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ED grills singer Diljit for 5 hrs over ‘hawala’
Diljit Dosanjh was questioned for allegedly violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act
Suicide by farmers
Synthetic drug trade |
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Canal water supply suspended, Abohar farmers stage protest
Soon, new cars for ministers, CPSs
separate haryana gurdwara panel
AAP: Release funds for NIS
Dharamvira Gandhi
Inflation: Cong protests in Abohar
VCongress workers during a protest rally at Sriganganagar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
TRACKING RAILWAY BUDGET-2014
No word on electrification of
Amritsar-Pathankot link
State incurs heavy losses on storing grain
Centre to fund state's tourism projects
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal with Union Railways Minister DV Sadananda Gowda at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Involve families of addicts in counselling: Kiran Bedi to CM
Powercom officials axe trees, probe ordered
Rehab centre to be set up near Ghabdan Kothi
Gurdwara Buddha Johad Trust row
Dera followers protest police inaction in Moga
Rs 26 cr ‘shagun’ money released
Bathinda MC first in state to impose cow cess
Yannick case: Murder trial may be delayed by months
Principal, two teachers suspended for minor’s rape
Complainant against Sukhbir gets 5 yrs in
jail for murder bid
HC condoles death of Justice Dewan
Bhola case: Charges may be framed on July 19
4 kg heroin, Rs 7.8 lakh
fake currency seized
Heroin seized from peddler’s Delhi house
Banker held in graft case
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ED grills singer Diljit for 5 hrs over ‘hawala’
Jalandhar, July 9 Dosanjh arrived at the ED office at 12.15 pm and left at 5 pm. He was also carrying some documents, which were reportedly sought by the ED regarding his foreign shows and money transactions. He has appeared before the ED twice, earlier being on April 12. The sources said Diljit was quizzed by a panel of officers and he was asked to come clean on the transactions related to his foreign shows. Apart from Diljit, singers Miss Pooja and Gippy Grewal and film producers and financiers from Jalandhar, including Batra Showbiz and Gurfateh Productions, are also under scanner. Both Pooja and Gippy had also appeared before the ED over the last two months for alleged hawala transactions. These singers came under the ED scanner after it was suspected that as a number of Punjabi movies and songs by these entertainers are shot at foreign locations, there is a likelihood of illegal transfer of money abroad. Also, it is suspected that the money being earned by these stars during performances abroad — and in case of film producers, the money earned through selling of overseas rights — is also illegally routed back to India.
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Suicide by farmers
Chandigarh, July 9 The committee set up under the chairmanship of Punjab Farmers’ Commission chairman Dr GS Kalkat has submitted its report to the government. The report will come up for discussion at the next meeting of the state Cabinet. Other members of the committee are Financial Commissioner (Revenue) Navreet Singh Kang, Financial Commissioner (Development) Suresh Kumar, Agriculture Commissioner Balwinder Singh Sidhu, Head of the Economics Department of PAU Prof Sukhpal and Sociology Department Prof Sukhdev Singh. The panel suggested some measures required to be taken prevent suicides in the farm sector. A study says 2,943 farmers and 1,743 labourers have committed suicide due to stress related to debt in the recent years. The committee has recommended Rs 2.5 lakh compensation to the family of the deceased farmer in the form of fixed deposit and Rs 50,000 cash. The government at present gives Rs 2 lakh lump sum amount to such families. The committee has suggested setting up of debt reconciliation boards at district headquarters to settle disputes related to loans advanced by money lenders to farmers. The panel also seeks to put in place a mechanism to regularise the rate of interest on money advanced by private money lenders. For small and marginal farmers, the committee has recommended 2 per cent rate of interest on crop loans and 6 per cent on investment loan. It has approved subsidy to small and marginal farmers on seeds, farm equipment and other inputs under various schemes. Measures suggested
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Synthetic drug trade
Patiala, July 9 The accused are R Shiva Kumar and V Venkatesh of Chennai, M Prabhu alias Suresh Kumar of Tamil Naidu, Sunmugum, and Cerboih alias Cherry. The police today procured their police remand for five days. Shaminder Singh, Station House Officer, Tripuri police station, said: “We need to make recoveries such as passports, PAN cards and other documents from these accused. We will identify those who had helped them procure these.” The police are conducting raids to nab dealers who helped the accused prepare fake bills to facilitate the transport of their drug consignment. The police had recovered Rs 1.6 crore, 615 kg of pseudoephedrine, 6.5 kg of narcotic powder, fake bills showing delivery of pharmaceutical medicines, one .32 bore pistol, eight cartridges, a car and some other material from these accused. They are expecting to bust supply chains operating from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Chennai and Mizoram reaching up to Malaysia and European countries. They are trying to access cellphone records of the accused to nab those at the helm of this multi-crore drug racket. HS Mann, Senior Superintendent of Police, confirmed that preliminary investigations had disclosed that this group used to procure pseudoephedrine, methamphetamine (ICE) and other narcotic substances from Himachal Pradesh and transported these by rail to Chennai and from there the contraband was shipped to Burma, Malaysia and European countries. He said the accused were working as a close-knit network for the past over six years.
