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Former Akali sarpanch shot
SAD sarpanch booked for attempted murder in Gurdaspur
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ETO's Suicide Case
BSF constable shoots dead colleague, self
Moga byelection
Badal, not Capt, has ‘Majithia
phobia’, say Congress leaders
Govt gets into sop-spinning mode to check flight of textile industry
Punjab to seek Rs 5,000 crore non-Plan grant
Suspended SP Uppal dead
28 Punjab hospitals selected for UN bio-medical waste disposal project
Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail link
Molestation
Train docs for swine
flu cases, CMOs told
High Court upholds life sentence in honour killing case
3 rapists sentenced
to life imprisonment
Info sought on renovation of former DGP Gill’s house
Patiala man held for raping minor
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Former Akali sarpanch shot
Faridkot, January 15 While one group of Akalis demanded the arrest of the accused, the other group allegedly mounted pressure on the police to go soft on the issue. Succumbing to mounting public pressure, the police registered a murder case against three persons, including Brar's kin. But the deceased's family members and supporters refused to cremate the body till the accused were arrested. Sukhmander Singh was shot in the neck near his house. He reportedly had strained ties with Brar's nephew who had allegedly made a murderous attack on his relative. In the case, the police registered a case on May 26, 2012, but did not arrest anybody. “Under Mantar Brar's pressure, instead of arresting the accused, the police was pressing us to reach a compromise and withdraw the complaint,” said Gurditta Singh, the deceased's brother. He said the police had failed to act despite several complaints on receiving threats from Brar's nephew. The police was looking into the allegations and necessary action would be taken in the case, said Jasvir Singh, SHO, Bajakhana. Asked about the involvement of Brar's relative in the murder, he feigned ignorance. On why the police had not arrested the accused in May, 2012, for attempted murder, he said an inquiry was pending with the SP (Detective). Brar claimed he had never interfered in police working and the police was free to act against the accused.
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SAD sarpanch booked for attempted murder in Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur, January 15 Sarpanch Joginder Singh and his acquaintances Harpreet Singh, Jagtar Singh, Harpal Singh and Sukhdev Singh, allegedly attacked his relative Kulwinder Singh with guns and sharp edged weapons. Tension had been brewing in the village for the past few days and the Dhariwal police had tried to affect a compromise between the two parties but in vain. The victim was rushed to the Amritsar Medical College. His condition was stated to be critical. Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Raj Jit Singh said police teams had been sent to various places to nab the accused. Terrified, the sarpanch's relatives had locked their house and had fled the village.The officer said he was under no pressure to shield the sarpanch. “I know the sarpanch is aligned with the SAD. But that will not deter us from taking action against him. I have instructed my men not to yield to pressure from any politician of the area,” he added.
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ETO's Suicide Case
