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Rly loading/unloading of goods causing ‘inconvenience’
Demands pending
Sanitation drive
Centre not serious about inflation: Harsimrat
Bodies of Barnala engg students found in canals
Another Barnala resident dies of swine flu
Dasmesh students shine in sports
Trains rescheduled
Pulse polio drive
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Criminals strike at PSEB office
Bathinda, January 9 According to information gathered from police sources, Charanjit Singh (52), the watchman of the PSEB was on his duty at the office located on the Power House road here on Friday night, when some unidentified miscreants allegedly entered the office and killed him hitting his head with a sharp-edged weapon. They broke open a safe fixed in the wall of the office and reportedly decamped with the cash in there. The incident came to light at about 7 am today when son of the deceased Vipin Kumar visited the office. Frightened, he ran back to his house located on the Ajit road and informed his brother, who then called up PSEB officials. Meanwhile, the matter was reported to the police. When senior cops and PSEB officials visited the spot and found that the safe was pulled out of the wall. The cash was missing and the body of Charanjit was lying in the next room. A dog squad and finger prints experts reached the spot and started investigating the case. However, a migrant couple, who had occupied a room adjacent to the place of incident, denied having any information or heard any noise. Earlier, the PSEB officials had estimated the loss of Rs 6.07 lakh but during the search, police recovered Rs 1.06 lakh lying in another drawer of the safe, which was not broken. Acting upon the statements of the PSEB officials, the police registered a case under Sections 460 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Talking to TNS, senior police officials said the incident has raised various points, which would be investigated. The doors and windows of the office were intact, which showed that the entry of the culprits was hassle free. There were two glasses and a bottle of liquor lying on the table beside the body of Charanjit, who was reportedly a teetotaler. Meanwhile, the PSEB officials disclosed that earlier, the cash used to be deposited in bank on daily basis but due to some snag in their vehicle, the cash could not be taken to the bank on Friday. Some PSEB officials suspected that it could be an act of those who were aware that the cash was lying in the safe. Till the filing of this report, in-charge of the Civil Lines police station Sanjeev Kumar said the police was investigating and the accused could not be traced yet. |
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Maximum temp hovers below normal
Bathinda, January 9 Moreover, the news emanated from the weather room is also not appearing warm as according to the prediction, the cold wave conditions coupled with fog and mist is likely to continue in the region during the next one to two days. As far as the mood of mercury is concerned, there has been a noticeable change in its normal behaviour in the first week of January in comparison to the corresponding period of previous years. The mercury has been hovering nearly 7 degrees Celsius below from the normal at the maximum level in the period while at the minimum level, it remained around 1.4 degrees above the normal. The maximum temperature on Saturday was 9.6 degrees Celsius, as per the Agro-met advisory services, PAU regional station, Bathinda. The day’s low was 6 degrees Celsius. As per the weather forecast made by the IMD, Chandigarh for Bathinda region on Friday and received by the Agro-met advisory services, here, fog and mist is likely to continue in the next two days. Night temperature may witness fall in the period, weathermen added. There are chances of partial cloudy to cloudy conditions with light rain or drizzle in isolated pockets in the region on Monday as the effect of western disturbances might have impact here, weathermen said. |
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Man booked on rape charge
Kulwinder Sandhu Tribune News Service
Moga, January 9 Resident of this town, Minakshi Sharma had earlier demanded DNA test of her two-and-a half year old daughter to match with one Ravinder Singh Ravi, director of a reputed finance company to ascertain the paternity of the child. The DGP of Punjab PS Gill referred the inquiry to the district women cell after the victim threatened to kill herself and her daughter, if the police did not act to her complaint. In a statement recorded to the women cell on Friday evening, Minakshi had alleged that she came into contact with Ravi after her divorce and after a few meetings she had an affair with him. “When I got pregnant, he promised to marry,” she said. Adding that her daughter was born on October 28, 2006 but Ravi refused to accepting them even denied fathering her daughter. She stated when she pressurised him to accept them, he began to threaten her. Ram Singh, SHO of the police station (South), while confirming that the police had registered a criminal case under section 376 of the IPC against Ravinder, told TNS that the police was yet to arrest him. “I have dispatched a team to Ravi’s residence and it is yet to come back,” he said at the time of writing the news. Earlier, Santosh Rani, in-charge of the women cell, after conducting an inquiry into the incident, had forwarded her report to SSP Ashok Bath, who directed the SHO (south) this evening to lodge an FIR. Ravi, while talking to a section of media, had termed the allegations as baseless and said he was being falsely implicated.