'A close-knit netork' Preliminary investigations have revealed that this group procured ICE and other narcotic substances from HP and transported these by rail to Chennai. The contraband was then shipped to Burma, Malaysia and European
countries
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Canal water supply suspended, Abohar farmers stage protest
Scores of farmers, who visited the divisional canal offices here, said supply was suspended without prior notice in Daulatpura, Malukpura and Ramsara minors (sub canals). “We have not been able to irrigate fields since we sowed cotton,” said Makhan Singh. Others complained that kinnow orchards were at the flowering stage and needed water as per prescribed norms, but the authorities were not releasing water. Extending support to farmers, Congress Legislature Party Leader Sunil Jakhar said though all the dams were full, canals in border areas of Abohar, Balluana and Fazilka were closed for no valid reason. “The Irrigation Department has been allegedly siphoning off crores of rupees on the pretext of de-silting canals each year. They have failed in ensuring the availability of water to the villages located on the tail-ends of the canals,” he said. He said vegetables were getting costly due to the fall in produce, which was a result of poor availability of water. He said since temperatures had been soaring, more water would be required for a better fruit yield. The treasury benches during Vidhan Sabha session might come under fire for not safeguarding the interests of the farming community, Jakhar said. Irrigation Department officials said a team would visit some villages, including Khuikhera and Jhurarkhera, soon to assess the situation. In another major development, the Gang Canal Regulation Committee at an emergency meeting in Sriganganagar criticised state authorities for reducing water supply to 1,000 from 2,150 cusecs this afternoon. Committee chairman Sameer Singh rejected the explanation given by Irrigation Department officials that the Ferozepur feeder could not supply the sanctioned amount of water since it was damaged. Superintending Engineer KL Jakhar and Assistant Engineer Mahesh Batra said they would discuss the issue with their counterparts at Harike Barrage.
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Soon, new cars for ministers, CPSs
Chandigarh, July 9 The government officers, however, will have to wait till a new policy of giving them a lumpsum travelling allowance or allowing them to hire a vehicle on lease is finalised by the Transport Department. Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa told The Tribune that many vehicles used by ministers and chief parliamentary secretaries were in a poor condition. “For two years, we practised austerity, cutting down all administrative expenses. Any request for buying a vehicle was turned down. Now many vehicles have begun to give trouble. The cars will not be purchased in one go. We will allow purchase of cars on a case-to-case basis,” he said. Sources said in the Budget proposals, to be presented before the Assembly on July 16, allocation for the state Transport Department will be hiked for purchasing new cars. Last year, Rs 250 crore had been set aside for the department which was to be used for the repair and maintenance of old vehicles in the government's fleet. During the last financial year, the department had twice sent proposals to the Finance Department, requesting for an additional grant to buy more than 130 luxury sedans and sports utility vehicles (SUVs). The requests were turned down. The department had then sought a grant of Rs 13.50 crore. In fact, no vehicle was purchased by the state government during 2011-12 except for a few political appointees and the Punjab Governor. The latter wanted a Mercedes. The state bureaucrats have been demanding that they be given new vehicles. A proposal in this regard is with the Finance Department. The sources say that the Finance Department has recommended that the Transport Department should form a policy on either getting vehicles on lease for every officer and the officer be compensated with a fixed travelling allowance (for lease and the driver), or the government adopts the Haryana model where a fixed lumpsum amount is given to every officer and he is allowed to buy a vehicle of his choice.
