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ISI behind
'fake currency war' Four
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Become
Amritdharis, SGPC appeal to Sikhs ‘Set
up forum to spread Netaji's ideals’ Of
an ailing mental hospital Government
blamed for damage to paddy Doctor
being implicated, alleges IMA Paddy
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ISI behind 'fake currency war'
AMRITSAR, Sept 26 — Pakistan to cripple India's economy has circulated unaccounted "fake currency" in the country. Even a banker will take same time to ascertain whether the currency notes are original or fake. At a press conference, here today, Mr PC Dogra, Director General Police Punjab said that the Punjab Police had unearthed a racket of circulation of 'fake' currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 with the arrest of four persons in Tarn Taran police district. They have been identified as Mukhtiar Singh, Major Singh, Kabul Singh and Ajit Singh of the Amritsar district. The kingpin of the racket Jassa Singh a resident of Wan Tara Singh is absconding. Giving details Mr Dogra said that in the current year the Punjab police unearthed nearly 12 groups including a few ISI sponsored ones engaged in the smuggling and circulation of fake currency. These groups were arrested in Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana and Amritsar. Disclosure by the recently arrested criminals had revealed that the Pakistan's ISI had dumped large quantities of fake currency of various denominations close to the Punjab and J and K border to be smuggled into the country. This problem had assumed international dimensions with active operators scattered over Pakistan, UK, Dubai and other countries. Local gangsters particularly of Bihar and western UP were also active in this trade. A coordinated strategy was being worked out to tackle this menace. In another development of the Pakistan's ISI received another serious set back at the hands of the Punjab Police with the recovery of more than 24 lethal and sophisticated weapons and large quantities of ammunition from Amritsar district, Majitha and Batala. Mr Dogra said that recoveries include four assault rifles three rocket launchers, four revolvers/pistols, one carbine, one 303 rifle, four hand grenades, eight rockets two wireless sets, 53 time devices and 45 detonators besides over 500 bullets of ammunition of assorted bores. Ever since the launching of operation "Khoj" towards the end of last year following inputs that terrorist groups were making efforts to locate old dumps of weapons procured during the heyday of militancy. This is the fourth major haul, and second in the border districts. Earlier dumps were located in districts of Batala, Faridkot and Kapurthala. Current dumps have been unearthed in the areas of Sadar, Amritsar, Ajnala and Rangar Nangal police stations of Batala district. To a question, the DGP said that recoveries in the Ajnala area (Gujarpura village) were made with the active cooperation of people who once played a decisive role in decimating militancy in Punjab. The location of the first dump was in Gujarpura village, under Ajnala police station. A huge bag containing weapons and ammunition was detected by the villagers (identity withheld for security reasons) while sowing paddy initially hesitant to share the information, the informers had thrown this bag in a nearby pond but realising the fact that it might fall into wrong hands they approached the Amritsar police and with their active cooperation and assistance this recovery could be made by the police. Giving further details Mr Dogra said the third dump was detected by a police party of Rangar Nangal police station on the basis of inputs that residual elements of "Dashmesh Regiment" a militant outfit which remained active in the areas of district Batala and Majitha in early nineties prominent of them being Sarabjit Singh alias Sabha of Jarto village Sarja and Guriqbal Singh,alias Bath, of Rangal Nangal village were trying to reorganise a gang while operating from abroad and were in the process of passing over the information regarding a buried consignment to their associates in India. This information was developed and suspected place of dump was identified. After a great deal of search and digging the dumped weapons were finally recovered. With the recovery of these dumps, the Punjab Police within less than three months had foiled third major attempt of residual terrorists to regroup and revive militancy in border district. The earlier attempts being made by Amarjit Sohal of the BKI and Akaljit Singh alias Okan of the Tigers of Sikh Land. Meanwhile operations to
locate the hidden ammunition dumps by militants, who
according to a moderate estimate of a top militant leader
now in jail, have over 30 per cent of the total weaponry
supplied by the ISI lying dumped with their harbourers
and at other safe locations in Punjab had been
intensified, Mr Dogra said. |
