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22-yr-old found brutally murdered
Police suspect illicit relations as the reason for murder
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Pharmacist seeks panacea for social ills through folk music
Demand for DA
BKU supports depot holders’ stir
lawn tennis championship
Students to hold voters’ awareness rally
Sixer Trophy to be dedicated to Nirbhaya
Panchayat Secretary Union wants staff from other depts too for ward delimitation
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22-yr-old found brutally murdered
Bathinda, December 9 Sources said Bunty had gone to sleep at his aunt’s house after her (aunt’s) family went to Chandigarh to submit some papers pertaining to their visit to the USA in coming days. The family had asked Bunty to look after their home and sleep there at night. Bunty, who lived nearby his aunt’s house, went there around 9.30 pm last night. Relatives of the deceased said the house owner, Bunt's uncle, had returned from the USA just 15 days ago and Bunty's aunt had been residing with her two children. Shivam Sharma, a resident of the same area, said though the houses are situated close to each other in the locality yet neither anybody neither heard any shout nor saw anybody entering the house at night. Members of the family said that a scooty had gone missing from the house and it seems that the assailants took away the vehicle. Senior police officials, including the SHO, Harpreet Singh, SP (d), Naveen Singla, and others visited the spot. |
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Police suspect illicit relations as the reason for murder
Bathinda, December 9 SSP Gurpreet Bhullar, said though he was not in the town yet he was in touch with his subordinates over the issue and said that the accused would be nabbed soon. SP (D), Naveen Singla, said preliminary reports rule out possibility of loot or theft. Terming it a brutal murder by someone known to the plumber, the SP stated that young Bunty seemed to have been killed over personal enmity. The SP did not rule out possibility of the illicit relation. It is pertinent to mention here that earlier, three murders have occurred due to the illicit relations recently in the district. A labourer was murdered this year in Oriya Basti for having illicit relations with wife of another labourer, residing in the same locality. Two women were also murdered in Deep Nagar and Parasram Nagar last year. Gurjant Singh, father of the plumber at the Civil Hospital, said Bunty worked as a helping hand at a government RO office. “During the birth of my elder son, (Bunty) doctors had told me that he would not survive. But with God’s grace he had survived. He refused to continue his studies after Class VIII and became a plumber,” said the upset father. The father informed that Bunty never touched any kind of drugs. Though he was 22 yet his body structure was like that of a child due to his birth problems. Other relatives at the hospital said that a few tea cups were also lying in the room near Bunty’s body. His mother had come to see him but when she failed to see the scooty inside the house she sat outside the house nearby. Bunty's family had to leave to attend a wedding and when Bunty did not 'return' the doors were opened and after which his body was found. The father rued that his son was the only hope for the family with whose help they plan to purchase a house. The police said a case under various Sections of the IPC has been registered at the Thermal Police Station. |
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Work begins on constructing new elementary school
Bathinda, December 9 The elementary school will be constructed in a portion of the senior secondary school land facing Nai Basti, near Bhana Mal Trust, and will be provided an entrance from the same side. Last year, the cost of building was Rs 1 crore under which the Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) was directed to construct the three-storey for housing elementary school and the office of block resource persons (BRP). However, with the increase in the cost of construction material, the project has escalated to Rs 1.41 crore. Now, the school will be a two-storey building with covered area of 9,600 sq feet. “Though the construction is to be completed within a year, our emphasis will be on getting the new building completed by the end of summer vacations next year. Children could then go to their new school,” said the Chief Administrator, BDA, Varinder Kumar Sharma. As soon as the school and BRP centre is shifted, the work will begin on the multi-level parking, which is expected to give much needed relief to the markets that are choc-a-bloc in absence of dedicated parking facility. The 1.4 acres land of the school will be converted into four-storey parking facility, including one basement, one ground floor, first floor and second floor. To make the project commercially viable, 16 shop-cum-offices (SCOs) will be demarcated towards the side facing the road. The basement parking will be for two-wheelers having capacity of 175 vehicles. At ground floor, there would be provision for parking 38 cars and 44 cars each could be parked on the first and second floor. Due to the space constraints, the BDA has decided to get two lifts installed for taking cars to first and second floor. “We have limited land of 1.4 acres. If we construct ramps of at least 10-feet wide to get cars parked on the first and second floor, it would reduce the capacity of the parking lots. Hence, it has been decided to put two huge hydraulic lifts to use,” added Sharma. |
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Pharmacist seeks panacea for social ills through folk music
