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May 29th, 2013
An Indian Forest Service (IFS) official paid a hefty fine on May 27 night for not fulfilling traffic regulations.
The officer’s official car got challaned, the blue beam at the top eradicated and the vehicle seized.
The car got released on Tuesday morning after the Indian Forest Service (IFS) official made the payment of the challan and forwarded the related papers.
Police functionaries stated that the functionary Bolero vehicle given to city’s Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Satinder Sagar, was challaned in close proximity to his official abode, late May 27 night, when the car’s driver refused to show registration documents of the car, his license and documents for making use of the blue light at the top of the car, at a police stop.
As per the police functionaries, the Divisional Forest Officer asked the Patiala SP (Traffic) BS Dhillon to not issue challan against his vehicle but it was refused.
“We captured the vehicle in the vicinity of Thapar University and it was returned by Tuesday morning,†Dhillon added.
Satinder Sagar stated that he was challaned, stating that his car had xeroxes of actual documents.
May 29th, 2013
The Punjab cabinet has approved for Patiala’s filling and revival for the 175 vacant posts for the teaching and non-teaching staff in the Industrial Department. Apart from this 30 regular and 25 outsourced posts have been created for setting up as Instructor Training Wing with assistance from the World Bank at the Industrial Training Institute, Lalru.
This decision will help the state of Patiala to build its capacity for skill development and allow to start apprenticeship’s micro training, small and medium entrepreneurship along with providing quality training and help the youth of Patiala to gain employment.
To give the horticulture sector of Patiala impetus, the cabinet has allowed the recruitment of 45 Horticulture Development Officers (HDOs) by the Horticulture Department of Patiala. Apart from this HDOs Entomology and Pathology-5 nos and HDOs (soils) – 3 nos will also be recruited to provide effective services to the 5 citrus estates in Horticulture to Bhunga, Abohar, Tahliwal Hosiarpur and Badal. The cabinet also gave authority to Patiala to up-grade 6 HDOs as Assistant Director Horticulture.
Patiala also got grant extension for the contract of Health/Veterinary Pharmacist and sweepers working as service providers. Their basic has been set at 7000 Rs and 3000 Rs p.m respectively for the 582 veterinary hospitals and 1186 subsidiary health centers w.e.f June 2013 to 30-nov-2013. This layout is taken in public interest to stop the gap arrangement till 30-nov-2013 or till regular recruitment, which ever occurs earlier.
A view full ensures will be done in the health care and diagnostics facilities across the state of Patiala. The cabinet has also cleared proposal for fulfilling 129 posts of super specialists and medical teaching faculty of Medical Education and Research Department for the Medical colleges of Patiala and Amritsar. Out of these recruitment 80 will be posted to Surgical Oncology, Radiology, Oncology, Immuno-Haematology, Radio Therapy and Blood Transfusion of Govt Medical colleges of Patiala and Amritsar in order to tackle the menace cancer, these posts will be quickly filled. The Departments selection committee will recruit on merit after taking preview on post out of Punjab Public Service Commission.
Apart from this Patiala has gotten the green signal to recruit 49 faculty for Medical Teaching which includes 5 lecturers, 12 professors and 13 senior lecturers from those medical colleges that are directly recruited on merit via the same committee that took them out of the PPSC purview.
512 Hindi Teachers on contract at a Rs 10,300 consolidated pay from April last year (2012) for the larger public interest has also been approved by the center for Patiala. These teachers got recruitment under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Financial Assistance for Appointment of Teachers in Non-Hindi States’, which by the end of the 9th G year plan was closed by GoI.
In order to boost Patiala’s Dairy farming and livestock a push to diverse agriculture, the cabinet has approved Patiala’s revival of 115 veterinary officers and 125 veterinary inspectors so better veterinary care can be provided to the dairy farmers. The cabinet also has allowed Patiala to amend rule 215, 216, 219, 220, 222, 225, 227,229, 231, 233, 234, 235 including the Punjab Motor Vehicle forms, rules, 1989 regulation Motor Vehicle Accident claims tribunal rule.
