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Eye on lost turf, Badal on mission Malwa
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Residents cheer as govt intends to upgrade Moga to MC
City saw 152 fire incidents in 9 months
Visitors having a look at the books on the last day of the Bathinda Book Fair on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
Paash emerges poster boy
Sale of posters of Punjabi poets was more than those of Punjabi singers at the Bathinda Book Fair. A tribune photograph
Measures to streamline functioning of govt schools
Sonia seeks quota for women: IYC
Dharna on Dec 13
Jawan killed in accidental firing
Free legal aid planned for abandoned elderly
Tributes paid to Ram Singh Chahal
Training Programme for Teachers
Markfed chief criticises
Punjab govt
One killed, 13 injured in mishaps
Night train demanded
3 flee with vehicle, 1 held
Tractor stolen from Haryana recovered
Missing Dalit boy found dead
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Eye on lost turf, Badal on mission Malwa
Bathinda, December 9 Badal sounded upset on the issue during his birthday celebrations here yesterday when he said that had the Malwa region backed the SAD, the SAD government would have emerged stronger. He urged the people to strengthen the SAD during the Lok Sabha elections that will be held a year later. Not only Badal but his son Sukhbir Singh and other senior leaders of the party made a string of promises for the Malwa belt, particularly Bathinda where all they lost all the five Assembly seats. The Malwa belt has in the past been a stronghold of the SAD, but this time the trend reversed. Badal said that the SAD bagged a large number of Assembly seats in the Majha and Doaba regions of Punjab and regretted that the Malwa belt lagged behind. Badal said in clear terms that he would do everything possible for development of the Malwa region, but what he asked in return was support of the people in the Lok Sabha elections. The Badals have started concentrating in the Malwa region where any one member of the family is present almost every day. While the chief minister and his son were tackling the damage politically, Surinder Kaur Badal, Parkash Singh Badal’s wife, is busy organising Gurmat Samagams and presiding over the functions in various educational institutions. Sukhbir Singh did not leave any stone unturned to make yesterday’s rally a success and was on his toes for the past one week travelling from one place to the other. He represents the Faridkot Lok Sabha seat, which also falls in the Malwa belt. He said that the economy of the Malwa belt would get a boost within the next three years when many of the upcoming projects would be commissioned. He announced that the state government will set up a 2000 MWs power plant at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore at Mansa to provide uninterrupted power supply in the state. The old and worn out irrigation system in the Malwa area will be rejuvenated at a cost of Rs 3,234 crores to make an additional supply of about 30 per cent to the farmers at the tail end. What came as a shot in the arm for Badal was the large participation of BJP activists in the birthday celebrations. The BJP stalwart L. K. Advani and most of the ministers belonging to the party were present in the rally. Some senior SAD leaders gave the credit for the “grand show” to Sukhbir Singh. The other senior SAD leaders, who spoke on the occasion, were apparently disappointed and indirectly lashed out at the chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda for spoiling the pitch by supporting the Congress. Without naming the Dera chief, they warned the people against following anyone blindly. In a systematic manner, the SAD leadership was trying to contain the Dera’s influence in the Malwa belt. The local MP, Paramjeet Kaur Gulshan, has been trying to convince the people that they should not follow those “saints” who sit on “silver chairs and sleep on velvet beds.” Her oblique reference was to the Dera chief. Another senior SAD leader, Gurdev Singh Badal, warned that deras have mushroomed in the area to mislead the innocent people. Avtar Singh, president of the SGPC, also urged the people not to fall in the trap of “fake” deras. |
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SAD-BJP bonhomie fuels fresh round of speculation
Bathinda, December 9 The speeches made by the national level leaders of the BJP in favour of SAD (B), hoardings put up by the BJP and SAD (B) giving importance to ally BJP have made people make fresh conjectures. Furthermore, the BJP’s endorsement of the SAD (B) celebrating the CM’s birthday as Punjab Gaurav Divas has not only surprised the public but also provided grist to the rumour mills. A week before the function, people were of the opinion that the BJP would not accept Sukhbir Badal as the chief minister of the state while the tone and attitude of the BJP leaders, during the function were apparently in support of Sukhbir’s assumed elevation. And people here are of the opinion that the importance being given to the BJP leaders is to ensure their consent for Sukhbir’s elevation to the top slot. Not only Sukhbir, the next Lok Sabha election is also a point of reference for people. The last Assembly elections proved to be a major setback for the SAD (B)-BJP alliance in the Malwa belt. It has been observed that the local Congress MLA, Harmander Singh Jassi had played a major role in these elections. So as not to leave any fissure this time, equal importance was being given to the BJP cadres with the hope of getting their support. The forthcoming MC elections in Bathinda is also considered to be playing a vital role in getting the local BJP leaders a place on the centrestage. People do believe that Sukhbir would not leave any stone unturned to win the MC polls and he has no other option left, but to woo the BJP leaders. Most importantly, people are also guessing that if delimitation exercise is carried out, will Sukhbir contest the Lok Sabha elections from this area?
