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Sucha murder case
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 4 The accused arrested today have been identified as Navdeep Kakra of Bhawanigarh, Madanjeet Hailley of Fatehgarh Sahib and Karan Singh of Mata Gujri Colony. According to the police, the accused were intercepted during a special naka, who were travelling in a car, near Shamsher Nagar Chowk in Sirhind. The police has also recovered the weapons used for killing Sucha Singh. They were produced before the magistrate and were sent in police remand for two days. Police officials said one of the accused involved in the case was still absconding and would soon be arrested. The police had earlier arrested six people involved in the murder two days after the incident.
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Patiala councillors up in arms against Mayor
Patiala, August 4 The councillors, including Jaspal Singh and Shaminderpal Singh Minta, alleged that the Mayor had lost the moral right to stay in power as the majority of the councillors wanted him to go as he no longer enjoyed their confidence and support. They said it was for the Shiromani Akali Dal high command to decide whether it wanted to back the Mayor who had lost the right to lead the party or to have a replacement for him. They alleged that the corporation had purchased about 2,000 sodium map bulbs of 150 watts while the fitting fixed on these lamps was of 70 watts and in each of the fittings a sum of Rs 400 had been pocketed. They also alleged that the work of sinking of tubewells in the town had been given to a personal assistant of the Mayor. Out of the new 31 tubewells he had been assigned the task of sinking 10 tubewells. They maintained that the motors at these tubewells were of poor quality and many of the motors failed soon after the tubewells were commissioned. In many of these tubewells it was detected that the PVC pipe used had been of inferior quality and it broke at several places. The councillors charged that the Sunny Enclave on Devigarh road had been given no objection certificate in matter of days allegedly for a consideration of Rs 25 lakh. Similarly, the Sunrise Hotel on the Sirhind road had been allowed to take possession of a vacant 150 yards plot of commercial use for a consideration of Rs 20 lakh. Similarly, there were many more instances where the Mayor and his associates had collected huge funds. They also alleged that Mayor’s father Surjit Singh Kohli and a close councillor of the Mayor Gona had been running several gambling dens and also running trade of kerosene. Earlier, the councillors had raised a banner of revolt against Kohli and the party high command had to intervene and called a truce till August 3 as byelections to state assembly were scheduled for that date. However, with the byelections being over now, the councillors have launched a concerted campaign against Ajit Pal Singh Kohli.
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School bus drivers say no to overloading, stage dharna
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 4 The school authorities reportedly ordered removal of all eight buses running on contract basis. The school management has only four buses out of 12 and private contractors owned the rest. Bus drivers accused school management of discontinuing contract before its expiry date. They said these buses have a seating capacity of 32 each and instead they ferry nearly 70 children beside four or five teachers. Drivers alleged that despite repeated requests to the school authorities and principal to increase number of buses, no action has been initiated in this regard. “When we refused to ferry children, more than the seating capacity, the school authorities turned a blind eye and refused to take the services of these buses,” alleged the bus drivers. The drivers have filed a complaint with Deputy Commissioner, district education officer and transport officer. They have accused school authorities of forcing them to ferry more children in buses against norms and breaking contract before its validity. The school principal GK Tyagi vehemently denied all the allegations. He, however, said the school authorities had sold a bus to these drivers. “When we asked for jack and spare tyres of the sold bus, these drivers staged dharna and tried to pressurise us,” he alleged.
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Pay Scale
Kalka, August 4 TN Saini, former treasurer of state unit of the Haryana Government College Teachers Association (HGCTA) and Shanti Selani, president and vice-president, respectively of a local unit of Government Postgraduate College, Kalka, said the teachers throughout Haryana would stage dharna in their colleges from 9am to 2 pm, as the teachers would be on mass casual leave and from August 7 to 10. The teachers with free periods instead of sitting in the staff room, would sit on dharna between 9 am to 2 pm and the routine dharna between 1 to 2 pm would continue on three days. Notably, as a mark of resentment against the non-implementation of the UGC grades/Sixth Pay Commission recommendation, the Haryana Government College Teachers Association (HGCTA) under the banner of Haryana Federations of Universities and College Teachers Organisation had launched a stir from July 27 to 30 under which all the teachers of Haryana had protested against the state government with black badges between 1pm to 2 pm in their respective colleges. On July 27, a memorandum was submitted to Haryana Chief Minister through Kalka SDM by the local teachers. They added that on July 31 all the teachers of government colleges and private colleges of Haryana had staged a dharna before the office of Commissioner, Higher Education, Panchkula. Yesterday the teachers had protested in Rohtak also against the state government. They alleged that despite the declaration given by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the lecturers of the government colleges had not been given cadre of Class I officer. The state government had also made promises that after getting the fitment table/pay fixation formula from the Ministry of Central Human Resources Development, the teachers of colleges would be given salaries according to the UGC. But nothing happened so far.
