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Khaki takes tech leap
Amritsar, August 28 Talking to The Tribune, SSP Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said the state government had recently given approval for an integrated computerised format, which enabled complainants to get registered their FIRs by sending an e-mail at policehelp100@gmail.com. “The people have started using online services. This has helped the police as the entry of the FIR could be made by taking out the printout of the complaint. The district police has also started registering the FIR on the telephone for the convenience of the general public and to save time,” said Singh. Quoting an example of the telephonic registration of FIRs, Singh said a girl from the district filed a complaint about an unidentified person making frequent calls on her mobile phone. “The police immediately registered a complaint in which the complainant alleged that the accused was using unparliamentary language, besides threatening her and her sister. She urged the police to protect their lives from the accused. We registered the case and started investigations,”
said Singh. It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government had recently cleared a project relating to the computerised registration of FIRs at the various police stations. Under this project, all police stations in the country would be connected with each other through satellite-based communication systems. With this, the SHO of a police station can access status and contents of every case registered in any part of the country. Besides, complainants can access the status of any case. This will add transparency in conducting investigation to ensure speedy justice to the people. Talking about the benefits of the online registration of FIRs, Singh said people, especially old men or women, would not have to travel long distances to register complaints and moreover the police would have more free time to actually investigate the crime rather than bogged down in paperwork. He said national alerts could be generated automatically in case of missing children or absconding
perpetrators of crime.
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Man held for daughter, her lover’s murder
P K Jaiswar
Amritsar, August 28 The accused committed the crime on seeing Rajan with his daughter in his house, according to SSP Iqbal Singh. The accused and his two accomplices allegedly attacked Rajan with a blunt weapon and later strangulated him, said Iqbal Singh. Sukhwinder Pal Singh then strangulated his daughter and abandoned the bodies in his auto rickshaw. The bodies were recovered from the fields near Naag Kalan village on the Majitha link road. Jagdish Singh, a resident of Jahangir village, found the bodies bundled in a quilt in his fields. He raised an alarm and called the police. The police called in the dog squad and forensic experts. The body of the girl was found dressed in a track suit while the body of the boy was found wearing a t-shirt and lower. Scars were found on the forehead and neck of the two victims, said the SSP.
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Political vendetta behind Issapur’s arrest: Ravi Inder
Amritsar, August 28 Ravi Inder Singh said it was a total failure of the judicial and police systems in the state as Issapur was arrested in a case in which he was declared as a proclaimed offender 35 years ago when a state movement was launched by the Shiromani Akali Dal in which more than 700 youths took arms against state repression. He said 32 persons, including Issapur, were named in the FIR lodged by the then police, of which 30 had been absolved of the charge, while one had died a
natural death. Demanding immediate release of Issapur, Ravi Inder Singh said Issapur was arrested because of political vendetta as he was a close confidant of former SGPC chief late Gurcharan Singh Tohra and Capt Amarinder Singh and had refused to toe the line of the SAD
supremo. The SAD (1920) president said eight governments in the state had come and gone since then but the police had failed to arrest Issapur who served as the chairman of the housing board under the Barnala government. He said the state government had also provided security guards to him while holding many prestigious posts, including the general secretary of the SGPC. He announced that the party would hold a meeting in Moga on September 1 to educate the general public about the ill-effects of tobacco and drug menace. He said the party would also pressurise the government to immediately ban smoking in the state.
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BSF-Laxmi bond enters 40th year
Wagah, August 28 To celebrate the occasion, students of BBK DAV College, Ajanta Public School, Bikram School, DAV College, Rajasthan and Guru Ram Das Secondary School performed traditional folk dances like Gidha and Bhangra. Revealing about her gesture of tying rakhi, Chawla said, “The BSF jawans undergo hard and tedious life during their postings in the hostile terrains. To make them feel at home, I started the tradition of tying rakhi on rakshabandhan at Attari and Wagah areas.” She hoped the tradition would be carried out by her close confidents even after her death.
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Now, get rid of multiple eye defects in one go
Amritsar, August 28 Informing about the relatively new concept of the surgery, Dr Rohit Om Parkash, of the Dr Om Parkash Eye Institute, said in usual cases the patients suffering from cataract might have some other kinds of vision disorders such as high-level number, deteriorating colour-contrasts, blurred or wavy vision. “With this surgery these kind of defects can now be corrected,” he added. Not only does the technique helps to get rid of the spectacles in some cases but also helps making the vision at par with lesser numbered eye, activates colour contrasts, and prevents blue-tinged images and angular blurring that hinder good vision quality. During a survey conducted by the team of ophthalmologists at the institute, on the 235 patients who underwent surgery many have a marked improvement in their vision quality. He said about three patients, who were implanted with multi-focal lenses, reported spectacle-free vision of both near and far objects. “While 10 of the total patients found improvement in both eyes, many wanted to see long-term benefits, before getting the second eye surgery. Nearly 12 patients found their optical power at par with the other eye,” he added. “Interestingly, more females opted for this surgery than males. As many as 120 of these were females as compared to the 115 males. The age group of those opting for this specialised surgery ranged from one-year old to 86-year-old patient. Age is not a hindrance in this surgery, although for young children several growth factors have to be kept in mind,” he said.
