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77 pc polling stations declared sensitive
From an Army soldier to an anti-graft crusader
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NRHM employees stage protest
DAV girl keeps her top position intact
Youth’s death triggers protest in Abohar
Obesity, hypertension ail every 10th cop in Bathinda district
Youths hold demonstration against corruption
Grievance goes unheard, Talwandi Sabo medical officer puts in papers
Residents getting phone calls, SMSs announcing windfall
Two-yr RI for lecturer who secured job on fake certificate
Seminar on cloud computing
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77 pc polling stations declared sensitive
Bathinda, August 25 The SGPC elections are being held on September 18 for nine seats in six constituencies of Bhagta, Rampura Phul, Bathinda, Balluana, Talwandi Sabo and Maur of this district. Of the nine seats, seven are open to general category while two are reserved for Scheduled Caste category candidates. As far as the security arrangement is concerned, about 2,000 security personnel will be deployed at the polling stations on the polling day while about 500 police personnel will be deployed at the nakas and other places in the district. The administration is also planning to bring in security personnel from other districts to deploy them on poll duty. Bathinda Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav said here today that all arrangements had been made for holding the elections in a smooth manner. He said as many as 386 polling stations had been set up for holding the elections in the district. He said on the last date of publication of electoral rolls, there were 2,32,533 voters (1,13,488 male and 1,19,045 female) in the six SGPC constituencies. In addition, 495 new voters had been registered till today. He said the administration had also formed 386 polling parties to conduct the elections. A total of 2,100 persons, including reserve staff, would be available for performing election duties on the day, he added. Yadav said a total of 57 candidates had filed their nomination papers for the nine seats but after the scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination papers till today, there were 44 candidates left in the fray. The DC said they had also received five complaints in connection with violation of the election code of conduct, which had been forwarded to the Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections. |
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From an Army soldier to an anti-graft crusader
On November 12, 1965, an Army truck which he was driving, came under heavy aerial fire by Pakistani Sabre jets. As bombs were exploding around him, Hazare, driving a truck full of soldiers, had a close shave when an enemy’s bullet whizzed past his head, though a splinter grazed his forehead. Anna ducked below the dashboard and jammed the brakes with his hands. Shortly, two more PAF Sabre jets strafed the convoy again and most of his comrades fell in the line of duty. Anna had a miraculous escape but the incident transformed him completely from a truck driver to a formidable driving force. Khemkaran had become a graveyard of tanks and is often referred to as ‘Patton Nagar’ by old soldiers, who were a part of the largest tank battle in military history, which took place here and of which Anna Hazare was a part. The war proved to be a turning point for Anna’s life as he took an oath to dedicate his life to the service of the humanity. To be self-sufficient, he continued to be in the Army for 12 more years to be eligible for the pension scheme and then took voluntary retirement in 1978 from the Ninth Maratha Battalion. While recalling the 1965 conflict, Army officials, while requesting anonymity, said it was one of the most intense armoured battles in the history of military warfare after the Second World War. Close to a thousand tanks on both the sides took part in the pitched battles and offensive. The Indian Army had managed to capture 97 Pakistani tanks which included 72 Patton tanks besides 25 Chafees and Shermans. Even today, the fields of Khemkaran are dotted with a number of war memorials reminiscent of that battle in which over 3000 soldiers attained martyrdom to protect the sovereignty of the nation. In the aftermath of the war, Anna was awarded ‘Sangram Medal’. “Who could have imagined that the diminutive truck driver who withstood the might of the Pakistani Army would take on the government single-handedly and capture the imagination of the entire nation one day,” said an Army official, posted in the cantonment here. |
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NRHM employees stage protest
Fazilka, August 25 They staged a protest rally at the gate of the hospital and took out a procession in the bazaars and burnt an effigy of the Punjab Government at the Shastri Chowk crossing. The employees have been observing pen-down strike for the last 16 days and now they have started organising protest rallies and demonstrations. NHRM Employees Association leaders, Kunal Kirti Malik, Mukesh Singh, Aamna Kamboj, Shri Datt Narain, Gurminder Singh, Manoj Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Sawaran Singh, Aarti, Manju, Navjot, Kuldeep, Vinod Singh, while addressing the gathering said if their demands were not accepted, they would intensify the stir. Their main demands include the regularisation of services of the contractual NRHM employees. |
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DAV girl keeps her top position intact
Abohar, August 25 Notably, four students of the college have so far topped in the MA (Hindi) exam conducted by the PU in the last few years. The college students had once won top-seven positions. Nishu, daughter of a Gidderbaha-based trader, Mohan Lal Mittal and Kanta Rani, had got 75 per cent marks in BA and stood second in the college in the B.Ed exam. Since MA (Hindi) was not offered by any of the colleges at Bathinda, she chose to join the DAV College here. “I have been devoting 8-10 hours to studies. Surdas and Mahadevi Verma have been my favourite poets. I want to qualify in the National Eligibility Test (NET),” she said. |
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Youth’s death triggers protest in Abohar
Abohar, August 25 Two of his friends shifted him to the Civil Hospital immediately but he died later. Intriguingly, the police took both his friends into custody, the protesters from Arya Nagar, dominated by the Dhanak community alleged. Hundreds of women and youth today asked the shopkeepers in Durgiana Market, adjacent to the temple, to observe a strike. The call was later supported by Congress councillor Prem Kalra, chairman of the Durgiana Market association. BJP councillor Thakar Dass Siwan, who represented Arya Nagar, gave the call for a bandh in the new grain market. He warned that the strike would cover all the grain markets in the state, if the parents of the deceased did not get justice SHO Chhinderpal Singh later managed to disperse the crowd by assuring the protesters of justice in the case. |
