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LS polls: State CPI (M) to contest one seat only
Plot to kill Dera Sacha Sauda chief |
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Silver jubilee of Rajputana Rifles
Traders seek early decision on pending I-T cases
PSEB to conduct special exam for girls on Feb 14
Stir enters 8th day
Farmers sent to judicial remand
Dr Yash Sharma to head IMA’s state unit
Cong begins campaign
BJP seeks reduction in bus fares
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LS polls: State CPI (M) to contest one seat only
Bathinda, February 12 Charan Singh Virdi, acting secretary of the state unit, informed TNS here today that the decision was reached at after a meeting of the state committee of the party at Chandigarh. Senior member Balbir Singh Jadla had chaired the meeting, he added. Virdi said the state unit in line with the all India election lines of the party would work for defeating both the Akali-BJP alliance and the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls in order to make a room for formation of an alternate non-BJP, non-Congress government at the Centre based upon the Left, democratic and secular principles. He said it had been decided that the party would only contest one out of the 13 seats in Punjab and would extend support to like-minded secular and democratic parties on other seats. The state committee strongly criticised Manmohan Singh government and the Akali-BJP government for not taking any concrete step to eradicate the sufferings of the industrial workers due to economic recession, he lamented. Virdi said the state committee termed the support price of Rs 1,080 per quintal for wheat as declared by the Central government as disadvantageous to the farmers. He also demanded from the Punjab government to implement the report of the Fifth Pay Commission immediately. Virdi informed that the CPI (M) would formally start its election campaign by organising public rallies at Nawanshahar on February 14 and at Balachaur on February 28, both of which fall in the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. Parkash Karat, general secretary of CPI (M), would address these rallies he added. |
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Plot to kill Dera Sacha Sauda chief
Ferozepur, February 12 The Director General of Police NPS Aulakh in a press conference held at Zira on November 8 last year claimed that the police had recovered a big cache of arms and ammunition in Amritsar and Ferozepur districts from them foiling the plot to kill controversial chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, Gurmeet Ram Rahim. However, Sukhwinder Singh in his petition has alleged that he was falsely implicated in that case by the police. He demanded from the High Court to hand over this case to the CBI for investigation. The total recoveries made by the police included 25 packets of Heroin, 5 AK-56 Rifles, its 7 magazines and 750 cartridges; 10 Chinese-make .30 bore pistols with 21 magazines and 140 cartridges and fake currency of 21-lakh rupees. The DGP at that time had claimed that the recovered arms and ammunition was smuggled into the Indian Territory from Pakistan through the Hussainiwala sector and was specifically meant to assassinate the spiritual leader. The other two persons arrested by the police were Gursagar Singh, son of Amarjit Singh resident of village Gumtala of Amritsar district and Kuldip Singh alias Billa, son of Resham Singh resident of Muthianwali, Ferozepur district. The police in a written statement issued to the media stated that Sukhwinder Singh during his interrogation had revealed that the recovered arms, heroin and fake currency was sent to him by Pakistan-based smugglers Ashraf Bhola, resident of Kasur and Nayeer Khan, a resident of Sialkot who was presently in jail. Two persons identified as Ashiq alias Arshad Afzal and one named Malangi brought this cache of arms on October 31 last year by crossing the border through the Hussainiwala sector. |
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Silver jubilee of Rajputana Rifles
Abohar, February 12 He complimented and garlanded Captain Pradeep Chaudhary, in-charge, and other members of the team as they stepped down of well-decorated camels that had traversed 350 km distance starting from Bikaner on January 29. Those present included Brigadier Abhay Krishna, Brigadier Y.P. Goyal, Colonel Ashish Mishra, Colonel Sukhdeep Sangwan and commanding officer Colonel Ram Singh Bishnoi. All the safari team members were dressed in eye-catching Rajasthani costumes. Many spectators, including ex-servicemen, were also sporting Rajasthani headgear. Colonel Bishnoi said that the regiment was founded on February 11, 1985, under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Colonel Ashish Mishra and Subedar