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SSP leads as cops stage flag march in city
Bathinda, October 15
With temperature dipping in the evening, the new Bathinda SSP took out a flag march to ignite passion among the policemen. Unlike his predecessors, SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar today took out a flag march on foot. Earlier, such flag marches had been carried out on police vehicles.

New Bathinda SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar leads a flag march carried out across Bathinda city on Monday evening. New Bathinda SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar leads a flag march carried out across Bathinda city on Monday evening. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

SSP accused of high-handedness
Bathinda, October 15
In a written complaint to the Chief Minister, the President of India and various other higher officials, Ishwar Garg (24), the proprietor of the Garg Auto Sales dealing in tractor spare parts, said he was slapped and abused by the SSP himself without any reason.




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Officials of the postal department attend a function to mark the National Postal Week on Monday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Six food samples found to be adulterated
Bathinda, October 15
Six food samples collected from different shops in the city have failed the purity test they went through. The samples were collected after the introduction of the Food Safety and Central Act 2006. As per officials of the health department, the samples include those of sweets, milk, 'daal' and bananas. The samples were sent to a government laboratory at Chandigarh.

Mercury dips, worries grow for paddy farmers
Bathinda, October 15
With temperature falling following moderate rainfall that lashed Bathinda and its surrounding areas today in the evening, farmers are worried about the fate of their crops. Farmers say due to lack of warnings or any accurate forecast either by any government department or a weather expert, their produce is likely to perish either in the grain markets or the agricultural fields.

Motorcycle stolen from cantonment area
Bathinda, October 15
A motorbike parked near the Thimaiyya TCP, adjoining the Bathinda Cantonment, was stolen by unidentified miscreants. In a complaint to the police, Pardeep Kumar of Rampura Mandi said his bike, which was worth nearly Rs 20,000, was stolen by some unidentified miscreant. A case has been registered under section 379 of the IPC at the Cantonment police station in this connection.

World anaesthesia Day
Role of anaesthetists crucial post-surgery
Dr Sanjoy Majhi, head of the department of cardiac anaesthesia, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket (Delhi), addresses mediapersons in Bathinda on Monday.Bathinda, October 15
On the occasion of World Anaesthesia Day the anaesthetists today suggested patients, who have taken epidural (injection around the spine), to undertake back muscle strengthening exercises and avoid any kind of discomfort or pain in future.

Dr Sanjoy Majhi, head of the department of cardiac anaesthesia, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket (Delhi), addresses mediapersons in Bathinda on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Women sports meet begins, Bhai Rupa girls shine
Bathinda, October 15
The women sports meet began in the city today. Women players in different categories competed in 12 events. The event saw the participation of women in athletics, badminton, athletics, hockey, gymnastics, kabaddi, kho-kho, swimming, lawn tennis, table tennis and volleyball events.


(Left) Girls from the Fateh Group, Dhadde, slug it out in a kabaddi match at the women sports meet that began on Monday; a volleyball match in progress during the tournament. Tribune photos: Pawan Sharma

District-level legal literacy youth fest to be held on Oct 22
Bathinda, October 15
The district level legal literacy youth fest will be held on October 22. District and sessions judge-cum-chairman, District Legal Services Authority, SK Aggarwal will preside over the function. In a press statement issued here today, the civil judge (senior division)-cum-secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Kawaljit Singh, stated that the fest aims at making the rural and urban people legally literate.

Jhumba school tops in science drama contest
Bathinda, October 15
School students perform during a district-level science drama contest held at the Teachers' Home in Bathinda on Monday. The team from the Government Senior Secondary School, Jhumba, secured the first place in the district-level science drama contest held at the Teachers' Home today. The Jhumba school will be participating in the state-level contest to be held at Amritsar on October 17. The Government High School, Bhunder and DAV School, Ramana, secured the second and third places, respectively.

School students perform during a district-level science drama contest held at the Teachers' Home in Bathinda on Monday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

 







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SSP leads as cops stage flag march in city
SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar terms the march as ‘roar of the lion’ to show police presence in the city; 800 cops take part in the show
Gurdeep Singh Mann
Tribune News Service

The flag march carried out across Bathinda city on Monday evening.
The flag march carried out across Bathinda city on Monday evening. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Bathinda, October 15
With temperature dipping in the evening, the new Bathinda SSP took out a flag march to ignite passion among the policemen. Unlike his predecessors, SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar today took out a flag march on foot. Earlier, such flag marches had been carried out on police vehicles.

