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Now, teachers break pots
Don’t accept cash to vote: Poll official
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Election Dept to hold awareness drive today
Making way through city roads, minds
University honours sports director
College students excel in exams
Annual function held
Material worth Rs
60,000 stolen from shop
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Now, teachers break pots
Bathinda, March 7 The union has been protesting to get salaries for the 44 days when they had observed a pen-down strike. Apart from that, they also want the government to draft a policy regarding regularisation of their jobs. "While the SSA/ RMSA/ CSS teaching staff, which is not regular, is being given salaries according to the revised pay scale since April 2013, the non-teaching staff was not considered for the hike. 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," said Deepak Bansal, district president of the union.
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Don’t accept cash to vote: Poll official
Bathinda, March 7 In a statement issued here today, Yadav stated that as per Section 171 B of the Indian Penal Code, any person giving or accepting any gratification in cash or kind during the election process, with a view of inducing the person to exercise his electoral right is punishable with imprisonment up to one year or with fine or with both. Also as per Section 171 C of the Indian Penal Code, any person who threatens any candidate or elector, or any other person, with injury of any kind, is punishable with imprisonment up to one year or with fine or both. He said flying squads have been formed to register cases against both the giver and the taker of bribe and for taking action against those who are engaged in threat and intimidation of electors. He said any kind of anomaly in election procedure could be reported at complaint monitoring cell at 0164-2211915, which works round the clock.
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Election Dept to hold awareness drive today
Bathinda, March 7 District election officer KK Yadav said that the program is being held with a motive to ensure that none of the female above 18 years of age is left out of the voters' list. He said, “On March 9, all the booth level officers (BLO) will be available at the respective booths in order to ensure that all the able voters are duly ensured. “
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Women wield financial power here
Bathinda, March 7
"The basic idea was to empower women and create an atmosphere where women beneficiaries can walk in conveniently," said the bank manager Suman Gupta, who has 32 years of experience in banking. The bank currently has nine employees including officers, clerical staff and the guard. Of these nine, five are women and four are men. The female staff includes assistant manager Kadambri Bhatt, who also happens to be the youngest of all employees. Besides it there is Anju Aggarwal deputed at single window, Meena Mahajan as the head cashier and clerical staff member Ritu Sharma. Having worked amongst the men, Suman finds that a female banker is able to connect to female customer at a better wavelength. Strategically located in a residential area, the branch also has an edge over its counterparts located in busy commercial markets, as women can just walk in here when convenient. This perhaps explains the reason why none of the 200 lockers at the branch is available for public use. Unlike at other branches, wherein women customers are accompanied by male relatives for operating lockers, women come here all alone too. Being mothers and daughters-in-law themselves, the female bankers understand the women's itch to save in a better way. "We have women customers who wish to make savings away from prying eyes of their families. Though the amounts are small but gives immense pride for the women to know that she has money of her own," says Suman Gupta. The bank now envisages to increase number of staff members in sync with the increasing customers.
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Making way through city roads, minds
Bathinda, March 7
"After my husband taught me driving, I dwelled upon the fact that there must be a large number of women yearning to learn driving but have not been able to do so, either because the male members in their family don't have enough time or they are shy of being in company of a male trainer," said Krishna. "Soon after I learnt driving, I opened the institute to help other women do so. Although boys and men also come to learn, I let other trainers at the institute train them since I focus only on female clients. With me, they don't hesitate from asking something twice and are also comfprtable when I help them change gears or hold the steering firmly," she said. Apart from the fact that she has freed several women from dependence of male family members to take them to market and other places, she feels joyous about the fact that she has been working towards breaking the common perception that women cant' drive well. "If you see the statistics and compare the number of male/female drivers with the number of accidents, you would find that a much higher number of male drivers are involved in accidents the world over. While women drive with confidence, men drive with over confidence," she said with a smile. Krishna also states that initially she also had to fight the stigma of being a female trainer. "While no one in my family has any issue with me giving training, people used to question my abilities as a trainer since I am a woman. But with my work over the years, I have silenced all my critics and now their wives and daughters are learning from me," she said. "I give lessons from 9 am to 1 pm and then from 3 to 7pm, between the two sessions, I spend time with my family. My sons (17 and 13 years old) are also proud of the work I am doing. They also like the fact that when we go out I also take turn to drive the family car," she said.
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University honours sports director
Bathinda, March 7 Secretary, Sports Authority of India, Neeraj Kansal, and Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Jaspal Singh lauded his contribution towards sports to produce all-India inter-university, national and international sportspersons. College management, honorary director Dr Shardev Singh Gill, Dean Prof NK Gossain, Dean of the College of Physical Education RC Sharma, staff members and students congratulated Singh.
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College students excel in exams
Bathinda, March 7 Chaya Bansal secured the first position in the college by scoring 89.5 per cent marks, while Saloni Bansal secured the second position with 84.3 per cent marks. Another student Priya Bansal secured the third position by scoring 83.7 per cent marks in the university examinations. Ten other students of the institute also scored more than 80 per cent marks. The management committee, principal and faculty members of the institute congratulated the students on their achievement. |
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Annual function held
Bathinda, March 7 Principal of the school, Shuchita Grover, while addressing the children and their parents said the upbringing of children was the most important thing in our lives. She added that helping others means much more than getting ahead yourself. She said the success didn't count unless you earn it fair and square and that the children should learn about gratitude and humility. — TNS |
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Material worth Rs
60,000 stolen from shop
Bathinda, March 7 "I left the shop at around 10 pm last night and came back at around 10 am. I found the shutter with broken locks and material lying in the shop missing," he said. He said cloth, watches and Rs 10,000 were found missing from the shop. The shopkeepers said despite having a PCR point near the shop, the thieves manage to steal the material lying inside the shop. Meanwhile, the policemen from the Civil Line police station and the Cantt police station initially refused to register the complaint saying that it's not their jurisdiction. Later, in the evening a complaint was accepted by the Civil Line police station.
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