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Parho punjab to lay Emphasis on English conversational skills
Winter overstays in the region
Depot holder in village accused of selling kerosene in black
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Material worth Rs 80k stolen from house
11 leaplings’ date with govt hospital in city
Girls have uninterrupted fun
‘We are more colonial now than we’re in colonial times’
SBoP sports meet to bring together Punjab, Rajasthan
Dhaliwal takes over as CE distribution
Guru Kashi University’s maiden youth festival concludes
GSP shakes hands with Panchayats; to oppose opening of liquor vends
University goes green
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Parho punjab to lay Emphasis on English conversational skills
Bathinda, March 1
It has been introduced for the first time in the Parho Punjab to see how well students can converse and the best ones could be polished further,” said the district coordinator of the Parho Punjab, Harpal Singh. The baseline survey and mid-test of the same set of students was conducted in October-November. Students would be assessed for the subjects of Mathematics, Hindi, Punjabi and English. Students would not be assessed only for the subject of environmental sciences. Students would be assessed from March 5 to March 26. For the purpose, teachers assessing the students would be provided with 15 different tools. At 8:45 am everyday, the teachers would be notified about the testing tools’ deliverance on the internet. “While assessing a class, if all students are not covered in a single given day, another tool would be used the next day,” said Parho Punjab officials. Block master trainers (BMT) and cluster master trainers (CMT) would be assessing the students. In smaller pockets like Chamkaur Sahib and Nawanshahr, where there are mere 1,400 students per block, the task is easy. However, the Malwa region has thickly populated blocks such as Muktsar, Mansa, Barnala and Bathinda where the number of students hovers around 8,000 to 10,000 per block. “For instance, Kotshamir school alone has over 400 students and it is a Herculean task to cover so many students in one single day. So, we have decided to depute both BMTs and CMTs on the job,” added another official. Besides the coordinator of the Parho Punjab and his two assistants, the district coordinator for an NGO, Pratham (which started the project in the state along with the government), would randomly check the assessment done. The Pratham coordinator has also been entrusted with the job of randomly assessing the students daily and sending results to the state coordinator to draw average conclusions. Later, none of the other assessing officials would assess students from these schools. Strict instructions have been passed to ensure that none of the testing kits is photocopied. However, all the students studying in primary schools under the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) would not be assessed owing to differences between the teachers of these schools and the government. |
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Winter overstays in the region
Bathinda, March 1 The span of winter was a bit longer in February this year as mercury remained below the normal mark during the period. Further, the fact of a ‘prolonged’ winter was also palpable when compared to the mercury’s mood in the month of February last year. Last year, mercury had hovered well above the normal during this time of the year. Both the minimum and maximum temperatures, remained below the normal in the entire month of February, as per the figures provided by the agri-met department of the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), regional station, Bathinda. The minimum temperature in the fifth week of the weather calendar which ranges between January 29 and February 4 —- was 6 degrees Celsius against the normal 5.3 degrees Celsius while the average temperature in the corresponding period last year was 7.2 degrees Celsius. The sixth week was cold as the average minimum temperature was 3 degrees Celsius against the normal of 5.6 degrees Celsius. In seventh week, the minimum temperature was recorded again below the normal at 6.1 degrees Celsius against the normal of 8.1 degrees Celsius. In the eighth week, mercury recorded 7.7 degrees Celsius while the normal was 8.5 degrees Celsius. More importantly, the average minimum temperature in every week of February last year remained well above the normal as over 7.5 degrees Celsius. Moreover, in the seventh week of last year, the average minimum temperature was 10.2 degrees Celsius, nearly two degree Celsius above the normal. Similarly, the maximum temperature in the month of February this year also remained below the normal, delaying the spring to a great extent. The mean maximum temperature in the fifth week this year was 19.9 degrees Celsius almost equalling the normal. In the sixth week, the maximum temperature was 17.3 degrees Celsius against the normal 21.5 degrees Celsius. In the seventh week, the maximum temperature recorded was 19.5 degrees Celsius while the normal is 22.5 degrees Celsius. Mercury repeated the same story also in the eighth week of the weather calendar as the mean maximum temperature was 21.7 degrees Celsius against the normal mark of 23.7 degrees Celsius. |
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Depot holder in village accused of selling kerosene in black
