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Anger invites danger
Rationalist asks parents not to force religious beliefs on kids
City residents stage dharna against ‘inflated’ electricity bills
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People cautioned against magical cures
A view of the gathering at a workshop on the science of miracles organised by the Tarksheel Society at the Teachers’ Home in Bathinda on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Rice mill owner booked for fraud
SSD sabha elections held
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Anger invites danger
Bathinda, October 14 An MTech student at a reputed college in Bathinda landed himself in a trouble when he lost temper while asking for arms licence from the ADC, Bathinda, who got a case registered against him for entering into heated arguments and brawls. The student was put behind the bars. Later, he was released on bail but not before he spent some time at the police station. Similar incidents where short-tempered people take law into their hands are being reported to the police every day. A senior official at the District Administrative Complex, reportedly burdened with work, entered into heated arguments and threatened the person arguing with him with dire consequences brandishing his revolver last night. The matter was resolved with the intervention of Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav, who counselled the official for over 20 hours to pacify him. The official was upset over repeated complaints lodged by public against him and a delay in his transfer from Bathinda to somewhere else. These days, the police is busy dealing with such cases which arise due to short-tempered people. During the past few days, more than a dozen cases have been registered against such persons. Rising number of incidents of brawl, road rage, firing gun shots and domestic disputes are outcome of human behaviour. The policemen deployed at the Women Cell too said they failed to bring about peace between two parties at war, due to short-tempered people. "At times, we have to ask people not to confront those who fail to bear their presence. It would only lead to brawl,'" said a policeman. He said such behaviour was not only limited to the people with rural background, even highly-qualified persons from well-to-do families lose their temper and end up reaching police station. Last week, the police booked a farmer for firing two bullets from his .12 bore rifle at his brother over a trivial issue of drawing water from a common water channel to irrigate his fields. The officials at the Civil Lines police station said people become short-tempered due to lack of patience and whenever an uncomfortable situation arises, jealousy and high blood pressure overpowers them. They lose their mind and do what is not right. While meditation and yoga are ways to control one's emotions, people hardly find it beneficial to cure their emotional outbursts. Sukhdev Singh, an employee of the Powercom, said he was working on night duty at a power grid in Bhokra village. He was beaten up by his colleagues over the issue of a missing torch. The torch was recovered later. But the damage was already done as he was uselessly beaten up. A case under Sections 323, 308 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against Puran Singh of Fazilka and Ravinder Singh alias Baba of Gurdaspur. Sukhdev said iron gates of the grid were stolen by some drug addicts a few days ago and he had gone to enquire about it from some employees who were sitting in darkness. The employees, however, got upset over the enquiries and started beating him. A psychiatrist at the local Civil Hospital, Dr Nidhi Gupta, said, "The problem is arising in our society due to the misuse of energy. People do not have time to utilise their energy for something productive. People must devote some time to meditating, exercising, doing yoga, listening to the music and other recreational activities." People sometimes commit a crime under the influence of some drug, which is common these days. Chemists should not sell medicines or drugs to anyone without doctor's prescription. "Parents should not allow their kids to watch television or use Internet for long periods. Instead, they should be motivated to indulge in writing, reading or playing field games," she said. People need to devise their own ways to reduce the level of aggression by using various techniques of meditation, yoga or listening to the music. Further, they should keep a close watch on their dietary habits. Fact file
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Rationalist asks parents not to force religious beliefs on kids
Bathinda, October 14 He was in Bathinda as the main speaker of a seminar on the science behind miracles, organised by the Tarksheel Society, Punjab, at the Teachers' Home here. Prof Nayak, who is known for his comments on famous godmen of India, said the society cannot be rid of half-truths till the politicians stop patronising babas and godmen. "These godmen are actually 'Swiss Bank accounts' of politicians for storing their unaccountable wealth," he alleged. He rubbished the general perception that the followers of a godmen translate into voters for a particular political party. "The diction does not hold true everywhere. People are smart to vote for the candidate of their own choice, but they are yet to get smart enough to stand against these godmen," he added. He said people blindly follow yoga gurus, who claim to give magical potions that cure people, but have no scientific research to support their claim. "Someone is selling a magical potion, another is selling breathing practices and the rest are selling gods," he alleged. Prof Nayak, who has served the Manipal University for 28 years, added that in India, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are the two states where the rationalist movement was most developed. "In Punjab too, we have rational people who play a role in a movement to promote organ donation.” He added, "Our strong conventional system does not allow our people to think rationally." "Out children are told about the presence of God right from the day they start noticing things around them. We should not force our beliefs upon our children. The need is to give them an environment rational enough so that they can make their own choices," he suggested.
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City residents stage dharna against ‘inflated’ electricity bills
Bathinda, October 14 Led by a former municipal councillor, Vijay Kumar, a group of city residents, including a large number of women, blocked the traffic near Street No. 20, Pratap Nagar. The protesters said in the coming days, the agitation would be intensified if the government did not rectify the 'faulty' electricity bills. The protesters sat on a dharna from 1 pm to 4.30 pm. They lamented that the government was indifferent to the problems that people were facing due to huge power bills. A few weeks ago, consumers paid hefty power bills and now again they have been directed to pay huge amounts. Vijay Kumar said bills mentioned octroi charges and power surcharge. Further, Rs 9 has been imposed as fees charged by meter checkers and readers. He added that in many streets where big boxes for collective power meters have been installed, the cost of boxes had been imposed on the consumers in that particular street. "For instance, a street where Rs 40,000 was spent on installing big boxes, the amount was divided between all the power consumers living in that street," he said. He added that people were getting ready for a bigger agitation, which they would hold against the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) at its main office in the city. The former municipal councillor clarified that the fight was not against the state government but against the contract system that has been introduced after the privatisation of the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB).
