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Contractual nurses’ protest enters Day 2
NRI robbed of jewellery
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Class XII final exams begin from today
Strike call by auto union affects transportation partially
Members of the Amritsar Vikas Manch hold a protest at Company Bagh in Amritsar. photo: vishal kumar
Khalsa College holds conference of principals
Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka speaks during the opening of the 15th National Conference of College Principals at Khalsa College in Amritsar on Friday.
photo: Vishal Kumar
From colleges
Women empowerment must for economic growth: Prof
Demand for Antony's resignation
Gumtala residents gherao police station
Lose weight the fun way
Woman 'gang-raped'
Gang of thieves busted, three held
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Contractual nurses’ protest enters Day 2
Amritsar, February 28 The condition of Karamjit Kaur, president of the association, deteriorated as she was on an indefinite hunger strike for the past four days. She was rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital for treatment. However, she refused to take any medication and insisted on continuing her agitation. “The doctors attending to her told us that her blood pressure had dipped while her pulse rate had shot up as she had not eaten anything for the past four days. However, she refused to take any medication and insisted on continuing her protest,” said Satinderpal Singh, vice-president of the association. Her condition is stable for the moment, he added. He said to pressure them, employees at the minister’s camp office permanently locked doors of washrooms due to which women were facing problems. He said Manjeet Kaur, a woman activist, was injured after she slipped over on the earth dug up to lay sewage pipes near the camp office on the Maqbool road. He said some police officials told them that the government had assured to regularise their jobs in next three years besides increasing their salary by 33 per cent. However, Satinderpal said this was not acceptable to them as many contractual workers at Government Medical College, Patiala and Amritsar, had already completed four years of service. He said they had intimated the government about their decision through the police officials. At present, the protesters are getting Rs 7,500 per month. The association pointed out that in several government departments, the Punjab government had regularised employees after completing three-year probation.
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NRI robbed of jewellery
Amritsar, February 28 The victim had come to India after 10 years. She hired a private luxury bus from New Delhi but was shifted to another bus by the luxury bus staff near the Havelian restaurant in Jalandhar. “She did not recognise her relatives and was trying to locate them when the accused approached her and claimed to be her relatives,” said Sarabjit Singh, SHO, Kotwali police station. A case under Sections 365, 382, 120-B of the IPC has been registered against the unidentified persons, including two women and a man. When her relatives reached the hall gate, they came to know about her kidnapping. They immediately contacted the police, which issued an alert and put up nakas at entry and exit points of the city. Later, the accused left the woman near the Jhabal road, said the SHO. The SHO said efforts were being made to identify the accused. The incident has once again brought into light the issue of the security of tourists, especially foreign nationals and NRIs. In January, Reshel Whiteside, a tourist from Scotland, was robbed by some persons. The robbers took away her bag. She was going towards the Golden Temple from the Amritsar railway station on a rickshaw. The bag contained her passport, bank cards, foreign and Indian currency. In another instance, a 25-year-old Danish student was molested by an auto-rickshaw driver few months ago. The accused allegedly tore the woman's clothes while she was standing on a footbridge outside the city railway station.
— TNS
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Class XII final exams begin from today
Amritsar, February 28 He said a communication had been dispatched to the district administration seeking imposition of Section,144, CrPC, to ban convergence of people outside examination centres in various schools. Another letter seeking police assistance to firmly deal with any unsavoury situation inside the examination centres and prevent any external interference in the centre was forwarded to the Police Department. As many as six control rooms have been established at Government Senior Secondary School, Chamiari, covering all schools in the Ajnala block: Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bhakna Khurd, covering all schools in the Attari area, Government Senior Secondary School, Gole Bagh, covering all schools falling in Amritsar-1 and Amritsar II blocks, Government Senior Secondary School, Mattewal, to look after all schools in Mehta block, Government Senior Secondary School, Khalchian, to monitor examinations at schools in Baba Bakala and the surrounding area. Meanwhile, the main control room has been established at the office of the district education officer. However, the PSEB proposal to install CCTV cameras at sensitive examination centres, notorious for copying, at government schools in the border areas of the district announced two years ago, was not implemented this time. It was in 2012 that as many as 100 examination centres in the state notorious for the menace of copying, including 36 such centres in the border district, were identified by the Unfair Means Branch of the board. The DEO said the plan for the installation of these surveillance apparatus for the examinations could not be materialised due to non-availability of adequate funds. Meanwhile, the board has set up 313 to conduct the examinations for about 60,000 in the district. As many as 2679 teachers would be deployed while 28 flying squads have been formed to monitor the conduct of examinations.
