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3 more marriage palaces get time till July 19 Ludhiana, June 13 On March 19, a Division Bench of the high court had ordered the district administration, Ludhiana, to demolish all unauthorised structures falling within the 1000-yard radius of the Field Ammunition Depot,
Baddowal. Some owners had challenged the order in the Supreme Court and the case is scheduled to come up for hearing on July 9. While the local administration demolished three marriage palaces on June 5, the owners of these palaces alleged that they were selectively targeted as the others were left out despite clear orders of the court that all unauthorised structures should be demolished. They alleged that while the administration did not wait for the Supreme Court to take the final decision as the case was listed for July 9, it provided sufficient time to others, whom it wanted to favour. And ultimately, all of them got the demolition orders stayed from the Supreme Court and the high court. Those granted time today include the La
Casabron, City Gardens and Turning Point. The owners of the three palaces had sought the intervention of the court in view of the notices served to them, besides two others, by the local administration on June 4, asking them to demolish their structures within 10 days as they fall within the 1000 yard radius of the depot. Two marriage palaces — Fifth Milestone and Four Aces — had got the stay from the Supreme Court yesterday. The deadline set by the district administration for demolition was to expire tomorrow and the administration had said that it would go ahead with further demolitions on June 15.
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Baddowal demolitions: political bias
alleged Ludhiana, June 13 Some persons suspect that this selective targeting has the support of some top politicians of the state. Sources said, after the March 19 order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, owners of some of the marriage palaces had been offered a deal that their structures would be spared if they paid Rs 20 lakh to some persons. “They were also told that the deal would be effective only as long as the Badal government was in power,” said sources. The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, had met with the Union Defence Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, on April 17. Mr Manpreet Badal, an MLA and nephew of the CM was also at the meeting. Reportedly, some persons had said at the meeting that the Field Ammunition Depot should be shifted. One of the marriage palaces at Baddowal, La Cassabaron, is said to belong to relatives of Mr Manpreet. After the meeting, The CM had later declared that the Union Defence Minister had assured him that the depot would be shifted because it was dangerously close to Ludhiana. Though,
initially, the palace owners were reportedly ready to make the “payment”, the deal broke down when some of them backed out. The owners of three marriage palaces that have been demolished, said they suspected the motives of the administration in selectively targeting them. They said there was no justification for a hasty demolition drive when the CM had himself said that he had been assured that the depot would be shifted. They said, barring them, the others had not even been served the demolition notices. One of them said, “The demolition of our structures made it easy for the others to obtain a stay order from the Supreme Court.” However, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sandhu said the administration had no intention to favour or harm anyone. He said the administration had followed a pattern in demolitions by beginning with those three structures whose owners had confessed that their buildings were within the 1000-yard radius of the depot. Two other persons had claimed that their structures were outside the radius and the HC had ordered that the distance should be measured again. Mr Sandhu said, “After it was established that their buildings, too, were within the radius, they, too, got the notices.” The three owners said, if the district administration wanted to be fair in implementing the court orders, it should have issued the notices to all owners.
