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Local man’s ownership dream turns hazy
Gujjarpura violence
Ranike lays stone of dairy training centre
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‘Punjabi NRI unhappy with SAD’
Cricketer Harbhajan Singh interacts with mediapersons at SAD candidate Hans Raj Hans’ residence in Jalandhar on Monday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
BJP leader dead
Badal flayed for blaming UPA govt
3 die in road mishaps
Lovers’ bodies recovered
Punj’s statement criticised
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Local man’s ownership dream turns hazy
Jalandhar, February 16 Despite the fact that Mukerian BJP leader and chairman of the panchayat samiti Ajay Kaushal could not even manage to seek shelter on the matter from the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court, he has not handed over the petrol station at Kolian village to Rajesh Kumar who was allotted the station by the company on September 6, 2006. Kaushal’s SLP (special leave petition) in the matter before the Supreme Court was dismissed on September 19, 2008. Kaushal, however, claimed that since he owned the 75-marla petrol station site at Kolian village, he could not leave it like that. “The company or the LoI holder cannot take this land from me,”
he maintained. Rajesh Kumar, on the contrary, claims that the land had been taken by the company from another party on lease and there were still 30 years to go. The matter has clearly become a major issue in the area. Every time that the company officials
have tried to take possession of the pump, the situation is said to have become volatile. The HPCL officials have even taken the help of the administration and the police in the matter. Hoshiarpur DC is said to have even appointed a naib-tehsildar as duty magistrate for taking over of the retail outlet but without any success. The whole issue has reportedly upset the life of Rajesh Kumar who had to quit his job as a marketing officer with the Reliance company. “I was earning a handsome salary but I had to forgo it for that was a pre-requisite for me to get a LoI. For the past more than two years, my life has turned into hell. I am without a job and I am finding it extremely difficult to pay back my car and home loans. My family apprehends a threat to my life but I am adamant on fighting it out,” he said. “The HPCL is now stressing on taking over the site from me on the coming Monday and I am very worried,” he expressed. DSP Mukerian Ramesh Kumar Dogra said police would fully support the company for taking over. “We will go there with the entire force. Earlier too I had sent a police party but fearing a clash, I had asked them to withdraw,” he said. |
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Two accused arrested
P.K. Jaiswar Tribune News Service
Amritsar, February 16 The police has started the procedure for attachment of the illegal properties of the accused after verification. Gujjarpura, situated on the outskirts of the city, remained tense due to a group clash between the Shama and Sonu Kangla gangs over a minor issue of eve-teasing by Kaka Mental, member of the Sonu Kangla gang. The police seized a country-made .12-bore pistol and a kirpan from them while search is on to arrest the remaining culprits, identified as Dawinder Singh, Vikram, Deepak, Dhanchu and Ram Singh, brother of Shama. Three FIRs under sections 307, 336, 324, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act were registered against the two groups on the day of the violence.
