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Heatwave conditions: No respite in sight
Frequent power cuts ail Civil Hospital
Sarai Rohilla Exp to run as F’pur Intercity from May 27
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Shopkeepers protest towing away of wrongly-parked car
150 children attend summer camp
Pregnant women advised to get single blood glucose test done
Professional degree courses at CUP get AICTE nod
Pbi movies more dear to me, says Arya Babbar
Smeksha praises Jimmy Shergill, wants to work with him
Valuables worth Rs
8.8 lakh stolen
Harpreet and Ajay guide Bathinda to crucial win over Kapurthala
City players clinch 7 medals at tae kwon do championship
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Heatwave conditions: No respite in sight
Bathinda, May 21 Hot winds blowing at the speed of two kilometres per hour forced the residents to stay indoors. Market places wore a deserted look during the daytime and those who did step out did so with their faces covered to save themselves from sunburns. While the maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at 46 degree Celsius, the night temperature was 25.4 degree Celsius. While the maximum temperature has been the same over the past three days, the increase in minimum temperature spelled warm nights. The days are turning dry with the humidity being recorded at around 65 per cent in the morning and oscillating between 13 and 15 per cent in the daytime. As per the weather forecast released by the Agri-met department of the PAU Regional Station, Bathinda, there seems to be no respite in sight from the intense heatwave across North India. Even the Western Disturbances (WD) are not expected to bring about any change in weather conditions.
How to Beat the heat
Drink a lot of water but avoid drinking chilled water while travelling under the sun or immediately reaching your destination. It may cause headache.
Avoid switching on the air-conditioner immediately after you reach home or office. Human body takes time to adjust to the change in temperature. Sit under a fan for at least two-three minutes and then switch on the AC. Preferably, eat a lot of salad or fibre-rich foods and fruits to keep the body’s digestive system in good condition. Avoid eating oily food as it not only makes one lethargic, but it also tends to generate heat in the body. Drink at least two glasses of water before you step out in the sun to make sure your body does not dehydrate. Drink at least 7-8 glasses (2-3 litres) of water everyday. This would help in replenishing the salts that are lost during perspiration. Wear spectacles or sunglasses while stepping out in the sun to avoid damage to the eyes due to the ultra-violet rays. Wear loose-fitting, pastel-shade cotton fabrics as these air the body well and also don’t absorb much heat. |
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Frequent power cuts ail Civil Hospital
Bathinda, May 21 The Emergency ward has been given a hotline connection, but when the power supply to the Civil Station is cut off, the hotline connection too goes off. “Condition is worst in the cabins that are built with glasses. When the power goes off, the gensets present are only able to serve the main administrative block and some parts of the OPD. We employees have to sweat it out and the work is affected,” said one of the clerical staff on duty. Whenever the power goes off, the primary aim of running the gensets is to ensure that the blood bank gets uninterrupted power supply. “We have precious units of blood stored there and they can get spoiled if the power remains shut for a long period,” confided one of the doctors. Interestingly, the Civil Hospital has one of the oldest gensets that require frequent repairs and have high wear and tear rate. The Senior Medical Officer has written to the Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) twice, demanding 30 kilowatt genset exclusively for blood bank, but nothing has been done so far. The hospital has three gensets, one each for OPD, indoor patients and the blood bank. The 50-KV genset at the OPD block has outlived. The same genset also gives power back to the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) block. This genset was shifted from Talwandi Sabo around eight years ago and no one knows that for how long it was used there. Also, the 25-KV generator meant for indoor patients’ block was purchased in 1995, while the 15-KV genset at the blood bank was bought 15 years ago. Senior Medical Officer Dr Satish Goyal said the department has already sent a demand for augmenting the capacity of genset at blood bank to 30 KV and be given three phases. The SMO has also apprised the Bathinda (Urban) MLA, Sarup Chand Singla, about the demand during the latter’s visit to the hospital on April 11 this year. Similarly, at the Women and Children Hospital, more generators are needed. Meanwhile, the PSPCL XEN HD Goyal said the hotline connection to the Civil Hospital gets disrupted only when the load of the Civil Station feeder is shifted to another one. “During load shifting, the power supply is cut off, but resumed soon after,” he said, adding that there were not scheduled power cuts in the city. "Whenever power goes off, it is due to the load shifting," he said. Fact file
