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Makkar to meet PC, seeks session of new SGPC House
Rice sheller owner abducted in Baretta
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NFL staff’s car looted at gunpoint
Ramoowalia flays Centre
Vet varsity to offer free tech tips through internet
Cop along with woman friend taken into custody
Female foetus recovered
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Makkar to meet PC, seeks session of new SGPC House
Bathinda, February 22 Makkar, who was here today to enquire about the health condition of ailing Rajya Sabha member Balwinder Singh Bhunder at a private hospital, said due to the indifferent attitude of the central government, the process could not be completed so far. Makkar said as part of the process, the deputy commissioner would convene the meeting of the new House for election to the post of the president. After that the president would take over the House and would initiate proceedings for the election of other office-bearers of the SGPC. He said just as a cabinet is required to run the state government, so the SGPC also needed an executive committee to run its affairs. Makkar, however, said as the new SGPC Board was notified by the Centre on December 17 last so it would continue to work, including the passage of the SGPC budget that had to be passed by the SGPC till March 31. He said the SGPC would also perform its day to day work, including those relating to schools, hospitals and gurdwaras. To a question, Makkar said the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation should forget that it would succeed in getting the new SGPC House dissolved. He said the SGPC had already filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's decision that has restored the voting rights of the Sehajdhari Sikhs. On the occasion, SGPC member Amrik Singh and national general secretary
of the Youth Akali Dal Jagmohan Singh Makkar were also present. |
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Rice sheller owner abducted in Baretta
Baretta (Mansa), February 22 Amit Kumar was reportedly kidnapped from near Mander village adjoining Baretta town. Local residents said the victim was kidnapped from near a police post and the kidnappers fled in another car leaving the car of their victim by the roadside. Amit and his family members have rice shellers in Babbanpur village and Baretta besides a cotton factory in Baretta. The house of the victim is frequently visited by the police officials and none of the family members who were in panic interacted with the media. Budhlada DSP Sarabjit Singh, who is investigating the case, said the family members of the missing man are unable to clear a few doubts and the police is yet to register a case of kidnapping in this connection. He said the police is working on various theories including that of kidnapping. Senior police officials, including the area SHO, DSP and SSP visited the house of Amit and were investigating the matter. Police officials said Amit left for Babbanpur from Baretta in a car in the morning and he was followed by some unidentified people in another car. His car was stopped by another car and he was forcefully taken away by some unidentified people. Police have set up nakas and were exploring various possibilities to trace the missing man. Senior Superintendent of Police Pardeep Kumar Yadav could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. |
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NFL staff’s car looted at gunpoint
Bathinda, February 22 Singla refused to hand over the car keys and decided to drive away. The youths, however, took out a pistol and fired at him. The bullet hit a spot in the car near his legs but Singla was unhurt. He immediately threw the keys of his car and decided to slip away. The incident took place at around 7.30 pm and the matter was brought to the notice of the police over an hour after the incident. In-charge of the thermal plant police station, Darshan Singh said the victim went to his house and failed to immediately inform the police out of fear. He was shivering with fear while recording his statement before the police, said the cops investigating the matter. All the SHOs in the district and adjoining areas were informed about the incident and special teams were constituted to nab the culprits. Sources in the police said they have been told to raid the possible hideouts of the culprits in nearby areas. While some of the senior police functionaries have been told to visit the nearby mandis to round up people with a criminal background, others have been told to visit and meet their sources in nearby districts. SHO Darshan Singh said so far, no case has been registered and efforts are being made to recover the car and arrest the miscreants before morning. Meanwhile, panic gripped the area around the thermal lakes where the incident took place. Local shopkeepers said commuters in the areas surrounding the thermal lakes become vulnerable to miscreants at night despite the deployment of the police at the nearby traffic lights. |
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Dignitaries come calling to meet ailing Bhunder
Bathinda, February 22 Bhunder was admitted to the hospital in the morning yesterday after he suffered a heart attack at his residence at Sardoolgarh in Mansa district. After meeting Bhunder, Makkar said he was now in good health as he was feeling very fine. He said he prayed to the Almighty for the early and complete recovery of Bhunder so that he could serve the Panth and the party as early as possible. Ramoowalia also expressed similar views. Dilraj Singh Bhunder, the son of Balwinder Singh Bhunder, told Ramoowalia that his father was now fine and he had eaten breakfast and lunch today. When contacted, in- charge of the Pragma Hospital Dr GS Gill, DM
(Cardiology), said Bhunder was now in good health and had taken normal diet today. His blood pressure and pulse rate also remained stable today, he added. Dr Gill further said that as Balwinder Singh Bhunder was fit now, so he would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. |
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Farmer adopts apiculture, says money sweeter than honey
