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Dera congregation: Politics at play?
2 yrs on, youths missing from
Gidderbaha remain untraced
Vintage machines find ‘pride of place’ in F’pur
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Body of 5-yr-old girl found
Farmers irate over slow lifting of paddy
Abohar may get another rly overbridge
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Dera congregation: Politics at play?
Bathinda, October 28 A "roob-ru" programme will be held tonight in the cricket stadium where the Dera chief would answer to questions of the Premis (the Dera followers). Former local Congress MLA Harminder Singh Jassi, who for the first time lost to Saroop Chand Singla of the ruling SAD, has reportedly organised the face-to-face meeting of the Premis from Bathinda with the Dera chief with whom he is closely related. Jassi, who was also on his way to Sirsa, told the TNS over the telephone that Premis from 7 of the 9 blocks of Bathinda district were participating in this evening's "satsang". More than 150 bus loads of Premis have already reached Sirsa. The left out blocks were Talwandi Sabo and Salabatpura. Today's congregation was specially arranged for the followers of Bathinda, he added. The Premis were for the past few days making a door-to-door contact in the town to carry to Sirsa the people who were desirous of becoming the followers of Dera. More than 140 Premis here had earlier this week registered their lands in the name of the Dera. The Sirsa Dera enjoys a sizeable following in the Malwa region and it plays an important role in the elections. Leaders of the SAD, Congress and other parties have been making rounds of the Dera, particularly during the elections, to seek the blessings of Gurmeet Ram Rahim. However, Jassi lost the last assembly election despite the support of the Dera that had raised doubts about its dwindling influence in the area. The current exercise is considered as his effort to stage a comeback in the Lok Sabha elections in case he is given the Congress ticket. |
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2 yrs on, youths missing from
Gidderbaha remain untraced
Gidderbaha/Muktsar, Oct 28 Twenty four -year-old Raghav Wadhwa, a student of law at Rayat and Bahra College, had gone missing with his white-coloured Swift car (PB-60-A-4800) on the night of his birthday on January 4-5, 2010 from Sector 23 in Chandigarh, where he had reportedly gone to drop his cousin. His father Jagdish Wadhwa said, "We tried to find Raghav and approached many senior police officials, but in vain. He is still missing." "We even moved an application in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking CBI probe, but the order is still awaited," added Wadhwa. "The police has been increasing the reward money in the case of my son, which is not sufficient. Though his mobile phone was recovered from a Moga resident almost one-and-a-half years ago, the police has so far failed to get any vital clue in this regard." Similarly, the whereabouts of 32-year-old Pardeep Kumar of Giljewala village, a grocery shop owner, who had gone missing from Rupana village in the district on November 3, 2010, are still unknown. The brother of the missing youth, Pawan Kumar, alleged, "Some persons with proximity to the party in power including Sukhchain Singh and Karam Deep Singh of Rupana village, kidnapped my brother two years ago. He is still missing." "After our repeated attempts, a case was registered against Sukhchain, his son and some unidentified persons, but they have not been arrested," added Pawan Kumar. Meanwhile, the police said they were investigating the matter. SSP, Muktsar, Surjit Singh said, "I will personally go through the investigations in the case of Pardeep Kumar. I have directed my subordinate staff to inform me about the facts of all missing persons." y Raghav Wadhwa (24), a student of law at Rayat and Bahra College, went missing with his white-coloured Swift car (PB-60-A-4800) on the intervening night of January 4 and 5, 2010, from Sector 23 in Chandigarh. y Pardeep Kumar (32) of Giljewala village, a grocery shop owner, is reported missing from Rupana village in the district since November 3, 2010. |
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Vintage machines find ‘pride of place’ in F’pur
Ferozepur, October 28 These machines, two of which have been recently brought to the station, were unveiled during a ceremony by Naresh Chand Goyal, DRM, Ferozepur Division, here on Saturday. Giving details about the steam road roller, the DRM said as per the Lincolnshire archives and other historical documents, the steam road roller, weighing eight tones and manufactured by Aveling and Porters Limited of Rochester, was dispatched from England on February 28, 1908. It first arrived in Karachi. Goyal said it was last run on Kalka-Shimla section where it remained in service for over 40 years. Similarly, the narrow gauge wooden coach with a carrying capacity of 29 passengers was also used on Kalka-Shimla section. It was built in 1979 by the Jodhpur railway workshop. Rail officials have also placed another vintage locomotive in front of the main entrance of the railway station. |
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Muktsar, October 28 Malout DSP Manwinderbir Singh said, "The body bore no injury marks. It was witnessed by a passerby who informed the Fazilka police." He added, "The post-mortem was conducted at Fazilka. The body was later handed over to the bereaved family." He said investigations had begun in this regard but it did not appear to be a case of murder as of now.
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Farmers irate over slow lifting of paddy
Muktsar, October 28 The agitating farmers said the state government failed to make better arrangements for lifting due to which their produce was lying in mandis. The farmers reportedly clashed with some passersby who tried to breach the road blockade. Meanwhile, the officials reached the spot and pacified the agitating farmers after assuring that their demand would be conveyed to the higher authorities. — TNS |
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Abohar may get another rly overbridge
Abohar, October 28 Acting upon a communication received from the Minister of State for Railways KH Muniyappa to examine the proposals put forth by Punjab CLP leader Sunil Jakhar, senior divisional engineer Neeraj Bhandari along with divisional engineer Ranjeet Kumar visited the railway complex here recently. Members of the Municipal Council informed the visiting railway engineers about the problems faced by hundreds of residents settled across the railway track in Nai Abadi, Ram Nagar and adjoining localities that make almost half of the total population in this sub-divisional town. The team also discussed the site plans prepared by the PWD for providing underpass to Nai Abadi besides construction of a railway overbridge on the Sriganganagar road close to the abandoned Bhawani Cotton Mills. |
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Army observes Infantry Day
Fazilka, October 28 Brigadier Rakesh Raina, VSM, commander, other senior army officers and the president of Shaheedon Ki Samadhi Committee, Fazilka, which looks after the memorial affairs, Sandeep Gilhotra, vice-president Umesh Chander Kukkar, general secretary Mohan Lal Paruthi, Ravi Nagpal, Vinod Gupta, Pawan Bhateja and others also laid wreaths. Brigadier Raina said on the morning of October 27, 1947, the troops of the First Sikh Infantry Battalion landed at the Srinagar airfield for liberation of the Valley. It has been 64 years since history recorded this event, and the queen of the battle, infantry, has been celebrating the day as Infantry Day. About 226 brave officers and jawans of the 4 Jat Regiment, 3 Assam Regiment and 15 Rajput Regiment of the Indian Army attained martyrdom in the 1971 war here which continued for two weeks. The Army formations located here is looked upon by the people as the "Saviours of Fazilka". "A similar ceremony was also held at Sriganganagar where the General Officer Commanding, Amogh Division, paid tributes to the martyrs of the Amogh Division who laid down their lives in the service of the nation," said Brigadier
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Gidderbaha/Muktsar, Oct 28
Three majestic machines including a vintage rail locomotive besides a narrow gauge coach and a classic steam road roller of British origin have been given the pride of place on the DRM office premises.