Due to frequent snapping of power supply, patients and staff at the Civil Hospital are finding it difficult to bear the heat. The Emergency ward has been given a hotline connection, but when the power supply to the Civil Station is cut off, the hotline connection too goes off. Whenever the power goes off, the primary aim of running the gensets is to ensure that the blood bank gets uninterrupted power supply. The hospital has three gensets, one each for OPD, indoor patients and the blood bank. The 50-KV genset at the OPD block has outlived. The 25-KV generator meant for indoor patients’ block was purchased in 1995, while the 15-KV genset at the blood bank was bought 15 years ago. |
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Sarai Rohilla Exp to run as F’pur Intercity from May 27
Bathinda, May 21 A temporary train, the Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express had no charted schedule and has been missing from the websites of the Railways and tourism departments since February 1, 2013. The 04010 Bathinda-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express train was started in October 2012 and began its journey from Bathinda. From Sarai Rohilla, the train used to be further extended to Thindwari area in Madha Pradesh. Though the train is running daily, it finds no mention at railway booking counters. At its launch, the Railways authorities had said the train would be run on festivals or special occasions only. However, it got monthly extensions and even seats were booked online. From February 1 onwards, the train suddenly went missing from the booking counters. “Passengers don’t know about this train because its name does not appear on any website of the Indian Railways or at railway booking counters,” said Manu Gupta, the owner of a cyber café at the AC market here. He helps people make online bookings for railway tickets. He said though the train had reserved coaches like sleeper, AC class II and AC class III but no booking could be done. “Not only the passengers are suffering but even the Railways is incurring huge losses. Had the train been properly listed, there would have been a huge rush of passengers,” he said. Due to its absence from the Railways booking lists, the train has not registered any booking since February 1, 2013. Meanwhile, the officials at the Bathinda railway station said the Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express was a temporary train. “The temporary trains are not scheduled in the timetable as is done in the case of the Punjab Mail and the Udyan-Abha Express, which are scheduled and allotted trains for Bathinda,” said the Railways officials. Station Superintendent Pradeep Sharma added that during the last Railway Budget, Bathinda was allotted the Ferozepur Intercity and it was the Bathinda-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express that had been renamed. “The train will now be known as the Ferozepur Intercity and will start from Ferozepur. Earlier, it used to begin its journey from Bathinda,” he said. From May 27, the train would depart from Ferozepur at 4 am and its scheduled departure from Bathinda would be 5:50 am. With the change of name, the train’s schedule and online bookings too will be made available to the passengers. Fact file
A temporary train, the Bathinda-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express, had no charted schedule and has been missing from the websites of the Railways and tourism departments since February 1, 2013. From May 27, the train would depart from Ferozepur at 4 am and its scheduled departure from Bathinda would be 5:50 am. With the change of name, the train’s schedule and online bookings too will be made available to the passengers. The 04010 Bathinda-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express train was started in October 2012 and began its journey from Bathinda. Though the train is running daily, it finds no mention at railway booking counters. |
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Shopkeepers protest towing away of wrongly-parked car
Bathinda, May 21 Interestingly, the car was parked outside the yellow line. As the number of protesters increased, the Kotwali SHO and the traffic in-charge reached the place to pacify the protesters. As per the information, the owner of the car parked his vehicle outside the yellow line following which the traffic police personnel directed that the vehicle be towed away. Soon, many of the shopkeepers assembled and began protesting against the traffic police. The shopkeepers said the traffic police patrol the market at least six times a day allegedly to tow away wrongly-parked vehicles. They claimed that since there was little space for parking inside the market, the number of customers visiting the market had also decreased. As the protest turned noisier, the Kotwali SHO Jaspal Singh and the traffic police in-charge Bharpur Singh reached the site. The shopkeepers told the officers that many banks were located in the market and the parking lots were filled with the vehicles of their employees. They asked the officers to first make more parking lots and then continue with its drive against offenders.
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150 children attend summer camp
Bathinda, May 21 The camp is for the children, between the age group of 10 to 18 years, of personnel residing at the Bathinda Military Station. The camp will conclude on May 28. The camp aims at providing opportunities to the children to develop new hobbies and foster their creativity through recreational activities. As many as 150 children are attending the camp. Activities like creative art, paper craft, film making, theatre and dance, cooking, photography and self grooming will be taught to the children with the aim of enhancing their personality and encouraging them for fully utilising the summer holidays.
