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Skirmishes at 3 booths in Patiala
remission for police ‘cat’ pinki
Petition seeks abolition of relief to convicts
PSERC to offer incentives to offset power tariff hike
Moga shootout: Lab report delay hits investigation
Rival Akali Dal workers set up separate kiosks
Independent Balkar spent more than AAP candidate
Co-accused in shoe hurling case ‘untraceable’
Work yet to begin in areas affected by waterlogging
Clerks’ Recruitment
Soon, 3 copies of answer sheet for TET
PTU gets approval to restart courses
paper tampering
Sangrur MP takes up Punjabi students’ cause with UK official
Safai sewaks burn state govt’s effigy
4 hurt at Ropar thermal plant
Fire at shrine: Sikh bodies want culprits arrested
BKU to hold rally at Moga
Canadian province refuses helmet exemption to Sikhs
US gurdwaras back drive
Illegal detention: HC summons Amritsar cops
HC orders age test of younger Nooran sister
Attack on naib tehsildar: Two get bail
Man held for killing 3 of family
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Punjab Bypoll 2014
Bathinda, August 21 “We got a number of complaints from Congress and AAP supporters who alleged presence of vehicles having no registration plates carrying ruling party leaders,” said an official. He said the flow of complaints increased after 4 pm with reports of bogus voting in Talwandi Sabo town, firing and money distribution in Rama Mandi among others. Some Congress supporters in Chathewala village alleged that outsiders backing the SAD reached their village in SUVs and pressured them not to become polling agents of the Congress. “I was not allowed to come out from my house by some youngsters who came in an SUV bearing the registration number of Haryana. They pressured me to support the SAD,” said Buta Singh of Chathewala village. “We lodged a complaint against the presence of outsiders with the EC office, but to no avail. The ruling party misused the government machinery and bogus voting was done in connivance with government officials,” said AAP spokesperson Kultar Singh. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Senior Superintendent of Police, said they were verifying the complaints and would act accordingly. He said some unscrupulous elements were being rounded up. Senior police functionaries refuted the allegations of favouritism saying that criminal cases would be registered against violators. AAP demands re-poll Alleging rigging, AAP candidate Baljinder Kaur has demanded re-polling at booth 81 of Kelabander village, booths 107, 115 and 118 of Talwandi Sabo town and booth 129 of Teona village. She alleged that ministers and leaders of the ruling SAD were seen roaming freely and intimidating the voters. Congress candidate Harmohinder Singh Jassi has also demanded re-polling in several booths, alleging that the government machinery was misused by workers of the ruling coalition. Cong sarpanch ‘detained’ Prem
Singh, sarpanch of Dunnewala village, owing allegiance to the Congress, was reportedly detained for more than two hours after an altercation with Akali workers over “booth capturing and coercion of voters”. The police denied they had detained the sarpanch. An official said: “A minor clash between Congress and Akali workers took place at 8.30 am at Dunnewala village. Nobody was hurt.” Prem Singh alleged: “Akali workers and outsiders captured a booth in the village and thrashed us. I was detained by the police for more than two hours. Assistant Sub-Inspector Nardev Singh, who belongs to Dunnewala, was compelling villagers to vote for the SAD candidate. This led to an altercation” Sakattar Singh Ball, Returning Officer of Talwandi Sabo, said: “We received complaints from Dunnewala village but there was no mention of anybody being detained.” Jassi cries foul
Bullets were fired at me by SAD workers. These would have surely hit me had my bodyguards not acted in time. The SAD-BJP alliance wasted precious time in Ward No. 4 of Rama Mandi which saw a large turnout of Congress voters. Harmohinder Singh Jassi, Cong candidate We have registered a DDR and are verifying facts if gunshots were fired. Nobody has been arrested so far. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Bathinda SSP
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Police yet to act on AAP complaint
Bathinda, August 21 Baljinder Kaur had lodged a complaint with the Bathinda police, accusing Kolianwali for the attack. She alleged that her driver and other AAP workers were thrashed after they stopped Kolianwali from distributing money among voters in Jaga Ram Tirath village. Baljinder Kaur said: “Kolianwali himself told the media yesterday that he had gone to the sarpanch’s house in Jaga Ram Tirath village. Yet the police say he was not on the spot.” Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police, said: “There is no pressure on us and we are investigating the case. We have received complaints from both the parties and are verifying facts.”
