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SGPC men loyal to Badal, Tohra meet Anandpur Sahib, October 18 The meeting decided that the SGPC members would work towards fielding a consensus candidate for the post of SGPC President in the election as the group felt that the SGPC President should be a neutral person and be elected by the members and not imposed by any political party. The meeting also decided to work towards rising above political groupism to ensure that the SGPC was not used for political purposes. The meeting was also of the view that interference by the governments and political parties in the functioning of the SGPC was wrong as it was a religious institution. The meeting also formed a seven-member committee, under the convenership of Mr Mal Singh Ghuman, to meet the Panthic leaders, namely Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann and Mr Ravi Inder Singh, to appeal them for fielding a consensus and common candidate for the post of SGPC President to maintain the dignity of the institution and its members. Other members of the committee are Mr Hardip Singh Mohali, Mr Kehar Singh Rathore, Mr Dhayan Singh Jharmarri, Mr Kaur Singh Maur, Mr Kashmir Singh Bariar and Bibi Daljit Kaur, all members of the SGPC. The members of this committee will meet Mr Badal, Mr Tohra, Mr Barnala, Mr Mann and others before October 30 to settle the issue related to election to the post of President of the SGPC and bring them closer for the sake of the SGPC. Talking to mediapersons, Mr Ghuman and Mr Hardeep Singh Mohali claimed that some more SGPC members were in touch with them and they might join their non-aligned group which was working towards rising above political considerations. To a question, Mr Ghuman said that he was not a candidate for the post of President of the SGPC and even if this responsibility was imposed on him, he would not accept it as he was physically unfit to hold this responsible post. To another question, he also announced that though he had attended this meeting, he had not left the Shiromani Akali Dal, led by Mr Badal. Mr Ghuman also declared in case their efforts on a consensus candidate for the post of SGPC President did not succeed, they would support a candidate who had a clean public image. Mr Ghuman also stated that he was in favour of holding a general house meeting of the SGPC for the election to the post of SGPC president in Amritsar, in place of holding the same outside the state like in Haryana or anywhere else. All SGPC members of the SAD and the SHSAD present at today’s meeting and the press conference were Mr Mal Singh Ghuman, SGPC member from Mulanpur Dakha, Mr Hardeep Singh (Mohali), Mr Kehar Singh Rathore (Talwandi Sabo), Mr Sita Singh Munshiwala (Sangrur), Mr Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (Amloh), Mr Jagjit Singh (Budhlada), Mr Kaur Singh (Mansa), Mr Tejinder Singh (Khanna), Mr Dhayan Singh Jharmarri (Dera Bassi), Mr Mohinder Singh Diwana (Bhadaurh), Mr Onkar Singh Sharifpura (Amritsar), Mr Kashmir Singh Bariar (Har Gobindpura), Mr Harjinder Singh Dhami (Hoshiarpur), Mr Bhupinder Singh Bhalwan (Amargarh), Bibi Daljeet Kaur (Ropar) Bibi Jaswinder Kaur (Samana) Bibi Nirmal Kaur (Barnala), Mr Joginder Singh Jogi (Mamdot), Mr Kartar Singh Bhoglan (Rajpura), Mr Kaur Singh Maur (Dirba) and Mr Jangir Singh Kang (Mattewal). |
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Badal meets Talwandi Ludhiana, October 18 Talking to The Tribune both Mr Badal and Mr Talwandi said they never had any differences and would work for the betterment of the people. Mr Badal said he had called on Mr Talwandi to mourn the passing away of Mr Talwandi’s brother-in-law. “Since I would be presiding over the Political Affairs Committee of the party tomorrow at Chandigarh and would not be able to attend the bhog ceremony,” he said. Mr Talwandi on the other hand appeared at reticent to talk about what transpired but said he was with Mr Badal. He also refused to answer queries on why he had not been attending the party’s PAC meetings. However, he criticised the present government for stopping power free of cost to the farm sector. Mr Badal said an action programme to counter power bills would be the main agenda of the PAC meeting tomorrow. Present on the occasion were Mr J.S. Talwandi, a son of the DAC chief, and Mr G.S. Grewal, president of the SSF (Mehta), who reportedly arranged the meeting between the two leaders. |
