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Cabinet okays special fund to fight cancer, addiction
Cash-strapped govt to sell Patiala jail land
The entrance to the Patiala Central Jail, which is situated on a prime piece of land. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar
Teachers’ recruitment
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Moga bypoll Jagmeet Brar (in purple turban) speaks to a woman voter in Moga on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Health Minister, his deputy spar again, this time over London visit
Ropar police files challan in rape
case in 24 hours
Board told to prepare plan
to revive Adarsh Schools
Commuting a nightmare on waterlogged Patiala roads
Make industry-friendly policies, apex chamber tells power corp
Food authority extends deadline again
Nambardars not paid honorarium regularly
Ladhar: Ready to deposit one-third of arbitration fee
15 months on, health centre project hangs fire
A view of the community health centre that is under construction near Fatehgarh Sahib. A Tribune photograph
ASI shifted for ‘misbehaving’ with woman
BSF officer objects to conduct of trial
Notice to DGP Saini for ‘failure’ to check black films on vehicles
Arrest warrants issued against SAD candidate Jain’s son
Bail to Pherurai confirmed
Two killed, 4 hurt in accidents
No dowry, NRI skips wedding; father arrested
Woman killed, 2 injured in road mishap
Tortured by in-laws, woman ends life
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Cabinet okays special fund to fight cancer, addiction
Chandigarh, February 5 The Cabinet also approved the levying of 1 per cent cultural cess on construction of roads, bridges and flyovers for erecting and maintaining heritage buildings, national and state monuments. The Cabinet gave in-principle approval to creating a special fund to check cancer and drug addiction in the state. A surcharge/cess would be levied on certain items and the money thus collected deposited in this special fund.The administrative department, with the consent of the Chief Minister, would enact a scheme under which this fund would be utilised. In compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court, the Cabinet approved the draft of the Punjab Minor Mineral Rules, 2013, by repealing the Punjab Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1964, and the Punjab Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2012. With the new rules, the problem of shortage of bricks, sand and other construction material is expected to District-level committees under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioners would be constituted for giving environmental clearance to mines spread over less than five hectares. To monitor auctioned mines, electronic weighing machines would be installed. Keeping in view the larger public interest and to safeguard the rights of schoolchildren, the Cabinet gave its nod to amending Rule 11 (1), 11(5) and 18 (1) of the Punjab Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education: 2011, extending the deadline for schools to file their declaration under the Act by another five months. The move would benefit 1.72 lakh students in 1,673 schools across the state. The Cabinet approved the issuing of an ordinance for amending the Punjab Lokpal Act, 1996, paving the way for appointment of Up-Lokpal. In another important decision aimed at taking immediate action against officials retaining government houses against rules, the Cabinet gave its nod to amending Rule 10 (2) of Punjab Government Houses General Pool Allotment Rules,1983. It approved signing a tripartite agreement between the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and Bharat Broadb and Network Limited, Punjab, for creating the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) for providing broadband connectivity to panchayats. The Cabinet also approved doubling the monthly assistance to veterans/ widows of World War II above the age of 65 from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 and enhancing the annual income eligibility conditions for these beneficiaries from Rs 12,000 to Rs 10,0000. The Cabinet approved the process for filling vacant posts of Medical Officers (Specialist) through walk-in interview/campus recruitment process. In an efort to upgrade industrial training centres across the state, the Cabinet gave its approval to creating and filling 156 posts of service providers for the advanced module of the Vocational Training Improvement Project.
