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In Punjab, no property tax on small houses
Bajwa questions rationale
Verka records statements of Dhaulia’s wife, son
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Kids wash utensils after mid-day meal as CM holds Sangat Darshan at school
Bar elections in Moga head for a close fight
Bajwa’s behaviour puerile: Badal
Women unsafe in Punjab: Bajwa
Girl sets herself ablaze, dies
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In Punjab, no property tax on small houses
Chandigarh, April 4 Senior leaders, including BJP state president Kamal Sharma, Local Bodies Minister Chunni Lal Bhagat, Industries Minister Anil Joshi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Som Parkash and former ministers Balramji Das Tandon and Tikshan Sud met Sukhbir on the issue today. Sources said officials who attended the meeting were working on the new formula proposed by the BJP leaders. It is likely to come up for discussion at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow. The existing formula, implemented in November last, would have to be revoked. The BJP has proposed that on residential properties measuring more than 150 yards, the tax should be levied at 25 paise per square feet on the covered area and Re 1 per yard on the uncovered area. For instance, in case of a residential property measuring 250 yards (1,000 square feet covered area), a sum of Rs 250 should be charged for the covered area and approximately Rs 140 for the uncovered area per annum. There should be uniform rates across the state and these should not vary city to city. People should calculate the tax on their own and deposit it with the authorities concerned. For commercial and rented properties, the earlier pattern of taxation should continue. The tax on commercial properties should be charged only after business operations begin. A war of words has erupted between the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on the contentious issue of property tax.
Bajwa questions rationale
Chandigarh: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Partap Singh Bajwa today said the people of Punjab had every right to ask Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal as to why they should pay property tax when house tax was already being imposed in the state.
In a statement here, Bajwa asked the CM to come clean on the issue and admit that his government had played mischief with those living in urban areas. Advising Badal to focus on good governance rather than gimmicks, Bajwa said it appeared that the CM had no faith in his legislators as he had been in Moga for days distributing cheques for development works, a job which a Block Development Officer was supposed to do. |
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Verka records statements of Dhaulia’s wife, son
Abohar, April 4 Verka recorded the statements of the deceased’s wife and son, who alleged that Dhaulia had been murdered after he went missing in the last week of February. Without naming the BJP, Verka said at a press conference this afternoon that false complaints were lodged against Dhaulia with the vigilance cell of the Local Bodies Department by some citizens (BJP workers) alleging usurping of funds whereas he had performed only the statutory duty of signing the cheques for development works that were monitored and verified by the then executive officer and engineer of the local municipal council. As none of the allegations were sustained in the eyes of the law, the complainants and witnesses should have been brought to book for harassing the innocent former MC president who stood by norms and blot free political career. The Commission will seek the related record from the state government to scrutinise it before initiating action against the erring persons, he said. Meets shock victim Muktsar: Vice-chairman of the National Scheduled Castes Commission Raj Kumar Verka today inquired about the condition of a class X girl, a student of government senior secondary school, Bhagsar, at the local Civil Hospital. The girl, Anju, had lost her right arm when she accidentally touched the electricity wires on the school premises on February 23. Verka assured the girl that he would take up the matter with the state government, so that she could get some monetary relief. Local MLA Karan Kaur Brar and senior officials of the district administration. accompanied Verka. — TNS |
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Kids wash utensils after mid-day meal as CM holds Sangat Darshan at school
Korewala Kalan
(Moga), April 4 By doing so, the teachers not only violated the Right to Education Act, but also Article-24 of the Constitution, which prohibits child labour. Other legislations, including the Juvenile Justice (care and protection) of Children Act 2000 and the Child Labour (Prohibition and Abolition) Act 1986, too entail legal action against people engaging children in domestic labour. Apart from the Chief Minister, a battery of officials, including District Magistrate Arshdeep Singh Thind and those from the Education Department, were present at the school. However, the illegal act failed to catch the attention of any of them amid the busy VVIP schedule. Speaking to The Tribune, the children said washing utensils was a daily routine for them. The staff accompanying the Chief Minister from the state headquarters even went inside the classrooms with their security gadgets even as the teachers waited outside. The attendance in the school was thin, which indicates most of the children had left to their homes. Not only today’s event, but most of the Sangat Darshan programmes of the Chief Minister over the past week in the district were held by the district administration in government schools. This, despite the fact that Parkash Singh Badal himself had at one point of time directed the officials not to hold his Sangat Darshan in schools so that classes went on undisturbed. |
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Bar elections in Moga head for a close fight
Moga, April 4 Bawa had enjoyed the post of president of the Association for 12 times after the district came into being in 1995. But this time the fight for him is very tough due to the local politics. Bawa was once a Congress supporter and was also elected as a municipal commissioner for one time of the erstwhile Moga municipal council but in the recently held Moga assembly by-election he joined the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Grover also enjoys a good rapport among his senior colleagues as well as the young lawyers whose numbers had increased in the recent years. Politically also, he enjoys good relations with the local leaders of both the SAD and the Congress. The elections have become interesting because the sitting president Sunil Garg has not yet opened his cards with regard to the candidate he would be supporting. However, he has expressed his desire to contest the coming elections of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana High Court for which he needs the support of local lawyers. He is tactfully staying away from open support to keep his hopes alive for elevation in the Bar Council elections. The coming elections of the High Court’s Bar Council were also likely to affect the calculations of both the candidates as there were a couple of other aspirants also who wish to contest these elections. Overall, the contest has become very interesting, feel the local lawyers. “It is going to be very close fight and can be anybody’s game,” said Vinay Kashyap a local lawyer. |
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Bajwa’s behaviour puerile: Badal
Moga, April 4 Talking to mediapersons on the last day of his week-long Sangat Darshan programme in the Moga assembly constituency, Badal said he did not expect Bajwa to behave in such a “childish manner,” issuing statements without verifying facts. He said Congress leaders were a frustrated lot as they had been discarded by the people time and again. “We came to power for the second time solely on the development plank,” he claimed. Refuting Bajwa’s allegations on politicisation of the Punjab Police, the CM said the charge was baseless as the police was working in accordance with the Police Act and all officers were being appointed on the basis of merit and seniority. |
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Barnala, April 4 Bajwa claimed no one was safe in Punjab, especially the women. Bajwa was here today to attend a meeting of the party workers, organised by Barnala MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon. Workers and leaders from Barnala, Bhadaur and Mehal Kalan Assembly constituencies took part in the meeting. Lashing out at the SAD-BJP government over the imposition of property tax, Bajwa said the Congress would not allow the implementation of property tax. He also demanded the conversion of house tax into property tax. Among those present on the occasion were Sangrur MP Vijay Inder Singla, Barnala MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon, Mehal Kalan MLA Harchand Kaur Ghanauri, Barnala district president Jagjit Singh Dhaula and vice-president of the PPCC Gurpreet Singh Kangar.
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Girl sets herself ablaze, dies
Abohar, April 4 The body of a goldsmith, Surinder Kumar of Nanak Nagari, has been found in a canal near the remote border village Bakayanwala. He was reported missing by his kin on Tuesday. DSP Raj Kumar Jalhotra visited his house late in the evening as the names of those who had borrowed money from him were reportedly written inside the bathroom by the victim before leaving his house. In another incident, one Deepak Kumar drowned as he slipped into a water tank in a fruit grading and waxing plant while washing his clothes in the afternoon in village Daulatpura located on the Abohar-Sriganganagar road. A resident of village Dangarkhera, Jagir Kaur, aged about 60 years, was killed as a bike hit her while she was crossing the Abohar-Fazilka road, sources said. |
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Korewala Kalan (Moga), April 4
