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Tiff over replacing fuse wire leaves 3 injured
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 11 The Dehlon police has registered two cases against members of two factions, led by Congress and SAD leaders, respectively. Congress leaders Mann Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Karamjit Singh and Balraj Singh have been booked under Sections 307, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act on the statement of Gurcharan Singh, relative of a victim. Hardeep Deepa, Gurcharan Singh, Harjit Toni, Gurjinder Kaka and Pritpal Singh, SAD leaders and workers, have been booked under Sections 323, 324 and 336 of the IPC. The clash followed a tiff between Hardeep Singh Deepa and Karamjit Singh on the issue of replacing a fuse wire at a power transformer after the failure of power supply at around 9.30 pm last night. As Karamjit objected to Hardeep Singh getting the fuse wire replaced by Rajinder Singh, they entered into an altercation. Elders of the village resolved the issue by pacifying supporters of both parties. According to Mr Harjit Singh, DSP, Dakha, both parties reported contradictory sequence of events that had led to the violence. Gurcharan Singh, a relative of Deepa, alleged that some Congressmen, led by Karamjit Singh, attacked Deepa later in the night and Hardeep Deepa received bullet injuries. “It was after the matter had been resolved that a group of Congressmen, led by Karamjit, attacked us and opened fire and Deepa got inured,” stated Gurcharan Singh before the police. He alleged that the assaulters were wielding axes and swords besides a rifle. Ravinder Kumar, general secretary of the Ludhiana District Congress, on the other hand accused Deepa, Gurcharan Singh, Harjit Singh Toni, Gurjinder Singh and Pritpal of attacking him without any provocation when he was trying to separate the warring groups. He claimed that someone from the other group fired into air. Though more persons were reported to be inured in the clash, three of them had been shifted to a hospital in Ludhiana. Hardeep Singh, having received bullet injuries, was admitted to DMC Hospital and Ravinder Kumar and Karamjit of the opposite group were shifted to Civil Hospital, Ludhiana.
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Clerk indicted for saying husband riot victim
Ludhiana, May 11 The case came to light after she submitted another application for compensation of Rs 2 lakh. The application was scrutinised by the SDM (E), Ms Amrit Kaur Gill, who found that her husband, now a resident of Narangwal village, had migrated from Bihar seven - eight years before the riots. The SDM in her report said Jaipal Singh had shifted to his native village Narangwal, near here, after his father’s retirement. They had nothing to do with the riots. Former Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma had ordered an inquiry into the case. Following her indictment, Mr Verma marked it to the General Assistant to the DC for further action. A legal opinion has been sought for the registration of a case against her. Despite her indictment, no administrative action has been taken against Ms Paramjit Kaur, who is still carrying out her official duties. None of the officials of district administration were ready to comment on the issue.
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Liquor shops causing traffic problems
Ludhiana, May 11 Big liquor shops attached with airconditioned ahattas have come up on all highways and these are tastefully decorated. Evenings give the impression as if the town is celebrating Divali or some other festival. These liquor shops supply both the country made liquor and the Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL). The same is served in the ahattas to people who park their vehicles on the roads in a haphazard manner causing inconvenience to others. The
Ludhiana-Ferozepore road, Ludhiana-Jalandhar road and Ludhiana-Ambala road are very busy highways and besides the light vehicles, heavy vehicles also pass through these highways. The red lights in front of the liquor shops attract the drivers of these heavy vehicles too. Despite the fact that a majority of the liquor shops have attached ahattas permitted by the state Excise Department, many people buy whisky and snacks and sit in their cars and drink on public highways. Public drinking is becoming a 'state symbol' in this town now. The police authorities have to pay attention to wards the same. The highways of Ludhiana are already having congestion because of the location of marriage palaces which cause traffic problem and the parking of vehicles on the highways in front of the liquors shops have added to the traffic woes.
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Farmers surrender encroached land
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 11 She appreciated the role of political and social leaders of the area for inspiring the farmers to surrender the encroached land. “Though it is the prerogative of the government to get the encroached land vacated and proceed further in widening of roads, the political and social leaders made our job easy by encouraging farmers to contribute in filling of land, besides surrendering it,” held Dr Indu, adding that former sarpanches of almost all villages had played an active role in this regard. Referring to information received from Mr Mukesh Sharma, Executive Magistrate, Dr Indu stated that link roads joining about 30 villages with this town would get widened significantly. Farmers of Dehliz, Maherna, Maholi, Rasulpur, Jandali, Baurhai Kalan, Baurhai Khurd, Kanganwal, Jhaner and Dhaler villages would benefit the most from this.
