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Maur incident acquires political overtones
SSA, RMSA non-teaching staff continue pen-down strike
Regularisation: Dates extended
Now, info on defence services welfare just a click away
Happy Diwali for Milkfed as sweets went off shelves a day before
Cycles distributed to girl students under Mai Bhago Scheme
Specialised service begins for the jobless
Adesh docs perform rare neck surgery
Student nabbed for snatching bid on Dhobiana Road
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Cong scared of opinion polls: MP
Bathinda, November 5 Speaking to media persons at village Chughe Kalan, Harsimrat said the Congress was demanding a ban on opinion polls as it was wary of losing the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections due to its wrong policies. MLA Darshan Singh Kotfatta, DC Kamal Kishore Yadav, ADC Sonali Giri, SDM Damanjit Singh Mann and others also accompanied the Bathinda MP.
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Maur incident acquires political overtones
Bathinda, November 5 Accompanied by residents of the town, local BJP leaders today raised slogans against the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) during the visit of a senior SAD leader and Punjab Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon at the Max Hospital where Singla is undergoing treatment. Sekhon is the elected representative from Maur Mandi. BJP leaders lamented that had they been treated equally in the government, the SHO along with a police party would have surely prevented the attack on the BJP leader by the goons who were allegedly patronised by a senior political leader. The protesters termed the incident as an act of terrorism. However, Sekhon assured that he would extend all possible help to restore people's faith in the government and the police. "The party workers are certainly hurt with an assault on their district president in front of the SHO. Maur Mandi is a small town and both the attackers and the victim were known to the SHO who failed to act as the attackers were patronised by a politician," said Parminder Goyal, the district president of BJP (Urban). Goyal said the SHO's suspension and registration of a case were of no use until favouritism was routed out from the entire system. He said the BJP Yuva Morcha leader was beaten up with iron rods in the presence of the SHO, as he had objected to eve-teasing and hooliganism by the same boys even 10 days ago. Though Goyal initially expressed solidarity with Akali leaders, a section of local BJP leaders, pleading anonymity, admitted there was resentment among the BJP leaders for not getting equal respect in the police and the district administration circles on the behest of some Akali leaders. A case of attempt to murder, endangering life or personal safety of others, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, singing obscene song at public place, inflicting injuries using firearms and others was registered under Sections 307, 382, 336, 354, 294, 324, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at Maur police station. Those booked were Pawandeep Singh, Gursewak Singh, Rachhpal Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Happy Singh, Sukhi Singh, Kartar, Surjipal Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Harjeet Singh and four to five unidentified persons SHO Kulwinder Singh was booked for the similar offences at the police station of which he was the in-charge. Meanwhile, Sunil Singla BJP state media in-charge expressed displeasure over the lax attitude of the police and demanded stringent action against those who carried out the attack on Singla. Edu Min, MP meet victim
It is learnt that in the evening Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka too paid a visit at the Max Hospital to enquire about the well-being of the injured BJP leader. Bathinda MP Harsimrat Badal also met Singla at the hospital. Expressing solidarity with the BJP leaders, the MP rang up the SSP and demanded that the accused boys be arrested before 5 pm tomorrow. The BJP leaders expressed their anguish before the MP alleging that they were not getting due respect from the officials in the district administration and the police. |
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SSA, RMSA non-teaching staff continue pen-down strike
Bathinda, November 5 Addressing the employees, union leaders said while the state government had revised the salaries of its politicians this Diwali it does not have money for SSA and RMSA employees. They added that 20,795 contractual teachers working under the SSA and RMSA schemes did not get salaries this Diwali despite the fact that the district headquarters had received the salary budget. They added that the staff working at the office of Director General of School Education (DGSE), Chandigarh, had also decided to go on strike if their demands were not met. It will give impetus to the pen-down strike going on in the state for the past 16 days. They added that though during a meeting with members of the union, the Chief Minister and the Education Minister had agreed to their demands in principle, nothing had been done so far.
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Regularisation: Dates extended
Bathinda, November 5 This is the third extension and fourth revised rate under the state policy. Three applications were received from colonisers today at the camps being held by the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda (MCB). Also, 131 applications were received from plot and house holders. The total number of applications received from colonies is 35 so far while it was 3,327 for plot and house holders. A total of Rs 8.19 crore has been collected as regularisation fees. — TNS
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Now, info on defence services welfare just a click away
Bathinda, November 5 On the occasion, Brig Manjit Singh (retd), director of the Defence Services Welfare, Punjab, reiterated the need to use Information Technology as a tool to enhance the efficiency of the staff. “In today's era, information pertaining to an organisation should be available to the users at their doorstep. The facility will certainly prove to be a remarkable step in this direction,” he said. He complimented Commander Baljinder Virk (retd) and staff of the Bathinda office for the achievement. Virk said information about various welfare measures being undertaken by the department, welfare schemes, entitlements of ex-servicemen and their wards, job openings for ex-servicemen, courses at Sainik Vocational Training Centre and Sainik Rest House could be accessed on the website www.defenceserviceswelfarebathinda.com. He said users could interact with the office through e-mail if they wished to seek additional information or wanted redressal of their grievances.