Aiming to instil a sense of security among public and fear among criminals, the SSP termed the march as 'roar of lion' to show police presence in the city.

Nearly 800-strong police force, many of them gasping for breath, followed the SSP who covered the prominent areas in the city in almost two hours.

The march kicked off at around 5 pm from the Police Lines and passed through the New Bus Stand, Fauji Chowk, Hanuman Chowk, Mall Road, Railway Station, Dhobi Bazar and Mehna Chowk to culminate at the SSP's office in the District Administrative Complex.

The SSP called SHOs, DSPs, ASP and SPs for a meeting at his office wherein he instructed them to pull up their socks to ensure safety of area residents.

While talking to TNS later, the SSP said, "The message is loud and clear. This roar is to stir up the police personnel so that they drive away all the criminals from Bathinda."

Offering a helping hand, the SSP said cops have been told to extend a helping hand to the public and seek cooperation from them in weeding out criminals. "It is a kind of give and take theory; you scratch my back and I will scratch yours. People must cooperate with the police so as to make the area a no-crime place," Brar added.

He pointed out that he has 'meticulously' planned to bring down the rising cases of snatching, theft and vehicle lifting. "We have a 15-day plan and after that, we will change our strategy in this regard," the SSP said.

When told that every SSP makes a claim of reducing crime while assuming the charge of the district but there is still no end to criminal activities, he replied: "Only time will tell."

It is pertinent to mention here that the previous night, Brar took a round of the city in plain clothes and took stock of the police nakas laid at various points in the city.

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SSP accused of high-handedness
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 15
In a written complaint to the Chief Minister, the President of India and various other higher officials, Ishwar Garg (24), the proprietor of the Garg Auto Sales dealing in tractor spare parts, said he was slapped and abused by the SSP himself without any reason.

"Thermal police station SHO Harpreet Singh was issuing us a challan for triple-riding a bike. In the meantime, the SSP reached the spot and just to create fear among us, started slapping me and used foul language,” Garg said.

SHO Harpreet Singh has denied the allegation saying there was no truth in what the boy was saying.

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Six food samples found to be adulterated
Megha Mann
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 15
Six food samples collected from different shops in the city have failed the purity test they went through. The samples were collected after the introduction of the Food Safety and Central Act 2006. As per officials of the health department, the samples include those of sweets, milk, 'daal' and bananas. The samples were sent to a government laboratory at Chandigarh.

The sweet samples were reported to be adulterated while milk samples were found to be containing water. "The milk samples did not contain any kind of synthetic chemical," the officials said.

The sample of 'daal' was adulterated with colour so as to make it look more colourful and healthy.

The samples of banana were taken from a chain of stores situated on the Bibiwala Road. "The Act dissuades using artificial methods to ripen fruits such as bananas and mangoes. The samples of banana were found ripened using calcium carbide or acetylene," said food inspector Amrit Pal Singh.

The health officials said reports of 18 samples were awaited. They said challans would be produced in the court against the shopkeepers concerned.

District Health Officer Dr RS Randhawa said keeping in view the festive season, health officials would intensify collection of food samples and conducting surprise checking at shops.

Meanwhile, in a routine checking conducted in the Harbans Nagar area near Multania road, eatables and drinks were inspected. Checking was also conducted at the shops located opposite the Civil Hospital.

At one of the shops, cold drinks were found to have passed their expiry date. These cold drinks were destroyed on the spot.

From tomorrow onwards, the department would start collecting more samples.

Fact file

  • The health department has appealed to the shopkeepers selling eatables in one form or the other to obtain licence needed to sell such items.
  • The law states that no shop (selling eatables) can operate without the requisite licence.
  • The last date for getting licence has been extended to February 13.
  • However, the health officials advise that shopkeepers should not wait for the last date and start submitting their documents and get licences at the earliest.