Mohali, January 15 Accompanied by her counsel Gurjeet Singh Kaura, she reached at the court's complex at 9.45 am and was produced before the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Senior Division) R S Rai at 10 am. The court sent her to 14-day judicial custody. The plea of the Mohali police, that failed to arrest the officer after registering an FIR on August 18 last year, for Amandeep Kaur's police remand was turned down. At first, nobody in the court could recognise Amandeep Kaur, who had wrapped a shawl around her. A police team, led by DSP (City 1) Rajinder Singh Sohal reached the court and took her into custody. She was taken to the local Civil Hospital and thereafter sent to the Patiala jail. With Amandeep Kaur's arrest, three of the accused in the case have been held while two others, Head Constable Harminder Singh and Ludhiana-based transporter Rajinder Gopi, are at large. The police has filed an application to declare them as proclaimed offenders. Amandeep Kaur told the police that she had been staying in a rented accommodation at Baru Sahib near Solan in Himachal Pradesh. She had got herself baptised at the Baru Sahib Gurdwara and was involved in community service. She said she had spoken to Harminder Singh on the phone about a month ago. She said she had been evading arrest, as advised by her counsel, as her application for anticipatory bail was pending with the Supreme Court which had been ‘dismissed as withdrawn’ on January 10. The local court had issued arrest warrants against the SP twice. The next hearing is on January 28. The ETO’s wife, Manjit Kaur, said: “I am happy that Amandeep kaur is in jail. I have won half the battle.” The Mohali police had registered a case under Sections 120-B, 306 and 506 and Sections 7, 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act against the accused on August 18 last year. The ETO had committed suicide on April 23, 2011, following his arrest by a Vigilance team led by Amandeep Kaur. His family had alleged a frame-up. Looking Back
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7 more bidders deposit amount
Chandigarh, January 15 Taking a plea that they had not received the offer letters from the department till yesterday, the seven successful bidders for Nasrala, Bohan, Dihana, Digana Kalan, Fatehgarh Niada, Mukhlaina and Saidonpatti quarries today deposited 50 per cent of the total bid amount (Rs 3.61 crore) with the district mining officer at Hoshiarpur where these quarries are located. The state government had yesterday received the initial deposit of Rs 11 crore for just two quarries at Parchian Biharipur (Ludhiana) and Gag Digara (Jalandhar). With today’s amount, the state government has now received Rs 14.61 crore from the auction of nine quarries. Official sources informed The Tribune that for at least three quarries, Chandiala (SAS Nagar), Amritpur (Kapurthala) and Kailon (Hoshiarpur), the government would offer the mining rights to the second highest bidder. In Chandiala, the highest bidder had bid Rs 34.25 crore and the second highest bid was for Rs 34 crore. In Amritpur, the highest bid was Rs 20.12 crore and the second highest bid was Rs 20 crore while in Kailon the highest bid was for Rs 22.50 crore and second highest bid was for Rs 20 crore. For the remaining six quarries at Harta, Dandiana Kalan, Deowala. Hargarh, Patti and Khalwana, where the authorities suspect collusive bidding (where an extremely high bid is made to benefit a partner and ward off competition), the matter has been reportedly referred to the government for a final decision. Since the difference in the highest bid and the second highest bid is too wide, the offer letters are reportedly not being issued to the second highest bidder.
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BSF constable shoots dead colleague, self
Amritsar/Tarn Taran, January 15 It is learnt that Sunil Kumar and Mahesh Kumar both belonged to Rewari district in Haryana and were good friends. In his suicide note, Sunil Kumar stated that he was disheartened and wanted to end his life. He said he had great regard for his mother and that the entire compassion amount for his death be payed to her. The police said the matter was under investigation to ascertain if anything had propelled Sunil Kumar to make him take such an extreme step. Sunil Kumar was on patrol duty yesterday while his associate Mahesh Kumar was on duty at the Chheena Bidhi Chand post. He shot Mahesh Kumar after duty hours at about 8 pm, said Superintendent of Police (Detective) Harwinder Singh Sandhu. A BSF official said there could be domestic reasons for the feud between the two friends.
