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Flood Damage Assessment
The inundated Government College in Muktsar, which is under water for the last over a week. A Tribune photograph |
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Flood fury claimed two lives in Muktsar
Water damaged 3,655 houses in Fazilka
Alliance showered bounties on select industrialists: Bajwa
Navjot Kaur on unity drive, extends olive branch to Joshi
Majithia dares Cong to seek fiscal emergency in country
Major drive against sale of addictive drugs
SGPC flays university for teaching ‘distorted’ history
Ownership title for householders in villages mooted
Industrial policy in red-tape
2 shortlisted for IAS post
Police spending Rs 9.28 cr annually on VIP security
8 IAS, three PCS officers shifted
Patiala girls to get free bicycles
Govt schools directed to download question papers before exams
Food Security Bill will wipe out hunger: Capt
Compulsory Retirement
Army sensitises villagers on road safety
750 bags of PDS wheat seized, three booked
Panchayat secy caught red-handed accepting bribe
17-yr-old boy held for rape
Drugs seized during raid at 11 outlets
Four held with heroin
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Flood Damage Assessment
Ludhiana, August 30 A team of scientists from the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC) under the supervision of its director Dr B Pateriya and in collaboration with a team from the National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, mapped the flood-affected areas in these districts. The PRSC team also comprised Dr RK Setia, SK Sahoo, Avinash Prasad and Vivek Singh. They have reported that incessant rain and the overflowing Sutlej have inundated or affected around 500 villages. The flooded area comprises 7,156 acres in Fazilka, 17,270 acres in Ferozepur, 10,541 acres in Tarn Taran, 14,403 acres in Kapurthala and 12,671 acres in Gurdaspur district. The mapping showed that 49,008 acres of agricultural area has been affected. The district-wise data shows that crops on 6,239 acres in Fazilka, 14,443 acres in Ferozepur, 8,512 acres in Tarn Taran, 8,566 acres in Kapurthala and 11,249 acres in Gurdaspur district have been hit. The increasing encroachments on the flood-plains of the river have been stated to be a major reason behind the high flood losses. The PRSC team has said that coordination between the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Meteorological Department, Irrigation and Drainage Department, district authorities and the state department for disaster management was required to for flood-protection measures in future.
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Flood fury claimed two lives in Muktsar
Muktsar, August 30 The report of the death of 31-year-old Kulwinder Singh of Lakhmireana village in Muktsar sub-division reached the District Administrative Complex today. Sukhpinder Kaur Brar, Naib Tehsildar, Muktsar, said, “Though a postmortem was not conducted, the victim’s family claimed that Kulwinder died of cardiac arrest after seeing his fields flooded. There is no eyewitness but the body was found from the floodwater. We are assuming it as a death due to floods and writing to the higher ups to provide ex gratia to the family.” She said the deceased, a marginal farmer, had three daughters. A large number of animals are also learnt to have perished in Gidderbaha and Malout sub-divisions. Meanwhile, top officers of the district administration, including Deputy Commissioner Paramjit Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police Surjeet Singh, went to Haraj village in a tractor-trailer to take stock of the situation. The Tribune had today published a report highlighting the plight of the residents. After meeting the villagers, Paramjit Singh directed the Drainage Department officials to speed up the work to drain out water from the village. No drinking water The potable water supply to the rural and urban areas continues to remain affected. Due to the floods, there is no supply of water in canals and the reservoirs of waterworks are getting dry. “We are supplying water in tankers and have also made arrangements with the company operating private RO water plants to give water to the residents,” said Yadwinder Singh Dhillon, Executive Engineer, Public Health Department Muktsar,. He said in some villages, the flood water had even caused losses to the department.
