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Bill to prevent damage to property on anvil
Diphtheria death: Special ward set up at Bathinda hospital
State moots cap on Educational Tribunal chief's age
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Weak monsoon: PSPCL imposes regulatory measures
Punjab reduces water supply to Rajasthan, farmers protest
Notice to Vinod Khanna on plea against election
Move a bid to divide Sikhs, claims Sukhbir
Cong MPs: Budget is anti-Punjab
SAD to ask Haryana Guv not to sign Bill
Union Govt unlikely to intervene
Coop Dept corrupt, alleges Bains
Why bring down ‘heritage’ buildings, asks Chawla
Principal Secy pulls up officials for delay
Two officials found absent
School says can’t be blamed for pupil’s suicide
Faridkot kidnappings: NGOs to go on strike today
Judicial remand of 41 Dalits extended
7-year jail for rape
19 phones seized from Amritsar jail
5 killed, 46 hurt as bus rams into 2 trucks
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Bill to prevent damage to property on anvil
Chandigarh, July 11 The revelation, which came during the hearing of a petition filed by General Samaj Manch before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, is significant as an earlier Bill making peaceful protests a non-bailable offence was withdrawn by the Parkash Singh Badal government within a year of passing it in the Assembly. On October 12, 2010, the SAD-BJP government passed the Bill, along with the Punjab Special Security Group Bill, 2010. Both Bills came under fire from the Congress and the public. At the time of withdrawing the Bill in October 2011, Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had made it clear that the Bill would be reintroduced after removing all objectionable clauses. The petition was filed nearly three years after the fatal shooting of a visiting guru at a Sikh temple in Vienna that resulted in rioting across northern India. The High Court was earlier told that that the Bill was framed and sent to the Central Government. It has made certain suggestions to protect the Central Government and Railways property. The Assembly had initially passed the Bill to control agitations and demonstrations and punish people with imprisonment for damaging public and private property. At that time, the Bill provided for imprisonment up to three years and Rs 20,000 fine for causing damage to public and private property. The use of explosives to damage property attracted imprisonment of minimum one and maximum five years, with a fine of Rs 50,000. The Bill made it clear that protesters and demonstrators holding processions, marches or demonstration without permission would be punished with imprisonment up to two years. The Bill had recommended payment of amount equal to the loss caused to public or private property by the guilty person. The loss was to be assessed by the competent authority. The offences under the Act were non-bailable, and even a Head Constable was competent to arrest the participant involved in offence under the Act.
The Bill
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The Prevention of Damage of Public and Private Property Bill has been approved by the Council of Ministers
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It is expected to be tabled during the Assembly session that begins on July 15.
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Diphtheria death: Special ward set up at Bathinda hospital
Bathinda, July 11 Swab samples of 18 children from Jai Singhwala village have been collected. The District Immunisation Officer (DIO), Dr Rakesh Kumar, said they would receive a report on Monday. Antibiotics are being administered to more than 1,100 children in the village. Susmita died of diphtheria at the PGIMER, Chandigarh, on Wednesday night. Child specialist Dr Satish Jindal said 18 children suffering from various ailments were under observation. He said a team of doctors was in touch with their families. Parents of children who had been in contact with the deceased child had also been told to keep in touch with the doctors. Sources said Susmita’s grandfather had told the doctors that they had not taken the child to a doctor for vaccination after she was 18 months old.
