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HC: Consider 2011 Census for poll reservation in future
Getting arms deposited an uphill task for police
Centre accepts diversification proposals, sanctions
Rs 224 cr
Capt denies writing to Sonia on Bajwa
Pannu
assault case
SGPC, Satkar panel at loggerheads again over transportation of religious books
Stop harassing Punjab farmers: BKU
Despite orders, officer yet to join new posting
Pharmacists' strike
No Shakespeare for BA students
7 of Batala family harassed for murders that never took place
BBMB surpasses generation target
Power engineers continue protest
Notice slapped on Railways for
‘illegal possession’ of govt land
7 IAS officers transferred
Relief for Uttarakhand victims
HC stays e-auction of
minor mineral quarries
NRI booked for torturing wife for dowry
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PANCHAYAT Elections
Chandigarh, July 1 Accompanied by Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Congress spokesperson, Joga Singh and Gurpreet Singh of Mansoorwal Bet village in the Dhilwan block had submitted a memorandum to the Election Commissioner, alleging that the wards and even the voters’ list had been changed at least twice after the poll notification on June 19. This was illegal. Various contestants held a press conference today. They threatened to move the Punjab and Hayana High Court if their pleas went unheard. They demanded that elections in the village be countermanded. Khaira said: “We will also take up the case of Mughal Chak village in Kapurthala district.” Election Commissioner SS Brar said since the Deputy Commissioner was unable to furnish a satisfactory reply to a change in wards at the last moment, elections in Mansoorwala Bet village had to be countermanded. Sources said Joga Singh had filed his nomination papers for the post of panch from Ward 2 (SC) and Gurpreet Singh from Ward 3. But as the wards and voters’ lists were changed, both were declared ineligible. Canvassing ends, polling tomorrow
Public holiday The Punjab Government has declared a public holiday in all government offices, boards, corporations and educational institutions in Punjab and Chandigarh on July 3 to enable employees to exercise franchise. Dry day The Election Commissioner has issued instructions to the state government and district administrations to ensure July 3 was a dry day. Canvassing for poll to 13,080 gram panchayats ended on Monday.
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HC: Consider 2011 Census for poll reservation in future
Chandigarh, July 1 The ruling by the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Augustine George Masih came on a petition filed by All India Rai Sikh, Mahtam, Sirkiband Welfare Association against the State of Punjab and other respondents. The Division Bench did not intervene in the matter this time as the election process was already on. But, the Bench at the same time issued directions for the “other elections” to be held in future. The direct fallout of the order would be on the municipal elections to be held in the state in near future. Disposing of the petition, the Bench asserted: “We have heard the counsel for the petitioner. He fairly states that since the election process has been set in motion and elections are scheduled for July 3, 2013, it may not be possible for the court to intervene in the election process. “He, however, submits that at least for future elections, it must be kept in mind that the data of the 2011 Census is available and, thus, the reservation of seats should be fixed keeping that exercise in mind. In view of the discussion, we consider it appropriate to direct the State Government to keep the aspect of new Census in mind while fixing the schedule of other elections”. Appearing before the Bench, counsel RS Bains earlier told the court that the data of the previous (2001) Census was being relied upon by the state for the purpose of reservation of seats for the posts of sarpanch, even though the latest data based on the 2011 Census was readily available. He said the population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had increased by at least 5 per cent in the state between the two Census operations; and the number of seats reserved for sarpanches would be reduced by no less than 1,200, if the 2011 census data was made the basis of fixing the schedule for panchayat elections.
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Getting arms deposited an uphill task for police
Patiala, July 1 Till date, a little over 50 per cent of the licensed weapons have been deposited despite orders from the respective district magistrates. It is a challenge for the police to get more than 2.5 lakh licensed firearms deposited as a majority of the villagers are reluctant to part with their firearms. Sources said following bitter rivalry in Punjab villages where factionalism was at its peak, there were high chances of violence during the elections. With the malkhanas (official stores inside police stations) already filled to capacity, the police is dependent on private arms depots for stocking weapons. In addition to their routine work, the policemen are being asked to visit the households of arms licence holders to urge them to deposit their weapons at the earliest. In Ludhiana distrcit, there are 28,102 licensed weapons while in Bathinda and Gurdaspur, there are 35,152 and 35,794 registered weapons, respectively. Sangrur has over 15,000 weapons, Patiala has over 25,000 licenses firearms. A majority of these weapons are possessed by villagers. A senior police officer said it would impossible to get all the weapons as villagers were apprehensive about the law and order situation during the elections. “We are getting action taken report from field officers on a daily basis, but the reality is that 40 per cent of the weapons are still with the licence holders,” he said. Recent clashes in some parts of the state have already led to panic among villagers who are thus reluctant to deposit their weapons. “It is not the Congress versus the SAD, but every party has more than two factions. The chances of violent incidents are thus more”, said a senior leader.
