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CM defends revamp of gurdwara judicial panel Ludhiana, July 8 Replying to a question on the reconstitution of the “original” Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission and Mr Badal’s allegation that the Chief Minister was repaying Mr Tohra, Capt Amarinder Singh reminded Mr Badal that “if I was close to anyone in the Akali Dal it was Mr Badal rather than Mr Tohra”. He regretted the “short memory” of Mr Badal while pointing out his campaign, only a few years ago, against Mr Tohra. “Right from day one of my joining politics, I had strong ideological differences with Mr Tohra and these differences continue till today, so there is no question of any understanding with him (Mr Tohra),” he said. On charges of interfering into the functioning of the Sikh religious institutions, the Chief Minister pointed out that the government’s role was limited to constituting the commission. “If we tell them what to do or what not to do, then it will amount to interference,” he said. However, he justified the reconstitution of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission saying there were a lot of complaints against the scrapped commission. “It was only after investigating all those complaints that it was said to scrap the commission and restore the original one,” he said. He also said that the Badal government had issued four notifications in a span of two weeks about constituting and scrapping the commission. The Chief Minister denied that he had reached an understanding with the BJP with the result that former BJP ministers were not booked despite a number of charges against them. He said nobody would be spared no matter to which party he belonged to. Replying to a question on Cabinet expansion, Capt Amarinder Singh said the legislators were under observation and their performance would be evaluated. Accordingly, people would be inducted into the Cabinet. However, he declined to say when the Cabinet would be expanded. The Chief Minister also refused to comment on the appointment of the new PCC president. He said it was the prerogative of the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and he had met her recently in Delhi. While asserting that the drive against corruption will continue unabated, the Chief Minister said the state was looking forward to development. He said the World Bank (WB) had constituted a team of experts to look into the
possibilities of extending aid and assistance to Punjab. He said the WB had appreciated the reform-oriented budget of the state. He said during his meeting with WB representatives, he was assured of assistance for various projects, particularly in rural development and agricultural diversification. He said it was for the first time in the past five years that the state had started interacting with the WB and there was a positive response. Earlier the Chief Minister was received here by party leaders and legislators who included the Minister for Printing and Stationery, Mr Rakesh Pandey, MLAs, Mr Surinder Dawer, Mr Milkiat Singh Dakha, Mr Milkiat Singh Birmi, Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon and Mr Rana Sodhi, DCC (Urban) president, Mr K.K. Bawa, Youth Congress leaders, Mr Pawan Dewan and Mr Amarjit Singh Tikka, and a former MLA, Mr Harmohinder Singh. |
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Panel may act against Badungar Amritsar, July 8 Talking to mediapersons, Mr Patti said he would study the alleged statement of Mr Badungar that reconstitution of the commission was unconstitutional. Mr Patti alleged that Mr Parkash Singh Badal himself had been interfering in the working of the judicial commission during his tenure as the Chief Minister. He said in two of the letters written to him by Mr Badal, the latter sought favours for his men which he flatly refused. |
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Counsel can meet Pritpal 4 times a day Patiala, July 8 Pritpal’s lawyer had filed an application yesterday requesting that he should be allowed to be by the side of his client during questioning by the Vigilance Department. Duty Magistrate Gopal
Arora, however, disallowed his request saying the counsel could not be present during questioning but said he could meet Mr Pritpal Singh four times a day. The court also gave Pritpal’s counsel mobile number of the investigation officer so that he could contact him whenever he wished to ascertain about the well-being of his client. Yesterday, Pritpal’s counsel had alleged that there was no need for the Vigilance Department to ask for police remand of his client when he had been cooperating with the department. Apprehending that his client might be coerced he had requested that he be allowed to be present during Pritpal’s questioning. Meanwhile, another application filed by suspended PPSC Chairman Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu requesting that he be referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, for medical treatment could not be heard today. The case had been adjourned to July 11 because the Vigilance Department did not file any reply on the application. |
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Court notice against Langah Kharar, July 8 Mr Jatinderjit Singh Punn, public prosecutor, appeared in the court on behalf of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau and pleaded for the order of proclamation under Section 83 of the CrPC. He said the accused were evading arrest in spite of non-bailable warrants issued against them by the court. He said they could not be arrested in spite of the best efforts of the department. |