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Water damaged 3,655 houses in Fazilka
Fazilka, August 30 The quantum of the loss can be gauged from the fact that 3,655 houses (856 ‘pucca’ and 2,799 ‘kutcha’) have been washed away or damaged in the gushing waters, a preliminary report received by the district administration has shown. “The state government should grant Rs 80,000 as compensation for a ‘pucca’ house,” demanded Resham Singh of Teja Rohela village whose house has been damaged completely. Five persons, including two children in Abohar sub-division, were drowned in the overflowing Sutlej or various drains in the district. The body of Shambhu Singh (50) of Gaganke village, who was swept away on August 13, still remains untraced. It is suspected to have been washed away to Pakistan. The worst hit was the Drainage Department. The strategically important 10-km-long advance ‘bundh’ at Kanwanwali, also known as defence ‘bundh’ was eroded at several places. “An amount of Rs 7 crore is required to strengthen the ‘bundh’. An estimate is being prepared,” said Gulshan Nagpal, Executive Engineer (Drainage). He said Rs 80 lakh had been spent on draining out water from marooned villages and strengthening of the ‘bundhs’ in the district. The road infrastructure has also been hit. Around 130 km of road length has reportedly been damaged. BSF Deputy Inspector General AK Sharma said over 100 metres of barbed wire fencing had been damaged completely. Around 80 per cent of the fencing remained under water for about two weeks in the district.
Committee formed to study water-logging Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has constituted a state-level committee to tackle the problem of water-logging in the southern districts of the state. The committee will prepare an exhaustive surface and underground drainage infrastructure master plan for identification of the extent of problem, the causes, remedies, coordinated action plan and the cost involved, a government statement said. Several parts of Muktsar district continue to remain inundated due to the recent rains in the state. The Drainage Department is pumping out the water through pump sets. — TNS
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Alliance showered bounties on select industrialists: Bajwa
Jalandhar, August 30 Such policies, said Bajwa, were to blame for the alleged financial emergency-like situation facing the state. he was speaking at the Congress' 'Mass Contact Programme' function at Dhina village in Jalandhar cantonment constituency. "The quantum of the loot can be gauged from the fact that the mere interest component of such loans, extended by the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC), has crossed Rs 4,200 crore. The loans were facilitated to only a few top industrialists who were close to the Badal family. Now, finding itself in the muddle of financial mismanagement, the state government has hired private agencies to recover these," he said. Bajwa said the money was meant for the development of the industry but not a paisa was spent to achieve the real goal. "The money, in fact, was pumped into real estate by the beneficiaries," he said. He alleged that a few select blue-eyed bureaucrats were indulging in wrongdoings at the behest of the top SAD-BJP leadership. "They are part of the loot. We are preparing a list of such officers and they will be dealt with sternly when we come to power," he said.
'Perjury by AG office' ‘Dy CM on leisure trip’ Questioning the motive behind Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s Istanbul visit, Bajwa alleged it was a "leisure trip" on the expenses of the tax-payers money as major solid waste management projects in the world were either in America or the UK. "The government should reveal the purpose of the visit and as to who had incurred the expenditure," said Bajwa.
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Navjot Kaur on unity drive, extends olive branch to Joshi
Amritsar, August 30 The MP had fallen out with the minister after the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Dr Sidhu has also kicked off efforts to strengthen the party unit in Amritsar. Talking to The Tribune here today, Dr Sidhu attributed her moves to her meeting with top BJP leaders in New Delhi. “I have returned with a renewed vigour to strengthen the party,” she said. On her meeting with Joshi here on yesterday, she said: “There were some differences which needed to be ironed out. Hence, I decided to visit him at his residence.” She pointed out that it was her husband who had supported Joshi’s candidature from Amritsar North. “There were some persons who were taking advantage of these misunderstandings and, hence, I met him to send across a message that we stood united,” she explained. She said, during the meeting, they decided to gear up the party for the Lok Sabha elections, irrespective of the candidate. Sidhu had fallen out with Joshi after he did not do well from the latter's constituency in the last Lok Sabha elections. Asked if the meeting with Joshi hinted towards the possibility of her husband re-contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar, Dr Sidhu said nothing much should be read into it. “He is clear about what he wants- funds for his projects and a united party cadre,” she said. She said her husband had "bounced back into action in New Delhi only after the top BJP leadership expressed faith in him.” Sidhu was expected back in town on September 4. “He will meet people and explain about the issues that had kept him away from the constituency. He will also hold a meeting with the local BJP unit besides addressing the media,” Dr Sidhu said. She claimed that now on, Sidhu would be visiting the constituency once every 10 days. Dr Sidhu said the Punjab BJP was riddled with factionalism and that was why the party was not getting the due respect from its alliance partner (SAD). “ I’ve decided to work for strengthening the party by forming booth-level committees not only in my constituency but in the entire Amritsar district. I will be sitting at the local party office every Saturday. We’ll lodge a complaint with the state and the central leadership if anyone is found resorting to indiscipline,” Dr Sidhu said. On any differences with the SAD, she said it was for the party head to comment on the matter.
