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Centre passing the buck for failing to seal border: Sukhbir
BSP leader Manhera’s widow joins SAD
Central team to probe book scam: Jakhar
Another protest against Maluka
Mohali MLA Balbir Sidhu leads a protest against the Education Minister outside his residence in Kansal on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Amritsar admn cancels 429 arms licences
Willing to make certain corrections, Mittal tells doctors
Agri university sells admission forms worth
Rs 1.25 crore
195 dairy farming units set up in Patiala last year
Existing units should get
incentives: Industrialists
Violence on SLIET campus
All-women bank at Patiala
One dead as shelter at Sirhind railway station collapses
Stone of lawyers’ chambers laid
False case against two villagers
Three hurt as Patti truckers open fire during clash
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Operation Bluestar anniversary
Amritsar/Chowk Mehta, June 6 The SGPC, treading with caution, did not make any departure from programmes held in the past to mark the event even as the Akal Takht chief, Jathedar Gurbachan Singh, refrained from making a mention of the memorial in his message to the community. While SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar chose to be seated inside Akal Takht, Damdami Taksal chief Baba Harnam Singh was seen sitting in front of Akal Takht with his followers. Both the leaders did not face the media and left the venue soon after the programme. The SGPC task force was deployed in strength at the venue as well as the memorial. Supporters of SAD (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann repeatedly raised slogans in support of Khalistan after the programme ended. There was a minor scuffle between Mann supporters and the SGPC task force when the latter stopped them from proceeding towards Akal Takht. Mann also paid obeisance at the memorial after delivering a speech on his Khalistan agenda. The SAD (Amritsar) alleged that one of its party workers, Sukhjinder Singh, was beaten up by the SGPC task force. However, Makkar could not be contacted for comment. In his message to the community, the Akal Takht chief said that Operation Bluestar wounds were fresh even after 29 years of the Army operation. "If August 15 is the day of celebrations for the countrymen, June 6 is the day of grief for the Sikhs," he said, blaming the country's judicial and administrative system for alienating the Sikhs. "On the one hand, preparations are being made to hang Devinderpal Singh Bhullar though there are no witnesses in the case and on the other the likes of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler are being acquitted despite hundreds of witnesses against them," he said. He stressed the need for the Sikhs to unite on a single platform. He said the community had failed to put forth its side of the story before the nation. "The establishment has portrayed a wrong picture of the Sikhs and we need to tell the people that Sikhs made the maximum contribution to the freedom struggle." He asked the SGPC to enlist the help of historians and intellectuals to get a book on Sikh history published in different languages. Bhindranwale's son Isher Singh, Amrik Singh's wife Harmeet Kaur, brother Manjeet Singh and son Tarlochan Singh were felicitated along with the kin of other "martyrs". The Taksal put up an impressive show of strength at Chowk Mehta with thousands of devotees gathering at Gurdwara Guru Darshan Parkash. Langar and a free medical camp was organised for the devotees. Representatives of the Sant Samaj and the SGPC attended the function. Two resolutions were passed at Chowk Mehta- the first on addressing Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma as Baba Harnam Singh Bhindranwale and the second justifying the naming of Bluestar Memorial after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala. The second resolution stated that there should be no tampering with boards carrying the name of Bhindranwale. Addressing the gathering, the Akal Takht chief said differences with the Taksal over the memorial would be sorted out amicably. 29 years later *
Damdami Taksal puts up impressive show, justifies naming memorial after Bhindranwala *
Minor scuffle between Mann supporters and SGPC task force * SAD (Amritsar) alleges its party worker was beaten up *
Bhindranwale's son Isher Singh, Amrik Singh's wife Harmeet Kaur, brother Manjeet and son Tarlochan felicitated ‘Golak’ turned around
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Sarna opposes memorial inside Delhi gurdwara
New Delhi, June 6 “Those killed inside the Golden Temple during Operation Bluestar were martyrs as they died for a cause. In Delhi thousands of Sikhs were murdered. They are not martyrs. So constructing a memorial on the premises of Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib is not right,” Sarna said. He said his party was in favour of a memorial but outside the gurdwara. “The government can allot land for the same provided the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) applies for it,” he said. Sarna alleged that the announcement on the memorial was motivated to ensure the Delhi Sikhs backed the BJP during the coming assembly elections in Delhi. Since Sikh voters were in good numbers in West Delhi and South West Delhi, the DSGMC had announced that the stone for the memorial would be laid in the presence of the BJP national president, Rajnath Singh, and senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, Sarna alleged. He claimed the SAD had won the DSGMC poll owing to the Congress folly in not lending its support to the Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi).
