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College barred from admitting students
MC commissioner gets security cover
Man, mother awarded 10-year jail term in dowry death case
Alert cop saves life of 19-yr-old youth
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Lawyers directed to follow dress code in courts
Forest Dept field workers stage protest
City News in brief
District Health Society holds meet
Tehsil-level role play & folk dance competitions held
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College barred from admitting students
Bathinda, August 22 The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has reportedly withdrawn its approval, disallowing the college from admitting students for the first year of engineering courses in the streams of information technology, electronics and communication, electrical engineering and civil engineering. After the AICTE withdrew its approval, the state technical education department did not include it in the list of engineering colleges that participated in the joint counselling for admissions conducted by the Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar. “The institute’s name did not figure on the list we were given and hence, no student was admitted here through the counselling held by the university,” said highly-placed officials at the PTU Jalandhar. The AICTE regional officer at Chandigarh too confirmed that the institute has been issued a letter of rejection after it found certain deficiencies in the records that the institute had submitted. However, a group of students alleged that Rs 6,500 were charged for admission to the engineering courses. “We were later told that we will not be given any seats but of Rs 6,500, only Rs 6,000 was reimbursed. Rs 500 has been charged as prospectus fees. Had we known before that the institute does not have the AICTE approval, we would have not bought the prospectus,” the students said.
It is learnt that nearly 40 students were reimbursed Rs 6,000 charged as what is informally known as "vetting fees". Interestingly, the college’s website too shows the AICTE approval for the academic session 2012-13 only. There is no reference in connections with admissions for the session 2013-14. Talking on behalf of the college management, Gurdarshan Singh, a lecturer, said the approval had not been granted for the current academic session, but the institute had filed an appeal before the AICTE, which was pending. “There was some issue with the last date of filing an application for the continuation of courses. Later, the AICTE conducted a checking of the institute and the report was found up to the mark. This year, we are not admitting any student in the first year. Our appeal is pending before the appellate committee of the AICTE and will soon come up for hearing. We hope it will be cleared soon,” he said. He added that Rs 500 prospectus fees would not be reimbursed to the students under any circumstance. Engineering seats on sale!
Meanwhile, a well knit racket seems to be working to direct the students who approach the institute for admissions, to another college located on the Barnala road in Bathinda district. Posing as a prospective candidate seeking admission to the institute, this correspondent approached the office of the institute. The staff there said though admission was not available at Aklia (institute), it could be “arranged” at another institute on the Barnala road. Later, the correspondent got a call on her mobile phone wherein the caller spoke about the admission fees. He said the admission to the first year was available at Rs 35,000 for the first semester. However, when told that she could not afford that amount of fees, the caller said the matter could be settled at Rs 28,000 and promised to collect all the documents himself. Later, in the evening he claimed to have made an entry as per the details provided by the correspondent. It may be mentioned here that as per the order of the Supreme Court, no engineering college can admit students after August 15. This was done to dissuade the common practice of admitting students just a few days before the semester exams. Despite the ban, the institute on the Barnala road promised admission on August 22. |
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MC commissioner gets security cover
Bathinda, August 22 Following the demolition of unauthorised shops on the Wakf Board land in the grain market here, the former municipal councillor, Rajinder Singh Sidhu, allegedly threatened the municipal commissioner of dire consequences. In his complaint to the Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda, Gupta stated that the former MC, who is also a senior Akali leader and the president of Gurdwara Singh Sabha, threatened him and his family of dire consequences. Sidhu is miffed at his shop being pulled down during the demolition drive. Sidhu had also accused officials of the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda (MCB), of taking Rs 3 lakh as bribe for regularising his shop. Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Police Ravcharan Singh Brar said an inquiry has been marked to SP (City) Desraj Kumar, who will soon submit a report to him. On directions of the district administration, the MCB team had knocked down unauthorised shops in the grain market area on Tuesday. — TNS What’s the matter
Uma Shankar Gupta complained that former municipal councillor Rajinder Singh Sidhu, who is also a senior Akali leader and the president of Gurdwara Singh Sabha, threatened him and his family of dire consequences. Sidhu
is miffed at his shop being pulled down during the demolition drive on Tuesday. |
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Man, mother awarded 10-year jail term in dowry death case
