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Gohalwaria is Ludhiana Mayor
SAD attempt to check groupism
Diversification: Govt offers backup support to farmers
Furore over arrests for publishing Punjabi folk poet Rajab Ali’s text
Avtar Henry
Economist Johl backs FDI, Manpreet for debate
Will not transfer officers in violation of Police Act: Govt
Patient’s kin allege negligence
Teachers under Central Scheme demand equal pay
Adarsh Schools
10-yr-old Case against Sukhbir
Cheating cases: SC to decide if panchayats or courts will adjudicate
Suicide By ETO
SGPC member Barapind in police custody
Tractor mows down woman
Jail staff connived to supply heroin: Panel
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Auction of mines put off
Chandigarh, September 21 The undertaking, not to go ahead with the three-day auction, came on a petition filed by Darshan Singh through counsel Mansur Ali. In his petition placed before the Bench of Justice Rajive Bhalla and Justice Rekha Mittal, Darshan Singh had alleged that the auction of sand and gravel quarries was being held against the norms and standard procedure. Elaborating, Mansur Ali had asserted that the government had failed to carry out the demarcation of land where the mining was to be permitted. The authorities concerned had failed to come out with a site plan for all quarries. As a result, the possibility of mining being carried out at places other than auctioned could not be ruled out. He said although the quantity of sand and gravel to be dug out was specified in the notice, there was no indication that mining department officials would be present at the site to prevent excess mining. Moreover, the notice specified the auction of sand and gravel quarries but failed to specify which mine was to be auctioned for digging out sand and which for gravel. The government had also fixed the rates of minor minerals prior to the auction. This was neither feasible nor practical as there was no way of surmising the bid at which the hammer would fall. As the Bench showed its inclination not to permit the auction of quarries, keeping in the mind the facts and circumstances, the state counsel furnished an undertaking that the auction was being postponed. Taking on record the undertaking, the Bench fixed the case for October 9. Case in High Court Petitioner Darshan Singh alleged that the auction of sand and gravel quarries was being held against the norms and standard procedure He claimed the govt had failed to carry out the demarcation of land where the mining was to be permitted The authorities concerned had failed to come out with a site plan for all quarries As a result, the possibility of mining being carried out at places other than auctioned could not be ruled out
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Gohalwaria is Ludhiana Mayor
Ludhiana, September 21 During the voting, held through raising of hands today, 56 Municipal Corporation (MC) members of the total 82 members voted in Harcharan's favour. Though the MC comprises of 75 councillors, seven legislators from Ludhiana also enjoy voting right in the House. Among the MLAs are Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Ranjit Singh Dhillon, Simarjit Singh Bains, Balwinder Singh Bains, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Rakesh Pandey and Surinder Dawar. It was Sunita Aggarwal who proposed Harcharan's name for the post of Mayor while councillor Kamaljit Singh Karwal seconded the proposal. Karwal, an associate of Bains brothers (MLAs Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains), himself was an aspirant for the top post in the state's richest civic body. Sunita Aggarwal's name was proposed by PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and seconded by MLA Simarjit Singh Bains. RD Sharma's name was proposed by MLA Balwinder Singh Bains while councillor Parminder Singh Soma seconded it. The Ludhiana MC has an annual budget of Rs 741 crore for the 2012-13 financial year. The post of Mayor, as per an arrangement between the ruling coalition partners, was to go to the Akali Dal whereas the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor were to remain with the BJP. After all the three members were elected comfortably, PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon appealed to the members that the election should be declared as unanimous. Reacting to this, Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Ashu said their party will support the new team to facilitate overall development of the city. Speaking to The Tribune after his election, Harcharan, a two-time councillor, said, “My main focus will be on traffic management and upgrading the drainage system. I assure the residents that I will perform my duty with devotion and honesty." Richest civic body With an annual budget of Rs 741 crore for the 2012-13 financial year, the Ludhiana MC is the richest civic body in Punjab In the 75-member House, SAD has 27 councillors, BJP 12, Congress 19 and 17 are Independents Apart from the 75 councillors, seven MLAs from Ludhiana also enjoy voting right in the House
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SAD attempt to check groupism