For two years, we practised austerity, cutting down all administrative expenses. Any request for buying a vehicle was turned down. Now many vehicles have begun to give trouble. But the cars will not be purchased in one
go. Babus too raise demand
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separate haryana gurdwara panel
Amritsar, July 9 SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said they would seek the intervention of the Central Government on the matter. “It is a a controversial inter-state issue. We will urge the Centre to step in,” Makkar said. Makkar said they would deliberate on different aspects of the issue during the meeting. He said the SGPC was functioning under the Gurdwara Act, 1925, as per which they were managing the affairs of Sikh shrines in Haryana as well. He said no separate gurdwara panel was constituted after the formation of Haryana and as per law any inter-state matter could be resolved through the interference of the Centre. Makkar claimed that the Sikhs in Haryana had already rejected the demand for a separate gurdwara panel by decimating those seeking it in the 2011 SGPC elections. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Makkar have already met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and have sought his intervention. The SGPC is continuing with its drive against the separate gurdwara panel with Makkar holding public meetings in key cities of Haryana. Addressing a public meeting in Karnal today, Makkar said they would not let succeed the “nefarious designs” of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to divide the Sikh community to gain political mileage ahead of the Assembly elections.
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AAP: Release funds for NIS
Patiala, July 9 The MP also demanded that an additional special grant be released for the repair and maintenance of the already laid tracks at the premiere sporting infrastructure. "I have been told that the demand has been forwarded as one of the top 100-day agenda items of the Narendra Modi government," Gandhi said. In his 2013 Budget Speech, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said more grants and support were required for sports. "We have many sportsmen and sportswomen but few coaches. Hence, I propose to set up National Institute of Sports Coaching in Patiala at the cost of Rs 250 crore over a period of three years," the minister had said in his speech. According to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development's report to Parliament in 2010, the strength of 1,623 coaches in the country in 1997 was brought down to 831 by the Ministry of Finance. It took prolonged deliberations in bringing back the strength to 1,258 coaches on regular basis and 85 on contract basis. In 2011, the NIS, Patiala, was demerged from the Sports Authority of India in the wake of an athletics doping scandal. NIS Patiala was made an autonomous 'Institution of National Importance' with the aim to produce better home coaches and thereby reducing the dependence on foreign experts such as Ukrainian Yuri Ogrodnik, whose six wards, were caught for doping. Gandhi has also asked the Sports Authority of India to develop the NIS as a major tourist destination and work towards attracting tourists from across the globe. In December 2013, following delay on the part of the Union Government in starting work on the proposed NIS coaching centre at Patiala and rumours that the project was being shifted out of Punjab, the then Minister of State for External Affairs and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur had taken up the matter with the then Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh. Employees hope for some relief Raise IT limit The IT exemption limit should be raised. Women employees should be given more benefits. The sealing on annual saving should also be
hiked. Reduce IT rate The government should raise the IT exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh. The rate should be reduced to 5 per
cent. Curtail inflation As a woman, my main worry is inflation. The prices of basic commodities, including LPG, have increased manifold. It has become difficult to meet even basic needs. Inflation must be
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Inflation: Cong protests in Abohar
Abohar, July 9 District Congress president Kuldeep Indora said the Modi government had increased passenger rail fares, besides hiking petrol and diesel prices. He said nothing was announced for the region in the rail budget. Former MLA Mohinder Singh Brar and former district party president Prithvipal Singh Sandhu said earlier, BJP leaders had been blaming the UPA government for bad fiscal management, but now they were doing the same. Municipal Council former president Jagdish Jandu said the food and the overall inflation had been on the rise. In May, food inflation touched 9.5 per cent, while wholesale price rise stood at 6.01 per cent. Mahila Congress president Babita Walia said Vasundhra Raje had made tall promises on providing good governance, but things had not improved. She said there had been spurt in crimes against women. The Congress workers sat on dharna outside the district administrative complex and submitted their memorandum.
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TRACKING RAILWAY BUDGET-2014
Bathinda, July 9 It was started by then Railway Minister Nitish Kumar, but discontinued within 30 days as the train occupancy was even less than 15 passengers daily. This time as well the train has been announced keeping in mind the crowd of Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, the Army Cantonment, National Fertilizer Limited (NFL) and Talwandi Sabo Thermal plant. The Cantonment and NFL were there in 2002 as well. Experts believe the train may not get the desired response this time too. They say with the Bathinda airport likely to start functioning next month, well-to-do commuters would prefer air travel than rail journey. The two routes on which the train will run do not appear that profitable. On the Mansa-Rohtak link, the likely stoppages would be Bathinda, Mansa, Jind, Rohtak and Delhi. The train would be depending on passengers only from Bathinda, thus hardly getting any response from other stoppages. On the Dhuri-Ambala route, the stoppages would be Bathinda, Barnala, Patiala, Ambala and Delhi. Here also, the pressure to fetch passengers would be on Bathinda. The train may get some passengers from Patiala but hardly any from Ambala, which is already linked with a Shatabdi. The main reason behind the Shatabdi’s non-feasibility for Bathinda is that the region lacks industry and such crowd that commutes regularly from Bathinda to Delhi. Vikas Verma, a trader, said, “The fare (Rs 2,000) is quite high. Secondly, the trading community will have goods while returning from Delhi, which they cannot carry on the Shatabdi.”