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PAU denies seizure of documents Ludhiana, July 8 The Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, regretted that news was published “without verification of facts and depending only upon hearsay and rumours floated by some disgruntled and mischievous elements”. This had been done “with the sole aim of tarnishing the image of a premier university”. The Vice-Chancellor said over the years the university had made outstanding contributions in the field of agriculture ushering in green and white revolutions in the state. In recognition of these contributions, the university bagged the first-ever Best Institution Award instituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, in 1995. He emphasised that keeping in view the changing global agricultural scenario following implementation of the WTO regime, new thrust areas of research with emphasis on quality, processing and export-oriented crop production had been identified and redeployment of the financial as well as human resources had been carried out vigorously. Over the years, the university had been facing a serious financial crunch since 93 per cent of the state budget was spent on payment of salaries to the staff whereas only 7 per cent of the budget provision was left for undertaking various research, teaching and extension activities. The Vice-Chancellor further said that to revive its financial health, the university had adopted certain strict austerity measures. Only recently, a rigorous staff review was carried out wherein a substantial number (21.3 per cent) of teaching as well as non-teaching posts were declared surplus which would ultimately result in savings to the tune of Rs 14.5 crore annually. To curtail the overhead expenses in running of the departments, four departments had been merged and the functioning of the Regional Research Stations, Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Farm Advisory Service Schemes in different districts of the state had been integrated as one unit. Prudent use of electricity had been enforced and different vehicles available in different constituent units had been pooled. These measures had resulted not only in substantial savings but had also ensured their judicious and equitable use by the scientists. The Vice-Chancellor said a substantial number of new projects had been sanctioned by international, national as well as private funding agencies. In addition, the Chief Minister of Punjab had recently announced that Rs 20 crore had been earmarked for strengthening research and development in the university. |
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Closure of 2 IT institutes: decision on July 11 Patiala, July 8 Even though the Acting VC last month ordered the Committee to present its findings before or at the meeting of the Syndicate earlier scheduled for June 19 and then held on June 21, the Committee could not hold a single meeting being unsure over who should call the meeting. The VC had appointed a committee headed by Pro Vice-Chancellor Dr R.N. Pal, Dean, Academics Prof U C Singh, Registrar Dr K S Sidhu, Dean, Colleges Dr S P S Virdee and Head, Department of Computer Science Dr Chandan Singh to recommend how the two institutes — the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Institute of Information Technology (MRSIIT) situated on the campus here and Guru Gobind Singh Institute of Information Technology (GGSIIT) which was functioning as Distance Education Centre, were to be closed down. The VC however had ordered that a way should be devised to ensure that the students of these institute did not suffer. Sources said the meeting could not be held till so far because of it was not clear as to who was to convene the meeting. Both Pro VC Dr R.N. Pal and Dean, Academics Prof UC Singh exchanged letters on the issue asking each other to call a meeting of the Committee. Later the matter was taken up to the VC who asked Dr Pal to call the meeting by July 5. However due to the absence of Dr Virdee from the campus, Dr Pal asked the VC whether he should wait or go ahead with the meeting. The VC asked him to wait and the meeting now has been rescheduled for July 7. Earlier the Pro Vice-Chancellor had written to the VC informing him that he was a Member of the Governing Council of the MRSIIT and asking whether it was appropriate for him to preside over the Committee. The VC however gave him the nod to continue on the Committee. Attempts were made to involve the other members of the Committee also into a controversy with allegations that at least two of the Members - Registrar Dr K S Sidhu and Dean, Academics Prof U C Singh were opponents of the IT institutes and had even approached the police against them during the tenure of Dr Ahluwalia due to which they should not be part of the Committee. However, these objections were also overruled. Sources said the varsity had been put in a piquant position mainly because of the directions of the VC to the Committee to ensure that the students of the two institutes did not suffer. |
