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Bajwa has several foes in Congress itself, says Badal
Scholarships OK but where’s the staff?
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Wheat bags go missing from Markfed storehouse
Amritpal Sandhu’s car in which his body was found
Remove liquor vends along highways in three weeks: HC
On eve of Sukhbir’s visit, Cong men told to deposit arms
Land deals: PCC president gets Capt’s support
Khaira questions police cover criteria
BJP leaders discuss poll strategy for Gurdaspur
Tale of 2 resorts: One razed, other buried under official apathy
Sikh centre to be set up in California
Quebec Move
Depression victim’s body being sent home: NAPA
Students await free uniform as strike keeps funds on hold
Special
residential school project
Jails Dept pulls out all stops to educate
inmates
Experts discuss challenges facing legal system
125 kiosks to be removed today
A clarification
teachers’
recruitment
HC raps govt over stamp duty evasion
Ropar court awards life to 5 in murder case
Firm owner, listed for award, booked
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Bajwa has several foes in Congress itself, says Badal
Jalandhar, November 8 Badal was speaking to mediapersons here on the sidelines of a state-level function organised here to launch the Dr Hargobind Khurana Scholarship Scheme for poor meritorious students in government schools across the state. Under the scheme, a monthly scholarship of Rs 2,500 would be credited to the bank accounts of the students who secure 80 per cent and above in their Class X examination. The students would be entitled for this scholarship up to senior secondary level. The Chief Minister claimed when the land deal issue was being discussed in the assembly recently, “the Congress MLAs appeared more than happy over Bajwa’s role coming under scanner over a serious issue”. To the Congress’ charge that SAD-BJP government was only targeting opposition leaders and not taking any action against Chief Parliamentary Secretary NK Sharma (also accused of shady land deals), Badal said, “Law will take its own course in his (Sharma’s) case as well but we cannot take any action without evidence.” “After coming to power in 2002, the Congress government had put me and Sukhbir in jail without any valid reason. But, our government does not believe in politics of vendetta,” he said. About issues concerning the Punjab industry, Badal said the state government was always ready to address their grievances. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal also hit out at the Congress for allegedly launching a malicious campaign on the state’s “poor” financial health. “The scholarship scheme will give the required impetus to education in the state,” he said. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka also spoke on the occasion.
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Scholarships OK but where’s the staff?
Jalandhar, November 8 They said the situation was particularly alarming in rural and border area schools where not only staff but even basic infrastructure was lacking. The scheme may not even come to the aid of students who want to pursue career in medicine and engineering as there is a paucity of teachers of medical and non-medical streams. Teachers who had assembled at the PAP Grounds here to attend the launch function of the scheme said the government should have first appointed teachers and upgraded infrastructure in schools so that the scholarship-holders could have benefited in “real sense”. A few teachers from Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Tarn Taran and Bathinda pointed out that schools in rural areas were facing shortage of teachers whereas those in urban areas had excess staff. “The government should rationalise staff strength,” they said.
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Wheat bags go missing from Markfed storehouse
Moga, November 8 A case was registered against storehouse in charge Devinder Singh and salesman Krishan Kumar with the Nihalsinghwala police station yesterday. They are yet to be arrested. The storehouse should have had 5,19,020 wheat bags but during a physical verification early this year, only 4,96,882 bags were found in stock. The storehouse in charge and salesman could not give a satisfactory explanation for the same during an internal inquiry following which a formal complaint was made to the SSP. A joint team of the police and Markfed officials conducted a physical verification some time back and found that 22,138 bags of foodgrain were missing. The total cost of the missing wheat bags has been estimated at Rs 96,46,574 (as per the rates prevailing at that time). Also, as many as 27,492 gunny bags worth Rs 4,52,904, more than 10,000 wooden crates and hundreds of polythene sheets/covers were also found missing from the storehouse. A senior Markfed official said the total losses had been estimated at Rs 1.34 crore. Senior Markfed officials have instructed that a fresh physical verification of all storehouses of the agency in the district be undertaken, it is
learnt.
