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21 Nigerian students sent to Ludhiana jail
Verify credentials of Punjabis settled in Canada before marrying them: Consulate General
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Mai Bhago Istri Shakti Yojna shows good results in district
Tea vend cause of annoyance to institute
Gazetted employees demand promotion on seniority basis
Personality development camp for schoolchildren
Five drug peddlers arrested
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21 Nigerian students sent to Ludhiana jail
Jalandhar, June 16 The city police took all 21 accused LPU students to the Ludhiana jail for lodging them there after they were remanded to judicial custody of 14 days by the court of Duty Magistrate ACJM Mandeep Kaur on Sunday. The Nigerian students were held on Saturday for indulging in rioting and theft. A first information report (FIR) under various Sections 382 (theft), 160 (committing affray), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapons), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC was registered against them at the police station No. 7. Meanwhile, the commissionerate police informed the Nigerian embassy about the arrest of its 21 nationals through an e-mail, the sources said, adding that a copy of the FIR was also provided to LPU officials. The LPU also started the process of gathering entire information and facts about the issue. The LPU is reportedly going to conduct a parallel inquiry into the matter. Some of the arrested foreign students were identified as Julien, Chris, Jado Masiya, John Mayi, Stephen Kisa, Plydor Kazadi Kalbal, Spagar, Quatre, Mbalanganza, Mbata Siala, Juniore, Francis Cabrel, Luboya Saba, Mutumbo, Rom Mutombo, Papy Limboma, Bob Mubembe, Ebolo Edobijo, Max, Nzanzu Peghuy Wb and Masteb Paulin. The students were caught for allegedly snatching the purse of a man on Garha Road and later a camera from a photojournalist on Saturday. They also reportedly snatched a camera from a cameraman from a vernacular daily who had come to cover the spot at the bus-stand police post. Even when the students were shifted to the Division Number 7 police station, the students indulged in arguments with the police and even tried to overpower them. A drama was witnessed at the police station as the report of the incident spread and more photojournalists turned up. The students resisted their pictures being clicked during the course of which heated arguments took place. |
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Verify credentials of Punjabis settled in Canada before marrying them: Consulate General
Jalandhar, June 16 The parents of marriageable persons should verify whether Punjabis settled in Canada were citizens of that country and other facts before solemnising marriage with them to avoid any fraud, he added. Advising Punjabis interested in going to Canada not to take the help of agents for that, Slessor said “All information regarding visa rules for going to Canada is available online. Instead of taking the help of agents, Punjabis should take the benefit of the information available on the website.” Stating that the NRI Sabha and Consulate General would take joint steps to apprise Punjabis regarding transparent visa system formulated for them, Slessor further said, “Students may also pursue their higher studies in Canada, as educational institutions and universities there are among the top world institutions.” Earlier welcoming Scot Slessor, Punjab NRI Sabha president Jasvir Singh Gill said NRIs should play a more vital role in further strengthening the relations between India and Canada. Gill and former Akali MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar also honoured Slessor during his visit to Jalandhar. Don't go to agents
All information regarding visa rules for going to Canada is available online. Instead of taking the help of agents, Punjabis should take the benefit of the information available on the
website — Scot Slessor, Canadian Consulate General |
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An attack that cost this youngster his eye and career
Jalandhar, June 16 Chetan, recalling the horrific incident, said, “I was on my way back home when one of my friends from a media group told me that he had been rounded up by the police and was at division number 2 police station. I reached the police station and was making a call to someone when a 40-odd CRPF men came down and attacked me, pushing a barrel into my eye and leaving me in a pool of blood. I lost consciousness and found myself lying in a private hospital hours later with my left eye badly bleeding.” Having lost complete vision in his left eye in the alleged attack by some CRPF men in July 2007, Chetan is still jobless because of the handicap. The victim, who was then married for three months and now has two children, has no source of income to feed his family. “At this prime age, I find it extremely difficult to depend on my father, who runs a small property dealing business for my personal or family’s day-to-day needs,” he said. “I had then started working as a sales executive for Tata Indicom. I quit the job, for the internal wound in the eye required a long time to heal. Post recovery, I have tried for jobs on a number of occasions but only got rejections on all fronts,”a shattered Chetan said. Chetan’s father Ashok Sharma said he had time and again requested the administration to help his son get some job, but to no avail. “Soon after the accident, we were promised a grant of Rs 3 lakh and a job. While we got the financial aid, the second promise has still not been honoured,” he lamented. Deputy Commissioner Shruti Singh said, “The boy's mother had come to me with a request. I told her to submit a written representation, which she has not done so far. Once she does it, I can put forth it before the Chief Minister for consideration on sympathetic grounds.” |
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Mai Bhago Istri Shakti Yojna shows good results in district
