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Women & children hospital to double its capacity
DGSE directs teachers to dress decently to schools
City roads turning into death traps
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Police announces reward for solving murder mystery
Double standards
Manpreet Tiwana in Bathinda on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Man succumbs to injuries after being hit by bike near Bhucho
Row over gurudwara
Members of the Bhullar Bhaichara Committee address the media persons over the gurudwara row on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
State-level organ donation function to be held on Nov 7
Cops disperse agitating teachers
Dy CM to flag off Brahmin Sabha yatra
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Women & children hospital to double its capacity
Bathinda, November 4 "Especially in winters, the relatives of new-born children used to make the infants bask in sunlight. The greenery has been sacrificed for a hospital for which there is no staff that would run the facility," said one of the doctors at the hospital. Doctors at the hospital said the government was laying emphasis on constructing new buildings as a populist measure, despite the fact that a large number of posts were vacant and there was an acute shortage of staff. "The government pulled out doctors and staff from various hospitals to run a newly-opened health centre at Ghudda where the number of patients is much less than the women and children hospital here. On the other hand, the new hospital is being constructed with additional beds," said another doctor. The present hospital is in an urgent need of paediatricians, gynaecologists and staff nurses to serve around 430 deliveries that take place at the health facility every month. Even the neo-natal and paediatric intensive care units have not started operations due to lack of staff despite the fact that all instruments have been made available and installed. Once constructed, the new building will also reduce the parking space in front of the existing facility. The present entrance to the hospital will be covered as a corridor and extended up to the road towards the mortuary, added officials of the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) who are working on the project. Bathinda's hospital is among the five hospitals in the state that are being augmented under the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) scheme of the Central Government. Besides Bathinda, hospitals at Patiala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar have been selected under the scheme. The construction of building is supposed to complete within a span of nine months. It will have wards, eight special rooms with bathroom facility, one pre-labour room, one labour room, three OPD rooms for doctors and a common toilet block.
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DGSE directs teachers to dress decently to schools
Bathinda, November 4 While the DGSE stated that the order was issued after holding discussions with the Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka, teachers termed it as yet another paper work. "All the teachers are responsible enough to wear proper clothes to their schools. The DGSE and his team sit in AC rooms and pass orders not knowing the basic facts," said a teacher from Parasram Nagar government school. The DGSE mentions that during a review meeting held with district and state-level officers on October 27, the Education Minister felt that teachers' personae left great impact on students. Mostly, simple and elegantly dressed teachers become role models for their
students. District authorities brought it to the notice of the minister that many teachers come dressed up in fashionable clothes, which affects the psyche of students. Consequently, many students have started coming to their schools in dresses other than the school uniform. Teachers have been directed not to come to the school if dressed in clothes that are not tailored as per the societal norms or motivate students not to wear the school uniform. The DGSE order states that in upper primary schools, students usually do not wear proper uniform, which should be discouraged. However, the teaching community members said all of them were wise enough to dress properly. "Even the newly-recruited female teachers do not go to school wearing jeans. All of them are sensible. The officials raising objections to the dress code might have come across teachers wearing pajama-kurti, which they deem to be out-of-place in Punjabi culture," added another teacher. The district unit of the Democratic Teachers' Front said the order was welcome, but the Punjab Government should look beyond the dress code and into the needs of various schools and teachers. A teacher said while the Education Department chose to remain silent over the issue of a municipal councillor roughing up a government teacher and had been sending teachers on non-academic works, such as medical camps in nearby districts, all it thought about teachers was in the terms of discipline. "When examination results of our students are compared with that of private schools, why not give government teachers an independence equal to that of the private schools?" reasoned another. |