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State moots cap on Educational Tribunal chief's age
Chandigarh, July 11 An assertion to this effect came during the hearing of a petition filed in public interest in the Punjab and Haryana High Court by Manisha Garg against the State of Punjab and another respondent. Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Ajay Tewari, Garg's counsel Puneet Gupta said the petitioner's grievance was against amendment dated February 7, 2008, to Section 7-A of the Punjab Affiliated Colleges (Security of Service) Act, 1974. Elaborating, he said it did not provide for an upper age limit for holding the office of Punjab Educational Tribunal Chairman, though provision for an age cap existed in original Section 7-A of the Act. He said the amended Act also did not provide for the term of office. Seeking directions to the respondent state for fixing the term and reintroducing upper age limit for the Chairman's office, he argued that Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution ensured equal opportunity for all and did not provide for holding of any office in perpetuity. Going into the background of the controversy, the petitioner said the state enacted the Act to provide for the security of services to employees of affiliated colleges. For the purpose, Section 7-A was introduced; and it provided for the constitution of a college tribunal, consisting of the presiding officer. He was required to be a high court Judge or a state government officer not below the rank of a commissioner of a division. "It was specifically provided that no person could hold office as the presiding officer beyond the age of 65 years," he added. As the case came up for resumed hearing, Punjab Additional Advocate-General told the Court that he had obtained instructions and amendments were being proposed to Section 7-A of the Act, 1974, "seeking to put maximum age limit for appointment". Taking a note of the assertion, the Bench fixed three-week deadline for the state to do the needful. The case will now come up for compliance report on August 8. Petitioner's take *
Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution ensure equal opportunity for all and do not provide for holding of any office in perpetuity *
Punjab government should be directed to fix the term of Educational Tribunal Chairman and the upper age limit for holding the post be reintroduced. State's stance Amendments are being proposed to Section 7-A of the Punjab Affiliated Colleges (Security of Service) Act, 1974, "seeking to put maximum age limit for appointment".
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Weak monsoon: PSPCL imposes regulatory measures
Jalandhar, July 11 The PSPCL authorities say that a high demand is why the regulatory measures have been introduced. This contradicts the full-page advertisements in newspapers with pictures of the Chief Minister and the Deputy CM which read: “We now assure sufficient power. If there is any complaint regarding uninterrupted supply, please contact your local area nodal complaint centre.” Speaking to The Tribune, Badish Jindal, national president, Federation of Associations of Small -Industries India (FASII), said: “Sukhbir Badal has announced that Punjab is a power surplus state. But the truth is that all categories of consumers are facing long power cuts." Expressing dismay at the grim power scenario, Mahinder Gupta, president of the Mandi Gobindgarh Induction Furnace Association, said: “The state industry is passing through its worst phase. Claims of Punjab being power surplus apart, it is clear that there is a need to further augment the power generation capacity.” Yawning gap *
The power demand in the state was recorded at 2251 lakh units (LU) whereas the availability from all sources is 2069 LU *
To bridge the demand and supply gap, the PSPCL is resorting to unscheduled cuts *
One unit (660-MW) of the Talwandi Sabo thermal plant is not operational * One unit of the 220-MW Lehra Mohabbat thermal pant is closed for repairs. Power cuts *
Most cities are facing power cuts varying from six hours to eight hours * The worst affected cities are Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar *
Farmers too complain of not getting an 8-hour power supply, as promised. PSPCL stand We are not getting power from the Talwandi Sabo plant. The Rajpura plant is not operating upto its maximum capacity. With the coal issue resolved, we are hopeful that the supply will be normal in a few
days. — KL Sharma, director, distribution
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Punjab reduces water supply to Rajasthan, farmers protest
Abohar, July 11 Hundreds of farmers, led by CPM former MLA Het Ram
Beniwal, staged a dharna outside the district collector’s office and also gheraoed KL Jakhar, superintending engineer (SE), Irrigation Department. The protesters shouted
anti-NDA government slogans such as “bullet train nahin, paani
chahiye”. Addressing the gathering, Gurcharan Singh, Hardeep Singh, Kewal Singh, Sheopat Meghwal and Kalu Thori said the Punjab government had failed to maintain Rajasthan canals originating from Harike
Headworks. They said the billing was not genuine as the repair had not been carried out; and the theft of water was not checked. Beniwal said Punjab had cut down supply from 2,400 cusecs to 1,300 cusecs in the past three days, affecting farmers in the region.
