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regularisation of illegal colonies
Career counselling workshop held at DPS
Energy Conservation Day
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BJP to hold march today
Bathinda, December 14 “The event will commemorate the great contribution of the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, who passed away on December 15, 1950, at the age of 75,” he said. In Punjab, a campaign was kicked off from December 1 onwards from Sardulgarh area of Mansa to sensitise masses on the Run for Unity event. The campaign concluded at Muktsar today evening. Thirty three operational units of the BJP are conducted the campaign. The Iron Collection Co-operation Committee, a body formed for collecting iron and mud from households of various farmers in the country, will hold the march wherein people will run and walk for two kms from 8 am to 12 noon marking their tribute to Sardar Patel. Sharma added that arrangements had been completed for holding rally of the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, at Jagraon on December 21. “At the rally-named Fateh Rally-we will officially blow the bugle for the parliamentary elections,” he said. In 96 acres of land, a pandal will be erected for the party workers and general public at Jagraon. The area will have parking facility in 200 acres of land. “All the bus operators will be paid for ferrying people to the venue,” he said adding that the Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu too has been invited at the event. |
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Miniatures: Making best out of waste
Bathinda, December 14 The 24-year-old youth from Rampura Phul has excelled in making miniatures of some of the coveted vehicles and has put them on display at the art exhibition organised by the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi here. And just when one would wish to buy the miniatures, Laimber puts the ‘not for sale’ tag on his creations. Belonging to a family of car mechanics, he got interested in the intricacies of the automobiles at a very early age. “I was 10 to 12 years when I started planning to make miniatures of some of the vehicles I loved. I started using waste iron, aluminium, copper and bronze pieces to prepare the miniatures,” he says. Although he started trying young, he succeeded in making the miniatures only when he grew up a little. “Although it is my hobby to make miniatures, I work on them only when I am in the right kind of mood. I created a Royal Enfield bullet motorcycle in three months while the Rolls Royce miniature took me a year to complete,” he says adding that these days he is working on a vintage car model miniature. Looking at the kind of attention and appreciation, his works are getting at the exhibition; one would wonder why he doesn’t plan to turn his hobby into a profession. “This is for the first time I have put my creations on display at an exhibition and many have asked me if I wanted to sell the miniatures. It would be like putting a price tag on my hobby which is not possible, at least not right now,” he says. One can’t help but notice an intricately-designed horse cart placed next to Laimber’s creations. Created by Rajinder Singh of Tapa Mandi, the horse cart looks every bit like the original one. “I can make a miniature of any kind of vehicle once I see it. I have made spinning wheel, miniatures of old and latest car models,” Rajinder says. Unlike Laimber, Rajinder sells off his creations to earn money. “One of my legs is polio-stricken and I have pressure from the family to earn a little. Though I started making these as a hobby yet I was left with no option but to start selling them as I needed money. The horse cart was the only creation I was left with to display at this exhibition,” he added. Rajinder is undergoing a course in arts and craft from Barnala aiming to hone his skills and take up his hobby as a profession. |
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Life-size spinning wheel a centre of attraction at Central University
Bathinda, December 14 Charanjit Singh, a native of Jaito, who had crafted this spinning wheel three years ago, says that the structure could fetch him Rs 7 to Rs 8 lakh. But he chose to donate it for free to the university in August this year. He added that with the help of the CUP authorities, he is now trying to send the wheel as an entry of one of its kind for the Limca Book of Records and for the Guinness book of world records as well. “The spinning wheel was meant for the Common Wealth Games. However, as the entry of heavy vehicles was banned ahead of the event in New Delhi, this huge wooden structure could not be carried in a small vehicle. So, it could never make it to New Delhi,” said Charanjit Singh. Charanjit has been dealing with wooden works and fibre for the past 15 years. In 2010, the organisers of the Common Wealth Games had asked him to make 145 small-size spinning wheels and one huge spinning wheel for the events. Though the 145 spinning wheels reached the venue of the Common Wealth Games yet the huge one could never make it. The other spinning wheels are now kept in an art gallery in South Africa. “I spent more than Rs 2.5 lakh on purchasing its raw material and it took me more than six months to complete it,” said Charanjit, adding that he could not keep the wheel due to space crunch at his workshop-cum-residence. He approached various organisers and institutions, including Sabarmati Ashram and other Gandhian followers all over the country, to get a respectable place for his creation but did not get any response. “Everyone was interested to receive the structure without paying a single penny. Then after sometime in August this year, I handed it over to the authorities in Central University Punjab,” he said. Charanjit pointed out that the charkha is perhaps the largest in the country or world as he never heard about such a huge charkha anywhere else. “It works like any other spinning wheel but it has a difference of artistic look,” said the
charkha maker. Apart from the spinning wheel, Charanjit has a huge collection of wooden statues, art work and life size statues. He is making the wooden statues and sculpts in Bathinda and Jaito and his art has become a part of many government institutions, private hotels and homes. |
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Special knee implants for women help in painless recovery, says doctor