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Cash-strapped govt to sell Patiala jail land
Patiala, February 5 Once the jail building is demolished, the government can become richer by over Rs 1,500 crore by auctioning the 90 acres of land on which it stands. Some 1,400-odd inmates of the jail may then get a new address, most probably the Nabha prison. The land on the Patiala-Bhadson road where realty prices have risen sharply in the recent years, would first be transferred to the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) and subsequently auctioned. The Forest Department office and the Mini Secretariat building are also situated in the jail’s vicinity. The premises also houses the Punjab Jail Training School, one of the biggest in the country, which imparts practical training to newly recruited jail officers from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and other states. Sources said the government had reached an in-principle decision over the matter at a meeting in Chandigarh last week, which was chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Senior officials of the Home and Jail departments were also present. Principal Secretary (Home) DS Bains said the decision was taken after considering several suggestions. “The entire process may take some time and the land will subsequently be transferred to PUDA. The inmates will be shifted to Nabha where a new modern jail will be constructed for them,” Bains said. Additional Director General of Police (Jails) Rajpal Meena too confirmed the development. The Nabha jail, where the inmates from Patiala are likely to be shifted, has a large campus. The campus has agricultural land, which is sown and tilled by the prisoners. Sources said the new jail campus could come up on that land. Unhappy with the decision, a senior jail official said, “More than a thoughtful decision, it is only a move to earn revenue as the jail is located on Patiala’s prime land.” It was more convenient to handle dreaded criminals from the Patiala jail with the courts located nearby, he added. Prime piece of land
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Teachers’ recruitment
Chandigarh, February 5 A Division Bench has dismissed an appeal filed by the State and its authorities in this regard. Taking up the matter, the Bench of Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain asserted: “The statutory rules do not provide for experience of one year after acquiring minimum educational qualification and this condition has been prescribed only by way of a note in the advertisement. But, the fact remains that no new condition can be imposed in the advertisement in the presence of statutory rules.” The State and its authorities had issued the advertisement on December 4, 2008, inviting applications for filling up various posts on contract basis, including 14 posts of English teachers. The process was challenged by Priya Mahajan and other respondents through counsel RS Bajaj, after her name did not appear in the the tentative list put up on the official website in September 2009. Bajaj added Mahajan possessed the requisite qualifications, but was not selected as a ‘note’ in the advertisement prescribed the “acquisition of experience after attaining the minimum academic qualification”. This, he said, was contrary to the statutory rule. Elaborating, he contended the post advertised by the State was governed by the Punjab Industrial Training (Class-III) Technical Services Rules, 2001, according to which a candidate should be MA (English) or BA (with Honours in English) and should be BEd with English as one of the elective subjects. The candidate should also possess at least one-year teaching experience. According to the rule, one-year experience was required without stipulation that it has to be after attaining minimum qualification for the post. After taking into consideration the facts and the precedents, the Single Judge allowed the writ petition observing that “where any field is governed by statutory provisions, any condition to the contrary cannot operate”. Upholding the order, the Division Bench added: “We do not find any merit in the present appeal and hence the same is hereby dismissed.”
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Moga bypoll
Moga, February 5 By doing so, Jain, who had been earlier elected on the Congress ticket, had defiled the principles of democracy. Brar said that Jain had let down the voters after getting their mandate and it was for them to teach him a lesson now. He was interacting with a group of teachers in a private school here. Brar said the Akalis had stooped so low as to “purchase” an MLA of the Opposition to have their own majority in the assembly. He appealed to the voters to follow the voice of their conscience while casting their vote. Brar alleged that Jain had struck a deal with the Akalis to make profit at the cost of innocent voters. He pleaded with the voters to vote for Vijay Sathi, “my close friend, who is well- educated and has a clean image.” Youth leader Sukhwinder Singh Danny, former minister Malti Thapar and veteran Congress leader Pandit Sham Lal accompanied Brar during campaigning.
