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State to launch pilot project for water
supply
Speculation over CM’s visit to Mann’s
house
Cong misled masses on development:
Sukhbir
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Tardy implementation of PNDT Act
37 pc farmers want to opt out of
agriculture: Study
Nanakshahi Calendar
Nangal MC to hold poll after nine years
State plans boost for small enterprises
State to form labour welfare board
ISI trying to revive Punjab terrorism,
says police chief
End of insurance scheme exposes lakhs
to health risk
3 effluent treatment plants for
Ludhiana
Bt brinjal safe technology: Kang
School celebrates golden jubilee
HC judge’s mother cremated
Trader commits suicide
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State to launch pilot project for water
supply
Chandigarh, October 18 Since supply of potable water has been a major area of concern in the state for the past few decades because of high toxicity levels, the state Water Supply and Sanitation Department has under the national policy on rural drinking water programme taken upon itself the responsibility to provide every rural person with adequate water for drinking, cooking and other domestic needs on a sustainable basis. Under the Morinda pilot project, the private agency will also be responsible for collecting water charges by its own employees. The agency will also ensure reliable water supply hours in every village and will take prompt action in case of any complaint of breakdown or pollution in water. Talking to The Tribune here, Paramjit Singh Aujla, Secretary, Water Supply and Sanitation Department, said since problem was acute in Southern Punjab because of brackish water with high concentration of fluorides, reverse osmosis plants had been installed in 197 villages while work on installation of 130 more such plants was in advanced stage. The state government wants to cover all villages of Bathinda, Mansa, Ferozepur, Muktsar and Faridkot with assured availability of water through alternate techniques. A nominal rate of 10 paise a litre is being charged for water supply at doorstep in rural areas. In return, the villagers get potable water of high standard that is reliable even in peak summer season when demand for drinking water increases manifold. The executing agencies, says Aujla, have been engaged not only to build water treatment plants but also to operate and maintain these plants for seven years free of cost. These agencies will pay back Rs 451.87 lakh to the state as a whole in this operate and maintain period. The department has also undertaken an ambitious project of organising workshops under water quality surveillance programme where each village is given a water testing kit that can test 100 samples of water for eight to 12 parameters.
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Speculation over CM’s visit to Mann’s
house
Ferozepur, October 18 The CM’s
visit to his native village Chak Suhelewala, along with his brother
Gurdass Badal, former MP, and the entire administrative machinery, has
raised speculations about the motive behind this sudden gesture.
Earlier, Badal had visited Mann’s village in 2005. Irrigation
Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon, former MLA Paramjit Singh, SGPC members
and SAD leaders were also present during the visit. Though the visit
was labelled as “ personal” and mediapersons were not allowed, it
generated speculation regarding some secret understanding between the
two families, which has also caused turbulence amid Mann’s rival
camp. MP Sher Singh Ghubaya and some other SAD leaders, whose
differences with Mann are an open secret, received the CM at the
helipad, but they did not accompany him to Mann’s village. A
three-time MP Mann has remained a trusted lieutenant of the SAD and
“Badal parivar”, in particular. Even in times of adversaries, Mann stood by the Badal family. His closeness to the Badals had made him a man of an immense political stature. However,
changed political equations perhaps forced the SAD to “ignore”
Mann, who had virtually gone into hibernation after the denial of Lok
Sabha ticket. Earlier, Mann had developed differences with the
Badal family ostensibly over the allotment of Assembly ticket to his
bete noire Ghubaya. Owing to his opposition to Ghubaya’s
candidature, Rai Sikhs also developed a bad taste for Mann.
Notwithstanding Mann’s opposition during the last Assembly
elections, Ghubaya won the seat with a record margin. Earlier this year, when Sukhbir Badal decided to contest the Assembly byelection from Jalalabad, speculations were rife that Akalis may coax Mann and bring him back into the active party fold as he still wields a lot of influence in this area, especially amid Jatt Sikhs. However,
fearing a backlash by the Rai Sikhs, who constitute almost 50 per cent
of the total electorate in this segment, the SAD preferred to keep
Mann at arm’s length. Political analysts feel that senior Badal wants to keep senior party leaders in good humour so as to ensure smooth elevation of his son and Deputy CM to the top post whenever he decides to do so, which seems inevitable sooner or later. The
CM refused to divulge any details about his visit and said his
relations with Mann’s family were old and everlasting. On the
other hand, Mann, in a diplomatic tone, said it was Badal’s own
house and he did not need to wait for any occasion or reason to visit
him. He said, “Differences do take place within a family, but it
does mean that you stop meeting each other.”
