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Surprise checking at sex clinic in the
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It’s curtain call for old theatres
Passengers throng rly ticket counters
Drive against use of pressure horns in heavy vehicles
BFGI kids win gold medals in taekwando
Virasat mela
Guru Kashi University organises workshop to empower faculty
Man booked for keeping second wife in the dark
Min temp dips by 2 degrees
One killed in road
mishap
Pulse polio drive from Feb 19
Condolence meet at GRDIET
City girl tops varsity exam
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Surprise checking at sex clinic in the
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Bathinda, February 6 The medicines were seized following a complaint lodged by Yogesh Batish, vice-president of the Shiv Sena, Punjab. In his complaint to the director of the Health Department, the drug controller and the health minister, Batish alleged that Bhateja flouted the rules under the Drugs and Magic Remedies Act by advertising through pamphlets and other media. The advertisements, he alleged, contained sordid details of human body and usage of words like pharmaceutical. Such advertisements mislead people as they get attracted to seek medicine from such sexologists, he alleged. Satpal Bhateja, however, refuted the allegations levelled against him. He said it was a conspiracy to tarnish his image and to waste his time. “The Health Department has sought documentary evidences and collected samples of the medicines at his clinic on earlier occasions also. The recent complaint aims at blackmailing me,” Bhateja said. The health officials present at his clinic said they were acting on the instructions issued by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). “We are collecting the samples of medicines and have sought the proofs of qualifications and other documentary details about his practice,” said Dr Dileep Singh, who is a senior medical officer (SMO) at Rampura Phul. He said a team of two drug inspectors, including Dr Lakhwant Singh and Dr Prabhdeep Singh, from Bathinda accompanied him during the checking. The SMO pointed out that so far, no report has been finalised and they have seized some medicines, certificates of qualification of doctors practising in the clinic and original copies of the registration of doctors. He said the documents would be sent for legal opinion to ascertain the facts about the complaint. Meanwhile, Yogesh Batish said he had sought if Satpal Bhateja was registered with the state board of ayurvedic and unani system of medicine. The RTI reply, a copy of which is in the possession of TNS, reveals that the district department has no record of the professional qualification of Satpal Bhateja. The RTI reply also reveals that there is no authorised unit or factory in the name of Vijay Pal Hospital and Pharmaceuticals. Further, the RTI information states that a technical committee was formed to look into the contents of the advertisements published by Dr Satpal Bhateja and a lady doctor Vijay Pal Bhateja. As per the report of the committee, the advertisements concerned have violated Sections 3 (b), 3 (d) and 4 of the Drugs and Magic Remedies Objectionable Advertisement Act 1954. The doctor concerned (Dr Bhateja) had been told to submit his reply in this regard (letter number 10 on January 10, 2012), which is yet to come. The Punjab state drug licensing authority-cum-director, ayurvedic, Punjab has been informed for taking a necessary action in this regard, said the RTI information. Fact file
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It’s curtain call for old theatres
Bathinda, February 6 Don’t buy, just share The popular Bollywood producer-distributors’ impasse in the year 2009 ended with the two parties signing a revenue sharing agreement. According to the agreement, producers were to get 52.5 per cent of the revenue generated by a film in the first week, 45 per cent in the second week, 37.5 per cent in the third week and 30 per cent in the fourth week if the movie earns over `17 crore. In the case of first week revenue being `10-17 crore, the producers’ share was to decrease to 50 per cent in week 1 and 2. And in the worst case of the film grossing less than `10 crore, producers’ share was 50 per cent for week 1, 40 per cent for week 2, 35 per cent for week 3 and 30 per cent for week 4. Interestingly, the revenue sharing agreement applies to only the multiplexes and not to the single screens theatre. “Unlike the multiplexes which can share the revenue or the loss, in the case of the single screen theatres, we have to buy the film at a lump sum price and hence, the profit or the loss is ours. And the whopping amount at which the films are sold is out of our budgets,” says Pawan Kumar, manager of the Urang cinema hall. Old theatres, old films A major reason for the low turnout at these theatres is the fact that these theatres run either old films or regional films. While Alankar is showing
‘Hathyar’, Urang is showing ‘Haseena Maan Jayegi’, ‘Balwan’ is running at
Sukhraj. In sharp contrast, Sanjay Dutt-Hrithik Roshan starrer ‘Agneepath’ is running to packed houses at the two multiplexes in the city. “We can’t afford to buy new films the week they are released. And hence, we are forced to show old films. This is a major reason that our theatres remain empty for most part of the day,” confesses Sewak Ram
Bhola, owner of the Pukhraj cinema hall. Prince, who had taken the Alankar cinema hall on lease for two years, concurs, “The single screen theatres feature nowhere in the agreement. Those who are running the single screen theatres are at a loss. We can’t buy new films and no one comes to watch the old films that we run – it’s a vicious circle.” The owners of these theatres confess that they are running the theatres for almost no profit.
