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Drive to check sale of inferior colours starts
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Play Holi the safe & healthy way this time around
GNDU prof demoted
Gang rape in city: Questions raised on women’s safety
Improvement Trust reacts against MC notice
Sixth Punjabi Film and Music Festival awards announced
Conference on colon cancer awareness held
Seminar on human genomics concludes
Anna to start Jantantra Yatra on March 31 from Jallianwala Bagh
250 outstanding players honoured with cash prizes worth Rs 35 lakh
BBK DAV College lift sports trophy
6 held with illicit liquor, narcotics
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Drive to check sale of inferior colours starts
Amritsar, March 26 In a drive that was initiated late last night on the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal, around two dozen shops were inspected in IDH Market, Saheed Bhagat Singh Market, Basant Avenue Market and Lawrence Road. District Epidemiologist Dr Charanjit Singh, who led the inspection team, said, “A physical verification of colours and spray pumps was done. We destroyed the packets which were found to be of substandard quality.” He said the shopkeepers were also instructed to remove from stock a few spray pumps, especially which looks like a deodorant. Unlike the traditional "pichkaris", which have a brass cylinder and leather washers, these are made of plastic or tin and use nylon washers. The fluid, if directed towards the face, can damage ear, skin, eyes and nose. Dr Charanjit Singh said that bills of the colours and spray pumps in stock at a shop were matched with that of the actual quantity of these products to ascertain that no illegal trade of substandard items was going on. He said shopkeepers were also encouraged to sell organic and traditional colours as "gulals" which are made of flowers from trees. Dr Charanjit Singh said even as the department is checking shops to curb the sale of harmful chemical-based colours, the parents, too, should come forward and dissuade their children from buying these. “The parents can ask them to play holi with flowers or other organic colours,” he said. Organic colours can be prepared at home
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Prices of Holi toys, colours up by 20 pc
Amritsar, March 26
A wholesale trader of toys, Gagan Gupta, said cost of all toys used in Holi, like water guns, mini water missiles and water pumps, have been hiked by over 20 per cent in comparison to last year. He said all these toys were made of plastic, which falls in the category of petroleum products. As the cost of petroleum products had increased many times in the past one year, so the cost of plastic toys also saw a rise. He said the season of these toys lasted for a fortnight around Holi every year. Weather played its role as cool weather discouraged people, especially children, to play with water and colours. Luckily, this time weather was moderate and conducive for playing Holi. Another trader Vishal Kapoor rued that gradually the sale of toys associated with Holi was declining. He opined that "save water" campaigns being vigorously pursued by schools were moving children away from the festival as it wasted water. About colour he said people had become very conscious about using branded herbal colour. He said without caring about high price, they were asking for branded colours. He said the present generation of children, having lots of recreational activities at hand, were losing interest in throwing colour and water at others to celebrate Holi.
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GNDU prof demoted
Amritsar, March 26 According to information, Dr GS Bhalla of the Commerce and Business Management Department has been given 15-day show-cause notice intimating him to explain his position that why his services should not be terminated as gross negligence was found with him while performing his duties. In another notice, Dr Bhalla has been demoted from the position of a professor to a reader allegedly for attempting to procure information under the RTI Act under fake name. On the other hand, the faculty of GNDU has decided to confront Vice-Chancellor Prof AS Brar over the move. The GNDU Teachers Association (GNDUTA) conveyed to the VC its resentment. President of GNDUTA Dr Davinder Singh said, "We have warned the authorities that no unjustified move against any of their colleagues would be tolerated." In his defence, Dr Bhalla said the decision was unjustified, illegal and unlawful. "I have full faith in the judiciary and would move the high court against the decision," he said.
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Gang rape in city: Questions raised on women’s safety
Amritsar, March 26 The shameless incident of a 21-year-old girl being gang-raped in a moving vehicle in the city has raised ugly questions yet again; about the increase in crime against women being reported from city, the tall claims made by the authorities on women safety and the vulnerability of women to such crimes. As the police tries to find the accused, residents expressed their shock and helplessness regarding such incidents.
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Improvement Trust reacts against MC notice
Amritsar, March 26 It was on March 21 that the MC had declared Amritsar Improvement Trust as a defaulter in paying its house tax dues. The Chairman of the Improvement Trust said the MC had served it a notice stating that dues amounting to Rs 82,020, regarding one of its properties located in the Ghee Mandi area, should be deposited by March 26, otherwise the property would be put under the hammer. Even as the improvement trust officials said the dues pointed out by the MC would be paid well within time, but dejected by the cold attitude of the MC authorities, the Improvement Trust is in the process of summoning the MC for the payment of around Rs 30-crore loan. It has been learnt that the Improvement trust has been extending loan to the MC on several occasions in the past for carrying out various development works. This amount calculated along with the interest till date has been amounted to the tune of around Rs 30 crore. The insiders told that the MC, which was already passing through a very bad financial phase, could not even pay back the interest amount to the trust, leave aside the principle amount. Now, when the MC had placed the Improvement Trust in the list of 106 defaulters through a public notice published in print media, the improvement trust, too, has decided to retaliate. Chairman, Amritsar Improvement Trust, Sandeep Rishi said, "It is true that we have been served notice by the MC for a meager amount of around Rs 80,000, but another bitter truth could not be ignored. We have lent MC amount which is rolling in crores. Till date, this amount must have turned out to somewhere near Rs 30 crore. Of course, we would pay the dues, if any, outstanding against us. I have already instructed the department concerned to do the needful before time. But, we would shortly be serving notice on the MC to pay back the loan amount.