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Health Minister, his deputy spar again, this time over London visit
Amritsar, February 5 Talking to The Tribune, Dr Sidhu said she was invited to the event as chief guest and that she had received a formal invitation from the organisers on her e-mail account. She said she had brought the matter to the notice of the Principal Secretary, Health, Vini Mahajan, though she did not have a word with the Health Minister in this regard. Dr Sidhu said later she came to know that the minister himself was participating in the event. She said she had already had a long discussion with the event organisers when they visited India during the recent NRI Sammelan in Punjab. She said they had held informal deliberations on augmenting health services in Punjab, besides facilitating advanced training to the state's doctors and nursing staff. On the fate of her visit now, she said she would wait for the state government's response for a day or two. "If it comes by then I will proceed, otherwise not." She said she had tried to approach the Chief Minister directly on the issue, but in vain as he was not keeping well. “I did bring it to the knowledge of the Deputy Chief Minister.” On the other hand, Mittal said he was unaware whether Dr Sidhu had been invited to the event. However, he made it clear that he was not going in her place. “I am not a thief. I am a gentleman. I have got a separate invitation for the event,” he said. The minister said Dr Sidhu should either have spoken to him or the BJP's state president. “She should not flare up the issue by talking about it in the media.” He said if she had got the invite, she should have gone to the Chief Minister, as it was he who accorded the necessary sanction and not the Principal Secretary, Health. This is not the first time that the two have locked horns. Earlier, the Health Minister and Dr Sidhu were at daggers drawn after the latter had conducted a couple of sting operations in which she had caught government doctors resorting to private practice while neglecting their official duties.
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Ropar police files challan in rape
case in 24 hours
Ropar, February 5 The child was taken to the Civil Hospital from where doctors referred her to the
PGI, Chandigarh, as no gynaecologist was available there. Meanwhile, a resident of Sukhram Tapoarian village has been arrested for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old girl. Hailing from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, the accused,
Ratnesh, committed the crime on Friday. Amritsar: The special fast-track court for crime against women today sentenced a villager, Pargat Singh, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in March last year. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also slapped on him. A resident of Nibberwind village, Pargat had raped a girl of the same village while she was alone at her house in March 2011. This is the second case in which the special court, set up in January, has fast-tracked the trial. Yesterday, another convict was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl on the pretext of solemnising marriage with her.
Gurdaspur: The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Baljinder Kaur Sidhu sentenced two persons to seven-year imprisonment each in separate rape cases. In the first case, Captain Singh was imprisoned for raping the wife of his friend at Wadala Granthian village in 2007. Lakhbir Singh of Sikri village was awarded seven years behind jail for raping his 17-year-old niece.
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Board told to prepare plan
to revive Adarsh Schools
Chandigarh, February 5 Badal directed the Punjab School Education Board chairperson to take steps for appointing regular principals, besides other teaching and non-teaching staff, in all these schools on an ad hoc basis. The Chief Minister also constituted a committee, comprising the Director General School Education, PSEB chairperson and the Technical Adviser to the Chief Minister, to study the requirements of these schools in terms of staff and infrastructure. The Powercom chairman was also directed to release tubewell connections for the agriculture land attached to these schools on a priority. Badal said Adarsh Schools had been established by him as a dream project to impart quality education to rural children.
Correction course
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Commuting a nightmare on waterlogged Patiala roads
Patiala, February 5 The drainage pipe is not wide enough to dispose of the rain water. The Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) had laid a 24-inch pipe over 17 years ago for the disposal of rain water and the MC has connected it with an eight-inch pipe. This proves as a bottleneck and doesn’t lead to proper drainage. The PWSSB had been given Rs 30 lakh to lay a big drainage pipe for the disposal of rain water from the main road leading to the bus stand. The drainage network failed to bring about the desired result as it wasn’t connected properly to the drainage system laid down by the MC. Nothing has been done to resolve the matter despite repeated complaints by commuters and area shopkeepers. The MC authorities keep passing the buck saying the road is under the jurisdiction of PWD (B&R). PWD (B&R) XEN Rajiv Beri said, “The road is a national highway. The disposal of rainwater is a subject matter of the MC. It would be wrong to shift the blame on PWD (B&R).” Patiala Mayor Jaspal Pradhan said he would discuss the matter with
PWD (B&R). “Since, the waterlogged road makes it very difficult for people to commute, we will bring this matter in the general house meeting and will sanction a project to ensure smooth drainage of the rain water,” said
Pradhan.
