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Politicians top the list Aman Sood Tribune News Service
Patiala, January 24 Topping the list is independent Ghanaur MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur, who got himself a fully furnished official accommodation on the prime location in Patiala. More than twice he has held political functions affiliated with the Congress in this house. However, he could not be contacted for his comments. The public works department (PWD) has also gone out of its way to impress Jalalpur by bearing the cost of making his house look presentable after spending lakhs of rupees. When contacted, the PWD officials in Patiala refused to comment, but PWD minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa accepted that “allotted works, as per importance, were completed”. Similarly, SAD general secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra is unofficially staying in 29-D, Rajbaha Road, a posh house otherwise allotted to MS Lalwa, chairman of zila parishad. Lalwa is considered a close aide of Chandumajra and the house is being used for all sorts of political gatherings from the past three years. When contacted, Chandumajra confirmed that he was staying in that house, but said he paid the rent from his own pocket. When asked if he was entitled to stay there, he replied that the house was allotted in the name of Lalwa. Another politician, a close aide of the Punjab Chief Minister, former Samana MLA Surjit Singh Rakhra, is using 4-D residential accommodation as his office from the past over three years. The address also finds a mention in an in-house magazine, taken out by his political followers. The house is allotted in the name of Sukhraj Singh Sidhu and is presently being used by Rakhra to meet people from his constituency. All three politicians have used these accommodations for political purposes. Senior officials in the estate office claimed that their office had sent reminders to many occupants to vacate houses, but said penal rent could not be charged from all as they were all “well-connected” people. “It is their government and we cannot act against them,” they added. Rakhra accepted that though he was using that house, he would ask his staff to vacate at the earliest. “I would find a private place for myself,” he added. Many others closely linked with politicians have got houses allotted either in their own name or someone else’s in Patiala. Divisional Commissioner GS Grewal said no one would be allowed to misuse government property for personal gains. Meanwhile IG, Lokpal, Sham Lal Gakhar and former Patiala SP RK Sharma today clarified that they had overstayed only for a month. “My application for retaining the house for some more time is pending,” Gakhar told the TNS.
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Residents protest against councillors
Dera Bassi, January 24 Addressing the protesters, former president of the council Amritpal Singh and Congress leader RR Bhardwaj said Rs 20 crore were lying unused due to the infighting among councillors. The council president is working in minority, which is the reason behind the obstacles in the process of development. — OC
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National Girl Child Day organised
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 24 He said the root cause of malnutrition amongst girls was not just poverty and lack of nutritious food, but also lack of value attached to girls. It must be the duty of society to check female foeticide. He said mothers could better develop a society. Speaking on this occasion, principal Jatinder Singh Sidhu said the women folk were more responsible for the neglect of girl child due to their urge for male child. |
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Man killed in accident, wife serious
Kharar, January 24 They were riding on a motorcycle when a speeding MUV (Ford Endeavor), bearing a registration number of Haryana, hit the bike. The couple used to the meet their parents every Sunday. Police officials said the accident took place on Mamupur village and a case in this connection has been registered against the driver of the vehicle. The officials said the body of the deceased was handed over to the family members after conducting the postmortem. XEN held for taking graft
Ambala: The vigilance bureau, Ambala, has nabbed an executive engineer (XEN) of the HVPN employed in Dhulkot Power House at Ambala City while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a contractor today. According to information, Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Kaithal district, had filed a complaint with the bureau that an XEN of transmission section, Rajesh Goel, was demanding Rs 5,000 from him for clearing his pending bills. A party of the bureau raided the office of the XEN and caught him red handed while taking the bribe. The raiding party recovered Rs 5,000 from his possession. A naib tehsildar accompanied the raiding team as an executive magistrate. The bureau has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the XEN. Several senior officers of the HVPN reached at the bureau office as soon as they got the information about their colleague’s arrest. |
Tanishq dacoity case Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 24 The nine were produced in the court of the Judicial Magistrate after their police custody ended today. They included the kingpin Paras Soni, his younger brother Manav Soni, Anuj Kumar, Ajay Singh, Upender Singh, Bhura Tomar, Sonu Raghav, Bhura Qureshi and Harinder Singh. Another accused in the case, Nadeem, arrested by the Delhi police was brought to the city today and the Chandigarh police made his formal arrest in court . He was subsequently remanded to three days’ police custody. The gang of 12 had barged into the Tanishq showroom in Mani Majra on January 12 and decamped with jewellery worth Rs 10 crore. They had drugged the two security guards on duty at gunpoint. Three days later, they were arrested from Ghaziabad on the basis of their cellphone details. It was established during the course of investigations that the prime accused Paras Soni was wanted by the police of three states in various cases of dacoity. He was also accused of committing three murders and hails from Jalalabad. One of the accused Bhura Qureshi had also attempted suicide while in police lock-up two days ago. He was discharged from hospital and also sent to police lock-up. He has also been booked in a case of suicide attempt.