Four gangs of robbers busted JALANDHAR, Sept 26 — Mr G.S. Aujla, Inspector-General of Police, said today that the Jalandhar police had busted four gangs of thieves and robbers and recovered stolen goods worth lakhs. Briefing mediapersons here today, Mr Aujla said 11 persons, including four gang leaders, Tirath Singh, a resident of Bhalli, Darshan Singh, a resident of Kotla, Sabhi, a resident of Madowal in Kapurthala, and Balkar Singh, a resident of Butta village, had been arrested and stolen property worth Rs 29 lakh recovered from them. The IG said the most notorious 25-member gang, further divided into three gangs, had been busted and a case under Sections 379, 380, 457, 486, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B and 411, IPC, registered in the Sadar police station. On the modus operandi, Mr Aujla said the gang leaders with their men targeted godowns and shellers. After tying chowkidars with a rope they would loot rice, sugar and wheat. They would sell the stolen goods at low prices on the night of the crime. During the past few months, the gang had committed 20 crimes of such nature in Ludhiana, Khanna, Jalandhar and Pathankot. The IG said since the past two months, seven gangs had been busted and 190 criminals held. The police had recovered stolen property worth Rs 58 lakh and 25 vehicles. He said 10 murders were committed in the past two months and nine solved. As much as 33 kg of RDX, seven time bombs, a pencil bomb, 24 pistols, three rifles, two hand grenades, four mousers, and 47 detonators had been seized. Mr Aujla said the
"kala kachchha" gang hailed from Nasik. They
had learned the local dialect. The police has mounted
pressure on these gangs and the situation was "under
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Cops hold public durbars FATEHGARH SAHIB: To develop this historical district as a model police district, the district police has initiated an innovative concept to go at the doorsteps of the remote villagers to remove their grievances on the spot. Mr Paramraj Singh Dhaliwal, SSP, said on the directions of Mr P.C. Dogra, DGP, all the officers have been directed to organise public durbars in every nook and corner of the district to sort out the problems of the people. The crusade against corruption which was launched by the then SSP, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu is going on with greater vigour. He said the police is determined to develop cordial relations with the people so that they may go to any police station without fear for redressal of their grievances. The district police is leaving no stone unturned to root out corruption at every level. It is worthwhile to note that the previous SSP, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu, had booked three police officials on corruption charges and since then the police is being educated to wipe out the evil of corruption from the district. Mr Paramraj said a campaign had been launched in the district to nab anti-social elements and to make it an incident-free district. All SHOs will be held responsible for the crime in their jurisdiction. The police has arrested different gangs of robbers, Kale Kachchewale, terrorist gangs, thieves and owners of the adulterated furnace oil units. The SSP claimed that during checking the police recovered hawala money worth Rs 37,67,590 U/S 102, Cr P.C. and Rs 67,000 U/S 411, IPC, articles worth Rs 1,13,080 U/S 457/380, IPC, and other valuables worth Rs 3,44,760 U/S 379/382, IPC, from different gangs of thieves. The police traced both murders committed in the district recently and arrested the culprits. Two Babbar Khalsa activists Kesar Singh of Kalewal and Sarabjit Singh of Sidhupur were arrested during a naka and two pistols, 20 sticks, 10 detonators along with 20 live cartridges were recovered. The police arrested a gang involved in the theft of cars and scooters and recovered 12 scooters and two cars. The police made a major breakthrough with the arrest of a seven-member Kale Kachchewale gang who had committed robberies in the rural areas of the district by injuring them and recovered gold, cash, jewellery, electronic devices, iron rods and other material. The police has also recovered a TATA-407 loaded with 24 iron girders stolen from Khanna and after the interrogation of the gang more recovery was made. The police also recovered the five minor girls who were abducted separately from different parts of the district. The police has arrested satta king and a gambler. In a drive against the adulterated furnace oil in the district 2 oil tankers, a truck loaded with 15000 ml furnace oil and 60 drums of adulterated oil were recovered. To control addiction in the district the police along with the medical department conducted raids on chemist shops who used to sell narcotic drugs. The police recovered 506 kg of poppy husk and 400 gm of opium. Besides this the traffic
police wing has also been strengthened and an ambulance
fitted with first aid box has been provided at GT Road to
take the accident-affected people to hospitals. |
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‘Set up forum to spread
