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Recruitment of Docs
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District Planning Committees Chairpersons have little ‘job satisfaction'  Chandigarh, June 8
One and a half years after being ‘adjusted’ as Chairpersons of District Planning Committees, many after losing in the last Assembly elections, most SAD-BJP leaders feel they have not got their due. In fact most do not have any ‘job satisfaction’ nor staff or offices and even lament that officers do not listen to them. District Planning Committee chairpersons at the two-day workshop organised at the Mahatama Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration Punjab, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
200 Cong loyalists join SAD
Govt must rise above political differences: Soni
Ludhiana Improvement Trust
Ludhiana Flying Club set to take wings
Pak Hindu migrants sans basic facilities
Plastic bags to be used in road construction: Kalia
Poly clinics to improve vet services
Govt issues guidelines for postings, transfers
Benipal not paid salary for past one year
Residents aggravate monsoon woes
Doc feels cheated by MCI
A peep into Mandela’s life for Punjabi readers
State can create monopoly for trade, business
PPSC member, family complain against VB
Teenager commits suicide
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Recruitment of Docs
Chandigarh, June 8 He added that the written test would contribute towards 80 per cent of the total marks of the examination process. Another 10 marks had been kept aside for the interview, which would be conducted by a panel of doctors from the PGI. Five marks have been kept aside for candidates from rural areas and another five marks for experience. More than 1,800 applications have been received by the Health Department for these posts. The last date for receiving applications is June 12. Satish Chandra added that a separate written test would be conducted for recruitment to 34 posts of dental doctors in government hospital. The number of applications received for these posts was over 3,500. Another written test would be conducted by the Health Department for filling 38 posts of drug inspectors for which over a thousand applications had been received. The Punjab Health Department had taken these posts out of the purview of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) following allegations of irregularities in the appointment of 312 medical officers in the state. Despite the fact that over 3,000 applications had been received for 312 posts, no entrance test was conducted by the PPSC. The main criteria for the selections was an interview for which 50 marks were set aside. A Tribune expose had revealed that highly qualified candidates were given a miss by the PPSC while below-average candidates were recruited allegedly due to extraneous considerations by the PPSC. These recruitments done by the PPSC are under the scanner of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. It has also been decided that recruitment to 128 posts of medical specialists in the state will be done on the basis of interviews as the total number of applications received for these posts was only about 210. Other than the academic record, a panel of experts from the PGI will be conducting the interviews for these posts. Earlier the Health Department had recruited almost a hundred specialists.
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Sikh jatha leaves for Nankana Sahib
Amritsar, June 8 However, the pilgrims were peeved at not being properly informed about the right departure time and station of the special train. Some of them went to catch the train at Attari International Railway Station while the majority of them at the local railway station. They reached the station at 9 am. The special train arrived around 12:15 pm and chugged out about 15 minutes later. Earlier, a group of pilgrims under the leadership of SGPC member from Majra Raghbir Singh Saharan gathered in the front of the SGPC office in the Golden Temple complex in the morning. Pilgrims in the jatha came from the DSGMC, Nankana Sahib Sikh Yatari Jatha and other Sikh religious organisations apart from the SGPC. Saharan said he would convey to the Pakistan Government to make arrangement for land near historic Gurdwara Dehra Sahib in Lahore to construct a serai (inn). He said since a high number of devotees descended from across the globe during the holy occasions at the shrine, it had become essential to augment accommodation there. After paying obeisance at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in the evening, devotees will visit Gurdwara Sacha Sauda (Shekhupura) tomorrow (June 9). From there, they would left for Gurdwara Panja Sahib on June 10. Subsequently, they would reach Dehra Sahib Gurdwara, Lahore, on June 14. They would participate in the performing of the bhog of akhand path at the gurdwara on the martyrdom day of the fifth Sikh Guru on June 16. The next day, they would return to India.
