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3 held with heroin, fake currency
Nawanshahr, September 8
The district police arrested three miscreants, identified as Jaswinder Singh of Thathikhara village, Shavinder Singh of Gehri village (Tarn Taran) and Mukhtiar Singh, alias Mukha, of Khehra village (Amritsar), at two separate police nakas.

Man does wife to death
Tarn Taran, September 8
Major Singh (55), a resident of Ghairyala village, 45 km from here, allegedly killed his wife Kashmir Kaur (52) with a sharp-edged weapon late last evening. The Valtoha police has registered a case under section 302, o fthe IPC against the accused who fled from the spot after committing the crime.

Bad roads torment politically strong Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur, September 8
Gurdaspur district is a politically heavy district. It has two MPs, both aligned to the ruling Congress at the Centre. To top it, all the 11 MLAs of the district belong to the ruling SAD-BJP combine in Punjab, of which three are ministers and one is the Speaker of the Assembly.

RTI helps reveal MC’s inefficiency
Hoshiarpur, September 8
The tall claims of the Municipal Council on development and provision of modern civic amenities in the town have proved to be hollow. According to information under the RTI Act, provided by the council to the President of Social Democratic Party of India, Jai Gopal Dhiman, the town is suffering due to lack of development.

IMA: Withdraw case against doc
Phagwara, September 8
The Indian Medical Association, Phagwara unit, led by president Dr N.P.S. Makkar, Dr Satnam Singh Parmar, Dr Davinder Chhabrra and Dr Anoop, has challenged the alleged police action and undue registration of a case under section 304-A of the IPC against local doctor Rajeev Aggarwal on the charge of alleged negligence, which caused the death of a Hadiabad woman in Aggarwal Hospital on Saturday night.

3 held with heroin, fake currency
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, September 8
The district police arrested three miscreants, identified as Jaswinder Singh of Thathikhara village, Shavinder Singh of Gehri village (Tarn Taran) and Mukhtiar Singh, alias Mukha, of Khehra village (Amritsar), at two separate police nakas.

The police seized 1.1 kg of heroin said to be worth Rs 5 crore in the international market and fake Indian currency amounting to Rs 75,000 from their possession.

SSP Narinder Bhargava told mediapersons that the Banga police, led by SHO Rajwinder Singh, nabbed Jaswinder Singh and Shavinder Singh when their motorcycle was intercepted at a police naka at the nearby Khatkar Khurd village.

They were coming on their motorcycle (PB-46 (TEMP)/H-4662) from Heon link road and tried to flee when they saw the police party. But the police party succeeded in nabbing them. The police seized 500 gm of heroin each from them.

A case under sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Banga police station.

The Rahon police, led by ASI Nirmal Singh, during patrolling near the railway station, nabbed Mukhtiar Singh, alias Mukha, who tried to hide behind a bush.

The police seized 100 gm of heroin and fake Indian currency amounting to Rs 75,000 from him.

A case under sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and 489-B and 489-C of the IPC had been registered against him, said the SSP.

Jaswinder Singh and Shavinder Singh were relatives. While Jaswinder Singh had recently returned from Dubai, his nephew Shavinder Singh had been involved in narcotics smuggling for the past about two years. A case had already been registered against him under the NDPS Act, said the SSP, adding that Shavinder was brought up in an orphanage.

Man does wife to death

Tarn Taran, September 8
Major Singh (55), a resident of Ghairyala village, 45 km from here, allegedly killed his wife Kashmir Kaur (52) with a sharp-edged weapon late last evening. The Valtoha police has registered a case under section 302, o fthe IPC against the accused who fled from the spot after committing the crime.

Kashmir Kaur, whose first husband was killed by militants in 1990, had been living with the accused since then as his wife.

Major Singh had been forcing her to take share from the property of her first husband since long which she had been refusing in view the social traditions.

