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Man arrested for killing wife
Resentment prevails among mid-day meal managers
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Distillery violated PPCB norms eight times since October
AIDS awareness camp organised at Polytechnic
GKU bids farewell to staff member
Ban on use of fire-arms, crackers at marriages
Morphed pictures of Dera head posted on social networking site, case registered
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Man arrested for killing wife
Bathinda, April 4 "The husband initially informed people that some robbers entered his house by scaling the boundary wall and beat up his wife Baljeet Kaur (35). He also showed minor injuries inflicted by sharp-edged weapons on his arms," said DSP (City) Gurmeet Kingra. The area residents, however, said it was not possible for someone to scale the boundary wall, as it was quite high and had a sharp-edged iron grill. They believed that alleged illicit relationship of the man could be the reason behind the murder. A few year's ago, the couple's car had fallen into a canal near Puhli village and it was suspected that the man drove the car into the canal to cause harm to his wife. The area residents said the man was also in an illicit relation with a woman, who used to live in the house earlier. She was evicted from the locality with the intervention of area residents. The police said during interrogation, the accused admitted to have killed his wife when she raised 'ugly questions' over his early morning departure to Puhli village. "The accused revealed that he got up before 4 am to leave for his village house which is being white-washed. He used his son's air gun to repeatedly hit her in the head when she shouted at him," DSP Gurmeet said. He added that the man then banged her against an iron box lying in the room due to which she started bleeding profusely. The accused then sat quietly and concocted the story of robbery between 6 and 6.30 am. A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Kotwali police station. During interrogation, the accused told the police that his wife never liked his mother who limped due to some deformity in a leg and was residing alone in Puhli village. Area residents said the couple used to fight over domestic issues almost everyday and the man's illicit relationships was the chief reason behind the routine bickering. However, the police said no such issue came to fore during the initial interrogation of the accused. The victim used to work at an automobile agency in Model Town Phase-1 while the man, neighbours said, was a drifter who hopped numerous jobs since his marriage around 16 years ago. The couple has a 15-year-old son, who studies in class X at Police Public School. The child was away to his father's native village Phuli and the latter was supposed to bring him back today. Some women residents of the locality said the couple seemed quite composed last night and the woman even had a stroll with a group of women residing in the street. "She was complaining of mild fever due to a change in weather. Her husband was standing outside the house and appeared calm," they said. Fact file
Police Speak The accused revealed that he got up before 4 am to leave for his village house which is being white-washed. He used his son’s air gun to repeatedly hit her in the head when she shouted at him. The man then banged her against an iron box lying in the room due to which she started bleeding profusely. The accused then sat quietly and concocted the story of robbery between 6 and 6.30 am. — Gurmeet Kingra, DSP (City)
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Resentment prevails among mid-day meal managers
Bathinda, April 4 Mid-day meal is a scheme being run under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA). The managers from 14 districts would be leaving on April 30 while those from six districts would leave later. "It is a pick-and-choose policy. We have a district manager who is around 70 years old and he has not been served any notice," said one of the district managers from the Malwa region. All the managers have been deputed to the Mid-day meal scheme and have different parent cadres. They have been taken on deputation from the Punjab Warehousing Corporation, Food Corporation of India (FCI), Punjab Agro, PUNSUP and other allied organisations. Interestingly, while the managers aged 62 to 63 years have been asked to leave, the department has invited applications from retirees only. "We should have been replaced by young managers. There is no rationale behind asking elderly persons to leave and replacing them with another set of elderly people," said one of the managers, adding that the entire cadre was discouraged with the move of the department. They said the work on the Mid-day meal scheme would be affected due to the change of guard. The new recruits will be hired on contract for a period of one year only and the contract may be renewed if the department deems it fit. "It takes a year to understand the functioning of the scheme, which is not an easy task. The scheme will suffer for entire one year, thereby affecting the beneficiary children covered under it," added another manager. When the Punjab Government could re-recruit retirees in technical departments, why it does not do the same in the case of the Mid-day meal scheme, they asked. Meanwhile, the DGSE, Kahan Singh Pannu, was not available for comments. Mid-day meal scheme
