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4,817 cases settled during Mega Lok Adalat
Congress leaders hold protest rally against SAD-BJP government
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Drug peddler arrested
CCE system: Students, parents find projects burdensome
Verka introduces new packs for milk, cheese
Seven booked for attacking Adesh University student
Malwa College girls lift overall sports trophy
SBoP staff compete at sports meet
Boy run over by train, dies
Doctors to address gynae problems today
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4,817 cases settled during Mega Lok Adalat
Bathinda, December 15 The issues of parents showing the door to their married children, kids not being taken care of by their mothers and fathers hooked to drugs were discussed at length during the mega judicial event. The judges and advocates counselled the parties at conflict and succeeding in reuniting many families. However, others were given time by the court to reconsider their moves. There is no provision of appeal against the judgments pronounced during the Lok Adalat. Also, the court fee submitted by the litigants is refunded after they settle their disputes during these adalats. The District and Sessions Judge-cum-chairman of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Jaspal Singh and the civil judge (Senior Division)-cum-secretary of the DLSA Kanwaljeet Singh presided over the Mega Lok Adalat held in Bathinda. The mega judicial event was also held at Phul and Talwandi Sabo. A total of 5,874 cases came up for hearing and compensation of nearly `4.93 lakh was passed by the court. Speaking on the occasion, civil judge Kanwaljeet Singh said the graph of marital discord and trend of nuclear families was rising steadily for the past few years. "Strange cases are coming up in various courts wherein 'insensitive' parents reportedly ignore the interests of their children. People these days are influenced by materialism, illicit relationships and drug addiction," Kanwaljeet said while counselling a family. He said children were ignored when parents were fighting. There have been cases where grown-up children are forced to live separately after getting married. It is one of the reasons behind the rising number of nuclear families. He added that the lack of patience
due to various reasons also led to separation of family members. Heart-rending scenes were witnessed during the adalat where insensitive mothers while ignoring their kids, decided to stay away from their families. A section of senior lawyers and various other prominent persons, who were present during the hearing of a case, got upset when a woman refused to pay heed to the cries of her four kids ageing between five and eight years. The woman's husband was lodged in a jail in a case under the NDPS Act and would remain lodged there for at least four and a half years. The four children were being taken care of by their paternal grandmother. The grandmother pleaded before the court that it should ask her daughter-in-law to take care of the children. But the woman refused. The father of the kids, who is undergoing imprisonment, was also present during the hearing of the case. He stated before the court that his wife was in an illicit relationship, which was the reason why she had been ignoring the kids. The man and his mother said they would forget the illicit relationship that she had been in, if she was ready to take care of the children for at least next four and a half years. Later, their father would be released from the jail and he would take care of the kids. However, the woman refused to budge from her decision. The grandmother said she had pleaded to her daughter-in-law umpteen times that she should take care of the children but in vain. Many couples were also reunited by counselling during the Mega Lok Adalat. A sexagenarian couple of Amargarh village that was at war for the past around four years decided to reunite after being counselled during the Lok Adalat. Similarly, a couple from Daulatpura had been fighting over trivial issues for the past one year but decided to stay together after being counselled. The Mega Lok Adalats organised at Bathinda, Phul and Talwandi Sabo were presided over by District and Sessions Judge Jaspal Singh, presiding officer of the Industrial Tribunal Amanjot Kaur Bhatti, additional district and sessions judge Sukhdev Singh, additional district and sessions judge DS Johal, additional district and sessions judge (Fast track court) Lachhman Singh, additional district and sessions judge (Fast track court) HS Lekhi, chief judicial magistrate Harjeet Singh, civil judge (Senior Division) Harvinder Kaur, additional civil judge (Senior Division) Jasbir Kaur, civil judge (Junior Division) Deepti Goyal, special judicial magistrate first class HL Kumar, additional civil judge (Senior Division), Phul, Ajitpal Singh, civil judge (junior division),Phul, Sucheta Ashish Dev, additional civil judge (senior division), Talwandi Sabo, Gagandeep Kaur and chairman of the permanent Lok Adalat, Bathinda, AK Singla. |
