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Teachers’ Day today
Youth killed as car falls
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Moga MC polls
Freedom fighter remembered
IBF goes to polls today
KVs track & field meet set to begin on Sunday
‘SAD murdering democracy’
Teachers flay govt for not keeping promise No factions in SAD, says Dhindsa Media’s role as watchdog lauded
Triple murder
Landless farmers on indefinite dharna
Noted social activist Girdhar dead, Abohar pays rich tributes
Literary meet held in memory of Ishmeet
‘Suicide no solution’
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Teachers’ Day today
Bathinda, September 4 But now, with money entering the profession, the relationship between teachers and students had become more or less of give-and-take. He added that teachers were failing to be a moral guide and a role model for students. Garg, however, said it was not applicable to everyone and every institution. When asked why now-a-days students do not want to be a teacher, he said things were changing as many students want to join academics. Teaching had become a paying profession besides gaining respect and quality of life. He said teachers were still nation builders and it was the duty of society to ensure that mentors get their due. Talking about role-relationship, Rajinder Kaur, headmistress of the Government High School, Chak Ram Singh Wala, said that in today's world, relationship between a teacher and a taught was more like friend and guide rather than guru-sishya trend. Now-a-days, a teacher had to adjust with the psychology of a student and come to the understanding-level of a student and should behave like an elder friend, brother, sister rather than a strict commander. She also said that in this competitive and challenging world, it was not easy to handle the young brains as they were pre-mature giants. The contemporary teacher has to be a psychologist first rather than a mentor. It is the responsibility of society to give the teachers their due. Teaching is a passion, not profession, she said. Geeta Arora, a Physics teacher at Government School, Bhucho Kalan, said, "These days, teachers are not respected by the students as they were in the yesteryear. The reason is that the society has turned materialistic. Commercialism rules today." "The teachers lack devotion today, which ought to be changed," chipped in Jasjeet Kaur, a Chemistry teacher from the same school. The teachers should introspect on the Teachers' Day. Just as farmers check what they gained on Baisakhi, the teachers should do the same on this day. They should ponder over what the students required and where they lacked in providing them the same," says Kulwinder Singh, who teaches Social Studies at the Government Middle School, Phoos Mandi. Talking about the problems related to salary that the teachers in the state were witnessing, he said, "Punjab is among the top three states as far as the pay-scale for the teachers is concerned. There are delays in the salaries only during the months of May and June, which I think they, who claim to be nation-builders, must adjust to," he added. "Quality of teachers have dropped. The Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) period has ceased to exist. Moral education and values are missing. Until and unless we instill moral values among our pupils we don't have any right that our pupils touch our feet," said Kulwinder. Principal of the MSD Senior Secondary School, Suraj Setia, said to mark the occasion, the school would distribute the compilation of teachings by Dr S. Radhakrishnan among the school teachers. Besides, the school would also honour Kiran Bansal, a teacher of English, on the occasion. Talking about the significance of the celebrations, he said it encouraged them as it was an appreciation of their work.
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Youth killed as car falls from rail overbridge
Bathinda, September 4 Though the family of the deceased has blamed no one for the mishap, yet the carelessness on the part of the authorities and the contractor concerned can not be ruled out as there was neither any signboard nor any barricade to restrict the movement of vehicles
there. Dheeraj Gupta (28), owner of a marriage palace, Queensland, situated on Goniana road was found dead as his car, a Mitsubishi Lancer (CH03E-0227), fell from the incomplete ROB in the wee hours. As per the information available with the Civil Lines police, the youth, after attending a party at Krishna Continental, a hotel located on Bibwala road, was returning to his house in Veer Colony. Due to some undisclosed reason, he lost his way and drove the car towards the overbridge. The ROB was incomplete and there were no lights which led to the mishap. Investigating officer Gurnam Singh said the family was not willing for
a further probe. A statement was given by the deceased's brother, Varun Gupta, and the body was handed over to the family after the postmortem. After registering a case under section 174 of the IPC, the police started inquest proceedings. |
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Moga MC polls
Moga, September 4 As many as 150 candidates had filed their nomination papers, the scrutiny of which would be done on Friday. The nominees can withdraw their papers on Saturday. The elections are slated for September 14. Congratulating Sood, Barjinder Singh Brar, son of senior SAD leader Jathedar Tota Singh, who is a candidate for the president’s post of the local body, claimed that the SAD-BJP alliance would sweep the elections. He promised to develop Moga as a model town by finishing the pending development works besides starting new projects. The BJP candidates filed their nomination papers for 10 seats with great pomp and show this morning. Meanwhile, the Congress candidates and few independent candidates backed by local MLA Joginder Pal Jain have begun door-to-door campaigning. Local political observers were of the view that Jain’s candidates in many wards of the new town area and a couple of outer area wards were going strong. No matter, Jain had a good influence in some pockets of the town but the infighting in his party could upset his political calculations. So far, many Congress leaders have not supported Jain and his candidates openly.