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Cong misled masses on development:
Sukhbir
Patiala, October 18 “Punjab didn’t get a single big development
project during the Congress rule, whereas during the two and half
years tenure of the SAD-BJP government, the state got several
development projects, including that of thermal plant, international
airport, roads and other types of infrastructure. So, we challenge the
Congress leaders to have an open debate on this crucial issue,” said
Sukhbir, while speaking to mediapersons at the residence of senior
vice-president of SAD Harinderpal Singh Harry here this evening. Continuing
his verbal attacks on the Congress, Sukhbir said, “Punjab is at
present reeling under the power crisis because the previous Congress
government did nothing to meet the power demand.” Deputy CM also
announced that in order to make police officials accountable, he would
be convening a meeting of the SSPs of all districts of Punjab on a
monthly basis. “The performance of every senior officer will be
assessed to ensure that the police department performs its duties
diligently,” he said, while adding that the government was taking
the issue of corruption, fake currency and drug addiction among the
youth seriously and necessary steps were being taken to deal with
them. On the issue of the Union Government’s move that instead of
the Governor, the Chief Commissioner will govern Chandigarh, Sukhbir
said they would oppose this decision “tooth and nail”. Regarding
the pending issues of giving Chandigarh to Punjab, he said, “We will
continue to press our demand of giving Chandigarh to Punjab in a
democratic manner.” Sukhbir, however, evaded the media regarding the statement given by the Punjab DGP, wherein he had categorically said that the ISI was trying to revive terrorism in Punjab.
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Tardy implementation of PNDT Act
Jalandhar, October 18 As the state has a highly skewed sex ratio and high incidence of female foeticide, the Act was enacted to check the killing of female child in the womb. The average sex ratio (0-6 years of age) in the state is 798 females against 1,000 males. The state had a good enforcement of the Act till 2006. However, after taking over of the new SAD-BJP government, the enforcement of the Act has abated. There are 1,355 registered genetic counselling, genetic laboratories and genetic clinics in the state. Under the Act, 13 court cases were launched in 2006. However, the number came down to six in 2007 and again in 2008, it was six, whereas in the first eight months of the current year it came down to two. Number of the notices issued under Section 20 of the Act came down to 26 in 2007 from 75 in 2006. It was 31 in 2008 and 15 in the first eight months of 2009. Notice under this section is given asking the owner to explain that why the registration of the centre should not be cancelled or suspended. Nil performance of the Act was reported in only two districts - Mansa and Tarn Taran in 2006. However, the enforcement of the Act was reported nil in 10 districts - Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Moga, Mohali, Muktsar, Nawanshahr, Sangrur and Tarn Taran. There was neither court case nor any notice issued under Section 20 during 2007 in these districts. Even in remaining part of the state, there were three districts where some notices were served under Section 20. In
the current year, till the end of August, two court cases had been
launched an action under Section 20 has been taken in 15 cases. The
number of district with nil figure has gone up to 14 till August 31.
In other words, the number of non-performing districts — Amrtisar,
Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur,
Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Mansa, Moga, Patiala and Tarn Taran
— has gone up to 14 till August 31 from two in 2006 as far as non
enforcing of the Act is concerned. Interestingly, Ferozepur district with nil performance in the enforcement of Act in 2008 and 2009 has the best sex ratio (0-6 years of age) of 822 females against 1,000 males and far above the state average of 798. The adjoining district Moga also with nil performance in the enforcement of Act during 2007, 2008 and till August end has a sex ratio of 818, the second best in the state. Bathinda district, which has so far registered highest number of court cases (12 cases till date) has the worst sex ratio of 785 and the adjoining Mansa district with nil performance in the implementation of the Act has also sex ratio of 782, almost on par with Bathinda.
