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Car owner drank while Driver hit JE
PSIEC, MCB untie Focal Point knot
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230 challaned for smoking at public places
Two shifts of city bus service to begin soon
Special trainers on hunger strike
Organic food centre of attention, discussion at Vatavaran Utsav
Truck looted near Kotshamir
Protest stalls MCB’s demolition drive
NGOs want gaushalas on vacant land in jails
Father-son duo booked for cheating
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Car owner drank while Driver hit JE
Bathinda, May 11
It was found that the migrant who was driving the vehicle did not have a driving license. His employer, a physically-challanged person, was sitting on the front seat and consuming beer when the incident took place. The employer, a dealer of pipes used in building construction, was carrying `76,000 cash. He was returning to Bathinda from a nearby village after selling some pipes. The bike and the car were going in the same direction, towards the bus stand after crossing the Liberty Chowk. The injured JE has been identified as Jalaur Singh, a resident of Bhai Mati Das Nagar and the accused driver, rounded up at the bus stand police post has been identified as Sunil Kumar. Gurlal Singh, a policeman from the bus stand police post said the car’s driver instead of applying brakes, accelerated and hit the biker. Police officials said the driver got confused after suddenly seeing the biker in front of teh car. The biker was dragged for five to seven feet on the pavement adjoining the Government Rajindra College. The car driver drove onto the pavement and failed to move further. The car occupants failed to come out of the vehicle as a crowd gathered around the biker and the car. A peep into the car revealed the presence of beer bottles and a stash of cash car. The crowd soon lost its cool and decided to teach the driver and the car owner a lesson. Narinder Sharma, a marketing executive dealing in sale of internet connections, said people were upset over the accident. Three policemen, who came from the Bus Stand police post, pacified the crowd and stood guard to the persons sitting inside the vehicle. While people demanded action against the accused, the policemen kept waiting for their official vehicle to come and take away the accused to the police station. After waiting for long, the cops finally ‘hired’ an auto rickshaw in which they took the guilty to the police station for further action. Volunteers of an NGO took the injured JE to the civil hospital. His relatives shifted him to a private hospital later. The doctors attending to the injured JE declared him unfit to record any statements with the police.
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PSIEC, MCB untie Focal Point knot
Chandigarh, May 11 PSIEC managing director and Bathinda municipal commissioner “have agreed that after taking over of the Focal Point by the MC, Bathinda, the development of civic amenities, if any required, and maintenance and upkeep thereof would be the responsibility of the MC, Bathinda, who would also be competent to levy property/house tax as per law/rules”. The Punjab and Haryana High Court was told this and much more during the hearing of a petition by M/s Kumar Enterprises. The petitioner wanted the Court to decide whether it was assessable to house tax. As the case came up for resumed hearing, State counsel apprised the Court that in pursuance of the order dated July 12, 2010, passed by the Court, a meeting was held on April 25 in the office of Punjab Principal Secretary, Local Government, to review the progress in the matter. Taking up the matter, the Bench observed: “A bare perusal of the status report reveals that the roads and streetlights have been 100 per cent completed. With regard to the status of parks/horticulture, water supply, sewerage and installation of effluent treatment plant, it has been stated that the works are in progress, but yet to be finalised. “In respect of the parks, it has been stated that one of the two parks would be completed by May 5 and the other one by August 31. The work of water supply, except WTP based on rapid sand filter, would be completed by May 30 and a period of 12 months would be required for completion of sewerage work. It has further been stated that ETP would be installed by July 31.” Disposing of the petition, the Bench of Acting Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Alok Singh asserted: “As per the minutes of the meeting huge funds are to be collected by the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda, and appropriate steps are yet to be taken by it. In view of this, we dispose of the petition by taking the status report as final.”
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230 challaned for smoking at public places
Bathinda, May 11 Besides, the health authorities have collected a sum of `14,905 by imposing fines on the violators of the Act and the rules. When contacted, Assistant Nodal Officer for implementing the rules in the district, Dr Ashok Monga, said as the main aim of the health authorities was to create awareness among the smokers and users of other tobacco products, they sometimes imposed a fine of only `10 on the He said they often visited the premises of the bus stand, railway station, hospital, district administrative complex etc, all public places, to check the use of tobacco products and smoking there. The number of issuance of challans had increased during the past more than a year, he added. It may be mentioned here that under the Act and the ‘Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules, 2008’, as many as 4,234 persons have been challaned so far in all the districts of the state by the respective district health authorities. Besides issuing challans, the authorities have also collected fines to the tune of `3,48,053 from all the violators so far. As per the information, the Patiala district has topped the list by issuing challans to 778 violators of the Act and the rules, framed for prohibiting the smokers at public places, while the Mohali district remained at number two with 504 challans, followed by Ropar (495 challans), Hoshiarpur (381 challans), Amritsar (299 challans), Sri Muktsar Sahib (265 challans) and Bathinda (230 challans). There are some other districts in the state that have issued less than 100 challans so far. These districts included Faridkot (27 challans), Jalandhar (30), Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (55), Tarn Taran (57), Mansa (72), Moga (73) and Gurdaspur (89). The main objective of the Act and the rules is to protect the common masses from ill-effects of the smoking by way of preventing smokers from smoking at public places as the non-smokers too suffer on the health front by becoming passive smokers. The use of tobacco and the smoking, including passive smoking, have widely been identified as one of the causes of cancer.
