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Blind murder case cracked, one held
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PPCB issues notices to Mayor, MC commissioner
Consumer forum provides relief to vertigo patient
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Cops shielding accused: Family
Textile industry exhorted to go in for ratings
Bar association blames HC lawyer for clash
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Two gangs of Criminals busted, 8 arrested
Amritsar, August 26 Dalip had hired an auto-rickshaw from the bus stand to Meera Kot (situated on Ajnala road). The cantonment police has registered a case in this connection. Meanwhile, facing flak after three back-to-back incidents of lootings by this gang, the police arrested four members of the gang. The accused were identified as Shankar Singh, Daljit Singh and Ashwani Singh of Arjun Nagar, Nariangarh (Chheharta) and Kuldip Singh of Het Ram Colony. R P Mittal, Commissioner of Police, said the police teams have recovered the stolen articles from them. He said during investigations it was found that they were the same accused who had looted Piyush Jarial of Kabir Park area on August 15, Akash Jaiswal of Dharamshala and Dalip Handa of Ajnala road. Meanwhile, the police also busted another gang of robbers following a tip-off and arrested four of its members. One of their accomplices, Satwinder Singh of Khalsa Nagar, managed to dodge the police. Those arrested were Tejinder Pal Singh, Satnam Singh, Baldev Singh and Ajmer Singh, all residents of Guru Arjun Dev Nagar situated on Tarn Taran Road. The police recovered three stolen motorcycles besides one country-made pistol, one live cartridge besides sharp-edged weapons from them. The Sultanwind police has registered a case under Sections 399, 402, 379 and 411 of the IPC besides Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against them. The city police also arrested two snatchers - Amandeep Singh of Sirsa (Haryana) and Raj Kumar of Yasin Road- involved in various snatching incidents in the city.
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Blind murder case cracked, one held
Amritsar, August 26 SHO Manjit Singh said during investigations it was found that the accused was killed by Raj Kumar, a migrant labourer, residing in Guru
Going Singh Nagar area. He has been arrested by the police. It was found that the accused used to object to advances by Santokh Singh, who was involved in sodomising another migrant, said the SHO. This led to an altercation between them. In a fit of anger, Rajkumar hit Santokh Singh with a brick which led to his death,
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Amritsar, August 26
Sukhvinder Singh Narula, Dhingra Housing Complex
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PPCB issues notices to Mayor, MC commissioner
Amritsar, August 26 The PPCB served the notice under Section 25-26 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, asking them as to why they should not be prosecuted for not installing the Effluent Treatment Plant and to operate the butchery without the consent of the Board. PS Sidhu, Senior Environmental Engineer of the PPCB, said it was mandatory on the part of the Municipal Corporation to install proper and adequate water pollution control devices so as to ensure that various pollutants in effluents discharged by the MC conform to the standards prescribed by the board. Instead, the Municipal Corporation has not installed any effluent treatment plant for the treatment of its effluent generated from slaughter house and the Municipal Corporation was given an opportunity of hearing on June 27, after which it was found that effluent samples of the slaughter house were again beyond the permissible limits and it is operating without the consent of the board.
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Consumer forum provides relief to vertigo patient
Amritsar, August 26 Further the court has directed the company, United India Insurance, to pay additional Rs 1,000 as litigation expenses and compensation to Indresh Singh. Vertigo is a state of dizziness where in patient feels a motion though he is in stationary position. In a complaint filed with the consumer forum, Indresh said he and his wife had about a medical insurance from the said company. He added that he was disallowed his genuine claims as per the policy. While issuing the orders in favour of the insured the forum observed, “On the basis of record produced by the opposite party (United India insurance), it is difficult to hold that the complainant was already having vertigo when he took the mediclaim policy.” So the repudiation of the claim of the complainant by the company is not justified, added the forum. The United India insurance had earlier disallowed the compensation on grounds that insured was having “pre-existing disease” and the same was suppressed at the time of taking the policy. Indresh Singh had informed that he was insured for a sum of Rs one lakh. He was hospitalised in May 2010 and his claims were disallowed in September same year. Later, he had filed a complaint with forum in October 2010.