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Tohra threatens parallel poll Sema (Bathinda), October 18 Mr Tohra said as the SGPC headquarters was at Amritsar, the election for the presidentship should be held there only. He said the holding of the election outside Punjab would be against the constitution of the SGPC. He said as per information arrangements were being made to hold the election in Haryana on the instructions of the Central Government. The former SGPC president further said if the election was held in Haryana then the SHSAD would hold “Panthic” election at Amritsar. He said it would not be parallel election but the real election for the SGPC presidentship. Mr Tohra said the meeting to elect the president of the SGPC would be held at the Teja Singh Samundari Hal at Amritsar in case the “other” group convenes a meeting in Haryana. While alleging that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and Mr Om Prakash Chautala-led government in Haryana was interfering in the affairs of the Sikh Panth, he said efforts would be made to save the SGPC from “outsiders”. Mr Tohra said that he would not be a candidate for presidentship. Mr Tohra said when Mr Badal was the Chief Minister he started a new trend by holding the election for the Jathedar of Akal Takht in Circuit House and not at Akal Takht as per the Sikh tradition. |
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Farmers willing to pay for regular supply Ludhiana, October 18 Mr Kooner observed that in the long run, the farmers would have to pay. Because the financial condition of the state, more so of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) is so bad that it does not have the money to purchase coal for thermal plants”, he said. “It is better to get a regular power supply even if one has to pay for it than to get no supply at all in the name of free electricity”, he added. Against the impression that this decision of the Capt Amarinder’s government may antagonise the farming community in the state and boomerang into a major problem, a random survey in some villages revealed that farmers were aware of the precarious financial condition of the state. According to Mr Gurmeet Singh Sekhon of Lalton village, the decision was not quite unexpected. “We were expecting it since the PSEB was facing heavy losses”, he pointed out. Asked as how the farmers felt, he said, there was not any resentment. Corroborating his views Mr Bhupinder Singh Grewal of Mehmasinghwala village said they (the farmers) would be too willing to pay the bills in case they get the regular power supply. He observed that even if they would have to pay for the electricity, the costs would be much less than those, they would have to bear for purchasing the diesel in the absence of the regular electric supply. Mr Grewal revealed that despite free supply of the electricity to the farmers, they had to spend-huge amount on diesel. Another farmer, Mr Jarnail Singh of Mansuran village, hoped that the government would charge subsidised tariff from the farmers. “We hope that the tariff would not be much for the agriculture sector. In case the tariff is less and the electric supply is regular, the farmers will still not be at a loss. Because when there is no electricity, the farmers will have to use diesel for lifting water and diesel is neither free nor cheap”, he pointed out, while adding that the farmers hope that they would get regular power supply after paying for it. |
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Farmers yet to get dues for paddy Patiala, October 18 Though the government had promised payments within three days of procurement of paddy, the process is tardy leading to resentment among farmers who want money urgently to sow the coming wheat crop. Farmers are also unhappy that the government has failed to live up to its promise of paying bonus to the farmers on the maximum support price (MSP) as well as relief due to the drought-like conditions which forced them to invest more money in nurturing the paddy crop. Farmers disclosed that they were already late in bringing their produce to the market due to late transplantation of paddy following appeals by the state government. They said presently only PR-14 and PR-16 varieties of paddy were being received in the markets of the district and that the PUSA-44 variety was still to arrive. Farmers said it was unfortunate that the government was not able to make payments to farmers on time despite the slow arrivals and the extension of the procurement period to nearly one month. Amarjit Singh of Sanaur said the wheat-sowing season would start from October 20 and last till November 10. He said farmers needed to invest around Rs 1,500 in each acre of wheat sowed by them and that if they did not get the money in time, wheat sowing