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Congress decimated in Patiala
Patiala, August 8
The SAD-BJP combine swept to power in the elections to the Patiala Municipal Corporation held here today.Out
of 50 seats, the ruling alliance bagged 42. The Congress got just four
seats. The other four were bagged by Independents, three of them Akali
rebels.
Re-poll in Ward 27
(EM)POWERED: Supporters of the SAD-BJP candidate from Ward 36 in combat with rivals
outside a polling station in Patiala on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Rajesh
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Poll violence: 7 cases registered
Patiala August 8
The police has registered seven cases of violence during the municipal corporation poll conducted today. Unauthorised persons scaled the boundary of a polling station in Wards 49 and 46.
| Charanjeet Singh (left), who was allegedly shot at by SAD-BJP workers during the Municipal Corporation elections; and Congress municipal candidate Kabir Dass shows his torn clothes after he was allegedly attacked by SAD-BJP workers during the Municipal Corporation elections in Patiala on Wednesday.
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Pregnant voters hit as rigging rules
Patiala, August 8
The MC election was marred with allegations of pregnant women being hit, policemen acting as the private army of the ruling party, presiding officers helping voting in favour of SAD candidates and voters being attacked with sharp-edged weapons even as election observers remained absent.
Ramanpreet Kaur who was allegedly beaten up by SAD workers in Patiala on Wednesday.—
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Cong withdraws, wants re-election
Patiala, August 8
Miffed at the alleged mass-scale booth-capturing by SAD, the Congress today announced its withdrawal from the MC elections.
Led by Preneet, Cong men block highway
Patiala, August 8
To protest against the alleged rigging of polling booths, Patiala MP Preneet Kaur along with Samana MLA Brahm Mohindra and state president of the Youth Congress Vijay Inder Singla blocked traffic on the Patiala-Chandigarh road for about three hours.
Rajinder Berry (Congress) and Joginder Singh Tony (Independent) who have won elections to the Jalandhar MC.— Tribune
photos by Pawan Sharma
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Peaceful, here
Broadly peaceful polling in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, August 8
As many as four persons were injured in sporadic cases of poll violence in different parts of the city today even as the polling remained broadly peaceful.
SAD-BJP sweeps Jalandhar
Jalandhar, August 8
The SAD-BJP combine won the Jalandhar MC poll with a clear majority, the results of which were declared four hours after polling concluded here today.
BSP supporters hold a demonstration to protest alleged booth capturing by SAD-BJP workers during the Municipal Corporation elections, at Bus Stand Chowk in Patiala on Wednesday.— Tribune
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Cong wins ward bypoll
Pathankot,August 8
In the byelection of ward no 26 of the Municipal Council which was held here today, the
SAD-BJP alliance suffered a major setback. The Congress candidate Usha Bedi won the seat by a margin of
481 votes.
Cong retains Goraya; rebel wins Phillaur
Phillaur, August 8
Despite the SAD-BJP combine being in power in the state, people of Phillaur subdivision have given verdict in favour of the Congress in the byelections to two wards at Goraya and
Phillaur.
Kharar’s Ward 8 with Jasvir Singh
Kharar, August 8
The election to Ward 8 of the Kharar Municipal Council saw MLAs Balbir Singh Sidhu from Kharar and Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib turning polling agents for their respective candidates.Congress
leader Sidhu's candidate Jasvir Singh Bhola won the seat by 82
votes.
Jasvir Singh Bhola at a victory procession.— Tribune
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Congress leader’s kin build colony without official nod
Pathankot, August 8
Throwing norms to the wind, relatives of a senior Congress leader and former Punjab Minister, are allegedly developing a housing colony along the Mamun-Madhoupur road at Pangoli village, near here.
A housing colony comes up on the Mamun-Madhoupur road at Pangoli village allegedly without obtaining official clearance.
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Tribune
Impact
Help to trace man from Pak jail pours
Rajpura, August 8
Help has started pouring in for Mohinder Singh, the 58-year-old ex-Army personnel, whose son Sarabjit Singh is believed to be lodged in a jail in Pakistan, but was declared dead by the Army. Mohinder's plight was highlighted in these columns following which the Missing Defence Personnel Relatives Organisation
(MDPRO) along with one of the advocates of the Punjab and Haryana High Court have come forward to help Mohinder Singh find his son.
42-Year
Wait
Kin of SP who cracked Kairon case await reward
Bathinda, August 8
Subdal Singh, a police official who cracked the then Punjab Chief Minister Partap Singh Kairon’s assassination case, has died while making a relentless struggle to get Rs 50,000, the reward money announced by the government for unearthing the murder of one of the most important political figures of
joint Punjab.
25.57-Acre
Scheme
Improvement Trust ‘cheating’ plot allottees
Bathinda, August 8
The local Improvement Trust (IT) authorities seem to be ‘punishing’ allottees of residential plots of the 25.57-acre scheme developed by it in 1995 by reportedly cheating them and charging penalties from them in an illegal
manner.
3 Central Excise employees, conduit in Vigilance net
Ludhiana, August 8
A high-level team of the state Vigilance Bureau, Chandigarh, busted a racket allegedly run by three employees of the Central Excise Department late this evening with the arrest of an alleged "conduit" clearing agent, who was authorised to take the money from industrialists on behalf of the main accused.
Dispute over gurdwara land
Faridkot, August 8
Uneasy calm prevailed in Machaki Mal Singh village near here today following demolition of a gurdwara by the family who once donated land for it.
Ordinance to ban private publication of Guru Granth Sahib
Chandigarh, August 8
The Punjab government will issue an ordinance banning publication and publishing of Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture, by private publishers. The government decided this after receiving a letter from SGPC president Avtar Singh
Rs 2-lakh grant given to Dalbir’s family
Chandigarh, August 8
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sent a special grant of Rs 2 lakh to the family of journalist, late Dalbir Singh, who died suddenly last week.The cheque was delivered on Badal's behalf by his media advisor Harcharan Bains to Jasbir
Kaur, widow of the late scribe. Bains was accompanied by the secretary, Information and Public Relations, Jagjit
Puri, and deputy director of the Press Megha Singh.
Chief Minister to unfurl Tricolour in Ludhiana
Chandigarh, August 8
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will unfurl the National Flag at a state-level function in Ludhiana on Independence Day.
Addicts say no to drugs
Ferozepur, August 8
Several drug addicts decided to quit drugs during a function organised by the Punjab Police Committee against drug abuse here today.
160 donate blood at camp
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 8
As many as 160 volunteers donated blood at a camp organised by Rotary Club in collaboration with the district administration, here. The camp was inaugurated by Punjab chief information commissioner Rajan Kashyap. Speaking on the occasion, commissioner, Patiala division S.K. Ahluwalia said that more NGOs should come forward to motivate the masses to donate blood.
Two brothers killed in road accident
Rupnagar, August 8
Two brothers were killed in a road mishap on Rupnagar-Nurpur Bedi road today. The mishap occurred at around 8.30 am.
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