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Lost & found: Missing baby recovered from Barnala
Paddy sowing scheduled from June 10 |
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5th Pay Commission
Horticulturists frustrated as subsidy plan gathers dust
Rise in theft cases worry residents
Environment Day today
Demand basic amenities
Training camp for women
Woman dies, midwife booked
Clarification
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Lost & found: Missing baby recovered from Barnala
Bathinda, June 4
Bathinda SSP Ashish Chaudhary told TNS that the baby had been stolen possibly for selling it off. According to the SSP, the cops recovered a tip-off from Barnala and swung into action. The woman who had stolen the child was frequently changing her statement, the SSP said, and only sustained interrogation during the night would reveal as to what had transpired. A doctor had been summoned to the SSP’s residence for the medical check-up of the recovered newly-born. Chaudhary added that further details would be known only after the interrogation. Earlier during the day, I.B. Aggarwal, assistant civil surgeon, had given details of the case according to which Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Purana Thana, Bathinda, had given birth to a male child through caesarean section on Wednesday night. Surjit Kaur, mother of Paramjit Kaur, had been looking after her daughter and the newly-born since then in the hospital, added Dr Aggarwal. Dr Aggarwal further informed that as he came to know of child-lifting from the hospital, he informed police immediately. Dilbagh Singh, DSP (City) started making inquiries from the mother of the patient, he added. While talking to TNS, Surjit Kaur, mother of the patient, said an unknown lady in her mid-thirties came in contact with her and became friendly. She started helping her daughter and the grandson, she added. “As I was to get my grandson checked up by another doctor in another ward this morning, that lady also accompanied me,” she said. Surjit Kaur said the woman was in her mid-thirties, wearing a green suit and was slightly limping. She further said that as the doctor was not available, she, on her way back to the ward, handed over her grandson to that lady. “As I am an asthma patient, I kept moving slowly when suddenly, that lady disappeared mid-way with the newly-born,” she said. However, Satnam Singh, husband of the patient, told the police that he did not have cordial relations with his mother-in-law. “Despite my resistance, my mother-in-law forced my wife to come to Bathinda for delivery instead of Malout,” he said. Satnam told the police that he suspected his mother-in-law’s involvement in the disappearance of the newly-born. Harmik Singh Deol, Kotwali SHO, said as investigations are on, it was too early to say anything.
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Paddy sowing scheduled from June 10
Ferozepur, June 4 According to Bakshish Singh Chahal, chief agriculture officer (CAO), the farmer identified as Jit Singh, son of Asa Singh, a resident of village Laduwala Uttar in Jalalabad had already sown paddy in four acres of land whereas the department has specified that the sowing should not begin before June 10. He said that action was taken as soon as the department got information that at some places, paddy was being sown by the farmers ahead of the schedule in contravention to the act framed by the government for this purpose. Chahal said that the erring farmer, however, cooperated with the officials, and razed his fields on his own in the presence of the officials. When contacted, DC Megh Raj said that in order to attain designated standards of agriculture inputs, special flying squads have been constituted at block levels, who will ensure quality of seeds, fertilisers and medicines and raid the distributors and shops, if required. He further said that the flying squads will also take samples of the fertilisers and medicines and if they are found inferior, stringent action would be taken against those distributors. The DC also informed that in order to provide technical know-how about the modern day farming, the agriculture department was organising workshops and seminars
for the farmers at block levels, where information about crop diversification was also provided. He advised the farmers that in order to maintain optimum fertility of the land, they should use fertilisers and water properly and get the soil and water tested at regular intervals. Meanwhile, Chahal again appealed the farmers not to start sowing before June 10, as advanced sowing was more vulnerable to attack of pests and diseases, he added. He said that sowing at right time will ensure proper utilisation of water and increase their produce. |
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5th Pay Commission
Mansa, June 4 State president of ETT Teachers’ Union, Jaswinder Singh Sidhu and senior leader Hardeep Singh Sidhu said that the State Pay Commission had recommended a special pay- scale for the employees but the government did not do so. They warned of a demonstration at Nurmahal on June 6, in view of the election that is on June 12. — OC
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Horticulturists frustrated as subsidy plan gathers dust
Abohar, June 4 The state was supposed to prepare perspective and annual plan in consonance with the mission's goals and objectives and in close coordination with the technical support group, Punjab Agriculture University and ICAR institutes oversee its implementation. It was also the duty of the state government to claim funds from the National Mission Authority and other sources for carrying on the mission's activities and maintain proper accounts thereof and submit utilisation certificate to the concerned agencies. Sources in the NHM confirmed that the states of Goa, West Bengal, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh had posted the progress for April 2009 (as on 29/05/2009) but Punjab lagged behind. While releasing its manifesto in January 2007, the SAD had on page number 28 had promised to implement the Rs 200 crore NHM schemes, which, the Dal said, had been neglected by the previous Congress government led by Captain Amrinder Singh. The scheme offered 75 per cent subsidy at the rate of Rs 22,500 per hectare to the farmers opting for fruit plantation in the new orchards. Some of the farmers requesting anonymity resented that the coalition government headed by Parkash Singh Badal could partly utilise the grants received from the NHM for developing new orchards but the second and third installments for the existing orchards could not be obtained due to paucity of time. The state failed in submitting utilisation certificate also. As per the information, new orchards were developed over 2,358 hectares of land in Abohar sub-division during the past few years. Only a few of them could get 50 per cent subsidy. The growers had staked claims for about 2 crore on account of the second and third installments during the year 2008-09 are now loosing hopes. Sources in the horticulture department assured action soon.
