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Enforce closure notices: Education Dept
Schoolchildren in Amritsar. Tribune File Photo
National singing talent hunt contest at DAV College today
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Man posing as scribe held with heroin
Hike in bus fare will be another jolt, feel residents
‘Natwarlal of Amritsar’ wanted in 16 cases of cheating
Action sought against ‘illegal’ allotment of shops
Hospital ‘flouts’ norms, allots shop
Residents holding theekri pehra booked
Snatching accused, kin assault police party
Minor raped, 3 booked
Cop, wife held in robbery case
61 ITI students get placement in Honda
High alert in city ahead of I-Day
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Enforce closure notices: Education Dept
Amritsar, August 10 The BEEOs have been directed to carry out survey of their areas — whether any of these schools are working despite release of the closure notices. Non-adherence to the communication will attract a fine of Rs1 lakh which could be extended to Rs 10,000 per day as per the norms. District Education Officer Satinder Bir Singh (Secondary) in the capacity of DEO (Elementary) had issued closure notices to these schools for not implementing the RTE Act. There are 1,024 private schools in the district affiliated to various education boards, including Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), Central Board of School Education (CBSE) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE). The RTE Act, implemented by the state government in 2009, states that all private schools were given three years to make infrastructural and other arrangements. Even as the RTE Act was implemented in the schools across the district from this academic session, no student from the economically weaker section (EWS) has been admitted in any of the reputed public schools here. The Education Office has not received any affidavit for claims for reimbursements of education and other charges from any of the 954 schools recognised under the RTE Act in Amritsar district. The District Education Office constituted separate committees which included senior principals of government schools to verify the claims of the schools for the implementation of other clauses of the RTE Act. The schools were supposed to fulfil at least 40 per cent of the recommendations of the RTE Act. In return, the Education Department issues temporary affiliation to these schools under the RTE Act. Earlier, the public schools affiliated to the CBSE and the ICSE had expressed reservation for getting affiliation under the Act. However, section 18 of the chapter IV of the RTE Act states that besides government and local bodies schools, all other schools have to register themselves under the Act. “The government has made a provision for the reimbursement of expenditure incurred on the education of students from the economically weaker families to public schools but these schools are still shying away from the responsibility,” said Ranjit Singh, a retired teacher. The RTE Act ensures free textbooks, writing material and uniforms besides free education to poor children. Children with disabilities are also entitled to get free special learning and support material. The provisions of the RTE Act state that wherever a government school is not available, the state would make reimbursement to the nearest school, referred to as the neighbourhood school, to ensure compulsory education to all. It makes compulsory for all the private schools to admit students from economically weaker sections (EWS) within the radius of 1 kilometre for students of primary classes. The private schools were also asked to reserve 25 per cent seats for the students from the underprivileged sections of society. Of the 25 per cent reserved seats, 12.5 per cent must be kept for the economically weaker sections, as defined by the income tax department, 5 per cent for Scheduled Castes, 5 per cent for the Other Backward Classes, 1.25 per cent for the children of war widows and 1.25 per cent for the children of handicapped parents. Many public schools said they offered education to children from underprivileged families at evening schools and were separately running charitable schools also. On the other hand, as per the RTE Act, the students from underpriviledged families must be admitted in the same school and classrooms. The RTE Act ensured that all affiliated schools must fulfil stringent infrastructural norms ensuring quality environment and studies to children coming even from the marginal weaker sections. The RTE Act makes it mandatory for every child between the age group of 6-14 years to be provided education by the state. This means that children do not have to pay a single penny on books, uniforms and mid-day meal. The schools need to have certain minimum facilities like adequate teachers, playground, a kitchen and other infrastructure. The government should ensure that qualified teachers be appointed and they are paid accordingly. The Move