The implementation of this scheme is to ensure prompt release of the final benefits for the family victims. The cabinet has also approved 214 posts for Patiala, Jalandhar and Amritsar’s Drug De-addiction centers in a result oriented manner to bring the youth away from the menace of drug addiction. The council of ministers is also going to contribute 10% of their discretionary funds at their disposal for the creation of Corpus fund to construct the Jang-E-Azadi memorial. The amount 2,87,50,000/- Rs for the estate of Jang-E-Azadi has been diverted direct to the foundation rather than the Cultrual Affairs Department.
It can be recalled that the cabinet in its meeting held on 23-oct-2012 had given a decision that every Cheif Parliamentary Seceratary (CPS) and Cabinet Minister is to annually contribute 7.5. lakhs and Rs 10 lakhs respectively from their discretionary funds. The cabinet has also given approval to Patiala to revive 16 posts for the Lokpal Punjab Office and ensure its smooth and effective functioning.
May 28th, 2013
Barcode 91, a top ecommerce internet site specializing in cultural wear for females has rolled out innovative cuts, designs and styles in Patiala salwar kameezes.
The main cause why the Patiala suit is too popular as it is comfy and long-lasting. The well known Patiala salwar kameez is in fact a very baggy item of clothing that is made with plicates. All the plicates of the salwar are delightfully joined together to assemble at the base.
A Patiala salwar (occasionally called as pattian walee salwar) is a kind of trouser that took birth in the city of Patiala, Punjab.
The ruler of Patiala put on a Patiala Salwar and consequently the name. This apparel is like the pathani suit. For many years, the dress is currently not used by males any longer but has been altered to suit females.
Considering the weather situations of this spell, the company has introduced exclusive services linked to fashion. With traits comprising express transportation, smart discounts, and sewing together with exhibit of private collection, a female can go ahead indulge and purchase beautiful Patiala suits without going out of their places in the sun. A wide range of Patiala salwars can be matched up with kurtas, Indian garments as well as kurtis.
In addition, to set off this brilliant collection, a range of accessories like purses, jewelries, trinkets and bangles are also on exhibit.
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May 28th, 2013
Administrative agencies in addition to private mill owners procured over 110.80 lakh tonnes of Wheat till May 27 evening.
Out of overall procurement of 110.80 lakh tonnes of wheat, administrative agencies procured around 98.8 per cent up till now whilst private dealers bought 1.29 per cent of wheat.
Till May 26, PUNGRAIN had bought 20.03 lakh tonnes (18.1 per cent) whilst MARKFED purchased 24.06 lakh tonnes (21.7 per cent). PUNSUP purchased 22.03 lakh tonnes (19.9%), PSWC bought 12.67 lakh tonnes (11.4 per cent) whilst PAIC was capable of purchasinge 10.42 lakh tones (9.4 per cent) of wheat.
The Central Government agency Food Corporation of India (FCI) had been capable of procuring 19.35 lakh tonnes of wheat that was the 17.5 per cent of the overall procurement of wheat in Punjab.
The spokesperson stated that the region Sangrur with 09.47 lakh tonnes of procurement was topping in procurement functions whilst region Ludhiana with 08.64 lakh tonnes of procurement remained at second spot and District Patiala with 8.09 lakh tonnes of procurement stood at third place.
May 28th, 2013
A case of purchase of expired drugs by Patiala’s Govt. Medical College has been disclosed. A few of these medications have already expired whereas others are in close proximity to ending date.
Govt. Medical College’s management bought these medications for around Rs 45 lakh under Punjab administration’s plan to offer medicines to patients without charging any cost.
A few of these expired medications found their way into the dispensary from where the patients get the medicines. The medical superintendent of the hospital Dr. V.K. Sharda said that he was unaware of how these medicines ended up at the hospital dispensary when his office hasn’t released the drugs which were purchased under the scheme.
The board that manages acquisition of medications comprises the medical superintendent, 2 of the staffers of medical superintendent’s section and the store head.
A medical trader stated that some firms deny taking back the medications that are near expiration. So, the store possessors with the intention to clear the subsisting stock sell off these drugs at economical rates.
Bhagat Chunni Lal, the medical education minister, stated that this is a grave issue and a departmental investigation will be made. Any person found responsible will not be out of danger.
May 28th, 2013
The city of Amritsar continued to register peak temperature at 43.8 degrees on May 26, accompanied by Ludhiana, which recorded 43.4 degrees and Hisar filed 43 degrees of heat.
Patiala as well as Ambala registered 42.7 and 42.4 degrees of highest temperature on May 26.