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Strike call by auto union affects transportation partially
Amritsar, February 28
Amritsar Auto-Rickshaw Welfare Union headed by Ram Sharan Pal gave a strike call to protest against the introduction of the city bus service. Members of the union today stopped city buses at several places and lay over the road in front of these buses to express their displeasure. It prompted passengers in these buses to alight to avoid any unsavoury situation. Later members of the union held a protest rally in the historic Ram Bagh, known popularly as Company Bagh. He said there were about 40,000 people driving autos on the city roads and their livelihood was in danger with the introduction of the city bus service. He said auto drivers were being prevented from ferrying tourists from the Golden Temple while other vehicles were being allowed. Despite assurances, the municipal corporation failed to provide parking stands for autos in the city. He sought waiving the doubling of annual road tax being charged from autos from Rs 1,200 to Rs 2,400. On the other hand, the Punjab State Auto Rickshaw Union, headed by Manmohan Singh Verka, aka Bunty, did not take part in the strike. Bunty alleged that members of the other union were using force to keep autos off the roads.
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NGOs oppose move to de-notify Ram Bagh
Amritsar, February 28 AVM general secretary Daljit Singh Kohli said the manch had filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court to get the the Ram Bagh's prime land and buildings vacated from the possession of three clubs. The case is lying pending in the court while the authorities continued with the illegal construction. The NGOs have urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to take into account the sentiments of heritage lovers and not to de-notify the historic monument. They urged the CM to direct the administration to desist from construction activities on the premises of the Ram Bagh . Notably, the Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) had lodged a complaint against the Municipal Corporation authorities for allegedly continuing with “unauthorised construction” a couple of times in the past. However, the civic authorities approached the Director,
ASI, to de-notify the Ram Bagh. The historic Ram Bagh was declared a monument of national importance in October 2004. However, following the notification, the ASI failed to get possession of the whole area of the
monument. A considerable part of the complex is still occupied by the Punjab Cultural and Tourism Department. The ASI is carrying out conservation work only on the original entrance gate, four watch towers,
Hamamghar, Choti Baradari and Machhighar. The other organisations who opposed the proposal of the MC are the Mission
Aagaaz, Pollution Control Committee, Bharat Gian Vigian Samiti and the Bharat Vikas
Parishad.
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Khalsa College holds conference of principals
Amritsar, February 28 Maluka said ,”Punjab today is on the path of development and strengthening of institutions of higher learning, for which liberal funds are being
provided’’. AICP president Subhash Brahambhat said the theme of the conference is “Dimensions of Institutional Responsibility’ and experts were here to discuss financial, administrative, curriculum related and social aspects and challenges before the education in the country. He along with other office-bearers including general secretary Dr RV
Gaonkar, Principal of Khalsa College Dr Daljit Singh honoured the chief guest and other dignitaries. Dr Daljit Singh in his welcome address said the college was delighted to host the event. He said the august assembly of educational institutions’ heads provides an ample opportunity to delegates to discuss issues before the education sector. Guru Nanak Dev University Vice Chancellor Dr Ajaib Singh Brar also spoke on the relevance of semester system in higher education. A book ‘Innovative Practices and Case Studies’ by Dr Shirish Chindhade was also released. College’s annual magazine ‘Darbar’ was also released. Former Vice Chancellor of GNDU Dr SP Singh also addressed the gathering and headed second brain storming session. More than 30 other research papers on various aspects were also read.
Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) Rector Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal and additional honourary secretary Swinder Singh Kathunangal also welcomed the guests.
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GND varsity observes National Science Day
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, February 28 GNDU Vice-Chancellor, AS Brar inaugurated the programme. Addressing the students, he emphasized on the need for scientific temper and exhorted the students to use science to solve human problems. He said the scholars should work for more hours and the available research equipment should put to use for 24 hours a day. He stressed the need for high quality research and teaching to become nationally and internationally competitive. He opined that the teaching should be ‘problem solving oriented’. Prof Ravichand Singh, Head of the Department welcomed the chief guest and others. Prof R Thangaraj proposed a vote of thanks. Prof Mahmood Mian, Prof BS Bajwa, Prof NP Singh Saini, Prof Davinder Paul Singh Prof Atul Khanna, Prof Anupinder Singh, Prof Bindiya Arora along with students and research fellows were present. College holds prize
distribution function
As many as 515 students were awarded mementos, certificates, medals and cash prize for their achievement in academics, sports and extra-curricular activities during the annual awards day of SR Government College for women today. The function was presided over by Medical Education and Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi. Principal Sunita Dhillon highlighted the achievements of the college.
Aasmeen was adjudged the best student, Manvi Arora the best scholar ,UG Neha Thakur the best scholar post graduate. Lovepreet was adjudged the best player, the best speaker Jaspreet and cultural role of award PG was given to Neha Bharti and UG to Harbhinder Kaur. The chief guest congratulated the winners and encouraged them to work hard. A cultural programme was presented on the occasion.
