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Stock Holding agent ‘steals’ bank draft Ludhiana, June 14 Instead of taking some action against the agent, officials of the SHCIL have just directed him to return the bank draft amount without penalising anyone for the mistake. More surprising was that the SHCIL officials were pretty cool about the whole episode and do not see any fraud in this. The officials were more interested in covering up the whole issue and not even willing to give details on the issue to the media. The victim, Mrs Renu Jindal, wife of Mr R.K. Jindal, Senior, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Moga, has alleged that the employees along with agents were duping investors. She said the officials were earlier ignoring her complaint but had to admit their mistake later on. Mr P.C.Chauhan, Manager, SHCIL, here was not available for comments. A woman receptionist, on condition of anonymity said Mr Chauhan was on a weeks leave. Mr Vimal Dhawan, Regional Manager, SHCIL, Chandigarh, refused to comment. ‘‘ we have replied to the complainant directly and that's what we have to say. ’’ he added. He also refused to reveal what action they had taken in this regard. Documentary evidence in form of correspondence by Mrs Jindal and replies by senior officials of the SHCIL confirm her allegations of a fraud committed with her. In a complaint lodged with the Chairman of the SHCIL, Mumbai, with its copies to the DGP of the Punjab police, Mrs Jindal stated that she had bid for 200 shares of the Power Trading Corporation on March 8 this year. The application appended with demand draft of Rs 3,200 reached the SHCIL office at Ludhiana Stock Exchange here. She was, however, shocked when after few weeks she learnt that her application was not in the records but the drafts had been encashed. She and her husband, Mr R.K. Jindal, made several rounds of the local office but no one provided them with any details. They later learnt that the drafts were encashed with an application of Surjit Singh. While they were investigating the mater, they started getting calls from some middlemen urging them to strike a compromise on the issue. They, however, refused and found that an agent named Dinesh had got the drafts separated from her application. When the officials were confronted they admitted the mistake in writing. Mr P.C. Chauhan, Manager, SHCIL, here has in a letter dated June 2, stated that Mr Dinesh Singla, an account holder of the SHCIL had misused the bank draft. He had accepted his fault and repaid the money with penalty. Mr Chauhan also mentioned that Dinesh had claimed that he was known to the applicant. Mr Chauhan also stressed that no employee of the SHCIL was involved in the alleged fraud. The letter says further that the money would be returned to the victim. However, Ms Jindal has not received any money till date. She said the amount was unacceptable as the shares she had sought would have given her a huge profit. She said she was harassed and wanted that the SHCIL or the police should get to the bottom of the alleged fraud and punish the guilty.  |
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Woman grapples with robbers, gets them behind
bars Ludhiana, June 14 Despite being hit on the head with an iron rod, the woman resisted the robbers, called the neighbours and the police, who together caught the robbers before they could leave the walled colony on the Ferozepore road. Sushma Wadera, wife of senior advocate Sukhpat Rai Wadera, was later shifted to a city hospital for treatment. Ludhiana SSP Narinderpal Singh was all praise for SP(D) Gurpreet Singh, Sarabha Nagar SHO, SI Pawanjit Singh and PCR cops for reaching the spot within minutes and arresting the robbers who were trying to flee. The SSP has lauded the bravery of the woman and also praised the alertness and bravery of her neighbours and other residents of the colony for catching the accused. She was alone in the house when the robbers, identified later as Raja, alias Raju, and Gaurav Kumar, struck around 2.45 pm. The two had worked as carpenters in the advocate’s office and house a few days ago. Raja is a BA student. The duo disguised themselves as courier boys and informed the woman that they had come to deliver an important parcel. The woman opened the door of the house but was stunned when the accused pounced on her and demanded cash and jewellery in the house. The woman, however, noticed that the boys had a small iron rod only and pushed them away. She raised the alarm, at which one of the accused hit the rod on her head. She was injured but continued crying aloud and grappling with them accused. Her neighbours and other residents arrived at the scene. The accused fled the house and were chased by the residents. The woman called the police. SP(D) Gurpreet Singh said a PCR vehicle on routine duty in the area had already got close to the accused. Sub-Inspector Pawanjit Singh came with his team while Mr Gurpreet Singh too arrived there.