would be affected. While farmers like Amarjit said they might be able to get money for their produce in some days’ time, others like Sohan Singh of Dakala who come to the grain market said they were still to get their produce to the market and would face great difficulty in sowing wheat if their payments were delayed. Sources said delays were occurring in payments despite the fact that the state government had received an instalment of Rs 4,000 crore out of the Rs 6,000 crore loan sanctioned by the Reserve Bank of India for the procurement of paddy. Giving details of the payments made till now, official sources disclosed that the Food and Supplies Department had paid farmers Rs 22 crore, Markfed Rs 24 crore, Punsup Rs 31 crore, Punjab Warehousing Rs 11 crore, Punjab Agro Rs 12 crore and the FCI Rs 14 crore. While procurement seems to be going on smoothly in the major towns, procurement centres in the rural areas are facing problems of electricity, mainly during the night time. Though the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has claimed that it was buying 100 MW of extra power to ensure efficient electricity supply to the procurement centres, but this is not being done. Besides this, irregular supply of power is resulting in poor quality of cleaning of the procured paddy. The sources said besides this, vacuum cleaners were not available in some procurement centres. Even in the grain market here, the large machines installed to clean paddy quickly and in bulk was not working and labour had been engaged to clean paddy through fans. |
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CPM flays billing of power to farm sector Chandigarh, October 18 Addressing a press conference here
today, Prof Balwant Singh, secretary of the state CPM, said Punjab could save crores of rupees by pruning the top echelons of various administrative departments. In 1982, Punjab had only one IG-level police officer as the head of the force and its budget was only Rs 38 crore, which was increased to Rs 62 crore after a lot of opposition by political parties. However, at present the state had 4 DGPs, 16 ADGPs, 18 IGPs and hundreds of other DIG, SP and DSP-rank officers. The police’s annual budget figure has touched Rs 1067 crore. The crime rate had gone up in spite of such a top-heavy police setup. |
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Sukhbir for MPs’ front on
farmers Chandigarh, October 18 “You will soon see MPs of peasant stock from all over the country pooling their resources for the farmers cause. Obviously, given the anti- farmer philosophy of the Congress, this would have to be a non Congress initiative”, the SAD
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Mann takes Badal to task Chandigarh, October 18 The SAD (Badal) was inciting people to agitations to cover up “corrupt deeds” of senior leaders of party during SAD-BJP rule in the state. SAD (A) cadres would protect peace in the state with all their might. |
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Bhattal case hearing on Oct 29 Bathinda, October 18 Mrs Bhattal appeared in person in the court of the Special Judge. Counsel of Mrs Bhattal argued that charges could not be framed against Mrs Bhattal as no sanction from the authorities concerned had been taken by the prosecution agency to prosecute her as she was a public servant when she allegedly committed the crime as per the complaint. Counsel also raised their objection against the jurisdiction of local court to take cognisance of the crime, which the complainant alleged, had taken place at Chandigarh. Mr Jaspal Singh asked the prosecution lawyer to file the reply of the application moved by counsel of the complainant by October 28 and adjourned the hearing to October 29 The Vigilance Bureau of the state has filed a challan in the court of Additional Session Judge, Mr S.K. Garg, here in connection with the corruption case registered by it against former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for her alleged involvement in the bunglings made in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. The challan was filed in the court of Mr Garg as the then Special Judge, Mr B.C. Rajput, was not available due to winter vacation. The challan was presented on December 26. A case under Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 409 of IPC was registered against Mrs Bhattal at Vigilance Bureau police station in Ferozepore on May 22,2001, on the complaint of Mr Balwant Singh Dhillon, senior vice-president, Lawyers for Human Rights International, and president, District Amateur Boxing Association, Bathinda. Mr