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Cong dharna against power cuts
Jalandhar, February 16 The protesters, led by PPCC secretaries Virendra Sharma and Samarth Oberoi Kaku and DCC chief Arun Walia, raised slogans against Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government for acute shortage of power even in winter. The Congress leaders alleged that while the regular power was not supplied to common man even during festivals like Ravidass Jayanti, special arrangements were made for uninterrupted supply on January 21 to enable the people of the state to watch live telecast of swearing-in ceremony of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for which the government exchequer suffered the loss of more than Rs 3 crore. The vehicular traffic was also adversely affected for sometime during the dharna. Kaku alleged that chief engineer (Jalandhar circle) T.S. Thind misbehaved with him when he along with other Congressmen went to his office on Friday to submit a memorandum to him to be forwarded to the PSEB chairman to draw his attention towards the problems being faced by common man due to power cuts. The chief engineer should apologise for his misbehaviour, he added. |
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Ranike lays stone of dairy training centre
Amritsar, February 16 While addressing a state-level technical conference on the importance of dairy in the agriculture economy, Ranike said the government had earmarked Rs 15 crore for setting up nine such training centres. He revealed that the veterinary polyclinic would have a modern operation theatre for both large and small animals with facilities of anesthesia, surgery and postoperative care. Besides, a gynaecologist, medicine experts and pathologists would also provide every kind of treatment, he added. He said the government was also contemplating to set up five ultramodern animal markets with facilities like veterinary hospitals. He said that 19 new animal hospitals were being set up at the block level in the state. He said that senior officers of the dairy development department had been authorised to take samples of milk and in case of failure of any sample they were entitled to initiate legal action to check adulteration of milk. Ranike inaugurated the Dr BR Ambedkar Bhavan constructed at a cost of
Rs 1.5 crore. Ranike, who is also the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes welfare minister, said till now the government had distributed Rs 1.5 crore under the “Shagun” scheme among 1,000 girls in the city in 2008-09. The arrangements had been made to give Rs 6 crore to the needy girls. |
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‘Punjabi NRI unhappy with SAD’
Jalandhar, February 16 Stating this, the national president of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), Bhagwan Dass Badhan, said the NRIs from Punjab wanted to defeat the SAD in the coming Lok Sabha elections for opposing Dr Manmohan Singh government. PPCC secretary Virendra Sharma, DCC chief Arun Walia and president of the Birmingham branch of the IOC Jagtar Singh Panesar were also present. A large number of Punjabis settled abroad were coming to Punjab to campaign against the SAD, he said, claiming that the Congress would emerge victorious at all 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab due to pro-public policies of the UPA government. The IOC would organise a two-day eye operation-cum-medical camp at Gurdwara Bhai Sewa Singh in Lohgarh village on the Goraya-Bara Pind road in Jalandhar district on February 16 and 17 and a one-day eye operation and medical camp would be organised at the higher secondary school, Dhade Fateh Singh, near Sham Chaurasi, in Hoshiarpur district on February 22, they added. |
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Harbhajan supports Hans in LS poll
Jalandhar, February 16 The state singer said, “If I succeeds in vowing voters with the presence of the cricketer then what is wrong in it?” The parliamentary candidate, however, claimed that delay in declaration of candidates from the Jalandhar seat by other parties would benefit him as he had already completed his first round of election campaign in the constituency. Hans, however, claimed that he had invited Harbhajan Singh for a cup of tea besides wishing him good luck for his New Zealand trip. Harbhajan Singh claimed that he was here to wish Hans luck. He said Hans was a star icon of India, who needed no publicity.
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BJP leader dead
Amritsar, February 16 He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. His cremation was attended by a large number of state BJP and RSS leaders. Notable among them were Lakshmi Kanta Chawla, medical education minister, Tikshan Sood, parliamentary affairs minister, Anil Joshi, MLA, and Rameshwar, RSS pracharak for northern India. Kalia had unsuccessfully contested assembly constituency elections for three times. The Shri Radha Krishan Mandir Society, Mahal village, mourned the demise of the BJP leader.
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Badal flayed for blaming UPA govt
Hoshiarpur, February 16 Besides, with the efforts of union tourism and culture affairs minister Ambika Soni, the central government had recently allotted Rs 15.65 crore from the backward region grant fund (BRGF) to Hoshiarpur district, but in the absence of a district planning committee (DPC), no money had been released.
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3 die in road mishaps
Hoshiarpur, February 16 In another road accident, Harjinder Singh (40) of Dhade Fateh Singh died when his motorcycle skided near the village. In the third accident, driver Diwan Chand of Dharam Kot Sanaur died when he fell down from his truck near local Bajwa petrol station last night. The police has sent the bodies to the local civil
hospital for post-mortem examination. — OC |
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Lovers’ bodies recovered
Pathankot, February 16 SP Harpreet Singh said some employees of the irrigation department noticed the bodies and informed the police. The SP said the bodies had not been identified yet and had been kept in the civil hospital. He said both the persons have committed suicide.
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Punj’s statement criticised
Amritsar, February 16 CPI district secretary Amarjit Singh Assal said here today Punj should think before giving such statements. He blamed the BJP leader for twisting facts for maligning the Communists. A number of freedom fighters belonged to the Communist parties, whereas the BJP was a non-entity before 1947, he added.
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