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PSEB releases 10,000 power connections Patiala, July 8 An official press note here today said that prospective consumers under the general category, who had been registered up to March 1990 and to whom demand notices had already been issued but test reports had not been accepted due to system constraints, would now be accepted on an undertaking that release of agricultural power connections under the present system constraints was acceptable to them. It said the priority for releasing the connections in the water-logged areas of Muktsar district, which was earlier fixed villagewise, would now be maintained subdivisionwise. The applicants falling under these areas who had not yet complied with the demand notices up to May 31, 2002, would be served with supplementary demand notices that henceforth the service connection charges would be recovered from them at the rate of Rs 5,000 per BHP instead of Rs 3,000 per BHP. It said the ban imposed on the issue of fresh demand notices would remain in force till further instructions except for priority cases. It said the progress achieved in the release of connections during May 2002 to September 2002 would be reviewed in October 2002. It said all existing terms and conditions for the release of tubewell connections would remain unchanged. |
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4-laning of
Jalandhar-Amritsar NH sought New Delhi, July 8 In a letter to Mr Vajpayee, Mr Kumar recalled that the sanction for the project had been announced by the Prime Minister on his visit to Amritsar in November last. “The project report, with an estimated cost of Rs 450.41 crore, is ready,” he said. Pointing out that a detailed project cost, including estimates for land acquisition and cutting of trees, had also been submitted by the Punjab Government to the Director-General, Road Development, Mr Ashwani Kumar said the project would have immense strategic value. He said four-laning of the highway would be a significant addition to the infrastructure of the state providing economic benefits. Seeking the Prime Minister’s personal intervention, Mr Kumar said the Centre had a special responsibility towards the border state of Punjab, which had withstood attacks from Pakistan and borne the brunt of the nation’s fight against terrorism. |
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Jail inmate dies under mysterious circumstances Faridkot, July 8 Later, he was referred to the local medical college and hospital. However, he died today. Mr A. Venu Prasad, Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, has directed the SDM, Mr Davinder Singh to conduct an injury into the matter. When contacted, the inquiry officer said the inmate was brought to the hospital at about 4.30 a.m. and was running high fever, but despite best medical aid he could not survive. Mr Davinder Singh said a board of senior doctors of the hospital had been constituted for conducting a post-mortem examination. A statement of DSP Iqbal Singh and other police officials who had brought Binder Singh to the hospital had been recorded. The statement of one of the relative of Binder Singh had also been recorded, he said adding that he would visit the jail to record the statement of senior officers and other inmates. |
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State HQ of Lashkar busted Batala, July 8 The arrest was made following the interrogation of Abdul Mohammed who was arrested a few days ago by the Ludhiana police. According to border range DIG Naresh Sharma, Noor Mohammed had kept a low profile and gave shelter to Kashmiri militants at his rented house on Kahnuwan road which had become the headquarters of the outfit in Punjab. He said besides high-powered telephone sets, a tiffin box bomb, 8 kg of RDX powder, two detonators and a-Ak-47 rifle were seized from the house of Noor Mohammed. The police
official said Noor Mohammed had come to Punjab in early nineties and worked at a shop in Qadian.
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before booking docs Bathinda, July 8 Dr Garg, while talking to this correspondent last evening, said they apprised Mr Rajesh Kashyap, Principal Secretary (Health), of the implication of doctors after the death of a patient at a
hospital without proper enquiry. He said Mr Kashyap told them that direction to all district police chiefs would be issued in this regard. Dr Garg called it an assault on doctors. He said whenever a patient died at a private clinic, an outcry was raised against the doctor. He alleged that the police authorities without giving any time to the doctor, to explain his point round him or her up on the complaint of kin of the deceased patient. He said they urged the authorities concerned that a sub-committee should be formed to look into such incidents. He added that such a committee should include the police, a member of the IMA, a social worker and a specialist which could tell whether the death was caused due to the negligence of doctor. Dr Garg said the IMA was making an agreement with a private company about destroying medical waste. He said the company would collect medical waste from private hospitals and destroy the same as per the guidelines of the government. Dr Garg said the agreement was being made to comply with the orders that all hospitals should make arrangements to destroy medical waste before December 31. He said they were against allowing degree holders of alternative systems of medicine to practice allopathy. Dr
