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‘Victimised’ by cops, women get support from political parties
HC lifts stay on upgradation of Moga municipal council
Three labourers sustain minor injuries as building caves in
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Pak intruder apprehended
Fazilka civic body to open gym to prevent youth from going astray
Kabarwala cops march to villages to arrest drug menace
Centre restores quota for state; kerosene dealers end stir
CUP to tap e-resources
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‘Victimised’ by cops, women get support from political parties
Bathinda, May 17 According to the district secretary of the CPI, Jagjit Singh Joga, a ‘false murder case’ has been registered against Amanpreet Kaur and three others, including her parents, on the complaint of her relatives that Amanpreet and others had killed Kulwinder Singh, a son of Amanpreet’s paternal uncle, though Kulwinder Singh had died after consuming some poisonous substance in the fields of the village on March 5 last. Likewise, the police has also been ‘harassing’ Balwinder Kaur in connection with the death of her husband, whose body was found from the village pond on April 27, he adds. The ‘Atiyachar Virodhi Sanghrash Committee’ will have two members each from the six political parties. The district secretary of the CPI Jagjit Singh Joga has been made the convener of the committee at a meeting of these six parties held here today to chalk out a joint action plan. Talking to TNS today, Joga said the committee would meet the Bathinda Deputy Commissioner (DC) at 4 pm tomorrow and would submit him a memorandum enlisting their demands along with the applications of Amanpreet Kaur and Balwinder Kaur containing the sequence of events in their respective cases. Joga said the committee would demand from the DC, cancellation of the FIR registered against Amanpreet Kaur and others; return of the house, land and tractor etc to Amanpreet’s family, which were now in the possession of her relatives; and police security to Amanpreet and her family. In the case of Balwinder Kaur, the committee would demand registration of case against four policemen, who had allegedly tortured Balwinder Kaur in illegal custody. Besides, the committee would also demand tracing of real murderers of Balwinder Kaur’s husband, he added. Joga said in case their demands were not met in a week, they would be compelled to ‘gherao’ the Rampura Sadar police station (Gill Kalan) and the police station at Raman. CPI leaders Jagjit Singh Joga and Surjit Singh Sohi, CPM leader Gurcharan Singh, Congress leaders Buta Singh Dhade and Gulzar Singh, PPP leaders Sukhdev Singh Chahal and Jaspal Singh, BSP leader Mohinder Singh Bhatti and SAD (Panch Pradhani) leader Mata Malkit Kaur among others took part in the meeting. |
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HC lifts stay on upgradation of Moga municipal council
Moga, May 17 The outgoing president of the Moga MC Barjinder Singh Brar, who is the youngest son of former agriculture minister Jathedar Tota Singh, has welcomed the HC decision of dismissing the petition. He said last year, the elected body under his leadership had passed a resolution to raise the status of the local body. It was on the request of the elected body that the Punjab Government issued a notification to upgrade the status of the MC. However, on October 17, 2011, the HC stayed the state government’s decision following a petition filed by municipal councillor Surinder Singh and others. But the petitioners withdrew their petition on March 17, 2012. Later on April 4, 2012, another local councillor Parshotam Puri filed a petition in the HC demanding stay on the formation of corporation. He claimed that the government did not fulfill the mandatory requirements to upgrade the status of the local body. On April 20, the HC again stayed the conversion of the local body. However, the court dismissed this petition today. Last week, the HC had also dismissed the petitions filed against the formation of corporations at Pathankot, Phagwara and Mohali towns. Brar said his father had made personal efforts to upgrade the local body for the better development of the area. Meanwhile, a former DGP Paramdeep Singh Gill, who unsuccessfully fought the assembly election from the Moga constituency, has started projecting his cousin Dr Micky Gill in the local politics. The latter endeavours to become the first Mayor of the town by lobbying with the councillors for the local body elections. Barjinder Brar too desires to become the first Mayor of the town claiming the credit for the formation of the corporation. The local Congress MLA, Joginder Pal Jain, is making his own calculations to take over the reins of the local body. Last time, the Congress had boycotted the local body elections. He may project his son Akshit Jain, a youth Congress leader, or his wife Swaran Lata Jain, also a former MC chief, as the candidate for the Mayor’s post.