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National singing talent hunt contest at DAV College today
Amritsar, August
10 Interactive session
The Chief Khalsa Diwan Charitable Society
(CKDCS) held an interactive session of the principals of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public Schools under the aegis of Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School, Majitha Road, today. The session was started by the host school principal, Dapinder Kaur. As many as 40 principals took part in the competition. The gathering was addressed by CKDCS president Charanjit Singh Chadha who stressed on the need of such interactive sessions and its fruitfulness. He also announced to "Best Teacher Award" for the teacher selected among the CKDCS schools every year. The seminar guided the participants about technological changes in the financial system and data submission to the head office. It provided an opportunity for the principals to have a close view of the education system, new technologies and learning procedures in the best schools so that they could also become helpful for their own school development. Media festival
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of BBK DAV College organised a two-day media fest to provide opportunity to students to showcase their talent in various events like debate, radio jockey, creative writing and
photography. Jasleen, a student of BA first year and Aishwariya of BJMC were conferred with "Star of the media fest". College principal Dr Neelam Kamra congratulated the students and motivated them to make best use of college hours by indulging in creative tasks. She emphasised on the vocational learning and stressed on the importance of being versatile in present scenario. Detailed results
Quiz: 1st: Vanika,Sanchita,Dheerika
(BJMC Semester III) 2nd: Quency, Abhilasha (BJMC Semester III) 3rd:
Jasleen, Mansi, Aishwariya (BJMC Semester I) Creative writing
1st: Aishwariya
(BJMC Semester I) 2nd: Kusum (BJMC Semester I) 3rd: Samridhi Aneja (+1 Humanities) Consolation: Shagun Duggal
(BCA IIIrd year) Radio jockey
1st: Jasleen (BA Semester I) 2nd: Megha
(BJMC Semester V) 3rd: Urvashi (BJMC Semester V) Consolation: Aashima
(BCom Semester I), Dheerika (BJMC Semester III) Participation in street play
Vanika, Preeti, Shreya, Supriya, Drishti, Amrit, Shipra Photography
1st: Jasleen (BA Semester I) 2nd: Urvashi
(BJMC Semester V), Ashita (BJMC Semester I) 3rd: Mannat (BJMC Semester I) Kanika
(BJMC Semester I) Consolation: Shipra (BJMC Semester III), Sonali (BCom Semester I) News reading
1st: Akansha
(BJMC Semester I) 2nd: Zeenat (BBA IInd year), Vibha (MJMC Semester I) 3rd: Jasleen (BA Semester I), Shagun
(BCA IIIrd year) Consolation: Quency, Abhilasha (BJMC Semester III) Debate
1st:
Dheerika, Abhilasha (BJMC Semester III) Best Speaker: Abhilasha (BJMC Semester III), Gursimran (BA Semester III) Consolation: Akansha
(BJMC Semester I) Extempore
1st: Jasleen (BA Semester I) 2nd: Jyoti (BJMC Semester V), Samridhi (+1) 3rd: Megha
(BJMC Semester V), Urvashi (BJMC Semester V) Consolation: Mannat (BJMC Semester I) Limericks
1st: Shipra
(BJMC Semester III) 2nd: Aishwariya Talwar (BJMC Semester I), Aashita (BJMC Semester I) 3rd: Amrit
(BJMC Semester III) Consolation: Shreya (BJMC Semester III) Ad- MAD
1st:
Sukhmani, Jyoti, Sunidhi, Urvashi, Megha, Aashna (BJMC Semester V) 2nd: Dheerika,Abhilasha,Quency,Supriya(BJMC Semester III) 2nd:
Harshita, Aashita, Aishwariya, Hina, Akanksha, Jasleen (BJMC Semester I) 3rd:
Shagun, Manpreet, Tanisha, Aashima (BCA IIIrd year) Poster making
1st: Kritika
(BCom Semester I) Collage-making event 1st: Akanksha, Mansi (BJMC Semester I) 2nd:
Harshita, Ashita (BJMC Semester I) 3rd: Sanchita, Quency (BJMC Semester III) Interview
1st: Jasleen (BA Semester I), Dheerika
(BJMC Semester III) Best Interviewer: Jasleen (BJMC Semester I) Best Interviewee: Mansi
