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Cash-strapped MC to auction land near Hall Gate
13 nabbed for drinking in public place
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MC checks encroachments
Gang of vehicle lifters busted, three held
Man booked under Wildlife Act
Forum directs insurance firm to pay Rs 2 lakh to resident
AVM president accuses successive governments of ignoring city
Elderly ask admn to remove congress grass
City students secure top ranks in Olympiad
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Cash-strapped MC to auction land near Hall Gate
Amritsar, June 29 The bids have been invited on July 9 at Guru Nanak Bhawan, city centre, Amritsar at 11 am. Nevertheless, the plan was to auction a 2,100 square yard land located on the inner circular road which rolls around the walled city. This place is centrally located and just 1 km away from the Golden Temple, Durgiana Mandir, Inter-State Bus Terminal and railway station. There would be 23 commercial plots measuring 43.37 sq yard on 1,043
sq yard land. The rest of the area has been chalked out for parking and other public utility purposes. The reserve price for each plot would be Rs 95,000 per sq yard and the earnest money is to be deposited in cash or demand draft in favour of Commissioner, MC, has been fixed as Rs 4.5 lakh. The MC had got the area free as whole of the inner circular road was encroached by the already established shopkeepers (from Hall Gate to Ram Bagh and from Ram Bagh to Maha Singh Gate) dealing in iron products and vegetables, respectively. With negligible space left for the parking, these shopkeepers as well as visitors have no choice but to park their vehicles midway. Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora said this land would fetch over Rs 30 crore and the buyer would have the discretion to construct basement, besides two-storey upstairs. “This move has been taken keeping in mind the revenue generation only. This was the prime land which was otherwise lying untilised and was encroached upon illegally. We have got the illegal encroachments removed before putting it under the hammer. After all, the money generated through this auction would be utilized for development works. Our endeavour would be to garner the maximum amount out of sale of this property,” he said.
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13 nabbed for drinking in public place
Amritsar, June 29 However they were later released on bail after strict warning. The police said, "Drinking in public place is prohibited but it has been observed that many youngsters and people are indulging in this practice openly. Sometimes, this led to brawls and quarrels." Among those arrested include Narvir Singh of Bal Khurd village, Fateghgarh, Churia Road, Shamsher Singh of Circular Road, Navpreet Singh of Chand Avenue, Lakhwinderjit Singh of New Model Town, Chheharta, Jaswant Singh of Kirtowala village, Prabhjit Singh, Ranjit Singh of Guru Ramdass Colony, Rajandeep Singh of Gilli village, Kamaljit Singh of Baba Deep Singh Colony, Danesh Singh of Fairland Colony, Narinder Kumar of Ranjit Vihar, Shantnu Seth of Nangali village, Vaneet Gulati of Majitha House Colony. Vavinder Mahajan said the accused were arrested from the C-block market of Ranjit Avenue and the market located near the MK Hotel. He said a number of brawls were reported in the past, therefore the city police have decided to launch a drive to check drinking at public places. A minor dispute of ride on a Hardley Davidson bike turned ugly around a couple of days ago. The incident occurred in the C-block market of Ranjit Avenue lead to firing in which a youth and owner of the motorcycle got injured and were rushed to a private hospital where his condition is stated to be out of danger. The victim Navkaran Singh Gill, reportedly a coloniser lives in the Vrindavan garden here. Navkaran Singh had parked his motorcycle in the C-block market. After a couple of hours when he returned with his friend, Jasminder Singh, a couple of youth who were allegedly in a drunken state asked for a ride. The accused were in the car (PB-02-AU-1410). When Navkaran refused while stating that he was getting late for home, the unidentified accused entered into a brawl and fired at him. A case under Sections 307, 324, 427 of the IPC and 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered at the Civil Lines police station. Meanwhile, the police have nabbed around nine persons for possessing narcotics and liquor in separate instances.