Dhillon in his complaint alleged that Mrs Bhattal withdrew Rs 20 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund on December 30, 1996, in her own name for giving it to needy persons and institutions. Mr Dhillon made this complaint in the court seeking registration of a criminal case against Mrs Bhattal under relevant provisions of law. Mr Surjeet Singh, the then Special Judge, in whose court the complaint was taken up, ordered the Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, to probe the alleged bunglings made by Mrs Bhattal. He disposed of the complaint by ordering that the investigation be made under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). Investigations was made by the DGP (Vigilance), Punjab, when the order of Special Judge, Mr Surjeet Singh, was sent to the higher authorities of the Vigilance Bureau for action. In the complaint, Mr Dhillon alleged that Mrs Bhattal withdrew Rs 20 lakh in her name from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund when she was Chief Minister. He added that no other Chief Minister had withdrawn money in his or her own name. He alleged that she did not account for the Rs 20 lakh withdrawn. |
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Cancelling of arms licences questioned Ferozepore, October 18 Without waiting for the CBI report, the district administration went ahead with a parallel inquiry and cancelled 3,743 licences even before the final report of the CBI could be laid before the apex court. Mr Ashwani
Dhingra, an advocate at the district courts said, “The supremacy of judiciary has been questioned by the district administration by cancelling the arms licences before waiting for the final judgement of the apex court. Moreover, by cancelling the licences, the district administration has admitted that there were lapses in the Deputy Commissioner’s office earlier when these licences were issued. Thus it makes clear that the previous Deputy Commissioners had many questions to answer. The Deputy Commissioner said, “I have cancelled arms licences exercising the powers vested in the Sections 17 (3) of the Arms Act 1959 after going through the probe by the local police”. He said the CBI was probing the matter on criminal aspects of the issue of fake arms licences. |
3 PCS officers face Vigilance probe Chandigarh, October 18 A Vigilance Bureau spokesman said here today that a case was registered yesterday against these officers at police stations in Chandigarh and Mohali. The spokesman said these officers issued hundreds of duplicate arm licences to such persons who were not bona fide residents of Amritsar district. The three officers indulged in corruption and favouritism while issuing these duplicate licences. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, October 18 Delivering the verdict, Mr Justice Goel, however, directed their release on probation. The Judge also convicted and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each on two of the escapees. In his detailed order, Mr Justice Goel observed: “Since it has been proved that Sukhdev Singh and Balwinder Singh did escape from custody, their acquittal cannot be upheld. They are accordingly convicted under Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code. However, having regard to the fact that the occurrence took place about 16 years ago, they are sentenced to pay Rs 2,000 each.... The officials are also held guilty. Having regard to the circumstances of the case, they will be released on probation”.
Bail plea MLA Ranjit Singh Brahmpura’s petition, seeking the grant of anticipatory bail or else 15 days’ notice in case a first information report was registered against him, was rendered infructuous after the court was informed that he was not wanted in any case. Seeking the grant of anticipatory bail, the MLA, in his petition taken up by Mr Justice R.C. Kathuria, had expressed apprehension that he had either been, or would be, implicated in a case as the government wanted to tarnish his image due to oblique political reasons.
Status report Issuing notice of motion for November 1 on a petition filed by the Vice-President of Malerkotla’s Municipal Council seeking the transfer of a criminal case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta of the High Court on Friday directed Sangrur’s Senior Superintendent of Police to look into the matter and file a status report. In his petition, Mr Kewal Krishan Jindal had earlier contended that a first information report was registered with great reluctance by the police even though he sustained serious injuries after being attacked on August 26.
