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IT Dept takes steps for effective monitoring
136 penalised for smoking in public places in current fiscal year
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Confessions of shopaholics: Shop till you drop
Farmers get their animals, pets checked at animal health camp
Posing as qualified doctor, female quack arrested
After fight over consuming alcohol, man hits uncle to death
Thieves try to break into a retail shop in Model Town
Wallet snatched
380 kg poppy husk seized
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IT Dept takes steps for effective monitoring
Bathinda, February 16 Further, do not wonder when people from the IT department come to you seeking explanation of your income for the payment you made against the credit card bill amounting to
Rs 1 lakh! In a bid to make monitoring more effective, the IT Department has identified several types of transactions to corner the tax evaders and defaulters, disclosed Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Amritsar region, KS Pathania while talking exclusively to the Bathinda Tribune on Thursday. Pathania said altogether 12 types of sources for collecting information of transactions have also been identified by the department to ensure effective monitoring. Claiming that evading income tax may not be easy nowadays, Pathania said that collection of information from several sources had been made compulsory. The sources for collection of information would be registrars/local municipal bodies, RTO, finance companies, car dealers, banks, hotels, travel agents, airlines, mutual funds etc, Pathania said. Explaining how it would help in monitoring, the chief commissioner said if any one makes sale or purchase of vehicle valued at `5 lakh and above, the information like name of the person could be collected from transport office or vehicle dealer and the department may inquire or assess the appropriateness of the source of the income of that particular person and his or her track record concerning filing of IT return and other details. “If any thing is found inappropriate, the person may be asked to explain,” Pathania said. Pathania said depositing `2 lakh or more in bank in a day would be an information for the IT department and the information would be collected from the banks who are supposed to divulge the transactions, name of the persons and other details. |
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136 penalised for smoking in public places in current fiscal year
Bathinda, February 16 However, during the year 2009-10, the health authorities challaned 34 persons and collected an amount of `3,010 from them as fine. Similarly, in the year 2010-11, the authorities challaned 55 persons for smoking at public places and collected `5,195 as fine. Thus, during the last about three years, the health authorities had challaned 225 persons and recovered `16,395 as fine. When contacted, the District Health Officer-cum-Nodal Officer for checking smoking at public places Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa said under the Tobacco Control Act, they challaned persons for smoking at public places like bus stand, railway station, hospitals, district administrative complex etc. Dr Randhawa further said the main aim of the Act was to stop people from smoking in public places for saving the common masses from becoming passive smokers. He said it had come to notice that passive smoking had also been emerging as a cause of cancer in the country. He said this was the reason that smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants and clubs, had also been banned. Dr Randhawa also said there was no ‘Hukkah Bar’in the district. During a checking conducted by the health authorities, it was found that there was no such place in this district. He added that however, ‘hukkah bars’ were illegal. Dr Randhawa said to check the smoking at public places, a team of the health department, including assistant nodal officer Dr Ashok Monga, a drug inspector and a sanitary inspector, visited various public places and caught many persons violating the Act during this financial year so far. It may be mentioned here that in April 2011, as many as six persons were challaned followed by eight in May 2011, 24 in June 2011, 12 in August 2011, 36 in November 2011, six in December 2011, 33 in January 2012 and 11 in February (till February 15). Official Speak We challaned persons for smoking at various public places like bus stand, railway station and hospitals. The exercise aimed at saving others from becoming victim of passive smoking. —dr RS randhawa, nodal officer
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Teenage singer from Malwa hits the right notes, debut album releases next week
Bathinda, February 16 Meenu had been learning classical singing for the last nine years and has been adjudged the best singer at a reality show titled ‘Khoj Ek Star Singer Ki’ on the Sadhna channel in 2009. She was rewarded with ` 5 lakh as prize money. Besides, she has won accolades at singing competitions held by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) as well as the language department. Meenu's passion for singing made her parents shift from Mansa to Bathinda. “I wanted to pursue class XII with music and English elective, but schools at Mansa did not offer this course. So I had to shift to Bathinda, which also helped in my singing career,” says Meenu, who looks much younger in contrast to her claims of being 18 years old. Around three years ago, lyricist Amardeep Gill came across Meenu while hunting for a newcomer. “We were looking for new face to sing the title song of a serial named Nanhi Chhan. It was then that I came across Meenu and her talent,” said Gill, who is Meenu's mentor. Gill also helped her get training in classical singing from Ustad Puran Shahkoti, the father of singer Master Salim. Further, Gill introduced the singing talent of Meenu to a social networking site Facebook. He also uploaded a video of Meenu on the YouTube singing Sant Ram Udasi's “Meri Soch Nu Bachaeyo”. The video was well received by netizens. Encouraged by the response, Gill opened a fan page for Meenu on the Facebook and in came the proposals to lend helping hand for her future singing ventures. “Following these offers, we decided that Meenu should come out with an album. We received donations from overseas and got her album recorded at Delhi,” he added. Meenu’s album comprising nine songs will be released on February 25. While Amardeep Gill has penned seven songs, Manpreet Tiwana and Gurcharan Virk have written one song each. Even as young Meenu is confident of striking the right chord with the audience, she could not differentiate between the words of the title of her debut album. |
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No polio case detected in past year