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Non-practising lawyers lose voting right Ludhiana, June 14 The decision to this effect was taken unanimously in the general house meeting of the DBA held here today, which was presided over by Mr Balwinder Goel, president, DBA, as per the press communique issued here. “It is resolved that those advocates who are pracising outside Ludhiana city or not attending courts regularly or engaged in their own business being the active partners they shall have no voting rights. It is also resolved that no member is eligible to contest on post after two consecutive terms’’, says the resolution. A committee of 10 members comprising three former DBA presidents, Mr Hemant Kalia, Mr Harish Rai Dhanda, Mr K.R. Sikri, Mr H.L. Sethi, Mr K.S. Grewal, Mr G.S. Grewal, Mr Sandeep Kapoor and of sitting DBA president, secretary, vice-president has been set up to resolve the dispute, if any, regarding any particular member’s voting right. It was also resolved that in case of any dispute regarding interpretations of any clause of the constitution of the association or if any provision was silent, the decision of the three immediate past presidents would be final. Mr Goel informed that the preliminary list of eligible voters would be prepared and displayed up to November 7 of every year and objections would be called upto November 15. The final list of eligible voters would be displayed up to November 25 along with enrollment numbers and complete addresses. The returning officer and the assistant returning officer would be appointed up to November 30. Earlier they were appointed in December to conduct the elections.
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Revenue officials to be booked for fraud Ludhiana, June 14 The Deputy Commissioner said that the fraud was detected by Mr Tarwinder Singh, an agrarian kanungo, who had brought it to the notice of Naib Tehsildar, Koom Kalan, about the tampering of the revenue record in respect of jamabandi for year 1997-98, khewat No. 110/146 of government land measuring 67 kanals 18 marlas in Borhey village. After verifying the record, the Naib Tehsildar found that name of Shiv Chand had been entered in the ownership column of revenue record of the patwari, Darbara Singh, while the land belonged to the state government. He allegedly replaced the page showing land measuring 67 kanals and 18 marlas in the name of the state government in jamabandi. The Naib Tehsildar also found that in khasra girdawari the name of Shiv Chand Kapoor was mentioned after erasing the original entry. Later, Mr Shiv Chand went ahead and transferred half of the land i.e. 33 kanals 19 marlas in the names of his sons, including Balwinder Singh and Kesar Singh, through a mutation number 1578, vaseeka number 1340 dated March 28, 2003. The mutation was compared by the kanungo, Mr Shingara Singh, on March 3, 2003. The naib tehsildar after confirming about the tampering of the record had also reversed the mutation vide mutation no. 1579 dated November 25, 2003, and recommended action against the guilty revenue officials. Mr Verma said that Mr Balwinder Singh and Mr Kesar singh, who had been made owners through the fraud by the patwari, had further mortgaged the government land against a loan of Rs 1 lakh with Oriental Bank of Commerce, Rahon road, vide report number 342 on May 27, 2003. Mr Verma, said that after making a thorough inquiry the (East) in his report reported that another jamabandi released by the same patwari, Darbara Singh, Punjab Government, had been shown as owner in the ownership column of 67 kanals and 18 marlas land bearing Khasra number 16//21 Min 17//16-17/1-24/2-25, 19//5/2, 12//25/1, 16//21 min -22, 17//4/1-5/1-7/2-14/1. The SDM found that the revenue record pertaining to jamabandi for years 1987-88, 1992-93 and 1997-98 of Borhey village have been tampered by these officials. The SDM (East) also reported that in the record available with the government, the ownership column shows state government as the owner in the khewats, whereas the names of the owners in revenue record of patwari have been changed. Apart from
this on December 5, 2001, another patwari Dharampal has also shown
Punjab Government as the owner in a copy of jamabandi issued by him. The
SDM establishing the fraud committed by the officials recommended strict
disciplinary action against the patwari and kanungo. |