Urang, a 802-seater hall, sells some 75-odd tickets in a day. Alankar, a 700-seater hall, registers a maximum of 200 footfalls and that too on an “extremely busy” day.
Pukhraj, which has the capacity to seat 745 people, manages to earn about
5,000-6,000 a day. “Malls have eaten into our business. Earlier I was also thinking of demolishing the hall and constructing a mall but dropped the idea after seeing the frequency with which malls were coming up in the city. I often think of selling it off. The only consolation is the fact that the property rates are appreciating,” confesses Sewak Ram
Bhola. The revenue-expenditure gap is also forcing the theatres owner to cut down on the facilities being offered to the audience. While Urang cinema doesn’t have central air-conditioning to begin with and makes do with coolers, Prince says even in summers they turn on the AC “only sometimes”. The single screen show of these theatres is coming to an end and that too without a flourish. |
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Passengers throng rly ticket counters
Bathinda, February 6 Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, the railway officials said the two counters are witnessing long queues for the last few days as passengers are booking tickets to avoid the Holi rush. Officials added that the tickets are also being booked for the summer vacations. Passengers endorsed the officials’ claim and said they had been standing in the queue for “over 45 or more minutes”. Sachdev Kumar, Ramesh and other passengers who were in the queue said they were booking tickets to avoid the eleventh hour rush. Officials also said Monday’s rush could also be attributed to the impression the passengers might have about the counters being closed on Tuesday, which is a holiday on account of Guru Ravidas Jayanti. The booking counters would be functional on Tuesday, railway officials confirmed. It may be mentioned here that while normally two booking counters function at the Bathinda railway station, the railways sometimes opens another counter to handle the rush. Tired of standing in the queues, passengers said the railways should open more counters considering the increasing rush. “We have been standing in the queue for the last 45 minutes,” said an army officer. Echoing similar sentiments, other passengers also claimed that they were in queue for nearly an hour. The railway officials, though, said the rush was manageable and being tackled well by the railways with the present set up. “There may be no need to open extra counter in the near future,” a senior railway official said, adding that an extra counter will be opened only if needed.
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Drive against use of pressure horns in heavy vehicles
Bathinda, February 6 He said the nuisance created by the bus drivers by using pressure horns in the area surrounding the district courts was brought to the notice of the SSP by the District and Sessions judge SK Aggarwal. He said the pressure horn kits installed on the rooftop of the buses have been removed by the traffic police. He added that more than 50 pressure horns were removed today and a fine was also imposed on those violating the rules. Natha Singh said that the pressure horns were removed from heavy vehicles in the local bus stand area, Hanuman Chowk and Rose Garden as well. The traffic policemen said that the use of pressure horns lead to heated arguments and chaos on the Guru Kashi Marg as people get upset whenever someone uses the pressure horn to overtake another vehicle moving in front of the heavy vehicles. The use of pressure horns has created nuisance all over the city. However, it is unbearable in the area surrounding the bus stand where apart from the district courts, banks and private hospitals are situated. Joginder Singh, a resident of Guru Kashi Marg, said the traffic police had earlier also launched special drives to check the use of pressure horn but nothing concrete could be done in this regard. “It has become a habit of the drivers of heavy vehicles to use the pressure horns without any check. Instead of simply removing the pressure horns from the rooftop, the cops should also confiscate the gadget installed inside the buses or trucks,” said Joginder Singh.