Kisan Sangharsh Samiti spokesman Subhash Sehgal said Punjab had illegally allowed people to install about 1,500 lift pumps to draw water from Sirhind canal in the Gidderbaha subdivision, Fazilka and Ferozepur districts. He also slammed the Rajasthan government for the delay in the payment of maintenance charges to Punjab. Sehgal demanded that the relining of the Ferozepur feeder should be taken up on a priority basis to check seepage. District Collector RS Jakhar told the protesters that the state government had agreed to pay Rs 50 lakh as the first instalment to Punjab on Monday and assured that there would be no cut in water supply in the future. In
Abohar, farmers from Shergarh village protested in Canal Colony and grilled irrigation officials. They alleged that Sub Divisional Officer Pritam Singh had been following diktats of some ruling politicians to redesign outlets in Lambi minor. They said this had led to water shortage to the villages at the tail-end of the minor. Pritam Singh refuted the allegations. Executive Engineer Ramesh Gupta said he would look into the complaints. Their grievances * Farmers said Punjab had cut down supply from 2,400 cusecs to 1,300 cusecs in the past three days *
They said the Punjab government had failed to maintain Rajasthan canals originating from Harike Headworks *
They said Punjab had illegally allowed people to install about 1,500 lift pumps to draw water from Sirhind canal in the Gidderbaha subdivision, Fazilka and Ferozepur districts *
The farmers also slammed the Rajasthan government for the delay in the payment of maintenance charges to Punjab *
They demanded that the Ferozepur feeder be relined to check seepage
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Notice to Vinod Khanna on plea against election
Chandigarh, July 11 Challenging his election from Gurdaspur constituency, voter Neeraj Salhotra had, among other things, asserted: “He has shown only Rs 3,03,063 as election expenses on a rally and intentionally and deliberately concealed the remaining amount of Rs 20,16,137 spent by him.” Taking up the matter, the High Court also fixed August 25 as the next date of hearing. In all, petitions have been filed in the High Court against the election of all six SAD-BJP MPs, including Cabinet Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal. In the six separate petitions filed by voters, directions have been sought for setting aside the elections of not just Harsimrat Kaur Badal, but also Vinod Khanna, Sher Singh Ghubaya, Vijay Sampla, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and Prem Singh Chandumajra on allegations of indulging in corrupt practices.
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Move a bid to divide Sikhs, claims Sukhbir
Amritsar, July 11 Talking to mediapersons after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple here, the Deputy CM said, “The move to divide the Sikhs by creating a separate Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee had been initiated by the Gandhi family as its latest anti-Sikh conspiracy”. Slamming the Congress government in Haryana for its proposal to constitute a separate body for the management of gurdwara affairs in the state, he said this move was “in accordance with the age-old policy of the Congress to divide and rule”. He said by initiating this step, the Congress was again trying to divide the Sikh community, which would not be tolerated at any cost. Sukhbir said the SGPC was the supreme body of the Sikhs, which came into existence after countless sacrifices and none would be allowed to bifurcate it. Also, the Deputy CM said development of the holy city had always been a priority with him. He said the decision to set up an IIM in Amritsar coupled with the Union Finance Minister’s announcement to include the holy city in the New Heritage City Development Yojana had given further impetus to the development of the region. Besides, he said the move to expedite work on the Kolkata-Amritsar industrial corridor would also give the much needed momentum. Punjab BJP mum on Haryana move Chandigarh: The state BJP has opted to remain mum on the Haryana move. No senior party leader was ready to speak on the contentious issue. While the state BJP chief, Kamal Sharma, did not respond to phone calls, the state BJP general secretary, Rakesh Rathaur, said he was on his way back from Delhi and could not talk on the phone. Other senior leaders too were reluctant to comment on the matter. In Haryana, the SAD had supported the INLD during the Lok Sabha elections. — Varinder Singh
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Cong MPs: Budget is anti-Punjab
Ludhiana, July 11 He said that the need of the hour was to help Punjab get rid of its debt, waive the farmers' debts, keep a check on the depleting water table and ensure the state was pollution-free. He said that it was a matter of concern that the Budget had not addressed these issues. Bittu said the Budget had no provision for tackling the Ludhiana's problems, including transportation. The city's hosiery and cycle industry had not been given any incentives and there was no plan for cleaning the Budha Nullah. Bittu said the Budget was not only "anti-farmer and anti-industry but also anti-Punjab". Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader HS Phoolka expressed disappointment over the Union Budget, saying: "The government has brought bad days (bure din) for Punjab. The BJP had promised in its election manifesto that it would accept the MS Swaminathan Committee recommendations for the farm sector. But none of the recommendations have been accepted by the Union Minister in the Budget."
