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MCB looks the other way while miscreants steal public property
Bathinda shines on medical research map; takes out global journals
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Speaking out on making mother first
guardian
Girl hit by bike, succumbs to her injuries
Demand for equal facilities for all govt school students
In the month of January, SSA had held an exam for the SC students and all girl students. Boys of general category were not allowed to sit for the exam.
Truck loaded with cotton gutted
DC warns against sale, purchase and use of fake Bt cotton seeds
Never leave eye socket empty, say doctors
Blood donation camp held at girls college
Lecture at CUP to focus on India’s foreign policy
Poll for civic wards to be held in June
Another case of snatching reported
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MCB looks the other way while miscreants steal public property
Bathinda, April 16 The MCB had last got an FIR lodged for its missing property more than a year ago when two FIRs were lodged against unknown persons for stealing grills installed on the dividers of the Bibiwala Road. Similarly, the Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) is yet to complain to the police about iron grills, cement tiles and interlocking tiles missing from its commercial pockets in Model Town Phase II and Phase III for the last two years. The entire row of divider on the Bibiwala Road has been missing and now even the busy GT road has started falling prey to the thieves. Railings near the three cinemas have been stolen. “It is known that the anti-social elements, vaga-bonds or drug addicts are always hunting for ways to make a quick buck. Agencies like the MCB and BDA should understand that instead of installing expensive material like heavy iron grills, some cheaper and permanent structures like cemented dividers should be installed,” suggested a senior BDA official. On the other hand, the MCB officials pointed out that no official wants to take the onus of filing a police case. “Filing a police case means sheer harassment for the complainant. Since the complaint is against unknown persons, there is no second party to appear in the court. Even after the complainant officer gets transferred, he or she will have to keep on coming for all the court hearings,” added an SDO. He added that most of the time, the field staff reports missing things to their respective offices, but the officials prefer to turn a blind eye. “The legal system is so complicated that the official ends up getting harassed himself,” he added. Meanwhile, the Assistant Commissioner, Kamal Kant, said he has been reporting cases of vandalism and has been appearing in court in one of the cases wherein a MC swimming pool was vandalised. “If an official does not report such thefts, it means he or she is shirking duty. But we make sure that no cases go unreported,” he said. The ‘missing’ laptops
Not only public property, even MCB’s own property is not in its possession. Laptops given to two former commissioners have not been returned. “Both the commissioners were transferred more than three years ago and now are at high positions in the state government, but neither of them has returned the corporation’s laptops. We have sent them a number of reminders, but they did not respond,” added an MCB officer. |
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Bathinda shines on medical research map; takes out global journals
Bathinda, April 16 A team of doctors from the Adesh Institute of Medical Education and Research (AIMSR) as well as those who are abroad, under Dr Rajiv Mahajan, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and assistant dean (academics) at AIMSR, form the editorial board of the journals. A Bathinda-based body, Basic Medical Scientists Association (BMSA), brings out the two journals, namely ‘International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research (IJABMR)’ and ‘Journal of Research in Medical Education and Ethics (JRMEE).’ “In India, only south and west Indian states are known to come out with international medical journals. This is for the first time ever when two important journals are being brought out from a small town like Bathinda,” said Dr Mahajan. The first volume of IJABMR was published in the year 2011 and presently, Wolters Kluwer Health, a global publisher of medical, nursing, and allied health information resources in books, journals and newsletters, publishes it. Within the first year of its launch, 47 colleges have subscribed to IJABMR. “We felt that there was a dearth of journals in the field of medical education and bio-ethics. So, we introduced a journal for research in the fieldd of medical education and ethics. Bio-ethics, by far, is the most neglected topic in Indian context,” he said. “Then, we came out with our second journal, Journal of Research in Medical Education and Ethics (JRMEE). We launched JRMEE in December 2010, with Diwan Enterprises, New Delhi as its publishers. BMSA is probably the only medical association in India having two indexed medical journals to its credit,” claimed Dr Mahajan. Both the journals get funding from the membership fees of the BMSA and the subscription fees. The journals are also part of the consortia wherein the university buys rights to online subscriptions and provide the journals online for their students to study. Both the journals are part of the Health Scientist Library Network consortia of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS). More than half of the editorial board members of IJABMR are researchers and academicians of repute from abroad. Journal helping local researchers
Future plan The editorial team of these journals aims at getting both the journals indexed in PubMed — a free database by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).
