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Punjab hockey coaching camp starts from Jan 13
Travel agencies asked to pay up
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‘Irregularities’ in MGNREGS
SUKIRT to hold seminars to counter addiction
Now, SSA for Phagwara as a district
BSP to hold demonstration on January 31
KMV teacher attends Sanskrit symposium
Province in Canada eases immigration process
IMA criticises forming of regulatory Act to monitor pvt medical centres
Novel ‘Shaher Par Lagi Ankhen’ released
89 DAVIET students bag placements with Wipro
KMV Principal addresses Third World Conference of Women
Railways fail to get encroached properties vacated
Day-long dharnas against price rise from Feb 14 to 17: CPM
Saroj Khan judges dance competition in city
LSE, LPU to launch joint study programmes
Kamla Nehru College holds convocation
HMV archers bag 2nd position in varsity meet
Robbers snatch car from trader
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Punjab hockey coaching camp starts from Jan 13
Jalandhar, January 11 The women hockey players will undergo coaching at the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. The final selection for the Punjab women hockey team would be held on January 18. The first Senior National Women Hockey Championship is scheduled to be held at Sonepat from January 21 to 30. As many as 26 women hockey players were selected by a seven-member selection committee, comprising Olympian Varinder Singh, Rajbir Kaur, Iqbal Singh Sandhu, Saroj Bala, Harjit Kaur, Balbir Singh Randhawa and Baljeet Kaur. The women hockey players said the first Senior National Women Hockey Championship would further pave way for their selection in the Hockey India Camp. Asian Champions Trophy player goalkeeper Yogita Bali, who was selected in the trials for the coaching camp said, “It is a golden chance for the women hockey players and we will have to perform the best to grab place in the India Camp. It will be a do or die situation and we would ensure that the Punjab team wins the championship, promising better prospects ahead.” Another player from the selected team, Kirandeep Kaur from RCF, Kapurthala, said, “Punjab has always remained a hub of hockey in India and it is time for us to bring back the glory of the state at the national-level. There was a time when maximum players in the national team were from Punjab, but that trend received a set back in the past. If the team ends up in the top slot of the tournament, it will be good beginning for the women hockey in the state,” she added. Rajbir Kaur, one of the selectors from the seven-member selection committee, highlighted that the selection of the players had been done keeping in mind the mix of the experienced and the budding players. “During the coaching camp at the RCF, Kapurthala, emphasis would be laid on selecting the players with better track record and good physical endurance. We are sure that the final selected players of the team would be the best to compete in the championship,” she said. The women hockey players
also maintained that the championship promised good openings for the budding hockey players, as they would get a chance to get recruitment in the reputed academies. “One of the major problem with hockey, despite being a national game, is that it lacks good sponsors and money. It is very important for us to showcase good hockey skills so that we are selected in the Punjab women hockey team and further get a chance to get good jobs too,” said a budding player. While Harjeet Kaur, who is also the coach of the Women hockey team at the RCF, Kapurthala, said the players who appeared for the selection trials were from colleges, Asian and Commonwealth Games teams. “The selection would be done keeping in mind the talent required for the national games. The coaching camp would be the real testing time for the players during which we would select the best players for the senior national women hockey championship,” she said. |
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Travel agencies asked to pay up
Jalandhar, January 11 In their complaint, Pushpinder Singh Grover and Kuldeep Grover said they had got their seats booked with Pinochhio Travels for an 11-day Europe tour starting from July 2, 2009, organised by Kuoni Travels. They said they were told that it was compulsory for them to get processed their multi-entry Schengen visa through SOTC even as they had UK visa. As advised, the Grover couple gave their passport and visa papers to them for getting Schengen visa processed. They said they were assured by Kuoni Travels and SOTC that all arrangements for their tour would be made without much difficulty before the date of their tour. However, before the start of their tour they were shocked to know that their visa could not be procured and the tour booked by them had been cancelled. They said the officials even failed to refund the booking amount of Rs 42,000 paid to them. Further, they complained that the officials returned their passports only with the condition that they should give in writing that they were prepared to appear for interview before any Embassy and even got signed some blank documents. In their reply, Kuoni Travels agreed that they had received an initial non-refundable interest-free booking deposit of Rs 42,000 for the couple. They further replied that the complainants had themselves decided to cancel their tour and did not appear for personal interview before the Italian Consulate on June 29, 2009, due to a family problem. They denied having withheld their passports and pressurising them to sign the blank letters. Kuldeep Grover, on the contrary, said they were not aware of any interview held at the Italian Consulate on June 26, 2009. The forum, presided over by A.K. Sharma and Darshan Singh, found that the booking terms and conditions were ambiguous and too vague to make out any comprehensible meaning. They even said travel companies could not wriggle out of their liability even assuming that complainants signed documents about non-appearance before the embassy. The forum also got proofs that the complainants travelled to the UK on their UK visa from July 11 to July 22. It accepted the plea of the complainants and directed all three companies to jointly pay up Rs 21,000 along with cost of litigation to the tune of Rs 1,000.