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Kamal Sharma unanimously elected state BJP chief
Chandigarh, January 15 A senior leader from Ferozepur, Sharma has been active in the Sangh affairs for the past three decades. He was in the race for the top post last time too. There was a feeling that Ashwani Kumar might manage another extension because of his ‘commendable’ handling of organisational affairs and his work during the last assembly elections. The party has, finally, decided to hand over the reigns to Sharma who is known for his organisational skills and for carrying along the party cadre. Ram Nath Kovind, central election observer, and Vinod Sharma, state observer, declared the outcome. Shanta Kumar, national vice-president, and JP Nadda, national general Secretary, were also present on the occasion. There was a sizeable crowd at the party office. the newly elected president addressed the workers in Punjabi, Hindi and English. To a question on the reported differences between the BJP and the SAD over sharing power, Sharma said there existed none. He said there were only "minor differences over small issues which were talked out and settled." Sharma became national secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the 1980s. He was appointed general secretary of the state unit in 2007. About the new boss
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Moga byelection
Chandigarh, January 15 The final decision is likely to take place after January 21 following the end of the party’s “chintan shivir” in Jaipur. Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh will take up the committee’s recommendations with Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Capt Amarinder Singh said the other members of the Committee were Rana KP, Ajaib Bhatti, OP Soni, Chiranji Lal Garg and Tript Rajinder Bajwa. He said the committee had been asked to recommend the most suitable candidate keeping in view the caste equations as well as aspirations of the people of the constituency. Congress sources said though there were three major claimants for the party ticket - Malti Thapar, Vijay Sathi and Darshan Singh Brar - the party was open to other names as well. The sources said the party was keen to field a Hindu candidate keeping in view the Moga’s Hindu population of more than 70,000. Besides, the SAD too had fielded a Hindu candidate, they said. Rana Gurjit said the committee was looking for a candidate with clean image to take on the “turncoat” Joginderpal Jain. Party vice-president Kewal Dhillon said the party had to face a defeat in the Dasuya byelection as the Congress candidate had given up the fight midway. Dhillon, who had headed the Dasuya campaign, said a strong candidate was necessary to take on the Akalis.
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Badal, not Capt, has ‘Majithia
phobia’, say Congress leaders
Chandigarh, January 15 In a joint statement, the Congress leaders alleged that it was Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and not Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh, who had ‘Majithia phobia’ and was “scared” of the latter’s chief ministerial ambitions. For substantiating their claim, the party leaders cited that Badal himself had publicly said that “Majithia had got everything on a platter and that now he was eyeing his (Badal’s) chair”. “Badal’s own admission that Majithia is after his chair makes it clear who is scared of whom,” the statement read. The signatories to the statement are Rana Gurjeet, Rana Sodhi, Kewal Dhillon, Rana KP, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Fatehjung Bajwa, Arvind Khanna, Raja Warring, Surinder Dawer, Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Joginder Singh Panjgraian, Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Bibi Harchand Kaur, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Om Prakash Soni and Mohammad Sadique. Addressing the Akalis, they said, “Capt Amarinder knows your compulsions that despite feeling suffocated and bullied by Majithia, you cannot raise your concerns for fear of losing your jobs. So, he is helping your case only and you should be grateful to him.”
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Govt gets into sop-spinning mode to check flight of textile industry
Chandigarh, January 15 The aim is to counter the incentives offered by other cotton-producing states. Sources in the Industries Department said the government was mulling to offer interest subsidy to those expanding their textile units or setting up new units. Besides, incentives related to Value Added Tax (VAT) and electricity duty will be linked to the fixed capital investment made by investors for setting up integrated textile units. Punjab had formed a high powered committee, comprising a few textile unit owners, to offer its own set of incentives to the industry. The idea is to either match the incentives offered by Gujarat, Maharastra and Madhya Pradesh or to outdo these textile hubs by offering more concessions. Official sources said the new industrial policy will be announced before the end of this financial year. It was only a year-and-a-half ago (in 2011) that Punjab had announced its policy for development of textile parks. Composite textile processing units (from cotton to garment) were to be set up with a minimum fixed capital investment of Rs 250 crore in the districts of Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Sangrur, Barnala, Tarn Taran and Amritsar. Under this policy, the state is already offering 50 per cent exemption in market fee, rural development fund and cess on purchase of cotton for 10 years; allowing commercial use of 10 per cent of the land for textile units without paying change in land use and external development charges; assurance of good power supply; allowing units to set up own power plants etc. But these incentives have been no match to what the other states are offering. The new textile policy in Punjab is being formulated after the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat Government announced its new textile policy last year. The state government hit the panic button fearing that the state will not only become less attractive as investment destination for new textile units but also for the existing textile units that wish to expand operations. Over the past couple of years, high cost of land and shortage of power have forced many textile units from the state, like Vardhman and Trident, to set up new green field projects in Madhya Pradesh. Similarly, Maharashtra has also come up with a new textile policy, which offers 10 per cent capital subsidy for new textile projects and 12.5 per cent on long term loans linked to Technical Upgradation Funds Schemes. What Punjab will offer
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Punjab to seek Rs 5,000 crore non-Plan grant Chandigarh, January 15 The issue had been handed over to the 14th Finance Commission which would not submit its report before the end of 2015. Hence, a non-Plan grant would be sought from the Centre. On slashing the state's borrowing limit to 3 per cent of the GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) by the 13th Finance Commission, Dhindsa said he would urge the Centre to raise it to 3.5 per cent. Claiming that the state had taken steps to mop up an additional revenue of Rs 2,380 crore per annum, he said a sum of Rs 5,000 crore should be earmarked during the 12th Plan for diversification of crops. Dhindsa said he would urge the Centre to release a sum of Rs 240 crore that had been withheld because the state had not set up a water regulatory authority. He said there was no justification in linking the grant to the setting up of the authority. Opposing the new formula to allocate funds from the diesel cess, Dhindsa said the state's contribution to the Centre in this regard was Rs 600 crore per annum. However, allocation from this contribution was made to the state in such a manner that it incurred a revenue loss up to 35 per cent. The state also wanted that the earlier policy on rail freight be restored to help land-locked states to develop industry. The minister said the Centre had committed itself to compensate states while reducing the central sales tax from 4 per cent to 2 per cent, but had failed to do so adequately because of which Punjab was suffering a loss. He said he would ask the Centre to waive the 2 per cent excise duty on bicycles and increase the import duty from 30 per cent to 40 per cent. He would seek extending the Delhi-Mumbai-Ludhiana industrial corridor to Amritsar and the eastern freight corridor from West Bengal-Delhi-Ludhiana to Amritsar. The Centre, he said, should increase investment in the public sector in Punjab and also allocate a national manufacturing investment zone to the state. "We want that Makhu in Ferozepur be linked to Patti via rail as this will cut the distance between Amritsar and Mumbai by 240 km." Punjab would also seek more relief for farmers regarding cooperative loans.
Govt's Wishlist
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Suspended SP Uppal dead
Jalandhar, January 15 Uppal was placed under suspension in October 2012 while posted as SP, Nawanshahr, for allegedly intimidating witnesses in the Yannick Nihangaza assault case in which his son Ramneek Singh Uppal alias Rommy Uppal was one of those involved. Uppal complained of chest pain at about 2.30 am and was rushed to a private hospital. As his condition worsened, the doctors referred him to Patel Hospital where he breathed his last. Uppal was reportedly under stress following his son's arrest. He is survived by his wife, daughter and son. The cremation will take place after his relatives living abroad arrive at Jalandhar. Born on July 21, 1959, Uppal was an international athlete who won several medals for the country. Uppal served as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Bathinda, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala. He was honoured with the President Gallantry Police Medal for meritorious services. Uppal's son Rommy was arrested by the Jalandhar police for the attempted murder of Burundi national Yannick Nihangaza, a student of Lovely Professional University (LPU), on the intervening night of April 21-22 in 2012. A critically injured Yannick is in coma at a Patiala hospital. Yannick, a first-year student of B.Sc (Computer Science), was attacked by Jaskaran Singh alias Jassa, Rantaj Singh and Rommy outside a liquor vend on April 21 after an altercation. Jaskaran and Rantaj, who absconded after the incident, have been declared proclaimed offenders. Yannick's father Nestor Ntibateganya had written to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal demanding justice for his son and the arrest of those who had assaulted him.
