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Badal vows to fight Amarinder in court
Three women allege torture by in-laws
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Winged visitors arrive at Pong wetlands
Kainth gives unity call to Dalits
150 delegates attend conference
Three booked for demanding dowry
Case registered against transport company
Seminar on Punjabi diaspora
Vaids seek recognition
789 cases settled
Student falls from bus, dies
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Badal vows to fight Amarinder in court
Jalandhar, December 17 Mr Badal alleged that the Chief Minister and some of his ministerial colleagues had amassed crores of rupees by corrupt practise and they would be booked. During a few months of his government, Capt Amarinder Singh had issued statements of minimising corruption but now he stopped issuing such statements as he and his ministers themselves indulged in corrupt practices. The SAD chief announced that a separate department for providing jobs to the unemployment youths would be set up. To a query, he said the department would be different from employment exchange as the latter only registered the names of unemployed youths but the new department would take practical steps for providing jobs to them. To a query, he said it was not in the hands of Capt Amarinder Singh to provide relief to the debt-ridden farmers of the state from the nationalised banks before the implementation of the code of conduct. In reply to a question, the Punjab BJP chief, Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, clarified that no party candidate had been declared by the party till date and the announcement made by a former BJP MP, Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu, about Punjab BJP Sports Cell president Rakesh Rathod’s candidature was his personal view. However, he evaded the reply when asked does not it amount to indiscipline. Earlier addressing the gathering, Mr Badal lashed at the Amarinder government for the hike in the prices of essential commodities. He reiterated that if came to power, they would provide foodgrains and pulses at the cost of Rs 4 and Rs. 16 per kilo, respectively. Speaking on the occasion, a former minister, Mr Manoranjan Kalia, appealed to Mr Badal to make promise with the industrialists and the private school operators that they would be provided relief if the SAD-BJP came to power. Mr Badal addressed six rallies in different parts of the city today. |
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Shiv Sena to field 25 candidates
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Three women allege torture by in-laws
Hoshiarpur, December 17 Ms Vijeta Rani stated that she was married to Suraj Kumar on August 3, 2002. She alleged that soon after her marriage she was tortured and maltreated for more dowry by her in-laws. However, her parents gave a television and a refrigerator on the demand of her in-laws. Later, they demanded Rs 3 lakh which her parents could not give. Ravinder Kaur, wife of Sarwan Singh of Muradpur Guru, alleged that she was also tortured for more dowry by her husband who had second wife Mandeep Kaur, daughter of Kewal Singh of village Munak Kalan ,Tanda. The Hariana police has registered a case under Sections 498 A, 494, 109, 506 and 120 B of the IPC against the husband. In another case. Salni Saini, daughter of Harish Chander Rai of Gurdaspur, told the Tanda police that she was married to Mohinder Singh of Munak Kalan about two years ago. She alleged that she was also tortured for more dowry. On October 22, 2006, her in-laws threw her out of the house. A case under Sections 406, 498-A, 323 and 506 of the IPC against her husband, Joginder Singh, Parkash Kaur, Kuldip Kaur and Tarsem Singh was registered. |
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Winged visitors arrive at Pong wetlands
Talwara, December 17 A visit to the wetlands today revealed that the reservoir is home to nearly 35,000 to 40,000 migratory birds, including cormorants, pochards, grebes (little and crested), coots, moorhens and barheaded geese. The influx of birds can be seen at Nagrota Suriyan, Budladha, Sansarpur Terrace and dam site areas. “There are nearly 35,000 birds roosting and feeding in this area this time and their number is expected to increase within few weeks. Usually these birds arrive in November and soak in tropical climate till March after which they embark on their long journey back home,” said Mr S.K. Guleria, Divisional Forest Officer (Wildlife), Hamirpur. About 1.50 lakh birds belonging to 54 species visit the reservoir area from the trans-Himalayan zone every year. The Pong wetlands, one of the largest man-made wetlands in the North, spread over an area of 307 sq km. The wetlands, which play an important role in attracting both local and migratory birds, came into existence with the construction of a dam on the Beas in 1960. These were first noted by a Britisher in 1920 when he counted 27 bird species. Some of the migratory birds like cormorants, egrets, heron and pochards made their permanent colony in Rancer island and preferred to stay there even after the winter. The water body spread over 18,000 hectares supports a number of islands, including Rancer, Karu and Jattan-Da-Kuwal. These islands are rich in wildlife. Karu is the biggest island having woods, slopes and hills. Of course, verdant forest, optimum water level and rich flora and fauna have attracted a sizeable number of birds even from places as far as Central Asia, Russia, Poland and China. The reservoir is also famous for game fishing. You can encounter cat fish, rohu, catla and mrigal and pit your wits against golden mahseer. For this the permission of the Fisheries Department is a must. The lake sanctuary supports wildlife, including barking deer, sambar, fox, boar, fishing cat, blue bull, porcupine and leopard, and a variety of reptiles. |