Ludhiana, September 21 A non-controversial leader, Gohalwaria was not tagged with any group within the party set-up, though PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, adviser to Chief Minister Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal and other leaders were supporting his candidature. With today's election, Dhillon has emerged as the new power centre of Ludhiana politics as several other Mayoral aspirants, who were lobbying for the post, could not succeed in their efforts due to their "differences" with the PWD Minister. Ever since the June 10 MC elections, lobbying had started among SAD councillors for the Mayor's post. Among the aspirants were outgoing Mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura, who was hoping for a second term, three-time councillor Pal Singh Grewal and two-time councillors Kamaljit Singh Karwal, Jagbir Singh Sokhi and Paramjit Kaur Shivalik. Both Giaspura and Grewal are the confidants of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and also enjoy good relations with former Cabinet Minister Hira Singh Gabria, a known archrival of the Bains brothers: MLAs Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains. Karwal is an aide of the Bains brothers while Paramjit Kaur is wife of MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik. Sokhi was also once a close associate of the Bains duo but he parted ways with them during the SGPC elections held last year. At present, he enjoys good equations with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Though Gohalwaria was also in the race for the post, his elevation came as a surprise for many. Sources within the SAD said he got benefit of the intra-party rivalry among MLAs. Even as all rights of choosing the Mayor were given to party president Sukhbir by all councillors and leaders on June 12, still they were lobbying for their associates. While Sharanjit Singh Dhillon was opposing Grewal, the Bains brothers were opposing Sokhi and instead wanted Karwal to be made the Mayor. It is learnt that Dhillon was first supporting Hakam Singh Giaspura but later lobbied for Gohalwaria. Such circumstances led to his elevation as Mayor and Gohalwaria proved to be a dark horse. Dark horse on top A non-controversial leader, Gohalwaria is not tagged with any group Outgoing Mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura was among the aspirants Giaspura is an associate of former Cabinet Minister Hira Singh Gabria Another aspirant was Kamaljit Singh Karwal, an aide of Bains brothers
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Diversification: Govt offers backup support to farmers
Chandigarh, September 21 Presiding over a meeting with representatives of various farmers’ associations, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal emphasised the need to motivate farmers to take to move to maize, sugarcane, cotton and agro forestry which were viable alternatives to paddy. Badal said it was the need of the hour to encourage farmers to take to allied activities like dairy farming, bee keeping, piggery and pisciculture so that they could enhance their income to meet the hike in agricultural inputs. The Chief Minister said a Central team of experts would visit Punjab on October 4 to sort out various problems. The Chief Minister approved the setting up of advisory committees for agriculture allied activities. He also approved four timber markets at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Balachaur and Dasuya to facilitate farmers in agro forestry. During discussions with representatives of the Rice Exporters’ Association, Badal said efforts would be made to bring a large chunk of area under quality basmati instead of coarse paddy to ensure better returns to rice exporters. Accepting their long-pending demand, the Chief Minister announced to waive 3 per cent Punjab infrastructure development cess on basmati export. To promote bee keeping, he asked the Forest Department to allow bee keepers to run their business in the forests of Kandi areas. He asked the Milkfed to prepare a project plan for producing high- value milk product like ice cream. For providing better low-cost green fodder to small dairy farmers, the Chief Minister asked the PAU to conduct vigorous research. Badal asked piggery, fishery and poultry asociations to set up processing units for which they would be given financial assistance. He said the government was setting up a fish market in Ludhiana. Badal said poly houses would be promoted to enhance the yield of vegetables. He directed Punjab Agro to accelerate work for setting up of five agri pack houses. Welcome steps CM approves four timber markets at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Balachaur and Dasuya Announces to waive 3 per cent Punjab infrastructure development cess on basmati export Asks Forest Department to allow bee keepers to run business in the forests of Kandi areas Announces setting up of fish market in Ludhiana
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Furore over arrests for publishing Punjabi folk poet Rajab Ali’s text
