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Ashok Chakra for Gurdaspur lad
Gurdaspur, January 27
Local lad Lt Navdeep Singh, who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in August last, was posthumously conferred upon Ashok Chakra, the country's highest peacetime gallantry medal, by President Pratibha Patil on Thursday. Twentyfive when he died, Lt Navdeep single-handedly eliminated four terrorists who were trying to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Gurez sector in Kashmir.

Lt Navdeep Singh

CBSE puts off teachers’ test
Jalandhar, January 27
The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2012, which is to be held on January 29 across the country, has been postponed in Punjab, Manipur and Uttarakhand on account of assembly elections in these states. The CBSE has postponed the CTET after the directions of the Election Commission in this regard. The test will now be held on May 5, 2012.

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Ashok Chakra for Gurdaspur lad
Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, January 27
Local lad Lt Navdeep Singh, who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in August last, was posthumously conferred upon Ashok Chakra, the country's highest peacetime gallantry medal, by President Pratibha Patil on Thursday.

Twentyfive when he died, Lt Navdeep single-handedly eliminated four terrorists who were trying to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Gurez sector in Kashmir.

Lt Navdeep’s father Joginder Singh, himself an ex-serviceman, received the award. His mother Jagatinder Kaur and brother Sandeep Singh, who is doing an engineering course at local Beant College of Engineering and Technology, were also present.

Navdeep’s sister Navjot Kaur said: “It was a proud moment for the family when it received a telegram about the award…. You can kill a mocking bird. But you cannot kill its spirit. In Greek mythology, they call the bird The Phoenix. In Gurdaspur, they call it Lt Navdeep Singh.”

CBSE puts off teachers’ test
Aparna Banerji/TNS

Jalandhar, January 27
The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2012, which is to be held on January 29 across the country, has been postponed in Punjab, Manipur and Uttarakhand on account of assembly elections in these states.

The CBSE has postponed the CTET after the directions of the Election Commission in this regard. The test will now be held on May 5, 2012.

In Punjab, the test was to be held at Jalandhar and Bathinda Sunday.

Dr Rashmi Vij, principal, Police DAV Public School, and city coordinator for the test, said that teachers from across the state were suppose to appear at 19 centres in Jalandhar for the CTET. A total of 10,080 teachers were to appear for the test from Jalandhar alone. At Bathinda, the test was to be held at 24 centres, she said. The test has been postponed in the poll-bound states, while in other states it will take place according to the schedule on January 29. The CBSE has directed the students to keep their admit cards until the test takes place.