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28 Punjab hospitals selected for UN bio-medical waste disposal project
Ludhiana, January 15 The initiative is part of a project being executed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Members of the UNIDO team along with Dr M Subba Rao, Director, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, said this here today during a visit to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. Ludhiana also has been selected as the model district for the project in Punjab. The foundation for the project was laid during the Stockholm Convention in 2006. The topic then was “Reduction of persistent organic pollutants’. Apart from Punjab, the project is being implemented in Punjab, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Orissa. It aims at reducing and ultimately eliminating the release of persistent organic pollutants and other harmful wastes into the environment. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $40 million (around Rs 22 crore) for the five states over a period of five years. Of this amount, the Global Environmental Facility is financing $10 (over Rs 5 crore) million while the rest would be raised through co-financing. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is the coordinating agency for the project at the national level whereas the respective Health and Family Welfare Department will be its counterpart in various states. For Punjab, the state pollution control board is the nodal office to facilitate smooth running of the project. Once the project gets going, hospitals will be able to disinfect 20 kg of biomedical waste in one go and that too in just 45 minutes. The disinfected waste can be later disposed of with general waste. About the project
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Linemen want release of protesters
Sangrur, January 15 They demanded the release of 57 unemployed linemen and their family members who were arrested on January 13 at the Maghi conference of the SAD in Muktsar for trying to "disrupt" Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's speech. The protesters, led by district president of the Berozgar Linemen Union, PSPCL, Gurbakhshish Singh Chhanna, also burnt an effigy of the state government. Earlier, they took out a protest march through the city from Banasar Bagh to the traffic light chowk. They raised slogans in support of their demands, which include issuance of appointment letters to 4,000 unemployed linemen for jobs in PSPCL. District vice-president of the union Jatinder Singh Jhaloor said their agitation would continue till the acceptance of their demands. He said the government was not justified in arresting the linemen for a peaceful protest when it had not registered an FIR against Cabinet Minister Bikram Singh Majithia for hurling abuses in the state assembly.
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Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail link
Ludhiana, January 15 After carrying out an engine rolling exercise on 37 km out of the 51-km-long New Morinda-Khamano-Samrala and Madpura-Sahnewal sections of the rail route today, construction wing officials of the Northern Railways said the track behaviour was normal and the diesel engine which undertook the maiden journey on the newly laid track had a smooth run. The officials aboard the engine were confident that the new rail link would become operational well before the latest deadline of March 31, 2013. The work for laying the railway track on the entire route has been completed although minor adjustments are to be carried out at some places. Once the Railway Safety Commissioner gives his nod, a full-fledged trial run will be carried out before the track is thrown open to the normal rail traffic, the said. Of the 110-km-long route, the 45-km Chandigarh-New Morinda section is already operational. Similarly, work for laying an additional track on the 14-km Sahnewal-Ludhiana section was completed recently. Work on the 51-km New Morinda-Sahnewal section was delayed a bit due to some difficulty in the acquisition of land and construction of two over-bridges. The work has also been slowed down for the past several months due to the non-availability of sand and gravel. With the Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail link becoming operational, the travel time will be cut down by 30 minutes as at present the trains have to take a detour.
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Patiala, January 15 Patiala Deputy Commissioner GK Singh said though the survey teams would visit every house and establishment, residents should also report to the SDM office or the DC office on their official phone numbers. "The survey will include all economic activities and the residents will have to provide information about their source of income and other details desired under this survey under the Collection of Statistics Act 2008," he said.— TNS
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Molestation
Patiala, January 15 Of late, the city witnessed a rise in the number of complaints of eve teasing. In a recent incident, a few boys had allegedly dragged some girls from a rickshaw and molested them. The police has since increased its presence outside all colleges in the city. Balwinder Singh, in charge, Computer Science Department, Government College of Education, said the college had sought a grant from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for CCTV cameras. "After the UGC sanctioned Rs 3.50 lakh for the project, we installed eight cameras on the campus. The girl students have welcomed the step".
