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PSEB results
HMV student shines in commerce stream
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Eight booked for abetting industrialist’s suicide
Better jalandhar
Decision to end MA
Pbi course on regional campus condemned
Former DD director to make film on 1984 tragedy
From schools
Broken direction boards at GNDH inconvenience patients, visitors More gang members identified
Wasim Raja interacts with ball hockey players Milk samples taken
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19 dist girls in state merit list
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 11
As a whopping nine state positions in the district were bagged by HMV school (fifth, ninth, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22nd and 23rd), with two girls each from the institute bagging the ninth and 23rd spot. The students of the college also bagged the first, second, seventh, eighth, 15th and 18th positions in the state in the commerce stream. Next came Nehru Garden and KMV Schools, both of which got two positions each. While Nehru Garden students got the 11th and 22nd position, KMV students got the 20th and 22nd state position. The students of the reputed BD Arya (23rd), Dev Raj Girls (23rd), Devi Sahai (23rd), New St. Soldiers (24th) and Government Bara Pind schools each got one state position. Of all these schools, Government Senior Secondary School, Bara Pind, is the only rural school and both Nehru Garden and Bara Pind are the only government schools to have figured in the merit list. Thirteen of these positions were grabbed the commerce stream, four in the science stream and only one in humanities. Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj, under whose aegis the HMV Collegiate School runs, said, "I feel very proud that our students have done so well. The untiring efforts and dedication of the staff and the college's tradition of imparting value-based education to students in a disciplined environment, has paid off once again." Gurinderjit Kaur, principal of Nehru Garden School said, "Last year also, our students had done well and this year, too, they have bagged vital spots. Nehru Garden's legacy of producing toppers despite being a government school has worked wonders yet again." Achievers
HMV, KMV, Nehru Garden, Dev Raj, Devi Sahai, New St. Soldiers and Govt Bara Pind students grab positions. HMV leads with nine state positions
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HMV student shines in commerce stream
Jalandhar, May 11 While this year’s plus two merit list is dominated by the college, the girls received accolades from friends and family who queued up to congratulate them. Students of the college commerce stream have also bagged the seventh, eighth, 15th and 18th state positions in the commerce stream (15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd overall position, respectively, in the state). While Kavita Handa, the district topper, was off to Delhi to meet her relatives, The Tribune caught up with her excited father Sushil Handa, who said while he would have loved his daughter to be here to share the happiness, neighbours and well-wishers hadn’t stopped pouring in even since the results were declared. Kavita bagged 438/450 marks and 97.33 percentage. Having done her schooling from the local CJS Public School, her father says Kavita has been a topper all through and topped the class in school as well, but this was the first time she had bagged such a spot in the district. “She was never a bookworm, but has been bright all through her schooling and now in college. She studies with the TV on,” he laughed. “While I have asked her many times, how she can study with the TV on? she only retorts, ‘my marks are all that matter, and I’ll manage that’,” he added. “She only studied for two hours a day that too always without tuitions. She came home from college, slept and then studied for a couple of hours, although she was regular and grasps things quickly,” added her father, who is a property dealer. Kavita’s mother is a housewife and her brother is pursuing B.Com (IInd year). While she was told the result over phone from here by her family, Handa said she was very happy and would be coming back to the city probably by this evening. She has also been backed by her college, which was providing her scholarship and also books, he said. “While she has no future plan chalked out until now,” her father quipped, “It would be nice if she does PCS, although things will get clearer once she comes back.” Karmic sisters make it to second spot
