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FCI staff found dead
7 students hurt in road mishap on their way back from sports tourney
City records 69.2 mm rainfall
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Mid-day meal: Surprise checking at schools
Course on disaster management begins at PTUGZS campus
‘Quashing of NEET a black day in medical education’
Jobless granted subsidised loans for self-employment
Man arrested after Harsimrat intervenes
Two theft incidents reported
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FCI staff found dead
Bathinda, July 22 He was found hanging by the female servant, who came in the wee hours to wash utensils and clean the house. She raised an alarm and the police was informed. Officials from the Civil Lines police station and the District Courts police post reached the spot and enquired into the incident. Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Sewa, an NGO, were contacted who brought down the body and shifted it to the local Civil Hospital for the post-mortem examination. The police post in-charge, Nirmal Singh, said the house has been sealed till the deceased's relatives arrive from Delhi. Arvind has a sister and a brother and his father is a senior official with the BSNL in Delhi. The police said no suicide note has been recovered so far. The house was yet to be searched as the police was waiting for the family members to arrive. The police would check the calls made from and received on the mobile phone of the deceased to get some clue to the death. The television and a laptop of the deceased were found to be on and the door of the house was open. It is pertinent to mention here that FCI inspector Kanwar Verma had died under mysterious circumstances. Kanwar had consumed some poisonous substance. Kanwar, a native of Alwar in Rajasthan, was residing with his wife and children in the Patel Nagar locality of the city. Fact file
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7 students hurt in road mishap on their way back from sports tourney
Rampura, July 22 Seven of them were taken to the Rampura Government Hospital in ambulances and private vehicles. While three of the injured students were discharged another three are being treated for multiple injuries. One of the injured was shifted to a hospital in Bathinda and was undergoing various tests. It is learnt that the students of a government school in Mehraj had gone to attend a sports tournament in the nearby Dhipali village and the accident took place at around 4 pm while they were on their way back. The injured students have been identified as Onkar Singh, Sandeep Singh, Harpreet Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Palwinder Singh, Sukhpreet Singh and Pardeep Singh. Area residents accused the school authorities of not bothering about the safety of the students as they allowed them to attend the tournament without any teacher or an adult accompanying them. School principal Karnail Kaur said she was at the hospital to enquire about the injured students. "While one student has received an injury in his ear, one injured his leg while another had an injured thigh," she said. She claimed that the teachers were following the students on bikes. Since there was no direct bus to Dhipali village from Mehraj it was decided to take students in a tractor-trolley, which was comparatively safer than changing two buses. A hook of the trolley snapped while it was taking a turn and the children fell down, she added. Fact file
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City records 69.2 mm rainfall
Bathinda, July 22 For the past two-three days, the city had only been receiving light rains which lowered the temperature. On Sunday, while the maximum temperature was recorded at 30.2 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature settled at 25.4 degree Celsius. Interestingly, despite the downpour, the temperature on Monday saw a rise. The maximum temperature was recorded at 33.6 degree Celsius while the minimum was recorded at 22.4 degree Celsius. The city has received around 104 mm of rainfall this month till date. This year, the city, which is known to receive little rainfall during the monsoon, has fared slightly better than the past years. While in 2003, the city had received 82 mm of rainfall in the month of July, it received no rainfall in the same month in 2004. In 2005, the rain god had been benevolent as the city received 468 mm of rainfall. The city received only 21.5 mm of rainfall in 2006. In 2007, the rainfall was recorded at 125.6 mm and in 2008, it was recorded at 43.5 mm. The next year, the city received 179.8 mm of rainfall and in 2010, the amount of rainfall was recorded at 58 mm. The city fared slightly better in the year 2011 with 207 mm of rainfall and in 2012, the city experienced 36.6 mm of rainfall. Precipitation
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Showers wash away claims of monsoon-ready MCB
Bathinda, July 22 The trans railway line areas, including Parasram Nagar, were the worst hit with rainwater accumulating up to 3 feet. Children had a tough time wading through the stagnant rainwater to reach their respective schools. Sirki Bazar and the Civil Lines too remained flooded. However, the residents of Bhagu Road were lucky as they did not face any problem of waterlogging because the area is situated at a higher level. Most of the streets in the Civil Lines area were inundated with rainwater and a traffic jam was witnessed near the St Joseph's School in the morning. To avoid getting caught in the clogged street, parents of some students left their vehicles at a distance and carried their children to the school. Traffic snarls were also witnessed on the GT Road as the construction work at the Fauji Chowk is underway. The flooded areas of Sirki Bazar led to closure of a large portion of the market. Many shopkeepers complained of rainwater finding its way inside their shops. The situation was no different at the Parasram Nagar Chowk where shopkeepers aired a similar grievance. Till the evening, teams of the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda (MCB) were on the job of draining out accumulated rainwater on the Power House Road, the Mall Road, the Ajit Road and the Amrik Singh Road. Fact file