(BJMC Semester I) Consolation prize: Shipra, Shreya (BJMC Semester III) Star of the festival: Jasleen (BA Semester I), Aishwariya
(BJMC Semester I) Sufi, folk singing contests
Cambridge International School, Loharka Road, bagged first positions in the sufi singing and folk singing contests held at Spring Dale Senior School on the occasion of the sixth annual Maa Boli Mela 2013 organised by Punarjyot on Saturday. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of late actor Balraj
Sahni. Shri Ram Ashram Public School bagged the first positions in multimedia presentation and speech competitions organised on this occasion. Meanwhile, Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Majitha Road, claimed the first position in poetry recitation and mehendi contests, while Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School, Sultanwind Road, bagged the first position in calligraphy competition. Speeches on women's security, drug addiction, poetry recitation contests on child labour and family ties and other social issues marked the event. Lending a competitive touch to the celebration of Punjabi as mother-tongue, 11 teams from different schools in the district competed for the top slot in various competitions. The Maa Boli Mela was instituted in 2007 by late Dr Shivinder Singh Sandhu and Mrs Manveen Sandhu to inculcate a love for Punjabi among the youth. The competitions held on this occasion included speeches, sufi
sangeet, poetry recitation, folk song, multimedia presentation, calligraphy and mehandi competitions.
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Man posing as scribe held with heroin
Amritsar, August 10 The accused was produced in the court which sent him in one-day police remand. The police officials said the accused claimed himself to be the reporter of a vernacular Hindi daily and pasted a "press" sticker on his motorcycle. During investigations, he could not produce any document to substantiate his claims. The police was investigating the source of narcotic substance recovered from him. Purse snatched
The purse of a Germany-based NRI woman was snatched by miscreants here. The victim, identified as Manjit Kaur, a resident of Darshani Gate Jandiala Guru, told the police that after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple, she along with her maid Balbir Kaur was returning home. They hired a rickshaw from the Saran village bus stand and reached near Daliana located near Jandiala Guru when two motorcycle-borne youths came from behind and snatched her purse. The accused sped away towards the Jandiala Guru side. She said her purse contained Rs 1.50 lakh cash, a mobile and some important documents. The police has registered a case under section 382 IPC in this regard.
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Hike in bus fare will be another jolt, feel residents
Amritsar, August 10 The state roadways had increased the fair by four paisa per kilometre. With this, the road fare from Amritsar to Jalandhar has increased from Rs 73 to Rs 86. The fare from Amritsar to Chandigarh has increased from Rs 201 to Rs 211, while a passenger to Delhi would have to pay Rs 400 instead of Rs 389 which he paid earlier. The fares of air-conditioned buses plying to Delhi would increase from Rs 400 to Rs 440. Passengers said with the prices of diesel being hiked every month, the hike in fares was inevitable. The state government had earlier revised the bus fares in October last year by 13 paisa per kilometre. Gurpreet Singh, a passenger at the local bus stand, said, "The public transport is becoming too costly for the general public. The reason that public transport was running in losses is not plausible. Had it been so then why would politicians and bigwigs try so hard to become transporters?" He said the state government should not have burdened the public with this hike. Even as the private transporters would go with the government's decision to hike the fares, the general public feels that the decision was taken under pressure from transporters' lobby. Another passenger said, "The way the fares are increasing every year, a two-wheeler is considered economical. But considering the condition of the roads and heavy rush, most would not dare ride a bike on the highways." He said the state government also needed to improve the condition of the roadways buses, besides adding new ones to the existing fleet to increase its profits.