R.K. Madan and Dr Anil Grover, district president and secretary, respectively, of the association, said the meeting was convened to listen to the problems of the doctors of the district. |
| Eroded bundhs guard Patiala Patiala, July 8 Patiala has had a few catastrophic floods with the last one being in 1993 and is always under flood threat in rains. The main threat is from the Badi Nadi on its outskirts. The required earthwork has not been done upstream of the bridge on the
Patiala-Rajpura road near an octroi post. At several places, the bundh facing the city has been severely eroded. A heavy downpour may flood the river; besides, the earthwork is not upto the concrete pillars along the embankment — the required height. The Mirzapur headwork can stop water from flowing towards the Sirhind road that may put the defence bundh number one in danger. In the absence of wooden battens, it is ineffective, as the defence bundh number one near it has a few vulnerable spots. The bundh is Patiala’s last defence against flood, as defence bundh number two along a milk plant on the Sirhind road has virtually vanished due to a heavy construction activity in the area. Another trouble spot is the Patiala-Sanaur bridge at the RD 44,684. Though the bridges upstream have either been removed or widened like the one on the Patiala-Rajpura road, this bridge remains, as before, too weak to handle a heavy rush of water. Sources said engineers had, earlier, tackled the problem by lowering the road on the east side of the bridge to let the water pass, but the road has, now, been raised. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Tejvir Singh, when contacted, said the bundh near the city was high enough to stop any flood. Meanwhile, the district administration has set up control rooms, including one near Badi Nadi, for round-the-clock flood alerts. Officials said the control rooms (near Badi Nadi and in the Tehsildar’s office) will also have necessary life-saving equipment to meet any situation. Two motorboats have been kept in the Tehsildar’s office for emergency evacuation and sub control rooms at sub tehsils have wireless sets and loudspeakers. This is to ensure that no part of the district gets isolated in case of a flood. For effective management, rural areas of the district have been divided into four sectors. |
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70 eucalyptus trees
felled to widen road Jalandhar, July 8 The city is already bereft of green patches. The green belt at the Punjab Agricultural University-run cane farm vanished after the land was transferred to the Health Department for the construction of a medical college. The cane farm was a paradise for hundreds of walkers who used to throng it. The sight of the huge felled trees shocked nature lovers and environmentalists who maintained that there was no place in the city where one could see such foliage and that too in such a big number. “It is shocking to see so many trees being felled at one go. The authorities should not have resorted to this, even if they did it for the widening of the road,” Dr H.J. Singh, a nature lover, said. Kamal, another nature lover, decried the felling. “The tree cover used to give shade and we used to walk there,” she said, adding that people were already missing this walks at the “ganna farm”. Inquiries from the staff deputed for the felling revealed that the exercise was ordered by the municipal corporation for the widening of the BSF chowk-Khalsa College road. They said 64 trees had already been felled during the week and more were likely to be chopped. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, July 8 In his petition taken up by the Bench, comprising Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Ms Justice Kiran Anand Lal, Mr Hardeep Singh had earlier stated that he had been patiently waiting for his passport for the past three years but the same had not been issued. His counsel had added that the Regional Passport Officer had neither issued the passport, nor rejected his application for the same. He had submitted that the passport authorities could not sit on the application and "take away his right to go abroad". He had further asserted that right to go abroad was a fundamental right and it could not be curtailed without assigning cogent or plausible reason. Giving reasons behind the need for issuance of passport, counsel had added that the petitioner had produced a movie — Dharam Di Chaddar — and wanted to get it screened in the USA and Canada.
Allowed A Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice Vinay Mittal, on Monday allowed a writ petition filed by Mr Harjinder Singh and eight other Taxation Inspectors and directed the state of Haryana and other respondents to consider the grant of benefit of Assured Career Progression Scheme as the petitioners had completed 10 years of service. Counsel for the petitioners had contended that the benefit of the scheme could not be denied to the petitioners on the ground that they had been promoted to the post of Taxation Inspectors from ministerial staff. It was further submitted that the source of recruitment could not be a ground for discrimination in the matter of pay scales which otherwise would be against Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. As such after competition of 10 years of service as Taxation Inspectors, the petitioners were entitled to the benefit of the scheme, counsel had concluded.