Bathinda, February 16 On the occasion, state immunisation officer, Dr Balwinder Singh, said during the past one year no case of polio had been detected in the country. If in the next two years, no case of polio is detected in the country then the World Health Organisation (WHO) would grant ‘polio-free country’ status to India, he added. He further said there was a dire need to remain vigilant for obtaining the ‘polio-free country’ status. He said if weakness in any part of the body of a child up to 15 years of age is found in past six months then the case should immediately be brought to the notice of the office of the civil surgeon or district immunisation officer or the state immunisation officer telephonically. The health department bears the
expenditure incurred on the entire procedure to rule out the possibility of polio. A representative of WHO, Dr Mehtab Singh asked all the allopathic, homoeopathic and Ayurvedic doctors, who treat children, to inform the health authorities immediately if any case of weakness in any part of a child came to them. He even appealed to the quacks to inform the health authorities in this regard. While presiding over the CME, Bathinda Civil Surgeon Dr Iqbal Singh urged all the private doctors, who had come to attend the CME, to report the AFP cases well in time for contributing a lot in the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance. District health officer (DHO), Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa, said in the year 1988 there were 125 polio-affected countries. However, the number of polio-affected countries in the world in 2011 reduced to four (Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria) which are yet to get the status of polio-free countries, he added. Others who were present on the occasion included assistant civil surgeon Dr Sat Pal, district school health medical officer Dr Kundan Kumar, Dr SK Rajkumar, Dr Avtar Singh Dhillon, Dr Satish Jindal and president of Rotary Club Goniana Midtown Dharminder Singh. |
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Confessions of shopaholics: Shop till you drop
And the shopkeepers aren’t complaining. Smile Khanna, owner of a branded apparel store on Mall Road says despite the increase in temperature, the crowd in his shop has also been constantly increasing, and the credit goes to the ‘Upto 60% sale’ that he is offering. “This is the best period for any shopkeeper. For us, it is the clearance sale as the next winter will bring along new fashion and trends. But for the shoppers, these are the best days to go and buy clothes for the next season.” Similar are the views of Ashok Muthreja, manager of a Dhobi Bazaar store that sells branded apparel, bags, footwear and sportswear. “Ever since the sale has started, customers have
been thronging our store. On some days, we have had customers spending more than `15,000 at our store, buying shoes and track suits.” “Youngsters of the city are brand conscious and they wait for the discount season to buy their favourite pair of branded shoes or sportswear. It’s a win-win situation for both the customers and the shopkeepers,” he adds. Cherub Juneja, residing near the Ghorewala Chowk, says, “Although I’m a housewife and usually go to the market with my husband or daughter only, I do step out with the ladies in the neighbourhood to shop and
make the most of the sale. This season, I must have spent more than `25,000 on clothes for
the three of us. I wanted to buy more but stopped keeping the budget in mind. I got nice pullovers for my husband for a price as low as `300!” Anurag Aggarwal, a student of a city college, proudly confesses that all the branded clothes and footwear that he owns, has been bought during the sale season. “I’m very brand conscious but the problem with student life is that there’s never enough money to be spent on branded apparels. And this is when the bi-annual sale season comes to the rescue. This winter, I bought two pairs of shoes at almost two-thirds their original price,” he says. “I also struck quite a bargain when I bought three shorts
and got two shirts free under a special Valentine’s Day discount,” he adds. Ramesh Ahuja, owner of a woollen apparel store in Dhobi Bazaar, however, has something to complain about. “Every single piece of clothing at our store is on sale and still sometimes, women come and ask if the discount percentage is fixed. Sometimes, they even haggle for a further bargain and we have to politely turn them away. Even when it’s sale season, they want something more for free, like they get green chillies and dhaniya with their vegetables,” he says. |
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Farmers get their animals, pets checked at animal health camp
Bathinda, February 16 Farmers of the village and nearby areas visited the camp along with their animals and pets for treatment on the spot. Senior veterinary surgeon, Dr SD Jindal, along with their team examined more than 350 ill animals. The required medicines were administered to
the animals free of cost on the spot. Rajbir Taya, deputy manager (marketing), NFL, was also present on the occasion. The veterinary team of Dr Chaman Deep, veterinary officer, Pathrala, Dr Amit Jindal, RVO, Dr Sandeep Kumar, RVO and Dr Darshan Singh, veterinary inspector, Pathrala participated in the camp. At the end of the camp, MS Dhaka, AAM, NFL, proposed a vote of thanks to all the doctors who participated in the animal health camp. |
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Posing as qualified doctor, female quack arrested
Bathinda, February 16 The couple used to run their set up from their residence, situated on 60 feet road area in Basant Vihar. Police officials added that Anjali had also been selling medicines abused as drugs to people. Police has also arrested one Parvinder Singh from Guru Ki Nagri who had come to buy drugs. She has been booked under Section 420 IPC and Section 15 of Indian Medical Act 1956. Police have also recovered 100 bottles of a cough syrup and 500 tablets. |
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After fight over consuming alcohol, man hits uncle to death
Bathinda, February 16 On Thursday evening, Mewa was consuming alcohol when his uncle Baljit Singh objected. Both of them had a heated argument following which Mewa picked up a brick lying nearby and hit Baljit Singh repeatedly on his head killing him on the spot. Police have registered
a case against Mewa Singh. No arrests have been made so far. |
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Thieves try to break into a retail shop in Model Town
Bathinda, February 16 The police have registered a case against unknown persons.
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Wallet snatched
Bathinda, February 16 They threatened him at knife-point and snatched his wallet, which had
Rs 1,700 cash. Police have registered a case against Sarabjit Singh alias Cheema from Sanguana Basti, Udham Singh and Anil Kumar from Lal Singh Basti, Arun from Ladi Basti.
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380 kg poppy husk seized
Bathinda, February 16 Police have booked a case against Sukhmandar Singh and Gulai Singh, both from village Phullewala apart from an unknown person. |
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