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Man hoodwinked of Rs 4.05 lakh in bank
Patients relieved as medicine to help addicts kick drug reaches Civil Hospital
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Bhagta team accuses hosts of fielding overage players
Day 2 witnesses stiff contest
TSU wants to do away with contract system
Inspire Awards exhibition begins
BFGI students complete live project
Landless labourers’ dharna enters Day 3
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Man hoodwinked of Rs 4.05 lakh in bank
Bathinda, August 28 DSP (City) Gurjit Singh Romana, along with SHO Mahesh Saini, reached the spot. The DSP interrogated the man and the bank officials. Dinesh Kumar, who had come to deposit the amount, said he worked at a mobile shop in Fish Market and the shop owner Rajinder Kumar had asked him to deposit the cash in the account of VK Textiles. When he reached the cash counter of the bank, a person standing close to the counter told him to use another voucher as his voucher was wet. Dinesh thought he was a bank employee and gave the bag containing the cash to him and went to take another voucher. However, when he came back, he saw the person missing. Later, Rajinder Kumar, along with his associate, reached the bank and watched the CCTV footage. Meanwhile, mediapersons started arriving at the bank but senior bank official claimed they did not know about any such incident and to brush the incident under the carpet, they told the mediapersons they had not received any complaint regarding this. The bank officials pressed the victim not to give any statement to the media. Later, the police asked the people to vacate the bank and a checking was carried out. While talking to the media, DSP Romana said they were checking the CCTV footage and assured him of nabbing the culprit. ATMs sans security
The banks in the city seem to have learnt no lesson from the previous cases of thefts at the ATMs. A majority of the automated teller machines (ATMs) are unguarded in the city. Interestingly, people ignore the instructions while using the facility. As per the instruction, there should be only one person in the ATM cabin at the time of a transaction but many a time, more than two persons can be seen standing there. Moreover, the access log facility has also been discontinued. Now, people do not need to swap their cards on the door of the ATM cabin. The incident
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Patients relieved as medicine to help addicts kick drug reaches Civil Hospital
Bathinda, August 28 There are a number of poor patients who receive treatment at the Civil Hospital for drug addiction and the medicines are provided to them free of cost. The demand for tremadol is on the rise in almost all government-run hospitals that treat drug addicts. The treatment is done by a psychiatrist and the medicine is supplied by the drug warehouse in the Bathinda zone. The medicines is supplied from this main centre in Bathinda to government-run hospitals in eight districts, including Bathinda, Mansa, Sangrur, Barnala, Moga, Faridkot, Muktsar and Fazilka. The drug warehouse at the Civil Hospital in Bathinda has supplied about 10 lakh medicines in the last three months while a fresh order was given last month for 5 lakh tremadol that would be supplied in all the eight districts. Half of the demanded stock has reportedly reached the deemed places. The Bathinda drug warehouse is supplying 5,000 tremadol drug on an average to Bathinda, Mansa and Fazilka districts daily. The treatment centre in Badal village that had a capacity of 50 beds has now been turned into a 100 bed hospital whereas the de-addiction centres in Bathinda, Khyala and Talwandi Sabo are 25 bedded hospitals. The average number of patients being treated everyday at these hospitals varies from 250 to 300. Tremadol — a medicinal drug—is meant to treat addicts who want to shun drugs. However, it becomes a substitute for drugs and the numbers of patients reaching the psychiatrists for treatment of tremadol addiction is now on the rise. A doctor, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that earlier, the state government had banned tremadol but now it was easily available in the market. But the seller is required to keep its record of sale. But there are a number of ways in which the addicts are able to get it from the chemist shops without any doctor's slip. "We were finding it difficult to manage due to the shortage of tremadol and had to purchase it from chemist shops who sometimes charge more for it," said an addict. A psychiatrist at the Bathinda Civil Hospital, Dr Nidhi Gupta said, "There was a shortage of this medicine but now it has reached and would be given to the patients. There are around 200 patients who used to visit daily for treatment from Bathinda and other
districts." Fact file
