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DSGMC president Sarna bats for Congress
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 24 Addressing the meetings, he lashed out at the Badals and termed them the biggest liars on earth. He said SAD government did not fulfil the promises made in the last manifesto and now it had released a new manifesto with just an ulterior motive to fool the people of the state. Schools in the state are without teachers and infrastructure and whatever has been provided at these schools has come under the Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan scheme of the Union Government. Despite that they are promising to give laptops to these schools. In a majority of schools there is no electricity. How will laptops work? He urged the people to dethrone the Badals. Hundreds of Sarna’s supporters extended support to Nagra.
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Shot in arm for candidates
Dera Bassi, January 24 Satnam Singh said it had become clear late Akali stalwart Capt Kanwaljit Singh’s family was ignored under a conspiracy and the party ticket was denied to the family. Meanwhile, Congress candidate Jasjit Singh Randhawa asserted after the formation of the Congress government in the state all the facilities such as best health care and quality education would be provided in the area. The SAD candidate, Narinder Kumar Sharma, also intensified his campaign. Congress leader Shiv Ram Sharma joined hands with Sharma during an election meeting. Members of Sharma’s family campaigned in the Lalru area.
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Two killed in accidents
Dera Bassi, January 24 Maninder was killed on the spot when a car, which was coming from the Ambala side, hit his motorcycle and the two-wheeler rammed into a water tank that was parked on the Ambala-Chandigarh road near Janetpur. The car driver fled from the spot after the accident. The police has registered a case against the unidentified car driver and the tanker driver under sections 279, 304A and 283. Another accident occurred on the Dera Bassi-Barwala road when a Mahindra jeep hit a pedestrian, Naushad, killing him on the spot. A case has been registered. The bodies of both youngsters have been kept in the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, for post-mortem.
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HC notice of motion to Haryana
Chandigarh, January 24 Taking up the petition filed by Sanjeev Kumar, Jagmohan Dhiman, Amar Chand, Avinash Kaur and Chinder Pal, Justice Naresh Kumar Sanghi today issued a notice of motion to the state of Haryana for April 20. They were seeking the quashing of an FIR dated December 16 past year under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with Sections 406, 409, 420, 466, 476, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC. Haryana had earlier launched a scheme for providing monetary assistance of Rs 80,000 to the poor for the construction of houses. A committee furnished the names of 78 persons to the Panchkula Deputy Commissioner after conducting a survey. It was alleged that they were not eligible and received the amount by filing false affidavits.
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Mehfil dispute ends as HC okays compromise
Chandigarh, January 24 Following the compromise, the two battling sides have decided not to prosecute each other in criminal cases. As a result, a complaint, a summoning order and an FIR registered in the matter have been quashed by Justice Mehinder Singh Sullar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Former MP-cum-managing director Harmohan Dhawan, his wife Satinder and son Bikram had earlier offered to allot the shares of Mehfil Hospitality Limited to complainant Khan and his brother SM Khan. It was claimed that they spent huge amounts on renovation and payment of rent as the restaurant started functioning. It was also claimed that after reconciling statements of accounts prepared by both parties on May 31, 2009, Rs 57,43,642 was worked out to be outstanding against the Dhawans, payable to the Khans. Consequently, the Dhawans issued three cheques, but those were dishonoured as soon as those were presented for clearance on the grounds of insufficient funds. Faced with this situation, a complaint was filed against the Dhawans under provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Taking cognisance of the complaint, the Chief Judicial Magistrate summoned the petitioners and the defendants to face trial by means of a summoning order dated August 10, 2009. Almost simultaneously, a criminal case was registered against the Khans on the allegations of stealing the cheques on Harmohan Dhawan’s complaint. An FIR was registered under Sections 380 and 420 of the IPC at the Sector-17 police station on October 9, 2009. Taking up the matter, Justice Sullar asserted, “During the pendency of the petitions, good sense prevailed and the parties amicably settled their disputes and compromised the matter by virtue of a deed dated December 6, 2011.” He further stated, “Having regard to the rival contentions of the counsel for the parties and having gone through the record with their help and after bestowal of thoughts over the matter, to my mind, justice will be sub-served if the complaint, the summoning order and the FIR are quashed and the parties allowed to live in peace.” Before parting with the order, Justice Sullar added, “Courts play a role of paramount importance in achieving peace, harmony and everlasting congeniality in society and the resolution of a dispute by way of compromise between two warring groups, therefore, should attract immediate and prompt attention of a court.” |
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Tobacco products seized in Sec-26 store
Chandigarh, January 24 The team raided the second floor of the store and seized 27 packets of flavoured tobacco, each weighing 1 kilogram, 50 packets of flavoured tobacco, weighing around 200 grams each, 65 hookahs and 37 water pipes. The raid continued for over an hour. NTCP nodal officer Deepak Bakshi said they had received a tip-off that the store supplied the tobacco products to hookah bars. “The Panchkula drug control department had provided us information that tobacco was being procured from this store as its cash memos were found during a raid,” he said. The Panchkula administration had tightened the noose around hookah bars.
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IAS officer’s car damaged in accident
Panchkula, January 24 The mishap occurred at about 7.30 pm when the Corolla Altis of Krishan Mohan, Finance Secretary, Haryana Food Corporation, collided with an Esteem. Both the vehicles were damaged. However, no one was injured in the incident. According to information, the IAS officer’s car, with a red beacon light atop it, was driven by his driver at the time of the incident and there was no other passenger in the car. No case was registered as both the parties reached a compromise.
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PU eves clinch handball title
Chandigarh, January 24 Panjab University defeated Delhi University in the final by 21-18. Gurpreet Kaur scored seven goals for the winning side, while Banita Sharma contributed five points. Gurmeet Kaur scored fur gals for the team. For Delhi, Manisha (10 goals) and Preeti (three goals) were the main scorers for the team. On the other hand, Kurukshetra University attained third position in the competition after defeating University of Calicut. The winning side defeated the University of Calicut by 23-16. Pavitar scored the most eight goals, while Ritu managed to score six goals and Nisha contributed five goals for the team. For Calicut team, Rajina R scored five points, while Sasikala, Aneesha and Chitra scored three goals each for the team.
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