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No word on electrification of
Amritsar-Pathankot link
Gurdaspur, July 9 The transporters reportedly do not want the track to be electrified. Reason: If electrification takes place, trains will run faster and more and more passengers will flock to trains, a development that will cut into profits of private bus players. The ordinary rail fare on the Amritsar-Pathankot (through Gurdaspur) link is just Rs 25 while AC rail fare is Rs 50. On the other hand, a passenger travelling from Amritsar to Pathankot has to shell out Rs 110 in an ordinary bus (after the recent increase in bus fares). “Once the electrification is done, trains will run faster while fares are expected to remain the same. This means people who prefer to travel by buses will patronise trains, thereby leaving private transporters in the lurch,” said a railway official. The private transport business in Gurdaspur district is controlled by about 50 odd players, out of whom many are top politicians of Punjab. They not only control a majority of the business but also see to it that no other person enters their domain.
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State incurs heavy losses on storing grain
According to the food storage and transportation norms, 1 per cent loss is permissible and any loss beyond this is borne by the state
During this fiscal, the loss has already exceeded 2.20 lakh bags. In the financial year 2013-14, the total loss was assessed at 16.80 lakh bags. In 2012-13 and 2011-12, the loss was calculated at 16.97 lakh bags and 16.54 lakh bags, respectively.In the current fiscal, the agencies have purchased 116.41 lakh tonnes of wheat and 77.31 lakh tonnes of paddy. On the damage to the foodgrain during storage and transportation, Jaswinder Singh, district manager, Warehousing Corporation, Bathinda, said loss in weight owing to evaporation was the main reason. He said when the foodgrain was purchased, it had high moisture content. The Warehousing Corporation has 117 storage points in Punjab to stock wheat and paddy. Besides the high moisture content in the foodgrain at the time of purchase, pilferage of grain from stores and poor arrangements to check attack by pests and worms is another major reason for the losses, say sources.
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Centre to fund state's tourism projects
New Delhi, July 9 During the meeting, Badal sought funds for the Virasat-e-Khalsa Memorial at Anandpur Sahib, the museum-cum-panorama centre at Shri Valmiki Tirat in Amritsar, the Jang-e-Azadi Memorial at Kartapur and the War Heroes Museum in Amritsar. The minister told Badal that the Centre had already cleared the state proposal for a “mega Sikh tourism circuit” encompassing Amritsar, Dera Nanak and Sultanpur Lodhi. Officials from Punjab who accompanied Badal to the meeting said the Union Minister accepted Badal’s invitation to visit Virasat-e-Khalsa. Naik assured Badal that his ministry would consider his request on setting up skill centres across the state. Badal urged the Centre for speedy clearance of the proposed craft institute at Mithra in Hoshiarpur district and a hotel management institute on the pattern of the one at Gurdaspur. Rehab centre at Mohali
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday gave his approval to setting up a drug de-addiction and rehabilitation centre at SAS Nagar in Mohali. An official spokesperson said the Chief Minister had directed the Chief Administrator, GMADA, to transfer 2.7 acres in Sector 66 to the Health and Family Welfare Department free of cost. The government has decided to construct 22 rehabilitation centres, one in each district. Post-treatment, the patients will be trained in various vocations at these centres. Sukhbir meets Gowda
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Suhbir Badal met Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday and sought regular coal supply to the state from the enhanced allocation quota for smooth transplantation of paddy. The enhanced supply was approved by the Coal Ministry recently. Sukhbir told Gowda that the coming fortnight was crucial for the state because of the paddy season and delayed rains.