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Congress leaders hold protest rally against SAD-BJP government
Bathinda, December 15 Raising slogans against the government, the Congressmen started their protest march from the district office of the party. The procession passed through areas around railway station, Dhobi Bazaar, Post Office Bazaar, Kikkar Bazaar and Hospital Bazaar to conclude at the Fire Brigade Chowk. Speaking on the occasion, district president of the party Ashok Kumar alleged that there were SAD-BJP leaders who disrespect women and do not bat an eyelid before killing anyone who raise voice against them. The party leader alleged that the SAD-BJP 'mafia' had taken over the mining business in Punjab thereby escalating the prices of sand and gravel which was beyond the reach of common man. A Congress leader KK Aggarwal added that people had been burdened with huge power bills. The revised rates had made electricity a luxury item for the people, he said. Congress councillor Jagroop Singh Gill said while the government cried hoarse over its empty coffers, it had enough money to host luxurious and lavish events like World Cup Kabaddi and pay Bollywood actors in crores for performing during the opening and closing ceremonies of the event. Another Congress leader Chiranjit Lal Garg said the government had failed on all fronts and was levying new taxes on people almost every other day. Congress municipal councillors alleged that while people were being burdened with property tax, no money was being spent on the development of wards that were being represented by the leaders of the Congress. Prominent among those present during the protest included district president of the party's women cell Mahinder Kaur Rani, Amar Kaur, Iqbal Singh Dhillon, Mukesh Kumar, Jasvir Jassi, Rajan Garg, Jasvir Kaur, Jeet Mal, Bhagwan Das Bharti, Makhan Singh, Nand Lal Singla, Ashok Bhola, Rajinder Baghla, Preetam Singh Brar and others.
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Drug peddler arrested
Bathinda, December 15 The arrested person was identified as Gurnam Singh alias Gamma of Sangrur. His accomplices, who were at large, were identified as Jassa Singh of Barnala and Fumman Singh of Mansa. Jain said that raids were being conducted to nab the accused who were on the run. A case under the Sections 15, 25, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused persons at the Talwandi Sabo police station. The police said the accused had modified a truck by altering its floor to store poppy husk in five boxes. They used to purchase poppy husk from Rajasthan and smuggle into Punjab to further distribute it in Barnala, Mansa, Sangrur and Bathinda. Earlier also, the accused were arrested with huge quantities of poppy husk. However, they managed to get bail from the court and again indulged in smuggling the narcotic. The case was supervised by AIG counter intelligence Ajay Maluja. |
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CCE system: Students, parents find projects burdensome
Bathinda, December 15 "Every week, we get a number of projects in all subjects. Most of the times, we end up asking our parents to purchase material for the projects from the market or take their help to make them," said Ishmeet Kaur, student of a local CBSE school. A teacher of a convent school in the city said the projects were meant for creating awareness among students, put their creative minds to work and make them independent. "Sadly enough, we end up burdening the students with itsy-bitsy useless work wherein more energy is spent than the output received. We have no choice but to follow the system," she said. Pushpinder Singh, the father of two students of a CBSE school, said in awe of exams and huge syllabus, his daughter had started mumbling about studies while in sleep. "Children are under a great pressure to perform. The CCE was introduced to assess students throughout the year and not on the basis of annual examinations only. Instead of proving helpful, it has become a pain in the neck," he said. Interestingly, as the second summative exams of one of the city schools neared, it added five chapters to each subject. "Just two weeks before the exams, teachers speedily taught us five chapters leaving no time for revision or self study," added another student.
