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Budget: No new taxes in Patiala
Patiala, March 6 Though formal announcement to this effect would be made during the special Budget meeting of the Patiala Municipal Corporation, scheduled to be held on March 8, a copy of the proposed Budget, in possession of The Tribune, shows that no new tax would be levied in this year’s Budget. After the approval from Finance and Contracts Committee of the civic body, the Budget would be tabled before the general house on March 8. Perusal of the MC’s proposed Budget shows that the civic body has set target of income of Rs 71.89 crore for the financial year 2010-11. Interestingly, in the Budget for 2009-10, estimated income from various sources was kept Rs 125 crore, but this time the target for the annual income had been reduced to just Rs 71.89 crore. Highly placed sources in the civic body said it was the MC’s failure to achieve the target income that compelled the authorities to drastically reduce the income target for the year 2010-11. Further scrutiny of the Budget shows that 50 per cent of the funds in the Budget have been earmarked for the development works to be undertaken by the civic body in the city. Apart from this, 48 per cent of the Budget has been kept for the expenditure pertaining to the establishment and two per cent for the contingency. The proposed income from some of the account heads mentioned in the Budget includes - octroi on petrol/diesel (Rs 21 crore), sale of property (Rs 14 crore), house tax (Rs 11 crore), building applications (Rs 7 crore), water supply and sewerage branch (Rs 7.5 crore), additional excise duty (Rs 5 crore) and octroi on electricity (Rs 2.8 crore).
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‘Ticket checkers’ beat up passengers
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 6 In their complaints to the station superintendent, passengers, Vivek Kumar and others, alleged that some people dressed in civil clothes claimed themselves to be ticket checkers and asked complainants to produce their tickets. However, when passengers objected to the missing uniforms, the “ticket checkers” entered in a quarrel and beat up the passengers. The passengers alleged that despite informing “checkers” that they had got platform tickets, fine was imposed on them. The matter was brought into the notice of the station superintendent, RP Sharma, who assured the passengers to look into the matter and also informed his seniors. He said the accused ticket checkers had been told to meet the seniors at Ambala office and adequate action would be initiated in this regard if complaints of passengers were found true. He revealed that nobody was allowed checking without uniforms.
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Youth hit by train, killed
Lalru, March 6 According to Railway Police sources, Parveen was walking near the railway track around 7 pm along with his friend Mukesh Kumar. While they were crossing the railway track, Parveen was hit by the train. However, his friend Mukesh safely crossed the track. Mukesh immediately informed the police about the incident. The railway police reached the spot and took the injured to the Civil Hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. |
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Priest booked for rape
Kharar, March 6 In her complaint to the police the woman alleged that she approached Baba Amarjit Singh after going through an advertisement wherein it was stated that a woman, below the age of 40, was wanted for a religious discourse. The woman approached the Baba who took her to his place in the village. The woman alleged that the Baba raped her under the influence of liquor at a religious place in the village. The matter was brought into the notice of the village sarpanch and the police booked the Baba yesterday for raping the woman. The woman also alleged that the Baba threatened her of dire consequences if she reported the matter to anyone. The accused Baba was yet to be arrested. Further investigations were on.