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Centre accepts diversification proposals, sanctions
Rs 224 cr
During this fiscal year, the state government plans to divert 1.60 lakh hectares under paddy to other crops such as cotton (50,000 hectares), basmati (50,000 hectares), maize ( 40,000 hectares ) and agro-forestry (20,000 hectares). There would be a direct assistance of Rs 10,000 per hectare (Rs 4,000 per acre) to farmers ready to switch over from paddy to other crops. It would be in the form of subsidy on seeds. The Centre has made a provision of Rs 4,500 per hectare to farmers for critical inputs such as seeds and micro-nutrients, Rs 2,500 per hectare for land development and an equal amount for market support. The state government has already started distributing maize seeds on subsidised rates. “We have signed agreements with two seed companies following field trials of the seed by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana,” said official sources. Balwinder Singh Sidhu, Commissioner, Agriculture, Punjab, said: “We expect that area under cotton and basmati will go up significantly as the farmers havebegun to respond to the diversification pro gramme.” The state government has set up a committee, headed by Farmers’ Commission Chairman Dr GS Kalkat, to decide on the minimum support price for basmati, among other things. Dr BS Dhillon, Vice Chancellor of PAU, and Mangal Singh Sandhu, Director, Agriculture, Punjab, are its members. Sources said there were reports that the opening price of basmati this year was likely to be Rs 3,200 per quintal or more. The Kalkat committee was likely to keep its decision on the MSP for basmati pending till harvesting began. Giant leap
Big turn
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Capt denies writing to Sonia on Bajwa
There were reports in a section of the media that Capt Amarinder had as PCC president written to Sonia in March this year, warning her about Bajwa’s links.The latter then had emerged as the main claimant to the PCC president’s post. Amarinder was swamped with questions on the issue during a press conference in Delhi which was organised by the All-India Jat Maha Sabha to announce his installation as sabha president on July 5. When pointed out that his associates had been quoted confirming the development, Amarinder said: “I write my own letters. The reporter should have asked me instead of asking my associates.”The former Pradesh Congress president said he smelt a conspiracy by the SAD which could have spread the “fictitious story.” He indicated that he would get the issue investigated to find out as to “who was behind the story aimed at creating misunderstanding within the party.” Amarinder refused to answer when asked whether Bajwa had any links with terrorists in the past, saying there was no point in answering the question. “I have written several letters to the party president to brief her on different issues. But nothing transpired between us on this subject,” he added. Partap Singh Bajwa, PPCC chief, was not available for comment. His brother and party general secretary Fatehjang Bajwa said the issue had been resolved with Amarinder denying writing any such letter to the high command.
