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2 arrested with arms, live cartridges
Newly married girl commits suicide
Unions plan agitation despite code of conduct
Specialist doctors wear black badges
New Shakti Nagar residents demand removal of jhuggis
Cultural programme held at farewell party
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People get sub-standard wheat
Throw grains on the road; shout slogans against state government Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 5 Employees of the Food and Supplies Department as well as of the local fair price shop loaded the supplies on to a tractor for distribution in the area. Food and supplies inspector Gagan Sharma was heading the team. People present at the spot complained of being distributed sub-standard wheat and objected to it. Irate over the issue, they threw the wheat on the road and raised slogans against the government. They also tore some of the wheat bags lying in a tractor-trailer. As per the government, every blue card-holder under the new Atta-Dal Scheme is given 30 kg of wheat for a period of six months. The team put up a counter for distributing wheat. Some of the card holders collected the wheat and took it to nearby flour mill for milling. However, the miller refused to process wheat saying that it had black grains mixed in it and hence, would not be able to mill it. The wheat was also found to be moist. In the evening, a similar problem was also reported from the Lal Singh Basti area. As per the officials in the department, the wheat being distributed was later changed and fresh stock was distributed among the people.
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14.96 lakh voters to cast votes at 1,570 booths
District election office sets up single window facility to grant clearances to political parties Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 5 Over 14.96 lakh voters, including 7.98 lakh men and 6.98 lakh women, respectively, will cast their votes at the 1,570 polling booths in the constituency. Returning Officer of the Bathinda constituency, Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav said the Election Commission of India (ECI) declared the Bathinda parliamentary constituency as a sensitive constituency. Starting a new concept, the Bathinda Election Office has set up a single-window facility for the political parties for granting them all kinds of permissions under one roof. The district development and panchayat officer (DDPO) has been appointed as the Nodal Officer to run this single-window system from where political parties could seek permissions for vehicles, loudspeakers, holding rallies and other programmes. Going a step ahead this time, the ECI has strictly directed political parties not to make unconstitutional and populist promises in its election manifestoes, which could invite the ire of the ECI. Political parties have been strictly asked not to deface public property in any form. Also, the parties would be responsible for cleaning the sites after political rallies are held at a place. “It is often seen that the post-rally mess creates problems. Every party would be responsible on its own to ensure that the litter is cleaned after any political event,” said Yadav. Enabling more number of voters to enroll, the Block Level Officers (BLOs) will display and read out electoral rolls at respective polling booths on April 9. If anyone is unable to locate his or her name, the BLO could be approached. The Election Office will also organise campaigns to enroll more young voters, especially the age group of 18 to 19 years. SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar appealed to people to deposit their licensed arms at the respective police stations. “The sports shooters and religious groups like Nihang Sikhs are allowed to carry their arms. However, if the police feel any potent threat from either of the groups, they too could be asked to deposit their arms,” said Bhullar. He added that usually, more violations of code of conduct are reported at the time of filing of nominations. Raising the security bars to ensure fair and transparent polls, three static surveillance teams would be posted in each constituency. The polling booths would be marked as sensitive, hypersensitive, critical and vulnerable only after consulting the observer the ECI appoints for the constituency. Bathinda parliamentary constituency consists of Bathinda urban, Bathinda rural, Maur, Talwandi Sabo and Bhucho from Bathinda district, Mansa, Sardulgarh and Budhlada assembly segments from Mansa district and Lambi from Muktsar district. Electoral registration officers for Bathinda district are SDM Bathinda for Bathinda urban, SDM Talwandi Sabo for Talwandi Sabo, SDM Maur for Mau, ADC (G) for Bhucho, ACA PUDA for Bathinda rural. Dates to remember
Instructions for political parties
Instructions for voters
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2 arrested with arms, live cartridges
Bathinda, March 5 The police also recovered five live cartridges from and booked him under Sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act. The accused has already some cases registered against him for murder and attempt to murder at various places in Bathinda. The CIA staff also arrested Kuldeep Singh, alias Babbu, from near the Karar Wala area and recovered a .32 bore pistol and one live cartridge from his possession. Kuldeep told the police that the pistol belonged to his friend Gurmeet Singh from Phul village. Gurmeet had asked him to keep the weapon with him for some days. Sources, however, added that Gurmeet died around 10 days ago leaving pistol in Kuldeep’s possession. Meanwhile, the Nathana police confiscated 17.5 quintals of poppy husk worth Rs 18 lakh. The Nathana police intercepted a mini-truck near Kalyan Sukha village. The mini-truck did not have any registration number on it. When the police signalled its driver to stop, he left the vehicle and fled away from the scene taking advantage of the darkness. The police found 50 bags and each of them contained 35 kg of