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Two shifts of city bus service to begin soon
Bathinda, May 11 Talking to Tribune News Service, the MD, DPS Kharbanda said already 21 drivers and 26 conductors more have been recruited. “We will complete the recruitment drive within the next few days,” he said. Kharbanda said the transition from single shift to two shifts may take a week. The municipal corporation has assured the PRTC that the contract for all the 30 bus shelters in the city had been handed over. It also added that the erection of these shelters would be complete soon. Time-table for all the routes would be made available to the passengers at each bus queue shelter. Traffic manager at PRTC, Bathinda, Jaswinder Singh Chahal, has been given the independent charge of the city bus service. Chahal would be directly reporting to the PRTC headquarters in Patiala.
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Special trainers on hunger strike
Bathinda, May 11 Some of the teachers were arrested from outside the residence of the Punjab Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka and others were arrested from Rampura and adjoining towns. The union has been demanding reinstatement of all the teachers recruited a year ago. The union said the Punjab government would be responsible for any harm to the teachers lodged in the jail. — TNS
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Organic food centre of attention, discussion at Vatavaran Utsav
Bathinda, May 11 In the afternoon session, a farmers’ seminar on what should be the direction of their movement in the present context was discussed. Farmers from different parts of country discussed the issue. Later, Dr Amar Singh Azad delivered a lecture on health impact of GM food. He discussed the ways in which genetically-modified (GM) food was interfering with the human metabolism and the serious ramifications it had. He laid emphasis on the need to retain the natural farming practices and the treasure trove of indigenous seeds that the Indian farmers have. Apart from the intellectual talks, Teachers’ Home was abuzz with Bebe Di Rasoi — a millet-based traditional food stall — which was the centre of attraction. Farmers from Kerala presented an exhibition as part of a campaign to save rice from invasion of varieties that MNCs have introduced in the market. The fest also has stalls of organic produces available up for grabs. Organic products such as dalia, moong dal, black gram, mustard oil, rosewater, amla murabba, pickles, honey, rice are available Tomorrow, a women’s convention on environment, health and food would be held in the morning session wherein Bibi Inderjit Kaur from Pingalwara Charitable Trust would be the main speaker. In the afternoon session, a discussion would be held on the opportunities and problems in marketing of organic produce in Punjab.
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Truck looted near Kotshamir
Bathinda, May 11 Investigating officer in the case, head constable Raghuvir Singh, said the police was trying to establish the truth by recording the statements of the complainant and the residents of the area besides the truck driver and the helper. He said a complaint had been lodged in this regard by the truck owner, Satnam Singh of Amarpura Basti. Satnam said his truck, which is 17 years old, has a market value of at least Rs 3.5 lakhs. It was loaded with scrap in Bathinda and had been parked near Kotshamir village by the driver. The scrap was to be unloaded at a factory in Mandi Gobindgarh that falls in Fatehgarh Sahib district. The driver and the helper decided to rest for the night and were supposed to leave the next morning. They had parked their vehicle near Guru Ravidass Bhawan. While the helper slept inside the truck, the driver went to sleep at his house in a nearby village. In his statement recorded by the police, the helper said four or five unidentified miscreants knocked at the front windscreen of the truck. When he opened the door, they entered the truck forcefully. They tied his hands and bundled him on to the rear seat of the vehicle. The miscreants then drove the vehicle towards Nabha and later, threw him out of the truck near Nangal village. The helper said some villagers set him free from the rope with which his hands and feet had been tied. He returned near the Kotshamir village at around 9 am. The helper then narrated the incident to the truck driver who too was searching for the vehicle. The helper told the police that the accused had come in a pick-up van and had inflicted injuries on him besides threatening him with dire consequences. The investigating officer said they are trying to trace the phone calls made by the driver and the helper. The helper said the miscreants also took away his cell phone. He pointed out that some houses were located near the place where the truck was parked. The house owners, however, denied having any idea about the incident. They denied having noticed any sign of the truck being looted on Sunday night.