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Migrant from Jalandhar shot in US, two held
Sacramento (California), November 8 Pardeep Singh, 21, and Kultar Singh Dhatt, 22, both of Turlock, were arrested for the crime that occurred on November 6. They also face the charges of assault with a firearm, and shooting at an inhabited dwelling/occupied car. The arrests follow an investigation conducted by the Ceres police department. Both men are currently in the Stanislaus County Jail. The shooting began at roughly 1.25 am on Highway 99 near Taylor Road. Sandhu called 9-1-1 to report that unknown men were shooting at him from a dark-coloured sedan. Shortly thereafter, the Turlock police received 9-1-1 calls reporting gunfire in the area of East Main Street and Lyons Avenue. Bullet casings were found at Pioneer Avenue, indicating that the fatal shooting could have occurred there. Sandhu was found dead in his car, a white Infiniti Sedan, a few blocks away. The car had jumped the curb in front of a church. Sandhu’s family had moved from Jalandhar to Modesto (California) four years ago. The victim was working as a delivery driver for a beverage company. His family said he received a phone call and he left home thereafter. They did not know who the caller was. Based on his Facebook account, Sandhu was born in Jalandhar. He was a sympathiser of “Khalistan,” a secessionist movement. Most of his posts are related to the 1984 Sikh riots in India after the assassination of then PM Indira Gandhi.
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Remove liquor vends along highways in three weeks: HC
Chandigarh, November 8 The High Court made it clear that failure to comply with the directions would attract contempt proceedings. The assertion came during the resumed hearing of a petition filed in public interest by Arrive Safe Society. Taking up the matter, the Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul asserted: “ The material placed along with the application shows directions of this court are not being complied with by Punjab and Haryana. Before we initiate contempt proceedings, we would like to have the benefit of response of the two states. The reply be filed within three weeks" The Bench added: "We have perused the status reports as well as the application filed by the petitioner showing the ground reality, which is still not very palatable. This aspect finds support from the status report of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). However, before proceeding further, we have given some time to the two states to take real action. We make it clear that all suggestions made by the NHAI shall be implemented by the two states". Taking a serious note of the mushrooming of liquor vends along the highways, the High Court had on September 13 directed the NHAI, Punjab,Haryana and Chandigarh to form a committee. The panel was asked look into the issue of removing the vends along the highways. For the purpose, the committee was asked conduct a survey to identify the vends required to be removed. The licence-holder of such vends would get compensation or refunds of the amount deposited with the state government. Arrive Safe Society is seeking the removal of liquor vends along the national highways in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The Bench has already made it clear that fresh licences for running liquor vends in the proximity of highways should not be issued, at least till the pendency of the petition on the issue.
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On eve of Sukhbir’s visit, Cong men told to deposit arms
Bathinda, November 8 Accusing the police of bias in asking a “selective group” to deposit weapons, Congress municipal councillor Iqbal Dhillon alleged: “The police does not dare to knock the doors of those with close links with the ruling party. Is it justified to ask only those associated with the Congress to deposit arms and spare Akali and BJP leaders?” Iqbal, a resident of the local Dhillon Colony, said his relatives too had been asked to deposit their arms. He said while depositing arms during elections was usual, asking a selective group of persons to deposit their arms with the police in view of a VVIP’s visit was unusual. The Deputy CM is likely to hold a Sangat Darshan function at the local Prajapat dharamshala. No senior police functionary was available for comment. The Station House officer of the Thermal police station, Harpreet Singh, said policemen were sent to check the credentials of those possessing arms in view of the Deputy Chief Minister’s visit. This was only a precautionary measure, the SHO contended.
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Land deals: PCC president gets Capt’s support
Mohali, November 8 “Everybody knows certain senior leaders of the SAD-BJP Government are running all kinds of illegal businesses. Dragging Bajwa’s name in the land deal episode is nothing but a political stunt,” said the former Chief Minister. Amarinder Singh was in the city today to attend a court hearing in the Amritsar Improvement Trust land scam case. He said levelling allegations was easy but proving these was difficult. Lashing out at the state government’s “wrong” policies, he alleged the Badals had made the state bankrupt. He said imposing property tax on the people was another example of the state government’s “loot”. He said the state treasury was “penniless” even as the Badals were boasting of initiating projects worth crores. “They are talking of bringing new industrial projects to the state whereas the truth is that several industries have already left the state and some are planning to do so,” he said. Former minister Chaudhary Jagjit Singh and Subhash Chander, Director of Veer Coloniser, however, failed to appear in the court. They had requested the court to exempt them from personal appearance. The next hearing is on December 4.
