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Badal strikes to survive Cheating people, Bollywood style Notice to SGPC chief, UT Administration 2 carcasses disposal centres planned
Case registered against cinema hall for displaying obscene posters Earlier story: When it comes to voyeurs’ delight, Patiala cinema halls take the cake |
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Centre to help
Punjab tackle waterlogging Chemists urged to stop oxytocin sale ‘Protect rule of law in tariff revision’ Water supply line leak floods houses Brick kilns “eco-friendly”
in Punjab DC visits
temple site Dharna against
govt doctors 28 AIDS cases
in Hoshiarpur
Husband, kin booked for
dowry death Murder case
solved
GND
University extends date
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News
analysis CHANDIGARH, June 14 — Akali Dal President and Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal has struck very hard by expelling in all 14 MLAs from the party. Eleven of them also face expulsion from the Assembly. But these expulsions have raised questions. The reasons for
the exercise are two. One, he wishes to secure his tenure as the Chief Minister . He
doesn`t want to be listed among Akali Chief Ministers who did not complete their tenure. Second, he wants to rule the State in the manner he likes. That may have increased the influence of his close relations is another matter. How secure is the Chief Minister? The Akali Dal came to power with a strength of 75 MLAs in the House of 117. It was a massive mandate to provide an efficient and an honest government. A government that was committed to be development of the State which suffered a bloodbath for over a decade and lost over 30,000 of its youth. With 18 BJP MLAs the strength of the
SAD-BJP combine was imposing. Now Mr Badal has 61 SAD MLAs with him. He carries the burden of 42 -member
ministry. Others decorate the offices of chairmen of government bodies. There
are a number of stories making rounds as how Mr Badal pleases vacilating MLAs. Win by any
means, seems to be his motto. At another level, the BJP leaders are having a merry time. Mr Badal’s control on ministers is weak , though he is able to carry some of his orders through. How could Mr Balramji Das Tandon, number two in his cabinet, openly criticises him by saying that his party (BJP) would not permit the government to hike power rates ?How could decisions about the municipal councils be taken in a particular manner? It suits the BJP to have weak Mr Badal. Wittingly or unwittingly, the BJP has encouraged the dissidents in the Akali Dal. The kind of trust Mr Badal enjoyed before the last Lok Sabha with the BJP leadership is no longer there .Mr Badal has to make several rounds, almost two to three every month, to Delhi to get some projects through. On crucial issues like the RSS declaring that the Sikhs are a militant part of the Hindus ruffles up Mr Badal ,
but he chooses not to express himself. So with the BJP and the expelled MLAs breathing heavily on Mr Badal’s neck, does not
make him strong . The Chief minister of three years back isn't the same
as today's. But this does not mean that Mr Badal has lost in the number game. He has still the majority .All efforts to dislodge him have
failed. Out of fear of losing the leadership Mr Badal has been trying to hit hard. How this qualitative change in the situation has come about to the disadvantage of Mr Badal and the ruling Akali Dal. Facts speak out clearly. One, the promises of clean administration, end to corruption Raj and total peace have been forgotten. At least 5000 villages out of 12,500 have yet to get safe drinking
water. A large number of schools in the villages are without buildings. Teachers and doctors play
truant. Confirmed reports speak about teachers pushing fresh graduates as proxy teachers in the schools and the doctors, good number of them, do not go to hospitals. Law and order situation in some areas is bad. In fact, all this is admitted by Mr Badal . The government can not have a just transfer policy that sees that officers and employees attend to their work. Some 700 doctors were transferred and when pressure mounted, all those were stayed. Since fiscal crisis is too deep for the government, Mr Badal needs to save on expenditure and spend frugally whatever he has. He has already placed lot of burden of taxes on the people and they may not be able to bear more. At least he could check on the foreign jaunts by his ministers and officers. But all this does not mean Mr Badal has lost the war. He has lost some battles and won others. Wherever he has shown political will he has achieved some meaningful development, but, in general somehow, he is bogged down by pulls and pressures and cannot rise above he party politics. In order to oblige all, he ends up obliging none and also cuts at the roots of the good governance. This is his bane. If honest Mr Badal stands up and be counted, he can still lead the Akali Dal from the front. He has still time to prove as elections are only in February 2002 ,unless he goes for a mid term poll or the circumstances force an early election. |