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Rs 1.07-cr excise duty evasion detected Ludhiana, June 14 Mr P.S. Pruthi, Commissioner, Central Excise Commissionerate, revealed that following a month-long exercise, a team led by Mr A.K. Sharma, Superintendent (Preventive), raided the business premises of M/s Shri Ram Knitters, M/s Shri Ram International and M/s Shri Ram Impex at Jassian Road, Haibowal Kalan. The three firms are situated on one premises and are owned by one person. In this case, the modus operandi was that the units werejust procuring cenvatable invoices of yarn without physical receipt of goods and were showing higher wastage to cover up the purchased cenvatable invoices. Another novel modus operandi was that fresh fabrics were being cleared at lower rates in the guise of cut and rejected fabrics to evade central excise duty. Mr Sharma said the unit owner admitted to the fraud and paid the dues on the spot. He deposited Rs 30 lakh in cash and issued post dated cheques in the account of the Central Excise Commissionerate to the tune of Rs 54 lakh. Rs 23 lakh had been debited in the cenvat account. Mr Pruthi said in a stepped up activity on anti-evasion front by the Central Excise Commisssionerate, the Preventive Wing had affected an all time record recovery of C.E. duty to the tune of Rs 5.45 crore within a month. |
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BKU’s advice to Punjab on SYL Ludhiana, June 14 Talking to mediapersons here today, BKU
president Ajmer Singh Lakhowal and secretary-general Manjit Singh Kadian
maintained that Sections 78 to 80 of the said Act were violative of the
Constitution. They said a top-level judicial review should be sought by
the government, which could pave the way for the restoration of the
state’s right over river water. They said if Haryana was given an
additional 3.25 million acre feet (MAF) water in accordance with the
apex court judgement, almost 9 lakh acres of land in Punjab would become
barren. “The Punjab Government should immediately move towards getting
Section 78 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act scrapped,” they said. Mr
Lakhowal and Mr Kadian advocated that at the most, the 60:40 ratio for
the distribution of all assets at the time of reorganisation of the two
states, when Punjab and Haryana came into being, could be applied to
distribution of river water. But in this case, Haryana was already
drawing more than 40 per cent of river water, which needed to be
curtailed to bring it to a reasonable level. The BKU leaders pointed
out that according to the Constitution, irrigation and hydel power were
state subjects, with the states enjoying all executive and legal rights
on these issues and the Centre had no locus standi to interfere with the
rights of the states. “The Union Government should also initiate the
necessary steps to review the Punjab Reorganisation Act,” Mr Lakhowal
demanded. |
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Power cuts lead to shortfall in steel production Ludhiana, June 14 According to industry sources, the heavy power cut on
steel furnaces has created a serious problem for the industry. The rates
have gone up by Rs 2,000 per tonne. The production has come down in
substantial proportion and the supply of the material was not meeting
the requirement. Mr P.D. Sharma, president of the Apex Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, said today that he had talked to the PSEB
Chairman, Mr Y.S. Ratra, about the problem and he had assured to reduce
the power cuts in three to four days. Mr Sharma said Mr Ratra told him
that more power might be purchased from the Central pool and other
states.
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Residents hold protest against water shortage Ludhiana, June 14 They submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner
and demanded that 12-hours water supply should be provided to them. They
claimed that all tubewells supplying water were under the jurisdiction
of SSPO and Telecom department officials had nothing to do with it. He
addressed a rally outside the office of SSPO and raised slogans against
her. They claimed that the water was being supplied for six hours
everyday and it was insufficient. Ms Manisha Bansal, however, refuted
all allegations. She said that there was no shortage of water in the
colony as it was being supplied for 12 hours everyday. Calling the
protest as ‘‘illogical’’ and ‘‘irrational’’, she said that the
controlling officer of BSNL employees was the General Manager, telecom
and if they had any grievance they should have gone to him. She said
water was being provided free of cost by the Department of Posts. She
added that after the implementation of the ‘user pay principle’ there
was no obligation of the Department of Posts to provide water to BSNL
employees but keeping in view the fact that water was a necessity, the
department was providing them water. |
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Families of martyrs honoured Mandi Gobindgarh, June 14 The trade and industry was completely ruined in those
days, Mr Sahota maintained. Sixteen families of the martyrs of this
district were given electronic sewing machines and Rs 5,100 each.
