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Hooliganism disturbs academics, admn mum
Delay in flat possession
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Central team inspects working at government schools
CM's announcements a poll gimmick, says Cong leader
No headway in attack case on lecturer
Theft at NRI’s house in village
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Woman shoots herself dead at home
Jalandhar, August 3 The deceased Harvinder Kaur (40) had reportedly gone missing since 5 pm yesterday. Her husband, Paramvir Singh, working as a chief ticket inspector with the Railways, had got her missing report lodged at the Basti Bawa Khel Police, after which he himself managed to locate her from Dakoha village this morning. Harvinder had reportedly been under depression due to an alleged extra-marital affair of her husband owing to which she committed the act after she was brought back to her place. She fired herself with a licensed .32 bore pistol of her husband which went across her temple area. She was reportedly sitting on a sofa of her room, and her 19-year-old son saw her shoot herself but could not act timely. The couple has another 15-year-old son. The family had allegedly removed all signs of stains in the room, thrown off the blood-smeared cushions of the sofa, washed off blood from the body, changed the woman's clothes and were about to take it for cremation when the police got information about the incident. While the deceased's parents are no more, her maternal uncle Kulwant Singh gave a statement that his niece had committed suicide, as she was upset at the alleged relation of her husband with some widow. It is on his version that the police has booked Paramvir Singh under Section 306 of the IPC. Section 201 of the IPC, too, has been imposed. The police said all evidences had been found at the rear side of the house. The accused's family, on the other hand, alleged that the woman was involved in an extra-marital relationship, which came to the knowledge of her husband, leading her to commit suicide. |
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Hooliganism disturbs academics, admn mum
Jalandhar, August 3 On June 11 this year, a group of miscreants, armed with sharp-edged weapons, attack a student while he is appearing for an exam at the local Mehr Chand Polytechnic Institute in Jalandhar. The institute authorities raise an alarm. A case is registered and six miscreants are booked, out of which two are nabbed. One of these two was recently freed reportedly after a compromise was reached. "Shady" activities in the area still continue according to the institute authorities. Two years ago, a mathematics teacher of Government Senior Secondary School, Khiwa, was attacked by a group of men with covered faces, armed with hockey sticks and sharp-edged weapons. The teacher suffered an injury, but till date, an FIR has not been registered. The said school has a history of thefts and rampant addiction in the area. The threat of an attack still looms large among teachers. Since the attack, all teachers of the school have pooled in to hire a taxi to ferry them to and from school because they are scared to travel alone (spending thousands from their own pockets). The school had also had three thefts in the past one year, the FIRs for these, as well, haven't been lodged. Staff says, "Etthe FIR nai lodge karde (they do not lodge FIRs here)." A few days ago, they wrote to the SSP rural regarding the issue. While the hideous web of addiction and police inaction is rendering an entire breed of students violent and hopeless, the silence of the authorities only suggests an intention to let the anarchy continue. Even as "thinking" academicians whine over the total lack of respect for
teachers among students of this generation and youths turning useless through a life of addiction, the education, health departments or the district authorities have never even attempted to carry out checks at schools or colleges. Meanwhile, SSP (Rural) Yurinder Singh Hayer reacting to the Khiwa school situation said, "I am not aware of the said complaints because we receive many. But if some institution is suffering from problems, we will look into the case and initiate action against whoever is responsible." Meanwhile, teachers of Doaba College today held a special meeting condemning the attack on teacher Bharat Bhushan. The college has announced an aid of Rs 1 lakh for him. Principal Doaba College, Naresh Dhiman, said, "Teachers of the college condemned the attack at a meeting held today. While we are not yet sure whether it was an attack by students, the incident is very unfortunate." Expressing concern at the recent rise in incidents of campus violence, Dhiman said, "There were times where teachers were respected, but rising fee patterns have caused students to perceive education as a give-and-take system rather than to treat the campus as a 'temple
of learning' as it previously was. Addiction certainly has added to the deteriorating campus atmosphere." Call for action
Doaba College, Mehr Chand Polytechnic, Government Senior Secondary Schools, Khiwa, are some recent examples of violence, but experts say if the administration doesn't look for quick solutions to handle the rising addiction and campus-related violence, Punjab might be looking at a dark future Academician speak