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Cheating people, Bollywood style LUDHIANA, June 15 — It is a story perfect to be scripted for a masala Bollywood movie. With all necessary ingredients of violence, extortion, kidnapping and conning several senior police officials in the state and collecting money in their name. The story begins in December 1999 when six business men in Chaura Bazaar were allegedly cheated by another businessman, Ramnik Jain when he fled after duping them of lakhs of rupees through a committee he was running. Troubled by their loss and desperate to get their money back , the six businessmen — Ashok Kumar, Sunder Lal Soni, Praveen Kumar, Satnam Singh and Vicky — were fooled into a deal with Vinod Kumar Jain, who allegedly assured them that he could get their money back through his contacts with some of the top bosses in the police — not just in Ludhiana, but also in Chandigarh. The gullible businessmen reportedly agreed to pay him 50 per cent and in some cases 40 per cent of the amount that he helped them recover from Ramnik Jain. It was then that Vinod Kumar Jain allegedly asked them to pay at least two per cent of the agreed 50 per cent so that he could “please certain police officers in the city in their favour and get their money out through their newly bought clout in the police.” Informs Sundar Lal Soni, one of the businessmen,” We all agreed to this when he said that he himself had been duped of over Rs 5 lakh by Ramnik Jain. He himself poured in Rs 2400 and I pourd in Rs 4000. He then took me to a person, Shiv Kumar Sharma in Haibowal and we paid him Rs 2400 to get the things arranged in our favour.” He informs that then Vinod Kumar Jain vanished for over two weeks and when he came back, he said that he had gone to Chandigarh to fix up
things. "He also asked me for Rs 9000/- to be paid to the senior officer here and thus get the police to initiate action. We already had Rs 2000, left from our previous kitty, I gave him Rs 7000 from my own pocket. He then took me to the camp office of this officer and while we waited outside, he went in and after he came out after around half an hour, he told us that the job had been done.” The officer concerned when contacted by The Tribune denied that he had ever met the man or that he had taken any money from him. He, however, admitted that Vinod Jain had most likely cheated them there as even after several days of this alleged deal with the police officer the whereabouts of Ramnik Jain, who was in hiding were not known and they were unable to get their money back. “Then after a few days, he again resurfaced and demanded Rs 20,000 to be given to the In charge of CIA Staff to pick up Ramnik Jain, who by this time had been admitted to Kala Nursing Home in a state of depression,” he says. Another shopkeeper in Chaura Bazaar, Mr Praveen Kumar, told The Tribune that it was then that they refused to pay him anything. However, Vinod Jain, with his influence in the CIA Staff reportedly got him taken to the CIA Staff and was threatened there. Then, on March 9, Vinod Jain reportedly went to the shop of Ramnik Jain and claiming that Ramnik Jain had agreed to change the rent deed of his shop in his favour, he tried breaking open the shop, but the owner of the shop, Amit Sharma called upon the Chaura Bazaar Shopkeepers Association and claimed that Vinod Jain was forcibly trying to take possession of his shop and that Ramnik could not sublet his shop. It was then that the police registered a case under Sections 506, 511 and 448 of the IPC against him and he later obtained a bail from the court of the JMIC on March 11. Subsequently, the six businessmen who had earlier sought his help, too, chickened out and deserted him. He then reportedly approached the office of the Director-General of Police and allegedly got an inquiry marked for his case through the help of an officer in the DGP’s office. It is interesting the officer concerned in the DGP’s office denied that he had done any favour for Vinod and instead accused him of being a land grabber and of dropping the names of big officials to get his work done. However, the Chaura Bazaar Shopkeepers Association President, Mr Hira Lal Goyal, alleged that after he got his inquiry marked from the DGP’s office, he created an impression in the market that he had links in the police and thus began his attempts at extortion. “It was then that we approached the police and submitted a memorandum to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Kuldip Singh during the first week of May ,who ordered the DSP City, Mr Sandeep Goel to look into the matter and nab the accused. Since then, Vinod Jain has been into hiding and the police has been making all-out efforts to nab him. Meanwhile, the accused Vinod Kumar Jain, when contacted by The Tribune denied all charges levelled against him and said that in fact he was being victimised by the Chaura Bazaar Shopkeepers Association. He alleged that he had been kidnapped by four shopkeepers — Hira Lal Goel, Upesh Rana, Chander Mohan and Avinash Chander and kept in illegal confinement from June 4 to June 8 and he was released only after reports of his kidnapping appeared in a section of the press on June 8. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Kuldip Singh, when contacted and talked about alleged payments that Vinod Jain made to one of the senior most police officers in the district took a serious note of the name-dropping being done by the accused for making a quick buck and ordered that a case under Section 420 of the IPC be registered on the statement of one of the six businessmen, Praveen Kumar. |