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Khaira questions police cover criteria
Chandigarh, November 8 Khaira submitted a memorandum to the Punjab Governor today along with a list of persons in Muktsar who had been provided security by the Punjab Police. Terming the system of providing security as “erroneous, faulty and politically motivated”, he said the Punjab Police had provided security to certain leaders at the “whims” of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who also held the Home portfolio. Khaira said as per the list, certain unknown persons had peen provided security. Satinderjit Singh Manta, former personal assistant of Gurdas Singh Badal, had been allocated four security personnel by the Additional Director General of Police, Security, he said. Khaira alleged Manta got the security cover after he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in 2011. “Similarly, four security personnel have also been provided to Hardeep Singh alias Dimpy, who is neither an MLA nor a former legislator and doesn’t hold any important post,” he said. “On the other hand, former MLAs like us and other Congress leaders are being denied security on flimsy grounds,” he said. “In fact, the entire threat perception criteria of the Punjab Police stands exposed after a close perusal of this list of those protected in Muktsar district,” he said. Khaira said threat perception in Punjab was being assessed under political directions and not on merit.
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BJP leaders discuss poll strategy for Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur, November 8 A strategy to counter the Congress in the home constituency of PPCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa, sitting Gurdaspur MP, was also discussed. The meeting was chaired by Punjab campaign committee in charge Balramji Dass Tandon. Prominent among others present were Gurdaspur constituency in charge Vinod Sharma, BJP state general secretary and Majha zone in charge Rakesh Rathour, Batala BJP president Suresh Bhatia, Pathankot unit president Narinder Parmar and Gurdaspur BJP president Romesh Sharma. The Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat has nine assembly segments of which three are held by the BJP. Deputy Speaker Dinesh Babbu, Seema Kumari and Ashwani Sharma, representing the Sujanpur, Bhoa and Pathankot seats, respectively, were also present. Former MP Vinod Khanna could not make it to the meeting as he is electioneering in Chhattisgarh. He has been made the BJP's star campaigner for all five election-bound states. He had informed Tandon about his inability to attend the meeting. The cine star will be in Pathankot tomorrow and is expected to tour the Gurdaspur constituency for two days before flying back to Mumbai on November 11. It was decided that all booths would be manned by "known" party loyalists, that nearly 1,300 booths would be set up in the entire constituency and a ‘Shakti Kendra’ would oversee a cluster of five booths. Every booth would be manned by 10 youths. The deliberations lasted seven hours. A senior leader said the party would have to work hard in the Batala assembly seat . “In the 2009 elections, the Congress had a formidable lead of 18,000 votes from the Batala seat. We will have to work overtime to ensure that this lead is either neutralised or decreased significantly,” he said.
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Tale of 2 resorts: One razed, other buried under official apathy
Ropar, November 8 The successive state governments have failed to revive its fortunes despite the tourist resort being located amid serene surroundings. Spread on more than two acres, the resort once had 13 air-conditioned rooms along with a few meeting halls. It had a lavish lawn where various functions, including marriage ceremonies, used to be organised. But currently, the complex is half-buried under huge grass that has not been cut for years. The dilapidated hotel building is on the verge of collapse. A Nangal resident, Prabhat Bhatti, said: “Kadamba used to be a preferred venue for holding any function not only for the locals but even for people of neighbouring areas. The resort held huge business potential but the authorities failed to utilise it.” Situated at some distance from Kadamba used to be the Pincassia complex in Ropar. It was spread over 8.76 acres. In case of Kadamba, the then existing lease deed with a private contractor (which reportedly used to fetch the department a monthly Rs 22,000) was scrapped. The sale, however, could not materialise and the resort was left to ruin. The Pincassia resort site, on the other hand, was leased out to a private company, Alchemist Hospitality, in September 2010. A five-star hotel was to be built and the lessee (as per the agreement) was to start construction within 150 days and complete the project in two years. But, the work is yet to begin even though the Pincassia structure was razed two years ago. On being contacted, Director (Tourism) Navjotpal Singh Randhawa said the department would soon open a tourist information centre at Kadamba. About the other project, he said Alchemist Hospitality had last month submitted an undertaking that it would complete its hotel in another two years.