Tejinder Virli, state secretary, PCCTU, said, "The attack on the teacher of Doaba College is highly condemnable and yet again, highlights the rot which has set in the system. Such incidents are clearly on the rise and it is shameful to see that students have forgotten respect for teachers. Lack of cognisance or action by the authorities, district or state, has caused students to grope in the abyss of addiction and violence. Increasing commercialisation in education is also to blame. If something is not done soon, the state might be looking at a stark future steeped in total
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Delay in flat possession
Jalandhar, August 3 She had lodged a complaint against Nitishree Infrastructure Ltd through its authorised signatory Govind Tandon saying that she had purchased flat number B1/304 on the third floor of Shourya Green scheme for a basic price of Rs 20.8 lakh, which after adding other charges came to a total of Rs 22,02,750. She said she and her husband had signed an agreement for the flat, with a built-up area of 1,955 sq feet, on March 14, 2008. As per clause 9 of the agreement, the construction was to be completed in a year with the possession to be given by March 2009, with a grace period of three months. The same clause had a provision that in the event of the construction not getting completed and the possession not given in time, the builder would pay up liquidated damages at the rate of Rs 5 per sq feet per month to the complainant and her husband. The complainant said she had approached the builders many times for the possession of the flat and also to pay the liquidated damages of Rs 3,61,675 for 37 months, but they were putting off the complainant on one excuse or the other. She said she had also filed a legal notice, but the opposite party did not care about it and failed to give the possession. The counsel for the builder said the complainant had failed to pay the amount in time. "Till today, the complainant has made part payment only", he said. The forum found that the company was to give the possession of the flat by June, 2009. It observed that the builder had already been paid up the basic price of the flat while only an amount of Rs 1,22,750 was still pending. It found that Nitishree Infrastructure did not produce any copy of the possession letter which it had handed over to the allottees except for a letter, dated September 10, 2012 which was sent by them during the pendency of the complaint. It considered the company to be liable to pay liquidated damages as agreed between the parties at the rate of Rs 5 per square feet per month to the allottees. It calculated the per month damages at Rs 9,775. It said, "The complaint is accepted and Nitishree is directed to pay Rs 9775/- per month to the allottees from July 2009 till they give the possession of the flat to them. Remaining payment of Rs1,22,750 to be adjusted towards the amount of liquidated damages. |
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from schools & colleges
Jalandhar, August 3 Prof Bhartendu Singla, Head, Food Science and Technology Department, delivered the inaugural address. He said food safety was of utmost importance ensuring safety of food. He said due to irresponsible authorities, food poisoning outbreaks took place in Bihar. Presence of pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella plus Clost perfringens plus viruses in water samples of schools in Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts is alarming, he said. Principal Dr BB Sharma said India was a country of diversity and paradox. He stressed food technology as an evergreen field having a great job potential and students will rise to great heights after doing this course. Prof Jaswinder thanked the audience. Table-tennis tournament
CBSE Sahodaya Inter School Table Tennis Tournament was conducted by Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg, Jalandhar, recently. Mr GS Sangha, AEO, Jalandhar, inaugurated the tournament. The host school was declared the overall champion by winning 1st positions in four and 2nd positions in 2 and 3rd positions in 3 out of 10 categories. The chief guest for the final day was Mr Rakesh Kaushal, District Sports Officer, Jalandhar. The winners were felicitated with medals and certificates. The tournament registered a record number of participating teams i.e. more than 90 teams from different schools. Peer educators
A workshop to enhance life skills was conducted in MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar,Jalandhar on Friday. Students enacted various on the spot roles’ to highlight the issues of ‘face book addiction’, ‘drug addiction’, ‘ romances’, ‘ rash driving’, ‘peer pressures’ etc. faced during adolescent age. Sangeeta Bhatia, student counsellor clarified the confusion raised by some students. Five students of the school have been certified as ‘peer educators’ by CBSE. They were awarded badges and certificates by the CBSE and were facilitated by the officiating principal, Mrs Brinder Badwal. These students will be instrumental in bringing life skills in their Peer groups. They are Rattanjot, Chetna, Parmeet, Gurnoor and Nikhil. Students excel