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Three labourers sustain minor injuries as building caves in
Abohar, May 17 The gurdwara management had reportedly hired the services of a Hisar (Haryana)-based company to lift the main complex of the gurdwara that had been built about seven decades back. The complex was about six feet lower that the highway road. During rains, water used to accumulate there posing inconvenience to the devotees. The renovation of the main complex had cost Rs 10 lakh, a member of the managing committee said. It is learnt that same amount was to be paid to the Hisar-based company that had earned the expertise in successfully lifting the building in North Indian states for the last nearly 10 years. Sources said the work was in progress for the last two months and was in its final stage now. The workers were taking tea at a reasonable distance after fixing the jacks when all of sudden, the building collapsed with a thunderous sound causing panic around. Three workers sustained minor injuries as bricks rained after the building caved in. |
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Pak intruder apprehended
Ferozepur, May 17 The BSF sources said sleuths of the 143 Battalion arrested the intruder while he was roaming in an area close to Tindiwala village along the India-Pakistan border in this sector. The sources said the intruder was a resident of Jhanjla Shah Chak village on the Sargodha Road in Faisalabad district of Pakistan. Three used rounds of 7.62 mm pistol, a telephone diary and someone else’s identity card besides a visiting card of a police official, SZ Shah posted as the DSP in Police Lines, Lahore, has been recovered from his possession. When contacted, SSP Hardial Singh Mann said the BSF had handed over the intruder to the police and he was being interrogated. Without divulging the details, Mann said the police had lodged a case against the Pakistani national under the Indian Passport Act and various sections of the Foreign Act. |
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Fazilka civic body to open gym to prevent youth from going astray
Fazilka, May 17 The aim is to prevent the youngsters from falling prey to the menace of drug addiction and make them aware about the importance of good health. The decision to this effect was taken during a general meeting of the council held here. Further, the council has also decided to extend the municipal limits by half a kilometre on the Malout road. At present, the municipal limit ends at the second gate of the Grain Market, which would now be extended till godowns. Notably, some illegal colonies have also mushroomed along this road. Meanwhile, Municipal Council president Anil Sethi said the Local Bodies Minister, Bhagat Chunni Lal, recently handed over a cheque of `1.25 crore for the all-round development of the town, particularly the slum areas. |
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Kabarwala cops march to villages to arrest drug menace
Malout, May 17 Malout DSP Mukhwinder Singh said a few days ago, he along with the local SHO, Gursewak Singh, had held meetings with the commoners, Panchayat members, local medical practitioners and other prominent citizens of Karamgarh and Rattakhera villages to counsel the drug addicts there to kick the habit. They succeeded in making a few of them ready to attend the de-addiction camp. “We spent nearly Rs 8,000 from our pockets to take the step, which has brought good results in its initial stage,” said the DSP, adding that the state government was serious towards curbing the drug menace. Being a part of the government, the police did its job, he said. If the exercise produced good results, it would be emulated in other villages too. The DSP said during the meetings, all addicts were told to either quit drugs or face action if any habit-forming drug was recovered from their possession. Meanwhile, SSP Inder Mohan Singh visited the addicts getting treatment at the Civil Hospital. He advised them to shun the habit for their own as well as their family members’ benefit. The district police is also organising cultural programmes in villages and schools spreading a message against the consumption of habit-forming drugs. |
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Centre restores quota for state; kerosene dealers end stir
Ferozepur, May 17 Gurjeet Singh, president of the association, said the association had met the Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon, who had taken up the matter with the Union ministry. Earlier, the ministry had cut the quarterly allocation of kerosene for the state from 67,500 kilo litres (KL) provided during January - March 2012 to 24,936 KL for April-June 2012. |
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Bathinda, May 17 According to the registrar of the university, Jagdev Kartar Singh, the director of the INFLIBNET Jagdish Arora and the joint secretary of the Parliament RKChadha would share their views in a seminar on the usefulness and authenticity of e-resources. The focus of the programme will be on spreading awareness about data-mining, e-resources, digitalisation and highlighting the optimum utilisation of the material available through e-resources. The CUP already has access to 8000 e-journals and plans to install research and academic publications on its website so as to check the menace of plagiarism and promote authentic research. Some important international publishers like Taylor and Francis, SpringerLink, Project MUSE and J-Gate Custom Content for Consortium will be making presentations about their e-resources. The aim is to take forward the university’s commitment to the improvement of faculty and students belonging not only to the campus but also the neighbouring institutions of the region as a whole, the CUP registrar said. — TNS |
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