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City roads turning into death traps
Bathinda, November 4 "Every human's life is precious and almost every other day, there is a fatal road mishap in the city and its periphery. The authorities concerned have not taken any initiative to check mishaps. The government needs to pull up its socks to reduce the number of road accidents and the consequent victims," said Sahara Jan Sewa president Vijay Goyal. A member of the Sangat Sahara, Pali Mashana, said his NGO had so far picked nearly 1,600 accident victims during the past three years. "The onus of checking the number of accidents is not only on the government or the police, but also on the people who need to drive carefully on the city roads," Pali said. He pointed out that the volume of traffic on the Bathinda-Dabwali Road was high and not a day passes when some commuter does not meet with an accident. "We always pick at least three accident victims in a day. One day, I shifted eight accident victims from the Dabwali road to the Civil Hospital," Pali said. President of the Naujawan Welfare Society Sonu Maheshwari said his NGO too picked up at least three accident cases in a day. "Last night, two boys received serious injuries in their legs when a speeding bus of the NDRF hit their bike near the Krishna Continental Hotel. Neither the bus driver signal about turning the vehicle nor the boys on the bike slowed down," he said. Maheshwari said three students were killed in a similar manner on the Dabwali road a few days ago as they were triple riding. A Haryana police constable on a bike along with his wife and two kids received serious head injuries on the Dabwali road on Friday evening after being hit by a speeding car. They are stated to be in critical condition and are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Haryana. In another accident that took place last night, a 15-year-old boy sustained serious injuries when his bike was hit by another vehicle on the Refinery Road near Dabwali road. He said most of the times it was over-speeding that led to fatal road accidents. "If a vehicle is driven at a controllable speed, two-wheelers at 40 km/ph and four-wheelers at less than 80 km/ph, fatal accidents could be avoided," Maheshwari said. The president of the NGO said in the city, there was no check on drunken driving, over-speeding, use of mobile phones while driving, driving on high beam, driving on the wrong side and other basic instructions to be followed while driving. Cycling a solution to mishaps
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Police announces reward for solving murder mystery
Bathinda, November 4 The police has already registered a case under Section 304-A of the IPC for accidental death due to firing. The case has been handed over to the CIA branch of the police for further
investigation. It is pertinent to mention here that Santosh Kumari was among many other women attending a kitty party organised on the rooftop of the hotel. The police said it seemed that someone had fired a gunshot in the air without aiming at anyone. The bullet first hit a wall of the hotel and then ricocheted to hit the woman in her forehead. She was declared dead on her arrival at a hospital. The police said the gunshot was fired from a .315 bore rifle and if someone provided a vital clue into the case or revealed the name or identity of anyone carrying rifle or any other arm around the hotel on the day of the incident would get appreciation as well as a prize from the police. The informer's name and identity would be kept confidential. Police officials said they were confident of catching the culprit who would be arrested soon. They suspect that there were many marriage palaces around the hotel and someone visiting these marriage palaces might have fired the gunshot. The police said the information could be provided on the mobile phones of SP (D) (75080-8002), the ASP (City) (75080-18004), the DSP (D) (75080-18008), the CIA in-charge (9878-21116) and the Thermal in-charge (75080-18104). |
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Songs with vulgar lyrics flayed, yet become chartbusters
Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, November 4 Manpreet Tiwana is known for his works 'Laung taveetrian', 'Daulatan vi mil gaiyaan', 'Tere hasseyan ne maar mukaya' and several other songs. Working on his book of poems and a critique on Harmohinder Chahal's work, Manpreet is looking forward to both the books that are expected to hit the market in a month.