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Verka introduces new packs for milk, cheese
Bathinda, December 15 He said buffalo milk was being collected and packaged with an aim to provide a quality product to consumers. He said earlier cheese was available in the pack of 200 gram only. Verka has now launched a 100 gram pack, which is priced at Rs 20. Besides, Verka has also slashed down prices of its products. A pack of 400 gram curd, which was earlier available for Rs 24, has not been priced at Rs 20. Similarly, the price of a pack of 200 gram curd has been reduced from Rs 12 to Rs 10. |
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Dental meet begins in the city
Bathinda, December 15 Around 600 to 800 delegates are participating in this event. This also includes dental traders from across India. In the scientific poster presentation, 13 dentists will be participating. Topics covered in the presentation will include from distant stars to dental chairs, ozone therapy, flexible dentures – a comfort zone, HIV-AIDS – spreading facts and not fears, pulp revascularisation, diagnostic imaging, changing paradigms of caries prevention, paving pathways and mending smiles, fluorosis, bad breath, mouth – the mirror of human body, rubber trouble and radiographic phrase and co-relations. The science congress will include lecture by Dr Mahesh Verma who will speak on thetopic, ‘Ethical Dilemmas – Are We Ready For It?’ He will talk about the changing face of dentistry owing to the ingress of high technology coupled with knowledge empowerment of patients that have created newer ethical dilemmas in day-to-day practice. Head of Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Dr Shishir Singh will conduct a workshop on wave one and rotary protaper systems. The chairperson of All India Women Dental Council, Dr Meera Verma will talk about women dental council, its objectives and progress. Director of Board of Indian Academy of Aesthetic and Cosmetic Dentistry, Dr Rumpa Wig will talk about anterior aesthetics with composites. Dr Ajay Sharma from Max Health Care Institute Delhi will talk about basics of implants. Member of Indian Dental Association and Indian Endodontic Society, Dr Vipul Srivastava will talk about lasers and dental photography in dental practice. Dr Ashish Jain, principal of the Dr HS Judge Institute of Dental Sciences, Panjab University Chandigarh, will talk about the recent advances in peridontology practice – academics to clinics. Besides, around 88 dentists, including students of dental colleges across the state, will present technical papers during the event. |
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Seven booked for attacking Adesh University student
Bathinda, december 15 The accused include Amninder Singh of Mehraj Patti Karamchand, Jasleen of Green Avenue Abohar, Jagmeet Singh of Rode village Moga and four unidentified persons. The complainant accused them of attacking him with sticks, sharp-edged weapons and a pistol. The police has registered a case under Sections 324, 341, 506, 148, 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act at Nathana police station. Electronic goods worth
Rs 1.5 lakh stolen
Electronic goods worth nearly Rs 1.5 lakhs were stolen from a godown. In a complaint to the police, Vinod Kumar, who resides near Purana Thana, said some unidentified persons stole 25 television sets, refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners from his godown near Gill Patti village. The total cost of the stolen material has been estimated at `1.5 lakhs. A case under the sections 457 and 380 of the IPC has been registered at the Nehianwala police station. Two arrested with habit-forming substances
The City Rampura police has arrested two residents of Rampura for possessing drugs. The accused have been identified as Kuldeep Singh of Guru Nanakpura Mohalla and Harpreet Singh of Rampura. As many as 20 vials of habit-forming substances and 500 grams of an intoxicating powder were recovered from the possession of the accused. A case under the Sections 21, 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered at the city Rampura police station. Rajasthan residents booked for beating
Two residents of Rajasthan have been booked by the police for beating up a resident of Ghudda village. In a complaint to the police, Jagsir Singh said his mother-in-law Baljeet Kaur, along with Gurpreet Singh had come to meet him in Ghudda village. The duo were later joined by his father-in-law Harbans Singh. While talking to each other Harbans Singh and Baljeet Kaur entered into a heated argument following which Gurpreet hit Harbans on his head with an iron rod. Jagsir added that Harbans suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship with Gurpreet. The police has registered a case under Sections 308 and 34 of the IPC against Gurpreet and Baljeet at the Nandgarh police station. |
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Malwa College girls lift overall sports trophy
Bathinda, december 15 While in the women’s section, the students clinched eight gold medals, in the men’s section, students lifted the runners-up trophy by winning five gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Anupama Srivastava won gold medals in both the 400m and 800m races. Purnima Hembram won gold medals in heptathlon and long jump. Anita won gold in hammer throw and Amanpreet Kaur clinched the gold medals in discus throw and shot put. In the men’s section, Navtejdeep Singh, Bipan Pawar, Parveen, Harpreet Singh, Abul Singh Rana, Jasdeep Singh, Jagtar Singh and Karamjit Singh won gold, silver and bronze medals in various track and field events.The students were felicitated by the college authorities.
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SBoP staff compete at sports meet
Bathinda, December 15 While the indoor sporting events were held at the Civil Lines Club, athletic events were organised at the MSD Senior Secondary School.
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Boy run over by train, dies
Bathinda, december 15 Railway police has initiated inquest proceedings under the Section 174 of the CrPC. The body was
handed over to the family members after conducting a post-mortem examination. |
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Doctors to address gynae problems today
Bathinda, december 15 Ultrasound and other tests, prescribed by the doctors, will be done at discounted rates. General manager Dr Aniruddha Suranglikar has appealed to the patients to avail maximum benefit of the camp. — TNS
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The Congress leaders today took out a rally against the SAD-BJP government in protest against the alleged lawlessness, political criminalisation and imposition of new taxes.