On May 27, the weather forecasters have anticipated a decrease of warmth to 41 and 42 degrees celsius.
Even though the highest temperatures declined in 2 days, the least climbed up to 30 degrees and higher than 28 and 29 degrees Celsius in a number of places of the states including Haryana and Punjab.
“There is a fresh western commotion, which has bordered on and it is likely to fetch sandstorm and shower to the area. There is a likelihood of light rain in addition. Remote regions in two states Punjab and Haryana will enjoy rains on May 27. The climatic circumstances might be a slight relaxed on May 27 with levels going down by some points,” stated the met section.
On Tuesday, in the states including Punjab and Haryana, there was a slight relief from warmth as highest temperature declined by few points in a lot of places accompanying rainfall.
Rainfall at some places in Punjab and Haryana reduced the temperature, though grimy climate conditions persisted.
UT Chandigarh registered maximum of 39.2 deg C with 0.1 millimeter of precipitation, Met office added.
In the state of Punjab, Ludhiana and Patiala where mercury was more than 43 degrees for the past few days, today registered highest temperature at 39.9 deg C and 40.1 deg C respectively.
May 28th, 2013
The computerization of treasury offices crosswise Punjab in order to make sure that all administrative payments took place on the web to recipients has turned out to be a big triumph with Patiala region pocketing the top place in the state by disbursing over Rs 228 crore to 78,961 beneficiaries in a period 30 days beneath the Integrated Financial Management System.
Providing these aspects, a spokesperson of the funding section stated that with the introduction of the Integrated Financial Management System on first April of this year, the state turned out to be the primary state to execute this system in a successful manner.
According to facts, Amritsar become 2nd in making payments on the web, with Rs 180 crore expended amongst beneficiaries, Jalandhar stood third with s Rs 178.28 crore whilst Ludhiana, with overall payments that stood around Rs 174.5 crore, remained on the fourth position.
The online payment method has been executed in all administrative sections via treasury offices.
Mr. GK Singh, City’s deputy commissioner, stated that the region’s treasury office has paid out Rs 187 crore to 60,279 recipients. In the same way, treasury staff, Samana, has made a payment of Rs 4.79 crore to 2,203 recipients; Nabha treasury office has paid out Rs 14.63 crore to 6,504 recipients, whilst treasury office, Rajpura, paid Rs 17.75 crore to 8,842 recipients.
In addition, Dudhansadhan treasury staff has paid out Rs 1.95 crore to 485 recipients and Patran treasury office paid out Rs 2.46 crore to 648 recipients.
“Since the beginning of this online payment method, the procedure of financial deals has become straightforward and this would also assist check financial scams to a great extent,” the DC stated.
The DC added that the execution of online system has turned the procedure of making diverse payments free from bribery at diverse levels.
“In addition, it has cut down the paper work, which utilized to have an effect on timely payments formerly,” he said.
May 27th, 2013
For the fiscal completed on March 31, State Bank of Patiala (SBoP) has registered a decline of 16% in its net profit, which remained at Rs 666.76 crore owing to stressed assets and increase in staff expenses.
Public sector lender had registered an increase in the net profit, which stood at Rs 796.45 crore during the same period of the last fiscal.
Bank’s gross and net non-performing assets (NPAs) remained up by 3.25% and 1.62% respectively during the period under review as against 2.94% and 1.35% during 2011-12, respectively, it added.
“Our complete non-performing asset remained at Rs 1,194 crore and our attempts will be to bring the net non-performing asset by 1% during this fiscal,” managing director Achal Kumar Gupta told media people.
“But, the default in loaning amounts was not industry segment specific, rather it was unit specific.â€
“We have NPAs in businesses as well as agriculture,” he stated.
Though the banking institution’s employee per biz grew up to Rs 10.14 crore during the past fiscal, SBoP’s employee cost also surged up to Rs 959.49 crore during the period under review, up as against Rs 834.75 crore as on March 31, 2012, he added.
With SBoP having division potency of 1,121 crosswise the nation, it would launch 100 novel arms during this financial year.
The banking institution also stated that it would eye 20% increase in total biz of SBoP during 2013-14 with a concentration on growing lending to farming, retail and fast recovery of arrears.
“We have yet to firm up a plan for current fiscal but we will aim at 20 per cent growth both in deposits and advances,” Gupta said.