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‘Natwarlal of Amritsar’ wanted in 16 cases of cheating
Amritsar, August 10 He was arrested by the Rambagh police in April this year, while he was nabbed by the police on similar charges in 2002. He had morphed pictures with senior bureaucratic, police officers, state and Centre-level politicians in his house and posed as a senior CBI officer in order to lure youth in his trap. He even used red beacon on his vehicle after forging documents. Famous as the 'Natwarlal of Amritsar' in the Police Department, he was nabbed by the Rambagh police after Varinder Pal Singh, a resident of Tehsilpura, lodged a complaint against him, alleging that Sabharwal had duped him of Rs 1.20 lakh on the pretext of getting him a licence for opening a petrol pump. Varinder Pal said the accused had introduced himself as an SP rank officer of the CBI who had closed links with top officers of the Central Government and Police Department. He alleged that the accused had demanded Rs 20 lakh from him for procuring a licence for opening a petrol pump and gas agency. In June 2002, he was held by the city police for defrauding a number of unemployed persons for lakh of rupees on the pretext of getting them lucrative jobs in various government departments, including the FCI, and sending them abroad. He was later charge-sheeted in a similar case, a police officer said. The police officer revealed that he was illegally using government emblem and red beacon on his vehicle, though no document regarding installing a red light and VIP stickers had been found from his possession. Surprisingly, he had succeeded in getting security from the Punjab Police before he was arrested in 2002. The police has also seized a fake identity card of the FCI from him. Yesterday, the police booked six persons, including family members, for cheating Rohit Sethi, a local resident, of Rs 1.20 crore. The police officer said efforts had been initiated to nab the family members of Parveen Sabharwal.
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Action sought against ‘illegal’ allotment of shops
Amritsar, August 10 In the complaint, Ravinder Sulanwind alleged that hospital authorities had allowed an illegal occupant to deposit the rent of a shop near Crystal chowk in back date, even after it had won a legal battle against the occupant. The RTI documents procured by Ravinder establish that the occupant had deposited the rent for the shop from 2006 to 2012 in March 2012. The rent was charged at a rate of Rs 400 per month for six years and in total, Rs 27,000 were deposited. Sultanwind said, "It was after the hospital had won a tiring legal battle against the claimant right from the SDM level to the High Court and then again to the Supreme Court." The decision of all subsequent courts had stated that the claimant had no right on the property. "But instead of getting the shop evicted, the medical superintendent of the hospital allowed the occupant to deposit a rent at Rs 400 per month," Sultanwind said. He alleged that as the shop was located at a prime location near Crytsal Chowk, it could have fetch more rent than the present value. He alleged that officials concerned of the hospital had deliberately given a reason to drag the matter further on the basis of the rent deposit receipt. The shop in question was allotted to one Roop Narain on September 7, 1967, for a period of 11 months on a rent of Rs 400 per month. The occupant had continued to deposit the rent up to 1983. As a local SDM's court issued orders stating that leasee had died in 1986 and no lease agreement had been done with the leasee's wife, who was now the occupant of the shop. The occupant later filed a petition in the High Court and later a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court. Ravinder has demanded to get the shop evicted from the illegal occupant and lease it through auction or proper system so that it can earn money for the hospital.
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Hospital ‘flouts’ norms, allots shop
In a complaint to the DRME office, Ravinder Sultanwind has alleged that the hospital had given a shop on rent at Rs 25,000 per month without following the norms of auction. The hospital had pending dues of Rs 2.10 crore against the person to whom this shop has been rented out. The hospital has not even ensured the recovery amount before handing over the shop," Ravinder alleged, adding that if the auction was held, the rent could have been much more than the present amount. Ravinder had earlier raised the matter of illegal allotment of around 15 shops on the premises of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital and ENT hospital. Ravinder alleged, "The shops are given to favourites and under hand deals play a big role in it." Earlier in January this year, the public accounts committee of the Vidhan Sabha had asked for a report from the hospital about the allotment of shops and the rent pending against these shopkeepers. "Even as the investigation is pending, the said shop was allotted on June 4, this year. The allotee paid Rs 3 lakh as an advance rent for the year, but no efforts were made to recover the pending amount. The officials are involved in this fraud with the government exchequer," Ravinder alleged. Meanwhile, when contacted Medical College principal SS Shergill said he could not recall the facts of the case off hand, adding that an inquiry was going on in this matter. Case file
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Snatching accused, kin assault police party
Amritsar, August 10 The police team was headed by ASI Baldev Singh posted with the CIA Staff, Amritsar rural police. The police has booked four persons, identified as Manjinder Singh, his father Santokh Singh, mother Balwinder Kaur and his sister Amandeep Kaur, all residents of Akalgarh Dhapiya. Santokh Singh has been arrested by the police in this connection. ASI Baldev Singh said following the orders of senior officials, he along with a police team raided the residence of Manjinder Singh against whom a snatching case was registered in July by the Jhander police. He alleged that as soon as they arrested Manjinder, he attacked the police party with a wooden stick. The ASI suffered injuries on his face. Following this, Manjinder's family also assaulted them during which his uniform was torn. Hardev Singh, the investigating officer, said a case under Section 353, 323, 186, 34 of the IPC had been registered against them. He said Santokh Singh has been arrested while the remaining accused were at large. He said raids were being conducted to nab them.
