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UP labourer found dead
Hoshiarpur, October 7
A migrant labourer identified as Santosh (40) from Uttar Pradesh was found murdered today at a shuttering material store in Adda Kot Fatuhi, 35 km from here. According to the police, the deceased was attacked with sharp edged weapons as appeared from the wounds on the body.

Survival Battle
Competition from migrants worries local labourers
Hoshiarpur, October 7
Facing a competition from the migrant labourers, who recently migrated to Dasuya, the existing vegetable sellers, rehriwalas, rickshaw pullers and other labour classes staged a protest rally here today. The protestors said the migrants have acquired their work by offering competitive rates.

Financial commissioner inspects dana mandis
Phagwara, October 7
The Punjab government has deputed one financial commissioner for each district to monitor and supervise paddy procurement arrangements. Kumudjit Sidhu, financial commissioner co-operation department, Punjab and incharge for Kapurthala district’s paddy procurements, visited Phagwara main grain markets and assessed the situation.

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Police inaction alleged in land fraud case
Amritsar, October 7
Gurdial Singh, a resident of Antaryami Colony in Amritsar, is moving from pillar to post for the arrest of three accused who have defrauded him in an alleged land fraud case after the police failed to arrest the trio, who was moving freely even after registration of criminal case against them.

DAV youth festival comes to gala end
Batala, October 7
The three-day Mahatma Hans Raj Aryan youth festival at Dr Daulat Ram Bhalla DAV Centenary Public School Batala concluded here on Sunday evening amidst lots of cheer.

DAVC managing panel elections adjourned
Hoshiarpur, October 7
The election meeting of the DAV College Managing Committee (DAV CMC) was adjourned today without electing new office bearers for the next term. The election was called off due to controversy over the voting rights of ex-officio members.

UP labourer found dead
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, October 7
A migrant labourer identified as Santosh (40) from Uttar Pradesh was found murdered today at a shuttering material store in Adda Kot Fatuhi, 35 km from here. According to the police, the deceased was attacked with sharp edged weapons as appeared from the wounds on the body.

Santosh had been working and residing at the shop of Baljinder Singh for the last three months. On Saturday, the deceased went to sleep on shop’s roof and when the owners came to shop on Sunday morning they found Santosh murdered. Sources further said some unknown persons had broken into the shops of Raju Money Exchange and Suresh Iron Store, adjoining Baljinder Singh’s shop. However, no loss was of property was reported from the Raju Money Exchange, goods worth Rs 5000 were missing from the shop of Suresh Iron Store. — OC

Survival Battle
Competition from migrants worries local labourers

Hoshiarpur, October 7
Facing a competition from the migrant labourers, who recently migrated to Dasuya, the existing vegetable sellers, rehriwalas, rickshaw pullers and other labour classes staged a protest rally here today. The protestors said the migrants have acquired their work by offering competitive rates.

The protestors criticised the state government for not keeping a check on the flow of migrant labourers to Punjab from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and Rajasthan.

Presidents of Rickshaw Puller Union and Vegetable Fruit Seller Union, Harmesh Singh and Gurbax Singh, respectively, said the migrant labourers had a very low cost of living as compared to Punjabi labourers. “Around 15 of them live together in a single room without electricity and water supply facilities.”

“Besides, they sell goods on meager margins and charged less rates for rickshaw service. Moreover, many criminals allegedly had joined them for crime resulting in increase of thefts and kidnapping cases,” they added. Demanding deportation of migrant labourers living in the area the protestors said the labourers have no ration and identity cards.

Meanwhile, local MLA Amarjit Singh Sahi said he had called a meeting of local and migrant labourers on Monday and would sort out an amicable solution to the problem. However, he agreed that only migrant labourers with ration or identity cards should be allowed to continue with their work. — OC

Financial commissioner inspects dana mandis

Phagwara, October 7
The Punjab government has deputed one financial commissioner for each district to monitor and supervise paddy procurement arrangements. Kumudjit Sidhu, financial commissioner co-operation department, Punjab and incharge for Kapurthala district’s paddy procurements, visited Phagwara main grain markets and assessed the situation. Markfed general manager Ramandeep, Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Paul and district food and supply controller Sukhdev Singh accompanied her. She visited and inspected dana mandis of nearby Ranipur, Rawalpindi, Rihana Jattan, Panchhatt and Jagatpur Jattan villages and also met the representatives of different purchase agencies, farmers and Arrtis. — OC

Police inaction alleged in land fraud case
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 7
Gurdial Singh, a resident of Antaryami Colony in Amritsar, is moving from pillar to post for the arrest of three accused who have defrauded him in an alleged land fraud case after the police failed to arrest the trio, who was moving freely even after registration of criminal case against them.

Giving the details of the case Gurdial said Lakhwinder Singh in connivance with his two accomplices Jasbir Singh Sethi, a deed writer, and Harpal Singh had induced him for purchasing land in the revenue estate of Sultanwind area of the city. He alleged that before purchasing the plot he had approached Patwari Bachittar Singh in this regard. But, Bachittar did not reveal the true facts regarding the ownership of the said property as he was also hand-in-glove with the accused.

The complainant said he had paid Rs One lakh after the plot was registered in his name on April 29 and asked the accused to get him the possession of the land. However, the accused dilly-dallied on the issue stating one reason or the other.

When I came to know that the plots were part of the land of the Gurdwara Satlani Sahib, I asked Lakhwinder to refund the amount on July 29. However, he refused to refund the amount saying that he was the original owner and there was nothing wrong in it,” added Gurdial.

“I have filed a complaint with the police in this regard and after an enquiry the police registered a case against them on September 29. Even after the case was registered the police did not arrest the accused who were moving freely,” said Gurdial.

When contacted the SSP Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said he had directed the concerned SHO in this regard and the accused would be arrested soon.

DAV youth festival comes to gala end
Our Correspondent

Batala, October 7
The three-day Mahatma Hans Raj Aryan youth festival at Dr Daulat Ram Bhalla DAV Centenary Public School Batala concluded here on Sunday evening amidst lots of cheer.

The festival, which had started on Friday, saw a large number of students from different schools participating in the function. Various cultural, educational and classical musical programmes were organised during the course of the event. Besides all this, recitation of ved mantras, patriotic songs competition, rangoli, on the spot painting were some of the attractions of the function.

Principal of DAV Centenary Public School Shabnam Handa said 750 students representing 16 schools from Batala, Amritsar, Attari, Dasuya, Bhikiwind and Talwara participated in the function. While giving the results of the function the principal said DAV International School Amritsar, DAV Centenary Public School Batala and DAV Public School Attari stood first in ved mantras competition, patriotic songs and rangoli, respectively, on the first day of the function.

DAVC managing panel elections adjourned

Hoshiarpur, October 7
The election meeting of the DAV College Managing Committee (DAV CMC) was adjourned today without electing new office bearers for the next term. The election was called off due to controversy over the voting rights of ex-officio members. The meeting saw presence of 19 regular members of the DAV CMC and two ex-officio members, both principals of local DAV College and DAV Senior Secondary School, respectively. The DAV CMC had two groups, one led by ex- MP, Kamal Chowdhary, while Devinder Mohan Sharma, present chief of the committee, is leading the other. — OC