A group of five people, the Lok Sangeet Mandli, had performed 136 shows in 2012 and 111 shows in 2013 so far. Working for the past three decades, Jagsir rides on the winds of change, infusing enthusiasm in the down trodden and encouraging them to fight for their rights. Son of a farm labourer from Jeeda village, Jagsir has come a long way from being the rebellion shy village boy to an artiste who sets stage on fire with his dedicated group of four more people, including Gurdas Gursar, who plays tumbi, Gursewak, who plays dholki, Rajinder Singh, who plays electronic instruments, and Hari Narayan Kotbhai, who plays harmonium keyboard. An ardent fan and follower of the doyen of Punjabi theatre, Bhai Gursharan Singh, Jagsir draws daily life inspiration from Bhaaji’s writings. “Bhaaji had said that no incident should end up without leaving an impact on people like us. Unless and until we do not react, who will make changes in the society,” reasons Jagsir. With a concoction of Punjabi folklores, music from hinterland, topped with social activism, Jagsir and his party create own compositions. Jagsir has performed from Akharas village to the Lalit Kala Academy at Sector 10 in Chandigarh. His performances span over states of Jharkhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab. Be it urban or rural platform, when the Lok Sangeet Mandli performs people listen with rapt attention. Not only Jagsir but his two sons and wife are also dedicated to the cause of propagating the art of reaching out to common man with his group. His elder son is pursuing MBBS from Adesh Medical College, while younger one is pursuing BTech from the Talwandi Sabo and his wife, Surinderpal Kaur, is a government teacher who did her graduation, two post graduation degrees and other courses after the marriage. Jeeda has recently come up with a DVD, Gunjan Ghadar Dian, a project dedicated to centenary celebrations of the Ghadar Party. He has penned books namely, Lok Chetna and Sochan Da Sirnawan. To the wannabe performing artiste, he has a message, “Stick to your dedication. People first oppose you, then encourage and then follow you.” |
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Teacher unions to stage protest on Dec 12
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, December 9 In a press statement issued here today, all the union members unanimously decided to get together to raise their voice against the state government by organising tehsil-level dharnas. The unions have already started staging protests at tehsil-levels in Moga, Muktsar, Faridkot and Bathinda. They stated that the employees of the state government were scheduled to get 10 per cent dearness allowance starting July 2013 but the state government was yet to start releasing the same. They added that the delay in release of the DA was the problem of not only the teachers employed in the state education department but employees working in other state departments as well. They added that the state government will have to heed their demands and regularise the jobs of the teachers employed under the SSA-RMSA and release the salaries of 19 months of the teachers employed under the CSS scheme. They also demanded that the 5,752 schools shifted from under the Education Department to Zila Parishad be brought back under the state education department. They added that the government should give its nod for promoting the ETT-qualified teachers as they have not been promoted in the last three years. Pointing out that the state government had shown laxity in seriously considering the case of promotions in the master, lecturer, head master and other cadres, the teachers union demanded that the pending promotion cases should also be reopened and promotion of worthy candidates be approved.
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BKU supports depot holders’ stir
Bathinda, December 9 They said that the demands of the depot holders were genuine. According to the BKU leaders, the state government’s lukewarm reaction proved that it was not serious about giving ration on subsidy through the public distribution system (PDS). It also proved that the scheme of Re 1 per kg wheat is a populist measure meant at attracting only the votes. The BKU leaders regretted that the failure of the government to resolve the grievances of the depot holders may affect PDS supply, thereby creating problems for those who depend on the depots for their supply. |
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District Wushu Championship concludes
Bathinda, December 9 In the sub-junior girls tournament, Palavi Sharma won in the under-28 kg category, Rekha in the below 32 kg category and Ankita in the under-36 kg category. In the below 40 kg category Deepika bagged the gold and Pooja Rani won in the below 44 kg category. In the junior girls competitions, Kamalpreet Kaur won in the below 45 kg category and Harpreet Kaur in the below 48 kg category. In the below 52 kg category Ranipal Kaur bagged the gold and it was grabbed by Lakhveer Kaur in the below 56 kg category and Jaswant Kaur in the below 60 kg category. In the senior girls competitions, Prabhjot Kaur won in the below 45 kg category, Amandeep in the below 45 kg category and Anjali bagged the gold in the below 60 kg category. In the sub-junior boys competitions, Kuldeep Singh won in the below 24 kg category, Deepak Kumar in the below 28 kg category, Jaspreet Singh in the below 32 kg category and Sukhmander Singh in the below 36 kg category. In the below 40 kg category, Ram Krishan won gold while Rishabh bagged the first place in the below 44 kg category and Rajdeep Singh and Samu Singh won in the below 48 kg