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Traders, truckers at loggerheads
Amritsar, August 28 It is pertinent to mention here that the Amritsar-based traders and transporters are again at loggerheads, this time due to overloading of material. Recently, drivers of trucks belonging to a trader and transporter here were beaten up by the Attari Truck Union operators for the same reason, which has enraged the traders here. Attari Truck Union on the other hand had pointed out that the material imported from Pakistan should be loaded in the truck as per its capacity so that every transporter gets a fair chance of loading the material. "As far as the overloading of material is concerned it is an offence. This would be implemented in letter and spirit on all the transporters without any partiality and every transporter should avoid such practices," said Agarwal. He said traders have also raised the issue of private persons stopping the trucks and manhandling the drivers, it is being investigated into by the Amritsar rural police and guilty persons would be taken to task. BK Bajaj, president of Indo-Foreign Chamber of Commerce, who was part of the delegation of the traders who met the DC said Agarwal was very positive during the meeting and assured the traders to do whatever possible to solve the differences between two factions. "There are only some petty issues which would be solved amicably in the next meeting between traders, transporters and representatives of Attari Truck union which is likely to be held by next week," he said. He said the DC has assured all help and offered to depute an administrative officer to hold the meeting and resolve problems and differences among all factions. Subegh Singh and Harpal Singh Cheema of Attari Truck Union refuted the charges while adding that there were no differences between them. They said the only dispute was regarding the overloading of the material coming from across the border. They said the material should be loaded in the truck as per its capacity and the union had not violated the High Court orders. It is evident to mention here that earlier too, the standoff among Amritsar-based transporters, traders and Attari Truck Union had hit the cross-border trade between India and Pakistan through Attari-Wagah land route in July month. The district administration had to intervene at that time to resolve the matter. The Amritsar-based transporters had also approached the high court in this connection.
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of local industry Amritsar is the most popular centre for manufacturing nosepins in the country Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 25 The Punjab Swarnakar Sangh president Jagjit Singh Sehdev, also the general secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Swarnakar Sangh said that the price of gold has been hovering around the all-time high price of Rs 28,000. Hence, it was genuine to expect some decline in the sale of gold jewellery, including that of nosepins. He said this trend was being witnessed in all segments of gold jewellery. He expects the sale of nosepins to be revived in the forthcoming festive season and anticipates revival in sale of other types of jewellery as well. Prices of gold nosepins depend upon the quantum of yellow metal used. However, there is a silver lining. With zooming gold prices, the sale of bandel (a nosepin made of copper and covered with gold foil) had shot up. Amritsar has a monopoly in the manufacture of bandel. A piece of bandel is available at a minimum of Rs 20 to a few hundreds per piece. Apart from gold nosepins and bandel, artificial nosepins with gold polish, (another ‘Amritsar special’) are the cheapest available nosepins with per piece being sold at as low as Rs five per nosepin. The diamond-studded nosepin is the costliest in the market. Amritsar’s nosepins are way ahead of any other city involved in their production. Even in the country’s tribal areas Locally made nosepins have made their way even to tribal areas. Chennai in peninsular India and Gujarat’s Rajkot are other major centres of production of this jewelley in India. However, sale of nosepins produced in these two cities is restricted to a section of consumers in their states only. As these cities produce certain designs in consonance with the culture of the communities in the region. The reasons of Amritsar’s monopoly over manufacturing of nosepins across the nation is mass-scale production, said Sehdev. A nosepin in order to take final shape has to go through 10 different stages like moulding, die cutting, soldering, chalai, polishing, nagina implanting, kauli, ghungro, chain, and nath. The strong point of Amritsar is that a plenty of highly skilled craftsmen are available in each of these fields. No single artisan is involved in more than one work inculcating in him expertise in his chosen field. Thousands of shops, and even entire families, are involved in making nosepins. Many localities in the Sultanwind area are involved in the production. Mass-scale production has enabled the city to produce nosepins at low rates. The large number of people involved in the trade got its manufacturers to form a Nosepin Welfare Association. The nosepin is exempted from VAT and octroi.
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Cops shielding accused: Family
Amritsar, August 26 Manik was shot dead in August 11 while a case could be registered on August 18 and that too after the intervention of Inspector General of Police, Border Range, alleged the family. “The role of local Tarn Taran police remained under question as they did their utmost to damage the case and help the accused persons who brutally murdered my innocent daughter. They neither bothered to cordon off the area nor took the fingerprints from spot or from the weapon used in the crime,” alleged Gursharan Singh, father of the deceased during a press conference held here today. Detailing the incident, Gursharan Singh, who is government contractor in the Irrigation Department, said Manik was married to Sarabjit Singh, son of Nirmal Singh, having construction business in Abu Dhabi in March this year. He said they demanded Rs 50 lakh as dowry for opening a new business in Abu Dhabi. He said Manik often complained of ill treatment and harassment at the hands of in-laws for want of dowry. “On August 10, the family received a call from Manik who was extremely frightened and feared for her life. One the very next day we again received a call from her sister-in-law Terjinder Kaur that Manik was not well and when we reached the spot we found her shot dead,” said Jagdish Kaur, mother of the accused. Anybody could guess after seeing the spot that it was not suicide but a cold blooded murder. However, the police approach to the murder was clear indications for us that they had come only to destroy the evidence and help the accused, she alleged. They said after the intervention of the IG, the police booked Sarabjit Singh (husband), Nirmal Singh (father-in-law), Ranjit Kaur (mother-in-law), Tejinder Kaur (sister-in-law), Jagjit Singh (brother-in-law) and another unidentified carpenter living in the residence. “We are making rounds of the police station and senior police officials for the arrest of the accused, who have strong political connection with a ruling party minister,” alleged the family members. Manminder Singh, SSP Tarn Taran police district, refuted all the charges. He said that a special investigation team headed by SP (headquarter) Makhan Singh has been constituted. He said justice would be done to the family and there was no political pressure on the police. “Earlier, the police initiated action under Section 174 of the CrPC as the family did not give any complaint neither they approached the police in this connection. When they gave written application to the police, it registered the case against the accused,” said Manminder. Demanding their immediate arrest, Gursharan urged the senior police functionaries not to allow the accused to flee the country.
