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No FIR lodged in forgery case
Web portal by young author to help youth on personality types
Abhishek Kothari at his workstation in Jalandhar. A Tribune photograph
Under-construction building violates civic body bylaws
60 ophthalmologists trained to work on new implant
After protest by Congress councillors, lifts become functional in MC office
Woman commits suicide in Chogitti Five hurt in road accident Protest against film
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Jalandhar, May 22 Sources in the department said the construction company had expressed its inability to carry out the construction work with the steep hike in the prices of construction materials. Moreover, the ban imposed on the quarrying of gravel and sand has further pushed up the price of many materials manifold. The company had laid the pre-constructed beams on the pillar at an over-bridge (under construction) at the Rama Mandi Chowk almost a year ago, but its approaches have not been built till date. The dispute regarding the transfer of land from the Defence Ministry to the Punjab Government and the removal of high-tension power cables and electricity wires and poles along the highway (from Rama Mandi to PAP Chowk) has further delayed the project. The concrete pillars holding huge beams at both sites have been proving to be white elephants, serving no purpose, said Surinder Mittal, a resident of the Garha Road area. The projects being constructed have been proving to be a major bottleneck, leading to much traffic chaos on the GT road. Long queues appear on either side of these sites during peak hours, putting the motorists to a great hardship, said Sanjiv Sharma, a Model Town resident. Moreover, the city police had to deploy additional traffic police personnel to regulate traffic at these places, hitting the regulation of the general traffic in and around the city. |
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Samaritans chip in to help cancer patient
Jalandhar, May 22 Do-gooder Satnam Singh, who brought her plight to The Tribune's knowledge revealed that with help from various quarters so far Rs 1,02,600 haf been collected for Rekha's treatment. Those who have chipped in for help are Atamjit Singh Bawa (Rs 20,000), SS Kalra (1,100), Col. Gurdeep Singh (Rs 3,000), Viplesh Sharma (Rs 25,000), Inderjit Singh (Rs 5,000), Dr Jauhari Lal Virk (Rs 20,000) and Rs 5,000 from an anonymous person. Rs 5,000 discount was provided by Patel Hospital. Sewerage board officials, JEs and contractors who provided her help include Sandeep Kumar, Chander Parkash, Kamaljit Singh, Harjit Singh, Babu Ram, Sunny Goyal, Navdeep Singh, Darshan Lal, Vijay Kalia, Rajinder Parsad, Balwinder Singh, Padamjeet Singh, Raman Arora, Jitin Vasudev, Nand Lal, Des Raj, Rajinder Singh. Arvind Mehta and Kishan Kumar Kakkar provided Rs 1,000 each. Tilak Raj, Pardeep Chautani and Ravinder Singh provided Rs 500 each. Satnam Singh himself put in Rs 2,500. While Rs 26,100 has been deposited to hospital funds by do-gooders, Rs 76,500 has personally been handed over to Satnam Singh by various people. "We are thankful for the help provided by the kind people. We have Rs 62,500 with us and Rs 12,500
lying in hospital funds (donated by do-gooders) for her," he said. "In future, Rekha needs Rs 20,000 for a single day chemotherapy sitting (about six sittings are required). She will be taken for treatment on May 24 or 25th. We will need about Rs 2 lakh for her immediate future treatment to remove the cancer (this money includes medicines and transportation costs). Other than that, about Rs 1 lakh will be needed to provide her with the prosthetic leg to help her walk," he added. While the second phase of Rekha's treatment will begin within a few days, Satnam Singh said she had been provided a domestic help (hired for Rs 2,500)
to tend to her needs and a walker to aid her. Speaking about the help from the government under the CM Punjab Cancer Relief Fund, Satnam Singh says so far that hasn't been possible because Rekha does not have an ID. But we are looking for ways to get one made soon so that more help can be provided to her. "We are thankful for all the help. Now if we are able to make her ID, the government help of Rs 1.5 lakh will be a big support," Satnam Singh quipped. Activist writes to commission
Taking note of a report published in The Tribune regarding Rekha - a mother of an eight-year-old girl - whose left leg was amputated due to a cancerous wound on it, a Jalandhar-based activist has written to the Punjab State Human Rights Commission, asking for the financial help to be provided to the said patient. The application of activist Kulwant Singh Nagra, an activist of NGO CHITRA, mentions that government hospitals are not fully equipped to handle cancer patients and under compelling circumstances, even poor patients have to go to private hospitals for treatment. "The state is duty bound to protect the lives of these citizens from such deadly diseases under Article 21 of the Constitution," the application adds. The application finally requests the commission, "to issue necessary directions to the appropriate authority to extend financial help to the patient being in a state of penury (sic)." The left leg of Rekha who had been working as a domestic servant and side by side tending to her eight-year-old daughter had been amputated. She has no other relatives to look after her. |
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National Mental Health Month
Jalandhar: The National Mental Health Month was observed with the mentally disabled inmates of the local Pingla Ghar, by St Soldier Group of Institutions. Students of St Soldier Divine Public School Model House branch spent time with patients and observed their daily life and health problems, while GNM students of St Soldier held the mentally disabled children and motivated others to help them. The students also brought gifts for inmates of Pingla Ghar and showed their love and affection towards them. Print journalism contest