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District Planning Committees
Chandigarh, June 8 District Planning Committee chairpersons, who are here to attend a two-day workshop organised by the Mahatama Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab (MGSIPAP), were quite vocal during the interactive session chaired by Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal. Former BJP minister Madan Mohan Mittal put it like this. “We know we have to give results but if you ask us the job satisfaction is not there.” Mittal said there was confusion about the role of DPCs, adding that the committees were told they could guide as well as scrutinise work but at the same time they could not change the independent nature of functioning of panchayati raj institutions. DPC Chairpersons also lamented that with all funds being earmarked for particular schemes, they had nothing to do. They said there were practically no untied funds that could be used on their recommendation. Amritsar DPC Chairman Veer Singh Lapoke said he did not have an office and when he tried to arrange space for the same, the Deputy Commissioner filed needless objections. “Unless you do not pull up officers, nothing will happen”, he said. Fatehgarh Sahib DPC head Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal said she, too, faced problems from officers who did not supply information when needed. Kapurthala DPC head Jagir Kaur said staff could be recruited on contract basis till permanent recruitment did not take place. Jalandhar DPC head Gurcharan Singh Channi spoke about the Kerala model saying there sarpanches knew how much funds they would have during their tenure of five years in advance. He said similarly in Gujarat village panchayats had computers and video- conferencing facilities. “Here officers do not even come to meetings held by us,” he added. Mohali DPC Chairman NK Sharma went off the tangent by talking about how the Mohali master plan had not been planned properly and how he had got it changed by approaching the Chief Minister. Sharma is a coloniser. Manpreet Badal, who earlier delivered a spirited speech during the inaugural session, said he expected the DPC Chairpersons to deliver with or without staff. MGSIPAP Director-General BK Srivastava, in his keynote address, maintained that DPCs would in time become district governments. He said DPCs had the power to set norms and ensure they were complied with..
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200 Cong loyalists join SAD
Amritsar, June 8 Prominent Congress workers and party leaders who left the party and attended the function, including the family of leading Congressman of the area Mukesh Kumar Nanda, said they were fed up with their leadership and were willingly joining the SAD, as it always keept the agenda of the development and the welfare of the people alive. Welcoming them into the SAD’s fold, Majithia claimed that Congress workers’ tilt towards the SAD would not only give a boost to the SAD’s electoral prospects in the constituency, but it would also spell doom for the Congress, which was “striving hard” to make its political presence felt in the constituency. DCC (Rural) chief Lalli Majithia, however, claimed that the “joining exercise” was nothing but a “political stunt” as Majithia was desperate after the recent visit of Capt Amarinder Singh to the area. “Most of those who have joined were under some sort of pressure or they were allured with some sops,” said Lalli Majithia. Others who joined the SAD included Sukhwinder Singh Chohan, office secretary of the DCC (Rural).
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Govt must rise above political differences: Soni Anandpur Sahib, June 8 She added that the SAD-BJP alone was talking about the case of royalty to Punjab for its water resources, whereas all other political parties could have been taken into confidence. “We are with the Punjab government over this issue, provided it approaches us for support,” she said. Talking about the Amritsar-Ananpdur Sahib railway project, Soni said the project had not been dropped. “I talked to the Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee over this issue. She did not flatly refuse project, which means there is still hope of reviving the project,” she said. Soni claimed that the state was not using Central government schemes properly. Citing instance of rural health schemes, she said the state heath minister had not sent any proposal seeking grant. “Rural health scheme provides quality infrastructure at rural health centres. Punjab has failed to utilise it,” she said. Talking about the problem of drinking water in Changar and Kandi, and Himachal Pradesh industrial units polluting the Punjab waters, Soni said she had already raised the issue with Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
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Ludhiana Improvement Trust
Chandigarh, June 8 The applicant, an RTI activist, Dr Rajinder K. Singla, had filed an application under the RTI Act in March 2009 seeking information on the status of allotment of plots and earnest money collected by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust for the 475-acre Development-cum-Housing Accommodation Scheme of Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh Nagar, advertised in 1982. The trust had been dilly-dallying in providing information, consistently ignoring orders of the State Information Commission. “Twentyeight years have lapsed but hundreds of aspiring applicants who had deposited earnest money for this scheme have got neither any plots nor their money back. I suspect there has been misappropriation of the funds that were collected by the trust. The trust does not want to give out the information. I had appeared before the commission 11 times but I have little hope of ever getting the information I had requested for,” said Singla. Taking up the case today, State Information Commissioner Surinder Singh imposed upon Jitender Singh, the PIO of the trust, the maximum penalty of Rs 25,000 as permitted under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The amount will be deducted from his salary for the next two months. On being asked by the Information Commissioner why Jatinder Singh had not appeared before the commission today despite the last orders, Harinder Singh, superintendent of the trust, who had appeared before the commission on his behalf, pleaded that Jatinder Singh had been suspended in some case on account of which he was unable to come. The commission had served show-cause notices on the PIO for penalty, recommending action and compensation to the complainant for loss and detriment suffered by him. “Disregarding orders and show-cause notices of the commission amounts to contempt of court but the public authority in this has been repeating the same thing a number of times without attracting any action,” said Singla.