Plea admitted In less than two months after work was withdrawn from 39 PCS judicial officers, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday admitted a petition filed by two officers challenging their termination orders. |
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Panel mooted to identify revenue sources Chandigarh, October 18 This was stated here today by Mr Ashwani Sekhri, Punjab Minister of State for Industry, talking to newspersons. He said he had made this suggestion at a meeting of the Council of Ministers here last evening. He said the state government must explore all avenues, including tapping the hitherto untouched agriculture sector to raise funds. He was supported by the Minister for Revenue, Mr Sadool Singh, who also felt that the government must endeavour to maximise its resources so as to give a fillip to the development activities in the state. The Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, agreed to consider the suggestion, according to Mr
Sekhri. The minister also presented to the Chief Minister a set of recommendations made by him for inclusion in the industrial policy being framed by the government. He said the
recommendations were made on the basis of extensive meetings with industrial groups, including representatives of small-scale industries. He said there was need to encourage industrial growth to generate
employment. Special incentives were required for small-scale industries which could bring the industry on a par with the states near ports in order to compete globally. |
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‘Remove black films from MLAs’ vehicles’ Chandigarh, October 18 Issuing the directions in the open Court in traffic regulation and pollution control case, Mr Justice Kumar directed that the films, along with the permission stickers granted by the Vidhan Sabha Secretary, should be removed within four weeks. Mr Justice Kumar also asked the police officers to furnish details of the vehicle owners permitted the use of black films and red lights. They were also directed to specify the criterion for the issuance of the permission. The Judge further directed the submission of a status report regarding the implementation of the Court orders making the use of seat belts and helmets compulsory, besides banning the use of cell phones and smoking while driving. In his detailed order, Mr Justice Kumar observed that it was unfortunate but true that all the persons offending the law and High Court orders were highly placed, “more truly known in common parlance as VVIPs”. The Judge added that explanations and reasons had been given, but they were not sufficient. Mr Justice Kumar also granted counsel for the alleged offenders time for filing additional affidavits after observing that the violators were claiming that the films had been removed and had rendered unconditional apologies. Dropping the contempt proceedings against the Officiating Secretary, the Under Secretary and the Watch and Ward Officer, the Judge also appreciated the steps taken by the authorities for the compliance of High Court orders. The Judge observed that the Vidhan Sabha Speaker had made an announcement in the House asserting that the members were not allowed the use of black films on the cars and that all the stickers were being withdrawn. Special instructions for compliance had also been given. Besides this, the Officiating Secretary had expressed sincere regrets for the issuance of the stickers. Earlier during the proceedings, the Officiating Secretary gave an undertaking in the Court that the permission for the use of black films would not be given in the future and the cars being used by the MLA would not have black films covering the windows. Mr Justice Kumar, taking a serious view of the fact that permission stickers were being issued by the Vidhan Sabha officials, had, on the last date of hearing, directed the issuance of show cause notice for today to Vidhan Sabha authorities. The High Court, in its order pronounced on July 9, 1998, had made helmets compulsory for both men and women riders and those on the pillion. |
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Nawab Jassa Singh Utsav begins today Chandigarh, October 18
Being organised to promote fondness for Punjab’s rich musical legacy and for creating awareness about the traditions of classical music, as flowed from the royal darbar of Kapurthala, the festival will witness many vocal and instrumental recitals. Artistes of national and international fame will participate in the utsav, wherein noted Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans will also be honoured. In the inaugural concert tomorrow, the fort will be held by the masters of Sufiana and qawwali forms of our classical heritage. Tomorrow’s show will feature renowned Sufiana qalaam singer Barkat Sidhu, along with the favourite qawwal Iqbal Afzal Sabari. On October 20, sitarist Shujaat Khan and vocalist Pt Laxman Krishnarao Pandit and Meeta Pandit of Gwalior gharana will present their recitals. The final day will be made memorable by Padmashri Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia on flute and vocalist Manjari Asnare. As the festival rolls tomorrow, it will stand alongside the Harbhallabh Sangeet Sammellan to underline the cultural prowess