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37 pc farmers want to opt out of
agriculture: Study
Chandigarh, October 18 The study, by eminent economist Ranjit Singh Ghumman of the Punjabi University, claims that the agriculture has become untenable for a large number of the farmers in the state due to rising cost of cultivation and declining net return, which has resulted in a steep increase in indebtedness among the farmers that, according to the study, has been between Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 crore. Ghumman
said around 64 per cent of the farmers with land holdings of up to 10
acres would fall into a debt trap in the next decade and another 20
per cent, comprising two third of the medium farmers would be next in
line. “Keeping this transitional phase in mind, the government must
intervene effectively, if left to market forces the transition would
be very painful for the farmers,” he added. The Punjabi University
economist in his study on “Rural Economy of Punjab- Issues and
Solutions” said about 40 to 50 per cent of the total debt is from
non-institutional sources. He said this is likely to rise in the
coming years with the farmers having to spend more on submersible tube
wells and other inputs. The study says the Punjab farmers transformed food deficient India into food surplus, but paid a very high price. According to it, during the 1990s, the yield of major agricultural crops experienced stagnation. However, it says there seems to be an upward revision of yield since 2000-01, but the additional increments in yield are coming up at a very high cost. “Depleting
water table, ever-rising use of fertilisers and pesticides, over
mechanisation, declining fertility of the soil and almost stagnant MSP
have been the major reasons for the shrinkage of farmers’ income
from agriculture,” said Ghumman. The study calls for vertical integration of the agricultural produce with the industry for value addition and employment generation. Ghumman said the experience of diversification of the agriculture and rural industrialisation in the South-Asian countries in general and that of Taiwan in particular is worth replication. It also said the agricultural elimination of the high rents charged by the middleman has the power to transform agriculture into industry along with raising the rural income. The
study also calls for developing and strengthening the rural-non-farm
sector in a big way, so that surplus work force in agriculture and the
existing unemployed persons could be employed. It says cooperatives
should be assigned new roles and that judicious use of inputs (such as
tractors, tube wells and threshers) through farmers’ cooperatives
could save farmers from high individual cost. To ward off farmer suicides, Ghumman said the institutional loans should be written off, though after a careful scrutiny, as a one-time exception. The non-institutional loan or debt should also be settled as one time settlement by giving due consideration to already repaid amount. It says arhtiyas should also be regulated and they should not be allowed to charge a rate of interest beyond two per cent of interest rates of institutional loans.
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Nanakshahi Calendar Amritsar, October 18 The calendar is now scheduled to be amended or rectified by the Sikh scholars within about two months. The changed calendar is likely to be released on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh on January 5. The solar calendar, starting from the birth of Guru Nanak Dev in 1469, was designed by the Sikh scholar, Pal Singh Purewal, and was issued on Baisakhi at Takht Damdama Sahib in 2003. It was open to future amendments, if any. Meanwhile, various Sikh organisations have flayed the alleged hush-hush move aimed at “revocation” of the calendar or effecting of any “large-scale changes” in it. The decision to forward the calendar for amendments or rectifications, if any, was taken at a special meeting of the five Sikh high priests held at the Akal Takht on October 17. Those who, participated in the meeting, included the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, the Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, the Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar, Tarlochan Singh, the Takht Patna Sahib Jathedar Iqbal Singh, a representative of the Takht Hazoor Sahib, Jathedar Kulwant Singh, and the SGPC chief Avtar Singh. Though an effort was made by certain quarters to push for the withdrawal of the calendar at the outset of the meeting, the proposed move was shunned, following stiff opposition to the idea by the Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, who, it was learnt, pitched for unanimity of Sikhs on the issue, highly placed sources said. His unflinching stance, it was learnt, forced the Akal Takht Jathedar and others to forward the calendar to the SGPC for an exhaustive study by the Sikh scholars and calendar experts. The idea to bring about any sudden changes in the calendar, it was learnt, was also not taken well by the top SAD leadership. The Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh’s written statement, issued on October 18, said to ensure unity among the Sikh Panth, some Panthic organisations and sects had extended certain “valuable” suggestions that have been forwarded to the SGPC. The SGPC would be discussing the issue with Sikh scholars, Panthic organisations and calendar experts and would be submitting its detailed report on the issue to the Akal Takht. The amended calendar would be issued on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.