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Crime
Mohali, March 6 The case had been registered on the complaint of Devinder Singh, a guard posted at the forest area, Nada. The arrested persons have been identified as Manga Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Ghugra, Pal Singh and Jasvir Singh, alias Bitu. However, another accused was still absconding. The police said it got information and arrested the accused after raiding the place. In January, the suspects had badly injured the forest guard, Devinder Singh. He had suffered several stitches all over his head. The assailants, numbering six, had the victim while he, along with his two other colleagues, Karnail Singh, and deputy DFO, Baldev Singh, had set up a naka to check illegal sand mining. For the past few years the forest department officials have been facing the heat for trying to check illegal mining in the area that was protected under the Indian Forest Act, 1927. When the incident took place, the assailants only targeted Devinder Singh and left his two colleagues unscathed. The suspects had been booked under Sections 148, 149, 332 and 353 of the IPC. When the issue was raised with the forest minister on Monday, the police swung into action and arrested all suspects. Theft
Lalit Sharma, a resident of Phase I, Mohali, has complained to the police that on February 27, when he had gone to Chandigarh, burglars took away Rs 2,000 cash and gold jewellery from his house. A case under Sections 380 and 457 of the IPC has been registered. Migrant labourer killed in accident
Rajpura: A migrant labourer got killed in an accident yesterday when a speeding biker hit him on the Banur-Tepla road. The deceased has been identified as Varinder Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh. He was working in the fields of a farmer in Changera village in Banur for the past few months. The labourer was on his way back, after reaping potatoes, towards his hutment at roadside when he was hit by the bike. The biker fled away after hitting the labourer who was rushed to the PGI with serious head injuries. He was declared dead today. The body was handed over to his family members after conducting the postmortem. A case in this connection had been registered by the police. 3 nabbed for
trafficking
Panchkula: Three persons, including a woman, were arrested by the Panchkula police for immoral trafficking here on Friday. The accused were identified as Adrash Kumar, a resident of Sector 19, Panchkula, and Ajay Kumar, a resident of Modern Complex, Mani Majra, Chandigarh. The accused were apprehended by the police following secret information. All three accused were arrested in the case under various Sections of the Immoral Traffic Act. The accused were produced in the court on Saturday and sent to judicial custody. |
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Lekhak Sabha to honour CM
Ambala, March 6 General secretary of the sabha Dr Sudarshan Gasso said it had been decided to thank the Chief Minister for having accorded the status of second language to Punjabi in the state. The decision would not only lead to the better fraternal relationship, but also lead to the opening of new avenues in the social restructuring and development, he said. The function would be organised jointly under the aegis of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (Adhoc) and Haryana Punjabi Adhyapak Sangh, he added. |
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Sports meet
Dera Bassi, March 6 Yograj Singh, former cricketer and actor, was the chief guest. The overall trophy was won by Trishul House in the meet. Participants and players of all four houses — Prithvi, Trishul, Nag and Agni — showcased their talent in various events like relay race, shot put, long jump, tug-of-war, javelin throw, triple jump, and 100m and 400 m races. |
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Violence
Chandigarh, March 6 The police had registered a case against Dharam Pal, Kamal Kumar, Wazir Singh, Rajinder Yadev, Karamdeep Singh, Bhawni Sharma, Kuldeep Singh, Hanuman, Danpat, Bhagwan Sharma, Satbir Singh, Balwant Singh, Ram Pal, Vinod Kumar, Sunil, Hanuman, Rajender, Ramdiya, Gurdev, Bhartu and Dinesh under Sections 415, 147, 148, 149, 332, 333, 353, 307 and 427 of the
IPC.
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Financier’s Murder
Chandigarh, March 6 Whiskey had allegedly killed a financier, Harjinder Singh Dhillon, on November 25, 2009. Ravinder, Manish, Manpreet Singh, Surinder Singh, Amrik Singh and Kuldeep Singh had accompanied him at the time of the crime. According to the police, Dhillon had a Ford Fiesta, which was reportedly in the name of Whiskey and he wanted it back. Whiskey had also allegedly been involved in several heinous crimes for the past 17 years. He had links with terrorists in the past and had also been booked for possessing explosives. The police had arrested him on December 11 last year. Acting on a tipoff, a special crime investigation cell team had nabbed the suspects on December 7. During their interrogation, they disclosed that on November 25 they and Whiskey hatched a plan to take away the Ford Fiesta being used by Dhillon. They said they went to Sector 20 in a Ford Endeavor and while Amrik remained near the vehicle, the others went to Dhillon’s office, where they had a scuffle. Dhillon raised the alarm after which Whiskey pulled out his illegal weapon and fired a shot at him, killing him.
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Man booked for bid to outrage modesty
Chandigarh, March 6 The woman was injured and was admitted to the GMCH-32. However, no arrest has been made as the accused is at large. Theft
Avtar Singh, a resident of Housing Board Colony, Dhanas, has complained to the police against Avtar Singh, contractor of parking zone No. 2, Sector 34, after his Splendor motor cycle (CH 03 S 3772) was stolen from the paid parking lot. The police is investigating the case.