Netaji's ideals’ ROPAR, Sept 26 — Inaugurating the two-day fourth All-India Netaji Conference, Mr Debaratta Biswas, MP and general secretary of the All-India Forward Bloc, today, gave a call to the INA people and the followers of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to unite at a national platform to capture power at the Centre for achieving goals, aims and objectives set by Netaji. The conference is being organised by the local Netaji Research Foundation at the new Netaji school complex here, where 125 delegates from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana Himachal, J&K and Punjab are participating. Mr Biswas admitted that the followers of Netaji had, so far, not an organisation and structure to implement the socialism of Netaji. He also said that there was a lack of coordination between various organisations, working in the name of Netaji in various parts of the country. He urged heads of various organisations to launch a movement for forming a disciplined, dedicated and nationalistic force, so that the same force could be prepared for taking over the responsibility of the country. Mr Biswas regretted that Netaji's ideas had been side-lined by the various governments since independence. This was the main reason that nation had been suffering from the curses of illiteracy, poverty and unemployment etc. Mr Biswas also added that leaders of independent India, who came to power, did not try to trace Netaji, because if Netaji would have returned all of them would have been exposed. He also regretted that the same leaders also compromised on some fundamental principles and other related issues which pushed the nation to the present day crisis. Earlier, Mr Biswas lighted, "Jyoti" in front of portraits of Bharat Mata, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and Chander Shekhar Azad as part of inauguration. Later, talking to reporters Mr Biswas demanded the appointment of another high-power inquiry committee for finding facts, relating to Netaji's disappearance on August 18, 1945 in an alleged air-crash at Taihoku in Taiwan. Mr Kamal Dutta from Assam; Mr Vidya Lingam, an INA veteran from Madurai; Mr N.P. Nair, from Kerala, Mr Biswanath Bose from Calcutta; Swami Rajayogindra Veerayyaswami from Karnataka and Dr Des Raj from Meerut also spoke. All speakers urged the leaders of the country to learn lesson of bringing about communal harmony from Netaji. An impressive procession
was also organised in which INA soldiers, led by Col
Pritam Singh, also participated. |
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Become Amritdharis, SGPC appeal
to Sikhs PATIALA, Sept 26 — The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee desires that its members and their families should be "baptised Sikhs" by April next year for the success of the tercentenary celebrations of the birth of Khalsa. It also appeals to the members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) including its office-bearers, ministers, MLAs and members of their families to undergo initiation ceremony of the Khalsa and make real contribution to the celebrations. Talking to The Tribune, SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra said today that earlier he had made a verbal appeal to the members of the religious and political organisations of the Sikhs and given a call to that effect in public rallies, but now the SGPC had decided to write to every member to become baptised Sikhs along with their families. Members of other religions were excluded, he clarified. This call for administering amrit (consecrated water given to drink for Khalsa initiation ceremony) is the latest announcement by the SGPC in its run-up to 300th anniversary celebrations of birth of Khalsa. Already, work is in progress for projects like construction of memorials and museum about Sikh history, the tallest Nishan Sahib, wildlife sanctuary parks and welcome gates at Anandpur Sahib, desire for becoming "Amritdhari" was aired by many leaders in their speeches. But, so far, there was no written call from the SGPC. Mr Tohra also disclosed that not only the members of the 'SGPC' and the 'SAD' but all heads of state or district boards, corporations and committees, who were Sikhs would also be urged to become "Amritdharis". The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee would also direct its staff on the launching of Amrit Sanchar programmes, "Kirtan Darbars", Dhadi darbars and organise Dastar Bandi (turban tying) competitions in their respective areas. The SGPC is writing these letters as many Sikh youths were clipping hair and few were following the Sikh "maryada". Even family members of many leaders and ministers were not adhering to the tradition, it was reliably learnt. Mr Tohra said that the SGPC was equally worried about the increase in drug addiction among youths, particularly the Sikhs. Mr Tohra said that drugs
were ruining the generation and it was an urgent need
that the youths should give up drugs. |
