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Mental arithmetic Arshia Thakral accompanied by her parents while receiving the Champions Trophy in a state-level mental arithmetic test held at Mohali. Photo by writer
Imparting training to make youth self-reliant
Plans for Development
Burning of wheat stubble goes unabated
Woman leaders meet CM
Chief Secy: Shift PCS officers every 3 years
3 held for murder
Pilgrim killed in road
mishap
Arya Samaj office-bearers
Brahmin Maha Sammellan
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Another protest by Anganwari workers foiled
Bathinda, May 2 The police arrested the group from a chowk near the bus stand under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC. They were produced before the executive magistrate, the Talwandi Sabo Tehsildar, who discharged them. Talwandi Sabo SHO Nazar Singh told TNS over phone that the Anganwari workers and helpers, led by Balbir Kaur, president of the Talwandi Sabo block of the union, were arrested while they were making efforts to board the buses from Talwandi Sabo to go to Badal village as part of an agitation programme chalked out by the Anganwari Mulazam Union, Punjab. As per the programme, a group of Anganwari workers and helpers would be sent to Badal village daily to observe relay fast in front of the CM’s residence in support of their demands, including enhancement in the monthly honorarium of the Anganwari workers and helpers on the pattern of Haryana. State president of the union Hargobind Kaur told TNS that Anganwari workers and helpers gathered at an Anganwari Centre in Talwandi Sabo this morning so as to march towards Badal village and had arranged twoTata Sumos for the purpose. But the police forced the drivers to run away. On this, they tried to board the buses, but the police arrested them, she added. The union leader said the sending of a group daily towards Badal village would continue till their demands were accepted. Yesterday, the police had arrested 27 Anganwari workers and helpers on the outskirts of Badal village in Muktsar district, who were going to start a relay fast in front of the CM’s residence in the village. Later they were produced before executive magistrate, the Malout Tehsildar, who remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days.
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Sepoy killed in native village
Abohar, May 2 Kuldeep Singh had reportedly proceeded on annual leave for native village Khair Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Some TV channels quoted top brass of the Bulandshehar police saying that he hired a vehicle but pushed out its driver on the way near Khurja and decamped along with a friend. An alert was sounded upon receiving complaint from the driver. The police put nakas and claimed to have killed Kuldeep Singh in an encounter terming him as a known charge-sheeter. The UP police was initially quoted saying that in the ensuing gun battle Kuldeep was armed and he sustained injuries by police bullets and fell down in a ditch. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. However, reports received quoted the family of the deceased saying, “It is a blatant lie and the encounter is totally fake.” Another report said that the UP police have accepted it as a case of mistaken identity and looking into the matter.
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Mental arithmetic
A student of class VI, Arshia Thakral (11), of Fazilka won first prize in the Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) state-level test held at Mohali last week.She won the Champions Trophy in her age group by solving 175 questions in just eight minutes. About 2,500 students of Punjab and Chandigarh participated in the mental arithmetic ability test. In this test, the students were categorised in three age groups. In a group, students upto six years of age participated. In another, students from 7-9 years took part while in the third group students ranging between 10-12 years participated. The test was conducted by the UCMAS Indian Private Limited of Chennai. The chairman Bashir Ahmed and manager of Punjab and Chandigarh region Satbir Singh Dhakka awarded the Champions Trophy along with a cheque of Rs 1,000 to Arshia. According to the parents of Arshia Thakral, Ashwani Thakral and Parveen Bala, their daughter has got training for the UCMAS from a local computer centre. Besides, she has been securing first rank throughout her studies upto class V. She got first position in the school by securing 98.4 percent marks. Under the UCMAS, the students are imparted education in mental arithmetic. This is originally a Chinese concept which has of late been adopted universally. —
Praful C Nagpal
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Imparting training to make youth self-reliant
Bathinda, May 2 The programme provides practical training to unemployed youths having three-year diploma in engineering, bachelor of engineering (BE) and bachelor of computer application (BCA) degrees. The training is being provided in the fields of computer assembling, UPS assembling, inverter assembling and stabiliser assembling. During the training, several lecturers by the bank officials are also delivered to make the trainees aware about the procedure for borrowing a loan from bank. The programme is being attended by a batch of 25 students from Bathinda and other parts of the district. It will culminate on May 7 here. Talking to TNS, chief manager of the NITCON, Bathinda, Vijay Arora said the main aim of the NITCON to organise such programmes was promotion of self-employment ventures and small-scale industries, as there were about 190 engineering colleges and institutions in Punjab that were producing a large number of engineers every year. But the number of jobs available in government and semi-government organisations was less, he added. Arora said the technical degree or diploma holders were not only facing unemployment but under-employment also, which meant that a degree holder was getting Rs 8,000 against Rs 22,000 per month and a diploma holder Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 against Rs 18,000. He said for such educated unemployed youths, self-employment was the best route they should pursue. A trainee, Mukesh Kumar from Bathinda, termed the programme as fruitful. He said not only practical training, but the lecturers by the bank officials on marketing, procurement of loan and submission of project reports would certainly help them in a big way in setting up self-employment ventures.