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Mercury dips, worries grow for paddy farmers
Due to high moisture content, lifting of the produce is already slow in grain markets
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 15
With temperature falling following moderate rainfall that lashed Bathinda and its surrounding areas today in the evening, farmers are worried about the fate of their crops. Farmers say due to lack of warnings or any accurate forecast either by any government department or a weather expert, their produce is likely to perish either in the grain markets or the agricultural fields.

The farmers said that the process of procurement in the mandis is already slow due to high moisture content in the produce brought by them. With low temperature and high moisture the procurement would further get delayed, the farmers said.

The farmers said the harvesting of Basmati would become late and it would also affect the process of lifting the paddy crop from the grain markets.

“Naturally, the crops will not tolerate rains and may perish if showers continue. There is also no adequate measures taken by the government at the grain markets to save the crop lying there,” said a progressive farmer from Goniana near here, Jagtar Singh.

The officials of the procuring agencies and the District Mandi Board said so far, 40 per cent lifting of paddy has been done in the market.

They said the lifting of paddy was slow due to the high moisture content in the produce.

The officials of the Mandi Board said they have advised the arthiyas to arrange waterproof sheets to cover the paddy lying with them so as to avoid moisturising the produce.

The officials said they would not allow the crop to perish at any cost and all steps would be taken in this connection.

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Motorcycle stolen from cantonment area
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 15
A motorbike parked near the Thimaiyya TCP, adjoining the Bathinda Cantonment, was stolen by unidentified miscreants. In a complaint to the police, Pardeep Kumar of Rampura Mandi said his bike, which was worth nearly Rs 20,000, was stolen by some unidentified miscreant. A case has been registered under section 379 of the IPC at the Cantonment police station in this connection.

Two arrested with smack

Police have arrested two persons with nine grams of smack. The accused have been identified as Raj Kumar of Ganesha Basti and Harman Singh Harry of Kheta Singh Basti. The accused were arrested during patrolling by a police party. A case under sections 21, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused at the Thermal police station.

Intoxicant seized, one arrested by police

Police have arrested a resident of Bir Talab with 300 grams of intoxicating powder. The accused has been identified as Amar Singh alias Kaka. Police said the accused was found roaming near the Thermal lakes on Goniana road and was spotted by a police patrolling party. The cops asked the man, who seemed to be in an inebriated condition, to stop. Instead of stopping, the accused tried to flee but was overpowered by the police team. He was rounded up and brought to the police station for investigation. A powder, weighing 300 grams, was recovered from the possession of the accused. Police have registered a case under sections 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act at the Thermal police station.

Three booked for assault

Police have booked three persons for beating up a resident of Sanjay Nagar. In a complaint to the police, Reena Rani said she was beaten up by Rinku, Hari and Amar Lal. The woman said she is fighting a legal battle with the accused in connection with a house. The woman said the accused attacked her and seriously injured here. The woman said she was taken to the hospital by some passersby where her statements were recorded by the police. A case under sections 341, 323 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Canal Colony police station.

Car stolen

A Maruti Zen car, worth nearly Rs 40,000, was stolen from Partap Nagar. In a complaint to the police, Pandit Murlidhar, a resident of Partap Nagar, said his car was parked outside his house and was stolen by some unidentified miscreants. He said his car bears the registration number of Delhi. Police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC at the Canal Colony police station.

Three arrested for beating up Akalgarh resident

Police have arrested three persons for beating up a resident of Akalgarh. In a complaint to the police, Simranpreet Singh said he was attacked by Ankur Verma, Ajay and some unidentified persons. The complainant said he was beaten up over a trivial issue. He was rushed to the hospital by his friends and relatives. A case under sections 341, 324, 323, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station.

Four arrested for assault

Police have arrested four persons for beating up Bittu Khurana, a resident of Ajit Road. Bittu complained that the accused, Mewa Singh, Chamkaur Singh, both brothers and residents of Janta Nagar, Jatinder Singh of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar and Kuldeep Singh of Bhalaina village had beaten him up over a petty issue. Bittu said he was attacked near the Rose Garden Chowk. The complainant was admitted to the Civil Hospital where his statements were recorded by the police. A case under sections 341, 323, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at Civil Lines police station.

