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PUNJAB & SIND BANK
No tableaux at Republic Day function this time
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Four left in fray for NRI Sabha election
From Colleges
Mixed reaction by students, teachers
HDFC Bank asked to pay up
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Theft in lockers causes distress
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 19 Crores of cash and gold was lost in the theft. The theft has not only caused loss of money or valuables but a staggering amount of paperwork people had kept in their trusted bank. Many of the 40 lockers emptied from the Punjab and Sind Bank Branch of Reru Chowk had important papers and passports. The area in which the bank is situated also has a substantial number of NRIs. The amount of documents lost indicates that a good number of people will have to spend the coming days running around government offices to get their precious papers remade. Some people might not be able to undertake journeys scheduled overseas later in the month as their passports have been lost to the theft. Others have lost registries and property papers and yet others green cards. Rajinder Kaur, who had to go to Canada on January 27, isn’t sure whether she will now be able to undertake the journey. “I was also not allowed to see whether my passport was one of those recovered. They have asked me to come back on Monday,” she said. She had cash and passports in her locker. A visibly upset and angry Baljinder Kaur had two passports in the bank locker - one Indian and the second British. She also lost a lot of cash and property papers from the bank. “The bank authorities do not seem interested to compensate us. But with no CCTVs and no security guards deputed at the bank at the time of the theft, doesn’t the responsibility for the theft lie with the bank too?” On top of it, they were not even talking properly to claimants. They have told us to come back on Monday to see our passports. A Jalandhar resident Jaspal Singh lost gold, three passports and a registry of his property to the theft. Narinder Singh, a resident of the local Baba Deep Singh Nagar, was found scurrying through a mass of objects left behind after the theft near the locker room of the bank. His wife Kuldeep Kaur and little son Gursham Singh joined him in the search. They had only opened their locker in the bank 14 days ago (January 5th). Their 25-tola gold ornaments were lost to the theft. The bag carrying their passports and green cards was also lost. Surprisingly, while they found two of their partially burnt passports in the stuff left behind, the bag as well as the green cards have not been found so far. Dr Sandeep Sharma, another Baba Deep Singh resident, had his locker opened just three months ago. His locker had gold ornaments worth 50 lakh. Many people have also lost foreign currency stored in their lockers.Many of the residents whose lockers have been left untouched were also seen persuading or arguing with the bank administration to let then have a peek at their belongings, especially passports, since they were bound to leave for an overseas journey soon. But they were being asked to come on Monday. Many of them were also keen to shift their valuables elsewhere, highly condemning lax security arrangements at the bank. While the authorities themselves are yet to review the extent of the damage, it was made clear that so far the bank authorities did not have any intentions to compensate anyone for the loss. SS Kalra, zonal manager, Punjab and Sind Bank, speaking on the issue of passports, said, “We have given back the passports of everyone asking for them.” When questioned about compensating people, he said, “So far we have not received any instructions to compensate the claimants. Much will depend on the future course of events.” Of the 40 lockers, four were unoccupied. List of locker numbers looted
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No tableaux at Republic Day function this time
Jalandhar, January 19 Reason: The recent renovation of the stadium after which iron meshes have been installed, making it impossible for the trolleys loaded with exhibits to negotiate turns at right angles on each side. The meshes have been installed with an aim at checking the entry of anyone from among the audience to reach out to the players. The authorities are now thinking of doing away with any such plan. The organisers said they had even contemplated on using smaller vehicles as those used for mobile advertisement or even autorickshaws, but there was a thought that smaller vehicles would have smaller exhibits and there would be a problem of visibility and impact. It will be after a gap of two years that the programme would be held at the stadium, the usual venue, due to renovation. Instead, the administration had been using the PAP grounds for the purpose. The best part of using the renovated stadium for the function would be the panoramic view of the parade and formations during the cultural programme available through the glass in the VIP gallery on the top. But there are problems linked to this angle as well. While earlier the each participating college had only 20 to 25 students, the number would have to be at least the double this time for a better view. The participants could earlier have an eye contact with the VIPs and guests, which again will not be possible now.On Thursday, Additional Chief Administrator PUDA Sarojini Gautam Sharda and Assistant Director Youth Services Capt IS Dhami selected the teams based on the performance. The institutes which will have their representations include DAV College, KMV College, Doaba College, BD Arya Girls College, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women, KMV Sanskriti School, MGN Public School Adarsh Nagar, Police DAV Public School, Deaf and Dumb School and Prayas School. Rehearsals of the participating teams will now be held from Monday onwards with a final presentation on January 24.