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Sikh centre to be set up in California
Ludhiana, November 8 Spread on more than 13 acres, the centre would be equipped with the state-of-the-art infrastructure. It would spread awareness on Sikhism in Americas and in Europe, he said. Makkar was speaking at the inaugural session of 41st annual function of Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle. He said there was a dire need to spread awareness about the Sikhs so people in the West did not mistake them for Arabs. Makkar said religious literature on Sikhism was being distributed in various parts of the world in different languages. — TNS
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Quebec
Move
Amritsar, November 8 In a statement today, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said Quebec’s move to give final touches to the controversial “Charter of Quebec Values” was a “testimony of its dictatorial policies.” He said the Quebec government had earlier promised to give the proposal a second thought in view of protests from Sikhs and other communities, but nothing of the sort seemed to have been done. He said the tabling of the Bill in the Quebec assembly was a “grave injustice” to students and employees of the Sikh community. He said religious symbols like the kirpan and turban were a part of the Sikh identity and that the move had hurt the religious sentiments of the community. Makkar expressed grief over the demise of octogenarian Joginder Singh in the UK. The latter was assaulted by a teenaged girl.
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Depression victim’s body being sent home: NAPA
Chandigarh, November 8 It said that legal formalities to send the body had been completed. Executive director of the association Satnam Singh Chahal said Paramjit Singh, 35, was found dead in Sunnyvale, California. He had hung himself at his residence in Sunnyvale, a Silicon Valley suburb. He had moved to the Bay Area from India six months ago. Chahal said Paramjit Singh had entered the US illegally after paying Rs 25,00,000 to an agent. He was said to have crossed the US border with Mexico after an arduous journey. On arrival in the US, things didn’t get much better for him. Not able to find a job, he went into depression and committed suicide. Paramjit Singh is survived by his wife, a 10-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old son. Expressing grief over the death, Chahal said illegal immigrants faced tremendous difficulties in obtaining employment in the US and should not be misled by unscrupulous travel agents.
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Students in Nangal form largest 'human droplet', set world record
Nangal, November 8 Earlier, this record was set in Russia, where 7,140 people had formed the largest human droplet on May 18 this year. Local MLA and Punjab Industries Minister Madan Mohan Mittal was the chief guest on the occasion. Vice-president of Mehar International Educational Society Preetinder Kaur, who organised the event in association with Punjab Technical University and Chandigarh University, Gharuan, received the “certificate of world record” from Fortuna Burke, the adjudicator from the Guiness Book of Records. “The event was aimed
at creating awareness among people, especially youth, about the need to save water,” said Preetinder Kaur. The event, however, witnessed moments of chaos and mismanagement. The participating schoolchildren, who had left home as early as 6 am for the event, had to go without any refreshment till 12.30 pm, when one packet of biscuit was provided to each of them. Moreover, the event, which was supposed to conclude by 12.30 pm, was delayed by two hours as the number of children who had reached at the specified time, was less than the required number. Moreover, there was no proper arrangement of urinals for a gathering of nearly 10,000 people and no glasses were provided for drinking water at the three water tankers stationed at the venue. With nothing to eat, some students said they felt nauseated. Some of them could be seen in tears, pleading their teachers to call
their parents. Students from SSD High School at Naya Nangal said before they entered the stadium, they had been told that the event would take not more than ten minutes and they could return to their school thereafter, which is why they had not carried their tiffins inside the stadium. Teachers said the organisers did not allow children to get tiffins from buses parked outside saying it would create problem in maintaining the record of the number of students inside the stadium. Preetinder Kaur, however, denied any mismanagement and said no child was stopped from carrying tiffins inside the
stadium.
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Students await free uniform as strike keeps funds on hold
Sangrur, November 8 The employees have been agitating since October 21. Though the funds have been lying with the SSA authorities at the district headquarters across the state, they are not being transferred to the schools due to the strike. The non-teaching employees are reportedly adamant about not transferring the funds till the
government accepts their demand of giving them regular pay scales on the pattern of SSA and
RMSA teachers. The non-teaching employees include data entry operators, accountants, system coordinators, junior engineers, assistant project coordinators and sub-divisional engineers. District Education Officer (Elementary) Sher Singh, who also holds charge of the SSA in the district, today admitted that the authorities had recently received funds for providing uniform, but the same could not be transferred
to the schools as the non-teaching employees of the SSA were on the pen-down strike. Sources said Sangrur district had received a sum of Rs 3.89 crore for the provision of free uniform to over 97,000 students in 1,026 schools of the district. "The funds should be transferred to schools as soon as possible as the winter had set in and students needed uniform accordingly," said a teacher. The winter uniform includes a suit, dupatta, jersey, socks and shoes for a girl student and pants,
shirt, jersey, cap or patka, socks and shoes for a boy student. Jatin
Mehta, district president, SSA/RMSA Non-Teaching Employees Union, today said the authorities had received over Rs 68.62 crore for providing free uniform to over 17 lakh students (SC boys, BPL boys and all girls) of the state. He said the agitating employees wanted to transfer the funds to the schools but they were forced to withhold it due to the "adamant" attitude of the state government towards their demand. He said due to the strike, SSA/RMSA teachers and non-teaching employees had not received their salaries for October so far and they had to face problems during
Diwali.
