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Look into forest land misuse, High Court tells Chief Secy
Kairon to attend meet on inflation in Delhi today
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State demands Rs 2,330 cr to combat deficit monsoon
Ex-DGP ‘drops a bombshell’ on ex-MLA
Now, addicts shift to grocery shops
Upgrading rural roads
Riverbeds yet to be cleared of encroachments, weeds in Patiala
Baopur panchayat land row ends
Baopur Dalits facing excommunication: Panel
Punjab to construct 1 lakh houses for the poor: Sukhbir
Rajindra hospital deputes junior residents on emergency duty
Case against Deputy CM
Govt should hike maize
MSP: Experts
Buddha Nullah breach widens, 1,500 acres in 14 villages flooded
PAU panel to review promotions of assistant professors
Domestic waste in Ropar to be treated
Vidhu Jain murder case
synthetic drug racket
Militant's aide denied bail
HC eases RTI rules
Three couples booked for youth’s death
4 traders arrested for clash with SGPC task force
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Look into forest land misuse, High Court tells Chief Secy
Chandigarh, July 3 The directions by Justice Rajan Gupta came on a petition filed by Inderjit Kaur against the Punjab Government. She had claimed that demarcation was done by the revenue authorities in the presence of Forest Department officials after she purchased land. Thereafter, she constructed a marriage palace as per site plan duly approved by Senior Town Planner. But the Forest Department filed a civil suit against encroachment or construction over forest land. Initially, the suit was dismissed but petition by the department claiming ownership of 14 biswas was allowed by Patiala Collector. Her appeal before the appellate too was dismissed, resulting in the filing of the writ petition. She claimed the Forest Department had no right on the land. Besides, the construction was raised on the site after an approval from Senior Town Planner. As such, she could not be said to be in unauthorised possession of the property, and the orders passed by both the authorities were unsustainable. Taking up the matter, Justice Gupta asserted: “I find no ground to differ with the findings arrived at by the authorities. They afforded sufficient opportunity to the petitioner to produce evidence to show that she was in possession of land either as owner or lessee. Having failed to do so, they directed her eviction. Various demarcation reports placed on record only prove the case of Forest department…. “The apex court has directed that land belonging to the Forest Department cannot be used for any other purposes without prior permission of the Central Government. There is, thus, no question of raising a marriage palace on such land. Petition is without any merit and is hereby dismissed….” Before parting with this judgment, Justice Gupta added: “This court feels it necessary to express its concern about misuse of forest land by vested interests for various commercial purposes. This unauthorised activity needs to be effectively stopped keeping in view statutory provisions and directives of the Supreme Court. “The Chief Secretary, Punjab, may look into the matter and do the needful. He may also look into the issue of sanction of building plan by Senior Town Planner, Patiala, and other authorities enabling the petitioner to raise a marriage palace on the land in question. “Possibility that some other marriage palaces have also come by encroaching upon Government/Forest land cannot be ruled out. If so, such illegality cannot be allowed to be perpetuated. This issue may also be examined by the Chief Secretary”. Marriage palace owner’s petition dismissed The apex court has directed that land belonging to the Forest Department cannot be used for any other purposes without prior permission of the Central Government. There is, thus, no question of raising a marriage palace on such land. The petition is without any merit and is hereby
dismissed.
