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BSF bids adieu to its martyr
Tarlok Singh Case |
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8 H1N1 deaths so far
BSP’s Khan may be Dy Speaker
Monetary help for daughters of martyrs
Angry commuters disrupt rail traffic
3 killed in mishaps
Chandimandir gets Baffle Range Lieut-Gen TK Sapru, GOC-in-C, Western Command, inspects the Baffle Range inaugurated at Chandimandir on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Tehsildar suspended
Man done to death by kin
Three BKU activists released
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BSF bids adieu to its martyr
Rathiwas (Tauru), November 17 The martyr’s body, wrapped in the Indian Tricolour, was taken in a procession from his residence to the cremation ground. Contingents of BSF personnel saluted the martyr as a mark of respect and the bugle was sounded to bid farewell to the departed soul. His sons Jai Prakash and Satya Prakash lit the pyre. Tanwar is survived by his mother, wife Deviyani, and two sons Jai Prakash and Satya Prakash. BSF DIG Asaf Ally said Tanwar was one of the bravest officers and a good friend. He had taken over as DIG, Indeshwar sector, just 15 days ago. Both had worked together in Assam and were in the adjoining units in Jammu.According to his colleagues, the 1984-batch officer never refused the call of duty. “He was a good friend and had joined the BSF in 1984 as a direct entry officer,” Asaf said.He added that Tanwar has been handling the additional charge of the DIG Indreshwar sector besides working as the DIG provisioning. “Because of his dedication and honesty, he was given the key charge of handling the militancy-related operations in the Indreshwar sector. His area of operation was both Samba as well as Kathua district,” said Asaf. He was also awarded the Deputy General’s Commendation Rule (DGCR). Tanwar was putting up along with his wife at the resident quarters of the BSF at Paloura. One of his sons studies in Himachal Pardesh and the other at Jaipur. Tanwar had gone to inspect Balad post, 45 km southwest of Jammu, to verify details of a reported infiltration bid from Pakistan when his vehicle was blown up by a powerful explosion triggered by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Monday. His elder son Jai Prakash said it was very unfortunate incident, but he was proud to be a martyr’s son. Tanwar’s wife too said she was proud to be a martyr’s wife. Tanwar was the only one in the family who had joined BSF. His elder brother is a businessman and the younger is an engineer. “We salute his bravery,” both
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Dera men
allege murder, seek probe
Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, November 17 The dera head, accompanied by followers, submitted a resolution passed by the dera followers to the SP, alleging that Tarlok Singh was murdered in a “planned manner” and the matter required a thorough probe. Tarlok Singh (36) of Santpura Dera was found dead with bullet injuries on his chest under mysterious circumstances outside his room in the wee hours on November 15. Jagmohan said his brother Tarlok Singh had no reason to commit suicide and he was fine. Instead of considering it a case of suicide, the murder angle should be investigated. “Tarlok Singh was handling important cases pertaining to the dera property dispute and the matter required to be probed. If the police fails to arrest the accused, we will approach the Chief minister for a CBI probe into the matter” he added. SP Vikas Arora said they had constituted a team head by the DSP (Crime) to probe the matter. “Prima facie this seemed to be a suicide case. However, following the plea by the victim’s brother, we are now investigating the murder angle as well,” he added.
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8 H1N1 deaths so far
Chandigarh, November 17 One person lost his life in Ambala district on September 28, one in Jhajjar district on October 20, one in Karnal district on October 30, one in Panipat district on November 5 and one in Panchkula on November 9. Asking the people not to panic, she said the health department was taking care to screen suspected cases and treating those found infected.Bhukkal said all DCs and DEOs had been instructed to educate the parents and teachers on preventive measures. She said a total of 1,108 suspected cases of swine flu had so far been screened. Out of these, 657 had been tested positive. As many as 49 positive cases had been treated at various hospitals. Of the 657 positive cases, 466 cases were from Gurgaon district, 73 Faridabad district, 41 Panchkula district, 15 Ambala, 13 each from Hisar, Panipat and Sonepat and eight Sirsa. The state government has already enforced the Epidemic Disease Act 1897, under which any private medical practitioner who suspects a case of swine flu is required to immediately inform the Civil Surgeon of the district concerned. SONEPAT: With four more testing positive for swine flu, parents of school-goers are in a panic. Civil surgeon JS Dr Punia said omn Tuesday that the local health authorities had sent 60 more samples for testing to Delhi, the results of which were awaited. Special teams of doctors and paramedical staff were visiting educational institutions to guide students and teachers about measures that needed to be taken to ward off the infection. Besides , arrangements for accomodating up to 250swine flu patients had been made
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BSP’s Khan may be Dy Speaker
Chandigarh, November 17 Under Rule 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, the Speaker has to notify the date of election of Deputy Speaker, which should not be later than seven days of the election of the Speaker in the first session of a newly-elected assembly. The first session of this Assembly was held on October 28, in which, besides the election of Harmohinder Singh Chatha as Speaker, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had proved his majority on the floor of the House. After his election, Chatha had announced the suspension of Rule 10, thereby dispensing with the need for notifying the date of election of Deputy Speaker. After the seven Independent MLAs had extended their support to the Congress, the BSP too had conveyed to the Governor that it would give outside support to the Congress government, taking the number of the MLAs supporting the Congress to 48 in the House of 90. While all seven Independents were accommodated in the government either as ministers or as chief parliamentary secretaries, Akram did not get any post. Since the BSP is supporting the Congress government from “outside”, Akram will be offered the post of Deputy Speaker. Technically, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are not part of the government.