Moga, February 22 The progressive farmer, Gurbax Singh, a resident of the Samalsar village of the Baghapurana sub-division under Moga district started keeping bees with the help of the agriculture department in the year 1994-95 with just five boxes. Now, he has 250 boxes and his net earning from selling honey and production of honey bees is Rs 5 lakh per year. Talking to The Tribune, Gurbax said he owned just 2.5 acres of land from which it was very difficult to make both ends meet but switching to apiculture had not only raised his economic status but also helped to educate his children. “My son recently joined the state police service after completing his graduation while my daughter is doing her graduation in education,” he said. He said profit was earned through dedication and hard work. “I migrate with the bee colonies (boxes) from my village to Ganganagar in Rajasthan in the winters during the flowering of oil seed and pulses crops, to Jalandhar district in the sunflower season and to Muktsar during the flowering of eucalyptus trees just after the winter,” he said. Meanwhile, the chief agriculture officer of Moga Dr Ravi Kumar Sabbarwal and agriculture officer Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar revealed that the union government provides 50 per cent subsidy on the purchase of bee colonies and the farmers should come forward to adopt beekeeping as an allied agricultural practice. They said that the agriculture department facilitates to provide training on beekeeping to the interested farmers through the Agriculture Technology and Management Agency (ATMA) in association with the
Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) under the supervision of the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana. Dr Brar said , “This is an ideal time to start beekeeping because the period between February 20 to April 15 has pollen and nectar in abundance, rewarding bee flora are available and weather conditions also remain normally favourable to apiculture.” He said that brood rearing in the colonies was in full swing these days and the colonies grow rapidly helping to multiply the existing colonies. “The bee colonies can be migrated to eucalyptus plantation in the beginning of March, when flowering is at its peak,” he said. Gurbhej Singh a bee keeper of Dosanj village who started bee keeping in 2009 from ten colonies, now has 40 colonies. He said that he plans to double his bee colonies by the end of the next year. Adding that there are at least 10,000 bee colonies with an estimated production of 4,000 quintals of honey annually, the agro scientists said the farmers should first get proper training and adopt latest scientific innovations to make beekeeping a more profitable ‘enterprise’. |
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Ramoowalia flays Centre
Bathinda, February 22 To a question, Ramoowalia said if the Congress-led UPA government withdrew the powers from the EC to make it toothless then it would be a big jolt to the democratic set up of the country. He warned the Centre not to do so otherwise people would never forgive it. Ramoowalia was here today to enquire about the well-being of Rajya Sabha member Balwinder Singh Bhunder in a private hospital here. With regard to the results of the Assembly elections in Punjab, Ramoowalia claimed the SAD-BJP alliance would emerge victorious in a big way. He was of the view that the SAD-BJP alliance would win at least 70 seats as the people had voted for the development works undertaken by the incumbent government during its tenure in the state. However, Ramoowalia expressed his anguish over the manner in which the political parties were taking up the issues in the elections, wheher it be Punjab or other states like Uttar Pradesh. He said he was also worried over the manner in which money and drugs were distributed to lure the voters in the elections. He said the political issues, raised by the parties several times, did not talk about the welfare of the people. |
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Vet varsity to offer free tech tips through internet
Sriganganagar, February 22 Announcing this, Veterinary University
(Bikaner) vice-chancellor Dr AK Gahlot said at the valedictory function of the 7th annual Bhatner Horse Fair that the experts will be available for free consultation to promote animal husbandry as allied business online. The week-long fair organised on the Abohar bypass on Hanumangarh-Abohar road attracted foreigners as well. Gahlot hoped the fair would get due global recognition by next year.
Zila Parishad vice-chairperson Shabnam presided over the prize distribution function. Rural Development minister Vinod Chaudhary and Lok Sabha member Bharat Ram Meghwal released grants worth Rs 2 lakh each for the organising committee. Some farmers made contribution of Rs one lakh on the occasion. Nukora and Marwari brands of horses were in good demand with traders from Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir. Minister Vinod Chaudhary assured that efforts to get the ban on export of Marwari horses lifted would be intensified. District Collector Bhanu Parkash Atru and Sangria MLA Dr Param Navdeep also promised assistance in making the annual fair more significant. |
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Cop along with woman friend taken into custody
Moga, February 22 Confirming this, DSP of Baghapurana Gurmeet Singh told The Tribune that a head constable Daljit Singh, recently given local rank promotion to the post of an ASI, was caught red- handed along with a woman under suspicious conditions. “He has been placed under suspension and a departmental inquiry has also been marked against him,” the DSP said. He said that Daljit has been taken into custody under section 109 of the CrPC as a preventive measure. As per the law, he would have to furnish a security bond for good behaviour for at least one year before an executive magistrate, after which, he would
be released from custody. As per the details available, Daljit came with a woman friend in a house of a Baghapurana locality. The nearby residents locked the house from the outside and informed about the cop’s act to the senior authorities of the district police. The senior authorities of the police caught the head constable red-handed along with the woman. Further investigations were in progress at the time of writing this news report. |
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Female foetus recovered
Bathinda, February 22 Police official said the head of the foetus was devoured by stray dogs. It seems that there was life in the foetus and it was wrapped in a bag, manufactured by a Ludhiana-based factory, for supply to the government hospitals. A case has been registered by the police against unidentified people and the foetus was shifted to the local Civil Hospital for post-mortem. |
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