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Link roads to be constructed in Kalka
Kalka, August 4 Notably, a delegation of people of the area, headed by Vijay Bansal, former state secretary of the Congress, recently met Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana, during his visit at the inaugural function of new additional building at
ITI, Kalka. It had submitted a memorandum to Hooda relating to most of the villages of Kalka, which were in a dire need of new link roads, as its non-availability in these villages was causing a hurdle in starting various development projects here. |
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Bijjanpur registers 94 pc polling
Dera Bassi, August 4 Closely trailing behind Bijjanpur is another village in Dera Bassi, Mukanpur, which has recorded 90 per cent polling. An analysis of the polling pattern reveals that the electorates in the rural belts of Dera Bassi and Lalru registered a high turnout with most of the polling stations recording above 70 per cent voting. The least interested voters were from the Zirakpur area. Considered to be a stronghold of MC president NK Sharma, a polling station in Lohgarh recorded the lowest turnout of 38 per cent polling. The low turnout reflects the efforts put in by Akali and Congress leaders during campaigning in the Zirakpur area. On the other hand, the campaigning at the Dera Bassi and Lalru yielded results with both the areas recording a high percentage of polling. According to officials in the election department, of the total 1,83,880 voters in the Banur constituency, 1,30,677 exercised their franchise. The number of male and female voters who cast their votes was 70,195 and 60,482, respectively. In Chatt village, which has Congress candidate Deepinder Singh and SAD candidate Jasjit Singh Bunny as registered voters, 80 per cent polling has been reported. The village always witnesses keen contest between the Akalis and the Congress. As one moves from Dera Bassi to Banur, a drop in the percentage of polling in some of the polling stations has been reported. Political analysts do not rule out the chances of cross voting. |
Ragging at PU
Chandigarh, August 4 The court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC), Mahesh Kumar, today rejected the bail plea of the two, Saurab Nandel and Rupesh. Saurab, who was suspended from the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), had surrendered at the Sector 11 police station yesterday. The Panjab University authorities had lodged an FIR against Saurab following the complaint of a student, who was ragged at the boys’ hostel.
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Consumer Courts
Chandigarh, August 4 Power connection was installed in SCO 274, Sector 32, owned by the wife of the complainant, Prem Avatar, which was let-out on rent. After a prolonged litigation, the complainant got vacated the first and second floors of the SCO from the tenants and got its possession in March, 2008. The power connection was in the name of his wife and supply of electricity was regular. The complainant visited the electricity department, UT, and got issued a duplicate bill, which showed the unpaid bill of Rs 61,908 payable till April 7, 2008. The complainant paid the entire amount of Rs 61,908 and it was stated in the petition that in spite of depositing the complete dues to the department, they arbitrarily raised another bill of Rs 1.6 lakh alleging ‘theft of energy’ without any basis and disconnected the connection to first and second floors for around four months. The power was ultimately restored following the deposit of the amount. It was further averred that Rs 1.6 lakh raised by the department was illegal and arbitrary. It was asserted that the basement and ground floor of the SCO was on rent with the State Bank of Patiala and the electricity department had arbitrarily and without the consent of the complainant transferred the electricity meter/connection of ground floor and basement to the name of tenants i.e. State Bank of Patiala. In its reply, the electricity department stated that since no payment was received from account No. 3206/827400 in the name of Devinderjit Kaur, wife of the complainant, after May 11, 2004, the connection was disconnected from March 26 to May 26, 2005 on defaulting amount of Rs 48,711. The account was disconnected on account of defaulting amount and the consumer was required to apply for a new connection along with the requisite security. However, the complainant did not complete the formalities after depositing the defaulting amount, they added. Moreover, the occupants of SCO No 274, top floor, were found indulging in power theft. The connection was checked in the presence of complainant’s representatives and one independent witness. It was stated that the complainant’s tenants, M/s Neoteric Informative Ltd, were accordingly charged a compounding fee of Rs 1.6 lakh under Section 152 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for theft of electricity.