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Pregnant women advised to get single blood glucose test done
Bathinda, May 21 Dr Vitull attended a core committee meeting on May 18 and 19 at Chennai, where the committee had finalised three teaching modules for management gestational diabetes mellitus in the country. The committee resolved to make doctors and common people aware of the government- approved DIPSI protocol to test the pregnant women with the single blood glucose test after two hours of giving 75 grams of glucose irrespective of timing of the last meal. It has been proved to be convenient to the pregnant women and is cost effective. It is estimated that every year about 10 per cent of the pregnant women suffer from diabetes during their gestation period. Even with 10 per cent, numbers are alarming as it works out to about three million women every year, counting the total number of annual deliveries at 27 million. Statistics show that of these three million women, in 5-10 years after pregnancy, 30 per cent suffer from the type II diabetes and if these women are followed up for 20 years, it was clear that up to 70 per cent of them who had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) went on to develop diabetes. There are clear factors that facilitate diabetes in pregnancy, including enormous weight gain after pregnancy, following a sedentary lifestyle and not eating healthy. The FOGSI, DIPSI and World Diabetes Foundation are making efforts to address the problem of diabetes in the country. “The committee has felt that a diabetic pregnant woman has an increased risk of developing type II diabetes later in her life and also there is a high risk for developing diabetes to baby born to such mothers,” said Dr Vitull. The people and doctors need to be educated and sensitised about the fact that intra-uterine environment is important. The pregnant women should bring some modification in their life style, including recommended meal plan and exercise, to ensure that both mother and foetus remain diabetes free. As many as 30 gynecologists, endocrinologists and physicians from all over the country deliberated on the subject. The FOGSI and DIPSI together will train 100 master trainers to further train 1,000 others in 25 regions across the country.
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Professional degree courses at CUP get AICTE nod
Bathinda, May 21 The MPharma and MTech programmes have been accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from the academic session 2013-14. The admission to these programmes is being carried out on the all-India basis through the Central Universities Common Entrance Test -2013. The Centre for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences has got its MPharma (medicinal chemistry) and MPharma (pharmacognosy and phytochemistry) courses accredited for 36 and 18 seats, respectively, whereas the Centre for Computer Science and Technology has its MTech (computer science and technology) programme has been accredited for 24 seats. — TNS |
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Pbi movies more dear to me, says Arya Babbar
Bathinda, May 21 Elaborating on his affair with the Punjabi film industry, he said, “My father (Raj Babbar) also tasted his first showbiz success with a Punjabi film that he did. Later, he went on to carve a niche for himself in Bollywood. Similarly, I also tasted the Box Office success with my Punjabi film ‘Yaar Anmulle’. That’s why Punjabi films run in my blood.” Arya was last seen in Vishal Bharadwaj’s film ‘Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola’. While talking about his tryst with Bollywood, he said, “I am glad that I am getting good roles in films, even if they are not of the lead hero, by leading directors and banners in Bollywood.” When asked why the Punjabi film industry was dishing out comedy films one after the other and that too with the same comedians, he said, “The really big banners can think of making films which are out of the box. Everyone else wants to make money. And the best way of doing that is by catering to the public demand.” “Filmmakers supply the kind of films that the audience likes and wishes to see. In the Punjabi film industry, success of comedy films has set a benchmark which can be broken only by comedy films. After all, we are just workers and the audience is the master,” he added. Arya said the audience was far from getting bored by seeing the same comedians in almost all the films. “Had it been boring for the audience to see the same supporting cast in all the films, they would not have been coming in droves to watch films,” he said. Arya’s sister, Juhi, was last seen with Jimmy Shergill in the Punjabi film, ‘Yaaran Naal Bahaaran’. When asked if she was planning to make a comeback, Arya said, “She has had a baby recently and her son Imaan is only a couple of months old. Motherhood takes a lot of time. I hope she will join the industry again and I think she should.”
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Smeksha praises Jimmy Shergill, wants to work with him
Bathinda, May 21 Smeksha, who belongs to Chandigarh, was seen in a cameo in ‘Lucky Di Unlucky Story’. “I would say that ‘Jatts in Golmaal’ is my first Punjabi film as I am playing the lead in the movie. Sameep Kang offered me a cameo role in ‘Lucky Di Unlucky Story’ and it became the stepping stone for me,” she said. Although Smeksha has entered the Punjabi film industry now, she has been doing films down South. How did a Chandigarh girl land in Tamil and Telegu films? “I started off as a model and did a couple of print and TV advertisements. I was spotted by a Tamil filmmaker and I grabbed the offer. Initially, I had a little problem in perfecting the dialect but the cast and crew members of regional films were supportive,” she said. Smeksha has also done a couple of cameo roles in TV shows, one of the most popular being in the show, ‘Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli’. “My role in the TV show lasted for only a couple of months but I accepted the role asit gave me an exposure. The television industry has grown by leaps and bounds in the country. Some of the biggest Bollywood actors are seen on TV these days. It was fun,” she said. “Also, I’m not the kind of actress who would sit at home waiting for films, and not do anything in the meantime. So, I regularly take up advertisements and cameo roles when I’m not shooting for films,” she added. When asked which Punjabi actor she would like to work with, she candidly replied, “Where are the actors in the Punjabi film industry? There are singers-turned-actors. Now that I’ve already worked with Arya, I would love to work with Jimmy Shergill. He is a fine actor. Most of the other popular actors, Diljit and Gippy Garewal, cashed in on their popularity as singers and turned into actors.”