Overall deposits surged 11.70% at Rs 88,416 crore whilst advances mobilisation zoomed 17.65 per cent at Rs 75,460 crore in the last financial year, he said.
“It was our watchful plan of not being forceful in deposits (mobilisation) as we planned to cut down our cost of mass deposits that was higher during the last financial year,” Mr. Gupta added when asked why the deposits growth was lower in last financial year.
“Our concentration during existing fiscal year will be on increasing farm advances, retail advances and recovery of arrears,” he added.
Gupta further stated that SBoP’s main concern will also be to augment proportion of Casa (Current Account Saving Account), directed at lowering cost of deposits.
“We wish to lift up our Current Account Saving Account percentage from 25% as compared to 30% during this financial year,” he said.
May 27th, 2013
Almost unable to put a check on culling of prohibited buildings in the city of Patiala in spite of making grave attempts, the city’s municipal corporation has now made a decision in order to verify the statistics of prohibited buildings developed by the building division of the civic body.
In a printed message to all sub-divisional officers (SDOs) functioning in the civic body, city mayor Amarinder Bajaj on May 25 informed them to carry out reviews in each and every zone, for which they have been allotted the work of expansion.
“The sub-divisional officers of all our divisions will examine the regions and verify the prohibited buildings. After that, we will interrogate the data made by the building division,” Amarinder said.
Though, the building division functionaries have been appointed with the aim to keep an eye on the coming up of such edifices, recently, the facts and the data offered by this division has been detected “suspicious”.
Especially, in case of a multistoried edifice on Bhupindra Road next to the City Centre market, where Amarinder Bajaj’s office sensed a rat in the coming up of this edifice and the second tale of the edifice was destroyed by the civic body following the orders of Bajaj on May 24.
In the same way, there have been reports of the involvement of a “few functionaries” of the building branch with the owners of the illegal buildings, that is why these officials allegedly give a wrong information about coming up of these buildings to the mayor or the commissioner’s office.
“In a lot of cases, the data given by a few building branch officials has been found wrong. Many a time, a few functionaries have been found giving incorrect data just to defend the unlawful building possessors,” said Bajaj.
The sub-divisional officers have been inquired to provide data by May 30. “Afterward, we will fix the answerability of every building branch administrator and will hold him accountable for any new prohibited accumulation to the buildings,” the mayor said.
Sources in the building branch of the corporation added that it was doubtful that any summation or novel building can crop up in Patiala without the data of the building division, as the inspectors of this branch have to make frequent checks of the regions allotted to them.
In spite of the check, such buildings have turn up in Patiala in big numbers posing a grave threat to the projected growth of the city, regardless of bringing serious losses to the civic body.
May 27th, 2013
Patiala: With the responsiveness level growing regarding the exhaustion of groundwater level, agriculturists have turned more sensible in order to save natural resources as more and more of them prefer drip irrigation.
Drip irrigation saves around 50 per cent water as against sprinklers and even more as against conventional type of irrigation. It also assists augment the yield and lower the expenditure of fertilizers.
The central as well as state administrations have been providing grants with the aim to encourage drip irrigation to save natural reserves. Around 967 agriculturists in Patiala region have preferred for drip irrigation since the year 2005-06, when the grant plan was rolled out.
The administration offers almost 50 per cent financial support to agriculturists on drip irrigation.
Under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund plan, 25 per cent on crop output is given on an individual basis, funded by NABARD. This way, a total of 75 per cent financial support is given on taking on this plan.
In addition, the administration has forwarded orders to the power firm to offer out-of-turn electricity connection to agriculturists who have chosen drip irrigation.
“At first, there were a few troubles in making agriculturists conscious. At the present, it has turned popular among agriculturists in Punjab. In the city of Patiala, Rs. 9.55 crore has been expended during the last six year period on the Drip Micro Irrigation plan and the section has offered up a financial support of Rs. 3.55 crore below this,” added Bhajan Lal, soil conservation officer.
“This system of irrigation is more economical as well as helpful for all crops, including fruit and veggies, apart from paddy farm. It uses less water, turning accommodating in checking the consuming water table. It uses less plant food, labour and power and offers more and high-class yield to the agriculturists,” stated Jagwinder Singh, an agriculturist.
He also said that with utilization of this method, his productivity on veggies fields had augmented by around 30 per cent.