Jalandhar, June 16 Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shruti Singh today said all the 1,005 villages of the district were being covered under Mai Bhago Istri Shakti Yojna through 245 co-operative societies. She said in order to open new vistas of self employment for girls and women of the district, 90 self help groups had been constituted. These groups were being given monetary assistance. Shruti said 22,031 women/girls of the district had been enrolled as members of these self-help groups. As many as 3,481 women/girls had been given loans worth Rs 7.60 crore at a low rate of interest thereby opening new opportunities of self employment for them. She said: “Under this scheme the girls/women were being imparted training in the fields like tailoring, beauty parlours, computer education, pickles and honey business, manufacturing of candles and toys etc, for becoming self employed.” Under the scheme, camps were being organised in Kot Badal, Pratapura, Rudkee, Sarhali, Bangla, Rahipur, Dhandowal, Shankar, Sidhwan, Shahkot and other villages to train 433 girls/women in various fields, she added. The DC said: “In the same manner, the Co-operative Department is giving medical insurance of Rs 1.50 lakh to members of the co-operative societies up to the age of 75 years under the Bhai Kanhaiya Health Service Scheme. Anybody can enrol herself as a member under this scheme by a paying Rs 1,347, after which identity cards will be issued to beneficiary members and their dependents. Under this scheme, 7,765 members and 11,281 dependent members have been enrolled this year.” “Rs 131 crore have been disbursed to the trust under the medical insurance scheme and 2,504 members have availed the medical services worth Rs 1.86 crore this year. As many as 169 hospitals across the 22 districts in the state and 30 hospitals in the Doaba region have been empanelled under the scheme from where the beneficiaries can avail quality health services,” she added. Shruti said the Co-operative Department was also giving Rs 25,000 as treatment cost for a child born in the poor and weaker sections of the society besides giving Rs 2,100 as ‘Shagun’ to him/her, under the Baby Birth Scheme. Exhorting the people to avail the benefit of the schemes run by the Co-operative Department, the DC said more and more women/girls must join the self-help groups for empowering themselves through self employment. |
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53,399 inoculated under polio-eradication drive
Jalandhar, June 16 As many as 41,661 children were vaccinated in urban areas and 11,738 in the rural areas of the district. The teams of the Health Department vaccinated children in Basti Gujan, 120-foot road locality, Indira Colony, Nurpur, Industrial Area, Bada Pind, Lasara, Jamsher, Urban Estate, Parasrampur, Saipur and other parts of the district. Health officials, including deputy director Rakesh Gupta from state headquarters, nodal officer Jasbir Singh and Dr Surinder Kumar, inspected the areas where the drive was carried on. In April, the department had vaccinated 62,281 children in a door-to-door vaccination programme to eradicate the disease from the district. About 968 teams equipped with medical kits vaccinated 43,607 children in the urban area and 213 teams administered polio drops to 18,674 children in the rural areas of the district. On the second day of the drive, the health authorities had vaccinated 1,04,133 children in the district. Paramedical staff, NGOs, nursing students, school students also joined the health officials in the campaign to meet the target. — TNS |
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Tea vend cause of annoyance to institute
Jalandhar, June 16 Sources say cigarettes and tobacco are openly being sold at the vend. Regular clashes among male students, inconvenience and eve-teasing incidents have been reported by female students. Some vulnerable students of the institute are even taking drugs. The institute principal Jagroop Singh has complained to the police regarding the said vend. On June 11 a student of the institute was attacked by miscreants who entered the college premises during an ongoing exam. The principal said the incident (and other clashes) could have been averted had the police acted against the vend owner. The institute, on Friday, honoured the teacher and a class four employee who defended the student from the hooligans on June 11. A complaint has been registered against the miscreants but no arrests have been made so far. Principal Jagroop Singh said: “The same vend was being run by the present owner’s father earlier. But after the son took over, things began to change. For the past one year, it is a permanent hang out for many youths, especially unruly elements. Clashes happen regularly. Almost every month there is a serious fight.” “Eve teasing incidents have also increased. I have personally offered a peon’s job with a handsome salary to the vend owner. But he refused,” he added. The principal said: “I have complained to the police administration (to the SHO of police station No. 1 and verbal complaints to Sarabjeet Singh, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar) asking them to get the tea vend outside the college closed, but nothing has been done so far. Intoxicating substances are being sold at the vend, which is ruining students.” A professor from the DAV College, on condition of anonymity said: “It is an illegal vend where tobacco and cigarettes are certainly sold. It is clearly running within a 100-yard area of the institute. It is a bad influence for students of all colleges in the vicinity. It is surprising that authorities aren’t acting against it.” Balbir Singh, SHO of police station No.1, said: “We registered an FIR against the six students who attacked the institute student during exam. Hunt for them is on, but no one has been found so far.” Speaking about the vend, he added: “I have personally raided it 10 times and once the home of the owner has also been raided but nothing has been found. We will try to provide security to the institute.” ADCP (headquarters) Navjot Mahal said: “Sometimes people do not make complaints and say they do. If a complaint had been received, the police would have acted. In any case, the area SHO will be sent to look into the case. However, the police would be helpless if nothing is found.” Jagroop Singh said: “I have ample reason to believe that the vend’s operations are shady. The threat to students has to be ended.” The principal also demanded that only students with ID should be allowed to sit at the vend. Given the police inaction, the institute authorities have planned to make their own security arrangements at the institute. “While some CCTV cameras were installed sometime back, we are planning get more installed,” the principal said. |