Chandigarh, September 21 Born in Moga district in 1894, Babu Rajab Ali was a popular poet of the Malwa region. Still remembered for his 'chhandd-band' Punjabi poetry called 'Kavishri' and 'Qissas' like Heer Ranjha, Dulla Bhatti, Mirza Sahiban and Bhagat Singh, he migrated to Pakistan post-Partition. He passed away in 1979. Published in the past even by the state government's Punjabi Language Department, apart from other publishers, his work, however, is being dubbed "objectionable" now. Last Saturday, the police arrested Barnala-based publisher Amit Mittar and editor Jagjeet Singh Sahoke for publishing and editing Rajab Ali's collection of poetry 'Gatha Surmean Di' and another Samana-based publisher Ashok Garg and book editor Swatantar Singh for their book 'Anokha Rajab Ali'. They were arrested under Section 153-A of the IPC and Section 3(10) of the SC/ST Act for allegedly publishing books that comprised text having objectionable words against the minority/Dalit community. Punjabi writers and academicians, however, have questioned the move. Rajinder Pal Singh Brar, head of Punjabi Department at Punjabi University, Patiala, said in the past as well, writers and poets had been using words and idioms of the mid-20th century to address the members of different castes and creed. "Not only Rajab Ali, literary work of legendary writers like Bhai Gurdas, Warish Shah, Dhani Ram Chatrik and Peelu Da Mirza or even religious books have such words... The arrests need to be revoked," he said. Sahitya Akademi award winner writer Ajmer Aulakh said though nobody agreed to the use of any foul language against any community, it should be taken into account when the book was penned. Dr Balbir Kaur, director of Punjabi Language Department, which has published Rajab Ali's poetry earlier, said the text was history and should be treated in that context. In a joint statement, Institute for Development and Communication director Parmod Kumar, poets Amarjit Chandan and Navtej Bharti, historian Harish Puri, writer Rajinder Singh Rahi, journalist Gobind Thukral and film producer Rajeev Sharma have also demanded immediate release of the arrested publishers and book editors. “The government's act violates the freedom of expression," they said. Uncrowned king of Kavishars In rural Malwa, 'chhandd-band' (rhymed on meter) Punjabi poetry called Kavishri is still sung loud, thanks to the uncrowned king of the poetic style, Rajab Ali who inspired many Kavishars to spread the tradition.
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Son concocting stories: Henry
Jalandhar, September 21 Henry alleged that Sanghera was born in the UK and was a British national. Sanghera had been staying in India illegally since 1969, he alleged. In a written statement to the Ministry of Home Affairs (Foreigner Division) - according to a communication between SN Garg, under secretary at the ministry, and DS Bains, Principal Secretary (Home), Punjab - Henry has stated that he left for the UK in 1962 on an Indian passport and had acquired British citizenship and a British passport in 1968. The action was not voluntary, but because his family had put this condition on him, he claimed. He stated that he never wanted to settle in the UK. He returned to India in 1969 on a British passport and had sent it back to the UK to surrender it so that he could renounce his citizenship. He stated that he had declared all the facts to the regional passport office in order to obtain an Indian passport. Therefore, he was an Indian citizen, he stated, who has even contested elections in Punjab and who has been a minister in the Punjab Government. Gurjit Singh Sanghera, however, denied all the allegations saying that he had enough money to take care of his family. “Henry is trying to prove his innocence even when the Ministry of Home Affairs has ceased his Indian citizenship,” he said. “If I was staying in India with a British nationality, it was due to Henry who brought me to India and kept misleading me on the issue. I was told by my UK-based uncle that I was born there so I could have a British passport. So I got a British passport and since then, I have been coming to India on visas,” said Sanghera. Meanwhile, DS Bains, Principal Secretary (Home), Punjab, said that the government had conducted an inquiry into the matter and had sent a report to the Union Home Ministry. “The Union Home Ministry has passed an order for the ceasing of Henry’s Indian citizenship and the state government has nothing more to do in this regard,” Bains claimed. Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bhatri said that he had not received any communication either from the state or the Centre on the issue. Parneet Singh, Regional Passport Officer, Jalandhar, said that his office had not received any complaint against Henry or Sanghera. Henry had suffered a major setback when the Ministry of Home Affairs ceased his Indian citizenship on the charge of having dual citizenship levelled by his son Sanghera. In a communication to Principal Secretary (Home) DS Bains, SN Garg had said that the Union government, under Section 9(2) of the Citizenship Act 1955, has determined that Avtar Henry ceased to be a citizen of India from the date he acquired British citizenship and passport in 1969.