The trans railway line areas, including Parasram Nagar, were the worst hit with rainwater accumulating up to 3 feet. Sirki Bazar and the Civil Lines too remained flooded. However, the residents of Bhagu Road were lucky as they did not face any problem of waterlogging because the area is situated at a higher level. |
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Mid-day meal: Surprise checking at schools
Bathinda, July 22 He not only checked the quality of the cooked food but also paid attention to the cleanliness in the kitchen and the store where the foodgrains and other condiments were kept. “At the schools in Bhucho, I found the teachers and students consuming the same food. The rules and regulations laid down by the department were followed there. The cooks had taken good care of the personal hygiene and cleanliness,” said Singh, who tasted the food and expressed satisfaction with its preparation. By the time he reached the school in Chandsar Basti, the children had been served the food. He took a sample of the food and directed the cook and the teachers concerned to pay more attention towards maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen. “The cooks have been directed to maintain personal hygiene and keep the kitchen and the store rooms clean. Whoever is found guilty of not following the orders will be dealt with strictly,” Joshi said. On Saturday, the official had checked the food being served at the Government Primary School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School on the Mall Road, and the Government Primary School, Janta Nagar. In Bathinda district, as many as 69,000 students in primary schools and 44,000 students in upper primary schools are served mid-day meal. For upper primary classes, the schools are given 150 gm of foodgrain per student per meal while 100 gm of foodgrain per day is provided for each student of primary schools. There are as many as 1950 cooks in the district who are responsible for preparing the mid-day meal and are paid Rs 1,200 per month. Fact file
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MC records to be digitised
Bathinda, July 22 Gupta said during the meeting integrators were told about the requirements of corporation. “Having understood the concept, we will now float tenders for the same by the third week of August,” he said. Under the e-governance, the entire record of MCB will be digitized and automated. With the digitization of record, MCB plans to introduce more transparency. “Our aim is to enable people pay all kind of taxes related to civic body online. This will not only save people from hassle but will save lot of precious time and efforts of the MCB employees too,” he said. |
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MP inaugurates 66 KV sub-station at Gobindpura, reviews development works
Goniana (Bathinda), July 22 The MP added that the 1200 MW Larsen & Toubro thermal power project in Rajpura would be operational by the end of the year and it would be upgraded to 2,000 MW capacity soon. She added that two more thermal power projects --- a 2,000 MW project with Sterlite Energy Limited in Talwandi Sabo and a 1,350 MW project with India Bulls near Mansa would also be commissioned. During her visit, she also reviewed the progress of the ongoing development projects in different wards of Goniana and directed the officials to expedite the pending works. |
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BFGI introduces ‘Earn while you learn’ programme
Bathinda, July 22 Talking about the concept, chairman of BFGI, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal said “The most interesting part of this concept is the fact that the students will also be able to gain knowledge and expertise in various fields hence making their prospects even brighter. Currently, we have many students in our campus working as a part of this programme.” He also shared that the students who are a part of this initiative are from different financial backgrounds which breaks the myth that the programme aims at only helping the financially weak students. “I want every student of BFGI to be working in this programme and upgrade his employability skills along with helping their parents economically,” he said. He added that time is not far to achieve this since BFGI has been chosen among 100 e-governance campuses of India and several e-governance projects will be given by state government & Indian Government to e-governance campuses’ students and they will be paid for the same. Students working with this programme also shared their experiences with Bathinda Tribune. A student of B.Tech Mechanical first semester, Gagandeep Singh said he got attached with one of the projects under this programme in his vacations after class XII. He added that he has learned a lot from this project and at the same time earned good money. Nishan Singh, student of BSc (Agriculture) said, “I am working on a project dealing with organic farming and the project is running smoothly with the support and guidance of my teachers. And with the help of this project I got a chance to the serve the society.” A different department had been set up in BFGI’s Global Innovation Centre to select different projects according to the interest and educational area of the students. Head of the department, Gurwinder Singh Sidhu said different outsourcing projects such as data entry, add posting, website development have been given to the students to work upon and they can earn upto Rs 800 per day depending upon their capability. He also said that the students have been working on different city portal projects for Ludhiana, Zirakpur, Panchkula, Simla and Solan. The projects are given by the respective state governments and the students will get 30 per cent of the earnings
