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Brar: New voters to be registered till Sept 2
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Sukhbir: UPA Govt has no will to fight corruption
American Sikhs’ plea
Fazilka villagers told to evacuate
Amarinder, Charak bury the hatchet
BJP’s Barnala dist chief quits
CEO seeks fresh report on Gill, Guru activities
New power projects to begin generation in 2012
Cotton starts arriving in Mansa mandis
Pollution board raids paper mills
PPCB orders closure of Nectar Lifesciences unit
5 hospitals found violating pollution norms
Rural mission employees resent exploitation
CM invites farmers for talks
DC orders removal of illegal hoardings
Man held with revolver
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Brar: New voters to be registered till Sept 2
Chandigarh, August 24 In a circular to the returning officers, the commission has said that anyone trying to cast a bogus vote or found to have given a wrong declaration on being a “keshdhari Sikh”should be arrested at the polling booth. This, he said, would send out a strong message and prevent “non-keshdhari” voters from trying to cast their vote. Justice Brar said the commission had appointed 28 secretary-level IAS officers from Punjab and Haryana as poll observers. Punjab had 19 observers from Haryana, Haryana would have seven and both Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh one observer each. Officers from Punjab had been deputed out of the state and those from Haryana in Punjab. The commission chief said they had received a complaint that 2,000 fake voters had been registered in Mohali. It would deal with the complaint in a day or so. On other complaints received by the commission, he said most had been found to be false, including the one against the government holding a function in Fazilka. The commission had asked the commissioners and DCs to mark the sensitive booths. He said it required central or para-military forces would be used to hold a peaceful poll. Justice Brar said the withdrawals would take place on August 26, the list of valid nominations would be displayed on August 29 and a list of polling stations would beput up August 30. New voters would not be registered after September 2 as the administration would require about two weeks to finalise other poll-related arrangements. Though, the commission had received 60 complaints from various quarters, none was found violating the code of conduct. None of the complaints filed against the government had so far been found valid. Meanwhile, various bodies watching the gurdwara elections have suggested that the poll expense per segment should be limited to Rs 2.5 lakh. Candidates should not be allowed to use more than three vehicles, processions should be barred, each candidate should be allowed only two campaign offices and no hoarding should be permitted at public places. The commission is yet to take any decision in this regard.
SGPC POLL
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We’re not alarmed at the
desertions, says Sarna
Ludhiana, August 24 “When
Badal was looking for matches for his children, at that time he
preferred Congress families. Now, suddenly, the Congress has become an
anathema for him. He is clearly trying to fool the people of our
state,” he said. He pointed out that Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir
Singh Badal was married to Harsimrat Kaur Badal, daughter of Satyajit
Singh Majithia, whose family had been associated with the Congress for
many years. “Even his daughter Parneet Kaur is married to Adesh
Partap Singh Kairon, whose grandfather was a Congress Chief Minister
of Punjab and father Surinder Singh Kairon Congress Member of
Parliament,” Sarna said. Sarna alleged that the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) was employing all means to coerce candidates of the Panthic Morcha, comprising the Akali Dal-Delhi, the Shiromani Akali Dal (1920), the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani), into opting out of the contest for the SGPC poll. “They
(Badal group) have tried everything to pressurise our candidates. The
few, who deserted the morcha yesterday, were never with us. Badal had
made them join the Panthic Morcha and they had deserted the group as
planned by Badal. We are not worried at this development and will win
on all seats,” claimed Sarna. Sarna alleged that Badal was trying
to make bogus votes, “but nothing will deter us. I appeal to the
Centre that paramilitary forces be deployed in Punjab five days before
the SGPC elections.”
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Sukhbir: UPA Govt has no will to fight corruption
Chandigarh, August 24 The Deputy Chief Minister said the Punjab Government, realising that corruption at the grassroots level could not be tackled without making the system transparent and ensuring accountability, had initiated a number of steps, including the Right to Service Act administrative reforms, e-tendering and police reforms. For time-bound delivery of services, Punjab had become the first state in the country to enact the Right to Service Act, a replica of the citizens’ charter proposed by Anna Hazare. He said Punjab had introduced e-tendering to eliminate discretionary powers in the allotment of work. He said that if the UPA Government had introduced e-tendering, scams like the 2G scam could have been averted. Sukhbir said now with computerisation of land records, the farmers could get a printed copy of their land records at home. With the computerisation of transport offices, any transporter could get a road permit at home by sending his request on the internet.