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Kairon to attend meet on inflation in Delhi today
Chandigarh, July 3 The Centre has convened a meeting of food ministers of various states tomorrow to direct them to take measures to check hoarding and ensure smooth supply of essential items. Punjab Food and Civil Supply Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon along with DS Grewal, Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies, will attend the meeting. The food inflation has gone up from 8.64 per cent in April to 9.50 per cent in May. The prices of various food items have gone up further since May. The state will inform the Centre about the steps it has taken to check food inflation. Acting on a representation by the state government, the Centre has already brought onion and potato under the Essential Commodities Act, enabling the state governments to conduct raids to check hoarding of these items. The state gets most of the onion supply from Jodhpur in Rajasthan. The government is exploring options to procure onions from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sources said it would be a difficult task for the state governments to conduct raids on traders. Similar directions were given during the previous UPA government, but the states avoided taking tough measures against traders of such items. The states had instead blamed the Centre for failing to check the prices of food items and the same is likely to happen this time. Congress leaders have already started taking on the Modi government over the matter. Former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today said the BJP leaders who had been attacking the UPA government on inflation were now silent. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal too had remained silent even as the Modi government hiked diesel price, rail fare and put curbs on the export of potatoes and onions, she said. She said restricting potato export had harmed the farmers as they were getting a good price for their produce. Meanwhile, there is an element of surprise in the Punjab Mandi Board on the Centre's decision to allow free sale of potato and onions. Under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, these items could be sold in various vegetable markets after paying the market fee. Sources said as the Act was a state law, only the state government could take a decision in this regard. "We earn Rs 14 crore per annum from the sale of potatoes and onions in markets governed by the Mandi Board," said a senior official. He said only the state could take a decision as regards free sale of certain commodities and the Centre had nothing to do with it. Bhattal questions CM’s silence on prices CM Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal have remained silent even as the Centre hiked diesel price and rail fare Mandi Board resents Centre's move Only the state can take a decision with regard to the free sale of commodities like onion and potato, the Centre has nothing to do with
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State demands Rs 2,330 cr to combat deficit monsoon
Chandigarh, July 3 In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister informed the former that Punjab had always been in the forefront for ensuring food security of the nation and had been contributing about 40-50 per cent of wheat and 30-35 per cent of rice to the central pool from the last three decades. He said Punjab had experienced 51 per cent deficit rain in various districts up to June 30, and to mitigate the effects of deficit rainfall, farmers in the state were making strenuous efforts and spending extra money on diesel and other inputs to sustain their crops. The Chief Minister told Modi that the farmers had to spend more on diesel to run their water pumps and tube wells which had increased their input cost manifold. Badal further said many of them also required to deepen their tube wells and convert them from mono block pump sets to submersible pumps/tube wells. He said it was expected that nearly 85,000 tube wells in the state would require further deepening to ensure adequate irrigation water supplies, which was likely to cost about Rs 700 crore. Likewise, the Chief Minister informed Modi that Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) was not only diverting electricity from paying sectors to non-paying agriculture sector for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the farmers but also purchasing extra power from outside the state, which was likely to incur an additional expenditure of Rs 1,500 crore. “In this way, it is anticipated that the farmers and the government will have to spend nearly Rs 2,330 crore extra on the above to ensure near normal output of kharif crops” he added.
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Ex-DGP ‘drops a bombshell’ on ex-MLA
Ludhiana, July 3 Shashikant claimed he snubbed the minister and warned him against interfering in his functioning. “I have come to know that around 1 kg heroin is consumed in every major jail in the state. There are 29 prisons in the state. As per an estimate, 10 kg heroin is consumed in these jails every day,” Shashikant said. Blaming Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for “failing” to curb drug menace in the state, Shashikant said he had handed over a list of people, including politicians, involved in drug trade to the Chief Minister in 2007. He said Badal had even pulled up a few politicians in that connection. The former DGP was in the city to meet the parents of Abhishek Banerjee (21), who died due to suspected drug overdose on June 21. Shashikant said dope tests should be conducted on police personnel and politicians. “The addicted cops and politicians should also be sent behind bars in the similar manner in which addicted youths have been jailed to inflate anti-drug drive numbers,” he alleged. Drug sales in jails I have come to know that around 1 kg heroin is consumed in every major jail. There are 29 jails in the state. As per an estimate, 10 kg heroin is consumed in these jails every
day.