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SAD to ask Haryana Guv not to sign Bill
Chandigarh, July 11 Sources in the SAD told The Tribune that the party would pressurise the Haryana Governor to either send the Bill for approval to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) or send it back to the government for reconsideration. This would delay the Bill and give time to the SAD to draw a strategy to ensure that the Bill does not become law till the Hooda government relieves office for the coming Assembly elections. Officially, Akali leaders maintain that the Bill cannot come into force till the President gives his approval. Dr Daljit Cheema, SAD secretary and minister, said as per the Constitution, the Haryana Assembly cannot pass a Bill that is against the spirit of the central Act. The SGPC seems has softened its stand. To strike a “truce” with the Haryana Sikh leaders, it has announced a sub-committee. But battle has only begun. The SAD is exploring all legal options to challenge the Haryana move. The Akali Dal strategy *
The SAD has decided to put pressure on the Haryana Governor to send the Bill for approval to the Ministry of Home Affairs *
Alternatively, he could send it back to the Haryana Government for reconsideration *
This will give time to the SAD to ensure that the Bill does not become law till the Hooda government relieves office for the coming Assembly elections *
Akali leaders maintain that the Bill cannot come into force till the the President gives his approval Bill unconstitutional: SAD Daljit Singh Cheema, SAD minister, said: “The Bill is unconstitutional and politically motivated. The timing of the Bill reveals the ill-intentions of the Haryana Government, which knows fully well that this Bill cannot be accorded sanction by the President of India. Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda had been dilly-dallying on the issue for the past 10 years. Apprehending a poll debacle for the Congress in the coming Assembly elections, he has started playing political gimmicks. Partap Singh Bajwa and other Punjab Congress leaders have back-stabbed the Sikhs by being present at the Haryana Assembly during the passing of the Bill for a separate SGPC for Haryana. The Bill will prove the last nail in the coffin of the Congress. Haryana minister Randeep Singh Surjewala has willfully misled the House and the Sikhs of Haryana. Section 254 of the Constitution says no law can be made by any state legislature that is against any central Act. The SAD will foil the Congress conspiracy to divide the Sikhs.”
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Union Govt unlikely to intervene
New Delhi, July 11 Though the Punjab Government officials here expressed ignorance, well-placed sources confirmed that Badal met Rajnath yesterday and expressed strong reservations against the Haryana Government’s move. Badal reportedly sought the Centre’s intervention to stop the Congress-led Haryana Government from going ahead with its move to enact legislation for the Sikh body. He alleged that the Haryana Government was interfering in the religious affairs of the Sikh community. Sources said Rajnath was was non-committal even though Badal tried to impress upon him that the controversial issue was related to the concurrent list of the Constitution and thus the Centre had the jurisdiction to intervene. The meeting is said to have lasted less than 10 minutes.
