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Man's body found buried inside house
Seeking tax relief for residents, Cong councillor donates his salary to MC
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Youth booked for molesting college girl
Amritsar, January 25 In yet another case of molestation, a Gurdaspur girl studying in a local polytechnic college was allegedly harassed and physically assaulted by a youth who originally hailed from Jagadhri, Haryana.
LPG cylinder thief nabbed
Rice shellers’ assn wants case cancelled, threatens to boycott lifting of paddy
Father-son duo thrashed; NRI among 4 booked
Bribe paid to MC babus, dues still not cleared: Contractors
Slow cargo movement upsets traders
Students exhibit different colours of patriotism
Two Sikh preachers honoured by high priests
Passengers want better facilities
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Man's body found buried inside house
Amritsar, January 25 They immediately informed the owner of the house who reported the matter to the Sadar police station. Police Commissioner Ram Singh along with Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr Kaustubh Sharma reached the spot after getting the information. Pawan Kumar Joshi, a resident of Mahan Singh Gate and the owner of the building, said he had bought the property from Avinash Chandar about six months back. A deed writer by profession, Joshi said a labourer at 11 am informed him about a bag containing a body. "I don't know whose body was that," said Joshi. Arvinder Singh, a labourer who found the body, said as soon as he dug up the floor I found a bag. "I was shocked when I saw the deceased's hair coming out of the bag," he said adding that he immediately raised an alarm and informed the owner. As the news regarding the body spread, people of the colony gathered flocked the spot. Police Commissioner Ram Singh said the body would be dug up tomorrow in the presence of forensic experts and officials from the district administration. He said it seemed that the deceased was a teenager. He said the forensic experts would ascertain the exact age and the period during which it remained buried in the house. Joga Singh, SHO Sadar police station, said a case under Section 302 of the IPC would be registered in this connection. Labourers detect the body
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Seeking tax relief for residents, Cong councillor donates his salary to MC
Amritsar, January 25 Rishi said his five-year salary as councillor amounted to Rs 7.50 lakh. He said he was sacrificing this salary for the sake of residents of his ward hoping that they would get some relief from taxes. “I feel that the cash-crunched MC is helpless to conduct any public development activity and is bent on burdening residents with heavy taxes. Listening to the plight and apathy of the residents, belonging to low income group, I have decided to sacrifice my salary,” Rishi said. He also appealed to all the newly elected councillors as well as Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Senior Mayor to follow suit. “I appeal to all of them to deposit their salaries with the MC to improve its deteriorating fiscal health,” he added. He said if every councillor donated his five-year salary, the MC would be richer by Rs 5.15 crore. “I request the Mayor to put this move in the agenda during the first House meeting scheduled for January 29 and inspire all the councillors, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor to donate their salaries to the MC,” he said.
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Youth booked for molesting college girl
Amritsar, January 25 The city police has registered a case against the youth, identified as Bhupinder Singh, on the complaint of the girl. Bhupinder is a former student of the college who passed out in September last year. The girl told the police that she was going to the computer department to attend her class where Bhupinder was already standing. She alleged without any provocation, the accused repeatedly slapped her besides using abusive language against her. The youth was booked under Section 354 of the IPC in this connection. Later, he was released on bail. He said the victim and accused met each other through a social networking site. — TNS
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LPG cylinder thief nabbed
Amritsar, January 25 The accused was identified as Raja, a resident of Dhupai. Two of Raja’s accomplices, identified as Avtar Singh and Sonu, gave the police the slip. The police impounded an auto-rickshaw (PB-46-M-1521), and seized 45 LPG cylinders, one mobile phone and some cash from the accused. The occupants of the auto-rickshaw could not produce valid documents regarding cylinders.
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Rice shellers’ assn wants case cancelled, threatens to boycott lifting of paddy
Amritsar, January 25 Demanding justice, the association members today submitted a memorandum to Industry Ministry Anil Joshi. They also met RP Mittal, IG border range, seeking cancellation of the “fake” FIR. They urged the IG to hold an impartial inquiry into the incident by a senior police official. “How can few people (owners and employees of the rice shelling unit) attack a 35-member strong team of the department? What were the armed security guards accompanying the team doing,” questioned Harish Devgan, president of the Amritsar Rice Sheller Association. Though heated arguments did take place during the 5-hour stay of the raiding party, there was no ‘murderous attack’ on the team. “Owner Krishan Kumar Chadha and his two sons have been framed up by the department as they had refused to bow before the illegitimate demands of the raiding party, headed by Varinder Pannu, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner,” Devgan alleged. He said the associations of Amritsar and Tarn Tarn rice shellers had decided not to lift and mill the government paddy till the case was cancelled and action is not taken against the department staff, which raided BN Rice Sheller. The association also demanded a CBI inquiry into the assets of the department officials.