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Textile industry exhorted to go in for ratings
Amritsar, August 26 After inaugurating the event, Bank of India’s Zonal Manager, IM Malik apprised the industrialists of the various schemes being offered by the Bank. CRISIL SME Ratings Senior Manager Munish Dhawan elaborated on the benefits of the credit rating being offered. He said upon getting the CRISIL SME Rating the companies would get interest rate concession on their CC limits. Deputy Director, Ministry of Textiles, Regional Office, Amritsar, VK Kohli informed the participants about the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme and Group Workshed (GW) Scheme. The industrialists are provided with assistance at competitive rates to facilitate technology upgradation. There will be an overall subsidy cap of Rs 1972 crore upto March 31, 2012, which is expected to leverage an investment of Rs 46900 crore, with sectoral investment shares of 26 per cent for spinning, 13 per cent for weaving, 21 per cent for processing, 8 per cent for garmenting and 32 per cent for others. All segments of the textile and jute industry, (including technical textiles), except manufacturing of synthetic fibre and yarns, are eligible for subsidy under the scheme. The textile industrialists will have the benefit of interest reimbursement of 5 per cent for all segments except spinning machinery of stand alone spinning unit. 4 per cent interest reimbursement for new stand alone or replacement or modernisation of spinning machinery; and 5 per cent interest reimbursement for spinning units with matching capacity in weaving, knitting, processing, garmenting. There would be 20 per cent Margin Money Subsidy (MMS) subject to a capital ceiling of Rs 5 crore and ceiling on margin money subsidy of Rs 60 lakh on second-hand shuttleless looms and for brand new shuttleless looms the ceiling is Rs one crore. 15 per cent MMS for SSI units subject to a capital ceiling of Rs 5 crore with a ceiling on margin money subsidy of Rs 45 lakh. Besides, 5 per cent interest reimbursement plus 10 per cent capital subsidy for specified processing, garmenting, brand new shuttleless looms and technical textile machinery.
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Bar association blames HC lawyer for clash
Amritsar, August 26 In an emergency meeting of the executive of the Bar association today, it condemned the incident wherein Sharda and Gupta clashed inside the court room during the arguments of a case. However, Sharda yesterday accused Gupta and a few others of manhandling him. In a resolution passed here today, the association has termed Sharda as “having superiority complex of being a practising advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and his influence over the state prosecution agency.”
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Amritsar, August 26 Ketan Bansal (HR-Recruiter Campus Hiring) and Meenakshi Khanna (Trainer) also assisted her in the presentation. Following this the recruitment team interacted with the students. The recruitment process comprised of 2 rounds - written test and interviews. As many as 23 students cleared both the rounds and were recruited by IBM-GPS. Topper
Prishita Thukral from Post Graduate Department of Bio-Technology of Swami Satyananda College of Management and Technology bagged first place in Punjab Technical University by securing 94.3 per cent. First three top positions in M.Sc. Botany (Semester II) examinations of Guru Nanak Dev University was bagged by the students of Khalsa College. Navdeep Kaur stood first by securing 734 marks out of 900 (81.5 per cent). Megha Jain and Harpreet Kaur secured second and third positions, respectively.
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Amritsar, August 26 Saplings of Alstonia and Hibiscus were distributed by the students to the residents who in return gave waste paper to the youngsters. As much as 30 kg waste paper was collected by these students in a three-hour campaign while the school has already collected 2 quintal of waste paper. — TNS
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Amritsar, August 26
The graph of petty crimes such as snatching is touching new heights with each passing day. The modus operandi of the accused should be minutely observed by the police. The PCR as well as the mobile police should remain more vigilant while performing their duties. So far it has been observed that women, NRIs and foreign nationals are mostly targeted. There are many places in the city where passersby could be made soft target and there was a need to equip these places with proper lighting to prevent such incidents.
It is unsafe for girls to move out of the house during late night hours as antisocial elements, including snatchers and looters, target women. There was a need to beef up the security system in the city to check the activity of these anti-social elements to infuse a sense of security among the womenfolk in the city.
I can’t imagine moving out with a gold chain these days even during the day. Unemployment is the root cause of these petty crimes as the youngsters having professional degrees don’t find jobs. They indulge in such crimes out of frustration and many times to earn easy
money.
I expect the sale of nosepins will revive in the forthcoming festive
season.