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Ex-DTO gets bail in forgery case
Water samples of 2 schools in minister’s village fail purity test
Man killed, two women injured in road accident on Mansa road
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MCB to come up with master plan for outdoor advertisements in city
Unsafe buildings: PWD begins checking in schools
More cycles for girls
Weapon recovered from accused in robbery case
Training begins for officers on election procedure
Gurjant hits 173 against Faridkot
59th Punjab School Sports Competition held in city
Parminder of GGS College tops BEd examination
Awareness drive on eye donation
Kansal elected chief of Dist Chemists’ Assn
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Ex-DTO gets bail in forgery case
Bathinda, August 26 The court of Additional Sessions Judge Mahinderpal Pahwa allowed the bail. The court also
granted anticipatory bail to Gaganteshwar Singh, an alleged middleman in the case who connived with the former DTO
and other staff of the Bathinda DTO office in selling fancy numbers. Gaganteshwar Singh, however, has also been ordered to join police investigation at the earliest. A case against Gaganteshwar along with the former DTO, an office clerk, a data entry operator and an agent was registered at the Civil Lines police station. While the data entry operator Baljeet Singh, middleman Gaganteshwar Singh and clerk Raman Kumar are absconding, the former DTO and the agent, Rajeev Mittal, were arrested by the police. Rajeev Mittal is still in the jail. Baljeet's application for anticipatory bail is is yet to come up for hearing in the court. The former DTO’s advocate and president of the Bar Association, Mohinder Sidhu, said the police would present a challan - evidence, statements recorded and witnesses - in the court after completing the investigation. He said it takes a long time, may be years, to complete investigations and court hearings in such cases. The investigating officer in the case, DSP Ranjeet Singh, said the former DTO along with Raman Kumar, Baljeet Singh and Gaganteshwar were accused of selling old VIP or fancy registration numbers for new vehicles, which were not in use these days. These numbers were in PNB, PUT, PIB, PAW, PCW and PAW series, he added. FAct file
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Water samples of 2 schools in minister’s village fail purity test
Bathinda, August 26 Water samples collected from Government Girls School and Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Maluka, failed the test, officials of the Health Department stated. Water samples of as many as 17 schools in Rampura were declared unfit for drinking by the Health Department. Health officials had collected samples of close to 23 schools in the region. The samples were sent to the Bacteriological State Pubic Health Laboratory in Chandigarh. Other schools which were named in the list of schools whose water samples failed the test included Government High School (Raiya), Government Elementary School (Aleeke), Government Elementary School, Buggar, Government Primary School in Kothe Dayalpura Bhaika, Government Primary School, Basti Dayalpura, Government Primary School in Kangar, Government Elementary School in Kothaguru, Government Elementary School in Dayalpura Mirza and Government Senior Secondary School, Dayalpura Mirza, among others.
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Man killed, two women injured in road accident on Mansa road
Bathinda, August 26 The accident occurred at around 3.30 pm when Ram Bhajan was riding a bike with the two women riding pillion. Ram lost control over the vehicle, which collided with the road divider. Volunteers of the Naujawan Welfare Society, an NGO, shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital where they are undergoing treatment. The victims were coming to the city from Gehri Bhagi village. The volunteers said the injured women informed that they were going to the city to open a bank account. It is pertinent to mention here that many accidents have occurred on the faulty Bathinda-Mansa road, which has been awaiting repairs for the past long time. |
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MCB to come up with master plan for outdoor advertisements in city
Bathinda, August 26 The master plan will be developed within the framework of the Punjab Municipal Outdoor Advertisement Policy-2012 and the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda (MCB), Outdoor Advertisement Bylaws-2012. MCB officials said the multi-pronged plan would discourage cluttered visuals and restrict large billboards to selected areas in the city. The plan also aims at maintaining uniformity, aesthetics, decency, social ethics and character of the city. It will be ensured that outdoor advertising is not hazardous to road traffic. Often, the roadside billboards distract drivers risking precious lives. The firm selected to prepare the plan will ensure that the large-sized billboards are installed only at a significant distance from the traffic intersections, by providing significant space between two billboards and by completely banning billboards on pedestrian walkways. Also, man-made and natural heritage conservation will be taken as an integral part