Meanwhile, beaming Gulfaam Virdi and Bindiya Garg (got 434/450 marks and 96.44 percentage), second spot in state in commerce and ninth overall. Both friends, studied together and stayed together, making people refer to them as Karmic Sisters. When they bagged exactly the same percentage, many, including themselves, were surprised. Both said, “Yes, we do think preparing and interpreting studies together helped us bag identical marks.” Bindiya’s father, a businessman, passed away last month and she prepared amid many challenges. She is, however, ably supported by her mother, siblings and her uncle (taya’s) family, all of whom are overjoyed. Both friends celebrated the day talking to media and sharing their common mantra for success, “Listen to teachers carefully, revise intently, clear doubts regularly and studies will be a smooth ride.” “I had hoped for merit position, but never thought would make it to state toppers, so I am very happy. My parents have worked really hard for me to reach here. They created a conducive environment at home for studies. I studied four to five hours during the year and all day during exams.” Gulfaam said. Bindiya also gave due credit to her family, uncle, elder and younger siblings, she said, “Gulfaam only told me of the result, I wouldn’t even have known its coming out today.” But the future plans of both differ slightly. “While both have applied for B.Com professional, Gulfaam will be preparing for MBA and appearing for IAS in the long run, whereas Bindiya has her eyes set on the CA exams. Kapurthala: Manpreet Kaur (commerce) of Shri Mahavir Jain Model Senior Secondary School, Hoshiarpur road, Phagwara, got the first position in Kapurthala district with 94.67 per cent (426/450 marks) and 17th rank in Punjab state. Another student Deepika Gupta (non-medical) got the second position in Kapurthala district with 93.11 (419/450 marks) and 24th rank in Punjab state in the 12th class PSEB examination |
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Traffic cops upset at street leaders’ pressure tactics
Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 11 Traffic cops feel that due to the culture of "mohalla pardhans" (street leaders), they (cops) always consider themselves at the receiving end. It doesn’t only act as a hurdle in their independent working style but also demoralises traffic cops. As per the traffic police records, it issued 647 challans of misbehaviour with traffic cops last year. In this year as well, the traffic police have encountered a lot many incidents of misconduct at the hands of those flouting rules. As a resultant, some were challaned, while others were let off due to political pressure or other reasons. In this year till April, 81 cases of misbehaviour with traffic cops have already come to the fore. A few days ago, the traffic cops had intercepted the car of the District Food Supplies Controller (DFSC) near the District Courts. The car driver exchanged heated arguments after the latter questioned the former on installing a blue beacon atop the private vehicle. Later, the incident turned into a mere case of misunderstanding, as traffic cops were not aware of the fact that the said officer could use red beacon. In certain incidents in the past, whenever traffic cops stopped some street leaders for challaning them for violating traffic rules, they indulged in arguments with the cops, saying they hold a designation in a political party or were street "pardhan". Such street leaders often indulged in arguments with us. They always warned us with dire consequences if we dared to challan them. Many a time, such so-called leaders also called some senior political leaders at the spot to prevent us from challaning them,” a traffic cop said. In one such incident a few years ago, political leaders and their activists belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) had resorted to a high drama and put scores of road users to hardship after a youth, having political background, was being challaned for violating traffic rules, blocked BMC Chowk. The political leaders and agitating activists, besides blocking the road, created a ruckus and entered into a tiff with the cops on duty, while their superiors (two DSPs) remained mute spectators. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Dalbir Singh Butter, also feels that "mohalla leaders" always argue with traffic cops on the pretext that they belong to some political party. “Our cops have encountered several such incidents in the past in which such people try to put pressure on traffic cops,” Singh added.