Jalal resident arrested with 30 kg poppy husk

Police have arrested a resident of Jalal village with 30 kg poppy husk. The accused Sardul Singh was arrested from near the bus stand. Police officials from the Kotwali police station have arrested the accused with the banned contraband. A case under sections 15, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused at the Kotwali police station. Police is investigating the source of such a huge quantity of poppy husk.

Tractor-trolley drivers booked for intimidation

Police have booked two tractor drivers of Bhagi Wandar village forthreatening the employees of the Information Collection Centre near Talwandi Sabo. In a complaint to the police, Rakesh Kumar said the accused were trying to flee with the tractor-trolleys without paying heed to their requests to pay the requisite taxes. The accused have been booked under sections 353 and 186 of the IPC at the Talwandi Sabo police station.

Woman booked for trying to abet suicide

Police have registered a case against a girl and her parents for instigating a woman to commit suicide. In her complaint to the police, Kamalpreet Kaur, a resident of Jassi Pauwali, said she is married to Jagdev Singh who developed illicit relations with another girl whose parents too supported the relationship. The complainant said she was beaten up by her husband and threatened by the girl's family members. A case has been registered at Kotfatta police station.

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World anaesthesia Day
Role of anaesthetists crucial post-surgery
Megha Mann
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 15
On the occasion of World Anaesthesia Day the anaesthetists today suggested patients, who have taken epidural (injection around the spine), to undertake back muscle strengthening exercises and avoid any kind of discomfort or pain in future.

Dr Sanjoy Majhi, head of the department of cardiac anaesthesia, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket (Delhi), said pain in back due to epidural injections is just a psycho-social factor. "For past many decades, we are being told that epidurals give life-long pain and after taking epidurals, whenever we feel pain we relate it to the injections we took in the past," added Dr Majhi.

Dr Gaganpal Singh, consultant, department of cardiac anaesthetists, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Bathinda, said the only way out to reduce discomfort was to exercise regularly and strengthen the lower back. He said the anaesthesiology had expanded beyond operation theatre and plays a crucial role in pain management as well as palliative care.

He said it was the right of every patient to ask questions about the kind and effect of anaesthetists to be administered to him or her during the surgery. "Observing the World Anaesthetists Day, we want to create awareness among the general masses that they should not perceive anaesthetists as mere assistants of surgeons. Post-surgery, it is the anaesthetist that mitigates and manages pain in patients," he said.

Dr JC Garg, an experienced anaesthetist in the city, said the branch had developed only in the past 10 years. But still, in city like Bathinda, patient's awareness regarding anaesthetists was negligible or poor. "In the city's periphery, nursing homes and small time hospitals are administering anaesthetists themselves without assigning the task to a trained anaesthetist. It is here that the patient's awareness plays a major role. The patient has every right to ask about who would be his or her anaesthetist and how would the drugs be administered to him," he said.

Doctors added that the branch of science underwent revolution with the introduction of technology and newer drugs and now, there was a dearth of anaesthetists. For every six or seven multi-specialty doctors, there is just one anaesthetist.

"Though medical colleges are offering post-graduate courses in anaesthesiology, the number of post-graduates being churned out every year is not enough to meet with the growing demand," said Dr Majhi.

Ask before you go under the knife...

  • Who will be your anaesthetist? The patient has every right to select the anaesthetist who would administer him anaesthesia before operation and help in post-operative care also.
  • How long will you remain unconscious and to what extent the anaesthetics administered will help in pain management?
  • Whether he or she would be given local, regional or general anaesthesia?

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Women sports meet begins, Bhai Rupa girls shine
Tribune News Service

Athletes take part in a race.
Athletes take part in a race. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Bathinda, October 15
The women sports meet began in the city today. Women players in different categories competed in 12 events. The event saw the participation of women in athletics, badminton, athletics, hockey, gymnastics, kabaddi, kho-kho, swimming, lawn tennis, table tennis and volleyball events.

In kabaddi, the teams of Shivalik School, Lehra Mohabbat and the Fateh Group, Dhaddhe, will meet in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

Also, Mata Sundri College and Mata Sundri School, Rampura, will meet in the quarter-finals.