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Coop Dept corrupt, alleges Bains
Chandigarh, July 11 Demanding a CBI inquiry into the supply of “synthetic milk” by a supplier in Churu (Rajasthan), the MLA alleged that 8.60 lakh litres of milk was supplied to the Ludhiana milk plant even though the plant had no authorisation to buy the milk from the supplier, Ganesh Sewa Samiti. “The supplier was contracted to supply milk for 15 days, from April 1 to April 15, 2011. But against rules, the supply continued the entire year. Churu does not have a large concentration of dairy farms to supply such huge quantities of milk. This shows that the milk coming from the Ganesh Sewa Samiti was synthetic milk.” Producing documents, including audit reports and a special report pointing to “irregularities” in the purchase of milk, Bains said as the Ludhiana plant continued to buy milk from the supplier, this led to excess stocks and milk had to be converted into skimmed milk powder (SMP) and butter. “This was later sold off at prices much lower than the price at which the milk was bought, thus causing a loss of Rs 1.30 crore. The matter was brought to the notice of the board of directors of the Ludhiana plant. But the managing-director of Milkfed, Alaknanda Dayal, wrote a note in favour of plant officials and submitted it to the directors at a board meeting on July 4,” he claimed. The MLA alleged that the accounts show only a small quantity of milk sold by the Ludhiana plant. “This means that the money received for milk sold and not accounted for in the account books is siphoned off by some officials in the department who share the spoils with top officials in the Cooperative Department,” he alleged. The department has rubbished these allegations. Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, SK Sandhu, who heads the department, and the Milkfed MD said: “We have the state-of-the-art testing labs at all milk plants. The milk supplied is thoroughly checked for quality. Milkfed is a signatory to a deal signed between the Milk Plant, Mohali, and the Ganesh Sewa Samiti. Since regular milk supply to the Mohali plant was restored and we had already contracted the supplier, we diverted the supply to the Ludhiana and Sangrur plants. “This excess milk was converted into SMP, but changes in the international market brought a fall in the prices of the SMP across the country and it was sold at a lower price. We have already given a reply to the audit department,” they said. Addressing mediapersons here, Bains alleged bungling in the Jalandhar plant, saying money received from the Centre under a scheme was siphoned off by the plant officers. Sandhu said though the Jalandhar team had told him that there was no such mention in the audit report, he would get the case examined. The allegations *
The MLA said 8.60 lakh litres of milk was supplied to the Ludhiana milk plant by the Ganesh Sewa Samiti *
That the plant had no authorisation to buy the milk from the supplier locate in Churu, Rajasthan *
That the supplier was contracted to supply milk for 15 days (April 1 to April 15, 2011) * But the samiti continued to supply milk for the entire year *
That Churu does not have a large concentration of dairy farms to supply such huge quantities of milk *
That the supply from the samiti was synthetic milk
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Why bring down ‘heritage’ buildings, asks Chawla
Amritsar, July 11 Chawla said: “On the one hand the government is celebrating that the holy city has been included by the Centre in its heritage conservation plan and on the other old historic buildings are being demolished in the city. Is this how the government intends to preserve heritage,” she asked. She wondered if declaring Amritsar a heritage city would mean shutting down liquor vends, slaughter houses and gambling dens “functioning under government patronage”. She alleged that the government was mindlessly razing markets. She was referring to the demolition of commercial shops near Jallianwala Bagh for widening a road. She asked the government to clarify whether other parts of the walled city would meet a similar fate. She also opposed the “indiscriminate” chopping of trees in Amritsar. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr Navjot Sidhu too has criticised the move and approached Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the issue. Upset over the chopping of trees, Dr Sidhu had demanded back Rs 1 crore contributed by her husband for augmenting the green cover in the city during his stint as Amritsar MP. *
The senior BJP leader says that the government is mindlessly razing old markets *
She is upset at the demolition of commercial shops near the Jallianwala Bagh *
She has asked the government to clarify if other parts of the walled city will meet the same fate *
She is also angry at the "indiscriminate" chopping of trees in Amritsar city
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Principal Secy pulls up officials for delay
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 11 Rao, who inspected various Suvidha Kendras in the district administration complex and the Civil Hospital here, said he would prepare a fact-finding report highlighting all irregularities and submit the same to the state government. Off the 149 services to be provided under the Right to Services Act, 2011, only 36 were being provided to the people in the district, he said. Giving details of the inspection at the DC office, Rao said the maximum flaws were noticed in the Health Department. More than 1,000 applications were lying with the department related to birth and death certificates. The stipulated time for delivering these certificates had elapsed in 28 cases. Rao said a similar situation existed at the offices of the SDM, Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar where 120, 243 and 28 files, respectively, had been pending beyond the maximum time frame allowed. Rao said there were reports that people were facing inconvenience in getting police verification certificates (for arms licences) from the Saanj Kendra of the police department. He said 408 applications were lying at the Kendra. The SSP said he reviewed the working of the kendra once a month. He said he had directed the SSP to review the working once a week to reduce the number of pending cases.
