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Probe source of funds used in making Sadda Haq: Cong
Film does not promote communalism: Producer
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NRI body backs movie Sadda Haq
Residents slam govt for imposing stamp duty on power of attorney
70 gynaecologists participate in live surgery demonstration workshop
Doaba College holds free computer classes for senior citizens
GNDU hosts national workshop for researchers
Maintenance of hygiene
World Health Day observed
Stranded ship
Cash, gold ‘stolen’
Four arrested for theft
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Probe source of funds used in making Sadda Haq: Cong
Jalandhar, April 7 In a meeting held at Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar yesterday, Punjab Mahila Congress vice-president Nimisha Mehta along with representatives of various Hindu organisations welcomed the Punjab government’s move to ban the film and demanded that it (the ban) should be complete and permanent. The representatives of various Hindu organisations, including Manoj Nanha of Hind Kranti Dal, Raman Sharma of VHP, Ashwani Dogra of Hindu Mahasabha, Kunal Kohli of Azad Kranti Dal, Munish Bahri of Shiv Sena Rashtravadi, Munish Arora of Shiv Sena Bal Thakeray, Saurabh Shoor of Bajrang Dal and Ashish Sharma of Hindu Jagriti Manch, said nobody should be allowed to create law and order problem by making direct or indirect attempt at reviving militancy in the state. They also warned the state government against any attempt to lift the ban under pressure from certain groups. Nimisha Mehta said, “We will lodge a strong protest against anyone who will try to disturb the peace and communal harmony in the state which has been restored with a lot of sacrifices after the dark days of terrorism.” Alleging that the film was made with the motive of disturbing communal harmony in the state, she said, “The film Sadda Haq contains objectionable content which will not only hurt the religious sentiments of the people but it is also an attempt
to revive terrorism by glorifying the Khalistan movement.” “Therefore its promos, trailers, songs, various promotional activities, including its website, should be banned,” Nimisha Mehta added. “An inquiry should be carried into the sources
of funds generated to make the film. Besides, inquiry should also be made into the money being collected through film website and where it is supposed to be spent? “The Enforcement Department and Income Tax Department should launch a full-fledged inquiry against the
producers,” the state Mahila Congress vice-president said. Objectionable content
Investigate sources
An inquiry should be carried out into the source of funds generated to make the film. Besides, an inquiry should also be made into the money being collected through the film website and where it is supposed to be spent? The Enforcement Department and the Income Tax Department should launch a full-fledged inquiry against the
producers — Nimisha Mehta, Mahila Congress vice-president |
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Film does not promote communalism: Producer
Jalandhar, April 7 “If anything that could actually give rise to communal problem, it is the ban. People got divided on the issue about the film’s release. In the event of a release, there would not have been divisions, communal or otherwise. The Hindu versus Sikh rhetoric about the film is flawed. The film is militant versus police and no part of it is anti-Hindu,” film producer Kuljinder Sidhu said. While the film was banned after a special screening for top officials on the night of the film premiere, the film cast said the ban was pre-planned. “A day before the film’s release, we had been receiving threat calls that our houses will be attacked by mobs,” Sidhu said. “It is because the film shows the bureaucracy and police during the militancy days in a bad light,” Sidhu said. On Jazzy B’s song ‘Baaghi’ which glorifies the likes of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Balwant Singh Rajoana, the crew said, “The song has been objected to by many but it is not in the film. People across the world are watching the film. Ask anyone who has seen the film, he will tell you the song is not in it.” “I had a discussion with Jazzy about the song but given the government’s own stand on Rajoana and Bhindranwala in the past, we let the song stay. Even the CDs at the music release of the film were not distributed among journalists because the song was in it and we thought it might cause a problem,” Sidhu said. “Though court is the last recourse, we are willing to wait some more time hoping for the government to change its stance,” Sidhu said. The crew members claimed that the film was going houseful in Karnal (two theatres), Mumbai (one) and Hamirpur in HP (one) as well as overseas. “There have been no reports of untoward incident in any other place of its release,” he said. |
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NRI body backs movie Sadda Haq
Jalandhar, April 7 The film has been banned just to raise controversies unnecessarily, said NAPA spokesman Satnam Singh Chahal. In a press note, Chahal said the film was based on facts and was telling the story of police abuses and militant uprising in Punjab during 1980s and 1990s. "Immense violence and human rights violations had forced many people to leave Punjab and it is the history." |
