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Girls in elopement cases find themselves helpless Declared PO, Akali MLA’s aide held
Will take steps for drug-free Punjab: Union minister
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Border area farmers await compensation
Encroachments from Wakf Board land to be removed: CM
1,600 trees to make way for road widening project
Amarinder toughens stand against dissident leaders
Class XII English exam cancelled at 4 centres
Despite crackdown, sale of spurious
fertilisers rampant in Muktsar
Profitable catfish to boost fish farming in state
Official negligence led to violence in Patiala jail: Report
PSPCL engineers for rationalisation
of workload
Patiala MC meeting to be stormy affair
New solar window system could heat up small homes
Bathinda, March 3 In the absence of special incentives for the specialized work, specialist doctors in government jobs are becoming disenchanted and opting to join the private sector.
DEO issues list of defaulters
Govt gets cracking on unauthorised colonies along Kali Bein in 2 dists
21 colonisers booked for violating PUDA norms
Two killed in road accident
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Girls in elopement cases find themselves helpless
Chandigarh, March 3 She is now an adult. But she has nowhere to go as her parents are not ready to accept her and the boy's parents too have turned their back after their son was jailed. "One of my aunts used to visit me at the Nari Niketan till about two years ago. I don't have any place to go. The shelter home might ask me to leave as the case has been settled. The boy's family had promised to take me home. But their attitude changed after their son was jailed," she said. Guddi is not alone as there are more than 70 girls in the two shelter homes - Nari Niketan, Jalandhar, and Care Centre, Amritsar - who are facing a similar situation. There are some who despite being adults cannot be released because of pending court cases. Parents of many boys, who at one time had offered to accept them, have refused after doing rounds of courts or after their sons were imprisoned. Pruthi (name changed) studied at a convent school before she was "coaxed into a relation" by a neighbour's son in a small town in Ludhiana district. "He proposed to marry me and we eloped. The police caught us from a hotel in Delhi. My friend was taken to jail. My father left me when he learnt that I wanted to stay with the boy. He did not withdraw the complaint and my friend was jailed," she said. Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Director, Social Security and Child Development, confirmed that certain cases had "no official solution". "We have no solution to their family problems. But we are trying out to make them self-reliant. Lovely University has offered to conduct free courses for inmates of the Nari Niketan. Many girls are trying hard to make a new beginning in their lives," he added. Left in lurch
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Declared PO, Akali MLA’s aide held
Amritsar, March 3 He was later produced before Baba Bakala Duty Magistrate Triptjot Kaur after a medical examination. Confirming the development, Preet Paul Singh Virk, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Amritsar rural police, said Harpreet would be presented before the Delhi High Court tomorrow. Sources said a Delhi-based organic fertiliser manufacturing company had filed a case in the Delhi High Court against Harpreet, who used to run M/s Kisan Kheti Store at Tangra, 27 km from here. Company officials had raided his store and allegedly found that he had been selling spurious materials by using the company's brand name. The sources said Harpreet failed to appear before the Delhi HC even after a number of reminders in the past eight years. The HC had even issued non-bailable warrant against him and declared him a proclaimed offender (PO), they said, adding using his political clout, Harpreet did not accept the summons and was evading his arrest. Yesterday, the court issued warrants against the SSP and ordered him to present Harpreet, who belonged to Khakh village in Tarn Taran, before the court within 24 hours. The MLA said he had nothing to do with the case. It was Harpreet's personal dispute with the company, he added. Case file
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Will take steps for drug-free Punjab: Union minister
Amritsar, March 3 He emphasised on strengthening the intelligence and surveillance network to thwart terrorist activities. He also showed concern about the alarming rise in drug addiction among youth in Punjab. Punjab Youth Congress president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, who accompanied the minister, raised the issue of rising drug addiction among Punjab youth. He informed the minister that 70 per cent of the youth here had been hooked to drugs whereas the state government had 'failed miserably" to curb this menace. He also alleged that the ruling alliance had been patronising the drug mafia for their selfish motives. The minister assured him of drafting policies and programmes for drug de-addiction and rehabilitation and for imposing strict restrictions on the free flow of drugs in Punjab. The minister visited Air Force, Army and NCC units here, before heading for the Integrated Check Post (ICP). While assuring that defence forces were on high alert and adequately equipped to deal with any untoward incident, Jitendra advocated incorporating local help in garnering information by provincial intelligence wings. "The biggest challenge before us is to strengthen the intelligence, the onus of which chiefly lies with the state governments. The local governments have the advantage of utilising the machinery comprising village council heads, patwaris or common people for garnering information," he said. On infiltration, the minister said: "We have kept a strict vigilance in the border areas. Additional forces have been deployed and our armed forces are ready to tackle any situation," he said.
