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Former MLA Kangar among 29 booked for poll violence
PTUGZS deputy registrar suspended
Curtains down on the maiden MCB House
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Forum penalises bank for deficient service
Body of newborn found in canal
District Legal Service Authority focuses on rural schools
MC to hold grievance redressal camps
Four of family fall ill after consuming poisonous food
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Former MLA Kangar among 29 booked for poll violence
Bathinda, July 5 In his complaint lodged at the Nandgarh police station, Sub-inspector Avtar Singh stated that some people created ruckus in the booth number five of Raike Kalan village when the process of counting of votes was about to begin. He accused Avtar Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Shivraj Singh, Balwinder Singh, Iqbal Singh, all residents of Raike Kalan village, Balkar Singh and Gurmel Singh of Jandawala village of using sticks and batons to disturb the counting of votes. Later, they broke open the doors and windows of the room in which polled ballots were kept and fled with ballot boxes. The Nandgarh police has registered a case against the accused persons under Sections 392, 452, 353, 186, 332, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Gurdeep Singh of Mehta village lodged a complaint at Nehianwala police station that some unsocial elements, including a woman, attacked a polling party with batons and bricks. They also broke windowpanes of the cars of a DSP and an SDM. They blocked their way, raised slogans against and abused government servants and their opponents. The police has registered a case against Madan, Amanpreet, Gurmel, Darshan, Baljit Kaur, Pargat Singh, Kewal Singh, Nirmal Singh, Member Singh and Bhagwan Singh under Sections 353, 186, 307, 323, 423, 148 and 149 of the IPC. Similarly, Gurmeet Singh of Kangar village said he was beaten up by a former MLA, Gurpreet Kangar, and others when he was going to cast his vote. He also alleged that the accused entered his house and threatened him of dire consequences. The complainant said the accused persons also broke the furniture of the polling station. A case has been registered against the former MLA Gurpreet Kangar, Dr Swaranjit Singh, Charanjit Singh, Swaran Singh, Sadhu Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sadhu Singh, Darshan Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Simarjit Singh, all residents of Kangar village, Rajwinder Singh, Tirath Singh and 15 to 20 unidentified persons.
PTUGZS deputy registrar suspended
Bathinda, July 5 Gurdip Singh, the deputy registrar, was suspended for canvassing for his wife instead of performing his duties. It is learnt that Gurdip was deputed as the assistant returning officer at the Maur constituency in the recently held gram panchayat elections. On the day of the election, the office of the District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda, Kamal Kishore Yadav received a complaint about Singh being absent from poll duty. “We got the complaint call that he was campaigning for his wife, who was contesting the post of sarpanch of village Dhunewala, while he should have been present at Maur and performing his duties as the assiatant returning officer,” said the Deputy Commissioner. He added that when called, Gurdip Singh said he was in Maur and that the complaint against him was false. “He later switched off his mobile phone. When we ascertained the location of his cell phone, it was confirmed that he was in Dhunewala village. We recommended his case to the Vice-Chancellor of the PTU and he was suspended,” the District Election Officer said. Repeated attempts to contact the deputy registrar proved to be futile.
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Forum penalises bank for deficient service
Bathinda, July 5 The bench pronounced the decision on the complaint of Rohit Kumar, a resident of New Grain Market. Rohit Kumar, sole proprietor of Bhagwati Feed Mill. Rohit said he had received an overdraft (OD) limit/loan account from the bank in the name of his mill. At the time of opening of the OD account, it was decided that the rate of interest on the loan would be on the manufacturing rate, Rohit stated. The rate of interest fixed by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) for manufacturers is economical than traders. Initially, the bank charged rate of interest on the agreed rate but later the bank started charging rate of interest on the trading rate, which cost complainant Rs 55,078. The complainant said he had brought the discrepancy to notice of branch manager Suresh Kumar Wadhwa and loan manager Devki Nandan Arora, but they failed to sort out the problem despite written representation. The complainant said on October 10, 2012, the bank debited Rs 25,000 from the account without his consent. When enquired about the deduction, the bank officials told the complainant that the money was deducted using a cheque issued by the complainant to pay premium of his insurance policy.
