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Absent employees taken by surprise, to face the music
MC elections: Filing of nominations to begin on May 21
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Coaching centres shy away from ‘fake lists’
Atyachar Virodhi Sangharsh Committee meets DC
Refinery breather for Red Cross Society schools
Devaluation of rupee fails to deter Punjabi spirit
Camp dwells on tackling asthma
Farmers want hike in MSP for crops
Fake CDs, DVDs recovered, 3 booked
Training plan for
NDA/CDS aspirants
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Absent employees taken by surprise, to face the music
Bathinda, May 18 According to official information, three teams of the district administration checked the attendance of the officers and employees in their offices at the district administrative complex. The teams were led by additional deputy commissioner (ADC), Rajiv Prashar, local SDM Rambir, and district revenue officer (DRO) Sukhwinder Singh Dhillon. It seems the checking was a part of the instructions, given to senior officers by the Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal that all the officers and employees should remain present in their offices from 9 am to 5 pm on all working days so that people visiting the offices did not face any inconvenience in getting their works done. Besides, the CM had also ordered that no officer would function from camp office, being run by him/her from their residence. It may be mentioned here that even the Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, had shown a great interest in the attendance of the officers and employees in their offices during the previous term of the government as he had himself checked the local civil hospital and other offices in Bathinda. As per the information, the three teams started checking the offices at the district administrative complex at 9 am. During the checking, 90 officers and employees were found absent from duty. The teams had checked the attendance registers. Reacting sharply to the absenteeism in the offices, the DC said the administration would initiate stern action against all the officers and employees who had been found absent from duty during the checking. He also said any officer or employee, who would violate the instructions of the Punjab government, regarding attendance, would not be spared. The DC also added that such surprise checkings would continue in the future as well to implement the instructions of the state government in letter and spirit. |
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MC elections: Filing of nominations to begin on May 21
Bathinda, May 18 Counting of the votes would be held on June 10 and results would be declared by 6 pm. As per the government notification, the candidates can file their nominations from May 21 to May 24 with the related returning officer or assistant returning officer. The ROs will verify nomination papers by June 26 and the nominations can be withdrawn by June 28. With the beginning of filing of nominations, the model code of conduct would be implemented in all the areas that would go to polls. |
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Coaching centres shy away from ‘fake lists’
Bathinda, May 18 At Ajit Road, the address for almost all the top-notch coaching institutes, the day was a testing one. While some centres claimed to have a list of “all their successful students”, others said the compilation of the lists would take time. Many others alleged that “they didn’t believe in declaring fake results”. Interestingly, not even a handful of students came to the centres to check their results. Call it the age of technology or what you may, students preferred to check their results on the internet instead of visiting the institutes from where they had taken coaching to prepare for the exam. Gaurav, a teacher of Chemistry at the IITians Classes, said, “Nine out of 28 of our students have cleared the examination. We have put up a list of their names on our notice board. But these days, students prefer to check the results online instead of coming all the way to their coaching institute.” Similar was the scene at Harbhajan’s Institute of Competition. Interestingly, the coaching centre didn’t even care to put up a list
of its successful candidates. “Seven of our students have cracked the IIT-JEE. We haven’t put up a list of the students since they don’t come here to check the result. The students check their results on the Net,” said the person at the front office of the centre. At Aakash Coaching Institute, the list of the candidates who had cleared the exam wasn’t ready till late evening. “The ranks of the students have not been confirmed yet. Our classes had got over in February and the roll numbers were assigned later. Some students didn’t share their roll numbers with us and hence, it became difficult for us to come out with a complete and error-free list,” said a staff member at the institute. Omkar Singh, director of the Daswani Classes, was quite blunt while accepting the fact that “none of our students has cleared the exam this time.” “We don’t have a list of successful candidates becuase we don’t believe in giving out fake results, like other institutes. They claim many of their students have cleared the examination while in reality some of these candidates are not even their students,” he said. Abhinav Gupta, manager of the Vidyamandir Classes, accepted that compilation of a comprehensive list of the students from Bathinda, who have cleared the examination, will take time as the results were being compiled at their Delhi centre. l