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In its bid to dislodge Mayor,
numbers elude BJP Ludhiana, June 13 Hectic political parleys are on for the past few days among senior leaders of the SAD (Badal), the BJP and Congress to forge a temporary front to muster the required two-third majority, needed to bring a successful no confidence motion against the Mayor. However, the parleys have not yielded any practical solution so far. Bad blood between the Mayor and the BJP is attributed to the ‘elevated road project’, which is being vigorously pursued by the MC administration, including Mr Grewal, while the district unit of the BJP, headed by Mr Harbans Lal Sethi, has been posing a stiff opposition to the controversial project on the plea that over half the city’s population is being denied basic civic amenities like clean drinking water and sewerage facilities, which should be the first priority of the MC. Other projects, entailing massive expenditure, like the elevated road projects, could wait a little longer, the party leadership argues. Humiliated by the city Mayor at the general House meeting, held during last month, in which Mr Grewal managed to secure written support of more than 50 councillors in favour of the project, the local BJP leadership, unmindful of the fact that the move could, not only create an embarrassing situation for the senior party leaders at higher level, but could also lead to cracks in the SAD-B and the BJP, the alliance partners in the state government, went ahead with an indefinite dharna at the MC headquarters. The dharna, which continued for almost one week, was called off after the state government stayed the agenda item related to elevated road project, with a rider that the same be brought again before the House and got approved . The desperation of the BJP to remove the Mayor through a no-confidence move has led the party to seek strange partners. While not many of the SAD-B councillors share the feelings of their alliance partner, the BJP leaders are reported to have made an open offer of the post of Mayor to the party if the present incumbent can be dislodged. Not only this, to rope in the Congress, which has voted in favour of the elevated road in the last house meeting, is also being allured with the post of Senior Deputy Mayor in the new set up. The MC general House has 21 councillors of the Congress, 23 belonging to the SAD, including some owing allegiance to the former SGPC President, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra and 19 from the BJP. Many of the councillors, while talking to the Ludhiana
Tribune, say that any change in the present set up will not be good for the reason that civic elections are barely an year away and any new political alignment can adversely affect the prospects of the individuals as well as the parties. Sources in the Congress confirm that an offer has been made to the party in return for taking a stand against the Mayor. However, several Congress councillors and other party leaders are against swallowing the bait, which they term, can prove suicidal for the party, both in the coming civic and Assembly elections. ‘‘The Congress is banking on the wrong policies and non-performance of the coalition. How can it join hands with its opponents,’’ asks a senior party functionary. There is also a feeling that the party will show itself in bad light and the one which has compromised its policies and principles to gain power for a short time. The same holds good for the SAD-B and the BJP, which never let any opportunity go by to bash the Congress and hold the party responsible for all problems that the state is facing. ‘‘How shall we face the electorate in the coming elections, if we share power in the MC with Congress,’’ says a SAD-B councillor seeking anonymity. The city
Mayor, Mr Grewal, is unruffled with all political development, which he is sure would lead nowhere. While talking to the Ludhiana Tribune, he is rather buoyant that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has publically praised the performance of the MC in a function here on Sunday. The BJP, he feels, is stooping too low in its desperate bid to find a face-saving formula even if it means shaking hands with its arch opponents. Senior leaders in both the SAD-B and the BJP, however, do not give much credence to the campaign against the Mayor, which they say has been blown out of proportion by certain party functionaries. An issue like removal of the city Mayor, particularly if it involves any kind of dealing with the Congress, has to be decided at the higher level and unless the party top brass approves of any such move, it will die its own death.
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Riot victims sore at govt apathy Ludhiana, June 13 A large number of riot-affected persons, who were in the Mini Secretariat here yesterday to get the red cards, observed that it was highhandedness on the part of the government to deny the facilities available to the riot victims to those who could not get themselves registered before the cut-off date. In a signed petition, submitted to the district authorities, a large number of riot victims urged the state government to issue red cards to all migrant families residing in Punjab, irrespective of the date of arrival to the state. Many others alleged that certain self-styled leaders of riot victims had availed of the facilities for themselves and their favourite persons more than once and had obtained monetary gains through manipulations while a majority of genuine persons were still to get any relief. They wanted a comprehensive screening exercise to weed out unscrupulous persons and an effective set-up to identify genuinely affected persons for grant of relief and concessions. |
