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Mukerian MC EO transferred
Commuters a harried lot as blockade continues
Assembly polls: DEO appoints ROs, AROs
Two women among four arrested for murder
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Appointment of assistant professors
Life term for six in murder case
414 girl students given bicycles
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Mukerian MC EO transferred
Mukerian, December 9 The department has shifted EO Adarsh Kumar to the Phagwara Municipal Council in less than a month after the Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh ordered Mukerian Sub-Divisional Magistrate Rahul Chaba to conduct an inquiry in the alleged land grab case. The DC had also asked the SDM to examine EOs role and other officials of the civic body who allowed the mutations and registration of the ‘disputed land’ without making diary entries in the land register. The Tribune had reported that a lobby of politically connected persons were grabbing a chunk of prime land in connivance with officials of local civic body in Tikhowal Mohalla. Capt Karnail Singh, deputy director, local government, claimed that the EO might have been shifted due to his long stay at Mukerian. He, however, revealed that the Hoshiarpur district administration was investigating into the matter and the local government would take action against the EO only after he was found guilty in the SDM’s report. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already passed a stay order in this regard, he added. Meanwhile, the SDM today started investigations into the alleged land grab case after collecting evidences from the parties involved in the case. The SDM said sufficient time was given to all parties for submitting documents in support of their claims on the land. “After going through actual land records and other documents, the report will be submitted to the DC next week,” claimed the SDM.
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Commuters a harried lot as blockade continues
Amritsar, December 9
The commuters are left with no option but to take the link roads in rural areas to reach their destination. As a result, the one-and-a-half hour smooth ride between the two cities on the GT Road has now turned into an arduous journey through link roads, which are also facing traffic snarls as the entire load of traffic has been shifted. The private vehicles as well as the public transport buses are taking two routes, first via Sri Hargobindpur and second via Kapurthala and Goindwal Sahib. The first route leads to an extended journey of around 25 km while the second has an extra 40-km travel. The travel time too has gone up from 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours and 30 minutes, which may further increase if one comes across traffic jams on the link roads. The New Delhi-Lahore bus too has been taking an alternative route since the day the blockade began. Amritsar (rural) SSP Gurmeet Chauhan said they would not like to disclose the route for security reasons, but added that the service was going on smoothly. He, however, admitted that it is taking an extra time of about an hour due to diversion in traffic. The farmers’ protest further added to the people’s woes today as one of the alternative routes passing through Goindwal Sahib was also blocked by the protesters. The development left the commuters fuming as they blamed both the farmers as well as the government for the inconvenience they were facing. At Goindwal Sahib, Resham Kaur, a commuter, said she had to walk four km to catch another bus to her destination while truck drivers, ferrying cement from Himachal Pradesh, said they were stuck for the last four days and were left with no money to have their meals. The administration’s plea to the protesters to lift the blockade in view of ‘Puranmashi’ (full moon) tomorrow fell on deaf ears. Scores of devotees visit Goindwal Sahib from different parts of the state on ‘Puranmashi’. Meanwhile, the devotees of Dera Radha Soami Satsang have started reaching Beas from different parts of the country in large numbers for the dera’s programme scheduled to take place on December 11. They too are having a tough time reaching the dera as they have to alight from buses at quite a distance due to the blockade and then walk on foot, carrying their luggage. The devotees with small kids are facing more problem as they have to carry their children as well through the blockade. The areas around Beas are the worst hit due to the blockade, as petrol pumps in Beas, Rayya, Baba Bakala, Khalchian, Tangra, Mehta and Sathiala have gone dry. The people are also facing shortage of LPG while students and employees are forced to walk miles to reach their destinations.