Challenged The Punjab Government’s decision to rescind a notification issued on January 9 last year, facilitating the restoration of three members of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission headed by Mr Kashmir Singh Patti, was on Monday challenged in a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The petition has been jointly filed by Mr Man Mohan Singh and Mr Harbeant Singh. It is likely to be taken up for hearing tomorrow. |
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Common Cause issues notice to Chief Secretary Chandigarh, July 8 In their three-page notice, the organisation has sought the names, and addresses, besides details of educational qualification of all 3446 candidates selected during the tenure of PPSC’s under-suspension Chairman Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu. They have also asked for “the detailed marks of all the candidates in the written examination as well as in the interviews, along with the report of the experts. Details regarding the progress of the investigations, besides the reports of the departmental committees instituted by the government for looking into the selections made for various posts” have also been sought. |
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Judicial posting Chandigarh, July 8 According to sources in the High Court, Mr Aggarwal’s name has been recommended to the Punjab Government for “necessary formalities”. A formal notification in this regard is likely to be issued soon. Meanwhile, the Chief Justice and the Judges of the High Court have promoted and posted Sirsa’s Additional District and Sessions Judge C.B. Jaglian as Ambala’s District and Sessions Judge in place of Ms Justice Kiran Anand Lall elevated as High Court Judge last week. Mr Jaglian has been asked to relinquish charge forthwith and take up the new assignment as soon as possible. |
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Remand of PA to board’s vice-chief extended Kharar, July 8 Mr Jatinderjit Singh Punn, public prosecutor, and Mr Gurmakh Singh, DSP, Vigilance, appeared in the court today and pleaded for police remand of the accused. Mr Punn said Amar Singh had been appointed convener of the committee which was formed to take typing test of the candidates who had applied for the posts of clerks in the board. He said the accused had replaced the original answersheets with new ones. He said Balwinder Singh, an employee of board, in a statement given to the Vigilance said he had typed five new answersheets and another five answersheets had been typed by Amar Singh. Mr Punn said the information regarding the typing of the remaining sheets and the amount taken from these candidates was yet to be ascertained. The defence counsel, on the other hand, has however, refuted the charges. |
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Cooperative bank staff hold rally Patiala, July 8 Addressing the rally, president of the federation, Mr Malinderjit Singh, said that cooperative banks were not included under public sector undertakings, local bodies, corporations and quasi-public sector institutions. Therefore, there should not be any pay parity between the employees of the cooperative banks and the Punjab Government, he said. Mr Malinderjit Singh said employees from all central cooperative banks in the state would hold a rally and dharna in front of the office of the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab, in Chandigarh on July 12. |
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Protest rally by bank staff Bathinda, July 8 The bank employees said that the directive of the government that salaries and allowances of public sector undertakings and corporations should be brought at par with the state government employees was not applicable on them. The employees claimed they were on par with employees of the nationalised commercial banks. Mr Parampal Singh Sidhu, President of the union, said the letter issued by the state government, mentioning names of the departments and corporations whose employees would be brought on par with the government employees, did not include the cooperative banks, but similar guidelines were being implemented on them. Mr Sidhu said they would hold agitations in such a way so that the working of the bank was not affected. He added that on July 12, they would hold a rally at Chandigarh. Mr Baljinder Singh Brar, general secretary of the union, said that if the government wanted to bring an equilibrium between them and employees of the other departments, then other facilities, including pension, should be extended to them. |
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PSEB staff puts off strike Patiala, July 8 The employees unions stated that the PSEB management had agreed to clear anomalies in 9/16 years promotion scales by July 31 and constitute a committee which will decide on the 23 years promotional increments of the employees. They further said the board would reimburse to PSEB employees slip fee and testing fees in government hospitals. Pending cases regarding priority employment on compassionate grounds would be cleared expeditiously. Priority employment would also be given on compassionate