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Migrant labour reluctant to work
in fields Ludhiana, June 13 Soon they accost them and enter into a long-drawn conversation, at the end of which the migrants shake their heads and rise to leave. The farmers do not lose hope and follow the migrants in their final bid to cajole them for lending assistance in paddy transplantation. They offer attractive terms, in fact the best they can. But the migrants are unmoved. They would rather prefer regular work in a factory than in a paddy field on a temporary basis. The migrants having gone their way, the farmers return to their position under the peepal tree only to resume their wait. May be another group of migrants would agree to their terms. In a half-hearted chat with this correspondent, these farmers, who belong to a village near Malerkotla, lament the fact that they have been waiting at the railway station and running after the “bhayyas” for the past two days. May be it would take another day or two before they go back to their village with a group of migrants in
tow. They have made all other preparations for the paddy transplantation. The fields have been watered and prepared . The nursery saplings are ready. All that is required to proceed further is the manual labour which only the “bhayya log” can provide. However, they do not disclose the terms being offered by them to the prospective farm labourers. Enquiries from migrant labourers hanging around the railway station reveal that migrants arriving from Bihar and UP these days are not very keen on working in paddy fields. Migrants who used to work seasonally on paddy fields do not like the job anymore. Lured by the promises made to them by the farmers at the time of their “recruitment”, they find themselves in a different position later on. They point out that no medical aid is given by farmers when labourers fall prey to malaria due to living in the open and close to the paddy crop. Treatment by quacks in rural areas also proves to be expensive. Earlier, migrants used to accept bags of paddy in lieu of their work, which ultimately they found hard to carry back home. It appears that because of the current trend among migrants of preferring factory jobs to farm labour, paddy sowing in the state may get delayed to some extent. |
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Tipsy auto driver robs tipsy
passenger Ludhiana, June 13 According to the victim, he and his two co-worker had finished a pint of liquor and then he wanted to go home. But soon after he boarded an auto bound for Haibowal, the driver of the vehicle and three other persons accompanying him , who were also drunk , robbed him of his cash and belongings at knife point. Raj Kumar said that before the robbers could speed away, he pleaded for Rs 10 so that he could reach home. The auto-driver gave him Rs 10 before fleeing. He went to the Haibowal police station to lodge a report where he was informed that he should go to the police station at division number four near Daresi grounds. But officials at division number four police station advised him to go the Sadar Kotwali in Chaura Bazar. But nobody listened to him there as well, he alleged. Raj Kumar says he remembers the registration number of the vehicle and the driver’s face clearly to identify him anytime. |
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LUDHIANA CALLING THE district administration recently demolished three big marriage palaces along the Ferozepore Road on the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The court had ordered that all unauthorised structures within the 1,000-yard radius of the Field Ammunition Depot at Baddowal should be removed within a year. While selective demolitions have been criticised, the district administration says that it requires a huge manpower and machinery for demolishing the remaining enormous structures. It has already served notices for demolition to some more owners of such palaces. Huge buildings have never been demolished in Ludhiana, so, hundreds of residents of the city are rushing to Baddowal to see the demolished structures. The visitors return with a lot of sympathy for the owners of these structures. Unsold melons The melon of Punjab seems to have lost its taste, going by a huge stock of the unsold fruit in the local vegetable market. Fruit sellers say that the crop has not been good due to unseasonal rain. Mr Babu Ram, owner of a leading fruit outlet at Ghumar Mandi here, says that this is the first ever slump in the melon market here. He said he had sold at least 15 quintal of melon on each day of every peak season, but, this year, no seller had been able to sell even one quintal a day. This is because the fruit is not sweet enough. Mr Jagtar Singh, another fruit seller, endorses this opinion and says that the fruit sellers are helpless. They cannot reduce the price, which is not