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Harsimrat launches Central scheme to connect households with banks
Bathinda, August 28 Thanking PM Narendra Modi for investing her with the task of launching the scheme in the state, she said the scheme would connect all the households of the country with the banking system and bring a revolutionary change. “No one can know more about poverty than PM Modi as he was once a tea seller at a railway station,” she said. The minister applauded the Union Government for launching a nation-wide scheme within three months of coming to power. She said that the government aimed to cover more than one crore households till January 26. She added that initially, the scheme would connect every household with the banking sector. She added that all those covered under the scheme would be provided Rs 1 lakh accident insurance and Rs 5,000 credit facility. Those opening accounts under the scheme till January 26, 2015, will get an additional benefit of a life insurance cover of Rs 30,000. Elaborating on the banking system in India, the minister said till now, only 59 per cent of the country’s citizens had bank accounts but under the scheme, all the households would be connected with the banking sector and the accounts would also be used to transfer money under various central and state government schemes to the beneficiaries. She said, “If I am hassled when I visit government offices for some work, I can imagine how troubled a common man must feel when he runs from pillar to post to get the benefit of various central and state government schemes. The debit card and RuPay will cut short the trips to the banks.” Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sarup Chand
Singla, MLA Bathinda (Rural) Darshan Singh Kotfatta, Talwandi Sabo MLA Jeetmohinder Singh
Sidhu, Budhlada MLA Chetan Singh Samau and Deputy Commissioner Dr Basant Grag were also present on the occasion. Students made to wait for long
Students of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Mall Road, were called to perform during the function. But after waiting for long, they were told that since the Union Minister had less time, their musical rendition had been cancelled. The students said while waiting for the function to begin, they missed their classes. BJP Urban unit chief mentioned in speech
To crush all conjectures about a rift between the SAD and the BJP, Bathinda (Urban) district BJP president Parminder Goyal got a special mention in not only Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sarup Chand Singla’s address but also Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s speech. She thanked Goyal for sparing time to attend the function. |
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Prices of vegetables burn a hole in residents’ pocket
Bathinda, August 28 A large number of residents like her are worrying and facing difficulty in managing the household budget. The prices of tomato and onions have brought tears to the eyes of the residents. Tomatoes have touched Rs 65 per kg while the onions are stable at Rs 50 per kg. Cauliflower costs Rs 60 per kg. Shopkeepers and hawkers are also struggling to maintain their profits. Meanwhile, the residents are expecting the prices to remain the same. “The vegetables that were commonly used by the people have now gone out of the common man’s reach. The prices of pulses and cereals are already high. Now, I avoid using tomatoes. The government should take the necessary steps to check inflation or measures should be taken to augment the income of the people.” said Arundeep Kaur, a city resident. “The demand for vegetables that were used on a daily basis has come down. Vegetables like capsicum, okra, cauliflower and cucumber are being sold at Rs 50 per kg while the prices of peas has gone up to Rs 100 per kg, ” a resident said. |
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Bhagta team accuses hosts of fielding overage players
Bathinda, August 28 Even after objecting to the overage players in the Bathinda block team, the Sports Department allegedly did not listen to them, they charged. The Bhagta block team in-charge as well as the players said district-level rural sports meet are being organised, but the Sports Department was not identifying properly the players coming from the schools to participate in these games. Due to this, overage players have been fielded in place of the listed ones by the Bathinda block volleyball team to win the match, they alleged. The Bhagta block team alleged that the schools and the Sports Department do not ask for photos or certificates along with the other details of the players. Officials of the department do not even ask for any age proof. Due to this, Under-19 player have played in the Under-16 tournament. The aggrieved players said if the trend continues, then there would be no need to organise such tournaments. Games should be played as per the rules and if they have to flout the rules, then there is no use for it. They have also filed a complaint with the Sports Department regarding this and even submitted a fee of Rs 500 for lodging the complaint. They also demanded that events which are being organized by the Sport Departments should be held as per the rules and officials of the department should allow the players to play only after proper identification. The Sport Department refuted these allegations saying the players are allowed to play only after proper identification. |