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Two officials found absent
Nawanshahr, July 11 The Deputy Commissioner also raided the office of the District Transport Officer, General Manager and Punjab Roadways Depot. She visited the ‘Farad Kendra’ and took feedback on its functioning from the people. “The drive to ensure punctuality would continue and stern action would be taken against the erring employees,” said the DC.
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School says can’t be blamed for pupil’s suicide
Gurdaspur, July 11 Principal Ranjit Singh claimed that 15-year-old Ramandeep Kumar was not seen in school after the morning assembly. Ramandeep allegedly committed suicide at his native village Bhava yesterday. It is believed that he took the extreme step after he was reprimanded by a teacher for not paying the tuition fee on time. The principal claimed that Ramandeep’s schoolbag was found in his classroom by some students this morning. Sukhwant Singh Gill, SSP, ruled out any foul play.
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Faridkot kidnappings: NGOs to go on strike today
Faridkot, July 11 On July 8, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had also summoned the Faridkot police to seek an explanation on the matter. Expressing concern at the increasing number of missing youths, most of the private schools in Faridkot also declared to shut down tomorrow. Residents in the past month have held several protests and demanded that the police solve over 25 kidnapping cases that took place in the district last year. The protesting residents have accused the police for misleading the public by stating that the missing youths had eloped. Kuldeep Sharma, convener of the action committee formed to stage protests, said the theory of elopement was rubbish. Kultar Singh, a member of the action committee, said there were many teenaged and little children among the missing persons. The mysterious disappearance of a 24-year-old automated teller machine (ATM) loader on May 25 triggered the protests. As the police failed in tracing the missing youth, for the last over one month, the family and members of various social organisations of Faridkot staged a dharna outside the city police station. The family of many other missing youths also joined the dharna. Prem Kumar Chawla, general secretary of Punjab subordinate services federation, also participated in the protest rally. He said the police had failed to trace two teenagers from Himachal Pradesh, who went missing on October 17, last year from the BSF campus in Faridkot. He said their parents had now lost all hope of their children’s return. Sharma said for the last over eight months, the aggrieved parents had been camping in Faridkot. Unable to get any assistance from the government, they recently returned to HP, he said. Rajinder Singh, a student union leader, said instead of being independent, the police were working on the directions of the politicians. Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police SS Kahlon said the police were trying their best to solve these cases. The fallout *
Most of the private schools in Faridkot have also declared to shut down on Saturday *
On July 8, the High Court had summoned the Faridkot police to seek an explanation on the matter *
Residents in the past month have held several protests and demanded that the police solve over 25 kidnapping cases that took place in the district last year *
The protesting residents have accused the police for misleading the public by stating that the missing youths eloped
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Judicial remand of 41 Dalits extended
Sangrur, July 11 The JMIC held proceedings through video-conferencing and extended their judicial remand for another 14 days. The Bhawanigarh police had registered a case against 41 persons on June 27. They were accused of attacking the police force and obstructing them from discharging their duties. The case was registered under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353, 186, 355, 332, 120-B, 148 and 149 of the IPC. Several Dalits from Balad Kalan gathered at local Banasar Garden under the banner of the Zamin Prapati Sangharash Committee (ZPSC) today. They took out a march from Banasar Garden, but the police stopped them at Shaheed Pheruman Chowk (near tower clock) from heading towards the judicial courts complex. The protesters, including a large number of women, raised slogans against the government. They staged a dharna on the road. Their demands included cancellation of the auction of Balad Kalan panchayat land (reserved for SCs) and re-auction of the same at low rates, withdrawal of case registered against 41 Dalits and leaders of the ZPSC, unconditional release of 41 Dalits, and registration of case against "erring" police officials, allegedly responsible for action against the protesters. Leaders of Unemployed Linemen Union Pirmal Singh and Soma Singh Bharro, former panch of Balad Kalan Paramjit Kaur, Balad Kalan ZPSC representative Ram Pal Singh and Punjab Student Union leaders Kulwinder Sekha, Shankar Badra and Aman Bijalpur addressed the protesters.