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Another snatching incident reported
Amritsar, June 29 Surinder Singh, alias Raghu, brother of the victim, said her sister along with other relatives had come for his marriage a couple of days ago. “My sister was going to the bus stand on a rickshaw along with her four-year-old child and brother-in-law Jai Kishan when unidentified youth snatched her bag near the Bank of India located in the lane leading to Gopal Mandir,” he said. The said lane is located adjoining to the residence of Police Commissioner. Jai Kishan said he tried to chase the accused after taking a lift from a motorcyclist but the accused fled away towards the Batala road. He said they could not read the number of the motorcycle as before they could understand anything, the accused had fled away from the spot. Surinder Singh was also critical of the police force which came to the spot. He said instead of taking prompt action or spreading the message on wireless system they started blaming use for negligence. His attitude was also not supportive and asked us to come to police station and went away from the spot. Shiv Nath, SHO, Rambagh police station, said a case under Section 382 of the IPC has been registered.
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AAP leader visit family members of youth stranded in Iraq
Amritsar, June 29 Grief stricken Harjinder Singh said he had given Rs 1 lakh to a travel agent around four and a half months ago. His son, who went along with around
65 others to Iraq, was working as Amtech Company at the Nazab town in Iraq as mason (construction worker). He said two days ago he had received a call from his son stating that for the past two months the management of the company had confiscated their passports and did not pay them their wages. Dr Singh assured the family that AAP would be consolidated for the save arrival of the trapped youth and would empress upon the centre government to ensure their safe arrival back home. “I was told by his family members that the company was insisting upon depositing the air fare before getting their documents back. At present, around 700 Indians have been trapped at Iraq who are not allowed to go out of the camp. I fail to understand for what the Indian government has been waiting for?” he said. Dr Singh said these youth were compelled to go disturbed countries to search for jobs because the government has failed to provide opportunities to them here. “I urge the government to at least compensate the aggrieved family members back home here, till the time it makes efforts for the safe arrival of youth,” he said. Others present on the occasion included Ravinder Sultanwind, Rajesh Verma, Narinder Walia, Parkash Singh Bhatti, Jagtar Singh, Rajesh Vig and
Varun.
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MC checks encroachments
Amritsar, June 29 Several shopkeepers have extended their shops in illegal manner while encroaching upon the pedestrian paths. The MC officials warned the traders against extending such illegal encroachment. MC Commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal said it would be a continuous process. "The traders have also been cautioned against stocking their goods or parking their vehicles on public land. They have also been sternly told to dispose of their refuse at the designated place. We have set up garbage bins which would be lifted during the wee hours," he said.
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Gang of vehicle lifters busted, three held
Amritsar, June 29 The police initiated the action to bring them on production warrant and more recoveries are likely to be made from their interrogation. Following a tip-off, the police nabbed three youths identified as Khushkaran Singh of Sarwan village, Faridkot, Santosh Kumar of Moga and Ravinder Singh of Haraz village, Ferozepure from Ranjit Avenue area. The police have recovered 400 gm of narcotic powder from their possession while a car (PB-05-Q-3722) they were travelling in was also found to be stolen one. Vavinder Mahajan, SHO, Civil Lines police station, said: "During the interrogation, they revealed that they used to steal the car after the instructions of Hargobind Singh, a heroin smuggler, and Goldy. Both are currently lodged in Faridkot Jail. Hargobind was nabbed by the State Special Operation Cell few months back." They used to get Rs 70,000 per car which they used to deliver at the place told by Hargobind over phone. Investigations revealed that they had recently stolen a Tata Safari and delivered it at the designated place.
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Man booked under Wildlife Act
Amritsar, June 29 A case under Sections 2, 9, 39, 42, 44 and 49-B of the Wildlife Act has been registered against him at the Division A police station here. Balwant Singh, Range officer, Forest Department, said the accused was involved in an illegal trade of body parts of the forest animals. They recovered four lion nails and skin from his possession following a tip-off. The authenticity of the claws and skin was yet to be ascertained. Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat has directed the Forest Department to ascertain the authenticity of the seized material.