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‘Irregularities’ in MGNREGS
Jalandhar, January 11 Jagdish Kumar is in Jalandhar till January 13 as Union Minister for Rural Development C.P. Joshi asked the NLM to inspect the alleged irregularities following a complaint by Jalandhar District Youth Congress (Rural) president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary in this regard a few months ago. Vikramjit met the NLM at ADC (Development) Sarojini Gautam Sharda’s office to inform him in detail about the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the MGNREGS in Punjab. When contacted, the ADC (Development) refused to comment on the issue suggesting this correspondent to contact
NLM Jagdish Kumar in this regard. Similarly, Jagdish Kumar told The Tribune that he had been officially prohibited to speak to the media on the issue. However, Vikramjit confirmed while talking to The Tribune that the NLM would make field visits on Wednesday and Thursday. The DYC (R) president stated that he brought to the NLM’s notice that a total of 32,406 persons were provided job cards under the MGNREGS in Jalandhar district till date. Of them, 9,424 persons demanded employment during the current year 2010-11, but only 139 of them were provided employment for mandatory 100 days. Similarly in 2009-10, 29,612 persons had got job cards in the district, he said Of them 13,012 demanded employment, but only 359 persons were provided employment for 100 days, he added. |
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SUKIRT to hold seminars to counter addiction
Jalandhar, January 11 The seminars, projecting work culture as an only alternative for the youth battling with the menace of addiction and mental depression, would be organised in the colleges and high schools of the state under the banner of KIRAT (Labour) Carnival 2011. Around 60 seminars promoting labour, featured with rigorous debates, poetry, declamation, painting and caption contests and panel discussion with eminent psychologists, doctors, social workers, intellectuals and students, would be organised in the colleges and schools of the state during a year-old carnival. In a function to release brochure of the carnival here today, Jaswinder Singh Khalsa from England, who is the chairman of the organising committee, disclosed that about 60 seminars would be organised in Punjab, 30 in rest of the country and rest 10 in the US, Canada, UK and some other European countries. The brochure was released here by eminent social workers Ujagar Singh and Sukhbir Singh. The national organising secretary of the carnival, Dr Renuka Sarabjeet Singh said the carnival would emphasise on the fact that labour was the panacea of all our ills as it gives a genuine feeling of fulfillment. He said the carnival would be dedicated to 100th birth anniversary of Dr Inderjeet Singh, former chairman of Punjab and Sind Bank. He said, “SUKIRT would also distribute a workbook to each student, which the students would return to us mentioning their innovative proposals and advices to promote work culture. We expect to reach out to around 2 lakh individuals through this campaign.”