of these projects for three years. Similarly, other e-governance projects will be given to the students by the Department of Income Tax, central excise, employment exchange, education, health, agriculture, commercial tax, e-panchayat, e-district, India portal, banking, insurance, pension, posts, road transport and e-biz. |
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Course on disaster management begins at PTUGZS campus
Bathinda, July 22 This course is being conducted through video conferencing. As many as 50 faculty members from various engineering institutes and several from the GZS-PTU campus are participating in this programme. Bhupinder Pal Singh Dhot, local course coordinator and coordinator of the Department of Architecture welcomed the chief guest, guests and other participants and set the ball rolling by giving an enlightening introduction to the course. Dr Jasbir S Hundal, campus director appreciated the efforts made by the faculty and staff of the department for conducting the course. He added that such courses will help the architects and engineers to create a safe environment. He said NSS and NCC volunteers can play a vital roll if trained for relief work during disasters. He also thanked Dr MP Punia, director of NITTTR for choosing the campus for the course. Colonel Jaideep Singh, commanding officer, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Bathinda, was the chief guest and the keynote speaker of the programme during the inaugural session. While addressing the gathering, Colonel Singh emphasized upon various challenges for architects and engineers related to environmental and manmade disasters and drew the attention of the participants towards the role of NDRF. He also shared practical experiences of his work and discussed about the efforts made by NDRF towards disaster management. He also threw light on the impact of the recent Uttrakhand disater. |
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‘Quashing of NEET a black day in medical education’
Bathinda, July 22 Dr Vitull stated that the bench ruled that the Medical Council of India (MCI) had no power to issue notifications in 2010 to regulate admissions to 271 medical colleges, 138 run by government and 133 under private management offering 31,000 MBBS and BDS as well as 11,000 MD seats. Dr Amrit Sethi added that such a judgment had cast doubts especially when seen in the light of Supreme Court’s directive in 2010 by the bench of Justices Raveendran and Patnaik that a single entrance test would save poor and meritorious students from physical and financial stress of travelling from one city to another to appear in multiple entrance tests in the hope of bagging an MBBS, BDS or MD seat in a college. “The present judgment had shattered common man’s faith in higher judiciary,”he said. |
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Jobless granted subsidised loans for self-employment
Bathinda, July 22 In a press statement issued here today, Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav said only people from below poverty line (BPL) section of society are granted subsidised loans for self-employment. After completing the due formalities, the loan amount is directly transferred to the account of the beneficiary. An individual, who wants to borrow a loan of Rs 50,000, is given subsidy of up to Rs 10,000. A group of 8 to 12 people is also given loan up to Rs 2.5 lakhs at a subsidy of Rs 1.25 lakhs. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Mohammad Tayyab added that Rs 15.92 lakh was received under the scheme to help people start their own ventures. Out of this, Rs 15.71 lakh has already been distributed. Rs 9.51 lakh subsidy has been given to 16 individuals and nine groups comprising 97 people. Besides, Rs 1.83 lakh was spent on skill development, Rs 60,000 on revolving funds, Rs 53,000 on marketing and Rs 3.24 on infrastructure. |
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Man arrested after Harsimrat intervenes
Bathinda, July 22 Accused, He was allegedly evading police arrest due to his links with a section of senior police functionaries and some local politicians. A complaint was lodged against him for raping a government school teacher. Grover however denied allegations and accused the woman for mudslinging and claimed that he has documentary proof to prove his innocence. The family members of Grover had organised a press conference stating that the woman had leveled false allegations and got a false case registered against Satpal Grover. The complainant in the case had alleged that Grover had been threatening her and forced her to commit suicide. The woman met MP Harsimrat Kaur after and the police swung into action and arrested Satpal Grover last night. Grover was arrested from his shop and was sent to14-day judicial custody. Satpal Grover was booked under Sections 354, 499, 306, 376, 511 and 116 of the IPC around four months back. |
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Two theft incidents reported
Bathinda, July 22 A neighbour informed her that the locks of her house were broken. When she came back, she found that her house was ransacked by the thieves who took away goods worth nearly Rs 46,000. Lakhwinder Singh of Partap Nagar too lodged a similar complaint wherein he stated that he had gone to Balluana village to meet his relatives and when he came back he found the locks of the house broken and goods worth nearly Rs 20,000 were stolen.
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