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American Sikhs’ plea
Amritsar, August 24 The American SGPC president, Jaswant Singh Hothi, said it was the duty of every Sikh to ensure that candidates with a clean image won the elections. He said that voters shall take promise from the candidates that they would work with dedication to promote the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. Hothi said the Sikh voters should support honest candidates, irrespective of their party affiliations. He welcomed the directive by Akal Takht asking the SGPC candidates and their kin to get baptised before the elections. He appealed to Jathedar Gurbachan Singh to take strong note of miscreants in Ropar throwing a copy of Guru Granth Sahib into a well.
— TNS
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the Water
Curse
Sabdalpur/Amritpur (Kapurthala), August 24 His three children and wife look expectantly at visitors for some help in their hour of need. Swarno, in the family way with their fourth child, breaks into tears as she narrates their misfortune. “It seems God has singled us out for a special punishment,” she sobs while being comforted by her neighbours. Even in such trying times, they are looking after the family with whatever they can spare. And Pipal is not alone. Amritpur village is just 3 km from Goindwal Sahib and was a picturesque area with lush paddy fields. However, that was a week ago. Today, the only remnants of the village are submerged houses with rooftops stored with tarpaulin-covered household goods. As far as one can see, it is just a vast expanse of water. While the official line is that the floods occurred last week, villagers at Sabdalpur on the west bank of the river were already living on the Dhussi bund 11 days ago. No one has bothered to reach out to them since the only approach katcha track is too slushy for vehicles and one has to walk a long distance to get to them. Ironically, many of them are seeking refuge at Patalpuri, a place adjacent to Goindwal Sahib, where the Sikhs immerse the ashes of their loved ones in the Beas, at night. The clean and well-maintained surroundings meant for the last journey of the deceased have become a warm refuge for the needy, for the time being at least. “We are living near the area as it is the highest point. We were able to take out only our families to safety and not any household items before the flood waters entered our houses,” says panch Gurmeet Singh. Along with lambardar Mukhtar Singh, he was on his way to meet the tehsil authorities to give them some dry milk, tea leaves and sugar so that they could at least have something to drink in the morning. “Our children have been forced to go without milk since our cattle have stopped giving milk in the absence of even dry fodder,” he lamented. “When we asked our patwari to help us out, he brushed us off by saying that we were exaggerating our misery to corner supplies. Even after so many days, no medical or veterinary team has visited us,” he alleged. He is not alone. While this may be true for villages lying in the interiors, even those living on the busy Goindwal Sahib road have fared no better.Although the government claims to have rushed all essential commodities, villagers, virtually living on the road, say the supplies have been cornered by those who do not need these. “Cattle feed has yet to reach us while of the 80 plastic sheets issued in the past two days, we have only got eight for over 70 families. Similarly, LPG and kerosene is yet to arrive although were assured of it by the civic authorities a few days ago,” say the villagers. In spite of the claims of the authorities that chlorine tablets have been distributed and people refrained from using water from hand pumps in the affected villages, the scene is the opposite. People are still using the water for them and their cattle. It is a perfect recipe for an epidemic waiting to break out.The condition of women, the elderly and kids is pretty bad. After power to the entire Mand area was switched off two days ago as a precautionary measure, they have to spend nights in pitch dark. It is
particularly telling on the womenfolk as there is no privacy, the villagers reveal. Nevertheless, it is again the never-say-die spirit of the people that has seen them through all this pain and tribulation. Community langars from nearby villages are a the virtual lifeline for them every day and so is the occasional trolley carrying wheat husk for the cattle.