Bathinda, March 1 District general secretary of the BKU (Dakaunda) Rajmahinder Singh, president of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Welfare Club Yadvinder Singh and others alleged that the kerosene was being sold in the black by the kerosene depot holder. “The depot holder had been misusing the ration for the past few months and was caught red-handed while carrying a drum of kerosene on a tractor last night,” Yadvinder said. BKU general secretary claimed that though he was not present at the spot, it is said that the drum contained nearly 130 litre oil. He demanded a probe into the incident. They also demanded probe into the fake signatures on the register maintained by the ration depot holder. The matter was brought to the notice of the police and an investigating officer from nearby Maur police station reached the spot. He pacified both the parties levelling allegations and counter allegations and said the matter should also be brought into the notice of the District Food Supply Controller and other senior officials of the district administration. BKU leader said heated arguments ensued between the villagers and the owner of the ration depot holder. Later, the village sarpanch took the register into his possession. Village sarpanch Jaspal Singh and chairman of Block Samiti, Maur, Rajwant Singh, said the matter had been blown out of proportion by a section of youngsters. “The kerosene was donated by some ration card holders to the members of a poor scheduled caste family in the village as the marriages of a boy and a girl belonging to the family were on the cards. The tractor was not been driven out of the village but within the village and the oil was meant for the poor family,” said sarpanch Jaspal Singh. He said those complaining against the ration depot holder were from the general category and were influential people. “The matter is still not resolved and villagers are still in panic. The villagers are now trying to contact a Bathinda-based Dalit leader to politicise the issue without any reason,” said Rajwant Singh. Baljit Kaur, the owner of the ration depot holder, while taking to TNS accused the young boys of ransacking her house last night. “I handed over 125 litre of oil to a poor family heading for two marriages. The family members had given 26 ration cards for the same and the kerosene against those ration cards was given to the poor family,” Baljeet said. “Those who claimed to have caught us red-handed manhandled us and used derogatory remarks against us. Instead, action should be initiated against those who made forceful entry into our house. I am already upset over the deteriorating health of my young daughter in Australia,” she said. Police officials said the preliminary reports suggest that the kerosene was meant for the marriage of a poor family in the village. The police is still investigating the matter. |
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Material worth Rs 80k stolen from house
Bathinda, March 1 He said `37,000 in cash, including coins worth `7,000, three gold rings, three watches, two pairs of golden tops, three silver chains, five mobile phone sets, three ATMs and one PAN card were missing. A case in this connection has been registered under Sections 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code at the Kotwali police station. No arrests have been made in this regard so far. |
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Double delight Sushil Goyal Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 1 These babies will celebrate their second birthday on the true date of their birth after four years i.e. in 2016, the next leap year. Some people consider such babies as lucky as they have taken birth on a unique day while some have a different view. They say those born on February 29 cannot celebrate their birthday every year. According to information, as many as 12 women delivered babies in the Government Women and Children Hospital situated on the premises of Civil Hospital here on February 29 this year. However, one of these expectant women did not turn out to be lucky as she delivered a dead baby girl. Out of the 11 babies, nine were girls. Thus only two women delivered baby boys. Seeing the birth of nine girls (out of 11) in a day at the hospital, an employee said it seemed people were aware of the matter that killing a baby in the womb was a crime or they were not getting the sex determination conducted due to harsh steps being taken by the government. It is learnt that the first baby took birth on February 29 at the hospital here at 4.30 am. It was a baby girl. The last baby that took birth in the hospital at 8.20 pm was a boy. The women who delivered babies in the hospital here yesterday were from Bathinda, Mehna village (Muktsar), Pukka Kalan (Bathinda), Rohan (Sirsa), Buraj (Mansa), Buggar, Gidderbaha, Lehra Mohabbat (Bathinda) and Kotli (Bathinda). However, out of total 12 deliveries conducted at the hospital yesterday, only one was done with caesarian operation.
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Girls have uninterrupted fun
Bathinda, march 1 The meet, which started at around 10.30 in the morning, went on till late in the evening. As many as 200 students from SSD Girls’ College, SSD Girls College of Education and SSD Girls College of Education participated in 30 events. The events organised at the meet included 800 metres, 400 metres, 200 metres, 100 metres, obstacle, back, three-legged, relay and sack race, long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, slow cycling, shotput, tug of war for the students. Fifty and 100 metres races were also organised for the class IV female and male employees respectively. The lemon-spoon race for the teachers of all the three colleges took the cake. As the teachers lined up, students stood on both sides of the track and loudly cheered for them. “More than a competition, it was a fun activity. I hadn’t planned to participate in it but when I saw other teachers’ enthusiasm, I also went forward,” said one of the teachers who participated in the race. While Manpreet Kaur won the best athlete award for SSD Girls’ College, Rajni won it for SSD Women’s Institute of Technology and Management (SSD WIT) and Monica was adjudged the best athlete of SSD Girls College of Education. The event was anchored by Sukhvir Walia from the SSD Girls’ College and Harkanwal Kaur from SSD Women’s Institute of Technology and Management. Shielding their faces from the harsh sun with their dupattas, boosting the morale of the participants and jotting down the results, Shelly Jindal, Sarabjit Kaur and Maninder Kaur coordinated the event to perfection. President of SSD Sabha, Pramod Mittal, was the chief guest on the occasion. Principals and vice-principals, along with the secretaries of all the three colleges, were also present at the athletic meet.