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Flood situation may stabilise PATIALA, Sept 26 — The situation may stabilise in a dozen villages affected by floods in this and Sangrur districts, with the Kurukshetra authorities in Haryana deciding to close the gates of Bibipur Lake whose water-finds its way into the Ghaggar through the Sagar Para drain. A massive sheet of water had accumulated in the villages on September 23 following discharge of water from the Bibipur Lake after its level rose above 810 feet which is the danger mark. Deputy Commissioner Viswajit Khanna disclosed that he had spoken to the Deputy Commissioner of Kurukshetra this morning and that he had agreed to get the gates of Bibipur Lake closed. Mr Khanna said at present the transit water was flooding the Ghaggar in Punjab, adding that, the situation was expected to normalise after another 24 hours as there had been no rain in the catchment areas. He said it had been decided to take immediate steps to protect the five villages of Guru Nanakpura, Kangthala, Taipur, Sagra ad Matauli which had been hit by the floods this time as in July. He said it had been decided to build a protective ring bandh around the villages next month. He said the bundh would ensure that the flood waters did not enter the villages. Mr Khanna said the district administration was monitoring the situation in the affected villages and that empty bags of cement had been kept ready at Patran to meet any eventuality. He said Samana Sub-divisional Magistrate Kuldeep Singh was monitoring the position at the spot. The Deputy Commissioner said no loss of life or property had been reported from villages of Patiala district. He, however, said crop in certain villages had been destroyed. The cause of floods are two acquaducts provided for the disposal of water from under the Ghaggar mainline canal at RD 460 and RD 455. However, as the entire thrust is on RD 460 as the level of RD 455 has become higher, water starts accumulating at Khanauri and spreads to nearby villages. The flow of water is also affected on account of the construction of a bundh in Sangrur district from Khanauri onwards. This bundh has come in for criticism from villagers who say it is the main reason for flooding in the area. However, the Sangrur
authorities claim that the bundh was crucial for the
safety of Moonak town and 26 other villages in Sangrur
which they say would be flooded if the bundh was removed.
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Of an ailing mental hospital AMRITSAR, Sept 26 — Mr Satya Pal Dang has said that Punjab Mental Hospital was in total mess. About three years ago, when a woman patient delivered a child only then it was discovered that she had been raped. It was first reported that she was not in a position to make any statement. However, when given treatment elsewhere, she named the culprits. It is now reported that on May 23 five persons jumped over the wall into a female ward with intention to rape patients. Alarm was raised by lady wardens. It is alleged that four culprits escaped but one, an employee, was caught. However, the accused was suspended as late as in August 1998. Mr Satya Pal Dang, senior CPI leader has alleged that no effort seems to have been made to book the other culprits. An incident of alleged sodomy in which a male patient was the victim was also reported to have taken place recently Mr Dang added. Once known throughout India, the hospital suffers from several other ailments too. Staff — both doctors and nurses — are grossly inadequate. Out of a few doctors who are there only a few are psychiatrists. Ever since the retirement of Dr Baldev Parkash, even medical superintendents and also deputy medical superintendents have been non-psychiatrists. They are not in a position to supervise treatment of patients by the doctors, which is their main duty, besides administration. Amongst the staff, there are some ‘wrong types’ of people as is evident from the incidents narrated. Mr Dang said that quite a few quarters are said to be occupied illegally. Neither rent nor electricity charges are paid. Mr Dang said that
government must pay immediate attention to improve the
state of affairs. Medical superintendent and deputy
medical superintendent must be psychiatrists. Also, the
total number of psychiatrists must be as per norms one
per 100 beds. Besides other steps, transfer of Mental
Hospital Amritsar to medical college, Amritsar should be
considered seriously. Even a committee of experts may be
set up to go into this question and its recommendations
should be accepted by the government. |
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Government blamed for damage to paddy AMRITSAR, Sept 26 — Mr Rattan Singh Randhawa, Mr Nazar Singh Saidpur and Mr Mahanveer Singh Gill, all leaders of the All-India Kisan Sabha, in a joint statement here today, condemned the state and central governments for the decaying paddy in various markets of the state. They alleged that the
state government had not made proper arrangement for
protecting the paddy from damage. At many places, it was
being stored in the open. The government had adopted a
"callous" attitude. Hence, the farmer was at
the mercy of the government procurement agencies, they
added. |
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Akali Dal stand