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Border area farmers await compensation
Ferozepur, February 3 “We were awarded Rs 2,500 per acre as compensation in 1999,” said Karan Singh Dhaliwal, Secretary Border Area Sangharsh Committee. When the barbed wire fencing was installed here in 1989, the committee under the then Chief Secretary SL Kapoor had recommended that farmers whose fertile land was on the other side of the fence be compensated. “The fencing was to be erected 50 to 150 metre from the zero line, however, at many places it was placed upto 3.5 km inside the Indian Territory from the international border (IB)," Dhaliwal said. This made it difficult for the affected farmers to till their land thus affecting the produce, he added. Restricted working hours, non availability of canal water, ban on the height of crops, frisking at the security gates besides enhanced input costs like rental of combines added to our woes, another farmer said on anonymity. During his 2010 visit, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had promised to look into the demands of the farmers and release the compensation but the same was still awaited, said a farmer. In villages like DT Mal and Ganjiwala, 2,500 acre land is situated between the fencing and the international border. “If the government cannot compensate us, they should acquire our land at the prevailing market rate," another farmer said. Sources said in 1998, the Centre had mooted 'Border Area Development Programme (BADP)' to compensate farmers every year for failing to till the land left inaccessible due to the fence along the border but the compensation was paid in 1999 only. Another farmer Jagdev Singh said many farmers own up to 20-50 acres of land beyond the fence; however, they live in penury because of the restrictions on the cultivation of land. "The government has not even compensated us for the land which was acquired after Partition to construct passages up to the border," said Dhaliwal. The said land was still in the name of farmers in the revenue record, he added. The Army has built several bunkers on our land without any compensation, he rued. The BSF officials said they were aware of the plight of the farmers, however, free movement could not be allowed along the border due to security concerns. At many places, the government has decided to relocate the fencing towards the zero line to retrieve fertile agricultural land. Fact file
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Encroachments from Wakf Board land to be removed: CM
Malerkotla, March 3 Addressing a rally, the Chief Minister said the state government would make sincere efforts to get the encroachments on the land belonging to the Wakf Board removed. Badal said he had already ordered the Deputy Commissioners and the Panchayats to allot space for graveyards to the Muslims wherever they live. He said he had even asked the Panchayats and Deputy Commissioners concerned to purchase land with government funds to provide space for graveyards wherever government land was not available. Badal spoke about the centuries-old ties of the Sikhs with the Muslim community. When Mohammad Izhar Alam requested him on the stage to announce a grant for the society, Badal declined. Badal said the Board should submit a case to the government for the purpose as he could not give grants to any religious body, temple or gurdwara etc. Izhar Alam said the Imarat-e-Sharia would not only bring the Muslims together on a platform, it would also associate the Muslims with the other communities. He asked the Chief Minister to direct the officers concerned to implement the schemes, meant for Muslims, in letter and spirit. Secretary general of the Shiromani Akali Dal and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Farzana Alam were also present. The plan
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1,600 trees to be axed for widening
Muktsar-Kotkapura road
Muktsar, March 3 Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had laid the foundation stone of the project on August 8 last year. The PWD (B&R) had then moved an application to the Department of Forests seeking permission to uproot the trees for the proposed widening of the road, which has been granted. The 7-metre road will be widened up to 10 metres. A steel bridge will be built on the canals along the way and a toll plaza will also be set up near Warring village. BS Sidhu, Project Incharge of PIDB-cum-Executive Engineer, PWD (B&R), Faridkot, said, "We have got the consent of the Department of Forests and Rs 2.75 crore has been deposited submitted against it as fee. Now, the Department of Forests is cutting the trees, which it will sell." He said the road widening project has been awarded to a Gurgaon based private company, Supreme Infrastructure India Ltd on build, operate, transfer (BOT) basis. The company will take over the site in a month after the trees along the highway are removed. Sidhu claimed most of encroachments had been removed along the highway and it would be widened before the end of 2014. Divisional Forest Officer, Sanjay Bansal, said, “Permission has been granted to uproot trees, but it doesn't mean saplings will not be planted. We will compensate the damage caused to the environment, as per the rules, by planting a large number of saplings in the area." The road is important for Muktsar, because it links this historic town with Chandigarh via Kotkapura-Moga-Ludhiana.
