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Ram setu: Dhumal lashes out at Cong
Heading to Chandigarh? Now, shell
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CISF, BJP men engage in fiery exchange over entry pass issue
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Ram setu: Dhumal lashes out at Cong
Jalandhar, September 14
He alleged that the incident had badly hurt the sentiments of the Hindu voters and even a withdrawal would not pacify them.
Dhumal said this while interacting with mediapersons in the office of new mayor Rakesh Rathore. Rathore assumed the charge today after being nominated to the post on Monday. Senior deputy mayor Kamaljit Singh Bhatia and deputy mayor Parvesh Tangri too joined their offices. The MP lashed out at the Congress-led government saying that the step was deliberately followed so as to win the support of the Muslim voters. Dhumal claimed that the BJP would win with a clear majority in the forthcoming assembly elections. He said the Congress had failed to yield any palatable results in four and a half years of its power in the state. On the issue of Himachal Pradesh ministers getting exposed through sting operations carried out by TV channels, he said in case such stories were brought out without a prejudice, it did justice to the society but if done with malafide intention it could badly mar somebody’s political career. Meanwhile, Rathore continued to harp on his standard statement of providing basic amenities to the residents. He said he would strive to make Jalandhar more beautiful. Notably, the local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia was conspicous by
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Heading to Chandigarh? Now, shell out more
Phagwara, September 14 The three toll tax collection center set up at near Behram (between Phagwara and Banga), near Kathgarh (between Balachaur and Ropar) and near Kurali (between Ropar and Chandigarh) the previous two have already started functioning since September 13. During a visit to one of the toll tax collection centre situated near Behram on Friday, long queues of vehicles could be seen waiting for the payment of the tax. Talking to The Tribune, some of the commuters complained that they had to wait for about half an hour to get receipt after paying the toll tax. “I have to travel everyday to Jalandhar to purchase medicine for my shop. Now, the journey by car would be more expensive,” said Sanjeev. Talking about the tax to be charged H.S. Minhas, manager of the Rohin and Rajdeep Tolling Company, said light motor vehicles would have to pay Rs 35 (single side) as tax, while the to and fro journey would cost Rs 56. For buses and trucks the rate has been fixed at Rs 69 and Rs 110 respectively. Heavy trucks would have to shell out Rs 105 and Rs 168 for single and return journeys respectively.
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No new appointment of ADCs irks residents
Hoshiarpur, September 14 ADC (D) K.K. Yadav was given additional charge of the ADC (G) after the transfer of Paramjit Singh. K. K. Yadav has also been transferred as chief administrator of PUDA, Bhatinda, on August 28, 2007. Since then the new postings in place of both the officers have not been made causing great inconvenience to the people. Residents are demanding immediate postings on both the executive posts of the district. — OC |
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CISF, BJP men engage in fiery exchange over entry pass issue
Amritsar, September 14 Malik, along with BJP workers, had gone to receive BJP MP Navjot Sidhu, around 8 am today. Sidhu was here to hold a meeting with joint commissioner of the Department of Rural Development, Government of India and officials of the district administration. When the BJP workers were asked to produce the entry passes, it resulted in an exchange of hot words with the CISF security. Even after the airport authorities intervened, the Mayor reportedly kept on rebuking the security staff. When contacted, Mayor Malik, dismissed it as a minor incident. “The airport security had a verbal dual with the BJP district president Bakshi Ram Arora. I only reacted in his defence,” was all he could say. However, the CISF officials said the staff was only doing their duty by enquiring about the entry pass. “The CISF staff is known to be polite and the BJP workers had no reason to demand entry without following the set norms,” he said.
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