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PTU to help colleges set up labs for specialised courses
Jalandhar, September 28
The Punjab Technical University during its 40th academic council meeting held Thursday proposed to provide necessary infrastructural support for starting specialised courses in at least six engineering colleges from next session onwards.

Remembering the hero: Visitors, including children, throng a museum at Khatkar Kalan, the native village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, to pay tributes on his birth anniversary in Nawanshahr on Friday. A Tribune photograph

Man arrested with 2 kg of heroin
Tarn Taran, September 28
A police team headed by Daljit Singh Dhillon, DSP of the local Sub-Division, arrested one Manjinder Singh of Amritsar with 2 kg of heroin at a naka point at Chabal crossing here yesterday evening.

Couple held for links with Pak smuggler
Tarn Taran, September 28
The district police has arrested one Surajpal Singh and his wife Sukhpreet Kaur of Sandhra village for allegedly having links with Pakistan-based notorious smuggler.

Head constable’s wife falls victim to snatchers
Hoshiarpur, September 28
Two scooter-borne unidentified youths snatched gold earrings from Manjit Kaur, wife of head constable Harmeet Singh posted at Mehtiana police station, near Arya Samaj Temple here this afternoon. Manjit is residing at the local Police Line.

PTU to help colleges set up labs for specialised courses
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Jalandhar, September 28
The Punjab Technical University during its 40th academic council meeting held Thursday proposed to provide necessary infrastructural support for starting specialised courses in at least six engineering colleges from next session onwards.

In a meeting chaired by Vice Chancellor Dr Rajneesh Arora, it was decided that laboratories for specialised courses be set up in different colleges. An MTech course on material technology is being planned for the Punjab Institute of Technology at Kapurthala and electrical engineering with specialisation in air conditioning is being planned in Amritsar College of Engineering.

Specialised laboratory on the similar lines has already been developed in mechatronics at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College Fatehgarh Sahib. The VC said more such advanced courses were being planned for Giani Zail Singh Engineering College, Bathinda; CGC Landran and Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana. The VC has asked the colleges to send across their proposals and has agreed to help them by putting in 75 per cent of expenditure required for setting up new gadgets and equipment for the purpose.

He said preference would be given to those colleges who would have NAAC accreditation. The university also proposed that the students with compartments also be allowed upgradation to other streams within colleges in the third semester in case there are any vacant seats to which the change is desired. The council also cleared a proposal to reduce the fee levied from students seeking admission in BCom professional from Rs 7,700 to Rs 6,700 for distance education and for MCom professional from Rs 8,700 to Rs 7,700. The university also offered the colleges to start a new course in Bachelor in khadi production and design as proposed by the deputy director technical education and industrial training on the recommendation of Khadi and Village Development Commission. The university is also planning to start the course in its newly started PIT Bathinda which offers a course in textile technology.

Chander Mohan not to be with PTU-BOG

Perhaps having realised that Swraj Mazda tractor inventor Chander Mohan, who has already been with PTU’s BOG, could not continue for the fourth tenure as its chairman, the Punjab government has decided to replace him with some other technocrat. SS Channy, principal secretary, technical education, confirmed it saying, “Someone else’s name will now be proposed.” Mohan has already been on the PTU’s board for three tenures even though as per the PTU Act, a board member cannot serve for more than two tenures.

Man arrested with 2 kg of heroin
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Police officials show the contraband seized from the accused in Tarn Taran on Friday. A Tribune photograph

Tarn Taran, September 28
A police team headed by Daljit Singh Dhillon, DSP of the local Sub-Division, arrested one Manjinder Singh of Amritsar with 2 kg of heroin at a naka point at Chabal crossing here yesterday evening.

The value of the heroin is approximately Rs 10 crore in the international market.

Prabhjot Singh, alias Prabha, an associate of Manjinder, managed to escape from the spot. A case under Sections 21, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused.

Meanwhile, SSP Kamaljit Singh Dhillon said Dilbag Singh, Sandeep Singh, Rinku and Sarwan Singh, four of the eight-member gang of looters, had been arrested by the local Sadar police, while their accomplices Amarjit Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Raju managed to escape from the spot.

Three stolen motorcycles and some sharp-edged weapons had also been recovered from their possession. A case had been registered against the accused, the SSP added.

Couple held for links with Pak smuggler

Tarn Taran, September 28
The district police has arrested one Surajpal Singh and his wife Sukhpreet Kaur of Sandhra village for allegedly having links with Pakistan-based notorious smuggler.

SSP Karanjit Singh Dhillon, in a press conference here today, said Sukhpreet Kaur worked as a clerk in the Excise and Sales Tax Department in Amritsar. The couple had links with Pakistan-based smuggler, identified as Rana. One of their accomplices, identified as Harbhagwant Singh, had been absconding, he added.

He said the police had seized maps of sensitive locations, including Harike, Beas and Goindwal Sahib bridges, Attari check post besides Army cantonments areas.

“During the preliminary investigation, it was found that the accused ordered narcotics from across the border,” he said.

A case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act has been registered against the accused. — OC

Head constable’s wife falls victim to snatchers
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, September 28
Two scooter-borne unidentified youths snatched gold earrings from Manjit Kaur, wife of head constable Harmeet Singh posted at Mehtiana police station, near Arya Samaj Temple here this afternoon. Manjit is residing at the local Police Line.

According to police sources, Manjit raised an alarm and passers-by and residents of the area chased the robbers. But, they managed to flee.

Sukhwinder Singh, SHO of the city police station, said special teams had been sent to nab the robbers. A case had been registered in the City police station in this connection.