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Winter of discontent on streets
Power bill waiver: aftershocks for govt as farmers protest
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Double murder accused let off by court for want of evidence
workshop for
Red Ribbon clubs in colleges
PTU declares results, GRDIET principal congratulates students
Conference to address English teaching and learning problems
Man gets jail for raping minor
Three students hurt in mishap
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Winter of discontent on streets
Bathinda, February 28 Further, out-door services of the state-run BSNL was also affected to some extent here as a considerable number of employees of the telecom major went on a day-long strike. Bankers, postal staff, BSNL employees and others observed strike today for what said was a step to protect the labour from the neo-economic policies adopted by the Centre. The strike was also called to protest against the rising prices, disinvestment and privatisation of profit-making PSUs and the violation of labour laws. The services at the post offices in the division remained paralysed following the thin presence of staff. Divisional secretary of All India Postal Employees Union, Group-C, Makhan Lal claimed the strike by the postal staff was complete as no work related to customer services, including registry of letters, sale of stamps and cash transactions, was carried out in all the post offices falling in the Bathinda postal division, which includes Mansa district. The city post office in Bathinda was found closed in the afternoon as the presence of the non-executive staff was thin, said the leaders of the union. Earlier, the postal staff, under the banner of the National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) staged a demonstration in front of the gate of Bathinda Head Post Office in support of their demands. Assistant superintendent, post offices (ASP), Bathinda, Major Singh, however, said some postal work, like delivery of letters, booking of articles, were carried out in some post offices. Major Singh claimed that out of 34 sub-offices in Bathinda division, postal work was carried out in at least five sub-offices. As per the sources in the postal department, out of 124 clerks only 17 reported for duty on Tuesday while only 18 out of 65 post men were on duty today in the Bathinda postal division. Meanwhile, a control room aimed at collecting information from the entire division and conveying it to the Circle Office at Chandigarh was in operation at the City Post Office here. Nearly all customer services, related to cash transactions like deposit and withdrawal of cash from bank counters, were affected in the nationalised banks due to the absence of the clerical staff. "Online transfer of money was carried out," said sources in a bank adding that ATMs were also in operation today. Earlier, employees of several banks took out a procession in the main bazaars of Bathinda and also held a demonstration in front of Union Bank at Mall road. Union leaders Pawan Jindal, Binder Pal Garg, NK Bansal, KK Singla and others addressed the protesting bank employees. As far as BSNL service was concerned, the alternative arrangements made by the telecom major "proved to be handy" as internal operations were not affected in big way due to the strike by the non-executive staff, sources said. However, as nearly fifty per cent of the staff observed strike, services like fault fixing and others suffered, sources added. Cash transactions like payment of bill and SIM purchase were carried out at the customer service centre (CSC) at Bharat Nagar, sources said. District secretary of the BSNL Employee Union, Bathinda, Manohar Lal, claimed that both in-door and out-door services were affected as the executives were unable to function properly in the absence of nearly 75 per cent of the staff. |
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Power bill waiver: aftershocks for govt as farmers protest
Bathinda, February 28 The farmers and members of the 16 kisan unions raised slogans against the state government for not waiving electricity bills and failing to fulfill assurances given during the Gobindpura agitation, among others. District president of BKU (Ekta-Ugraha) Shingara Singh Mann said the labourers are still waiting to get the electricity bill waiver for 200 units, a promise made by the present dispensation. Now, the officials of the electricity department have ordered disconnection of power supply to those labourers who have failed to clear their dues. Mann said none of the promises made by the present SAD-BJP government have been fulfilled till date. The farmer leaders said the promises made during the agitation against the setting up of a thermal plant at Gobindpura village in Mansa district too are pending. They said the state government had assured those farmers who refused to hand over their land for the thermal plant that one of their family members would get a job. The family members of such farmers are still waiting for a reply from the authorities of the thermal plant in this regard. The state government promised to give Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 as compensation by way of medical aid to those farmers who were injured in the lathicharge by the Mansa police. The injured farmers are yet to get the compensation, the kisan union leaders alleged. |
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Double murder accused let off by court for want of evidence
Bathinda, February 28 The Nehianwala police had booked Buta Singh, a resident of Bir road, for murdering the woman, Jaspinder Kaur alias Jolly, and her four-year-old son Gurpinder Singh. In his complaint to the police on January 2, 2011, Jolly's husband Satpal Singh alias Satti stated that his wife and son had been missing since December 21, 2010. He stated that one of his acquaintances, Buta Singh, had taken away his wife and son in his Maruti car (DL 4CD 1900), killed them and disposed of their bodies. On February 3, Buta Singh was arrested. In the challan presented before the court, the police said the accused Buta Singh had pushed Jolly into a canal passing near village Middu Khera after firing a shot at her while Gurpinder was thrown alive into the canal. Jolly's body was recovered some 20 kms ahead of the canal after crossing the Dabwali-Sangria road near village Sakhera Khera while Gurpinder's body was found entwined in a bridge on the Rajasthan feeder canal in the Bhartpur area. Later, police claimed to have recovered a .12 bore gun and a mobile phone from the dump of the liquor vend in village Burj
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workshop for
Red Ribbon clubs in colleges