‘vindicated’ CHANDIGARH, Sept 26 — Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra, chief whip of the Shiromani Akali Dal parliamentary group in the Lok Sabha and General Secretary of the SAD said here today that his party would continue its struggle for getting Article 356 of the Constitution scraped. He said that the SAD would press the BJP-led government at the Centre to bring an amendment in the next session of Parliament for deleting Article 356. He said that his party's stand had been vindicated as the President, Mr KR Narayanan, had made it clear that there was no need to use Article 356 in the case of Bihar. He said his party's stand was different from other political parties especially the Congress Party with regard to the use of Article 356. While the Congress and certain other parties wanted that Article 356 should be used for removing the Shiv Sena-BJP Government in Maharashtra and the BJP Government in Rajasthan, the SAD was of the opinion that this Article should not be used for removing any democratically elected government in the country. He said that Article 356
was standing like a wall in creating a federal structure
in the country. Until this Article was removed, no party
could succeed in creating a federal structure in the
country in letter and spirit. He said that one of the
main objective of the Anandpur Sahib resolution was also
to create a federal structure in the country. |
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Doctor being implicated, alleges
IMA MANSA, Sept 26 — The district unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged the SSP not to register a criminal case against Dr Harmanderjit Kaur Joga on the complaint of Mr Raj Kumar. In a written representation made to Deputy Commissioner the IMA said that Mr Raj Kumar had alleged that her daughter had died due to negligence on the part of Dr Joga as his daughter once got treatment in the doctor's private clinic. The IMA president, Dr Ramesh Kumar Katodia, said that as Mr Raj Kumar was an employee of the Deputy Commissioner's office so the district administration was trying to implicate Dr Joga in a false criminal case on the basis of an inquiry by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the local Civil Hospital without giving an opportunity to Dr Joga to explain her position. He said that Mr Raj Kumar had already filed a suit in the court in this regard so there was no need for registering a criminal case against the doctor. He alleged that it came to the notice of the IMA that the Deputy Commissioner was taking special interest in registering the case against Dr Joga. Dr Katodia alleged that the record of the clinic was not checked by any police official and the doctor was not given the opportunity to plead her case before any authority. He alleged that even the CMO, who had conducted an inquiry into this case, had little knowledge about surgical problems. The inquiry should have been conducted by the medical board, he added. Mr Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, when contacted, said that following an inquiry into this case by the CMO, the report had been sent to the SSP to see whether there was any prima facie evidence of negligence by Dr Joga in the treatment of the daughter of Mr Raj Kumar. He said at present the district administration had no plan to register a case against Dr Joga. He said that district
administration only jumped into the matter when a
complaint was made by Mr Raj Kumar. The administration
could not sit idle on the complaint, he added. |
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Paddy farmers allege harassment
in mandis FEROZEPORE, Sept 26 — "I brought paddy in five tractor-trailers here eight days ago, but no employee of any official procurement agency has come to purchase it." These are the words of Kartar Singh, a farmer of Rakhri Khushal Singhwala village. Talking to The Tribune at the Ferozepore city grain market yesterday, he said that he could not understand as to why his paddy was not being procured. Another farmer, Mr Harjinder Singh, a resident of Bahadarwala village, alleged that some rice-sheller owners were trying to exploit the situation and asking the farmers to sell paddy to them at the rate less than the support price. About 40,000 quintals of paddy is lying unpurchased at the Bageke Pipal purchase centre where farmers said that no procurement was made after September 16. Mr Balwant Singh, an arhtia, said that some farmers met the DFSC and the ADC on Thursday with the request to start procurement of paddy. But the DFSC told the farmers that procurement could not be started till the strike by rice-millers was going on, added Mr Balwant Singh. Mr Sarwan Singh said that heavy damage had been caused to paddy due to the rain. The farmers have almost the same tale to tell at other procurement centres in the district. The government agencies are not making any procurement as the paddy is not according to the specifications. The extent of moisture is more. Even germination of paddy has started. Major damage to paddy is being caused at the procurement centres which do not have pucca floor. According to a former chairman of the PPCC (Kisan Cell), Mr Gurnaib Singh Brar, such centres are under one-and-a-half-feet deep rain water. The district mandi officer, Mr Amarjit Singh Doad, said that there were 107 purchase centres which had pucca floors. The Congress leader, Mr Brar, says that satisfactory arrangements are not made in the mandis for the procurement of paddy. As a result the farmers have to suffer a lot. The DFSC, Dr Makhan Singh Gujjaranwalia, said that 11.84 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured during the previous year. This year, so far about 2.36 lakh tonnes of paddy had been procured. He claimed that 50 per
