar Association (DBA) members here today, Manpreet appealed them to extend their support in his efforts to eradicate corruption, illiteracy, unemployment and drug addiction to put Punjab back on the track of development. Reminding the sacrifices made by freedom fighters like Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Subhas Chandra Bose, he said he had been forced to leave the Akali Dal and the finance portfolio just to realise the dreams of these freedom fighters. He further stated that the path he had chosen was not so easy but he wanted to do something for the people of Punjab so that they could lead a dignified life of self-respect. Talking to mediapersons after the function, he kept his cards close to his chests and refused to disclose his future plans which were likely to be declared in Amritsar on November 14. Later Manpreet Badal also addressed his supporters at a meeting near Begowal village.
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IT introduces 4th residential scheme amid resistance
Phagwara, November 11 This was confirmed by the SDM while talking to The Tribune here yesterday. He said about 34 constructed houses may be exempted from the trust scheme. Bhardwaj said some commercial complexes would also be constructed, besides residential ones. Earlier, a team of the Improvement Trust, assisted by the police, made efforts to get land on the scheme site vacated by several persons amid resistance from some of the residents. |
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Painting is pain management for her
Jalandhar, November 11 This is how the Canada-based painter Kanwal Kundhal, whose art is largely an outcome of the pain she has experienced due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis and solitude, introduced herself in her own portfolio. Kanwal, an alumnus of the department of fine arts of the Apeejay College, was in the city to organise a three-day exhibition of her paintings. The realm of her art speaks about nature, the memories of her native land and her loneliness. Her paintings mirror nature with rhythmic images of peacocks, women, trees, flowers, clouds and oceans. As the perception of any piece of art, ranging from poetry, story writing and music, up to sculpting and painting, depend much on the subjectivity of the reader, listener and viewer, respectively, the original depth and gravity of emotion playing behind her paradigm could be best understood in her own words. “I feel that trees, animals, birds, water, sky and every other element of nature are more faithful than human beings. That’s why, all such figures, except human beings, trickle down through my brush”, said Kanwal. Born in Khanna, Kanwal found an artist in her husband. “My husband and my teacher at Apeejay, Dr Surjit Kaur, encouraged me to paint. We shifted to Canada in 1999. There I suffered a severe attack of arthritis, which tore me emotionally. It was only then that I started painting to relieve myself of pain. All these paintings are work done during this period”, said Kanwal, who will organise her next exhibition at the Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh. Although she holds the view that a wide gap exists between India and the western world in terms of the approach towards art and artists, she still feels, “To some extent, the exhibition was a tribute to the victory of art over the disease.”
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Para Sports Academy honours athletes
Jalandhar, November 11 This is the only academy in the state where physically challenged sportspersons are given round-the-clock training and practice sessions are organised in weightlifting, para-powerlifting and-para athletics. The sports stars from this academy have proved their mettle in various national and international events. Talking to The Tribune, paralympic Rajinder Rahelu said he was looking forward to the upcoming Para Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou in China from December 12 to 19. “I am putting my best efforts to win a gold in the Para Asian Games. We are yet to go for our training camp in Bengaluru and then proceed for the games,” he added. It might be noted that Kuldeep Singh, Varinder Singh, Rajdeep Kaur and Rajinder Rahelu are proceeding for the Para Asian Games in December. Weightlifter Amritpal Singh, who is all set to participate in the Punjab State School Weightlifting Championship beginning November 13, said, “It is all due to the academy that I have been able to make it to the state-level games. The academy has been providing us the best of the facilities.” The academy awarded six players who were part of the Punjab para-powerlifting team, which participated in Para National Games-2010 at Bengaluru in July, and won six gold, one silver and one bronze medals. While six players were part of the Punjab para-athletics team, which participated in Para National Athletics Meet-2010 at Panchkula (Haryana) in September and won four silver and four bronze medals. Along with para-sports, the academy is also running a weightlifting centre in which junior and sub-junior players are trained. Eight weightlifting players participated in the District Jalandhar (U-17) and (U-19) School Weightlifting Championship, 2010, at Samrai Jandiala Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, and won one gold, three silver and three bronze medals. Among the awardees were international stars - Rajinder Rahelu, Parwinder Singh and Rajdeep Kaur. In powerlifting, six players were awarded, namely Kuldeep Singh, Randeep Singh, Chetan Sharma, Rajdeep Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur and Varinder Singh. The district-level players were Parwinder Singh, Rajeshwar, Sukhwinder Kumar, Jagdeep Singh, Narinder Kumar and Mangat Ram. The district weightlifters were Amritpal Singh, Simarjit Singh, Vijay Kumar, Husan Lal, Amninder Lakha, Davinder Pal, Jatinder Kumar and Vikas Virdi. Chairperson of the academy Capt Piara Singh said the academy was committed to promote the para sports along with general sports. He also expressed the hope that the players from the academy would participate in the Olympics and Paralympics Games in the coming days.
