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District may not achieve family planning targets for current fiscal
City vows to fight against polio
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Cop arrested for demanding bribe
Balwinder Singh, a farmer from Talwandi Sabo, was facing a case for issuing a cheque that had not been honoured in the bank, under Section 138 of the IPC in a court at Bathinda. The farmer had purchased a tractor for which he
had issued a cheque for `1,87,419 which was not honoured. The officials of the tractor agency from where it was purchased lodged a complaint against the farmer and he was booked for the offence. Shikandar Singh, the warrant officer, had gone to deliver a non-bailable warrant at the house of Balwinder Singh in this regard. There, he demanded `5,000 from Balwinder Singh’s wife. Balwinder Singh, the owner of 12 acres of agricultural land, said the matter of seeking bribe by the cop was brought to the notice of senior police officials through a local journalist. “My perturbed wife handed over `2,000 to the head constable who told my wife to meet him soon. When I contacted the cop, he told me to come near the Bathinda bus stand where he demanded `5,000 more. But I had only `1,000 with me which I gave him on February 12,” said Balwinder Singh. He added that the cop now inflated his demand and asked him to pay up `20,000 and threatened that if he failed to give the aforesaid amount, he would be arrested for a non-bailable offence. The matter was, however, settled for `10,000 and the cop assured to get him bail in the case with the help of fake witnesses. The senior police functionaries told the complainant to act as bait and laid a trap near the 100-feet road. Officials from the Civil Lines police station arrested the head constable with `1,000 in his possession. A case under Sections 13, 2 and 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Shikandar Singh at the Civil Lines police station. SHO Pritpal Singh said the accused has been arrested and further investigation is on to verify the facts. |
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Thieves targeting scribes
Bathinda, February 18 In its complaint to the police, the in-charge and reporter of a national Hindi daily, said on February 6, one of his colleagues noticed that the locks of their office’s iron shutters were broken and the LCD TV was missing. The office of the newspaper is situated near Ghore Wala Chowk. Another scribe who is the editor of a daily evening newspaper, complained that his bike was stolen from outside his office near Hanuman Chowk on Friday, at around 8.30 pm. The matter was brought into the notice of the police and it assured him of looking into the matter. Earlier, the bike of a local journalist working with a national English daily was stolen from outside his office. A local journalist, working for a vernacular daily, said his bike was also stolen by some drug addicts two months ago, but it was traced three or four hours later from near the Mall Road. Expressing concern over the rising incidents of theft, a journalist, said three bikes were stolen in a month four years ago and could not be traced till date. He said his bike along with bikes of a photojournalist and a newspaper employee was stolen from near the Mall Road. Scribes demanded that the police must take the rising thefts seriously and curb the menace with an iron hand. |
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NDPS ACT
Bathinda, February 18 The investigating officer in the case, sub-inspector Didar Singh of the Canal Colony police station, said after getting a tip-off, the police nabbed the three boys near Pokharmal Canteen near the Surkhpir road and recovered four grams of smack from their possession. He said the accused had been identified as Harshdeep of Parasram Nagar and Deepak Kumar and Surjeet Singh, both residents of the Railway Colony, Bathinda. The accused were addicted to smack for the last six months or so and had been into illegal trading of drugs, he said. During preliminary investigation, the boys revealed that they had brought smack from nearby Dabwali in Haryana. “Though it is not yet clear whether their statements are true or not. The quantity of smack recovered is too small, but it may land them behind bars for at least a month or two,” said the investigating officer, adding that the magistrate may also send them to jail for a longer duration. A case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against them at the Canal Colony police station. The sub-inspector said the parents of the arrested boys were also upset about their sons being hooked to drugs. The family members came to the police station yesterday and said they would not allow them to enter their respective houses even if they were released from jail soon. The police officials said such young boys allure others to drugs and expand their circle. The latter end up getting addicted to drugs. Meanwhile, in another incident, the Nehianwala police arrested a 65-year-old drug addict with four kg of poppy husk. The accused, Leela Singh, a resident of Kothe Natheana, was arrested from near his village and a case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against him at the Nehianwala police station. In a separate case, Geeta Singh of Sandhu Khurd village has been arrested with 10 kg of poppy husk from near Fulewala village. A case under Sections 15, 81 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against him at the Phool police station. The police has also arrested one Gurjeet Singh of Lehra Mohabbat village with five litres of a sedative from near the village bus stand. A case under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against him at the Nathana police station. |