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People cautioned against magical cures
Bathinda, October 14 Prof Nayak also talked against the propagation of half truths in the society as well as advised people to be cautious against self-styled magicians and astrologers. He said the government should dissuade such things that were being spread in the society as alternate systems of medicine such as gemology, aroma therapy, acupressure, acupuncture and others, which are pseudo sciences of healing. Hemraj from the Tarksheel Socieity, Punjab, welcomed the guests and those attended the workshop. He highlighted the achievements of the Tarksheel Society saying that the NGO worked in rooting out superstitions from various villages in the state. He said the organisation was working on saving vulnerable people, who fall in traps laid by trantriks and lose their savings and sometimes, even their lives. The state president of the Federation of Rationalist Associations of India (FIRA), Harchand Bhinder, said Punjab had a large number of young people facing depression as due to over-expecting parents and pressure exerted by their families. He expressed concern over youngsters resorting to liquor at the age as young as 16 years. "The young generation, which is supposed to be the backbone of the society, has lost itself to drugs. One can well imagine the future of a country whose youngsters have gone astray. The only silver lining is that our daughters, the young girls, are a little better than their male counterparts," he said, adding that a large number of women were associated with the Tarksheel movement. He said women often complain about their parents forcing religious thoughts on them. "Many times, questions on religion and godmen are answered with a slap. Parents should give a satisfactory reply to the query posed by their children instead of rebuking them," he added. Prominent among those present on the occasion included Ram Singh Nirman, Avtar Singh Gondara, Rajpal Singh and Ranjit Singh. |
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Rice mill owner booked for fraud
Bathinda, October 14 Thieves held with stolen bike,
jewellery
The Kotwali police have arrested two thieves with a stolen motorbike and
jewellery. The accused have been identified as Rajesh Kumar of Hardev Nagar and Harpal Singh of Dhobiana
Basti. Police have registered a case under sections 380 and 411 of the IPC against the accused who were arrested from the area falling under the Kotwali police station. Investigating officer in the case, Sukhram Singh said the accused were arrested on the basis of a tip-off. He said it has come to the notice of the police that the accused were stealing household material by scaling the boundary walls whenever they found the owners away. The accused are involved in numerous incidents of thefts and are being interrogated further to recover more stolen goods. Nearly 900 grams of silver, 37 grams of gold and a Pulsar motorcycle without any registration number have been recovered from the possession of the accused. The total cost of the stolen material is around Rs 2.5
lakhs. Six booked for gambling
Police have registered a case against six persons for gambling. The accused have been booked under sections 13, 3 and 67 of the Gambling Act at the Kotwali police station. The accused have been identified as Harbans
Lal, Parminder Singh, Dara Singh, Nand Kishore, Vishal Kumar and Tarsem Singh. Investigating officer Charanjit Singh said an amount of Rs 6,150 has been recovered from the possession of the accused while they were gambling near the taxi stand adjoining the Mall Road. Civil Lines resident booked for fraud
Police have booked Gurpreet Kaur and Manjit Singh, residents of Civil Lines, for forging papers to transfer a car in their name. In a complaint to the police, Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana said his wife Gurpreet Kaur earlier got a false case of dowry registered against his family members and the police had sent them to jail. Then the accused got the car, which was in his name, transferred in the name of his brother using fake papers. The case was investigated by the
DCP, Ludhiana. The case has been registered after an investigation conducted by the
DCP. A case under sections 419, 465, 468, 471 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station. Two booked for assault
Police have registered a case against two persons for beating up a resident of Pukhraj Colony. In a complaint to the police, Vikas Sharma said he was attacked by the accused, Vishwas Sharma, a resident of Railway Colony, and an unidentified person as he did not allow the accused to consume drugs in his shop after rolling down its shutter. A case under sections 324, 323, 427 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station. Three booked for beating up resident
Police have registered a case against Ghaddi Singh, a resident of Kalyan Sukha village, and two unidentified persons, for beating up one Manjit Singh. The complainant said the accused were loitering without any reason in the street where he resides. A case under sections 324, 323 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at Nathana police station. |
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SSD sabha elections held
Bathinda, October 14 The elections were held at the SSD Girls College today wherein 195 voters cast their votes. The society has 197 voters of which two were absent. Returning officer Som Nath Baghla and Amrit Mittal presided over the proceedings. President of the SSD Sabha Pramod Mittal won over Manohar Lal Garg with 23 votes. As many as 108 votes were cast for Pramod Mittal and 85 votes were cast in favour of Manohar Lal. Similarly, Nand Lal Garg won over senior deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation Bathinda, Tarsem Chand Goyal, by 65 votes. 129 votes were cast in favour of Nand Lal Garg, while Tarsem Goyal secured 64 votes. Nand Lal Garg is the president of three higher educational institutions of the Sabha including the SSD Girls College, SSD College of Information and Technology and SSD B Ed College. Elections for the president of the six schools of sabha will be held on next Sunday.
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