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Residents cheer as govt intends to upgrade Moga to MC
Moga, December 9 Annual budget of the nagar council, which stood at Rs 21 crore, increased to Rs 33.86 crore during the current budget, indicating its growing needs which require immediate attention. House tax arrears witnessed about 400 per cent increase in comparison to last year. Recovery of house tax was about Rs 13 lakh till October 31, 2001. Till November this year, it rose to Rs 76 lakh. An amazing turnaround in the recovery of arrears means that more funds will be at the disposal of the nagar council. Recovery of water usage bills also witnessed 100 per cent rise. Till November this year, Rs 62 lakh was recovered against the Rs 31 lakh collected during the corresponding period last year. Besides, earning of the nagar council also increased from the collection of rent from shops and booths. As per the 2001 census, population of the town was nearly 1.34 lakh and its area was 17.61 square km. Both have increased considerably since then. According to an analyst, as per the growth rate, population here is estimated to be around two lakh. Several villages on the outskirts of the town are waiting to be absorbed. Some of these are Duno Ke on Ferozepur road, Mehima on Kotkapura road and Land Eke on Amritsar road. This metamorphosis will also mean that the government would consider releasing more funds for developing the corporation. Obviously, its political head will no longer be called president but mayor and instead of an executive officer, a commissioner would head the official machinery. |
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City saw 152 fire incidents in 9 months
Bathinda, December 9 Lack of adequate safety measures like fire extinguishers and proper smoke and heat detectors is the main cause of frequent fire incidents in Bathinda and its outskirts. Worn out electricity wiring coupled with negligence on the part of people further aggravate the risk. According to Baldev Singh, Assistant Divisional Fire Officer (ADFO), Bathinda, the city and its surrounding areas have already registered 152 cases of fire between April 1 and December 5 this year while 50 incidents of fire were reported in the month of April alone. The number of fire incidents in commercial complexes is on the rise and nearly 40 per cent of these incidents are caused by short-circuit, seven per cent due to unsafe use of LPG, eight per cent from brick kilns while 20 per cent are due to miscellaneous reasons. The remaining 25 per cent are forest fires, which destroy the precious forest wealth but spare constructed property. The frequency of fire is more during the months of April, probably due to the piling up of stocks of cotton and wheat, which become highly inflammable during these months. Sometimes, the cotton and dry wheat husk catches fire because of the convergence of sunrays by glass or some glittering metal. Fire safety measures and precautions are alien concepts to local people and even big builders, industrialists and stockists bypass the mandatory provisions. The ADFO claims that the turn out time for fire-tenders to move out is only one minute but people’s cooperation and awareness is a must to check the recurrence of such incidents. The fire brigade station is equipped with three tenders of 4,500 litre capacity each, one jeep which, is mainly used for plugging and filling water. It also has foam (AFFF), an effective fire extinguisher, much lighter than petrol, Singh adds. Most commercial complexes lack adequate fire safety measures but the local authorities are not much concerned and allow the owners and tenants to have their way. A major fire occurred at the Ambuja Factory here on April 13 last in which 70 lorries were reduced to ashes and it took more than six hours to bring the fire under control. The fire started from the nearby forest and flared up with strong winds, engulfing the factory situated on Malout Road. Another big fire incident took place at the Aggarwal Cotton Factory in Senawala on April 4 this year in which hoards of cotton and cotton seeds were gutted. A major fire at the Amrit Vanaspati, Abohar, and another fire incident at the Lehra Mohabbat thermal plant also occurred during the month of April. A resident of Veer colony on account of anonymity said ‘’ nobody adheres to the fire safety norms in the city, neither the residents nor the commercial establishments. There should be frequent checks by the authorities and the people should be informed about the safety precautions, he added. Though the main fire station is situated on the Mall Road, there is a need to set up a fire sub-station near the ITI Chowk as it has emerged as the city’s focal point. Besides being a growth centre with oil depots, spinning mills and chemicals, it also leads the way to Talwandi Sabo, Sangat and Rama. The main industrial area is located in this hub and it becomes a major traffic bottleneck with frequent jams during rush hours. Only a fire sub-station can bail out people in case of a fire accident as it takes 15-20 minutes to drive from the Mall Road to ITI Chowk in the evening. Further, three traffic lights in a row add to the problem.