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Involve families of addicts in counselling: Kiran Bedi to CM
Chandigarh, July 9 The Chief Administrator of GMADA will transfer 2.77 acres of land in Sector 66 here free of cost to the Health and Family Welfare Department for this purpose on the directions of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Meanwhile, social activist Kiran Bedi, who called on Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Kapurthala House in New Delhi today, stressed the need for a coordinated approach to eliminate drugs from the state. She has advised the state government to rope in NGOs in the fight against this menace. Bedi apprised Badal that she had waged a war against drug abuse in Tihar Jail to reform inmates who were addicts. She said the government needed to involve families of the victims for their counselling. Badal directed his Principal Secretary SK Sandhu and Principal Secretary, Health, Vini Mahajan to incorporate suggestions put forth by Kiran Bedi in the upcoming state board meeting in this regard.
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Powercom officials axe trees, probe ordered
Muktsar, July 9 Singla said, “We found a few axed trees on the spot. It is alleged that nobody had got the permission. I have ordered an inquiry in the matter.” Similarly, Gurmeet Singh, Range Officer, Forest Department, said, “Usually, officials of the government departments ask us to assess the value of trees before axing these, but the power department officials had not informed us.” “The matter is of seriour nature. We cannot allow such blatant chopping of trees,” he added.
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Rehab centre to be set up near Ghabdan Kothi
Sangrur, July 9 Cheema was speaking at an “anti-drug” camp at GPF Complex at Lehragaga. During the camp, 300 patients were given medicines free of cost. Cheema said for the construction of rehabilitation centres, responsibility had been given to the National Building Construction Company. He said the state government had chalked out a plan to make Punjab a drug-free state in the next two years. He said the government would provide special development grants to villages that would become drug-free and install boards in this regard. Among others present on the occasion were Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur, Mandeep Singh Sidhu; Additional Deputy Commissioner Pritam Singh Johal, District Transport Officer, Sangrur, Rajesh Dhiman; Deputy Superintendent of Police Bimal Sharma and president of Arhtiya Association Sanjiv
Singla.
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Gurdwara Buddha Johad Trust row
Abohar, July 9 Addressing media persons at Sriganganagar, morcha convener Hardeep Singh Dibdiba urged Akal Takht to convene a meeting of all the gurdwara managing committees of Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh and Bikaner at Buddha Johad to evolve an acceptable formula to run historic gurdwaras. Dibdiba, who had founded Rajasthan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee in 2001, but could not get approval from the state government, demanded that the trusts, which run gurdwaras in Sriganganagar, Patna and Nanded, should also be dissolved in compliance with the October, 2012 edict. He said that the edict was first implemented for Buddha Johad gurdwara management, but the 11-member ad hoc committee, constituted by Akal Takht in June last year, had not been able to conduct new elections to run the gurdwara. “We fail to understand where was the need of excommunicating Baldev Singh Brar, whose father Gurjant Singh Brar, BJP MLA, has had a long association with the ruling Badals, now when the Trust stands dissolved,” Dibdiba said. Dibdiba said the morcha had demanded action against Baldev in 2012. “We have reasons to believe that the Takht’s decisions are broadly influenced by the SGPC leadership and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. By excommunicating Baldev Brar now, the Akal Takht has complicated the issue rather than resolving it,” he said. Dibdiba criticised the Gurdwara Buddha Johad trust members for misleading Sikhs in the region and claimed that the edicts issued by Akal Takht were final and binding on all. Hari Singh, Jasbir Singh and Mohinder Singh were also present at the meeting. The matter at hand
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Dera followers protest police inaction in Moga
Moga, July 9 Keeping in view the sensitivity of this issue, Deputy Inspector General, Ferozepur Range, Munish Chawla, Moga SSP Gursharan Singh Sandhu and other senior police officers reached the spot to pacify the protesters. The dera followers had already lodged a formal complaint at the Baghapurana police station against the youth, Lakha Singh of nearby Chuhar Chak village. But, the criminal case is yet to be registered. A police official said the complaint had been forwarded to the district attorney for legal opinion, after which action would be taken accordingly. Preliminary investigations suggest that the video was posted on the social media websites on July 4. The dera followers alleged that the video was derogatory in nature and had hurt their religious feelings. On the other side, several Sikh organisations have started coming out in the support of the youth, which has made it a sensitive issue. It was in light of the previous incidents of violence reported in the district in the past few years related to the dera followers that a heavy police force was deployed today. The district administration was trying to find out a middle path through a dialogue to avoid confrontation between the dera followers and the radical Sikhs so as to maintain law and order.