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Rise in theft cases worry residents
Bathinda, June 4 Common people were wondering whether Bathinda has become a hub of criminals? The answer is in the affirmative if the spate of thefts and burglaries during the past week are any indication. The failure of the district police to solve over 50 per cent such cases adds to city residents’ insecurity. Two cases of burglaries in police officers’ residences and the similar number of snatching cases by motorcycle-borne youth reported in the last four days have put the police in the dock. As per police sources, thieves on Monday decamped with cash worth Rs 50,000 and stole gold ornaments worth Rs 1.33 lakh from the house of Havildar Nirmal Singh in the VIP Civil Lines locality. In another incident, two motorcycle-borne youth stole a PCO machine installed at the shop of a retired DSP in Harbans Nagar on Wednesday morning. The miscreants after cutting the wires of PCO machine took it away and fled. Last week, two snatching and one-motorcycle theft cases were also reported in the city. Alka Mittal, a local resident, asked if the police could not defend itself from burglars, how can it protect the lives and property of the public at large. “Thieves seem to have no fear of the law and order machinery. They had the temerity to strike at the houses of even the police officials,” said Surinder Sharma, a resident of New Shakti Nagar. The situation has come to such a pass that most of the residents are reluctant to leave their house unattended. Even a locked main gate is an invitation to the thieves-on-prowl, rue the residents. Though the cops have initiated inquest, but no headway has been made so far. Common people are not satisfied with the “half-hearted” approach of the police. When contacted, Bathinda SSP Ashish Chaudhary, said, “We have identified the gang that is on the run. We have dispatched various teams of police officials in different locations to nab the culprits at the earliest and patrolling in the city has been beefed up.” |
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Environment Day today
Hanumangarh/Abohar, June 4 The NGO assured that such posters will be fixed even in the rural areas all over the state, besides, organising meetings to bring awareness among the people. Gehlot reportedly told the deputation that the Forest Department would organise the seedlings for the drive while the Public Works Department would identify the roads along which the saplings could be planted by the time the monsoon arrives. While unfolding his plan to link the Green Rajasthan drive with NREGA, he said that new strategies being devised for NREGA schemes include a five-year programme for tree plantation incorporating the man-days, which can be generated through the scheme. As many as 1,000 new plant nurseries can be set up for the regular supply of the seedlings.
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Demand basic amenities
Mansa, June 4 Addressing a gathering, Kirpal Singh Beer, Gurmeet Singh Nandgarh, Dinesh Kumar Tarkshil leader, Bhola Singh Sammaon farmer leader, Jugraj Singh Rangrial and Jagdev Singh Bhopal from Revolutionary Centre paid homage to Hakam Singh Sammaon and said that strict action of the governments could never crush the pro-people movements. Genuine demands of labourers should be accepted by the government, Maan added. Recalling the contributions of the late leader for the labourers and farmers, they said that our governments did not give proper attention to solve the problems of the labourers, farmers and other downtrodden people. They have been fighting for the basic amenities such as houses, medical facility and job even after 62 years of the independence. Dalit Bant Singh Jhabbar, who had lost some parts of his body facing the attack of the rich a few years back and is now fighting a battle against the culprits, said the agitation for the genuine demands would yield fruitful results. All the speakers thanked the leaders of Left and democratic forces for their support. |
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Training camp for women
Bathinda, June 4 At the camp, participants would be given training in different jobs, including stitching, toy making and beauty care. Registration for these camps is on at the schools. —
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Woman dies, midwife booked
Ferozepur, June 4 As per the information, the man had alleged that his wife Usha was three months pregnant. She complained of abdomen pain on May 30
and went to Nahni alias Ganga, a midwife. Nahni along with her husband aborted her child resulting in medical complications. He accused them of treating his wife without his consent. He took his wife to a private hospitalbut the doctors refused to admit her due to her critical condition. Later, he got his wife admitted to another hospital where she died and the accused escaped —
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In a bizarre drama that had all the makings of a Bollywood blockbuster, a newly-born male child that had gone missing from the Civil Hospital in Bathinda was recovered by police from
Barnala.