Later, the complainant demanded that Rs 25,000 be restored into his account. After repeated applications, the amount was restored into the complainant's account without the rate of interest on Rs 25,000. The bank pleaded before the forum the complainant was not running the mill for earning a livelihood but for a huge profit. The bank stated that the loan application filed by the complainant showed that he had applied for a loan to run a business of cattle feed and in the sanctioned letter it was clearly mentioned to charge the interest at the trading rate and the sanction letter was duly signed by the complainant after accepting the terms and conditions. The bank stated that it did not debited the amount of Rs 25,000 from the account of complainant rather he himself issued a cheque in favour of Canara HSBC to pay the premium of an insurance policy and the said cheque was presented in the Oriental Bank of Commerce, Ludhiana, for clearing. The bank (OBC) inadvertently paid the amount to the insurance company on behalf of the complainant. After listening the arguments, the forum observed that the bank had failed to produce any convincing evidence to prove that the complainant was earning a huge profit from the business and It also failed to show that the number of employees working in complainant's mill, thus this falsifies that the complainant was running the business to earn a huge profit, hence, he is consumer and falls within the ambit of the definition of the "consumer". The forum stated that the bank had charged the rate of interest on manufacturing since the start of the business and thereafter it started charging the interest according to the trading rate. The forum observed that there was no evidence to prove that the complainant was involved in manufacturing before changing his business into trading. The bank has been directed to pay Rs.55,078 (i.e. difference of interest from 21.4.2010 to 31.3.2011) with an interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum and also pay an interest at the rate of 9 percent per annum on Rs 25,000 since debit in the account of the complainant till credit in his account. |
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Curtains down on the maiden MCB House
Bathinda, July 5 Municipal councillors (MCs) 'profusely' thanked the Mayor Baljit Singh Birbehman and the MCB officials for helping them during the five-year term of the MCB. Some councillors like Basant Bhatia raised the issues of pending civic works. He highlighted the impending trouble of answering the voters in his ward about the works left unfinished. Councillor Rajan Garg was at his best witticism asking other councillors to forget about the developmental works left undone. Councillor Khem Singh Maakar agreed with him but preferred to forget the 'pain' of undone works with a couplet 'Bas Rehan De Ve Chhed Na Darda Nu'.
Going off the track, Garg cracked jokes on beer being sold at double the actual price and even proposed that the general house should pass an agenda and send it to the government mentioning that poor 'tipplers' should not be cheated. As the de-limitation of the MCB limits is pending, the election of the new body seems to be a few months away. In the meantime, the municipal commissioner Uma Shankar Gupta along with his team will look after the entire city. Time and again, the MCs kept on requesting MCB officials not to 'forget' their areas and get the works done. Most MCs' concern was that their areas get due attention before the next body is formed. Senior Deputy Mayor Tarsem Goyal thanked Mayor Baljit Singh Birbehman as well as members of the opposition for maintaining decorum of the house all these years. The issue of Change of Land Usage (CLU) charges remained the highlight of the zero hour. It was an issue that found the members of the ruling alliance as well the opposition joining hands and in unison demanded abolition of charges on the commercial pockets that have existed before the charge was levied in 2006. Raj Kumar Sood said the markets of Sirki Bazaar, Dhobi Bazaar and Bank Bazaar exist before 1947 and hence, it was unfair to impose charges on the shopkeepers there. Councillor Jagrup Singh Gill and Tarsem Goyal agreed to the suggestion. At this, the municipal commissioner said there was no such provision in the state government rules. He added that the proposal to waive off the CLU in such pockets has already been sent to the state government after the house passed it in one of the meetings. However, the government did not respond to it. Councillors Tek Chand and Manjit Singh demanded funds for construction of dharamshalas in their respective areas. While Tek Chand demanded a grant of Rs 20 lakh, Manjit sought Rs 3 lakh. The house agreed in principle to accede to Tek Chand's demand.Raising the issue of grills installed around the raised platform holding statue of Dr BR Ambedkar near the District Administrative Complex, councillor Tek Chand said the grills have been wrongly installed as it left little space for people to stand around. The municipal commissioner reasoned that the grills were installed as per the directions of the district administration as the area was frequently used for dharna and the area is often littered by the time the protests got over. "To maintain the sanctity, cleanliness and for maintenance of the area, the grills have been installed," he added. Councillor Santosh Kumari Mahant lodged her resentment against draining of the sewage of the city in the pond at Sanguana Basti. She said houses in her ward carried muck of other people. "We have requested the MCB umpteen times not to treat us as a dumping ground, but all are pleas have fallen on deaf ears," she said. Members of the MCB Mukesh Kumar and Mahant again raised the demand for installing RO water plants in their respective wards. They said even as the five-year term of the MCB was coming to an end, their demands have remained unmet. All the 50 members of the house and MCB officials posed for a group photo at the end of the meeting. Members of the maiden house of the MCB walked out of the meeting hall at the MCB office getting nostalgic about the period of five years when they represented their respective wards.