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CM seeks Haryana, HP’s help to save Ghaggar
Chandigarh, July 1 Presiding over a meeting of senior officers of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), Badal underscored the need to resolve this inter-state environmental issue. Badal was tol that the pollution board had surveyed the Ghaggar and its catchment area. Starting from Nada Sahib Gurdwara in Panchkula, Haryana, the river entered the Punjab territory near Mubarkpur village. The colour of the river water changed near Mohali’s Bhankherpur village as it carried sewage and industrial effluents from the Focal Point, Panchkula. The CM was told that further downstream, industrial and domestic waste water of Ambala, Shahbad Markanda and several Haryana villages, located in the catchment area of the river, was discharged into the Ghaggar directly or through stormwater drains. Waste water from Pehowa and Kurukshetra and industrial effluents of paper and cardboard mills of Kaithal were discharged into the river near Rasuli in Patiala district. The colour of the water changed to brackish-brown at the confluence of the Sagarpara drain near Khanauri in Sangrur district. The waste water of Jakhal and Ratia in Haryana was also discharged into the Ghaggar. Badal was told that the domestic sewage of Nahan, Parwanoo and Kala Amb towns in Himachal Pradesh was also discharged into the river. Summing up the discussions, the Chief Minister asked the PPCB Chairman to coordinate with his counterparts in the two states for joint sampling at the interstate points to ascertain the pollution load at these points. Badal said he would also take up the matter with Governor Shivraj V Patil, who was also Administrator, UT Administration, Chandigarh. He asked the Secretary, Environment, Science and Technology, to sound his counterparts in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for separate meetings with Haryana and Himachal Pradesh CMs so that interstate issues relating to river pollution, especially the Ghaggar, could be resolved. The Chief Minister said the state government had cleaned the Satluj, Beas and Ghaggar rivers at a cost of Rs 2,332 crore.The exercise would prove futile if the discharge of municipal waste and industrial effluents from Haryana and Himachal Pradesh was not stopped. Major initiative
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Pannu
assault case
Police sources said Baba Panesar had misbehaved with a young girl at a gurdwara and was beaten up by the people. A senior police official said Baba Panesar, a Ludhiana-based taxi driver, had an account on Facebook, which was being thoroughly checked for a clue in the Pannu assault case. The police said that the visitors’ entry registers at the Gobind Ghat gurudwara were being scrutinised to zero in on the accused. The police said it had found some visiting cards from Baba Panesar’s Scorpio. The credentials of these persons were being ascertained. The police had sought the call details of Baba Panesar’s cell phone. “The other accused will be identified soon. Baljinder Kanakwala is the main accused in the case,” the police said. SGPC panel submits report The SGPC inquiry committee has recommended stern action against the guilty persons. Committee head Sukhdev Singh Bhaur said they had submitted the report to Akal Takht chief Giani Gurbachan Singh. “The attackers showed disrespect to the turban and hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikhs,” said Bhaur, who was in Kharar today.
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SGPC, Satkar panel at loggerheads again over transportation of religious books
Amritsar, July 1 Taking strong exception to the committee’s move of seizing religious literature from Amritsar railway station on Sunday, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar today warned the committee against harassing those dispatching such literature in cardboard cartons. Makkar said the individuals who were taking along religious literature were following the directives of the Akal Takht, but were humiliated by the committee members. He said the panel violated the directions of the Akal Takht by acting on its own in the matter instead of bringing the matter to the notice of the SGPC member concerned. “The way the committee is policing around, it will create terror among people and will distance them from Gurbani,” he said. He also demanded that the case registered by the railway police should be cancelled. He said they will also approach the police commissioner for getting an FIR registered against the committee. The SGPC chief has also taken a serious note of a city-based firm selling religious books to a paper mill. He said the matter was being probed into and the SGPC will initiate action against the guilty as per law. In a related development, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said they would investigate into the matter of transporting religious literature to Lucknow. He said if it was found that the literature was being sent in a proper manner, they will act against those raking up a controversy unnecessarily. On the other hand, Satkar committee leader Balbir Singh Muchhal alleged that it was a clear case of desecration. “It is unfortunate that religious leaders are wrongly projecting us as mischievous elements,” he said. It was yesterday that the Satkar committee had seized religious literature from the Amritsar railway station while it was being sent to Lucknow. It had alleged that it was being transported in a sacrilegious manner. Subsequently, the railway police had registered a case on their complaint. Publishers in panic In the aftermath of the issue, panic has gripped publishing houses in the city. A leading publishing house, Bhai Chatar Singh Jeewan Singh, has even sought police security apprehending an attack. Harbhajan Singh from the publishing house said they had handed over the books to Sri Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle, Lucknow, after packing them in cardboard cartons as per the Akal Takht directive. He said the move to lodge a police complaint against them was “unfair”. He has appealed the Inspector General of the Railway Police to investigate into the matter.
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Stop harassing Punjab farmers: BKU
Chandigarh, July 1 Balbir Singh Rajewal, president, BKU, said farmers from different parts of the state in a meeting today pointed out that the government had been unable to provide uninterrupted power supply to tubewells even for five hours; was charging exorbitant fees of Rs 4,700 for increasing load on motors; and was conducting unannounced raids on farmers and levying heavy fines. The farmers also alleged that they had to pay huge amounts to take new connections. Rajewal said it was strange that farmers could not even take earth from their own land for personal use. He said a recent survey by the Centre revealed that the average earning of a five-member farmer family was only Rs 3,100 per month which was far below the basic requirements for a decent life.
