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Bank officials under scanner
Colleges not equipped to tackle medical urgencies
Man killed as truck hits motorbike
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City lad scores 198th rank in civil services exam
Eight students from district make it to the next level
3 school lecturers suspended
Three held with drugs
SBoP opens all-women branch
Deputy general manager SP Shrimali addresses staff members during the inaugural ceremony of the ‘Ladies specialised branch’ of the State Bank of Patiala in Bathinda. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Two held with illegal arms
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Bank officials under scanner
Bathinda, May 4 The advocate's wife Navninder Kaur has written to the secretary of the Minister of Finance in the Department of Financial Services, New Delhi, the Banking Ombudsman, Chandigarh, and the chairman and managing director of the Punjab and Sind Bank, New Delhi, in this regard. Navninder Kaur said her husband and Raj Kumar, a resident of Kikkar Bazar were two guarantors in the loan taken by Monica Garg, wife of Bhagwan Das, who did not pay it back, following which her husband's land was auctioned for Rs 1.1 crore. Navninder said Monica, the sole proprietor of M/s Ashwit Cement Service, availed of the entire loan/credit amount during July 2011 to November 2011. She claimed that prior to the auction, her husband had written to the bank officials that Raj Kumar's land was not demarcated or sealed and no public notice was put up on the land and hence, no bidder would express interest in buying it. Dhillon feared that since notices were put on his land before the auction, Raj Kumar's land would be spared while he might lose his property. She alleged that the bank officials' action was pre-planned and well-thought in connivance with the M/s Ashwit Cement Service and the guarantor number one, Raj Kumar. She alleged that the transactions revealed that the sole purpose of the defaulters was to withdraw money and never repay it as almost all the withdrawals were in cash. "The zonal manager of the bank asked my husband that he had a dual responsibility of a mortgager and a guarantor. If the property of the guarantor number 1 is not e-auctioned for some reason, our property would be auctioned and if the amount realised fell short of the payment due to the bank, then my husband's additional property would be identified and attached for auctioning," Navninder claimed. "The thought of further attachment of property had a deep impact on Darshan, who feared losing his house in the Model Town Phase-III. It led him to take the extreme step," said the deceased's brother-in-law Gurdev Singh Grewal. Grewal accused M/s Ashwit Cement Service of being a habitual loan defaulter. He alleged that both Monica Garg and Bhagwan Das had got credit limits from other banks also. It was to the tune of Rs 3.2 crore from a bank in Kikkar Bazar, Rs 2.7 crore in the name of M/s AB Traders through its sole proprietor Bhagwan Das from a bank in Arya Samaj Chowk and a credit limit of Rs 2.0 crore from a bank on the Bibiwala road. He also alleged that the original sanction of the loan/credit limit was faulty, illegal and should not have been sanctioned because the equitable mortgage of the properties of the guarantor number 1 did not meet the RBI guidelines as the property was not demarcated, there was no boundary wall around it and was located in an unauthorised area. When contacted, the bank's Bathinda zonal manager, AGM, BS Dhingra, refused to talk over the phone. When this correspondent visited his office near the Dhobiana Road, he said, "Whatever we have done is as per the guidelines." He refused to answer any query pertaining to the case and said he was not supposed to speak to the press. However, he added that the outstanding money would be recovered from the deceased's family members by auctioning the lawyer's property. He refused to give the figure as to how much amount was to be recovered from the advocate's family. The chief manager of the Punjab & Sind Bank, PS Monga, refuted all the allegations levelled by the lawyer's family. He said the bank would now recover the money by auctioning the land of the guarantor number one only. "The bank is supposed to recover its money and the auctioning and procedure of sending notices to both the guarantors was done simultaneously," Monga said. Senior Superintendent of Police Ravcharan Brar said every detail in the case would be gathered and an in-depth investigation would be conducted. "The family came to my office today and raised some suspicions against the bank officials, which would be thoroughly examined. Action would be taken after conducting thorough investigations," the SSP said. A case under Sections 306, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has already been registered against Monica Garg, her husband Bhagwan Das, both residents of the Power House Road, and Himmat Singh, a resident of the Ajit road and an inspector with the Cooperative Bank at Nathana village, at the Cantonment police station.