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Economist Johl backs FDI, Manpreet for debate
Chandigarh, September 21 On the other hand, People's Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal demanded a debate on the issue among various stakeholders in the country. Johl said as cold storage chains will come up in the countryside, farmers will no longer be forced to sell perishable items, including vegetables and fruits, at prices suiting the buyers. "Farmers will get better remuneration for their crops whereas the quality reaching the consumers will also be good. Foreign companies will introduce new technology, built infrastructure and promote novel management practices in the farm sector, which will benefit an agrarian state like Punjab," he said. Refusing to agree with the perception that local vendors and 'kariana' (retail) store owners would be forced to shut down, he said these shops could not cater to the entire population. In fact, the FDI would lead to market efficiency, he said. With the arrival of foreign exchange, the rupee's value will improve in the international market, he said. Manpreet said short-term vote politics should not be allowed to prevail upon long-term benefits to the public. On Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's statement that he would toe the National Democratic Alliance's line on the issue, Manpreet, whose party is an ally of Left parties that have been opposing the FDI, said Badal should instead have stated that he would do whatever was in the state's interests. "Punjab missed the industrial boom. Later, it could not cash in the information technology and bio-tech boom. Now, it will be tragic if the state misses the FDI bus too," he said. After 1991, states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu introduced several reforms and reaped their benefits, but Punjab was left behind because it could not take any worthwhile initiative, he claimed.
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Will not transfer officers in violation of Police Act: Govt
Chandigarh, September 21 As a petition filed in public interest by advocate HC Arora came up for hearing this morning, the Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Sameer Kumar, filed an affidavit assuring that in future the provisions relating to a minimum assured tenure of one year, extendable to three years, would be fully complied with. The undertaking would affect the transfers of DSPs, SPs, SSPs and DIGs in the state. In his petition, Arora had alleged that the Punjab Government was carrying out the transfers of officers, including DSPs, SPs and SSPs, too frequently in violation of Section 15 of the Act. The Section provided a minimum assured tenure of a year. The petitioner had referred to the information received by him under the RTI from offices of the SSPs which indicated that the police officers were being transferred too frequently, sometimes three to four times a year.
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Patient’s kin allege negligence
Chandigarh, September 21 Jagtar had met with an accident last month at Sirhind and was rushed to PGI, Chandigarh, for treatment. Doctors there had then inserted a food pipe in his throat and had recommended routine changing of his pipe. Deceased's mother Surjit Kaur said they had got a food pipe inserted on September 13 and had brought Jagtar to the hospital to get his food pipe changed. "We brought him here but no one turned up for his medical checkup for about two hours," said
Kaur.
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Teachers under Central Scheme demand equal pay
Patiala, September 21 They gathered at Nehru Park today and took out a rally, which ended outside the office of GK Singh, Patiala Deputy Commissioner (DC). They then handed over a memorandum to the DC. Addressing the gathering, state general secretary of the union, Hardeep Todarpur, demanded equal pay for equal work for CSS teachers. "The Hindi teachers employed under CSS should be regularised immediately and salaries should be at par with the teachers from the Education Department because they do the same amount of work. We get a salary of Rs 18,000 and there is no provision of PF and GPF whereas the master cadre teachers in the Education Department get a salary of at least Rs 25,000 along with PF and GPF facility," he added. He said female employees got maternity leave for only three months and it was unpaid. "Female employees working in the Education Department get six-months leave with pay. This discrimination is morally unjust," he added.