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Better amritsar road infrastructure-I Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 29 Already, the city has been adjudged as the most polluted city in the state. It is said that automobile pollution has a major role in it. The main objective of traffic management is to make roads safer and offer trouble-free and smooth movement to the commuters. Slip roads play a significant role to achieve the above said objective. They allow commuters to slip out to their left when traffic lights are red. They help in cutting down on the vehicle build-up and in unnecessary consumption of fuel. Though various government agencies want the commuters to abide by the traffic rules, they do little to solve the problems related to traffic and roads. Thankfully, the authorities made a slip road at the busy Crystal Chowk last week. Notably, at a few intersections where slip roads are available, they have either been encroached upon or are in a pathetic condition. As per the surface transport rules, all four directions of a road must ideally have four concrete structures of about 2-ft high to distinguish between slip roads from the main road. Many intersections in the city have one or two dividers earmarking the slip road and the remaining have been demolished. Lawrence Road intersection is a glaring example as one direction has a divider for the slip road while the rest don’t have. The solitary divider is well maintained and free of any encroachment. As a result, the traffic coming from SSSS Chowk heading to Madan Mohan Malviya Road does not have to wait at traffic lights. The surviving slip road does not have any commercial outlet by its sides, whereas the remaining three directions jostle with the problem of commercial outlets. These dividers certainly need to be raised again to make way for slip roads on city roads. Small dividers play a vital role in managing traffic as they provide uninterrupted passage to vehicles, ensuring that they don’t have to wait at intersections for green signals. Maha Singh Gate, popularly known as Suraj Cinema Chowk, has only three slip roads. All of them are in a pitiable condition. The busy Puttalighar Chowk crossing is one of the fortunate intersections where dividers are in place. But these are in a poor condition and have also become the victims of encroachment. They do not have trees planted on them. Due to encroachments on the left side of the slip road, a large number of vehicles coming from the Railway Road have to turn towards Gurdwara Pipli Sahib and nearby localities. Similarly, vehicles coming from Gurdwara Pipli Sahib’s side cannot turn left to proceed to Khalsa College and Guru Nanak Dev University due to encroachments.
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Forum directs insurance firm to pay Rs 2 lakh to resident
Amritsar, June 29 The forum has also directed the company to pay Rs 2,000 as litigation expenses. Earlier, Satpal Singh, a resident of Gali Dasaunda Singh, had filed a complaint against The Oriental Insurance Company stating that he had got his car insured with the company but later it met with an accident. He alleged that the company did not pay him the insurance claim for Rs 4,98,780. The company in its reply stated that at the time of the accident, the vehicle was not under the ownership of the complainant; therefore, no loss could have been attributed to the complainant. The company stated that the complainant had got the ownership transferred to his name after the accident. It was further submitted that as per the investigations regarding the ownership of the registration certificate of the car, the requisite fee for transferring the ownership/registration certificate from the name of previous owner to the name of complainant was got deposited on the next day of the alleged loss through accident. The forum observed that the investigator appointed by the company had admitted that the loss had taken place within the policy period. The forum stated that on the date of the accident, the owner of the vehicle was one Vinay Kumar Kaushal from whom the complainant had purchased the vehicle and the complainant deposited the transfer fee for the transfer of RC of the aforesaid vehicle to his name on day after the accident. The forum observed that because the vehicle was insured by the complainant in his name and it has been categorically been mentioned by the company while issuing the insurance policy that it is a transfer case. It stated that the insurance company cannot be allowed to take this plea that the complainant had no insurable interest at the time of the accident.
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ICAI to celebrate CA Day on July 1
Amritsar, June 29 CA Satvir Singh, chairman of ICAI, Amritsar, said the ICAI was set up by an act of Parliament on July 1, 1949 and it was India’s premier and world’s second largest accounting body that has given the country competent professionals during the last 65 years. “The local branch was established on January 9, 1979 and has come a long way since then. At present, it has 568 member students at different stages of the CA course. The executive committee of Amritsar branch has decided to celebrate the CA Day extending over the entire July month involving a series of activities”, he said. Apart from hoisting the flag at its branch office on July 1, a health check-up camp for the members, in collaboration with Fortis Hospital, Amritsar and Income Tax Department will be held at ASK
Centre, Income Tax Department. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Department will be the chief guest on the occasion. A cultural programme — SYNERGIA 2014 — will be organised at hotel Humble UNA Smart, Krishna Nagar, Lawrence Road on July 2. Other activities like distribution of literacy kits to needy students and a seminar on youth empowerment will also be held later in the month.