My husband is expected back in Amritsar on September 4. He will meet people and explain about the issues that had kept him away. Now on, he will be visiting the constituency once every 10 days. — Dr Navjot Sidhu, CPS ‘Will claim reward from Cong leader’
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Majithia dares Cong to seek fiscal emergency in country
Gurdaspur, August 30 “Despite the Centre not helping Punjab with financial packages, the state is still well-off. The industrial climate remains conducive for industrialists. Electricity producing companies like Vedanta and GVK would be starting operations in the state by the year-end. By next year we expect the state to be power surplus.” Majithia claimed that at the time of Independence in 1947, the rate of the rupee and dollar was the same. “The rupee tumble has made top economists, including retiring RBI Governor D Subbarao, to question the fiscal policies of the Centre,” he said. “Subbarao, a UPA appointee, has blamed the Union Government for the currency’s downslide and, hence, the UPA has no moral authority to govern the country. I appeal to the President to declare a fiscal emergency in the country,” he said, observing that Subbarao’s outburst showed how the Central Government was trying to impinge on RBI autonomy. He said the Tata Group's former head Ratan Tata had also indicted the Union government for failing to control the rupee downslide. He dared PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa and Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari to demand financial emergency in the country.
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Major drive against sale of addictive drugs
Chandigarh, August 30 More than six lakh tablets and 10,000 injections were seized in 12 towns yesterday. The raids were supervised by the Commissioner, Food and Drugs Administration, and the Inspector-General of Police, Anti-Narcotics Task Force, in Moga, Kot Isse Khan, Ferozepur, Mallanwala, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Mukerian, Dhuri, Sangrur, Bathinda, Malerkotla, Jallandhar, Batala and Samrala. The police, in tandem with the Health Department, had formulated a plan to check the abuse of pharmaceutical preparations such as calmpose, proxyvon, phensideryl, codeine, lomotil and momotil. The list of seizures include 3.65 lakh momotil tablets, 52,ooo proxyvon capsules and 2,000 cough syrup bottles from Hoshiarpur and 4,000 injections and 1 lakh tablets/capsules from Ferozepur. A senior police officer said: "There is no denying the fact that a section of the educated youth are taking addictive medicines. The biggest hurdle is that chemists sell medicines over the counter without seeking a medical prescription from the client."
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SGPC flays university for teaching ‘distorted’ history
Amritsar, August 30 In a statement released here today, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said they had come to know that the book, Political Structure in India, part of MA-I syllabus, carried wrong information about the tenth Sikh guru. He said the university management should immediately remove the book from the syllabus and apologise before the Sikh Sangat. Makkar said, “We will also seek legal opinion and initiate action against the book’s Delhi-based publisher.” He said the educational institutions should get the books related to Sikh history approved from the SGPC before including them in the syllabus.
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Ownership title for householders in villages mooted
Chandigarh, August 30 “With no title of ownership of houses built within the lal dora, in case of any dispute, it is very difficult to prove ownership,” explained Navreet Singh Kang, Financial Commissioner, Revenue. The property is transferred to heirs on the basis of the succession law. In the revenue records, a village is shown as Khasra number 1. The total area of the village is mentioned without any demarcation and numbering. Kang said the pilot project would be implemented in five villages each of Ropar and Fatehgarh Sahib districts. It would obviously be no mean task. The problems encountered during the implementation of the project would be enlisted and the solutions worked out by an expert team of revenue officials. Thereafter, a comprehensive law would be enacted to bring the title of ownership within the legal purview. In the absence of ownership title, family disputes and litigation have been on the rise. Also, the landless and poor sections face difficulty in raising loans as they cannot mortgage their property in the absence of the ownership title. The issue was forcefully raised in the Punjab Assembly by Pawan Kumar Tinu, legislator from Jalandhar district. After that, a resolution was moved in the House and adopted. The state government had recently told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it would number all houses in villages and divided these into wards.