Tiwana added: "It is responsibility of singers with clean image and decent works to step forward against vulgarity." "We have a Censor Board for films, but there is no censorship on music produced. The so-called rappers in the Punjabi music industry are doling out albums, which one cannot listen to while sitting with other family members, leave alone watching its video," he said, adding that intellects would have to become flag-bearers against the vulgarity that was rampant in the Punjabi film industry. Tiwana said poetry in Punjab had not got the platform it deserved. Talking about the ongoing book fair of the National Book Trust, India (NBT), he pointed out that though seminars were held on all kinds of literary works, except for the poems. "Except for Dev Threekewala, no one else talked about poetry in Punjabi," he added. About the Punjabi music industry, he said though he had not fallen for stealing someone else's songs or had been exploited in the industry, he was well aware of such malpractices. "Youngsters today flood the music industry without knowing the basics of creativity and hence, are vulnerable to exploitation. I had the plus point of reading and writing lot of creative works before opting for a full-fledged career in the industry," he says. Tiwana is influenced by lyricist Amardeep Gill, whose song 'Kudiyan te kudiyan ne' left a deep impact on him. Sung by Hans Raj Hans, the song struck the chord with Tiwana who turned to Amardeep for guidance. Since 1998, Tiwana is in touch with Amardeep who has honed his skills and directed him to the right path. He has written 80 songs so far that have been sung by Balkar Sidhu, Hans Raj Hans, Rani Randeep, Meenu, Miss Pooja, Mika, Nirmal Sidhu, Masha Ali, Hakam Sufi, Jassi Sohal and many others artists.
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Man succumbs to injuries after being hit by bike near Bhucho
Bathinda, November 4 Police have registered a case under sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC at Nathana police station. In another road accident, a man received serious injuries and was shifted to the hospital. In a complaint to the police, Manpreet Singh of Hamirgarh said he along with his father and uncle were going towards a village. His uncle, who was on a separate bike, left them behind. When the father-son duo reached near Akalia-Gurusar road, the man found his uncle lying by the roadside after being hit by a speeding unidentified vehicle. Police was informed and a case under sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against the driver of the unidentified vehicle at Diyalpura police station. In yet another similar accident, a couple and their two children were seriously injured after being hit by a speeding Indica car (PB-03W-8643), which was being driven by an unidentified woman. In a complaint to the police, Gurjeet Kaur of Kalianwali in Haryana said she was riding the pillion with her husband and two kids when their bike was hit by an Indica car on the refinery road. Police have registered a case under sections 279, 337 and 427 of the IPC at Raman police station. Four booked for assault
Police have registered a case against four persons for beating up a resident of Bath village. In a complaint to the police, Gurdev Singh said he was beaten up and injured by Jagseer, Baljinder and Ajmer Singh of Bath village. He complained that the accused were trying to encroach upon a piece of land belonging to him. The complainant was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Police have registered a case under sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC at Nathana poice station. No arrests have been made by the police so far. Three held for possessing intoxicating powder
Police have arrested three persons for possessing intoxicating powder for preparing drugs to sell it further to the drug sellers. The arrested accused have been identified as Paramjit Singh and Raju, both residents of Rampura and Iqbal, a resident of Bhagu road, Bathinda. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered. Truck looted, 3 held
Police have registered a case against three persons for looting a truck driver and damaging his truck. In a complaint to the police, Nishan Singh of Basti Diyalpura Bhaika said the accused Sukhdev Singh, Harwinder Singh and Sukha Singh of Bhagta Bhaika village blocked his path near the State Bank of Patiala in Bhagta Bhaika and after damaging his vehicle, took away Rs 1,100 from him. The matter was brought to the notice of the police and after recording the statements of the complainant, a case under sections 382 and 34 of the IPC has been registered in this connection against the accused at the Diyalpura police station. |
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Row over gurudwara