cent of the paddy procured before the commencement of the
strike by the rice millers had been lifted and the
remaining procured paddy would be lifted after their
strike was over. |
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Onions as dowry MOGA, Sept 26 — A resident of Samadhbhai village in this district decided to give his married daughter a bag of 50 kg of onions as "shagun" instead of cash because of the high price of the vegetable in the market. He reportedly told the
bride that onions were better than any "shagun"
not only because of their price in the market but also
acute shortage in the region. |
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CPI youth wing rally tomorrow MOGA, Sept 26 (UNI) — The youth and students wings of the Communist Party of India will hold a rally here on the 92nd birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh on September 28. The All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and the All India Students Federation (AISF) will impress upon Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to take effective steps to solve unemployment and pay a monthly allowance of Rs 1,600 to jobless youths. Leaders of the two
federations claimed that more than 20,000 youths from the
state were expected to participate in the proposed rally.
"The delegates will also take a pledge on the eve of
the birth anniversary," said Mr Pirthipal Singh and
Mr Kashmira Singh, respective general secretaries of the
AIYF and the AISF. |
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Ban
on lucky draw schemes BATHINDA, Sept 26 — Mr S.R. Ladhar, District Magistrate, today imposed a ban on lucky draw schemes in the district for two months. He said it had come to his notice that persons running the schemes were making a lot of money as prizes given to the winners were of very less value. He said all weekly or
monthly lucky draw schemes were unauthorised and not for
public good. |
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President's
action
has CHANDIGARH, Sept 26 — Dr Joginder Dayal, Secretary, Punjab State Council of the CPI, said here today that the President, Mr KR Narayanan, had played a vital role in strengthening the democracy in the country by returning the recommendation of the BJP-led coalition Government at the Centre for the imposition of President's rule in Bihar. He said an emergency meeting of the state unit of the CPI had been called on October 5 to formulate a programme to mobilise people and make them aware of the "hidden agenda" of the BJP. He appreciated the stand
taken by certain Akali leaders against the Central
Government's move to impose President's rule in Bihar. He
said if the Akali Dal really believed in federal
structure it should withdraw support to the BJP-led
Government at the Centre and lodge its protest against
the misuse of Article 356. |
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Zila Parishad poll by March
next GURDASPUR, Sept 26 — Mr Nirmal Singh Kahlon, Punjab Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat said here today that elections to Zila Samiti and Zila Parishads will be held by March 31 next year. He added that a case pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in this regard was likely to be decided before that. Mr Kahlon said that Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads had witnessed devolution of power during the Congress regime. The SAD-BJP government will arm them more powers and a notification would be issued in this regard. Mr Kahlon said that the development grants given to sarpanches during the Congress regime were misused by 90 per cent of the elected sarpanches. The present government was vigilant against it and would not allow the misuse of development grants to panchayats. The panchayats which returned their representatives unanimously were being chosen on priority for development he added. Mr Kahlon said that Rs 65 crore project which is pending with the government regarding widening, strengthening and deepening of Kiran Nullah would be cleared very soon. This will raise crops yield in 100 villages bordering the nullah in districts of Gurdaspur and Amritsar. Later Mr Kahlon
inaugurated 44th Punjab School Sports meet at the
Government College Stadium here today. More than 350
players from all over Punjab participated in the march
past on the occasion. Gidha and Bhangra organised by the
district education department were big draw. |
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28
Xens to be redesignated PATIALA, Sept 26 — The Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to redesignate 28 Executive Engineers as Additional Superintending Engineers without any financial benefit. According to an official
press note received here today, the orders may or may not
entail any change in posting, delegation of power and
nature of duties. |
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