acceptable to customers. The melon is being sold at Rs 20 per kg. Water melons are also not in demand because of the same reason. A huge water melon crop remains unharvested as farmers don’t know whether or not to wait for a few more days to let the fruit get ripe. Word of mouth Everyone knows how quacks (mis)treat patients. If that is not enough, they have even hired publicity men who travel in auto-rickshaws equipped with public-address systems. They park their vehicles at busy crossings and try to attract crowds by playing popular film songs. Once they have a crowd, they start talking about a tooth powder of a medicine which they call ‘Aab-e-Hayaat’, a cure for all ills. There is no guarantee of its potency, but who cares? Wither discipline? Flouting traffic rules is a phenomenon common in the city. Jumping of traffic lights, overtaking from the left and turning without indicator is rampant here. But there are many who claim that they never flout rules. One such driver on the city road had a sticker on his car’s rear windscreen “I am disciplined in my life, I respect traffic rules”. When he stopped at the traffic lights near the Circuit House, people who were waiting behind him were amused after reading the graffiti. They were however shocked to see that this driver could not wait and sped up his car only to become the first one to jump the traffic lights. Pamphlets nuisance Those who subscribe to many newspapers everyday to satiate their desire for information, very well know the nuisance of pamphlets which are slipped into the newspapers by those who want to advertise their products. At times especially on Sundays, it becomes very difficult to dispose these off as these are inserted in large numbers. The waste paper baskets get filled to the brim. The advertisers, perhaps, do not know that with so many pamphlets no one pays heed to what is printed on them. Isn’t it “information bombardment”? Futile crackdown The recent ‘crackdown’ on satta bookies by the CIA has failed to make any dent whatsoever in the overall satta business in the city which runs into crores per day. Ludhiana, apart from becoming known as the leading city in many respects, has also come to be known as the biggest satta market not only in India but the whole of Asia. Does the city police think that by apprehending half-a-dozen bookies under the Gambling Act and releasing them on spot-bails, it would be able to make any serious dent in the business. Sentinel learns that satta and matka businesses are going on all over the city as usual. There is not even a minor ripple among the satta bookies and their clients following the ‘crackdown’. It is routine, they say. Nobody can stop the business, they assert. Because it is a very-well organised racket with high stakes. Monthlies reach all levels of the police hierarchy and there is a well-knit network of smart bookies who constitute the backbone of the racket. They are least bothered about a police ‘crackdown’ or whatever. Aimless toppers City students have excelled in matric and senior secondary examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education held this year. Six students of Class XII and more than 22 students of Class X scored above 90 per cent marks. However, a majority of these students interviewed by Ludhiana Tribune seemed aimless about their future. ‘‘I want to pursue an unusual career but I have not exactly made up my mind,’’ came the reply from most of the students. Such a situation clearly indicates the need to have career counselling centres in the city. Bringing an entirely new concept in career counselling in the city, Mr Prabhjot Sodhi said that he had developed a software which asked the user a few questions regarding his aptitude and mental ability. From the response to the answers given by the user, the software could counsel the student on the skills he/she possessed and type of career he/she should go in for, he said. Credit or no credit? Soon after the arrival of results of the senior secondary examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, coaching centres started arranging press conferences to announce the results of their students who had secured meritorious positions. However, the students, when interviewed by mediapersons refused to acknowledge the guidance of coaching centres in bringing good results. Most of them said that for CBSE exams, it was either self-study or the support of their school teachers, parents and siblings. They said that they had taken coaching only for entrance examination, the results of most of which were yet to be declared. Blending tradition and modernity A seminar on AIDS was organised at a reputed hospital in the city. The speaker had come from Mumbai. The audience, students and faculty members were waiting for the chief guest. A stage was set up for the distinguished guests and the speaker. Eminent personalities arrived. The compare welcomed the speaker, guests and audience. The chief guest was invited to light the traditional lamp. But for a change, there was no matchbox or candle, but a lamp was lying on a small table. How the lamp could be lit without matchbox or a candle? Everyone wondered. The Chief Guest came and switched on a button and the electric (traditional) lamp with multicoloured lights of red, yellow and green was lit. Smart gesture, isn’t it?
