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It’ll be Bihar repeat for Cong in Punjab: Sukhbir
Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal at a SAD meeting in Mohali on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Emergence of third front imminent: Manpreet
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Congress all geared up for Amarinder’s road show
PROPOSAL TO reduce PUNJABI LECTURES
Shiromani Shayar Parminderjeet addresses mediapersons in Amritsar on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Tainted Cops
FRUIT OF LABOUR: Banasar Bagh in Sangrur. Photo by writer
Cops lathicharge unemployed linemen
Cops resort to lathicharge to disperse the protesting Unemployed Linemen Union members outside the PSPCL headquarters in Patiala on Thursday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar
A view of Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Livestock rearing comes into its own
Ludhiana-Chandigarh road to be relaid
A potholed stretch of the Morinda road. A Tribune photograph
Union postpones protest to Dec 17
City to host i-Yoga camp
Ex-Secy (Planning) for special category status to state
National award for Faridkot dist
Millers demand security waiver to speed up paddy milling
Give 100 pc subsidy to ‘innovative’ farmers: Panel
Congress welcomes grant of voting right to NRIs
Four booked for fraud
2 suspended for taking bribe
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It’ll be Bihar repeat for Cong in Punjab: Sukhbir
Mohali, November 25 Speaking at a rally, primary organised to rein in disgruntled party workers and counter the campaign initiated by Manpreet Badal, Sukhbir, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister, said the SAD would contest the polls on development agenda. “Today, the electorate is aware about subsidies and the benefits of development. The campaign launched by the Opposition would have no effect on them,” said Sukhbir. Throwing an open challenge to the Opposition parties for a debate on economic agenda and development initiatives of the SAD-BJP government in the past four years, he alleged that the Congress party was hell bent on scuttling positive development initiatives. The SAD chief said the people wanted to give mandate to only those parties that have development-oriented vision. He said the SAD-BJP government was working hard to make the state power surplus. The ongoing work at thermal plants in Goindwal, Talwandi Sabo, Rajpura, Gidderbaha, and Mansa was aimed in this direction. The government is also exploring setting up of power plants in Jalandhar and Amritsar districts, said Sukhbir. He also claimed that the state government has doubled the revenue growth within four years. The Deputy CM while announcing setting up of an International Trade Centre at Mohali, said he would be laying foundation stone of multi-storied air-conditioned convention centre next month. The convention centre would be completed within seven months as land has already been acquired for the project. He also announced that international flights would start from Mohali early next year. Sukhbir said that he met Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel at Delhi in this regard. Prominent among those present on the occasion were: Hira Singh Gabria Cabinet minister, Dr Daljit Singh Cheema secretary and spokesman of SAD, Balwinder Singh Bhuner and Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, Ujagar Singh Badali, Jasjit Singh Bunny, NK Sharma chairman District Planning Committee.
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Emergence of third front imminent: Manpreet
Kishanpura Kalan (Moga), November 25 Talking to The Tribune after taking a break from his hectic schedule on the second day of his ‘Jago Punjab Yatra’ that entered Moga district this morning, he said the people were looking for politics based on moral values and principles. However, he avoided giving a reply to whether he would lead the third front by uniting all splinter groups of Akalis or other small parties, saying that at the moment he was not in a position to decide on this issue. “It is not a question of whether small parties unite or not; rather it is important that right-thinking people join hands together to build a strong nation,” he said, adding that there was a need to overhaul the whole system of governance. He said people whom he met during his yatra had informed him that institutionalised corruption was prevailing in the police administration across the state. “I am shocked to know that one has to grease the palms of cops even to lodge a complaint, which is every individual’s basic right and the duty of the administration,” he said. Later, addressing a gathering at Kishanpura
Kalan, one of the biggest villages of the district having 6,800 votes, Manpreet said the politicians should dispense with the tradition of laying the foundation stones to save public money. “This money can be utilised for welfare schemes,” he said. He called on the people to provide better education to their children to lay the foundation stone of a strong society and a strong nation. He also addressed gatherings at Fatehgarh Panchtoor, Khosa Randhir Singh and Dharamkot in the district. He mainly focused on national integration and bringing in social, economic and political reforms in society to fulfil the dreams of freedom fighters. Kuldip Singh Dhos, a former member of the SGPC who organised the rallies of Manpreet said his supporters were being terrorised by senior leaders of the ruling party. He said the official machinery was also being used to create obstacles in the yatra. Abhay Singh, nephew of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh also addressed the gatherings.
