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Nav Inquilab Yatra reaches Bathinda
Aerospace Olympiad begins
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Manpreet did not want Sukhbir as CM: Maluka
Winged guests start arriving at Hari Ke wetland
Arrest of ex-RSS chief sought
Folk dances mark Children’s Day function
Cong leader Sodhi lashes out at Kalia
Health check-up camp
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Nav Inquilab Yatra reaches Bathinda
Bathinda, November 15 On the 15th day of PYC’s Nav Inquilab Yatra (NIY) in Bathinda today, Bittu asked the promoters of the Nanhi Chaan programme to come up with statistical details about the success of the programme along with the details of beneficiaries. “Just spending crores on the publicity of the project, by inserting advertisements on TV would not serve any purpose. People want something else,” he added. On the one hand, the ruling party leaders claim to have a penchant for protecting environment and on the other, the state government has no budgetary provision for enhancing the forest cover in the state during this budget year which is in an alarming condition now, Bittu alleged. Accusing the state government of promoting favouritism, Bittu alleged that some big industrial houses were roped in for programmes like Nanhi Chaan and given benefits in corporate deals with the government. While addressing the gathering here, Bittu said the cancer problem in Malwa belt had assumed gigantic proportions but the government was still sleeping on the issue. He mentioned the state government’s claim of installing RO systems as a mere gimmick for taking credit as it was being done under the Centre’s flagship programme—the National Rural Health Mission. Malwa enjoys patronage from the deputy chief minister of the state, still, it is lagging behind in development. “Even after completion of three and a half years of rule, all policies and projects are on papers and nothing is visible on the ground,” the PYC president said. Showing a number of complaints and applications received from people on the way, Bittu said, “The time has come, now the politicians of the state instead of moving in hi-fi SUVs have to go to every house to personally interact with the people and listen to their grievances.” Speaking about the Manpreet’s Jago Punjab Yatra, Bittu said, “It would be better if Manpreet had named it ‘Pol Khol Yatra’ and exposed the reality of the ruling Badals.” |
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Aerospace Olympiad begins
Chandigarh, November 15 The event is being held in two phases. In the first phase, school and college teams had submitted a written project report and scrapbook on designated themes that were evaluated by a panel of experts to shortlist participants for the finals. The themes included Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow, Launch Vehicles for Space Exploration and Indian Missiles in World Scenario. The next phase that began today would include audio-visual presentations by the teams on specified topics of their respective project reports as well as other competitive events like quiz competitions, caption contest and collage making to assess their overall performance and aptitude. The Olympiad is an opportunity for young students to learn and interact with the exponents in the field of aviation and aerospace. In addition to this, they shall be interacting with their contemporaries from various institutes from across the country.
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Manpreet did not want Sukhbir as CM: Maluka
Bathinda, November 15 “Today, I have no hesitation in admitting that when Manpreet was inducted as FM in the state cabinet without any credentials, the party committed a mistake which is being reflected now,” said Maluka. About the extent of damage that Manpreet’s ‘Jago Punjab Yatra’ will do to the SAD (B) in the coming assembly polls, Maluka said, “It is a part of history that when big guns like Gurcharan Singh Tohra and others opened a front against the SAD (B) , they failed to sustain it politically.” Replying to another query, the PAC member went ahead saying, “Though he is denying it in front of media but we (the party members) know well that it was Manpreet’s ego because of which he did not want to see Sukhbir Badal as the chief minister and when the time was coming for the big occasion, he created a scene.” “We have reports that Manpreet is dancing to the tunes of the AICC leaders. But now as a majority of the state Congress leaders too have announced that they do not want him to enter the party, he is left with no other option but to vacillate,” alleged Maluka. He said further, “Be it a bypoll or general election, I can say it with certainty that even if he contests from Gidderbaha, which Manpreet claims to be his own constituency, he will not even be able to save his surety from being forfeited.” When asked about the allegations of Congressmen that the maximum atrocities upon their party men were committed in Gidderebaha, that too on the directions of Manpreet and his brother-in-law Jaijeet Singh Jojo, Maluka agreed saying he had the same reports. “As he was the kin of Badal sahib, many a times, we did not find it reasonable to interfere in his area but now people, including our party workers, are regularly complaining to us,” he claimed. Manpreet Badal, when contacted, refused to react saying that someone (Maluka) who could not save his own seat in the previous assembly polls could not be expected to assess the reality. However, his aide and former OSD Charanjit Singh said, "Let the time come, we will see whose surety gets forfeited."
