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Atta-Dal Scheme relaunched, without list of beneficiaries
CM: Will seek legal opinion on Beant assassins’ release
Cong leaders spar over letter on Op Bluestar |
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Paid Rs 42 lakh to panel of lawyers fighting riot cases, says SGPC
Kejri gave 3 names for SIT, claims Phoolka
Association
of physicians conference 6,400 doctors have been participating in the four-day conference
US doctor favours ethnic panels
Manpreet may contest from Bathinda
Chandumajra promises rail link, jobs
Rahul has no sympathy for riot-hit: Dy CM
BJP hoardings carry photo of PM’s wife
Depleting
groundwater
Lok Sabha poll: PU prepares tentative exam schedule
Have not embraced Islam: Hans
Police want Bhola shifted to high-security jail
Shifting of transfomer : PSPCL official transferred
Soon, stamp on Kuka Movement
2 farmers commit suicide
Kotkapura sweepers on strike
Pensioners gherao Dhindsa’s house
Jakhar slams govt over agri summit
Punjabi convicted of poll fraud in NZ
Couple seeks help to avoid deportation
No concession for job seekers from rural schools, says HC
Court turns down plea of Maharaja’s ‘descendant’
Moga hotelier let off in drugs case
Man gets life term for rape
10 cops booked for framing driver
J&K student’s death: Friend booked
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Atta-Dal Scheme relaunched, without list of beneficiaries
Jalandhar, February 20 Since the administration have not announced any lists of beneficiaries, several lakh applicants are still in the dark as to whether or not their cases have been approved. Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, had launched the scheme at Sultanpur Lodhi on Tuesday keeping in view the Lok Sabha poll. Senior functionaries of the department are yet to receive the lists of newly-enrolled beneficiaries from all the districts. Satwant Singh Johal, Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, said, “We are yet to receive data from a few Deputy Commissioners, who are currently supervising the door-to-door verification of the applicants. We expect the number of new beneficiaries to stand at around 10-12 lakh.” The Sub Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) rued the web portal to feed the data worked only for a short period of time. Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Varun Roojam said he would send the lists today. “Of the 1.2 lakh claimants, 91,000 have been screened. We already have 85,000 claimants in the existing record in Jalandhar,” he said. Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner DS Mangat said, “Nearly 36,000 new people have been covered under the scheme. The total beneficiaries in the district now are 80,000.” Asked as to why the lists had not been put up, Parminder Singh, Joint Secretary of the department, said the DCs should have publicised the lists of beneficiaries. “However, we will enter the data on a public portal in the next few days,” he said.
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CM: Will seek legal opinion on Beant assassins’ release
Chandigarh, February 20 Talking to mediapersons here, Badal said the matter would be seen from the legal point of view. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already directed the Central Government and the UT administration to take a decision on the convicts’ pleas for their
release as per the new premature policy. Lodged in Burail jail, Shamsher Singh and Gurmeet Singh had argued that they should not be discriminated against. Other life convicts were being released after 14 years in jail, but the government was not considering their request. Earlier, Badal granted Rs 1 crore to the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association and inaugurated an extension of the Bar library. Badal lauded Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul for taking steps to cut pendency of cases in the High Court and ensuring expeditious dispensation of justice to the litigants.
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Cong leaders spar over letter on Op Bluestar
Chandigarh, February 20 While Rajanbir claimed the letter was fake, Khaira dared Rajanbir to file a defamation suit against the author of “Chakarvyu”, former IAS officer Gurtej Singh, saying the letter was a part of the book. Rajanbir said the letter was “utter falsehood and a cock and bull story”. To prove his point, he showed copies of his father’s passport. He said the letter was dated June 9, 1984, when his father was not even in India. He demanded an unconditional apology from Khaira for trying to tarnish the reputation of his late father. Khaira argued that Rajanbir should first sue the author of the book. “Is he playing into the Akali hands to debunk the involvement of Akali leaders in Operation Bluestar, including that of his father,” Khaira asked. Balwant Singh was Finance Minister in the Akali Government led by Surjit Singh Barnala. Insinuating that Rajanbir was an opportunist, he said he quit the SAD to join the Congress in 1997, fought two elections on the Congress ticket, ditched the party in 2008 to join the SAD and rejoined the Congress in 2012.