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Congress all geared up for Amarinder’s road show
Dera Bassi, November 25 District congress president and MLA Balbeer Singh Sidhu, Congress leader Rakesh Sharma, addressed these meetings in Dera Bassi. This road show from Zirakpur to Patiala will be welcomed by party leaders and workers at various places. Addressing the party workers, Sidhu said people were joining the congress under the leadership of former Chief minister Amrinder Singh as the SAD-BJP government had failed to implement the promises made during the past assembly elections. Now the Badal government was trying to divert the attention of people from the real public issues by starting the Manpreet Badal controversy, he added. He asserted that Capt Amrinder’s road show from November 26 would be instrumental in uprooting the Badal government in Punjab. In order to welcome the road show, different factions of the party will hold functions separately on the Patiala road. Congress leaders Rakesh Sharma, Deepinder Singh Dhillon along with thousands of party workers will participate in welcoming the road show from Dera Bassi.
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PROPOSAL TO reduce PUNJABI LECTURES Perneet Singh/TNS
Amritsar, November 25 Addressing mediapersons here today, manch convener Prof Jagdeep Singh said one of the primary aims to set up the university was to promote Punjabi language but those at the helm of affairs at the university today want to edge the language out of the campus. He said: “Mother tongue is never a burden on anybody. On one hand, we are trying to get Punjabi introduced in all colleges affiliated with PTU, while on the other, the university meant to promote Punjabi is conspiring to sideline the language which is non-scientific and anti-social conduct.” Dr Harjinder Singh Atwal from Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, said the proposal to “reduce the burden of science students by doing away with Punjabi” is unfortunate and its implementation will not only deprive thousands of students of the knowledge of their mother tongue but also render scores of Punjabi teachers jobless”. Talwinder Singh, vice-president of the Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, a leading outfit of Punjabi writers, said what could be more unfortunate then “the issuance of anti-Punjabi diktat from Amritsar, the heart of Punjab”. He said their outfit had been fighting to secure the rightful place for Punjabi not only in Punjab but also in the neighbouring states and they would oppose any such move tooth and nail. Shiromani Shayar Parminderjeet said: “The move to do away with the language spoken by a majority under a well-planned conspiracy will be a huge disaster.” He said while the government was fighting to get Punjabi the status of the second language in the neighbouring states, this is the treatment being meted out to it in Punjab. Folklore Research Academy chief Ramesh Yadav said if the GNDU was mulling to do away with Punjabi as a subject, then the Vice-Chancellor had no right to continue on his post. According to the manch, the Guru Nanak University Amritsar (Amendment) Act, 1975, clearly mentions under the university’s duties that the university will “promote Punjabi studies, provide for research in Punjabi language and literature and undertake measures for the development of the language, literature and culture”. The manch claimed that neither any teacher union nor any student body had raised the issue of increasing course burden in the past. They said out of the 150 colleges affiliated with the university, 140 are running BSc course and Punjabi is a part of their syllabus. The language has six periods a week in each part of BSc and a 100-mark paper every year. On the other hand, Vice-Chancellor of the university AS Brar clarified that they were not completely doing away with Punjabi. He, however, said there was a proposal to reduce teaching hours in the university’s affiliated colleges under which the duration of periods of all subjects like Punjabi, English and environmental studies would be reduced. He said teachers of affiliated colleges had raised the issue of “excess teaching hours” with him, stating that they had to teach 45-50 hours a week, which he too felt, was more as compared to 25-30 hours a week in the university.