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Fazilka villagers told to evacuate
Fazilka, August 24 It connects some border villages, including Mahatam Nagar, GG 1, Walleshah, Teja Rohela, Bhaini Ram Singh, Jhangar Bhaini and Retewali Bhaini with the town. It is considered the lifeline for about 10,000 residents of these villages. Following the release of more than 70,000 cusecs of water daily during the past one week, the Sutlej is in spate in this area. According to officials sources, another cause for concern is the overflowing of Budha Nullah in Pakistan, where too the water level has risen sharply. The water is likely to enter the Indian side from the GG 1 area. “If the flood water level continues to rise, the concrete bridge will be submerged and the entire border area will be disconnected from the mainland,” said Kundan Singh, former sarpanch of Mahatam Nagar village. In view of the threat, the administration is leaving nothing to chance. “The residents of these villages have been directed to evacuate their villages and shift to a relief camp set up in Government High School in Rana village, said Fazilka ADC Charandev Singh Mann. He said the government was keeping a close watch on the entire situation. A flood-control room was operational round the clock. Mann said while the exact damage to the standing crops shall be assessed in due course of time, it was estimated that 315 tube wells had been submerged and “centrifugal pump motors” had been damaged in 11 flood-hit villages so far. “The bridge should be saved from being submerged due to the overflowing Sutlej at all cost as it is the link for eight villages with the town,” said Harbans Singh of Mahatam Nagar village. He claimed that had the government released water from dams a fortnight earlier in a gradual manner, the present situation could have been prevented. The railing of the bridge has been extensively damaged. The villagers have demanded the immediate repair of the bridge to avoid any eventuality. Faridkot: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) today reviewed the preparations made by the administration in view of a possible risk of floods in Faridkot district due to continuing rain for the past couple of weeks. Commandant of the NDRF RK Verma held a meeting with District Magistrate Ravi Bhagat, who claimed that the administration had made adequate arrangements to meet any emergency situation. The District Magistrate said low-lying areas had been identified and a task force set up to keep an eye on these areas. “We have set up relief camps, control rooms and made arrangements of essential commodities for the people. Besides, fodder for the cattle has also been arranged”, he said.
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Eye on poll, netas promise the moon to flood-hit
Fazilka, August 24 A majority of these politicians are promising the moon to the flood victims despite the fact that similar promises made in the past have proved hollow. Kulwant Singh, sarpanch of the village, rued that the visiting politicians promised everything to the villagers, but these promises were never kept. “Had government officials or politicians been sincere, at least an RO system for providing pure drinking water and a health centre would have been set up,” said Gurdip Singh, a villager. Prominent among those who have visited the village include Ferozepur MP Sher Singh Ghubaya, who has a sizeable vote bank (a majority of the residents belong to his Rai Sikh community), Fazilka MLA and Transport and Technical Education Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani and former Congress MLA Mohinder Rinwa. Among the prospective candidates who have visited the flood-hit village are former PPCC secretary Davinder Sachdeva, Jaswinder Singh Rocky and advocate Sukhjit Singh Sukha.“We have raised our demands like provision for green fodder for our livestock and another boat for the villagers before the politicians and officials. However, our demands are yet to be met. The animals are facing starvation,” said Kashmir Singh, another villager. “I have planned to provide eatables to the flood-hit villagers across the fencing and am ready to provide green fodder also, but it is not feasible to send green fodder on a boat, said Rocky, a prospective candidate.
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Relief camps set up in Ferozepur villages
Ferozpur, August 24 Around two dozen villages have been severely affected by the ravaging Sutlej. The worst affected villages include Basti Ram Lal, Muthianwali, Dhira Gaira, Nihala Lavera,
Bandala, Kale Ke Hithar, Tali Gulam in Bandala and Muthianwala complex downstream of Harike, besides villages near the Left Marginal bund upstream of
Hussainiwala. The district administration has started relief and rescue operations in these areas and three camps have been set up at Basti Ramlal, Muthianwalai and Rahemewala where food and fodder arrangements have been made by the Food and Supplies Department and the Animal Husbandry Department. Deputy Commissioner S Karuna Raju said a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had also been called in to assist in the rescue work. “Six motorboats and 32 specialised divers from the NDRF have been stationed at sensitive places” he said, adding that an ambulance had also been stationed permanently at Hazarasinghwala for providing round-the-clock medical facilities. The Deputy Commissioner, along with Commissioner R Venkatratnam, today visited the affected villages and took stock of the relief work. “Although the situation is under control, we are taking all precautions and the Left Marginal bund is been strengthened,” he said. Meanwhile, BSF sources said two border outposts had been affected by the swollen river. BSF officials said more boats had been requisitioned from other areas and patrolling had been intensified to prevent any anti-social elements from
taking undue advantage of the situation.