Bathinda, November 4 For the last one year, the Bhullar community has been fighting tooth and nail against the SGPC that wants to take over the management of the gurudwara. Traffic blockades and protests have been held after which the management of the gurudwara was taken from the Bhullar community and a receiver was appointed around six to seven months ago. Members of the Bhullar community said the gurudwara has been under the community for several years and only ten years ago, the saroop of Guru Granth Sahib was ceremoniously installed there. "The SGPC claimed it was a historic gurudwara and laid its claim over it. They also claimed to have issued a notification to this effect. However, when we challenged them with our documents to prove our claim over the religious place, the SGPC failed to produce even a single document supporting its claims, first in the court of the SDM and then in the sessions court," said the president of the Bhullar Bhaichara Committee Surjit Singh Bhullar while addressing media persons here today. He added that pressing for its demands, the Bhullar community will meet the Governor on November 7 and hold a massive protest rally on December 9. On November 11, the effigies of the SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar will be burnt in Bathinda and Faridkot Lok Sabha constituencies. Secretary of the committee Baldev Singh threatened that if the government does not settle the dispute by the next Lok Sabha elections, the Bhullar community will boycott all SAD candidates in the elections. He claimed that there are 1.40 lakh voters of the Bhullar community in Punjab who will boycott the candidates of the ruling party in the elections. A committee has also been formed to make arrangements for the massive protest rally on December 9. Dr Naib Singh Jeond is the in-charge of the committee while the other members include Sadhu Singh Mansa, Gurjant Singh Balianwali, Gurmeet Singh Tajoke, Gurnam Singh Kotda and others. Besides, Uttam Singh Dhipali, Goga Singh Burj Hari, Gurmeet Singh, Jagjeet Singh, Gurmail Singh Pitho, Maggar Singh Kotda, Balvir Singh Tajoke and others were also present at the media briefing held today. Fact file
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State-level organ donation function to be held on Nov 7
Bathinda, November 4 GLODAS president and professor and head, renal transplant at DMCH, Ludhiana, Dr BS Aulakh said many precious lives are lost due to organ failure as vital organs like kidney, heart and liver are not received on time. He said on an average, 1.5 lakhs suffer from kidney failure and only 3000 to 4000 undergo transplantation with the organ donated by their near and dear ones. "On the other hand, there are many brain dead patients lying in various hospitals whose organs can save these precious lives," he said. Dr Aulakh added that the main aim of the function is to spread awareness among the people for pledging their organs during their lifetime itself so that it can be used after their death. He said one brain dead patient can save eight lives and help 50 others. "Let your organ live even after you leave this world. Volunteering with the GLODAS gives you chance to be a part of our on-going effort to help the people with kidney diseases live a richer and fuller lives," he said. Dr Aulakh said there are many myths and taboos associated with organ donation but virtually all religious denominations approve of organ and tissue donation as representing the highest humanitarian ideals and as an ultimate charitable act. So, it was an act imbued with the deepest cherished ideals of humansim. The ceremony will include honouring the donors and signing of the donor card. Fact file
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Cops disperse agitating teachers
Bathinda, November 4 The police came to know about the state-level dharna of the special trainers and reached the venue to drive away the protesters. The agitators, however, refused to retract and instead intensified their protest and raised slogans against the government. Heavy police force was deployed around the site of the protest and the police took away the banners, posters and uprooted the tent that had been erected. The police also rounded up the protesters and ferried them in their vehicles. They were later freed. The trainers, however, returned and began the protest again. Addressing the protesters, the leaders of the union said on the one hand, the government is announcing support for the literate youths by offering them jobs and on the other, the government is exploiting the youth by not giving them jobs and suppressing their voice. The teachers said they would soon intensify their agitation and will not rest till their genuine demands are fulfilled by the government. Gurpartap Singh, Gurcharan, Satinder Singh, Jagjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Jagdeep and other members of the union were also present on the occasion. It may be mentioned that the CM had met the special trainers only days back and told them to call off their stir before holding talks.
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Dy CM to flag off Brahmin Sabha yatra
Bathinda, November 4 At a press conference held in the city today, head of the Brahmin Sabha, Punjab, Devi Dayal Parashar said Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal would flag off the yatra from here on November 22. The yatra would comprise a caravan of 101 buses. The yatra would reach Anandpur Sahib the next day on November 23 where Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would flag them off on their onward journey. The yatra would reach Shri Gurdwara Rakabganj on November 24. The yatra has been organized earlier also, in 2000 and in 2002.
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The construction of a 50-bed hospital at the Government Women and Children Hospital on the premises of the Civil Hospital here has begun.
Bathinda, November 4
Protesting against the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the district administration for their alleged biased attitude, the members of the Bhullar Bhaichara Committee will meet the Punjab Governor on November 7 following the row over a gurudwara near Rampura
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A press release issued here today stated that whosoever provides the information about someone carrying arms around the hotel on the fateful night would be given a handsome reward.