Injured
Rajinder Kumar, a resident of Behlana village, complained to the police alleging that Sanjeev Kumar, a resident of Sector 29 B, hit his motor cycle (CH 03 V 2822) with his Alto car (HP 55 B 0137) near the community centre of Sector 29. He received a fracture in the left leg in this accident and was admitted to the General Hospital, Sector 16. The police is investigating the matter.
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2 held with 600 boxes of liquor
Chandigarh, March 6 The police, however, failed to obtain a police remand of the accused to unearth the source from where they had procured the liquor in such large quantity. The accused were produced before a local court, which remanded them in judicial custody. Inspector Devinder Sharma, in-charge of the operations cell, said acting on a tip-off the police set up two roadblocks in the city in the wee hours of today. The police arrested Surja Ram of Jodhpur, who was driving a truck (RJ 19 1G 9116) carrying 200 boxes of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL). The police also arrested Raj Kumar of Hamirpur, who was driving a truck (HR 45 8531) carrying 403 boxes of the IMFL, near Poultry Farm Chowk.
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TB patient ends life
Chandigarh, March 6 He was found hanging by his neighbours in the evening. The body was shifted to the GMSH-16. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code have been initiated.
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GMCH Athletics Meet
Chandigarh, March 6 Earlier, Dr Raj Bahadur, director-principal, inaugurated the meet. The 2008-batch MBBS students bagged the best march past trophy. Brief results: Track events: men: 1500m: 1 Anurag Parmar, 2 Pinjari and 3 Rakesh; discus throw: Amanpreet, 2 Aman Batish and 3 Rajat Dhand; faculty: 1 Dr Jagjit Singh, Dr Dasari Harish and 3 Sanjay D Cruz; shot put (staff): 1 Raj Kumar, 2 Desh Mukh and 3 Kulwinder Singh; faculty: 1 Dr Jagjit Singh, 2 Dr Sanjay D Cruz and 3 Dr Sasari Harish; javelin throw: 1 Munish, 2 Amanpreet and 3 Pinjari; javelin throw (faculty): 1 Dr Jagjit Singh, 2 Dr Ajay Kumar and Dr Vishal Guglani; high jump: 1 Lakshya, 2 Dhruv and 3 Devansh Dutt; 200m race: 1 Lakshya, 2 Charanpreet and 3 Anurag Rana; 400m race: 1 Anurag Rana, 2 Harpreet and 3 Lakshya. Girls: shot put: 1 Rosanna Kaur, 2 Sanya Chopra, and 3 Jasleen; faculty: 1 Dr Reeti, 2 Dr Anita and 3 Dr Richa; discus throw: 1 Rosanna, 2 Jasleen, 3 Jasprabh; discus throw (faculty): 1 Dr Reeti Mehra, 2 Dr Anita and 3 Dr Richa; long jump: 1 Preeti, 2 Ishita Jindal and 3 Naina; 400m race: 1 Preeti, 2 Jasprabh 3 Shagun; 200 m race: 1 Preeti, 2 Jasprabh and 3 Amrita; high jump: 1 Rosanna, 2 Ishita and 3 Jasprabh; javelin throw (faculty): 1 Dr Anita, 2 Dr Sushumna and 3 Dr Subina. Students: Table tennis: singles (men): 1 Anubhav and 2 Harbir Singh; doubles: 1 Anubhav and Harbir Singh and 2 Nikhil and Aditya; singles (women): 1 Nitika and 2 Pratibha; doubles: 1 Aditi and Navni, 2 Nitika and Ishita; mixed doubles: 1 Anubhav and Navni, 2 Nikhil and Pratibha; carrom: singles (men): 1 Deepak Saini 2 Abhinav Seth; doubles: 1 Deepak Saini and Harbir Singh Billing and 2 Kabir Mehta and Jatin Raj Sareen; singles (women): 1 Garima Daga and 2 Pratibha Chauhan; mixed doubles: 1 Kabir Mehta and Garima Daga, 2 Deepak Saini and Aditi Mehta; chess: 1 Dhruv Jain, and 2 Jatin Raj Sareen; badminton: singles (men): 1 Nikhil Garg and 2 Anuj Sharma; doubles: 1 Nikhil Garg and Karan Sood and 2 Anurag Rana and Bushu Herna; mixed doubles: 1 Nikhil Garg and Poonampreet Kaur, and 2 Karan Sood and