Year           Sum disbursed       Recipient
2007-08           Rs. 25 lakh                  75
2008-09           Rs. 84 lakh                  69
2009-10           Rs 160 lakh               135
2010-11           Rs 210 lakh               237
2011-12           Rs. 273 lakh               189
2012-13           Rs. 204 lakh               262
May 27th, 2013
With the aim to perk up defense and check misdeed against females at bus stands in Punjab, the Punjab administration has rolled out a pilot project with the aim to set up CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) cameras at all Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus stands in phases.
Mr. DPS Kharbanda, Punjab Road Transport Corporation’s MD, stated that sixteen Closed Circuit Television cameras had been set up at the Patiala bus stand.
LED monitors will also be set up at the all Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus stands. These will exhibit the entrance as well as exit timings, counter figures and bus courses for the ease of the riders.
“The factors of the time table of the buses placed at the Patiala bus stand together with the video recording could be transferred from its official internet site www.patialabusstand.dyndns.tv,” added Mr. DPS Kharbanda.
Mr. DPS Kharbanda also stated that Closed Circuit Television cameras would restrain the wicked actions of anti-social constituents and make sure the security of female passengers as each set up camera would cover around 3 counters.
Mr. DPS Kharbanda also stated that the GPS (Global Positioning System) would be set up on the buses with the aim to discover the precise number of buses plying.
May 27th, 2013
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has given an invitation to promising players for admission to its Centre of Excellence and SAI Training Centre for widespread training.
The yearly selection auditions will take place at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) on Monday and Tuesday (May 27 & 28).
For Centre of Excellence, the tests will be carried out for hockey, athletic competitions, judo, weightlifting and wrestling for both males and females.
Applicants between the ages of 12 and 25 years, on June 1, will be regarded entitled.
The selection process for individual episodes is that the applicant should have received top 4 places in sub-junior, junior, cadet, youth, senior levels at the countrywide games or nationwide championships arranged by National Sports Federation or took part in the previous Olympics, Asian games or competition, world championship or World Cup.
Sportspeople applying for group occasions must have participated as an associate of national group senior, junior, sub-junior, youth or cadet chosen by National Sports Federation.
The sportspeople who have been affiliates of award winning group, which have stood 1st and 2nd places at national games or championship arranged by National Sports Federation or have taken part in last Olympics, Asian games or contest, world contest or world cup will also be judged as qualified.
For SAI Training Centre, tests would be carried out for cycling and fencing for males and females.
Under the selection process, sportspeople preferably belonging to the state of Punjab who have bagged medals at state, school, inter-university or other national-level rivalry in sub-junior or junior classes will be considered qualified.
SAI, sports authority of India, invited, bussing sportsperson, admission, Centre of Excellence, SAI Training.
May 26th, 2013
The big claims by the state administration of offering superior facilities and infrastructure to HIV positive sufferers have proved hollow. The Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centre at Government Rajindra Hospital has been facing a shortage of space.
ART centre senior medical officer (SMO) Dr Amar Singh Azad says, “The centre has been demanding allocation of space from the hospital administration for the past two years. At present, the centre can accommodate only 10-15 patients whereas the number of patients coming to the centre daily is around 150. The shortage of space has added to the woes of patients.”
The centre set up in the year 2008 has approximately 5,000 HIV positive sufferers recorded with it.
Dr Azad stated that HIV positive sufferers coming to the centre are carriers of numerous contagions and with a feeble immune system they turned easy prey to a variety of illnesses.
Because of lack of sufficient space, the danger of getting illnesses among patients is too much higher. There is also the risk of the staff getting infected from patients.
“The patients comprise widow women and orphans who have been desolated by their family members with no place to go to. In addition to other fears, they also have to cope with the shortage of space at the centre,” says Dr Azad.
He added that of the patients registered with the centre, 16 per cent are needed to visit the centre on a monthly basis and 30 per cent after six month period.
A source stated that the data manager at the centre had got infected with tuberculosis from the sufferers three years back.
The SMO said that there is no arrangement for cross-ventilation in the region hence disease spreads without doubt and is moved on.
Manoj Kumar, a sufferer from the city of Samana, said, “I have been visiting the centre for the last 4 years, and the trouble of space has been constant. For hours continuously we have to stand in a line. For a solo visit to the centre I have to quit my one day’s wages and leave my kids alone at home. With so many fears on mind, standing for hours in a line adds to my miseries.”