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Ludhiana Flying Club set to take wings
Chandigarh, June 8 “We are expecting the DGCA team to arrive next week to inspect the club before granting approval for flying,” Capt Abhay Chandra, Adviser Civil Aviation Punjab and the club’s manager said. “The DGCA has already granted approval to the club to carry out aircraft maintenance,” he added. Training operations had been suspended due to non-availability of a qualified aeronautical engineer. The club’s then chief flying instructor (CFI) was also moved to Patiala leaving the training centre bereft of the requisite staff. A new CFI has finally been appointed last month. Established in 1966, the Ludhiana Flying Club is one of the three such schools run by the Punjab government, and during the 1980s it was considered as one of the best flying schools in the country. The other two clubs, which are fully operational, are located at Patiala and Amritsar and they conduct training courses for grant of private pilots’ licence (PPL) as well as commercial pilot’s licence (CPL). At present, the Amritsar and Patiala clubs each average about 100 flying hours every month, with a total student strength of about 25 students between them. This number, however, varies, depending upon the personal requirements of prospective pilots. Both these clubs have three aircraft each. Two aircraft, a Pushpak and a Cessna 152, are now available at Ludhiana and another Pushpak is expected to be stationed there shortly. Cessna 172 is also on the inventory of these clubs. DGCA rules require minimum 50 hours of flying for PPL and 200 hours for CPL. The Punjab government charges Rs 4,500 per hour for the Pushpak and Rs 5,500 and Rs 6,500 for the Cessna 152 and Cessna 172 respectively, which, according to Capt Chandra, are among the lowest in the country.
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Pak Hindu migrants sans basic facilities
Amritsar, June 8 The plight of Pakistani Hindus had allegedly turned from bad to worse in the aftermath of the rise of Taliban forces in Pakistan, particularly, in Peshawar of the NWFP and in Sialkot of Punjab (Pakistan) during the past 10 years. The migration of Pakistani Hindus to India has been going on from 1980 onwards, but what had reportedly triggered their influx to India in the past decade was an array of alleged conversion efforts, a number of which even turned out to be successful in Peshawar and Sialkot areas where a couple of Hindu families had reportedly embraced Islam to save their jobs or land-holdings. Those who were unable to bow to the fundamentalists pressure chose to flee to India after attaining short-term visas on the pretext that they were going to meet their relatives in India. “Over 300 Hindus have come to India through Samjhauta Express from Sialkot during the past six months. We have got information that nearly 35 Hindu families of the area had got converted to Islam between May 14 and 19. Though they had anticipated some relief in India, more than 10,000 migrants were putting up in India without valid documents and were yet to get citizenship rights,” said All India Hindu Shiv Sena national president Surinder Kumar Billa. Pakistani Hindus have been putting up in various Indian cities and townships like Rajpura (700 families), Jalandhar (200 families), Khanna (700 families), Amritsar, Jalgaon in Maharashtra, Raj Nandgaon in Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, and in Madhya Pardesh. Most of these migrants were forced to do menial jobs. “Since, these families not having any residential proofs, their kids are unable to get admission to schools. There is no Government of India grant for them despite the fact that it was fully aware about their plight. The Home Ministry had ratified norms in 2001 stipulating that any Pakistani Hindu could be considered for grant of Indian citizenship rights if he or she proves his or her stay in India for at least five years. But, how can these people do it so easily? They have been giving representations and application forms to DCs, but without any tangible results, rued Billa. Priyan Bharti, DC, Jalandhar, had forwarded one such representation to the Punjab Home Secretary, he added.
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Plastic bags to be used in road construction: Kalia
Ludhiana, June 8 This was disclosed by Minister for Local Bodies and Industries Manoranjan Kalia, who was on a private visit to the city today. In an exclusive interview with The Tribune, he said to give it a final shape, a meeting of all five Commissioners and six Deputy Directors of the Local Bodies Department would be held in Chandigarh tomorrow. Besides, the computerisation work of five corporations (Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda), all trusts, A-class municipal committees, including Zirakpur and Mandi Gobindgarh, would be started this year. All record would be available in Chandigarh and within one click, one will be able to get the record. “Its subsidy pattern is yet to be decided. Companies will be given a contract for a period of 10 years,” said Kalia. The minister said on power-saving mission, the Local Bodies had recently held meetings with Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and top officials of Powercom. He said apart from one or two places, the Local Bodies Department was paying lump sum amount on electricity bills, which was in huge amounts. “To be more vigilant on streetlights and to save electricity, we will introduce metered bill system in all corporations soon,” said Kalia.
