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Christians want their voices heard
Jan 28-30 are dry days
Medicos get tips on immunisation
National Disaster Response Force celebrates foundation day
Course on climate change concludes
BFGI’s drive scores a century
Sun shines, brings respite
Talwandi Sabo resident looted at gunpoint, 3 booked
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Assembly elections
Bathinda, January 21 Nirupam said during his visit, he had felt that an anti-incumbency wave had been prevailing among the people. Besides, due to the 'non-performance' of the government there was a great resentment among the masses, which would translate into votes in favour of the Congress, he said. Nirupam claimed that considering the current political circumstances in the state, the Congress could win about 80 Assembly seats, as a survey conducted by the Congress suggested that there was a strong wave in favour of the party. The main issues being raised by the Congress included development of the state, welfare of the people, especially the farmers, setting up of more industrial and power generation units, he said. |
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Teacher faces action for indulging in political activity
Bathinda, January 21 The election observer has lodged a complaint against the teacher and the district election officer was asked to conduct an inquiry into it. The election observer had stated that the teacher was absent from the school and was campaigning for one of the candidates in fray for Assembly elections. Also, a sticker of one of the political parties was affixed on the teacher's vehicle. The teacher had taken a day's leave on January 7 and was supposed to be present in the school on January 9. However, she remained absent. In a communiqué to the chief engineer of the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Yadav recommended that action be taken against the Punjabi teacher and the school principal. |
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Christians want their voices heard
Bathinda, January 21 Alleging that political parties and the authorities have made them feel ignored, over 60 priests concurred to make their voice heard during a meeting held at the Methodist Church here. President of the Christian Welfare Association, Bathinda, George C Masih, while talking to the Bathinda Tribune, said, “Christians are an integral part of the society in Punjab and has been providing good education and good healthcare to the people. Yet, the policy makers, political parties and authorities make us feel neglected. There is not even a single MLA, MP, IPS, IAS, PCS officer from our community in the state.” The community wants that the candidates and the political parties should consider their demands, including declaration of Good Friday and Easter as compulsory holidays like Diwali, Holi etc. “We don’t want it to be a restricted holiday. There are as many as 15,000-17,000 Christians in the city and as many as 25,000-28,000 in the district,” Masih said. Among their other demands are a facility to obtain caste certificates from the government, availability of space for building a community hall for the community so that it is not forced to hold its functions on the church premises and sufficient land be granted to the community to build graveyards. “Till the time you don’t cry, even the mother won’t feed you. We have sent a copy of our needs to the candidates who wanted to attend the meeting. We have been noticing how our community is neglected by the parties every election and hence, this time we have 11 independent candidates from our community contesting the elections in the state,” Masih said. |
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Jan 28-30 are dry days
Bathinda, January 21 An order issued in this regard by the office of the DC-cum-District Election Officer, KK Yadav, prohibits “the sale, service and distribution of any spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquor at a shop, hotel, restaurant, club, tavern, eating joint, or any other place (public or private) within the Bathinda district during the given period”.