The family’s take
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Dhingra, zonal manager, Punjab & Sind Bank — PS Monga, Chief Manager, Punjab & Sind Bank — Ravcharan Brar, Bathinda SSP |
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Colleges not equipped to tackle medical urgencies
Bathinda, May 4 Dr Singh was attended to by the CUP's medical officer before he was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. Bathinda Tribune did a reality check of some of the higher educational institutions in the city to see if they were prepared to handle such emergencies and found most of them to be wanting. Govt Rajindra College Till two years ago, a doctor used to visit the dispensary on the college campus and attend to any medical emergencies. Although he was not employed by the college he was paid Rs 2,000 per year as honorarium. At present, there is no medical officer or nurse in the college to administer even first aid. Harjinder Singh Maur, a physics lecturer who is the in-charge of the dispensary, said he gave only sprays and balms to the students to cure a sprain or a pulled ligament. DAV College There is no medical officer in this college too. The college principal, Dr JS Anand, said whenever a student falls ill and needs immediate medical attention, he is taken to a doctor's clinic located across the road in front of the college. "Till a year ago, there used to be a medical practitioner and he used to give both homoeopathic and allopathic medicines to ailing students. But at present, we don't have anyone," said Dr Anand. Malwa College The college fares slightly better. Except for during examination days and holidays, a medical officer is available in the college. Dr Rajesh Kumar from the Adesh Hospital remains in the college for two hours everyday, between 11 am and 1 pm. In case someone on the campus falls ill when the doctor is not available, the college has an understanding with the management of the hospital located on the premises of the National Fertilizers Limited, which is located opposite the college. SSD Girls College Although there is no medical officer or an attendant in this college too, the saving grace is the fact that it is located adjacent to a hospital. "In case someone falls ill in the college, we can immediately rush him to the emergency ward of the hospital," said college principal Parminder Kaur Tanghi. Govt
Polytechnic College "There is no post for a medical officer or a nurse in government educational institutions. We have a course in pharmacy and usually pay a teacher a little extra from the student fund to attend to the medical emergencies, if any. Although we have not encountered any such problem, in case a students falls ill, he/she would have to be rushed to the Civil Hospital as there is no one in the college to administer first aid," said college principal Yadwinder Singh.
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Man killed as truck hits motorbike
Bathinda, May 4 A case under sections 304-A, 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC has been registered against the accused truck driver at the Talwandi Sabo police station. Motorbikes stolen
Two motorbikes worth nearly Rs 80,000 were stolen from the areas falling under the Kotwali police station. Ashok Kumar, a resident of Sirki
Bazar, said he had parked his bike near Panchvati Nagar and it was stolen by some unidentified persons. The estimated cost of the bike is nearly Rs 45,000. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at Kotwali police station. In a similar complaint, Harsimran Singh of Jaitu Mandi said his bike, worth nearly Rs 35,000, was stolen from outside the Mittal Mall. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered against the unidentified accused at Kotwali police station. One booked for kidnapping
Police has registered a case against Mahish Kumar, a resident of Bathinda, for abducting a student of BCA second year. In a complaint to the police, Om
Parkash, a resident of Uttar Pradesh said when he went to fetch his daughter from Rajindra College, her colleague residing near Power House road, informed her that his daughter had gone for marriage with Manish Kumar. The father brought the matter to the notice of the police station and a case under section 366 of the IPC was registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station. One booked for theft
Police has registered a case against
Raju, a resident of Barnala for stealing pigs worth nearly Rs 45,000. The complainant, Nirmala
Devi, a resident of Jujhar Singh Nagar, said the accused Raju had stolen eight pigs from near her house. A case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the cantonment police station. Suicide case: One booked
Police has registered a case against
Jaggi, a resident of Tapa after the suicide committed by one Jagmel Singh of Bhairupa village. In a complaint to the police, Bhura Singh of Bhairupa said Jagmel Singh committed suicide after he came to know about the illicit relations of Jaggi with his wife. The complainant said Jagmel Singh ended his life at Lehra Bega village. A case under sections 306 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Nathana police station. Woman injured in mishap
Rajni Rani, a resident of Balianwali village, complained that the driver of an unidentified tractor rammed his vehicle into her while she was walking near her village at around 9 pm on April 29. The complainant said her legs were fractured in the accident and she was taken to the hospital by the villagers and her relatives. The police was informed about the accident and a case under sections 279 and 337 of the IPC was against the unidentified accused at the Balianwali police station. No arrests have been made by the police so far. |
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City lad scores 198th rank in civil services exam
Bathinda, May 4 He said, “When I checked the results, I was elated as the hard work that I had put in while preparing for the examination paid off.” Gaurav, who studied at St Xavier’s High School and SSD Senior Secondary School in Bathinda, and Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, says that when he was in class VIII, he developed an inclination towards national and international current affairs. “I saw two of my father’s friends preparing for the UPSC examination and watching them study prompted me to think about my career choice. I too wanted to do the same,” he said. After being posted as a medical officer at the Civil Hospital in Bhagta, he thought of following his childhood dream. “As a medical officer, I had a limited scope of delivering my services to the people and thought that if I get into civil services, I would have a wider horizon to work, be sensitive towards the problem of the public and solve them with the help of available resources,” he added. He said although the wait for the result was over, he was now waiting to know the service that he would be joining. He had opted for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS), in that order. Gaurav’s father is an additional superintendent engineer at the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Bathinda, while his mother teaches social studies at a government school in Virk Kalan. His younger sister is undergoing training at the Infosys in Mysore.