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Poly clinics to improve vet services
Chandigarh, June 8 Taking this decision here today, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal directed all officers of these departments to regularly monitor and ensure the quality and timely completion of all the ongoing development programmes under various schemes. The Chief Minister approved a plan of Rs15 crore to strengthen the Punjab Veterinary Vaccine Institute, Ludhiana, as per the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) guidelines. Badal also approved the establishment of Rs 3.5-crore new laboratory of Diary Development Department at Verka to cater to the need of diary farmers in the Majha area. He also said that the government would recruit 15 diary development experts for the eight different diary centres soon. Animal Husbandry & Fisheries and Dairy Development Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike assured the Chief Minister that all the ongoing projects would be completed in a time-bound manner and no stone would remain unturned in the process of strengthening and upgrading the infrastructure of these departments.
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Govt issues guidelines for postings, transfers
Chandigarh, June 8 Stating this here today, a spokesman of the Punjab government said the transfers would be done from 4th June, 2010, to 30th June, 2010. Giving details of the broad guidelines to be adopted for the transfers, the spokesman said as per the policy of the state government, transfers would be kept to the barest minimum and would be made against vacant post except where the transfers were justified on administrative or compassionate grounds. He also said the employees, whether gazetted or non-gazetted, due to retire within next two years, would be allowed to continue in the same district or at the same station of postings till retirement, as far as possible. Referring to the transfer policy for couples, he said when husband and wife both were serving the government, it was desirable to keep them at one station for a period of not more than five years, thereafter they would be transferred as per the policy. Even in the cases where the wife was in government service and the husband was working in a private undertaking, the same attitude would be adopted. However, efforts would be made to post unmarried girls and widows at stations suitable to them, as far as possible. The spokesman explained that unmarried girls and widows would be given preference over couples in the matter of posting and transfers at stations convenient to them. The spokesman further said that to mitigate the suffering of the handicapped and blind employees, the state government would be considerate in posting and transferring them. A sympathetic attitude would be adopted while posting or transferring a government employee or officers whose child was mentally challenged and efforts would be made to post them at the place of their choice. Adding further, he said a stay of three years and five years would be treated respectively as the minimum and maximum period at a particular place. Similarly for employees transferable within the state particularly Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers, no employee would be allowed to serve in one district beyond a period of seven years in his centre service, within particular office, seats having sensitive nature of work such as extensive public dealings, establishment, monetary sanctions etc. would be clearly defined and maximum stay would be kept at two years. Premature transfers, i.e. transfer of any employee before he has completed minimum three years would not be ordered except under rare circumstances of punishment or clearly spelt out administrative reasons, the spokesman clarified. The employees or officers who were posted in the border areas, bet areas and Kandi areas would remain there for a minimum period of two years, he added.
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Benipal not paid salary for past one year
Ludhiana, June 8 Seeing it as harassment post-attack and subsequent arrest of Youth Akali Dal leaders, Major Benipal has decided to move the high court if he is not paid the salary immediately. The Tehsildar, who is an Executive Magistrate, Class-I, was posted in Sub Registrar (Ludhiana-Central) office on November 11, 2008. He was not paid his dues till May 2009 as the district administration had stated a technical reason that his post did not exist in Ludhiana. Later, his office and his posting was notified. Even after this, he has not been paid his salary after May last year. ‘‘I work for salary and if I am not paid for more than a year, why should I work?’’ he asked. He said even when he was on medical leave following the assault, he was considered on earned leave for 27 days and half-pay leave for 20 days. ‘‘This despite the fact that I was injured while working in the office. They could have at least treated me as a special case.’’ Major Benipal said he was the only one in the Revenue Department in the city, who was not being paid salary. He draws a gross salary of Rs 27,000. ‘‘My carry home is Rs 20,000. I have a report that my colleagues are not preparing my remuneration. That is why the delay.