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Distillery violated PPCB norms eight times since October
Bathinda, April 4 The unit started functioning in October last year and the residents of Sangat, Machhana and nearby villages started alleging that the unit was disposing of its untreated waste in the Lasara drain. On October 6, people held a protest, which resulted in temporary closure of the distillery. In November, the Association For Democratic Rights (AFDR) too lodged a protest demanding closure of the unit for allegedly polluting the Lasara drain and the surrounding areas. Time and again, residents of the villages in the distiller's vicinity have even confiscated the tankers carrying waste meant to be dumped at secluded places. They even blocked traffic in protest. Pleading anonymity, the PPCB regional office employees said they had sent a number of letters to the Board's headquarters mentioning that the unit was creating pollution, but no action was taken against the distillery. "Though the unit has its own waste treatment plant, it is seldom used since the cost of running the plant is high," confided the PPCB officials. Manjit Singh of the AFDR said despite the protest and representations sent to the PPCB, the unit continued to escape penalty. Member, PPCB, and environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal flayed the PPCB for not taking any concrete action against the unit. "We had similar problem with a distillery at Dasuya, which now lies sealed. No industry has right to pollute the natural resources. Many a times, the PPCB does not act owing to intense political pressure. I will take up the matter with the PPCB chairman," he asserted. BCL managing director Rajinder Mittal claimed that the two tankers confiscated by the PPCB had the product, which was being sun dried by the industry that had bought it. "The only violation was of unscientific management of the product that was being dried, which was not on our part. We have brought the state-of-art non-polluting factory to Bathinda and we will prove it," he added. He claimed that the tankers were not emptying the product at an abandoned site, but at a factory whose owner was also there in Kotshamir. “I am paying price for working honestly,” he said. Bathinda SSP Ravcharan Brar said in its complaint, the PPCB has mentioned that the residue collected may cause spread of some disease. To corroborate this, we have sent the samples to a PPCB lab for testing. A DDR has been noted but further action will be taken only after the reports are received, he added. The PPCB chairman Ravinder Singh was not available for comments. FACT FILE
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Three held for illegal trade of parrots, two at large
Bathinda, April 4 Three persons identified as Mohammad Shabban, Basin Khan and Itiaz, all residents of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh were nabbed during the raid and 182 birds recovered from their possession. However, their accomplices identified as the kingpin Shakil Khan and Shaukat Ali are at large. A case under various sections of the Wildlife Protection Act has been registered against the accused persons at the Maur police station. The police said those on the run were facing various cases for their involvement in the illegal trade of protected species. Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had procured the birds from somewhere in Himachal Pradesh with an aim to sell. A bird watcher said the parakeets were kept illegally by their buyers. The police said some liquid was also recovered from the possession of the accused which is allegedly used to make the birds grow faster. The police said the arrested persons revealed that they were paid Rs 3,000 per month for taking care of the birds. |
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Techno fest concludes at PTUGZS campus
Bathinda, April 4 Events like paper presentation, group discussion, quiz, debate and project exhibition were held in the technical category. In the literary event category, press conference, news room and poetry recitation contests, among others, were held. In the project exhibition, Brinder and Group bagged the first place while Sukhdeep and Group came second. In the technical paper presentation, Jagriti bagged the first place while Neeraj came second. In technical quiz, Sidharth Pandit and Group bagged the first place while Mandeep Singh and Group were declared second. In group discussion, Upendra Shukla and Kashish Kathuria bagged the first place while Hemant Kumar and Shaffy got the second place. Harsimran Singh, a student, demonstrated the aerocort flight he had developed after two years of hard work. Aerocort is the device flown by the character of Rancho played by the actor Aamir Khan in the movie "Three Idiots." In the informal events, rangoli, stick modelling, minute to fill, face painting, balloon fight, tattoo making, bottom's up, egg catching, arm wrestling, treasure hunt, apparel designing, beg borrow steel, tug of war, musical chair, lemon race and paper dance were held. Dean, research, and the head of the mechanical engineering department, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Dr HS Randhawa, was the chief guest in the morning session. On April 3, senior manager, mechanical, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Bathinda, MN Goyal, enlightened the students about the practical aspects of the design of compressors and turbine and the operation of the recently modified gas power plant in NFL. Former director, Department of Agriculture, Punjab, Dr Balkaran Singh was the chief guest in the evening and general manager, Verka Milk Plant, Rupinder Singh Sekhon was the guest of honour. In the evening, cultural events like solo dance, solo singing, duet dance, group dance, skit, play were arranged. The students danced to the tune of bhangra and giddha. Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal, director, PTUGZS campus, congratulated the staff and the students for holding the function successfully. |