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Body of newborn found in canal
Bathinda, July 5 Meanwhile, the volunteers urged the parents of such children not to kill them but to inform the NGO at their helpline 98551-33333. NGO president Vijay Goyal said people should approach the NGO for the safety of such children instead of resorting to committing such a heinous crime.
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District Legal Service Authority focuses on rural schools
Bathinda, July 5 Several teams have been constituted for the purpose. The classes will be held during the morning assembly. The first of these lectures was held at Government High School, Bibiwala, and Government High School, Jassi, today. The similar lectures will be held at schools in Bandi, Burj Mehma, Poohla, Baagwali, Pathrala, Lehra Soundha, Lehra Dhoorkot, and several other villages in the district. Interestingly, many of the topics, which have been chosen for the legal literacy classes, aim at making the girls aware of their rights and fend off all types of domestic violence. The topics, which will be discussed by the teams of advocates, are legal aid services, menace of dowry, female foeticide, domestic violence and laws relating to senior citizens and parents, human rights and environmental issues. The move has been welcomed by the teachers. "The students have unrestrained access to television and Internet these days. This not only makes them more informed, but also makes them inquisitive. If they are of the law, they can be important agents of change in society," said a senior official of the Education Department. "The awareness about the laws pertaining to domestic violence and dowry will help the girls grow up as informed individuals," she added.
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MC to hold grievance redressal camps
Bathinda, July 5 To begin with, the event will be held on July 9 and July 23, wherein municipal commissioner Uma Shankar Gupta will hear problems of the people from 12 noon to 2 pm at the office of the MCB on the Mal Godam road.
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Four of family fall ill after consuming poisonous food
Bathinda, July 5 Resham Singh, one of the patients, said he had brought a pumpkin from his fields to eat. Resham said he along with his wife, 15-year-old daughter, 13-year-old son had gone to sleep after taking the food at night and they had no idea what happened to them afterwards. After gaining consciousness, they found themselves in the Civil Hospital. The area residents and the victims' family members said that they were admitted to a private The doctors attending to them said that consumption of stale food might lead to such a problem but the exact reason could only be ascertained only after the examination of the food. Girl jumps into canal
Volunteers of NGO Waheguru Welfare Society today saved the life of a teenage girl, who was drowning in the Sirhind Canal. The volunteers said they spotted the girl and jumped into the canal to take the girl out. The girl has been identified as a student of Government Rajindra College.The girl said she had failed in the examination, following which she jumped into the canal. The girl was taken to the Thermal Police Station where her parents were called. Later, she was handed over to the parents. Two hurt in road accidents
A motorcycle was hit by a speeding car on the Barnala road last night. Volunteers of NGO Sahara Jan Sewa rushed to the spot and admitted the victim in a hospital in a critical condition. The victim has been identified as Raghuvir Singh, a resident of Parjapat Colony. In another incident, a motorcyclist got injured near Bir Talab link road. Volunteers of NGO Sahara Jan Sewa admitted the injured to Civil Hospital in their ambulance. The injured, Rajinder Singh, a resident of Guru Ki Nagri, received multiple injuries and is under treatment at the hospital. |
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The last meeting of the maiden house of the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda (MCB), remained more of a journey down the memory lane for its members.