An inter-house print journalism contest was held at the DIPS School, Karol Bagh here. Students from all the four houses of the school - Red, Green, Blue and Yellow - participated in the contest. Tarandeep Singh, a class X student from the blue house got the first prize by writing the best report. School principal Sarvesh Deol congratulated the student. Achievers
Latika and Amanjot Kaur of class XII (commerce) of PCM SD Collegiate Sr. Sec. School, Jalandhar secured 7th and 8th position in Jalandhar district and 20th and 23rd position at state level, by securing 92.4 per cent and 91.78 per cent marks in the recently declared plus two results of PSEB. Placements
Students of the CT Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology got got placement in renowned hotels of the country. The best hoteliers, including the well known names like Sofitel, Hyatt Regency, Ramada, Crown Plaza, Meridian, Oberoi, Trident, Sarovar Portico, Radission Blu, Club Mahindra, have recruited all the students of the institute, who have been selected for various departments at good pay packages. CT Group of Institutions Chairman S Charanjit Singh Channi congratulated the selected students. Technology workshop
A workshop on technology usage for effective teaching was organised at the Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, in collaboration with Alpha Global Enterprises, Phagwara. The objective of the workshop was to give practical training of using technology to make the process of teaching-learning effective. The workshop was divided into two sessions. In the first session, students were informed about instructional planning and in the second session, practical training of using various teaching aids like overhead projector, LCD projector, document camera, smart board and language laboratory, was given. S. Bharpur Singh Bhogal, chairman-cum-president, Ramgarhia Educational Council, Phagwara, congratulated principal, Gagandeep Singh Dhatt, MD, Alpha Global Enterprises, the staff and students for organising such a workshop. Literary week
Eklavya School celebrated “Literary Week” in an attempt to understand and appreciate what talented men and women over the centuries have put in writing for our benefit. There were different activities like story book reading, drama (based on importance of education) and poem recitation in the assembly. There were games like treasure hunt and hide and seek in classes. In the poem recitation competition students from Pre-Nursery, Nursery, LKG and UKG participated. The competition was won by Paramveer, Anvi from nursery class, Rachel from pre-nursery class. From LKG, Niyati Bahri won the first prize, second prize was won by Prabhgun and the third prize was won by Bhavya Sharma. From UKG Sativikk won the first prize and Guneet won the second prize. Aarush and Eknoor won the third prize. Yoga championship
The Teresa House bagged the first position and Nehru House bagged the second position in Inter house Yoga Championship held at the Innocent Hearts School, Green Model Town, Jalandhar. Students presented different asanas. Winners were facilitated with gold medals and certificates. Taekwondo
Students from DIPS-Suranussi participated in the 3rd Shaheed Bhagat Singh male and female junior taekwondo championship, 2013 organised by the LEO Teakwondo Association of Kapurthala, held at RCF Kapurthala. As many as 552 students participated from 9 districts. Fifty-one participants from DIPS-Suranussi school performed brilliantly, who won 21 medals -6 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze. Admissions
Guru Nanak Dev University College, Jalandhar, has started admissions in M.Com, B.Com (P) and B.Com (regular). Keeping in view students’ demand, the number of seats has been increased. Principal Dr Jaspal Singh Randhawa said last date for admission is 8th July, but once the seats were filled the admission would be closed. International Biodiversity Day
Under the supervision of District Education Officer (senior secondary), a seminar and poster-making contest was held at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Adarsh Nagar, on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day. On the occasion, with the cooperation of Government Middle School, Tali Mohalla, a workshop was also arranged for the teachers of 40 schools across the district. In the declamation contest, Tanya (Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Nehru Garden) stood first, Rajan Kumar (Government High School, Basti Bawa Khel) stood second and Japnam (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Ladowali Road) stood third. In the poster-making contest Saistha (Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Adarsh Nagar) stood first, Neha (Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Model Town) stood second and Manisha (Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Basti Sheikh) stood third. College starts Internet, mobile courses
The Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, has introduced two new programmes from this session. Owing to the competitive job market, the two courses have been started keeping in mind the growing need for technological advancement. The Department of Computers has started Bachelors in internet and mobile technologies (BIMT), a four-year professional degree course, which trains students in developing websites and mobile applications for iphone, ipad, android and windows phone. The course focuses on quality learning with practical exposure of industrial training in two full semesters. BIMT graduates will also be provided with industry-connects for live projects and placements. Class XII with mathematics in any discipline from a recognised board is a pre-requisite for the course. The second course being started by the college - MFA (applied art) is the most professional course in visual communication. It is available for students of BFA (Applied Art) with specialisations in photography, animation, and TV graphics and illustration. The pass outs with MFA (applied art) degree can find excellent placements in print media, advertising, film industry and government public relations departments apart from working as a freelancer. The college offers state-of-the-art facilities like photo studio, computer lab with apple imac for graphics and a professional atmosphere. BIMT and MFA (applied art) have limited seats, for which admissions are open these days. New institution for MTech programmes