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Wannabe speedsters, spinners showcase their skill at trials
Bathinda, February 18 Amid the apt atmosphere in the morning when the sun was bright and a bit cool breeze was sweeping the ground, the first-ever talent-show for fast bowlers and spinners began in Malwa under the four pairs of watchful eyes of former Ranji players from Punjab. Right from the beginning, the budding bowlers from Bathinda, Faridkot, Mansa and Muktsar, banged on the target. Soon, from speed to swing, from yorker to bouncer, from off spin to top spin, all were on the shelf for the selection panel comprising Deepak Chopra, a former captain of Punjab Ranji team; Kailash Chander and Sanjay Mahajan, both former Ranji players; and Sukhminder Tinku, the PCA coach from Mohali. Blowers ran to the blowing mark, bowled and keenly watched rather videographed as the trial went hi-tech to avoid human error end ensuring better analysis. By the time the observers removed the bails from the stumps, nearly 160 bowlers even from the remote areas of Malwa had exhibited their potential to give speed to the cricket ball and swing and spin the cherry. The reverence for speed in the Malwa reflected also in the talent-hunt exercise as nearly 110 participants expressed their fondness for the path of Kapil while rest appeared interested for making the batsmen dance on the turf with their power of wrists. “Overall, the show could be termed as satisfactory as it was the maiden,” said the selection panel, adding that the participation, however, was not on the expected lines as they were waiting for a larger number of participants. Senior cricket players of the district said the search-exercise could have seen more participants if the age group of contestants started from 14 years, instead of 16 years. Further, the timing of the test may also have served as bottleneck as the coming school examinations might have stopped many cricket aficionados to participant in the trial, said senior players of the district. At the end, while talking to the Bathinda Tribune, the members of the selection panel said there was no dearth of talent in the Malwa region. “The only requirement is of crafting their abilities. They have height, ability to spin and required talent,” said the former Ranji players. As far as the result is concerned, the panel did not disclose anything like when the announcement would
be made and how many would be selected to be included for the training programme. They, however, hinted that there was no such things like number of seats etc. “Anyone, who believes that he has shown the needed-spark by pitching the ball in the right spot, may expect a call. So keep the kit ready,” members of the PCA selection committee said. |
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More space for luggage can raise our earnings, say eco-cab pullers
Bathinda, February 18 Rickshaw pullers feel that little more space could have done wonders. “Had the eco cab been little more spacious, it would have been of great benefit for us. In case we do not get passengers, rickshaws could be used to carry packets and parcels. But since these rickshaws have less space than the conventional ones, these are inadequate for carrying any kind of load,” said one the five rickshaw pullers plying in the city. Another rickshaw puller, however, added that the easy system of paying instalments has proven to be beneficial for people like him. "The monthly instalment is a mere Rs 300, which is not very difficult to pay every month. But yes, if given more leg room, we could successfully start carrying heavier load," he added. In October, the district administration had mooted a proposal to start dial-an-eco-rickshaw cab service wherein eco-rickshaws would be just a phone call away. Sadhu Ram Kusla, coordinator of the eco-rickshaw cab scheme in the office of the ADC (Development), however, added that this facility could not take off owing to the model code of conduct imposed following the assembly elections. He added that the department has received around 100 more applications from people interested in running these eco-rickshaws. "The applications would be processed only after the model code of conduct is lifted," he said. While talking to TNS, the founder of eco-cabs, Navdip Asija said the structure is being improvised for cargo purposes. "Usually, rickshaws are assembled structures, whereas the eco cabs are branded rickshaws. Though technically, adjusting cargo is not allowed, but keeping in view the profit of rickshaw pullers, we are altering it to adjust more cargo," he said. Asija added that the rickshaws are strong enough to bear four quintals of weight and it was the psychological limitations of the rickshaw pullers due to which they could not think of loading it with heftier things. "The rickshaw seems to be dainty but it is as strong as the other rickshaws," he reasoned. |