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AVM president accuses successive governments of ignoring city
Amritsar, June 29 The city houses two supreme religious shrines of the Sikh community - the Golden Temple and Sri Akal Takht Sahib. The city and its surroundings have as many as 40 historical Sikh shrines and the SGPC head office, known as mini-parliament of the Sikhs, is also situated here. More than 60 per cent of the Sikh history revolves around the city. He accused that the Congress government in the state also did nothing for the city. The Akali government selected cities and towns for big projects, Central institutes, universities, hospitals, IT, knowledge and education sectors, keeping in mind either their vested interests or political benefits. Hopes of the city residents were dashed when projects such as SEZ and the Central university announced by the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during his visit to the city remained unimplemented, he said. He said Dr Singh never ensured the implementation of these projects. Besides, Dr Singh never attempted to resume the popular international flight between Amritsar-London-Toronto, he blamed. In the last 8-10 years, nine national-level institutes, namely Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, National Institute of Bio-technology, Nano Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Indian School of Business, IIT, IIIT Borlang Institute, Central university and Central Institute of Law had been set up in Mohali, Ropar, Ludhiana, Bathinda and Patiala respectively, he added. Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University should have been set up in the city as Sri Guru Granth Sahib was written and compiled by the 5th Sikh Guru in Amritsar, he said. Akali Dal headquarters has also been shifted from Amritsar to Chandigarh. Similarly, the SGPC has even shifted its directorate of education and engineering wing to Chandigarh, thus undermining the importance of Amritsar, he said. The state government has established preparatory Army training institute in Mohali and now it is planning to set up a food park and ADLAB Amusement Park in Ludhiana, he said. All this proves that the city stands nowhere in the priority list of the Akali Dal, he added. “Amritsar remained as a hub of the textiles industry before 1980 but due to terrorism most of the industry shifted to Ludhiana, Panipat and other cities. The Punjab Government did nothing to revive the industry here,” he said.
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Chemists told to report cases of harassment
Amritsar, June 29 They also asked the members to report the cases of harassment by the police. Punjab Chemists Association president Surinder Duggal said the chemists would not tolerate any harassment by the police and other authorities on the pretext of checking the sale of narcotics. He said 99 per cent of the shopkeepers are doing business with sincerity and honesty and the administration should not harass them. The members were also educated about the tax laws and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act during the meeting, said Duggal.
— TNS
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Elderly ask admn to remove congress grass
Amritsar, June 29 In a letter written to the deputy commissioner and chairman of the improvement trust, New Amritsar Senior Citizens Forum has complained that the harmful weed has taken over three public parks, besides area under the green belt and vacant plots in the locality. Forum president Sohan Lal Khanna while talking to Amritsar Tribune said the congress grass was known to be harmful to humans and animals. He said the residents are at a risk of eczema, dermatitis and asthma because of the weed.
— TNS
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City students secure top ranks in Olympiad
Amritsar, June 29 Gauri Sinho and Gursimar Singh Miglani, both students from Spring Dale School and Nipun Nohria, a Class 4 student from DAV Public School, secured the first rank
in the state in the International English Olympiad. Justice Dipak Misra, Judge of Supreme Court of India, was the chief guest at the awards function, which was held in Delhi recently. Mahabir Singh, the founder and executive director of SOF said more than 34 lakh students from 27,000 schools of 1,360 cities across India and 16 countries participated in the Olympiad examinations during 2013-14. About 24,000 students from 3,350 schools have been awarded for achieving top state level ranks in different subjects.
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