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Cooperative body demands work Ludhiana, June 13 A resolution to this effect was passed at a meeting of the cooperative body here yesterday which was presided over by Mr Ajmer Singh Bhagpur. It was decided to oppose the decision of the local government department asking the cooperative bodies to get enlisted like private contractors because according to the government notification in this regard the cooperative construction bodies have been exempted from this. The meeting demanded immediate roll back of the decision. Addressing the meeting, Mr Ajmer Singh Bhagpur said that officers of construction-related government departments were flouting government notification by allotting construction work to private contractors on high rates instead of entrusting the job to the cooperative body. which was capable of providing better structures at lower rates. He said not only standard constructions would come into place but the cooperative movement would also get a boost if the government notification was followed in letter and in spirit. Mr Ajmer Singh further said that these cooperatives which were working at all district headquarters would become defunct if these are not given any work. He said soon a deputation would meet the Chief Minister in this regard. |
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Leader claims Cong wave
in Punjab Fatehgarh Sahib, June 13 Ms Sekhawat is visiting the state on the directions of the high command to assess the mood of the voters in the state, to get the first hand information about the activities of the party and to activate the Congress workers for the ensuing Assembly elections in the state. This meeting was a part of that programme. She said that the BJP-led Central Government had suffered a double set back, on one hand its misdeeds had been exposed by tehalka. com and on the other the Joint Parliamentary Committee had given a clean chit to Rajiv Gandhi in the Bofors deal. She said the BJP and its allies had been misleading the nation on the Bofors issue just to tarnish the image of the Congress. She said during the Congress regime, India was highly respected by all other countries and its foreign policy was widely appreciated. She said none of the countries even big super powers dared to attack India, whereas now due to the wrong policies of the Vajpayee government and over submissive attitude the countries like Bangladesh attacked and killed our 16 jawans. It was surprising that the govt did not retaliate and lodge any protest. She said there was a wave in favour of the Congress in the country, which was evident from the fact that in the recently held elections of the five states, the party formed government in three states and its allies in one state. Similarly the party would form its government in all the three states, where Assembly elections were going to be held. Lashing out at the Akali government she said that during her tour of the state, she found that a large number of people were coming forward narrating the highhandedness of the Akalis. She said that the Akalis were going to project a former terrorist Jaffarwal, the killer of hundreds of innocent people of the state, as a hero in the ensuing Assembly elections. She said that the Congress would not allow the killers to rule and to share the power. She said the people of the state and the party would not tolerate if the hard earned peace was destroyed again. She said the government failed on every front, it gave the facility of free power to the big farmers but the petty khet majdoors and weaker sections of the society had been deprived of this facility. Answering a query about the factionalism in the PPCC, she said there was no groupism in the party and the party was united. She said there were differences even in the family; whatever the differences of opinion were there would be solved amicably. Interestingly the meeting was organised by the DCC and the local Congress MLA, Dr Harbans Lal and his supporters, did not attend the meeting. Mr Sikandar Singh, President DCC, Dr Joginder Singh Maini, Mr Raj Bhardwaj, Dr Harpal Singh, Ms Rekha Jangra and Dr Satya Rani also addressed the meeting. |
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Pension copies distributed Samrala, June 13 On this occasion, Jathedar Kirpal Singh Khirnian said those belonging to Dalit community who have performed the marriage ceremony of their daughters after 1997 can also apply for Rs 5,100 under the Shagan Scheme to the concerned SDMs. Ms Avtar Kaur, CDPO, also highlighted the new schemes started by the Punjab Government for Dalits and other backward classes. Among others Jathedar Kartar Singh Mehdoodan, member, District Planning Board, Senior Akali leaders, Jathedar Joginder Singh Seh, Madan Singh Sarpanch Nagra, Tara Singh Sarpanch Lal Kalan, Sukhdev Singh Sarpanch Salaudi, Bhinder Singh Panch Ropalon addressed the gathering and sarpanch Bhagwan Singh thanked the audience. |
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Create housing facility
for needy: Badal Ludhiana, June 13 On his maiden visit to the South City, a private colony developed by the VHB Group along the Sidhwan Canal here, Mr Badal, while congratulating the promoters for carving out such a beautiful and pollution-free colony in the predominantly industrial city, asked them to earmark some plots for the poor and the people from lower income groups. Welcoming the Chief Minister, the VHB Chairman, Mr K.S. Phoolka, announced that a special colony would be carved out for the poor in South City and invited Mr Badal to personally come again during next year to hand over the houses to the poor people. Mr Y.P.S. Bhalla, Managing Director, and Mr Ayush Bhalla, Director, VHB Group were also present at the function.
