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Ex-sarpanch, 2 others arrested
SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar addresses mediapersons in Bathinda on Friday. A tribune photograph
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Prof Mohan Singh Yaadgari Mela kicks off
Wooden toys on display at the Prof Mohan Singh Yaadgari International Punjabi Sabhyacharak Mela in Bathinda on Friday. Photo: Bhupinder Dhillon
Drug peddlers roam free
Seminar dwells on radical fiction in Indian English
writing
Principal Dr JS Anand speaks during a seminar at DAV College in Bathinda on Friday. A Tribune photograph
CUP to hold programme on Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
State on way to become power surplus, claims BJP
DC reviews arrangements for World Cup Kabaddi
Guest lecture held at BFGI
Cattle
fair The winning animal of a contest along with its owner at the cattle fair in Bathinda on Friday.
Photo: Bhupinder Dhillon
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Ex-sarpanch, 2 others arrested
Bathinda, November 22 The accused have been identified as Sukhmandar Singh of Siriewala village in Bathinda, Suba Singh, former sarpanch, Jaimal Singhwala in Moga, and Mandeep Singh of Lohara village in Moga. While Mandeep Singh was driving the car, Sukhmandar Singh was driving the truck. As many as 103 bags of poppy husk were in the truck and 5 were in the car. The police said the sarpanch was recently acquitted by the court in a case under the NDPS Act while others were out on bail. They admitted to transport three major consignments of poppy husk in the past from Rajasthan. The newly-appointed Bathinda SSP, Gurpreet Bhullar, said the accused were waylaid by the team comprising DSP (d) Ranjeet Singh and CIA in charge Jagdish Sharma near Machhana village yesterday. The police got information about them from sources in Rajasthan. The SSP said a case had been registered against the accused under various sections of the NDPS Act. The accused used to purchase poppy husk for Rs 16,000 per bag from Rajasthan and sell the contraband for Rs 26,000 to small drug peddlers in Punjab. The bags were hidden under the onion bags in the truck. During the initial interrogation, the accused admitted involvement of two more persons- Gurtej Singh Arewala of Kothaguru village in Bathinda and Gajjan Singh of Faehgarh Panjtur village in- drug smuggling. The police said efforts were on to nab the other two. The accused were produced in a court today and were sent to the police remand till November 27. |
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Police remain mum on sarpanch’s political affiliation
Bathinda, November 22 Despite repeated attempts to know the political party of the former sarpanch, the senior police functionaries, including SSP Gurpreet Singh, DSP (D) Ranjeet Singh and SP Jasvir, chose to remain mum. The SSP claims that there is no political party of the former sarpanch. However, when enquired about it, it was found that he belonged to the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). On searching his name on the Internet, it was learnt that he had contested the panchayat elections on the SAD (Badal) ticket. The former sarpanch’s account on the social networking site, Orkut, reveals that he won the the panchayat elections in 2008 with a margin of 216 votes and became the sarpanch. He held the position for over four years. With 1,540 members on the site, it has been mentioned that his opponents got several cases registered against him during the elections, but he won. It is also posted on the site that he is a staunch Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) supporter. He is also the patron of Dashmesh Sports Club and was a good kabaddi player. While talking to the Tribune over phone, Budh Ram, present sarpanch of Jaimal Singhwala village in Moga, admitted that belonged to the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). He has two children. His son in Australia and while his daughter studies in Chandigarh. He had recently purchased a truck, now confiscated by the police, in partnership with another accused. He had four to five acres of land few years ago, but sold off a major portion of the land. Who is Suba Singh?