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Residents slam govt for imposing stamp duty on power of attorney
Jalandhar, April 7 Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) for Cooperation and Jalandhar North MLA Krishan Dev Bhandari confirmed over phone from Goa, “As per the decision taken by the Punjab Cabinet in its recent meeting on April 5, two per cent stamp duty will be imposed for executing the power of attorney of immovable property in the name of any person outside the family.” Demanding withdrawal of the decision, the Congress and property dealers said it must be “sympathetically reconsidered” as the residents were already reeling under skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, petrol and power tariff. Congress leader Rajinder Beri said, “The Badal government should immediately withdraw its decision after reconsidering the same as the real estate business is already passing through a critical phase.” The president and general secretary of the Real Estate Builders and Colonisers Association, Bhupinder Singh Bhinda, and Rupinder Singh
Gill also expressed the same opinion. “The Punjab government is trying to snatch away the citizens’ right to execute power of attorney outside family. Sometimes if a person trusts a friend more, he/she will have to pay extra amount for executing power of attorney in that case which is unfair,” Bhinda said. “Moreover, 90 per cent real estate business is currently being done on the basis of power of attorneys. As short-term investment and new decisions are implemented, the real estate business will be adversely affected due to this,” Beri said. Bhinda and Gill said in joint statement, “The real estate business is already facing slump and the imposition of property tax will deteriorate it further. Now imposing 2 per cent stamp duty on the power of attorney will definitely make the situation worse.” “The citizens are already paying 9.5 per cent stamp duty and other charges for registering the sale deeds of their properties. The further imposition of 2 per cent stamp duty on executing the power of attorneys is not acceptable,” Gill said. |
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Govt taking credit for Central schemes: Youth Cong
Jalandhar, April 7 Vikramjit, accompanied by Jalandhar Youth Congress president Kaku Ahluwalia and councillor Sushil Rinku, said the PYC would spread awareness among the people about the Central-sponsored schemes, including 108 Ambulances and MGNREGA. About the claim of the Badal government that the Centre is repaying Punjab only a portion of the amount collected from the state through various taxes, he claimed that both the Chief Minister and his deputy Sukhbir were misleading the public by distorting the facts. About the ban on film Sada Haq, the PYC chief said, “The Congress is of the view that nobody should be allowed to make an attempt to disturb the hard-earned peace.” Hailing the ban on screening of the film, Vikramjit said, “Badal imposed ban after realising that SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar had wrongly favoured this provocative film.” On how many youths will be allocated tickets by the Congress in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Vikramjit said, “Being the PYC chief, I am in favour of allocating more than three (last time Congress gave three seats) of the total 13 seats of to youths but the final decision will be of the party high command.”
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BSP defers burning of police effigy
Jalandhar, April 7 BSP district general secretary Kamaldev Singh Jandusingha said, "The SSP asked us to postpone the effigy burning programme and to meet him about our grievances
on Monday." "He (the SSP) asked us to postpone the programme on two counts. First, the Special Investigating Team (SIT) headed by SP (D) Rajinder Singh was yet to complete inquiry into the torture allegation of the Dalits by some Lambra policemen as the rural police remained busy in ensuring arrest of ASI Gurdev Singh's killers. Now, recently Rajinder Singh' wife Amritpal Kaur suddenly passed away
on Friday." He said they expressed their condolences on sad demise of Rajinder Singh's wife and decided to meet Hayre in his office to inform in detail about the torture of the Dalits. The BSP, while flaying the Jalandhar rural police for posting former Lambra SHO Jatinderpal Singh as Kartarpur SHO even though serious inquiry by the SIT for misbehaving with a former woman
sarpanch of valmiki community from Kalyanpur village, had given a seven-day ultimatum to register an FIR against him. State BSP general secretary Sukhwinder Kotli and district general secretary Kamaldev Singh Jandusingha had threatened to start an agitation against the Jalandhar rural police on Monday if it failed to register an FIR against Jatinderpal Singh for misbehaving with the former sarpanch and torturing six persons of the village. Alleging that Jatinderpal Singh has been posted as Kartarpur SHO at the behest of a Punjab Cabinet minister, the BSP said, "Our party will start burning the effigies of the Punjab Police and the Cabinet minister if an FIR is not registered against Kartarpur SHO Jatinderpal Singh for torturing six Dalits as they held demonstrations against his atrocities during his posting as Lambra SHO." "The six persons, including Kali, Buddu, Manga, Happy, Manak and Kaka, were implicated in a case of clash between two groups and brutally beaten by the SHO and other policemen," one of the BSP leaders said. The BSP leaders said Jatinderpal Singh had been shifted to the police lines after strong protests by villagers. They also opposed the posting of Inderjeet Singh as Lambra SHO after shifting him from Kartarpur. They alleged that he continued to indulge in anti-Dalit activities during his posting at Kartarpur. |