In an effort to ensure high standard of performance in teaching and research, besides developing scientific and engineering manpower to cater to the needs of the industry, the CT Group of Institutions started a new Institute -CT Institute of Technology and Research- at its Maqsudan Campus, here today. The new institute has been set up to run the MTech programmes in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). The regulatory bodies, including All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar, have already given approval to start a new research institution. Highly qualified faculty was appointed for new research-based institution, revealed Dr Manoj Kumar, group director, CT Institutions. “There is an acute shortage of faculty in the engineering field, keeping this in mind, we have started new institute for MTech programmes. We would be starting the CT Institute of Technology and Research from this session,” he added. Charanjit Singh Channi, chairman, CT Group of Institutions said, “I personally feel that a strong educational foundation is a platform from which their professional career stems.” With the opening of the a new institute, we have taken the initiative to provide the right platform to the students for the Research and Development. Apart, we had started BTech (auto-mobile engineering) in Shahpur Campus, Channi added.
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No FIR lodged in forgery case
Jalandhar, May 22 During the raid held on Wednesday last, health officials had found glaring violations and had reported the matter to the Deputy Commissioner, citing the recovery of forged stamps in the name of the Civil Surgeon, expired medicines in bulk, a sphygmomanometer, an ECG machine, apparatus such as stethoscopes and a blood sugar testing machine. Civil Surgeon RL Bassan found that a retired government pharmacist Suresh Sharma had been running a parallel office of the Civil Surgeon from his inconspicuous location. The raiding team also found that Sharma had some tie-up with the applicants at Suwidha Centre. DC Shruti Singh said it had come to her notice that all applicants at Suwidha Centre requiring a medical check-up were not taking the services of the doctors present at the centre itself and were instead going to Sharma for the generation of all kinds of such reports, further pointing to a bigger involvement in the matter. Shruti Singh said she had forwarded the report received by her from the Civil Surgeon to the Commissioner Police on Friday last recommending the registration of a case. "I am not aware of its status now," she said. SHO Nawi Baradari Vijay Kunwar Paul said he had not received any copy of the complaint so far and so no FIR had been lodged. Commissioner Police Gaurav Yadav did not respond to the calls made to him regarding the matter. |
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Web portal by young author to help youth on personality types
Jalandhar, May 22 So those who are in a fix about their future course in life, can register on his website and get to know their own personality type, based on which they can get a peek at the work choices they are most inclined towards and it will also help them determine their careers. “A student has to register himself/herself at ‘bitly.com/careerexpert’. The registration is free of cost, and once a student is registered, a personality test will be conducted to tell the personality type/hidden talent/interest of the student. On the basis of the report, suitable career opportunities will be told to students,” he said. Originally belonging to Dehradun, Kothari was pursuing an integrated course in B Tech and MBA at a local university when he penned his first book (three years ago) called "A Feeling Beyond Words". Having appeared in his MBA final exams already, he witnessed a confusion regarding their upcoming study streams and/or career choices in many teenagers that he knew, which prompted him to start the site. “I keep interacting with my sister and cousins and when I asked these youngsters, some of whom have passed class 10, plus two and graduation, what they want to do next, they all said they did not know. Seven years ago, I was facing a similar dilemma. But I thought kids had grown smarter. That’s when I thought about the web portal,” Kothari said. On the website, youngsters will take a test which will determine their particular personality type and the team of bitly.com will then forward their particular (standardised) test results, based on their answers in the personality quiz, via email. “We are open for both online and offline interactions. Youngsters will have to register before taking a test. Those who need a one-to-one session after that, are welcome. We shall be holding an event to facilitate the request of those who demand an offline session. There is a team of 100 to 150 friends of mine who will be working on the website,” he added. While he spent a considerable time researching Holland’s theories and taken from various counsellors on the web, the widespread acceptance and recommendation of Holland’s theory by various psychologists led him to zero down on the psychologist’s findings for his own website. Kothari has been shortlisted as a marketing head for one of the companies and will join his job in a couple of months, but before he goes, he plans to make a two-month foray into providing some personality insights to youngsters. He and his team will shortly come out with a book of short stories - all of which have been contributed by university students through an on-campus programme. The book will be called "The Gems of Life". |