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Four left in fray for NRI Sabha election
Jalandhar, January 19 ADC-cum-returning officer Praneet Bhardwaj and assistant returning officer-cum-SDM-1 Iqbal Singh Sandhu had convened a meeting at noon today. They said an effort was made to have unanimity of all candidates during an hour-long meeting, but it could not be finally achieved. They, therefore, declared that the process for the election would continue. Today, Jagjit Singh Toor and Sarbjit Singh withdrew their candidature for the post of the president. Gurjit Kaur, being covering candidate of Sukhwant Singh, also took back her papers. Now four candidates are left in the fray. These include sitting president Kamaljit Singh Hayre, Jasbir Singh Gill, Pritam Singh Narangpuri and Sukhwant Singh.
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Seminar on retail banking ends at DAVIET
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 19 As many as 125 research scholars, students and academicians from different colleges participated. Vinod Singla, Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Jalandhar, was the chief guest on the valediction ceremony of the seminar. In his presentation on retail banking, he said a healthy banking system is essential for growth of an economy. Indian banking system is assisting industry and agricultural sector of India. He talked about multiple channels of retail banking, growth of retail banking, multiple customer groups and related aspects. He discussed different challenges of retail banking in India in detail. Dr Bimal Anjum, Professor, RIMT Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh, chaired the sessions of the second day. Rajiv Sharma, Chief Manager, SBI, Tanda, was the special guest on the day. Dr Sonia Chawla, HoD, Department of MBA, and coordinator of the seminar, welcomed the dignitaries from various colleges and distinguished guests. The seminar concluded with the distribution of certificates to the participants by Prof C.L. Kochher, Regional Director, and Dr A.L. Sangal, Principal. Placement carnival
A two-week placement carnival began at the CT Group of Institutions on Thursday in which multinational and national companies have been invited from different sectors for the placement of students of different courses. More than 300 students from different streams participated in the event on the first day. Three renowned companies - Hero Ecotech Ltd, India Mart and Binary Soft Zone Pvt Ltd - visited the CT Group of Institutions on the first day of the carnival for the placement of students from BTech (computer science and engineering/IT), BTech (mechanical engineering), Diploma (mechanical engineering), MBA and BBA courses. After attending pre-placement talk, students came to know about the job profile they were being offered. The students would be selected after passing through rigorous selection rounds, comprising online aptitude test, written test, group discussion, technical interview /business round and HR interview. The selected students would be given the salary package of Rs 1.8 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum, said PRO Harman Bhangal. Women cricket team
The cricket team of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya (HMV) won the GNDU Cricket Championship for the 20th year in succession. The team of HMV defeated the team of BBK DAV, Amritsar, by eight wickets and won the championship. College Principal Dr Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj congratulated the coach, teachers and team members. Members of HMV cricket team - Meenu Singh, Jaskaran Kaur, Sharanjeet Kaur, Mehak Kesar, Asha Rani, Reetu, Reva Arora and Deeksha Dogra - has also represented GNDU cricket team in the All-India Inter-University Championship held in Kashmir. Educational link
Under UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), two senior members of the faculty of business at Lovely Professional University, Dr Rajesh Verma and Dr GirishTaneja, have won the grant and visited the University of Northampton for three weeks. In reciprocation, an expert in marketing and entrepreneurship at the University of Northampton, Gillian Gourlay, has reached LPU. During her stay of three weeks till January 24, Gourlay will let students and staff members undergo mutual discussions, interactions of importance during her lectures, addresses, seminars and allied activities. Youth fest winner
Avtar Kaur of the PCM SD College for Women represented Guru Nanak Dev University in the State Inter-Varsity Youth Festival in non-percussion item (sitar vaadan) and got the second prize. Earlier, Avtar won the second position in the zonal and inter-zonal youth festival-2012 held at Guru Nanak Dev University. Principal Dr Kiran Arora congratulated Avtar and her parents for her achievement. Guest lecture
The Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus organised a guest lecture by Arvind Rajput, group head, Mohit Sharma, trainer and Harjinder Singh, marketing head, NIIT Technologies, for MBA students. Arvind Rajput speaking on the topic "Information searching and browsing techniques" shared his ideas on the best methods and tools available for information searching and browsing on the Internet for the purpose of research. The session continued with a formal interaction on search engines. He also introduced students with some unique strategies that the can be used to optimise their search. |
