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High Court raps Punjab
on encroachments
13 children forced into begging rescued
Rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals
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Radio serials to popularise science
0007 goes for Rs 8 lakh
Italy-based NRI held in Maharashtra
One of dacoits’ gang held
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High Court raps Punjab
on encroachments
Chandigarh, March 1 As Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Mahesh Grover took up the case this morning, the State found itself at the receiving end with the Bench observing verbally in the open court that it appeared instead of assisting the court, the authorities were attempting to cover up the issue. The observations were made orally by the Bench during the course of hearing and could no way be construed as the expression by the Bench on the merits of the case. After hearing arguments at length on the issue of illegal encroachments in Nayagaon allegedly by high-ups of Punjab, the Bench also directed the State government to provide information on the illegal occupants of land. Turning down the request of State counsel to grant additional time to file a reply, the Bench asked him to provide detailed information on illegal occupants of government, shamlat, forest or village panchayat land. The Bench has also directed the authorities to inform the court about the cases registered and action taken against the illegal occupants. The Bench directed the authorities to give details of the action initiated to get the land freed from illegal occupants. The matter was brought to the court's notice by Nayagoan resident Kuldip Singh. Accusing a senior police functionary of a land grab bid in Nayagaon, he had sought protection while praying for the registration of an FIR and a CBI probe into the dealings. The inquiry was entrusted to the ADGP after Justice Ranjit Singh of the High Court took cognisance of the matter. Justice Ranjit Singh had asked the ADGP to lay emphasis on Nayagaon, Zirakpur, Mohali, Kansal and Koraran area. The Judge had added: "It would also need investigation to see as to what is the source of acquisition". The inquiry into the acquisition of properties by the high-ups in Chandigarh’s periphery has already gone to the Economic Offences Wing in
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13 children forced into begging rescued
Amritsar, March 1 Several of them were drug addicts and were forced into begging. Two of them were speech and hearing impaired. These children were counselled by the district unit of the Child Welfare Council (CWC) under the chairmanship of Dr BL Goel, director Dr Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health. "During counselling, children told that they were given between Rs 100 and Rs 150 by a scrap dealer near the railway station, who engaged them for rag picking on the station premises. A number of them were hooked to drugs and used nail polish remover, turpentine oil, petrol and whiteners for addiction which is easily available in markets." said Dr Goel. Out of these 13 children, eight kids dodged the local activists of Navjeevan Charitable Society, an NGO who runs the programme of Childline-1098 in Amritsar, and escaped from the campus located near Gumtala bypass. Two of them were again rescued by the RPF and handed over to the society. Akash, a 10-year-old boy who belongs to New Delhi, said he was brought to Amritsar by one Ravi. His father also works as a rag picker while mother used to work as a domestic help, he said. "I collect plastic bottles and other rag from the railway station and gave them to 'lala' who gives us money," he said. Father Anthony, director of Navjeevan Charitable Society, said the RPF officials informed them that a number of children were hooked to drugs. "We in collaboration with the CWC will try to rehabilitate these children and keep them under observation. We will get them medically examined. If they are found to be addicted to drugs, they will be treated and efforts will be made to admit them in schools," said Father Anthony. |
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Rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals
Patiala, March 1 While the police top brass in the districts is not much amused after the orders, the Wildlife Department is relaxed following the sharing of responsibilities. “Till last month, whenever any wild animal was seen in a village or other areas, the police used to pass the buck on us. But with the recent orders, they would be equally accountable,” said a junior wildlife official. As per the letter (a copy of which is in possession of The Tribune) written to the district police chiefs, Principal Secretary, Department of Forests and Wildlife Preservation, DS Bains, has asked the police officials to provide help to the Forests and Wildlife Department in the rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals. Further, he has asked all the Divisional Forest Officers to be in constant touch with the police. The police has also been asked to manage the crowd when a wild animal is being rescued by the forest officials. Sources said the letter was issued following requests from senior wildlife officials to Bains, who were worried after recent deaths of leopards and other wild animals, where the police failed to do much during rescue of wild animals. Meanwhile, perturbed over the orders, police officials say the Forest Department is a separate department and asked how they could be expected to rescue a wild animal without proper training. “Tomorrow, if an animal dies, they would surely blame the police,” they added. Former Divisional Forest Officer Karamjit Singh Jattana said the help of police cannot be taken in rescuing a wild animal as they are ill-equipped and untrained for the same. Punjab Chief Wildlife Warden Dhirendra Singh said they had requested for police help as it would make the job of wildlife officials easier to save the wild animals. |
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Radio serials to popularise science
Chandigarh, March
1 These serials include “Golden Waves”, “Jivan
Bhuranga”, and a 26-episode serial “Colours in Chemistry”. Dr Pyara Lal
Garg, state coordinator, Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi, Punjab and Chandigarh, said these serials were broadcast every Sunday from 10 am to 10.30 am on All-India Radio
Jalandhar, Patiala, and Bathinda in Punjabi.
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0007 goes for Rs 8 lakh
Gurdaspur, March 1 The number 0077 was also bagged by the Dala family when Gurmeet Singh Dala got it for Rs 30,000. Earlier, there was intense bidding for 0001 number which was bagged by Shiv Bir Singh Rajan, a close associate of Manjit Dala for Rs 3.5 lakh.
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Italy-based NRI held in Maharashtra
Gurdaspur, March 1 SSP Varinder Pal Singh confirmed that Kulwinder Singh (30) had been arrested from a gurdwara near Manmad in Maharashtra. He said a special team under the leadership of Manpreet Singh, DSP (Rural-2), had been constituted to arrest him. He said acting on a tip-off, SHO of Dhariwal police station Tarsem Masih was sent to Manmad where the cops arrested him today morning. Kulwinder Singh got himself insured with Europ Assistance in Italy on July 19 last year and two days later he flew to India. His plan was to murder a man and show his body as his own so that on the basis of his death certificate his wife could claim the insurance amount. The SSP claimed that the cops worked on various theories to ascertain as to how the deceased and the NRI came into contact. The police has sent Kulwinder’s insurance policy to the Italian embassy in New Delhi to seek further details. On February 5, Kulwinder Singh, accompanied by Sham Lal and Jagir Singh, lured Kuljit Singh to his native village Sohal where all of them had drinks and later they killed Kuljit. As part of the plan, his body was dumped in a car which Kulwinder had purchased about three months ago. The car was the set on fire on the GT Road near Sohal village after which the NRI fled away. The deceased’s body was identified by his father Wassan Singh and on the basis of his compliant, the police registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC at Dhariwal. Two of the accused - Jagir Singh and Sham Lal - have already been arrested. The SSP claimed that the needle of suspicion pointed to Kulwinder Singh as he had purchased a second hand car just three months before the murder. |
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One of dacoits’ gang held
Hoshiarpur, March 1 Following a tip-off, a police party laid a trap on a bridge near Raghwal. When the dacoits, identified as Navjot Singh of Bodla, Daljit Singh of Bajaj, Ranjit Singh of Chukhiara, Paramjit Singh of Ghula and Satpal of Hariana, saw the police party, they started firing. They managed to escape in the adjoining forest range under the cover of darkness. However, the police managed to arrest Navjot Singh. A case under Sections 403 and 411 of the IPC and 25, 54 and 59 of Arms Act had been registered. The police has recovered a country-made pistol, three live cartridges and three motorcycles from the spot. Rs
8,000 looted
Three unidentified miscreants looted Rs 8,000 from the cash box of a liquor vend at gunpoint here last night. After the incident, the miscreants fled on a motorcycle. The police has registered a case and has launched a hunt to nab them. |
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