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Books worth Rs 42 lakh sold
Puneet Pal Singh Gill Tribune News Service
Bathinda, December 9 There were 43 stalls in total, in which 32 publishers from across the country displayed their books. Rs 20,000 worth Britannica’s encyclopedias were sold by the Kolkata-based Standard Literature. Copies of Rig Veda and Ramayana were the bestsellers in Hindi, along with novels of Munshi Prem Chand. NBT alone sold literature worth Rs 2.3 lakh. ``Gurdial Singh, Jaswant Singh Kanwal, Nanak Singh, Balwant Gargi and others were the bestsellers at this fair. Around 40 per cent books sold by the NBT were on Punjabi culture and 25 per cent on children’s literature,’’ Baddan said. Jagroop Singh Brar, who is an MLA in British Columbia, Canada, also visited the book fair along with his wife Rajwant and daughter Noor. ``My eight-year-old daughter has bought almost 15 books, I have bought more than 10 and one of my friends, Martin Itsko, bought 10 books on India.’’ Rohit Jain of the Chandigarh-based Unistar Books and Lokgeet Parkashan, said, ``We have sold literature worth around Rs 2 lakh. More than 300 copies of writer Narinder Singh Kapoor’s book `Mala Manke’ were sold along with Mohan Bhandari’s edited version of Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s `Birha tu Sultan’.’’ Satish Gulati of Ludhiana-based Chetna Parkashan said, ``Around 15,000 books worth Rs 1.25 lakh were sold during this fair. Maximum sale was that of books by Paash, Lal Singh Dil, Sant Ram Udasi and Amitoj, along with others. Around 200 books of Paash alone were sold.’’ Sanjeev Sharma of Patiala-based Sohan Lal Madaan Book Sellers, who are also the distributors for Oxford University Press, said, ``Literature worth Rs 3 lakh was sold and the major sale was that of dictionaries, English grammar books, books on Sikh history and others. Our maximum sale came from English books.’’ Delhi-based Navyug Publishers sold literature worth Rs 50,000 while Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, sold books worth Rs 1 lakh alone.
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Paash emerges poster boy
Bathinda, December 9 The Peoples Forum, working in the Kotkapura-Jaito block has taken it as a challenge by getting posters of the above mentioned poets printed and selling at almost all book fairs and other cultural festivals held all across the state. At the Bathinda Book Fair-2007, posters of progressive Punjabi poet Paash were sold even more than those of Gurdas Mann. A total of 500 posters were sold during the fair, out of which 200 of Paash alone were sold. Paash’s poster bears his poem, "Sab toan khatarnaak hunda hai, murda shanti nal mar jaana. Na hona tarap da, sab sehan kari jaana. Gharaan toan nikalna kamm te, te kamm toan ghar jaana. Sab toan khatarnaak hunda hai, saade supneya da mar jaana.’’ Khushwant Singh Bargaari, president, Peoples Forum said, "It was in June this year that we got 1,000 posters of each of these five poets from Punjab. But all of them have been sold now. Whenever we get some funds, new posters will also be printed.’’ "All we want is that people, who have done something for the betterment of the Punjabi literature as a whole, should be promoted,’’ Bargari informed.