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Rs 26 cr ‘shagun’ money released
Chandigarh, July 9 Gulzar Singh Ranike, Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes, said the government had issued instructions to credit Rs 15,000 directly in the bank account of the beneficiary brides before the wedding. He said an outlay of Rs 98.80 crore was provided under the scheme during 2012-13 and Rs152 crore was provided during 2013-14. The minister said the government had streamlined the shagun disbursal process to the eligible girls belonging to SC, Christian, Backward Class and economically weaker families or in the case of remarriage of widows and divorcee beneficiaries belonging the SC community. He also said the beneficiaries would now have to apply for availing this scheme 30 days before the wedding after completing all the necessary formalities.
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Bathinda MC first in state to impose cow cess
A notification in that regard was issued by Local Bodies Department Secretary Ashok Gupta on June 23. A meeting to finalise modalities for levying and deposition of the tax would be held tomorrow, Bathinda Municipal Corporation Commissioner Dalwinder Jit Singh said. Residents will have to pay Rs 1,000 as cow cess on the purchase of every four-wheeler and for holding a function in any air-conditioned marriage palace. They will have to shell out Rs 500 as cow cess for holding a function in a non-airconditioned palace. A buyer of a two-wheeler will have pay Rs 200 extra, if he makes a purchase in Bathinda. Every round of an oil tanker in the city, which houses a refinery, will invite cow cess of Rs 100. The booze lovers will have to shell out Rs 10 extra on every bottle of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and Rs 5 on a bottle of beer or country-made liquor. Municipal corporations led by the BJP-SAD ruling combine have been also demanding a similar provision for the entire state. Jalandhar Mayor Sunil Jyoti has welcomed the move by the Bathinda Municipal Corporation. He intends to introduce the provision in Jalandhar city also.
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Yannick case: Murder trial may be delayed by months
Jalandhar, July 9 According to legal experts, until the Jalandhar police receive an official confirmation of Yannick's death, they cannot move ahead in filing a supplementary challan to try the accused on murder charge. A senior police official said, "The Burundi Embassy will send a report about Yannick's death to the Indian Embassy, which will be forwarded to the External Affairs Ministry. It will then come to the Punjab Home Department which will send it to the state Police Headquarters at Chandigarh from where it will come to the Jalandhar police." The death report must be accompanied by a postmortem report. If the report confirmed that Yannick died due to the same injuries that he sustained during the attack in Jalandhar, only then the police would move forward to file supplementary challan in the court, he added. Seven youth, including Sumit Ralhan, Sahildeep, Romy Uppal, Amandeep Singh, Amarbir Singh Bajwa, Harsh Gosain and Jaswant Singh, were convicted for 10-year imprisonment in the case. One of the accused Rommy Uppal was a son of deceased Superintendent of Police Dharam Singh Uppal. Uppal, who had died of cardiac arrest, had got suspended from the post of Nawanshahr SP for allegedly intimidating the witnesses in the case. According to reports, Rommy had fled the country. Two accused, Jaskaran and Sumit Rahlan, were declared proclaimed offenders. Jaskaran, who had fled to Australia, was arrested on May 7, 2014, by the Australian police under Section 12(1) of the Extradition Act, 1988. Police Commissioner Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said they had not received any official communication about Yannick's death. Principal Secretary, Home Affairs, Jagpal Singh Sandhu also said that the Home Affairs Department had not received any official communication about Yannick's death from the Burundi.