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Paid Rs 42 lakh to panel of lawyers fighting riot cases, says SGPC
In a statement released here today, Makkar said the SGPC had passed two resolutions in April and August 2010 to pay fee to a panel of five lawyers recommended by Phoolka. He said the lawyers were to represent riot victims in different courts in Delhi. He said the SGPC paid the fee "blindly as and when the bills were raised". "We never monitored the status of the cases as this was left to Phoolka, who on his part never gave us any status report," Makkar said. However, nowhere did the SGPC chief's statement mentioned that any particular amount was paid to Phoolka. The statement was not released from the SGPC's official mail ID and was not in Punjabi language as is the practice. It was written in English which is unusual. Makkar said the SGPC was “vigorously” following the cases and it was wrong on the part of Phoolka to "make it appear as if he is the lone champion" of the riot victims. He said after eight victims lost their cases in the trial court, the SGPC filed review petitions on behalf of all the victims in the High Court on which the SGPC had spent Rs 32.55 lakh. Makkar said: "It is unfortunate that Phoolka is trying to take political mileage out of what is essentially a human tragedy". Phoolka hit back at the SGPC, saying that none of the five advocates mentioned by the SGPC were his juniors. "They are all independent lawyers having their own established practice." He reiterated that he did not charge a single penny. He said he even persuaded other lawyers to charge less.
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Kejri gave 3 names for SIT, claims Phoolka
Amritsar, February 20 As per a release issued here by AAP leader HS Phoolka, these officials are EM Rammohan, former BSF DGP; Suresh Arora, Punjab Vigilance DGP; and Pritpal Singh, Additional DGP, Assam. Phoolka said the ruling SAD's opposition to the SIT, on the ground that they would accept the SIT only if it is appointed by the Supreme Court, might have an adverse affect on the SIT's formation. Referring to a related development, he said an individual had even filed a petition (on similar grounds) in the Supreme Court in this regard. There were media reports that the Supreme Court had directed the petitioner to furnish details of the cases in which wrong investigation had been conducted by the police, he said.
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Association
of physicians conference
Ludhiana, February 20 “These banks should be developed on the lines of blood banks,” said Nair. He was delivering a lecture on ‘Evolving saga of stem cells’during the 69th Annual Conference of the Association of Physicians of India (APICON) here. The four-day event, being held in Punjab after 50 years, kicked off today. Nearly 6,400 doctors from all over the country and 19 from abroad are participating in the conference. Though India boasts of unity in diversity, this multiplicity at times becomes the prime reason behind the mismatch of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) of stem cells. Dr Nair said the HLA match in India was a mere 30 per cent as compared to the highest 99 per cent in Japan. He said basically there were two types of stem cells: embryonic and adult stem cells. These further had three sources: bone marrow, peripheral blood and placenta, he said. About bone marrow transplant, Dr Nair said it was done by using stem cells from the bone. “We have been successful in curing such diseases through bone marrow transplant that were earlier termed as fatal. All kinds of blood cancers can be cured. Genetic ailments like thalassemia have also been treated.” Donors need to get themselves registered so that anybody in need can get stem cells from the bank. About the experimental use of stem cells, Dr Nair said these were being used for cardiac, kidney and liver transplant. “We have grown kidneys and lungs in laboratory by using stem cells," he said.
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US doctor favours ethnic panels
Ludhiana, February 20 Such panels are an important part of hospital managements abroad and their main task is to keep tabs on the healthcare system, he said. “If any patient, for instance, feels the stay at a hospital has been prolonged or some patient has been put on ventilator for longer than required or some tests have been recommended without purpose, they can go to an ethic committee and get the matter investigated,” he said. Hospital managements are also supposed to collect patient data from other facilities. “If a patient complains, the committee studies a similar case in another hospital and compares various parameters, including recovery duration and hospital stay,” he said. Dr Gulati said nurses were an integral part of hospital management abroad. “They are duly represented and any important decision regarding the hospital is not taken without their consent,” he said.