Major Bhanwer Singh. The regiment had given a guard of honour to the President of Ethiopia and India in 1985-86. Lieutenant Colonel Y.P. Goyal, Colonel Parkash Chaudhary, Lieutenant Colonel Mukesh Sethi were the subsequent commanding officers. The unit has the distinction of getting citation in comparatively lesser period and excelled during operation Rakshak besides bringing laurels in most of the sports and professional competitions. Vibha Krishna, Kamlesh Sethi and Sangeeta Sangwan jointly inaugurated the silver jubilee function by releasing white pigeons as perfectly dressed children allowed balloons to touch the sky. Mohit topped in the fancy dress competition while Rifleman Ram Singh stood first in the sack race. A dozen other sports events, playing of popular old song tunes by the band marked the celebrations. |
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Traders seek early decision on pending I-T cases
Fazilka, February 12 Traders of Fazilka led by Beopar Mandal president Ashok Gulbadhar attended the meeting. I-T officials D.K.Gupta and O.P. Nagpal, I-T Advisory Committee member Ashok Aneja of Jalalabad, Beopar Mandal Fazilka patron Dina Nath Sachdeva and Surinder Kuma Ahuja, Subhash Challana, general secretary of Punjab unit Satish Dhingra, Artiya Association General Secretary Roshan Lal Bharti, I-T advisor Subhash Chander Jhamb highlighted relating to assessment and scrutiny of cases and departmental survey and filling of tax returns before Kapoor and I-T Commissioner Sohi. The traders demanded that unsettles cases of traders of Fazilka, Jalalabad and Abohar areas up to annual turnover of Rs 5 lakh which have been pending in Bathinda office since long be decided. They also urged that these cases be transferred to I-T office at Abohar for the convenience of traders. Kapoor who is the also the president of Punjab Pardesh Beopar Mandal supported the demands of the traders and requested the I-T Commissioner to sort out their problems on a priority basis. Responding to the demands and suggestions of the traders, Income Tax Commissioner Sohi said that as far as cases of scrutiny are concerned, they were dealt according to directions of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He said that the Bathinda zone deals with about 175,000 assessment cases and of these, only 1300 cases are of scrutiny which comprise less then one per cent of the total assessment cases. He maintained that was a negligible figure. He further said that if any I-T case was to be checked even after scrutiny then the laid down procedure of seeking permission of the Chief Income Tax Commissioner has to be taken. Sohi dispelled fears of Income Tax assesses and said that the department was only keen to verify the facts provided by the assesse. Relating to demand of survey of income tax assesse, he said that such survey were conducted only with his prior permission. He admitted that there are some bottlenecks in TDS and fringe benefit taxes. He, however, added that if the basic financial structure of income tax payee was correct then such hurdles could be overcome easily. The I-T Commissioner said that there had been no complaints relating to the functioning of the I-T offices in this zone which is a matter of satisfaction. |
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RPF plays good samaritan for ‘rich, distressed’ woman
Bathinda, February 12 Sources said that the RPF in the morning got the information that a woman had been drawing everyone’s attention at platform number 8. She was wearing jewelleries and speaking incoherently. The RPF post commander M.K. Panwar swung into action and brought the woman to his office with the help of a woman constable. During interrogation, Panwar said, she told her name as Sunita Goyal Kohaliwala. She appeared distressed and was speaking incoherently, he added. During search of her luggage, the RPF found cash Rs 23,805, seven Kisan Vikas Patra, jewelleries, including gold, currency of Bhutan, other items and a paper containing phone number, Panwar said. When contacted over a phone number, Panwar found that the number was of a nursing home situated at Siliguri and being run by Dr R.K. Agarwal. As per Panwar, Dr Agarwal said that a woman named Sunita was admitted to the nursing home and was suffering from tuberculosis and others ailments. Panwar attempts to find out kin of the woman went futile. Later, the RPF produced the woman before the CJM Bathinda, Baljinder Singh, who ordered the RPF to get her medical examination conducted. The CJM also ordered for getting the estimate of the value of the jewellery from a reputed jewellery shop. The woman would be
produced before the CJM again on Friday after the medical examination and other formalities. Panwar said the RPF had been making efforts to contact her relatives. |