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Notice to SGPC chief, UT Administration CHANDIGARH, June 15 — On a petition for quashing the calandra presented in the court a day after a clash took place at Guru Gobind Singh College here, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur, Punjab Minister Sucha Singh Langah, besides the UT Administration. The on-going tussle between the Badal and Tohra Akali factions had taken a violent turn on May 13 when blows were exchanged and firearms brandished during a meeting of the Sikh Educational Society. The bone of contention was capturing the society managing seven colleges — two in Chandigarh and five in Punjab. The police, according to petitioner Karnail Singh Doad and three others, filed papers in the Sub Divisional Magistrate’s court the next day for starting proceedings under Sections 144 and 145 of the CrPC. An application, the petitioners had added, moved by their side on May 30, claiming that facts disclosed in the calandra did not constitute any offence and a case under Sections 144 and 145 was not made out, was dismissed. Petitioners had added that this was done despite “clear provisions of the law that proceedings of 145 CrPC could not be used to take possession of any building”. Going into the background, the petitioners had stated that blows were exchanged after some persons, including minister Langah, raised “noise” during the General Council meeting presided over by Society President, Mr G.S. Tohra, on May 13. Direction on
audio-tapes Directing the return of audio-tapes allegedly containing objectionable language used by companions of Batala MLA for a High Court Judge, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that proceeding against anyone was not possible on the scanty material available before the Court. Pronouncing the orders in the open court, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice V.K. Bali and Mr Justice Kamaljit Singh Garewal, observed: “Before the Court might conclude anything from the audio-tapes, so many things have to be established. First of all, it has to be proved that the voices recorded are of persons alleged by the parties, which is the job of an expert”. The Bench also observed: “Further, how and in what manner voices were recorded has also to be seen. The context of the talk is also relevant. We don’t have before us even a written brief of the substance recorded on the tapes. The same has not been provided”. The Bench added: “On the basis of material that is available before us, it is not possible to proceed any further in the matter in so far as affidavit of the petitioner that was given in the court is concerned”. |
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2 carcasses disposal centres planned CHANDIGARH, June 15 — As the Air Force has objected to the flying of birds near its air bases in Punjab, the State Government with the help of the Union Government has decided to set up carcasses disposal centres in the State. Informed sources said that such centres would be set up near Bathinda and Amritsar. One at Hoshiarpur has already been completed. As
birds flock to carcasses disposal centres in the villages, it creates problems for flying of fighter aircraft. Otherwise also, Punjab is facing a major problem in the disposal of the dead bodies of animals. In absence of vultures, flexing centres in the villages have become a source of major pollution and stink. Vultures used to eat away carcasses and bones used to be disposed of by contractors. But in the past some years, vultures have virtually disappeared from the
countryside. Already scientists are on the job to find out what led to the disappearance of these birds. Meanwhile, a major centre for the diagnosing diseases of animals will be set up at Jalandhar. Besides, Punjab it will cater to the needs of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Funds for setting up the same will be provided by the Union Government. At present for diagnosing the mysterious diseases, samples are sent to the PAU ,Ludhiana. In
case, the PAU fails to identify the disease, these are sent to Mateshwar where a high tech diagnostic laboratory is available. However, as Punjab was insisting for the setting up of a high-tech diagnosing centre, the Central Government has agreed to provide financial assistance for the same. Confirming the setting up of such a centre, Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala, Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister, said that a Central Vaccination Centre would be set up in the PAU with a cost of Rs 37 crore. Efficacy of all sort of vaccines and medicines meant for animals would be tested in this centre before marketing. Earlier, no such institution