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State gets HC rap for not acting at desired pace
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 25 “Whether you have held meetings or yet more meetings are to be held?” questioned Justice Gogoi. “Place your policy on record so that we may issue mandamus in terms of the policy to make that policy binding on the state government,” the Bench told Punjab Additional Advocate-General Rupinder Khosla. The observations were made orally in the open court and cannot be construed as expression of the court’s final opinion on the matter. Quoting the Police Act, the amicus curiae said provisions were in place for dealing with tainted police officials up to the rank of SHO. But such provisions were not in existence for dealing with senior officers, including those from IPS. Taking note of the assertion, the Chief Justice verbally observed: “Such provisions should apply to the senior officers with greater force.” The Bench was apparently not satisfied with the argument put forth by Khosla that every convicted official need not be removed from service, and minor offences like traffic offences should not form the basis of removal from service. Justice Gogoi then questioned Khosla: “What about police officials convicted for moral turpitude?” Appearing in person in the contempt of court against Chief Secretary SC Aggarwal for not implementing the November 2008 judgment in a PIL filed by him, advocate HC Arora said as per the latest affidavit filed by the state, 74 convicted police officials, including four of the DSP rank were still in service. He pointed out that many police officials were convicted for charges of murder, and even forgery. In sharp contrast to the Punjab Government’s stand, the law officer for the state of Haryana said it had removed all public servants convicted for criminal offence in terms of the November 2008 judgment. The hearing also saw the Bench reminding the Punjab counsel that it has to submit details of cases where criminal proceedings have not so far resulted in framing of charges; the names of officials against whom charges have been framed by the criminal court; and the names of officials convicted for various criminal offences. The Bench made it amply clear that the policy framed by the state government would apply equally to all officers, including IPS. But the court shall not pass orders dealing with individual police officers. The Bench adjourned the case for December 9.
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Sangrur residents restore Banasar Bagh
Sangrur, November 25 Though the state government had “failed” to renovate Banasar Bagh following years of neglect, some prominent local residents had taken the responsibility of transforming the
only surviving garden here last year. “The garden was nothing but a dirty and a bushy forest area where no one would have thought of visiting. However, with the active support of prominent residents, we took charge of changing the fate of the garden and achieved the aim within a year’s time. We cleaned the garbage and debris besides pruning the bushes and clearing the wild grass,” said Fateh Prabhakar, President of the Banasar Bagh Welfare Association, who played an active role in the campaign, “Apna Bagh Aap Savaro”. “We didn’t get funds for the renovation work from any government agency, but we motivated the residents to adopt parts of the garden for long-term maintenance. We have also collected money from the residents which we spent on the upkeep of the garden and paying a part of salaries to the gardeners. “We are focusing on the sustained cleaning of the garden and allotting different areas of the garden to the people for maintenance,” Prabhakar added. He further said that these days a large number of morning and evening
walkers visited the garden due to its great look and ambience. Many local residents have come forward to donate money while some have adopted various parts of the garden for maintenance. Former MLA and Chairman of the Umeed Foundation, an NGO, Arvind Khanna, who has also adopted a part of the garden for renovation, said that he felt happy to have played a part in regaining the glory of the garden.
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Cops lathicharge unemployed linemen
Patiala, November 25 The protesters again resorted to blocking the main gates of the PSPCL Headquarters to stall all movement. The police had to be called in, who resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse the protesters. As per information, some protesters sustained injuries. Notably, after a long protest by the union on October 27, state CM Parkash Singh Badal had ordered the PSPCL to recruit 5,000 linemen on a contract basis at a lump sum salary of Rs 10,000 per month within ten days. “It has almost been a month but we have not been given appointment letters by the PSPCL,” said the union spokesman Jagtar Singh, while adding that they would not end their agitation till they had appointment letters. Undeterred with the lathicharge, the protesters raised slogans against the PSPCL Management and the Punjab government for adopting a casual approach towards the recruitment of 5,000 unemployed linemen. In the evening, two protesters Bhola Singh and his wife, Veerpal Kaur, sat on fast unto death. It was only after the intervention of Patiala DC Dipinder Singh, that they agree to end their fast. Also, the union is defying the court orders, prohibiting protest in 100-mts radius of the PSPCL headquarters. It has been more than a month that the union members have been protesting outside the PSPCL office but there has been no breakthrough between the two parties. “The court had restrained all associations from holding any demonstrations and sloganeering. We have handed over the copy of court order to the Patiala Administration. But it is really strange that still the unions are staging protest and had managed to lock the gates of the headquarters yesterday,” said a PSPCL spokesman.