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Amarinder toughens stand against dissident leaders
Chandigarh, March 3 Toughening his stand against indiscipline in the party, the PCC president said: "Indiscipline of any kind will not be tolerated." Earlier, Capt Amarinder had issued show-cause notices to three Congress MLAs and a former minister for "not campaigning" in the Moga byelection. These were Patiala Rural MLA Brahm Mohindra, Amloh MLA Randeep Singh, Ludhiana MLA Rakesh Pandey and former Punjab Minister Avtar Henry. While Brahm, in a letter to Capt Amarinder Singh, has denied that he was given the charge to lead in three booths in Moga, Randeep claimed he had not filed any reply so far. He said: "I will reply by March 5 as required by the show-cause notice". Sources said Avtar Henry and Rakesh Pandey were yet to reply to the PCC president's notice. Capt Amarinder said these leaders had been simply asked to explain their absence from the campaigning. "Instead of explaining their position, they tried to divert the issue and raised irrelevant issues in the media," he said. Amarinder claimed: "Brahm Mohindra was not happy with the area allocated to him in a meeting before the start of the campaign. He cannot say that he had no knowledge about the area allotted to him". The sources said Randeep had conveyed to the AICC secretary that he would not be able to devote time for campaigning in Moga because of ill-health and family matters. Capt Amarinder said: "Randeep did mention that he was suffering from high blood pressure. But he never told me about the serious illness of his cousin". He said Randeep had no excuse to offer for having involved in a brawl at Chandigarh Golf Course recently. Capt also denied Mohindra's allegations that he had not campaigned for him during the assembly elections. "Is he trying to justify himself saying he had a personal grievance against me that is why he did not campaign for the party in Moga," he questioned.
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Class XII English exam cancelled at 4 centres
Ludhiana, March 2 KS Pannu, DGSE, who was on a surprise check at various sensitive centres in the city on Friday, said the paper had been cancelled at School Bharat Maa, Raja Tal village, Amritsar; DCM, Gollu Ka Modh village in Ferozpur; Kaadiyan in Gurdaspur; and Ajitwal Centre in Moga. The students would have to appear for re-examination at these centres, he said. "Despite issuing strict instructions against copying to the staff, we are getting complaints from several places. We will act tough against those found guilty," Pannu said. He said about 50 cases of copying had been registered by the school board in various districts. Two cases of impersonation had been reported from Bathinda and Sangrur districts, he said. “We had identified sensitive centres prior to the start of board examinations across the state. Additional observers have been deployed at these centres,” Pannu added. Copying menace
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Despite crackdown, sale of spurious
fertilisers rampant in Muktsar
Muktsar, March 3 Since April last year, the department has cancelled licences of as many as nine dealers. The department recently issued show cause notices to several others for indulging in this practice. The samples of their seized products have been sent to government laboratories for testing. Beant Singh, Chief Agriculture Officer, Muktsar, said the action was taken during raids conducted at various shops by his teams across the district. He said the dealers whose licences were cancelled were Sri Bala Ji Pesticides, Malout; Kissan Sewa Centre, Aulakh; Brar High Grain Inputs, Tamkot; Ashok Kumar and Sons, Muktsar; Brar and Sachdeva Pesticides, Muktsar; Bhagwati Beej Bhandar, Gidderbaha; Panjawa Seed Store, Lambi; Sidhu Kheti Centre, Badal; and Singla Pesticides, Channu. He said the samples taken from Sri Bala Ji Pesticides were of worst quality and an FIR was lodged against its owner. The officer said: "We will lodge more cases against dealers whose samples failed to pass quality tests". A dealer of Malout said the sale of spurious fertilisers was rampant in Fazilka and Ferozepur. The dealers of Malout, Muktsar and Gidderbaha subdivisions were purchasing products from these districts, he said. Experts of Punjab Agricultural University's Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) admitted the supply of adulterated fertilisers to farmers in the district. “Spurious and adulterated fertilisers could be the reason behind their excess usage by farmers, who often lodge complaints regarding less nutrient level of soil," said Dr Nirmaljit Singh Dhaliwal, Deputy Director, KVK, Muktsar.