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Not invited to Modi rally, says Sidhu
Amritsar, February 20 Talking to The Tribune on the phone, the firebrand leader said: “I have not yet received a formal invite for the rally. Perhaps, some persons feel insecure when I am around.” He said this was not the first time when he had not been invited to an important event. Without naming anybody, he attacked those at the helm of affairs for “ignoring a representative of the people.” He said this was autocratic. He also criticised state BJP chief Kamal Sharma. “When Ashwani Sharma headed the state BJP, he would regularly communicate with me. Now his successor doesn’t even call me up,” he said. Sidhu would be in Amritsar tomorrow. He will be shifting to his new house in the city within a month. Sidhu said he would never betray the trust of Amritsar residents who had elected him thrice as MP. While Sidhu is sulking at being “cold-shouldered” by party leaders, his wife, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, is busy preparing for the Modi rally. “As Chief Parliamentary Secretary, I am part of the government. We are preparing for the mega event. I will be attending the rally with supporters from my constituency,” she said. The state BJP chief said invitations were being sent by the party office in Chandigarh and he would check if an invite had been sent to Sidhu too. On Sidhu’s grudge over lack of communication, he said there was no truth in it.
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SAD fields Ayali from Ludhiana
Chandigarh, February 20 He was later elected sarpanch of his native village. In 2008 he was unanimously elected Chairman, Zila Parishad, Ludhiana. An alumni of SCD Government College for Boys, Ludhiana, Ayali is on the Punjab Pollution Control Board and the State Health Planning and Monitoring Committee. Talking to the Tribune, Ayali said: ‘I accept any responsibility assigned to me by the party high command. Development, eliminating corruption and fighting the drug menace have always been my priorities.” Fatehgarh Sahib: Well-known developer Kulwant Singh, SAD candidate for the Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, will soon launch his election campaign here after a meeting with party workers and area MLAs. Kulwant Singh said his would be a "campaign of the people, by the people and for the people." His top priority would be development and modernisation. He alleged the incumbent Congress MP had betrayed the voters by failing to take up their demands in Parliament. This, he alleged, was done on the directions of the Congress high command.
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Manpreet may contest from Bathinda
Chandigarh, February 20 Senior leaders of the Sanjha Morcha met at the residence of former Chief Minister Surjit Singh Barnala here today. Besides Manpreet and Abhey Singh Sandh, Jagroop Singh and Bant Singh of the CPI, Charan Singh Virdi of the CPM and Baldev Singh Mann of the SS Barnala-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) were among those at the meeting. Manpreet said the PPP and the SAD (Longowal) would contest eight Lok Sabha seats and the CPI and the CPM five. He said the next meeting of the Morcha would be held on February 26. The CPI and the CPM would contest on their party symbols. The PPP is expected to field Bhagwant Mann, Gurpreet Singh Bhatti, Nirmal Singh Nimma, Ranjit Kaur Bhatti, Maninder Pal Singh and Abhey Singh Sandhu. The CPI is keen to put up candidates in Amritsar, Ferozepur and Faridkot and the CPM in Anandpur Sahib and Ludhiana. The SAD (Longowal) is likely to contest the Sangrur seat. Sources said certain leaders at the meeting suggested a poll pact with the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party. A senior leader said any split in the Opposition votes would benefit the SAD-BJP alliance. But a CPI leader spoke against a pact with the Congress, which he described as a sinking ship.
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Chandumajra promises rail link, jobs
Anandpur Sahib, February 20 Chandumajra, who is the SAD candidate from Anandpur Sahib constituency, said connecting two Takhts at Anandpur Sahib and Amritsar with a railway line would be his priority after he was elected to Parliament. He further said that during his two tenures in Parliament earlier, he worked to address the basic problems of the people and helped farmers get a higher MSP for their produce.
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Rahul has no sympathy for riot-hit: Dy CM
Amritsar, February 20 Addressing mediapersons here after laying the foundation stone of developmental works worth Rs 285 crore, Sukhbir said, “Rahul is deeply worried over the Supreme Court decision to commute the death sentence of his father’s killers into life imprisonment but he has no regret for 5,000 Sikhs killed under a conspiracy in 1984.” Sukhbir said Rahul’s intention about delivering justice to the Sikhs “was reflected with the way the perpetrators of the heinous crime were being sheltered by him”. On the SAD-BJP alliance’s poll agenda, he said people only wanted development, and not false promises, “as had been made by the Congress”. About Aam Aadmi Party, he said the newly floated outfit would have no impact in Punjab. He also said that as per their tradition, the Akali Dal had announced its candidates well in advance and the remaining candidates too would be announced shortly. On the denial of ticket to sitting SAD MP Rattan Singh Ajnala from Khadoor Sahib, he said nothing should be read into it as he was a senior and respected leader of the party. Addressing a gathering earlier, Sukhbir said the BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) project had been sanctioned for Amritsar and it would be initiated within a week. He said tenders for the project had already been floated. Promising hassle-free service delivery and paperless administration to the common man in the next six months, he said all 147 services related to the common man would be provided online as all villages would be connected to 4G service. He said the process had been started from Mansa district, which was going to become the first ‘online district’ of the country.