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Amarinder, Charak bury the hatchet
Chandigarh, August 24 There was some misapprehension in the Amarinder camp that these meetings planned by Charak would create further dissension in the party. Congress sources said the party high command had advised both Amarinder and Charak to put up a united face to ensure the SAD-BJP combine did not gain due to any misunderstanding between them. Both leaders today came out with a joint statement to clear thed air and are
likely to address a joint press conference soon to ensure a coordinated campaign against the SAD-BJP combine. The two leaders today claimed there were no differences between them and urged the people to be wary of attempts by rivals to spread “false and concocted” stories on the matter. The leaders said the visit of the party incharge had been organised and planned jointly by the party high command and the PCC. Charak’s programme has been rescheduled and would resume from Hoshiarpur on August 27. This would be followed by meetings at Ropar and Mohali on August 29, all of which would be jointly be addressed by Charak and Amarinder. The closing of ranks is likely to help Amarinder and the pradesh Congress as Charak is known for his organisational skills. The unity between the two leaders comes at a time when the party is likely to start the process of identifying party candidates. Sources said the process was likely to be advanced with the PCC having conducted two surveys to identify “ideal candidates” in each constituency.
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BJP’s Barnala dist chief quits
Barnala, August 24 Citing “torture” at the hands of state-level leaders as the reason for his resignation, Gaur told mediapersons at a hurriedly called press conference at Tappa Mandi in Barnala that he had worked selflessly for strengthening the party. But his efforts had gone unnoticed and unappreciated by the party bosses. He said for the past six months, he had been feeling smothered and some state leaders had made his life “miserable.” Flanked by his supporters, 52-year-old Gaur, who hails from Tappa Mandi, said “the victimisation suffered at the hands of state leaders was becoming unbearable for me”. He said many more leaders would follow suit in days to come. Gaur said the national leaders were living in fool’s paradise regarding the prospects of the
party in the coming state elections. He saidations with his supporters.
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CEO seeks fresh report on Gill, Guru activities
Rejecting the report submitted by Punjab Chief Secretary on the issue, the CEO has now asked the State Home Department to submit a fresh report. Highly placed sources said the report submitted to the CEO, to be forwarded to the Election Commission of India, states that only 37 gunmen had been given to important persons in Moga district. The CEO’s office had on August 20 received a communication from the ECI asking the CEO to find out if allegations and complaints received during a review meeting on August 9 in Chandigarh were true. The ECI had asked the CEO to comply with the directive by August 25 A Congress delegation had pointed out that Gill and Guru were hopeful of contesting the next elections on the SAD ticket and were, therefore, working towards that goal while occupying official positions. Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi had confirmed to the media that he had received complaints that Gill had attached 350 police security guards with residents of Moga district with an eye on the coming elections. It was also alleged that the DGP had made several visits in the recent past to Moga to “nurture” the constituency. Interestingly, a report from the Senior Superintendent of Police of Moga has said that the district police is unaware about the presence of proclaimed offenders (PO) in the district shown to be sharing dais with the DGP at a recent function. The sources said the CEO had asked the Punjab Government to fill 35 vacant positions of returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) by August 31.
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New power projects to begin generation in 2012
Bathinda, August 24 According to GS Chhabra, Director (generation) of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL), the second and third unit of the 1980 MW Talwandi Sabo project in Mansa district were slated to be commissioned in February and May 2013, respectively. A meeting of the coordination committee would be held tomorrow to review work on the projects. Chhabra said the first unit of the 540 MW Goindwal Sahib thermal power project being constructed by the GVK group would be commissioned in January 2013 and the second in April 2013. The 1400 MW Rajpura Thermal Plant being built by the L&T group would be commissioned in 2014 with its first unit would go functional in January and the second in May. He said there was no further progress in the Kot-Shamir thermal power project since the memorandum of understanding (MoU) had been signed. About 1,200 acres of land was proposed to be acquired for the project. Meanwhile, the Poena Power Development Ltd (PPDL) of the Indiabulls, which has been assigned construction of the controversial thermal power plant of a capacity of 1320 MW at Gobindpura, broke its silence today with its spokesman claiming that the land for the project had been acquired with the consent of the farmers who were paid compensation several times more than the prevailing rate of Rs 5 lakh per acre. The spokesman claimed that owners of 97 acres of land had refused to accept the compensation. “At least 90 percent farmers have voluntarily accepted the compensation and most have purchased alternative land in nearby areas”, the spokesman claimed. A total of 880 acres of land has been acquired for the thermal power plant, triggering an agitation that has now spread in all three regions of Punjab. “The company believes in producing an overall positive impact on the local society and the state of Punjab at large through the upcoming power plant”, the spokesman said.
