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Renovation of Nehru Garden gets hit again
7 arrested with intoxicant powder
Youth commits suicide
New Surajganj residents protest outside police station
NRIs’ grievances heard at sangat darshan
HC issues contempt of court notice to MC Commissioner
Land row: Muslims stage dharna
Man, son ‘thrashed’ by sarpanch
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Army grants permission
Jalandhar, August 3 The permission has been granted for 10 days - from October 17 to 26 - as Dasehra falls on October 24. The decision of the Army authorities came following a three-day-long dharna by the cantonment board councillors regarding the use of the ground by civilians. Defence Estates Officer Vibha Sharma handed over the letter of permission to the cantonment board councillors, who were sitting on the dharna. The letter signed by the Defence Estates Officer stated that the councillors were allowed to use the Dasehra ground. No sooner did the councillors receive the letter this afternoon, the cantonment residents celebrated the occasion and thanked the Army authorities for their timely decision. The councillors, shopkeepers of Sadar Bazaar and residents maintained that such a move of the Army would help foster good civil-military relations. Councillor Avinash Chander Sharma said the councillors were hopeful of a positive outcome and that they, too, wanted to resolve the issue amicably. “Although a little late, but we are glad that the cantonment residents would be able to celebrate Dasehra on the ground. It was a sensitive matter involving the religious sentiments of the people and a little delay could have led to a big mass agitation,” he added. The councillors, however, said now they would take up the matter of the Dashera ground in the upcoming cantonment board meeting. “All the seven elected members of the House have now decided to bring the Dasehra ground under the jurisdiction of cantonment board and convert it into a ‘C’ type land. At present the ground is under the direct control of the Defence Estates Office as it is B4 land. In 1960s, the land was handed over to the Defence Estates Office by the then cantonment board authorities. Now, we will pursue this matter,” they maintained. The cantonment board councillors were forced to adopt the path of protest as the Army authorities had refused to grant permission to the civilians. On July 27, the councillors had to stage a walkout from the board meeting following the Army’s refusal to address the issue. |
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Renovation of Nehru Garden gets hit again
Jalandhar, August 3 While the tenders for the Rs 3.29-crore renovation project were scheduled to be opened tomorrow for a re-start, the MC officials are now forced to revise the estimate in view of the new Common Schedule Rates declared by the PWD. Gurcharan Singh, Executive Engineer (B&R) of the MC, said the new rates were yet to be finalised. “We will accordingly revise our estimates in the coming days and invite tenders again for the project,” he said. Even as Mayor Rakesh Rathour had announced almost four years back that the contract for advertisement rights finalised during the Congress regime for the unipoles required to be rectified to increase MC income, he has not been able to achieve his target since there has been an ongoing litigation pending in the matter. Likewise, there seems to have been no headway even in the Burlton Park case as the Save the Burlton Park Association has been spearheading its campaign to save the greenbelt for any proposed commercialisation of the site. Mayor Rathour, however, has been trying that the project gets started on the non-disputed site before the end of his tenure on September 9. He claims to have already received Rs 130-crore loan from HUDCO for the same. |
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7 arrested with intoxicant powder
Jalandhar, August 3 All the peddlers were nabbed during a routine checking at various strategic points in the city. Similarly, the Division No 8 police nabbed Rajinder Kumar, alias Bittu, resident of Gandhi Nagar, with 256 gm intoxicant powder when he was on his way to supply the contraband. The SHO, Bimal Kant, said acting on a tip-off a trap was laid in the Gandhi Nagar area and Rajinder was nabbed. Rajinder also had a criminal past as about eight cases of illicit liquor smuggling had already been registered against him at various police stations of the city. The Division No 2 police nabbed a youth with 110 gm of intoxicant powder. The drug peddler was identified as Arminder Singh, resident of Basti Bawa Khel locality. He was arrested from Kabir Nagar during a routine patrolling in the locality. A case under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the IPC was registered against all the arrested peddlers. |
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Youth commits suicide
Shahkot, August 3 Before committing suicide, Jatinder had celebrated Raksha Bandhan with his family. The suicide came to light when one of his cousins came home and went to meet him. She found his room locked from inside and knocked at the door for numbers of times, but to no avail. Then she raised an alarm and when other family members peeped inside the room through windows, they saw Jatinder hanging from a ceiling fan. The police was informed, which broke open the door, but found the youth dead. ASI Arjun Singh said as the deceased’s family members did not suspect any foul play behind his death, so the inquest proceedings under Section174 of the CrPC were initiated. — OC |
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New Surajganj residents protest outside police station
Jalandhar, August 3 Yesterday the police had arrested Pawan Kumar of the locality and claimed to have recovered 100 gm of intoxicant powder from his possession. The enraged residents alleged that the police had registered a fake FIR against Pawan under the influence of some leaders. “He is being falsely indicted in a drug peddling case. We even believe that the police has not recovered any kind of intoxicant from his possession,” angry residents said, demanding immediate cancellation of the FIR. The SHO, Surinderpal Singh, said there was nothing wrong in the FIR and the police had recovered the intoxicant powder from Pawan. “How can we release the accused as a court has already ordered to send him to jail,” he said. The SHO added that the accused also had a criminal past as a number of drug and illicit liquor smuggling cases had been registered against him at various police stations of the district. |
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NRIs’ grievances heard at sangat darshan
