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Proposed solid waste dumping yard
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Teacher Eligibility Test
Teachers awaiting salary for eight months
SGPC
polls
Six held for stealing electronic goods from godown
Army Captain booked for cheating
Ghudda girls triumph at district level games
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Proposed solid waste dumping yard at Mandi Khurd
Bathinda, September 1 District president of the BKU (Ugrahan) Shingara Singh Mann said here besides opposing the setting up of the dumping yard, his union also demanded an independent inquiry into the circumstances in which the Badal Government acquired the land for the yard. Mann said the setting up of solid waste dumping yard on fertile land and near the populated area was not only harmful for the health of the villagers but for the agriculture produce also. He alleged that it was being done under a ‘conspiracy’ to benefit near and dear ones of the ruling party. Mann alleged that these near and dear ones had purchased 38 acres in the village at a rate of Rs 6.45 lakh per acre before the issuance of notification for the dumping yard. However, the process for acquisition of the land was started after some time and the government acquired the land at the price which was four times high, he added. He claimed that about 15 persons had lost their lives due to cancer in the Mandi Khurd village during the past several years while many others had been battling other diseases due to polluted atmosphere. The dumping yard would only bring more misery to the village, he added. He said the issue would also be discussed at a meeting of the forum of 17 farmer and labourer
organisations.
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Cancer
awareness and detection
Bathinda, September 1 As many as 40 villages of Bathinda, Mansa and Muktsar districts are already being served under the project for the past over an year. In these villages, eight mobile vans (three each in the villages of Bathinda and Muktsar districts and two in Mansa district) have been providing healthcare services. At a meeting held here recently with the medical officers (MOs) of the project from Bathinda, Mansa and Muktsar districts, in-charge of the RCHS Dr Rajinder Jalali asked them to identify 40 more villages in their respective areas that could be brought under the project. The project manager of from Bathinda, Dr Indu Bhushan Aggarwal, said though it was a public private partnership (PPP) project between the Ranbaxy Laboratories and the Punjab Government, the medicines were being provided and laboratory tests of the patients were being done free of cost by the Ranbaxy. However, the Punjab Health Department was extending cooperation in providing medical services to the rural patients, he added. During the past 13 months, 15 women from Bhagta, Lambi, Doda, Sardoolgarh, Budhlada, Malout and Talwandi Sabo areas were found to be suffering from cervical cancer. However, four cases of breast cancer were also detected during this period from Budhlada, Doda and Bhagta areas while one male patient from Bhagta area was found to be suffering from oral cancer. To create awareness among the rural folk, films on the topics like anti-smoking, drug de-addiction and save the girl child are also being screened. Besides, pamphlets regarding different diseases like swine flu, dengue and malaria are also being distributed. |
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Experts emphasise ecological farming in Punjab
Abohar, September 1 They resolved to organise a debate before the beginning of the process for the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections requiring political parties to explain their stand on bringing back the farmers on sound footings. The experts also blamed the state government for high incidence of cancer in the rural areas of the Malwa region. It is the cause of concern that the ‘Cancer train’ originating from Abohar has emerged as globally known name, they said. The workshop organised by ASHA (Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture) exhorted the Punjab Government to urgently adopt an organic farming policy for the state and promote ecological farming on a large-scale. On the occasion experts including Suresh Desai, noted eco-farming pioneer and sugarcane expert, Dr Ramanjaneyulu of Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad, Padmashri Narsimha Raju Yadav, leading organic farmer from Gudur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, Prakash Raghuvanshi from Varanasi, Umendra Dutt of Kheti Virasat Mission, ASHA national convener Kavitha Kuruganti presented their views. Many farmers vowed to bid adieu to Bt cotton cultivation. |
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Teacher Eligibility Test
Bathinda, September 1 In a press release issued here today, Harjeet Jeeda and Balkaran Singh of the Front said a large number of unemployed teachers would take part in the rally to force the government to scrap the TET and re-introduce the old system of recruitment of the teachers. They said the unemployed teachers would intensify their agitation at a grand scale if the demand was not met. They also said block-level teams had been formed to lead the unemployed teachers from all blocks of the Bathinda district in reaching Barnala on September 11.