According to sources, as many as 4,79,651 candidates appeared in the examination held on April 8. l
As per the results, as many as 24,112 have secured ranks under various categories and 19,426 have been short- listed for counselling for admission to 9,647 seats in the IITs and other institutes. l
The counseling website will be open to the shortlisted candidates from today and all of them are expected to fill up their choice of courses up to 5 PM till June 10. l
For the first time this year, the scanned images of the answer script were shown to the candidates between May 8 and May 10 to help them submit online revaluation requests. l
Of the total number of 1,50,431 girls who appeared for the
IIT-JEE, 2,886 have secured ranks and the first 1,908 have been shortlisted for
counselling. l
Other institutes that accept JEE scroes include IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISM
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Atyachar Virodhi Sangharsh Committee meets DC
Bathinda, May 18 The members and representatives of six political parties, the CPI, the CPM, the Congress, the PPP, the BSP and the SAD (Panch Pradhani), were also part of this deputation. Talking to Tribune News Service, the district secretary of the CPI, Jagjit Singh Joga, said the Deputy Commissioner had assured them that the He added that the DC had also asked them to meet him again if the report of the SP (D) failed to satisfy them. He said however, they had told the DC that if the administration failed to provide justice in both the cases within a week, they would adopt the path of agitation. The committee has demanded the cancellation of the FIRs registered against Amanpreet Kaur and others; return of the house, land and tractor etc to Amanpreet’s family, which were now in the possession of her relatives; police security to Amanpreet and her family. In the case of Balwinder Kaur, the committee has demanded the registration of a case against the four policemen who had allegedly tortured her in illegal police custody, besides tracing of real murderers of Balwinder Kaur’s husband. Among others who were part of the deputation were district secretary of the CPI, Jagjit Singh Joga, district president of the PPP, Sukhdev Singh Chahal, Buta Singh Dhade (Congress), Nachhattar Singh (BSP), Gurcharan Singh Chauhan (CPM) and Surinder Singh (Panch Pradhani).
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Refinery breather for Red Cross Society schools
Bathinda, May 18 The Deputy Commissioner, KK Yadav spoke to the Bathinda Refinery to help the Red Cross Society schools that have been serving the poor and the needy children. The Refinery has agreed to release a grant of `1,86,600 per year. The grant would soon reach the Red Cross Society. The schools, located in Beant Nagar, Bal Bhawan and near the Panchayat Bhawan in the city, have a total number 100-105 students. Each school has one teacher and one helper and the schools are run from For the past many days, the schools were lying closed since the teachers and helpers had been demanding a hike in their salaries. The teachers at these schools have been working at a monthly salary of `1,700 while the helpers are paid `1,200 per month. While speaking to Tribune News Service, JR Goyal, district secretary of the Red Cross Society, said, “The employees had not been coming to the schools for the past few days and hence, the schools were closed. We served them a notice and they gave in. They want a hike in their salaries, which is not possible given the present state of funds.” “The Child Welfare Council, Punjab, which had been giving the grant for these schools, stopped the funds in the year 2010-11. Since then, we have been managing the school on the funds being released by the Bathinda Refinery. We are not in a condition to pay the teachers and the helpers any more than what they are being paid already,” he added. Now that the teachers have agreed to come back to the schools and the Bathinda Refinery has approved the grant for the academic session 2012-13, the Red Cross Society evening schools will soon open their doors to their students.
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Devaluation of rupee fails to deter Punjabi spirit
Bathinda, May 18 While the NRIs sitting abroad are flooding their native places in India with the dollar-converted-rupee asset, even those opting for vice-versa for going abroad are not deterred. “Last week, for every 1,000 US dollar, we got `53, 300, which has now risen to `54, 700. Dollar’s appreciation is of more value to us than the rupee's depreciation,” says Ranjit Sharma from Punj Money Transfer, Rampura Phul. He added that the depreciation of rupee is hardly a factor to keep people away from flying off to foreign shores. “My daughter is all set to fly to New Zealand and I had no difficulty shelling out a few thousands more to make her feel comfortable. A person who has spent lakhs is hardly deterred by the depreciation,” added Bathinda resident, Bakhtaur Singh, who is making preparations to send his daughter off to New Zealand. Harjas Bhullar from “It may be a deterring factor for the families who have to sell their lands to send their children abroad. Such families are also dependant on education loans,” he added. Gurdeep Singh Brar, a resident of Guru Nanakpura area, added that fluctuations in currency value affect students from middle income groups who have shoestring budgets and seek sponsorships.
