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MCB acts tough, removes encroachment
Man gets death threat on FB, cyber crime cell to investigate
Karate kid ready for Thimpu bout
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DC calls upon NGOs to help curb femicide
Legal aid clinic comes up in Paras Ram Nagar
remembering Bhai gursharan singh
Woman robbed of ornaments at Rampura
IIM alumni to visit city to guide CAT aspirants
Quiz, paper reading contests mark Kuka Movement celebrations
College to hold blood donation camp on Sept 21
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MCB acts tough, removes encroachment
Bathinda, September 19 A police team comprising 50 men and 20 women constables swooped down on the site of the encroachment at 11 am today along with the MC officials. While DSP Gurmeet Singh led the police team, assistant municipal commissioner Kamal Kant Goyal headed the corporation team. On Tuesday too, the MCB officials and the police force had tried to remove the encroachment but the accused had brought the Guru Granth Sahib from the nearby Gurudwara and started "path" (sermons) at his house. The MCB officials withdrew to avoid any tension over religious matters but came fully prepared today. With the help of a priest from the nearby gurudwara, the swaroop of Guru Granth Sahib was respectfully taken away and the illegal structure was knocked down. When the demolition drive started, cops took two women from the house in custody. Anticipating problem from these two, police took them in custody as a preventive measure. A JCB machine and around 20 workers were deployed to knock down the walls of the room that had blocked the passage in the street. The family concerned was informed half an hour before the drive was to begin and was directed to collect its belongings. The team members included DSP (City) Gurmeet Singh, SHO Jaspal, XEN Tirath Ram, SDOs from the municipal corporation and others. Earlier, around three years ago too, MCB officials had removed this encroachment but the encroacher reverted to their old ways soon and again constructed a room on the encroached land. A woman had allegedly encroached upon a portion of the road in street number 2 of Gopal Nagar leading to its closure. Nearly 32 families from the area had been trying hard to get these encroachments removed, but in vain. People claimed to have approached the municipal corporation as well but no action was taken. Peeved over the closure of the passage in the street, these 32 families moved the High Court against the municipal corporation holding it responsible for the problems they were facing. Acting on the orders of the High Court, a team of the officials from the municipal corporation under the assistant municipal commissioner was directed to remove the encroachment.
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Man gets death threat on FB, cyber crime cell to investigate
Bathinda, September 19 The accused, operating an account in the name of one Jimmy Sidhu, later sent a few messages containing obscene stuff to the victim and his friends. Talking over the phone, the victim, Amritbir Singh said, "Someone operating an account in the name of one Jimmy Sidhu not only threatened me via messages on my Facebook account, he even posted obscene stuff on his own account, after giving my personal details like contact number etc." Amritbir further said the accused seemed to be known to him, his friends and family members, as he had sent friendship requests to most of his acquaintances. "The person operating this suspicious account even sent messages to me and my friends that I was about to sell my jeep citing some silly reason," maintained Amritbir. Meanwhile, Investigating Officer Harbans Singh said, "A case under various sections of the IPC and Information and Technology Act has been registered at the Thermal police station in this regard. The cyber crime cell in Mohali has been informed, which would trace the man operating the Facebook account, from where the victim has received the messages." Misuse of social media
In the past, it has been learnt that the misuse of social networking sites has increased. The criminals get personal details of a person from these sites and thereafter commit the crime. A number of cases related to social networking sites have been registered with the cyber crime cell of the Punjab police. What the experts say…
The experts say that no user should accept any offer, friendship request from any unknown person on such sites. Even if one gets such offers, he must immediately block it. All security features and privacy settings must be used to control access to your information. Whenever possible, organize contacts into categories. The pictures posted on your account must be shared only with friends and not with everyone. Use a strong password and frequently change it. Never share it with others. One should also refrain from posting very personal details on the social networking sites. Children, especially minors, should not be encouraged to use social networking sites as they are mentally ill equiped to face the problems that one can encounter. In case, one faces any problem, one should contact the nearest police station and report the matter. |
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Karate kid ready for Thimpu bout
Bathinda, September 19 A karate kid since the age of five years, Neelu is the only female participant from Punjab in the championship. "I started practicing at the age of five years in the railways grounds with the other karate players and have never looked back since," she says. So far, she has earned 13 gold medals, nine silver and three bronze medals at various levels. The daughter of a shopkeeper from Paras Ram Nagar, Vijay Kumar, Neelu was awarded the black belt on August 14 at the national-level karate championship held at Delhi. She also won two gold medals at the National Karate Championship 2012 held on August 26 at Patiala. President of the school managing committee, OD Sharma, said the child has been extended all help to encourage her to excel in karate. "We adjust her examination schedule and teachers are open to teaching her during the free periods also as she has to miss classes while participating in different competitions," he said. The school management today gave her a grant of Rs 5,000 as a token of encouragement for participating in the international event. Prominent among others present at the congratulatory ceremony held today included SSD Sabha president Pramod Mittal, Ramesh Goyal, Suresh Bansal and Bhupesh Gupta, among others.