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Make industry-friendly policies, apex chamber tells power corp
Patiala, February 5 “On the contrary cross-subsidy is increasing in Punjab. The burden of cross-subsidy on power on large consumers has increased from 64.87 paise per unit in the year 2008-09 to 88.08 paise per unit in 2012-13,” he said. Sharma pointed out that the cross-subsidy charges are being levied on the power tariff of industrial consumers to extend the benefit of free power to the agriculture sector. “The high cross-subsidy surcharge on Open Access (OA) consumers is also defeating the purpose of OA provision. The cross-subsidy surcharge on open access consumers in Punjab is 88 paise. There is no cross-subsidy surcharge in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, whereas in Rajasthan the charges are 18 paise per unit, 52 paise per unit in Maharashtra and 39 paise per unit in Gujarat,” said Sharma, while urging the state government and power corporation to make industry friendly policies.
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Food authority extends deadline again
Ludhiana, February 5 And now it has been extended once again. The aim behind the implementation of this Act is to provide safe and hygienic food to the public. Confirming the recent extension in deadline, District Health Officer Dr Avinash Kumar said, “Although we are yet to receive instructions from the State Health Department, the FSSAI has already put them online.” In Ludhiana district, over 900 licenses have been issued while 500 files are still pending. Over 5,500 eateries have been issued registration numbers and more than 400 applications are pending. An employee of the Health Department said, “Over 50% of the people involved in the food business are yet to apply for the
licence.”
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Nambardars not paid honorarium regularly
Sangrur, February 5 State general secretary of the Punjab Nambardar Union Mohinder Singh Jahangir said the government had not been paying honorarium to them regularly. Jahangir said the government had begun paying them the enhanced honorarium of Rs 1,000 per month from October 2011. Jahangir said he had talked to Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa the previous day and Dhindsa had assured him that the state government would earmark funds in the next budget so that the honorarium is paid on a regular basis. The minister also assured him that the government would clear their arrears, Jahangir said.
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Ladhar: Ready to deposit one-third of arbitration fee
Chandigarh, February 5 Ladhar, who had charged arbitration fee as per the rates fixed by him, also agreed to charge the fee at rates envisaged under a circular dated October 27, 2008, allowing an arbitrator to charge Rs 500 per day and Rs 250 for half day. The excess amount, if any, collected by him, would be deposited with the state government. As the case came up for resumed hearing, petitioner-in-person HC Arora contended that other IAS officers, including BK
Srivastava, also be directed to deposit the extra arbitration fee collected by them, along with one-third of the remaining permissible fee, with the state government with interest. Srivastava’s name had surfaced in Ladhar’s written statement.
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15 months on, health centre project hangs fire
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 5 Sources said it would take another 5 to 6 months to complete the structure. The 3-acre land for the health centre was donated by Sant Ajit Singh of Nirmal Dera
Hansali. The centre will be equipped with an operation theatre, OPD, laboratories besides having facilities for Ayurvedic and homoeopathic treatments. The centre will have specialist doctors and will cater to over 50 villages. A representative of the contractor, requesting anonymity, said he ban on mining was another reason for the delay in the construction of the
centre. He said his company would have to pay a huge fine for not completing the building in time. Former Health Minister Laxmi
Kanta, who had laid the foundation stone of the health centre, had assured the area residents that the building would be completed in 9 months. The construction work has now started again after Sant Ajit Singh raised the issue with the authorities concerned. Despite repeated attempts Executive Engineer Yuvraj Bindra could not be contacted.
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ASI shifted for ‘misbehaving’ with woman
Patiala, February 5 After the entire episode was video-graphed by a local resident, the duo fled from the scene. The Tribune has a copy of the video. Within no time, a large number of local residents gathered at the spot and started raising slogans against the ASI. Station House Officer (Civil Lines) Ranbir Singh also reached the spot and tried to pacify the victim’s family. The ASI was transferred to Police Lines after the matter was brough to the notice of the police higher-ups. Superintendent of Police (City) Daljit Rana said, “We have shifted the ASI to Police Lines. But, prima facie it appears that the people are trying to implicate him in the case.”