Jalandhar, August 3 Most NRIs had the grudge that since they do not have any voting rights, they do not get political backing and are being made to shuttle from one office to another to get their work done. They also had a common grouse of not being given any acknowledgement or receipts for complaints lodged by them in various offices, which could come as proofs for further pursuing their cases. Ranjit Singh Gakhal, who is a machine operator in the UK, alleged that when he returned to India two weeks ago, he found the AC, refrigerator, sanitation fittings and other household stuff in his house missing. “I suspected my brothers, who had taken control of my one acre agricultural land, of doing this. Before I was to lodge a complaint against them, they got false cases registered against me. I have another week’s leave left. I even do not know if I would be able to go back to the UK after all this,” he made a complaint. Dubai-based Gurmail Singh Mander also lodged a similar complaint against his brother. “When I returned two months back to my native Mander village, near Kathar, I found my power connection snapped and toilets broken. All this was done to make conditions difficult for me and push me back out of here,” he claimed. Eightyseven-year-old NRI settled in the UK Hardeep Singh Chauhan complained of his house in Model Town not being evicted by his tenant. He said his matter pertaining to eviction was sub-judice, but he had now lodged a complaint of harassment by his tenant, which was not being properly redressed. Vancouver-based NRI Mahinder Kaur said she, too, had to return to her native village Sohal Jagir in May this year as her neighbourer had broken the boundary wall at the back of her abandoned haveli and tried to trespass. “My nephews staying in the same village had even lodged a complaint regarding the matter twice on February 12 and March 8, but to no avail. So, I finally decided to plead the case myself. For the past more than two months, I have been after the Mehatpur police, but with no result. I feel insecure and have been putting up with my nephews,” she seemed distraught. Dubai-based Onkar Singh complained that there had been no police action on his complaint regarding theft of Rs 12 lakh from his car while he was returning from tehsil complex after having sold off his property. “My passport and Dubai visa also got lost. I lodged a complaint with the Division No 3 police station, but to no avail. Waiting for two months, I applied for another passport, which I got after two months. With no headway in the matter, I am struck here unable to decide whether I should go back or continue to follow up my case,” he made a representation. Savita Raval (64), daughter of freedom fighter Chain Singh Chain (95), said it had taken her months, but she was yet to get her nativity certificate through the Suvidha Centre. “This certificate is important for me to stay back with my ailing dad, who is all alone at Green Park here or else I have to go back to the UK after every six months. When I first applied for the certificate, I was told much later that my file had got lost. Now they are telling me to meet one officer or the other for getting my work done. I am still groping in dark,” she pointed out.
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HC issues contempt of court notice to MC Commissioner
Jalandhar, August 3 The high court (HC) has directed Bublani to appear in person before the court on September 20 as he had failed to take any action against the encroachments made by the owners of Inder Industries in the residential area of Dilbagh Nagar Extension. Advocate Parminder Singh Dhingra had filed a contempt of court petition with the high court in July, following which Bublani has been summoned. Dhingra maintained that the residents of the area approached the MC Commissioner many times in this regard, but he did not initiate any action. “We handed over many memorandums to the MC authorities, but they remained mum, as a result of which we were forced to approach the court,” he added. Dhingra said evidence would be gathered against STP Tirlok Singh, MTP Tejpreet Singh from the MC for their negligence in taking any action in the issue. In the past, Inder Industries, which is running a hand tools factory in the heart of the area, has been taken to task by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) for causing noise pollution. The residents of Dilbagh Nagar Extension have also held many protests against the functioning and encroachments by the unit in front of the PPCB office in the city. Even renowned environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, who is also a member of the PPCB, had raised his voice against the senior functionaries of the PPCB for failing to take any action against the unit. |
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Land row: Muslims stage dharna
Jalandhar, August 3 The irate members of the Muslim community, who had planned to offer namaaz (prayer) outside the Police Commissioner’s office to press for their demands, were tactfully dispersed from the spot. The community members submitted a memorandum of their demands to the Police Commissioner before winding up the dharna. Earlier, adequate police force was deployed at Gazi Gulla, following tension after some residents of the locality protested against offering of namaaz by the Muslim community at a plot, reportedly belonging to the Punjab Waqf Board.While the Muslim community claims that the land belongs to the Punjab Waqf Board, the residents claim otherwise.
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Man, son ‘thrashed’ by sarpanch
Jalandhar, August 3 The victims, Munni Lal and his son Raj Kumar, who were undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, alleged that when they were heading towards Chugawan village for some personal work, the sarpanch, who was travelling in a car, stopped them on the way. “The moment he (sarpanch) alighted from the car, numbers of his other accomplices, carrying sharp-edged weapons and sticks, also reached and attacked us ruthlessly,” the victims said, adding that they somehow managed to escape. An old rivalry was the cause behind the attack, the victims said, ruing that the police was not taking action against the assailants because of his links with the ruling party. When asked about the accusations being levelled by Munni Lal and his son Raj Kumar, Joginder Pal said Munni Lal and Raj Kumar had today also injured his brother, Balbir Chand, who was also undergoing treatment at the hospital. Both the parties have reportedly apprised the police of the incident.
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Buckling under the pressure, the Army authorities today finally granted permission to the cantonment board councillors and the residents to use the Dasehra ground.
There seems to be one stumbling block after another in the way of the Municipal Corporation
(MC)authorities whenever they head for any development project.
Even as the projects like giving contract for outdoor publicity through unipoles and setting up a world-class cricket stadium at Burlton Park are mired in litigations, the long-pending project of the renovation of Nehru Garden, too, has got hit again.
Terming the registration of a first information report (FIR) under the NDPS Act against a resident of New Surajganj as fake, scores of residents of the locality today staged a protest outside the Division No 4 police station.
Jalandhar, August 3
Jalandhar, August 3