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Newly married girl commits suicide
Bathinda, March 5 Sources said at around 2 pm today, she allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling. Her mother-in-law heard some noise inside Sonia’s room and when she reached there, she found Sonia hanging from the ceiling. Her parents arrived late in the evening after which the Canal Colony police started proceedings in the case. No case was registered till the filing of this report. |
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CUP cut costs by using ex-VC son’s photographs
Bathinda, March 5 For five consecutive years, since its inception in 2009, calendars of the university have carried photographs clicked by Dr Arsh Rup Singh, son of former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof (Dr) Jai Rup Singh. His term ended on February 27 this year. While the calendar for 2013-14 carried a series of photographs displaying the blackbucks and antelopes in India, the calendar for year bears photographs of various species of dragonflies found in Punjab. A forward, detailing the nomenclature, biological traits, colours and other facts about dragonflies, is also carried in the beginning of the calendar. Not surprisingly, the forward has been written by the VC’s wife, Prof (Dr) Pushpinder J Rup, a former professor, Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University. Interestingly, the ‘about the photographer’ section in the calendar bears the credentials of Arsh Rup mentioning that he is a research scientist in Canada and has a passion for wildlife and nature photography and that he has four books and 20 publications on the subject to his credit, but misses out on his relationship with the university’s former VC. Defending the university’s choice of displaying the photographs clicked by the same photographer in calendars all these five years, the former VC said, “The good professional photographers will charge Rs 1 lakh or above for a single click. Here we are getting the photographs for free. Right now, the budget for printing the calendars stands at Rs 1 to 1.25 lakh per year. If we were to carry photos by some other photographer, the budget would escalate manifolds. It is also difficult to get 10-12 different photographs clicked by the same photographer on one topic. ” Claims of the university authorities of saving money
by not commanding the services of a professional photographer might have stood ground but not against the backdrop of the fact that close to Rs 1,000 crore are being spent on the construction and beautification of the main campus of the university at Ghudda village. Pitching in and clarifying that the university had not paid even a single rupee to Arsh Rup Singh for the photographs,
Prof P Ramarao, dean (academic affairs) who is the officiating VC of the university at the moment, said, “We haven’t paid the photographer anything for
displaying his photographs. If we were to pay the photographer, we would call in for entries, select the best and pay the photographer.” |
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Unions plan agitation despite code of conduct
Bathinda, March 5 Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, Deepak Grover, state president of the Adarsh Schools Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff Association, said, “There are 24 Adarsh schools in the state which were opened under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model as part of a project under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA). Similarly, 21 model schools and four Adarsh schools were also opened by the government under the same project. But there is a huge difference between the salaries of the teachers of both sets of schools.” “While the teachers of Government Adarsh schools are being paid according to the CBSE pay grade, teachers recruited for the PPP mode schools are not being paid according to the norms although they were promised the same. We were also told that after a year of probation, the teachers will be turned into permanent employees but the same is yet to be done even after three years,” he added. He added that while all the other unions had already been given panel meetings, they had not been considered for the panel meeting. Bathinda district president of the SSA/RMSA/CSS Non-Teaching Staff Union, Deepak Bansal, said, “Although the code of conduct has been implemented, the government can’t stop us from demanding what is ours. We have not been paid salaries for the 44 days when we had observed a pen-down strike. Apart from that, we want the government to draft a policy regarding regularisation of our
jobs.” “While the teaching staff, which is not regular, is being given salaries according to the revised pay scale since April 2013, why is the state government extending step-motherly treatment to the non-teaching staff. Even though 65 per cent of the burden of our salaries is borne by the Central government, it can implement a hike in our salaries only if the state government agrees to pay its 35 per cent. We will keep holding protests till the time our demands are not met,” he added. |
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Inter-college competition organised