grounds to the dependants of the employees who had become totally disabled while on duty. The PSEB had also agreed to hold in abeyance a circular regarding the abolition of posts. A final decision in this regard will be taken after deliberations with the employees’ representatives. It was decided to hold a meeting on August 1 to negotiate the pending demands of the employees. |
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Now, disabled by lack of grant Jodhpur Ramana (Bathinda), July 8 She writes using her toes. Now she finds it extremely difficult to continue her studies. Kamaljit Kaur (23) who was born in a Scheduled Caste family, was incapacitated by polio which stuck her at the age of five. The disease affected her arms. Kamaljit has been getting pension from the Social Security Department of the State Government and a scholarship from the district Red Cross Society. This helped her continue her studies. But sadly both have been stopped by the authorities concerned. She lamented that though the authorities of Khalsa Girls College had been kind towards her and did not charge her fee, Punjabi University, Patiala, had no such provision for students like her. |
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Punsup an earner: staff union Bathinda, July 8 In a letter to the management of the Disinvestment Commission, the state-level office-bearers of the Punsup Employees Union, said an amount of Rs 725.56 crore was due towards the Central Government, the FCI and the Punjab Government. Mr Krishan Sangruri president, and Mr Daljeet Singh, vice-president, said in a press note that the proposal to close down Punsup was not based on facts. They said the corporation earned crores of rupees in the shape of market fee, sales tax and purchase tax. |
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PCMSA fast today Patiala, July 8 The spokesperson for the association, Mr Karamjit Singh, opposed the move of the government and stated that so far there had been no allegation of unfair means by selected PCMS candidates. |
POSTINGS/ TRANSFERS Chandigarh, July 8 Dr Roshan Sunkaria, Special Secretary, Irrigation; Mr Kulbir Singh Sidhu, — Special Secretary, Health and family Planning; Mr Jagjit Puri, Director, Land Records, Seetlement and Consolidation and Land Acquisition, Jalandhar; Mr Kulbir Singh Kang, Member, Administration, PSEB; Mr Gurinder Singh Grewal, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Patiala; Mr Sarup Singh Dhillon, Special Secretary, Housing and Urban Development-cum-ACA, PUDA, Chandigarh; Mr Babu Lal, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab and ex-offico Special Secretary, Elections; Ms Usha R. Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Muktsar; Mr Rahul Tewari, SDM, Abohar; Mr C.S. Talwar, Director, Rural Development and Panchayats; Mr Darshan Singh, Additional Secretary, Forests and Wildlife; Mr Gian Singh Bal, ADC (Development), Amritsar; Mr Harjeet Singh, Additional Director, Land Records, Jalandhar; Mr Kirpal Singh, ADC (Development), Bathinda; Mr Surjit Singh, EO-cum-Director, Land Records (B&R), Patiala; Mr B.S. Sekhon, SDM, Nihalsinghwala; Mr Surinder Mohan Sharma, AO in the office of the Chief Engineer, Irrigation; Mr Rajinder Pal Singh, DTO, Kapurthala; Mr Manvesh Singh Sidhu, SDM, Khanna; Mr Jaipal Singh, SDM, Gurdaspur; Mr Sukhmander Singh, Deputy Secretary, Animal Husbandry; Mr Gurtej Singh, AC (General), Bathinda; Dr Jaswant Singh, SDM, Ferozepore; Mr Gurloveleen Singh, SDM, Jalandhar-I; Mr Tejinder Singh Dhaliwal, LAO, Drainage, Patiala, and LAO, PSEB; Mr Kuldip Singh, AC (Grievances), Nawanshahr; Mr Bhupinder Singh, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Patiala; Mr Baldev Singh, SDM, Sardulgarh; Mr Jaskiran Singh, SDM, Gidderbaha;Mr Amarpal Singh, SDM, Patti; Mr Mohinder Pal, SDM, Jalandhar-II; Mrs Babita, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar; Mr Puneet Goyal, SDM, Pathankot-cum-SDM, Dhar Kalan; Mr Birpal Singh, SDM, Mukerian; Mr Hrikrishan Nagpal, DTO, Ferozepore; Mr G.P.S. Sahota, SDM, Dera Baba Nanak; Mr Tej Kumar Goyal, Estate Officer, PUDA, SAS Nagar; Ms Madhavi Kataria, SDM, Balachaur; Mr Vimal Kumar Setia, DTO, Gurdaspur; and Mr Bhupinder Singh, SDM, Anandpur Sahib. |
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be separate Department Chandigarh, July 8 Forests such as Motibagh, Bhadson, Bhunderheri, Dayalpura birs would be maintained exclusively by the Wildlife staff. Breeding-cum-selection centres will be set up at different places for the birds, the number of which had declined. Arrangement is being made for special training of officials in handling the breeding of various species of birds. Mr Sinha said there was a need to protect and develop the habitat where birds could feel safe. He said there was a lot of pollution in the Ghaggar, Sutlej and Beas rivers. After drinking the water of these rivers, birds and even animals perish. He said to bring the level of pollution down in these water streams, the Chairman of the Punjab Pollution Control Board had been taken as an ex-offico member of the Wildlife Advisory Board. He said complaints had been received from farmers about the damage caused to crops by blue bulls and wild boars in various parts of the state. He said that as these were not protected animals, licenses would be given on selective basis to allow the hunting of these animals in Punjab. Wild boars were creating problems in Kandi belt while blue bulls had become big problem in the Malwa belt, he added. |
