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FROM SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
No headway in double murder case
Over 300 Lyallpur Khalsa College students honoured
Emphasis on human values in higher education
Ministerial staff stir: Govt offices’ work to be hit till March 6
Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan Union members stage protest
Ban sought on weapons at marriage functions
Man, son get life term for murder
Income tax survey of hospital held
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12 firms get maintenance job
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 28 The MC will not have to spend a penny for the maintenance of prominent roundabouts which will now be taken care of by various corporates and local institutes, said Jyoti. The companies which turned up to get allocation done included BBC Heart Care, Connect, Apeejay College of Fine Arts and Curo Streets. Club Cabana and MBD group have already been given a site under the BMC flyover for maintaining green stretches. The companies will be allowed to put up their signages as per the specified norms. Meanwhile, the horticulture wing of the Jalandhar MC is in dire straits. The gardeners deployed for parks under mohalla committees remain on strike most of the time. The Nehru Garden is yet to be developed.. No flower show or competition for lawn maintenance and potted plants is held as was held about eight to 10 years ago. The Mayor had yesterday announced to start inaugural works for main roads of the city at a cost of Rs 22 crore. The main roads, which will be relaid, include Kapurthala Road, Nakodar Road, BMC Chowk to Urban Estate-II, BMC Chowk to bus stand, HMV College to Bidhipur level crossing, Chogitti Chowk to Nangal Shama, Tanda Road and Master Gurbanta Singh Marg. The total stretch of roads is 40 km.
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6 water coolers found missing
Rachna Khaira Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 28 “I was informed about the working of six water coolers on different floors inside the premises. It was only after the publishing of the water scarcity news in Jalandhar Tribune that we came to know that all of these were missing. I was aware about the water scarcity inside the complex, but was not informed about these missing from their locations,” said Dr Jagjeet Singh Cheema, Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital. Only after the publishing of the news on Thursday, the hospital administration swung into action and started locating these from the hospital premises. But till evening, none of the water cooler had been recovered by them. “Efforts are on to locate the coolers. Presently, we are in no position to buy new water coolers for the public. But we will leave no stone unturned to find the missing ones, as the people visiting the hospital are actually facing a lot of difficulty. We have also requested various welfare organisations and NGOs to support us during this crisis,” said Dr Cheema. Recently, the administration also ordered the heads of various departments to make a fresh inventory of all equipment of their department concerned. The mammoth exercise was started after a majority of the inventory records were found missing from the Medical Superintendent’s office last year. Fact file: Inquiry ordered into the matter.
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State-level polytechnic festival begins
Jalandhar: A three-day state-level inter-polytechnic festival began at Government Polytechnic College for Girls on Friday. Teams from 50 polytechnics participated in the event. Contests were held for folk singing, fancy dress, choreography and gidda. The event was inaugurated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Pawan Tinu. He was welcomed by Narinder Singh, principal of the polytechnic college. In a solo dance, the team of Ramgarhia Polytechnic, Phagwara, and Government Polytechnic College for Girls, Patiala, were declared the winners. Tie-up
Stuart Dennis,
C.E.O, Principal British School of Alexendria, is on a three-day visit at Mayor World School as a part of a new collaboration. Dennis, who is also an inspector for the Office for Standard Education, a body for improvement of school in England, held various interactive sessions with the
'Mayorites' and parents. He said Mayor World's collaboration with Compton Education would result into more
personalised, interactive and co-ordinated level of education. The students and teachers would benefit with more certified teacher training programmes from the renowned colleges of the UK and the British School of Alexandria. To bring the poles apart culture under one roof and to overcome the flaws of the present systems, the students and teachers exchange programme would be initiated. The teaching learning pedagogies would be revised to give maximum benefit to the stakeholders. Principal JS Hundal said that merging the strengths of the British education systems with that of India would prove to be beneficial for the future global citizens. Essay competition
An essay writing competition was organised for the BA-III students of Government Arts and Sports College on Friday. Fifteen students participated in the event which was coordinated by Prof Kulbir Singh. The first prize went to Rajinder Singh
Sahni, followed by Lakhan Pal and Santosh. Consolation prizes went to Munish Kumar Chaudhary, Sarabjit Kaur, Rajpreet Kaur and Gurjinder Singh. Principal Dr Paramjit Kaur Jassal presented trophy and certificates to the winners. Science
Day