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Now, addicts shift to grocery shops
Bathinda, July 3 This was revealed by two minors who were rounded up by the Bhucho police yesterday. They informed the police that even small children were consuming habit-forming medicines. Revealing further, they said chemists were not giving them 'Iodex' and pain killer tablets these days so they had shifted to the 'jaadu tube' (magic tube). "Now, our other friends are asking us to get the dose of Magic Fix, as it has become very difficult for them to get their dose of smack. Pouches of Magic Fix, an adhesive, cost us just Rs 5 and Rs 10", they told the police. Senior Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Bhullar said addicts had now started shifting to alternative modes available at the grocery shops after chemist shops stopped selling pain killers and other medicines. "All police stations have been asked to contact shopkeepers and ask them to immediately stop giving adhesives to the potential addicts," he said. Giving details, Bhucho Deputy Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Singh Kingra said: "The two minors picked up the habit from rag pickers. They spread the liquid on a cloth before inhaling it and it soon becoming a rage with their friends and elders as well. We are following up all leads." Kingra said: "The duo has been admitted to the Civil Hospital. We are following certain more names. Besides Magic Fix, we have also prepared a list of certain other products available in the market which could be used an alternative of drugs." Vicious circle
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Upgrading rural roads
Bathinda, July 3 National Rural Roads Development Agency Director General Rajesh Bhushan has already written to the state government to allocate the funds to the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board (PRBDB) at the earliest. The money was to be given to contractors upgrading rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). As per the directions of the Union Ministry of Rural Development, the funds were to be released to the PRBDB within three days from the date of receiving it in April. The ministry allocated grant-in-aid amounting Rs 13.99 crore, Rs 43.07 crore and Rs 134.41 crore to Punjab on April 22 and April 23. Of the total 191.47 crore received, the state government released Rs 60 crore to the PRBDB. Joint Secretary, PRBDB, Yogesh Gupta said: "The Central government brought about a change in the mode of release of funds. It took us time to set up the changed system and the government has now started releasing money in parts. Till now, about Rs 60 crore has been released to the PRBDB." State Rural Development Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the funds were directly transferred to the PRBDB by the state government and not through his ministry. A total of 463.32 km roads are to be upgraded under the PMGSY in 2014-15. While the Centre has released Rs 191.47 crore, the total sanctioned cost of the road stands at Rs 228.90 crore of which the state share is a mere Rs 23.19
crore.
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Riverbeds yet to be cleared of encroachments, weeds in Patiala
Patiala, July 3 In the 2010 monsoons, damage caused by the floods in numerous villages in and around Patiala could have been partially prevented if the department had shown some timely caution. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had in 2010 asked all the DCs to get land near choes and seasonal choes cleared of encroachments following heavy floods. However, nothing much has changed and there are many encroachments on river beds and their surroundings. Sources said the Irrigation Department was yet to carry out cleaning and lining work in any of the seasonal choes and the Ghaggar due to paucity of funds. Wild growth can be seen in the tributaries and there are breaches in the river banks at many places in Rajpura, Ghanaur and Patiala. Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Dhillon said he had already instructed the officials to clean the river and that he had warned of taking strict action in case of any lapse.
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Baopur panchayat land row ends
Sangrur, July 3 Talking to The Tribune over the phone, Dalit panch of Baopur village Krishan Kumar, who has been spearheading the campaign for the past over one month for getting the land for genuine Dalit cultivators, expressed satisfaction over the auction. Though the controversy related to the land had ended, the issues relating to boycott of Dalits and “beating up” of a Dalit priest remained unresolved, he added. Deputy Commissioner Arshdeep Singh Thind said it was a matter of relief for one and all as the land controversy had ended. He said the auction was held in a cordial atmosphere in the presence of Moonak SDM Bakhtawar Singh, Sangrur DDPO Baljit Singh, Moonak BDPO Sukhchain Singh, village sarpanch and six panches. The Deputy Commissioner said all three SCs would cultivate the land on their own. He said the administration had auctioned land for Rs 25,000 per acre, though earlier the SCs were demanding it for Rs 8,000 per acre. He said the administration had told them that it was difficult for it to reduce the rate drastically. DDPO Baljit Singh said the persons who had got the land in auction had assured them that they would start cultivating it at the earliest as the paddy season was already in progress. Leader of Zamin Prapati Sangharsh Committee Gurmukh Singh said though the land had been taken in auction by three persons, all Dalits of the village would cultivate it jointly.