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Now, SSA for Phagwara as a district
Phagwara, January 11 In a press release issued here, Virdi said Phagwara has no direct link with its district headquarter Kapurthala, as the residents of the sub division have to cover a long distance of more than 50 km to reach their district headquarters after crossing the Jalandhar district, which causes them a lot of inconvenience. Virdi said Phagwara has four police stations. Four courts are also presently working in the sub division, which has a significant place in political, social and religious activities. BJP Legal Cell State General Secretary Advocate Lokesh Narang had also urged CM Parkash Singh Badal to consider the proposal for Phagwara to be made into a district. |
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BSP to hold demonstration on January 31
Jalandhar, January 11 The cases were registered after disturbances erupted in May, 2009, after the alleged killing of Sant Rama Nand in Vienna. Narinder Kashyap, national general secretary of the party and in charge of Punjab affairs, and Avtar Singh Karimpuri, state president, said the party had given the deadline of December 6 to withdraw all such cases, but the government failed to act in a a positive manner and remained reluctant to withdraw the cases. “A memorandum demanding the withdrawal of false police cases and to arrest the killer of Vijay Kumar Dhilwan, who was killed at that time, will be given to the Punjab Governor,” they added.
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KMV teacher attends Sanskrit symposium
Jalandhar, January 11 Distinguished scholars from the USA, Japan, China and Denmark presented their research papers and projects on diverse aspects of Sanskrit language and computer science like cycling of the Sanskrit verses, interaction, blogging and derivations in the language and much more. The issue of linking Sanskrit language with the cyber world was also discussed.
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Province in Canada eases immigration process
Jalandhar, January 11 He said the rate of employment for immigrants here was much higher as compared to the rest of Canada. The visa processing is done on fast track and the aspirants get nomination in six months. The WWICS and its associate company, GPS, have been offering job avenues to the immigrants with reputed employers, he said.
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IMA criticises forming of regulatory Act to monitor pvt medical centres
Jalandhar, January 11 The reaction came after reports of the recommendations made by the Punjab Governing Reforms Committee (PGRC), to enact the Private Health Regulation Bill Act, appeared in the newspapers. “It is unlikely that the act’s provisions regarding building, manpower and equipments might be fulfilled with the current treatment costs. Small hospitals will either close down or there would manifold increase in treatment costs,” said state IMA President, Dr Rakesh Vig. “This appears to be a step taken under the influence of various corporate sector groups functional in the healthcare sector. The private hospitals and clinics have already been regulated by 45 various laws and regulations. Moreover, doctors and paramedical staff working there is accountable to courts, respective district health authorities, Punjab Medical Council and Medical Council of India. There is no rationale to frame any such act,” he added. Besides other objectives, the act reportedly envisages bringing uniformity in treatment costs and bringing such hospitals under the ambit of registration bodies, to be headed by the respective Deputy Commissioners. The IMA had also strongly opposed the Clinical Establishment Bill, 2010, which, by and large, had made similar recommendations. “How can there be uniformity in treatment costs, when the quality of services in each hospital varies? A similar regulation was implemented in Jammu and Kashmir a few years ago, which, instead of improving the healthcare scenario, led to the closure of over 60 per cent small clinics and hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir,” opined Dr GS Gill, Chairman, Punjab Nursing Home Cell, Dr Yash Sharma, former IMA president, Dr SPS Sooch, State Secretary, Dr SPS Grover, State Vice-President and Dr Yogeshwar Sood.