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High Court rejects Ahluwalia’s plea
Chandigarh, February 5 The suggestion came as the Bench of Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain dismissed Ahluwalia’s plea. He had challenged the orders dated July 31, 2012, placing his services under suspension with immediate effect “in view of contemplation of an inquiry into series of charges of misconduct”. The Bench observed that the Vice Chancellor’s counsel, during the course of hearing, had suggested that the petitioner was ready to step down in the larger public interest as the “matter pertains to an educational institution”. The Bench asserted: “Though at that time counsel for the respondents (the State of Punjab and others) had showed their reservation to this course of action, we feel that in the interest of all parties, it would be a better course of action to give quietus to the controversy which may also allow the prestige of such an institution to remain intact. “The Board of Trustees may, therefore, still consider this option. However, without any further ado, we leave this matter to the discretion of the trustees after weighing the pros and cons of the issues involved .” In its 27-page judgment, the Bench said: “It would be worthwhile to mention that before placing the petitioner under suspension, a fact-finding inquiry was conducted, wherein the purported material against the petitioner surfaced. “Since the petitioner holds the post of Vice Chancellor and in that capacity had control over the affairs of the university as well as its records, it could not have been possible to conduct the inquiry without placing the petitioner under suspension….” The Bench also held that the Chancellor had the power to pass the impugned order.
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BSF officer objects to conduct of trial
Chandigarh, February 5 Taking up Harprit Singh’s petition containing details of the telegram, Justice KC Puri of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the State of Punjab and other
respondents. The case will come up for further hearing on February 18. Till then, the passing of the final judgment has been stayed. Harprit Singh’s services were placed under suspension after he was booked in an alleged drug trafficking case. He is conducting the case before the trial court himself and has been claiming implication in the case registered on February 2, 2010, in Amritsar under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. In his petition filed before the High Court through counsel Vipul Jindal, Harprit has contended that on January 15, 2013, his statement was recorded in the absence of the presiding officer. Even the questions put to him were not framed by the Presiding Officer. The process started at 4.30 pm and concluded at 5.40 pm. The telegram, annexed along with the petition reads: "On earlier occasions, that is on January 7 and 10, when I was produced before the Presiding officer on a stretcher, he forced me to cross-examine the prosecution witnesses, while lying on a stretcher. "My request for adjournment, which was on extreme medical grounds and supported by a senior doctor of GND Hospital, Amritsar, and by the Senior Medical Officer of the Central Jail, Amritsar, was replied by the Presiding Officer by closing the prosecution evidence”.
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Notice to DGP Saini for ‘failure’ to check black films on vehicles
Chandigarh, February 5 The respondents have been asked to file their replies by March 22, when the case comes up for further hearing. Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg issued the notice after hearing a contempt of court petition filed by Aman Singh of New Sunder Nagar in Ludhiana. The petitioner submitted in April last year, the Supreme Court prohibited the use of black films or any other material upon the safety glasses, windscreens and side glasses of all vehicles throughout the country. Specific directions were issued to the Home Secretaries, the Director-Generals of Police and the Commissioners of Police of the States and Centre for compliance of the directions. Later, on August 3, 2012, the Apex Court also made it clear that appropriate action, under the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, would be taken in case the authorities failed to comply with the orders. The petitioner contended a number of vehicles, especially buses, were plying on Ludhiana roads with jet black films on safety glasses and windscreens (front and rear). Petitioner also annexed photographs of the buses plying on the roads and parked on the Ludhiana bus stand, with jet-black glasses. He also submitted a CD containing video recording of the Ludhiana bus stand and a nearby area. About the case
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Arrest warrants issued against SAD candidate Jain’s son
Faridkot, February 5 Puneet, along with his father Joginder Pal Jain, mother Swaranlata and brother Akshit Jain, is facing a criminal case under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act. The case was registered against the Jains on August 26, 2007, at the Mehna police station in Moga for allegedly raising an unauthorised residential colony. Puneet was declared an absconder in July 2010 who, despite repeated court reminders, failed to appear before the court. All this while, the police told the court that Puneet was in Canada and, hence, the arrest warrants could not be executed. The case took a political hue a few years ago with Joginder Pal Jain accusing a former Akali minister from Moga of falsely implicating his family members in the case. Though the trial in the case began in Moga in February 2010, Joginder Pal, then a Congress MLA, moved an application in the court of the District and Sessions Judge, Faridkot, demanding that the case be shifted to
Faridkot.