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Zebra crossings proving useless
Bathinda, September 19 Vehicles stopping on the zebra crossings when traffic lights turn red are a common sight causing problems for pedestrians in crossing the road. A number of pedestrians complained that the zebra crossings made to facilitate them have failed to serve any purpose, just because of traffic cops turning a blind eye towards the traffic rules violation. They even blamed the motorists who do not bother to stop their vehicles a few metres behind the zebra crossings. Most of the zebra crossings in the city have already faded. Even the ones which are visible are seldom adhered to. The motorists continue to violate the traffic rules in this politically-active city. A senior citizen, Gurveer Singh, while pointing at a zebra crossing on the Goniana road that leads to the local bus stand, said, "It is not easy to cross the Bathinda-Goniana road these days. The motorists hardly care about the traffic rules and drive their vehicles in a zig zag manner. They even stop their vehicles on the zebra crossings and beyond. Such violations put lives of pedestrians at risk. Senior citizens are among the worst hit." Another pedestrian, Geeta Goyal, said, "Once I was crossing the road near Hanuman Chowk while the traffic lights were red. Suddenly, a motorcyclist came and had almost hit me. Instead of saying sorry, he shouted at me that I was wrong." When contacted, ASP (Traffic) Kuldeep Singh said the department was soon going to launch a drive to make people aware about the traffic rules. Fact file
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DC calls upon NGOs to help curb femicide
Bathinda, September 19 Yadav has convened a meeting of the PNDT Cell on September 20 at the DC office. He appealed the NGOs functioning in the city as well as urban areas to join hands to eradicate the social evil of killing unborn girls. He said if anyone gets any information regarding sex determination of foetus or sex-selective abortion, one should immediately pass on the information on toll free number 1091 so that timely action could be taken against the culprit. Fact file
The DC-cum-president of the PNDT Cell, Bathinda, KK Yadav has convened a meeting of the PNDT Cell on September 20. |
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Legal aid clinic comes up in Paras Ram Nagar
Bathinda, September 19 Civil judge (senior division)-cum-secretary of the District Legal Services Authority Kanwaljit Singh inaugurated the facility that will provide legal aid to people living in area beyond railway lines. Kanwaljit Singh said legal aid clinics were being opened at different places so that people need not go to courts to take advice on minor legal issues. He added that an advocate and a paralegal volunteer have been appointed to run this clinic. Poor and weaker sections in the society would be given free legal advice. The clinic aims at not only providing legal advice, but also helping out people to take benefits of the pension scheme, the NREGA scheme and other social welfare schemes. He called upon literates to get associated with the legal aid clinic as paralegal volunteers. Civil judge (junior division) Manpreet Kaur, civil judge (junior division) Navjitpal Kaur, ADA Surinder Sachdeva and others were present at the inauguration ceremony. A seminar was also held on the occasion wherein free legal service, legal aid clinic scheme, Lok Adalat and schemes being run to protect the legal rights of people from Schedule Castes and backward classes were discussed.