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Eight booked for abetting industrialist’s suicide
Jalandhar, May 11 On May 7, the owner of a pipe-fitting factory, PN Metals, Chander Mohan Arora (56), had reportedly gone for a walk from his plush house at Kailash Nagar near the Sodal area. Two hours later, as the family was helplessly looking around for him, it received a call that he had jumped before a Ferozepur-bound train at the Sodal level crossing and died. The suicide note had been left behind by the victim that stated that he was into some property business and had given eight names in the suicide note, holding them responsible for not paying him dues in the business and causing him mental trauma. Initially, the police was not registering a case against the persons mentioned in the suicide case on the pretext that the victim's family members were not cooperating in the inquiry. GRP, Jalandhar SHO, Davinder, said today the victim's family members had approached the GRP police station and demanded strict legal action against the persons named in the suicide note. The police has launched a manhunt to nab the accused, who abetted industrialist's suicide, the SHO added. |
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Better jalandhar Rachna Khaira Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 11
Staff shortage
The Punjab Government, in a recent notification, has spared the specialist doctors from being given the night duties. According to Vinnie Mahajan, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Secretary, “The Punjab Health Hepartment is in favour of the optimum utilisation of available MBBS and specialist doctors. That is why, we decided that no specialist doctor will be assigned night duty. Actually, we want to keep them available 24x7 only for those patients who require their immediate service.” Following this, the doctors appointed in various dispensaries were given additional work of night duty at the ESI and the Civil Hospital. After attending night duties, most of them do not report for duty in their respective dispensary, causing inconvenience to the patients. On an average, around 6,500 patients are visiting these dispensaries every day. ESI dispensaries ailing the most
The five ESI dispensaries are presently the most ailing organs in the District Health System (DHS). While dispensary No. 1 and No. 3 are running on the hospital premises itself, No. 2 is running on the Ladowaali road. Dispensary No. 4 and 5 are running at Focal Point and Maqsudan area, respectively. In case of an emergency at the ESI Hospital, the doctors from these dispensaries are called to operate upon the patient, leaving the patients at the dispensary in a critical condition. The most grim situation was reported from the Focal Point area, where around 400 to 500 cases pertaining to various industrial accidents are reported every day. Presently, only three doctors are working here against the sanctioned strength of five doctors. “We are presently having an OPD of more than 6,000 patients in a month. Sometimes, we even get around 400 to 500 patients in a day. We feel working like an ATM machine which keeps printing prescriptions at an unmatched speed,” said one of the doctors. Despite such a staff crunch, the hospital authorities are also taking care of the ESI dispensaries of Kapurthala, Hamira and the ESI Hospitals of Phagwara and Hoshiarpur as well. Since all the ESI dispensaries are presently being run from rented accommodation, the state government, being cash strapped, has decided to move all the dispensaries to some government building within a radius of 10 kms from the existing location. However, confirmed sources have said many government departments including Markfed had refused to accommodate these dispensaries in their buildings. Treatment with religious fervour
One would experience the religious fervour while getting treated at any of the 19 civil dispensaries being run by the District Health department. Many gurdwaras and temples have also spared a room for these dispensaries. Although many years have gone by, the government has till date not constructed independent buildings for the dispensaries in the urban area. On visiting any of the civil dispensary, one could find a ramshackle room in a dark, shady and abandoned building. Each dispensary caters to about 30,000 people in an area. Most of them being run in donated areas are confined to single rooms only. Each story has got a different tale to tell. While the area allotted for the Maqsudan dispensary has been encroached upon by the police since the days of militancy, the Garaha Road dispensary is running at the back of a dark, shady, abandoned building in a derelict compound and is one of the most ‘haunted’ dispensaries in the city. The civil dispensary in the Industrial Area is situated on the first floor inside the Laxmi Narayan temple, posing a serious threat to the pregnant women and elderly. Migrant patients visiting the Basti Bawa Khel Civil Dispensary do not have ID proofs. For any card or scan etc at the Civil Hospital, the patient requires an ID proof. Sometimes, even serious patients are not able to produce the ID proof and the staff has no way to treat them. The staff, themselves, find this a very challenging situation. The number of new-born babies in the area is extremely less because due to the lack of IDs, women can't get registered at the dispensary. Sometimes the staff is forced to send the patients all the way to their homes to get their urine samples (even if they are far) because there is no washroom at the dispensary. Although, the dispensary is being run from a Gurudwara, people hesitate to use its washroom to give urine samples from there. Ayurvedic dispensaries sans doctors