Ankita Mittal; singles (women): 1 Amrita Bhattacharya and 2 Garima Daga; doubles: 1 Amrita Bhattacharya and Sushmita Bhattacharya, and 2 Jasprabh Karanjit Anamika; lawn tennis: singles (boys): 1 Archit Latewa and 2 Angad Chahal; doubles (boys): 1 Anubhav Malhotra and Harbir Singh, and 2 Karan Sood and Prashast Jain; singles (girls): 1 Gungeet and 2 Nitika; Faculty: table tennis: singles (men): 1 Dr Mayank and 2 Dr Sanjay D’ Cruz; doubles (men): 1 Dr Mayank and Dr Vishal Guglani, and 2 Dr Sanjay D’ Cruz and Dr Ravi Gupta; singles (women): 1 Dr Reeti 2 Dr Anshu Palta; mixed doubles: 1 Dr Sanjay D’ Cruz and Dr Reeti, 2 Dr Mayank and Dr Richa; carrom: singles (men): 1 Dr Dasari Harish and 2 Dr Sanjay D’ Cruz; doubles (men): Dr Dasari Harish and Dr KH Chavli and 2 Dr Rajiv Sharma and Dr Sanjay D’ Cruz; singles (women): 1 Dr Nidhi Singla and 2 Dr Sangeeta Bhanwra; chess (men): 1 Dr Ajay Kumar and 2 Dr Rajesh Bansiwal; badminton: singles (men): 1 Dr Vishal Guglani and 2 Dr Amandeep Singh; doubles:1 Dr Arjun Dass and Dr NK Goyal, and 2 Dr Ajay and Dr Amandeep Singh; singles (women): 1 Dr Reeti Mehra and 2 Dr Poonam Goel; lawn tennis: singles (men): 1 Dr GP Thami and 2 Dr Surinder Singhal; doubles: 1 Dr GP Thami and Dr Surinder Singhal, and 2 Dr Jeet Ram and Dr Rajesh Bansiwal.
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PGTI Event
Panchkula, March 6 Anura Rohana of Sri Lanka carded a three under 69 card to overtake Chandigarh's Ranjit Singh on top of the leaderboard at eight under 208. Ranjit Singh shares the second slot, along with Kolkata's Raju Ali Mollah at seven under 209, but the day belonged to another city golfer Sujjan Singh who fired the best card of the day, a six under 66, to climb up the ladder for the fourth spot at six under 210. Another stroke behind at 211 is Noida's Gaurav Pratap Singh. Another golfer to watch out is city's seasoned Harmeet Kahlon who occupies the seventh slot at two under 214. Harmeet is capable of pulling upsets on the final day. 36-year-old Anura Rohana began the day with an eagle, as he holed his second shot from 60 yards on the par-4 opening hole. He bogeyed the seventh, but birdies on the eighth and ninth saw him take the turn at three under 33. He played a par back nine birdying the 15th and bogeying the 17th Rohana said: “I am excited about entering the final round as the leader for the first time in India. I won a tournament earlier this year in Colombo and that victory has done wonders to my confidence. I will, therefore, try to attack the pins on the final day in order to push for a win.” Caddie turned pro Ranjit Singh (65-71-73), the overnight leader, dropped to tie second place as a result of his one over 73. He said: “I have not done well with the putter over the past two days. It is important to putt well in the last stages of a tournament and I made 32 putts today which was not good enough,” said Ranjit. Sujjan Singh rallied with a brilliant six under 66 card studded with eight birdies to occupy the fourth slot (72-72-66). He had an astonishing run of four birdies on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes. Leading scores (after third round): 208 Anura Rohana (71-68-69); 209 Raju Ali Mollah (70-69-70) and Ranjit Singh (65-71-73); 210 Sujjan Singh (72-72-66); 211 Gaurav Pratap Singh (70-67-74); 213 Om Prakash Chauhan (70-72-71); 214 Harmeet Kahlon (69-72-73); 215 Feroz Ali Mollah (72-70-73) and Sanjay Kumar (75-68-72); 216 Vikrant Chopra (75-69-72); 217 Kapil Kumar (72-75-70); 218 Gurbaaz PS Mann (76-70-72) and Raju Singh (70-73-75).
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