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Adopt zero-discharge tech, electroplating units told
Umesh Dewan Tribune News Service
Patiala, November 25 In case the units fail to comply with the directions of the board by the given deadline, not only the bank guarantee of Rs 10 lakh of each unit found defaulter will be forfeited but the proceedings for the closure of the unit will also be initiated with immediate effect. Currently, two units each of Hero Cycles and Avon Cycles besides one unit each of Ralson Cycles, Turbo Tools, SKG Engineering Works and Majestic Auto Ltd are discharging 100 Kilo Litre Per Day (KLD) of their treated but metal- containing water into a sewer, which directly goes into Buddha Nullah. When the water reaches near Humbran, it starts polluting the Satluj. Taking cognisance of the matter, a meeting of the senior board officials and representatives of all eight large electroplating units was held with PPCB chairman Rajat Aggarwal at the board’s headquarters at Patiala, here today. During the meeting, Aggarwal said in order to make Ludhiana water pollution-free, it is the corporate sector’s responsibility to step forward and own up to its moral and social responsibility by adopting the ZLD technology. The corporate sector should use its treated effluents back into its processes. According to the board authorities, the eight electroplating units have installed their effluent treatment plants, are operating them regularly and meeting the prescribed standards laid down by the board. However, it was found that the metals were still being accumulated in Buddha Nullah, thereby resulting in deterioration of the quality of water. “Hence, the board wants that these electroplating units should install the Multi-Effect Evaporator (MEE) Reverse Osmosis (RO) System,” said Aggarwal. He further said, “With the installation of these devices, the electroplating units will be able to reuse their water in the process with zero discharge outside.” Speaking to TNS, the PPCB Deputy Director (PR), Dr Charanjit Singh, said to make Buddha Nullah pollution free, the system through which treated electroplating effluent would be reused in the process by these industries through MEE and RO from December 31 would be a golden day in the board’s history.
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Livestock rearing comes into its own
Jodhpur Romana (Bathinda), November 25 Speaking to a number of people in livestock rearing during the second day of the Punjab state zonal livestock and milking competition, being held at Jodhpur Romana village, it was observed that livestock rearing was playing an important role in the economic development of the people of the state -- not only those who were having small land holdings but others also. “An experiment to step out of the traditional occupation of agriculture was not at all a wrong decision. It is providing me handsome income as well as name and fame,” said Jaspal Singh of Tarkhanwala village in Muktsar district. Winning the top medal in the milking competition today, a two and a half years old mare of Nukra breed,
Rani, not only won Jaspal a cash award of thousands, it also let him interact with a number of officials and dignitaries present at the competition. “The care we give our horses and mares returns us good income as livestock- rearing is emerging as a good subsidiary business. Besides prize money, we get handsome income while selling livestock to another person in livestock-rearing business,” he claimed. The views were endorsed by Mohammad Shamshad of
Sangrur, who had come here with his two-year-old ram. He said sheep, ram rearing was also gaining recognition as one of the good vocations of the state farmers. “No doubt we spend on the feed and care of the rams we have, but the expenses are just like investment. Our rams go to Delhi and Mumbai and win a number of competitions and provide us handsome prizes, including cash awards. Moreover, we deal in trading that fetches hefty amounts some times,” added
Shamshad. Replying to a query, he said agriculture had become a traditional occupation with less profit and more investment and risk, whereas rearing rams is proving him a comparatively higher
income. Sukhchain Singh, who had come with a greyhound dog, said, “Observing the sale of pups is a much more paying trade than traditional agriculture. I treat it as a prime occupation and now run a kennel.” A dairy owner, Naib Singh of Mansa district, who had brought along his Murrah buffalo, also termed cattle-rearing as a profitable trade.
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Ludhiana-Chandigarh road to be relaid
Morinda, November 25 “In next 15 days the formalities will be complete and the work will start. It will take four months for the entire road to be renewed,” said SDO of the CWD Kirpal Singh. Around 600 to 700 m of the stretch will be raised and the rest of it will be strengthened and re-carpeted. Major time-consuming task will include laying the drain near the stretch. Earlier, the level of drain was higher than the road. This resulted in irreparable road damage. The situation had worsened to the extent that volunteers from the nearby gurudwara had to pitch and fill the potholes with bricks. But due to the heavy rush, bricks could not bear the traffic load and soon the road was back to square one. Sources said the delay in allotment of contract had also caused some problem. “While the department invited the tender at Rs 7.60 crore, the contractor has agreed to do same work at Rs 5.70 crore. Department officials are apprehensive that the contractor may compromise the quality of work,” said the officials. Earlier on September 16, taking advantage of the badly damaged road an under trial in a murder case had fled away. He was being taken from the Ropar session courts to the Nabha jail. He was later arrested from the periphery on the same day.
