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Stamp
duty worth crores evaded
Mansa, February 16
Evasion of stamp duty amounting to
crores of rupees is taking place in the district allegedly with the
connivance of the sub-registrars of the district. Sub-registrars are
allegedly pocketing part of such stamp duty amassing huge money. The
Deputy Commissioner as Registrar, has fixed rates for agricultural,
commercial and domestic land. The rates of “nehri” agriculture land
has been fixed at Rs 1.5 lakh per acre, “Barani” land at Rs 1 lakh
per acre for the purpose of registration.
Custodial
death: govt told to pay relief
Amritsar, February 16
Even as the National Human Rights
Commission, New Delhi, has directed that “the Government of Punjab
shall pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh as immediate relief under Section 18 (3) of
the Protection of Human Rights Act to the next of the kin of the
deceased and report compliance with in six week”, the family of the
deceased, Ram Chander, who allegedly died in police custody in 1997 has
reportedly shifted to an unknown place.
Securitymen guard a room where
electronic voting machines have been kept after the polling, in Amritsar on
Saturday. Counting will begin on February 24.
— PTI photo |
Bid to glorify criminal:
Abohar DSP
Abohar, February 16
The police has taken a strong
exception to “motivated attempts” made by a section of the people
to glorify an alleged criminal as a hero of the polling day violence.
DSP Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said here today that on February 13 police
patrolling parties were informed that some persons were creating
trouble at the polling station in the Pucca Seed Farm locality on the
outskirts of this sub-divisional town. Inspector Mal Singh, in charge
of the city police station, led a patrolling party to the area.
244
matrimonial cases disposed of
Patiala, February 16
As many as 244 matrimonial cases
were disposed of and Rs 64.14 lakh was awarded as compensation at a
state-level lok adalat organised for quick disposal of matrimonial
cases in the court complex here.
Absence
of railway underbridge hits life
Mansa, February 16
The non-construction of a railway
underbridge is affecting life and business of the local residents who
are held up for hours daily. All trains — passenger and goods pass
through the city, which lies, on the busy Delhi-Bathinda section. This
is one of the major demands of this 10-year-old district and has been
one of the issues that was prominently highlighted by all contesting
candidates in the Assembly poll. Prominent politicians of the district
have turned a blind eye towards this problem while officials cite
paucity of funds for the project as the reason for the
non-construction of the underbridge.
A BSF man
keeps vigil at the re-polling in Valtoha constituency.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma |
Maruti
told to pay Rs 1,000
Jalandhar, February 16
The District Consumer Disputes
Redressal Forum has directed Maruti Udyog Limited and its local
dealer, Lovely Autos, to replace all four faulty shock absorbers of
the Maruti 800 car purchased by Mr Krishan Lal Saini. The forum also
directed the company to pay litigation costs to the tune of Rs 1,000
to the consumer.
Fairness
of poll process questioned
Amritsar, February 16
Ms Laxmi Kanta Chawla, BJP MLA,
while questioning the authenticity of the polling process, said it
seemed that the Election Commission neither took notice of the
complaints nor does it see the ground reality in which voting took
place.
Nisha
—
a local celebrity
Raikot (Ludhiana), February
16
Eversince her letter addressed to
the state Chief Minister was published in an English Daily on the
frustration prevailing among unemployed youth in the state, Nisha Kaur
has become a celebrity in this town, 40 km from Ludhiana. While
enjoying public attention, Nisha and her family members are a bit
apprehensive over any possible backlash due to their outburst against
the government.
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MLA
denied
bail
Ferozepore, February 16
The bail plea of Mr Sher Singh,
MLA from Jalalabad, has been rejected by a local court. He was accused
of beating up certain excise officials and serving illicit liquor to
lure the voters.
Old-age
pensioners want dues paid
Moga, February 16
An emergency meeting of the
Punjab Government Old-age Pensioners Association was held here
yesterday. The state president of the association Mr Hardev Singh,
urged the government to make payment to the persons who had attained
the age of 65 to 75 at revised rates.
Docs
go
on strike over rowdyism
Moga, February 16
The doctors of Moga civil
hospital today went on a three-hour strike in protest against the
rowdyism of a mob gathered at the behest of a candidate of a political
party from Dharamkot last night.
SI suspended for slapping
candidate’s kin
Moga, February 16
A Sub-Inspector, in charge of a
counting centre at Kotisekha in Dharamkot Assembly segment, has been
suspended for allegedly slapping the son of Congress candidate Bibi
Gurdarshan Kaur at the centre last night. Besides Sub-Inspector Ram
Parkash’s suspension, a DSP Mr Lashkar Singh, was also served a
show-cause notice on the charge of not properly supervising security
of the counting centre which had the polled electronic voting
machines, the SSP, Dr Sharad Satya, told newsmen here today.
Robbers in police uniform loot houses
Patiala, February 16
Robbers dressed in Punjab Police commando uniforms forcibly entered several houses in the Hira Bagh locality on the outskirts of the city yesterday and made off with around Rs 15,000 and 15 tolas of gold jewellery.
Sources disclosed that the gang members, who had muffled their faces with red cloth, entered street number 1 in Hira Bagh yesterday. They first entered the house of one Surinder Singh on the pretext of searching it and robbed him of Rs 4,000.
DCC chief’s
remarks flayed
Patiala, February 16
The dominant faction of the
Punjabi University Teachers Association today condemned the utterances
of District Congress Committee (Urban) president Ved Prakash Gupta,
who yesterday demanded the registration of criminal cases against the
university Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, following a
complaint of harassment by a girl student, besides allegations of
irregularities.
Oppn
plea to Governor on ETT test
result
Chandigarh, February 16
Various Opposition parties have
urged the Punjab Governor to stop the Education Department from
declaring the result of the entrance test for the Elementary Teacher
Training till the formation of the next government. There is flurry of
activity in the Education Department to declare the result on February
18.
‘Use
IT for masses’
benefit’
Amritsar, February 16
"Political freedom without
economic prosperity is meaningless. India has political freedom but
not economic prosperity. The vast majority is still not free from
hunger, disease and illiteracy," Dr Gulshan Rai, Executive
Director, Ernet project, Department of Information Technology, New
Delhi, said here today. He was addressing the annual convocation of
the faculties of engineering and technology, physical planning and
architecture of Guru Nanak Dev University.
Principal
suspended for violating code
Amritsar, February 16
Mr Prabhjot Singh, Principal,
Government Senior Secondary School, Chheharta here has been suspended
allegedly for the violation of election code. An inquiry conducted by
the Circle Education Officer, reportedly established the charge.
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