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Ward No. 10 Bypoll
Chandigarh, August 4 A spate of allegations and counter-allegations ensued between both sides as they met higher authorities in the police as well the administration seeking a fair probe into the matter. Apprehending breach of peace, the police initiated action and booked six persons of both sides under Sections 107 and 150 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The by-election is scheduled for August 8. Badheri alleged that his son along with others was sticking posters at Buterla village last night when Malkiat Singh, an SAD-BJP activist, objected to it and hurled abuses at them. Badheri called the police around 12 am stating that tension was brewing at the village and the situation could take a violent turn. Badheri further alleged that after a few minutes, his son called him up saying that Malkiat was threatening them, following which he asked his son to come back. He called up police station-39 SHO Janak Rana around 12.30 am briefing him about the situation. He then came out of his residence to see off former Mayor Pardeep Chhabra and others. When he was returning home, Mohan Singh, brother of Jhujhar Singh, chairman of the BJP Kisan Cell, allegedly attacked him with a stick. He allegedly hit him on the head, legs and fingers. Later, Malkiat, his brother Hardeep Singh, Rajinder Singh, alias Raju and Didar Singh allegedly joined them in the attack. Accusing the police of inaction, Badheri alleged that the assailants continued hurling abuses at him in the presence of the police. The police later took him to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16. On the other hand, Jhujhar alleged that Mohan Singh was sticking posters, which Badheri tore. Badheri later attacked Mohan, he alleged. He was then allegedly joined by Badheri’s three brothers — Narinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Skindar Singh — along with Raman Khanna and Bhupinder Singh. Later in the day, a delegation led by BB Behl, president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, met UT IGP SK Jain seeking a fair probe. They stated that Badheri had apprehended to the police about attack but the delay in police action led to worsening of the situation. Briefing mediapersons, Behl stated that it was a family feud and the opposition party was lending it a political hue. Similarly, a delegation of SAD-BJP activists led by Satpal Jain and former Mayor Harjinder Kaur met the UT Home Secretary and the IGP alleging that Bhupinder had started the brawl under the influence of liquor and attacked their men. The SHO said they had taken preventive action against both sides and were probing the matter. He said the medical examination of Bhupinder suggested that he smelled of alcohol but was not drunk.
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Kishore wins two titles
Chandigarh, August 4 Kishore also annexed the mixed doubles title in partnership with Suman Gupta, defeating J.K. Bhardwaj and Meenakshi Puri, 2-0. There was tough fight in the women’s singles final where Suman overpowered Manju Sharma 11-5, 6-11, 11-7 to clinch the title. H.L. Goyal of the PSEB distributed the prizes. Other final results: Men’s singles (above 40): Jawahar Bhandari (Ldh) b Inderjit Singh (DCW) 11-6, 11-5. Above 50: Amarjot Singh b R.S. Phul 11-5, 11-6 Women’s doubles (above 35): Inderbir Marya & Shammi b Preet Sandhu & Shabnam 11-5,11-2. Men’s doubles: Bikram Sharma & Sanjeev Kapuria b R. Sarwal & S. Walia 11-5, 11-7.
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Holy Child eves beat Little Flower school
Panchkula, August 4 From the starting, the Holy Child team pressurised Little Flower team and won with ease. Gul Walia top-scored with 12 points. Earlier, in the semi-final match, Holy Child School defeated Army School by 20-2. In the initial round, Holy Child School bagged their first win against DPS, Pinjore, with a score of 20-4. Gul Walia was the top scorer with 12 points, Arshiya Nain and Srishti Ramavat scored three points each. From DPS side, the only scorer was Vastika.
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