and below 52 kg categories. In the junior boys categories, Karan Rana won in the below 45 kg category, Rajver Singh in the below 48 kg category, Harpreet Singh in the below 52 kg category, Baljinder Singh bagged the first position in the below 56 kg category and Balwinder Singh bagged gold in the below 60 kg category. In the below 65 kg category, Gurditta Singh bagged the gold and in the below 70 kg category Sukhjeevan Singh bagged the first place and gagandeep Singh bagged gold in the below 80 kg category. In the senior boys competitions, Lakhwinder Singh won in below 48 kg category, Kuldeep Singh in the below 52 kg category and Nirmal Singh and Gurwinder Singh bagged gold in the below 56 kg and below 60 kg categories, respectively. In the below 70 kg category, Satnam Singh won the gold while it went to Gurpreet Singh in the below 75 kg category and to Ravinder Kumar in the below 80 kg category. In the above 80 kg category, Baljinder Singh bagged gold and Sukhdev Singh got the first place in the above 90 kg category. |
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Gundeep, Prachi best players
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, December 9 The championship was organised by the Bathinda Lawn Tennis Association. Naveen Singla, SP, was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony while Monika Singh, principal of the school, was the guest of honour. General secretary of the association, KPS Brar, thanked the guests and highlighted the activities of the association. The winners in various categories were felicitated by the guests. In the under-14 boys' category, Paras Bawa of Gur Harkrishan Public School bagged the first place, the second and the third places went to Tanveer Moudgil of St Paul School and Navjot of DPS, respectively. In the under-18 boys' category, gold was bagged by Shauryamaan Singh of the DPS and his schoolmate Ravshan bagged the silver and the bronze went to Gurfateh Singh Brar of St Paul School. In the open girls' category, Ravneet Kaur of the Police Public School bagged the first place and Amrit Kaur of Medical Colleges and Hardeep Kaur of Guru Kashi Public School won the second and the third positions, respectively.
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Students to hold voters’ awareness rally
Bathinda, December 9 Starting from the multi-purpose stadium, the rally will pass through different areas of the city in four separate groups and culminate at four respective clusters. She said the rally moving in sector 1 would start from multi-purpose stadium, move towards Mall Road, Fire Brigade Chowk, Dhobi Bazar, Hospital Bazar, Gole Diggi, Amrik Singh Road, Tinkoni and would culminate at Rose Garden. Giri will administer the oath to
this group. Similarly, the sector 2 rally will start from multi purpose stadium move towards GT Road, Mann Petrol pump, Mela Ram Hospital to Paras Ram Nagar Chowk, Thandi Sarak, railway ground and will culminate at the police colony. This group, too, shall be administered the oath by the ADC. Group moving in third sector will start from multi purpose stadium move towards Fauji Chowk, bus stand, Government Rajindra College, Bhagu Road, Model Town phase I and will culminate at Police Public School. Damanjit Singh Maan, SDM, will administer the oath to
this group. In fourth sector, the rally will move from multi purpose stadium to Fauji Chowk, Ajit Road, Ghode Wala Chowk, Power House Road Chowk, Model Town phase 3 gate number 1, police station civil lines, 60 feet road, 100 feet road near the ICICI Bank to Bibiwala Road, Bibiwala Chowk and will culminate at the Government Polytechnic College. Varinder Sharma, ACA, PUDA, will administer the oath to
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Sixer Trophy to be dedicated to Nirbhaya
Bathinda, December 9 In a press statement issued here, Principal, Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences, Dr Amanish Singh and Sports Committee Dr Junaid Ahmed Shaik said the Sixer Trophy was a six over, six player cricket tournament. Each team has a minimum of three female players and this year there are two teams of all six female players. |
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Water supply union holds protest
Bathinda, December 9 Addressing the protesters at the Dr Ambedkar Park, president Kulwant Singh said the state government had not been able to provide 100 per cent drinking water coverage to the state. He said 90 per cent of the scheme handed over to village panchayats had failed due to wrong policies of the government. The union has been demanding regularisation of 198 employees without any condition, people working on contract basis be regularised, including those under old pension scheme, who retried after April 1, 2004, opening promotion channels for class three and four employees etc. |
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Panchayat Secretary Union wants staff from other depts too for ward delimitation
Bathinda, December 9 President of the union, Gurjivan Singh Brar, said the government had given work of ward delimitation in villages to the panchayat secretaries or gram
sewaks. He said one panchayat secretary alone could do work of delimitation of 3 or 4 villages. The government should employ an additional brigade of employees from different departments to conduct this exercise. Also the panchayat secretaries should be given training and material for carrying out this exercise, he demanded. Union members also demanded the salaries that have been pending for the past four months. They will now approach the office of panchayat officer, Bathinda, in this regard. |
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Bathinda, December 9