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70 gynaecologists participate in live surgery demonstration workshop
Jalandhar, April 7 More than 70 gynaecologists and surgeons of the city and surrounding areas participated in the workshop that was inaugurated by Dr RL
Bassan, civil surgeon, Jalandhar. After the live operative session, Dr Prashant V
Bhamare, a Mumbai-based renowned medical expert shared his experiences with the delegates, informed Dr GS Jammu, who hosted the workshop. Dr Jammu revealed that live demonstrations were of much use for the delegates. The live operative session was an attempt to educate and update the delegates with the latest advancements in these fields, he added. The doctors also shared their experiences during the workshop and cleared their doubts in a penal discussion session. |
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Doaba College holds free computer classes for senior citizens
Jalandhar, April 7 To ease the troubles of the senior citizens, who find the computer too tough to deal with, Doaba college, Jalandhar, started a 15-day workshop, which will provide special lessons to parents, grandparents and senior citizens. The good news is
it is for free. The PG department of computer science and information technology of the college has been holding this computer awareness workshop for the past one week now. Prof Pardeep Bhandari, head of the department, Prof Navin Joshi and members have been training 110 of these elderly students about the basic components of computer, against internet frauds, online-pension status, train schedule, railway reservation, banking, mobile banking, bill payment of electricity and BSNL, LIC insurance premium payment among other fields. That there is a widespread inhibition regarding computers among the intellectual and the super educated and it can be gauged from the fact that their students include retired judges, doctors, teachers as well as housewives. Talking to The Tribune, Pardeep Bhandari, head of the computer science and IT department said, "The idea actually started from my parents. I felt they needed this and they told me why don't colleges start this sort of initiative. So the seed of the idea was sown two years ago and we have been able to realise it now. The Doaba College administration and principal Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman have been kind enough to provide the services for free at the computer labs in the college where evening lessons are held for the senior class. While the staff says the initiative is an immense success, the college authorities plan to make it a bi-annual feature, "We feel greatly blessed to be help them. Staff of eight people as well as postgraduate level students provide the lessons. We have been approached by 200 people but we had to cut down to 110 people, owing to the availability of resources. The computer lessons are provided on a one-to-one basis," Bhandari adds. Satinder Kaur (35), a housewife, who has been attending these lessons for the past one week says, "I had low self-esteem due to the lack of knowledge about computer. It means a great deal to people. I was also not able to contribute to my husband's business due to my apprehensions about computers. But the lessons have transformed me. I have started communicating on internet sites, booking railway reservations and a few days ago I even chipped in for an e-auction for my husband's business." MM Bhalla, a retired sessions judge, said, "It is a very good initiative. I have just started a week ago and we are in the process of getting the hang of it. But I hope to learn a lot from the computer workshop." While the bi-annual classes are already on their mind, Bhandari says given the great response to the initiative the college might even think of starting regular evening lessons or monthly courses for the elderly interested in such subjects. |
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GNDU hosts national workshop for researchers
Amritsar, April 7 Continuing its unique contribution in research, the department organised a national workshop on structural equation modelling to find a ground among the new age researchers and academicians. The initiative was taken to chisel the research acumen of the researchers in the light of the dynamic developments and prevalent practises. Dr MS Hundal, Dean, Academic Affairs, was the chief guest. Organising secretary of the workshop Dr Mandeep Kaur extended a warm welcome to the diverse audience from four different states which had budding research fellows as well as senior professors on the learning side. She apprised the audience about the research acumen and achievements of Dr MS Hundal and his supportive attitude which has been always inspiring. Dr Balwinder Singh, Head of Department of Commerce and Business Management, and initiator of the workshop, expressed his gratitude and support towards the participants and officials for letting the idea see the day of light. Dr Balwinder Singh shared his pride in being the home to largest number of full time researchers in the country and expressed his commitment to nurture the department as the breeding ground of good quality research can make a mark on a global landscape. He shared his vision for the department and researchers and sought support of all to make the journey a memorable learning experience. Dr Hundal cautioned the audience to make full use of the techniques and technology. He also reminded the gathering about the evolution of management personnel from being technically qualified to mathematically qualified. Wishing the organisers and participants all success, he motivated them to achieve greater heights. |