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Teachers awaiting salary for eight months
Fazilka, September1 As per sources, the government has not released grant for the posts of aided school teachers. Thakral resented that that when he contacted the DPI primary office, Chandigarh, regarding the non-payment of the salary, he did not get satisfactory reply and was told that the file is awaiting the signature of the DPI for clearance of the grant. |
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SGPC
polls
Moga, September 1 Talking to The Tribune, he said there is a lot of work to be done for the Sikh community and the society as a whole in the state. “The SGPC would launch a movement to bring in social reforms and educate the youth to turn away from drug addiction and focus on education,” he said. While claiming that the SAD was committed for the welfare of the people, Tota Singh said the state government had also launched hundreds of development projects, various schemes for welfare of the society, improved the power sector, raised the standards of educational institutes and filled thousands of vacancies in all the government departments and corporations/boards. In reply to a question, he said the Congress is indirectly interfering in the polls of the religious body. The local-level leaders of the Congress were actively campaigning against the SAD candidates, he claimed. |
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Six held for stealing electronic goods from godown
Bathinda, September 1 The accused have been identified as Deepak Kumar, a resident of Bathinda city, Seviar Pal of Bir Talab village, Rampal alias Garibu of Joga Nand, Lakhvir Kumar of Pujawala Mohalla, Ajay Kumar of Jogi Nagar and Sukhwinder Singh of Sirianwala Mohalla. A case has been registered against them at the Sadar police station. Bathinda SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill said one of the employees of the showroom had a duplicate key of the godown’s lock and he stole seven refrigerators, seven air conditioners, seven washing machines, four televisions, an LCD, two tempos and a motorcycle. Sadar SHO Gurjeet Singh Romana said the employee at the godown and a former employee were the main culprits and others were accused of purchasing the stolen goods at a low price. After nabbing the accused, the police brought the matter into the notice of the owners of the godown and a complaint was lodged against the accused. All the accused are in the age group of 20 to 30 years. Interestingly, they had purchased a tempo after selling the stolen material few days ago to transport the stolen material.
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Army Captain booked for cheating
Bathinda, September 1 In his complaint to the police, sewadar of gurdwara Haji Rattan Lakha Singh alleged that the Captain took money in lieu of giving job to his son in the Military Engineering Services (MES), for which the posts were advertised in 2010. Lakha alleged that the Captain visited gurdwara Talwandi Sabo in 2009 where he was deployed as sewadar. “After making a round of gurdwara enquiring its history, the Captain offered to help me in any of the works related with the Army or the Bathinda cantonment. He offered the official and residential address and told to meet sometime,” said Lakha. He alleged that the Captain came to his house after few months and took Rs 80,000 in lieu of helping his son to get job of a clerk in the MES. Lakha claimed that the Captain had assured to return the money if his son failed to get the job. However, the money was not repaid and the Captain got transferred to the 31 RR battalion, Udhampur a few months back. The police officials said they have registered the case after preliminary investigation under Section 420 of the IPC. An enquiry was conducted by the EOW (Economic Offences Wing). The case is registered at the Kotwali police station. |
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Ghudda girls triumph at district level games
Bathinda, September 1 Pardeep Kaur, a student of Class XI (Arts) clinched the first position in under-19 (girls) 55 kg category. Similarly, Sukhdeep Kaur of Class XI (Medical) also got the first position in under-19 (girls) 63 kg category while Parminder Kaur of Class IX remained at third position under-19 (girls) 44 kg category. Pardeep Kaur and Sukhdeep Kaur have been selected for the state-level games scheduled to begin at Tarn Taran from September 2.
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