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District may not achieve family planning targets for current fiscal
Bathinda, February 18 According to information available, the district health authorities have started supplying contraceptive pills only to 2,524 oral pill users till January 2012. Pills are given to a woman for 13 cycles of 28 days each. The maximum number of women (596) has started receiving the oral pills in the Goniana health block while the minimum number of users (26) is from the Raman block. Under other temporary methods of the family planning programmes of the state, men in the district have reportedly shown interest in getting condoms from the health authorities. Against the annual target of 20,000, as many as 15,120 users have started receiving condoms from the health authorities till January during this financial year. Each user gets 72 condoms. The maximum users (3,210) are from the Bathinda block, followed by 2,212 from the Goniana block, 2,140 from the Ballianwali block and 2,120 from the Bhagta block. As far as Copper–T, another method of contraception, is concerned, the district has fixed the target of 15,000 during the current financial year. However, 12,064 women opted for the same till the end of January this year. Women in the Bathinda block lead in the district in using this method of family planning. As many as 2,687 women of this block went for this method. The Goniana and Bhagta blocks followed with 2,107 and 1,837 users till January this year. As far as permanent methods of family planning are concerned, the district is far behind from achieving its target of number of vasectomy cases for the financial year 2011-12. Against the target of 1,100, only 438 vasectomy operations have been performed till January this year. Of these, 142 were from the Goniana block alone while 91 persons from the Bathinda block went for vasectomy. Likewise, in the case of tubectomy operations, the annual target of 4,400 cases was fixed for the district for the current financial year. However, 2,561 operations have been conducted till January last. The Goniana block with 411 operations topped the 10 health blocks of the district. |
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City vows to fight against polio
Bathinda, February 18 In the rally, students of Multi-purpose Training School and the Punjab
Public Nursing School also took part. They carried placards in their hands, carrying the messages for a polio-free society. Others who were present on the occasion included assistant civil surgeon, Dr Sat Pal, district family welfare officer, Dr Kundan Kumar Paul, deputy medical commissioner, Dr Vinod Garg and district TB officer, Dr Ashok Monga. The rally, which started from the Government Rajindra College, passed through bus stand road, Power House road, Court Complex road, Post Office road and Mini-secretariat road before returning to the college gate. Later, the participants boarded buses and other vehicles to take a round of the city for disseminating the message. They passed through Beant Nagar, Model Town Phase-III, Ajit Road,
100-ft Chowk, Bibi Wala Chowk, Mall Road, Fire Brigade, Dhobi Bazar, Railway Road, Paras Ram Nagar, Partap Nagar, Multania Road and Vegetable Market. The rally culminated at the Civil Hospital.
All the vehicles also having banners carrying anti-polio messages. Dr Iqbal Singh said more than 1.75 lakh children under the age of five years would be administered
anti-polio drops in the district during the three-day campaign. He appealed to the parents to visit the pulse polio booths on February 19 for administering their children anti-polio drops. |
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NGOs do their bit too
Bathinda, February 18 The drive by the NGOs is targeting those areas of the city which are inhabited by the underprivileged people. Over the past couple of days, the volunteers of these NGOs have been distributing pamphlets about the pulse polio campaign and also spreading the information through the word
of mouth. The volunteers visited Beant Nagar, Partap Nagar, Chandsar Basti, Bhai Kanhaiya Basti, Power House Road, Shiv Mandir Road, Shakti Nagar and the markets near the bus stand. “People are under the impression that there’s no need to go to the pulse polio booths on February 19 as the campaign volunteers will also come door-to-door and administer the anti-polio drops to infants. But we want people to be proactive when it comes to taking care of the health of their children and ensuring that this disease is eradicated from India. We want everyone, who has a child under the age of five years, to visit the pulse polio booth on