of the city’s planning and development process. The master plan will not be driven by revenue, but by development imperatives. Therefore, in its implementation schedule, it will be clearly marked that outdoor hoardings are permitted only if they are not hazardous to commuters or if they support development of public service and enhance its aesthetics. The city’s potential will be utilised to the fullest and the master plan is expected to improve the revenue also by promoting use of advertisement in street furniture and public service amenities like buses, commercial passenger vehicles, bus shelters, public toilets, kiosks, public garbage facilities etc. The firm selected for the job will first conduct data collection, primary survey and mapping of the existing outdoor advertisement and street furniture. Roads that are part of the master plan
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Unsafe buildings: PWD begins checking in schools
Bathinda, August 26 Confirming that teams from the PWD had already begun checking the school buildings in the district, the superintending engineer (SE) of the PWD (Building & Roads), Madan Lal, said, "The Education Department had given us a list of more than 250 schools located in the district. The department wants us to check the buildings of all these schools to ascertain, which buildings or rooms are unsafe." He added that on the basis of the details collected by the checking teams of the department, a list of unsafe buildings or rooms that need to be demolished would be compiled. Interestingly, the PWD's Buildings & Roads branch had in the past declared portions of several schools in the district as unsafe. "The parameters keep changing. While in some cases, the walls were crumbling, in others either the roof was about to give in or the building was constructed decades ago. Ever since we declared parts of some schools as unsafe, schools have taken steps to renovate the structures. Some of the schools have used the PTA funds to lay a fresh roof or have erected new walls," he said. Madan Lal added that in the wake of schools undertaking renovation tasks, the Education Department felt the need for compiling a fresh list. Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, District Education Officer (Secondary Education) Harkanwaljeet Kaur, said, "On the basis of the new list, the Education Department would issue fresh orders for the demolition of the rooms and buildings declared unsafe by the PWD after conducting checking at schools in the district. This will also help us in ascertaining how much funds the schools need to construct new rooms in place of the demolished ones." In the past four months, the issue of demolition of unsafe buildings has been on roller coaster. While on April 27, school heads were asked to compile a list of the rooms and buildings on their schools premises declared unsafe by the PWD (B&R), on May 6, the DGSE released a notification reminding the defaulting schools to send in the details by May 7. On May 7, the DGSE asked the schools to fall in line and initiate the process of demolition so that new rooms could be built before the onset of monsoon season. And on July 2, the DGSE asked schools to seek NOCs before demolishing structures older than 1947.
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More cycles for girls
Bathinda, August 26 Education Minister of Punjab, Sikander Singh Maluka, said a total number of 1,52,330 bicycles would be distributed in the state during the
current financial year and the state government has set aside Rs 47 crore for the purpose. He said out of the total number of 5,283 bicycles to be distributed in Mansa district, 2,883 bicycles would be given to girls studying in class XI and 2,400 to the students of class XII. In Bathinda, out of 7,089 bicycles, 3,799 bicycles would be distributed to the class XI students while 3,290 bicycles will be given to the students of class XII this year. Maluka further said that the Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme was launched in the year 2011-12 and as many as 1,11,049 girls were benefited as part of the scheme. The scheme was launched in the state to promote education of the girl child and it had borne fruits as the dropout rate of girl students had decreased considerably. The Punjab government had decided to continue the scheme and also cover the girls studying in classes IX and X under the scheme, he added. |
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Weapon recovered from accused in robbery case
Bathinda, August 26 One booked for rash driving
Police have registered a case against Jagjit Singh of Guru Ki Nagri for rash driving which lead to serious injuries to a resident of Bhagu Road. In her complaint to the police, Parwinderjit Singh said that he along with his child were riding a two-wheeler near Big Cinema where the accused hit their vehicle with his tractor-trailer. The complainant said he along with his child received injuries and their vehicle too was severely damaged in the accident. A case under sections 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station. Bike stolen