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Five villages each in Ropar, Fatehgarh Sahib districts selected for pilot project *
In the absence of ownership title, family disputes and litigation have been on the rise *
Also, the landless and poor sections face difficulty in raising loans *
They cannot mortgage property in the absence of ownership title * In the revenue records, the total area of the village is mentioned without any demarcation and numbering
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Industrial policy in red-tape
Chandigarh, August 30 It took months of coordination among four state government departments to prepare a draft on the fiscal incentives. And even now, the draft is awaiting approval from the Chief Minister’s office before it can be notified. Known for its lackadaisical attitude towards industry, Punjab had promised a “different experience” to investors. One of the key objectives of the new industrial policy is to provide speedy clearances to investors via a single-window system. But considering the time taken by the government to issue a notification for validating the incentives that are part of the new policy, the state will have to do better to keep the investor confidence intact. Sources in the state Industries Department say that approval from the Chief Minister’s office to the package of fiscal incentives is expected early next week. The state will subsequently issue a notification in this regard. “The notification has taken time as it required coordination between the Industries, Agriculture , Food Processing and Information Technology departments. The officers are involved in getting the final draft ready so that there is no lacunae. Policy matters do take time,” explained Principal Secretary, Industries, Karan Avtar Singh. While the package of incentives is ready, the state government is yet to formally decide on simplifying the procedures. These include setting up a venture capital fund, incubators to provide basic infrastructure to start-up units, common facilitation centres to assist small and medium units, common tool rooms, tie-ups with public sector financial institutions for credit to investors, and simplifying labour laws. It was on June 3 that the state government had announced its package of fiscal incentives. The state government had then said that these would be notified within a month. The incentives being offered include VAT and CST relief for new, medium and large-scale industry once they get into production; cent per cent exemption from electricity duty, stamp duty and property tax; 7 per cent tax exemption for the food processing industry in the form of mandi fee, rural development tax and infrastructure development cess, exemption from VAT and entry tax on farm equipment, concessions for the IT industry and single-window clearance. The state will have to get its act together and show that it means business by announcing its policy and notifying it. The Industrial Policy: 2009 had failed to take off as the government was unable to issue a notification.
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2 shortlisted for IAS post
Chandigarh, August 30 The remaining 11 candidates are to appear on
September 2.
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Police spending Rs 9.28 cr annually on VIP security
Chandigarh, August 30 This was revealed in an affidavit filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with a PIL filed by advocate HC Arora against the security cover provided to residents of other states. The affidavit was submitted to the court in compliance with the order issued by the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Augustine George Masih dated July 16. The affidavit by AIG, Security, Paramdip Singh, states: “Only 25 individual protectees living outside the State of Punjab are being provided security at the state expense. These protectees have been provided with 207 Punjab Police security personnel and three sections of the CRPF.” The list includes: Union Ministers Preneet Kaur, Santosh Chaudhary and Manish Tewari and Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice MM Kumar. Among the MPs provided security are Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Ravneet Bittu, SS Dhindsa, BS Bhunder, Navjot Sidhu, RS Ajnala, SS Ghubaya, Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, Ashwani Kumar and president of PPCC chief PS Singh Bajwa. The list also includes MPs Ambika Soni, Vijayinder Singla and Mohinder Singh.