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Say no to liquor, voters urged
Bathinda, January 21 The campaign was held in the wake of the upcoming Assembly elections. Awareness rallies were taken around villages of
Jeond, Jassi Pauwali, Nasibpura, Goniana Khurd, Aalike, Gehri Bara Singh, Sheikhpura Ghandabanna and others. The villagers were made aware of their right to vote through posters displayed during the rallies. While addressing the representatives of the various village clubs, the district youth coordinator, Jagjit Singh Mann, said villagers should say no to the candidates who give money or liquor in lieu of votes. |
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Sambhar strays into city, rescued
Bathinda, January 21 The president of the Sahara Jan Sewa, an NGO, Vijay Goyal, said the animal was first spotted in the street number 4 of Janta Nagar at around 8 am. It ran towards the Amrik Singh road from where it strayed into the Mall Road. With so many people around, the animal had got scared. Later, the animal rushed towards Hanuman Chowk from where it again ran towards Ajit Road. The volunteers chased the animal on bikes. The animal rushed towards Dhobiana Basti where it was caught by using ropes. The animal was captured at around 12 noon, four hours after it was spotted. Meanwhile, Sandeep Jain, chief coordinator of the CAPE India, said Punjab requires an animal rescue centre where such rescued animals could be treated. He said the rescuers should be trained well before being sent to an animal rescue operation, adding that the wildlife and forest department officials were not equipped with tranquilising guns, net and other equipment used while rescuing an animal. |
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Medicos get tips on immunisation
Bathinda, January 21 At the training programme the participants were told about administration of injection at the outer mid-thigh instead of the gluteal region. They were also told about the administration of second dose of measles, in the form of an injection, at the age of one and a half years. Earlier, only one dose used to be given at the age of nine months to protect the child against measles. Besides, the participants were also told about the importance and the age
at which the injections should be given to children to save them from other diseases like diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT), hepatitis-B and BCG. They were also told about giving the Vitamin-A and anti-polio drops orally to the children. District Health Officer, Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa, gave the doctors information about the non-communicable diseases (NCD) programme. The non- communicable diseases included cancer, diabetes, hyper-tension and stroke. District Immunisation Officer, Dr Manpreet Kaur told the doctors about various aspects of the immunisation training programme. On the occasion, senior medical officer of the local Women and Children Hospital Dr BS Gill and District School Health Medical Officer, Dr Kundan Kumar, were also present. |
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National Disaster Response Force celebrates foundation day
Bathinda, January 21 Jawans, experts in mountaineering and rock climbing, climbed the fourth floor of a building and demonstrated how to rescue the injured and rush them to the hospital for medical attention. An exhibition on equipment related to search and rescue operation was also organised. The guests were given a detailed briefing about the use and significance of these tools. Besides the chief guest, ATM SS Bhatia, Civil Defence warden Surendra Mohan Jindal along with 50 civil defence workers, community AIDS educator Narinder Bassi, Manjit Bansal, associate professor at Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology, were present along with many other guests. Various competitive events were also held on the day. Shipra
Verma, wife of RK Verma, commandant, gave away the trophies and prizes to the winners. JS Chaudhary, RK Amrohi, Suresh Taria, Dhir Bikram Bisht were among the NDRF functionaries who played a key role in ensuring that the event was a success. |
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Course on climate change concludes
Bathinda, January 21 Dr JS Saini, professor and head, Department of Rural Development, NITTTR Chandigarh, inaugurated the course and delivered lecture on topic overview of disaster and its mitigation, while Dr UN Roy of NITTTR Chandigarh raised issues related to impact of climate change on agriculture. ‘Flood protection – Techniques For Rural And Urban Housing’ was the topic on which Dr UN Roy gave detailed knowledge to participants. On third day of this course, assistant divisional fire officer Baldev Singh described techniques to control fire with help of equipment related to fire control. Later, Dr Sanjiv Aggarwal, Associate Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at the host college, delivered a talk on road traffic disasters and showed photographs depicting the ignorance of the common people towards road safety in our country. A field visit was also organised for the participants, who learnt and enjoyed a lot from the live drills performed by jawans of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), on its raising day, stationed
in Military Station, Bathinda. The staff members from Indian Railway’s
Accident Relief Train, Bathinda also showcased their practical skills. On the closing day, Associate Professor, Department of Rural Development, NITTTR, Chandigarh Prof Poonam Sayal, explained the renewable energy resources and its importance. Prof (Dr) Jasbir Singh Hundal, principal PTU GZS Campus thanked all the experts from NITTTR Chandigarh, Indian Railways, NDRF and from other departments. He also appreciated the effort put in by coordinator of course, Dr Manjeet Bansal and his team. |
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BFGI’s drive scores a century
Bathinda, January 21 The students of these schools were told about how while the rapidly-growing technology has made our lives easier, our ignorance towards nature has played havoc with the environment. The drive also got a tremendous response from the principals of the schools who promised that they will also take appropriate steps to promote the idea.
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Sun shines, brings respite
Bathinda, January 21 However, the cold wave conditions prevailed as mercury recorded 1.5 degrees Celsius in the morning, as per the agri-met department of the PAU regional station, Bathida. The day’s maximum temperature was 16.2 degrees Celsius. |
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Talwandi Sabo resident looted at gunpoint, 3 booked
Bathinda, January 21 He alleged that he was carrying `5,000 which he had earned after working over ten days. He complained that the accused threatened him with a pistol and took away his money. |
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