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Rly loading/unloading of goods causing ‘inconvenience’
Bathinda, January 9 The residents of the area have also brought into the notice of the minister that Vishal Nagar is situated on the Sant Pura road adjoining Ferozepur railway line. A spare railway line along with Ferozepur line has been laid up to canal. This spare line on the Sant Pura road is being used to unload coal, cement etc at a meter-gauge line godown while foodgrain is being loaded at the Mal godown. These sheds are pucca and especially built for the purpose. However, the goods are being loaded/unloaded at the Sant Pura road for the convenience of trucks and has become a “nuisance” for the residents. The residents of the locality are facing health problems due to air pollution. The clothes get dirty in the open while the soot and dust can be seen on the roofs of the houses. Besides, the women and children also face problems in using the road due to trucks, trailers and gathering of drivers and labourers there. The residents have also suggested that the railway has surplus land near Sivian village and other sites, which are lying unused for long and can be used for loading/unloading of goods. |
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ETT teachers to protest against govt at Maghi Mela
Sushil Goyal Tribune News Service
Bathinda, January 9 Stating this today, senior vice-president of the union Swaranjit Singh Bhagta said earlier Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had agreed to hold talks with the union on January 7 but on that day, he left to Delhi on some pretext. Then, the union had been given January 10 as the next date for talks, but now the officers were making efforts to convince the union leaders for holding talks with the CM on January 16 due to his engagements. He said this act on the part of the government showed that it was not serious towards their demands. He further said due to the dilly-dallying tactics of the state government, the union had chalked out a plan to carry out a big action against Badal government at the Maghi Mela to be held in Muktsar. The union’s main demands included shifting of ETT teachers working under Zila Parishads and Municipal Councils into the Education Department, implementation of new pay scale of Rs 10,300- Rs 34,000 plus Rs 4,200 as grade pay. District president of the union Jagmail Singh said the union would force the government to accept their demands soon. District press secretary of the union Uttam Singh said all ETT teachers working in various blocks of the district were awaiting the instructions of the union for their next action. The union leaders also said they would not defer their agitation at any cost.
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Pleasant look still eludes localities
Raj Sadosh
Abohar, January 9
Intriguingly, the emphasis during the sanitation fortnight that was observed in 17 of the 31 wards last month remained more on posing for the cameras than giving the localities a pleasing look. There were jubilations when the council resolved to expand the Nehru Park, which serves as arteries for the sub-divisional town, by adding the Military Hospital area that had been vacated by the army after getting proper compensation. Some old buildings that had been constructed during the British Empire era were renovated but the same have now been flooded with huge signboards by an NGO that holds yoga exercise daily. The passage to the park from Gaushala Road side has not been cleared of the waste material and garbage that remains dumped for more than six months. The passage is surrounded by the boundary wall of the Nehru Memorial Civil Hospital and the Govt Senior Secondary School (Girls). Students pass through the stinking passage daily besides the regular visitors to the park. The students also feel upset over the overflowing sewerage water that accumulates along the boundary wall of the institution. The space is also used for dumping garbage by individuals as well as sanitation workers. Accumulation of dirty water not only poses threat to the boundary wall but also to the main road. Similar situation haunts other localities including the Azeemgarh Park, Patel Park, Johari Mandir road, Idgah Basti, Indira Nagri road, Ramdev Nagar, New Suraj Nagri and upper streets of Nai Abadi. No efforts have yet been made to check overflowing of sewerage water outside the Baba Ram Dev Mandir in Arya Nagar while the crossing that links Thakur Abadi with Arya Nagar overflows at least thrice a week. Most of the drains in the residential colonies have not been cleared of the dust and garbage for the last few months. The council authorities try to shift the blame to the shortage of sanitation staff whereas the safai sewaks and other employees keep on staging dharnas resenting delay in payment of salaries and allowances.