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Despite orders, officer yet to join new posting
Patiala, July 1 Sources said the officer, earlier posted as Assistant Commissioner, General Administration, Patiala, did not follow government orders issued on June 10, asking her to join as secretary, Examination, PPSC. The government wanted to make sure that the PCS exams (starting in the last week of June) were held smoothly. Johal did not follow the orders. Instead, she continued to attend office as Assistant Commissioner. Reliable sources said the PPSC had no inkling as to why Johal had not joined the new posting. It had not received any written request from her on the matter. Incumbent PPSC secretary Rupanjali Karthik said the examination process was going on without any hitch. Patiala Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gopal Krishan Singh told The Tribune that he would write to Johal asking her to join the new posting at once. Johal said she had not joined the new posting as there was no work in the PPSC and she was busy with her election duty as Assistant Commissioner. Asked if she had the permission of the competent authority to continue in the post, she said: “I have received a call from the DC and will join the new posting.”
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Pharmacists' strike
Sangrur, July 1 These employees have been observing strike since June 1 in support of their demands, including regularisation of their services on the pattern of rural medical officers and rural veterinary officers. The state government seems to be unaware of the problems being faced by the patients visiting rural health dispensaries where a number of vacancies have been lying vacant. Such dispensaries reportedly remain closed for at least four days in a week as the doctors having additional charge visit the dispensaries twice a week. Similar is the case with rural veterinary dispensaries. Meanwhile, the chain hunger strike by members of the United Front, comprising unions of rural health and veterinary pharmacists and Class IV employees, today entered its eleventh day. The agitating pharmacists and Class IV employees have been staging a dharna on the premises of Zila Parishad Complex here for the past one month. Amrik Singh, district president, Rural Veterinary Pharmacists Union, said they had been boycotting work since June 1 as the government had not given any assurance to them with regard to regularisation of their services. He said a meeting of the United Front with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had been scheduled for July 5 at his office in Chandigarh. He said in case no fruitful result came out in the meeting, they would intensify their agitation to compel the government to accept their demands. He said they were aware of the problems being faced by the people but the government had "forced" them to adopt this path by not accepting their genuine demands. Patients suffer
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No Shakespeare for BA students
Ludhiana, July 1 The new syllabus does not have anything on Shakespeare for undergraduate classes. Talking to The Tribune, KBS Sodhi, a retired professor, who had taught English for several decades, said the decision was a setback for language students. "Shakespeare's works had always been there for undergraduate students. His plays have a great impact on the students. Prose writing could be encouraged with grammar, but literature should not have been eliminated like this. I am shocked at the decision," said Prof Sodhi. Dr Charanjit Kaur Mahal, Principal, Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, said Shakespeare should have been continued for the future generations. "The undergraduate students must get an idea about the great literary figure. It will be a setback for literature students," said Dr Mahal. Sources said there would be just one English book for BA III students. It contains 17 prose pieces, three poems and one one-act play. Drama/poetry has been substituted by prose writing. Dr Rana Nayyar, former chairman of the Board of Directors of English Department, PU, under whose guidance the decision was taken, said it was the demand of the students. "English is a nightmare for a majority of the students in Punjab. They cannot even spell Shakespeare correctly, how can you expect them to have linguistic competence? We have to change the track to develop their (students') interest in the language. They must be able to read and write English properly and for a majority of the students, Shakespeare was too difficult," Dr Rana added.