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Young World
National Education Day
National Education Day commemorating the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, was celebrated in Guru Amar Dass Public School. On this occasion, inter-house quiz competition was organised in which students of all the four houses of the school participated enthusiastically. Venus Sharma, Gurneet Kaur, Gaganjot Singh and Mandeep Kaur of Bibi Bhani House bagged the first position while Chirag, Navdeep Singh, Yashpreet Kaur and Saniya of Bibi Dani House stood second. Loveleen Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Mansukh Kaur and Harnoor Kaur of Baba Mohri House got the third position. Congratulating the winners, Principal Harminderjit Kaur Chawla paid homage to the first Union Minister of Education of India and asked the students to take pride in recalling Maulana’s contribution to the cause of education in India. Seminar on human values
The department of Sanskrit of the local Prem Chand Markanda S.D. College for Women organised a national seminar sponsored by the UGC on ‘Human Values in Sanskrit Literature’. Dr Abidi Head, English Department from Lucknow University, presided over the seminar. Addressing students, Dr Abidi said human values had fabricated Sanskrit literature and as a result it is full of human sensibilities. As many as 63 delegates from UP, Haryana, J&K and Punjab participated in the seminar. HMV-zoology carnival
The Department of Zoology of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a carnival on ‘Potential of Zoology to Save & Elevate Biodiversity’ to celebrate ‘International Biodiversity Year-2010’. The carnival, included five major events --- Exhibition of models related to biological diversity, poster session, CD display, power point presentation & quiz. During the exhibition, models concerning Leh disaster were displayed highlighting the message to restore biodiversity. Personality development
The placement cell of Apeejay College of Fine Arts organised a seminar on personality development. Prikshit Dhanda, CEO of MIE Educational Services, gave valuable tips regarding confidence building and interview skills. He also highlighted the importance of hobbies in defining a person’s personality and body language. Art exhibition
The Amrita Shergill Lalit Kala Society of Fine Arts Department of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised an art exhibition on November 8. In this exhibition the students designed and exhibited paintings, diyas, designer candles, wall hangings, rangoli and greetings. DAVIET students selected
As many as 16 passing out students of B.Tech of the local DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology (DAVIET) have been selected for six months industrial training at Kirloskar Electric Company Limited. While three students each have been selected in Delhi and Jammu plant, two in Ludhiana, six in Chandigarh and two in Baddi. The selected students included Pranav, Shipra, Veer Singh, Piyush Dhawan, Vinay Bansal, Shiraz Anav Misra, Shruti Joshi, Gaurav Joshi, Amit Lufa, Siddharth Jha, Gagandeep Dutta, Charu Magoo, Bhawna Narang, Rubanpreet Kaur, Upasana Kalelia and Reena Atri. Adventure camp
A four-day-long adventure camp was held at Sanasar near Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir for the students of MBA and MCA of St Solider Group of Institutions. During the camp, the students were given introduction to mountainous regions, roads and various equipments by the staff of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter sports. The students were also taken for a visit to Patnitop. Spanish course
The local Kanya Maha Vidyalaya started Spanish Teaching Course under their school of communication on November 10. The college has invited a Spanish teacher, Olesea, to teach the students. The co-educational language classes are open for professionals, housewives and outsiders apart from the students of the college. Extension lecture
Phagwara: The Cosmetology Department of Kamla Nehru College for women Phagwara organised an extension lecture on the topic ‘Skin Therapies’. Ms. Deepali and Mr. Sanjeev, PPA of Cheryl’s Cosmeceuticals, Bombay, were the key note speakers. They delivered a lecture about different skin therapies, skin problems, skin treatments and skin care. It was an interactive session in which the students also asked the questions and they satisfactorily answered the queries. |
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LPU to hold Educon from today
Jalandhar, November 11 The theme of the conference will be “Professional development of teachers and teacher educators”. The conference is likely to be attended by more than 550 delegates from UK, Bhutan, Australia and 24 states of India. There will also be a virtual session from the US and a video session from Singapore during the event. PSEB competitions
Three-day regional-level cocurricular competitions of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) were organised at Lovely Professional University. Competitions were held for shabad singing, solo dance, folk song, debate, calligraphy, painting, poetry recitation, GK, kavishri, vaar gayan, one-act play, giddha, bhangra and gatka in three categories - primary, middle and senior secondary standards. More than 900 students participated in the competitions from schools of Ludhiana, Ferozepur, Moga, Barnala and Jalandhar districts, falling under Jalandhar region. Art of Living
Sri Sri Ravi Shanker, founder of The Art of Living, will visit Lovely Professional University
tomorrow to have an interaction session with the students, members of the staff and registered visitors. The theme of the session is “Life is joy, life is love,
life is enthusiasm”. Workshop
The Department of Physiotherapy of Lovely Professional University conducted a three-day workshop on disability detection and rehabilitation for the teachers of the Sarv Siksha Abhiyaan. Fiftysix special teacher educators from Doaba region participated in the workshop. Deputy Education Officer Parminder Singh, speech therapist Ravi Shankar and Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan coordinator Arvinder Kaur were present at the inauguration. |
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Painting competition on Children’s Day
Jalandhar, November 11 The competition is being held to mark the completion of 20 years of the Srinagar unit. |
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Mystery of abandoned infant solved
Phagwara, Novemebr 11 The SHO, Amrik Singh Chahal, said the arrested boy, identified as Bihari migrant Sonu Yadav of the local Onkar Nagar, was working in a private hospital and arrested girl Jatinder Kaur, who was unmarried, came to the hospital for the treatment of her ailing mother three years back and both fell in love with each other during the stay in the hospital. Chahal said the couple developed sexual relations and the girl became pregnant. Jatinder Kaur delivered a premature baby of seven months’ pregnancy at her house in the local Kirpa Nagar on the night of November 5 and threw the infant in nearby fields from the roof of her house. Chahal said the infant, who was alive, was found by the police and it immediately admitted the infant to the Civil Hospital on the morning of November 6, but the baby could not survive and died in the hospital.
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Upinderjit praises NRIs for village uplift
Phillaur, November 11 She was addressing a rural gathering after inaugurating a blood donation camp and medical check-up camp organised by the Sher-e-Punjab Foundation Asian Eye Care Trust, UK, at nearby Kot-Grewal village in Phillaur subdivision today.
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Jalandhar, November 11
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Jalandhar, November 11