The SSP claims that the sarpanch was not linked to any political party. However, when TNS enquired about it, it found that Suba Singh belonged to the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). On searching his name on the Internet, it was learnt that he had contested the panchayat elections on the SAD (B) ticket. The former sarpanch’s account on the social networking site, Orkut, revealed that he won the panchayat elections in 2008 with a margin of 216 votes. He remained the sarpanch of the Jaimal Singhwala village for over four years. |
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Prof Mohan Singh Yaadgari Mela kicks off
Bathinda, November 22
On Day 1 of the mela, a special seminar was organised at Guru Kahsi University, Talwandi Sabo. The seminar aimed threw light on the contribution of renowned poets in Punjabi literature. Eminent writer Prof Ajmer Singh Aulakh was the chief guest while the VC of the university, Dr NS Malhi, presided over the function. Jaswant Singh Zafar, Prof Ravinder Bhattal and Dr Iqbal Singh Godara presented their papers on this occasion. While Zafar said Prof Mohan Singh brought novelty and modernity without de-linking the old tradition through his poems, Prof Bhattal stated that he was an expert and adapted to the true poetic language. Dr Godara said love was the pivotal point in Prof Mohan Singh’s poems. "His poems dreamt of social revolution," he said. Dr Malhi said Mohan Singh’s poems and writings were relevant in the present time.Renowned Punjabi singer and MLA Mohammad Sadique also performed during the function, regaling the audience with his songs "Bharat Hai Waang Mundri", "Vich Nag Punjab Da". Poets Mal Singh Rampuri, Hardip Dhillon, Rupa Mithapuriya, Sukhvinder Amrit, Malkit Meet, Novi Sohal, Jamneja Singh Johal, Hardarshan Sohal, Surinder Preet Ganiya, Tersem Noor, Tarlochan Lochi, Manjinder Dhanoa and Jaswant Singh Zafar recited gazals and poems.Although the mela didn’t register an impressive footfall in the afternoon, as the evening descended and acrobatics, gatka, bhand, gidda and bhangra artistes started performing, the stands were packed to the capacity. The highlight of the day was the live performance of Sufi singer Kanwar Garewal and staging of the play, ‘Canada De Nazare’. The play written by Pali Bhupinder Singh and directed by Hardeep Gill proved to be an eye opener for the audience as it showcased how people's dreams break when they reach the foreign land. Book released
A book written by renowned visual artist of Malwa, Hardarshan Singh Sohal, was released during a seminar held at Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, by the Professor Mohan Singh Yadgari Foundation. Sohal said the book written ‘Bekasur Sahiban di Navekli Dastaan ‘Sahiban’ is in poetic form. The foreword of the book is written by critic and president of the Literature Sabha, Bathinda, Gurdev
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Drug peddlers roam free
Bathinda, November 22 Despite being caught by the police and cases registered against them the criminals continue to enjoy freedom after getting bail from the courts within few months after their arrest. The Bathinda police claim to arrest three persons who are habitual offenders and are booked under similar cases of NDPS Act at different police stations across Punjab. While one of them, Suba Singh of Jaimal Singhwala village is acquitted by court recently, the other accomplices, including Gajjan Singh of Moga and Gurtej Singh, yet to be arrested by the police, too, are booked numerous times earlier by the police for the similar offence. Ranjeet Singh, DSP (D), said the police were supposed to arrest the criminals and the rest depended upon the judicial system how long they kept such people behind the bars. The police, he said, were trying to ascertain other cases registered against them. Earlier, last week the counter intelligence wing of the police arrested an opium smuggler, who, too, was out on bail and was caught again by the police with huge quantity of 55 kg of opium. A Station House Officer (SHO) deployed in a city police station said earlier too similar incidents took place when the criminals arrested by the police were released on bail soon after the crime. "I was surprised to see a snatcher out on bail within less than one month from his arrest. There are many other criminals who, too, come out of jail soon after committing the crime," said the SHO, pleading anonymity. The policemen said though they try to make the case strong enough so that the criminals should not come out of the jail soon after their arrests but in most cases of the NDPS they usually managed to procure bail. "Once a person get himself involved in the drug trade he is likely to continue the illegal drug peddling. After coming out from jail most of the criminals carry on the illegal trade despite number of cases keep on piling up against them," the policemen said. |
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Seminar dwells on radical fiction in Indian English
writing
Bathinda, November 22 In his inaugural address, Dr Dahiya dwelt on the long history of radical fiction and concluded his oration with his prophetic words that all fiction must not lose sight of the value system of the society, otherwise, art simply becomes mimicry and loses the seriousness required of it to represent the society and seek its correction. Dr Anand Parkash, Prof of English at the Delhi University, dwelt on the various developments that took place over the years in literature which challenged the system in which he made a special reference to Bankim Chander Chatterjee and Rabindra Nath Tagore as well. Dr Tejinder Kaur, professor of English from Punjabi Univerity, Patiala and Dr Pankaj Kumar Mehra from the IGNOU were the other resource persons. Fifteen scholars presented their papers at the seminar, covering various aspects of fiction. Dr Anand thanked Dr HS Arora, head and other faculty members of the Department of English for organising the seminar. The stage was conducted by Prof Satish Grover and Prof Karampal Kaur.
