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BKU seeks arrest of spurious seed sellers
Four booked for beating up villager, abusing cops
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Man robbed at gunpoint
Festive fervour marks Chhath Puja in city
Devotees worship the setting sun on the occasion of Chhath Puja at Sirhind canal in Bathinda on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
PRTC contractual staff go on 2-day strike
Bathinda defeat Tarn taran, win relay race
TB awareness workshop held at elementary school
Don’t ignore piles, says doc
Students showcase their skills at tech fest
Dental camp begins at Bathinda Civil Hospital
PSPCL official lodges complaint after transformer theft
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BKU seeks arrest of spurious seed sellers
Bathinda, November 19 The district president of the union, Shingara Singh, said the police had registered a case against three firms of Sirsa for selling spurious seeds of paddy which caused losses to the farmers of Raike Kalan village falling under the Nandgarh police station. "Already, our efforts went into getting the cases registered against the seed manufacturing units and now, the cops are not arresting the accused," the BKU leader said, adding that the police was apparently shielding the accused as they were influential and financially sound. The EOW had registered a case under various sections of the IPC against the Gupta Fertilisers, the Bhagwati Fertilisers and the Zimidara Bhandar for selling spurious seeds of PB 06-1401. The dharna by farmers began at around 1 pm and continued till 5.30 pm. They lifted the dharna following assurances by the Deputy Commissioner and the SSP to initiate arrests of the accused persons. A large number of women also took part in the farmers' protest. The BKU leaders said due to spurious seeds, farmers in Raike Kalan village suffered huge losses. The farmer leader said there were many more farmers in Punjab and Haryana who fell prey to the fake seed sellers but a formal complaint was lodged by eight farmers of Raike Kalan village. The agitators said despite spending huge amount of money on labour, water, sprays and urea and putting in a lot of hard work, farmers got nothing as the seeds were spurious. The sellers refused to compensate the farmers who incurred losses due to fake seeds. The matter was brought into the notice of agricultural experts who recommended strict action against the fake seed sellers. They wanted to get a case under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act registered but the police registered a case only under Section 420 of the IPC. The farmers said they would intensify their agitation if action was not initiated by the police either to provide compensation to the distressed farmers or to immediately arrest the accused. Those present at the agitation included Jagjeet Singh, Harjider Singh, Amreek Singh, Beant Singh, Sohna Singh, Babu Singh, Harvinder Kaur and others. |
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Four booked for beating up villager, abusing cops
Bathinda, November 19 Sub-inspector Rajvir Singh at Kotfatta police station said after learning about the quarrel, two cops from the Kotfatta police station reached the village late at night. The cops tried to pacify both the parties. The accused, however, started abusing the cops on duty and even unleashed pet dogs at them. Rajvir Singh said a case under Sections 341, 506 and 149 of the IPC was registered against the accused at the Kotfatta police station for entering into a brawl. The accused were booked on the basis of a complaint filed by ASI Inderjit Singh. A case under sections 342, 353, 186, 506 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against at the Kotfatta police station. — TNS
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Bathinda, November 19 In a complaint to the Sangat police, Jawahar Singh, a resident of Sirsa district, said he was heading towards Dabwali in a Tata 409 truck when four unidentified persons stopped the truck. They took out a pistol and threatened to shoot him while demanding the money he had. The complainant stated he had sold 300 bags of fodder for Rs 2.42 lakh near Bathinda. Besides, he had Rs 10, 910. The miscreants took away the entire amount. The police said the accused were on two motorbikes but the complainant could not note down their registration number s. However, Jawahar gave the descriptions of the accused on the basis of which they rounded up notorious persons of the area for investigation. A case has been registered at Sangat police station. — TNS
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Festive fervour marks Chhath Puja in city