Chandrayan VIPNET Club, Department of Physics, HMV College, held a three-day programme to mark National Science Day. The event was held to mark the contribution of Physicist and Noble Prize winner Sir CV Raman, who discovered Raman Effect. Renuka
Bhatti, head, department of physics and coordinator of the club, said the theme of the event was 'fostering scientific temper' and 'Energy conservation'. Aarti of
BSc-II, Manish and Ankita of BSc-I spoke on Mangalyaan and God Particle. Rakesh Uppal and Meenakshi Syal
from physics department coordinated for the event. — TNS |
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Upset at Forest Department move, migrant families block road
Jalandhar, February 28 Up in arms against the Forest Department's move to evict the jhuggi-owners from the village, certain minority community outfits, including the Paster Association, Nakodar, Pendu Mazdoor Union (PMU), Punjab, and Christian Community, joined the jhuggi-dwellers and held a protest on the Jalandhar-Nakodar road. The protesters, including children and women, also joined the dharna and raised anti-government slogans. Tarsem Peter, president of the PMU, who led the protest, said the district administration had displaced the migrant families from Rama Mandi in December 1999 and rehabilitated them in the village. The then Addition Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, Praveen Kumar, had asked the families to shift to Kang Saboo village. Nearly 15 years later, the government again made an attempt to dislocate them by sending an enforcement team of the Forest Department to demolish their jhuggis two days ago, Peter alleged. Those who addressed the dharna included Villiam John, Hamid Masih, Lal Chand, Mustaq and others. The road blockade was lifted only after the assurance of Bhupinder Singh, Tehsildar, Nakodar. Peter said their agitation would be intensified if their demands were not met. A meeting of different minority community outfits had also been called on March 7 to decide the further course of action. Divisional Forest Officer, Jalandhar, SS Gill, claimed that the jhugi-dwellers have encroached upon government land. "They have now started constructing pucca structures on the forest land along the Jalandhar-Nakodar road. The road is to be widened and all encroachments are to be removed. As the Lok Sabha elections are ahead, certain leaders of outfits have instigated them for their vested interests," Gill claimed. |
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No headway in double murder case
Jalandhar February 28 Deputy Commissioner of Police Rahul S said, "Acting on a tip-off, the police have rounded up several suspects, who are close to Bhana gang, for questioning. The purpose of rounding up the persons close to Bhana is to find the whereabouts of Bhana and his gang members." Asked if the rounded up people were party to the crime, DCP denied the same and said that it would be too early to say that rounded up people have role in the murder adding that same could be established only after thorough questioning. He said the police have also brought some of the eye witnesses for questioning. The DCP revealed that since the day murder took place, special police teams were conducting raids across the state but failed nab the criminals so far. "We have also got tip-off that Bhana gang members have fled to the neighbouring states and relying on the information, police teams will soon be sent to find the accused," he said. Two youths, Simran and
Deepansh, were shot dead near Raja Garden by the Bhana gang on February 26 while they were returning from the gym. The Bhana gang orchestrated the crime because the deceased were assisting the father of the Prince Vig in court a proceeding, who was also murdered by the Bhana gang. No headway in car showroom guard murder case
The police officials are also groping in the dark in a murder case of a car showroom security guard
Jaswinder, who was hacked to death by some unknown miscreants in the wee hours of Thursday. Balwinder Singh,
SHO, Rama Mandi, said: "The police have not got any lead in the murder case but diligent efforts are being made to nab the criminals." |
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Over 300 Lyallpur Khalsa College students honoured
Jalandhar, February 28 Prof Amjad spent the day with his Jalandhar college counterpart Dr GS Samra as the duo together presided over at the prize distribution function. Prof Amjad led the seven-member delegation team consisting of officials and faculty of Government Municipal Degree College, who came from Pakistan to participate in the event. He said he was experiencing a sense of elation and joy on being here and expressed a hope that the relations between both the countries would become stronger in coming times. It was also a day of excitement, jubilation and honour for over 300 students of Lyallpur Khalsa College who were awarded prizes during the annual prize distribution function of the college for their performance in academics and co-curricular activities President of the college governing council Balbir Kaur welcomed Prof Amjad and the other members of the delegation. College principal Dr GS Samra highlighted the achievements in academics and sports. He mentioned the contribution of Swaran Singh and Balbir Singh, former presidents of the college governing council, in the development of the college post partition. On the occasion, tokens of appreciation were awarded to 11 teachers of the college for their academic achievements and outstanding contribution to research. Two non-teaching employees were also honoured for their dedication.