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‘We are more colonial now than we’re in colonial times’
Bathinda, march 1 In the inaugural session, managing director of BFGI, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal welcomed all the guests. Dr BS Dahiya, former vice-chancellor, Kurukshetra University was the chief guest on the occasion. “Different minds need to work together to get solutions to problems, being faced by our society, through quality literature. We are more colonial now, as compared to the colonial times. Theory should not be misunderstood and distorted, rather it should be understood in a positive sense,” he said. Delivering the keynote address, Dr GR Kataria, professor, Punjabi University, Patiala, spoke on ‘Communal violence in India in post-colonial period’. During the academic session, papers were presented by speakers from a variety of disciplines. Dr Pardeep Kaura, deputy director (academics), BFGI, proposed the vote of thanks to the delegates for participating in the conference. |
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SBoP sports meet to bring together Punjab, Rajasthan
Bathinda, march 1 The two-day zonal sports meet of SBoP will begin at the Civil Lines Club in Bathinda on March 3. Over 200 employees of the SBoP from the two states, Punjab and Rajasthan, will vie for Sources in the bank said nearly 150 branches of the SBoP fall in the Bathinda zone that covers parts of Punjab and Rajasthan. Bankers from Bathinda, Muktsar, Moga, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Hanumangarh, Sriganganagar, Surat and other districts of Malwa would showcase their hidden sporting talent in the indoor and outdoor events during the sports meet. Bankers would take on each other in carrom, badminton, musical chair races and table tennis besides an array of track and field events. Members of the sports panel, Rakesh Jain, secretary and Lajpat Rai Goyal, vice-president, said the inaugural ceremony will commence at three in the afternoon. Senior officials of the bank including deputy general manager Vinod Kochhar, SK Bhalla, Suresh Kumar, SK Jain, Lachman Singh, Rakesh Jain, Lajpat Rai Goyal, SS Brar, DK Dhawan, Rajinder Garg, Ravi Narula, Bhushan Singla, Neera Sachdeva and others would take part in the opening ceremony. The closing ceremony-cum-prize distribution function would be held on March 4. Member of Central Sports Committee of the bank, Narinder Bansal, said participating in sports was important as it keeps everybody fit besides playing a vital role in rejuvenating the mind and body.
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Dhaliwal takes over as CE distribution
Bathinda, march 1 In a press statement issued here today, the PSPCL spokesperson stated that GS Dhaliwal did his engineering from Guru Nank Dev College of Engineering (GNDEC), Ludhiana. On completion of his engineering, he joined the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board as an apprentice engineer in 1980. On taking over as chief engineer/DS (West) Dhaliwal said his priority will be to solve the problems of consumers as well as that of officers and staff of the zone. He also said to reduce defaulting amount and ensure regular supply to consumers in general, ensuring eight hours of power supply will be his priority.
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Guru Kashi University’s maiden youth festival concludes
Bathinda, march 1 Dr JS Dhaliwal (chancellor, GKU) was the chief guest on the occasion. He congratulated the staff and students for their efforst and performances. Gurmeet Singh, Sub-divisional Magistrate, Talwandi Sabo, and Tehsildar Gurjeet Singh were the guests of honour. Day 2 of the festival was marked by one-act plays, mime, mimicry, speech, poem recitation, fancy dress, folk dance and folk orchestra competitions. Gurlabh Singh, chairman of Balaji Educational Trust, Dr DS Hira vice-chancellor of GKU, management member Sukhraj Singh Sidhu and Dr Narinder Singh were also present. On Day 2, results of various competitions were also announced and the winning participants and teams were felicitated. Dean, students affairs, Dr AK Kansal and Prof Ashwani Sethi presented the vote of thanks to Dr JS Dhaliwal.
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GSP shakes hands with Panchayats; to oppose opening of liquor vends
Bathinda, march 1 In a press statement released here today, president of the party, Suresh Goyal, said it had come to their notice that panchayats and residents of many villages were not in favour of opening of liquor vends in their villages and some of them had already passed resolutions against it. Goyal further said in case the Excise Department made an attempt to open liquor vends in those villages then the party would vehemently oppose the move of the department. Goyal said as the party wanted a drug-free society, it would extend whole-hearted support to the people, opposing the opening of liquor vends. He also appealed to the state government not to open liquor vends in the state as it was a land of gurus, various deities and saints. He said if government could close the opium vends, then why it could not do the same in the case of liquor vends. He said it was a matter of astonishment that on the one hand, government officials were holding camps in the villages against the use of intoxicants and on the other, the same government was opening liquor vends in the villages, despite the opposition by the villagers.
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Tension gripped the nearby Kotbhara village where a section of villagers accused the village ration depot holder of selling kerosene in black.
Bathinda, March 1
Baba Farid College organized a national conference on ‘Major Issues in Post Colonial English Literature’ here today.
The conference aims at bringing together researchers, eminent thinkers, and scholar students from all areas of literature and provide an international forum for the dissemination of original research results, new ideas and practical development experiences which concentrate on both theory and practices.