Bathinda, November 19 All the major water bodies in the city like the Sirhind canal were transformed into a festive venue with devotees thronging the place to offer "arghya" to the setting sun. The festival, incidentally, is said to be the only one of its kind in which even the setting sun is worshipped. The festival also transformed the area around the Sirhind canal near the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant with the place being lighted up brilliantly and fireworks atop the canal waters interrupting its calmness. Hundreds of devotees with incense sticks, bags of fruits and sugarcane in their hands arrived at the canal to perform puja at the time of the sunset. The area near the canal was decorated with festoons and tents were set up. Fruit stalls, fire cracker sellers and other makeshift shops did brisk business along the canal bridge as worshippers and onlookers thronged the area. Bisheshwar Prashad, a native of Bihar, presently residing at Bibiwala Road, said this is the only festival dedicated to the sun god, also known as Surya Shashthi. He said chhath means six or sashthi. Therefore, the festival is celebrated on the sixth day of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika. The "puja" includes offerings (arghya) to the sun and the holy water is taken back home for prosperity and well-being of the family. He said the festival is observed to acknowledge the role of the sun in maintaining life on earth and for the prosperity, longevity of the people and to kept diseases at bay. "The festival is said to ensure the prosperity, longevity and for those who perform the puja," said Muneshwar Yadav, another devotee. He said the festival is celebrated through generations but is skipped in the family when a death takes place. Those performing the puja or observing fast are segregated from the family for four days and sleep separately to maintain purity. Many family members, including women, were also seen crawling on the road to reach the banks of the canal to perform the puja. This painful process is regarded as an extremely ascetic way of offering respect to the deity. The food including the prasad includes fruits, sweets, sugarcane which is offered as "arghya"in bamboo trays (soop). The food, during the duration of the festival, is cooked without salt, onions or garlic. The devotees pointed out that those observing fast during the festival do not involve priests. Instead, every chore or task is performed by the family members themselves. Those performing the puja today would also come in the morning tomorrow to perform the rituals for rising sun and then the puja would be considered complete. Mohan Verma, a carpenter from Uttarakhand, presently residing in Parasram Nagar, said the festival owes its popularity to the strong belief among the devotees that wishes come true if it is performed with purity and devotion.
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PRTC contractual staff go on 2-day strike
Bathinda, November 19 During a dharna held here, the protesters alleged that the PRTC management was harassing bus drivers if the diesel in their vehicles was found even a bit less. Further, they make recoveries from bus conductors if tickets sold were not adequate. The president of the union, Jasmer Singh, said the PRTC was a public department and some private businessmen were being benefitted on its cost. He alleged that senior functionaries of the PRTC had bent the rules to benefit certain transporters. The timings allotted to buses of influential private transporters aimed at more business for them, which led to losses for the PRTC, he alleged. Jasmer lamented that drivers, conductors and PRTC workshop staff working for the past eight to nine years were getting meagre salaries, which should be increased. He said their union would fight for the rights of the workers. The union leader said the government was now backtracking on the promises it had made to the PRTC employees. Those who addressed the workers include Sharanjit Singh, Binder Singh, Rashpal Singh and others.
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Bathinda defeat Tarn taran, win relay race
Bathinda, November 19 In the 800 meter final, Lovepreet Kaur of Bathinda won the gold with Manjot Kaur of Taran Taran bagging silver and Aarti of Gurdaspur taking home the bronze. In the discus throw final, Amandeep Kaur of Amritsar won the gold while Jaspinder of Muktsar won the silver. Manpreet of Sangrur took the bronze. In high jump, Naavjot of Sangrur won the gold, Mandeep of Muktsar took the silver and Jasveer of Sangrur bagged the bronze. In kabaddi, Ferozepur will meet Bathinda in tomorrow's final. Ferozepur defeated Ludhiana 36-21 while Bathinda defeated Mansa 39-24. In kho kho quarter-finals, Sangrur beat Fazilka by 6 points, Mohali beat Ferozepur by 10 points, Patiala beat Hoshiarpur by 6 points and SBS Nagar beat Bathinda by 11 points to reach the semi-finals.
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TB awareness workshop held at elementary school
Bathinda, November 19 Dr Ashish Kansal and Gurpreet Singh were also present on the occasion . Goyal said the government had started a DOTS system under which medicine and treatment were absolutely free. The students and the school staff were also informed about the symptoms, precautions and treatment for TB. Goyal urged the people to get their sputum examined in case the symptoms of TB were discovered. Goyal also appealed to his audience not to leave the treatment midway. In case any patient gave up the treatment halfway, then the disease becomes incurable. Therefore, the patient should complete the course of the medicine, ranging from six to eight months, to get rid of the disease forever. Medicine is given free of cost under the DOTs system (directly observed treatment short course) at government hospitals and by Dot providers. Dr Ashish Kansal laid stress on the fact that the government is going to provide DOT Plus treatment for the defaulter MDR patients. The principal of the elementary school, Veena Devi, asked the students and the staff to be practical about creating awareness for the disease.