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Union postpones protest to Dec 17
Bathinda, November 25 The main demands include the payment of revised pay scales, arrear of 43 months, Rs 10,300-34,800 pay scale for clerks and stenos, and computer training to clerks by scrapping
typing test. State president of the PSMSU Darshan Singh Bajaj said a 15-member delegation of the union today met the IG in his office here and held talks with him regarding their demands and the
Lambi rally. He said the IG had asked them to defer their Lambi rally as CM Parkash Singh Badal had gone to the USA for some days. He said the IG had assured them that he would take time from Principal Secretary to Chief Minister DS Guru for a meeting with the union in connection with the demands and later, he (IG) would arrange a meeting with the CM after he returned from the US, Bajaj added. Bajaj said in case their demands were not met even after the meeting with the CM, they would hold their rally on December 17 in Lambi to compel the state government to accept their demands.
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City to host i-Yoga camp
Patiala, November 25 Giving this information, president, Chandigarh Yog Sabha (CYS) Suresh Sharma said, “Lalji Maharaj will educate the participants on i-Yoga or individualised Yoga, wherein Yoga asana’s, customised to individual needs and ailments would be taught.” Free consultation for the treatment of various ailments like high blood pressure, tension, obesity, migraine, insomnia, diabetes will also be given at the camp. “I-Yoga means that this powerful technique can be customised to suit individual needs. Seminars will also be organised on both days, wherein renowned Yogacharyas from all over the country will deliberate on diagnosis and treatment of various chronic diseases by means of Yoga and Naturopathy at Thapar University,” he added. Sharma said the Yoga camp and the seminars were being organised under the aegis of Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy and Department of AYUSH, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. “At an ordinary Yoga camp, large number of asana’s are mindlessly instructed to the untrained masses, without any thought for their individualised requirements based on age, gender, or any precautions. Keeping these factors in mind, Lalji Maharaj will educate individuals on asana’s that suit their age, gender, at the free camp,” he added.
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Ex-Secy (Planning) for special category status to state
Jalandhar, November 25 He said such a status was granted to give a boost to the development process of certain states especially in the North-East. However, now some of the special category states were growing at a better pace than even states like Punjab. Grewal said Punjab, which would be growing at the slowest pace in the country during the current Five Year Plan, should in fact be given special category status. Ninety per cent of the plan assistance to Punjab should be given as grant and the remaining 10 per cent as loan that was done in the case of special category states. He said such a step should be taken keeping in view the state’s contribution to the country’s food security. Grewal said the debt of non-special category states such as Punjab was rising because the Planning Commission of India gave as loan and not as grant 70 per cent of the central assistance and additional assistance for the plan to such states. Grewal said though the number of centrally sponsored schemes had been reduced to 99 from 210 during the 11th plan, there were still many schemes which were of little or no relevance to states like Punjab. Owing to this reason, central assistance should be given in lumpsum and should not be scheme specific.
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National award for Faridkot dist
The President will present the national award to Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, S Karuna Raju at a function in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on December 3 for the best Local Level Committee (LLC) of the National Trust. Raju said the LLC, Faridkot, constituted by the National Trust of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, had been selected for the national award as the best LLC for the current year. The LLC was looking after the welfare of persons with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism and multiple disabilities. He said the LLC had made concerted efforts since its formation in 2001 in effectively implementing the schemes and programmes of the National Trust. He said the LLC was engaged in creating awareness and interactions on implementation and the coordination of schemes with panchayat members, government agencies and NGOs. As many as 36 centres had been set up with the help of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan Authority for information and assistance to differently abled persons in the district.