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Nangal MC to hold poll after nine years
Nangal, October 18 A class council of Ropar district has a whopping budget of Rs 17
crore. District-level leaders from both the ruling SAD-BJP and the
opposition Congress are leaving no stone unturned to gain control over
this “rich municipal council”. The term of last municipal body of the council ended in September 2005, after which no elections were held. Some local BJP leaders approached the court demanding delimitation of wards as per the state government policy of local bodies. Elections have remained mired in controversy after the high court put a stay on the elections on a petition by BJP leader Rakesh Kumar Sharma against the delimitation of wards during the previous Congress regime. For the past four years, Nangal SDM has been acting as the administrator of the MC. It was only after an advocate filed public interest litigation
(PIL), the Punjab and Haryana High Court passed orders in March ordering holding of elections within three months of the orders. “However,
those orders too lapsed in June and we filed another petition,” said
advocate Anuj Thakur, who filed contempt petition. Now as per the new delimitation, the number of wards has risen from 17 to 19. Four wards have been reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates, including three men and one woman candidate, six wards have been reserved for women, one for Backward Class candidate and eight for general category candidates. More than 30,000 voters would seal the fate of 19 candidates on November 10. The process of filing of nomination papers would begin on October 26 and October 29 is the last date to file nominations. Nominations would be scrutinised next day and the last date for withdrawal of candidature would be October 31.
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State plans boost for small enterprises
Chandigarh, October 18 According to minister Manoranjan Kalia, the Industries Department is reviewing the existing schemes and will shortly make changes that will ensure that small-scale industries are fully supported in all its efforts to upgrade its infrastructure. Kalia said the department had apprised Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of various efforts that were being made in this direction at a meeting of the Small Scale Industries Development Board (SSIDB) presided over by the CM recently. He said Badal had given a go-ahead with programmes initiated for giving a boost to SSEs like constituting the SSIDB. The board provides a platform for industrialists from where they can freely put forth their grievances. Quoting Badal, the minister said the CM has said the new industrial policy introduced recently by the government would certainly make Punjab the most preferred investment destination. Redressing
many industrial issues regarding pollution certifications, power
supplies, house tax, VAT and returnees filling system raised by the
industrialists in the meeting, Badal on the spot directed all
departments concerned for quick actions. The CM also directed the
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to enhance the ‘consent period’
for the pollution certifications from one year to three years. As per
the new industrial policy, the house tax from industrial units will be
charged only for the covered area’s per square yard calculations. Further on the directions of Badal, a committee with two representatives of the board had also been constituted, which will study possibilities of load capacity enhancement from 100 MW to 150 MW for medium industrial units in the state and submit its report within two weeks. It was also disclosed in the meeting that to facilitate the SSEs, the Excise & Taxation (E&T) Department that had identified the number of centres in various districts, which will help SSI units to e-filling their returns. Being a new system adopted for the first time in the state, the Chief Minister advised the department to grant a grace period in the process of e-filling of returns. Badal reportedly also called upon the SSEs to evolve a system as a social obligation to involve jail inmates as their labour after providing them an adequate training of their respective industrial production. He also reiterated that the government was ready to provide machines in the jails on which inmates can work. A pilot project has already been initiated in the Ludhiana Central Jail.
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State to form labour welfare board
Moga, October 18 This was announced by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at a state-level function held here today to mark the birth anniversary of Baba Vishwakarma. The CM also gave a nod for establishing two Chairs in the names of former President Giani Zail Singh and Sikh leader of the 18th century Jassa Singh Ramgaria each in state universities. Badal said a proposal for naming Ropar IIT on the name of Baba Vishwakarma would be sent to the PM office by the state government. He
said most of the highly skilled people and experts came from the
Ramgarhia community. “They have earned fame for the state and they
deserve respect and attention”, he added. Badal disclosed that three new centres were being developed in the state to improve skills of youth to get jobs. Earlier, he paid floral tributes to Baba Vishwakarma and said he was the guru of the labour and the engineering class. Minister for Jails, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Hira Singh Gabaria, who presided over the function, also paid tributes to Baba Vishwakarma. Former Education Minister and senior SAD leader Tota Singh endorsed demands of the Vishwakarma society and requested the CM to
solve issues related to industrial focal point of the town.