Sunday itself and not wait for the pulse polio volunteers to come to their doorstep,” said Rakesh Narula, president of the Bathinda Vikas Manch, an NGO. Volunteers of the NGOs also visited various schools across the city to spread awareness about the pulse-polio campaign. |
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Students come out with flying colours at annual athletic meet
Bathinda, February 18 At the evening session, SP (Crime) Patiala Jai Pal Singh and Prof Surjit Singh, Head (Physical Education Department) Government Rajindra College graced the occasion as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. Addressing the students, Hargobind Singh Sandhu asked them to shun intoxicants and lead a happy and healthy life. Kanwar Bheem Singh exhorted the youth to strive hard for overall and harmonious development of their personality. Jai Pal Singh, international boxer and an Arjuna Awardee, asked the students to set higher goals for themselves and make sincere efforts to achieve those goals. The athletic meet included 200 metre, 400 metre, 800 metre and 1,500 metre races, long and high jump, javelin throw and shot put competitions. Amit Kumar (BA-III) and Navdeep Kaur (BA-II) won in the 800 metre race in the boys and girls category respectively. In the 1,500 metre race, Shamsher Singh (BPE-I) won in the boys category. In the long jump competition, Ashish Kumar (BA-I) came first among the
boys and Ramandeep Kaur (BA-II), stood first among the girls. Rajvir Kaur won the high jump in the girls category and Aashish Kumar (BA-II) won the high jump contest in the boys category. Jaswinder Kaur (BA-I) stood first in the shot put contest. In the 200 metre race, Karamjeet Kaur (BA-I) and Malwinder Singh (PGDCA) stood first in the girls and boys category respectively. In the 400 metre race, Karamjeet Kaur (BA-II) and Balraj Singh (BA-II) won the first position among the girls and boys. In the javelin throw competition, which was only for boys, Rohit Pandey (BA-I) came up trumps. International athlete and President, District Athletics Association, Bathinda, KPS Brar shared with everyone the information that OP Singh Karhana, international athlete and a former student of Malwa College has qualified for the London Olympics in Shot Put. Also present on the occasion were Rakesh Goyal, Dr CL Singla, Prof NK Gossain, Darshan Singh and RC Sharma, principal and dean respectively of Malwa College of Physical Education, Bathinda. |
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Students get tips on ethical hacking, cyber security
Bathinda, February 18 Principal of the college, Dr JS Hundal, said the workshop was conducted to make the students aware of today’s cyber crimes and securing their sites and e-mail addresses etc. Also the students are already studying networking in their engineering and science subjects but, this workshop provided knowledge related to cyber security. The workshop was conducted under teacher coordinator Sanjay Bhatnagar and Dinesh Kumar and student coordinators Parshant Kumar, Kavita and Ravi. Dr Sanjeev Aggarwal, HOD, Training and Placement Department of the campus, inaugurated the two day workshop and motivated students to show their maximum participation and value of ethical hacking to secure networking environment and the various issues related to the same. Registrar GS Bath distributed participation certificates to students. Meanwhile, the student body of the Department of Architecture, PTU GZS campus, organized an expert lecture on sustainable architecture. Chandigarh-based architect and founder of A3 foundation Sangeet Sharma delivered the keynote address. He talked about sustainable architecture. He showed his award winning projects including Timex watch factory at Baddi and KMG tower at Mohali to motivate students to build in a sustainable way. The president of student body, Himanshu Verma, a student of 4th year B Arch, faculty in-charge Ripudaman Singh and head of the department Ranjeet Kaur welcomed Sharma. Sharma is son of SD Sharma who has worked with Le Corbusier, who had designed Chandigarh. |
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School gives warm farewell to class X students
Bathinda, February 18 The passing out students were also given mementoes. Speaking to the students, principal Jatinder Kaur Sethi wished them luck for all their future endeavours. PPP candidate from Bathinda (Urban) constituency, Sukhdeep Singh Bhinder was also present along with his wife. |
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Two run over by trains
Bathinda, February 18 In another incident, an unidentified man, who seemed to be mentally ill was found crushed under a goods train near the Bathinda Railway Station late last night. The volunteers of Sahara Jan Sewa shifted the body of the deceased to the civil hospital
for post mortem. |
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