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Don’t ignore piles, says doc
Bathinda, November 19 According to doctors, people should not make efforts to hide the problem as concealing it can result in degenerative disease like cancer. Dr Mittal said that ailment like the flavonoids can be treated with medicines, others can be treated with infrared coagulation, rubber band ligation and cryotherapy. It is only in cases that get aggravated is surgery required.
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Students showcase their skills at tech fest
Bathinda, November 19
The students competed in various events. Prashant scored in web designing, Amandeep and Sukhcharan in paper presentation, Amandeep and Gurvinder in best out of waste and Bhawna in logo making. An informal event, Compu-Tambola, was also organized. In the technical Tambola, multiple choice questions were asked and the students were supposed to cut the numbers on their slips. The winners were awarded prizes. In the best out of waste competition, the students used waste computer related material and made useful items like fan for laptop users, pencil box for students, decoration articles, pen stand and other items. The first year students of the department participated and also organized all the events. Sanjay Bhatnagar, head of the department, computer applications, lauded the students for their efforts made in their first semester to make the techfest a success. The chief guest at the techfest, campus director Dr Jasbir S Hundal, encouraged the students of MCA to organize many more events of this kind and also appreciated the efforts made by the golden batch of the MCA in organizing the techfest in such a short period of time. The guest of honour was GS Bath, registrar, PTUGZS campus. Bhawna, Mankush, Tejinder, Amandeep Jassal, Sunil and Sakshi were the student coordinators who worked under the guidance of Karamjot Kaur, lecturer, department of computer applications. In the afternoon session, the guest of honour was Manisha Bhatnagar, principal of SSD Women's Institute of Technology, Bathinda, and Manjeet Bansal, dean, post-graduate courses. Both of them had enlightened the students with their words.
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Dental camp begins at Bathinda Civil Hospital
Bathinda, November 19 In a press release issued here today, the doctors said 943 patients were diagnosed at the camp for various ailments. The patients were informed about the precautions they should take to avoid diseases pertaining to the teeth. Dr Shashi Jain and Dr Naresh Singla said 77 free dentures were distributed among the patients. The patients visiting the camp were also made aware of the rising incidence of mouth cancer. MLA from Bathinda rural Darshan Singh Kotfatta was also present on the occasion. Kotfatta also distributed free dentures among the patients.
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PSPCL official lodges complaint after transformer theft
Bathinda, November 19 One arrested with habit-forming drugs Police have registered a case against Ranjit Singh of Patti Sole Mehraj village for possessing habit-forming drugs. Police said the accused was arrested from near a water channel by a patrolling party from the Rampura city police. As many as 23 vials and 300 tablets were recovered from the possession of the accused. A case under sections 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act was registered against the accused at the Rampura city police station. Five
booked for assaulting Ramsara resident Police have registered a case against five persons for beating up a resident of Ramsara village. The complainant Hardial Singh said Lovejeet Singh, Angrez Singh, Malkit Singh, Gulzar Singh and Joga Singh blocked his way, abused him and beat him up. The complainant said the accused attacked him over a property dispute in Ramsara village. The complainant said he was taken to the hospital by some villagers and the matter was brought to the notice of the police. The police reached the hospital where the statements of the complainant were recorded and a case under sections 324 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused. Further investigations in the case are on.
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Chhath Puja was celebrated with traditional fervour today in the city, predominantly by the migrant population from states like Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. All the major water bodies in the city like the Sirhind canal were transformed into a festive venue with devotees thronging the place to offer
"arghya" to the setting sun.
To protest against non-acceptance of their long-pending demands, members of the PRTC Contract Workers' Union Azad went on a two-day strike today.
During a dharna held here, the protesters alleged that the PRTC management was harassing bus drivers if the diesel in their vehicles was found even a bit less. Further, they make recoveries from bus conductors if tickets sold were not adequate.