In the 100 metre race, Jaspreet Kaur from Bhai Rupa, Khushwinder Kaur from Bhai Rupa and Prabhjot Kaur secured the first, second and third places, respectively.

Similarly, in the 400 metre event for girls, Lovepreet Kaur from Bhai Rupa, Veerpal Kaur from Bhai Rupa and Kulwant Kaur from Sangat Mandi secured the first, second and third places.

In the 3000 metre race, Veerpal Kaur from Bhai Rupa, Rajwinder Kaur from Bhai Rupa and Paramjeet Kaur secured the first, second and third places.

In high jump, Pradeep Kaur from Bhai Rupa, Harpreet Kaur from Mata Sundri College and Veerpal Kaur from Bhai Rupa bagged the first, second and third places.

In shotput, Jaspreet Kaur from Bhai Rupa, Navdeep Kaur from Gurthari and Baljit Kaur from Mehraj secured the first, second and third places.

In the relay 100X400 metre relay race, the Bhai Rupa team secured the first place, Talwandi Sabo secured the second place and Dhaddhe College got the third place.

Tomorrow, events like the 200 metre, 800 metre and 1500 metre race will take place besides discus throw, javelin throw and others.

All the winning teams will represent the district at the state-level meet to be held in Amritsar.

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District-level legal literacy youth fest to be held on Oct 22
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 15
The district level legal literacy youth fest will be held on October 22. District and sessions judge-cum-chairman, District Legal Services Authority, SK Aggarwal will preside over the function. In a press statement issued here today, the civil judge (senior division)-cum-secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Kawaljit Singh, stated that the fest aims at making the rural and urban people legally literate.

Such youth festivals are being held across the state to promote legal literacy so that youngsters can be turned into responsible citizens.

Students from almost all the colleges of the district will participate in the legal literary festival that will have group activities, documentary exhibits and skit, said Singh

Besides, there would be a slogan writing competition, poster making contest, photography, poetry recitation and debate. Power point presentations on the rights of women and children would also be presented.

All these activities are aimed at creating awareness on issues like domestic violence, female foeticide, drug addiction, corruption, fundamental rights and duties and the rights of senior citizens. These issues have social relevance and even from the legal perspective, these are matters in which the litigants are involved.

Kawaljit Singh stated that after the district level, the competition will be held at zonal level.

Bathinda zone will include districts like Ferozepur, Moga, Muktsar, Faridkot, Fazilka, Mansa and Bathinda.

Zonal level competitions will be held on November 17 at Bathinda.

The last date for applying is October 16. Applications can be filed with the principals of the respective law colleges.

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Jhumba school tops in science drama contest
Tribune News Service


Teachers and students from the Government Senior Secondary School, Jhumba, that won the district level science drama contest at Teachers’ Home on Monday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Bathinda, October 15
The team from the Government Senior Secondary School, Jhumba, secured the first place in the district-level science drama contest held at the Teachers' Home today. The Jhumba school will be participating in the state-level contest to be held at Amritsar on October 17. The Government High School, Bhunder and DAV School, Ramana, secured the second and third places, respectively.

However, the Bhunder team expressed its unhappiness over the result saying they deserved to win the number one position.

The Jhumba school presented the play, "Naroye Samaj Di Sirjana," on health and hygiene.

The Bhunder team presented a play on science and society and the DAV School Raman presented the play "Power cut", woven around the energy crisis prevalent in state.

All the plays were written by the science teachers of the respective schools and were original in their ideas. The artists were students of various classes.

The winning team's play echoed concerns about the reproductive health of the girls. It described how girls below the age of 18 years deliver babies and die young during the delivery itself. The theme was represented by taking the village as a component and students enacting the role of various characters. The play depicted that out of every one lakh women, 460 died in India at the time of child birth, while this rate was a mere five for every one lakh in developed countries like the US.

The 27 minute long play "Naroye Samaj Di Sirjana" also talked about the importance of keeping the surroundings clean, ensuring the vaccination of children and other health issues.

Three plays written by the science teacher of Jhumba, Kulwinder Kaur, made it to the state level. These include "Naroye Samaj Di Sirjana", "Bahumuliyan Daatan Kudrat Diyan" (based on the usage of natural resources) and "Sarapi Hui Soch" (on women's health).

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