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Speaking out on making mother first
guardian
Bathinda, April 16 Acceptance of the proposal would mean that it will not be mandatory for the women to disclose their husbands’ names in the government forms. The proposal also recommends amendment in the Section 6 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, to allow the mother the custody of a minor till it is 12 years old. Nikhila Pant Dhawan of Bathinda Tribune spoke to some experts to find out what they think of the proposal:
Pushpinder Randhawa
Aggarwal, advocate
Rajwinder Singh Gill, District Social Security Officer Dr Raj Bala, member, District Women Cell, Sangrur Dr JS Anand, Principal, DAV College
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Girl hit by bike, succumbs to her injuries
Bathinda, April 16 In his complaint to the police, Budh Ram, a resident of Guru Nanakpura Mohalla, alleged that the accused, Amees Mehal of Amarpura Basti, was driving his bike at a very high speed. His niece, who was standing beside the door of her house, was hit by the rashly driven bike. A case under sections 279, 337, 338 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered in this connection against the accused at the Kotwali police station. No arrests have been made so far in this regard. One arrested with drugs
A resident of Kotra Korianwala has been arrested by the police for possessing illegal drugs. The accused has been identified as Avtar Singh. He was arrested following a tip-off at a naka. As many as 16 vials and 250 grams of powder, meant for use by drug addicts, were seized from his possession. A case under sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered in this connection against the accused at the Rampura city police station. Former sarpanch booked for bungling
A former sarpanch of Chotian village has been booked by the police after a detailed investigation conducted over four years. In his complaint to the police, Satnam Singh, a former member of the Chotian village panchayat, alleged that the former sarpanch, Bant Singh, usurped and misappropriated government funds. He said the sarpanch did not lease the village pond on contract basis for a year. This affected the collection of annual revenue by the village panchayat. He also accused the former sarpanch of not properly using the quota of wheat released under the various government schemes. The investigating officer in the case, Narinder Singh, said a case was registered after seeking the legal opinion of the government pleader. A case has been registered under section 409 of the IPC and 13 (1) D of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 at the Rampura sadar police station. The accused has not been arrested so far. Three booked for violence
Two residents of Haryana and an unidentified person have been booked by the police for beating up a resident of Talwandi Sabo. The complainant in the case, Manjot Singh, said the accused, Sukhjinder Singh alias Kaka and Lovepreet Singh, beat him up over an old dispute. A case under sections 307, 324 and 34 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at the Talwandi Sabo police station. No arrests have been made by the police so far. Costly material stolen
Material worth Rs 80,000 has been stolen from a house in Katar Singh Wala village. The complainant in the case, Balvir Singh, said he had gone to attend a marriage after locking his house on April 14. However, after returning from the party, he found that the lock of his house had been broken and somebody had taken away the gold jewellery and cash. A case under sections 454 and 380 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at the Kotfatta police station. |
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Demand for equal facilities for all govt school students
Bathinda, April 16 Recently, the state project coordinator, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), issued a roaster of SC students (from classes 6th to 8th) studying in various schools of the district who would be taken on a visit to the Pushpa Gujral Science city. Teachers in these schools said that the government has allowed only 25 students per class. “Only 25 students per school are allowed, whereas in reality the number of these students is much higher. Adding to a teacher’s misery, the poor students in the general category have been left out,” pointed out a teacher at a government school. In the absence of any fixed criterion laid by the department, now the teachers are taking those classes (either of 6, 7 and 8 classes) that have 25 or less number of students. Shiv Pal Goyal, the acting district president and state member committee of the Federation said the government should extend similar facilities to all the children. “Government’s initiative of taking care of uplifting the underprivileged section of society is appreciable, but the government should consider the plight of the general category students too,” he said. In the month of January this year, the SSA had held scholarship exams for the SC students and girls students. The general category male students were not allowed to sit for the exams. Similarly, education is free till class XII for the girl students and subsidised for the SC students. Girl students are given incentives like cycles, while boys are left behind. City educationists feel that such gaps should be filled. “Young students ask us why they can’t sit for the exam and we don’t have an answer,” pointed out another teacher. She said children from the weaker sections of the society come to study at the government schools and classifying them further on the basis of caste narrows down the options for the general category students.
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Truck loaded with cotton gutted
Bathinda, April 16 Assistant Divisional Fire Officer Baldev (ADFO) Singh said the entire cotton was taken out from the truck to douse the flames. Three fire tenders and more than a dozen firemen were pressed into service to control the flames. The ADFO said a fire call was received at 3.20 pm and the first fire tender returned after dousing the flames at 4.45 pm. Nearly 30 quintals of cotton was loaded in the truck and the entire body and the front cabinet of the truck was burnt. The firemen managed to save the tyres of the truck and a major portion of the cotton loaded on it. Fire brigade officials said nearly 10 to 15 per cent damage to the cotton was reported in the fire. The ADFO said the cotton was loaded at the local Vardhman factory and according to its driver, the vehicle was supposed to head towards Barnala. The driver had parked the truck last night behind the Government Rajindra College and had gone to his house located in Pujan Wala Mohalla. While driving away at around 3 pm, the truck came in contact with an electric transformer. The cotton bales immediately caught fire after a short circuit reportedly took place. The movement of the traffic was affectedin the area while the fire tenders were trying to douse the flames. Fire brigade officials said a fire tender has been stationed near the truck as a precautionary measure.