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Kainth gives unity call to Dalits
Nawanshahr, December 17 By uniting into a formidable political entity, they could thwart the ‘dhan shakti’ (power of money) of the capitalist political parties by exhibiting ‘jan shakti’(people’s power) in the ensuing Assembly poll .The Dalits and backwards were disillusioned with the capitalist political parties, which had been exploiting them as a vote bank. These political parties had been alluring the Dalits and backwards by announcing pre-poll sops for them. But, such alluring announcements could not change their lot.The struggle was not for petty sops but for evolving a system of social, economic and political equality. The Bahujan Samaj Morcha had strengthened its organisation in the state and was destined to emerge as the third political force in the state, claimed Mr. Kainth. Mr Raj Singh Kheri, a former MLA, Mr Avtar Singh Lataur, Mr Husan Lal Bharauli, Dr Inderpal, Ms Naresh Kumari Bawa, president, Mahila Wing of BSM, D. Kamal (Nawanshahr), Mr Sarwan Ram (Hoshiarpur), Mr Bhola Singh (Sangrur), Mr Desh Raj Bhatti, Mr Paramjit Singh (Ludhiana), Mr Barjinder Pal (Moga), Mr Gurpreet Singh (Ferozepur), Mr Jodha Singh (Bathinda), Mr Harcharan Brar (Amritsar) and Mr Amrik Singh (Jalandhar), among others, addressed the rally. |
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150 delegates attend conference
Nawanshahr, December 17 Over 100 research papers on recent advances in electronics and communication were presented at the conference. Prof I.S. Hundiara, Director of the conference, while introducing the eminent scientists, said the conference was aimed at to bring together the scientists, research scholars, academicians, industrialists on a common platform to exchange innovative ideas. Dr. Pawan Kapoor, Director, CSIO, Chandigarh, delivered a lecture on “ Sensors and Networking’, Dr B.S. Jassal, a scientist from the Defence Electronics Application Laboratory, gave a talk on ‘Satellite Communication Systems”. Prof S.S. Sekhon of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, spoke on: “Nanotechnology and its usefulness to society”. He said with the advances in microelectronics and nanotechnology, the size of electronic devices would further reduce as billons of transistors might be embedded in a small chip. Prof J.N. Dahiya from South East Missouri State University, USA, spoke on “Environment and electronics”. He also gave tips to students for availing of the opportunities of funded research in the prestigious US universities. Prof H.M. Rai, Prof S.B. Narang, Prof Sanjay Marwaha, Prof R.S. Kaler, among others, also spoke. Prof M.L. Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University chaired the technical session. He spoke about the upcoming field of tackling fibre nonlinearities in fibre pptical communication systems. |
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Three booked for demanding dowry
Phagwara, December 17 But after some time he allegedly started harassing her on phone from Lebanon to bring more money to complete the house at the village. She alleged that her in-laws also started harassing her for more dowry. She further told the police that she ultimately went to her parents’ house where she gave birth to a girl child. After the delivery, her in-laws began to hate her more. The police, after the inquiry , booked Kasturi Lal, mother-in-law Piaro and father-in-law Parkash under Sections 498, 406, 506 and 34 of the IPC. |
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Case registered against transport company
Hoshiarpur, December 17 According to the police, Mr Dhillon alleged that the general manager and the accountant had misappropriated funds from salaries, bonus and provident fund of employees for about the past five years. |
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Seminar on Punjabi diaspora
Phagwara, December 17 BS Dahiya, former Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, in his keynote address said, diaspora deals with the immigrant sensibility. The NRI Sabha honoured Mr Bains and Mr Dahiya. |
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Vaids seek recognition
Hoshiarpur, December 17 Mr Suman Kumar Sud, president, Mr Ravi Kant Khulia, chairman, Mr Tarsem Singh Sandhu, secretary of the District Vaid Mandal, and many others said the ayurvedic system of medicines which was an ancient science of the country had been ignored by the state government whereas it was being followed by various countries of the world. Function Pensioners from all over the district participated at a function organised by the Punjab Pensioners Welfare Association, Hoshiarpur unit, here today. It was presided over by Mr Paramjit Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner. Mr Mohinder Singh Parwana and Mr Kirpal Singh, both office-bearers of the association, highlighted the achievements of the association. A directory of life members was also released. |
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789 cases settled
Jalandhar, December 17 He said that a compensation to the tune of Rs 90,08,607 was awarded to parties and fine to the tune of Rs 1,16,950 was received through traffic challans. |
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Student falls from bus, dies
Phagwara, December 17 He was taken to a hospital at Dhahan Kaleran where he succumbed to his injuries. Surinder Sharma’s father, Raj Kumar, however, alleged that the driver and conductor had beaten up his son and thrown him off the bus. |
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