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Injured kabaddi players receive treatment
Bathinda, November 9
As many as 11 kabaddi players of Nepal and Germany teams, who had sustained injuries in their matches, played on November 8 at Patiala, were today treated for their injuries at the Civil Hospital here.


A kabbadi player after undergoing treatment at Bathinda Civil Hospital on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Man shot to death
Makhu (Ferozepur), November 9
A farmer was killed while his father was seriously injured on Tuesday when two of their neighbours attacked them with sharp-edged weapons at Jogewala village near Makhu in the Ferozepur district.

Seven schoolchildren injured in road mishap
Mansa, November 9
Seven school children, including girls, sustained injuries today in the morning when a peter rehra — a banned vehicle — by which they were going towards Jhunir, collided head-on with an oil tanker near a sharp turn at village Burj. As per police sources, altogether 26 school children were on the vehicle. 


Injured schoolchildren undergoing treatment at the Mansa Civil Hospital on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

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A scene from the play “Jamuna” written and directed by Atul Satya Koushik at the Balwant Gargi Open Air Theatre in the Rose Garden, Bathinda, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Teachers told to celebrate Literacy Day on holiday
Bathinda, November 9
The Education Department has popped a surprise for the government school teachers, leaving them irate.

Abohar youths arrested for looting
Abohar, November 9
Two youths of Abohar purchased .315 bore illicit pistol and escaped after looting Rs 50,000 from a trader Kulwant Rai Arora (60) at Padampur branch of the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ) in Sriganganagar.

Injured kabaddi players receive treatment
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Bathinda, November 9
As many as 11 kabaddi players of Nepal and Germany teams, who had sustained injuries in their matches, played on November 8 at Patiala, were today treated for their injuries at the Civil Hospital here.

An orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Ajay Gupta, who examined and treated the injured players, told TNS that Balkaran Singh and Jasjit Singh, both players of Germany, and Rajan Shilpakar and Munna Patel, both players of Nepal, have been advised rest for three weeks. Therefore, they would not be able play for their teams in the next matches.

The next match of the Nepal team is on November 12 with Canada at Ferozepur while the next match of Germany is on November 10 with Afghanistan at Doda (Muktsar).

The injured player Balkaran Singh is the captain of Germany while Munna Patel is the vice-captain of the Nepal team. The Nepal players sustained injuries during their match against Afghanistan while the German players were injured during their match against Australia.

The names of the injured players from Nepal are: Munna Patel (joint sprain on right shoulder), Naval Kumar (right ankle sprain), Kiran Mahajan (right knee joint ligament injury), Manoj Mandal (tendon injury on left shoulder) and Rajan Shilpakar (ankle ligament injury).

The injured players of Germany team were: Balkaran Singh (dislocation of left elbow), Jasjit Singh (ligament tear on left knee), Ravinder Singh (ligament injury on left wrist), Navroop Singh (ligament sprain on right wrist), Ranjit Singh (superficial injury on left knee) and Hardayal Singh (spinal injury).

President of the Kabaddi Federation of Nepal Sunil Raj Karnikar said they were impressed by the treatment received.

However, no injured player was admitted to the hospital. They were discharged after the treatment. 

Man shot to death
Tribune News Service

Makhu (Ferozepur), November 9
A farmer was killed while his father was seriously injured on Tuesday when two of their neighbours attacked them with sharp-edged weapons at Jogewala village near Makhu in the Ferozepur district.

As per the details available, the deceased Rattan Singh had watered his fields, which seeped into the fields of their neighbour Bachittar Singh who along with his father Sukha Singh, complained about it.

Rattan had a verbal duel with them. His son Gurvinder Singh also came to the spot. He brought a .12 bore gun and a sword with him, which aggravated the situation.

Tempers ran so high that Rattan Singh shot at Bachittar Singh from a close range. He died on the spot.

Meanwhile, Rattan's son Gurvinder Singh attacked Sukha Singh with the sword, injuring him. He was later taken to the government hospital at Makhu where he is undergoing treatment.

The SHO, Surjit Singh, said the police had registered a criminal case of murder under the Arms Act against the father-son duo and begun investigations. However, they were still eluding arrest.

It may be mentioned that this is the second incident of murder within 24 hours in the Makhu area. On Monday, a head constable Harjinder Singh had shot dead a farmer Gurmeet Singh over a property dispute at Malang Shah Wala village.  

Seven schoolchildren injured in road mishap

Mansa, November 9
Seven schoolchildren, including girls, sustained injuries today in the morning when a peter rehra — a banned vehicle — by which they were going towards Jhunir, collided head-on with an oil tanker near a sharp turn at village Burj. The kids were going to take part in the zonal school games.

As per police sources, altogether 26 school children were on the vehicle. The injured were rushed to Mansa civil hospital from where one of the girl, a student of class VII, was referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh. Other kids are undergoing treatment at the civil hospital. Their condition is now stated to be normal.

Police officials who rushed to the spot said that a case would be registered after recording the statements of the onlookers and the family members of the victims.

Accidents involving peter rehras have been reported in the past as well. Despite claims of the Mansa police that they have banned the plying of the illegal vehicle, many could be seen on the roads in the district. — TNS

Teachers told to celebrate Literacy Day on holiday
Megha Mann/TNS

Bathinda, November 9
The Education Department has popped a surprise for the government school teachers, leaving them irate.

Many government schools in the district had announced a local holiday on November 11 but the department today played a spoilsport by issuing directions to celebrate the day as Literacy Day.

Since Gurupurb was on November 10 and November 12 was a holiday on account of being a second Saturday, the principals of the government schools had declared a local holiday.

"Government school principals are empowered to announce two local holidays in a year depending on the school's needs. While some principals had declared it during the early months of the year, the others declared it on October 25 to make a package of holidays on Diwali," said a government school principal.

However, schools in villages like Multania, Jhumba and Jodhpur Romana missed the local holiday on October 25 due to the function held for the distribution of bicycles on the school premises.

Another government school teacher said that these two local holidays are used to provide a respite to the teachers who are caught up in a lot of non-academic work also.

On the occasion of Gurpurab, many of them also go to pay obeisance at the Darbar Sahib in Amritsar. "With an additional holiday and Sunday, starting from November 10, teachers could have availed of four holidays had the department suddenly not issued the notification of celebrating November 11 as the Literacy Day," rued another government school teacher.

The schools have been directed to read out the messages of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Education Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan during the morning assembly on November 11.

The principals have been directed to ensure that not only the students, but their parents too are a part of the function. Apart from the schools under the state government, the day would also be observed at the Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas, which are directly under the HRD Ministry.

While today was a half-day in view of the Gurpurab celebrations, schools were informed about the function in the afternoon. The Education Department officials posted the information about the function on the department's website, which could not be accessed in some schools due to internet failure.

“Now, I have no time to inform the parents. The department does not pre-plan its work. At the eleventh hour, we have been told to make arrangement which is very difficult,” said one of the teachers.

Abohar youths arrested for looting

Abohar, November 9
Two youths of Abohar purchased .315 bore illicit pistol and escaped after looting Rs 50,000 from a trader Kulwant Rai Arora (60) at Padampur branch of the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ) in Sriganganagar.

However, one of them was nabbed by the cops who were coincidently travelling by the bus that he boarded, the other was also arrested later. Preliminary investigation indicated that the nabbed youths had been frequenting the border district to arrange smack and they had planned the loot to meet the needs. — TNS