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Protest stalls MCB’s demolition drive
Bathinda, May 11 The MCB team had gone to raze the unauthorized construction of a trader, Banarsi Das. Corporation officials said Banarsi Das had got the map for a residential building approved. But a commercial building was being constructed on the site in violation of the rules. Also, a 10-feet space in the front had not been left, thus violating the building bylaws, said the officials. As soon as the MCB demolition squad reached the spot and started razing the encroachment, BJP workers got together. The building in question shares its wall with BJP leader Ashok Balianwali's office. Protesting against the action of the corporation, a crowd gathered and started shouting slogans. The crowd even surrounded the car of MCB XEN TIrath Ram, forcing him to make a hurried exit from the place. Even the demolition drive could not be completed.
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NGOs want gaushalas on vacant land in jails
The demand was made by the organisations, including Aasra Welfare Society, Naujwan Welfare Society, People for Animals, Sri Hanuman Sewa Samiti and Sathi Welfare Society, at a meeting held here. Founder president of the Aasra Welfare Society, Ramesh Mehta, and president of the Naujwan Welfare Society, Sonu Maheshwari, appealed to the state government to initiate steps in this direction as Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have already set up Gaushalas on vacant land in the jails to keep the stray cattle. They further said if the Punjab government took steps in this direction, then the people of the state would benefit in a big way as they would not face traffic problems due to the roaming of stray cattle on the roads. Besides, stray cattle also suffered due to vehicular traffic. In road accidents, human beings as well as stray cattle also lose their lives, they added. The representatives of the organisations also said that when the jail inmates would serve the cattle, especially the cows, then a drastic change in their behaviour and mind-set would occur. The meeting was attended by Gaurav Goyal, Ravi Kant Arora, Kunal Bansal, Amit Garg, Aman Singla, Rohit Garg and Bhushan Bansal.
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Father-son duo booked for cheating
Bathinda, May 11 The retired cop said the accused made friends with his family and assured a job for his son, his daughter-in-law and his son's brother-in-law. Even after a year, neither did the accused return the money nor did anyone get the promised job. The complainant said there are 15 to 20 more people who too have lost their money in a similar manner. After pocketing the money, the accused fled to Australia, he said. A case of cheating under sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered against Basant Singh and his father Satpal Singh at the Civil Lines police station. In another incident of cheating, Gurinderpal Singh of Sangrur said Satjit Singh of Sucha Singh Nagar pocketed Rs 3.70 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Neither did the accused return the money nor did he send him abroad. A case under section 420 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Thermal police station. Hut set on fire A hut was set on fire at Mandi Khurd village in which a child sustained severe burn injuries. Household material was also damaged in the incident. A case has been registered against Mela Singh of Mandi Khurd village under sections 307, 342, 436 and 427 of the IPC at Balianwali police station. The complainant, Shivnath, is a native of Bagwali village in Uttar Pradesh and is residing in Mandi Khurd village at present. He said that apart from the child, Sunny, suffering burn injuries in his hands and legs, a fan, a mobile phone besides some other household material and cash worth Rs 10,000 was gutted. He said the accused set his house on fire after he stopped him from entering a religious place after consuming alcohol and wearing shoes. No arrests have been made in this regard so far. Oil, wires stolen from transformer Thieves stole oil and wires from a transformer installed in a farmhouse near the Akalia Kalan village. The complainant, Mandar Singh of Akalia Kalan village, said the accused took away the oil and the wires from a 10 KV transformer, worth nearly Rs 4,000. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered in this regard at the Nehianwala police station. In another incident of theft that took place in an agricultural field, thieves took away six bags of wheat from near Doomwali village. Balkaran Singh of Doomwali village said the wheat was worth Rs 2,500. School bus driver booked The driver of a school van has been booked by the police for ramming his vehicle into a Maruti Alto car driven by one Pavittar Kaur of Nathana village. The complainant said the accused hit his car while reversing the van while she was going to Nathana from Bhai Rupa village. A case has been registered against the van driver Harjinder Singh under sections 279 and 427 of the IPC at the Phul police station. No arrests have been made in this regard so far. |
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A junior engineer, employed with the Public Works Department Building and Roads (PWD B&R) received serious injuries after a speeding Maruti Swift Car, driven by an 18-year-old migrant labourer, hit his bike near Liberty Chowk in the city today.
Vatavaran Utsav — natural farming and environmental fest — started at the Teachers’ Home here today.
Punjab Technical University Giani Zail Singh campus principal, Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal, presided over the inaugural ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, executive director Umendra Dutt said the three-day fest aimed at creating awareness about organic food at a time when soil, water and air are getting contaminated
Bathinda, May 11