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AIDS awareness camp organised at Polytechnic
Bathinda, April 4 Badwar congratulated the NSS unit and the Red Ribbon Club on organising the camp. While addressing the students, he spoke on AIDS and environmental issues. He said such camps were aimed at inspiring the students towards social service. AIDS awareness educator Narinder Bassi was also present on the occasion. He addressed the students and shared information about the disease, its treatment and the precautions one should take to keep the disease away. NSS volunteers and the other students of the college participated in various activities and competitions organised as part of the camp. Pharmacy student Mohit grabbed the first position in the collage making competition while Kritika secured the second position. In the slogan writing competition, computer student Khushboo Agarwal stood first while pharmacy student Amanjot Singh came second. In the rangoli making competition, ITI student Sonu Kumar grabbed the first position while computer student Sunita Rani came second. In the poster making contest, architecture student Babu Lal and pharmacy student Ranjit Singh secured the first and second positions. |
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GKU bids farewell to staff member
Bathinda, April 4 All the deans and head of departments were present at the function. SK
Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said while speaking on the occasion that hardworking employees show the path to the others and are an inseparable part of the institution. In his speech, Baldev Singh thanked the university authorities and the staff members. He said it was a pleasure for him to serve the university which had been growing from strength to strength and had
been proving to be a path-breaker in the field of education, especially in the rural areas. The vice-chancellor and the other senior staff members of the university present onh the occasion expressed the hope that that the foundation of the university, built on the hard work of its staff
members, would prove to be enduring and would herald the beginning of a new era in the field of spreading education in this hitherto backward area of Punjab. |
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TSU holds dharna, flays state govt
Bathinda, April 4 Group leader Balwant Singh Makhu alleged that the state government has lured the state leadership of the union, which is working on the whims and fancies of the government. He called upon the workers to unite and work towards the betterment of the cadre so that their rights could be asserted in the face of resistance from the government. |
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Ban on use of fire-arms, crackers at marriages
Bathinda, April 4 A ban has also been imposed by the district administration on carrying sharp-edged weapons like swords besides the licensed arms. These orders will be in effect from April 3 to June 2, as per the press release issued here. The administration had earlier been enforcing section 144 of CrPC to maintain law and order. |
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Morphed pictures of Dera head posted on social networking site, case registered
Bathinda, April 4 In a complaint to the police, Rohit Grover of Rampura said some unidentified persons posted comments and photographs to malign the image of the Dera head. Police said a case under the IT Act 2008 has been registered against the accused at the Rampura city police station. One booked for accidental death in Bhodipura
Police has registered a case against Jagsir Singh of Moga for injuring a cyclist fatally near Bhodipura village. In a complaint to the police, Jaspal Singh, the brother of the deceased, said his brother was on way to his house on a bicycle when a speeding truck ran over his brother near the bus stand of the village. Police has registered a case at Diyalpura police station under sections 279, 304-A and 427 of the IPC against Jagsir Singh for injuring the cyclist seriously. Three booked for theft
Police has registered a case against three persons for stealing material from agricultural fields near Bhucho Kalan village. The complainant, Shanti Sarup, said the accused, including Jagga Singh, Harpreet Singh and Ajaib Singh, tried to encroach upon a piece of agricultural land and stole iron and other material lying near the tube-well installed in his fields. The complainant claimed that the total amount of the stolen material was worth nearly Rs 30,000. A case under sections 447, 379 and 34 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at the Nathana police station. |
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