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BJP hoardings carry photo of PM’s wife
The photo is identified as that of Bibi Gurcharan Kaur, former member of Rajya Sabha and state vice-president of
BJP.
BJP's hoarding with a picture of Prime Minister’s wife Gursharan Kaur. Tribune Photo
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Depleting groundwater
Hoshiarpur, February 20 The order was issued on an application submitted by PK Rana, chairman of NGO Safal Bharat Guru Parampara, and others with regard to the falling water table in Punjab. The aplicants want a ban on the plantation of eucalyptus. The tribunal has issued a notice to the Centre in this regard, considering it necessary to be added as a party in the case. The applicants had not made the Centre a party in their application. Rana told the media here that the NGO was fighting for maintaining groundwater in the state. “We have raised an important issue of falling water level and the adverse effect of planting eucalyptus. The Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, secretaries of Irrigation, Water Resources and Electricity Departments (respondent number 1 to 5), and the Central Ground Water Authority have been issued notice to appear before the tribunal with reply on the issue.” The Central Authority, represented by its counsel, appeared before the bench yesterday and pleaded for more time to file a reply. And so did the Secretaries of the Irrigation, Water Resources and Electricity Departments. But the Chief Secretary and the Principal Secretary were not present in person or through their counsel. The tribunal’s bench, in its order, said: “It is unfortunate that respondent number 1 to 5 have no proper response except… seeking more time to reply. The Chief Secretary of State as well as the Principal Secretary having received notice have failed to either appear before the tribunal through a responsible officer of a counsel. This only shows the lethargic attitude of the government authorities.” The order further reads, “In view of the matter, we direct the Chief Secretary of the state of Punjab to appear in person on the next date of hearing, failing which the coercive steps will be taken.”
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Lok Sabha poll: PU prepares tentative exam schedule
Chandigarh, February 20 The Controller of Examination (CoE) has issued instructions to all examination superintendents that the date sheet would be changed, if there was any clash with the polling dates. Sources in the Election Commission (EC) of India said that during pre-poll meetings with state government representatives, sensitive issues would be discussed. An official said the EC required services of the Central and state government employees for election duties. “After the elections are announced, the exam date sheet will be changed,” PU CoE Parvinder Singh said. At the recent screening committee meeting of the PU, the date sheet for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses was prepared and the CoE was empowered to change it if the dates of polling and exams clashed. Sources said the committee decided that the examination schedule would be out by next week, as it was expected that the elections dates would be announced by then. An official said the authorities had drafted the date sheet in such a manner that all main exams would be over in April. The university records indicated that in 1992, the PU had to conduct exams in two phases as the EC directed it to have a compulsory break of 15 days because of elections.
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Have not embraced Islam: Hans
"Responding to a media query in Pakistan, I expressed my desire to visit Medina. Guru Nanak Dev had also visited Medina. Every Sikh wants to visit the places that were visited by Guru Nanak,” he told The Tribune this evening. Though only Muslims visit Medina, his son Navraj said: “If a non-Sikh visits the Golden Temple, it does not mean he has embraced Sikhism.” News portal ‘Pakistan Affairs’ and ‘U News TV’ claim that after converting to Islam, Hans Raj Hans has changed his name to Mohammad Yousuf but will continue to use his original name in the entertainment industry. Born to Sikh parents at Shafipur village near Jalandhar, Hans Raj Hans is a Padma Shri recipient. He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 parliamentary elections from Jalandhar. He heads Dera Lal Badshah in Nakodar. He is a frequent visitor to Pakistan.
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Police want Bhola shifted to high-security jail
Patiala, February 20 Highly places sources said Patiala SSP Hardyal Mann had in a letter to the Jail Department urged that Bhola be shifted from the open-air to the high- security jail in Nabha. This would also ensure that he did not escape with the help of other criminals lodged in the prison. Additional DGP (Jails) RP Meena refused to elaborate on the issue. Bhola has reportedly given names of more persons involved in the drug trade. Therefore, his security is of prime importance to the police. During a court hearing recently, Bhola had stunned all, claiming that two Cabinet Ministers were involved in the drug trade. The SSP said they had information that Bhola might try to escape.