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Baopur Dalits facing excommunication: Panel
Chandigarh, July 3 In its inquiry report, a copy of which is with The Tribune, chairman of the commission Rajesh Bagha has said that barring a few upper caste villagers, almost all other upper castes have socially boycotted the 110 Dalit families in the village. All Dalits of the village are landless labourers. There are 130 upper caste households in the village. The Dalit families have been excommunicated for raising a banner of revolt against the upper caste families, who had been denying them the right to cultivate panchayat land reserved for Dalits. The report also exposes the modus operandi of the upper caste landlords in taking over the panchayat land reserved for Dalits. Of the 81 acre panchayat land in the village, 27 acre is reserved to be leased to Dalits, based on auction. “The modus operandi is that while the land is being auctioned, the Dalits begin bidding, but they cannot place a high bid. The upper castes ensure that only two or three unsuccessful attempts are made by the Dalits, which means that the land is left for open auction (from general category). On other occasions, upper castes put up a proxy (Dalit) candidate who does not belong to the village and allow him to win the bid. In papers, he is cultivating the land, but actually one of the upper caste landlords is doing it, after paying off the proxy bidder,” says the report. To prove his point, Bagha has said that in spite of economic disparity between Dalits and upper castes, the successful bids received for land auctioned to general category and the land reserved for Dalits are the same. Slamming the administration from preventing a social boycott of Dalits of Baopur, Bagha has recommended that the administration should ensures that the land is auctioned only to Dalits of the village and sought action against those villagers who have excommunicated
Dalits. The findings
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Punjab to construct 1 lakh houses for the poor: Sukhbir
New Delhi, July 3 Participating in the “Housing for All Conclave” of state ministers of Housing and Urban Development here today, the Deputy CM, who also holds the Housing portfolio, said the Punjab Government had made a social commitment to its people to construct 1 lakh houses for the weaker sections. He said the state had already created a land bank of 300 acres for the purpose and expected it to increase exponentially in the next one year. As part of a policy, all developers in Punjab had to hand over 5 per cent of their gross area to the government for developing housing for the economically weaker sections. Besides, the state has already enacted a housing policy envisaging private partnership, so that the committed housing could be built in the stipulated time frame, he said. He proposed that the Centre could create a special fund in which excise revenue collected from sale of construction material could be deposited. He said this revenue could then be transferred to the states for subsidising housing for the weaker sections. Another proposal put forward by Sukhbir Badal included exempting development authorities like GMADA and GLADA from payment of income tax. He said such authorities were contributing to urban development by creating infrastructure and housing for the weaker sections and income tax should not be levied on
these. Emphasising that housing growth was a parameter of economic prosperity, he also recommended that the Centre should consider reducing interest rates on affordable housing as inexpensive housing was the need of hour. He said this single step would give an impetus to affordable housing projects in the entire country. Taking up issues related to the states, Sukhbir also suggested that the Centre should come up with state-specific schemes in the housing sector as each state had its specific needs. He also pressed for resumption of financing of all projects that were taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission
(JNURM) earlier, but could not be completed.
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Rajindra hospital deputes junior residents on emergency duty
Patiala, July 3 On the directions of the state government, the college authorities relieved 22 medical officers on Wednesday, following which the onus of handling the main task in emergency has fallen on the junior residents, who have just completed their MBBS. Right from handling emergency cases to maintaining record registers, handling legal matters to issuing medicines, medical officers handled everything. Now that the medical officers are gone, the college authorities have no option, but to depute junior residents on emergency duty. Medical colleges in the state are already short of senior residents. Though the government has created 321 new posts of senior residents in Government Medical College, Patiala, and Government Medical College, Amritsar, the posts have not been filled as the case is in court. Earlier, there were only 139 sanctioned posts of senior residents in these colleges, including 72 in Amritsar and 67 in Patiala. Moreover, the Medical Council recently declined the proposal of increasing postgraduate seats in these colleges following shortage of faculty. One of the senior doctors on condition of anonymity said very serious cases were reported at Rajindra emergency and putting junior doctors on the job could be life threatening. He said, “Almost all major road accident victims and other serious cases from nearby cities are brought to our emergency and junior residents are totally incompetent at handling such cases.” Another doctor complained that assigning this task to junior doctors was a serious offence. “Doctors in the emergency have to manage shock, handle head injuries and multiple fractures and junior residents are incompetent to perform these tasks. Many of them don’t even know how to take samples for various tests,” he said. Associate professors and professors will have to work in the ward during the day in the next few days, as the senior residents would be on night duty in various wards. Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr VK Sharda said the hospital would try its best to handle all cases. “Though the hospital has deputed junior residents on emergency duty, senior residents and doctors will be available on call in case of any emergency,” he added.
