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‘Non-Cong leaders want to topple UPA Govt’
Purchase agencies pack up, wheat sold below MSP
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Inter-state gang busted
Concern over strike by sanitation workers
CRPF man dies in Orissa, queries remain unanswered
Sukhbir to visit Fazilka on June 17
Terror alert to petro units
Farmers join hands to cut input costs
Kiosk owners stage dharna
Five bodies recovered from canals in Abohar
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‘Non-Cong leaders want to topple UPA Govt’
Bathinda, June 12 Bittu, who visited different places in this district in connection with mobilising youths to get them enrolled as members of the Indian Youth Congress
(IYC), said these non-Congress leaders had made Baba Ramdev launch a countrywide movement against corruption to destabilise the UPA Government. Talking to
TNS, Bittu said before raising the issue of corruption, Baba Ramdev must make it clear to the people that how he managed to collect more than Rs 1,100 crore in few years. Baba Ramdev must also make public the names of those who had been funding trusts floated by him, Bittu added. “No doubt, corruption is a serious issue in the country. But those who fight against it must have a clean record,” he said, adding that certain saints tried to befool people as they tried to implement the agenda of RSS under the garb of a campaign against corruption. He claimed that support extended to Baba Ramdev by CM Parkash Singh Badal was unfortunate. He should have asked Baba Ramdev about the source of his
(Ramdev) wealth before extending him any kind of support, Bittu said. The Youth Congress leader said youths were disappointed over the scams and cases of corruption that had been surfacing in the country. If corrective measures were not taken, the youths would one day start attacking leaders
publically, he said. Bittu said leadership of the IYC had taken a decision in its executive meeting held at Rishikesh a few days ago that if any Congress minister was found non-performing or indulging in corruption, the activists of the IYC would launch an agitation against them also. “The policies of AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi regarding more representation to youths in every set up and to enable the country to get rid of social evils has been attracting a large number of youths into the party fold,” he claimed, adding that about 10 lakh youths would be enrolled as members of the IYC in Punjab alone. He disclosed that in the next Panchayat and municipal council elections, more than 40 per cent leaders and activists of the Punjab Youth Congress would be fielded as party candidates. |
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Purchase agencies pack up, wheat sold below MSP
Abohar, June 12 Arhtia Association president Pramil Kalani and Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesman Rajwinder Singh confirmed that most government agencies had stopped purchase by the end of last month while the last one packed up on June 7. The state government had assured before the beginning of the harvesting session that wheat will be purchased till June 30. The government had also assured of making adequate arrangements for lifting and payment thereof, not later than 72 hours. But the BKU workers rued that the none of the assurances were fulfilled. The Arhtia Association too regretted that the government agencies were not able to arrange sufficient number of jute and poly bags to pack the purchased wheat. Finally, they resolved to pack up leaving the farmers in lurch. Sources in the market said the arrival of wheat in the sub-division has been recorded at 30 lakh quintals against 22 lakh quintals last year. More arrivals were due since the lately sown wheat was still to be transported to the main grain market here. While most of the state government agencies had made a payment of bonus at the rate Rs 50 per quintal, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) was yet to make up its mind on making payment directly to the farmers or through the commission agents. A cross-section of the traders apprehend that wheat price quoted at Rs 1100 per quintal on Saturday may fall further in the next few days.
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Inter-state gang busted
Faridkot, June 12 Nirmal Singh Dhillon, IG, Bathinda Zone, Naresh Kumar Arora, DIG, and Gurmeet Singh Randhawa, SSP of Faridkot, while informing the media here today, said these gangsters were involved in many cases of robbery. Nine such cases had been traced by the police in which they were involved and further investigations were in progress, the police said. The IG said that the four arrested persons, Jaspal Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Nikka Singh and Gurpreet Singh, looted three petrol pumps in the district, besides being involved in a couple of other cases. Similarly, a Moga resident, Amarjit Singh has been arrested on charges of faking the identity of a district transport officer who used to prepare forged documents for registration of stolen vehicles. During interrogation, it has come to light that he used to forge signatures of all the DTOs of the state on their stamps. Adding that the police had recovered a canter, 130 registration papers of vehicles, five tractors and stamps of various government departments from his possession, Dhillon said that the gang prepared forged registration and other documents of hundreds of stolen vehicles in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan states. One of their associates, Surjit Singh, a resident of Jagat Singh Wala, managed to flee when the police raided his house. "We will soon arrest him," claimed Gurmeet Singh Randhawa, SSP, Faridkot. The arrested gang members were later produced before the court of the duty magistrate who has sent them to police remand for further investigations and recoveries.
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Concern over strike by sanitation workers
Abohar, June 12 Intriguingly, the Health Department had at the same time launched a campaign to caution the people against spread of malaria and dengue. How will the people face the threat from the deadly diseases, he queried. The legislator said that sanitation workers across the state had earlier observed an unprecedented strike for a fortnight in March this year when senior BJP functionary Manoranjan Kalia was the Minister for Local Bodies. The state government accepted their demands only when he raised the issue in the Vidhan Sabha. The special secretary of the department had on March 21, issued a letter conveying that the services of the sanitation workers with 10 years of service should be regularised but the under secretary of the same department issued another letter on April 21 contradicting it. This had sent disappointed 13,000 sanitation workers who had high hopes from the coalition government, Jakhar said, urging the state government to accept their demands immediately.
