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Indifference from SAD irks councillors
Day after, chic city bus develops snag
Harassed for dowry, woman
ends life
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Amarnath Land Row
Khera flays SAD dist chiefs’ nomination
Protest over police inaction in desecration case
DTO’s denial of VIP nos
not right: Consumer panel
Two burglars nabbed with stolen goods
Bag snatched from foreigners
Man, son die after falling into well
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Indifference from SAD irks councillors
Jalandhar, August 18 At a meeting at the residence of a councillor this morning, independent councillors, including Joginder Singh Tony, Nirmal Singh, Gurdip Kaur and Sunanda Malhotra, urged Parkash Singh Badal to let them know their fate. The councillors were left in a lurch after it was being felt that their inclusion in the SAD could mar the party’s relation with the coalition partner BJP (whose candidates were defeated by them in the poll). The councillors told the CM that ever since Mahinder Singh Kaypee had taken over as the acting PPCC chief, they were being offered to join the Congress. “We might think on those lines in case we continue to be treated in a similar manner by the SAD,” they said. Badal, it is being said, has given them a positive assurance. He has
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Day after, chic city bus develops snag
Jalandhar, August 18 The yellow line bus coming from railway station to Rama Mandi developed a snag and remained stranded for over two hours near the BMC Chowk. Nearly 20 passengers in the bus had to be shifted to another bus that was called to the site. For over an hour, no mechanic was seen at the the spot. Finally, a representative was called from Tata’s local dealer Cargo Motors who found a problem in the fuel pump. SE B&R Kulwinder Singh, while talking to The Tribune, said it could be a case of sabotage. “The new service is detrimental for the local bus operators. We would be able to ascertain the exact cause by tomorrow. The new buses have come at a price of Rs 20-22 lakh. They have come from Delhi by road and there was no problem on the way.” The officer said the buses would be periodically checked. “We are soon going to have our own workshop at Lamma Pind Chowk and then there will be no problem at all,” he added.
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Harassed for dowry, woman
ends life
Amritsar, August 18 Lal Singh, a resident of Batala and father of the deceased, in his complaint lodged with Majitha police station under sections 304-B and 498-A of the IPC, alleged that accused Balwinder Singh used to beat up his daughter for bringing less dowry and was now demanding a Bullet motorcycle. However, her condition got worse after the birth of twin girls about one and a half months back as the harassment and thrashing by her husband got worse. Meanwhile, the police has arrested Balwinder and further investigations in the case are on.
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Amarnath Land Row
Jalandhar, August 18 Alleging that the Union government was bowing under the pressure of Pakistan sympathiser parties and had just decided to test the patience of the Hindu community by deliberating lingering the transfer of the allotted land back to the Amarnath Shrine Board, committee president Mahant Ganga Das said the agitation would be intensified if the demand was not accepted soon. Workers of the samiti would gather in the District Complex and offer arrest as would be done all over India on August 21, he added. He revealed that tomorrow a procession of Hindu samaj would come to the city from Jammu to apprise the people of the plight of the Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir. The Hindu community of the district would welcome them and processions would be organised at several routes in the city which would culminate at the Satya Narayan Mandir where a massive meeting would take place, the mahant added. — PTI
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Khera flays SAD dist chiefs’ nomination
Hoshiarpur, August 18 In a press release today, Khera said the SAD got recognition from the
Election Commission of India (ECI) by pledging that it would follow democratic, secular and socialistic values. However, the SAD’s participation in the SGPC elections had exposed it as the latter was a religious body. He said the district presidents announced by Sukhbir Singh were not elected by the delegates. He said he had filed a writ petition before the
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Protest over police inaction in desecration case
Hoshiarpur, August 18 Some miscreants reportedly desecrated the holy Sri Guru Granth Sahib in the village gurdwara The Satkar Sabha performed the bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib on August 1 and gave an ultimatum to the police to arrest the accused failing which they would start direct action. Due to the failure of the police in arresting the culprits, the activists of the Satkar Sabha today staged dharna and blocked traffic. Later, SDM Dasuya, Rahul Chaba intervened and on his assurance, that the culprits would be arrested within the next 15-days, the dharna was lifted.
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DTO’s denial of VIP nos
not right: Consumer panel
Jalandhar, August 18 The commission found that the consumer was harassed even as both the numbers he had applied for for his luxury cars were available in the AU, AV and AW series but these were not released by the DTO office, making him unable to use his cars for three to four years. In his complaint filed with the district forum, Inderjit Singh of New Jawahar Nagar here had written that he had purchased a Mercedes Benz on July 15, 2004, and a Skoda on April 4, 2005. He had applied for VIP numbers 0011 and 0009 for his cars. He said the DTO had issued a challan of Rs 3,000 to be deposited in a bank as VIP number charges and another challan of Rs 10,200 as road tax fee for the Mercedes. For the Skoda, he was issued a challan of Rs 10,000 as VIP number fee and another challan of Rs 10,240 as road tax fee. But despite repeated visits, he was not issued the numbers. His appeal was heard at the high court on February 9, 2006, and an order was passed five months later to release the numbers. But the DTO asked him to deposit an extra road tax at 2 per cent of the value of the cars. He said while he was issued number 0009 for his Skoda after depositing Rs 16,730 as enhanced road tax, the officer also agreed to give number 0011 in the AY series as per court orders but again demanded an enhanced road tax. The consumer argued that the rates prior to April 1, 2006, be applicable in his case as road tax had been increased after he had already paid it. He had demanded refund of the extra tax deposited for the Skoda car while also a waiver of extra tax on his Mercedes. Earlier, the district forum had directed the DTO to charge road tax fee for both cars as per rates applicable on the date when the registration was applied. It had then asked the officer to issue number for the Mercedes Benz car as PB-08-AY-0011 within one month but the DTO filed an appeal with the state commission. |
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Two burglars nabbed with stolen goods
Batala, August 18 Talking to the mediapersons here, SSP Batala Dr Naresh Arora said the two accused have been identified as Rosy (19), resident of Dalam Nangal village and Navdeep Singh (20) of Dhariwal Sohian falling in police station
Srihargobindpur. The accused, during interrogation, revealed that they along with two other accomplices Mithan and Sikander were involved in several incidents of thefts in the area. The accused had stolen around one quintal iron from a factory a year ago, said the SSP. Around ten months ago, they had snatched a gold chain from a motorcyclist near Ghumman village and stolen a Hero Honda Splendor motorcycle near police lines, Batala. They had also snatched a mobile phone near Kahnuwan road and burgled a house at Hardochande viilage on Batala Amritsar road. The police have recovered one quintal iron, a mobile phone, motorcycle, Colour TV, gas cylinders and other households from the accused. Further investigation are on, said the SSP. A case has been registered at civil lines police station. |
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Bag snatched from foreigners
Amritsar, August 18 The Spanish couple, John Carlos and his girlfriend Anihoa, who had arrived in the city from Hardwar to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, were going towards the Crystal chowk when the incident occurred.The two raised an alarm, but no policeman was present at the site. Later, they lodged a complaint with the Kotwali police station. —
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Man, son die after falling into well
Hoshiarpur, August 18 Later, Raju tried to rescue them and got entangled in the rope hanging on the well and became unconscious. Meanwhile, people assembled at the well and rescued Raju but Masoon and Mohamad could not be saved. — OC |
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