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Residents aggravate monsoon woes Kharar, June 8 The residents had not only knocked down the wall, but also obstructed the natural flow of water by building a temporary path to cross the choe. In order to facilitate the flow of water, only five pipes of 1-ft diameter each have been laid, which is inadequate to carry the surplus water during monsoon. A colonizer of Dasmesh Nagar had constructed wall along the choe and later handed over the entire colony to MC Kharar. Now the wall is the property of MC Kharar and the people who knocked it down have violated the MC norms. Even the temporary bridge laid on the choe is unsafe, especially for the children playing around. MC Executive Officer Vijay Gupta said he was not aware of any such problem. “I would look into the issue tomorrow,” he said. SDO drainage department DP Singh said under the Drainage Act 1965, it is objectionable to obstruct natural flow of water. “We will first serve a notice to the violators and if they do not rectify the fault, a police case can be registered against them,” he said.
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Doc feels cheated by MCI Patiala, June 8 He has been denied to practice oncology in the country stating that the discipline was not included in the schedule of the MCI, whereas the Health Ministry had issued him a No Objection Certificate to go to the US for higher studies in oncology and haematology. Dr Rajbir, currently working as an assistant professor and medical oncologist in Dalhousie University, Canada, is facing problems in coming back to India and practicing oncology. His father Dr Sarvinder Singh Pahil, a retired professor of chemistry and dean colleges, Punjabi University, Patiala, informed The Tribune that his son proceeded to the US after completing his MBBS from Punjab. “In compliance to the circular of the Health Ministry, he opted for specialisation in oncology and haematology, listed at No 6 and 3, respectively, in the last letter
No L.20025/100/80-F dated We filled a bond of Rs 50,000 and the ministry issued him the NOC for the same, following which he completed three years fellowship in Cincinnati Medical Centre in Oncology and Haematology. He later passed the examinations and got his Diplomat in Oncology from the American boards,” he added. He further informed that now in contradiction to the policy of the ministry, the MCI had refused to recognise the American Diplomat in Oncology and denied permission to practice oncology based on its Act that is as old as 1956. “Practice of oncology started around 10-15 years back and instead of refusing permission, it is the duty of the MCI to update the recognition of the new emerging super specialties. This is totally unfair that the ministry on one hand permits to study a particular specialty and the MCI refuses to recognise it. This confusion has certainly led to a lot of chaos,” he rued. Dr Sarvinder Singh Pahil has earlier written to the MCI in which they have denied permission to practice oncology, but permitted him to practice in internal medicine. Now, he has written to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and awaits justice that according to him would help in improving health facilities in India. According to the MCI, Dr Rajbir Singh Pahil cannot practice in oncology as it is not included in their Act of 1956 but can practice in internal medicine. But, Dr Rajbir wants to practice in oncology. Now his career is based on the fact that either both the MCI and the Health Ministry find a solution to it or he does not wish to return to India.
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A peep into Mandela’s life for Punjabi readers Patiala, June 8
As per the information given by the senior authorities of the varsity, the committee has also decided to publish classic plays “The Island” by Athol Fugard, “The Leader” by Eugene Ionesco, “Death in Installment” by Janusz Krasinski, “Riders to the Sea” by John Millington Synge, “The Old Couple” by Neil Simon and “Dumb Waiter” by Harold Pinter in Punjabi language. The VC said the university had also decided to prepare audio-visual recording of two Punjabi women folk dances — Giddha and Sammi — in their pristine form. “Workshops in this regard are already going on by involving scholars and practitioners of these dance forms. Two men folk dances — Bhangra and Jhoomar — have already been recorded on DVD format by the university. The main objective of such efforts is to restore and preserve the original and authentic glory of these folk dances and save them from further damage,” he said. The VC said a commemorative volume on noted Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir had also been approved to be published by the University. Convener of the committee Dr Amarjit Kaur said scholars belonging to different fields were allotted the task of preparing books in Punjabi on various subjects.