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Millers demand security waiver to speed up paddy milling
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 25 The government had increased the price of security for milling paddy from last year’s Rs 3 lakh to Rs 16 lakh. “The security amount has been increased by more than five times as compared to the previous year. This is not justified,” said the press secretary of the Punjab Rice Millers Association, Nakesh
Jindal. He said many rice millers had failed to purchase the mandatory 150 metric ton paddy last year and were termed as defaulters. Even those who had purchased were defaulters, as they had not returned the milled rice as per the specifications of government within the given time frame. Those who purchased the mandatory quantity had demanded relaxation in norms and their time had elapsed. “Now the government has directed the rice shellers to deposit an amount equal to three consignments. Price of three consignments is equal to Rs 16 lakh,” he said. Those who will not pay Rs 16 lakh as security will not get their contracts renewed. Jindal claimed that owing to huge standing dues, the millers would be unable to deposit Rs 16 lakh as security, which would delay paddy milling.
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Give 100 pc subsidy to ‘innovative’ farmers: Panel Fatehgarh Sahib, November 25 The discussion was organised at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College. The speakers shed light on economic, political and agricultural issues involving the two countries during the discussion. Moderating the discussion, noted journalist, Kanwar Sandhu emphasised on the socio-political issues involving the two nations. He said Obama’s three-day visit to India was a clear signal that India had arrived on the global economic and political scenario. He also remarked that Obama did choose not to say anything against Pakistan as US did not want to lose either India or Pakistan in its fight against terror. Participating in the discussion Dr Jagwant Singh president of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, said President Obama’s visit was positive for India. He added that criticising Obama for keeping quiet on the Indo-Pak issues was not fair because it had been a stand taken long ago by India to not let anyone mediate between the two countries. Prof Ratinder Kaur from Punjabi University of Patiala said Indian banks would soon start operating in the countries like US, which would help in the growth of our economy.
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Congress welcomes grant of voting right to NRIs
Chandigarh, November 25 Speaking out for his party, Bholath legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira said today that: “This is a landmark and historic decision that has been widely welcomed.” He said: “By passing the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill 2010 during the monsoon session of Parliament and issuing a gazette notification to this effect, the government has brought cheers to all NRIs across the globe.” He further said as far as the Punjabi community was concerned, going by rough estimates, approximately 5 million Punjabi’s were in abroad, which was nearly one fifth of the Punjabi’s population. Granting voting right to NRIs would mean including them in the policy and decision-making process of the country. Khaira said his constituency alone had over 50,000 persons abroad and that electoral rolls were shrinking in Bholath due to a huge exodus of citizens to various countries. The Congress legislator said by according voting right to NRIs, the Centre has acceded to a long-pending demand of NRIs. “I feel with this step, NRIs will become a part and parcel of our mainstream politics,” he added.
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Justice MM Kumar is executive chairman
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 25 A notification to this effect by Punjab secretary, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs, Rekha Mittal, was published on November 18. Justice Kumar replaces Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, who retired upon attaining the age of superannuation the previous month. Justice Kumar’s nomination has put to rest unsubstantiated speculations on transfer of some judges from the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Four booked for fraud
Ropar, November 25 Jit Pal Singh told police that both Gupta and Singh dealt in business of share investment and future trading in stock market and their firm, AR Entreprises, was registered in their wives names. Jit Pal too had invested money with the AR Enterprises. Since May 2009, the accused had been allegedly using his money without his consent and knowledge. Jit Pal claimed that he had suffered losses worth Rs 6.74 lakh. The complainant had also gone to Ropar police but no action was taken. Directing the Ropar police to take action against the accused the court ordered registration of case.
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2 suspended for taking bribe
Morinda, November 25 DC and commissioner of the Patiala division suspended the two revenue officials today. DC Arunjit Singh Miglani has confirmed the development. In their complaint to DC Miglani, Khirnia’s relatives had alleged that the naib tehsildar and patwari had taken bribe for transfer of ancestral property. Surjit Singh from village Badwali said on November 11 he had gone to the office of tehsildar for transfer of ancestral land in the name of his son Bahadur Singh. Instead of taking Rs 31000 as government fees, the tehsildar allegedly asked for Rs 1.26 lakh. Surjit had paid the requisite amount of Rs 1 lakh and later came to know that the actual government fee was Rs 31000.
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