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7-year jail for rape
Ropar, July 11 A fine of Rs 7,000 has also been imposed on him. The convict has been sentenced under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the IPC. Victim's mother had told the police that her 16-year-old daughter went missing from her home at Chamkaur Sahib on March 3, 2013. On March 20, she came to know that her daughter was at Ambala Cantonment bus stand. When she reached there, the girl told her that Harjinder had kidnapped and raped her.
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19 phones seized from Amritsar jail
Amritsar, July 11 The search operation started around 6.30 am and continued for over four hours. Around 600 policemen from the police districts of Amritsar (rural), Tarn Taran, Batala and Gurdaspur landed in the jail for the “Operation clean up”. Nineteen mobile phones, six SIM cards, 150 gm of suspected intoxicant powder, 2.5 gm of opium and used syringes were seized. The police also found several gadgets used for watching movies and songs. They cordoned off the jail, restricting the entry of outsiders till the operation ended at 11 am. Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh Aulakh said the raid was headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Babu Lal Meena while five police teams that searched the premises were led by a SP-rank official. “None of the mobile phones was found in the possession of any inmate. These were concealed at different locations, including washrooms,” said Aulakh. Recoveries in Faridkot too
Faridkot: Over 700 police personnel, including 150 women constables, from seven police districts descended on the Faridkot Central Jail around 4 am today. After over two hours of search and frisking of more than 2,500 inmates and prisoners, the police recovered three mobile phones and about 5-gm white powder.
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5 killed, 46 hurt as bus rams into 2 trucks
Abohar, July 11 The police said four of the deceased passengers had been identified. They were Kapil, Veeran Bano, Het Ram and Moda Ram. He said the deceased were aged between 25 to 35 years. Most of the injured passengers had been referred to Bikaner, he said. Preliminary investigation reportedly indicated that the driver lost control over the speeding bus and it collided with the trucks. The bus was going to Kolayat and the trucks to Sriganganagar. A case has been registered and the vehicles involved in the mishap have been taken into custody. In another mishap, Raj Kumar (19) of Bhagsar village was killed when a tempo overturned near Chak Mehrajka on the outskirts of Sriganganagar late last night. The driver, Naresh Kumar, had reportedly lost control of the vehicle. Naresh has been booked, the police said.
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The state government has drastically reduced the supply of water to Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh through the Gang
(Bikaner) canal to recover Rs 4.11 crore maintenance charges from the Rajasthan Government. The move triggered strong protests in Sriganganagar today.
Even as the HSGPC (Management) Bill 2014 was moved in Haryana Assembly today, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal said any such move on part of the Haryana Government would be a clear transgression upon the power of Parliament to make such a law.
The independent MLA from Atamnagar (Ludhiana), Simarjit Singh Bains, today took on the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, accusing him of ignoring corruption in the Cooperatives Department. Bringing to light “irregularities” in the functioning of Milkfed, the MLA alleged that synthetic milk was being supplied to the milk plant at Ludhiana, which “amounted to cheating the consumers”.
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 11
Gurmeet Singh Tiwana, Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC), extended the judicial remand of 41 Dalits till July 25 today. These persons were arrested from Bhawanigarh on June 27 while protesting against the auction of panchayat land of Balad Kalan village (reserved for
SCs). They have been in judicial custody since June 28.
"The Budget lacks initiative. No concession or incentive has been given to Punjab, despite the Finance Minister having contested the elections from Amritsar. Punjab has received no more than tokenism from a Punjabi Finance
Minister." — Ashwani Kumar, Cong leader
"There is no provision for tackling Ludhiana's transportation problem. The city's hosiery and cycle industry has not been given any incentives and there is no plan to clean the Budha Nullah. The Budget is anti-farmer and
anti-industry." — Ravneet Singh Bittu, Congress MP
"The BJP had promised that it would accept the MS Swaminathan Committee recommendations for the farmers. This has not been done. Also, no steps have been mentioned to strengthen the small-scale industry, which is the backbone of the industry in
Punjab." — HS
Phoolka, AAP leader
Her grievance