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Number of seats increased at Faridkot medical college
Moga admn to open wholesale depots for sand
Punjab imposes heavy penalties for excise violations
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Number of seats increased at Faridkot medical college
Faridkot, June 6 "Besides increasing the capacity of this medical college for the graduation degree course, the MCI has also increased the number of seats in post-graduation in this medical college from 35 to 51," said Dr SS Gill, vice-chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Science (BFUHS), the governing body of the medical college. "As we provided the infrastructure and teachers required as per the MCI norms, so the Medical Council of India increased the seats in the medical college," said the VC. While there was a steep rise in seats in the private medical colleges of Punjab in the last five years, not even a single seat had been increased in the three government medical colleges in Punjab in the last 37 years. In Punjab, there were earlier 360 seats (150 each in Government Medical College at Patiala and Amritsar and 60 seats in Government Medical College, Faridkot). But instead of making any increase, there was a reduction of 10 seats in Faridkot medical college 10 years back. But in private medical colleges in Punjab, two colleges made an increase of 75 seats in the last two years. But the position is different in the neighbouring states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. In Haryana, there were only 100 seats in Government Medical College at Rohtak in 1975 and it was the only government-owned medical college in the state at that time. But at present, there are two government medical colleges with 300 seats. Thus, the seats have been increased three times. Similarly in HP, a new college has been started at Tanda and seats have also been increased in Shimla Medical College from 65 to 100. Even in the new medical college at Tanda, seats have been increased from 50 to100. Thus, the total increase is three-fold. Before GGSMCH was taken over by BFUHS three years back, the condition of this government medical college was so pitiable that in the absence of MCI recognition, uncertainty kept looming large over the its fate. It was in October 2010 that the MCI granted recognition to this medical college. Earlier, in the last 20 years, starting since 1989-90, the MCI issued show-cause notices one after the other to the college, threatening to order the closure of the college for insufficient faculty and poor infrastructure. |
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Moga admn to open wholesale depots for sand
Moga, June 6 A trolley of sand (125 cubic meters) is sold to the consumers at the rate of Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 and a truck loaded with sand (500 cubic meters) is sold at the rate of Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,000 depending upon the location in the district. The members of tractor-trolley transport union, while showing the slips issued by a mining contractor, alleged that contractors do not mention the amount in the slips which they receive. They said the contractors charge Rs 1,600 per trolley from them at the site, besides the loading charges. “If the contractors reduce the charges, only then will the market rates drop as the labour and transport costs have also increased in the last few months,” said Kuljit Singh, a tractor-trolley driver. District Magistrate Arshdip Singh Thind said he was concerned over the hefty amount being charged by the contractors. “The district administration has decided to set up wholesale depots for supply of sand to the consumers at all the sub-divisional headquarters for which land will be identified within a couple of days. It will help in checking the prices. The direct transportation of sand from the mining sites will not be allowed at the consumers’ end,” he said. The DM said he had also asked the SSP to depute at least one cop along with a civil official from the industry department at all the mining sites with immediate effect to check all the bills issued by the contractors and maintain a proper record. Thind said he would constitute a team at the district headquarters to monitor the mining and sale of sand and look into the complaints of the consumers. The administration would not allow the contractors to develop a monopoly in this trade, he added. SSP Surjit Singh Grewal said he has issued instructions to the SHOs of the police stations concerned to keep an eye on mining activities. |
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Punjab imposes heavy penalties for excise violations
Moga, June 6 As per the notification, an amendment made in Section 61 of the Act, says that whosoever constructs any distillery or brewery in contravention of any section of the Act or "uses, keeps or has in his possession any material, still, utensil, implement or apparatus whatsoever for the purpose of manufacturing any intoxicant shall be punished for every such offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to Rs 10 lakh." Similarly, in case of an offence relating to possession of working still for the manufacture of any intoxicant such imprisonment shall not be less than two years and such fine shall not be less than Rs 2 lakh and if the fine is not paid, the person may have to undergo further imprisonment. For 'lahan', such imprisonment shall not be less than one year and fine not less than Rs 1 lakh. For country liquor manufactured otherwise than in a licensed distillery in Punjab in a quantity not exceeding 12 bottles (750 ml each) imprisonment shall not be less than six months and fine not less than Rs 5000 and in quantity exceeding 12 bottles the imprisonment shall not be less than two years and fine not less than Rs 2 lakh. For foreign liquor other than manufactured in a licensed distillery or brewery or bottling plant in India or imported into India without paying the customs duty the imprisonment for this offence would be not less than two years and fine not less than Rs 2 lakh. In case, fine is not paid for the above mentioned offences the offenders would have to undergo further imprisonment. The penalty for all these offences would be recoverable by an excise officer and trial would be initiated in the judicial courts of the area concerned. Interestingly, the Punjab Government has omitted Section- 61 (A) from the Punjab Excise Act, 1914. If any vehicle is detected carrying more than 10 cases of liquor illegally it would be confiscated by the police or excise officials. A new Section 81 has been added to the Act, which states, “any offence relating to type and quantity of liquor as specified in the clauses (vi), (vii), and (viii) of the sub-section (i) of the Section-61 may either before or after the institution of the prosecution be compounded by such officers or authorities...and...where an offence has been compounded the offender if in custody shall be discharged and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in respect of such offence”. |
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Muktsar, June 6 His father Dr Madan Mohan Bansal, who runs Guru Nanak Hospital on Bathinda road, had got the second rank in the AIPMT in 1982 in Punjab. Daksh said he had gone for coaching in Chandigarh. "I always wanted to become a doctor and serve mankind, as I always saw my parents serving the people," said Daksh, who has studied up to class X in St George's School,
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