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Rural sports meet a one-sided affair
Bathinda, August 28 The Sports Department’s policy has taken out the sheen from the rural games as rural players participating in the competition are finding it hard to compete with the teams of sports wings. The tournament has become a competition between players from rural areas and the sports wings. The major difference between them is that the players of the sports wings played with full sports gear and kit while most players from rural areas played wearing their school uniform, without shoes and sports gear. Non-availability of sports gear with the rural players affected them hard in their performance as they were seen struggling in front of the sports wing teams. Players from the rural areas, while talking to Bathinda Tribune, said, “It was quite demoralising that we are playing barefooted while wearing school uniform, whereas the other team is playing in a professional manner and in full sports gear.” As per the Sports Department’s policy, players of the rural sports wing can participate in the rural games, but they had to face this loss. Not only this, even the pathetic condition of the ground is taking a toll on the players. The main ground of the Multipurpose Stadium where football matches are being played is uneven and littered with stones, due to which players playing the game barefooted were highly affected. Even the marking of the athletic track was not done properly, due to which, athletes were seen running in the same line and some even fell down due to
confusion. Most surprising was the presence of long grass and stones strewn on the athletic. District Sport Office officials admitted the arrangements were poor and said a proposal had been sent to the Central government to grant approval for making a synthetic athletic track. |
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Day 2 witnesses stiff contest
Bathinda, August 28 In the 400-metre race for boys, Lovepreet Singh of Sangat got the first position while Ranjit Singh of Rampura and Arasdeep Singh of Maur bagged the second and third position, respectively. Meanwhile, in the 400-metre race in the girls category, Khabshdeep Kaur of Sangat secured the first position. Guchdi Kaur of Talwandi Sabo and Maninder Kaur of Phul got the second and third position, respectively. In the 3,000 metre race for boys, Arasdeep Singh of Sangat bagged the first spot while Sumit Kumar of Talwandi Sabo and Mandeep Kumar of Maur came second and third, respectively. In the same category, Suman Rani of Sangat, Madandeep Kaur of Talwandi Sabo and Chandanpreet Kaur of Bathinda secured the top three spots. In the long jump event, Khushwinder Singh of Maur stood first while Ravinder Singh of Phul and Gagandeep Singh of Sangat stood second and third, respectively. In the girls’ category, Gurdeep Kaur of Sangat got the first position and Gagandeep Kaur of Rampura secured the second spot. Lovepreet Kaur of Bhagta stood third. In high jump, Satvir Kaur of Phul won the first spot while Rajpreet Kaur of Phul and Rinpi Kaur bagged the second and third positions. In the 400-metre relay race in the girls’ category, Sangat block got the first position. Talwandi Sabo was second while Phul remained third. In the boys category, Phul block got the first while Talwandi Sabo won the second spot. Sangat block remained at the third position. In the wrestling matches (42 kg), Yudhvir Singh of Bathinda stood first while Khuswinder Singh of Rampura and Pardeep Singh of Talwandi Sabo got the second and third position, respectively. In the 46 kg category, Husanpreet Singh of Maur defeated Rupinder Singh of Maur and Sonu Kumar of Talwandi Sabo deafeated Harpreet Singh of Phul. In the 50 kg category, Balkaran Singh of Goniana defeated Bunty Singh of Talwandi Sabo and Parminder Singh of Phul defeated Sukhchain Singh of Rampura. In volleyball (girls), the Sangat team was declared the winner. Rampura bagged the runners-up position while Bathinda stood third. In the boys’ category, Sangat and Bathinda blocks reached the final. In handball (boys), Bathinda bagged the first spot, Talwandi Sabo won the second and Sanagt won the third positions. In girls’ category, Talwandi Sabo got the first position while Nathana got the second and Bathinda got the third position. In basketball (boys), Sangat got the first spot and was followed by Bathinda and Talwandi Sabo. In the girls’ category, Bathinda remained at the top while Talwandi Sabo and Bhagta stood second at third, respectively. Fact file
