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Next hearing fixed for Sept 3
Jail term for nine in counter criminal trespass case
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Flesh trade: 13 booked by police for immoral activity
Breastfeeding on the decline due to lack of awareness
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Next hearing fixed for Sept 3
Bathinda, August 5 The counsel and one of the petitioners in the case, NK Jeet, a resident of Lal Singh Basti, said the case has reached the evidence stage. During the next hearing, the area residents will present a dossier of proofs and documents substantiating their claims in the petition. The area residents had filed the case on August 28, 2012, pertaining to the laying of sewer pipes in Ward numbers 31 and 38 along the locality. They had demanded an inquiry into the manner in which the sewer line was planned, executed and laid. They also demanded an inquiry into the accidents that occurred during the execution of the said work; lapses or acts of negligence, financial and technical irregularities on the part of officials responsible for executing and supervising the project, to look into violations of the terms of the tender and the contract of the work, fix responsibility and take action against the erring officials. During the last assembly elections, the Municipal Corporation and the Punjab Government formulated a scheme to extend the existing sewerage system in the area, at an estimated cost of Rs 50 crore. Under the scheme, sewerage pipes of 2.5 feet diameter were to be laid at a depth of 17 to 20 feet replacing the existent sewerage pipes laid at a depth of 6-7 feet. Keeping in view the assembly elections, the project was started hurriedly ignoring technical and logistic requirements, the petitioners stated. It was not decided as to which disposal work the said sewer line was to be connected. As a result of this, the work has now been abandoned at the T-point of Lal Singh Basti road which connects with the one coming from the Police Colony side, the petitioners have stated. While the sewer line is not connected with any disposal work, a large number of houses from Aggarwal Peerkhana to Gurdwara Sahib on Lal Singh Basti road have been given new sewerage connections linked to the sewer line. Earlier, the garbage of the Police Colony, which has about 400 residential quarters, was being
discharged through a direct sewer line but now this sewer line has been disconnected and the entire garbage of the colony is being dumped into the newly laid
sewer line, which in turn is not connected to any disposal work. NK Jeet also pointed out that technically, the work of laying the new sewer line and replacing the existing one should have started from the side of the disposal work so as to cause minimum dislocation and inconvenience. But the government and the MCB started it from the opposite side. Meanwhile, the counsel appearing in the court on behalf of all the departments had claimed that the officials had been performing their duties diligently and that there was no laxity. lal Singh Basti sewer line case Case history
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Jail term for nine in counter criminal trespass case
Bathinda, August 5 The families of Head Constable (now a retired Sub-inspector) Sat Pal and train clerk (now railway guard at Bathinda) Prem Kumar resided in Partap Nagar here. Prem Kumar's family ran a dairy farm while Sat Pal's family was against keeping animals in the locality. In March 2005, the issue led to a scuffle in which both the groups inflicted injuries upon each other. The cop's family got a case registered against Prem Kumar, his mother Sunita Rani, two brothers Satish Kumar and Mukesh Kumar and sister-in-law Manju, wife of Satish Kumar. On the other hand, Kumar's family moved court and later, got a case registered against Sat Pal, his wife Usha, two sons Shiv Kumar and Deepa and daughter Annu. Both the families accused each other of criminal trespass. Interestingly, they accused each other of entering their houses and inflicting injuries on the same day and at the same time (about 8 am). Prem Kumar produced a medical certificate of permanent hearing impairment in the court which he claimed was caused during the attack by the cop's family. The court, in its judgment on July 29, sent the cop's family to two years of RI. However, it also found Prem Kumar and his kin guilty and awarded them six months of RI. Kumar's mother Sunita Rani had died during the trial of the case and hence, proceedings against her were closed in May 2010. Meanwhile, Shiv Kumar, the son of the retired Sub-inspector, claimed that while Prem Kumar produced a medical certificate of permanent hearing impairment to make his case strong in the court, which resulted in his (Shiv Kumar's) family getting two years of RI, seven months later, he (Prem Kumar) submitted a certificate confirming that he was medically fit, in order to get promoted to the post of railway guard. In his complaint to the Divisional Manager of Northern Railways, Ambala Cantonment, Shiv Kumar stated that Prem Kumar had produced a medical certificate of permanent hearing loss in the court in March 2005. On the other hand, Prem Kumar claimed that he got his left ear drum cured after getting medical treatment for seven months. The issue
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Govt college hires teachers for professional courses
