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MC elections: Race for Tickets hots up
Meeting at MP’s house on ticket allotment turns ugly
24x7 lift attendants from PWD
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Traders shut shops against demolition drive
Teachers upset as edu dept withdraws DD powers from officiating principals
When schoolchildren meet Chhota Bheem
Schoolchildren and a man dressed as cartoon character Chhota Bheem cut cake at the DPS in Amritsar on Thursday. photo: sameer sehgal
Auto driver returns student’s lost purse
Youth stabbed to death
Man gets life term for killing wife, disposing of body
Man run over by bus
2 commit suicide
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MC elections: Race for Tickets hots up
Amritsar, April 26 Taking the lead, BJP aspirants are queueing up outside the residences of party MP Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab Industry Minister Anil Joshi. The clarion call of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief to gear up for the civic polls has also started a hustle and bustle in the Congress camp. Here, the Congress MLA from Amritsar Central constituency, OP Soni, and from the West constituency, Raj Kumar, will play a vital role in preparing the game plan for the polls, scheduled in the first week of June. Ward 54: Close race among BJP women aspirants BJP's Sukhdev Singh Chahal is the councillor from Ward 54, which has been declared reserved for women candidates. The names emerging for the ticket race includes BJP's district secretary Shravan Nayyar's wife Neeru Nayyar, Raj Rani and Surinder Kaur. Race in other wards From Ward 47, independent councillor Arun Mehra Pappal's wife Manju Mehra Pappal and BJP's district vice-president Dr Rakesh Sharma's wife Anita Sharma are the major contenders. From Ward 26, Anu Bakshi, wife of district Congress secretary Ravi Bakshi, is running for the ticket. From Ward 22, Narinder Bareja, chairperson of Congress' media cell, would want to get a ticket. Sandeep Gorsi wants to contest elections from Ward 21. From Ward 6 (reserved for SC), Sarvjeet Kaur, wife of rebel BJP leader Gursharan Singh, who joined the Congress during the last Assembly elections, is a prominent aspirant in the ticket race in the Congress. 7 BJP men vie for Ward 50
Selecting a candidate for Ward 50 would be a tough task for the BJP. Besides, the present councillor, as many as six aspirants from the party are vying for this seat. Improvement Trust chairman Sanjeev Khanna is in the race for this ward. Importantly, Bakshi Ram Arora, the present councilor, is in no mood to leave this seat for anyone. From the Congress side, Youth Congress leader Rajiv Duggal, who is at present holding the post of planning and coordination cell, is interested in Ward 50. Testing time for
SAD-BJP
The reshuffling of wards, done on a rotational basis as per the MC Act, would see many key players from the ruling SAD-BJP combine vacate their native wards, which they nurtured for the past four and a half years. Prominent among those who have to vacate their seats are Mayor Shwait Malik and Improvement Trust chairman Sanjeev Khanna.
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Meeting at MP’s house on ticket allotment turns ugly
Amritsar, April 26 An altercation over the allotment of tickets for Ward No 20 took an ugly turn when the supporters of a SAD youth leader Manjeet Singh Manna allegedly hit former BJP Youth, Amritsar (rural), leader Prithipal Singh Raju. The meeting was being held on the lawns of MP Sidhu's house on the Mall road. Raju allegedly received bruises on his face and his clothes got torn. Raju later submitted a complaint about the incident with the Civil Lines police station against Manna's supporters but no action was taken till the filing of the report. Raju alleged he had gone to Sidhu's house to attend the party meeting where deliberations over the allotment of civic poll tickets were to be held. “I wanted to put forth my point of view for candidature from Ward no 20 before MP Sidhu which was not liked by the SAD leaders. As soon as I approached the room where the meeting was to be held, Manna and his supporters got into a verbal dual with me and before I could understand their intention they caught hold of me and started beating me," he alleged. Manna could not be contacted.