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Valuables worth Rs 8.8 lakh stolen
Bathinda, May 21 Youth assaulted
A youth of Amarpura Basti was allegedly beaten up by three youths. In her complaint to the Canal Colony police, the victim’s mother Amarjit Kaur stated that the incident took place on May 18 when she and her son Sandeep were going to Udham Singh Nagar. Sandeep was beaten by accused Ravi and Nachhattar Singh from Bangi Nagar and Ganju from Udham Singh Nagar. The police has registered a case. 3 booked for illegal mining
The Baliwanli police has booked three persons for carrying out illegal mining in Ramanwas village. The police has booked Jagtar Singh and Harpreet Singh, residents of Maiserkhana Bathinda, and Manjit Singh, a resident of Sakhiala village in Amritsar, under the Mining Act and IPC. One held with drugs
The Kotwali police arrested one person with habit forming drugs near the Bathinda bus stand. He has been identified as Rajinder Pal, a resident of Sidiyan Wala Mohalla, Bathinda. He was arrested with 20 bottles of a cough syrup and 200 tablets. The police has registered a case under the NDPS Act. — TNS |
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Harpreet and Ajay guide Bathinda to crucial win over Kapurthala
Bathinda, May 21 Bathinda made a poor start after winning the toss and elected to bat first. It lost three wickets for a mere 47 runs, the middle-order batsmen Manpreet, Arjun and Harpreet showed their mettle and put up a target of 314 runs for Kapurthala. Harpreet Singh scored 101 in 124 balls, Arjun Singh scored 52 in 75 balls, Karan Sharma scored 52 in 146 balls and Manpreet scored 43 in 50 balls. For Kapurthala, Vikas Chauhan took four wickets and gave 97 runs in 24 overs. Yadvinder took two wickets and gave only 25 runs in 15 overs. Kapurthala too tottered at the beginning of its first innings as it lost four wickets with only 32 runs on the board. Although its middle order batsmen did manage to do some damage control, but the team was all out for 160 runs on 65.3 overs. Vikas took 93 balls to score 34, Sajan Joshi could only score 18 in 80 balls. For Bathinda, Ajay Yadav took six wickets by conceding 22 runs in 13 overs. Kapurthala followed-on and played defensive to avoid an innings defeat. At the close of the day’s play, Kapurthla was at 71 for two. Bathinda was declared the winner on the basis of its first innings lead and earned three points from the match and its total tally reached 12. It will play its last match of the league against Ferozepur on May 23-24 in Ferozepur.
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City players clinch 7 medals at tae kwon do championship
Bathinda, May 21 In a press statement released here today, Bathinda Taekwondo Board technical coach Rakesh Kumar and Sanjiv Kumar stated that the championship was organised at Marine Drive Sports University under the aegis of the Embassy of Korea. As many as 500 players, including six from Bathinda, from various states participated in the championship. In the senior fight event, city lad Sanjeev Kumar won a gold medal, while Amandeep Kaur and Neeru Mittal won a silver medal each and Mokshika, Sukhpreet and Jagmeet Singh won a bronze medal each. Neeru, Mokshika, Sukhpreet, Amandeep Kaur and Jagmeet Singh also grabbed a gold medal in a team event. The players reached the city last night and were welcomed by Taekwondo Board of Bathinda general secretary Ravinder Singh, Vijay Mittal, Sukhdev Bansal, Deepak Kumar, Gurdeep Singh and Prince Kumar at the Bathinda Junction. |
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Kikar Bazaar here today united to protest against the towing away of a car by the traffic police personnel.
Interestingly, the car was parked outside the yellow line. As the number of protesters increased, the Kotwali SHO and the traffic in-charge reached the place to pacify the protesters.
Bathinda, May 21
comfortable with me getting into the showbiz industry. He used to accompany me to shoots. But when he saw the kind of respect that was extended to me, he was a bit more comfortable with me being a part of the industry. Still, at least one member of my family — mother, father or brother — accompanies me to my shoots,” said Smeksha Singh, lead actress of ‘Jatts in
Golmaal’.
Bathinda defeated Kapurthala on the basis of first innings lead in its fourth Group B match of the Punjab State Inter-District Under-19 cricket tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy at the Police Public School grounds here today.