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Torture
in Custody Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 24 The SP was directed to conduct the probe on January 17 by the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Augustine George Masih, while taking cognisance of a letter received by post. The Bench, after going through an affidavit filed by the SP for additional time to complete the investigation, verbally observed: “The court is surprised as to what the SP, Ambala, had done in the past seven days except filing an affidavit of 13 pages.” The Bench added that the SP had to show how he had utilised seven days time before he was entitled to more time. In the letter dated January 4 to the High Court, it was alleged that the cops had taken five men, three women and a child into their custody one morning. Hailing from Rajasthan, they were into the business of selling incense sticks and balloons at the Ambala railway station. The letter, written by one of the women victims, said they were picked up as the police suspected them to be members of the notorious Bawaria gang. At police station, the cops forced them to shed clothes before beating them up, the letter alleged. It was also alleged that the cops raped two of the three women for more than 12 days, leaving the third one, who was pregnant. The letter claimed one of the women got pregnant and the DNA test should be conducted on police officials to find out the facts. The case will come up for hearing on January 27.
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Cremica Cup Cricket Tournament
Chandigarh, January 24 The other team, which secured its place in the top-four bracket was DAV Senior Secondary School, Amritsar, which beat DAV Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, by 35 runs in the other quarterfinal match. Earlier, in the first match, Patiala team elected to bat first and put on 142 all out in 20 overs. The highlight of the Patiala innings was 49 off 19 by Sohpal, who slammed four boundaries and four sixes during the course.Rakwsh Rawat (3 for 33) was the highest wicket taker for the Chandigarh team. The Chandigarh team chased the target with aplomb and overhauled it in just 18. 1overs with the help of unbeaten half century by Parshant Chopra (50). Abhishek hit 41 runs in 26 balls to make the things easier. In the second match, DAV, Amritsar set target of 130 runs for DAV-15. But DAV-15 team gave up at 94 for 7 in 20 overs. Brief score Govt Multipurpose School, Patiala: 142 all out in 20 overs (Sohpal 49, Sagar 27, Sidhir 14, Rakesh Rawat 3 for 33, Sumith Huda 2 for 20, Akshay Kaushik 1 for 18, Hemank 1 for 31). DAV Senior Secondary School-8: 146 for 1 in 18.1 overs (Parshant Chopra 50, Abhishek 41, Naveen Dhiman 31, Sudhir 1 for 13). DAV Senior Secondary School, Amritsar: 129 for 9 in 20 overs (Karan Sharma 25, Vinay Choudhary 25 n o, Navneet Singh 24, Satbir Singh 22, Anmol 1 for 18, Harshank 1 for 21, Rishu Chopra 1 for 32, Harman 1 for 15, Abhilash Sharma 1 for 26). DAV Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15: 94 for 7 in 20 overs (Anshuman 35, Abhilash Sharma 15, Akash Vashisht 3 for 25, Ravi Kumar 2 for 8, Vivek Vikram 1 for 15, Vinay Choudhary 1 for 23).
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Chandigarh Jr Golf put off till Jan 27
Chandigarh, January 24 Giving this information, Chandigarh Golf Club president BS Gill said this tournament was part of the five tournaments to be held this year to tap talent at the junior level. The club will hold five such junior tournaments every year as part of the Junior Golf Mission 2016, when golf will be included in the Olympic Games as a medal sport. He was happy with the response he got for the tournament. To promote junior golf in the tricity, the tournament series is open to junior golfers aged between 6 - 18 years, both members and non-members of the Chandigarh Golf Club.
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FC
Mittal Trophy
Mohali, January 24 The decision of fielding first by Mansa skipper backfired as the Mohali team put on mammoth 408 for 2 in 50 overs. Sunny Sohal and Mayank Siddana proved nemesis for the rival’s bowlers as they punished every bowler came their way. Sohal slammed 20 boundaries and two sixes to complete 156 in 141 balls while Siddana remained unbeaten on 160 runs. Siddana too, hit 20 boundaries in the course. The other notable contributor with both bat and ball was Manpreet Gony. While Gony chipped in unbeaten 55 runs in just 10 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes, he took 4 for 14 to break the backbone of the rival’s batting line-up. For Mansa, Manpreet (1 for 46) and Beant Singh (1 for 103) claimed the wickets.In reply Mansa ware all out at 99 in 19.2 overs. With his 23-run knock, Naveen finished as the highest scorer for the team. Dharminder (20) and Manpreet (13) were the other contributors. Apart from Goni, Varun Khanna (3 for 23), Gunjot (1 for 14) and Rohit Rathi (1 for 21) snapped the wickets. The win earned a bonus point for Mohali, which has accumulated five points so far. |
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