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Woman teacher commits suicide
Moga, May 2 As per the details available, the woman identified as Neelam Rani was not enjoying good relations with her husband Last evening, she had a quarrel with her husband and later she burnt herself by pouring kerosene on herself. She was rushed to a private hospital at the district headquarters, where she died within minutes.
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Burning of wheat stubble goes unabated
Muktsar, May 2 During interaction with a number of farmers and the labour apparently deployed to set the stubble on fire, this correspondent today observed they were in a hurry to ready their fields for the sowing of cotton and plantation of paddy. To avoid any delay, they termed it as an easiest, speediest and zero-cost way out. During the "illegal" process, they were least bothered about the health hazards as well as the colossal damage being done to the environment and the land. Instead of admitting their fault, there were a few, who gave reasons to justify their act. One of them, holding a large burning bamboo to set the stubble on fire at Muktsar-Kotakpura road, did not mind saying, "The burning of this remaining stubble will increase the fertility of the land. Moreover, I feel it is necessary to destroy the unwanted and harmful pests left from the last crop." The farmer was so confident that he was not at all ready to pay an ear towards the advice of the agricultural department, which suggested not to set the stubble on fire. Similar practice was witnessed along the Bathinda-Abohar road, where almost every harvested field in villages namely Kabarwala, Kattianwali, Gidderbhaha and others were found virtually enveloped by black sheet. During the visit, it was also found that thick clouds of smoke had engulfed the roads but farmers were least worried not only about the violation of law but also for the inconvenience of passersby as the smoke remained a major hurdle in driving. When contacted over the phone, the SSP Muktsar, Inder Mohan Singh said, "As of now, we have registered no case of stubble burning this season. Moreover, about the registration of such cases in future, I will have to confirm from the deputy commissioner." Despite repeated attempts, the DC Muktsar Varun Roojam did not attend the call.
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Plans for Development
Sriganganagar/Abohar,May 2 An octogenarian woman sarpanch last week removed the veil to hold hand-mike and substantially aired the problems faced by her village during the meeting of panchayat Samiti in Sriganganagar. A group of women leaders met the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot this weekend to discuss long-pending development plans. The group that had a meeting with the CM now was led by Shabnam Godara vice-chairperson of the Hanumangarh Zila Parishad. Shabnam informed today that Gehlot had assured to implement most of the decisions that had been awaiting attention for the past 4-5 years. They requested the CM to give priority to arrange supply of potable water, education and health services.
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Chief Secy: Shift PCS officers every 3 years
Anandpur Sahib, May 2 Aggarwal visited the Khalsa Heritage Project at Anandpur Sahib. Responding to a query on the ban on entry of mediapersons in the heritage building, he said there was nothing worth seeing on the premises. He said the furnishings of project were yet to start. Talking about the controversy of the Anandpur Sahib Foundation’s roping in a multinational company and asking its employees to en route through the contractual procedure, Aggarwal said no employee needed to feel unsafe. The government was committed to safeguarding the interests of its people. Making a point on the issue of Himachal Pradesh industrial units polluting the Sutlej in Punjab, Aggarwal said the state had decided to approach the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). — TNS
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Hanumangarh/Abohar, May 2 Chhotu Lal was working as a private school teacher and had been living in the house of the victim along with his family as tenant. He vacated the house on Thursday and sent his family to the native village. He was joined by two friends in strangulating Sardul Singh to death. However, contrary to their expectations they could find Rs 1,500 only in his possession. Investigation indicated that Sardul was heard asking Chhotu Lal to refund Rs one lakh that he had reportedly borrowed a few days back — OC
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Abohar, May 2 Sources said, a group of motorcyclists had left Abohar for pilgrimage to ancient Salasar temple in Rajasthan. The collision took place near crossing of Sardarshehar that had been highly prone to accidents. Karan was hospitalised locally while body of Dhingra was brought here after conducting postmortem at the civil hospital. Last rites were performed in the evening. — OC
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A student of class VI, Arshia Thakral (11), of Fazilka won first prize in the Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System
(UCMAS) state-level test held at Mohali last week.She won the Champions Trophy in her age group by solving 175 questions in just eight minutes. About 2,500 students of Punjab and Chandigarh participated in the mental arithmetic ability test.
non-government organisations (NGOs) are nowadays providing free training to educated and uneducated, unemployed youths so as to enable them to start self-employment ventures. One such organisation is the North India Technical Consultancy Organisation
(NITCON), Chandigarh, which has been conducting here a free five-week technology-based entrepreneurship development programme in the trade of electrical and electronic gadgets assembling.
The leaping flames and malodorous smoke emanating from the harvested wheat fields along the roadsides in Muktsar - home district of the Chief Minister - are enough to suggest that farmers as well as district administration are yet to realise the gravity of threat posed by burning paddy straws.