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Going organic a healthy option
Amritsar, August 28 The inorganic fertilisers have been found containing cadmium, lead, etc. Leached agrochemicals often reach water bodies making them unfit for use. According to one of the reports of the ICMR, 51 per cent of food in India is contaminated with pesticides, of which 20 per cent has levels exceeding the tolerance limits. The pesticides contaminate the environment and are also toxic to beneficial soil
micro flora. This calls for renewed efforts in the pursuit of the growing organic vegetables world over. India, with diverse agro-climatic conditions, has tremendous scope for production of relatively better quality organic vegetables. The organic farming system relies on crop rotation, crop residues, animal manures, off-farm organic wastes, biological pest control to maintain soil productivity, etc. Organic vegetable cultivation includes microbial inoculants, organic substrates, eco-friendly management of diseases, insect pests and weeds, breeding and biotechnological applications. The integrated use of organic substrates like compost, biogas slurry, FYM, green manure can supply both macro and micro nutrients to plants through soil. The micro-organisms used as bio-fertilisers or more appropriately as “microbial inoculants”, regulate the physiological processes in the ecosystems by decomposing organic matter, fixing atmospheric nitrogen, secreating growth promoting substances, etc. These micro-organisms are Rhizobium, BGA, Azolla, Azotobacter, etc. Eco-friendly management of weeds can be done by methods like soil cultivation, composting, use of hoeing, flaming, mulching, crop rotation etc. The eco-friendly management of disease, insect pests and nematodes can be done by use of resistant cultivars, rotation with non host
crops and planting of antagonistic crops. Among biotechnological techniques host plant resistance, vermiculture, biopesticides, biofertilisers and improved rhizobial strains are of particular value. As there is need for doubling India's vegetable production in the coming years, to meet requirements of nutrition and health security of the increasing population, organic vegetable production practices need to be encouraged for addressing problems of health security especially when food products are contaminated with pesticide residues, toxins or other chemicals. Biotechnological approaches
along with transgenic technology have to be blended judiciously with traditional practices for sustaining
production of organic vegetables. Demand for organic vegetables is increasing as health conscious people are shifting to organically grown food but erratic supply and high prices are hampering such decisions. This can be met through diversification of vegetable cultivation, off season production and
protective cultivation thus regulating round off year availability of vegetables so as to meet the requirements of domestic and foreign market.
The pure vegetables free from any contamination are also making their way into the holy city. Many progressive farmers are now trying taking to vegetable cultivation on organic basis but there is a strong need to make farmers aware about the importance of organic vegetable cultivation. Farmer meets organised by agriculture departments and trainings given by extension workers in the city can help a lot to spread awareness among farmers and to train them for vegetable cultivation. Moreover with the opening of reliance fresh stores in the city, farmers will get even better opportunities to sell fresh and pure vegetables to the reliance dealers at premium prices. As organic products fetch premium prices in domestic and foreign markets, the city’s economy is bound to get a major boost, given the fact that it has prominent air/rail links.
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Ramanna Fellowship for GNDU prof
Amritsar, August 28 The varsity spokesman, in a release issued, said the fellowship has been awarded in recognition of Dr Singh’s outstanding research contribution in the field of food science and technology. He said Dr Singh has been sanctioned Rs 34.80 lakh as research grant for for participating in international conferences and scientific meetings abroad. Notably, Dr Singh had earlier been awarded a research project "Isolation and characterization of starches and proteins from different lengumes" by the department of
science and technology. — TNS
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Akali Dal loses eminent leader
Amritsar, August 28 A qualified doctor, he came under the influence of Sant Fateh Singh and became his close confidant in the early 60s and remained with him till the very end. Sandal was also associated with Sant Harcharan Singh Longowal and was popular as his adviser at a time when the political career of Longowal was at its zenith.Later, he got close to Jagdev Singh Talwandi and the two shared a lasting friendship until the very end. Dr Satish Sandal, a son of the Akali leader, told The Tribune here today that his father was a Sehajdhari and started sporting a navy blue turban when he got close to Sant Fateh Singh. “Later he decided to make the colour a bit lighter to project his reservations about following an extremist approach on any issue,” he said. “When he decided to fight the municipal elections from the Golden Temple Ward in 1967, it was for the first time that the official symbol of the SAD was used in the local bodies elections. He was also instrumental in forging an alliance of the SAD with the Jan Sangh. Today the same alliance, with the Jan Sangh in the form of the BJP, is in power in the state,” he said. “He remained a member of the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) senate and the Amritsar Improvement Trust and was popular in both political circles and intelligentsia of Amritsar,” he said. Born on March 30, 1930, at Garhdiwala village in Hoshiarpur district, Dr Mohan Singh Sandal did his graduation with English honours.