Bank Manager, others booked for fraud Bathinda, July 8 Police sources said though the accused had been booked under Sections 420, 456, 466, 467, 468, 471, 217 and 120-B, IPC, on July 2, on the directions of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, no arrest had been made so far in this connection and the accused were reportedly missing. The sources said a piece of land measuring over 52 kanals was pledged to Gurcharan Singh, Sajjan Singh and Baldev Kaur by Naraini, a resident of Jethuke village, who later died. The trio had been cultivating the land for the past several years. About five years ago, Niranjan Singh, resident of Kharar Singhwala village, prepared documents, saying that he was a legal heir of Naraini. He allegedly connived with the revenue officials and prepared a “kursinama” of the land. Later he got it transferred in his name. He then managed to get a loan for a tractor from the Ralla branch of the State Bank of Patiala. Bhadur Singh Chahal was involved in advancing the loan on the basis of fake documents. When the matter came to the notice of Gurcharan Singh, one of the owners of the land, he filed an application in the court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate under Section 156(3), CrPC, for registering a criminal case against the accused. The Magistrate directed the Station House Officer, Rampuraphul police station, to register a case and submit a report on August 9. |
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Six arrested for stealing vehicles Jalandhar, July 8 In another case, two auto thieves, identified as Harish Chander of central town and Raju of the Civil Lines were arrested and a Hero Honda motorcycle, a scooter and a gold chain were recovered from their possession. One of their accomplice Sanjay Singh of Ladowali road was still at large. Meanwhile, the Lambra police has arrested two persons for looting money from a petrol pump in the Kalia colony and were found possessing illegal arms during a naka laid near Partapura village. The arrested persons have been identified as Bhim Shankar of Azamgarh district and Sawaran Singh of Kasuya village in Patiala. |
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Two murdered in Moga district Moga, July 8 A report said Tirlok Singh Bedi a partner of Rattan Cinema, was allegedly murdered with sharp-edged weapons. The
assistants also took away gold ornaments and currency notes from his room. In another incident, a woman Manoo a resident of Ghalkalan, was stabbed to death when the car in which she was travelling with her husband was forcibly stopped by armed persons near Bukkanwala village last night. The woman was robbed of her ornaments and stabbed to death. |
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Charges against youth Akali leader Moga, July 8 The court of Judicial Magistrate K.K. Bansal fixed July 25 for recording the evidence of the prosecution. Nadharak Singh Brar had allegedly stolen question papers by trespassing the building of Government College, Rode. The accused was produced in the court after the expiry of his 14 day judicial remand. He was arrested on May 13 as he was declared proclaimed offender by the Moga court in May 1990.
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Five booked for manhandling DEO Ropar, July 8 Talking to mediapersons today, she alleged that she was manhandled by the group under the leadership of a teachers’ union leader. She said they wanted to force her to withdraw a case relating to the Rs 136-crore scam in the Education Department. But when she refused to oblige, they started damaging her office and manhandled her. She alleged that they also threatened to eliminate her. |
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Couple beaten up by robbers Hoshiarpur, July 8 After this, they went to the dera of migrant labourers, near a dhaba on the same road, and looted Rs 5,000 from Naresh Kumar, Rs 6,000 from
Sureshpal, Rs 1,100 from Ram Singh and Rs 360 from Wattan Singh. They also looted silver ornaments from the
dera. Ranjit Kumar has been admitted to Civil Hospital, Hariana, and his wife Surinder Kaur in the Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur. |
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Girl abducted Jalandhar, July 8 The incident occurred in the afternoon when the girl, Minu (12), who was coming back on a bicycle from her school, was forcibly dragged into the van, constable Baldev Singh, an eyewitness said. The father of the girl, Jaswant Singh, has lodged an FIR. He, however, ruled out enmity. PTI |
Engg institute at Sangrur Chandigarh, July 8 He said that admissions to BE/B Tech degree courses in computer science engineering, electronic and communication, electrical and information technology were commencing by mid-July. |
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Teachers’ stir on July 14 Amritsar, July 8 Mr Baldev Singh, secretary of the front stated this in a press note issued here yesterday. |
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Pbi varsity results Patiala, July 8 Controller of Examinations, Paramjit Singh Khaira said that the result of B.C.A., part III was released today. |
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