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Inspire awards Tribune News Service
Bathinda, May 4 Students of class VI-VIII from as many as 109 schools from across the district displayed projects and models related to various topics in science, engineering, mathematics and environmental issues during the exhibition. The felicitation ceremony was held under the guidance of District Education Officer (Secondary) Harkanwaljeet Kaur. The chief guest on the occasion was the deputy director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Parampal Kaur Maluka. Also present were the District Science Supervisor, Jarnail Singh and deputy director, Admission Cell, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Meva Singh Sidhu. Projects and models made by Navpreet Singh (GSSS, Killi Nihal Singh), Sandeep School (GMS Lehra Sauda), Manpreet School (GMS, Mannwala), Shiba Parveen (GMS, Rajgarh), Manpreet Singh, (GMS, Sukha Singh Wala), Mehak (GSSS Bathinda), Parmeet Kaur (GHS, Sardargarh) and Simarjeet Singh (GHS Bir Talab) were chosen to be displayed at the state-level Inspire awards exhibition. Impressed by the project made by Amandeep Kaur, a student of Government Middle School, Mehma Bhagwana, Meva Singh Sidhu announced that he would bear the cost of her education till class XII. Exhibition of the projects and models made by the students of class X-XII will begin on May 6 at the Teachers' Home.
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3 school lecturers suspended
Bathinda, May 4 The suspension orders were passed after the information that the lecturers had submitted about the number of students in the medical and non-medical streams in the school turned out to be fictitious. Those who have been suspended with immediate effect are economics lecturer and officiating principal of the school Harjit Singh, mathematics lecturer Naresh Kumar and biology lecturer Neelam. The Minister stated that in an attempt to keep their posts intact, the lecturers furnished wrong details mentioning presence of 22 students in non-medical and medical streams. During an inquiry, the number of students was found to be only five. The Education Department in the state has asked all the schools to abide by the required teacher-students ratio under the rationalisation policy-2013. Following the incident, all the officials and teachers of the department have been cautioned against submitting wrong information.
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Three held with drugs
Bathinda, May 4 Gurpreet Singh of Maur Mandi was arrested with nearly 3,000 habit-forming tablets from near Maur Khurd village. Police has registered a case under sections 22, 61, 85 of the narcotoc Druga and Psychotropic Substances
(NDPS) Act against the accused at the Maur police station. Gurtej Singh was arrested with 6,650 habit-forming drugs from near Sekhu village. A case under sections 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused at the Rama police station. |
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SBoP opens all-women branch
Bathinda, May 4 The branch was inaugurated by the bank’s chief general manager (CGM) Pukhraj Kanther. Deputy general manager of the zone, SP Shrimali, assistant general manager Lachhman Singh, DK Dhawan and Narinder Bansal were also present. A meeting of the top 30 customers of the bank was also held at the Civil Lines wherein customers were given information about various schemes and services extended by the bank.
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Two held with illegal arms
Bathinda, May 4 The accused were taken to the police station and a case under sections 25, 27 and
54 and section 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused
at the Dyalpura police station. — TNS |
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