existed in the area, he added. Dr Ajnala said that such centre would help the State Government in weeding out substandard and ineffective vaccines and medicines from the market. Case registered against cinema hall for displaying obscene posters PATIALA, June 15 — The Patiala police has registered a case under Sections 292 and 293 against the management of Capital Cinema for displaying obscene posters of the film ‘Midnight Secret’ but decided to let it off the hook by not seizing prints of the movie despite raiding the cinema hall yesterday evening when the film was being screened. Even though the police raided the cinema on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Singh Bir at 7 p.m. yesterday when the last show was in progress, today it refused to give details of the incident till the evening. Earlier when Division Number Four Incharge Amarjit Singh Khera who was incharge of the raid was contacted, he said the police party reached the cinema at 7.45 p.m. by which time the film had ended. He said he had not seen any obscene posters in the waiting room and even did not disclose that a case had been registered. However, later in the evening a spokesman said a case had been registered against the cinema management for displaying obscene posters in the waiting area. He said some employees had been nabbed at the spot but let off as no offence was made. He, however, maintained that the show was over before the raid was conducted. According to eyewitness accounts which include the taxi drivers who sit in the stands opposite the theatre, the tea seller outside it besides its own employees, the police conducted a raid on the cinema at seven p.m. around five minutes before the interval was to take place. They said the police closed down the show forcing all the viewers to leave the theatre. Besides this eye witnesses said the police party also confiscated the reels of the film — Midnight Secret besides nabbing some employees of the theatre. Sources said the employees were, however, released after some time and the reels of the movie were also handed back to the theatre management. They said none of the employees who were nabbed from the theatre were booked under law. The police party apparently also did not question the viewers or any other person regarding the contents of the movie. Mr Amarjit Singh Khera was even helpful to the management, saying yesterday was the last day for the screening of the film. Theatre Manager S.S. Walia also corroborated the same story saying the police party had come to the theatre when the screening of the film had ended. He denied that the reels of the film had been confiscated or that any employee had been taken away by the police. He also said that yesterday was the last date for screening of the English movie. When questioned why no movie was screened today, he said shows had gone on regularly today . Upon persistent inquiry he said shows of movie “Meri Lalkar” were held today. However when TNS visited the cinema hall in the afternoon it found that it was closed and that no movie was being screened. The grill before the ticket counter was closed and there was no vehicle in the scooter and car stands. Employees were busy in whitewashing the advertisement regarding screening of Midnight Secret. The posters of the movie were also scraped off . Sources said as all movies were changed on Friday, regular screening would start from tomorrow. Meanwhile, the raid on Capital Cinema has had its effect on other cinemas also. The management of Malwa Picture Palace which had given advance advertisements for screening of ‘Sins of the Night’ yesterday today abruptly changed their advertisement and disclosed that ‘Ravan Raj’ would be screened in the theatre from tomorrow.
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Centre to help
Punjab tackle waterlogging MAHUANA (Muktsar), June 15 — The Union Rural Development Minister, Mr Sunder Lal Patwa, yesterday said the central government would assist the Punjab Government in its fight against waterlogging by providing the necessary funds. Addressing a meeting here, Mr Patwa said the central government would sanction all those projects relating to the anti-waterlogging operations which would be sent to it by the Punjab Government. While announcing a grant of Rs 3.70 crore for the development of dairy clubs in the rural areas in Muktsar district, Mr Patwa said the central government had already cleared a scheme worth Rs 1.70 crore for anti-waterlogging operations. Expressing his concern about the plight of those farmers who had come under a heavy debt, Mr Patwa said the state had played a great role in protecting the borders of the country and for this reason it was the duty of the central government to provide everything to it to enable it to overcome its problems. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said the central government should also release funds for the reconstruction roads and waterworks which had been damaged by waterlogging. He said that contaminated underground water was creating health problems. He said the Punjab Government had already submitted a project in connection with developing the facilities of potable water in the rural areas to the central government. Mr Badal disclosed that Mr Patwa would visit the villages in the border areas to see the conditions of the residents. Earlier Mr Patwa and Mr Badal visited the waterworks which was damaged by waterlogging.  |