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Ravaged by Kosi, they arrive in Bathinda
Bathinda, September 4 Jugal
Kishore, who hails from Murliganj, south of Madhepura, the area worst affected by the floods in Bihar, said he had arrived in Bathinda via Rewari in
Haryana. Jugal Kishore has left his family behind at a relief camp where they will be staying for some time to come. Meanwhile, he has arrived here to look for work and sustain himself and his family. From Bathinda, he will go to Malout where he would work at mandis, cleaning the paddy husk. Jugal Kishore, however, made it clear that he would return to the comfort of his home and hearth, after the situation returns to normalcy. Mukesh Kumar, who was accompanying him, hails from the neighbouring Banmankhi, also devastated by the swollen Kosi. He also echoed similar sentiments. Parmod, who is from Samastipur in Bihar, said he was here not because of the floods but only in search of work. When TNS asked whether they had got work under the NREGA scheme, he replied in the negative. Shravan Kumar Das, from Devanpura near Rosera, said the paddy crop in Bihar had grown tall now and they were waiting for it to ripen. So, they had ample time and therefore, decided to come to Punjab in search of work. From Bathinda, he was planning to go to Abohar to work at Pake Khal or rajwaha (canal distributary) construction sites, along with others from his area. Das also said that he would return home at the time of paddy harvesting. In Punjab, such work is done mostly through machines and so he would prefer to return to Bihar at that time. Similar was the tale of Ranjit Mahto, who said they had come here to earn money and send it back to their families in Bihar for sustenance. With the number of trains connecting Punjab to Bihar being in abundance, these labourers are not finding it difficult to move out. Coupled with the sheer enormity of the task of providing relief and rehabilitation to the flood-affected, it seems it will be a while before they return back to Bihar. |
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IBF goes to polls today
Bathinda, September 4 The tenure of the new committee, to be elected by the 74 members of the federation, would be for five years i.e. from 2009 to 2013. The information was given by Gurmeet Singh, organising secretary of the 55th Senior National Boxing Championship. Meanwhile, the arrangements for accommodation and food for the participants at the National Boxing Championship, to be held from September 6-12 at the local sports stadium, have been completed. The teams, including that of the Army, in which Johnson, an Arjuna Award winner, is participating, have started arriving in the city. Giving details, the official said that CM Parkash Singh Badal would inaugurate the event on September 6. The ceremony would be attended by the Beijing star, Vijender Singh, besides Akhil, Jatinder, Dinesh and Lakkara. He said that Gurbax Singh Sandhu, Draonacharya awardee and Vijender's coach, would arrive in the city tomorrow. For the championship, two boxing rings have already been erected inside the stadium. Moreover, another one that exists in the indoor hall of the stadium can also be utilised in the case of exigency. Close to 350 pugilists, including national and international, and a total of 38 teams are participating in the annual event. The sport has gained popularity following the bronze medal won at the Beijing Olympics. |
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KVs track & field meet set to begin on Sunday
Bathinda, September 4 Students from all the 61 schools of the region were expected to take part in the mega sports meet, principal of KV No. 1, T.D. Garg said, adding that about 600 sports persons would vie for the top slots at the sports stadium on the school premises. Participants, including about 350 boys and 250 girls, would be clubbed into three groups based on age, namely U-14, U-17 and U-19. Garg said that students of each group would participate in about 20 events, which include 100 m sprint, 200 m race, 4X400 m relay, shotput, high jump, long jump and others. All the participants would be grouped into six clusters to take part in the march past which would be organised to mark the opening and closing ceremonies. The opening ceremony would be held on September 7 at 9 am while the concluding function would be held on September 9 in the afternoon. The principal of the host school said that besides decking up the stadium, the school administration had made special efforts to upgrade the tracks. The sports meet is being considered important by the KVs as the winners at the regional meet would be selected to represent the region at the National Athletics Meet scheduled to be held in Hyderabad.