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Centre passing the buck for failing to seal border: Sukhbir
Chandigarh June 6 In a statement here, he said even as the Centre had “failed” in its duty, the Punjab Government had made massive drug seizures and busted terror modules. The Deputy Chief Minister said the state government was “on top of the law and order front” and that there was peace and communal harmony in the state. “We have maintained utmost vigil in this regard. As a result, there has been no incident of violence by militants in the past three years,” he said. Sukhbir urged the Central Government to invest on modernising the police and other security personnel by upgrading skills and technology. “These days, war and terror are all about technology,” he observed. He urged the Centre to initiate proactive steps to strengthen and streamline its intelligence, operational and combative mechanism. He said central agencies needed to step up efforts to thwart attempts from across the border to disturb peace and plug the inflow of funds, narcotics and fake currency.
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BSP leader Manhera’s widow joins SAD
Chandigarh, June 6 Manhera, a resident of Kharar, was general secretary of the state unit of the BSP and in charge of Haryana affairs. Considered close to BSP president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, he had also contested Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha elections. Speaking on the occasion, Badal said leaders of various parties had opted to join the SAD due to its pro-people policies. He claimed Punjab was the only state that had continued Atta-Dal scheme for 17 lakh families for six years. He said Punjab was also the only state which was giving Rs 15,000 shagun on the wedding of girls belonging to poor families. Later in the evening, the party held a function at its head office where SAD leaders formally welcomed the new entrants.
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Central team to probe book scam: Jakhar
Chandigarh, June 6 In a statement here, Jakhar said he had led a delegation of senior Punjab Congress leaders, including MP Ravneet Bittu and Charanjit Bajwa, to meet HRD Minister Pallam Raju today. He said the delegation apprised the minister of irregularities in the purchase of library books and science kits for government schools. He said Raju had assured the delegation that he would send a team to get firsthand information of the matter and that appropriate action would be taken once the facts were verified. Jakhar claimed that even the Punjab Government had also admitted to embezzlement of the Sarv Siksha Abhiyaan funds, but it was trying to cover up the entire issue by appointing a retired judge to probe the scam. He demanded an independent probe by a central agency. The release said the HRD minister had assured the delegation that while funds were being made available to Punjab to eradicate illiteracy, the Centre would not allow any bungling in these funds. The CLP leader also told Raju that apart from embezzlement of funds, books meant for adults with vulgar content were sent to primary schools.
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Another protest against Maluka
Chandigarh, June 6 Sidhu asked Maluka to step down from his post voluntarily, failing which the Congress would pressure the Chief Minister to drop him. — TNS
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Amritsar admn cancels 429 arms licences
Amritsar, June 6 The report of most of the licensees bore remarks such as 'the addressee never lived here'; 'address is not correct' or 'authentication could not be established'. In several cases, signatures of the issuing authorities were also found to be forged. Additional District Magistrate Jasbir Singh has ordered to cancel these arms licences. It was found that the Arms branch of the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Office had been issuing fake licences since 1993. Rajat Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, has already got an FIR
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Willing to make certain corrections, Mittal tells doctors
Chandigarh, June 6 He said all “genuine” cases would be considered sympathetically. “However, there will be no compromise on providing quality healthcare to the people. We intend to create at least four hospitals in each district so that a patient does not have to travel more than 10 km to get medical help,” the minister said. Mittal said no doctor had resigned till now and only seven had sent their requests for reconsideration of transfer orders. Accepting certain loopholes in the transfers and that more doctors had been posted at Gidderbaha, Mittal said: “ We do not deny the need for certain corrections.” Asked if the government would consider resorting to the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) if the doctors went on a stir, the minister said: “I think we will manage the situation through deliberations. Our sole intention is to create hospitals with all facilities.” Without giving the exact figure, Mittal claimed that a number of doctors had been transferred for indulging in unfair trade practices. When pointed out that no action had been taken in the case of a doctor "nabbed" from his private nursing home in Mohali recently, Mittal said: “Departmental inquiries are being held in all such cases and action will be taken accordingly.” The minister said the department was trying to utilise the professional skills of specialists where required. These specialists would not be given the job of Emergency Medical Officers (EMOs), except in rare cases. They would also be spared from handling medico-legal cases. To streamline emergency services, the state would recruit at least 300 MBBS doctors who had nearly completed training. Apart from this, the government planned to recruit at least 500 more doctors to overcome shortage. PCMSA calls meeting Ropar: Alarmed at large-scale transfers, the Punjab Civil Medical Services Association (PCMSA) has called a meeting of its members at Ludhiana on Saturday.The association is likely to ask the state government to roll back its orders. It has already threatened to go on a state-wide strike. The association general secretary, Gagandeep Shergill, termed the transfers as “betrayal” by the Health Department. “We are not against such transfers, provided the norms are strictly followed,” he said. The transfers had been made in a hurry and many doctor couples posted at different stations. Also, the seniority criterion had been ignored, Shergill alleged. — TNS