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Salman, Karishma to visit
city Ludhiana, June 13 The fans of Salman Khan and Karishma Kapoor will be able to rock with them. The two cine stars will entertain the audience with many song and dance numbers. They will be supported by Sukhwinder Singh, Richa Sharma, Ishaan Dutta and Zeba Kazi. Moreover, a dance troupe comprising 24 dancers under two choreographers will entertain the crowd with exotic numbers.
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PNB offers one-time NPA
settlement Ludhiana, June 13 This was informed by Mr K.I. Singh, Senior Regional Manager, Punjab National Bank, here yesterday. He said that after taking into consideration the representations from various trade associations and organisations, the scheme had been extended up to June 30. Mr Singh said that the scheme was available to those defaulting borrowers whose accounts were declared as NPA on or before March 31, 1997. All the eligible borrowers may contact the branch manager concerned before June 30 and avail benefits of the scheme. |
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Woman dies of burns Amloh, June 13 According to information recorded by the police, Paramjit Kaur and Sarinder Kaur, two cousins, married to two brothers, Amarjit Singh and Inderjit Singh. Last evening Paramjit Kaur went to the kitchen to prepare tea. Soon Sarinder Kaur heard the bursting sound of stove and the cries of her sister. Neighbourers also gathered. They put off the flames, but she could not be saved.
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Morcha felicitates Atwal Machhiwara, June 13 Addressing the gathering, Mr Atwal claimed that the SAD-BJP government had launched various welfare projects for improving the lot of the weaker sections of society. Sufficient funds had been sanctioned for these projects, he added. He lauded Dr Ambedkar's efforts for making the weaker sections capable of learning and living a dignified life. Mr Atwal announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for Government High School, Jonewal, and Rs 20,000 for the cremation ground for the Gosain community. Mr Narinder Kumar Mochal was appointed Koom Kalan president of the morcha on the occasion. Ludhiana, June 13 Homage was paid to those killed
during the militancy days by observing silence for 10 minutes. A large
number of Gur Mandi traders were present at the function.
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Ex-education officer booked
for fraud Jagraon, June 13 The police has registered a case under Sections 409, 465, 467,468, 471,477, 120-B, IPC, on a complaint moved by Mr Sukhminder Singh, present Block Primary Education Officer. He claimed that it was found during investigation that the challan forms produced by the accused were found bogus and fabricated showing amount deposited as no amount kept for distribution to retired teachers had been deposited. |
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Three get life imprisonment Ludhiana, June 13 According to the prosecution, all the three accused hatched criminal conspiracy and forcibly entered the house of Gian Singh. Sucha Ram fired a shot from his pistol, which struck Gian Singh’s chest and proved fatal. An FIR was registered by the police at Sadar police station on the statement of Rajwinder Kaur, daughter of the deceased, wherein she said that on the fateful day she along with her maternal uncle, Balbir Singh, and parents was watching television. At about 9.45 pm, someone pressed the door bell of their house. Her father went to open the door. She also went behind him. When her father opened the door, three young persons forcibly came. One of them was having a pistol and another a knife. She further stated that the person holding the pistol fired at her father and fled. Though at the time of the incident, the accused could not be identified, yet after thorough investigation, the police arrested them and during identification parade in Central Jail, they were identified by Rajwinder Kaur. Even in the court, she categorically pointed towards the accused and reiterated the facts mentioned in the FIR. |
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Baby found Khanna, June 13 |
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Gang involved in looting
passengers busted Ludhiana, June 13 As part of their modus operandi, one of the gang members, Makhan Singh, hooked passengers outside the bus stand and would agree to take a passenger, say to Dholewal Chowk, for less than the usual fare on the condition that if he got another passenger on the way he would accommodate him as well. On the way, the rickshaw was stopped by another gang member, Babu Ram, posing as a passenger bound for the same direction. A little further on the way, Babu Ram would ask Makhan Singh to stop the rickshaw for a while as he badly needed to have some tea before proceeding further. Tea laced with a drug named Lecos-2 was given to the unsuspecting passenger following which he would fall unconscious. The drugged passenger was then off-loaded at a convenient place and his belongings taken away by the Bihari duo. The third accomplice of the arrested persons, Pandit, and originally hailing from Balia, is yet to be caught. He is also a rickshaw-puller. On search of their living quarters, the police found 12 bags, three trunks, four attaches and clothes both sewn and unsewn. Hit and run case: The Sarabha Nagar police is on the look out of the driver of an unidentified vehicle who fled the scene after hitting Mansa Ram, a security supervisor in a private firm, near gurdwara Nanaksar on the Ferozepore road last night. Mansa Ram died on the spot and the cycle on which he was going was badly damaged. The police has registered a case under Sections 279, 427 and 304-A of the IPC on the complaint of Mr Baldev Singh, field officer of the company employing Mansa Ram.