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Novel ‘Shaher Par Lagi Ankhen’ released
Jalandhar, January 11 Dr Harmahinder Singh Bedi, Adviser, Hindi Language, Union Labour Ministry, was the chief guest and keynote speaker and renowned novelist Dr Ajay Sharma was the guest of honour. The dignitaries were accorded a hearty welcome by Principal Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman, Prof Somnath Sharma, Prof Ashok Kumar Sahrma and Prof Sandeep Chahal. Dr Harmahinder Singh Bedi said there was a great contribution of Dr Ajay Sharma to the Hindi literature and his lates novel “Shaher Par Lagi Ankhen” he had effectively highlighted the problem of globalisation, human psychology, the oil politics, arm-twisting technique of the USA and social problems in the Third World countries. He said Dr Ajay Sharma had written 11 books and six novels. His magnum opus “Basra Ki Galiyan” had been prescribed in MA Hindi (part 1) in GND University, Amritsar, and Punjabi University, Patiala, and 21 M.Phils had been completed on it and it was translated into English as “Basra Streets” in 2007 by Prof Sandeep Chahal of Doaba College, Jalandhar. Thereafter, Dr Harmahinder Singh Bedi, Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman, Prof Somnath Sharma, Prof Ashok Kumar Sahrma, Prof Sandeep Chahal and Dr Ajay Sharma released the novel “Shaher Par Lagi Ankhen”. — TNS
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89 DAVIET students bag placements with Wipro
Jalandhar, January 11 The students would join the company after the completion of their courses in July. Out of the total selected students, 39 belong to electronics and communication engineering, 22 from computer science and engineering, 17 from information technology, 3 students each from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering and five students from MCA. Prof C.L. Kochher, regional director of DAV Engineering Colleges, said the students were picked for software openings in Wipro.
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KMV Principal addresses Third World Conference of Women
Jalandhar, January 11 During the three-day international conference, Dr Atima spoke on ‘Psychosocial Stress on Women and the Ameliorating Impact’. Experts and researchers from India and abroad were invited to express their views on the impact of diseases and stress on women. In her research paper, she highlighted real case studies of young women from across the world. The conference was organised by Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic diseases, Third World Organisation of Women in Science, India Chapter. Mohini Sharda, Director of Women Studies Centre at KMV also attended the conference. |
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Railways fail to get encroached properties vacated
Jalandhar, January 11 As many as 173 properties belonging to the Ferozepur division of the Railways have been encroached upon. But the Estate Officers of the division have perhaps not tried to recover these properties for there is not a single case regarding this pending in any court. The only property which the officials have managed to get evicted in the past five years is a 9.4 hectare land. The revelation came into official record in replies furnished by the CPIO of the division to queries put forth through RTI application filed by advocate Rajinder Bhatia. The fact that this encroached land, if recovered, can become a big source of income is proven from the fact that the railway division received a rent of Rs 56.75 crore from 165.68 hectares of land. This recovery is just for seven-month period starting from April, 2010, to October, 2010. The rent has gone significantly up in the past five years. The collection was Rs 12.1 crore in 2005-06, Rs 12.87 crore in 2006-07, Rs 17.42 crore in 2007-08 and Rs 26.03 crore in 2008-09. In fact, a total of 10,480.18 hectares of land is owned by the Railways, through which it has been making income by licensing of land for growing food, sale of fruit trees, sale of dry and mature trees, sale of fishing rights, etc.
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Day-long dharnas against price rise from Feb 14 to 17: CPM
Jalandhar, January 7 Revealing the decisions of the meeting to the press, Comrade Mangat Ram Pasla, State Secretary, stated that the backbreaking price rise was the direct outcome of the imperialist policies being pursued by both the Central Government and the Akali-BJP Government in the state. “Hoarders, bureaucrats and ruling class politicians are acting in collaboration, to increase the prices. Moreover, the repeated increase in bus fares, electricity tariffs and petrol prices has added fuel to fire,” he added. He said to fight back these anti-people policies, the state committee has decided to intensify the mass movement by holding day-long dharnas at 35 Tehsil Headquarters from February 14 to 17 and continuous dharnas at all the district headquarters from March 28 to 30. The state committee has strongly condemned the conviction of Dr Binayak Sen under the Sedition Act and urged people to hold mass protests for his release from jail.
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Saroj Khan judges dance competition in city
Tanya, Chahat and Arshiya were declared winners in the six to 10 year category. Ayushi, Ishant and Jashandeep won in the 10 to 14 years category. Among the 14 year onwards category, Nupur, Manik and Jasmeet were adjudged the best dancers.