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PSEB to conduct special exam for girls on Feb 14
Bathinda, February 12 Baljinder Singh Mann, DEO (secondary) said the exam aimed at motivating the girl students of classes VI and VII to take interest in education, as the level of education in the state had seen a decline. The PSEB would examine these girls in Mathematics, English, Social Studies and Science. Savita, who is working on the project, said, “The question paper to be attempted in two hours will be of 100 marks and the questions would be based on four subjects carrying 25 marks each. Students of classes VI and VII are at the right age to be drifted towards education. The exam would initiate a competitive spirit in them. Those securing first three positions will be rewarded with Rs 2,000, Rs 1,500 and Rs 1,000, respectively." Sources stated that there were six blocks in Bathinda and the prizes would be given block wise. Dr Gurdeep Singh, district science supervisor, told The Tribune that the result would be declared on February 19 and the prizes would be given at the end of this month. |
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Stir enters 8th day
Bathinda, February 12 In order to register their voice in the minds of general public, the RMOs organised a free medical awareness camp at Beant Nagar locality. A large number of patients were treated on the spot and free medicines were also distributed. They had also made arrangements to check the level of haemoglobin in patients and iron folic acid tablets were distributed to young girls, expecting and lactating mothers. In wake of the crumbling health infrastructure of Punjab, RMOs distributed ladoos to symbolise "promises of health services" by the Akali-BJP government before the general elections. Dr Rajesh Sharma, spokesperson of the RMSA, urged people either to eat those laddoos or join the RMOs' agitation, who were fighting for the right to affordable and good health of people. |
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Farmers sent to judicial remand
Mansa, February 12 Farmer leaders who were sent to judicial remand included state president of Punjab Kisan Union Ruldu Singh Mansa, district president Karnail Singh, Bhoora Singh Mann, Harjinder Singh Manshia, Bakhtawar Singh, Jagraj Singh, Channa Singh and Naib Singh. Meanwhile, farmers today staged a dharna in front of the DC office against the arrest of their leaders. The dharna was addressed by district secretary of Punjab Kisan Union Balkarn Singh Balli, state secretary of CPI (ML) Rajvinder Singh Rana, Bhagwant Singh Sammaon, Gurnaam Singh Bikhi, Sukhcharan Singh Danewalia and Hakam Singh Jhuneer. Farmers have decided to burn the effigies of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in different villages on February 13 and 14 against the arrest of farmers leaders. |
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Dr Yash Sharma to head IMA’s state unit
Bathinda, February 12 The vice-presidents are Dr Arun Mitra and Dr P.S.
Bakshi. Dr H.S. Narang and Dr Jasdeep Singh were elected as the honorary secretary and the treasurer, respectively. Soon after assuming office, the newly-elected office-bearers started the work to promote advance and allied medical services in the state. Dr Narang said that the new team, along with past office-bearers of the state
IMA, also constituted a 'patient grievances cell' for the benefit of the patients.
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Cong begins campaign
Abohar, February 12 He, however, had to cut short the schedule upon getting information that mother of his personal assistant had passed away in Malout. Conceding that the party high command had not so far allotted him the ticket, Brar said even his contemporaries in Congress endorsed the idea of having small meetings in the rural areas since the SAD (B) and BJP were actively campaigning.
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BJP seeks reduction in bus fares
Bathinda, February 12 Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, president, Punjab BJP investor cell, stated in a press release that he had written a letter to state transport minister Master Mohan Lal seeking the cut, as the price of diesel had come down by Rs 4. Grewal added that the decision had put a burden on over 8.5 lakh commuters, who travel by 2,418 buses of the Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation and the PEPSU Roadways Transport Corporation daily. He further stated that as the SAD-BJP government in Punjab was committed to 'Raj Nahi Seva', it should immediately reduce bus fares from 49 paise to 40 paise per km to provide much-awaited relief to the common man of the state, especially when the diesel prices had rolled back to just over Rs 30.
— TNS |
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