So far the police is clueless about the identity of the vehicle which hit the victim. Theft in hosiery:
The division No 3 police has registered a case under Sections 381, 506 and 34 of the IPC against Pankaj, alias Rishi, a resident of Gulchaman Street, Meshi, a resident of Santokh Nagar, Rangi, a resident of Gopal Nagar, and Inderpal, a resident of Gokal road, on the complaint of Mr Kewal Krishan, a resident of Gulchaman Street. The complainant stated that the accused worked in his hosiery. They stole goods worth Rs 7 lakh to Rs 8 lakh and sold it further. When he inquired about the stolen goods, the accused threatened that they would kill him. Fraud case: On a complaint filed by Mr Vivek Khetarpal, manager, Studio 69, Ghumar Mandi, the Division No 5 police has registered a case under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC against Mangat Verma, an employee of the studio. According to the complaint, mangat ram, who had been working as an assistant for quite some time, did not deposit Rs 22,000 which was given to him by a party with the studio manager. Arms case: The Model Town police yesterday arrested Krishan Murari Yadav, alias
Pappu, a migrant from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, and recovered from his possession a pistol and two cartridges. The arrested migrant has been booked under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act.
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Dominance of Chinese goods a myth:
expert Ludhiana, June 13 He was in the city to deliver a lecture on ‘Management of Results’. The lecture was organised by the Ludhiana Management Association. Prof Vinaysheel said, “In this era of widespread corruption and politicisation of decision-making bodies, it is important for industries to be organised and influence government’s policies in its favour. Managements should keep in mind conflicting interests of shareholders, consumers, industry and the others groups.” “Management should also try to mould media, local political groups and the public opinion to serve its goals. As a founding director of the Indian Institute of Kozhikode (Calicut), I had to face a lot of opposition from the local media, bureaucrats and politicians. However, my upright attitude and emphasis on mutual respect brought me success.” Prof Vinaysheel, who was born in Patna, has worked as the first Head of the Department of Management Studies in IIT-Delhi. He is the founding coordinator of Entrepreneurship Programme in IIT-Delhi. He has taken up a post-1992 comparative study of the cycle-parts industry of Ludhiana and Coimbatore and hopes to publish his findings in the next six months. He said the LMA should publish a paper on what should be done to make the Ludhiana industry competitive. He said it was not correct that China and the other competitors would capture the domestic market in the next few years. He said, “We need an integrated approach to beat the foreign competitors, but our action should be firm and early.” Prof M.A. Zahir, Mr S.K. Rai, Mr Mahesh Munjhal and Mr V.K. Goel also participated in the discussion. Prof Vinaysheel, later, told reporters that, “It is not right to criticise politicians or any other particular segment for all our problems. Indians need to have a national character to produce industrial giants. Honest entrepreneurs can beat even the most corrupt system.” Prof Vinaysheel also organised a workshop on management techniques today. About 50 representatives of the local industry attended this day-long workshop. |
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