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Profitable catfish to boost fish culture in Ropar dist
Ropar, March 3 Sukhwinder Singh, Deputy Director of the Department, said this species of fish requires less water to survive and 25 tonnes of it can be produced in one hectare in a season. “In ideal circumstances, farmers in the region will be able to earn up to Rs 60,000 from an acre. Pangasius sutchi was first introduced in India in 1995-96. It was brought to West Bengal from Thailand through Bangladesh. Initially it was farmed only in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. But after 2004, the production of the fish began spreading to other areas because of its rising demand. Pangasius is being farmed under monoculture or polyculture with carps,” he said. The yield from other fish species, including katla, silver carp and rohu till now remain up to 6.5 tonne per hectare, said Singh. From pangas (in local dialect), farmers can get a yield of up to 25 tonnes from 20,000 fingerling size seeds. In polyculture, one can get a yield of up to 14 tonnes from 10,000 fingerling seeds, Singh added. Good catch
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Official negligence led to violence in Patiala jail: Report
Patiala, March 3 The state government had sought a report from the jail authorities following a report in The Tribune, which highlighted negligence on part of officials in tackling clashes inside the jail premises. Patiala SDM Gurpal Chahal said: “Inviting a theatre troupe and allowing more than 1,800 jail inmates watch the show without making proper security arrangements amounts to negligence on part of officials,” said Chahal, who visited the jail today. "The jail authorities did not take the district administration or the local police into confidence before holding such an event," he said, adding the role of certain jail officials was under the scanner. "Whether the jail authorities asked the district police to register a case, following the violence would also be cross-checked and a detailed report would be submitted", he stated. Sources the government had decided to shift some local prisoners to outside jails to avoid such incidents. "We have identified some culprits. The authorities need to explain why such inmates were allowed to watch a play in the open without making additional security arrangement," they said. The jail authorities should not have allowed women prisoners to watch the event with only a handful of women guards on duty. "It was a serious matter and could have led to a hostage-like situation," Chahal stated in his report. On Friday evening, group rivalry had led to violent clashes inside the Jail during a theatre performance. While the troupe members escaped unhurt after they were escorted out, four prisoners and two policemen sustained injuries in the incident.
