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“Cong responsible for farmers suicide”

Jalandhar, February 7
Several farmers committed suicides during the Amarinder-led government due to his alleged anti-peasant policies. This was stated by actor-turned-politician Smariti Irani while addressing a public gathering in favour of the SAD-BJP candidate, Mr Manorajan Kalia, at the Hind Samachar ground here this evening.
Smariti Irani (Tulsi ) at an election rally in Jalandhar on Wednesday. —Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Punjab Science Congress begins
Jalandhar, February 7
The Punjab Science Congress jointly organised by DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology and Punjab Technical University began on the institute campus here today.

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Hoshiarpur, February 7
The District Consumer Forum, here, has accepted the complaint of Gurnam Singh, resident of Shivalik Avenue, Hoshiarpur, and directed the local State Bank of India (SBI) branch to make the payment of Rs 8655 with interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum from the date of filing of the complaint till the day of payment along with Rs 500 as litigation expenses.

Liquor seized
Jalandhar, February 7
The district police found two cases of liquor from Sham Lal of Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar at a naka on the Kapurthala road today evening. The SHO of division number two, Mr Sukhdev Singh, said the suspect was carrying the two cases of Black Horse in a Maruti car. The man was arrested — TNS

“Cong responsible for farmers suicide”
Dharmendra Joshi
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 7
Several farmers committed suicides during the Amarinder-led government due to his alleged anti-peasant policies.

This was stated by actor-turned-politician Smariti Irani while addressing a public gathering in favour of the SAD-BJP candidate, Mr Manorajan Kalia, at the Hind Samachar ground here this evening.

The BJP leader also addressed public rallies in favour of the SAD-BJP candidates, Mr Raghubir Singh, Mr Avinash Chander, Mr Jagbir Brar and Mr K.D. Bhandari, at Kapurthala, Kartarpur, Jalandhar Cantonment and Jalandhar North, respectively.

Irani said Punjab had been generally known as a prosperous state but now it was known for the suicides of the farmers only due to anti-peasant policies of the state government.

Reminding the lathi-charge on agitating girl students in Ludhiana, she urged the electorates to vote in favour of the SAD-BJP candidates to oust the government.

The BJP leader said some Congressmen alleged that the Congress candidate from Jalandhar (Central), Mr Tejinder Singh Bittu, had purchased the ticket for Rs 10 crore. If he won, he would indulge in corrupt practices to get back more than Rs 10 crore, she alleged, adding that such candidates should not win for the betterment of the common man.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Kalia said deemed and summary assessment for filing sales tax return would be restarted for the business community if SAD-BJP combine came to power.

The SAD secretary, Mr Daljeet Singh Cheema, councillors Mr Kuldeep Singh Oberoi, Mr Pawan Gupta and a SAD leader, Mr Arun Sharma Pappu, were present on the occasion, among others.

As soon as Irani came here, the crowd, especially women and children, jostled against one another to have a glimpse of Tulsi of the “Ghar-Ghar ki Kahani” serial. Utter mismanagement prevailed on the dais until she left for the Doaba chowk to address another rally.

Punjab Science Congress begins
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 7
The Punjab Science Congress jointly organised by DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology and Punjab Technical University began on the institute campus here today.

The keynote address of Dr Y.S. Rajan, Principal Advisor of the CII and vice president of DAV managing committee, was based on the popular quote “Future belongs to those who make friends with science”. He repeated the quote a number of times as he said that Punjab was suffering from numerous problems which could be solved in a scientific way.

He focused on the problems of depleting water resources, increasing pollution, poor quality of drinking water, ailing public health system, low power production, low crop productivity, drug abuse and increased use of pesticides.

He stressed on saving water resources. Judicious use of water in homes and rainwater harvesting could go a long way in conserving it.

Governor of Haryana, Dr A.R.Kidwai, opened the technical conference. He said that NASA employed more than 28 per cent engineers from India. It was essential to maintain a growth rate of 9 to 10 per cent to emerge as a super power by 2020.

Director General of Pushpa Gujral Science City, Dr R.S. Khandpur, spoke on socio-economic impact of science and technology, its mission and vision. As many as 41 papers read were based on nano technology, sugar and food technology and management sciences.

SBI to pay for poor service
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, February 7
The District Consumer Forum, here, has accepted the complaint of Gurnam Singh, resident of Shivalik Avenue, Hoshiarpur, and directed the local State Bank of India (SBI) branch to make the payment of Rs 8655 with interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum from the date of filing of the complaint till the day of payment along with Rs 500 as litigation expenses.

Mr Gurnam Singh had filed a complaint under Section12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, asking the SBI to refund Rs 8655 deducted from his loan account.

Mr Gurnam Singh’s brother had got sanctioned a house loan of Rs 5 lakh from the SBI. The official of SBI had informed Mr Gurnam Singh that in case he got the house loan insured, he would have to deposit Rs 100 per month. He agreed to the proposal and the SBI Life Insurance Company insured his house loan.

Mr Gurnam Singh made an allegation that the SBI had added Rs 21357 in his housing loan account for which he had through a letter dated October 20, 2004 to the SBI sought the cancellation of the insurance cover, but an amount of Rs 8655 was deducted from his account.