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Agri university sells admission forms worth
Rs 1.25 crore
Ludhiana, June 6 The university, which charged Rs 1,330 per admission prospectus, has earned a sum of Rs 1.25 crore by only selling the prospectus. An official of the university said the main reason for the response was the placement of agriculture students in government jobs in the state. This year, the university has received a large number of applications for BSc agriculture six-year programme which has been specially offered to rural students. As compared to last year's 1,282 applications, this year 1,759 students seek admission to this programme. The same trend has been witnessed in the undergraduate four-year programmes in which 6,728 students applied. Last year, the number of admission seekers in these programmes was 4,861. There is also an increase in aspirants for the masters programme, this year, 925 students came for the PG programmes, while last year, the number was at 800. Officials also observed a change in trend, as the university received a large number of applications from students with non-medical background for the BSc agriculture four-year programme. Earlier, only students from medical stream used to opt for the programme. Dr PK Khanna, Registrar, PAU, said, "There are several reasons for this increase. The university is known for quality education and we never compromise with the quality. The visibility of the university has increased in the past years. Recent placement of students attracted more students to opt agriculture subjects."
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195 dairy farming units set up in Patiala last year
Patiala, June 6 Deputy Commissioner GK Singh said the initiative was taken to encourage farmers in the district towards more lucrative venture of dairy farming. He said, “Farmers were provided with loan from NABARD for establishing dairy units having capacity from two milking cattle to 100 milking cattle. This will witness an increase in farmers’ income as well as livestock". The Deputy Commissioner said with an objective of providing employment to unemployed youth of villages, the Dairy Development Department was also providing adequate training to them. As many as 1,139 farmers were motivated to adopt dairy farming through various awareness camps in the district during 2012-13, he said, adding that they were given training on vital fields like breeds of milking animals, feed and fodder, production of quality milk, disease and prevention etc. As many as 64 youth belonging to the Scheduled Castes were given extensive training of five days besides this, 353 people were imparted training of 15 days under the self-employment schemes, said GK Singh.
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Existing units should get
incentives: Industrialists
Sangrur, June 6 Garg said unlike before, industrialists now did not have the option of choosing between the old or the new industry policy. He urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Industries Minister Anil Joshi to give benefits to small and medium scale industries also. Garg further said incentives needed to be given to all industrialists of the state to help them meet the He said the government should realise that a few industrialists had moved to neighbouring states as they offered better incentives, regular power supply and lower tariffs.
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Violence on SLIET campus
Sangrur, June 6 The committee members, including Justice SN Aggarwal, a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and RP Aggarwal, a retired IAS officer, will stay at the institute guest house for three days. The committee has been looking into the circumstances that led to the incident on the campus. It has also been examining how SLIET authorities have been functioning for the past five years. Earlier, on May 29 and 30, Justice SN Aggarwal had visited the campus and checked the complaints filed by SLIET staff Hundreds of students had gone on the rampage on May 6 on campus when SLIET authorities reportedly declined to redress their grievances. SLIET has reportedly suffered a loss worth Rs 12 crore.
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Chandigarh, June 6 Krishna said efforts were on to increase the role of women employees in the field of personal banking. He said more such all-women branches would be opened as per the feedback of customers. – TNS
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One dead as shelter at Sirhind railway station collapses
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 6 Ramandeep Kaur alias Rani, wife of Head Constable Paramjit Singh posted with the CIA Staff,
Sirhind, Puneet Lal of Madhubani in Bihar and his son Shankar were injured in the incident. They were
hospitalised. Sukhdev Singh, Sirhind SHO, was hurt when a portion of the shed fell on him while he was removing the debris.
PK Sanghi, DRM, Ambala, said the Ambala-Ludhiana train (No.74645) left the Sirhind station at 16.15 pm. A couple of minutes later, the platform shed collapsed. He said rail traffic remained disrupted for hours thereafter.
Arun Sekhri, Deputy Commissioner, said he had sent a report to the Financial Commissioner (R) for compensation to the kin of the deceased and those injured under the Calamity Relief Fund.