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Measures to streamline functioning of govt schools
Fazilka, December 9 According to the district education officer (secondary), Ferozepur, H.S.Chahal, 15 teams of principals and senior teachers had been constituted for conducting surprise checking, monitoring the functioning of teachers and the attendance of children in government schools. So far, annual inspections and surprise checking in 257 schools of the district have been conducted. There are a total of 350 secondary schools in the district. Chahal in an exclusive interview with TNS said that Ferozepur was the only district of Punjab in which the scheme had been launched so far. In the first batch, five teams of science and mathematics experts were constituted and each team conducted a surprise checking in five to seven schools in a day in a week. The experts suggested interesting methods of training for teachers. They inspired them to raise the standard of teaching and also checked the teacher’s diaries and homework copies of the students. These teams have checked 117 schools and the response has been encouraging. The second type of teams comprising experts from Social Studies, Hindi, Punjabi and English subjects, led by district co-ordinator Satinder Singh, suggested new methods of improving the quality of education in schools. Due to regular checking the teachers have taken up
their subjects seriously. The third set of team comprises senior principals who along with six members of teachers from different subjects, conducts annual inspection of the schools. These teams have so far conducted annual inspections in 142 schools. Chahal said that inspection in all the 350 schools of the Ferozepur district would be completed by January 15, 2008. During the inspection, stress is laid on successful performance in annual examinations, extra-curricular activities, achievement in sports, utility of funds, morning assembly, co-ordination between teachers and students and proper utilisation of grants. The DEO said the objective of these regular inspections and surprise checking was to bring about a qualitative change in education and take Ferozepur district to a leading position in education in Punjab. He also added that the outstanding schools would be awarded. |
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Victory of love mesmerises all Prabhiit Singh Tribune News Service
Muktsar, December 9 The jam-packed auditorium witnessed, perhaps, the show of the year, as the local talent gave their best to explain the William Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’, in the form of ‘Saudagar’, a Punjabi adaptation of the classic comedy. As the ‘Portia’ of Muktsar showed all her grace in bailing out her lover’s friend from a dilemma, the rest of the actors were no less in adapting the play’s characters in the form of Punjabi culture, which eventually clicked! The credit of justification of the English play’s adaptation in the Punjabi goes to the troupe’s director, Preet Pal Rupana, who kept his fingers crossed during the show with an uncertainty in mind over the acceptance of the play by the audience here. Introducing the Shakespearean era’s contemporary Punjab, he presented the turban-clad men, representing the trading community and the labour class, as the poetry in chorus added all needed flavour. And the play’s asset became rich when the director became the poet for the chorus— ‘phakna pai janda hai kai vaar phir bhakhra vee, chamcha chaandi daa pher ki ki laad ladave, ik din syaape hone yaaro gandhli dehi de, vatna sharma daa bhave mal mal jind nahave.’(With only thorns to eat, the silver spoon goes in vain, with the body that has to perish one day, the human’s cosmetic behaviour goes in vain). If some literary critics of the 18th century had commented that Shakespeare “ignored the rules”, his plays, now adapted in several languages across the world, justified that the dispersion of error was the step in the discovery of truth. And the last night’s show in this small and remote corner of the world here became an example that how the people still relish the follies on the stage. This became one of the main reasons for Preetpal Rupana, a pass-out of the National School of Drama about a decade back, to pick the leaf of ‘Merchant of Venice’ from the Shakespeare’s collections, as he himself described after the show. “Yes, the people, though in depression, have still the room for all the laughter, with theatre as the medium,” he said. But it was not so easy, he stressed, sharing that the society in such a town was still close enough to send their daughters out for rehearsals, while finding patrons for all monetary support sometimes “make the troupe compromise on certain ethical and artistic aspects”. But to his troupe’s luck, the show went off well with the audience walking out in joy and taking with them something that was a rare occasion in this town of the Malwa region.