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Chemists urged to stop oxytocin sale MALERKOTLA, June 15 — The Central Security Ministry has written to the Deputy Commissioners to issue a warning to the chemist shops and dairy owners to stop the sale and use of oxytocin injections that injected to cows and buffaloes to get more milk. The sale of this injection is specified under Medical Act (Schedule H) and only a registered veterinary practitioner can prescribe it. A study conducted by the Union Ministry reveals that the consumption of such milk by human may cause many health disorders. Expectant mothers are more prone to abortion or pre-mature deliveries. Cases of infertility and fibro-adenomas have been also reported. In men it may account to impotency and women like behaviour. Health Department has warned the chemists against the unauthorised sale of these injections and the violators are liable to be prosecuted. On the other hand these injections are readily available with every retailer and provision stores especially in villages. According to a veterinary specialist the use of these drugs may cause abortion and a disease called bruciloasis among animals. The vultures who feed on dead animals too may get injected. The warning issued by the Social Ministry has so far been totally ignored by the chemists and dairy owners. Many social organisations appealed to the state government to take stern action against the dairy owners and chemists. |
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‘Protect rule of law in tariff revision’ PATIALA,
June 15 — The PSEB Engineers Association has cautioned the Punjab Chief Minister to protect and defend the rule of law in the subject of tariff revision in the Punjab State Electricity Board and warned that any wilful violation of the statute would lead to serious repercussions and expose the government to the charge of committing contempt of Parliament. The Association said that Sections 49 and 79 (J) give the state electricity board absolute autonomy to decide consumer tariffs and there was no provision or stipulation by which the state government or industrial lobby could interfere in tariff revision. Section 59 of the ES Act makes it mandatory for every state electricity board to achieve a minimum surplus of 3 per cent, Section 59 gives the state government limited freedom to prescribe a higher surplus percentage than 3 per cent. However, the Punjab Government has never utilised this provision to prescribe a higher percentage of surplus. The PSEB Engineers Association has demanded that the PSEB should be allowed to determine tariffs autonomously so as to achieve 3 per cent return and that the Punjab Government should not assume the role of a law-breaker. In its appeal to the Chief Minister, Punjab, the engineers association has pointed out that the same Electricity Supply Act 1948 when implemented in right spirit by the Centre ensured profitable working while on the other hand repeated violations of the same Act by the Punjab Government have brought the PSEB on the threshold of
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Water supply line leak floods houses MORINDA, June 15 — A number of houses and streets were flooded as the Kajauli-Chandigarh water supply line leaked in Baldev Nagar village, about 3 km from here on Tuesday afternoon. The residents had a tough time for more than 10 hours to flush out knee-deep water accumulated in their houses, cowsheds and courtyards. Some of the residents had to make holes by breaking walls to let out the water accumulated even on the floors of the rooms in several houses. According to eyewitnesses, a joint on the main water line was leaking for the past one week and complaints were made to the authorities at Water Works at Kajauli. Initially, the leakage was negligible but it took a shape of a violent fountain at about 2.30 pm on Tuesday. All the areas adjacent to this point took the shape of a deep pool. The impact of the water fountain was so much that it rose
up to a height of nearly 15 feet and continued till midnight despite efforts made by workers. Water not only entered the houses, cowsheds, courtyards and backyards in the surrounding area, but also kitchens and the bedrooms of some of the houses in the village. Mr Bhagwan Das, sarpanch of the village said that the pressure of water was so forceful that crates of about four feet deep was formed around the leaking point of the water line. Thousands of water gallons were discharged and even the nearby fields were flooded with water. The residents had to wade through knee-deep water from one room to another in their own houses throughout the day. Residents complain that the water destroyed the fodder stored inside the cowsheds for emergency and also caused minor damage to the housedhold goods inside the houses.