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Case against Deputy CM
Faridkot, July 3 In a complaint sent to Faridkot District and Sessions Judge on June 21, Sehgal alleged Sukhbir had been going aboard without taking the permission of the court, which was necessary as per the conditions of the bail, granted to Sukhbir in the case. Sehgal demanded that the court confiscate Sukhbir Badal’s passport and cancel his bail for violating the bail orders. Faridkot District and Sessions Judge had sent Sehgal’s complaint to the Judicial Magistrate for hearing. Presently, Sehgal has been lodged in Faridkot Central Jail in an abetment to suicide case since October, 14, 2013. Sehgal of Kotkapura complained to the police that Sukhbir Badal and some associates allegedly assaulted him on September 5, 1999. A case was registered against Sukhbir Badal and seven others on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on June 30, 2006 after the complainant approached the court. Sukhbir Badal and the other accused were granted bail by the court. Sehgal alleged that at the time of granting bail to Sukhbir, it was stated that he needed to take the court’s permission before leaving the country. Latest development
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Govt should hike maize
MSP: Experts
Ludhiana, July 3 The state government had planned to increase the area under maize cultivation from 1.3 lakh hectare to 4 lakh hectare till 2017. The state government has initiated several projects to decrease the area under cultivation of paddy. The maize is a major kharif crop and government bodies are offering this crop as an alternative to paddy. Dr Sukhpal Singh, Head of Department at Economics Department, at PAU, said, “On one hand, the government asks to decrease the area under paddy, but on the other hand, it increases the MSP for paddy. The MSP of maize should be increased to promote the cultivation of maize.”
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Buddha Nullah breach widens, 1,500 acres in 14 villages flooded
Machhiwara, July 3 Several workers of the Drainage Department were pressed into service to plug the breach in Majra and Powat villages. Among some of the affected villages are
Powat, Hasanpur, Sehjo Majra, Noorpur, Kaounke, Jhungian, Lakhowal Kalan and Sherian. Anuprita Johl, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Samrala, said about 12 villages of Machiwara area and two villages in Samrala had been flooded. She said the residential areas in the villages had not been flooded. The SDM assured that the breach would be plugged by tomorrow. Several farmers of the area have demanded compensation.
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PAU panel to review promotions of assistant professors
Ludhiana, July 3 Some of the faculty members had challenged these promotions and complained to the Vice Chancellor as well as the Governor of Punjab-cum-Chancellor, PAU, and Director-General, Indian Centre for Agriculture Research (ICAR). The complainants stated that 55 assistant professors with MSc degree were promoted to associate professor in the pay scale of Rs 12,000 after nine years of service instead of 11 years. The faculty members alleged that it was a violation of the norms of the University Grant Commission. They alleged these promoted assistant professors were now eligible for being promoted to professors. Dr Baldev Singh, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, said they had constituted a committee in this regard. The entries of audit general party would be rechecked by the committee. All the objections would be addressed, he said. Dr Rajinder Singh Sidhu, Comptroller, PAU, said, “Acting on the complaint, we are rechecking the entries of the audit of all these teachers. We will file the report within two weeks.” Bone of contention
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Domestic waste in Ropar to be treated
Ropar, July 3 In a recent survey, it was found that the Sutlej was being polluted in the district as domestic waste was being dumped into the river. In Ropar, four of the five dumping points in Sirhind canal had already been plugged, she said. Similarly, the waste water of Gudwara Bheora Sahib in Anandpur Sahib and gurdwara at Chamkaur Sahib was being released in the Sutlej and the Sirhind canal.
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Vidhu Jain murder case
Chandigarh, July 3 In a letter to Rajnath Singh, the Chief Minister informed him that despite the best efforts the state police had failed to make any breakthrough in the case. "Since the matter is of urgent and sensitive nature, I request you to look into the case personally and issue necessary orders to entrust the investigation to the CBI for a quick dispensation of justice to the aggrieved family," the letter reads. The state government had earlier urged the MHA to hand over the case to the CBI on January 3, but failed to get any response.