Gurtej, a sufferer from Sunam, said, “The centre has no place where patients can come and sit. There is no arrangement for drinking water.”
Medical superintendent Dr Sharda added, “The management is in search of additional space to assign for the centre. Within a 15 days time, space will be apportioned. I comprehend the problems the patients have been experiencing.”
May 26th, 2013
Even though the municipal corporation has given nod to the Rs. 45 crore loaning amount taken by the Congress administration, the matter has taken the form of a political matter.
A day after the Congress lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for so called lack of progress in Patiala, ex mayor Ajit Pal Singh Kohli headed the party outburst against Congress.
At a press meeting that took place on May 25, Ajit Pal Singh, together with other 10 councillors, equated his period as mayor with the Congress period from the year 2002 to the year 2007.
“During their term, the Congress have only one success: that they took a loaning amount of Rs. 45 crore that turned made the municipal corporation insolvent and created troubles in growth, as the MC stayed busy in clearing the loaning sum with interest,” added Ajit Pal Singh.
Ajit Pal Singh stated that in his term, Rs. 102 crore was expended on growth and setting up of new sewer, extending lower as well as upper Mall, setting up approximately 25 tubewells in addition to re-carpeting of all roads.
“As mayor, I spent approximately Rs. 150 crore in Patiala during five year term, whilst Capt Amarinder Singh as up CM had expended just Rs. 45 crore that also was a loaning sum,” he added.
Directing Capt Amarinder and Preneet Kaur, the ex Patiala mayor stated, “In actual fact, for the past 10 year period, Patiala Congressmen have turned orphans as neither the local MLA is obtainable in Patiala nor the local MP expends time in the city. As a result, in aggravation, Congressmen are eyeing the Akali control.”
“Tell me, which giant plan Amarinder or Preneet have brought to Patiala,” he queried. “This is why the Congress lost in the assembly polls in the state and Raninder Singh lost from Samana as voters were attentive that the regal family was out-of-the-way and had nothing to do with people’s worries.”
Kohli defied the local Congress MLA and the MP to have an open discussion on the growth of Patiala.
On May 25, the Congressmen had charged Shiromani Akali Dal for the alleged disregard of the city and directed the ex as well as present mayors.
May 26th, 2013
Thapar University has happily showed placement for the year 2011-12 with expectation to touch 100% mark. With 164 corporate houses taking in record 936 students of various fields from MBA, Master of Commputer Application(MCA), bachelor of Engineering (BE), M.SC and Master of Eingineering (ME) that also before they pass out. Interestingly 181 of the 936 students have been offered double and some even triple placements. From the next semester year 2012-13 652 from various disciplines of engineering including ME, MBA and MCA have been chosen by 103 organizations.
“To make sure this speed of placements, the well known university has functioned too hard. In order to offer the pupils practical knowledge of the subject, training programmes with combined management from Thapar University and the business are carried out,” stated Dr. KK Raina, Director, Thapar University.
Acting as an interface between the Institute and the Industry, Center for Industrial Liasion and Placement (Clip) is the dedicated placement center for the university. The work of the body is to maintain a data base of the organizations. Understand their needs and organize campus placement that facilitates both the employer and the convenience of the students.
Thapar University also believes that the industry plays a vital role hence upgrades the course curriculum bringing in par with the industry demands. Members of the Thapar University belong to various corporate houses and are part of senate and bodies of the industry, which is why the university changes its curriculum every 4 years to the demand of the current industry requirements. The various learning programmes are designed keeping the need of the industry’s current and future needs.
Top companies that came tovisited Thapar University for campus jobs in 2013 comprise international and Indian marquee brands such as Texas Instruments, Futures First, Microsoft, D.E. Shaw, Google, Informatica Corp., MMT, HCL Group, ZS Associates, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Trident, Samsung, Deloitte Consulting, Oracle, Amdocs, TCS, HP, Fidelity, CSC, ST Microelectronics, Mahindra, IBM, Wipro, Maruti, Eicher, LG, John Deere, ABB, Whirlpool, Tata Motors, Hero Moto Corp, Cummins, UOP, Panacea Biotech, Idea Cellular,Escorts, Larsen & Toubro , Flour Daniel, Gammon, Shapoorji Pallonji, Punj Lloyd, Accenture, ACC, Reliance Industries, Siemens, Ranbaxy, and lots others.