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Brick kilns “eco-friendly”
in Punjab CHANDIGARH, June 15 —Punjab has taken the lead in adopting eco-friendly measures in about 1500 brick kilns in the state. This was disclosed today by Mr Rajan Kashyap, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology and Environment, to Punjab Brick Kiln Owners Association during an interaction with them. Mr Kashyap, while thanking the kiln owners for cooperating with the Government in adoption a new technology for checking the pollution at kilns, told them that the Punjab Pollution Control Board would issue consents immediately to those who have adopted the technology developed by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST). He also called upon them to provide sampling facilities for checking the emissions. He assured them that the board would honour the self monitoring of emissions by the brick kilns. Mr S.P. Bansal, President of the All India Brick Kiln Owners Association, agreed to provide sampling facilities. |
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DC visits
temple site PHAGWARA, June 15 — The Deputy Commissioner of Kapurthala, Mr V.K. Singh, the SSP, Mr Iqbal Singh, the local SDM Mr Pritam Singh and the DSP Mr Satinder Singh today visited the disputed site of a roadside Shiva temple near the cremation ground on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road. Earlier, they held discussions with the Mandir Nirman Sangarsh Samiti headed by Satbir Singh Sahbhi. While the Deputy Commissioner, asked the samiti not to encroach upon the PWD land. He
reluctantly agreed to the ongoing construction work at the backyard of the temple. Samiti member and Shiv Sena leader Pawan Parbhakar claimed that administration had allowed samiti to go ahead with lintel work. However, when contacted the SDM, Mr Pritam Singh, said that the Deputy Commissioner, had left the issue of backyard construction with the Improvement Trust Chairman, Mr Om Gupta, who was present at the meeting. |
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Dharna against
govt doctors PHILLAUR, June 15 — Residents of Bilga village staged a dharna in front of the Civil Hospital here in protest against the absence of government doctors. According to reports, the villagers assembled in front of the hospital at about 9 am. The doctors on duty reached the hospital at 10 am. As soon as the SMO, Mr Chander Mohan, reached the hospital, the irate residents gheraoed his car and started raising slogans against the absentee doctors. The protesters lifted the dharna after the SMO assured them that at least one doctor would be made available for 24 hours in the hospital. |
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28 AIDS cases
in Hoshiarpur HOSHIARPUR, June 15 — Twentyeight cases of AIDS have been detected in Hoshiarpur district during the AIDS awareness fortnight launched in the state. This was disclosed by Mrs Mohinder Kaur, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Programme while addressing in a function at the local Civil Hospital here today. She said that 1.63 crore persons were suffering from AIDS in the world and about 7000 of them died daily. To make people aware of AIDS, special camps were being organised in the rural, backward and slum areas in the state. She appealed to voluntary organisations to extend their help in this regard. Mr Kiran Kumar, Civil Surgeon, Hoshiarpur, said 48 camps in connection with the AIDS awareness programme had so far been held in the district. Mr Dharam Dutt Ternach, Additional Deputy Commissioner, said the district administration would provide all assistance to the Health Department in this regard. |
Husband, kin booked for
dowry death JALANDHAR, June 15 — The police here has booked Harpal Singh and three members of his family, all residents of Bhagat Singh colony in Maqsudan, allegedly for tormenting his wife to death for not bringing adequate dowry. In a complaint to the police, Lovleen Singh, a resident of New Siraj Ganj locality said his sister Kamaljit Kaur was forced to commit suicide after taking poison by her in laws. He said she had been tortured by her husband Harpal Singh, his father Swaran Singh, mother Vanta and brother Raju for not bringing a car in dowry. Fed up with this, Kamaljit Kaur, who had married Harpal in January this year consumed some poisonous substance yesterday which led to her death. A case has been registered. In another case Nitish Kumar, a six year old resident of Railway Colony, who was seriously injured after being hit by a car yesterday, succumbed to his injuries at local hospital this morning. |
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Murder case
solved FATEHGARH SAHIB, June 15 — The district police claims to have solved the murder of Nihang Teja Singh and his wife Tej Kaur with the arrest of three persons today. Talking to this reporter, Mr P.S. Umranangal, SSP, said Nihang Teja Singh was involved in litigation with Inderjit Singh of the same village over a piece of land of the Wakf Board. Teja Singh had won the case. While he was working on the land, Inderjit Singh, along with his son, Kiranbir Singh, allegedly attacked him with sharp-edged weapons. When his wife came to his rescue, she was also allegedly attacked and both were
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GND varsity extends date AMRITSAR, June 15 — Guru Nanak Dev University here today has extended the last date for the receipt of the forms for admission to various subjects “except” law courses at University campus and Regional Centre, Jalandhar till June 19 on account of Kabir Jayanti. Earlier, the last date for the receipt of the forms was June 16. Dr Satinder Singh, Dean, Academic Affairs, has stated that application forms and fee will now be accepted till June 19. |
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