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JEs, power corp at loggerheads
Eligibility criteria for Assistant Engineer’s post
Patiala, November 20
The Junior Engineers (JEs) and the power corporation are at loggerheads on the issue of some change in the eligibility criteria for the posts of Assistant Engineer (AE) in the two power utilities of the state - Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL).

Missing child’s body found in a well
Phillaur, November 20
Residents of Rajgomal village held a demonstration and gheraoed the police party in protest against the failure of the police in locating Raman Deep (5) who had been missing since November 15 and his body was found from a well, 200 metres from his house last evening.

Five injured in accidents
Pathankot, November 20
Four persons were injured in a car-truck collision on Pathankot-Amritsar road near Kanwa village here on Saturday. The injured were traveling in the car.

Accident near Harike hits traffic flow
Tarn Taran, November 20
Traffic flow was severely hit after an accident on a bridge on the National Highway No 15 near Harike today. Thousands of commuters were stranded on the highway till filing of the report. The accident, between a truck and another heavy vehicle, left the bridge blocked.

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	JEs, power corp at loggerheads Eligibility criteria for Assistant Engineer’s post Umesh Dewan/TNS Patiala, November 20 The Junior Engineers (JEs) and the power corporation are at loggerheads on the issue of some change in the eligibility criteria for the posts of Assistant Engineer (AE) in the two power utilities of the state - Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL). While the JEs have alleged that the power corporation has debarred the serving JEs from applying for the post of AE, the management claimed that "only some of the eligibility conditions" have been changed. Talking to The Tribune, general secretary of the Council of Junior Engineers, PSEB, Davinder Singh alleged, "The power corporation has debarred the serving JEs from applying for the post of AE. It is working to safeguard the interests of the graduate engineers only." The president of the council, Swaran Lal, said the recruitment criteria being adopted for the post of the AE and JE indicated that the PSPCL/PSTCL management was only concerned to induct more graduate engineers for the post of the JE and even below the supervisory level posts. "We want that the state government should intervene and safeguard their interests", he demanded. Earlier, a diploma holder JE with 12 years of experience were eligible for the post of the AE but now the eligibility criteria has been changed. "The decision to revise the eligibility criteria is in the interest of the PSPCL/PSTCL because the diploma holder JEs are not competent enough to handle computers and advanced equipment", said a power corporation official, while preferring anonymity. However, PSPCL Director HC Seth though admitted that there had been some changes in the eligibility criteria but didn't specify any reason.
	Missing child’s body found in a well Our Correspondent Phillaur, November 20 Residents of Rajgomal village held a demonstration and gheraoed the police party in protest against the failure of the police in locating Raman Deep (5) who had been missing since November 15 and his body was found from a well, 200 metres from his house last evening. Nirmal Chand, the father of the deceased, said his son had gone to play after taking his meal but could not be located afterwards. He said he had informed Goraya police but the police failed to do anything even after four days of the disappearance of his son. During a search villagers found the body of the child in the well near the house. The body was pulled out from the well. It is suspected that the body of the child had been thrown in the well after strangulating him. After protests, the police has registered a case of murder and rounded up three persons, but no formal arrest has been made so for. The body of the deceased has been sent to the local Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. A pall of gloom has descended on the village after the death of the child. The body was later cremated in the village in the presence of hundreds of the villagers with tearful eyes.
	Five injured in accidents Our Correspondents Pathankot, November 20 Four persons were injured in a car-truck collision on Pathankot-Amritsar road near Kanwa village here on Saturday. The injured were traveling in the car. DSP Prabhjot Singh Virk said Suresh Kumar, a resident of Jammu, was going to attend a marriage function at Gurdaspur with his other family members on his car. The car rammed into a truck when its driver applied sudden brakes. All the injured were admitted to nearby private hospital. The police has impounded the truck and arrested its driver Harjit Singh of Batala under Sections 279,337,338 and 427 of the IPC. Nakodar: In a head-on collision between bus and tractor trailer, driver of the bus sustained serious injuries while numbers of passengers sustained minor injuries today. The accident occurred at 6.30 am. The injured was identified as Jagseer Singh.
	Accident near Harike hits traffic flow Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, November 20 Traffic flow was severely hit after an accident on a bridge on the National Highway No 15 near Harike today. Thousands of commuters were stranded on the highway till filing of the report. The accident, between a truck and another heavy vehicle, left the bridge blocked. The police force of Tarn Taran and Ferozpore was trying its best to remove the vehicles.
	Mohali police dog emerges winner Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, November 20 The Punjab police, Ropar range, organised range-level competitions, including finger prints, dog squads, photography, videography and computer application categories here at ITI grounds here on Sunday. Bhagwant Singh, DSP (HQ) said Preeti, a member of the dog squad of Mohali, and Moti belonging to SBS Nagar police dog squad won the first and second positions, respectively. Rakesh Kumar, Budh Ram, Jujhar Singh of SBS Nagar and Satwinder Kumar of Mohali won first positions in finger prints, photography, videography and computer application competions, respectively.