Besides two more families who had shifted recently from district Ropar
to district Fatehgarh Sahib were also honoured. Mr Shiv Kumar Sharma,
District police chief, appealed to the people to cooperate with the
police to maintain law and order in the district. Mr Joginder Pal
Singla, local council chief, said in 1992, when Mr Iqbalpreet Singh
Sahota was the district police chief of Fatehgarh Sahib, he had formed a
trust for the welfare of the families of police martyrs and since then
it had been working for this noble cause. He advised political parties
to desist from using religion for political gains. Among others who
addressed the function were Mr J.P. Sharma, president, Steel Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Dr Joginder Singh Maini, State Secretary, Punjab
Pardesh Congress, Mr Jagmeet Singh Sahota, vice-president, Municipal
Council. The DIG and the district police chief heard the grievances of
the families of the martyrs. |
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Aid
disbursed among 651 widows Ludhiana, June 14 Mr
Avinash Rai Khanna, who was the chief guest on the occasion, announced
that he would donate Rs 200 every month to the sabha. The function
started with the lighting of a ‘deepshikha’ by Mr P.S. Paruthi and Mr
Rajiv Kapur, Commissioner and Joint Commissioner, Central Excise,
respectively. Among others who attended the function were Mr Nahar
Singh Gill, Mayor, Mr Surinder Dabar, MLA, Mr Rajinder Singh Basant and
Mr Subhash Verma. Ms Gurmit Kaur, who recently assumed charge as SHO of
the Division Number 2 police station, exhorted the widows to be
self-dependent. She was also honoured by the sabha. |
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Thanksgiving ceremony
turns into protest rally Mandi Ahmedgarh, June
14 While addressing a gathering at
a marriage palace at a nearby village Pohir Mr Tewari admitted that all
was not well here. "I reserve my comments about the role of party
leaders during my election campaign. But political scenario here showed
that party workers were demoralised," Mr Tiwari added. He assured that
he would take up the issue with the party high command. |
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Workshop on make-up Ludhiana, June 14 He was in the city
to participate in a seminar and workshop on “Hair fashion and skin
makeovers”, organised by Brushman India Ltd, Keune Hair Cosmetics and
Les Naturelles Skin Cosmetics of Switzerland. Paul Betty, a hairdresser
from Dome Cosmetics, gave tips on colouring, latest trends, cuts,
colours and styling techniques. Cory Wallia, giving tips on make-up,
said,” Black eyeliner is out of style and bold coloured eyeliners are
in. Kajal inside the eyes is cool. Ninety per cent of the Indian women
have skins with a yellow tinge and hence foundations with yellow tones
should be used to blend with Indian skin, whether fair or dark. Make-up
has become very colourful, so be experimental and use bold make-up. The
look is matt and in evenings one can use shimmer make-up. A thin glitter
outline on the eyelid enhances the beauty of the eyes. If you are hooked
on using black eyeliner, then use it like heroines of yesteryear did.” |
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Sample survey
dedicated to employment Ludhiana, June 14 The Assistant
Director of the National Sample Survey Organisation, Ludhiana, Mr Pankaj
K Pandey Shreyeskhar, said the information on various other
developmental issues would also be gathered during the survey. He said
the concept and procedures followed in the survey were primarily based
on the recommendations of the expert committee on unemployment
estimates. |
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DSGPC hailed for honouring PM Ludhiana, June 14 |
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Club meeting Ludhiana, June 14 Mr Bawa said if an individual leaves a positive impact on the
person he interacts with, it makes a lot of difference to that person. —
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Abolish octroi, say traders Ludhiana, June
14 In a
memorandum addressed to the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh,
the mandal said if the state government abolished octroi, it could
collect more revenue. It claimed that at present the government
collected about Rs 550 crore through octroi throughout the state. The
mandal said it had already offered through the Fiscal Reforms Committee
that the traders and industrialists of the state could contribute about
Rs 700 crore of revenue if their proposals were accepted. The mandal
has been suggesting that the government should retain charges of octroi
on electricity, liquor and wine, petrol, diesel, kerosene, furnace oil,
LPG, mobile oil, tobacco and intoxicants, apart from electronic items. |
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