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7 of Batala family harassed for murders that never took place
Chandigarh, July 1 In a petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Batala resident has alleged that he and his family were harassed and kept in illegal confinement on the allegations of murdering his wife and her alleged paramour. While the police “harassed the entire family and extracted money”, his murdered wife tied the knot with her alleged paramour Jagroop Singh after eloping from her matrimonial house. Going into the background of the controversy, the petitioner’s counsel, Ramdeep Partap Singh, asserted that Gurparkash got married to Paramjit Kaur in March 2011. But he found that his wife was having relationship with her “blood relation” Jagroop Singh. He added that on May 26, 2011, Paramjit Kaur eloped with Jagroop Singh after administering “intoxicating material”. Gurparkash and his mother, as a result, remained unconscious for five days. He brought the matter to his father-in-law Amrik Singh’s notice and lodged a complaint to the police. Amrik assured the petitioner that he would convince his daughter to return, but “implicated the petitioner and his entire family in a false case of murder of his daughter Paramjit and Jagroop”. An FIR was lodged on June 9, 2011, on Amrik Singh’s statement that his daughter wanted to study further. As such, Jagroop would visit her matrimonial house. But Gurparkash believed that Jagroop was having an illicit relationship with Paramjit. On June 9, 2011, he received information that a young boy’s body was floating in water. The body was identified to be that of Jagroop by his father. He alleged that Gurparkash along with his family killed Paramjit and Jagroop before disposing of their bodies. On the basis of the information, an FIR for murder and other offences was registered under Sections 302, 201, and 404 at Batala Civil Lines police station. Immediately after registering the FIR, Gurparkash, his mother Ranjit Kaur, uncle Mohar Singh and his family were harassed repeatedly. But in July 2011, they came to know from a newspaper that Paramjit had married Jagroop in Mohali and had sought protection from the Punjab State Human Rights Commission. Ramdeep Partap Singh asserted that seven members of the petitioner’s family were implicated in a false case of murder by the police officials without conducting a proper and necessary investigation to identify the body. He added the State of Punjab should be directed to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the husband and others framed in the case. A free and fair probe should also be conducted, he demanded. Case file
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BBMB surpasses generation target
Ropar, July 1 In a statement, the BBMB claimed the water requirement of all partner states had been fully met, something that had been acknowledged by the latter as well at various forums. The board said at the same time, it had surpassed the energy generation targets set by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for the first quarter of this year. The BBMB generated 2,983 million units against the CEA's target of 2,409 million units, which was 24 per cent higher, it stated. “The feat was achieved by ensuring all-time high machine availability of 97.34 per cent during this period,” the statement said.
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Canal breached near Abohar
Abohar, July 1 People were found carrying household goods to safer places as water entered their homes today in the morning. Junior engineer in the Irrigation Department, Devi Lal, said supply from Burjan head works had been suspended and the plugging of breaches might take place in the the evening after the water-level recedes. The Forest Department has been informed about the uprooted trees. Scores of trees on Kandhwala road, Hanumangarh road, Sriganganagar road besides some electricity poles were affected by the storm resulting in the suspension of traffic and electricity supply. Meanwhile, a man was injured after he was thrown off by the storm from the roof of his house in Thakur Abadi.
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Power engineers continue protest
Ropar, July 1 Addressing the gathering, PSEB Engineers Association leaders said there was no justification in indicting the engineers for the incident. Association regional secretary Sanjiv Jain said one of the indicted officers was on leave on the day of the incident while another officer had been issued a show-cause notice mentioning him as ASE/stage-1 whereas he was posted at stage-3 and no official of stage 3 was involved in any oil transfer activity. The leaders said engineers of the region had decided to hold gate rallies every day till the chargesheet was not withdrawn.
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Notice slapped on Railways for
‘illegal possession’ of govt land
Ferozepur, July 1 In the notice, the Revenue Department has asked the Railways to hand over the possession of said land back to the state government and also pay a penalty against its illegal occupation. This chunk of the land situated in Gulam Hussainiwala bears immense significance for the railways as the Ferozepur-Lahore rail track, which today stands terminated short of the twin canals near Hussainiwala, is situated on it. Ironically, the district administration and the local military authorities had earlier been approaching the railway authorities to grant permission to use a portion of this land for the construction of a road overbridge (ROB) near the twin canals believing that the land belonged to the railways. "However, when the administration checked its revenue records, it was found that the land belonged to the state government and not the railways," said Border Road Organisation (BRO) officials who had been moving from pillar to post to get permission to use a portion of this land for the ROB. As per the information, after the completion of 15 days notice to the railways for filing a reply, Deputy Commissioner Manjit Singh Narang has now given the go ahead to the BRO to resume construction. "In this era of satellite imagery, the construction of the bridge which was sanctioned a long time back, assumed great strategic significance for the armed forces from the operational point of view," said defence officials, adding that it was unfortunate that such an important project got delayed inordinately over the status of ownership of land for more than two years. Earlier, railway officials had maintained that since an old track existed on this land, therefore, if the land was given to the Army for the construction of a bridge, any possibility of extending the railway track towards Pakistan in case of reopening of this border, will not be feasible in future.