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Hike fares or face stir, say pvt bus operators Chandigarh, September 21 Bus operators, under the banner of Punjab Motor Union, have sought a hike of Rs 0.15 per km in bus fares, which is almost a 23 per cent increase over the existing fares. They have demanded a reduction in Motor Vehicle Tax from Rs 2.25 per km to Rs 1.25 per km and a reduction in VAT on diesel. Bus operators said they had last been allowed to hike the fare in 2008, when the fares were increased from Rs 0.46 per km to Rs 0.66 per km. They now want the fare to be hiked to Rs 0.81 per km. Jagdish Sahni, working president of Punjab Motor Union said they would stop plying buses from October 1, if the fares were not revised. He said state owned Punjab Roadways and Punjab Road Transport Corporation PRTC also had demanded a hike of 0.22 paise per km in bus fares from Punjab government in the wake of increase in diesel price. “The Rs 5 per litre increase in diesel price would lead to an additional burden of Rs 1.80 lakh on each bus per annum,” he added. It is learnt that the Punjab government is considering a hike in bus fares.
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Adarsh Schools
Moga, September 21 Dr Beda visited the Adarsh School at Daulatpura village this afternoon and recorded the statements of staff members. He summoned the official record related to attendance and the salary of teachers. The teachers alleged that the school management was making “illegal” deductions from their wages.The Teachers’ Union of Adarsh Schools had recently submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister in this regard. The teachers also alleged that the management was charging money from students for school uniform, books/stationery and bus fare even though the state government provided free education to the children. They also complained that they had not been provided laptops even as money for the same was being deducted from their salaries. The mid-day meal scheme has been suspended in all three Adarsh Schools of the district following allegations of siphoning of foodgrain. The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has registered a complaint on the matter. A Full Bench of the commission headed by Justice Jagdish Bhalla has issued a notice to the Director-General School Education, Punjab, and sought a reply by November 21.
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10-yr-old Case against Sukhbir
Faridkot, September 21 Earlier, the court had issued bailable warrants for September 17 but these failed to procure his presence in the court. During the 1999 parliamentary elections, Naresh Kumar and his father Bihar Lal Sehgal, Kotkapura residents, had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding registration of a criminal case against Sukhbir Badal and others for allegedly trying to kill them. Following the High Court orders, a case under Sections 307/382/323/148 and 149 of the IPC was registered at Kotkapura on June 21, 2002. Later on June 30, 2006, four separate cases were registered, including one against the Deputy CM. As Naresh Kumar expressed apprehensions of an unfair trial, the High Court stayed the proceedings of the trial court in September 2008.
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Cheating cases: SC to decide if panchayats or courts will adjudicate
New Delhi, September 21 A Bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi today issued a notice to Punjab on a petition filed by two residents of Mann village in Amritsar district who are facing the charge of cheating. Their counsel RK Kapoor contended that under the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act the offence of cheating “is exclusively triable” by the gram panchayat and the police did not have the power to arrest his clients. The accused had allegedly taken Rs 30 lakh in 2010-11 from a person on the promise of making arrangements for sending his son to the US, but they neither kept their word nor returned the money. They approached the SC after being denied anticipatory bail by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, in May 2012 and later by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 23. Counsel Kapoor said the Panchayati Act gave complete powers to gram panchayats to take cognisance of criminal cases, accept complaints, conduct inquiries, summon witnesses, expedite trials and pass orders of conviction. Further, the CrPC was not applicable to the proceedings before gram panchayats. Thus, the police did not have the power to investige under Section 154 of the CrPC or to file a report under Section 173 of the CrPC or arrest the accused, Kapoor said.