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State can create monopoly for trade, business
Chandigarh, June 8 The ruling by the Division Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Alok Singh came on a petition filed by cooperative societies against the state of Punjab and other respondents. Haripura Cooperative Labour and Construction Society and others petitioners had moved the court against two conditions in instructions dated May 4 advising such societies to “participate in the tenders of their home district”. The societies added the department illegally issued the May 4 instructions “with ulterior motive to deprive petitioners-societies in getting the work”. Their counsel had added the conditions were in violation of Article 19 of the Constitution of India; and there was no rationality in imposing them. Otherwise also, the petitioner-societies were participating in works of state departments in the past also. State counsel, on the other hand, argued every cooperative society had its own bye-lays and area of a society’s operation was defined. As per the regulation, the societies could participate in any work within the district. Speaking for the Bench, Justice Alok Singh asserted: “From the perusal of Article 19 of the Constitution of India, we are satisfied that reasonable restrictions can be imposed by the state by making law relating to professional or technical qualifications necessary for practising any profession or carrying on any occupation, trade or business. “Monopoly can also be created by the state in favour of the state or corporations owned or controlled by the state for any trade, business, industry or service to the exclusion, complete or partial of others”. At the same time, the Bench added: “We do not find anything from the impugned instructions dated May 4 that the state is creating any monopoly in favour of the state pertaining to the work shown in the tender in question, nor we find that any qualification or eligibility is fixed under the impugned instructions. We are of the opinion that impugned instruction dated May 4 is not a law”. The Bench added but “the basis of the instruction has not been disclosed. At the first sight, instruction seems to be unjustified and arbitrary. We are of the opinion that pursuant to instructions, petitioners-societies cannot be debarred from participating in tender process throughout the State, if they fulfil other eligibility and qualifications prescribed for the tender. Before parting with the orders, the Bench ruled: We are of the opinion, let entire controversy about the eligibility and financial position of the petitioners-societies for the tender in question be decided by the secretary, irrigation department, Government of Punjab.
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PPSC member, family complain against VB
Chandigarh, June 8 The petition has been filed weeks after The Tribune, in a series of reports, raised questions on the selections of doctors by the commission. It was placed before Justice Hemant Gupta, and is now scheduled to come up for further hearing on June 11. In their petition, Dr Mohi, wife Jaswinder Kaur Mohi, along with sons Chandreshwar Singh Mohi and Sarbeshwar Singh Mohi contended the Vigilance Bureau was even torturing the security guards earlier deployed with the PPSC member. Head Constable Ranjit Singh - Dr Mohi’s security guard for more than 20 years - too “has been subjected to very severe torture during the past one week”. A family friend, Bhupinder Singh Bains, was also being “repeatedly intimidated, threatened and tortured by Vigilance Bureau and Punjab police officials”. He was being forced by the Vigilance Bureau officials “to give false statements against all petitioners”. Giving details, the petitioners contended on June 2, Bains “was very severely tortured by Vigilance Bureau officials and was warned if he did not help the Vigilance Bureau officials to implicate Dr Mohi and his family, his entire family would suffer”. Dr Mohi’s counsel, Bar-at-Law Himmat Singh Shergill and Nimrata Shergill, contended the petitioner was holding “Constitutional office”, and was to perform functions independent of the government of the day. But the officials under the control of Punjab government were browbeating him. In fact, the “government was intimidating the petitioners and was adopting unconstitutional and illegal means to browbeat Dr Mohi and his family specifically at a time when examination for selections for posts of PCS (executive), excise and taxation officers, deputy superintendents of police, tehsildar, labour conciliatory officers, food supply and consumer affairs officer, employment generation and training officer was about five and a half weeks away, the petitioners added
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Teenager commits suicide
Jalandhar, June 8 SI Rupinder Singh said Kamalbir, his younger brother Rupinder Singh and their cousin Charanpreet Singh were watching TV. Suddenly Charanpreet came out of the room and informed his grandfather Sucha Singh that Kamalbir had locked himself in the bathroom in a fit of rage and was not opening the door. They broke the door open only to find Kamalbir hanging with the fountain. At the time of the incident, Kamalbir’s parents were not at home. The SI said the statement of Sucha Singh could not be recorded as he got unconscious while narrating the incident. The police has started inquest proceedings under Section 174 of
the CrPC.
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A special train with 386 members of Sikh jatha on board today left for Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev.
Anandpur Sahib, June 8
Plastic bags, which have been banned by the majority of states in the country, will now be used by the Punjab Government in the construction of roads. With their usage, roads will not only present a brighter look, but will be more strengthened. While using plastic bags in bitumen, the state government will save approximately Rs 2 lakh per km on road construction.
Retaining wall pulled down, choe swells
Chandigarh, June 8
A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting of the university’s standing committee for the development of Punjabi language, held under the chairmanship of varsity Vice-Chancellor Jaspal Singh, here today.