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‘SAD murdering democracy’
Muktsar, September 4 The protesters accused the area in-charge of the SAD and a member of the Zila Parishad of using muscle power and tearing off their nomination papers. They alleged that the policemen present at the spot remained mute spectators. Narrating their plight, district president of the Congress, Gursant Singh Brar, said a number of SAD workers were occupying the chairs in the offices of the Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildar, where the forms were to be submitted. Though the time of form submission was till 3 pm, but under pressure from the SAD activists, the district authorities fixed 2 pm as the cut-off time. Brar further rued that the movement of Congress candidates was being scanned and only the candidate and his proposer were allowed to go inside, but SAD workers were allowed to move freely. “In the stairs leading towards the offices, SAD musclemen were standing, and they tore off the nomination papers of our candidates,” he alleged. Gagan Deep alias Bobby Kamra, who was one of the willing Congress contestants, alleged that his form was torn off by the area in-charge of SAD, Sukhdarshan Singh Marar, and member of the Zila Parishad, Rozy Barkandi. “I tried to contact the district officials but the mobile phones of all civil and police officials including the
DSP, SSP, ADC and DC were switched off. They were also absent from their offices which is sufficient to suggest that they are hand-in-glove with the SAD leaders,” Gagan Deep alleged. Speaking further, he said, “Sensing the situation, I had already sent my nomination form to the state election commission at 1 pm, which is an evidence of the malpractice going on. Meanwhile, SAD (B) leaders played a trick and asked the officials to accept a few forms of Congress candidates to be on the safer side.” The Congress leaders mentioned the names of Ajit Singh Kang (5), Gagan Deep (6), Chandgi Ram (9), Darshan Kamboj (15), Om Parkash (16) and Alka Teria (19) as candidates whose forms had been torn off. Sources in mini-secretariat said the SAD-BJP combine submitted 27 forms, while the Congress could submit only nine forms. The district Congress committee was waiting for instructions from the party high command before chalking out its future strategy. |
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Teachers flay govt for not keeping promise Mansa, September 4 Addressing the teachers, district president of the union Hardeep Singh Sidhu said the state government had not fulfilled its promise of bringing the Zila Parishad schools under the Education Department. He also criticised the government for the poor condition of the teachers in the state. Among others who addressed the gathering were Sukhdarshan Natt, leader of the Democratic Employees’ Front, Jaspal Kokhar, Ram Singh Bhaini Bhagha, Jugraj Singh, Sikander Singh, Aatma Singh Pammar and Avtar Sing Brar. Barnala: The ETT teachers staged a rally at grain market here today in support of their demands. The district president Mahinder Pal Singh Kaleke alleged that chief minister Parkash Singh Badal promised that after coming to power their government would cover ETT teachers under education department within 6 months but even after the one and half years, the government had failed to meet its promise. He said that the teachers could not tolerate checking of their attendance by sarpanch of village. The protestors also handed over a memorandum to deputy commissioner R.L. Mehta.
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No factions in SAD, says Dhindsa
Barnala, September 4 Dhindsa was talking to reporters at the residence of newly elected sarpanch Balraj Singh in village Tallewal. He said Manpreet Badal and other senior ministers could not attend the Banawali rally due to some important engagements, adding that the Congress was only spreading a rumour that Manpreet’s absence at Banawali proved factionalism Coming down heavily on Captain Amarinder Singh, he said, “Captain uses very rough language and have forgot the principals of politics.”
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Media’s role as watchdog lauded
Ferozepur, September 4 Hundreds of college students besides journalists from various English and vernacular newspapers participated in the seminar and shared their views. M.R. Manchanda, secretary of the college, dwelled upon the role of journalism during the freedom struggle and stated how Gandhi ji and his colleagues always relied on the print media to propagate their message and inspire the educated middle class to form the bulwark of the freedom struggle. Principal Madhu Prashar lauded the rold of media and stated that the quality, courage, catholicity and concern for human values exhibited by Indian media were second to none. “The anticipation and excitement with which we wait for the morning newspaper and the pleasure with which we tune in to our favourite channel are testimonies to the potential of the media in this country.” Harpriya, a college student, spoke about the professional and ethical standards in the field of journalism. Other students, including Navdeep and Gurmeet, also highlighted the role played by media in strengthening the democratic norms in the modern India. Later during an interactive session, the college students fired a volley of questions at the visiting journalists, who answered with poise and intellect much to the satisfaction of the students.