Bathinda, December 14 Flanked by his patient, Agya Kaur, a 67-year-old resident of Ajit Road, Bathinda, who underwent a knee replacement surgery two years ago, Dr Harsimran said, “Implants used for knee replacement have been designed for average sizes of male and female knees. This meant that the implants used to be larger than the bone for most female patients earlier. This led to overstuffing of joint, which used to cause pain and decreased mobility after surgery. This explains the common observation of most surgeons that female patients tend to recover slower as compared to their male counterparts.” Agya Kaur suffered from osteoarthritis and had bent knees. She was operated upon two summers ago and has been able to walk four to five kms a day without any pain. She was walking within a week of operation. “I was diagnosed with the disease in the year 2000. Till 2011, I kept on postponing the surgery out of fear of pain. But now, I am comfortable and have got a new lease of life,” she said. Dr Harsimran claims to have conducted 750 such gender specific implant surgeries. He added that with computer-assisted knee replacement surgery, gender-specific implants had proven to be a boon for the women patients. “They’re now recovering faster, have less pain post surgery, and with them being the backbone of every household, they resume normal household chores faster,” he said. Knee problem usually sets in women after age of 40. The knees can become painful due to arthritis, injury or infection, all of which cause deterioration of cartilage, which cushions the joint surface. When the cartilage is gone, bones of knee grind against each other, thereby wearing away and causing severe pain. Total knee replacement involves removing end of the bone that is damaged and resurfacing it with metal and plastic implants, he said. |
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regularisation of illegal colonies
Bathinda, December 14 Chief Administrator, BDA, Varinder Kumar Sharma, said as many as 3,600 application, seeking the NOCs, were received from districts of Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Muktsar and Fazilka. “Of these, 2,000 have been issued the NOCs. But only 250 people have turned up so far to claim their certificates. In order to facilitate people, we have decided to distribute these certificates at the respective sub-tehsils of these districts on December 16,” Sharma said. The BDA aims at distributing all the certificates over a period of next 15 days. The certificates will be made available at the offices of municipal bodies of respective sub-tehsils from 9 am to 5 pm. — TNS
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Teachers stage protest in Rampura
Rampura Phul, December 14 Leaders and members of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), B.Ed Teachers Front, SSA-RMSA union, ETT Teachers Union, 7654 Teachers Union and several other teachers' organisation participated in the dharna and raised slogans against the Punjab government. The members of the unions threatened that if the state government didn't heed their demands, they would intensify their stir. Speaking of their demands, the protesting teachers asked the state government to release the 10 per cent dearness allowance, bring all the schools under the state
education department, regularise the jobs of the Sarva Shksha Abhiyan-RMSA teachers and release 19 months' pending salaries of the CSS teachers and resume the promotion process for those teachers who are ETT qualified. |
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Jatt Bhalai Sabha wants demands fulfilled
Bathinda, December 14 Mann said that voices are becoming strong to seek the fulfillment of the long-pending demands of the jatt community which has been sidelined due to the attitude of the political leaders who claims to bring reforms and development in the name of cheating poor farmers by making false promises. Demanding reservation on the basis of their economic status, Mann said the family members and children of poor farmers who fall in the general category fail to get government jobs. He said the farming community has failed to earn a respectable status in society due to their crumbling agricultural structure. Parents, son booked after suicide by daughter-in-law A youth and his parents have been booked by the police after their daughter-in-law committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance. In a complaint to the police, Bagga Singh of Dhunnike village, said his daughter was married to Balwant Singh around ten years ago. The complainant said his daughter had continuously been complaining about the sorry state of affairs at the house of her in-laws. It is alleged that the woman was beaten up by her in-laws. The woman died after she consumed some poisonous substance. Police have booked Bholo Kaur, Jagmel Singh, Balwant Singh, Kammo Kaur and Gurmel Singh in this connection. A case under sections 306 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered against them at the Sadar police station. No arrests have been made so far. |
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Career counselling workshop held at DPS
Bathinda, December 14 The Harmony Hall of the school was packed with students and their parents keen to interact with Jitin Chawla, an eminent career counsellor and educationist, currently working as the director of the Centre for Career Development (CCD), New Delhi. Chawla started off with some very interesting fun games involving the students which required concentration, spontaneity and communication skills. Then he went on to inform the students about some basic points to be considered while selecting a stream or career like personality, aptitude, interest, ability and attitude. He also brought to everyone's knowledge myths regarding some streams and careers and threw light upon the real and latest streams with their vast career options. |
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Cycle Club members visit CUP campus to spread awareness
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, December 14 The visitors were conducted around the various centres of studies and other facilities such as library, computer centre, research laboratories and the museum showcasing items from the history of university and heritage of the Malwa region of Punjab. While interacting with Dr Jai Rup Singh, vice-chancellor of the university, the visitors praised the state-of-the-art infrastructure for teaching and research created in the university in such a short span of time. The visitors were informed of the cultural, social, literary and scientific programmes undertaken for the overall improvement of the students and the faculty and also for the community of the region by the university. The visitors appreciated these efforts and extended support to such programmes for community development in the region.
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Osho meditation camp from Dec 19
Bathinda, December 14 The daily programme will include active meditation, dynamic and kundalini. Dancing meditation, kirtan and natraj will be practiced with vipassana and evening satsang. A large number of followers of Osho are expected to attend and benefit from the camp meditation camp for problems like stress etc. |
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