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Bail to Pherurai confirmed
Chandigarh, February 5 Pherurai was prosecuted on the allegations that he had bribed Punjab Public Service Commission’s former Chairman Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu for the selection of his daughter Kuljit Kaur. Challenging the judgement dated September 17, convicting him under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Pherurai said the prosecution had examined seven witnesses but “all have not supported the case of the prosecution.”
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Two killed, 4 hurt in accidents
Bathinda, February 5 As per the volunteers of an NGO, Sahara Jan Sewa, an unidentified vehicle crushed two persons, who were on a bike, near the Ganpati Enclave on the Dabwali road. The accident took place at around 9.30 pm. Harbans, Vicky and Sandeep Kumar, the volunteers, said they witnessed heartrending scenes at the spot of accident. The body of a man was lying in a pool of blood near the bike while the second person was gasping for breath. The volunteers rushed the victims to the Civil Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The deceased were identified as Jagtar Singh and Ramu, both workers of a cotton factory in Jodhpur village. They were residents of Gurusar Sehnewala village. The volunteers said the victims were coming to Bathinda to enquire about a road accident involving one of their friends. The police from the Vardhman police post reached the spot and enquired about the accident. A case has been registered against an unidentified vehicle. In another accident, two occupants of a car sustained injuries on the Muktsar road. The injured, identified as Akshay and Sonu, were on their way to Moga. Meanwhile, a rickshawpuller was hit by a speeding bus near Tinkoni chowk here at around 9 pm on Sunday. The victim was identified as Kalaram. He sustained fractures in both of his legs. In yet another case, a scooterist identified as Gurmel Singh got injured in an accident that took place on the 100-feet road.
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No dowry, NRI skips wedding; father arrested
Ferozepur, February 5 The reason: his demand for dowry could not be met. Settled in Canada, Jasreen Singh Dhaliwal was slated to marry a local girl at Shehzada Resort in Zira on February 3. In his complaint to the police, the bride’s father alleged that the groom’s family had demanded Rs 40 lakh in dowry. As the family failed to arrange for more dowry, the accused and his family gave the wedding a miss. The police has booked five persons, including the groom, his father Piara Singh, mother Sukhjit Kaur and two uncles Gurdeep Singh and Nirmal Singh, all belonging to Bajakhana area in Faridkot . A case of cheating and demanding dowry has been registered against them. Senior Superintendent of Police Varinder Pal Singh said Piara Singh and his brothers Gurdeep Singh and Nirmal Singh had been arrested.
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Woman killed, 2 injured in road mishap
Sangrur, February 5 The police said Soma Devi and her granddaughter Rubi had come from Patiala to attend a wedding at Gurdaspura village, near here. Parmod Kumar had come to Sangrur bus stand on a motorcycle to drop them at Gurdaspura village. The accident occurred when they were on their way to Gurdaspura village. Soma Devi died at the Sangrur civil hospital while Parmod Kumar and Rubi have been referred to Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. The police has arrested the car driver Rohit Khosla, resident of Ludhiana. A case has been registered against the driver.
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Tortured by in-laws, woman ends life
Tarn Taran, February 5 Gurjit Kaur got married to Gurjant Singh two years back. Deceased’s father Bikkar Singh in his statement to the police said the accused had been harassing her daughter for dowry since the marriage. Gurjit Kaur consumed some poisonous substance late on Monday evening. She was brought to a local private hospital where she died. No accused has been arrested till now.
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One after the other, the fund-starved Punjab Government has been demolishing heritage buildings in the royal city of Patiala to make way for commercial and residential sites.
Attacking SAD nominee Joginder Pal Jain, CWC member Jagmeet Brar today said that the byelection had been forced on Moga residents by Jain who had resigned from the seat and joined the SAD for vested interests.
By doing so, Jain, who had been earlier elected on the Congress ticket, had defiled the principles of democracy. Brar said that Jain had let down the voters after getting their mandate and it was for them to teach him a lesson now.
Patiala, February 5
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 5
The convention, 'National Health Service in Emerging India-Transferability and Affordable Healthcare in India', will be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, on February 11.