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Jewellers remove black flags from their shops
RTI and RTS bringing in accountability: Experts
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Gold chain snatched
City students shine in abacus competition held in Jalandhar
Students rally to protect ecology
BFGI students bag top slots in Pbi varsity
Elderly woman run over by train
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Jewellers remove black flags from their shops
Bathinda, May 7 Jewellers, not only in Bathinda, but across the country had been protesting against the hike in the custom duty levied on gold, as announced by the Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, in the Budget 2012. Jewellers in Bathinda had launched a citywide protest against the hike and had even called for a five-day long bandh, starting March 17. Moving the Finance Bill, 2012 for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister said, “The government has decided to withdraw the levy (one per cent excise duty) on all precious metal jewellery, branded or unbranded, with effect from March 17, 2012.” Appreciating the withdrawal, state president of the Bhartiya Swarnkar Sewa Society, Kartar Singh Jaura, said, “It is a matter of great relief for the jewellers across India that the central government has withdrawn the excise duty on gold. Apart from that, the customs duty on the import of gold has again been brought back to two per cent from four per cent. The two per cent customs duty is reasonable, we think." Jaura added that while earlier, customs duty at the rate of `200 per 10 grams was levied on the gold being imported, it was increased to two per cent in January 2012. Adding to the woes of not only the jewellers, but also the customers, Budget 2012 increased the duty further to four per cent per 10 grams. This increase led to an increase in the rate of gold by almost `1,000 per 10 grams, he added. “Now that the custom duty has been brought back to two per cent, it will lower the rate of gold by `560 per 10 grams. The step will bring a major relief to the jewellers and the customers. We also want the government to earn revenue for which it needs to levy taxes. All that we demand is that the taxes levied should be genuine,” Jaura added.
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RTI and RTS bringing in accountability: Experts
Bathinda, May 7 The district project coordinator of the MGSIPA, Mandeep Singh, told the participants about the aims and objectives of the seminar. He said the MGSIPA was creating awareness among the representatives of the PRIs by organising such seminars in various parts of the district so that the message of these Acts could reach the masses at the grassroot level. A resource person of the MGSIPA, Vinod Kumar, imparted knowledge about the Right to Service Act to the representatives of the PRIs by telling them that under this Act, 67 services, relating to various departments, including police, transport, health, revenue, local government and social security had been covered. Besides, different number of days had been fixed for providing different services to the masses by the government officials, he added. Another resource person of the MGSIPA, Darshan Singh Bajaj, while speaking on Right to Information Act, said under the Act, any one could get information in 30 days from any government office by just submitting an application along with the requisite fee. He said after the implementation of this Act, transparency in administrative works had been achieved to a great extent. He said any information that relates to the security of the country could not be procured under this Act. In the end, the participants took part in a question-answer session to know the replies to their queries. It may be pointed out that the state government has put great stress on these Acts as a means to cut red tape and provide hassle-free governance to the people. |
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Gold chain snatched
Bathinda, May 7 Goods stolen
Material worth nearly Rs 15,000 was stolen from a shop. It included an LCD, receiver of Tata Sky, receiver of dish Airtel, a home theatre and a set-top box. A complaint has been lodged with the police by one Chander Mohan of Rampura Mandi. A case under sections 453 and 380 of the IPC has been registered against unidentified persons at Rampura city police station. Motorbike theft
A motorcycle parked on the railway road has been stolen by some unidentified persons. A case has been registered under section 379 of the IPC at the Kotwali police station on the complaint of the bike owner, Shantnu Meharshi. He had parked his black coloured Hero Honda on the road at around 8.30 pm and it was found missing after that. |
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City students shine in abacus competition held in Jalandhar
Bathnda, May 7 As many as 2,000 students participated in the competition and many students from the schools of Bathinda won the second, third, fourth and fifth positions across various categories. The students from the Police Public School, St. Kabir Convent School, St. Xavier's Convent School and St. Joseph's Convent school, who secured the top ranks in vaious categories are Hardeep Sidhu, Rishi Raj, Anika Garg, Ashwariya, Aditya Khunger, Ashim Garg, Bharti Garg, Shifali and Tanish Singla. Raj Gupta, principal of the Swami Vivekananda Girls College, said under the guidance of Rahul Ahuja and Neetu Wilson, the abacus centre was being successfully run. — TNS
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Students rally to protect ecology
Bathinda, May 7 As many as 500 students participated in the rally, organised under the guidance of the school principal and teachers. Holding placards with messages of oil conservation, aforestation, save water and save earth, the students walked through the streets and market places in the area. Talking about the aim of the rally, the principal of the school, Yulelo Fernandis said the objective of the rally was to make people aware about their responsibility of actively participating in the conservation of the environment. He added that the weather has been changing due to global warming and it was high time that people took steps to preserve the planet. Everyone should take the matter seriously. Else, the future generations will have to suffer. While addressing the students, the principal said planting trees would purify the environment of the polluting materials.
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BFGI students bag top slots in Pbi varsity
Bathinda, May 7 The students of B.Sc (Agriculture), B.Sc (Biotechnology), B.Sc (Science), B.Sc (Computer, Statistics, Mathematics) have performed outstandingly. Lovedeep Singh and Vijyant Kumar of 2nd semester B.Sc. (Agriculture) bagged first and second positions respectively in merit list. Similarly, Veerpal Kaur scored first position and both Shriansh Mittal and Navneet Kaur scored fourth position in of B.Sc(Agriculture) 1st Year (annual system).
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Elderly woman run over by train
Bathinda, May 7 Volunteers of the NGO informed the GRP officials about the death of the woman. They said relatives of the deceased informed that she was returning from a religious programme across the railway lines and was run over by the train while crossing the railway lines. An unidentified train passenger died due to illness near Bathinda railway station. NGO volunteers rushed him to the Civil Hospital where he was declared dead. GRP officials said inquest proceedings would be initiated in the case. — TNS
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The jewellers in Bathinda, on Monday, removed the black flags from their shops and hailed the withdrawal of the central excise duty on gold. The jewellers had put up the black flags to mark their protest against the hike in central excise and custom duties on gold.