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Monetary help for daughters of martyrs
Jind, November 17 This was announced by the Deputy Commissioner while speaking at a meeting of the District Soldier Board, here today. He said the government had also relaxed the rules connected with the permission of buying a vehicle from the CSD canteen. He said the state government had released the orders of extending financial help of Rs 51,000 for the marriage of those girls whose father died while at the front or in action as a soldier or as Defence personnel. He said this had been announced for the first time in the state. The DC added that Rs 21,000 will be given to the girls who had lost their father while in action and Rs 11,000 to those who had only a widow mother to take care after the death of her father. According to the authorities, the government will provide free bus travel facility to those soldiers or ex-servicemen who had been disabled (up to 25) percent during the course of their duty. In addition, from now onwards a soldier of the rank of a sepoy would be able to purchase a four-wheeler from the CSD canteen. For this, one should have a service of at least 15 years, besides the JCO rank officials who have been made eligible. Earlier it was only the commissioned ranked officers of Defence forces (serving or retired) who were eligible to avail the facility. While a JCO will be able to purchase a vehicle in a period of five years, the sepoy rank official will be able to buy a vehicle once within a period of seven years. |
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Angry commuters disrupt rail traffic
Sonepat, November 17 this morning following a sit-in by hundreds of commuters, including women, at the railway station here. A number of goods and passenger trains were stranded at different railway stations. The Shatabdi Express was forced to halt at the outer signals of the Sonepat railway station.The commuters demanded that Shan-e-Punjab and Pathankot Express should also halt at Sonepat so that they could reach their offices in Panipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Ambala on time. The dharna was lifted on the persuasion of SDM Jag Niwas. He assured the commuters that the district administration would take up their demand with the railway
authorities. Station Master SS Meena said he would forward their demand to the railway authorities. |
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3 killed in mishaps
Sirsa, November 17 Rajesh, a resident of Jodhkan village, along with his friend Menpal were going to Gadli village on a motorbike when they collided with a cart. Rajesh died on the spot, while Menpal was admitted to local general hospital with injuries. In another incident, Harinandan Rai, a Bihar resident, died last evening when he slipped from a bus and was crushed under it. He lived in Ellenabad and had gone to Jiwannagar for some work when he slipped from the bus. The police has booked the bus driver for causing death due to negligence. In the third incident, an unidentified tractor driver was killed when a jeep hit his vehicle at Ding Mandi last night.
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Chandimandir gets Baffle Range Chandigarh, November 17 Baffle Ranges are designed in accordance with ballistic characteristics of bullets and constructed of special material. These measures
reduce the requirement of 500 acres of land for a conventional shooting range to just about
50 acres. The range was inaugurated today by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command, Lieut-Gen TK Sapru. He was briefed by Rajesh Kumar Verma, senior scientist at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, a DRDO establishment at Chandigarh that executed the project. The Army Commander later inspected the range where troops carried out live firing practice in his presence. Later, he also fired a few rounds from an INSAS rifle and interacted with
jawans.
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Tehsildar suspended
Panipat, November 17 The minister had yesterday visited the revenue department following a complaint by BJP counsellor Harish Sharma that not a file moved in the tehsil office without paying
bribe. The minister spoke to people at the tehsil office who endorsed the allegations levelled against the tehsildar and naib tehsilda. The minister left for Faridabadlater. Today on returning to Chandigarh, the minister ordered suspension of tehsildar Subhash Mehta and naib tehsildar Suresh Kumar. He also ordered a departmental inquiry. |
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Man done to death by kin
Rewari, November 17 Sher Singh, who was brought to the local Civil Hospital, was declared brought dead by doctors. Kamlesh Yadav, wife of Sher Singh, also sustained injuries in the incident. Sources said there was an altercation following which Sher Singh and his wife were assaulted by Dharambir and the others. On a complaint lodged by Kamlesh, the Khol police has registered a case of rioting, criminal trespass, murder and criminal intimidation against Dharambir, his wife Suman Yadav, his mother Chander Kala and two others. |
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Three BKU activists released
Jind, November 17 It is learnt that the release took place after the reported withdrawal of the case by the power department, which had lodged a complaint with the police regarding violence and damage at a substation in the district by a mob in Nagura village on August 12. The Haryana unit of the BKU (Nain) had protested against the arrest of its three members and had served an ultimatum on the authorities to release its activists or face an agitation a few days ago. The union had claimed that those arrested by the police were innocent. |
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The body of Border Security Force DIG OP Tanwar, who was killed in a blast in Ramgarh sector along the international border in Jammu on Monday, was cremated with state honours here today.
The martyr’s body, wrapped in the Indian Tricolour, was taken in a procession from his residence to the cremation ground. Contingents of BSF personnel saluted the martyr as a mark of respect and the bugle was sounded to bid farewell to the departed soul.
Chandigarh, November 17