of Punjab. the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Rakesh Verma said the utsav was being organised as part of recommendations of the State Advisory Board on Culture, Heritage and Tourism, which had advocated the need to bring the classical musical heritage of Kapurthala alive. Talking to The Tribune exclusively, Mr Verma said all historical buildings in the city were being lit up in order to attract tourists and music lovers alike. He added: “We hope to make the feature regular in order to enlarge upon the rich multifaceted musical repertory of Punjab.” Brig Sukhjit Singh, Maharaja of Kapurthala, said Baba Jassa Singh occupied a unique position in the history of Sikh community. A Sikh by honest conviction, he embodied in his own lifetime, the percepts and teachings of the Sikh Gurus, whose disciple he was. Meanwhile, Ms Geetika Kalha, Secretary, Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Punjab, informed that Kapurthala was a potential heritage city which would serve to start a movement for restoration of heritage resources. She said the classical concert would set the tone for much-needed activism. |
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Board for UNEP help on burning stubble Patiala, October 18 The board has also decided to involve the Jalkheri power plant in this initiative as it was envisaged to run the plant earlier using paddy straw. The sources said though the plant had recently been leased out to a private party, it had not start functioning due to technical hiccups. The board is also likely to advocate more such plants in the state if the Jalkheri experiment is successful as farmers will also benefit from the arrangement besides reducing air pollution level in the state during paddy harvesting. The board also wants that a more intensive awareness drive be conducted on the damage caused to the environment due to the burning of paddy straw. Talking to The Tribune, PPCB Chairman Satish Chandra said the board was also likely to take up the matter with the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He said the PAU, Ludhiana, had earlier come up with a technology in which an equipment was attached to the harvester combine to tackle the problem of upright paddy stubble. He said the issue needed to be tackled afresh. |
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MC recovers Rs 1 lakh house tax
arrears Patiala, October 18 Various private entrepreneurs owe Rs 1.20 crore to the corporation, which initiated the drive yesterday. It recovered around Rs 54 lakh by issuing notices to defaulters last month. The defaulters are located in most of the prominent shopping areas, including the air-conditioned market in Adalat Bazar where as many as six shopkeepers have not paid the tax. Besides this, under a drive supervised by Joint Commissioner Bhupinder Singh action was taken against 12 shopkeepers and their premises were sealed yesterday. The corporation has, meanwhile, given a few days time to some shopkeepers on request. It recovered Rs 1 lakh yesterday as many businessmen thronged its office to pay their dues. Meanwhile, the corporation has also decided to take action against these who have defaulted in paying water and sewerage charges. |
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Shopkeepers resent demolition of wall by MC Patiala, October 18 In a press note issued here today, the owner of shop no. 10, Mr Gurvinder Singh, stated that the registration letter of the shop, issued to him by the Municipal Corporation, bore no mention of any clause challenging the legality of wall constructed on the allotted land. He alleged that top MC officials had acted on false information regarding the legality of the structure. Mr Gurvinder Singh said the demolition was carried out without any prior notice to the shopkeeper. He demanded the MC to allow them rebuild the wall at the site. He alleged that MC officials, while demolishing their structure, had turned a blind eye to those shopkeepers who had been flouting the rules by keeping goods outside their shop premises. |
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Gurdev Badal seeks interim bail Ropar, October 18 The Special Judge, Mr A.S. Kathuria, has fixed the next date of hearing as October 23. Mr Gurdev Singh Badal has apprehended arrest in a case under Sections 13 (1) (d) (i) and 13 (2) (B) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 409, 420 of the IPC. |
Maintenance of parks
to be privatised Patiala, October 18 Stating this here, corporation Mayor Vishnu Sharma disclosed that due to lack of the requisite “safai karamcharis” the corporation was not able to maintain most of its parks properly. He said due to this the corporation had decided to privatise their maintenance on the pattern being followed by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. He said bids would be invited for maintaining the parks adding that the corporation proposed to keep a tentative price of Rs 1.25 per square foot. He said contractors would be handed over the parks after they had been developed once and would be expected to maintain them at the same standard. The Mayor said strict checks would be placed on the contractors and they would be penalised in case the parks under their care were not maintained according to the standards set by the corporation. He said checks would be conducted by corporation officials on the parks from time to time. The Mayor said the corporation would handle only 18 parks after the other parks were given to the private parties. He said this was being done following complaints from people that many of the parks had become virtual dumping grounds for garbage of houses situated around them while others were not being maintained with wild grass growing in them and flower beds completely destroyed. |