As Thapar Universiry believes in students working closely with the industry to gain in-depth knowledge, the university organizes joint research programmes with the industry that benefit both the students and the industry.
Facilitating the university as a research partner and having tie-ups with PepsiCo Holding India Pvt Ltd, Mc Cain Foods, Ballarpur Industries Limited via its body CORE(Center of Relevance and Excellence).
Short term training courses are also conducted for Industries personnel designed for the academia and demand of the Industry.
“We wish our pupils to be industry heads and for attaining this, we keep making plans for some or the other proposal to make sure that our pupils are job ready and meet market and job prospects,” added up Dr. Raina.
The university also provides consultation for various research projects relating to mechanical engineering, structural designing etc. In order to update the students on the changes of the industry workshops are also held with the corporate.
To enhance communication skills a course has been started with Toastmaster. This will be compulsory for all students and will focus on developing communication and leadership skills.
“It is vital that pupils are fully prepared and capable for service,” added Dr Raina.
Also as part of course curriculum needed training will be provided to hone the skills of the students. The course will help in the students behavioue, presentation and decorum.
May 26th, 2013
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is eyeing to fortify power infrastructure mainly to lessen commercial as well as technical losses in 39 cities of Punjab by the next two year period (June 2015) that would result into an expenditure of around Rs. 1611.43 crore.
Around Rs. 48.31 crore would be spent in the city of Bathinda, Rs. 77.72 crore in the city of Hoshiarpur, Rs. 210.86 crore in the city of Amritsar, Rs. 190 crore in the city of Jalandhar and Rs. 442.32 crore in the city of Ludhiana to diminish commercial plus technological losses.
On May 24, Mr. KD Chaudhry, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) chairman stated that below the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Plan, the corporation would slash power losses to around 15 per cent or even lower than this.
Mr. KD added that under the novel project, new power grids would be established, capacitance of old sub-stations augmented, old distribution transformers substituted by latest ones with extra load capacitance etc.
Chaudhry also said that load of sub-station transformer lines would be reduced to below 70%; electricity meters would be installed outside houses and new electricity cables laid.
The project would be finished by June 2015 and the work had already been granted to A2Z of Gurgaon, Larson &Tubro (L&T), and Godrej of Mumbai.
The power infrastructure upgrade in the city of Patiala had already been finished by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).
The total cost spent in the city stood at Rs. 30 crore that had resulted into decline of electricity losses by around 22 per cent to 12 per cent, he claimed.
May 26th, 2013
Lt Gen PS Bhalla, National Cadet Corps (NCC) director general, on May 21 stated that the NCC necessitated to be refurbished with the aim to strengthen the curiosity of present day’s youngsters.
“It cannot work any longer on the lines established during the year 1970,” Lt Gen Bhalla added on his first visit to Patiala.
Bhalla, while talking to people during a seminar at the Army Public School stated that the training viewpoint of the association had to be altered, as thus far, the junior (13-18 age) and senior (18-26 age) divisions were being educated the similar program.
Bhalla inquired how a teenager and a grown person could be trained on the similar lines as both deviated in requirements and interpreting levels.
The DG added that both males and females were identical in the armed forces, as over and over again female cadets had tested their physical and mental aptitude.
He added that in the year 2012, out of the 7 females who made it to the Mt Everest, 4 were NCC (National Cadet Corps) cadets. He stated that there was a requirement to bring a transformation in the course outline of the 3 arms comprising Air Force, Army and Navy — as the current one was tough and service- pointed.
He also said that the NCC no longer would be a co-curricular activity in the educational institution as it would be made an additional subject in classes 9 and 10 and an optional subject in courses eleventh and twelfth.
At the college level, this year, 30 independent universities will offer NCC as an optional subject and would revise the outcome of its execution.
On the issue of non-issuance of uniforms to cadets for 2 years, the DG added that by June 2013, dresses and shoes together with workout suits would be provided to cadets.
He said that by June 2013, a national-level seminar would be held in the national capital where the human resource development head would discuss the alterations to be executed in the NCC rules.