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Winged guests start arriving at Hari Ke wetland
Hari Ke (Ferozepur), November 15 As per the initial trends, the number of birds, which have been arriving from Siberia and Central Asia to this wetland these days, is more than the number of birds, which were arriving to this one of the biggest bird sanctuaries of the country during the corresponding period last year. What has made this lake, spread over about 41 kilometres, attract a large number of migratory birds from the countries, situated thousands of kilometres away from this place, is the fact that after many years, the water of the lake is comparatively clean as compared to the situation a few years back. The hyacinths covering the surface of the lake is less compared to last year. Besides, heavy monsoon, which lashed the catchment areas of the Sutlej and Beas rivers and other parts of Punjab, has also increased the level of water in the lake and thus created an additional area where migratory birds are at ease. “So far, the number of birds, which have arrived at this lake, is around 20000. The birds have been coming in hordes from different parts of world daily,” pointed out Malkit Singh, a guide-cum-boat man at the sanctuary, adding that last year, the number of birds, that had arrived till November 15 was less as winter got delayed and the level of water in the lake was less. “What has made the bird lovers happy this year is the fact that a bird named Great Adjutant, which is under great threat and has become a rare species, was also sighted in the sanctuary during the initial days of migration. The total number of such birds, which were seen here, was eight,” he disclosed. The boatman added that these birds, which had come from Central Asia, had further gone to wetlands situated in Gujarat. Information gathered by the TNS revealed that the birds, which had descended on this vast lake so far, included coots, widgeon, gadwall, grey-legged geese, great egret, Siberian gulls, tufted poachered, white eye duck, pintail duck, northern shoveler, brown-headed gulls, yellow-legged gulls, slender billed gulls, greater crested grebe, marsh harrier, Merlin, green shank, common red shank, spotted red shank, common sand piper, green sand piper, wood sandpiper and the snipe. Officials deployed at the sanctuary, when contacted, said they had been taking care of the fact that the winged guests, which had started providing a colourful life to the wetland, were not disturbed by anyone. The unscrupulous elements, who indulged in catching the fish from the lake, were being dealt with strictly, they assured. More migratory birds belonging to several other categories were expected to arrive during the winter season in this sanctuary, which is known for its flora, fauna and rich biodiversity.
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Arrest of ex-RSS chief sought
Moga, November 15 The party workers first assembled in the freedom fighters’ hall and then held a protest march at the GT road. They again assembled outside the mini-secretariat and raised slogans against the ex- RSS chief and also submitted a memorandum to the sub-divisional magistrate seeking arrestof the former RSS chief. Joginder Pal Jain, Darshan Singh Brar, Ajit Singh Shant all MLA’s, district party president Colonel Babu Singh and other local leaders were among many party workers. |
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Folk dances mark Children’s Day function
Abohar, November 15 Significantly, overall trophy was won by village Kerakhera-based Government High School even when hundreds of students from many private and government schools had participated in the competitions. The function, presided over by former SDM BL Sikka, was conducted by the club secretary Sushil Jhamb and coordinator DK Chathley. President Amrik Singh welcomed the guests. The students enthralled the gathering by presenting folk dances. — OC
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Cong leader Sodhi lashes out at Kalia
Ferozepur, November 15 “As Kalia has failed to pump a significant amount of money for the development of urban areas in the past four years, now he has started claiming that the Punjab government is in the process of raising a loan to the tune of Rs 1000 crores from financial institutions to carry out a large-scale development in the urban pockets of the state,” pointed out Sodhi. “I ask Kalia to reveal the names of financial institutions including banks, which have been approached by his department so far to raise Rs 1000 crores as loan. Kalia must also reveal the assets of the Punjab government, which would be given as securities against the Rs 1000 crore loan, which is proposed to be raised by him,” he said. |
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Health check-up camp
Abohar, November 15 District president Kamlesh Dawar said this was part of Baba’s 85th birthday celebrations. There were hundreds of applicants but a sub-committee identified those who were needy and could not afford major surgery even at a government hospital. They were provided with free lab tests, medicines, lodging and boarding facilities. Laparoscopic surgeries were preferred. During the valedictory function, the Samiti honoured the doctors, lab technicians and para medical staff for rendering services during the camp. They included KN Babbar, Upasana, Naveen Sethi, Satish Jain, C L Bhargava, Swaran Singh Gagneja, B K Chhabra, Rishi Narang and Kapil Narang (all doctors) and para medicos including Santosh Bajaj, Kusumlata, Gurdeep Kaur, Baljinder Kaur, Ajay Kumar, Jasbir Kaur, Roma, Sahib Ram, Neeru and Sandeep. |
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“Instead of checking the female foeticide menace in Punjab, the Nanhi Chaan programme has just been confined to putting up hoardings and deriving mileage out of it by Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur
Badal.
Reacting to the perceived utopian wish of Manpreet Singh Badal that “no blood relatives should serve in the same Cabinet”, which was apparently an attack on the ruling father-son duo in the state, a member of the political affairs committee (PAC) of the SAD (B), Sikander Singh Maluka, today said, “It would be better had Manpreet raised the same issue when he was enjoying the portfolio of the finance minister just because of his blood relation with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.”
After many years, the Hari Ke wetland, which came into existence after the construction of a barrage over the confluence of Sutlej and Beas rivers here and which is spread over
Ferozepur, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala districts of Punjab, has started providing a good ecological setting for the migratory birds, that have started arriving here in large numbers.
