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CPI leader Arshi frowns on move to rope in SAD (Longowal) in third front
Powercom official orders inquiry into electrocution death
Capt says Hazare
should check Badal’s credentials
Qawwal enthrals gathering at annual Urs fair
Cotton grading laboratories staff stage protest
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State opposes MCI plan for common entrance test
Moga, October 7 The VC was here to inaugurate the three-day 16th national conference of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), organised at the Indo-Soviet Friendship College of Pharmacy that began this evening. Punjab is among many other states such as Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to oppose the move of the Medical Council, which has decided to implement the proposal from the next academic session. Dr Gill was of the view that it would be a direct interference in the sovereignty of the states and would cause a lot of problems for the state governments, universities and the students. Moreover, there were apprehensions of problems with the fixation of fee as expected by the medicos in the state expecting that when it is a common entrance test, even the fee would be same as it is at the national level. They fear that the new fee might go to the level of what the deemed universities charge. “Once the national-level entrance test is introduced, aspiring medical students would have no scope of negotiating the fee. Further, the government and private medical colleges would not be able to agree over the sharing of seats,” said Dr Malti Thapar, former health and medical education minister of the state. She further said it would also affect the admission of the rural students, who follow the state syllabus, disabling them from getting medical seats. “There could be possible chances of students hailing from the urban areas getting through the test leading to social disparity,” she added. Later, Dr Gill, while inaugurating the conference, called upon the teaching fraternity of the pharmaceutical science to transform teaching skills focusing on the new research with modern techniques. Parveen Garg, chairman of the college, welcomed the delegates. He said the teachers of various faculties of science play an important role in shaping the students to become scientists. Therefore, they should put in their best efforts in imparting education. PG Yole, President of the APTI, Dr Harkishan Singh professor emeritus of the Punjab University, Dr AP Singh, Dean, Punjab Technical University, Puneet Jain, Managing Director, Cosmos Research Laboratory (Ludhiana) and many other scientists of pharmacy were present on the occasion. As many as 500 delegates had come here to take part in the conference. |
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CPI leader Arshi frowns on move to rope in SAD (Longowal) in third front
Bathinda, October 7 Arshi’s views come barely days after a member of the CPI’s national executive body Joginder Dayal said the party was in touch with Barnala’s faction of SAD (Longowal) for possible inclusion in the third front. Describing the views of Dayal as his ‘personal observation’, Arshi said, “The possibility of any Akali splinter group coming into the third front was remote. The party has not dwelt on the issue.” He added that only the CPI, CPM and the People’s Party of Punjab were its likely partners. Arshi also cautioned Dayal against making such statements in the media saying it could put the party workers in a state of confusion. Arshi, however, sounded positive over including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the front and said the Left was not likely to oppose the move. |
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Powercom official orders inquiry into electrocution death
Abohar, October 7 The Municipal Safai Karamchari Union workers had said Krishan Kumar of Sant Nagar was repairing streetlights as he had reportedly been engaged by a private contractor assigned the job by the Municipal Council on Sunday. The staff of the contractor had replaced a few lights on the road located opposite the office-cum-residence of the superintendent of police and was taking up repair work on the Sadar Thana road when Krishan Kumar suffered electric shock and died later during treatment at the Civil Hospital here, sources added. The union members alleged that the staff had not been provided rubber gloves and other safety gadgets as per the norms. Contractor Joginder Pal Batra, however, refuted the allegations. Municipal Council president Shivraj Goyal along with some councilors visited Krishan Kumar’s house to condole the death. They assured to move a resolution in the next meeting of the council to give job to a kin of the victim on compassionate ground. Meanwhile, the Wahabwala Police Station, located on the Hanumangarh-Abohar road, for the first time in the crime history of the sub-division, seized two kilograms of smack that was concealed in pockets of an olive canvas bag carried by Angrej Singh Julaha of Chhehrata and Surjit Singh of Chhota Haripura in Amritsar district. The team led by SI Kuldeep Sharma had intercepted the suspects near village Dodewala. SSP Sharda said the nabbed smugglers revealed during the interrogation that their accomplices, Kikki alias Rinku of Gumtala and Sukhwinder Singh of Chhehrata, had links with the international narcotics mafia. |
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Capt says Hazare
should check Badal’s credentials
Faridkot, October 7 As corruption is again set to emerge as one of the main election planks for the upcoming assembly elections, so on Friday, while attending a party workers’ meeting in Faridkot, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh suggested that Anna Hazare should verify the credentials of the Badals and their government before coming to Punjab in their support. “After all it is a question of Anna’s credibility as well, as to which type of people he is going to support and I am sure that he cannot support the people who are identified as most corrupt in Punjab,” he remarked. Commenting on the social activist’s proposed visit to Punjab, Captain Amarinder said the Gandhian would be welcomed in the state for his anti-corruption crusade. “He is an icon for fighting corruption but Badal’s Government in Punjab is an epitome of corruption. So, before Anna reaches Punjab and gets any kind of support from the ruling government, he needs to verify the antecedents of the Badals, who are claiming to host him here, lest it should tarnish his own image.” “The Badals want to ride on Anna Hazare’s impeccable credentials but Anna should not let the Akalis 'use' his name,” said Amarinder. There are reports that some days back, Anna had said he would begin his tour of five election-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur between October 13 and 15 and ask the people not
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Qawwal enthrals gathering at annual Urs fair
Ferozepur, October 7 Earlier, R.
Venkatratnam, Commissioner, Ferozepur division, lit the lamp to formally inaugurate the
programme, which was attended by senior civil, police and judicial officials including Surjit Singh, SSP
Ferozepur, Snehdeep Sharma, SSP Moga, DPS Kharbanda, ADC, besides others. The Commissioner along with other officials went to the dargah to pay respects. A large number of followers of Baba Shershahwali besides eminent people were also present.
— OC |
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Cotton grading laboratories staff stage protest
Bathinda October 7 Nearly 140 employees of various cotton grading laboratories of cotton belt of Punjab took part in the protest. The protesters handed over their demands to the Bathinda SDM as the Deputy Commissioner was on leave.
— TNS |
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