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Shifting of transfomer : PSPCL official transferred
Muktsar, February 20 The SGPC member, Navtej Singh Kauni, had shifted the transformer from outside his house in Kauni village on February 14 without the PSPCL’s permission. After the matter was reported in The Tribune the following day, Major Singh, Senior Executive Engineer, Gidderbaha, visited the spot. Finding the SGPC member guilty, Major recommended action against him. On February 16, Kauni was told to deposit the fee of about Rs 16,000 for shifting the transformer, which he deposited. The same day the Senior Executive Engineer was transferred, raising eyebrows. Major said, “I have been shifted for unknown reasons.”
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Soon, stamp on Kuka Movement
New Delhi, February 20 The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has decided to release the stamp for the year 2014. It has written to Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal to nominate a nodal officer to coordinate with the Department of Posts for the release of the stamp. Avinash Rai Khanna, BJP Rajya Sabha member from Punjab, had on December 18, 2013, raised the matter in the House. Earlier, while celebrating 150 years of the Kuka Movement (1857 to 2007), the Centre had released a commemorative Rs 100 coin in memory of Satguru Ram Singh, founder of the Namdhari Sect. The sect is said to have been founded in 1857 by Baba Ram Singh on Baisakhi at Bhaini Sahib in Punjab. The Namdharis followed the principle of non-cooperation propagated by Mahatma Gandhi. In 1871, the Kukas led an uprising against the British. Several of its leaders were killed.
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Moga/Sangrur, February 20 The deceased, Rajinder Singh, owned just two acres of land and was under debt. In another incident, a 57-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his house at Changli village, near Dhuri. — TNS
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Kotkapura sweepers on strike
Faridkot, February 20 The sweepers warned that if they were not paid salaries in two days, they would dump the garbage in front of the government offices. The protesters said they were being forced to go on strike as all verbal pleas to the MC authorities to release salaries failed to yield result. “The sweepers are finding it hard to run their families, but nobody is listening to them,” said Parkash Chand, state president of Safai Karamcharis’ Union. “After the closure of the bulk oil depots in Kotkapura, the MC has lost its main source of income,” an official in the MC, said, adding that the civic body was waiting for the funds from the state government. Sources said the arrears of the employees’ salaries towards the MC were about Rs 1.2 crore.
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Pensioners gherao Dhindsa’s house
Sangrur, February 20 They were led by state president of the union Gurmail Singh. The pensioners presented a memorandum, enlisting their demands to Bhawanigarh tehsildar Gurnam Singh. Their demands included medical allowance of Rs 1,500 per month, merger of 70 per cent dearness allowance with basic pension. They criticised the PRTC and the power corporation for not releasing pension regularly.
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Jakhar slams govt over agri summit
Abohar, February 20 The CLP leader said former Cooperation Minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh had, in 2009, laid the foundation stone for power generation units in five sugar mills, but none had been made functional so far. Jakhar alleged that the Agriculture Department was the mother of corruption in the state. “How can Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal hope to benefit farmers without eliminating corruption?” he asked. Jakhar urged Badal to allow debate over problems being faced by farmers. “The state government has not been able to utilise the funds earmarked by the Centre for diversification,” he added.
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Punjabi convicted of poll fraud in NZ
Melbourne, February 20 Labour Party member and justice of the peace and Sikh leader Daljit Singh, 43, was found guilty in the High Court in Auckland of two charges of dealing with forged documents. Singh had changed addresses to show that people from places such as Timaru and Tauranga appeared to live in the area of the Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board in Auckland, stated media reports here today. Singh, who contested unsuccessfully in the first Auckland "super-city" election in 2010, was found not guilty of 18 other counts of the same charge, the reports said, adding the charges carried a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. Justice Mark Woolford said that it was the first case of electoral fraud convictions in New Zealand. Woolford told Singh that he could have faced 12 months in jail, however, after reviewing submissions he sentenced him to five months community detention and 200 hours community work. Citing that there was a cultural context to Singh's offence, the judge said: "Your offending cannot be divorced from your culture and community". Woolford said the case had "caused great damage to the Sikh community" and deep divisions. You have much to repair in your community." Six men were found guilty after the jury trial last year, including 40-year-old Gurinder Atwal, who was found guilty on 13 charges and Malkeet Singh on six
charges. — PTI
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Couple seeks help to avoid deportation
Wellington, February 20 Bhuvnesh Mehta and Jaswinder Kaur, of Hastings in Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island, are facing deportation after various visa applications submitted by them were declined by Immigration New Zealand last year. The couple claimed that they were facing the ordeal because of a series of mistakes made by law firm Luscombe Legal, the New Zealand Herald reported Thursday. The two had also submitted an official complaint with the New Zealand Law Society regarding the matter. They claim that Luscombe Legal gave them inadequate advice when applications were sent to Immigration New Zealand. The law firm has declined to comment as it is the subject of a complaint.
