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Woman’s body arrives from Pak
Congress wing seeks 20 pc party tickets for women
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Agitating vet inspectors to boycott cattle show
PTU signs MoU with Patiala law university
Rubber factory gutted
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Woman’s body arrives from Pak
Amritsar, November 30 The body, which was found in Pakistan, was handed over to the family at about 7.30 pm. Officials of Wakf Board, Pakistan, were present on the occasion. The family members were inconsolable when the body arrived. It is pertinent to mention here that the entire process of bringing the body from Pakistan got delayed due to alleged bureaucratic rigmarole. Karamjit’s body was found in River Ravi in Veeroke village of Narowal district of Pakistan on November 19. The family had approached the civil administration and BSF officials, but no headway was made in this regard. Later, they urged the government to intervene in the matter. After the intervention of Sayad Asif Hashmi, Chairman of Pakistan Evacuee Trust Property Board, who was recently on a visit to India, the body could be brought back to the country. The family had met him yesterday and he had assured them to do the needful for this purpose. Meanwhile, the inconsolable family urged the police department to take severe action against Jaspal Singh, deceased’s husband, and his family who had allegedly murdered and threw her body in the river. The Ramdass police has already registered a case against Jaspal and his family.
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Congress wing seeks 20 pc party tickets for women
Hoshiarpur, November 30 Women cell of the Congress would not only get allotted party tickets for the deserving candidates but would also ensure their victory. They condemned the SAD-BJP government for its complete failure to check the atrocities against women. They alleged that law and order situation was going from bad to worse. They further alleged that the SAD-BJP government had misused the funds given to the state by the Centre for the benefit of females. They also condemned the Punjab government for giving Rs 1 crore and Rs 25 lakh to the recently organised male and female Kabaddi champion teams, respectively. Such a disparity between male and female Kabaddi players would discourage women. The state Congress would ensure separate ministry for women and children in the state. They would also increase the monthly old age pension from Rs 250 to Rs 500, Shagun scheme from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000. Complete eradication of female foeticide, deposit of Rs 1 lakh each in the name of girl child to avoid any inconvenience during her marriage and free diet and education to all girl students participating in sports from primary to college level are other objectives of the state Congress. Later, they participated in the State Mahila Congress Working Convention and urged the Congress high command to grant at least 20 per cent party ticket to women candidates in the forthcoming elections of the Punjab Vidhan
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Agitating vet inspectors to boycott cattle show
Jalandhar, November 30 The boycott by veterinary inspectors will adversely affect the annual North Indian Cattle show as they play the role of backbone in holding these annual shows. Over 4,000 cattle, buffaloes, horses and goats from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and some other states of north India usually take part in these annual shows. Before the North India fair, cattle shows are held at zonal level in Punjab. Here deserving animals are selected for participating in the North India show. The first zonal-level cattle show is scheduled to be held at Tarn Taran on December 10. It is the veterinary inspectors who usually go to various villages to select animals for the zonal shows. Talking to The Tribune, the representatives of the Punjab State Veterinary Inspectors Association, Gurpreet Singh and Kishan Chander Mahajan, said they had decided to boycott the show to put pressure on Parkash Singh Badal led the SAD-BJP government. Gurpreet and Kishan said, “CM had already accepted our demands of initiating promotion channel and revising our pay scale on the pattern of pharmacists of health department.” Gurpreet and Kishan said, “Fifty per cent of total veterinary inspectors should be made senior and 77 of them should be promoted to Tehsil-level Veterinary Extension Officers. Meanwhile, criticising the recent lathicharge on their agitating colleagues at Balongi in Mohali, the association representatives said they would hold a protest rally and road show in Badal’s constituency, Lambi, on December 3. |
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Academic Collaboration
Jalandhar, November 30 Signing the document, Vice-Chancellor of PTU Dr Rajneesh Arora and his counterpart from the RGNUL Dr Paramjit Singh Jaswal said the faculty and students of both the universities would be able to exchange available facilities and resource materials with one another for academic activities, research and publication. The VCs also proposed to develop joint training and research programmes and hold guest lectures on inter-disciplinary issues such as those on intellectual property rights and cyber laws. Dr Rajneesh Arora said PTU would also be taking the help of the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law in securing the original works of the students as well as researchers and plans to start common programmes were also on the anvil. “These may include full-time regular as well as optional courses at the graduation and postgraduation-level. The PhD candidates of PTU will also be working under the supervision of faculty members of the RGNUL if their research involves law issues,” he said. Both the VCs tried to shield their Chancellors when asked about the proposal of the MHRD to hold them accountable through the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical and Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill, 2010. While the Punjab Governor is the Chancellor of PTU, the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court is the Chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law. They explained, “Since the Chancellors hardly interfere and it is the Vice-Chancellors who have been independently controlling the affairs, we of course can be held responsible for any unfair act.” They added, “The Bill perhaps is aimed at ensuring the social and academic accountability of private professional educational institutions.” |
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Rubber factory gutted
Jalandhar, November 30 As many as six fire tenders were pressed into service and it took firemen over four hours to control the fire. The waste rubber dumped at the godown of the Royal Factory, owned by Harjit Singh, caught fire at around 6:30 pm. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. |
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Karamjit Kaur’s body finally reached India through Attari-Wagah land route here today evening.
Intensifying their ongoing stir, agitated veterinary inspectors have decided to boycott North Indian Cattle show scheduled to be held at Muktsar on Maghi Mela.
The boycott by veterinary inspectors will adversely affect the annual North Indian Cattle show as they play the role of backbone in holding these annual shows.
Over 4,000 cattle, buffaloes, horses and goats from Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and some other states of north India usually take part in these annual shows.
Punjab Technical University (PTU) and the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
(RGNUL), Patiala, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for academic collaboration.