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LSE, LPU to launch joint study programmes
Jalandhar, January 9 Roesmary Gosling, Director, External Studies, LSE, paid a two-day visit to LPU in this context. She met the chancellor, vice-chancellor and other academicians of the university to discuss the opportunities of these programmes. In addition, she also visited different departments, hostels and other areas of importance of the university. She also had broad interactions with the students, faculty and other staff members. LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said, “The programme will give opportunity to the students to take dual programmes and get degrees of both the universities. This will help student to be employed not only in India but also across the globe. The important factor of the collaborative programmes is that the fee structure will not be too high.” Rosemary Gosling said, “We are expanding our educational programmes the world over. We have been coming to India for the last 10 years. I have grasped that LPU has great potential with regards to students, teachers-related educational and cultural exchange programmes. We hope to work together on these lines.”
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Kamla Nehru College holds convocation
Phagwara, January 9 Dr Brar said education should not be mere loading of information; its value lies in bringing excellence and building character in students. He said women’s education played a vital role in bringing harmony globally as women can impart knowledge to children and values of love and peace. He said confident women create opportunities for themselves. The VC bestowed degrees on more than 395 graduates and postgraduates and about 120 students were awarded prizes for their brilliant performance in academic and extramural activities.
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HMV archers bag 2nd position in varsity meet
Jalandhar, January 11 KMV team wins 1st position The ball badminton team of the local Kanya Maha Vidyalaya has done the institution proud by winning the first position in the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar’s inter-college tournament. Annual prize distribution As many as 100 students of the local St. Soldier Divine Public School, Mithu Basti, who excelled in academics, sports and cultural events, were honoured here today. On the occasion, students presented a colourful cultural programme. Chief guest Mohinder Bhagat, chairman, Medium Industry Punjab, gave away prizes to students. Convocation held As many as 395 graduates and post graduate students were awarded degrees, while 120 students from different streams were given prizes during the convocation and annual prize distribution function of the Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara. Vice Chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Dr Ajaib Singh Brar gave away degrees and prizes to the successful students. In his address, Dr Brar said women’s education played a vital role in bringing harmony globally, as women can impart knowledge to children and values of love and peace. The college also released the issue of its magazine ‘Aastha’ on the occasion. Principal of the college, Kusum Verma, read out the annual report of the college and felicitated a senior professor of the college, Anuradha, for completing 25 years of academic service. Seminar held The commerce department of the BD Arya Girls College for Women, Jalandhar Cantonment, organised a seminar on Statutory Auditor on January 10. The seminar was a prelude to the soon-to-be-introduced course in the academic session 2011-12. Mahender Khari, representative of the Association of International Accountants of India said this three-year-course, approved by the association, would be an added advantage for students studying accountancy and business studies. Principal of the college, Dr Sarita Verma, said students can pursue this course after completing their plus two and graduation and can work across the world in the field of commerce. Apeejay students selected Guneet Singh, Kamya Batra and Sumedha Aggarwal have been selected for the Punjab Badminton team (U-17 boys and girls) and would represent Punjab for School National Badminton Championship to be held at Chandigarh from 7th to 12th January.
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Robbers snatch car from trader
Nakodar, January 11 The robbers parked their Innova in front and Tata Indigo car behind the car of the trader. They asked Aggarwal and his family members to come out of the car and took away the car. The police has registered a case.
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National-level monitor (NLM) Jagdish Kumar will start making field visits to several places in the district from Wednesday to inspect alleged irregularities in the implementation of
Centre-sponsored Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Punjab.
Saskatchewan, a Canadian province, has become a favourite destination for professionals seeking Canadian immigration and permanent residency in last 15 months.“Saskatchewan province has been facing a shortage of skilled workers and hence the authorities have been promoting the Saskatchewan Skilled Provincial Nominee Programme in a big way,” said Col B.S.
Sandhu, CMD, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS), while addressing mediapersons here.
Jalandhar, January 11