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24x7 lift attendants from PWD
Amritsar, April 26 The move comes after The Tribune highlighted the problems faced by the patients and their attendants in going to the various floors of the newly-constructed nine storey building. Medical college principal Dr SS Shergill said, "We have taken up the matter with the PWD officials and they have in agreed to provide more lift attendants so that the lift services can be run 24X7.” At present the lift service are available only from nine in the morning till eight in the evening. Patients and their attendants find it very difficult in the night. The emergency services are also hindered as precious time is wasted in finding way to take patients to the upper floors.Dr Shergill said, "It is the duty of the PWD to provide enough lift attendants. We have asked them to do the needful so that the services can be provided at night also." He said if the PWD fails to provide lift attendants the hospital will employ lift attendants on a contract basis after taking permission from the higher authorities. He said the medical college and all its institutions are committed to the cause of welfare of the general public. "We will make all efforts to make patients feel comfortable," he said.
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Traders shut shops against demolition drive
Amritsar, April 26 Complying with the court orders, the AMC has issued seven-day notices to the residential and commercial establishments for illegally erecting or expanding their properties beyond the permissible limit. As per Punjab Scheduled Roads Act, any kind of construction beyond five meters from the road edge is prohibited. The agitating traders, who also met the state industries' minister Anil Joshi, claimed that since they have been paying all municipal taxes for the past several years as the area falls under municipal limits, the Schedule Road Act does not apply on them. Manish Sharma, secretary, Batala Road Market Association, said the move is being initiated unnecessarily and that Batala road is part of the National Highway 15 which does not come under the purview of the Scheduled Road Act. “The decision will affect 3,000 small and marginal shopkeepers who with businesses on either side of the Batala Road stretching from the Celebration Mall to the Verka Byepass. Moreover, as per demarcation executed five decades ago, the road stretch is part of the national highway. Another case in point is with the passage of time, the city has expanded manifolds up to the Verka bypass. Thus Batala road is not a scheduled road," Manish claimed. Association president Harjinder Singh said all the shops were legal and had registered deeds.
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Teachers upset as edu dept withdraws DD powers from officiating principals
Amritsar, April 26 From now onwards, the finance related powers would be with the regular principals only. However, the decision has not gone down well with the teaching community. They claimed that any financial matter, including salaries of staff of those schools without principals, would have to be cleared through regular principals of other schools. In some cases, especially in rural area schools, they would have to cover a distance of up to 20 kms to clear their dues, the further said. Even the workload of regular principals would increase manifold. Official figure reveals that there is a shortage of 21 head masters in high schools. Similarly, there is a shortage of 26 principals in 90 senior secondary schools of the district. Some of the schools, which have no regular principals, are located in Jabowal, Jhajiwadi, Dhulka, Bhindi Saiddan, Ramdass, Chamiari and Gagowal areas. The District Education Officer (secondary), Sukhwinder Singh, said to settle financial matters, the schools, where posts of principal are vacant, have been attached with schools with regular principals. "A list has been released in this connection", he said. "To easy the burden on principals, we will request the department to fill the vacant posts as soon as possible". In the backdrop of the government decision, it has been learnt that the officiating principals across the state, who have been performing the duties for the past many years, have filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the plea that they should be given an equal scale as applicable to regular principals. The court decision was pronounced in their favour only. The court in its recent judgment had also instructed the government to release full scale to them, as applicable to regular principals. An education department official, preferring anonymity, said there is a difference of about Rs 2,500 per month between the salaries drawn by officiating principals and regular principals and this difference collectively rolls in to crores. "To prevent further damage, the government has ordered to withdraw the DD powers of these officiating principals. But, the decision would definitely upset the system", he said. From now onwards, the finance related powers would be with the regular principals only
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When schoolchildren meet Chhota Bheem
Amritsar, April 26 The organisers held an exhibition of Chhota Bheem’s episodes, games and provided eatables and T-shirts to participants. In a special act, the man donning the Chhota Bheem costume asked the kids to perform with him on the stage. Later, school kids cut a cake to celebrate his birthday. Monica Tata, general manager, Entertainment Networks, South Asia, Turner International India, said, “It brings us great joy to see the faces of these kids light up when they meet their idol.”