Bathinda, August 5 The Higher Education Society of the college offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) and Bachelor in Bio Technology. Against the seven posts for computer science teacher, the college has recruited three new teachers and renewed the contracts of four. For Bio Technology, two of the earlier staff members have been retained while one new teacher has been hired. Two teachers for management studies and one for Punjabi have been hired. The society has retained one teacher each for management studies, environment sciences and English. The college authorities were at loggerheads with the staff of the society after the latter didn’t renew the contracts of the teachers and instead, advertised the posts. While the college authorities argued that they were under pressure to abide by the rules of the Punjabi University, Patiala, (to which it is affiliated) and hire NET-qualified teachers for the courses, the staff members complained that they were not intimated of the situation earlier. Talking about the recruitment process, Prof Manvinder Singh, who handles the Higher Education Society, said, “The college’s decision to advertise the posts was a bone of contention but we had made it clear that we would reinstate the teachers, who meet the eligibility criteria. Those eligible were retained and their contracts were renewed.” He also shared that for some of the subjects, the college had to retain some teachers overlooking the fact that they didn’t meet the eligibility criteria. “For some of the subjects we didn’t have any qualified candidate and had to retain the ineligible staff members,” he said adding that the college had to abide by the rule that it can’t replace ineligible teachers with other ineligible teachers. Fact file
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Aided school teachers protest
Bathinda, August 5 The teachers protested against the non-payment of their salaries. "We have not been paid salaries for the past six months. We have launched a protest as all efforts to make the government act have failed. All the staff members of the aided schools, especially the class IV employees, are going through a financial crunch," said Jaspal Jassi, a member of the state general council. He shared that 21 teachers would stage a protest at the same place every day. "The government had promised us that the staff of these schools would be merged with the government schools but that never happened. The government went back on its promise," he added. The union said that although the teachers were being paid according to the recommendations of the 5th Pay Commission, other allowances were being paid according to the 4th Pay Commission. "Surprisingly, some of the teachers are being paid salaries as per the 4th Pay Commission. There are several anomalies," he said. The union members also shared that the government has long been turning a blind eye at these schools. They also pointed out that the aided schools have not been getting any grants for the infrastructural development of the institutions. In Bathinda, Khalsa Senior Secondary School, SSD Senior Secondary School, SSD Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Arya Girls Senior Secondary School and MHR Senior Secondary School are aided schools. |
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CIA staff nab two for lifting vehicles, cattle theft
Bathinda, August 5 The accused have been identified as Resham Singh alias Darshan Singh of Karamchand Patti, Mehraj village in Bathinda. According to the police, he was the kingpin of the gang. The other accused has been identified as Vijay Kumar of Kukrian village in Muktsar. Resham was arrested from near Bibiwala while his co- accused was arrested from near Bhucho Mandi. Two Max pick-up jeeps stolen by them at gunpoint were also recovered. The total cost of the stolen jeeps is said to be nearly Rs 13 lakhs. During the preliminary questioning, the accused admitted to having committed the crime of robbing vehicles and stealing cattle. They also admitted that two others, including Darshan Singh of Kaithal and Paramjit Singh of Faridkot, were involved along with them in committing various crimes. Police said the arrested accused are already wanted in numerous incidents of crime and Resham Singh is already facing charges of involvement in 16 criminal cases at various police stations of Punjab and adjoining Rajasthan. Police said the accused used to hire jeeps and rob the vehicles at gunpoint late in the evening. They admitted to having stolen pick-up jeeps from the adjoining Sriganganagar in Rajasthan recently. The robbed vehicles were then used to steal the cattle which were sold across Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Police said that one of the accused is a painter who immediately used to change the number plate of the vehicle. Police officials said that raids are being conducted to nab the other co-accused in the case. |
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Flesh trade: 13 booked by police for immoral activity
