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Students seek increase in college seats
Five VB officials booked for abusing powers
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State heritage fest
Missing man found murdered
Body of 23-yr-old found with fingers chopped
Women rally against social ills
Abohar admn intervenes to oversee MC affairs
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Students seek increase in college seats
Ferozepur, August 23 However, they landed in jail after being arrested by the police today in a preventive action. In all, 58 students including six girls, were arrested today under sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC while they were staging a dharna outside the district administrative complex. Sukhwinder Singh, zonal secretary, Punjab Students Union (PSU), said the students have been demanding an increase in the number of seats in BA First Year of the college for which they have been knocking at every possible door for the last two months. He said there were more than 1000 students seeking admission to the college but only 300 students were given admission and the rest have been left in the lurch. While condemning the police action, the students said while the state government is claiming to have initiated steps to improve the quality of higher education in Punjab, the ground reality was different. Another student Rakesh Singh said even the infrastructure and the facilities being provided in the college were not up to the mark. On the other hand, college principal Dr Hira Singh expressed his helplessness in the matter. He said the issue has been brought to the notice of the university authorities and the state government and there was nothing he could do about it. When contacted, Dr Kamaljit Singh, coordinator, Panjab University, said it was not possible for the university to enhance the number of seats in the college at this point of time. He added that the state government has not fulfilled its promise of providing matching grants to meet the non-recurring expenses in the light of which, the university cannot do anything as it has no provision of separate funds for this college. Deputy Commissioner S Karuna Raju said he has already informed the Chief Secretary and the registrar of the university about the demands of the students, and added that the students, rather than protesting in front of his office, should approach the university officials. The students have decided to intensify their protest till their demands were met. |
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Five VB officials booked for abusing powers
Ferozepur, August 23 Confirming the registration of the case, Paramraj Singh Umranangal, DIG, Ferozepur Range, said an FIR has been registered against Shiv Kumar, SSP, Vigilance, Surinderpal Singh, former joint director, Vigilance Bureau, Jaspal Singh, SSP Vigilance, Banarsi Dass, SP Vigilance and Isher Singh under sections 355, 211, 506 and 167 of the IPC at Sadar police station. The DIG said the case has been registered following instructions from the DGP, Punjab, who also asked him to investigate the culpability of Surjit Singh Grewal, SSP, Moga, whose role in the case is also under the scanner. Sources said as per the instructions from DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, it has been clearly directed during the investigation, in case it is found that Grewal had indulged in any unlawful act during his stint at Vigilance Bureau, then action may be initiated against him in accordance with the law. Following registration of the case, the matter would be further investigated by Raghubir Singh SP (Detective), Ferozepur, under the supervision of the DIG. Earlier, an inquiry into the matter was also conducted by Kahan Singh Pannu, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister, which was submitted to the state government a few months back. Meanwhile, Mohan Singh Patwari said he will not relent until the matter is brought to its logical conclusion and all the guilty officials are brought to book . Mohan Singh said he was expecting a free and fair trial and if justice is denied, he will not hesitate to approach the High Court in the matter. “In case, any attempt is made to circumvent the probe, we will resort to strike,” he further added. |
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State heritage fest
Faridkot, August 23 After the announcement by the CM, declaring it a Virasat Mela, the State Tourism and Cultural Department has not spared even a single penny for its celebration in the last three years. Rather, the state tourism department this year wrote the Union Tourism Ministry to provide a financial grant of Rs five lakhs to the Mela. Inderjit Singh Sekhon, chief patron of Baba Farid Seva Society, which organises the Mela with the help of the district administration, said in the last three years, there were many attempts to convey to the Chief Minister and the Deputy CM that the promise made in September 2009 be fulfilled. But so far, no financial aid has been forthcoming. The four-day Baba Farid Mela celebrations from September 19 to 23, attracts a huge gathering from various parts of the country. Celebrated in the memory of Sufi saint Baba Sheikh Farid, the Mela provides an occasion to showcase various cultural, literary, intellectual and sporting talent of Punjab. So far, the Mela has been celebrated with voluntary donations from various individuals and groups in society. The only event that has the approval of the state and central governments to perform without any financial burden on the organizers, Baba Farid Mela is a programme of the North Zone Cultural Centre. A troupe of over 200 artists from seven cultural centres, arrives every year at Baba Farid Mela to render their performance. “The district administration has sent a report to the Union Ministry of Tourism regarding some queries. We are hopeful of getting the grants in the coming days,” said Ravi Bhagat, Deputy Commissioner,
Faridkot. Fact file |
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Missing man found murdered
Moga, August 23 Revealing this to The Tribune, Moga SSP Surjit Singh Grewal said the body of Baljit Singh, son of Beant Singh and a resident of Khiali village of Zira sub-division of the Ferozepur district, was found lying in the fields in open. Since the body was partially mutilated, it appeared that Baljit was murdered a couple of days back. Ruling out the possibility of suicide, he said the injury marks were found on the deceased’s genitals, which indicates that he was possibly tortured to death. “The body has been sent to the district hospital here for a post-mortem examination. The report is awaited,” he said. Preliminary investigations had revealed that Baljit left his house on August 21 to fetch green fodder for his cattle from the field but did not return home. The family members launched a hunt for him and contacted their relatives. However, they did not report to the nearest police station that Baljit was missing. Adding that extra-marital relation with a woman could be the reason behind the murder, the SSP said investigations were in progress. “I have directed the SHO concerned to personally look into the investigations of this case and find out the culprits within three days,” Grewal added. |
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Body of 23-yr-old found with fingers chopped
Muktsar, August 23 The body of the youth was found lying in a pool of blood. Malout SHO Prem Singh, who reached the spot to inquire the crime, said the deceased, Raghubir Singh, was missing from his home since Tuesday evening. While the police are at loss about the motive of chopping the fingers of the deceased, the SHO said, the police was investigating. |
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Women rally against social ills
Abohar, August 23 Hundreds of women, including college and school students, began the march from the twin border villages of Rampura-Narayanpura carrying banners and literature meant to caution the rural folk over gender imbalance, spurt in disputes over dowry, drug menace and other social ills. Sarpanch Harmandeep Kaur, who led the march, expressed concern over the recent incidents involving the death of an abandoned girl child, foeticide and suspected involvement of drug addicts in crimes like snatching of gold chains and burglaries. The march culminated at Kulaar village. Convener Baljit Kaur said stern action should be taken against those involved in foeticide or illegal termination of pregnancy. |
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Abohar admn intervenes to oversee MC affairs
Abohar, August 23 SDM Vipul Ujwal today found that scores of hoardings had been allowed by the council without charging the advertisement fee. Notably, the council had not auctioned the collection of advertisement fee that had fetched more than Rs 2 lakh per annum. Scores of hoardings had been fixed in the crossings that record the maximum flow of vehicular traffic besides pedestrians. The Congress councillors had alleged in a memorandum to the Director, Local Bodies, that advertisement tax was being siphoned off by workers of the ruling alliance in connivance with the MC staff. CLP leader Sunil Jakhar hoped this would give some relief to the 1.5 lakh residents of this sub-divisional town. — OC |
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