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PSPCL engineers for rationalisation
of workload
Patiala, March 3 Association president Baldev Singh Sran said the engineers were highly overburdened and the organisation structure needed to be strengthened keeping in view the present work requirement. “Referring the matter to the state government is totally against the concept of the autonomy of the Power Utilities created under the Companies Act,” he claimed. Association general secretary Sanjeev Sood said the disciplinary cases initiated against the engineers was on flimsy grounds. “We held a meeting of the association members in this regard. They agree that the central executive of the association should take appropriate steps to force the PSPCL management to rationalise the work load norms of engineers. PSPCL Charman-cum-Managing Director KD Chaudhri said the process of rationalisation of workload was underway. “Since the PSPCL was a government company, we have to refer the matter to the state government. —TNS
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Farmers informed about benefits of Happy Seeder machine
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 3 He said the machine enables farmers to sow wheat directly into the paddy stubble thereby enriching the fertility of the soil. The mulch formed by the paddy residue also helps maintain the moisture content of the soil, he said. Moreover, if farmers use this method, they won’t have to burn the paddy stubble, Singh said. This practice has been highly criticised by the government of late as it causes a lot of air pollution. Aseem Verma, scientist at PAU, Ludhiana, said the Happy Seeder has Flail type (Gamma) straight blades which are mounted on the straw management rotor. The blades cut the standing stubble/loose straw so that the seed could be placed properly in the soil. This machine can be operated with a 45-horse-power tractor and can cover 0.3-0.4 hectares in an hour. The cost of the machine is around one lakh twenty thousand rupees. Amina Raheja, Reet Verma, Assistant Professors, apprised farmers about the various diseases and insects affecting the wheat crop and advised them about the treatments available.
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Patiala MC meeting to be stormy affair
Patiala, March 3 The opposition party Congress councillors are preparing to corner the SAD-BJP over the deteriorating fiscal health of the civic body. The coffers of the civic body are empty due to which the development works in the city have been put on hold. In a letter to Patiala Municipal Commissioner (DC), Director, Department of Local Government, had instructed him to use municipal funds to first pay salaries, pensions, telephone bills and other government dues. The letter further said the MC should only carry out development works if it has sufficient funds to pay the contractors. Congress councillor KK Malhotra said his party would ask the SAD-BJP house to explain the reasons behind the precarious financial health of the corporation. Sanjeev Sharma, leader of the Opposition in the MC general house, said revenue generation for the first three quarters (April to December) of the financial year 2011-12 was Rs 56.80 crore. “This financial year, the revenue collection for the same period has gone down to Rs 49.37 crore,” claimed Sharma. Congress councillors said the MC could earn a lot from the advertisements on hoardings and billboards. They said the civic body has failed to capitalise on this opportunity and doesn’t earn much from the same. The Advertisement Wing of the MC has generated a revenue of Rs 17 lakh during the first three quarters of the present fiscal. Meanwhile, the fate of the 3,271 unauthorised commercial establishments falling under the 36 Town Planning Schemes of Patiala is also to be decided at the meeting. In a tight spot
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New solar window system could heat up small homes
Chandigarh, March 3 It will not only reduce the demand for power, but also cut down on pollution and carbon emissions from the use of fossil fuel. Scientists have developed a new solar window system for cold climatic regions based upon the altitude of a place, the azimuth and the sun’s winter solstice, which define the sun’s position above the horizon and the angle of the sun’s rays. This would help in trapping maximum solar energy. The window system does not require installation of any solar panels or other paraphernalia. To study the effects of the solar radiation, windows of same sizes were constructed in two rooms of identical dimensions and material, one aligned with the sun’s winter solstice and the other facing away. Scientists found that the room aligned with the solstice achieved air temperature 3-3.5 Celsius higher than the other room. “Even this difference in temperature is significant for small buildings or utility structures which may have little or no heating facilities,” a scientist said. “This has the possibility of being further enhanced if a combination of solar wall windows and sun roofs is designed,” he said. In regions that experience very cold winters, trapping the sun’s heat whenever possible is a major design concern along with issues like insulation so that internal heat is retained and exposure to cold winds is minimised. The spin-off of this study could have applications for small residential units and other sectors such as agriculture, horticulture, dairy farming and the cottage industry. Tapping the sun
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Government doctors opt to join private sector
Bathinda, March 3 In the last 30 days, a gynaecologist from the Government Hospital, Ghudda and a paediatrician from the Women and Children Hospital, Bathinda, have resigned from government jobs. Both the doctors have got better opportunities in the private sector. "The main reason behind quitting is the burden in the government set-up. Ideally, a specialist should be spared the burden of performing the duties of an emergency medical officer, attending court hearings, performing VIP duties, among others. On top of it all, we are being asked to meet the benchmarks of specialized work, no matter what happens," said one of the doctors. Specialists said that in the state medical service, they have to perform the task of a general duty medical officer as well as that of a specialist. But the emoluments they are being paid is that of graduate PCMS officers. Even within the specialist doctors, there is disparity in the salaries given. The specialists, who have done their post-graduation before 2001, are not being given the PG allowance. These doctors were given economic benefit equal to five annual increments. But now, those who have done their PG after the year 2000 and have less experience are being granted this allowance. "The doctors with PG degrees after the year 2000 are earning more than us, whereas we have more experience," said another senior specialist.
