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Kisan Mela Today
Publication of voters list |
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Josephites scale new heights
Rly gives green signal
Five arrested for kidnapping youth, one still at large
Fazilka Food Poisoning Case
Ration card issue: DC orders probe
Protest, bandh held against periodical
Villagers stage protest against police ‘inaction’
Rural Sports Festival
23-year-old commits suicide
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Kisan Mela Today
Bathinda, March 17 The varieties include Pusa1121 of rice, Punjab Basmati-2 of basmati rice, LH-2076 of cotton, RCH-308 and RCH-314, both of Bt cotton, Punjab Sweet Corn-1 of maize, CoH119 of sugarcane, PSH-569 of sunflower and mash-114 of kharif mash. According to Dr. Nachhatar Singh Malhi, Director of Extension Education, the Kisan Mela will focus on the technologies for management of mealy bug in cotton and cultivation of other crops of the region. “The farm literature published by PAU will be sold and for the management of mealy bug in cotton, a dramatic presentation will be projected by renowned artist and PAU teacher, Dr. Jaswinder Bhalla.” “The RCH 308 variety of Bt cotton is a newly released bollworm resistant Bt cotton hybrid. It matures in 165-175 days and gives an average seed cotton yield of 8 quintals per acre. It has good boll size (3.7 gms) with a fluffy opening. Second Bt cotton variety called RCH 314 has green broad lobed leaves, 2-3 vegetative and 21-22 fruiting branches. It bears big bolls (3.9g) with a fluffy opening. It gave an average seed cotton yield of 8.2 quintals per acre and matures in 165-175 days. Its lint percentage is 35.2 with 2.5 span length of 28.2 mm,” Malhi said. LH-2076 is a high yielding, cotton leaf curl virus resistant variety, which matures in 165-175 days with an average plant height of 153 cm. It also gives an average seed cotton yield of 7.8 quintals per acre. Malhi added, “PUSA-1121 is an aromatic rice variety about 120 cm tall and it matures in about 137 days after seeding and yields an average 13.7 quintals of Paddy per acre. The Punjab Basmati-2 variety is about 125 cm tall and it matures in about 140 days after seeding. Its average yield 12.6. quintals of paddy per acre.” The Mela will be inaugurated by Sukhbir Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and the inaugural session will be presided over by the PAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr Manjit Singh Kang. |
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Publication of voters list
Ferozepur, March 17 It is pertinent to mention that earlier the State Election Commission (SEC) had put the panchayat elections in this border district of Ferozepur on hold owing to stay imposed by the ECI on publication of voters list of these two assembly constituencies. The deputy commissioner, Megh Raj said that after getting approval from ECI, now the district administration has approached the SEC for permission to carry on the electoral process further. The DC expressed hope that SEC would give its nod, and the elections would take place as per schedule along with rest of the state. The SEC has adopted the corresponding Vidhan Sabha voter lists as on 01.01.2007 and revised voter list on 01.01.2008 as the basis for panchayati raj institutions (PRI) voters list. Since list could not be finalised for two assembly segments in Ferozepur, the SEC thought it appropriate to postpone the elections in the entire district or else it would have created confusion amidst the electorate. |
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Josephites scale new heights
Bathinda, March 17 The selected teams will represent India at the International level. Initially nervous and hesitant five-member team led by Pooja, a class XI student showed exemplary will power and determination and steadily climbed the ladder of success and brought laurels to Bathinda. The team comprising Julie of IX standard and Rajni Rani, Manpreet Singh and Gagandeep Kumar of class X, started working on the project on "Pest and Diseases of cotton crops and their remedies," most relevant and appropriate topic for the region and visited the regional agriculture University Bathinda, and the cotton fields for two days. The team members personally interacted with the farmers and got first had information and material for the project. Pooja, a confident and good speaker with her well-prepared speech won the appreciation and admiration of one and all. Winning first position at the District level, the team marched ahead to earn fourth place among 42 teams at the state level competition held on December 6 and 7, 2007. The National Level Children's Science Congress was held at Vidya Pratishthan, Baramati, Maharashtra, from December 27 to 31, 2007. There were hundreds of participants from all over India and seven countries from abroad. It was a pleasant surprise for Pooja's team as it was declared among 25 best teams and the only team from Punjab to be selected to represent India at the International level. 'It's indeed a big achievement for our students in view of their economically backward family background. Their participation and the subsequent victory will surely boost their morale, " Savina Principal of the School said. |
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Rly gives green signal
Bathinda, March 17 Conceding the demand of the defence establishment, the Northern Railway (NR) has given its nod to set up a Passenger Reservation System (PRS), exclusively for the defence personnel, in the cantonment area here. The chief commercial manager of the NR has issued a letter in this regard to the authority concerned at the Bathinda railway station, which after receiving the same has apprised the sub-area office of the Bathinda Military Station about the development, sources in the railway said, adding that the defence establishment had also been requested to make all necessary preparations and fulfil formalities to facilitate the opening of the PRS as soon as possible. Sources said that the Army had also started preparations for setting up the PRS. The Army had identified a place and making essential arrangements there, sources added. This PRS would be on the pattern of the PRS set up at Chandimandir in Chandigarh for the defence personnel, sources said. Sources in the railway said that the defence establishment had demanded to set up computerised railway ticket reservation counters in its cantonments. This decision of the railway, however, would also make the residents of Bathinda and its adjoining areas happy, as they had also been demanding separate reservation counters for them and for defence personnel as formalities of issuing travel warrant for Armymen take time. Moreover, it wouldalso be convenient for the army personnel as the existing reservation counters situated at railway station is about 15 kms from the cantonment area. It may be mentioned that the general manager of the NR in his visit to the Bathinda last year had assured the commuters to open PRS in the cantonment area. |