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Amritsar hues at Shimla
Amritsar, August 28 The workshop was inaugurated by HPU vice-chancellor Anil Wilson. Students, including those from varsity and local schools visited the workshop and interacted with the artists. The concluding function was held on August 23. HP principal chief conservator of forest Pankaj Khullar was the chief guest. The artistes included Jagdeep S. Garcha, Bhupinder Singh Nanda, vice-president IAFA, Atul Mehra, O.P. Verma, Gulshan Sadana, Ravinder Dhillon, Sanial Sasih, Sharamjit Bumra, Him Chatterjee, Nand Lal, Chaman Lal, Kulwant Singh Gill, Kuldip Singh, Sukhpal Singh, Satnam Singh Jabbal, Inderpal Singh Bansi, Dharminder Sharma, Shivdev Singh and Chaman Sharma.
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Mock SAT test conducted
Amritsar, August 28
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Tanishq launches new jewellery collection
Amritsar, August 28 Regional business executive Mayank Kampani said Tanishq had brought out designer diamond jewellery. The focus of the collection is on women who want to be comfortable with their diamonds to suit their personality. Kampani said the collection began at a price of Rs 3,500 and was being marketed in 140 different designs, including an expensive variety of earrings, bracelets, neck wear, finger rings set in floral and geometric motifs. — OC
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Campus placement: IBM to come at GNDU on Sept 7
Amritsar, August 28 Director (placement) Rajneesh Arora, in a press note here on Monday, said the students completing BA, BSc, BCom and BBA in 2008 would be eligible for the placement programme to be held at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Bhavan on the university campus at 10 am. He said, besides interview, a pre-placement one-to-one group discussion and written test would be held. The results would be declared the same day. He said the interested students could send their names through the placement officer of their respective institutions for registration on e-mail at placement.gndu@gmail.com under the subject of “list for IBM-Daksh.” He said the registration fee would be Rs 100 per student.
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It’s mathemagic
It is a well known saying that “ladies never disclose their age and gents their money”, but you will be surprised to know that both your age and money are closely related to each other and can very easily be guessed by others.
Don’t be afraid, I am in no way related to the income tax department. I simply want to tell you that just by a little knowledge of addition and multiplication of numbers, you can amaze anyone by telling his/her exact money and age. So invite the person who is ready to take the risk of knowing his age and money through you. Give him a piece of paper and pen and ask him to do as suggested in the following steps: Step 1: Ask him to write his age on the paper (it may be his real or assumed age). This age should be in one or two digits only i.e. it should not be more than 99 years. Step 2: Ask him to double this age Step 3: Ask him to add 5 to the doubled age Step 4: Ask him to multiply this
resulting age by 50 Step 5: Now ask him to add in this resulting age the money he has thought of (this amount should also not be in more than two digits, the unit may be any i.e. hundred, thousand, lakh or crore. For example 99 crore, 30 lakh or 7,000, etc.) Step 6: Ask him to tell you the final answer. Your work starts now What you have to do is simply subtract 250 from that answer and write the result in four digits. (If it is in three digits, put zero on the left side to make it four digits. For example, if the answer is 752, make it 0752). Then the first two digits represent his age and the last two digits the money he has thought of. Now I explain it to you by giving an illustration Step 1: Suppose the person assumes his age to be 23 years and the money with him is Rs 5 lakh Step 2: Double his age is: 23 x 2 = 46 Step 3: Add 5 to 46 (46 + 5 = 51) Step 4: Multiply 51 by 50 (51 x 50 = 2550) Step 5: In 2550, add the money he has i.e. Rs 5 lakh (2550 + 5 = 2555) That person will tell this number to you (you may see that this number is in no way directly related to his age and money.) Now you subtract 250 from 2555 (2555 - 250 = 2305) The first two digit number i.e. 23 is the age of that person and the last two digit number i.e. 05 (5 lakh) is the money that he assumed. Isn’t it
amazing? Do you want to know the secret of this trick? It is not a magic but is only a miracle of mathematics. In the five successive steps, you have firstly asked the person to double the age i.e. multiply the age by 2, then add 5 and again multiply the whole by 50 which means his age is multiplied by 100 i.e. 2 x 50 and 250 is added to it. The object of multiplying age by 100 is to convert the one or two digit number (whatever he has assumed) to three or four digit number, respectively. Finally when the money is added to it, a new three or four digit number is formed. Now the ball is in your court. You directly subtract 250 from the final answer (which he has disclosed to you) and the remaining number represents his exact age and the exact money in his possession. ushapaul.123@gmail.com
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