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DEO issues list of defaulters
Bathinda, March 3 The schools were told to submit their statements by February 22. However, as many as 102 schools failed to submit the same. Considering the delay in getting the information, the education department extended the date to February 28 and instructed the District Education Officer to take strict action against the defaulters after that. In a fresh list of defaulters issued here today, as many as 20 government high schools and 24 government senior secondary schools have been named as defaulters. The list includes government high schools at Burj Mehma, Bajjak, Bhagwangarh, Bhaini Mehraj, Bhaini Chuhad, Chak Ram Singh Wala, Saan Singh Wala, Giana, Gumti Kalan, Jeeda, Jajjal, Kotha Guru (girls), Kamalu Swaich, Khayali Wala, Malkana, Maur Khurd, Sekhu, Sandhoha and Teona. The government senior secondary schools, which failed to submit their statements, included those at Dyalpura Mirza, Ghudda, Jodhpur Romana, Aklia Jalal, Behman Diwana, Balianwali (boys), Bhucho Mandi (boys), Bhagta, Bhodipura, Dhadde, Goniana Mandi (boys), Jodhpur Pakhad, Kots Shamir, Killi Nihal Singh Wala, Lehra Mohabbat, Mehraj (girls), Maur Mandi (girls), Maiserkhana, Multania, Mehta, Maluka (boys), Nathana (boys) and Rampura Mandi (girls). Besides the statement of expenditure, the schools were also asked to submit the details regarding use of information and computer technology (ICT) funds. As many as 60 schools, including 40 middle schools, 12 high schools and eight secondary schools, were named in the list of defaulters.
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Three held for raping minor in Bathinda
Bathinda, March 3 SSP Ravcharan Brar and ASP City-II Alka Meena told the media the victim had 'accidentally' come in contact with the accused who were driving around in the car on Thursday night. The victim had come out of her house after a tiff with her mother for talking to someone over the mobile phone. "The mother did not know where her daughter had acquired the mobile phone from. The victim is a student of Class X," ASP Alka Meena said.
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Govt gets cracking on unauthorised colonies along Kali Bein in 2 dists
Chandigarh, March 3 Sources said the officials concerned had been directed to get cases registered in case of two more colonies. In all, 18 illegal colonies had been identified by the authorities along the course of this 160-km-long water body, which passes through Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala districts. All these colonies were raised without availing the required licence from the authorities concerned. There is no provision of drainage system in such colonies. Water is drained out in the open or released into the bein. Eminent environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has been fighting a relentless battle for cleaning the water body. The sources said the officials concerned had been told to demolish all illegal colonies along the bein. Notices in this regard had already been served to two colonies. There are 70 villages located along the course of Kali Bein. The government has directed Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to provide power connections to lift water from village ponds for irrigation. Already 52 connections have been released. Sarpanches of villages where ponds do not exist have been told to develop ponds and use their water for irrigation. The Soil Conservation Department has been given Rs 2.5 crore to provide facilities for irrigation. "The aim is to stop the release of dirty water into the Holy Bein," said Satish Chandra, Principal Secretary, Finance, who is coordinator of a project to clean the bein. He recently held a meeting with officials of the Jalandhar Development Authority, Rural Development Department, Deputy Commissioner of Kapurthala and other officials. Baba Seechewal and his close associates were also present in the meeting. To prevent the sullage of urban settlements from flowing into the bein, treatment plants had been set up at Sultanpur Lodhi and Kapurthala. More such plants are being set up at Begowal, Bholath, Dasuya, Mukerian and Tanda. The Centre had funded some of these treatment plants, the sources said.