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CRPF man dies in Orissa, queries remain unanswered
Bathinda, June 12 Though KPS Mahi, Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM), Bathinda and Iqbal Singh, in-charge, police post, Balluana, were present at the cremation, neither the CRPF personnel not the Punjab Police personnel gave him the guard of honour. However, the coffin, in which the body of Kuldeep Singh was brought to his village from Orissa, was wrapped in the Tricolour. Mahi said that the guard of honour to any martyr was always arranged by the police authorities. He said that guard of honour was not given to Kuldeep as it was not confirmed whether he had attained martyrdom while fighting Maoists in Orissa or died due to other circumstances. However, Iqbal Singh said that the in-charge of the CRPF party, which brought the dead body to Virk Kalan village from Orissa today, had informed him that Kuldeep Singh had died under mysterious circumstances and hence, no guard of honour would be given to him. Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended over the village the moment the body of Kuldeep reached his house. Almost all the residents of Virk Kalan and its surrounding areas assembled at the house of Kuldeep. Later, these people attended his funeral and raised the slogan, 'Kuldeep Singh, Amar Rahe'. Kuldeep, who was recruited as a sepoy in the CRPF in 1991, was to retire next month. He had gone to Orissa on May 15 from his village after spending a month’s leave. Kuldeep is survived by his daughter and wife.
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Inauguration of ROB
Fazilka, June 12 An estimated Rs 12 crore is being spent on the laying of the pipelines from the perennial Gang canal to provide canal-based drinking water to the residents of the town. This was disclosed by local MLA and Transport Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani while talking to this correspondent on Saturday. Notably, the construction of ROB on Malout chowk railway crossing has been completed. The construction has been carried out by a Rajasthan-based private company, Chetak Enterprises Ltd, which has been given the contract for upgradation, operation and maintenance of 87 kms of Fazilka-Ferozepur stretch on BOT basis. Surprisingly, the company has enhanced the toll tax from June 10 even when the ROB has not been thrown open for the public. Sukhbir would also lay the foundation stone of the Punjab Roadways depot at Fazilka, the formalities for which are being completed, said Jyani. After his elevation as Transport Minister, Jyani had announced the upgradation of Punjab Roadways sub-depot to a full-fledged one.
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Terror alert to petro units
Bathinda, June 12 As the district houses huge oil and gas depots of the Indian Oil Corporation, the Hindustan Petroleum and the Bharat Petroleum, which are just adjacent to the ammunition depot of the Army, the threat perception became a cause of worry for the whole administration. Following the inputs of central intelligence agencies, the union petroleum ministry had in a recent communiqué ordered the authorities of the oil depots here to beef up their security arrangements in consultation with the IB, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the state police and the district administration. Sensing the gravity of situation, Deputy Commissioner S Karuna Raju today visited the north region pipeline terminal (NRPL) situated at Phus Mandi in the district and thoroughly inspected the arrangements. He took reports from senior officials of the terminal, inspected the control room and had dialogues with the security staff. The DC also asked the officials to demonstrate a mock drill. The DC expressed satisfaction over the swift operation of fire engines to tackle an emergency. However, the management of the terminal informed that they were working on upgrading the security arrangements to the latest versions. Linked with the Panipat oil refinery, the terminal is a petroleum feeding centre for Sangrur, Moga and some parts of Rajasthan.
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Farmers join hands to cut input costs
Bathinda, June 12 As many as 25 of these progressive farmers had formed the Bathinda Horticulture Association in 2005 to realise their goal of cutting down on time, energy and expenditure incurred on agriculture-related activities. For this purpose, they introduced a system of collective purchase of seeds, tools and other things. The purchased items were later distributed as per one's requirement. Besides, every member was duty-bound to share his knowledge with others. Some of them, tech-savvy and well-qualified, utilised the internet to keep themselves abreast of the latest agricultural technology. The members of the association have attended more than a dozen national and international conferences on horticulture, where they also share their knowledge with others. The association was honoured during the district farmers' training camp held recently. Hailing the efforts of the association, the agro-experts at the camp termed them as role models. Speaking to The Tribune, secretary of the association, Jagtar Singh Brar of village Mehma Sarja said, "We always prefer to purchase equipment, seeds, plants and other required things in a collectively. Besides the product cost, the collective purchase also help us in saving time and energy." About the advantage of attending seminars and conferences, vice-president of the association Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said, "It has not only widened our vision but also helped us in catching up with the pace of the fast-moving world." "Now, we keep a check on the swinging moods of the market and accordingly decide if to sell or hold the produce," Sidhu mentioned. |
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Kiosk owners stage dharna
Fazilka, June 12 They were demanding land for constructing shops in the commercial area of the colony on the plea that they have been running their business from these kiosks for over two decades. MC presiden Anil Sethi said the protest was irrelevant because the council had passed a resolution to provide land to kiosks owners for shop but the resolution was rejected by the Director Self Government. Hence, the council had no alternative. — OC |
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Five bodies recovered from canals in Abohar
Abohar, June 12 Family members, who identified the body after it was taken to the Civil Hospital here, said the victim had gone for a bath on Tuesday and did not turn up. Earlier, the body of Manphool Ram, who was differently abled and hailed from village Rajanwali was found floating in the Ramsara sub- canal. The bodies of Dharam Chand of Azeemgarh and Akashdeep of Nai Abadi (Abohar) have been recovered from the Daulatpura sub- canal. All of them were reported missing for the few days past, their kin said. Notably, the body of a college-going student was yesterday recovered from the Daulatpura sub-canal near village Dharampura. He had drowned while taking a bath in the canal near the city bypass. |
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The president of Punjab Youth Congress and a Member of Parliament, Ravneet Singh
Bittu, today alleged that a section of non-Congress leaders were trying to destabilise the UPA Government at the Centre by conniving with owners of big corporate
houses.
Bathinda, June 12
Bathinda, June 12