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Sonia seeks quota for women: IYC
Ferozepur, December 9 While interacting with media persons here today, she said that the membership drive launched by the IYC to enrol youths in the Congress had evoked a tremendous response from both boys and girls. Yogita, who is also in charge of the Youth Congress affairs of Punjab, informed that there were a
total of 16,749 polling booths in Punjab and for each of these, an 11-member Youth Congress team was being constituted which includes, booth president, secretary and nine members. She said that in the Ferozepur district alone, around 9,900 members had already been enrolled into the Youth Congress. Yogita said that the main issue before the youths was that of unemployment as thousands of educated people were struggling in the absence of any government openings for them. Besides raising the issue of unemployment with the respective state governments, the IYC had also raised social issues like female foeticide and drug addiction for which seminars were also being organised, she averred. Yogita said with Rahul Gandhi at the helm of affairs of the Youth Congress, a lot of positive changes had been initiated, which had bolstered the IYC and put a new life into its functioning. She stressed that youths should be given maximum representation while allotting party tickets in the next Lok Sabha elections. Harinder Singh Dhindsa, district president of the IYC, Hari Singh Khai, president IYC Moga, Amarinder Singh “Tikka”, secretary PYC, Surinderpal Singh advocate, in-charge legal cell DYC, were also present on the occasion. |
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Congress chalks out strategy
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, December 9 Congress leaders said that dharnas would be staged at every district headquarters in the state on the same day. Kewal Dhillon, MLA, Barnala, presided over the meeting whereas Makhan Singh, MLA Pakka Kalan, Ajaib Singh Bhatti, MLA Nathana, Harminder Singh Jassi, MLA Bathinda, and others were also present on the occasion. The issues for the protest, discussed at length, were the alleged false criminal cases against the Congress workers, misuse of public funds, failure of old age pension, shagun scheme, atta-dal scheme and some other schemes and plans. Criticising the alleged huge expenditure on the chief minister’s birthday, Harminder Singh Jassi, MLA, Bathinda, said, “Badal has announced nothing for the municipal corporation, which was needed.” He further criticised Badal’s speech in which he had levelled allegation on the Congress for the disruption, that took place at the function. He said Congress never hits anyone in the back. Every unemployed has a right to raise his voice at any place. The jobless PTI teachers had taken the right step to put their grievances before them, he said. “The real picture is going to be disclosed on December 13, when the Congress party will stage its protest outside the DC’s office,” he added.
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Jawan killed in accidental firing
Bathinda, December 9 Police sources said Ramesh was with the 57 Engineering Regiment. Hearing the sound of the firing, a guard commander, Naik Jarnail Singh rushed towards the place where firing took place and found Ramesh in critical condition. On receiving information, ASP (City), Harsh Kumar Bansal along with his team reached the spot and investigated the incident. The body was taken to the Civil Hospital, Bathinda. According to police sources, the cause of the incident was yet to be ascertained as the investigation was going on. Police sources said three bullets went off or were fired from the rifle causing critical injuries on the left part of the body. Based on the statement of Jarnail Singh, police had initiated proceedings. The body has been handed over to the army after the post-mortem.
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Free legal aid planned for abandoned elderly
Abohar, December 9 Quoting instances, Chopra said that the sons of 74-year-old Manphool in village Dangarkhera had allegedly taken four acres of ancestral agriculture land in their possession and got the mutation transferred in their favour. Even the sarpanch of the village had not rendered justice to the aged couple who now had no other means of livelihood. The matter has been brought to the notice of the SDM at Fazilka, he added. Another such case was of Teja Ram, who had been deprived of his home in Krishna Nagri locality after the death of his wife. He can be seen sleeping on the footpath outside the Government High School. Yet another elderly person was earning bread by pulling rickshaw and was forced to spend nights on the circular road as his son had allegedly deserted him. Lt. Col. Chopra said the association would carry out a survey to identify and help the victims of social injustice. |
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Tributes paid to Ram Singh Chahal
Mansa, December 9 President, Kendari Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, Ajmer Singh Aulakh said apart from being an eminent poet, Chahal had also translated many Punjabi writings into other Indian languages. President of Baba Sahib Dass Sports Club, Darshan Singh Alisher, announced construction of a library in the memory of Ram Singh Chahal. Messages from the former editor of Punjabi Tribune Singara Singh Bhullar, Pritam Rupal from the All India Radio, Jaspal Singh Sidhu, UNI, Delhi, and Daljit Singh from Amritsar Times, were also read out on the occasion.