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Minor raped, 3 booked
Amritsar, August 10 The accused have been identified as Jota Singh, Harjot Singh and Baljit Kaur, all residents of the same village. The police has registered a case under Section 363, 366 and 376 of the IPC following a complaint by the victim's mother. The complainant told the police that the incident occurred on August 4 when she had gone to visit her relatives while her 14-year-old daughter was alone at home. She alleged that Baljit Kaur, who is known to their family, took her daughter for some work and left her at the residence of Jota Singh where he along with Harjot Singh was present. She alleged the accused sexually assaulted her daughter. She said when she returned she found her daughter missing. She said she started searching for her when Baljit Kaur told that she knew where her daughter was. She asked her to go home while promising to bring her back. She said Baljit went to Jota Singh's house and brought the victim home. The victim narrated the incident to her mother who later lodged a complaint with the police. Sub-Inspector Vishwa Mittar, the investigating officer, said no arrest had been made so far as the accused were absconding. He said medical examination of the girl was yet to be conducted as there were holidays at hospitals. He said it would be conducted on Monday.
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Cop, wife held in robbery case
Amritsar, August 10 Laxmi Sharma, a resident of Paris Town, Batala road, stated to the police that on July 31, the couple identified as Jaspal Singh and his wife Satinder Kaur, both residents of Preet Avenue, Majitha Road had snatched her gold chain with locket. The police has registered another case under
Sections 382, 34, IPC, following the complaint of Laxmi Sharma. The accused couple, Jaspal Singh and his wife Satinder Kaur, were arrested while they were escaping after snatching a gold chain from a newly-married girl in front of the irrigation and canal office located on GT Road. Police officers said they had received a number of complaints against the accused. “We are happy to nab the accused,” police officials said.
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61 ITI students get placement in Honda
Amritsar, August 10 He said apart from monthly salary, the company has assured to provide food free-of-cost, medical insurance and over-time allowances to the selected candidates. Around 200 students from different ITI’s participated in the placement camp. A written test prior to the interview session was conducted, he said. He said the major satisfaction for the institute is that students from the rural and border belt had successfully been placed.
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High alert in city ahead of I-Day
Amritsar, August 10 Security checks were conducted at Hall Gate, railway station, bus stand and other places. Dog squads have been pressed into service while vehicles are being checked at nakas at various chowks and roads. ADCP (Crime) HS Brar said a red alert has been sounded in the city in view of the upcoming Independence Day celebrations. The security has been beefed up to thwart any untoward incident during or before the Independence Day, he added. Brar said a number of history sheeters involved in crimes have been taken into preventive custody and a close watch is being kept on them.
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The Education Department has asked all Block Elementary Education Officers
to enforce the closure notices to 70 out of 1,024 private schools in the district as they failed to fulfil the Right to Education
Act norms.
With the Punjab Roadways implementing a hike in bus fares, the general public feels it would be another jolt to them at a time when skyrocketing prices of commodities are already burning a hole in their pocket.
The state roadways had increased the fair by four paisa per kilometre. With this, the road fare from Amritsar to Jalandhar has increased from Rs 73 to Rs 86.
Amritsar, August 10