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Thanksgiving tour concludes
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Lift wheat stock to make room for new crop: Lakhowal to Centre
Vendetta
Police inaction triggers protest after toddler crushed to death
Youth, mother booked for kidnapping 17-yr-old girl
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Thanksgiving
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Bhai Ka Kera (Muktsar), April 21 Addressing the public on the last day of his thanksgiving tour in the Lambi assembly constituency, Badal said, “After May, there would be no transfers of government officials, except for some special cases. In future too, all officials would be transferred in the months of April and May, which would help the officials to complete their work within the time frame.” Speaking on another issue, he said there would be no difference between his own constituency, Lambi, and other constituencies in the state when it came to carrying out development works. “I plan for the development of the entire state and not only about my own constituency Lambi,” said Badal. He further informed that under a scheme of the World Bank to construct new waterworks to supply potable water to every house, the state government has decided that in the villages falling in water-logged, kandi or border areas of the state besides those villages having more than 40 per cent schedule caste population, the families belonging to general category would contribute `400 whereas those belonging to the SC community would contribute `200 only. Badal also pointed out that the installation of reverse osmosis (RO) systems along with the waterworks in all the villages would be completed by 2014. Speaking about the health-related issues, Badal said the teams of health department would conduct village-level surveys and according to the report submitted by the officials, the state government would provide the best possible assistance to the patients. Before concluding his thanksgiving tour, Badal said he had called a meeting of experts in Chandigarh tomorrow so that a policy could be framed for curbing the drug menace and to open drug de-addiction and rehabilitation centres for the addicted youth. |
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Officials nap during CM’s public meeting
Bhai Ka Kera (Muktsar), April 21 During his thanksgiving tour of Lambi constituency today, some officials accompanying him were spotted taking a nap that too when the elderly CM was speaking high about some administrative reforms scheduled to be unrolled within a couple of days. After covering six villages since morning, when the CM began addressing the public in this village at about 12 noon, some officials sitting on the CM’s left side were found enjoying siesta. The CM continued his speech without paying attention to the sleeping officials. However, the persons sitting next to the officials took a notice of their gesture pertaining to dereliction of duty. On seeing that their pictures were being taken, which could invite trouble for them, their colleagues hurriedly alerted them. When asked for his reaction towards the callous approach of the officials towards his public address, Badal said, “They must remain alert as we visit public with the sole aim to serve them in a better way. If I can meet people throughout the day, the officials too must be sincere towards their duty.” Meanwhile, an erring official pleaded TNS not to publish his photo caught taking a nap fearing that it may land him in some problem. A few officials, while reasoning their “careless” colleagues’ act, said, “To follow the hectic schedule of the energetic chief minister for a full day is not easy. The CM’s public life starts early in the morning and ends late in the evening without any break.” |
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Lift wheat stock to make room for new crop:
Fazilka, April 21 Lakhowal was here today to take stock of the wheat procurement process at Fazilka grain market and to attend a meeting of the BKU’s Fazilka district unit held in Beganwali village, 7 kms from here. Fazilka MLA and Forest Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani also attended the programme. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the meeting, Lakhowal said about 115 to 120 lakh metric tonne (MT) of wheat was expected to arrive in the grain markets of the state this season, as against 112.33 lakh MT recorded during the previous year. He appealed to the farmers against sowing paddy before June 10 and urged them not to burn the wheat stubble to preserve the environment and the fertility of the land. He said 13 ultra-modern grain markets with pack houses were under construction in the state, adding that 90 per cent construction of 10 grain markets had already been completed. Besides, a vegetable and fruit market was being constructed at the cost of `89 crore on 20 acres in Mohali. The produce from neighbouring Haryana would also be auctioned there, he said. |
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Vendetta
Muktsar, April 21 Local MLA Karan Kaur Brar, Gidderbaha MLA Amrinder Singh Warring, former Malout MLA Nathu Ram and district Congress president Gurdas Girdhar were present at the meeting. The Congress leaders alleged that the police was acting at the behest of ruling Akalis and as a result a fake case of tractor theft was recently registered against two Congress activists of Barkandi village.
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Police inaction triggers protest after
Moga, April 21 The protesters raised slogans against the local police and also blocked the main road to exert pressure on the police to arrest the alleged culprit. The traffic on the main road was disrupted for over an hour. The child, who has been identified as Arjun Singh, son of Rajinder Pal Singh and a resident of Chugga Basti, Dharamkot, was crushed to death under a speeding Swift car on April 19. The car driver has already been identified by the aggrieved family members. Addressing the protesters, the president of the Punjab Garib Bachao Morcha, Channan Singh, and an activist of the Shiromani Rangreta Dal, Lakhvir Singh Sahota, alleged that the police was trying to protect the alleged culprit under political influence. Local DSP Gurmail Singh was out of station and in his absence, the Kot-Ise-Khan SHO, inspector Sikandar Singh Brar, rushed to the spot to pacify the protesters. The SHO assured the agitators and the aggrieved family members that the alleged culprit would soon be nabbed. A criminal case has already been registered against him. |
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Youth, mother booked for kidnapping 17-yr-old girl
Moga, April 21 The father of the girl, Baldev Singh, in his statement to the police, said his daughter went missing a few days ago. “When we enquired about her from our relatives and the village folk, we learnt that Devinder Singh, a village youth, and his mother Jaswinder Kaur have kidnapped her,” he stated. He alleged that the mother-son duo induced his daughter, who is aged below 18 years, and took her to an undisclosed location. Baldev feared his girl might be forced to marry Devinder. The police had registered a criminal case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC against the mother-son duo at Dharamkot police station and launched a hunt to recover the girl. Both the accused are at large. “We will nab the culprits and recover the girl soon,” said ASI Zora Singh who is investigating this case. |
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Fazilka, April 21