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Under-construction building violates civic body bylaws
Jalandhar, May 22 While the construction of the upper floors is going on and the basement is yet to be fully developed for parking purposes, the owner has started running his Cosmo Tata agency. A range of various models of the Tata company have been parked, with staff there managing the front office. As the showroom was open to visitors, the labourers were working on the third and fourth floors. Water used to set the concrete layers atop was flowing down near the entrance to the showroom. Putting an under-construction building to use is a contravention of the clause 3.12 (ii) of the municipal corporation bylaws. The bylaws clearly state “No building shall
be occupied without obtaining the completion certificate.” As per the process, an application for permission to occupy is to be submitted to the MC through Form-D with the declaration that the building is complete in all respects and fit to be occupied. The dereliction on part of the owner and the MC authorities indicates little safety concern on their part
for the visitors and staff of the showroom. Even as the bylaws state that the assistant town planner or municipal town planner should visit the construction sites on a weekly basis, the staff, perhaps, has chosen to ignore the violation.
Tirlok Singh, senior town planner, MC, rather seemed unperturbed, “I don’t think it is any major violation. The plans are already passed and getting a completion certificate is a mere formality.” Asked that a similar recent violation in Mumbai had led to the killing of more than 70 persons, he replied, “I think we need to be more optimistic.” MC Commissioner Viney Bubani said he would pull up the staff and get the building checked tomorrow. “Opening a showroom in an under-construction building is a clear-cut violation and it has to be stopped,” he said.
Raghav, owner of the showroom, who has his office in the same building, said he did not want to comment. |
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60 ophthalmologists trained to work on new implant
Jalandhar, May 22 In the last one week, doctors have operated upon six patients for the correction of this disorder and have got overwhelming results, claimed Dr Patick
Lydon. Talking to the Tribune, Dr Lydon revealed that over 140 crore patients were suffering from presbyopia (inability to see near objects clearly) worldwide and the number was quite more than the Indian population. There are several treatments to correct
presbyopia, but they have some limitations too. With the introduction of Kamra Inlay-glasses for near vision-hunt for a solution to this problem was finally over, he said. He said the glass was having only 3.8 mm in diameter, it is smaller than a contact lens and weight less than a grain of salt. The inlay could be implanted quickly, was reversible and its exchange was independent of age-related refractive change and, therefore, required no replacement though life of an individual. Dr Thind informed that temporary treatment for the problem was the use of spectacles and contact lens, while exchange of nature lens with multi-focal IOL and laser treatment
(pressbymax) were two permanent treatments. The disorder develops after the age of 40 and scores of persons were suffering from the problem in the region, revealed Dr
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After protest by Congress councillors, lifts become functional in MC office
Jalandhar, May 22 All councillors, including Leader of the Opposition Jagdish Raja, his wife Anita Raja, Uma Beri, Aruna Arora, Gurvinder Kaur Mintu, Gurvinder Singh Banti, Surinder Kaur, Neerja Jain, Palni Soami, came out holding donation boxes and collecting cash from commuters at Company Bagh
Chowk. After making the collection, they took the boxes to the MC Commissioner and asked him to receive it. They also presented one box to Joint Commissioner Anupam Kler. The Leader of the Opposition said while on the one hand the MC office was going bankrupt, on the other,it had failed to improve its income by taking action against defaulters of various departments, including those for water supply, house tax, licence fee and building plan, fee etc. The MC office has four lifts, all of which had gone non-operative. After the councillors started protest two days ago, three of the four lifts have now become functional. Only one lift remains non-operative owing to some technical snag. |
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“It is never too late to listen to your heart.” It is this mantra, which has driven this young author to reach out to confused youths, most of whom, he says, remind him of his own dilemma while choosing a stream to study in.
The author, an event manager and a geek, Abhishek Kothari has started a web portal, called bitly.com, which will be sorting people in six personality types, based on the theory by acclaimed psychologist Dr John Holland.
in the film 'Shootout at Wadala' here today.
The march passed through the Football Chowk, Nakodar Chowk, BMC Chowk to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office. Protestors demanded that the film should be banned and the cast and crew of the film be booked.
The protesters said failing this they would be forced to intensify their agitation.
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