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from schools and colleges
Jalandhar, April 7 He also informed that the English Department of the college attracts the largest number of students for MA English than any other college in the region because of its excellent teaching and impressive results in university exams. Sardarni Balbir Kaur, president, College Governing Council, also congratulated the students and wished them success in life. Defying disability
Tanuja, a student of the Class VI at the Khosla Deaf School has topped in her school. A hearing and speech impaired student, her zeal has been unaffected by the obstacles
in her way. Scoring 93.3 per cent marks, she has been a consistent topper of her school. Born to migrant parents, she has been attaining various milestones in other fields like sports and
arts. Last year, she won the first prize in her school and second in the state in a painting competition. She is also a talented racer, who has won gold
and silver medals for her achievements in sports. |
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Over 18,000 administered polio drops in district
Jalandhar, April 7 Civil surgeon Dr RL Bassan informed that 131 mobile teams of the health staff also pressed to service on the first day of this three-day campaign. The department has a target to vaccinate 1,24,699 children in the urban area while 28,211 children will be administrated polio drops in the country side. To meet the target, paramedical staff, NGOs, nursing students, school and students also joined the health officials in the campaign, the civil surgeon added. |
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Maintenance of hygiene
Jalandhar, April 7 The health authorities has prepared a rough outline of the campaign under which the areas and section of the society, to be covered, would be shortlisted, claimed Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr BM Bali. Dr Bali said this would be an attempt to educate general public regarding the pros and cons of hygiene. "We have decided to hold the camps in the rural areas and target the women folks, who play a vital and major role in maintaining hygiene of a family. Teams of lady doctors will educate them on personnel hygiene and cleanliness," Dr Bali added. The department had also decided to rope-in certain NGOs, clubs and students of nursing colleges to launch the campaign and make it a success, he added. Under the campaign, the department would also educate people about the facilities introduced by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the state government for their welfare, Dr Bali said. |
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World Health Day observed
Amritsar, April 7 He said in view of increasing ailments it was imperative to shift back to our traditional foods for better health of the younger ones. Swami Gurbax of yoga ashram emphasised on the importance of yoga in daily life, particularly in contemporary stressful work environments. He said through yoga, one can easily keep
diseases at bay and lead a long, healthy and prosperous life. Participants were exhorted to adopt healthy life style for healthy body. Deepak Babbar of the NGO, Mission Aagaaz, said participants were informed about the various health effects of different fruits and were asked to remain healthy. |
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Stranded ship
Amritsar, April 7 Father of Major Singh, Capt (Retd) Raghbir Singh said the ship, KAMAL-XL, has been stranded off as the main engines of the ship broke down and dismantled for repairs. Moreover, the company had discontinued the release of salaries of the crew, which led to chaotic situation. He claimed that food and water stocks were depleting fast and the company's office had also stopped communications with the ship. Major's wife Gurwinder Kaur also sought
safe rescue of all the people in the ship. |
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Cash, gold ‘stolen’
Jalandhar, April 7 Station House Officer (SHO) Surinderpal said the police was verifying the complainant's statement before starting probe into the case. "The street in which the house is located is very congested and the possibility of theft is remote. Even though, we are probing all the angles," the SHO said. |
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Four arrested for theft
Amritsar, April 7 Satnam Singh of Albert Road informed the police that when he opened his factory, he found iron materials, including iron girder, blades of the machinery, wheels and other spare parts missing. |
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Demanding a complete ban on Punjabi film Sadda Haq, including its trailers, songs and other promotional activities that purportedly glorify the Khalistan movement, the Punjab Mahila Congress and various Hindu outfits said an inquiry should be carried out into the source of funds used for making the film.