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ISI trying to revive Punjab terrorism,
says police chief
“Pakistani agencies have been playing a key
role in reorganising terrorist groups in this country”, he said. “However,
the Punjab police is fully prepared to take on terrorists and has in
the recent past neutralised at least nine terrorist groups”, he
added. Gill said the police had been successful in maintaining
pressure on the terror groups and “this was the reason the police
had been able to eliminate some known terrorists while capturing
others alive”. He said the Punjab police would inform certain
Congress party leaders in Punjab about the perceived threats. “Necessary
action would be taken to ensure protection of life and property of
everybody in the state”, he added. He further said the Patiala
police had launched an operation against “antisocial elements,”
claiming it had busted a gang of robbers and recovered over 3 kg of
gold and diamond jewellery worth about Rs 73 lakh after arresting its
seven members. “The jewellery had been stolen clues in the daylight
robbery at MR Jewellers in Ambala on August 24. During sustained
interrogation of the suspects the police obtained some vital clues in
the case,” he added. “We also recovered sharp-edged weapons
including knives and one 315 bore pistol from the seven gang members,
who were planning their next robbery”, Gill stated.
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End of insurance scheme exposes lakhs
to health risk
Chandigarh, October 18 Bhai Ghanhya Trust is a nodal agency set up by the government of Punjab for implementing a mega healthcare scheme for the pre-determined strata of society in Punjab and Chandigarh. The said healthcare scheme was previously implemented for two years. The insurance cover was provided after the trust invited bids from insurance companies for implementation of the scheme for the third year. But to the surprise of most members, enlisted networked hospitals started refusing patients starting this month saying that the policy issued under the BGSSS Scheme to the BGSSS Trust had come to an end on September 30, 2009, and henceforth no claims would be entertained. The scheme modified and adapted to for providing health coverage to the rural segments in Punjab by former Cooperation Minister Kanwaljit Singh was one of the flagship projects of the SAD-BJP government. But after the death of the former minister, there was virtually no monitoring of the scheme and the department did not even bother to re-negotiate and renew the health insurance. According to the scheme, a family of five was covered up to Rs 2 lakh by paying a meager annual premium of Rs 1,246. Across the state 172 hospitals including Fortis, Apollo, DMC, Escorts and PGI had been enlisted for providing free treatment to the patients covered by the scheme. These hospitals provided cashless treatment to patients. But over the years, there were hundreds of complaints of enlisted hospitals refusing patients and asking them to get themselves enrolled in waiting lists. But instead of improving upon the flaws, the government has just let the insurance lapse, leaving people to their fate. A highly popular scheme of the government, it had a total of 1,83,916 main members and 6,43,913 dependent members. The BGSSS was extended to members of over 20,000 Cooperative Societies and employees of the Cooperative Department. The scheme had covered all cases of hospitalisation where the National Insurance Company would directly pay the bill of the hospitals. MedSave Healthcare, the Third Party Arbitrator (TPA) of the scheme, has in a letter to all network hospitals said that it will not pay for treatment undertaken after September 30. Even reimbursement for treatment by September-end must be claimed within 45 days after which the TPA will not settle any claims, the letter dated September 25 has said. The Punjab government had felt the need of a insurance cover for the rural segments and economically depraved owing to the growing number of cases of cancer and heart ailments in rural Punjab. Increased use of pesticides has led to an increase in the number of cases of cancer and other serious health ailments.
