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In a class of their own
Scorcher of a summer, mercury @ 43.4 degree
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Bathinda gets Rs 36.34 lakh under Mata Kaushalaya Kalyan Scheme
Candidates throw hats in the ring
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NGOs meet civil surgeon
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In a class of their own
And when the results were announced, there was little anxiety among the students, parents and school authorities alike. The introduction of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system for the class X examination last year took away the fear associated with the frightening judgemental marking system. And all agree that the system has taken the fizz out of the class X CBSE results. Gone are the days when the students competed with their peers to secure the first position as now a group of students at every school constitute the toppers. And needless to say, almost all the schools have attained 100 per cent result. Jatinder Kaur, principal of Guru Harkrishan Public School, says, "Students are happy as the burden has been eased. But the teachers are working throughout the year, thanks to the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system. The craze for being the topper is not to be seen anymore." Out of a total number of 141 students of Guru Harkrishan Public School who had appeared for the examination, 29 students scored Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) 10. Out of the 226 students of St. Xavier's Convent School, 27 students scored CGPA 10. Sixty out of 222 students of St Joseph's Convent Secondary School scored 10 CGPA. Twins, Tinish Gupta and Tanuj Gupta of the school, secured CGPA 10 in all the six subjects. Their father Rajesh Gupta, a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the PTU Giani Zail Singh College, was elated and gave the credit for the success of his sons to their hard work and perseverance. Four out of 176 students of the RBDAV School also scored CGPA 10. Four out of 53 students of Saint Fateh Singh Convent School, Maur Mandi, secured 10 CGPA. Seven students of St. Kabir Convent Senior Secondary School secured CGPA 10. Although the students and schools made merry with the fabulous results, CBSE started its post-exam annual counselling from Thursday. The 15-day helpline is a programme by the Board to bail out students and parents from post-result stress. The programme offers telephonic counselling, interactive voice response system (IVRS) and reaching out to examinees through the CBSE website. Counsellors and principals of CBSE-affiliated schools offer tele-counselling. Students can dial a toll-free number, 18001803456, from 8 am till midnight to clear doubts/queries or for one-to-one telephonic counselling. CCE: Segregation of marks
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Scorcher of a summer, mercury @ 43.4 degree
Bathinda, May 24 Though the region has been under the grip of heat wave conditions for several days as mercury virtually settled above the 40 degree Celsius mark, a sudden surge in temperature was experienced today in the afternoon. The residents got up to a relatively cool start in the morning as mercury dipped to record 20.2 degree Celsius, almost four degree lower than on Wednesday morning. It was in the afternoon that the mood of the mercury suddenly swung, intensifying the heat wave conditions by surpassing the 43 degree Celsius mark. Moreover, the conditions are likely to remain similar in the next two to three days, as per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The weather is likely to remain dry with the possibility of mercury hovering near the 45 degree Celsius mark during the period. The minimum temperature may also remain near 30 degree Celsius. There are also possibilities of dust storms in isolated parts of the region. |
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Bathinda gets Rs 36.34 lakh under Mata Kaushalaya Kalyan Scheme
Bathinda, May 24 Giving this information here today, Civil Surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni said the funds had been sent to the hospitals and health centres in the blocks for distributing the same under the scheme among the women who had delivered babies at the hospitals and health centres from May 15 onwards. With regard to the pending amounts for the past several months, the civil surgeon said the hospitals and the health centres would be informed about it after receiving the requisite funds from the government. It is worth mentioning here that every woman, who delivers baby in a government hospital or at the health centre, is given Rs 1,000 as incentive money by the state government under the Mata Kaushalaya Kalyan Scheme. After the “stoppage” of the payment of the incentive money of Rs 1,000 for institutional delivery to every woman under the scheme, a noticeable decline in the deliveries had come to light at the hospitals. Fact file
Civil Surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni said the funds had been sent to the hospitals and health centres in the blocks for distributing the same among the women who had delivered babies from May 15 onward. |
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Stolen Chinese pistol recovered
Bathinda, May 24 Gurdev Singh, SHO, Civil Lines police station, said one Ranjodh Singh, a resident of Model Town phase I, had complained to them on May 16 that some persons stole his .30 bore pistol and a mobile phone after administering some sedative on the night of May 15, when he was going to withdraw money from an automated teller machine (ATM). "Acting upon the complaint, we caught a man named Soni Singh of Beant Nagar who was in possession of the stolen mobile. He confessed to his crime and gave the address of a rickshaw-puller, Soni, who was also involved in committing the crime. A raid was conducted and the pistol was recovered from there, but he managed to flee," Gurdev said. Now, the police was trying to nab him.