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Principal, two teachers suspended for minor’s rape
Ludhiana, July 9 Cheema also asked the District Education Officer (Secondary Education) to further probe into the matter. He said school heads would be held responsible for any such acts. District Education Officer Gurtjot Singh, who visited the school yesterday, said he had recorded the statement of the minor and her family, and sent a report to Principal Secretary (Education) Anjali Bhawra, following which the action was taken. Sources said pressure mounted after the victim’s parents along with the residents of Sunet village staged a dharna outside the school and demanded registration of a case against the staff. They alleged that there were complaints against the accused boy in the past too but Yojna (computer teacher) and Tarwinder (social science teacher) allegedly used to favour him. “The accused boy has been detained,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police (West) Ravinderpal Singh
Sandhu. Taken to task
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Complainant against Sukhbir gets 5 yrs in
jail for murder bid
Faridkot, July 9 Sehgal was booked by the Kotkapura police under Sections 307, 336, 324, 324 and 506 of the IPC on December 31, 2010. It was alleged that he and his two unidentified accomplices attacked Surinder Bedi and Surinder Kapoor, two motorcycle riders, in Kotkapura. It was alleged that Sehgal had The police had failed to identify the two accomplices of Sehgal. Sehgal has been in the Faridkot Central jail since October 13, 2013, after being arrested by the Kotkapura police In this case, Sehgal had allegedly beaten up and insulted a youth in the new Kotkapura grain market on October 13, 2013. The youth later committed suicide. Sehgal is a complainant in a criminal case against Sukhbir Badal and his associates for alleged assault on Sehgal on September 5, 1999, at Kotkapura. A case under Section 307, 392, 327, 323, 201 and 120-B of the IPC was registered against Sukhbir Badal and seven others on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on June 30, 2006. Sukhbir Badal and other accused are on bail in that case. The case
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HC condoles death of Justice Dewan
Chandigarh, July 9 All judges of the High Court, former judges and family of Justice Dewan were present during the reference. Former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Justice SS Sodhi was also there to pay homage. Sharing the grief, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said Chief Justice Dewan was man of outstanding ability, humility and courtesy with humane approach in every field. With his demise, the legal fraternity had lost a great human being and legal luminary, he added. Chief Justice Dewan, 86, breathed his last on June 29, 2014. He was elevated as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 24, 1989. He remained on the post till December 31, 1989.
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Bhola case: Charges may be framed on July 19
Mohali, July 9 All the accused, Bhola, Manjinder Singh Aulakh alias Bittu, Baljinder Singh Sonu, Sarabjit Singh Saba, Jagjit Singh Chahal, Satinder Singh Dhama, Anup Singh Kahlon, Paramjit Singh Pamma and Surjit Singh, were present in the court of the Mohali Additional District and SessionsJudge (Senior Division), Parminderpal Singh. Bhola was arrested by the Patiala police from New Delhi. The Banur police that had recovered a large quantity of drugs worth several crores, had also registered a case against Bhola and his accomplices.
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4 kg heroin, Rs 7.8 lakh
fake currency seized
Amritsar, July 9 MF Farooqui, DIG, BSF, Amritsar sector, said jawans last night observed some suspicious movements near the barbed fence. When the intruder continued his activity, the jawans opened fire, he said. The miscreants fled in the darkness, leaving the material to be smuggled into the Indian territory at the spot. He said patrolling had been intensified in view of the rainy season to foil attempts of the smugglers.
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Heroin seized from peddler’s Delhi house
Amritsar, July 9 Ishwar Chander, IG, border range, said the contraband was part of the consignment smuggled into the Indian territory by Pakistani smuggler Akram Dyal through a Jaisalmer-based peddler. The contraband was smuggled around three months ago. He said Dayal-led drug cartel was smuggling heroin from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) through the J&K sector, transiting Punjab and destined for end recipients in Delhi. As many as 12 kg of heroin was seized on July 5 with the arrest of smuggler Bhajan Singh, who was transporting the consignment through Punjab near Tarn Taran on a motorcycle.
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Banker held in graft case
Patiala, July 9 VB officials said the complainant had applied for a loan of Rs 5 lakh and the first installment of Rs 3 lakh was to be released today. “To release a cheque of Rs 3 lakh, the accused had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000. The amount was later settled at Rs 10,000,” said an official.
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The Bhai Bulaka Singh Sangharsh Morcha today launched a stir against Gurdwara Buddha Johad Trust in Raisinghnagar segment of Sriganganagar in
Rajasthan. They blamed Akal Takht for the slow implementation of the edict announced on October 1, 2012 to dissolve all gurd-wara trusts.
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Tracking supply chain
Abohar, July 9
Move justified: Dhindsa
Chandigarh: Former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal today said that the Centre should provide a relief of Rs 40,000 crore to the state. Speaking to The Tribune, he said the Centre owed the state Rs 8,000 crore spent on maintaining foodstock for the central pool. The Centre had not fully paid incidental charges for the maintaining the stocks. "Then there is small saving loans worth Rs 40,000 crore. The Centre should reschedule payment for the next 30 years, " Manpreet said. He said the industrial concessions to hill states should be extended to Punjab. The Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, which needed funds for research on new varieties of crops, should be given adequate grant, he said. The state’s irrigation network needed to be strengthened for which the Centre should give funds to Punjab. 
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procurement agencies.
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