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Train docs for swine
flu cases, CMOs told
Ludhiana, January 15 Dr Dipak Bhatia, nodal officer for swine flu and project programme officer, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, Punjab, said: "We have issued guidelines to the CMOs of all the districts through emails. We have sent detailed guidelines to the civil surgeons regarding holding of workshops of doctors where they will be informed about different categories of swine flu, its symptoms, treatment and preventive measures. The doctors will be instructed on how to collect samples and what treatment to follow after a patient tests positive for swine flu". He said separate guidelines had also been sent to the schools through CMOs. These include asking schoolchildren to wash hands at regular intervals, make their respiratory etiquettes better (how to sneeze and cough). 3 deaths so far As many as 13 confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported from Punjab and six from Haryana so far this year. Three patients have died in Punjab. The cases of swine flu are being reported from Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, Sunam and Sangrur
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High Court upholds life sentence in honour killing case
Chandigarh, January 15 Judicial files reveal that on the night of September 19 and 20, 2006, Rakesh Kumar came home “after eating and drinking” and killed his sister Pooja Devi and cousin Jyoti with a sickle in Bala Pindi village. Pooja’s father Parkash Chand and Jyoti’s father Des Raj were witnesses to the murders, the prosecution had claimed. Des Raj was staying with Jyoti in his brother-in-law Parkash Chand’s house as his wife was undergoing treatment in a Gurdaspur hospital. The case was not without twists and turns. Parkash Chand, during the trial, did not support the prosecution version. Des Raj initially claimed in his examination by the prosecution that he witnessed the killings. But during his cross-examination by the defence, he too claimed that he was not present at home during the killings. In just about two years of the killings, Gurdaspur Sessions Judge on September 2, 2008, held Rakesh Kumar guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. His appeal against the orders, after being heard by different Benches, eventually came to be listed before Justice Satish Kumar Mittal and Justice Inderjit Singh. Referring to the discrepancy in Des Raj’s statements, the Bench asserted the cross-examination and chief examination were not held the same day. Des Raj was cross-examined after a gap of time and resiled from his statement. “No explanation is given by this witness as to why he made a statement during chief examination that he was present at the spot and had seen the accused causing injuries and killing both the girls…. The statement in the cross-examination may be due to close relations with the accused. This was also the reason that Parkash Chand, father of the accused, resiled from his statement”. Upholding the sentence, the Bench asserted that the blood-stained sickle recovered from the crime site corroborated the prosecution version. “The FIR is a prompt one… There is o no reason or ground why the complainant, a close relative, would falsely implicate the appellant….” Expedite trial in criminal cases, lower judiciary told The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the subordinate judiciary to shun casual approach in granting adjournments in criminal trials; and examine a witness on a continuous basis as far as possible. The High Court Registrar-General has also been asked to circulate the instructions among judicial officers of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The instructions came in a double murder case after Justice Satish Kumar Mittal and Justice Inderjit Singh found a gap of more than six months in the examination-in-chief by the prosecution and the cross examination of a witness by the defence. The examination-in-chief was held by a Gurdaspur court on May 25, 2007, and the cross-examination was conducted on January 2, 2008. The Bench further found that the witness had resiled from his initial statement, and it was used by the defence as a ground to seek his acquittal. “Adjournment in this case was given by the trial court in a casual manner, which resulted in resiling from the statement by the prosecution witness,” the Bench asserted. Passing strictures on the trial judge and the public prosecutor, the Bench asserted: “It is the duty of the trial court to supervise the sessions trial effectively…. “When the prosecution witness was cross-examined, no question was asked by the court whether his statement in examination-in-chief, or the cross-examination, was correct. No explanation was sought from the witness that he gave two contradictory statements…. “We further find that even the role of the public prosecutor was not up to the mark. He should have declared the witness hostile in the cross-examination… The Registrar-General of this court is directed to circulate a copy of this judgment to all the Sessions Judges in the states of Punjab and Haryana and the Sessions Judge, Chandigarh, to further circulate it to all Judicial