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ASI booked for attempt to murder
Inside Babudom
Femicide: Seminar on Nawanshahr Model
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Pound falls in ditch
30 pc posts of judge
vacant in HC
Traders seek more time for submission of Form C
Jaspal visits rain-hit areas
Cricket heroes’ posters burnt
Temple trustee’s removal sought
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ASI booked for attempt to murder
Jalandhar, March 18 Confirming the registration of the FIR, the SHO of concerned division six, Inspector Mohinder Singh, said that none of the accused could be arrested so far. According to the information, Koki and Billa had gone to their friend Jagdev Singh Jangi’s building material shop on Nakodar road to give him `prasad’. Meanwhile two persons Mandeep Singh Mithu and Harvinder came in a Tata Safari.They had some old enmity with Koki. Mithu and Harvinder started fighting with Koki, Billa and Jagdev. Mithu’s maternal uncle ASI Jagjit Singh, reportedly posted at division number four, also reached there. In the meantime, one of them reported fired some shots. Subsequently they managed to flee from the spot after leaving behind their Tata Safari vehicle. Confirming that some shots were fired, the SHO Inspector Mohinder Singh said that it was yet to ascertain the numbers. |
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Badal reposes faith in young officers
Prabhjot Singh Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 18 Besides the new Chief Secretary (Ramesh Inder Singh) and the new police chief (N.P.S. Aulakh), the new dispensation has ordered changes, including shifting of deputy commissioners and district police chiefs. There is a visible continuity in continuation of faith in young officers belonging to the central civil service. Posting of Sumer Singh Gujjar, for example, as deputy commissioner of Ludhiana, is a step in that direction. Sumer had been Additional Deputy Commissioner of Ludhiana before and new assignment comes to him at a time when the SAD-BJP government is about to launch some of its populist schemes, including supply of atta and dal at Rs 4 and Rs 20 a kg from Baisakhi Day. Ludhiana, one of the most populated districts of the state, has a substantial population of migrants and industrial workers, many of whom would be beneficiary of the new largesse of the SAD-BJP government. Similarly, the government has placed its faith in 1998-batch K.S. Pannu as deputy commissioner of Amritsar. Pannu, who comes from the Cooperation Department, was Additional Registrar Cooperatives before his appointment to the IAS. He has been the first member-secretary of the Farmers' Commission. Pannu is also credited for his contribution in the launching of Sanjivani, the healthcare insurance scheme for farmers and their families. The name of the scheme has been changed to the Bah Ghanaian Health Scheme. Pannu, a product of Punjab Agricultural University, is also the founder secretary of the Chandigarh-based PAU Alumni Association. Education, healthcare, rural development and panchayats and infrastructure development, especially roads, bridges and flyovers are the areas which will again want government to look for officers who can not only sustain the pace of development set by the last government but also accelerate it. A couple of administrative reshuffles may follow before the new regime finds itself firmly in the saddle before the regular Budget session in June/July this year.
