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Police help sought to check cheating in exam
Faridkot, March 13
The education department's effort to check copying in the higher secondary Board examinations at an exam centre located at a private school in Faridkot has left the supervisory staff in a very difficult situation.

Two killed in road accident at Abohar
Abohar, March 13
Unchecked triple riding on motorcycles resulted in the death of the driver while his son and nephew were seriously injured near village Choohriwala Dhanna last night.

Dasmesh Girls College holds annual sports meet
Muktsar, March 13
The two-day annual sports meet of the Dasmesh Girls College, Badal, concluded on Tuesday with prizes being given away to the winners in various sports categories.

A girl receiving prize during the annual sports meet of the Dasmesh Girls College, Badal, in Muktsar district on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Ibn-e-Batuta unit shoots movie in Abohar village
Abohar, March 13
The team of the Bollywood movie, "Ibn-e-Batuta" has traversed thousands of kilometers to shoot a part of the science fiction film in a polytechnic located near village Daulatpura of this sub-division.

Railway Users Consultative Committee reconstituted
Abohar, March 13
Hanuman Dass Goyal of Abohar has been nominated as a member of the reconstituted Zonal Railway Users' Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) of the Northern Railways. Goyal is an executive member of the Railway Passengers Association (North Zone).

Police help sought to check cheating in exam
Balwant Garg
Tribune News Service

Faridkot, March 13
The education department's effort to check copying in the higher secondary Board examinations at an exam centre located at a private school in Faridkot has left the supervisory staff in a very difficult situation.

Four days after the chairman, Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), changed the supervisory staff at this examination centre, the new staff faced a tough time in conducting the exam due to the stiff opposition put up by the school management.

As the school management did not even allow the supervisory staff to enter the exam centre, so the education department took the assistance of the police to not only help the staff enter but also provide them with security while discharging their duty.

“Invigilation for three hours in an exam hall is like living in very hostile atmosphere as some students appearing in the exam put up firm resistance while seeking to check copying,” said a member of the supervisory staff.

“So, in view of the threats to the supervisory staff at this exam centre, police security was provided to all staff members. After I was informed that the school management was not allowing the supervisory staff to enter the centre, I personally went to the school with the police and the exam was conducted,” said Baljit Singh Brar, District Education Officer (DEO), Faridkot.

Keeping in view their apprehensions of being assaulted at the exam centre, the matter was brought to the notice of the Deputy Commissioner and the SSP and they were requested to provide police protection to the staff, said the DEO.

The reason for this ‘hostile’ behaviour of the school management was that after the PSEB chairman ordered that the supervisory staff be changed, the school director was not happy did not allow them entry to the exam centre, said the DEO. “But this action of the school management was unwarranted, so we took police help,” he said.

Jagdish Rai Sharma, director of SD Public School, denied the allegations, saying there was no threat to the supervisory staff at the exam centre in the school. “The supervisory staff was changed just to harass us. Otherwise, there was no reason for this change,” he said.

To disturb the students at the exam centre, one after another, many flying squads kept raiding the exam centre at the SD Public School just to harass and disturb the students, said Jagdish Rai Sharma. “We have already approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for this action on the part of the education department,” he said.

However, rubbishing the allegations, DEO, Baljit Singh Brar said Jagdish Rai Sharma was so annoyed with him for the change of supervisory staff that he even filed a complaint with the police against him.

Two killed in road accident at Abohar
Our Correspondent

Abohar, March 13
Unchecked triple riding on motorcycles resulted in the death of the driver while his son and nephew were seriously injured near village Choohriwala Dhanna last night.

As per information, Gurpreet Singh along with his son Sonu and nephew Paramjit of village Ghallu had arrived here to attend the marriage of a close relative in Dhaani Karnail Singh. As they were returning after attending the marriage, the motorcycle used by them reportedly rammed into a canal bridge near village Choohriwala Dhanna. All of them were injured seriously and had to be shifted to the Nehru Memorial Civil Hospital here.

Gurpreet Singh later succumbed to his injuries.

In another instance, canter driver Rajpal of village Burjmuhar was killed as the vehicle collided with a truck near Alamgarh bypass on the outskirts of the town. The police and NGO workers had to struggle hard after availing of the services of a JCB machine to drag out the body of the victim from the badly mangled canter.

Dasmesh Girls College holds annual sports meet
Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 13
The two-day annual sports meet of the Dasmesh Girls College, Badal, concluded on Tuesday with prizes being given away to the winners in various sports categories.

Arjuna awardee, ace shooter Avneet Kaur Sidhu, deputy superintendent of police, and an alumni of the college was the chief guest. Avneet motivated the students to participate in the games along with paying attention to their studies.

Kuldeep Kaur Maan, principal of the college, thanked everyone present there.

Ibn-e-Batuta unit shoots movie in Abohar village

Abohar, March 13
The team of the Bollywood movie, "Ibn-e-Batuta" has traversed thousands of kilometers to shoot a part of the science fiction film in a polytechnic located near village Daulatpura of this sub-division.

Director Varun Kumar preferred not to elaborate as to why he chose this remote location but recalled that Ibn-e-Batuta, considered one of the greatest travellers of all time, journeyed more than 75,000 miles spread over many countries.

Chairperson of the polytechnic Shakuntala Middha and principal Sanjeev Gumber welcomed the visitors.

Rajiv Verma who had enacted the role of superstar Salman Khan's father in "Maine Pyar Kiya" along with Natha Singh of "Peepli Live" , heroine Nazia, Om Parkash and Akansha form the cast of this unique movie.

As the word spread, scores of villagers thronged the polytechnic to have a glimpse of the film team. — OC

Railway Users Consultative Committee reconstituted
Raj Sadosh

Abohar, March 13
Hanuman Dass Goyal of Abohar has been nominated as a member of the reconstituted Zonal Railway Users' Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) of the Northern Railways. Goyal is an executive member of the Railway Passengers Association (North Zone).

He had long back been a member of the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee.

Confirming this, a letter received from Tripti Guha, Deputy General Manager-cum-Secretary of the ZRUCC, said its object is to provide opportunities for frequent consultation between the Railways and the users on matters relating to and including improvement in the services provided by the Railways.

Speaking to this correspondent over the phone from Haridwar Goyal said his priority would be to get the Abohar-Fazilka rail link operational, as it had not been included even in the list of 26 new trains likely to be introduced. The then Railways Minister Mamata Bannerjee had in her budget speech last year, promised to run a passenger train on this long awaited rail link but no staff has so far been arranged.

The authorities had listed the Bathinda-Abohar-Fazilka passenger train while announcing the time-table six months back but nothing happened.