Washington, A school in Toronto, Canada has banned soccer balls, baseballs, footballs, tennis balls and volleyballs from the school grounds. This step taken up by the Earl Beatty Public School has angered both students and parents. According to the Toronto Star, the School sent letters to the parents stating that nobody could bring any of the balls to the junior and senior schools after a series of serious incidents, where both staff and students were struck in the playground. The temporary ban means only Nerf balls or sponge balls can be used by students at the school for now on. School trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher said that the most recent incident was that of a parent, who was hit in the head by a soccer ball and suffered a concussion. “I think the principal is reacting in a rational way. You don’t want anyone to be injured,” Fox News quoted Cary-Meagher as saying. Anna Caputo, a communications officer at the Toronto District School Board, said the ban was temporary and that the school would monitor the situation ...
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Chandigarh, January 24 (DNS)- Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal yesterday exhorted the Punjab police to make collective efforts to change the perception of people regarding the image of the police. Presiding over the monthly review meeting of the Police Department in which besides DGP PS Gill, top brass of the police, all Zonal IGs, Range DIGs and all SSPs of the districts participated, Sukhbir Badal said the police must focus on those areas of crime which affect public at large the most. “Our image is on stake and we must be conscious of this fact,” he said. Appreciating the Police Department for conducting the first-ever performance appraisal of all district SSPs on the broad parameters of crime detection, services to the public from the police and in-house administration, he said the implementation and recoveries under the NDPS Act and solving the cases of theft and snatchings should get priority in the broad parameters set up by the department. Asking the DGP to change the parameters for issuing different commendation certificates, Sukhbir Badal said that not going by the routine ACRs, we should focus on real work done by the officials. Sukhbir Badal said that ...
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Jalandhar, January 24 (DNS)- The Congress and SAD-BJP governments in Punjab failed to properly rehabilitate the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots who migrated to this state. Supreme Court advocate HS Phoolka, who is waging a legal battle for justice to the riot victims, stated this during a visit to Jalandhar yesterday. The SC advocate also said the November ‘84 Carnage Justice Committee filed public interest litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court requesting it to constitute a monitoring committee for the anti-Sikh riots on the pattern of the same by the SC for the Gujarat riots. Accompanied by advocate Navkiran Singh and Peer Mohammad, Phoolka said 80 per cent of the anti-Sikh riot victims who stayed back in Delhi were back on their feet through hard work, whereas the case of those who had migrated to Punjab was totally reverse. The SC advocate said only 20 per cent of the riot victims who migrated to Punjab were properly rehabilitated. Responding to a query, he said every government, including the present SAD-BJP government, was responsible for not taking adequate measures to properly rehabilitate the victims. Phoolka said several anti-Sikh riot victims had not been ...
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