Saraj Singh, son of Kashmir Kaur from her first husband, in his statement to the police said that the accused had been forcing her to take share from the property of her first husband. He said Major Singh killed Kashmir Kaur with a datar. — OC

Bad roads torment politically strong Gurdaspur
Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, September 8
Gurdaspur district is a politically heavy district. It has two MPs, both aligned to the ruling Congress at the Centre. To top it, all the 11 MLAs of the district belong to the ruling SAD-BJP combine in Punjab, of which three are ministers and one is the Speaker of the Assembly.

However, despite this residents simply cannot fathom why the roads in the town are in a deplorable condition.

Railway Road is a sure pointer to the fact that it is utter callousness on the part of the PWD and the Punjab Mandi Board that is driving people crazy. Residents term this stretch of the road as a “killer zone.”

Office-goers from the Mandi area, who have to reach their offices, a majority of which are located behind the bus stand, normally take a detour and avoid the road. Pankaj Mahajan, who has a shop near the railway station, says, “Nobody seems to be listening to the genuine problems of the residents. We have sent complaints to various agencies but to no avail. I have to take an alternative route to take my son to school due to which I have to travel an additional 5 km.”

The problem on Railway Road is aggravated by the fact that private and government buses plying on the Amritsar-Pathankot road illegally pass on the road. Sources reveal that these buses take to the road just because if they come on the proper road, they may have to wait at the level crossing.

P.S. Tiwana, Executive Engineer, PWD, says, “I know the condition of the road is going from bad to worse. However, we have prepared an estimate and work on filling the pits and potholes will start shortly.”

Another worse road is the city portion of the GT Road. The road has massive pits and potholes and things are particularly bad in front of Punjab National Bank located on the road.

The portion of the road in front of Post Office Chowk, too, is in a pathetic state. This road is one of the main arteries of the town and is used by schoolchildren and office-goers.

Ravi Bhushan, a resident of Hardochanni Road, which is no better, says, “Both our MPs, Partap Bajwa and Ashwani Kumar, should come and see for themselves the condition of the roads.”

RTI helps reveal MC’s inefficiency
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, September 8
The tall claims of the Municipal Council on development and provision of modern civic amenities in the town have proved to be hollow. According to information under the RTI Act, provided by the council to the President of Social Democratic Party of India, Jai Gopal Dhiman, the town is suffering due to lack of development.

In a press release here today, Dhiman said the MC had 33 garbage containers of which just 10 were serviceable whereas the rest were lying in a damaged state.

The sides of these damaged dumpers were being covered with the fibre sheets. As a result, garbage scatters on roads while taking it to main dumping ground at Khuaspur village (Piplanwala), said Jai Gopal Dhiman.

There were 31 public toilets for men and 20 for women for more than 2 lakh population in the town of which 15 had been closed since long.

The council developed 31 parks but without public toilet. There were 36 illegal colonies in and around the city.

Dhiman said on account of improper cleanliness, chocked drains with garbage and blockade of natural outlets, the entire town gets flooded even with short spell of rain.

The rain water enters the houses and shops of various localities.

Almost all the roads recently strengthened or repaired by the MC had developed potholes causing trouble for commuters and pedestrians.

He said the Chief Minister recently provided Rs 3 crore to the MC for overall development of the town.

He demanded repair of damaged roads, improvement in water supply and sanitary conditions with the said amount.

Despite repeated attempts, the Executive Officer of the MC could not be contacted for his comments.

IMA: Withdraw case against doc
Our Correspondent

Phagwara, September 8
The Indian Medical Association, Phagwara unit, led by president Dr N.P.S. Makkar, Dr Satnam Singh Parmar, Dr Davinder Chhabrra and Dr Anoop, has challenged the alleged police action and undue registration of a case under section 304-A of the IPC against local doctor Rajeev Aggarwal on the charge of alleged negligence, which caused the death of a Hadiabad woman in Aggarwal Hospital on Saturday night.

A deputation of the IMA met local SHO Amrik Singh Chahal on Wednesday and urged him to register a case against the culprits who manhandled Dr Rajeev Aggarwal and some others after the death of Rukmani Devi.