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Women empowerment must for economic growth: Prof
Amritsar, February 28 Being organised by the Punjab School of Economics in association with National Commission for Women, New Delhi, she said, economic growth cannot be promoted without women empowerment. She said women enjoy a better position in decision making and command more respect. She said gender gap in school enrolment at primary level had reduced but this gap had increased at secondary and higher education levels. She said girl students despite performing better in winning medals entering as teachers were missing in higher position in educational institutions. Prof Gill said if we had failed to make our higher education institutions inclusive in terms of gender, what could be expected of other social and political institutions. Gill said we had failed to introduce the bill on reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies, even in the year of Lok Sabha elections. Thus active interventionist role of the state and meaningful public policy were essential to achieve the millennium development goals relating to women
empowerment. There was need to remove cultural barriers that pull back women from using the opportunities open to them, she
added. — TNS
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Demand for Antony's resignation
Amritsar, February 28 Talking to
mediapersons, All-India Defence Brotherhood chief spokesperson Capt Chanan Singh Sidhu
(retd) said the Naval chief was not responsible for a series of mishaps in Indian submarines in the recent past while blaming the Defence Minister and defence secretary for it. He said the minister was responsible for purchase of equipment while alleging that those at the
helm of affairs were playing havoc with the armed forces. He dubbed the Indian Army as the "most unprepared and demoralised force" while stressing on the need to equip them with modern weaponry. He also lashed out at the government for denying the Army personnel a separate pay commission despite promising it. "Leave alone a separate pay panel, they did not find it necessary to give representation to Army in the Seventh Pay Commission. This despite the fact that armed forces comprise one fourth of the Central Government employees," he added. The ex-servicemen demanded that leaders like Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal should spell out their agenda for the serving Army personnel and ex-servicemen prior to the Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, the protesters also burnt the effigy of the Union Defence Minister.
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Gumtala residents gherao police station
Amritsar, February 28 Ravi Kumar, a relative of the victim, said Lakha Singh had given a mobile phone to Kashmir as he used to work at his home too. He alleged that Lakha accused Kashmir of calling his daughter and thrashed him at his
godown. Ravi alleged that the accused tried to strangulate him. He said due to shock, Kashmir was not able to eat or drink. Ravi added that the police official did not take any action against the accused as they were roaming freely. The residents also tried to block the traffic. The gherao of the police station continued for three hours. The dharna was lifted only after senior police officials, headed by Dilbagh Singh, ACP (West), reached the spot and assured them of registering a case in this regard. The police officials said the protesters were demanding the registration of attempt to murder case against the accused. They said the medical examination of the victim would be carried out in the presence of a medical board of doctors and an action would be taken accordingly.
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Lose weight the fun way
Amritsar, February 28 “Losing weight is not only about the body but also about the mind. We need to prepare ourselves mentally to alter the daily routine in a way that we burn unwanted calories. Many people are opting for meditative exercises, a mix of pilate and yoga to stay fit,’ says Raunak Sharma, fitness consultant, Fitness Arcade. While power yoga includes a rigorous workout, yogalate and spinning aims at the complete fitness. Meditative exercises are popular these days. “A quick workout session may help in reducing your weight, but for the lasting fitness, meditative exercises have turn out to be beneficial. These make the life disciplined while getting rid of flab,” says Gurbaksh Ji
Maharaj, head fitness counsellor at Yog Sadhna Ashram in Gol Bagh. The centre has become a fitness hub for the young and old. Contemporary concepts like kickboxing and hip-hop dance are also popular with fitness lovers. “ These fitness programmes are popular because of their effectiveness. One hour of hip- hop dance burns 900 calories,” says Jyoti Sharma, fitness expert at Gold
Gym. — TNS
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Woman 'gang-raped'
Amritsar, February 28 The accused have been identified as Surjit Singh, Lakbhir Singh and Sarwan Singh of Sarangdev village. She alleged that Baldev Singh, Gulzar Singh and Shibba Singh of same village had conspired with the accused, who dragged her into the fields and raped her. Jagjit Singh, SHO, Ajnala police station, said a case under Sections 376 and 120-B of the IPC had been registered against the accused and raids were being conducted to nab them. Minor assaulted
Meanwhile, in another incident, a minor girl of Ghukowali village was allegedly sexually assaulted by a youth of the same village. She told the police that her parents had gone for work yesterday when accused Surjit Singh on finding her alone at home molested her. She stated the accused fled from the spot after she raised the alarm.
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Gang of thieves busted, three held
Amritsar, February 28 When the police asked the two youths travelling in the vehicle, they could not produce any documents. They were identified as Balwinder Singh of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar and Tirath Singh of Bhai Lallo ji Nagar. Later during a probe the vehicle was found to be a stolen one. During search, the police recovered 35.40 kg of copper wire from the vehicle. In another instance, the police arrested Manjit Singh of Rasulpur Kallar while his companion, identified as Mohan Singh of Sultanwind village, managed to dodge the police team. The police has impounded their motorcycle which was found to be stolen while the documents of the vehicle were found to be fake.
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The indefinite hunger strike by the Staff Nurses and Paramedical Contractual Employees' Association continued for the second day outside the office of Medical Education Minister Anil Joshi. They are demanding regularisation of their services.
Over 200 delegates from across the country today converged at the opening of the three-day ‘15th National Conference’ of College Principals at Khalsa College, here.
Education Minister, Sikandar Singh
Maluka, was the chief guest of the conference, being organised by the Association of Indian College Principals
(AICP).