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synthetic drug racket
Jalandhar, July 3 Chunni Lal Gaba and his younger son Gurjit Gaba have already been arrested by the Patiala police in connection with the synthetic drug racket. The duo had also been questioned by the ED in the past. Gurmesh, who entered the ED office at 1 pm, walked out of the premises at 8.45 pm. Gurmesh was carrying certain documents that were reportedly sought by the ED. Gurmesh refused to answer any queries of mediapersons. He appeared before the ED the second time. Sources said the Patiala police were also keeping tabs on Gurmesh and he might be asked to join the investigation in the multi-crore drug racket. The directorate has been investigating the Gaba family on the charges of supplying pseudoephedrine (use to make ICE) to drug lord Varinder Raja, who in turn was supplying it to foreign countries. Gaba owned a pharmaceutical unit in Baddi in Himachal Pardesh. The role of Gaba and former Jail Minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur’s son Damanvir had come to light after druglord Jagdish Bhola alleged their involvement in the racket. The ED had recently questioned Damanvir about his business transactions.
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Militant's aide denied bail
Ropar, July 3 The police had brought Chaura and Pal Singh from Amritsar jail where they are lodged in another case. It is alleged that Pal Singh had brought the arms and ammunition to Saini Majra village, which were recovered by the police after Chaura's arrest.
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HC eases RTI rules
Chandigarh, July 3 The amended rules make it clear that fees can now be paid in cash; and the application can be submitted on a plain paper. It cannot be rejected on the ground that it was not made on "Form A". The changes came in response to a PIL filed by lawyer Arjun Sheoran. He had challenged the High Court of Punjab and Haryana RTI Rules-2007. The RTI application can also be made on any working day, during working hours. Earlier, RTI applications were accepted for only two hours from 11 am. Earlier, if a matter did not fall in the PIO's jurisdiction, he could return the RTI application to the applicant, and the fee paid was forfeited. That provision has been done away with, and now the PIO is duty-bound to forward the application as well as the fee to the appropriate public authority within five days. The application fee has also been reduced from Rs 50 to Rs 10 per application. The per-page cost for information has also been reduced from Rs 5 to Rs 2. The information CD will now cost Rs 25, instead of Rs 100; and information regarding tenders/bids/ quotation will be given at Rs 100 per application, instead of Rs 500 as was earlier applicable.
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Three couples booked for youth’s death
Faridkot, July 3 The case was registered after residents of the area blocked traffic and staged a dharna at the main chowk of Kotkapura. The protesting residents alleged that Rajeev Kumar had a long pending dispute with his three neighbours. Two days ago, they reached a compromise and last evening, Ajay Kumar, Naresh Kumar and Ashok Kumar invited Rajeev to celebrate the ending of their long-pending dispute. Rajeev's mother Charanjit Kaur said Rajiv reached home late in the evening drunk and collapsed after some time. He was rushed to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College in Faridkot where doctors declared him brought dead. Kotkapura DSP Baljit Singh Sidhu said the body had been sent for post-mortem examination. — TNS
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4 traders arrested for clash with SGPC task force
Amritsar, July 3 The traders alleged the police did not act on their complaint and that they were playing in the hands of the SGPC. The clash took place on June 29, when the SGPC staff reached Baba Sahib Chowk for getting some shops, reportedly under the SGPC's possession, vacated to make way for the construction of a "serai" (inn) there. Those arrested included Satbir Singh Bajaj, his brother Santokh Singh and his sons Kanwardeep Singh and Jarnail Singh. They have been lodged in the Amritsar Central Jail. Earlier, they were booked by the C-Division police on the basis of a complaint lodged by SGPC assistant secretary Paramjit Singh. C-Division police station SHO Surinder Singh said the traders had been arrested to ascertain whether they were actually injured in the clash or were they just faking it. The police were, however, silent over questioning those involved in the clash from the SGPC's side. Earlier, the police had maintained that action against SGPC workers was stalled for want of medico-legal report of traders. "No, we have not yet taken any action against SGPC workers. Traders have been arrested as the injury marks on their bodies were suspicious," he said. No action against SGPC workers No, we have not yet taken any action against SGPC workers. The traders have been arrested as the injury marks on their bodies aroused
suspicion.
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