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Father-son duo thrashed; NRI among 4 booked
Amritsar, January 25 An attempt to murder case has been slapped against the accused, who are residents of Verka. In his complaint, Kanwaljit Singh said the accused came in two cars. The four barged into their house located near Gurdwara Nanaksar, Verka, and started beating his son Parminderjit Singh, the complainant alleged. Claiming to be an NRI, Kulwinderjit allegedly put a pistol on Kanwaljit’s forehead and threatened the family of dire consequences. He said he would teach them a lesson for clashing with his brother. Later, the accused fled the scene. Ashok Kumar, in charge, Verka police station, said a case under Sections 307, 452, 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC and 24, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against them. He said Jatinder Singh and Balwinder Singh had been arrested. Kulwinderjit and Palwinder were absconding. The police is carrying out investigations to ascertain the exact cause behind the incident.
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Bribe paid to MC babus, dues still not cleared: Contractors
Amritsar, January 25 Around 50 private contractors under the leadership of Shravan Nayyar approached the MC Commissioner and apprised him of their pending dues which were not cleared despite repeated reminders. The “aggrieved” contractors claimed they have been running from pillar to post to get their bills cleared. One of the contractors said the prevailing corruption in the MC office was reason for the non-payment of their dues. “Before getting our bills cleared, we have to give a fixed percentage of the amount to officials. Though we have given our share, our bills are still gathering dust in the MC office,” said few of the contractors. Taking cognisance, MC Commissioner Bhupinder Singh assured them of early disbursal of their dues. He also instructed the Superintending Engineer to intervene in the matter. “I have monitored the whole scenario and I can assure them that there would never be any unnecessary delay in disbursal of their payments. I have deputed senior officials to plug the loopholes in the system. If any employee is found adopting wrong practice, the MC will take stern action against him,” he said.
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Slow cargo movement upsets traders
Amritsar, January 25 Importer-exporter Rajan Bedi said even nearly nine months after the operationalisation of the ICP, the pace of clearance of cargo trucks had not been accelerated. Bedi said he found hundreds of trucks standing in a serpentine queue running in kilometers waiting for their turn. He said his company had recently entered into an agreement with Sharif Sugar Mill, promoted by former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to import 7,000 tonnes of sugar. However, the first consignment of the merchandise has been stuck over for the past 15 days at the ICP awaiting clearance. He said at this pace, it would take a year to import the entire consignment. He said the profit would be between 50 paise to Rs 1 per kg. He said the volume of import and export could be increase only when the cargo clearance process was accelerated. Figures of import and export between the two countries are steadily rising every year at the ICP. As many as 11,618 trucks were exported from India to Pakistan in 2010-2011 while their numbers swelled to 11,968 trucks in 2011-2012. India imported 6905 trucks from Pakistan in 2011-2012. Similarly, 426 trucks were imported from Afghanistan in 2010-2011 and over 500 trucks in 2011-2012. Majority of the items imported included zypsum rock, clinker, dry date and chemicals while export items included fresh vegetables, soyabean and meat. Another importer MPS Chatha said the Customs department needed to install more scanners and set up laboratories to expedite the import and export clearance. He said the process gets delayed due to manual scanning. Customs Commissioner KK Sharma said post-operationalisation of the ICP, over 200 trucks cross over to Pakistan daily. He said on the other hand Pakistan sends about 150 trucks to India daily.
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Students exhibit different colours of patriotism Amritsar, January 25 A programme on patriotism was held at Khalsa College of Education. Students presented patriotic songs, skit and bhangra. DAV International School organised a programme. Ex-serviceman Subedar Pritam Singh unfurled the national flag. Ryan International School organised a fancy-dress competition for students dedicated to freedom fighters. — TNS
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Two Sikh preachers honoured by high priests Amritsar, January 25 The SGPC also appealed to the five high priests to honour visually impaired raagi Bhai Gurmej Singh, who transcripted Guru Granth Sahib into Braille, and Sikh litterateur Dr Kirpal Singh for their efforts. Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said he would put the matter before the five high priests at the next meeting. — TNS
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Passengers want better facilities
Amritsar, January 25
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Panic gripped Sandhu Colony on Friday after labourers carrying out renovation work found a body buried inside a house.
The labourers found the body when they dug up the floor of the building which was lying closed for the past six months.
At a time when the MC is grappling with acute fund crunch, Congress councillor Gurinder Rishi (Ward 24) has come up with a novel proposal.
Amritsar, January 25
Amritsar, January 25
Amritsar, January 25
Amritsar, January 25