May 24th, 2013
Patiala: Even as contentious Punjabi film ‘Sadda Haq’ has been accepted gladly by Punjabis out of the country, the unfavorable judgment of the film by death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana is being witnessed as destructing the court proceedings of Jagtar Singh Hawara.
Balwant Singh confronting death row in the murder of ex Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh is presently licked at Central Jail Patiala. .
Balwant Singh had stated that the tale of the film was counterfeit and an effort to glorify Hawara, his co-charged in the murder case.
He also said that “Jagtar Singh was not even in Chandigarh when the bomb blast occurred†that killed Beant Singh and seventeen other people on August 31, 1995.
The murder was in revenge of so-called human rights contraventions in anti-insurgency processes in the state.
Jagtar, deputy chief of militant group Babbar Khalsa International currently in the national capital’s Tihar prison has refused any participation in the killing and challenged the court verdict in addition.
Was Balwant’s declaration a try to annoy Hawara in order that he would claim his participation in the murder. If Jagtar Singh does strike back to Balwant’s claims, it will upset not only his viewpoints but also of other people involved in the murder.
The main actor of Sadda Haq Kartar Singh Baaz is stated to be inspired from Jagtar SIngh whilst the other character Rajwant Singh Raja is reportedly got inspiration from Blawant Singh.
In the meantime, the movie producers Dinesh Sood and Kuljinder Singh Sidhu while striking back to Rajoana’s declaration on their admirer page on a social networking site stated, “Sat Siri Akal, From the very first day we have been telling all of you that Sadda Haq is inspired from factual occasions but we never said it is a factual tale or a biographical movie. So the recent debate on this issue is worthless so please do not quarrel on this matter as the majority of you who knows the truth should tell others that we have taken the cinematic liberty to present the genuine tale of the state.
The purpose of the film was to showcase the exact picture of that period in an imaginative manner and we sense that we have attained our objective quite productively so plz stay away from any needless argument on this matter. WAHEGURUâ€
May 24th, 2013
Financial disaster appears to have hit Patiala based Punjabi University as hoards of its ex staffers (teaching as well as non-teaching) are yet to receive their pension for the last month.
University functionaries stated that the retirement fund has been postponed as they have used up the amount marked for the purpose because of an increase in the monthly retirement fund after execution of the 5th as well as the 6th Pay Commission. They stated that they have now made a temporary arrangement to give out the retirement fund.
But, the pensionaries claim whilst the university is spending hefty amounts on the constructing novel structures, they are being brushed aside.
In the meantime, Punjabi University has not been forwarding the grand provident fund payments in the accounts of its working staff since October last year.
The staff, under the banner of the Punjabi University Teachers Coordination group, recently forwarded a note to the Vice Chancellor.
Though Punjabi University has now made two payments, the payment for 6 month period is still pending.
Registrar Dr AS Chawla stated that Punjabi University was exercising modalities and was expected to liberate the pension in a period of seven days.
“From 2013, we have effected an alteration in our bookkeeping system. We have outsourced the work to make it completely computerized. At the present, we are almost through with this work,” he said.
Dr AS Chawla claimed the trouble stood up since Punjabi University generated insignificant income in May every year.
“Now, with the admissions for engineering set to start by june, we will be in an easy position. We will forward the remaining GPF payments by June 2013,” Dr AS Chawla also said.
May 24th, 2013
A threat has been given by the power engineers to revive agitation against the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) management, if the agreed demands are not implemented. During an emergency meeting the decision was taken by the executive committee of PSEB Engineers Association.
Sajveen Sood Association general secretary stated June 5 was set as deadline to implement the demands. This decision was taken in the meeting held in March.
If by June 5 PSPCL fails the association will go on its agitation from June 10.
The PSEBEA also expressed its anguish on the delay implement of the agreed demands and called it an inordinate delay and that this is affecting the service provided to the consumers also.
The associates’ committee also feels there is a deliberate attempt in not fulfilling the commitments.
As per Mr. Sajveen Sood, association general secretary, “We had fixed June 5 as the closing date to put the verdicts into practice taken in the management’s gathering took place during the month of March. If the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) organization failed, the union will be forced to restart its campaigning from 10th of the coming month.â€
“In the gathering PSEBEA showed its suffering on the excessive postponement in carrying out the settled demands that, they said, were affecting the services being offered to the clients,†Mr. Sajveen Sood added up.