Bathinda, February 28 Giving this information here today, Assistant Director, Youth Services, Bathinda, Kamaljit Singh Sidhu said NSS coordinators from as many as 30 colleges of the district would take part in the workshop. The NSS coordinators would come from colleges in Bathinda, Talwandi Sabo, Rampura Phul, Dhade, Goniana, Akalia Kalan, Raman Mandi, Jajjal, Lehra Mohabbat and Jeeda, Sidhu added. According to Sidhu, three resource persons would deliver lectures on AIDS awareness, blood transfusion and drug de-addiction. Narinder Kumar Bassi, UN community AIDS educator, would speak on AIDS awareness at the workshop. The blood transfusion officer at the local Civil Hospital, Dr Inderdeep Sra, would also deliver a talk on blood transfusion while an employee of the District Red Cross Society Naresh Pathania would speak on drug de-addiction. Sidhu said the workshop was being organised with the help of Punjab State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh. In-charge officer of the Red Ribbon Clubs, Punjab State AIDS Control Society, Mohnish Mittal would also attend the workshop. The main aim of the workshop is to create awareness among the college students against AIDS through the NSS coordinators, he added. Sidhu also said after the workshop, the red ribbon clubs would be set up in all 30 colleges of the district. According to Sidhu, about 1500 students would be made members of the RRCs who would act as peer educators. He also said each RRC would be given a grant of Rs 2,500 per annum to run the activities of the club. It may be mentioned here the Red Ribbon Club is an on campus programme for the students in the educational institutions. Red is a sign of warning that suggests in case of HIV/AIDS, one should not carelessly ignore what is one of the biggest problems confronting this era. |
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Science Day observed
Bathinda, February 28 A member of the CUP faculty, Dr Varghese, informed the audience about the significance of Science Day. He said it was decided to observe the day to mark the discovery of Raman Effect by Nobel laureate Dr CV Raman. As the day coincided with the foundation day of the CUP, Dean, Academic Affairs, P Ramarao spoke about the achievements of the university and the academic and intellectual strides it had taken. Vice-Chancellor Prof Jai Rup Singh welcomed the chief guest Dr SS Gill. He also spoke of the possibility of collaborating with the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, in future. In his speech, Dr SS Gill, spoke about the importance given to scientific research by the Government of India in the last few years, which has resulted in a phenomenal rise in the percentage of population dedicated to scientific professions, number of research-based institutes and the number of scientific research-based publications in India. After the lecture, the students presented a vibrant and colourful cultural programme and performed a one-act play, Andher Nagari, besides folk-dance, giddha, shabad and group songs. Competitions in poster making, photography, painting, essay writing and poetry recitation were also held on the occasion. Paintings, posters and photographs from the competition were also put on display in the exhibition hall. The one-act play, Andher Nagari, drew a huge applause from the audience. Meanwhile, the Punjab Technical University Giani Zail Singh campus chose cleaner energy options and nuclear safety as its theme for Science Day. The applied sciences department of the institute organized a function where physicist Dr Bhajan Singh, from the Punjabi University, Patiala, was the chief guest. Dr Gursharan Singh, head of the department of applied science, welcomed the chief guest. Principal Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal also motivated the participants to show their skills and win the top positions in the various contests held to mark the occasion. Inter-college quiz competition, poster making, slide show, paper presentation and working model contests were held to mark the day. In these contests, Sikhvir Kaur and Satinder Verma (GRDIET) and Ruchika and Vikas Arya (PTU, GZS campus) got the first and second places in paper presentation. In poster making, Harsh and Anil Kumar (GRDIET) and Yukti Pandey and Indira Joshi (PTU, GZS campus) got the first and second places. Shiba and Shivam (PTU, GZS campus) and Neelash Goyal, Lovish Jain and Rajveer Singh (PTU, GZS campus) secured the first and second positions in the technical working model competition. In clay modelling, Rahul Chaudhry and Preeti (PTU, GZS campus), Satya Prakash and Harjeet Singh (GRDIET) got the first and second places. Amandeep and Nikhil Malik (PTU GZS campus) and Mehak Singla achieved the first and second positions in slide show. Chief guest Dr Bhajan Singh gave away prizes to the winners and congratulated the participants. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) co-sponsored these celebrations. |
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PTU declares results, GRDIET principal congratulates students
Bathinda, February 28 The principal of the college, Dr HS Sandhu congratulated the students and said in CSE branch 5th semester, Inderjeet Kaur, Anamika and Ina clinched the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions. In the fourth semester, Harpreet Garg topped. In ECE 5th semester, Prabhjot Kaur, Manish and Nitin got the first, second and third positions. For ECE 4th semester, the positions went to Poonam, Priya and Veerpal and in EE 5th semester, to Rajan, Puneet and Tony. In MC, Love and Aman got 80.62 and 80.51 per cent marks, respectively while in 4th semester, Amandeep and Ajot got 78.5 and 72.4 per cent marks. The chairman, Prof Harbhajan Singh credited the director Prof Daljit Singh, the staff and the students for the good results. |
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Conference to address English teaching and learning problems
Bathinda, February 28 The conference aims at a discussion on the problems of teaching and learning of English language in the non-native post-colonial countries like India. Prof BS Dahiya, former VC of Kurukshetra University and Prof GR Kataria, Punjabi University, Patiala and Prof Jasbir Jain, director, IRIS Jaipur will be present on Day 1 and 2, respectively. The valedictory session will be addressed by Prof PS Romana from CUP and Dr Jagroop Singh of Punjabi University.
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Man gets jail for raping minor
Bathinda, February 28 In his complaint, the girl's uncle stated that she was missing since March 2, 2011. Gurdeep was accused of luring her away on the pretext of marrying her. The accused was arrested on March 4 and the girl was recovered from his house. The court awarded the sentence under sections 363, 366 and 376 of the IPC.
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Three students hurt in mishap
Bathinda, February 28 According to sources, the injured girls are the students of a government school located at Mall road in Bathinda. Following the information about the mishap, volunteers of the NGO, Sahara Jan Sewa, reached the accident site and admitted the injured to a hospital. |
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