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Triple murder
Abohar, September 4 They were booked under sections 302, 460, 120-B of the IPC on the basis of the statement of Anil Kumar Bhambu of village Makkasar in Hanumangarh and brother-in-law of the victim Ranbir Saharan. Anil had alleged that Mahabir murdered latter’s younger brother Ranbir Saharan, his wife Suman and son Sumit to grab the ancestral property, sources said.
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Landless farmers on indefinite dharna
Lambi (Muktsar), September 4 Addressing the gathering, leaders of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union and other organisations threatened that if their demands were not met, they would intensify their steps to awaken the government from deep slumber. In his speech, Nanak Singh Singhewala, the district leader of the union, mentioned that they had been chalking out the strategy to burn the effigies of the chief minister and march towards Badal, the native village of the CM. Tarsem Singh Khundelal, another speaker said that despite being aware of the incident and demands, the chief minister had not uttered a single word, which was sufficient to show his attitude towards the poor in his own constituency. Lachman Singh Sevewala, the general secretary of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, said the protest would continue day and night and women would also sit on dharna. Reminding of the demands, they said none of the promises made by the then DC had been fulfilled. |
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Noted social activist Girdhar dead,
Abohar, September 4 Prayers meetings were held in all the institutions not only in this region but in the neighbouring districts of Rajasthan and Haryana also, reports received here said. He was last seen in the public function held here on May 30 to inaugurate the statue of Arut Ji Maharaj founder of the Arorvansh community. He had reiterated pledge to fight against social evils and planned to hold the conference of the NGO at Jammu in the last week of this month. Girdhar had held several organisational positions in Jan Sangh and the BJP and bid adieu to active politics after unsuccessfully contesting Assembly election against the former Governor Harcharan Singh Brar from Muktsar constituency in 1992. He served as president, zone chairman, district chairman and regional chairman also in the Lions Club International and spearheaded the polio eradication campaign besides, developing an old age home and completing renovation of the cremation yard in Muktsar, his nephew Rajinder Girdhar informed. He was today cremated in the same yard. His body was wrapped with the BJP flag. State BJP secretary Subhash Bhateja, former MLA Harnirpal Singh Kukkoo, Congress leader Raman Kaypee, Punjab Arorvansh Sabha chief Jagdish Nagpal and Prem Parkash Arya working president of the Northern India Arorvansh Sabha were also there to pay floral tributes, a press release by the Arorvansh Sabha here informed. |
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Literary meet held in memory of Ishmeet
Moga, September 4 Several poets, writers and intellectuals from the teaching community took part in the meet, which turned out to be a creative literary interaction with the budding writers of the area. Baldev Singh Balli, the DPRO of the district and a poet, presided over the meet. He termed poetry as a powerful medium to inculcate moral values among the progeny. Chief guest Rajwinder Singh stressed upon the need of literary knowledge for eradicating social evils. He urged the youth to write literary pieces and propagate them in Punjabi so as to preserve and strengthen the language. Noted ideologue and critic Dr. Surjit Singh Brar said the duty of young and upcoming writers was to show right path and direction to the people. Famous novelist and playwright Baldev Singh ‘Saraknama’, while paying tributes to Ishmeet, said the young ones of his age, like Bhagat Singh and Kartar Singh Sarabha, had left an everlasting impression on the society. Jaspal Singh and Rajwinder Raonta also read their poems. The chief guest gave mementoes to the young writers. |
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‘Suicide no solution’
Mansa, September 4 “Due to the anti-farmers policies of the government, our farmers are debt-ridden,” he said. Lakhowal appealed farmers against committing suicide, adding that instead, they should organise and struggle for their demands. Farmers addressing the rally demanded that the state government should issue electricity connections under the OYT scheme at the earliest. |
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Freedom fighter remembered
Abohar, September 4 He was the key speaker during a function held here at Swami Keshwa Nand Senior Secondary School to observe 14th death anniversary of Chandi Ram Verma. He said Verma while sharing his experiences of the freedom movement with him had also revealed that Gandhi asked for a fresh list. Gandhi had advised Verma to shift his headquarters from Abohar to a small hamlet near Ambala to escape arrest as the British government was trying their best to thwart the satyagraha. Those who joined Nagpal in performing the havan yajna and offering flower petals to the portrait of Verma included school managing committee president I.M. Verma, A.R. Talwar, M.L. Saraf, K.C. Sharma, H.S. Popli, councillor Vimal Thathai, Adarsh Talwar, Radhey Shyam Gupta, Ved Rustogi and Gobind Nagpal besides scores of teachers and students. Principal Saroj Nagpal recalled how Verma thought of opening a Hindi medium school in the same complex. |
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