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CUP to hold programme on Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
Bathinda, November 22 The university is holding the programme as part of its series of conducting lectures on unmatched literary figures. The centre has already commemorated poet Shiv Kumar
Batalvi, critic Prof Pritam Singh and playwrights Balwant Gargi and Gursharan Singh. Eminent scholars Dr Jagmail Singh Bhathuan and Prof JS Grewal will speak about Bhai Kahn Singh's contribution while Major Adarsh Pal Singh, who is the grandson of Bhai Kahn Singh, will speak about various aspects of the writer's personality. A documentary on the life and works of Bhai Kahn Singh will also be shown. Widely known as the author of Mahan
Kosh, the encyclopaedia in Punjabi that was published in 1930, Bhai Kahn Singh was born on August 30, 1861. He helped British administrator Max Arthur Macauliffe in Rawalpindi in 1885 in conducting research on Sikh religion and the Guru Granth Sahib. He also published Nanak Bhavarth Dipika (1888), Ham Hindu Nahin(1898), Gurmat Prabhakar (1898), Gurmat Sudhakar (1899), Gur Gira Kasauti (1899) and Sharab Nikhedh (1907). As an administrator, he began his career in 1880 by working for Nabha state. He held various administrative positions. Because of his ability to sort out problems, he was also given other responsibilities of being a foreign minister, a judge of the High Court and a member of the judicial council. Bhai Kahn Singh passed away on November 23, 1938. |
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State on way to become power surplus, claims BJP
Bathinda, November 22 He said November 25 would be a historic day as after a gap of 30 years, a new power plant will be inaugurated. The power plant will come up at Talwandi Sabo. Further, after the inauguration of thermal power plant at Rajpura on December 8, which also coincided with the birthday of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the state would not only meet its power needs but would have enough power to sell it to other states, he added. The developments would attract investors participating in the business summit to be held in Chandigarh on December 9-10, Singla hoped. |
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DC reviews arrangements for World Cup Kabaddi
Bathinda, November 22 The meeting, which was convened at the stadium, was attended by SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, ADC Rajeev Prashar, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vipul Ujjwal, SDM Damanjeet Singh Mann and other officers of different departments. The DC said apart from hosting the opening ceremony, the semifinal matches will also be organised at the stadium on December 11. He said 13 committees had been constituted to look into the arrangements. |
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Guest lecture held at BFGI
Bathinda, November 22 This was followed by an interactive presentation which proved to be very informative and students also participated in the discussion. Chairman of the Baba Farid Group of Institutions, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal said holding guest lectures was a novel way to add valuable information to the bank that exists within the BFGI. He said such guest lectures enriched the students’ interest and knowledge in their respective fields.
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Exposing a nexus between political leaders and drug peddlers, the Bathinda police today claimed to have arrest a former sarpanch of Jaimal Singhwala village in Moga, along with two others, with 43 quintal of poppy husk worth Rs 28 lakh.
The 35th Prof Mohan Singh Yaadgari International Punjabi Sabhyacharak Mela began here today. The fair was inaugurated by the president and chief coordinator of the Prof Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation, Pargat Singh Garewal, Jasveer Sngh Garewal and singer Skhi Brar at the Thermal Stadium.
Bathinda, November 22
district-level fair has been organised to encourage the people to take care of their animals. Various cash prizes were also
distributed during the occasion. Veterinary officer Dr Satinder Sandhu said 122 prizes were distributed on the occasion. He Rs 2.20 lakh were distributed. The first prize of the 38 categories was given today, in which 25 big animals and breeds of eight categories participated.
— TNS