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Harsimrat prod for dist police
Bathinda, May 18 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Bathinda, Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill would preside over the event where efforts would be made to expedite justice in all such cases. Besides the cops, representatives from various sections of society and legal experts have been included. Eight different panels have been formulated who would counsel the women and couples and unanimously decide the issues. Dr Gill said the issues that need a legal opinion would be dealt with by inviting suggestions from the legal experts present. Every panel would have one senior gazetted police officer, a social worker, a legal expert, concerned area SHO and a lady teacher. The SSP added that the "Khulla Darbar" would save women from making repeated rounds of the women cell of the Bathinda police. "This is the first of its kind initiative in Punjab and we expect good feedback from people. Apart from the cases already registered with the women cell, fresh applications can also be moved," the SSP informed. |
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Camp dwells on tackling asthma
Bathinda, May 18 The secretary of the local branch of the IAP, Dr Amit Aggarwal, and a local paediatrician Dr Jyot Ram Jain delivered lectures on asthma awareness at the camp. About 100 delegates participated in the camp. Reading material on asthma was also distributed among the delegates. The camp was oragnised in view of the alarming statistics related to asthma and to create awareness among the people about the risks being faced by individuals suffering from the disease. As per the information available, India has an estimated 15-20 million patients of asthma and on an average, one out of every 10 school-going children suffers from asthma, which is one of the most common serious chronic diseases of childhood. It is estimated that 57,000 deaths occur annually due to asthma. In addition, asthma is a leading cause of emergency visits in hospitals and school absenteeism. Dr Jyot Ram Jain talked about asthma and the indoor and outdoor pollutants that trigger it. Dr Amit Aggarwal spoke about the problem, how it is triggered, and ways to prevent and treat asthmatic episodes. He also emphasised upon the role of inhalers as the best mode of treatment for childhood asthma. The myths regarding the use of inhalers were also discussed at the camp.
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Farmers want hike in MSP for crops
Bathinda, May 18 They said the MSP of Basmati 1121 should be at least Rs 3,500 and Rs 4,500 for Sela Basmati. Farmers with 2.5 acres of agricultural land should be provided tubewell connections immediately or even temporary connections. The cut imposed on kerosene and wheat through the public distribution system (PDS) should be withdrawn immediately. Power should be restored to those farmers whose connections were disconnected for not paying electricity bills due to their consumption of less than 200 units. The cases registered against the farmers who did not pay the electricity bills should be withdrawn. Alternate arrangements should be made for those farmers who are facing police charges for burning paddy stubble. All recommended varieties that consume minimum water should be allowed to be sown in Punjab, the farmer unions demanded. |
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Fake CDs, DVDs recovered, 3 booked
Bathinda, May 18 Police recovered 205 fake CDs and DVDs from the shop of Tarsem Kumar near the bus stand. The raid was conducted following a complaint by Gurdas Singh from the Super Cassette Industries (T-series), Noida. The accused was arrested and later released on bail. Similarly, police recovered 95 fake DVDs and CDs from the shop of Sushil Kumar near the Gole Diggi market. The accused was arrested and later released on bail. Police have registered a case against them under sections 51, 52 A and 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957. The Canal Colony police also held Deepak Soni, a resident of Pratap Nagar area, for selling obscene movies by uploading the same in chips and pen drives. The accused ran a shop at Paras Ram Nagar where he carried out unlawful activities. He was arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by Gurdas Singh from the Super Cassette Industries, Noida. Two held with illicit liquor
Two people were held with 40 litres of illicit liquor near the Badal road junction. Canal colony police arrested two people, including one Rinku, from street number 3 of Dhillon Basti in Bathinda and one Pappu from street number 8, Naruana road, Amarpura Basti, Bathinda. They have been booked under sections 61, 1, and14 of the Excise Act. Booked in rape case
A man from village Aalike has been booked for raping a woman while his brother and mother have been booked for conspiring. In her complaint to the Phul police, the woman alleged that the accused, Sarovar Singh, had promised to marry her. Police have booked Sarovar Singh, his brother Grovar Singh and their mother Kulwant Kaur. No arrests have been made so far. |
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Training plan for NDA/CDS aspirants
Bathinda, May 18 Eligible students may register with the District Sainik Welfare Office by May 28. To prepare the students in subjects like maths, English, chemistry, physics, biology, social science, geography and current affairs, teachers are needed. Those interested can apply in the office of the District Sainik Welfare Office, on May 30. For any query, aspirants can contact the office on the telephone number 0164-2212612. — TNS |
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During a surprise checking of the offices at the district administrative complex here today morning, as many as 90 officers and employees were found absent from duty.
Seeking justice for a 25-year-old girl Amanpreet Kaur and her family from Pitho village
(Bathinda) and another woman, Balwinder Kaur from Ramsra village (Raman) of the district, a deputation of ‘Atyachar Virodhi Sanghrash Committee’ here today met the DC KK Yadav and submitted a memorandum, enlisting its demands.
Bathinda, May 18