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Training Programme for Teachers
Abohar, December 9 The students shared their experiences with Venita Singh, officiating principal of the college, on Saturday. The students felt that for the first time they experienced that they would also share the responsibility of building the nation’s future. They taught a variety of subjects, prepared charts and models and used them as teaching aids to make the assignments more interesting. After giving a new look to the morning assemblies, the would-be teachers organised quiz competitions, dance, song, declamation and debates.
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Markfed chief criticises Punjab govt
Barnala, December 9 The development projects initiated during the Congress regime had come to a halt for want of funds, he alleged. The state government was giving step-motherly treatment to those Assembly segments where the MLA belonged to opposition. Jassi was speaking at a meeting of Congress workers held at Aggarwal Dharmshala here today. Barnala MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon said people of the state were discontented with government’s working and the party had chalked out a strategy to hold dharnas at district headquarters on December 13 against the poor performance and vindictive approach of the SAD-BJP government.
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One killed, 13 injured in mishaps
Abohar, December 9 According to sources, three members of a family who were to board the night train for Haridwar were among the eight passengers who sustained injuries as the tempo by which they were travelling overturned after loosing control near Saini garden on the NH-15. One of the injured, Om Parkash, an employee in the Military Engineering Service, later succumbed to his injuries. Tulsi Devi, his son Deen Dyal Sharma, daughter Kiran, Nisha, Anku, Chand Ratan and his father Dhanna Ram, Mangi Lal were hospitalised. Five members of a family who were travelling in a Scorpio, including Mahesh Pareek, his wife Aarti, sister Pushpa, brother Sehdev and sister-in-law Bhagwanti, received injuries in a head-on collision with another passenger-van near village Meharwala on the national highway last evening.
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Barnala, December 9 A five-member delegation led by LCM president Ujjagr Singh Bihla and vice-president Jagir Singh Jagtar met H.K. Jaggi, divisional railway manager, Ambala zone in this regard. Ram Sharn Dass Goyal, general secretary LCM, said they gave a memorandum to DRM Jaggi in this regard. The members of the LCM had suggested that there were two night trains – the Punjab Mail and the Abha Express — that ran from Bathinda to Delhi. If any of the trains were made to pass through Dhuri -Jakhal route, the passengers at seven stations, Buchoo, Rampura Phul, Tapa, Barnala, Dhuri, Sangrur and Sunam, could avail the facility to travel to Delhi at night. Goyal said at present, these trains crossed only two stations in Punjab, Mansa and Budhlada.
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3 flee with vehicle, 1 held
Abohar, December 9 ASP Anil Katyal said the miscreants hired a Scorpio van from Gharsana on Saturday and on way they tied the driver Shyam Sunder, threw him on the roadside and sped away with the van. The ASP said ‘nakas’ were set up at different places. The van crashed near a naka near Peelibanga and a police party chased the vehicle forcing the culprits to leave it near village Sehjipura. One of them was nabbed as the police had cordoned off the fields. However, others, taking advantage of the dark, managed to escape.
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Tractor stolen from Haryana recovered
Abohar, December 9 DSP Parampal Singh today said Resham Singh, son of Mohan Singh, resident of village Alipura in Taran Taran district, was on Saturday trying to sell the stolen tractor in village Raipura on the Seetogunno road here. The police rushed on a tip-off but the suspect had fled leaving behind the vehicle.
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Missing Dalit boy found dead
Abohar, December 9 As the area fell under the Fazilka sub-division, the police got the post mortem done at the civil hospital. The body was brought here with the help of an NGO. A pall of gloom descended over the locality, dominated by Dhanak community, seeing the vehicle carrying the body. Earlier, the authorities in the department of irrigation were requested on Friday to suspend water supply to the Dangarkhera sub-canal to help locate the body.
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Bathinda Book Fair concludes
Would you like to buy a poster of Avtar Singh Sandhu? I suppose not? But what about
Paash? Of course yes! But few people know that Paash’s real name was Avtar Singh Sandhu. Can anyone believe that in the posters of the likes of Shahrukh Khans and Sachin Tendulkars to Dhonis and dashing cars, pasted on the walls of rooms of people, might get replaced by those of
Paash, Amrita Pritam, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Surjit Patar and Gurdas Mann. Why not?