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Femicide: Seminar on Nawanshahr Model
Nawanshahr, March 18 The seminar was jointly organised by the State Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh, and the district administration to study the “ Nawanshahr Model” of tackling female foeticide. The seminar was attended by a galaxy of Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Judges of subordinate courts, officials of the different departments, lady sarpanches, teachers and representatives of various NGOs. Quoting from the Gita, the Chief Justice said that though the evil of female foeticide had been termed as a sin, yet the crime was going on with the consent of parents and medical fraternity. This malpractice was a stigma on the people of Punjab who had made laudable contributions in the freedom struggle and bringing in economic prosperity, lamented the Chief Justice.Mother had to undergo a traumatic experience while giving her consent for aborting the female embryo under various social compulsions. As the law could only play a deterrent role in eradicating the evil, an conducive social environment should be build up to bring in a change in the mind set of the people, said the Chief Justice. Only 40 cases of female foeticide had reached the court and no conviction had been made in any case in Punjab due to lack of evidence, he added. Jain wished that all the districts should replicate Nawanshahr Model for improving the sex ratio as the society could not survive without a proper balance in sex ratio of population. Justice Uma Nath Singh, judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, said that it was a paradox that in the country where the feminine power was worshipped (Shakti Puja), the girl child was being killed in the womb. Earlier, deputy commissioner Krishan Kumar pioneer in launching a multifaceted drive against female foeticide, briefed the chief guest and other dignitaries from the judiciary about Nawanshahr Model. He praised the concerted efforts of the Health Department, CDPOs, ANMs, anganwari workers and the NGOs under the umbrella of Upkar in making the drive a success in the district. He said that sex ratio as per the 2001 census in the district was 808 females per 1000 males and in 2005 it was 770 females per 1000 males and presently the sex ratio had improved to 935 females per 1000 males in the district. |
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Pound falls in ditch
Jalandhar, March 18 The land was allocated by the then deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar Gupta. “There is ditch at the site which requires at least Rs 4-5 lakhs to fill up,” said Dr Chander Bhushan, in charge of the helpline. “Being an NGO we are finding to difficult to generate so much funds on our own. Every year the Animal Welfare Board of the Central government provides fund for the animal shelter. But the funds are not enough even to run through the month. This year we got just Rs 50,000.Our expenditure ,including medicines and food,is Rs 1.5 lakhs per month”. “The whole project would be costing us around Rs 1.5 crore. We have sent the request to the People for Animals (PFA), who would be taking up the matter with the board. One and half year has passed we haven’t received anything,” said Bhushan. “The present animal shelter is in a pitiable condition with only two make shifts rooms housing the cows, oxes and dogs. In case we get donkey or pony we don’t have sufficient place to keep and treat them,” he added. |
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30 pc posts of judge
vacant in HC
Jalandhar, March 18 “The court complex in Phillaur would be constructed within 15 months with the cost of Rs 6.65 crore,” Justice Jain said, adding three court rooms for judges and 80 chambers for lawyers would be constructed during the first phase. Similarly in the second phase, three more court rooms for judges and 40 chambers for lawyers would be built, he added. The chairman of the building committee of the high court, Judge Mehtab Singh Gill, Justice Uma Nath Singh, Justice Jasbir Singh, Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Pritam Pal, Justice M.M. Agarwal, Justice S.N. Agarwal, Justice R.S. Randhawa, Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma, Justice Tej Pratap Singh Mann, Justice R.S. Madan and Punjab and Haryana Bar Council chairman Navtej Singh Toor were present, among others. Thanking the Chief Justice and other judges, district and sessions judge Inderjeet Kaushik said district and sub-division level courts would get more basic facilities. |
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Traders seek more time for submission of Form C
Jalandhar, March 18 The excise and taxation department has notified that every trader and industrialist has to submit a Form C for the assessment year of 2004-2005 and three ‘C’ forms for the year 2005-2006 (one for the first two quarters and one each for third and fourth quarters). Similarly, the traders and industrialists have been asked to furnish four ‘C’ forms for the year 2006-2007. It implies that for all these three years traders and industrialists would have to follow three different systems. “Firstly, we would not be able to meet the deadline of March 31 as we have not been able to procure these ‘C’ forms from buyers. They are customers who are finding it difficult to send us the ‘C’ forms back strictly as per the department norms. As a matter of fact, most of us have not been able to get the forms from them. So we have no alternative but to seek relief from the Chief Minister. We feel that the Chief Minister should enhance the grace period by another six months,” said R.K. Gandhi, president, Sports and Surgical Goods Complex Association. Satish Wasan, chairman of the association, said since the three-tier ‘C’ form submission system was creating a lot of problems, the “traditional” system should be adopted. |
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Jaspal visits rain-hit areas
Nawanshahr, March 18 Besides wheat, the team also took stock of sarson, barseem, vegetables and fruit crops. The officials also interacted with the farmers during their visits to different villages. While talking with media persons, Jaspal said that no damage to crops had been reported in the district. “Rather, the recent rains had proved beneficial for the crops in the district as it had saved the diesel and irrigation expenses of the farmers.” The revenue patwaris had been asked to personally visit the field to ensure factual reporting. |
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Cricket heroes’ posters burnt
Jalandhar, March 18 |
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Temple trustee’s removal sought
Batala, March 18 |
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