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Special
residential school project
Patiala, November 8 Under the project, the university is supposed to give a 5.75-acre land to the government for building a special residential model school for meritorious students from economically weaker sections of society. The state government is setting up six such schools in various districts of the state. For the school in Patiala, the Punjab government had approached Punjabi University to seek land, to which the university had agreed. However, the university authorities faced opposition from some sections of teachers and students. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, too, wrote to Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil, who is also the Chancellor of the university, urging him to look into the matter, which was raised by the Democratic Teachers’ Front, Punjabi University. However, few student organisations later gave their support on the condition that the university reclaim the ownership of the land. University Registrar Dr AS Chawla said they were drafting an MoU, according to which
in case the concept fails, the 5.75-acre land along with the development on it will be restored to the university. Saying that the ownership of the land would remain with the university at any cost, Chawla said the university had taken a similar decision in a project wherein the Central government had taken university land on lease for setting up the Northern Regional Language Centre. “They took a large area on lease from the university, including this 5.75-acre land, for setting up the Northern Regional Language Centre. They established the building on a part of this land. Also, they did not set up various things that they had promised and therefore, the university took away the remaining land last year. We are giving away this land for a purpose and if the government deviates, we can certainly reconsider our decision,” he said. Meanwhile, members of the Secular Youth Federation of India has asked the Vice-Chancellor to roll back the decision to give away the land or they would initiate a protest.
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Jails Dept pulls out all stops to educate
inmates
Patiala, November 8 The department also plans to set up libraries for inmates. “Since we are facing an acute shortage of funds, we are approaching VIPs and NGOs to donate books so we can establish a reading facility in each barrack,” said a source. Now, RP Meena, Director General of Police, Jails, has proposed to tie up with Indira Gandhi National Open University to implement the project. At present, centres of
the university are running in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala jails, where classes are also held for
the students. “We have 33 students enrolled in Patiala Jail, 42 in Ludhiana prison and three in Amritsar Jail,” Meena said.
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Experts discuss challenges facing legal system
Patiala, Novemeber 8 While speaking on the occasion, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Principal Prof Daljit Singh said, “Law is like a house. Make a new law for yourself, renovate and amend it when needed and demolish it when it is not needed.” Prof Daljit, who is an expert in the field of family law, spoke on the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, with regard to acid attacks, rapes, voyeurism, stalking and trafficking of minors. He also talked about the implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013, with new ideas. He stressed the need for providing at least two meals to people all the sections of society. Prof Paramjit Singh Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, highlighted the role of law in today’s age and spoke on the role of history, political science, religion etc in building up the present legal system. The problems of child labour and rights of Dalit women were also highlighted. KPS Mehalwar of MD University, Rothak, spoke on the new economic policy and liberalisation of trade and commerce. Prof M Afzal Wani of Guru Gobind Singh Indiraprastha University, New Delhi, was the guest of honour on the occasion. He said, "We are in the process of globalisation but unfortunately, we do not know the history of globalisation. The history of globalisation is that it ate away the underprivileged classes and weaker sections of society." A book titled “The Law and Society” edited by Bhupinder Singh Virk, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, was launched by Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor Jaspal Singh. He stressed the need to focus on inclusive growth to make the profits reach the weaker sections of society.