Officers, with instructions to keep in mind the provision of Section 309 CrPC, while postponing or adjourning the hearing of the criminal cases, particularly when a material witness in a criminal trial has been partly examined”. Section 309, among other things, says in every inquiry or trial, the proceedings shall be held as expeditiously as possible and in particular when the examination of a witness has once begun. It shall continue from day to day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, “unless the court finds the adjournment of the same beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded”. Crime & punishment On Sept 20, 2006, Rakesh Kumar came home " after eating and drinking" and killed his sister Pooja and cousin Jyoti with a sickle in Bala Pindi village of Gurdaspur district
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3 rapists sentenced
to life imprisonment
Barnala, January 15 Two cases were registered in April 2012 and one in June, 2012 at different police stations of Barnala. In a case registered at the Tallewal police station, the court awarded life imprisonment to Charanjit Singh of Chananwal village. He was also awarded seven years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 under Section 366 of the IPC. The case was registered against Charanjit on April 10, 2012 under Sections 363, 366 and 376 of the IPC for sexually exploiting a minor girl of his village. In the second case registered at the Barnala city police station, the court awarded life imprisonment to Naresh Kumar. Under Section 366-A of the IPC, the court awarded him another seven years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000. The case was registered against Naresh Kumar under Sections 366-A and 376 of the IPC on April 12, 2012. In this case, the rape victim was a student of Class IX of a school in Barnala who had gone to check her result on March 30, 2012, but did not return home. Later, her parents learned that Naresh had taken their daughter with him. In the third case registered at the Thuliwal police station, Sukhdev Singh of Kurarr village was awarded life imprisonment. Under Section 366 of the IPC, he was awarded another seven years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000. The case was registered against Sukhdev on June 21, 2012 under Sections 363, 376 and 366 of the IPC. Sukhdev had allegedly made sexual relations with a girl on the pretext of marrying her.
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Info sought on renovation of former DGP Gill’s house
Chandigarh, January 15 The High Court was also informed that former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has requested the state to allow her retain the government accommodation on the grounds of ailing mother and threat to her life. Haryana Chief Secretary too was directed to appear in person before the High Court, following the failure of the Haryana Government to file a reply on the issue raised in the PIL filed by local lawyer Surinder Pal Singh Tinna. The PIL is against the “illegal” and “forcible” occupation of government houses by high-profile politicians, ex-ministers, MLAs and retired bureaucrats in prime Sectors of Chandigarh. As a petition filed in public interest came up for hearing this morning, the State of Punjab informed the High Court of Bhattal’s request. Justice Rajesh Bindal was also told that Bhattal had also sought the waiver of penal rent, which has reached Rs 80 lakh.
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Patiala man held for raping minor
Patiala, January 15 The police has registered a case at the Tripuri police station pertaining to the abduction and rape of a minor. "We have arrested Patiala resident Malkiat Singh for allegedly kidnapping and raping the girl", said Station House Officer (SHO) Karansher Singh. "He had lured the minor with the help of another woman related to him. He kept her in confinement in Lucknow and raped her for over a month," he added. The medical examination of the girl confirmed that she had been raped. The police had earlier arrested two persons in this case.
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Former Akali sarpanch Sukhmander Singh was shot dead in Aulakh village this morning. He was reportedly close to a former Akali minister.
Fearing the flight of its textile industry to Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the Punjab Government is all set to announce a slew of incentives, including major subsidies, for the textile industry.
Punjab will seek a non-Plan grant of Rs 5,000 crore from the Centre to enable the state to tide over its fiscal crisis. Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, who will present the government's wishlist at a pre-Budget consultation meeting to be chaired by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram at New Delhi tomorrow, said the committee set up by the Centre under the Secretary, Expenditure, to explore ways to provide relief to states like Punjab, West Bengal and Kerala, had yet to submit its report.
Twenty-eight Punjab hospitals have been selected for an international project aimed at effective management of bio-medical waste. Of these hospitals, four are big, eight medium and 16 small ventures.