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8 IAS, three PCS officers shifted Chandigarh: The state government today transferred eight IAS and three PCS officers. Ramesh Kumar Ganta has been posted as Director, Treasury and Accounts and ex-Officio Secretary, Finance, along with the additional charge of Member Secretary, Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission. Ajoy Kumar has been made Chief Administrator, Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority. Amit Kumar has been posted as SDM, Malout; Shruti as SDM, Talwandi; Apneet Riyait as SDM, Jagraon; MK Arvind Kumar as SDM, Banga; B Srinivasan as SDM, Dhar Kalan, and Kumar Saurabh Raj as SDM, Gidderbaha. Amongst the PCS officers, Amandeep Bansal has been posted as SDM, Barnala; Gurmeet Singh as SDM, Pattran and Sukhvinder Pal Singh as ADC, Gurdaspur. — TNS
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Patiala girls to get free bicycles
Patiala, August 30 The department of Social Securities has been looking after the process of distribution and the list of students of Class XI and XII has been submitted by the Education Department. Rural Development Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra said a total of 1, 52,330 bicycles would be distributed in the state to girl students of the government schools during this financial year. The state government had allocated Rs 47 crore for this scheme. Out of the total number of bicycles to be distributed in Patiala district, 6,182 would be distributed to girl students of Class XI and 4,643 to those in Class XII, he said. He further said the Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme was launched in 2011-12 and 1,11,049 girl students of government schools benefited under this scheme. In Patiala district, Rs 1, 96, 00,000 and were spent on providing bicycles to 7,227 girl students in 2011-12. Rakhra said the scheme had given positive results and the dropout rate of girl students had decreased considerably. The Punjab Government had decided to continue the scheme and the girls studying in Class IX and X would also be covered under it. He further said the state government had launched the Dr Hargobind Khurana scheme to extend financial support to the needy meritorious students.
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Under the Mai Bhago Vidya scheme, 0,825 free bicycles to girl students of Class XI and XII in the Patiala district within two months *
The government has allocated Rs 47 crore for the scheme * A total of 1, 52,330 bicycles will be distributed in the state to girl students of the government schools during this
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Govt schools directed to download question papers before exams
Chandigarh, August 30 The papers pertain to mathematics, science, Punjabi, Hindi and English
for the students of Class VI to X. In a change from the traditional practise of receiving the papers from the department, schools are expected to download one set of papers and take a copy of them before distributing it among students. Expressing their surprise, teachers said the photostat facility was not available at every school, particularly in the rural areas of the state. These schools did not have easy availability of the Internet. The school examinations are scheduled for September 13. The mid-day meals during the examinations will be conducted at 10 am. No proper arrangement for the evaluation process has been made so far. A senior Principal from a school in Ferozepur district said although all schools the Internet was non-functional at a number of places. Besides, photostat facilities were also available at a few places in the district, he said. A Principal at a government senior secondary school in Amritsar district said, “In schools where
the student strength is 1,500-1,800, the entire exercise is going to mean additional expenses and unnecessary botheration. In addition to this, no adequate time has been
earmarked for the evaluation process.” He said the Education Department had taken up a similar exercise about five years ago but had failed miserably.
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Food Security Bill will wipe out hunger: Capt
Chandigarh, August 30 In a statement issued here, Capt Amarinder congratulated UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the historic legislations, which seek to secure and safeguard the rights of the farmers and landowners on the one hand and eradicating hunger from the country on the other hand. Referring to the Land Acquisition Bill, the
former Chief Minister pointed out the earlier law enacted 120 years ago in 1894 had lost
its relevance. He said the new Act, while keeping provision for proper and transparent acquisition of land, watches and safeguards the interests of farmers and ensures they get four times of the market price in rural areas and twice in urban areas. Besides, it had measures for relief and rehabilitation of the landowners as also those who are dependent on the land, he said. On the Food Security Bill, Capt Amarinder maintained that it will ensure that nobody remained hungry in the country. He said it was probably the biggest ever welfare law enacted anywhere in the world that sought to provide highly subsidised food to about 80 crore people.
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Compulsory Retirement
Chandigarh, August 30 In a press note, it said the association's executive body had met today in the wake of the government decision to compulsorily retire officers Kiran Rosy, T N Passi and Jai Pal Singh. The government, it said, had indicated that a similar action was being initiated against 14 other PCS officers found guilty of accepting graft, causing loss to the state and committing irregularities. “The officers of the executive at the meeting were of the unanimous view that this decision should be uniformly applied across all cadres of service,” said the press note. It pointed out that in the past, the government had removed from service some officers/ officials belonging to other services and the action taken by the government in these cases was upheld by the courts. However, subsequently the government had taken the officers back into service despite their proven dubious service record. A spokesman of the association said while they supported any step taken towards improving efficiency, it was yet to be seen if the government would implement the decision in case of other cadres of service.