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Daughter’s trauma took her life
Ludhiana, May 11 She was admitted to the local DMC Hospital where her condition could not improve despite best efforts by the doctors. A grief-stricken Professor Sodhi said the family had already suffered enough and her timely death had left a permanent scar on their minds. He added that his wife had gone into acute depression following her daughter’s case. Her condition worsened when they were being allegedly implicated in fraud cases by the youth, with whom his daughter had got engaged. “She could not see me making rounds of police stations as an accused and her condition deteriorated. We could not do anything,” said Professor Sodhi. He said the bhog would be organised on May 14 at Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Sarabha Nagar. His daughter’s case was highlighted five months ago in these columns and the Punjab State Human Rights Commission, (PHRC) had directed the SSP, Ludhiana, to look into the case. Mr Sodhi had organised an engagement ceremony of He demanded a case of dowry, fraud and damage caused to the reputation of his family, besides seizure of the passports of some NRI coaccuseds.
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Telecom firm told to pay relief
Ludhiana, May 11 It was submitted by the consumer that he had applied for a telephone connection in November, 2004, by depositing the security money. He requested the company several times to provide him a telephone connection or to refund the money deposited by him. Even a legal notice was served upon the company. But neither the telephone was installed nor the money refunded, added the complainant. On the other hand, the telecom company pleaded that the area concerned was not feasible. The consumer was asked to take back his money but he did not came to their office to collect the cheque. After perusing the record, the consumer forum held that the telecom company failed to produce any evidence that the area was not feasible. Even the company failed to reply the legal notice sent by the consumer, which clearly showed the deficiency in services on the part of it.
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Cong workers celebrate Sonia’s victory
Ludhiana, May 11 A number of party leaders congratulated Ms Gandhi on her “huge victory”. Senior vice-president of the Pradesh Youth Congress Amarjit Singh Tikka said once again the people of Rae Bareli had reaffirmed their faith in the leadership of Ms Gandhi. Laddoos were also distributed among slum dwellers and children. Another senior leader, Mr Pawan Dewan, hailed her victory and alleged that despite the misuse of official machinery by the Mulayam Singh government, voters ensured that she returned to Parliament. Mayor Nahar Singh Gill said the efforts of each Congress worker had yielded good results. Other leaders who welcomed the victory included district president Jagmohan Sharma, parliamentary secretary Surinder Dawer, Education Minister Harnam Dass Johar, Mr Gurdev Singh Lapran, Mr Ranjit Kumar and Mr Sanjiv Bittu.
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NRI Sabha elections on May 31
Ludhiana, May 11 The Deputy Commissioner has asked the members to make it convenient to attend the election meeting in time. He added that any other information required may be obtained from the office of the Sabha between 11 am to 3.00 pm from Monday to Friday (telephone No. 0161-2775041).
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RIL:Brar points finger at CM
Jagraon, May 11 He was received by his supporters on the G.T. Road near the office of the local SDM. Later, they took out a procession and gathered at the community hall.
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Burglars’ gang busted
Ludhiana, May 11 Not a single achievement of wing-II has been projected by the detective wing of the police. Even the press conference of the CIA-II is not organised at the police control room or the single window system conference hall. This causes problems for mediapersons as the headquarters of the CIA-II are on the dabba road. The CIA-II was formed for a healthy competition between the two wings but it seems the CIA-II does not seem to have found any favour with senior officials, sources said. The CIA-II busted a gang of burglars today but again it was left on its own to publicise it. The burglars used to store stolen goods in a room at Shimla Puri. They were spotted transporting some goods on a rickshaw. When the staff questioned them, they were not able to give a satisfactory reply.
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Two held with poppy husk
Jagraon, May 11 Gobind Ram of Dinoo, Hanumangarh district, was arrested by the same investigation officer from the same village and along with 7 kg of poppy husk. Cases under Sections 15-61-85 of the NDPS Act have been registered at the police station, Sidhwan Bet.
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Pact for handling hazardous
waste
Ludhiana, May 11 The Supreme Court had issued a directive for developing a hazardous waste-management facility in the state in a time-bound manner. Punjab received a grant for the facility and industrialists too were asked to contribute. The SPV will cater to 1,800 units, including 520 large and medium units, in the state. Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited of Hyderabad is also handling waste management projects in several states across the country. The project is scheduled to be completed within six months whereas the proposed facility would be in a position to accept hazardous waste in around four months time. It is the first of its kind in North India and has the support of the Ministry of Commerce under the Improvement of Industrial Infrastructure upgradation scheme. The government has sanctioned a grant of Rs 12.69 crore as 75 per cent of the cost of the projects.
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Cafe Coffee Day to open 500 cafes
Ludhiana, May 11 He said that in addition to opening more cafes, CCD will introduce several new initiatives for the customer and coffee industry, including the expansion of and penetration into new locations for highway cafés and drive-thru cafés. To this end, its has forged tie-ups with leading petroleum companies. Besides, an advanced level wireless retail automation system (LERA) will be deployed in cafés to speed up order processing and billing, tracking of customer’s likes and preferences through past billing patterns. The company has started employment assistance for the less privileged through a special employee programme for the ‘Speech and Hearing Impaired’. We already has 23 successfully employed silent brewmasters across Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, Mr Malhotra said.
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