The MC is presently running around 10 Ayurvedic dispensaries in the slum areas. Out of it, only two are located inside the Corporation’s own building. The rest are all running from a rented accommodation. The corporation is presently facing an acute shortage of staff. Surprisingly, the Municipal Corporation has not appointed even a single BAMS doctor since 2001. The responsibility to run the dispensaries has been divided into five doctors with the MC. Although a case pertaining to the appointment of BAMS doctors was disposed of in 2011, the MC could not recruit new doctors due to financial constraints. |
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Decision to end MA
Pbi course on regional campus condemned
Jalandhar, May 11
Dr Joginder Singh Puar, former Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, said the MA Punjabi course has been ended on Jalandhar campus and students have been shifted to the GNDU campus Amritsar. He said if such institutes would start giving step-motherly treatment to the Punjabi language, then how would the language survive. He urged the authorities concerned to restart the course. Talking about the Supreme Court’s ruling that the government cannot impose the mother tongue on linguistic minorities for imparting primary education, Dr Puar said the Supreme Court should review its decision as it may suffer the regional languages. Condemning the Punjab government’s decision that no student will be failed till class VIII, he said the education system in the government schools, rural areas in particular, had already been collapsed, as the teachers were not serious about their profession. The students in rural areas would suffer the most with this move. Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, Punjabi Sahit Akadami Ludhiana, Punjabi Bhasha Akadami Jalandhar, Punjabi Jagriti Manch, Punjabi Linguistic Association, Punjabi Sath Lambrha, Folklore Research Akadami Amritsar, Pind Bachao Committee Chandigarh and Teacher Home Bathinda were among the organisation that participated in the meeting. In order to raise the issue that the Punjabi language has been suffering, a 10-member committee has been constituted, where Dr Joginder Singh Puar has been unanimously declared as the convener of the committee.
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Former DD director to make film on 1984 tragedy
Jalandhar, May 11 “It’s a story of a girl whose family members have been killed in 1984 in her presence, when she is just a kid. She comes back to Punjab at her maternal parents’ home. Yet the incident always haunts her. She has so many questions in her mind, which she wants to be answered,” said Baljit Singh. “The other thing that I would like to point out is that people call it actually anti-Sikh riots,”
he said. The film has been shot at different locations in the state and New Delhi. “We have deliberately taken the theatre artists in film who have never been seen in any film before. Varsha Chaudhary is in the lead role. The film will be in both Hindi and Punjabi languages. There will be five songs in the film sung by Bollywood singers including Shreya Ghoshal, Ritu Pathak, Richa Sharma and Harshadeep kaur,” said Baljit Singh. |
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Mother’s Day celebrations
Mohter’s Day was celebrated at Seth Hukam Chand SD Public Sr Sec School. A corel card making competition was organised for Classes I to XII. A small gathering for mothers made the day remarkable. A string of small events like dance party, games such as passing on the parcel, tongue twisters and on the spot games were organised and the winners were given away prizes. Manju Arora, principal, explained why mother is an integral part of the society. An open discussion was held about the need of a child. Educational visit
The Department of Political Science, KMV Collegiate Senior Secondary School, organised an educational visit to the Printing Press, Jalandhar. Students took a keen interest in the process of newspaper printing, its operation, news formation, editing and publishing. Prof Atima Sharma, principal, encouraged the students to actively participate in such type of educational tours.
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Broken direction boards at GNDH inconvenience patients, visitors
Amritsar, May 11 The signboards leading to the emergency block was seen broken and lying close by. A parking attendant by said unidentified persons had broken the direction boards a few days ago. "These direction boards (broken) might not be a problem for the regular visitors and even general patients. But in emergency conditions, their absence could be annoying," said Ram Kumar, a visitor. The visitors demanded that these direction boards be installed soon.
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Baljit Singh, a former Doordarshan Assistant Director, Programme, has undertaken a feature film project on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Talking to The Tribune, he said the production work of the film had been done and the post-production work, like dubbing, had been started. The film is scheduled to release in November. As the incident took place in the month of November, therefore, it would be a tribute to the
victims.
game. He said the nationals would be held from June 5 to 8 in
Indore. “After this, a coaching camp will be held at Kargil in the last week of June for the players selected from the national tournament,” informed Raja.
He said an Indo-Canadian series for men and women has been planned in the month of September and the World Cup will be held from July 18 to 30 in Florida, USA. SAI coach Baljeet Kaur and athletics coach Sarabjit Singh were also present on the occasion.
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