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Mixed reaction by students, teachers
Jalandhar, January 19 The 90-minute and 90-mark test to be conducted by the board all across the country on February 14 aims at assessing the research and analytical skills, ability to apply basic concepts of different subjects, solve application-based problems in mathematics and science, comprehend and analyse written English text of the students. Going beyond the curriculum, the test also aims at promoting higher order thinking while solving problems and decision-making, which will help them in due course when they pursue their higher studies and enter professional arenas. As per the board instructions, the students will be appearing in their respective schools, question paper will be provided by the board and the evaluation will also be done by the Board. Based on the sample papers sent by the board to all schools, the local school authorities claim to have even started preparing the students for the test. “Even though we cannot help the students much on this, we are just working on their speed and giving them a few mock tests so that they simply get geared for it and not be scared of it in any way,” said principal of Police DAV Public School Rashmi Vij. She opined that the test would help the students in the long run by helping them with quick reasoning, comprehension and analytical situations in real life. “Most organisations complain that the fresh recruits are not prepared to join a workplace. This test will help students, parents and teachers get sensitised to the real life problems. We will start giving such tests to junior classes,” she said. Manager of Eklavya School said the test related to life skills which could not be taught in classrooms. “Instead, the students have to be given situations and opportunities to work for various activities which will help them attain leadership skills and make quick decisions. We are involving all junior students in organising various activities such as designing cards, arranging food court and even deciding budget for each activity. All this will go a long way in their learning process and help them solve such tests with ease,” she explained. |
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HDFC Bank asked to pay up
Jalandhar, January 19 In her complaint, Baldev Kaur, a resident of Birring village, said she had applied for the allotment of a residential plot measuring 200 sq yd in Surya Enclave Extension, the draw of which was to be held by the Jalandhar Improvement Trust. She said she had filed an application along with earnest money of Rs 3.4 lakh by DD/pay order No 752215, dated August 25, 2011, with HDFC Bank, GT Road, Jalandhar, and a receipt number 086157 was issued for the same. She said the JIT had authorised HDFC Bank to sell application forms and collect the same along with earnest money from general public. The complainant said she was surprised to see that her name did not figure in the final list of prospective buyers prepared by the JIT. The complainant wrote various letters to HDFC Bank, GT Road, Jalandhar, to inquire about the fate of the application. She complained, “The letters were personally handed over to the manager of the bank against the receipt, but they failed to respond to any letter. The application and the pay order for Rs 3.4 lakh was illegally detained by the opposite party for reasons best known to them and thereafter the officials of the bank failed to trace the application form and also did not return the pay order.” Upon notice issued by the forum, bank officials appeared and filed a written reply saying that the complainant never inquired about the status of her application of plot from the bank after the deposit of her form for the allotment of the plot. They said they had forwarded the application for the allotment of plot of the JIT along with draft of Rs 3.4 lakh. The bank passed the onus of the same onto the JIT for not putting the name of the complainant in the list. The forum observed that the complainant had already got cancelled the DD and had obtained the refund of the money. In order to ascertain whether the bank had forwarded the application of the complainant to the JIT or not, the clerk concerned along with record was summoned on which Jatinder Singh, senior clerk, appeared and produced letter written by the Executive Officer of the JIT to the forum wherein it was mentioned that the application of the complainant was not received by their office. At this, the bank did not produce any documentary evidence to show that it actually forwarded the application of the complainant to the Jalandhar Improvement Trust. The forum was of the view that the bank did not forward the application along with earnest money of the complainant to the JIT and it constituted to deficiency in service. It accepted the complaint and awarded Rs 20,000 in lump sum on account of compensation and litigation expenses to the complainant.
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Jalandhar, January 19