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Emphasis on human values in higher education
Kapurthala, February 28 Punjab Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Madan Mohan Mittal, inaugurated the conference. He spoke about the emotional connect with the educationists from Pakistan and history and relation between the two neighbour countries. He informed that the first university of the state - Panjab University, Chandigarh, has its origin in Lahore, Pakistan. Prof Andu Dukpa, Director, Jigme Namgyel Polytechnics, Bhutan, said, "Gross National Happiness should be the measure of success and not Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In Bhutan, the government lays emphasis on happiness of the people because prosperity without happiness has no meaning. This should be a part of the secondary as well as higher education system." Prof Rajeev Sangal, of Banaras Hindu University, explained how the course curriculum on human values was developed. Prof PJ Narayanan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, and Prof. RR Gaur from Department of Mechanical Engineering and National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering (NRCVEE), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, also emphasised on
the grave need for human values in higher education.
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Ministerial staff stir: Govt offices’ work to be hit till March 6
Jalandhar, February 28 Almost all departments wore a deserted look. No licence and registration certificate was issued at the DC office. No fresh application was received as the cash counter also remained closed. The SDMs could not do any court, work as there was no one to put up files. The work was also affected in the Excise Department, which is planning to go ahead with its draw in the coming days. Meanwhile, officials in all departments sat helpless, unable to track relevant documents and files. The
pendancy of the Suwidha Centre is also bound to increase, as there is no movement of files received at the back-end offices. Sukhjit Singh, president of the district unit of the union, said that the pen-down strike would continue till March 5, with a state-level rally scheduled for March 6. This will leave just the next Friday for work in government offices. |
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Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan Union members stage protest
Jalandhar, February 28 Carrying placards displaying their demands, the agitators started their rally from Ladowali Road, marched towards Shastri Chowk, Milap Chowk, Company Bagh and BMC Chowk, finally reaching the DC office. The members had painted the pitchers with words contractors for cable, sand, transport and drugs, indicating that the government was more busy doing business in all such activities and paid no heed to their demands. The members, led by Sukhjinder Singh, sought regular pay scales from the government which, they said, had already been assured to them. They said they had broken pitchers, as their patience had been tested. |
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Ban sought on weapons at marriage functions
Jalandhar February 28 The club members alleged that due to the lackadaisical approach of the police, people owning weapons consider it a status symbol to fire in the air at functions. They requested the police to strictly issue instructions to all marriage palaces and hotels to ban weapons. Kamalpreet (25) was killed on February 26 at Golden Resort in Garhdiwala when he was hit by a bullet fired by a guest. The photographer sustained bullet injuries on his head and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. |
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Man, son get life term for murder
Jalandhar, February 28 The two had murdered Kalu of the same locality on August 8, 2012. A case of murder was registered at the Rama Mandi police station. The victim, along with the convicted, were living in a rented accommodation in Gurunanak Pura West. They used to have heated arguments over the use of bathroom, which was shared by both families. One day, an argument between the two parties turned ugly and the man and his son brutally attacked Kalu with a heavy wooden stick, which led to the latter's death. |
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As an another shocker with regard to the shortage of potable water at the Civil Hospital here, the authorities today found all six water coolers missing from their points located inside the premises.
Even after hunting around the entire hospital premises till late in the evening, the authorities could not locate even a single cooler.
It was a historic day at Lyallpur Khalsa College today. Prof Mohammad Yaqoob
Amjad, Principal, Government Municipal Degree College, Lyallpur (Faislabad) Pakistan, where Lyallpur Khalsa College was based ahead of the partition, visited the campus today.
An income tax (I-T) survey of Sigma Hospital at Adarsh Nagar here was conducted by the I-T Department on Friday.
Thirteen members of the department reached the hospital at 12 noon and checked the financial transactions till late evening.
“On the basis of our own sources and the market report, certain discrepancies may be found between the actual income and the one shown by the hospital authorities. The search is still on and everything would be clear only by Saturday morning,” said Rakesh
Suri, Income Tax Commissioner. During the survey, the I-T officials checked the actual stock in the store and the one shown in the records. They also recorded
statements of various employees during the survey. TNS