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GNDTP employees on daylong strike
Bathinda, August 28 Members of the committee also raised slogans against the Punjab Government and the PSPCL. They demanded immediate acceptance of their demands. Parkash Singh, Gurnam Singh, Gursewak Singh and other leaders said nobody was concerned about the employees and the government was giving excuses and not implementing their already agreed demands. They threatened to intensify their stir if the management doesn’t raise their scales as per the Punjab Government’s pattern, if their allowances are not hiked and if the vacant posts are
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TSU wants to do away with contract system
Bathinda, August 28 Union members said their grade pay and pay bands should be given as per the new scales of the state government, the services of contract employees should be regularised and the contract system should be done away with. They also demanded that 4,000 linemen should be recruited at the earliest. Electricity employee circle president Satwinder Singh, circle cashier Babu Ram, vice-president Vir Singh, sub-division president Gursewak Singh and many others were present during the protest.
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Students choose their cabinet at meritorious school
Bathinda, August 28 While Rajinder Kumar has been chosen as the head boy, Khushwinder Kaur has been chosen as the head girl of the school. Poonam Rani and Kuldeep Singh have been named the discipline in-charges for girls and boys, respectively. Rajvir Kaur has been chosen as the activity leader. The school was divided into four houses, which were named after prominent scientists of India. Vaneesha and Kamaljeet Singh have been chosen as the house captains of Vikarm Sara Bhai House, Kulwinder Kaur and Shubhjeet Singh have been named the captains of the CV Raman House, Lovepreet Kaur and Mandeep Singh are captains of the CJC Bose House and Ramanpreet Kaur and Manpreet Singh have been named as the captains of the D Ramanujan House. Talking about the selection of the students, the officiating principal of the school, Rajinder Kaur, said the students were not elected but chosen through a process of interviews and the selections were made on the basis of true potential of the students. |
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Inspire Awards exhibition begins
Bathinda, August 28 She took a look at all the models exhibited by the students and appreciated the efforts of the students and their guide teachers in preparing the models. Students of as many as 188 schools of the district are participating in the three-day exhibition. Ninety-five models prepared by the students of secondary schools and 93 models prepared by the students of middle schools have been showcased at the exhibition. District science supervisor Baljeet Singh, biology lecturer Sanjeev Nagpal and physics lecturer Vijay Kumar formed the panel of judges. Models prepared by 14 students will be chosen at the end of the exhibition and these models will be sent for participation in the state-level exhibition. — TNS |
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BFGI students complete live project
Bathinda, August 28 Recently, Big Bazaar – one of the largest hypermarket chains in India — selected 27 students (MBA and BBA) of BFGI for a live project named “Sabsey Sastey Din” in the Customer-Handling Department. Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, managing director of BFGI, said, “Live projects play a pivotal role in the learning process and facilitate the flow of theoretical concepts towards application in real life situations.”
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Landless labourers’ dharna enters Day 3
Jalandhar, August 28 The protesters’ demands include getting one-third right in panchayati and other non-governmental lands in the villages, allotting residential plots to deserved people, cancellations of bogus auction in the villages, registration of cases against those who involved in fake auctions in villages like Badal Kalan, Matoi in Sangrur district and Fateh Jalal in Jalandhar, and cancellation of fake police cases. Addressing the gathering, the representatives said, “The state government is deliberately depriving landless labourers and Dalits from their rights to save their vote bank, which is the landlord community.” They said that if their demands were not fulfilled, they would be left with no other choice except to intensify their protest against the state government. |
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