School management booked for graft Mansa, October 18 The accused include Harbant Singh Datewas, Budhlada MLA (president of the committee) Sukhwinder Singh Aulakh, former Mansa MLA (secretary) Jagjit Singh, advocate (vice-president). Dalip Singh, advocate, (manager), and Kuldeep Singh advocate, Sukhwinder Singh chairman, Central Cooperative Bank, Mansa, Harcharan Singh Sidhu, advocate, Malkiat Singh Dhapla, former president, Truck Union Mansa, Sukhdev Singh Mann, Mukhtiar Singh Tandian, member SGPC, and Dr Lakhwinder Singh Moosa, all members. The complainant, Mr Maghar Singh, has stated that the “fake” managing committee appointed Dalip Singh, advocate, as manager with powers of correspondent of the school. The members took bribe for appointment of staff and for reinstating the dismissed and suspended employees of the school, he has alleged. They also received huge amounts on account of rent of the shops belonging to the school. They also managed to get grant of Rs 5 lakh for the school from outgoing Chief Minister Punjab, Mr Parkash Singh Badal. It is further alleged that the members of the “fake” committee misappropriated around Rs 20 lakh. The complaint further states that the irregularities were carried out in connivance with Ms Bhupinder Kaur, the then District Education Officer (S) Mansa. |
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Two crushed to
death Moga, October 18 The victims were identified as Jaswinder Singh, (25), of Sehcha village in Kapurthala district, and Chanan Singh, in his late forties, of Tiara village of the district. Witnesses said the jeep, after killing the labourers, rammed into a roadside tree. Its driver fled, abandoning the vehicle. A case has been registered.
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Arhtiya robbed of Rs 5 lakh Ferozepore, October 18 Naresh Agarwal, a commission agent of Mudki, after withdrawing Rs 5 lakh from the State Bank of India branch in Talwandi Bhai, was going home on scooter when the men, with their faces covered, hit him and snatched the bag containing the money at pistolpoint. The SHO of Ghal Ghurd, Mr Kailash Chander, said search for the culprits was on. |
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6 held for cheating Abohar, October 18 The police had received complaints that certain persons were claming that they were having gold coins, which were a part of the hidden treasure of the “haveli” owned by Zaildar Majhi Khan at Patrewala village. According to the Sriganganagar police, those arrested were Gurdip Singh and Baldev Singh (brothers), Mehtab Singh, all residents of Patrewala village, Jagir Singh and Balwinder Singh (brothers) residents of Panjkosi village. The jeep used in the crime was hired from Panjkosi, near here and has been impounded. The driver, Lal Chand, and their accomplice Sahab Ram of 3FMD village, (Suratgarh) were also arrested. |
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Child lifter arrested Phagwara, October 18 The mother, Sanno, and the father, Foto, raised the alarm and residents chased and nabbed the man.
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Teachers denied confirmation after probation Bathinda, October 18 Mr Randhawa Singh Rathore, district secretary of the union, in a press note issued here yesterday alleged that even after the completion of the probation period, they were not being confirmed by the authorities. He said that they belonged the batch of teachers who were selected in 1996, but due to some ‘technical’ fault were not appointed immediately. Mr Rathore claimed that they had faced many troubles earlier in their appointment and even had to approach the Supreme Court. They were appointed as per the orders of the Supreme Court and had completed their probation period. He alleged that the officials concerned had been raising objections to delay their confirmation. Sources said while the probation period of a teacher was two years, a large section of teachers retired from services without confirmation. Only a handful of teachers all over the state managed to get their confirmation cases sanctioned immediately after the expiry of the probation period. Generally, it took six to seven years for a teacher to get his confirmation case done as the process was not automatic. Mr Rathore said a meeting of the union would be held at Ludhiana on Tuesday to discuss problems faced by them regarding confirmation. |
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Admission dates extended Patiala, October 18 He further said candidates in the waiting list would also be considered for admission to various courses and merit result would be considered for the courses in which students had been admitted on the basis of entrance tests. |
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