Principal Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman said students of BA Honours School in English in second semester brought laurels by bagging top university positions in the GNDU semester examinations. Simrat Khurana of BA Honours School in English Second Semester secured 293 marks out of 400 and bagged 1st and Mohit Sharma secured 275 marks and bagged 5th position. Principal Dr Dhiman and head Prof Neeraj Jain and Prof Devinder Singh felicitated the meritorious students. Results
Students of MA (Fine Arts) semester II and semester IV of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar secured 1st, 3rd and 5th positions and 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th positions respectively, in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar examination. Merit holders were congratulated by principal Dr Sucharita. Lecture-cum-workshop
An extension lecture-cum-workshop was organized by the Postgraduate Department of Computer Sciences and Applications of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar. Dr Rajesh Bhatia, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PEC University, Chandigarh was the guest speaker on the occasion. He discussed the importance of requirement, design and testing in the software development process. Students of BCA, B.Sc (IT), M.Sc Computer Sciences attended this workshop. Experts visit
Rakesh Malhotra, MD, along with Sanjay Sridhar, GM, New Holland Fiat visited GNA IMT, Phagwara. They were received by S Gurdeep Singh Seehra, President , GNA IMT and CEO, GNA Duraparts Limited along with other officials of the institute.
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Central team inspects working at government schools
Jalandhar, August 3 Ashol Malhotra, TCN Singh, Bhanu Pratap and Kaushik, who are associated with various departments at the Centre, district guidance counsellor Surjit Lal and project director, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration were part of the team. Various components of the school, including working, mid-day meal, various schemes, which had been introduced, were checked by the team. The team enquired about the status of various state and central government schemes, being run at the school from Khushdeep Kaur, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Adarsh Nagar. Expressing general satisfaction regarding the working of the school, the principal lauded efforts of the staff. Barring schools, the team also visited other departments in the district. Similar teams shall be taking stock of the working of various government departments and offices across eight districts of the state. The members of teams will include under secretaries from the Departments of Petroleum, Finance, HRD, among others. |
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CM's announcements a poll gimmick, says Cong leader
Jalandhar, August 3 Responding to Badal's green signal to various city projects hanging fire for long, Walia alleged that Badal made these announcements just to attract citizens in view of coming parliamentary elections. At the same time, he said, "Residents of Jalandhar are well aware of Badal's gimmick for coming parliamentary elections and they would not be misguided by that." Flaying the Akali-BJP government, Walia said, "What to talk of various development projects, this government fails to provide even smooth roads, clean environment, proper drainage system and uninterrupted power supply." Walia said, "Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) also failed on every front as heaps of garbage are piling at every nook and corner, the drainage system is totally collapsed and open joints of street lights are proving fatal for public." He said BJP was also hand in glove with Akali Dal over taking various decisions against urbanities, including industrialists, colonisers and residents of illegal colonies. |
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No headway in attack case on lecturer
Jalandhar, August 3 The police said an FIR had been lodged on the complaint of the victim's brother, Rakesh Kumar, under Sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the IPC against unknown persons. In another incident of attack on the Delhi Police IG's mother, Satya Devi Goggian, at her residence in the Vasant Vihar locality on July 31, the police is so far clueless. The 70-year-old woman had been attacked by someone who had entered the house on a bicycle with an iron rod on her head. The man had been sitting in the house and had later moved in attacking her and fleeing away after removing her earrings. The police that on the basis of the identity described by the maid and some neighbourers, a few youths had been rounded up and interrogated, but to no avail. “There have been no conclusive results till date,” he said. |
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Theft at NRI’s house in village
Phagwara, August 3 In another incident the Zandiala Manjki police has arrested Satnam Singh of Lakhanpal village and recovered 112 gm intoxicant powder from his possession. |
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A middle-aged woman reportedly gunned down herself at her residence in the Raja Garden locality near the Basti Peer Daad area this morning after a spat with her husband.
The police has arrested her husband, whose brother is posted as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Punjab Police, and booked him for abetment to suicide.
Harvinder Kaur