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Army sensitises villagers on road safety
Abohar, August 30
Understanding the huge loss of life that takes place every year due to road accidents as well as the menace of drug abuse, the Army campaign was aimed at the populace, especially the youth who were in the vulnerable bracket, officials said. A skit on drug abuse was also staged by Natrang, an NGO, under the guidance of noted stage directors Vikas Batra and Bhupinder Utreja.
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750 bags of PDS wheat seized, three booked
Ropar, August 30 Three persons, identified as Pawan Kumar, Charan Dass and Munish Kumar, have been booked in this connection. Ropar SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti said the accused were involved in buying wheat meant for distribution to ration cardholders at cheaper rates and used to sell it in the open market. Bhatti said on a specific information, a team of the CIA comprising Inspectors Gurdeep Singh and Sukhwinder Singh raided the godowns of Pawan Kumar. Three trucks and 750 bags of wheat were seized by the team. The accused are yet to be nabbed. A case under Section 7 of the EC Act, 1955, 409 and 120 B of the IPC has been registered against the accused. Meanwhile, the district Food and Supplies Department has ordered the probe in the scam.
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Panchayat secy caught red-handed accepting bribe
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 30 The police recovered
Rs 30,000 which he accepted from the complainant. Reports said Beant Singh, former sarpanch of Kotla Jattan village, had complained to the Vigilance Department that Tejinder Singh had been demanding Rs 30,000 from him to complete the record of the previous panchyat. The department laid the trap and caught the accused red-handed.
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17-yr-old boy held for rape
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 30 The girl was on her way home after school when Deepak Kumar, a resident of Sanghol, took her to a sugarcane field and raped her. The girl has been admitted to the Fatehgarh Sahib civil hospital. A case has been registered under Sections 376 and 377 of the IPC and Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012, on the complaint of Kalyan Singh, father of the girl. SSP Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said in his complaint, the father of the victim stated that when his daughter did not return home after school, he and his wife started search for her. When they reached near the sugarcane fields on the outskirts of the town, they heard the cries of the girl. The accused was produced in the court and sent to juvenile home in Ludhiana. He said the court had fixed September 2 as the date for submission of his birth proof.
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Drugs seized during raid at 11 outlets
Ferozepur, August 30 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manminder Singh said the team conducted a special checking at 11 drug outlets including four places in Ferozepur, three in Guruharsahai and at four locations in Zira sub-division. The SSP said a drug outlet, CS Pharmaceutical, was sealed after nearly 94,000 intoxicating tablets besides 4,000 spurious injections were recovered from its premises. Similarly, the police also recovered banned drugs from Dhawan Medical Store in Mallanwala from where around 17,000 capsules and 23,400 tablets were recovered. — OC
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Four held with heroin
Tarn Taran, August 30 The seized drugs have a values of Rs 55 lakh in the international market. Cases under Sections 21,61 and 85 of the NDPS Act have been registered against the accused.
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The recent floods in Fazilka, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur districts affected around 62,042 acres of land.
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Partap Singh Bajwa today alleged that the state government had showered favours on a few industrial houses by sleeping on the recovery of hefty loans running into several hundred crores for years.
Such policies, said Bajwa, were to blame for the alleged financial emergency-like situation facing the state. he was speaking at the Congress' 'Mass Contact
Programme' function at Dhina village in Jalandhar cantonment constituency.
In an apparent bid to prepare the ground for MP Navjot Singh Sidhu’s return to his constituency after a hiatus of over six months, his wife and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu has embarked on a unity drive by extending an olive branch to Industry Minister Anil Joshi.
More than 40 tonnes of wheat meant for the government public distribution system
(PDS) was seized by the district police when it was being taken for sale in the open market at Tapparian village last night.Three persons, identified as Pawan Kumar, Charan Dass and Munish Kumar, have been booked in this connection.
Ropar SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti said the accused were involved in buying wheat meant for distribution to ration cardholders at cheaper rates and used to sell it in the open market.
The Ferozepur police arrested Raman Kapur under Sections 22, 61and 85 of the NDPS Act. Ram Gupta, a chemist in Mukerian, was arrested under Sections 21, 22, 61and 85. One person, Mohan Kumar Sharma, was arrested in Jalandhar. Though a chemist managed to give the slip to the police, drugs used by addicts were recovered from a hotel owned by him in Moga.