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21 colonisers booked for violating PUDA norms
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 3 PUDA had earlier written to the district police on 23.6.2004 vide letter no 3,199 to register cases against the colonisers but no action was taken. Now after nine years, these cases have been registered. HS Mann, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), said the district police had received a reminder from GMADA on 4.9.2012 to book certain colonisers, who had laid out illegal colonies. He directed the respective Station House Officers (SHO) to investigate the cases afresh. He said 17 persons were found violating PUDA norms and cases were registered against them. As many as 12 cases were still being probed, he said. Those booked by Fatehgarh Sahib police include Karamjit Singh, resident of Sirhind, Jinder Singh, resident of Badauchi Kalan, Pardeep Singh, resident of Brahanmajra Sirhind, Mithu, resident of Sirhind, Harinder Singh, resident of Brahaman Majra, Gurinder Singh, resident of Brahaman Majra, Karan Kumar resident of Gobindgarh, Gurtaj Singh & Sandeep Singh of Brahman Majra, Narinder Singh, resident of Mandi Gobindgarh, Parminder Singh, resident of Rajinder Nagar, Harbans Singh, resident of Uppal Heri, Baljit Singh, resident of Kakori, Darshan Singh, resident of Anait Pura, Teja Singh, resident of Rajinder Nagar, Kulwinder Singh, resident of Panjoli Khurd and Kanwaljit Singh, resident of Sirhind. While, Sirhind police booked Hardeep Singh, resident of Khare village, Jaswant Singh, resident of Khare, Didar Singh, resident of Hamayunpur, Sirhind, and Randhir Singh, resident of Khant Khamano.
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Two killed in road accident
Barnala, March 3 Sanjiv Singla, Station House Officer (SHO) of the Tapa police station, said the accident took place when an 18-tyre trailer hit the car from behind and crushed it. The driver of the trailer fled the spot, he added. The deceased were identified as Pritpal Singh (32) of Buraj Dhilwan village in Mansa district, and Pritpal Singh of Rampura in Bathinda district. Those injured were Amandeep Singh of Rampura and Kuldip Singh of Lehra Mohabbat. A case has been registered against the trailer driver.
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Amritsar, March 3
For more than 14 years farmers with land holdings between the barbed wire fencing and the zero line on the Indo-Pakistan border along Punjab have not been paid adequate compensation.
“We were awarded Rs 2,500 per acre as compensation in 1999,” said Karan Singh Dhaliwal, Secretary Border Area Sangharsh Committee.
To widen the Muktsar-Kotkapura road, the Department of Forests has approved axing of 1,600 trees for the Rs 70-crore project. Most of the trees on this 30-km long stretch of the road include eucalyptus and Indian rosewood.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had laid the foundation stone of the project on August 8 last year.
Chandigarh, March 3
Ludhiana, March 2
The police has arrested three persons, including twins Varinderjit and Bajinderjit aged 24 and 22 years, for rape of a minor girl of the MES Colony on the Barnala road. The third accused Gurjeet Singh works as the driver of a Powercom chief engineer. The accused are residents of Jujhar Singh
Nagar. The vehicle used in the crime had the label 'on government duty' on
it.
Despite checks by the Agriculture Department, the sale of spurious, adulterated and substandard fertilisers is rampant in the district.
The fish production in the district is likely to get a boost in the near future. The Fisheries Department has decided to start a pilot project to produce exotic freshwater catfish pangasius sutchi, widely cultured in Asia and Southeast Asia.
A report by Patiala SDM today highlighted gross negligence on part of the Patiala Central Jail authorities which led to violence inside the jail premises, which left four inmates and two jail officials injured.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Fatehgarh Sahib Deputy Director Dr Harinder Singh today informed farmers about the benefits of using the Happy Seeder machine for sowing wheat at Iserhail village.
The general house meeting of the Patiala Municipal Corporation scheduled to be held on Monday is likely to be a stormy affair.