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Five arrested for kidnapping youth, one still at large
Bathinda, March 17 Sources in the market said that some youths in a white Zen car bearing number PB-03-0300 came at the taxi stand and pickled up two youths, without any query, but within a few moments they were released and Bablu was kidnapped. The Assistant Superintendent of Police (city), Harsh Kumar Bansal, along with his team visited the spot at around 11 am to investigate the matter. While talking to the TNS he pointed towards possibility of some girl episode behind the incident. During afternoon, when the sub-inspector Jagdish Kumar of Kotwali Police station, was contacted he affirmed the round up of five accused Amrik Singh of Bathinda, Rajmeet Singh of Sangat, Gurpreet Singh of Mansa, Balkaran Singh of Tugwali and Charanjit Singh of Tungwali and said that the team had been trying to nab the sixth accused Sandeep Singh of Sangat, whose car was used in the whole episode. Narrating the incident, the released, Bablu told that some youths kidnapped him in a car, took to various places in the city and also beaten him up. They shifted him to an Indica car in which the police traced him. Replying the query about the reason behind the incident, he said that the accused Amrik Singh had been blaming upon him that he had teased his sister. Refuting the allegation he said that he just knew the girl. About the role of the kidnapping and immediately releasing of two boys, S.K. Garg, father of Bablu, said, “The kidnappers picked them as they were Bablu’s friends and after enquiring about Bablu, immediately released them. They called me up and gave details of the incident. Meanwhile they reported to the police also.” In the evening, the investigation officer, Gurjit Singh said that the case had been registered against all the six accused under section 364 of the IPC, while five have been arrested and the search for the remaining one is on. |
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Fazilka Food Poisoning Case
Fazilka, March 17 One Sammi Bai (60) had died after taking meal on Saturday night while her daughter Jaswinder Kaur and her 4 minor children started vomiting after having night meal. Jaswinder Kaur and her children were shifted to Medical College Faridkot on Sunday. While police officials were conducting probe into the case, five pigeons and one sparrow were also found dead on Sunday. The pigeons belonged to one Munshi Ram, neighbour of Kulwant whose family members became victim by consuming the alleged poisonous wheat. According to the police, the mill vendor had disposed off the remaining part of the flour, which was probably eaten by the pigeons and the sparrow resulting in their death. The police on suspicion got the post-mortem of the birds conducted. According to veterinary surgeon Karan Arya, symptoms of poisoning were observed in the dead birds. The viscera of the birds have been sent to a forensic laboratory at Kharar. |
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Ration card issue: DC orders probe
Barnala, March 17 The DC said he had marked the enquiry to ADC (General) for the scrutiny of the records. The Consumer Welfare Association, Barnala, has taken up the matter of fake ration cards. The association’s general secretary Rakesh Sharma said he made written complaint to the director of the Food and Civil Supply Department, Punjab, and SSP (vigilance), Patiala, and DC, Barnala, to look into the matter. He alleged that there were about 30,000 ration cards holders in Barnala and 10,000 of them were believed to be fake. He also alleged that the department in connivance with the depot holders were misusing the sanctioned quota of kerosene and selling it in open market at higher price than the subsidised price. |
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Protest, bandh held against periodical
Abohar, March 17 The meeting said in a resolution that certain elements were bent upon creating troubles for the law enforcing machinery by hurting sentiments of people of a particular faith. The country had already faced serious threats on resurgence of militancy. Such elements should be booked to diffuse the tension caused by objectional publications and utterances, the resolution demanded. Fazilka: On a call given by several social, religious and political organisations, shop keepers of this town observed complete bandh for first half of the day to protest against the alleged blasphemous writings against Hindu Gods. They also took out a huge protest march from Sidh Shri Hanuman Mandir and culminated before office of SDM where the representatives submitted a memorandum demanding imposition of ban on the two books.
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Villagers stage protest against police ‘inaction’
Abohar, March 17 One Lal Chand’s wife, Sohi, in her complaint had said that their neighbourer had been “teasing” her daughters for last few weeks. He had threatened of dire consequences if the matter was brought to the village panchayat’s notice. She added that on February 7 the culprit scaled the wall and tried to outrage her daughter’s modesty. She raised an alarm that forced him to flee. The next day she lodged a complaint at the Sadar police station but no action was taken as the culprit enjoyed political influence. The demonstrators warned that the agitation would be intensified if the police failed in nabbing the alleged teaser. The police said probe into the case were on.
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Rural Sports Festival
Abohar, March 17 While awarding prizes at the 15th Rural Sports Fest in Muradwala Dal Singh village near here on Sunday, Ghuriana said the participation of 35 teams in football and other matches displayed rising interest in sports and it was worth appreciation.
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23-year-old commits suicide
Bathinda, March 17 |
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