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Stone of lawyers’ chambers laid
Ferozepur, June 6 Senior judicial officers and eminent lawyers were present on the occasion. The Sessions Judge told the gathering that all modern facilities would be provided in the courts complex. He later interacted with the lawyers and listened to their grievances.— OC
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False case against two villagers
Sangrur, June 6 They were arrested for forcibly trying to offer a bribe of Rs 10,000 to Inspector Tejinder Singh, the then SHO of the Sherpur police station. The judge said the prosecution had miserably failed to prove its case against the accused. The court also ordered to send a copy of the judgement to the Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP), Sangrur, to explore possibilities of initiating criminal proceedings against Inspector Tejinder Singh for falsely implicating the duo by forging documents and fabricating evidence and Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP) Balwinder Singh who had forged entries in the log book of his official vehicle in order to destroy evidence regarding his visit to the Sherpur police station on August 11 and 12,
2011. Yogesh Gupta, counsel for Tara Singh and Jagtar Singh, said a complaint was lodged against Tara Singh by the panchayat of his village that he had been disrupting work of the
panchayat. The counsel said the SHO called Tara Singh and demanded money from him for delaying the complaint. As Tara Singh did not want to give the money, he approached then DSP ((Vigilance) Balwinder Singh who laid a trap and conducted raids at the Sherpur police station on two occasions, but the SHO was not present there. The counsel said irked over the action of Tara Singh, the SHO then called Jagtar Singh from his village and arrested him when he reached the police station on August 12, 2011 at about 9pm. He was arrested on a charge that Tara Singh had sent him to give bribe to the
SHO. Later, Tara Singh was also arrested, he added. As per the prosecution, on August 12, 2011, Jagtar Singh forcibly tried to give Rs 10,000 to Inspector Tejinder Singh, saying that he had been sent by Tara Singh for not taking action against him on the complaint submitted against him. When Jagtar did not stop from giving the bribe money to the Inspector, he was arrested. A case was registered against Tara Singh and Jagtar Singh on August 12, 2011, under Sections 8, 9, 13 (2) 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Sherpur police station.
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Three hurt as Patti truckers open fire during clash
Amritsar/Tarn Taran, June 6
Three persons were reportedly injured in a clash that took place between the two groups. Two of the victims suffered gunshot injuries. One of the them, identified as Dalbir Singh alias Gora, was critically injured. He was admitted to a private hospital in Amritsar. The other two victims were identified as Sitara Singh and Hardeep Singh. A heavy police force arrived at the clash scene to control the situation. Tarn Taran SSP Raj Jeet Singh said Sitara and Hardeep along with other members were sitting in the union office when Dalbir along with his supporters entered the office and allegedly hit Sitara Singh with a sharp weapon. They also allegedly opened fire which hit Hardeep in his leg. The SSP said a case had been registered against 12 persons, including Dalbir, Jaipal Singh, Gumti, Billa and Lakha Singh. The officer claimed Dalbir was allegedly wounded by a bullet fired from his own pistol. He said Dalbir and his associates used country made pistols. Later, Dalbir's supporters damaged an ambulance of the Primary Health Centre, Patti, when the authorities allegedly denied them to provide the vehicle for shifting Dalbir to Amritsar. The police used mild lathi charge to control the protesters. Meanwhile, Dalbir's supporters denied the charges that they had opened fire. They alleged Sitara had the support of a ruling party minister from the area. A relative of Dalbir claimed he along with his uncle had gone to the union office to get their pending payment. He alleged Sitara and his associates opened fire at them and critically injured his uncle. bloody conflict *
An ongoing tussle between two groups of transporters over control of the Central Majha Truck Union turns bloody *
Two of the victims suffer gunshot injuries, one
critical * The Patti police has booked 12 persons ambulance damaged
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Hundreds of Congress workers, led by Mohali legislator Balbir Sidhu, today staged a protest outside the residence of Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka in Kansal village here and demanded his immediate dismissal from the state Cabinet for his alleged role in the book
scam.
Instead of issuing threats to launch an agitation or submit resignations en masse, doctors unhappy with their transfer orders should approach the Health Department with their representation, said Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal at a press conference here today. He said all “genuine” cases would be considered sympathetically.
With a view to promoting dairy farming in the state and motivate farmers towards crop diversification, the Dairy Development Department, Punjab, had allocated loan worth Rs 18.38 crore to the farmers and set up 195 dairy units in the district in 2012-13.
A commuter was killed and three were seriously injured when uprooted by a gale, a eucalyptus tree fell on the shelter of the Sirhind railway station this evening. The deceased was identified as Parkash
Kaur, a resident of Bassi Pathana. Ramandeep Kaur alias Rani, wife of Head Constable Paramjit Singh posted with the CIA Staff,
Sirhind, Puneet Lal of Madhubani in Bihar and his son Shankar were injured in the incident.