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Obesity, hypertension ail every 10th cop in Bathinda district
Bathinda, August 25 “There is hardly any time to exercise. Erratic working hours, especially the hectic VIP duties, keep us on tenterhooks. Added to it is the fact that there is no fixed time for taking meals. Above all, with the SAD-BJP government in power, Bathinda and its surrounding areas has become the epicentre of high-profile political visits which add to the pressure on us,” rued a cop posted with the traffic police. Only six to seven per cent of the newly-recruited cops in district are young while more than 30 per cent of the staff is set to retire by next year. Bathinda falls short of 400 cops and consequently, the onus of performing duties lies on the existing policemen who do multi-tasking, especially during the elections and VIP visits. Bathinda police holds parade every Monday and Thursday at the Police Lines where cops undergo rigorous exercise and training sessions. However, policemen feel that two days are not enough to keep them fit. “Prolonged night shifts along with factors like work pressure, no weekly offs and high stress levels are the constituents of an unhealthy lifestyle. There is an urgent need to initiate a programme for de-stressing our workforce,” added another. Meanwhile, Bathinda SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill said the recruitment process was going on and very soon, 407 vacant posts would be filled up. “Indeed cops do not get the time to exercise everyday to remain fit. But we keep making efforts to provide them with the best fitness level possible. With the recruitment of new batches, the existing ones will get more time to care about their health,” he said. |
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Youths hold demonstration against corruption
Bathinda, August 25 Convener of the committee Pavel Kussa said it had come to light that the Union Government did not want to end corruption in the country due to which it had been initiating repressive measures against the agitators. Man commits suicide: Mukhtiar Singh (35), a resident of Rampura Phul, allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train between Rampura Phul and Jethuke village on Thursday morning. According to the General Railway Police (GRP), Bathinda, the reason why Mukhtiar Singh committed suicide could not be known. However, the police has initiated proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. —
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Grievance goes unheard, Talwandi Sabo medical officer puts in papers
Bathinda, August 25 The campus of the Civil Hospital is situated in a low-lying area that leads to flooding even after mild showers. Besides Dr Sonia, other staff members, including paramedics, are also facing the problem. They even held an agitation on August 19 to highlight their woes, but to no avail. Dr Gupta informed Civil Surgeon Dr Neelam Bajaj about her problems. Instead of doing the needful, the higher authorities allegedly started threatening her to stop complaining about the poor condition of the official residence. However, Dr Neelam Bajaj said that during the agitation, Dr Sonia had instigated other staff members and the out-patient department (OPD) had remained closed for four days. “I reasoned with her that harassing the patients was not the right thing to do. I even got the water drained from her premises but she insisted that I should pay for the damage caused to her household goods,” Dr Bajaj said. When contacted, Satish Chandra, Health Secretary, Punjab, said he had spoken to Dr Sonia and asked an XEN to look into the repair of her house. “We have told her that no one can harm her,” he said. |
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Residents getting phone calls, SMSs announcing windfall
Bathinda, August 25 “Unable to resist the cash awards mentioned, people fall prey to these baits. From here starts a vicious cycle, wherein the vulnerable public is made to deposit money in the accounts of people involved in anti-social activities,” point out police officials. Many people get calls from numbers that have Pakistan’s ISD code (92) as prefix. The callers first convince by saying that mobile phone owner has won a lottery ticket. After a couple of more calls, victim is asked to deposit some money so that his or her account could be made operational. Thereafter, begins a cycle of money transaction using the account of the mobile phone owner. Bathinda SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill said while the police was yet to get a formal complaint in this context, it was aware of such frauds. “People should be cautious themselves. It is a kind of self-policing wherein one should refrain from entering into monetary transactions with strangers,” Gill added. Such cases are dealt by the state cyber crime police station established at Chandigarh around six months ago. All the complaints received in various districts are forwarded to the cyber police station for redressal. “It is not an easy task to trace the accused in such cases. In case of intercepting international numbers, one has to seek permission from various quarters,” pointed out a senior official. Police officials said the Punjab police had started recruiting cyber constables. Once the recruitment procedure gets through, these cops would be stationed in various districts to keep a check on the cyber crime, they added. |
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Two-yr RI for lecturer who secured job on fake certificate
Bathinda, August 25 On the basis of a fake certificate of BA third year, Kulwinder had got fake certificates from Varanasi for MA and M.Ed degrees. He had secured the government job on the basis of these fake certificates. The challan of this case was presented in the court on September 20, 2003.
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Seminar on cloud computing
Bathinda, August 25 It is emerging as a platform for sharing resources like infrastructure, software and various applications, said chairman of the institute Harbhajan Singh. Chinderpal Singh, Dean, Administration, motivated the students to learn new technologies so that they could meet the demands of the market.
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Nearly 77 per cent polling stations (297 out of 386), set up for holding the SGPC elections in Bathinda district, have been identified as sensitive while 32 (22 in Rampura Phul and 10 in Talwandi Sabo) have been categorised as hyper-sensitive.
Abohar, August 25
Ferozepur, August 25
