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Police bust gang of snatchers
The five accused in police custody in Bathinda on Wednesday.
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Day of protests as five organisations hold protest march in Bathinda
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With 12 cops suspended, police on its toes
Cong ex-MLA asks SAD-BJP ministers to resign
Five years on, CUP yet to get own campus
Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Prof Punjab Jai Rup Singh addresses mediapersons in Bathinda on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: pawan sharma
Students given school uniforms
Number of obese highest in Punjab
Girl students get
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Police bust gang of snatchers
Bathinda, February 26 SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that the five accused were nabbed from Teona village near the Focal Point while planning a dacoity. He added that the policemen who solved the case would be honoured. The accused have been identified as Arun Kumar alias Daint, alias Bindi, a resident of Paras Ram Nagar, Alok Shukla alias Dadda, from Jogi Nagar Bathinda, Vicky alias Lucky, from Mehraj village, Bhola Singh from Bhucho Khurd and Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha, from Bangi Nagar. The police recovered a car, motorcycle and arms from their possession. The vehicles recovered include Tavera number PB 30 V 0908 and a motorcycle number PB 31 F 2098. The police have also recovered a revolver of .32 bore with one live cartridge, a .315 bore pistol with two live cartridges, a pistol of .12 bore and two live cartridges, an iron rod and a sharp-edged weapon. The accused Bhola Singh had stolen a .32 bore revolver from Muktsar, and bought the other two weapons from Rajasthan which the police are investigating. The accused confessed to have committed the crime on Multania Road, bridge on Behman Road, near Kaljharani village gurudwara, the Bir Talab Road, the Gobindpura Road, the Janta Nagar link roads and now had plans to loot a bank or a rich person. The accused Alok Shukla, Arun Kumar, Bhola Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Vicky have cases registered against them at different police stations in the Malwa region. Accused Sukhwinder Singh Sukha is 25 years old and has studied only up to ninth standard. Sukhwinder is a driver by profession. There are many cases registered against him at Dabwali. Another accused Bhola Singh is 27 years old. He is a painter by profession and has four cases registered against him at Mansa and one at Bathinda. Arun Kumar (26) works at a garments shop and has a case registered against him in Bathinda. Vicky, 21, is illiterate, unmarried, works as a gardener and has a case against him at Mansa. Similarly, 23-year-old Alok Shukla is unmarried, works at a fruit rehri and has cases registered against him in Bathinda. |
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Day of protests as five organisations hold protest march in Bathinda
Bathinda, February 26 In view of Badal’s visit to the industrial growth centre and the Power House Road BDA project, the police rounded up around 50 of the agitating ASHA workers from outside the Civil Hospital where they have been sitting on dharna for the past 17 days. Union leaders said that such police actions could not deter them from holding repeated agitations. An ASHA worker Navneet Kaur from Pucca Kalan fell ill while being taken away, as the others raised slogans. Later, the police let off the protestors in the evening. The Punjab State Agriculture Cooperative Societies Employees Union held a strong protest against state government. Thousands of workers from the 4,000 Agriculture Cooperative Societies Union gathered at the Nehru Park. They shouted slogans against the state government and held a protest march throughout the state. Their main demands included implementation of recommendations made by the fifth pay commission, common cadre, holidays as per the calendar of the Punjab government and strengthening of economic condition of these societies. They said if their demands are not accepted within a period of seven days, they will hold a state-level dharna in Chandigarh on March 11. Till then, they would boycott all the products of cooperative societies such as milk products and cattle feed. Besides, there would be boycott of the self-help group scheme, Weavco products, no awareness camps of Puncofed would be geld, annual reports and meetings will also be boycotted. The Registered Medical Practitioners Association held a “Save employment rally” at the Grain Market. Medical practitioners from Bathinda and Fatehgarh Sahib districts participated in the rally that made its way from the grain market to Hanuman Chowk. Today’s rallies were the first one in series that would be held against the state government till March 6. The association leaders said that in the 2007 election manifesto, the SAD-BJP government had promised to fulfill all demands of association, but nothing has been done so far. They said that in December 2013, a meeting was held with the government in Chandigarh wherein the association was promised acceptance of all their demands. They alleged that in the garb of high court orders, the government was trying to take away their jobs. The Ministerial Staff Union, which has been on a pen-down strike for the past three days, today, ended the strike with a protest rally held against the government. Protestors went around the administrative complex raising slogans against the government. Later in the evening, the PSEB Engineers’ Association was amongst the last ones to hold candle light protest march against the state government. |
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With 12 cops suspended, police on its toes
Bathinda, February 26 A senior police officer, admitting pressure, said they were waiting eagerly for the election code of conduct to be imposed soon to get rid of the multiple tasks that overburdens them with visits of the VIPs. In view of the elections, the political leaders are trying their best to keep the public in good humour but vents public ire on the government servants. Apart from their negligence, illegal detention, infighting, providing wrong information, the policemen are also suspended on the grounds of not been able to handle the complaints properly. Two policemen, including an SHO at Kotfatta, were suspended for registration of a wrong case and wrongful detention of a woman, three were suspended for entering into arguments with some local political leaders near the bus stand and three others were suspended for providing wrong information to their senior officials. Yesterday, a head constable was suspended for entering into arguments and a scuffle with another head constable over some petite issue. Head constable Harmanjeet Singh was also booked under Sections 324 and 323 of the IPC on the complaint of another policeman, Hardev Singh. Bathinda SSP Gurpreet