— IANS
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No concession for job seekers from rural schools, says HC
Chandigarh, February 20 In the case, the Full Bench had asserted that additional marks cannot be awarded to a candidate for having passed his middle and matric examination from rural schools. In her petition against the State of Punjab and other respondents, Rajwinder Kaur had contended that the Full Bench “could not be made applicable in the case in hand for the reason that it had to be applied for the advertisements issued subsequent thereto”. Going into the background, the petitioner had told the Bench of Justice Rajesh Bindal that she had applied for the post of Teaching Fellow in response to an advertisement issued on September 5, 2007. In terms of the advertisement issued, five additional marks were to be granted. The award of the marks was upheld by a Division Bench in the case of Sudesh Rani versus State of Punjab before the Full Bench judgment came. Dismissing the petition, Justice Bindal added: “No direction can be issued at this stage to award additional marks to the petitioner for having
passed his middle and matric examination from rural schools.”
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Court turns down plea of Maharaja’s ‘descendant’
Chandigarh, February 20 In 2001, the Punjab Government, celebrating 200 years of Maharaja’s coronation, was to honour his descendants. Following this, Beant Singh filed a case claiming himself to be the “real descendant” of Maharaja and made eight persons party in the case, who also claimed to be the descendants. Beant Singh had claimed his grandfather was adopted by Princess Sophia, who was the daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh (son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh).
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Moga hotelier let off in drugs case
Moga, February 20 Ramesh Grover, defence counsel, alleged that the police fraudulently registered cases, which also contained charges under the Arms Act and for immoral trafficking, against the hotelier in an attempt to frame a judicial officer who had refused to work as per the desire of the police. The judicial officer allegedly refused to grant the police the remand of a Canadian citizen, Jagdev Singh Gill, who was booked in the murder case of the then DGP Paramdip Singh Gill’s father Nachattar Singh Gill. — TNS
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10 cops booked for framing driver
Amritsar, February 20 Those booked are then Baba Bakala DSP Ashwani Kumar (now an SP), Sub Inspectors Jatinder Singh, Sawinder Singh, Sukhwant Singh and Baldev Singh, Assistant Sub Inspectors Harjinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh, head constables Sukhdev Singh, Mohan Singh and Satbir Singh and former sarpanch Paramjit Singh Sandhu. Palwinder Kaur, a resident of Mehta, had lodged a complaint with the Amritsar rural police that the accused police officials implicated her husband Sikander Singh, a truck driver, in a false case and sold his truck to junk dealers Balkar Singh and Bhola Singh. Failing to get any response, she said filed a complaint to the senior police authorities, but to no avail. She then appeared before Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during his Sangat Darshan at Baba Bakala in 2007. Badal had ordered the then DIG (border range) to inquire the case. In February 2008, the DIG recommended the registration of a case against the officials, but again no FIR was lodged. In the meantime, the officials got promotions and transferred out of the district. The police have now registered a case under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant), 217 (public servant disobeying directions of law with intent to save somebody from punishment or property from forfeiture), 218 (public servant framing incorrect record), 166 A, 167 and 168 of the
IPC.
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J&K student’s death: Friend booked
Hoshiarpur, February 20 Khalid Mintoo was pursuing engineering in Rayat Bahra Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hoshiarpur. He was found dead in the city on January 19. According to post-mortem report, the cause of death was drug overdose. SSP Narinder Bhargav told the media today that on a complaint of Mintoo’s uncle Jasved Iqbal Mintoo, the police had lodged a case against deceased’s friend Gurminder Singh of Jagatpura. He has been booked under Section 304 of the IPC. The SSP said that on the intervening night of January 18 and 19, Gurminder informed the police over phone that Mintoo had expired due to drug overdose. “Mintoo’s uncle has complained to the police that Gurminder was responsible for the death,” Bhargav added. As Mintoo’s parents and people of his native district were not satisfied with the police action, they protested against the Punjab Police in Doda on February 13.
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