Bathinda, August 5 Police said that girls and women from nearby districts had been visiting the place to make a fast buck by involving themselves in the flesh trade. The women used to roam around or inside the Mittal Mall to entice customers and bring them into the SCF and charge Rs 1,000 from them. All the accused have been booked under sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act at the Kotwali police station. Investigating officer, DSP (D) Ranjeet Singh said one of the accused girl is from Moga while two others, both sisters, are from nearby Sirsa in Haryana. Ranjeet said the main accused, Parveen Kumar, was running the brothel with the help of his son and daughter-in-law. The kingpin kept 50 per cent of the 'income' and gave the rest to the girls or women. The women came from far off places to Bathinda to make money. Denying the involvement of any local school girl, the DSP said that one of the nabbed females was suspected to be a schoolgirl but it has not yet been confirmed. The women spent a night in the SCF and then left the next morning. The DSP denied the involvement of any high-profile person of the city in the flesh trade. He said that earlier, the kingpin had been operating a similar racket somewhere near Kamla Nehru Colony but was driven away after protests by the local residents. The DSP said that he had busted a similar racket a few years ago in Kotkapura where all the accused were awarded an imprisonment of one year. "This time too, we have made a strong case against all the accused and they may undergo similar imprisonment term," the DSP said. He pointed of the accused was a local junk dealer and the other had recently left the job of selling fruits and got involved intthe flesh trade to make a fast buck. The accused have been identified as Love Batra and Rajinder Kumar, both residents of Malout, Mukesh Kumar of Goniana Road, Jagmohan Singh of Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Raj Kumar of Muktsar and Bittu Singh of Deon village. Five booked for assault
Police have booked five persons for beating up a resident of Amarpura Basti. In a complaint to the police, Jasvir Singh said the accused, all residents of Sanguana Basti, attacked and seriously injured him over a trivial issue. Cops from the Canal Colony police station recorded the statements of the injured and witnesses and registered a case under sections 324, 148 and 149 of the IPC against the accused. One booked for carrying 30 kg poppy husk
Police have booked a resident of Kesar Singhwala village with 30 kg poppy husk. The accused has been identified as Jagtar Singh. He was found carrying the drugs by the Diyalpura police near Bhagta-Akalia link road. Police said the accused managed to flee. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered at the Diyalpura police station. |
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Breastfeeding on the decline due to lack of awareness
Bathinda, August 5 "We come across young mothers and their relatives who are not keen enough to start breastfeeding babies since day one of the birth. At times, the rich colostrum (first milk) is lost, which is saturated with antibodies that help children fight diseases at a later stage in life," Dr Monga said. Paediatrician Dr Satish Jindal said that a mother should be confident enough to breastfeed her child. "Women should be given ante-natal counselling wherein enough confidence is inculcated in her to feed the child. Most mothers think that their feed is not enough to satiate the baby's hunger, which is untrue," he added. Dr Jindal also added that the practice of giving gudti (a mixture of honey or jaggery or salt water to babies at the time of birth) should also be discouraged. Colostrum in mother's milk is more than enough to meet the nutritional requirements of the little ones, the doctor said. Dr Jindal added that studies have proven that breastfed children have 10 per cent higher intelligence quotient (IQ) than the bottle-fed ones. They also have lesser inclination towards a criminal bent of mind. "This is because during feeding, the child forms a bond with the mother and is well acquainted with love and human touch. Sadly enough, in case of bottle-fed children, the bond is missing and hence, the sensitivity level is also less among them," he said. Also, a few amino acids found in mother's milk, which develop the brain, are not present in the bottle feed or cow's milk. Dr Gurpreet Singh Khadial said gynecologists can play an important role in creating awareness on the issue. "Gynaecologists should counsel the expecting mothers from day one of pregnancy so that the women are ready to feed the baby the moment he or she is born," he said. World Breastfeeding Week
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Blood donation camp held
Bathinda, August 5 Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM), Talwandi Sabo, Sakattar Singh Bal, who was the chief guest on the occasion, appreciated the blood donation camp and encouraged more and more people to come forward for the noble cause. While addressing the gathering, the SDM also spoke about the need for imparting education, conservation of environment and planting more trees for a green cause. He said only through this can true service be rendered to fello human beings. |
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Cricket players shortlisted
Bathinda, August 5 Punjab Cricket Association selector, Arun
Wadhawan and PCA's qualified coaches, Ravi Kohli and Satya Bhushan, conducted the trials. Also present was OD Sharma, the convener of Plate Group tournaments. The selected probables will now join the training and conditioning camp starting from August 7 at the Police Public School ground. The net practice will be held at the Government Rajindra College ground. On the basis of their performances and fitness levels, the players will be chosen for the district-level team on August 24. Those selected include Amrinder Singh, Prince, Sukhmandar Singh, Manil, Parminder Walia, Mani, Kamaljit Singh, Neeta, Navkaran Singh, Manish Kumar, Palash Kumar, Tejinder Singh, Harpreet Singh, Jimmy Goyal, Kamaljot Singh, Saurav, Mandeep Singh, Sukhveer Singh, Jagjit Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Yadwinder Singh, Amandeep Singh, Sunny Saini and Bhanu, among others. |
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