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Sixth Punjabi Film and Music Festival awards announced
Amritsar, March 26 Celebrating the talent and glamour of Punjabi entertainment industry, the awards are an annual feature and honour various artists chosen for the year under different categories. “This year, we have dedicated the event to album Satrangi Peengh 2 and will have many new artists being awarded for their work in Punjabi cinema,” said Navtej Sandhu, organiser of the event. Popular honours will include Lifetime Achievement Award for actor Prem Chopra, Living Legend Award for veteran Punjabi actor Guggu Gill, Balraj Sahni Honour for actor Gurleen Chopra and Aryan Babbar, popular awards for Gippy Grewal and Mandy Takkar and best debut awards for actors Jasraj Bhatti and Surielly gautam. “A special honour will be conferred on late Jaspal Bhatti for his contribution to the Punjabi entertainment industry,” said Navtej Sandhu. Lakhwinder Wadali, who will be given special honour on the day, gave out the list of honours in music categories. Charanjit Ahuja will receive Living Legend of Punjabi Music honour while the Wadali Brothers will get Lifetime Achievement honour. Popular singers Satinder Sartaj, Nachattar Gill, Manpreet Akhtar and composer Sachin Ahuja too will be awarded. The event will be held on April 6 at Amritsar Engineering College and performances will be given by Harbhajan Mann, Gursewak Mann, Gippy Grewal, Sarbjit Cheema, Lakhwinder Wadali, Satinder Sartaj, Rana Ranbir and Yuvraj Hans. Award list
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Conference on colon cancer awareness held
Amritsar, March 26 The eminent cancer specialist added that there was a misconception that cancer is incurable and patient cannot lead a normal life after treatment. He stressed that cancer is fully curable if detected at early stages. “Even in the last stages, we can prolong and improve quality of life,” he said. Dr Navdeep said March was observed as World Colon Cancer Month to create awareness about the disease.
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Seminar on human genomics concludes Amritsar, March 26 As many as 60 distinguished scientists from all over the country participated in the seminar and presented their research papers. Rohit Kumar from Premas Life Sciences on Illumine spoke during the morning session. He discussed technology, its applications in human genomics and its use in clinical applications. The Illumine NGS has been the first NGS technology to have got FDA approval in the development of diagnostic assays and mutation screening for various genetic disorders. Prof Praveen P Balgir from the Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala, spoke on RNA interference and the new therapies being discovered by utilising this technique in gene-silencing. BK Thelma from the Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, South Campus, emphasised on the application of NSG technology — TNS
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Anna to start Jantantra Yatra on March 31 from Jallianwala Bagh
Amritsar, March 26 Dwivedi said Anna and retired Army Chief Gen VK Singh would lead the yatra from the city. Anna Hazare will arrive in the city on March 30 and will also visit the Golden Temple and the Durgiana Temple. The jantantra yatra will culminate at Haridwar on April 17. Talking to mediapersons here in the city, Dwivedi said Anna had the moral authority to lead the country against corruption. He said Anna is a non-political, non-violent and morally upright person. The civil society is expanding each day in a big way, the former DGP said, adding that the yatra would prove to be a milestone in harnessing support for the movement.
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250 outstanding players honoured with cash prizes worth Rs 35 lakh Amritsar, March 26 VC Prof AS Brar presided over the function and presented prizes to the winners. Dr HS Randhawa, Deputy Director, Sports, read out the annual sports achievements report for 2012-13. Registrar Inderjit Singh welcomed the chief guest. All India inter-university winners were honored with Rs 12000 each, second position holders got Rs 10,000 each and Rs 8,000 each was awarded to third position holders. Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, lifted the Guru Nanak Dev University Inter-College 'A' Division Overall General Championship Trophy (Men). —TNS
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BBK DAV College lift sports trophy
Amritsar, March 26 The Inter-College Overall General Championship Trophy was won by BBK DAV College for Women with huge margin by securing 24,224 points. The institution has also secured first position among men and women colleges in GNDU by securing 7,919 points being the best contributor to the varsity in attaining the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Trophy (MAKA Trophy). A replica of MAKA Trophy was also given and principal Dr Neelam Kamra was acknowledged for being the highest contributor in MAKA. Principal Kamra said college players won about Rs 8 lakh cash prizes at the 43rd Annual Sports Prize Distribution of GNDU. Seventy players from different disciplines such as handball, hockey, cycling, archery, kayaking, wrestling, powerlifting, yatching, weightlifting, gymnastics, baseball, softball and judo, were honoured with cash prizes. The college won 40 positions out of 42 competitions. Archer Anjali got the highest cash prize of Rs 56,000 among women players and was selected for the Archery World Cup Championship scheduled to be held in China.
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6 held with illicit liquor, narcotics
Amritsar, March 26 In the first instance, the Islamabad police recovered 75 litres of illicit liquor from Simranjit Singh and Sonu Singh, resident of Haripura. In the second case, Swaran Singh, a resident of Fatahpur, was arrested with 45 bottles of illicit liquor, Manjinder Singh, head constable at the Gate Hakima police station, said. In the third instance, the Sultanwind police recovered 20 bottles of illicit liquor from Sahib Singh, a resident of Sultanwind village. In the fourth case, the police seized 20 gm of heroin from Satnam Singh and Jaswinder Singh, both residents of SUS Nagar. In the fifth instance, nine bottles of illicit liquor were recovered from Sahib Singh, resident of Dhapai Road. Sukhdev Singh, head constable, Chheherta police station, said a case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the IPC was registered against him, but he was released on bail.
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The Health Department has initiated a drive to check the sale of substandard colours and China-made water guns, which have flooded the local market on the occasion of festival of colours, Holi. The Tribune had highlighted the sale of substandard products, which could harm the human skin, in a news item published today.
Social activist Anna Hazare's Jantantra Morcha will start a Jantantra Yatra from the historical Jallianwala Bagh here on March 31, said former Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police
(DGP) SC Dwivedi after a meeting with local activists here.