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BFGI kids win gold medals in taekwando
Harpreet got the first position at the state level by defeating the winner of Commonwealth Games’ silver medalist from Modi College, Patiala. Neha won the first position by defeating a student of a Samana college. Now, both Harpreet and Neha will participate
in the inter-university competitions to be held in Manipur. Talking about their victories, Neha and Harpreet gave the credit of their achievements to the BFGI management for providing world-class sports facilities to its students. Managing director of BFGI, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, congratulated the students for setting new milestones in the field of sports at the state level. Deputy director, academics, Dr Pardeep Kaura, also applauded the winners and their teachers for this achievement.
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Jazzy B to be the star attraction
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, February 6 In a press statement issued here today, the chief organiser of the foundation, Harvinder Singh Khalsa, stated that on February 24 at 10 am, a rally would be taken out in the city. The participants will offer a 'chadar' at Haji Rattan Dargah before setting off the event. Punjabi singer Jazzy B would be a part of the group, including relatives, followers and students of Manak, on the inaugural day of the three-day event. This was decided during a meeting of the foundation held today. Prominent among those present at the meeting included honorary president of the event Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav, organising secretary Rajinder Singh, honorary vice-president SSP Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill, honorary working president LR Nayyar, Rajinder Singh, Vikramjit Singh Bahia, Bheem Singh, Vicky Singal, Inderjit Singh, Pawan Kumar, Mahinderpal Singh, Guravtar Singh Gogi and Paramdeep Singh Dhillon.
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Guru Kashi University organises workshop to empower faculty
Bathinda, February 6 Dr DS Hira, VC of GKU, presided over the whole programme. Dr Narinder Singh, director, campus, GKU, was also present at the inauguration of the workshop. Dr BS Dhaliwal, dean academics, welcomed the team of experts. As many as 35 faculty members participated in the workshop. During the inauguration ceremony, Aditya Sharma, academic relationship manager, Wipro and Kalpna Arora, certified corporate trainer, Wipro, gave brief outline of the programme. During the workshop, the major areas of concern will be soft skill development, personal effectiveness, service excellence, leadership development, creative problem solving and decision making.
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Man booked for keeping second wife in the dark
Bathinda, February 6 SHO Gurjit Singh Romana said the accused had earlier married a woman from Kotha Guru village in 2009 and divorced her in 2011. Six months back, he married Pooja Sharma. A case against the accused has been booked under sections 420, 494, 34, 120 B IPC. |
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Bathinda, February 6 The minimum temperature recorded at 7.30 am was 5.4 degrees Celsius, nearly two degrees Celsius lower than on Sunday, as per the agri-met department of the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), regional station, Bathinda. The day’s high was 19.6 degrees Celsius, similar to yesterday. Meanwhile, wind continued its ‘high’ speed on Monday recording 5 km per hour. — TNS
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Bathinda, February 6 In his complaint to the Raman police, Jaskaran’s brother Balkaran Singh stated that the driver rammed his car bearing registration number DS4C7274 into that of his brother Jaskaran Singh, killing him on the spot. The police has registered a case against unknown persons. — TNS
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Pulse polio drive from Feb 19
Bathinda, February 6 Dr Iqbal Singh said that 1, 75,212 children would be administered polio vaccine across the district. Senior medical officers (Smog) of the district, nodal officers, health educators and health supervisors were present on the occasion.
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Condolence meet at GRDIET
Bathinda, February 6 The students of the colleges were told about the achievements of the writer. Chairman of the college Prof Harbhajan Singh,
VC Chinderpal Singh, principal Dr HS Sandhu, director Prof Daljit singh, all staff member and students observed silence for two minutes. |
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