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Auto driver returns student’s lost purse Amritsar, April 26 Ripudaman Kaur, a Guru Nanak Dev University student, said she lost her purse, containing Rs 4,200 and other documents including the identity card and driving licence, yesterday. She said when she had lost hope of getting the purse back, she received a call on her mobile phone from an auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Vikram, informing her about the purse. She said Vikram returned the purse at her home. Vikram said he had found the purse lying on a road in the Rani Ka Bagh area. “I took the purse and kept it in my rickshaw. I found the mobile phone number of the girl from her GND University identity card,” he said. Vikram said it was his duty to return the purse. — TNS
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Youth stabbed to death
Amritsar, April 26 The police has booked Ranbir Singh alias Rana, a resident of the same village in this regard. Gurnam Singh, the father of the deceased in his statement to the police alleged that a dispute was going on between his son and the accused over tying of milch animals on a common ground adjoining a well. He said last evening a verbal dual ensued between the accused Rana and the victim. He alleged he took out a 'dagger' and stabbed his son to death. Harkrishan Singh, SHO Beas police station said a case has been registered under Section 302 IPC against the accused who is absconding. He said raids were on to arrest him.
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Man gets life term for killing wife, disposing of body
Amritsar, April 26 Mehta police had registered a case in 2009 on the basis of the statement of the brother of the deceased. The police had booked him for killing and disposing of the body of his wife Joginder Kaur. Sukhvinder Singh in his complaint had alleged that Baldev had killed his sister as they did not have a child even after 20 years of marriage. The accused used to harass and physically assault her, he had alleged. He said on the day of the incident he along with his elder sister Amarjit Kaur had gone to Joginder’s house. They found the doors of his house open but no one answered even after repeated knocks. He said they went to the house of the neighbours where they saw Baldev Singh trying to escape. He had alleged that later they saw fire erupting from another room of the house and found the body of Joginder Kaur which had been set on the fire by the accused.
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Man run over by bus
Amritsar, April 26 The victim was on his way to Amritsar on his motorcycle at the time of the incident. A case under Section 304-A, 279, 427 IPC has been registered against the unidentified bus (PB-02-BP-9992) driver. Satpal Singh, the father of the deceased has alleged that the driver of the bus belonging to Robin Transport Private Limited was driving the bus rashly. He hit his motorcycle near the T-point at the main bypass on GT Road. Pawan died on the spot while the accused fled leaving the bus behind. In-charge Sultanwind police station and investigating officer Arjun Kumar said a manhunt has been launched to arrest the culprit.
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2 commit suicide
Amritsar, April 26 Preliminary investigations found that he had committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance. The police handed over the body after the post-mortem examination. Wife of the deceased Anu, in her statement to the police alleged that he had a dispute with his parents who allegedly harassed him. She said she had gone to her parents home when she was informed by the family members that Surinder had committed suicide.However, his parents said Surinder had gone to the home of his in-laws family and went to sleep after coming back from there. He did not wake up in the morning and was later declared dead. In another instance, a trader Rakesh Gupta allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance as he was under debt to the tune of lakhs of rupees. The police has booked 30 persons on charges of abetment of suicide on the basis of the suicide note found from his pocket. A case under Section 306 IPC has been registered against them at Rambagh police station in this connection. Renu Gupta, the wife of the deceased in her complaint to the police alleged that her husband has taken a huge debt for his business. He had even sold his house to return the debt. She said before dying Rakesh alleged that the accused were harassing him to return the debt. She said the deceased told him that he had returned interest two to three times on the principle amount which remained the same even after returning so much money to the accused. The police said a case has been registered on the basis of the suicide note found from the spot.
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Amritsar, April 26
Hundreds of traders on the 1.5-km stretch of Batala Road today closed their establishments against the demolition drive launched by Amritsar Municipal Corporation following the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Amritsar, April 26
Around 180 children of various schools celebrated cartoon character Chhota Bheem’s birthday in a function organised by the private television channel and NGO Nanhi Chhan at DAV Public School here.
The organisers held an exhibition of Chhota Bheem’s episodes, games and provided eatables and T-shirts to participants. 