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Gazetted employees demand promotion on seniority basis
Amritsar, June 16 In a communication to the Chief Minister, the association stated that the resentment was brewing up among the teachers. The members cited the instances of recent promotions carried out in Amritsar and Tarn Taran and added that these were setting wrong precedent. “The Education Department elevated junior teachers as DEOs in Amritsar while ignoring a number of seniors. Similar action has been taken in Tarn Taran also,” said an association member. They cited a notification by the department dated 22.12.2004 that stated that senior-most educationists must only be appointed DEOs and claimed that the appointments were in contravention of these rules. The Education Department recently appointed Satinder Bir Singh and Paramjit Singh (secondary) DEOs, Amritsar and Tarn Taran, respectively. Satinder was given the charge of DEO for both secondary and elementary levels. In the communication, they quoted the appendix B of the notification that stated, “It is made clear that in view of the norms of official propriety, only the senior-most officials holding any of the post mentioned under column-2 shall be posted as DEO.” The column-2 states that Principal, District Institute of Education and Training, Principals of secondary schools, assistant director, evaluation officer, subject matter expert (State Council of Education Research and Training), survey officer, deputy circle education officer, deputy DEO, district science supervisor, senior lecturer, senior guidance counsellor and others, who have a minimum experience of 10 years, could be considered for the position. Members of the association, including Jaspal Singh, Joginder Kaur, Kewal Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Nirmal Singh, demanded that seniority be restored. They said even the edited notification on January 15, 2011, and October 31, 2012, explicitly said the senior-most Principal must be elevated to the positions of DEOs (elementary and secondary). He said the appointment of juniors as DEOs while ignoring the seniors smacked of political patronisation. They also demanded amended pay scale to the DEOs, mandal education officers and deputy director. The association has urged the Chief Minister to set up an enquiry committee to make public the reasons of these elevations. They felt that these development signalled towards a scandal. They demanded cancellation of these elevations and appointment of the senior-most principals as DEOs. Other demands
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Personality development camp for schoolchildren
Jalandhar, June 16 Activities will include verbal enhancement, role-plays, confidence building, best made out of junk, table-top designing, table manners, sandwich making, salad dressing, mocktail recipes, sketching, painting, dances-- freestyle, Bollywood, western, contemporary, semi-classical, basic singing and recreational sports etc. Pro-Chancellor Rashmi Mittal said, “The university has worked hard to design the camp with scores of activities as per the rising interests of the students. Moreover, the camp is going to be conducted under the conspicuous care of creative and committed faculty at the university.” Meanwhile, the Scholarship and Financial Aid Programme launched by Lovely Profession University (LPU) has benefited over 20,000. It has become the largest private scholhip programme in the country and scholarships worth Rs 150 crore have been awarded to deserving students till today. Sources said a student could avail up to Rs 1 lakh per year under the programme. To avail the opportunity, the students should be academically sound and must have excellent performance in board exams, graduation or the national/state-level tests. University Chancellor Ashok Mittal said, “The university strongly strives to provide higher education to students. I am happy to see that we have been able to make a positive impact for a large number of students across the country.” |
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Five drug peddlers arrested
Phagwara, June 16 Khakh said 300 gm intoxicant powder was recovered from Sonu, 150 gm from Harish and 200 gm from Saudagar while 5 gm heroin was recovered from each Balla and Gurwinder. All the arrested were produced before the local judicial magistrate who sent to judicial remand, the police said. Goods worth
Rs 6 lakh stolen
Valuable goods worth Rs 6 lakh were reportedly stolen from two different shops in the town last night. In first incident, more than 50 new big tyres worth Rs 4 lakh were stolen from Guru Nanak Tyres after breaking the shutter locks of the shop on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur Road last night. The police registered a case on the information provided by Bhupinder Singh, owner of the shop. Fingers print experts were also summoned to trace the robbers. In the second incident, auto parts worth Rs 2 lakh were stolen from Guru Nanak Auto Parts in nearby Chack Hakim village, on the national highway here last night. A gang of thieves adopted same modus operandi. The police has registered case in this regard. |
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