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remembering Bhai gursharan singh Tribune News Service
Bathinda, September 19 Sukhwinder Singh, convener, All Theatre Artists, Bathinda, said, “To mark the first death anniversary of this thespian, the local theatre activists will organize a number of programmes at the Balwant Gargi Open Air Theatre in Rose Garden on September 20.” He further said that so far, the theatre activists have organized a number of plays at various schools, colleges and educational institutes in the city. He also appealed to the local public to make their presence felt at the cultural programme being organized on the first death anniversary of Bhai Gursharan Singh at Bal Bhawan in Chandigarh on September 27.
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Woman robbed of ornaments at Rampura
Bathinda, September 19 In her complaint, the victim stated that when she sat in the car, the accused gave her some sedative due to which she became unconscious and they robbed her of valuables. A case under Sections 382 and 341 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the City Rampura police station against Simro, Bholi, Kali and two unidentified persons. The police is tracing the accused. Chauke resident thrashed
A resident of Chauke village, Baldev Singh, has lodged a complaint to the Sadar Rampura police that four residents of his village allegedly thrashed him yesterday. The victim stated that he had some old enmity with the accused. A case under Sections 325, 323 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sadar Rampura police station against Sadhu Singh, Buta Singh, Raj Singh and Pardhan Singh. Man caught gambling
The Nandgarh police yesterday nabbed one Jagsir Kumar of Jangiana while gambling and recovered Rs 515 from his possession. A case under various sections of the Gambling Act has been registered in this regard. |
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IIM alumni to visit city to guide CAT aspirants
Bathinda, September 19 These experts are coming on the launch of an event named Catch 22, organised by My Career Experts, Bathinda. It is an initiative, on the lines of Super-30, to train CAT aspirants from the Malwa region to get into the IIMs. Over 500 students had appeared for the free online test conducted on September 9 in the region for stage I selection. Finally, 22 students will be selected. On September 23, candidates who have cleared the Stage I will be mentored by a group of 11 IIM alumni who are presently working with companies of national and international repute. The director of My Career, Sony Goyal, who is also an IIM alumnus, said students from the Malwa region have huge potential and need proper guidance to make their dreams come true.
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Quiz, paper reading contests mark Kuka Movement celebrations
Bathinda, September 19 The History Department of the college organised a function wherein 61 students submitted their papers. Many of these papers were read during a seminar held today. Mandeep Kaur of BA-III secured the first position in paper presentation followed by Mandeep Singh of BA-II and Amanpreet Kaur of BA-I. A quiz competition related to the Kuka Movement was also held on the occasion. A team comprising Sheenam (BSc), Inderpreet Singh (BSc) and Kulwinder Singh (BA) stood first in the competition. The team that stood second had Mandeep Kaur, Kirandeep Kaur and Payal, all BA students, as its members. The principal of the college, Vijay Kumar, encouraged the students while the head of the History Department, Sukhdev Singh, spoke about the Kuka Movement.
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Talent hunt at Dasmesh Girls College
Bathinda, September 19 Principal of the college Dr Kuldeep Kaur Maan was the chief guest and Harpreet Sangha was the guest of honour on the occasion. Vice-principal Vanita presented bouquets to the esteemed guests. The programme began with recitation of a shabad. Bharti gave a dance performance on a song from Hindi movie. Prabhjot and group presented a comedy skit, 'Chugli'. Harsimrat, Neha and Harsangeet enthralled the audience with their dance performances. The students and guests enjoyed the songs 'Ratti' by Amandeep, 'Jugni' by Milandeep, 'Jindua' by Mandeep and 'Ghar Aaja Sohnia' by Mehak. A skit titled 'Illiteracy' was well received by the audience. Kulwinder, Priyanka and group attempted at sending across a noble message through a mime on misuse of mobile phones. Principal Dr Kuldeep Kaur Maan appreciated the students and congratulated the staff for organising the programme.
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College to hold blood donation camp on Sept 21
Bathinda, September 19 NSS programme officer Prof Manpreet Singh Tiwana stated that blood donation and blood grouping camps were organised in the college every year.
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A team of officials from the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) successfully removed encroachments from street number 2 in Gopal Nagar.