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man’s best friend shows the way
Bathinda, May 24 Ten-year-old Tyson, a labrador, had suffered a rupture in blood vessels due to extreme heat, resulting in heavy bleeding from the nose. The profuse bleeding left Tyson battling for life. Doctors had said that Tyson was in need of blood transfusion and his chance of recovery was only if blood from another labrador was administered to it. Time was running out and hope was also fading, when a friend, in the form of three-year-old, Chinki, a female labrador, came to the rescue of the ailing Tyson. Chinki donated her blood which was administered to Tyson. Tyson has now recovered and is behaving normally, said Rajinder Singh Raonta, a dog lover. Raonta said that 13 per cent of the body weight of a dog comprises blood. Around 350-400 ml of blood from a dog is taken to administer it to another canine, Raonta added. Confirming that Tyson was now fit because of the timely help by Chinki, Raonta said, Tyson would now lead a healthy life for another three to four years as after the transfusion of blood, its normal blood generating mechanism had revived as well. Raonta said the gesture by Chinki could be a lesson for human beings. If a dog can come to the help of another dog, why should humans hesitate to do the same. |
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Candidates throw hats in the ring
Bathinda, May 24 After the filing of nominations, both the main contestants, Iqbal Singh Dhillon “Babli” of the Congress and Madhu Gargi of the BJP were seen much confidant of their victory. The SAD-BJP alliance showed a united face, as Madhu Gargi, wife of ex-Corporator Purshottam Gargi was accompanied by the senior leaders of both parties, including the Mayor of the MCB Baljeet Singh Birbehman. On the other hand, ex-MLA Harminder Singh “Jassi” accompanied his close aide Iqbal Singh Dhillon “Babli” and claimed that the Congress would definitely win in this ward, as the SAD-BJP has failed to fulfill the expectations of the public. However, the pollsters said that the by-election was not a big deal, as electing one more member to the already functioning team of MCB would not effect its functioning. "The mayor belongs to the SAD-BJP alliance, as its team has won the elections in the past. So, winning of just one seat either by the Congress or the BJP does not matter much,” said the pollsters. Meanwhile, the candidates have been campaigning door to door urging voters to caste vote in their favour. Both the parties are claiming to provide better civic amenities to the people, if they came to the power. SDM-cum-Returning officer Rambir said, “Total five persons, including two covering candidates of the Congress and the BJP have filed the nominations today. One candidate of the Shiv Sena has also filed the papers.” |
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no eligible beneficiaries
Bathinda, May 24 It may be mentioned here that all the identified beneficiaries, including those in the waiting list from the below poverty line (BPL) families, have already been provided with financial assistance in the district to make their “kutcha” houses “pucca” or repair the old ones. Under the scheme, an eligible beneficiary is given Rs 45,000 for making the “kutcha” house “pucca” and Rs 15,000 for the repair of the house. According to sources, over 13,000 BPL families were identified over a decade ago in Bathinda district. Of these 13,000 families, 6,419 were identified in 2007 for providing the benefit under the IAY scheme. All these beneficiaries were covered till the year 2009-10. Later, from the list of 6,419 families, an identification of the needy was again done under the IAY and a list was prepared. On that basis, in the year 2010-11, an amount of over Rs 3 crore was distributed among the beneficiaries for making 263 houses pucca and for repairing 477 old houses. Despite this, there was a balance amount of Rs 2.80 crore in the accounts of the Zila Parishad by the end of March 2011. However, in the year 2011-12, the state government transferred an amount of over Rs 2 crore to the Tarn Taran district as the Bathinda Zila Parishad had no beneficiary on its waiting list. Thus, till the end of March 2012, the remaining amount (including interest) under the IAY with the Zila Parishad was Rs 88 lakh. It may be mentioned that no grant was released in the year 2011-12 to any beneficiary for constructing new house or repairing an old one as there was no beneficiary in the district to whom the grant could be released.
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Hike in petrol price: BJP Yuva Morcha burns effigy of UPA
Bathinda, May 24 They also held a demonstration and raised slogans against the UPA government and the hike in the petrol price. They also demanded immediate withdrawal in the hike of the petrol price. In the protest, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders also took part. Mayor of the municipal corporation Baljit Singh Beer Behman, Sukhdev Singh Bahia, Master Harmander Singh and Daljit Singh Brar also participated. The leaders of the BJP and the BJP Yuva Morcha, on the occasion, said the BJP would organise nationwide demonstrations to compel the central government to withdraw the hike at the earliest. They said during the regime of the UPA government, the rich is becoming rich while the poor is crushing under the rising prices. On the occasion among others who were present included district BJP president Gulshan Wadhwa, district president of the BJP Yuva Morcha Vikram Lucky, senior deputy mayor Tarsem Goyal, Ashok Bharti, Mithu Ram Gupta, Umesh Sharma, Dr Shiv Dutt Gupta and Ramesh
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Student selected for training at Science City
Bathinda, May 24 School headmistress Bhupinder Kaur said the project focuses on generation of power from vehicles passing under a bridge by suspending a wire. Of the 400 entries, 40 were short-listed and nine were finally selected. Eight selected students are from private schools and Kulwinder is the only student in the state from a government school. The project is part of Regional Incubation Science Hubs for Innovation (RISHI) of National Council for Science and Technology Communication
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NGOs meet civil surgeon
Bathinda, May 24 The deputation was led by chief coordinator of the BANGO Ramneek Walia. Other members of the deputation were Ramesh Mehta, Sonu Maheshwari, Darshan Singh Jaura, Rajan Singla, Sandip Parchanda, Rakesh Narula and Dr AP Grover. Walia said the deputation emphasised the need of tackling the menace in a big way. He also asked the civil surgeon to provide sufficient staff at the Blood Bank. Ramesh Mehta asked the Civil Surgeon to make requisite arrangements of refreshment for blood donors at the blood bank. |
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