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CM to meet farmers today
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3000 try to crack IIT entrance test
Tributes paid to 1971 war martyrs in Fazilka
2 killed, 5 injured as wall collapses
Funds for Damdama Sahib
Robbers retreat sans booty
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CM to meet farmers today
Muktsar, April 13 State administrative officials, who had a tough time while dealing with these peasants in the eventuality of their demonstrations and arrests time and again, have reportedly arranged this crucial meeting. The leadership of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union would take up issues like non-issuance of 'blue cards' to the deserving beneficiaries under the 'atta-dal' scheme, demand for garbage dumping grounds for the poor and weaker sections in the villages and the much-promised plots to the poor families living in 'kuccha' houses, with the CM. Union secretary Lacchhman Singh Sewewala here said that their organisation would also take up "the bigger issue of the implementation of land reforms." It may be recalled that the leadership of these landless peasants and that of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) had given a clarion call to wage a united struggle for the rights of the poor farmers and other weaker and deprived sections of the rural population at the April 1 rally in Lambi, which was also supported by the left-oriented Punjab Teachers Democratic Front. Men, women and children have also been holding protest marches and showing black flags to the leaders of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal during their visits in their villages for nearly three weeks, after the police had resorted to a lathicharge on them near Lambi, while they were on their way to hold a rally last month. Ultimately,
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Rs 1,280 cr for safe drinking water
Ferozepur, April 13 Sekhon said the government had also devised a massive project for the construction, repair and maintenance of irrigation canals for which Rs 3,243 crore would be spent. The minister visited Loombriwala, Malwal Zadid, Shahzadi, Loham, Mudki, Kot Karor, Bhangar, Bhangalai, Sulhani and Patli villages and listened to the problems being faced by the villagers. DC Megh Raj, SDM M.P.Singh, SE irrigation Vinod Chowdhry besides officials from civil, police, drainage, education and other departments were present on the occasion. Sekhon said the government was contemplating a proposal to reconduct the survey to identify the BPL families so that their cards for the ‘Atta-Dal’ scheme could be made. |
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Horsepower on display at fair
Talwandi Sabo, April 13 Giving details about the horse fair, convener Sumrinder Singh Sira said, “As horses and mares bred in Punjab find buyers from the neighbouring states of Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, we have organised the fair on the occasion of Baisakhi.” “We expect around 200 animals at the fair and as many as 80 have already arrived. Despite being the first day, we have received an overwhelming response from the visitors. Even dealers are evincing an interest in buying. This time, it will be just an exhibition. Buying and selling would be held from next year.” A large variety of breeds of horses were on display. The owners informed that the animals cost anything between Rs 15,000 to Rs10 lakh. About the aim and scope of the mandi, the organisers informed that it would generate interest in the buying and selling of horses apart from keeping in mind the needs of those who want a particular breed of horse to mate with their mares. Also among the visitors to the horse fair were stud farm lovers.” At the first day, the ‘Nukra’ breed of horses dominated the fair while Marwri and Kathiawadi varieties also caught the attention of many. However, the absence of the hybrid breed disappointed some of the visitors. Over half of the total horses at the fair were from Punjab while the rest were from Haryana and Rajasthan. The committee provided the owners of the horses with tents to stay, while the administration arranged for water and electricity. About the arrangements, Sira informed that DC Rahul Tiwari, SDM-cum-mela officer Anil Garg, SSP Naunihal Singh and area in-charge SAD (B) Amarjit Singh Sidhu, all had been looking after the arrangements. The visitors to the fair, mostly farmers, appeared excited about the fair. |
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3000 try to crack IIT entrance test
Bathinda, April 13 The students had worked hard for the test but the response of those coming out from the centres was mixed. Some of the students, who had not taken any coaching, said they had not fared well and were disappointed while some others with a good academic record looked cheerful. Some students who had opted for coaching at Kota and other places, said they had fared well but were not very sure of getting admission as the competition was very tough. Students who had prepared on