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3 effluent treatment plants for
Ludhiana
Chandigarh, October 18 A decision to this effect was taken by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal while presiding over a high-level meeting here recently to review water pollution caused by dyeing industrial units in Ludhiana. Taking part in the deliberations, Badal asked the Punjab Pollution Control Board to work out ways and means to get these effluents treated in such a way that it could be utilised not only for irrigation purposes. At present there are 268 dyeing units, of which 17 are large ones that have already installed treatment plants. As many as 51 small dyeing units out of total 251 are scattered in Ludhiana, whereas 200 units are working in five industrial clusters- focal point cluster, industrial area-A, Tajpur road, Bahadurke road and Rahon road cluster. All these three CETPs would cater to the need of these five clusters.
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Bt brinjal safe technology: Kang
Ludhiana, October 18 He said the use of pesticides would also go down
substantially. At present, a lot of pesticide was sprayed on brinjal.
“We are ready to cook brinjal, eat and give demonstration,” he
said. Dr Kang pointed out that Bt Brinjal was similar to the Bt corn. Initially Bt corn was banned in Europe and Japan. However, after a period of time, markets were now opening for Bt corn as it was found safe. The vice-chancellor claimed that Bt cotton had saved farmers in India and Punjab. Punjab had now major area under Bt cotton varieties. These were tested and approved by the Genetic Engineering Committee of the Centre. Dr Kang has worked as quantitative geneticist for 21 years in Florida University and was working on maize and corn at Louisiana University in the USA before coming to Ludhiana to join as vice-chancellor two years' ago.
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School celebrates golden jubilee
Patiala, October 18 The
celebrations started with a grand show ‘Joie-De-Vivre of Golden
Bliss’ on Wednesday, wherein Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal
was the chief guest. MLA Lal Singh was the guest of honour at the
function. Students presented a cultural show base on current issues like brain drain, corruption, terrorism, female foeticide and unemployment. On this occasion, the school felicitated former principals, managers and teachers of the school. While talking to media persons after attending the function, Manpreet Badal expressed concern over the increasing brain drain from India to other countries. He said the youth of the country could play an important role in nation-building but unfortunately they were migrating to other countries. He added it was really disappointing that the Punjabi youth was opting to working with multi-national companies rather than joining the armed forces.
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HC judge’s mother cremated
Wife of late Justice Tikka Jagjit Singh, a former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, she is survived by a son (Justice Bedi) and two daughters, Parveen Kaur and Kamal Kaur. Hundreds of persons from all walks of life attended the funeral to pay last respects to the departed soul. Prominent among those who laid wreaths included Justice Ranjit Singh, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, Justice MM Kumar, all judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Kuldeep Singh, former judges of the Supreme Court. A former Chief Justice of the Allahaband High Court and a member of the Tribune Trust, Justice SS Sodhi, Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune Group of Newspapers HK Dua, besides eminent citizens also attended the funeral. Born in Sialkot of Sindh province in Pakistan, the deceased was the daughter of renowned criminal lawyer Chaudhary Kartar Singh. She shifted to Ludhiana along with her family during Partition and settled at Ludhiana where her husband was appointed as the district judge. The family shifted to Chandigarh in the 1959.
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Trader commits suicide
Gurdaspur, October 18 This is perhaps first case of its kind in Punjab where a businessman took his life after fell into debt trap. A number of farmers, particularly in the Malwa region, have committed suicide as their economy was wrecked due to repeated failure of cotton crops. Information
gathered by The Tribune revealed that 35-year-old Mohinder, who was
living in his in-laws’ house, was supplier of general goods to the
shopkeepers of various pockets of the district. He had been running
the business by borrowing money from his known persons. Since his childhood, Mohinder was facing various kinds of tragedies as he lost his mother at very early stage and then he lost his sister. After few years, his father left him and braving all odds, Mohinder started petty business to earn enough to make both ends meet. But, yesterday night, he gave up before the circumstances as at around 10.30 pm Mohinder jumped in front of the running train. The deceased could be identified by the sim card of his mobile number as his body was mutilated and was beyond recognition. Information revealed that in the suicide note recovered from the possession of the deceased, it was written that he was taking this step on his own as he had failed to meet his business liabilities. He was survived by his wife and a two-and-a-half-year-old son. Police sources said body was handed over to the kin after a postmortem was conducted in the civil hospital. A case in this connection has been
registered.
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