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Centre not serious about inflation: Harsimrat
Mansa, January 9 Rise in price of essential commodities has badly affected poor people, she added. The SAD-BJP of Punjab had been taking appropriate steps to solve the problem of unemployment by setting up industrial units such as refinery in Bathinda and thermal plants at other places, she claimed. She visited seven villages of Mansa today and distributed grants for development works of Rs 50 lakhs. The villages that she visited include Hakamwala, Gamiwala, Lakhiwal, Gandokalan, Gandokhurd and Sherkhanwala. District president of the SAD Harbant Singh Datewas, Former MP Chetan Singh Sammaon, SGPC member Sukhdev Singh Dyalpura and Gurpreet Singh Banawali also addressed the public meetings. |
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Bodies of Barnala engg students found in canals
Barnala, January 9 Additional chief judicial magistrate Rajiv Kumar Beri, sent three students of the Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology, namely Gurjeet Singh, a resident of Nabha, Prithpal Singh, a resident of Mansa, and Baljinder Singh, a resident of village Hamirgarh to police remand till 12 January in connection with murder of Amit Sharma of Ludhiana, and Madhoop Kant Jha of Bathinda. Police this evening recovered the body of Amit Sharma from a canal in Talwandi Sabo and that of Madhoop Kumar Jha from Harigarh Canal in Dhanola area of Barnala. The DSP Barnala, Rupinder Bhardwaj, told The Tribune that the accused were being interrogated. He added that soon police will unfold the chronology of events. On Friday, police had arrested the three accused after a missing report was lodged by the parents of the deceased students on January 4. Police had found that the two boys had met the accused in Sangrur on January 2 and had allegedly consumed drugs together. They added that later, when the deceased did not give the accused their cellphones and laptops to buy more drugs, they were allegedly given coke laced with some poisonous substance. All the boys used to live in the college hostel. Police sources added that the accused had allegedly taken the deceased to a canal nearby and thrown them into the water. They added during the course of investigations, police narrowed down on the accused by tracing their phone calls. Police sources further added that during interrogations, the three boys confessed to the crime. They added that the accused wanted money for drugs, which led to the killings. The laptops and phones have been recovered from them. |
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Another Barnala resident dies of swine flu
Barnala, January 9
Sources added that Gurvinder had gone to Sunam to sell his farm produce and after he returned from there he complained of cough, cold and fever. They added family members of the deceased had shown him to a doctor at a private clinic in Rampura area who seeing his condition referred him to PGI Chandigarh. Sources further said that five days ago doctors at PGI reportedly confirmed that Gurvinder had swine flu infection. Relatives of the deceased meanwhile shifted his dead body from Chandigarh and cremated it in his native place. Confirming the death of Gurvinder Singh because of swine flu, Chief Medical Officer, Barnala, Dr Chander Mohan said that a team of doctors had already given medicine to the persons including the family members, relatives and people who came in contact with the deceased. He added that health authorities are making all efforts to create awareness among the local populace about swine flu and preventive measures from the disease. On January 6, an aged tea stall owner of Qilla Muhalla in Barnala had fallen prey to the H1N1 virus at Dayanand Medical College in Ludhiana. |
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Dasmesh students shine in sports
Bathinda, January 9 The state team got silver medal in the nationals. Arshdeep Singh and Bhalwan Singh substantially contributed to the victory. Principal Gurcharan Singh congratulated the winners. Earlier, Anmol Arora of this school won gold in the 55th National School Cricket tournament (U-14), which was held in Mumbai. —
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Trains rescheduled
Sriganganagar/Abohar, January 9 Giving details, he said that some trains have been rescheduled. Accordingly, the train no. 2988 (Ajmer - Siyaldaha Exp) schedule departure time 12.35 hrs on Friday was rescheduled by 25 hrs, 4060 (Jaisalmer - Delhi Intercity Exp.) by 6.30 hrs, 2308 (Jodhpur - Howrah Exp) by 4 hrs, 2964 (Udaipur - Nizamuddin Exp) by 2.30 hrs. 3007 (Howrah - Sriganganagar Exp) was running late by 14 hrs, 4723 (Kanpur- Bhiwani Exp) by six hrs, 2555 (Gorakhpur - Sri Bhiwani Exp) by seven hrs and 2414 (Jammu Tawi -Ajmer Exp) was late by 10 hrs. Meanwhile, local authorities said the Delhi-Sriganganagar intercity express was also running late by three hours. The minimum temperature in and around Sriganganagar further nosedived to seven degree Celsius today, the maximum temperature was recorded at 11.5. Sunshine was not visible throughout the day. Well placed sources indicated in the evening that the Railway Board was seriously thinking of limiting the operation of 3007/3008 Udyan Abha Toofan Express to Agra for the next three months. The train runs between Sriganganagar-Howrah at present and was late by 18 hours on Friday due to dense fog. —
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Pulse polio drive
Ferozepur, January 9 Dr. G S Dhillon and Dr. Rakesh Sikri DHO highlighted the importance of the drive. Dhillon told that the health minister Luxmi Kanta Chawla will flag off the pulse polio drive from Ferozpur. She will also visit some slum areas and give the polio drops to the children herself. —
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A watchman of the sub-division office of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) here was allegedly killed by some unidentified persons, who also reportedly decamped with Rs 5 lakh.