Bathinda, March 5 Various colleges of education participated in the competition. The SSD College, Bathinda got the first position, Dashmesh Girls College of Education, Badal, bagged the second, Baba Farid College of Education got the third, while the GGS College of Education got the consolation prize in skill teaching (languages) competition. In the social sciences group, GGS College of Education got the first prize, while the Mastermind College of Education got the second prize, Dashmesh College of Education, Badal, got the third position while Swami Dyanand College of
Education the consolation prize. In the science and maths group, Mastermind College of Education got the first position, Dashmesh College of Education, Badal, the second position, SSD College of Education the third position, while the GGS College of Education received the consolation prize. In on-the-spot-preparation of teaching aid competition (languages), Dashmesh Girls College got the first position, GGS College of Education got the second position, while Swami Dayanand College of Education, the
third position. Baba Farid College of Education received the consolation prize. In on-the-spot preparation of teaching aid (science group) competition, GGS College of Education, Dashmesh Girls College of Education, Swami Dayanand College of
Education, got the first, second and third prizes, respectively, while the SSD Girls College of
Education got the consolation prize. In on-the-spot teaching aid (social sciences) the SSD Girls College of Education, Swami Dayanand College of Education, Dashmesh Girls College of Education got the first three positions, respectively. In blackboard writing and sketch-making competitions, GGS College of Education, SSD College of Education and Swami Dayanand College got the first three prizes, respectively, while the Mastermind College of Education got the consolation prize. In his address, Dr AK Kansal, principal of the GGS College of Education, emphasised on using innovative techniques in classroom teaching. Sunita Rani, co-ordinator of the programme thanked all the judges and participating colleges for making the event a success. |
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Students exhorted to participate in extra-curricular activities
Bathinda, March 5 Addressing the participants and other students, Giri exhorted them to participate in the cultural and other extra curricular activities. These activities help in the development of the overall personality of a person. She also asked the students to use their right to franchise in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections and choose a worthy representative. “Instead of constantly complaining about the state of affairs in the country, we should look inwards. We will realise that we are responsible for the situation since many of us either don’t use our right to vote or don’t use it judiciously. Not giving in to any kind of temptations, we should use our vote to choose a worthy representative to make India a better place,” she said. She visited the hobby hut where the students had set up various stalls. She also participated in some fun games and had henna applied on her hands. On the demand of the girls, she also sang ‘Buhe Baarian’. In the debate competition, the first position went to the SSDWIT, while the second place went to the Government Rajindra College. In the corporate fashion show competition, the SSDWIT won the first place, while the second place went to Malwa College. In the website development competition, the SSDWIT managed to win both the first and the second places. |
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Specialist doctors wear black badges
Bathinda, March 5 District president Dr Ramesh Maheshwari said the agitating doctors were particularly sore over the denial of higher qualification allowance (HQA), which the various pay commissions had recommended. They said the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) had fixed various work targets for the specialists. But the doctors who have done their post graduation before May 23, 2001 are denied the benefit of higher qualification in which 15 per cent of the basic pay has been granted as higher education allowance from June 2012 for the doctors who had post graduated after May 23, 2001. They said the doctors who did postgraduation after this date were given six increments. They had been merged either on placement or on revision of pay scales on January 1, 1996 and January 1, 2006. |
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New Shakti Nagar residents demand removal of jhuggis
Bathinda, March 5 Arora said a large number of jhuggi dwellers indulge in illegal activities and may be involved in criminal activities as well. He said the jhuggi dwellers have illegal power connections that are neither being checked nor is anyone is being penalised. He added that the jhuggis are not only a bane for New Shakti Nagar but also for the areas like Shakti Nagar, Vishal Nagar, Panchvati Nagar and others areas. Residents of these colonies have decided to hold a dharna against the administration if these hutments are not removed by March 20. |
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Cultural programme held at farewell party
Bathinda, March 5 The function began with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the managing director. Junior students welcomed the senior ones with a tilak ceremony. Bhushan gave his blessings to the students and wished them bright future. Both junior and senior students presented cultural items. |
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