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DC warns against sale, purchase and use of fake Bt cotton seeds
He said keeping in view the requirement of Bt cotton seeds during the coming kharif season, the Punjab government has made complete arrangements. Yadav appealed to the farmers to buy seeds from the authorised dealers only and get the bill for the same. He said the Bt cotton seeds would be available with the dealers dealing in seeds of Markfed, cooperative societies, Punseed besides dealers and companies authorised by the Punjab government. Bt cotton seeds would be available at last year's price and those indulging in black-marketing would be dealt with an iron hand. At the district and block level, flying squads have been constituted to check the illegal sale and black-marketing of the seeds. The agriculture department's staff has been directed to take strict action against the sale of fake Bt cotton seeds in their respective areas. The dealers have been directed to maintain a complete record of the sale of Bt cotton seeds and give bills to the farmers. Protest over the sale of fake Bt cotton seeds have been reported in the past, especially in the Malwa region of Punjab. |
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Never leave eye socket empty, say doctors
Bathinda, April 16 This was the advice of oculoplastic surgeons, Dr BS
Bhaura, Dr Ranbir Singh and Dr Raman Mittal, from Amritsar. In the scientific session organised by the Bathinda Ophthalmological Society at Hotel Five Rivers on Sunday night, the latest surgical techniques for drooping eye lid
(Ptosis) and other diseases of the eye lid were discussed. Satish Thomas, head of the eye department of CMC,
Ludhiana, made a presentation on the management of congenital cataract. He emphasised that cataract in infants should be operated upon at the earliest and suitable intra ocular lenses should be implanted. Dr Amrit
Sethi, president, Bathinda Ophthalmological Society, welcomed the delegates. Dr Iqbal Singh, Civil Surgeon,
Bathinda, while appreciating the efforts of the Society, urged them to sign a memorandaum with the government to offer free eye surgery to the poor. Medical camp held
425 people were examined at the medical check-up camp held at the Goodwill Public School in Paras Ram Nagar today. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sarup Chand Singh inaugurated the camp. Doctors from the Civil Hospital including Dr Ajay
Mittal, Dr Satish Jindal, Dr S Sra, Dr Dhira Gupta and Dr Beant Singh Mann examined the patients at the camp.
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Blood donation camp held at girls college
Bathinda Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav was the chief guest. He felicitated activists for their commendable work in the field of social service. Those felicitated were given a memento and a copy of Swami Vivekanand's book, “His call to nation”. Appreciating all those who donated blood at the camp, Manohar Lal
Gupta said, "One person's act of donating blood will inspire many others to do the same." Also present on the occasion were Usha Sharma, Rajbir Kaur, Dr Sneh Bansal, Dr Gagan Lata, Dr J Sidhu, Naresh Pathani, JR Goel, Sunil Bansal and Shanti Jindal.
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Lecture at CUP to focus on India’s foreign policy
Bathinda, April 16 The lecture will focus on some of the important contemporary social, political and legal aspects of India’s foreign policy and political initiatives in terms of the country’s strategic economic and safety concerns. Prof Anwar Alam is a renowned scholar in the field and he will deliver the lecture at 2.30 pm in the seminar hall, city campus, of the university. The lecture would be followed by a brief interaction with the audience. The lecture is part of the series of seminars and extension lectures, organised at the Central University of Punjab, delivered by scholars and intellectuals of great repute.
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Poll for civic wards to be held in June
Bathinda, April 16 In a press statement issued here today, ADC-cum-additional district election officer Dr Abhinav Trikha said the voters’ list, updated till January 1 this year, would be considered as valid for voting in these election. Dr Trikha said voters can file their objections by filling up form numbers 7, 8 and 9 available with the election registration officer till April 17 and the officers have been directed to dispose of the same by April 25 and publish the list by April 27. The preliminary voters' lists would be available with the SDM-cum-election registration officer concerned on May 10. For queries, voters can contact on phone numbers 0164-2210736 and 0164-2241949.
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Another case of snatching reported
Bathinda, April 16 In her complaint, Jaspinder Kaur said two unidentified people knocked at her house and enquired about an address. As soon as she came out to guide them about the house they were asking for, the youths snatched her gold ear rings and fled on a bike. Though police officials were yet to register a case, residents said rising incidents of snatchings have created panic. Three such incidents have been reported in the last one week.
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General Categories Welfare Federation says special facilities for SC students narrows down options for general category students
I am 100 per cent in favour of this proposal. Although a majority of women are becoming financially independent, they are yet to have full social and mental freedom. In case of desertion or separation, or of a child born out of wedlock, this proposal will come as a respite for the women. They will have first rights over the child. In fact, the proposal is coming a bit late in India. It should have been introduced a couple of years
back.
Though the proposal sounds good, I wonder what concrete good will it do. Individuals who take their spouse to be their equals will not be affected by this. The real empowerment is needed for the women who stay in the villages. Empowerment will happen only if the women are aware of their rights. These women also need to be considered and developed as human
resource.
Our notion of reforms is guided by what has been successful in the West. A large number of Indian women are not even financially independent. Only one per cent of Indian women will benefit from the proposal while there is a higher possibility of the reform being misused by men. It may make men mentally free from taking responsibility of the
child.
The society is transforming and the old postulates of family are also cracking. To keep abreast with the times, we have to review the old customs. Women are emerging as the game changers in today’s world. If they are made the first guardians of the children, it will save them a lot of trouble, especially in cases of single mothers. Whether it is in favour or the women or not, I would say that the proposal, if passed, would be in tune with the
times.
Bathinda, April 16
Bathinda, April 16