Bhullar said the increasing number of suspended policemen was due to their own negligence and careless attitude. “Anyone doing something wrong will be punished,” Bhullar said. The police sources revealed that the unremitting visits by the Badal family keep the police force on its toes and if anything happens that inflates the vote bank then the concerned government servant is taken to task. “At times, we bear the brunt of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections and the wrath of the common man. If we try to execute seniors’ orders, then we face public anger and if not then we get suspended,” said a recently suspended policeman. He added that the police’s words become a mere hyperbole and their story is hardly heard when a mob is against the policemen. The shortage of the policemen in the force, too, has contributed to the chaos and lack of confidence in the police force to carry out the orders. “We require a dedicated staff for different duties to oversee traffic, the VIP duties, law and order, legal hearings and other miscellaneous works,” said another senior police Not only are the policemen under pressure but also the officials of the civil administration who have been told to burn midnight oil to complete various public welfare schemes and benefits before the stipulated span of time. SSP Gurpreet Bhullar refuted political pressure being the reason behind the suspension of the policemen and said every decision is taken in the larger public interest and dereliction of duty in the police force is not unacceptable. |
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Cong ex-MLA asks SAD-BJP ministers to resign
Bathinda, February 26 Through a statement issued here today, Jassi demanded that Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, should immediately ask the two ministers to resign. He stated that Joshi had been named in the case involving creation of fake votes while Phillaur’s son had been named by the drug kingpin Jagdish Bhola. “While Joshi should submit his resignation and not be a part of the government till a fair and final inquiry is made into the allegation, Phillaur should resign on moral grounds since his son has been named by Bhola in the drug trafficking case,” said Jassi. Taking a dig at the housing project launched by Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal here today, former Bathinda MLA Harmander Singh Jassi stated that the public will not be able to buy these apartments as it is already reeling under taxes on property, water, sewerage and other facilities. He also derided the Deputy Chief MinisterPunjab Sukhbir Singh Badal for claiming to develop Bathinda along the lines of international cities. “The Badal family is busy laying foundation stones of new facilities across the state and the Bathinda district while they have forgotten all about the development of projects whose foundation stones were laid in the past years but the projects are yet to be developed,” he said. Jassi also warned the state government that the SAD-BJP alliance had failed in fulfilling the expectations of the residents of the state and hence, they should be ready to be thrown out in the upcoming Lok
Sabha elections. — Harmander Singh Jassi, General secretary,
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Five years on, CUP yet to get own campus
Bathinda, February 26 Although the 9.5 km long boundary wall of the main campus has been completed, a number of other issues are staring in the face of the timely development of the main campus of the university. “Though the land was acquired for the purpose yet it was transferred in our name only on November 28, 2013. The funds for the development of the campus were released by the government but we had to send them back since we didn’t have the land in our name,” explained the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof (Dr) Jai Rup Singh. He also stated that the university had applied for the change in land use but the process is yet to be completed. He also added that the university was also yet to have its status changed from being a cultivator of 50 acres of the land to being the owner of the land.@@Another major problem is the shifting of a water channel which is the only source of canal water to the fields of Ghudda village. Last year, the farmers of the village had raised an objection to the university blocking the water channel since it passed through the university land.@@“We have applied to the irrigation department to shift the water channel so that the matter can be settled amicably between the two parties. That is also yet to be done,” said the VC adding that earlier, a road passing through the university area was also a bone of contention since it divided the campus into two parts, which was settled.@@“Another major problem is that we are yet to get any kind of commitment on permanent water supply for the main campus. We have also applied for the declaration of main road as a scheduled road and the surrounding area as planning area,” he added.@@Apart from the academic block, hostels for students and residential area for the teaching and non-teaching staff members, the main campus, the construction of which will end only by 2027, will also have a rose garden, a genetic heritage plant, an aviary, nursery, convention centre, athletic track, velodrome, cricket ground, amphitheatre, animal house, a plaza, indoor stadium, health centre, shopping complex, faculty club among several other facilities. |
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Students given school uniforms
Bathinda, February 26 After finding out that the teachers had overlooked spelling, sentence construction and grammar mistakes while checking the notebooks of the students, he directed them to work carefully and gave them time till March 15 to put their act together to avoid departmental action. He also attended a seminar on technical education, organised by Guru Ram Dass Polytechnic College, Jida. Addressing the students, Maluka spoke on the merits of technical education and asked the students to focus on practical knowledge as it would help them at the time of entering the professional world.
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Number of obese highest in Punjab
Bathinda, February 26 Ironically, obesity has reached an epidemic proportions in India in general and Punjab in particular. Currently, there are about 2 to 2.5 million people suffering from obesity in India in all age-groups. “There has been a sharp rise in the number of obese adolescents due to sedentary lifestyle and excessive consumption of processed food. As per the National Family Health Survey 2007, Punjab has the highest population of obese people of which 30.3 per cent are men while 37.5 per cent are women,” he said.
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claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers who used to loot commuters on roads and steal valuables from different parts of Malwa region.
Bathinda, February 26