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Cotton starts arriving in Mansa mandis
Currently, private traders from Mansa and nearby areas are procuring cotton at rates lesser than last year. Last year, cotton was sold for Rs 7,000 per quintal. The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) will procure cotton at Rs 3,100 per quintal, which is Rs 300 more than last year. Even in commodity trading, the current rates of cotton are very less. Ashwini Kumar Bunty, sub-broker in commodity trading, said the price of cotton in the trading market was lesser than the corresponding day last year. yesterday, cotton was traded at Rs 711 per 50 kg, which was Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,200 last year the same day. The Mansa grain markets are always the first ones to have cotton even before the procurement season picks up owing to the district’s climate and dry terrain. Cotton trader Ashok Kumar said this year the pre-season arrival was 15 days late than last year. “Last year, the arrival started in the first week of August. This year, prolonged humidity, rains and lesser sunny days have delayed the cotton arrival,” he said. Experts said private players might start paying higher rates when more cotton would arrive in market. “There are so many varieties of cotton seeds available in the market. One farmer does not know what his neighbour has sown. Those farmers who had sown seeds earlier have now got mature lint. They cannot afford to store it and hence have put it up for sale,” said farmer Jagtar Singh Brar from Mehma Sarja village.
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Pollution board raids paper mills
Patiala, August 24 He further said effluent samples of these industrial units had been collected and sent to laboratory for analysis. “If any industry is found violating the effluent standards, prescribed by the board, strict action as per the norms will be initiated against the defaulting units”, he said. Pannu also informed that four municipal committees - Malerkotla, Tapa, Barnala and Dhanoula - are discharging their waste water into Lissara drain. “All these committees have been instructed to install sewer treatment plants, in order to stop the discharge of their waste waters into the drain”, he said. The Board chairman further stated that the PPCB would extend all possible help to the industrialists to manage their toxic waste. He, however, added that strict action would be taken as per the Environment Protection Act-1986 against the industries, which do not provide the facility for the treatment of its waste water.
tightening noose
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PPCB orders closure of Nectar Lifesciences unit
Dera Bassi, August 24 The unit was directed by the board to close down its operations under Section 33-A of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, as it had failed to take adequate steps to check pollution and comply with the provisions of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Giving the information, XEN Joginder Singh and SDO Gursaran Singh said the multiple-effect-evaporator (MEE) installed by the company was found inadequate to treat its highly toxic effluent. The company was not operating its effluent treatment plant in an efficient manner to ensure the compliance of effluent standards laid down by the Board. They further said samples of the effluent taken from time to time had indicated that the concentration of various pollutants in the effluent discharged by the company were beyond the permissible limits.
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5 hospitals found violating pollution norms
Patiala, August 24 The raids were supervised by three teams of the Board headed by Environmental Engineers Pawan Kumar Garg, Tejwant Singh and Priyanka. As per information, out of 29 health institutions, two are government hospitals and the rest are private healthcare units, including seven laboratories and two dental clinics. “As many as five healthcare units were found not segregating the bio-medical waste in scientific manner and the bio-medical waste generated from their premises was being disposed of along with domestic waste. However, as per the rules, the bio-medical waste generated from the premises of hospitals has to be collected and segregated at source and then transported to Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility, located at Ludhiana for the final disposal”, informed Environmental Engineer Pawan Kumar Garg. The officials further informed that apart from five erring hospitals/healthcare units, the rest of the hospitals/healthcare units were complying with the provisions of the Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998. “Action for violations against of the erring hospitals/healthcare units will be taken”, assured Board chairman KS Pannu.