Bathinda, August 22 The Sessions Judge, Tejwinder Singh, announced the verdict sending Sanjeev Kumar, an inspector with the Food and Civil Supplies Department, and his mother, Veena Rani, behind bars for 10 years. Sanjeev and Veena Rani, residents of Raman Mandi, were accused of harassing and causing death of the former's wife, Vanita Rani (24), an MBA in Tourism and Hospitality, just three and a half months after marriage. They were booked under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Rama Mandi police station in October 2011. Amended in 1986, Section 304-B is imposed where the death of a woman is caused in an unnatural manner within seven years of her marriage and if soon before her death, she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any of her husband's relatives in connection with demands of dowry. Such a death shall be termed as dowry death. Vanita Rani, the daughter of a Mansa-based retired bank official Raj Kumar, married Sanjeev Kumar in June 2011. Her father claimed to have spent more than Rs 15 lakh on the marriage as per the wishes of the boy's relatives. He added that he also gave a Ford Figo car to the boy on his demand. He stated that just a few days after the marriage, the boy's family members sought more dowry and their persistent demand forced him to deliver gold bangles, costly clothes and an LED television at the boy's house. On October 7, 2011, the girl's father received a phone call wherein his daughter accused her mother-in-law and husband of cruelty and harassment for not fulfilling their monetary desires. Raj Kumar claimed to have seen his daughter being strangulated by her husband and mother-in-law the next morning at their house in Raman Mandi. The girl was taken to a hospital nearby but was declared brought dead by doctors. The girl's family members accused the boy, his uncle Darshan Kumar and mother of harassment. The police, however, found Darshan Kumar, a Rampura resident, innocent and his name was removed from the FIR. The charges were framed in the case in February 2012 and the accused duo was convicted by the court today. Advocate Harpinder Singh Sidhu pleaded the case in the court on behalf of the complainant and advocate Karminder Singh Sodhi was the counsel of the opposite party. Fact file
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Alert cop saves life of 19-yr-old youth
Bathinda, August 22 Constable Harjinder Singh spotted a youth jumping into the lake and rushed after him and raised an alarm. The constable contacted the divers who reached in their boats and pulled out the youth. The youth has been identified as Sukhmandar Singh from Kheta Singh Basti, a locality adjoining the lake. The constable said the youth belongs to a well-to-do family of farmers. The youth had a tiff with his parents over money to buy a car. The youth said he was supposed to get admission in an institute in Chandigarh and had demanded a car from his parents. The youth claimed that he was in the business of sale and purchase of two-wheelers and had a bike. Now he wanted to buy a car with the help of his parents who refused to help him. The youth was accompanied by a friend who tried to stop him from jumping into the lake. The cops took the youth to the Thermal police station where a case under Section 309 of the IPC was registered against him. It is pertinent to mention here that the private divers of a boating club in the lake had saved the life of a couple, woman and child after the Maruti Gypsy they were travelling in, fell into the lake a few months ago.
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Lawyers directed to follow dress code in courts
Bathinda, August 22 A letter issued by the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, has directed the lawyers to appear in the court in complete uniform. The letter states that it is noticed by the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and judges that some advocates, while appearing in the subordinate courts, do not wear proper dress. The letter also draws attention to the Paragraph 30 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics contained in Volume-IV of the High Court Rules and orders with regard to wearing of dress by the advocates for strict compliance in order to maintain discipline and decorum in the courts. The copy of the letter is also issued to all the judicial officers of the Sessions Division, Bathinda and the presidents of the Bar Associations at Bathinda, Phul and Talwandi Sabo. A section of lawyers said the uniform was also made mandatory for the court staff, employees and munshis working under the advocates. Male lawyers are supposed to wear black coat, white shirt, black trousers and a necktie or advocate knot, Sikh advocates have to wear white turban while female advocates have to be dressed in white suit. Though the dress code of clerks or munshis is not given in the Advocates Act, they were told to wear sky blue shirts while appearing in a court. The advocates in the District Courts, Bathinda, said though there was a dress code for stenographers, readers and others, they usually don't follow the same. Fact file
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Forest Dept field workers stage protest
Bathinda, August 22
President of the union Jaspal Singh said the labourers of the Forest Department work hard to ensure green cover in the district, but have not been paid salaries for the past four months. "While the government makes tall claims about turning Punjab into a green state, it has left the forest workers to fend for themselves," he said. He added that instead of increasing salaries in sync with the rising inflation, the labour class is not being paid at all. The government has also changed the rate being paid to the employees, which has resulted in slashed rates of Rs 2 per day. District president of the union, Jasvir Singh Jangirana, said if the government does not release the salaries of labourers soon, the union will burn an effigy of the Divisional Forest Officer on August 29 and will take out a protest rally. Secretary of the union Amritpal Singh, Major Singh Dyalpura, Roop Singh, Bhai Bakhtaur, Anokha Singh and others were also present at the protest meeting held to flay government policies. Fact file