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teachers’ recruitment
Chandigarh, November 8 The issue was today raised by Jasveer Kaur. She is seeking directions to Punjab Education Department and DPI (Secondary Education) to award 10 additional marks for an M.Ed degree for the purpose of recruitment to 5,178 posts of rural associate teacher. Her counsel contended M.Ed degree holders could not be deprived of additional 10 marks. Going into the background of the controversy, her counsel referred to the selection criteria notified on July 9, 2012, before submitting that an M.Ed degree was a higher qualification in the subject of “education”. If 10 additional marks were to be awarded for MA and M.Sc degrees, those possessing M.Ed degree could not be deprived of the benefit. He also referred to an Apex Court judgment in the case of Dr Ram Sewak in an attempt to substantiate his contention that an M.Ed degree was equivalent to a post graduate degree. Taking up the matter, Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa issued notice for February 5, next year, to the Punjab Education Department and DPI (Secondary Education). Justice Dhindsa further directed that one post each of social studies and English language teachers, for which the petitioner has participated, be kept reserved for the petitioner while finalising the select list for the general category.
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HC raps govt over stamp duty evasion
Chandigarh, November 8 The strictures of sorts came during the resumed hearing of a petition filed in public interest for initiating action against those involved in stamp duty evasion. Critical of the Punjab Government’s reply that action was being taken against 45 tehsildars and five naib tehsildars, the Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul asserted: "The perusal of the status report shows complete inaction for long periods of time and it appears that the authorities concerned have woken up only after the petition was filed. In fact, some officers apparently have been retired during this period of time". The court also asked Punjab law officer to specify the time required to conclude the proceedings. Responding to the query, the law officer stated that a maximum of two months were required. The High Court, on a previous date of hearing, had issued notice to the State of Punjab asking it to specify the number of officials punished and action initiated for their involvement in stamp duty evasion. The petition in this regard has been filed by Ajnala resident Baldev Singh Sirsa. He was seeking an inquiry by an independent agency into alleged large-scale evasion of stamp duty and registration fee across Punjab, especially in Amritsar. Referring to information obtained under the Right to Information Act, he claimed the audit reports revealed around Rs 3.63 crore stamp duty evasion in
Amritsar.
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Ropar court awards life to 5 in murder case
Ropar, November 8 Among the convicts are Harinder Singh, Manjit Singh, Amarjit Singh Jolly, all residents of Chamkaur Sahib, Bhupinder Singh of Ropar and Mohinder Singh of Kharar. Seven others, including Rajesh, Bikram Singh, Sohan Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Harpreet Singh, Sandeep Singh and Balwant Singh, were acquitted. Complainant Jaswinder Singh of Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh, who survived the attack, had alleged that the accused attacked them with sharp-edged weapons near Kotla Nihang. He said the duo were then dumped in nearby fields. Teja Singh succumbed to his injuries later. A property dispute was stated to be the cause behind the attack.
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Firm owner, listed for award, booked
Jalandhar, November 8 He was among those to be awarded by the Excise and Taxation Department on November 14. His company has been declared the highest taxpayer (in the medium scale) in the Jalandhar-1 excise district having paid Rs 3.6 crore taxes for the previous financial year. The Patiala police today conducted raids at the premises of the company, which is a carrying and forwarding agent (C&F) for Wokhardt Mumbai. It was found that billing for the drug had been done for three companies even though the drug sale was banned on May 23. The police booked the owner, Rajesh Sehgal, under Section 22 of the NDPS Act. Sehgal has absconded. Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhupinder Khattra said the raid was a sequel to a similar action against Wokhardt stockist at
Rajpura.
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Ropar, November 8
Jalandhar: Notwithstanding the fact that barely four months back the PM had sanctioned a low-cost airport for Jalandhar, Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal today again announced that a new domestic airport would be established at Adampur in Jalandhar for the benefit of NRIs. On June 28 this year, the Prime Minister had sanctioned 51 low-cost airports in several Tier II and Tier III cities, including Jalandhar, Ferozepur and Ludhiana. But four months on, there has been no progress. Sukhbir, who was in town to lay the stone for various works, said the Punjab Government had prepared a blueprint for the domestic airport at Adampur and was in regular touch with the Union Ministry for Civil Aviation for various approvals. — TNS
Opened in 1975 on the bank of the Sutlej on the Chandigarh-Amritsar highway, Pincassia resort, surrounded by thick forest, was in great demand. In view of its prime location, it usually had full occupancy. As the complex also had the facility of boating, it was a popular picnic spot. In March 2006, the fund-starved Punjab Tourism Department decided to sell both the resorts and floated tenders for the purpose.