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Suicide By ETO
Chandigarh, September 21 The ETO had committed suicide on April 11 last year and the case in the matter was registered on the directions of the state government.Taking up the petition, the High Court fixed October 5 as the next date of hearing in the matter.The others booked by the police are Harminder Singh, Rajinder Singh, Rajiv Sood and Paramjit Singh. A case was registered against ETO Ranjeet Singh under Sections 7/13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and Section 120-B of the IPC. He was later arrested by a Vigilance team headed by Amandeep Kaur on March 29 last year after he was allegedly caught red-handed while taking a bribe from a trader. He was released on bail on April 20. Three days later, he allegedly committed suicide by consuming celphos tablets at his residence. His wife Manjeet Kaur had filed a petition in the court stating that her husband was implicated and that had compelled him to commit suicide. His death had led to widespread resentment among his colleagues who accused the Vigilance Bureau of implicating him.
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SGPC member Barapind in police custody
Jalandhar, September 21 Barapind was arrested from his native village by the Nawanshahr police yesterday. Former Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch-Pardhani) president Daljit Singh Bittu was held in preventive custody and both Barapind and Bittu were taken to the Ludhiana Jail. The Jalandhar (Rural) police, which searched Barapind’s two houses today, recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Yurinder Singh Hayer said a mauser, six live cartridges, two night vision devices, two wireless sets and two bullet-proof jackets were recovered from Barapind’s two houses. He said Barapind, who had been booked under different Sections, would be in police custody for five days.
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Tractor mows down woman
Patiala, September 21 Even though the city traffic wing claims to have set up a sufficient number of nakas, it could not impound the tractor as it did not have a registration number. An FIR under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered against the unidentified driver at Lahori Gate police station. . Victim Sanaur Surinder Kaur along with two others was travelling on the motorcycle that was driven by her husband. The tractor hit the bike throwing it off balance. The victim was then mowed down by the tractor killing her on the spot. Another pillion rider Ramandeep Kaur and the victim's son got injured in the accident. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Nahar Singh told The Tribune he was unaware of the accident. "Commercial vehicles would not be allowed to flout norms," he said. Instead of checking violations and challaning vehicles without registration numbers, the traffic police was busy clearing VIP routes. Local lawyer Sunpreet Singh, who plans to move court, said, "Violations continue unabated in the city. You can see overloaded auto-rickshaws ferrying passengers, buses driven about with students sitting atop and private buses parked around the bus stand at night." He said the city with a large number of students should have safer roads.
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Jail staff connived to supply heroin: Panel
Chandigarh, September 21 Holding that the incident happened squarely due to negligence/connivance with the jail authorities, the Commission observed that, "It is intriguing as to how the substance reached into the hands of the deceased when he was in the custody of jail officials. Whether it is suicide or homicide, the responsibility lies with the jail officials in whose custody the victim died." Kashmir Singh, a resident of Chak Megha Viran village near Ferozepur, was convicted for murder under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act, and was lodged in the jail on May 31, 2010. On the evening of November 23, 2010, he complained of chest pain and restlessness and was immediately sent to Civil Hospital, Ferozepur, where he died around two hours later. The report of the chemical examiner and histopathologist stated the cause of death was poisoning due to "myocardial injection diacetylmarphine poisoning" which is ante-mortem in nature and sufficient to cause death ordinarily. Diacetylmorphin is the chemical name of heroin. The jail superintendent, in his report filed before the Commission, stated that the jail authorities were not responsible for the death of the deceased convict. He maintained that the convict was well conversant with the fact that to consume substances like diacetylmorphin inside the jail was strictly prohibited. As per the inquest report, there was nothing on record to show that anybody had forcibly or otherwise compelled the deceased convict to intake any banned substance, but he had succeeded by hook or by crook to consume it intentionally and deliberately. The Commission termed the explanation as "not at all satisfactory".
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in Punjab will not fall on September 25. The Punjab Government today postponed the auction of mines as a petition objecting to the procedure followed by it came up for hearing before the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning.
The undertaking, not to go ahead with the three-day auction, came on a petition filed by Darshan Singh through counsel Mansur Ali.
Angry at the Punjab Government for not regularising pay grades of the teachers working under Central Sponsored Scheme
(CSS), the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhmyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and CSS Teachers Union today held a protest march in the city today.
Patiala, September 21