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7 IAS officers transferred
Chandigarh, July 1 Vishwajit Khanna, Secretary, Defence Services Welfare, has been transferred as Principal Secretary (Labour). Dr Roshan Sunkaria, Principal Secretary (Parliamentary Affairs), has been given the additional charge of social security, women and child development. Dr Venkat Ratnam, Secretary (Jails), has been transferred as Secretary, Coordination, and Commissioner (Jalandhar). Jalandhar Commissioner SR Ladhar has been shifted as Secretary, Printing and Stationary, relieving Sanjay Kumar in addition to posts of Secretary, Elections, and Secretary, Defence Services Welfare. Hussan Lal, Secretary, Social Security, Women and Child Development, and MD, Punjab Health Services Corporation, has been given the charge of Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, and Project Director, National Rural Health Mission. While Raj Kamal, Secretary, Family Welfare, has been transferred as Secretary, Home (Jails); Manashvi Kumar, CEO, PEDA, and Special Secretary, Non-Conventional Energy, has been transferred as Director, Mining. — TNS
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Relief for Uttarakhand victims
Chandigarh, July 1
In the direction of bailing out Uttarakhand which witnessed heavy floods recently, the government today decided to send 10,000 tonnes of wheat flour and rice and 100 tonnes of sugar, besides 10,000 blankets, shawls and sweaters for the
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HC stays e-auction of
minor mineral quarries
Chandigarh, July 1 The e-auction of 115 minor-mineral — sand or gravel — quarries in 19 of the state’s 22 districts was to be held from July 1 to 3. But, the state had proposed to postpone the auction to July 9. On the previous date of hearing, the High Court had directed the state to file its reply by July 1 on issues raised in the petition by Chandigarh-based Barinder Singh Dhillon. He had sought directions for quashing the auction notice issued on June 14. The state, vide the notice, had notified the e-auction of 115 minor mineral quarries in the districts of Faridkot, Moga, Barnala, Sangrur, Ferozepur, Mansa, Nawanshahr, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Rupnagar, Hoshiarpur, Fazilka, Mohali, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Pathankot and Kapurthala. Holding a contract of mining sand at Gug Daghra village in Jalandhar from March 1, 2013, to February 26, 2015, the petitioner had contended that the state authorities were to auction 10 acres for mining in the village where he held the mining contract over 59.94 acres. He added a condition incorporated in the notice dated June 14. It showed that prior environmental clearance by the state government had completely been ignored, though it was directed by the High Court in the case of "Partap Singh Sandhu versus the Union of India". It was confirmed by the Supreme Court vide order dated January 10, 2011. The court was told that the highest bidder had to himself obtain approval of the environment management plan from the district-level committee. The petitioner also contended that the procedure laid down in the Union Ministry Of Environment And Forests’ (MoEF) notification dated September 14, 2006, for obtaining environment clearance was long-drawn-out and cumbersome and a minimum of 270 days were required for the same. He alleged the state government did not care to comply with the Supreme Court's directions in the "Deepak Kumar's case" to incorporate recommendations of the MoEF and the Ministry of Mines relating to minimum area to be granted on mining lease and also the duration of the period of mining leases, while framing the Punjab Minor Mineral Rules, 2013.
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NRI booked for torturing wife for dowry
Moga, July 1 In her complaint to the police, Paramjit Kaur stated that she got married to Gurmeet on January 3, 2008. After their marriage, both left for Manila (Philippines). She alleged after some time, Gurmeet demanded Rs 3 lakh from her father to boost his business, a demand that was fulfilled. Six months ago when the couple returned to India, Gurmeet again allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from his in-laws, which they refused to pay. On June 28, the complainant stated Gurmeet and his mother had an argument over the issue, following which her husband beat her up and turned her out of their house. The victim alleged she was tortured mentally and physically in Manila as well fro demanding dowry from her parents.
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Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought the personal intervention of his Haryana and Himachal Pradesh counterparts Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Virbhadra Singh to stop the reckless discharge of untreated domestic waste water and industrial effluents into the Ghaggar in Punjab’s territory.
The issue of the manner in which holy books are transported from one place to another has once again brought the SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee) face to face with Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Committee.
Taking strong exception to the committee’s move of seizing religious literature from Amritsar railway station on Sunday, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar today warned the committee against harassing those dispatching such literature in cardboard cartons.
1,634 polling stations have been declared hyper sensitive
Chandigarh, July 1
Chandigarh, July 1
Mohali, July 1
The ongoing strike by rural pharmacists, veterinary pharmacists and Class IV employees has adversely affected the health services in rural areas.