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Assembly polls: DEO appoints ROs, AROs
Jalandhar, December 9 The DEO has appointed returning officers (ROs), assistant returning officers (AROs) and additional assistant returning officers (AAROs) for each of the nine Assembly constituencies falling under the Jalandhar district. Representative of any political party or elector can contact any of the ROs, AROs and AAROs for information. SDM Prem Singh has been appointed as RO for the Phillaur Assembly segment, SDM Sumit Kumar as RO for Nakodar, SDM TN Passi for Shahkot, SDM, Jalandhar-2, Rajiv Prashar for Kartarpur, DETC Kanwalpreet Brar for Jalandhar West, SDM, Jalandhar-1, Iqbal Singh Sandhu for Jalandhar Central, Local Bodies Deputy Director Capt Karnail Singh for Jalandhar north, Secretary regional transport authority Jaskiran Singh Brar for Jalandhar cantonment and MC Commissioner BS Dhaliwal has been appointed as RO for Adampur Assembly segment. Similarly, Phillaur tehsildar Joginder Singh, Nakodar tehsildar Inderdev Singh Minhas, Shahkot tehsildar Sanjiv Sharma, District Revenue Officer Darbara Singh, AETO Jalandhar 2 Rajpal Singh, Yashpal Sharma Tehsildar Jalandhar I, Amandeep Singh Bains secretary zial parishad, DDPO SS Walia and MC Xen Lakhwinder Singh are appointed as AROs of Phillaur, Nakodar, Shahkot, Kartarpur, Jalandhar West, Jalandhar Central, Jalandhar North, Jalandhar Cantonment and Adampur Assembly segments respectively. |
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Two women among four arrested for murder
Hoshiarpur, December 9 Hoshiarpur SSP Balkar Singh Sidhu told mediapersons that the police arrested Kulwinder Kaur, alias Rano, wife of Gurpreet Singh of Mohalla Salwara, Lalita, wife of Late Satpal of local Labh Nagar, a barber Vijay Kumar of local Old Tanda Road, Shastri Nagar and Naresh Jain, of Banjerbagh under Sections 302, 120 B and 34 of the IPC on charges of killing Neetu. Neetu, who had come to her mother’s house at Salwara, had gone out for a walk with her mother Suman after taking dinner at 9 pm on December 7. The accused Vijay Kumar and Jain allegedly threw acid on her face and head and fled. They committed the crime allegedly at the behest of Kulwinder Kaur and Lalita. Neetu sufferred serious burns and was taken to a private hospital from where she was referred to Civil Hospital and later to Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, where she succumbed to her injuries yesterday. Soon after the incident, the police made the arrests of the four accused. During interrogation, they admitted that an old enmity existed between Neetu’s family and Kulwinder Kaur over returning Rs 2 lakh which Neetu had taken from the latter. The acid was brought by Barber Vijay Kumar. |
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Appointment of assistant professors
Chandigarh, December 9 Alleging favoritism, she alleged that the staff members were close to the vice-chancellor. Her counsel Pawan Kumar stated that she was more qualified and also a gold medalist in sports, but this was not taken into consideration. Elaborating further, the petitioner stated that an appointee, Rakesh, was son of Dr Chandan Singh, Dean Research. He did his M Tech in 2010. Another candidate, Brahleen Sidhu, was daughter of a Deputy Registrar in Punjabi University and did her M Tech in 2011. Third appointee, Anant Ghumman, was daughter of a Punjab Police SP and wife of a DSP. She did her M Tech in 2009. The petitioner did her M Tech in 2008 and was also working as Assistant Professor on contract basis in University College of Computer Engineering. Justice Daya Chaudhary of the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued notice to respondents for February 17 and also directed to produce complete records of the appointments on the next hearing. |
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Life term for six in murder case
Batala, December 9 The accused had attacked Gaurav Mahajan, the owner of M/s Raja Bakery outside Pahari Gate, Batala, on February 21, 2009. Mahajan succumbed to his injuries a few days later. The six accused were tried and convicted on December 7, by the court of Kishor Kumar, Additional Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur, and were sent to judicial custody the same day. The court awarded them life imprisonment besides a fine under Section 302of the IPC.
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414 girl students given bicycles
Tarn Taran, December 9 Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, presided over the functions. Dalbir Singh Deol, Principal of Kairon school, said the girl students of Class XI and XII were given bicycles free of cost under the Mai Bhago Scheme of the state government. He also inaugurated a Suvidha Kender at Patti township here today. —OC
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