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One booked for attempting suicide
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, August 22 In a complaint to the police, constable Harjinder Singh said he spotted a man jumping into the canal and took him out with the help of his colleagues and some passersby. The man has been identified as Sukhmandar Singh who was brought to the Thermal police station where a case under section 309 of the IPC has been registered against him. Two booked for possessing illegal liquor
Police have booked two persons for possessing country-made liquor. A case under sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered in this connection against Buta Singh of Guru Nanakpura and Lovely of Kartar Basti. Police said the accused were arrested from Kartar Basti. The accused were brought to the Kotwali police station where they were booked and later released on bail. Family booked for stealing household material
Police have booked a man, his two sons, daughter, daughter-in- law and another person for stealing household material. A case has been registered on the basis of the complaint filed by Ranjana Devi, a resident of Partap Nagar. Police have booked Piyare Lal, his sons Raj Kumar and Satish Kumar, Meena Rani, wife of Satish Kumar and one Arjun, all residents of SAS Nagar. They have been booked under sections 380 and 149 of the IPC at the Canal Colony police station. Barnala resident booked for cheating
Police have booked a resident of Barnala for cheating a girl residing in Balraj Nagar. In her complaint to the police, Manpreet Kaur said she once dialled a wrong number and then became friendly with the person she spoke to who later identified himself as Jatinder Singh. The girl alleged that Jatinder claimed that he owned 35 acres of land and promised to marry the girl but later backtracked. Cops at the Canal Colony police station registered a case in this connection under section 420 of the IPC. Six-year-old found in Jammu Tawi Express
Sahara Jan Sewa, an NGO, found a six-year-old girl in Jammu Tawi Express at the Bathinda railway station. President of the NGO Vijay Goyal said the child was taken to the Civil Hospital for treatment. Some passengers and the GRP brought the matter to the notice of the NGO. Maheshwari said he would urge the DC to shift the girl, identified as Amni, to some child care home. |
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District Health Society holds meet
Bathinda, August 22 ADC (Development) Mohammad Tayyab presided over the meeting. He said that apart from laying emphasis on fogging in the city, special attention should be paid towards making people aware of ways to control the spread of diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. Civil Surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni said the department was holding awareness programmes periodically for the school students. He said the people are being told about the behaviour of mosquitoes that spread dengue and ways to prevent its breeding. He said the mosquito that causes dengue remains active during the daytime. "People are being advised to clean desert coolers in their homes at least twice a week to prevent its breeding," he said. Besides vector-borne diseases, the reports of Janani Suraksha Yojana, Parivas Yojana, Beti Bachao campaign, immunization and other health schemes were also discussed. District Development and Panchayat Officer Rajinder Batra was also present at the meeting. Fact file
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Tehsil-level role play & folk dance competitions held
Bathinda, August 22 In Bathinda tehsil, competitions were held at Teachers' Home. In the role play event, the team from Government Girls' Senior Secondary School secured the first place followed by Government High School, Bhaini, and Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), Goniana. In the folk dance competition, the team of Government Senior Secondary School, Paras Ram Nagar, secured the first place while the Government High School, Aklia Kalan, and Government High School, Bhucho Khurd, secured the second and third places, respectively. In the Talwandi Sabo tehsil, competitions were hosted at Khalsa Senior Secondary School. In the role play event, Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), Raman Mandi, secured the first place while Government High School, Bhagwangarh, and Government High School, Raikhana, finished at second and third places. In the folk dance competition, Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), Raman Mandi, secured the first place, Government High School, Ramsra, secured the second place while Government High School, Behman Jassa Singh, was adjudged third. In Rampura Phul tehsil, the events were held at Government Girls Senior Secondary School. In the role play event, Government Girls High School, Bhai Rupa, secured the first place while Government Senior Secondary School, Dhapali, and Government High School, Bhunder, secured the second and third places. In the folk dance competition, the team of Government High School, Bhunder, secured the first place, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Rampura Mandi, secured the second place while the Government Senior Secondary School, Mandi Phool, and Government Senior Secondary School, Selbrah, were bracketed third. The first position holders from all the three tehsils will participate in the district-level competitions for the top honours to be held at Teachers' Home in the city on August 30.
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