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Rural mission employees resent exploitation
Patiala,
August 24 Talking to The Tribune, Patiala District
Programme Manager of NRHM, Raghbir Singh said the Punjab Government
was not only ignoring their demands but was also forcing the NRHM
employees to work more for fewer perks. "The NRHM was
established in 2005 and since then the state government has not framed
any service rules for its employees in the state. On February 26,
2009, they framed service rules for us and sent to the Central
Government but till date, they have not implemented it," he
informed. "Interestingly, none of our employees are aware of
which category they fall in, how many leaves they have and which
service rules are applicable to them. Moreover, in case of death of
our employees, there is no insurance policy or jobs on compassionate
grounds. It is strange that despite the fact that it is a Central
Government scheme, there are so many differences. In Bihar and
Rajasthan, these employees are paid double salary as compared to
us,” Raghbir added. Quoting various instances where the NRHM
employees were struggling to make both ends meet due to lesser
salaries, he informed that the computer operators were working for a
meagre salary of Rs 6,000 whereas they did not have off even on
Saturday and Sunday. Raghbir alleged that the regular ANMs working
with the Health and Family Welfare Department were getting a salary of
Rs 30,000 whereas our ANMs were working for Rs 6,000. Moreover, when
it comes to night shifts and emergency duties in Primary Health
Centres and Community Health Centres, NRHM ANMs are given these duties
but not the regular ones. He further informed that the union members
had met the Health and Family Welfare Minister Satpal Gosain but to no
avail. "As employees had been on strike since the past 13 days
already, they will continue the stir till their demands are met.” he
added.
The Demands
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CM invites farmers for talks
Bathinda, August 24 Sukhdev Singh, general secretary, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan), said a final decision on accepting the offer for talks by the CM will be taken at Amritsar tomorrow when the leaders of all the farmer unions will meet. Meanwhile, the indefinite dharna outside the offices of the Deputy Commissioner at Mansa, Jalandhar and Amritsar will continue.
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DC orders removal of illegal hoardings
Patiala, August 24 Fatehgarh Sahib DC Yashvir Mahajan asked officials that those who paste advertisements without permission should be fined as per the law. The DC further asked all his officers to ensure strict possible action against the defaulters who paste advertisements on government and public buildings. Meanwhile, the administration would ensure that all traffic lights installed at vital points in the city would be functional for 24 hours to avoid any mishap. All senior administration officials attended the meeting.
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Human Trafficking Case
Patiala, August 24 As the court proceedings in the case, which dates back to year 2003 started today, it was informed that Bakhshish Singh has not come, notwithstanding the fact that he had not taken any exemption from personal appearance in the court. Giving details about the court proceedings, Brijinder Singh Sodhi, counsel for Daler Mehndi, said on the last date of hearing in the case on July 16, 2011, the court had summoned Bakhshish Singh and Harcharan Singh (both complainants) along with Balwinder Singh, Pyara Singh and Bhupinder Singh (all witnesses). Daler was present in the court today but the complainants and the above-mentioned witnesses failed to turn up in the court today. The next date of hearing has been fixed for September 22 and non-bailable warrants for Bakhshish Singh have been issued. “For Harcharan Singh, Balwinder Singh, Pyara Singh and Bhupinder Singh, the court has issued bailable warrants and they have been directed to be
personally present in the court on the next date of hearing,” informed Sodhi, while speaking to TNS. Notably, the Patiala police had registered a case under various sections of the IPC and the Indian Passport Act on September 19, 2003, at the Sadar police station on the complaint of Bakhshish Singh of Balbehra village. Bakhshish, along with 24 other complainants, had blamed Daler Mehndi and his brother, Shamsher Mehndi, for allegedly taking money and promised their inclusion in his troupe during foreign trips. The complainant had also alleged that the Mehndi
brothers failed to return their money and threatened them to keep quiet about the issue.
The case
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Man held with revolver
Patiala, August 24 The accuse has been identified as Amandeep Singh. He was booked under Section 188 of the IPC at Sadar police station Nabha. In a recent order, the Patiala DC had prohibited carrying of arms in the wake of the SGPC poll.
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Chandigarh, August 24
Chandigarh, August 24
The CEO’s office has now asked the Home Department to furnish details of personal security officers deployed in Moga district from all sources like the India Reserve Battalion, the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) and the district police.
Mansa, August 24