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Happy Diwali for Milkfed as sweets went off shelves a day before
Bathinda, November 5 The Milkfed Punjab sold 2 lakh boxes of sweets of which 20,000 were sold in Bathinda alone. On the day of Diwali, the sweets were out of stock. The milk cake was prepared at the Bathinda milk plant, while the other sweets were prepared at the Mohali and Chandigarh plants. The Milkfed had put on sale sweets like kaju pinni, dal pinni, peda, kaju barfi, punjeeri and soan papdi. The gulab jamuns made by the Milkfed made their debut this season and seeing the response it has evoked, the next season too is likely to see gulab jamuns on sale. The Milkfed had also launched sugar-free sweets, which evoked an overwhelming response. Around 10,000 boxes of sugar-free sweets were sold. These included sugar-free peda and milk cake. From the next season onwards, more sugar-free delicacies will be introduced. The traders said that the Milkfed products started flying off the shelf when reports of spurious and sub-standard khoya started making rounds of the market. The Milkfed sweets had been exhausted a day before Diwali. Rupinder Singh, general manager, Milkfed said the stock was exhausted before Diwali. "Keeping in view the whopping response, we will opt for advance booking from the next season. It is the quality and brand that has attracted people," he said. He added that good response was received from the cooperative societies working in villages, which reported high sale. "Response from the cooperative societies was unexpected. We have now decided to professionally start booking in advance based on the demand raised by these societies as well as our vendors," Rupinder Singh added. |
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Cycles distributed to girl students under Mai Bhago Scheme
Bathinda, November 5 Chief parliamentary secretary Sarup Chand Singla distributed the cycles. The bicycles are being given to the students who have to cover more than 2 km to reach the school. Sarup Chand Singla said the government will extend more benefits to the underprivileged sections of society. "Students of class I and II, who secure more than 80 per cent marks, would be given a stipend of Rs 30,000 per year," he said. Prominent among others present were members of the school staff, Sikandar Singh, Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumar, Sunita, Savita, Tanjit Kaur, Sarabjit Kaur, Satish Kumari, Sunita Sharma, Veerjeet and others. Fact file
* As many as 124 girl students were distributed cycles under the Mai Bhago Scheme at Shaheed Sandeep Singh Government Senior Secondary School in Paras Ram Nagar in the city today. *
The bicycles are being given to the students who have to cover more than 2 km to reach the school. *
Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sarup Chand Singla said the government will extend more benefits to the underprivileged sections of society. “Students of classes I and II, who secure more than 80 per cent marks, would be given a stipend of ~30,000 per year,” the Chief parliamentary Secretary said. |
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Specialised service begins for the jobless
Bathinda, November 5 President of Bathinda Vikas Manch Rakesh Narula said the Forum will act as a liaisoning agency between the employers and the employees. People can approach the offices of Bathinda Vikas Manch at Ajit Road and Partap Nagar. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hitech Industries, Gyan Parkash has been appointed as the advisor for the specalised employment project.
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Adesh docs perform rare neck surgery
Bathinda, November 5 The patient underwent surgery for the removal of the swollen glands at the Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (AIMSR). Assistant professor, Department of ENT, Dr Grace Budhiraja and Dr Vivek Mittal from the Department of Anaesthesia said the swelling in the neck is very common in north India due to the low consumption of iodine as well as hereditary causes. "But the swelling was big and the possibility of its being cancerous had to be examined. The patient reported to us with a huge swelling on October 25. He was having difficulty and pain while swallowing food and had a slight change in voice for the past one month. The swelling had been gradually increasing in size. It was firm and painless with no other signs of infection or pressure symptoms in the neck," she said. The patient was successfully operated upon wherein his voice nerve was preserved. Normally, in this part of the state, doctors seldom undertake a surgical procedure to remove such a huge gland swelling. Most of the time, there is a fear of change in voice, which deters many patients from undergoing surgery. The patient is now fine, has a normal voice and no other complications.
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Student nabbed for snatching bid on Dhobiana Road
Bathinda, November 5 A case under sections 356 and 511 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at the Cantonment police station. Belonging to a well to do family, the accused Mandeep Singh is a resident of Housefed Colony and claims to be a student of DAV College. He was booked on the complaint of Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Dhobiana Road. Police said the accused is a drug addict and tried to snatch the gold chain of the woman to get some money for buying drugs. He was, however, nabbed in a blind alley on Dhobiana Road where he was thrashed by the local residents and then handed over to the police. Further inquiries are on.
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Bathinda Jail inmate booked for possessing mobile Police today registered a case against a jail inmate for possessing a mobile phone. The accused, Ankit Kumar, was found carrying the cell phone in a working condition during an inspection by the jail superintendent. A case under sections 188 of the IPC and 52-A of the Provision Act has been registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station. Four booked for compelling woman to marry
Four residents of Teona village have been booked for abduction, inflicting injuries and forceful entry into the house of a woman and compelling her for marriage. A case under sections 366, 452, 323 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sadar police station against the accused, identified as Sewak, Natti, Kuldeep and Fauji. In her complaint to the police, the woman complained that she was made unconscious by the accused by forcefully administering her some intoxicant while she was sleeping in her house at around 2 am. The woman alleged that the accused dropped her at an unidentified place a few hours after abducting her. No arrests have been made by the police so far. Jethuke resident arrested with 8 kg poppy husk
A resident of Jethuke village has been arrested by the police with 8 kg of poppy husk. The accused, Giani Singh, was arrested by a police team from near Ballo village. The accused was riding a Hero Honda deluxe motorcycle which was without a registration number. The accused was brought to the Rampura Sadar police station where a case under the NDPS Act has been registered against him. Last date for licence fee
The last date to apply for licence under the Punjab Prevention of Human Trafficking Rules 2013 has been extended to November 30. In a press statement issued here today, DC KK Yadav stated that people associated with the work of travel and immigration agencies can now apply for the licence till November 30.
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The District Defence Services Welfare Office, Bathinda, launched its web portal today.
On the occasion, Brig Manjit Singh (retd), director of the Defence Services Welfare, Punjab, reiterated the need to use Information Technology as a tool to enhance the efficiency of the staff.
As many as 124 girl students were distributed cycles under the Mai Bhago Scheme at Shaheed Sandeep Singh Government Senior Secondary School in Parasram Nagar today.
Chief parliamentary secretary Sarup Chand Singla distributed the cycles. 