Bike of a resident of Kartar Singh Basti was stolen from near Parasram Nagar Chowk. In his complaint to the police, Jaswinder Singh said that he had parked his bike near the ATM of Axis Bank at the chowk and some unidentified person had stolen it. The bike, he said, was worth nearly Rs 38,000. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at the Canal Colony police station. Two arrested with 7 kg poppy husk
Police have arrested two residents of Fatehabad and Amritsar with 7 kg of poppy husk. The accused have been identified as Fateh Jang of Amritsar and Jagan Singh of Fatehabad. Police said that a naka was laid near lake number three falling under the Thermal police station area and the truck driven by one of the accused was intercepted. During the checking, poppy husk was recovered from the truck. A case under sections 15,25,61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered in this connection against the accused. Electricity wire stolen
Electricity wire worth nearly Rs 30, 000 was stolen from Phulomithi village. Police have registered a case in this connection at Sangat police station under section 379 of the IPC on the basis of the complaint filed by the SDO, Powercom, Madan Mohan Gandhi. The SDO said that the 11000 volt wire had been stolen by some unidentified persons. Two arrested with smack
Police have arrested two persons, including Harpinder Singh and Happy, with 10 grams of smack. Police said the accused were found carrying the drugs near Mehraj village. Policemen patrolling the area spotted the accused carrying the drugs. The accused were brought to the Rampura city police station where a case under the NDPS Act has been registered
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Training begins for officers on election procedure
Bathinda, August 26 Speaking at the event, Divisional Commissioner, VK Verma told the officers about the guidelines of the election commission and the different aspects of election procedure. He said all the officers should draw maximum benefit from training so that they can educate their subordinates. The participants were given detailed information about rectifying and publishing the voters’ lists, electoral roll management system, model code of conduct, district election management plan, polling parties, counting centers, duties of district election officer, returning officers and others.
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Gurjant hits 173 against Faridkot
Bathinda, August 26 The team won the toss and chose to bat first. With a strong batting lineup, the team managed to score 427 runs at the loss of eight wickets before declaring the innings. Bowlers of Faridkot’s team Sukhdev and Sultan performed well. Sultan too took three wickets while conceding 59 runs in 15 overs. Although Sukhdev took three wickets, he appeared to be costly as he gave away 81 runs in 11 overs. By the end of the day, Faridkot was at 58 for the loss of two wickets. Harjit Singh was the team’s top scorer for the day scoring 51 runs.
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59th Punjab School Sports Competition held in city
Bathinda, August 26 In the handball under-19 boys’ category, Sangat beat Bathinda Zone 18-16. In the under-19 boys’ category, Bathinda Zone 1 beat Bathinda Zone 2 11-5. A meeting of all the convenors and district-level tournament committee will be held at the Teacher’s Home on Tuesday to review the arrangements for the district-level tournament competitions to be held between August 29 and 31. |
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Parminder of GGS College tops BEd examination
Bathinda, August 26 Dr JS Dhaliwal, chancellor of the Guru Kahi University and Gurlabh Singh Sidhu, chairman of the university, congratulated the meritorious students. Principal Dr AK Kansal praised the faculty of the college for its dedication, latest teaching techniques and use of teaching aids which strengthen the teaching-learning process. Kansal also added that workshops, seminars and expert lectures are the routine activities of the curriculum leads to good results. |
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Awareness drive on eye donation
Bathinda, August 26 Anyone can donate eyes, even if the donor wears spectacles or has previously undergone a surgery. People with diabetes, hypertension and other systemic disorders like asthma, tuberculosis, heart disease and even those with damaged retina or optic nerve can donate their eyes. We have to propagate the message because only a human donor's cornea can help another person’s corneal blindness and earn countless blessings,” he added. There are about 1.1 million blind persons in the country. Another 25,000 are added each year. Eye donation in India today meets less than five percent of the demand for corneal transplants. |
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Kansal elected chief of Dist Chemists’ Assn
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The father of a newborn was killed while two women, including one in the family way, were injured in a road mishap near Jassi Chowk here today.
Nand Lal Kansal was elected as the president of the District Chemist Association today. In the elections the results of which were declared today, Kansal defeated Darshan Singh Jaura by nine votes and was elected as the president for the second year in a row. Rupinder Gupta was elected as the general secretary.