the lines of the NCERT syllabus said they were more at ease in attempting the paper. The question papers were distributed 20 minutes before the start of the examination while the OBS (objective response sheets) were distributed 10 minutes later. Sources at the Army School Bathinda said that the exam were conducted smoothly. Ramneek Sigh, a student from Mansa, who had not opted for coaching at all, said he had fared well and was sure that his cherished dream of gaining admission to the IIT would come true. Getting admission in IIT has always been a craze and some of the students said they appeared for the second or third time. “We are pursuing B.Sc degree courses but will surely join the IIT if we qualify,” they said. It is worth mentioning here that Bathinda is also consider as a coaching hub, especially for IIT and PMT. The head of various such tuitions centres in the city were optimistic about the performance of their students in the exam. |
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Tributes paid to 1971 war martyrs in Fazilka
Fazilka, April 13 He was himself a witness to the meeting and had participated in the war. He and a group of jawans and officers of the 4 Jat regiment was here on an annual visit to pay tributes at the 1971 Indo-Pak war memorial in Asafwala village, seven kilometers from here on Baisakhi Day. The programme was organised by the Shaheedon Ki Samadh Sabha, which had raised the memorial. Hava Singh, who came from Bhiwani (Haryana), reconstructed the scenes of the fierce battle between jawans of the Indian and Pakistan armies on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December of 1971. He said that as a strategy, they had blown up the Beriwala bridge connecting the border villages to Fazilka town. He said one of the most forceful and man-to-man battle was fought at the Nirmal border post and at Beriwala bridge, where jawans of the 4 Jat Regiment had suffered severe casualities at the hands of the enemy While addressing the gathering, Dharam Guru Hari Shankar Chaube, maintained that they were moved by the gesture of people in Fazilka. Jeewani Devi, widow of martyr Havaldar Hawa Singh, her son Ashok Dogar and retired honorary Captain Dharm Chand, who took part in the war in the Fazilka sector, were among the large number of people who paid tributes at the memorial.
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2 killed, 5 injured as wall collapses
Mansa, April 13 SHO Gamdoor Singh of Sadar police station informed that while the labourers were working, the wall collapsed suddenly and they got buried. The state secretary of the Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, Bhagwant Singh, and the state secretary of the CPI (ML), Rajwinder Singh Rana, blamed the administration’s negligence for the incident. They said that since mud was being used to construct the wall instead of cement, the administration’s role could not be ignored. One Darshan Singh, son of Jagir Singh, resident of Gharangna village, and Onkar Singh, son of Jaswant Singh and resident of Ramdite Wala village, were killed on the spot. The injured were admitted to the civil hospital here. They included Gurpal Singh and Jagvir Singh, sons of Gurjant Singh, Amritpal Singh, son of Jagga Singh, Resham Singh, son of Salwinder Singh, all residents of the Ramdite Wala
village in the district. One Jeet Singh, son of Baldev Singh, a resident of Maujian village, was also among those injured. SSP Mansa M.F. Farooqui has assured that action would be taken against the guilty. |
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Funds for Damdama Sahib
Mansa, April 13 He said after fighting against injustice, Guru Gobind Singh lived here for about nine months and wrote the last volume of the Granth Sahib. The ritual of the Guru Gaddi was performed at Hazoor Sahib. Along with the construction of historical memorials of the Sikh religion, a school, college and hospital would also be constructed at this historical place, he announced. |
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Robbers retreat sans booty
Abohar, April 13 Miscreants targeted the Punjab Gramin Bank branch in village Kandhwala Amarkot, when the region was lashed by a high velocity duststorm and rain. Narinder Kumar, a farmer, spotting a hole in the rear wall of the bank’s building informed the authorities concerned. The Khuyiansarwar police and the CIA staff on Saturday investigated and found that the miscreants bore a hole in the rear wall, broke the locks of the store and the adjoining room but failed to break open the bank vault. However, they decamped with a .12 bore double barrel gun.
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