Congress workers’ vehicles attacked
Talwandi Sabo: Vehicles of Congress workers were allegedly attacked near Yadwinder College here this evening. Earlier in the day, a Congress worker at a polling booth in the college had objected to "bogus voting" by Akali workers, leading to a spat. At this, Akali henchmen hid inside the house of a party worker near the booth. Congress candidate Harmohinder Singh Jassi arrived there along with party workers. He demanded that the henchmen inside the house be asked to come out. As the situation became tense, the police resorted to a mild cane charge on Congress workers. Later in the day, SAD workers attacked vehicles of Congress workers. — Sukhmeet Bhasin
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Skirmishes at 3 booths in Patiala
Patiala, August 21 In Gur Mandi, a clash erupted between the Congress and the SAD workers, but police intervention stopped the situation from getting out of control. At several booths, AAP workers alleged that they were intimidated and thrashed by SAD activists in connivance with the police. Throughout the day, SAD and AAP workers were seen using the social media to report alleged incidents of attack on their workers by Congress activists. The Senior Superintendent of Police, however, dubbed these reports as baseless. Unlike the Lok Sabha elections when AAP workers were seen in large number at various booths in Patiala (urban) constituency, the enthusiasm seemed missing this time round. Congress candidate Preneet Kaur claimed the Patiala voters had shown faith in her. SAD nominee Bhagwan Dass Juneja also thanked the voters for their support. AAP bubble all set to burst: Amarinder The AAP wave, which gained momentum following media hype, will vanish soon. Its bubble will burst in these byelections and by 2017, the Punjab people will not even remember the party's name. The 2017 Punjab Assembly contest will be a battle between the Congress and the
SAD-BJP coalition. Capt Amarinder Singh, Cong mp Polling fair: Sukhbir Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal thanked the people, government officials and the Election Commission for "smooth, fair and peaceful polling." He said the credit for the smooth conduct of the byelections went to the "wise electorate", the Election Commission and security forces.
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remission for police ‘cat’ pinki
Amritsar, August 21 “The state government surreptitiously released Pinki. This has left us shocked. We fought a long legal battle spanning over six years to see him convicted, but he is a free man today. We will again mobilise whatever little resources we have to fight yet another legal battle,” Amrik Singh said. Though awarded life sentence, Pinki was in jail for seven years and seven months and remained out on parole for a considerable time, he said. "While the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed Pinki’s bail plea six times, calling him 'unscrupulous and mischievous,' the state government remitted his sentence for 'good' conduct,” he pointed out. He alleged that the Akali government had thrown all norms to the wind while ordering Pinki's release. “The Akalis, who came to power on Panthic agenda, are now siding with anti-Panthic forces,” he alleged. Giani Gurbachan Singh gave a patient hearing to Amrik Singh. He told him that he would direct the SGPC to help them in his legal battle. He asked for the case file so that it could be examined by legal experts. Amrik Singh told the Jathedar that they had faced immense hardship in fighting the case which was transferred to Haryana on their asking. Pinki was sentenced for life on October 17, 2006. It’s subversion of law, says Dal Khalsa Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh on Thursday condemned remission of police “cat” Gurmeet Singh Pinki’s sentence. He said it was ironic that the “killer” of a 21-year old innocent youth had been released prematurely while a number of those convicts who had served their term were still languishing in jails. Terming the remission as “subversion of law”, Kanwar Pal Singh said the DGP “has prevailed upon” the state Home Minister to ensure Pinky’s premature release.
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Petition seeks abolition of relief to convicts
Chandigarh, August 21 Arora stated in his application that lifers convicted for murder were entitled to move an application for premature release after 10 years of actual imprisonment, and 14 years of imprisonment with remissions, as per the policy of April 4, 2013, issued by the State of Punjab. — TNS
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PSERC to offer incentives to offset power tariff hike
Chandigarh, August 21 Sources said contrary to the speculation in the media that there would be a hike in the power tariff up to 5-7 per cent, the effective overall annual billing of power consumers may come down this year because the commission would come out with some innovative measures in its tariff order. The sources said if the consumers followed the pattern, the power bill for the current fiscal year would come down significantly. There would be incentives for using power from internal sources for bulk consumers. There would also be incentives for using more power during night because it is expected that power would be surplus in the range of 1,500 MW during night in October onwards up to March end next year. The commission will also come out with a policy recommendation for tube wells in the farm sector. The sources said the commission would recommend the release of power connections on the pattern of industries to a person, who wanted a metered supply for his tube wells and was prepared to bear the cost of getting a power connection. There are people who want power connection for their tube wells immediately and ready to pay the bill on the basis of metered supply and also the cost of other equipment required to provide the connection. As of now, one has to wait for the power connection for a tube well, especially in the general category, for several years. The sources said there was a long queue in this category. However, at present, the power is supplied free of cost to all tube wells in the farm sector. They said even the free power bill to the farm sector would come down by Rs 400 crore per annum and the overall accumulated benefit to the state government in this regard would be in the range of Rs 1,200 crore for the past few years. The government has earmarked Rs 5,300 crore for a power subsidy to the farm sector against the earlier estimate of Rs 6,700 crore. The sources said the commission had worked out less power consumption in the farm sector than what was shown in its petition filed for the revision of the tariff to the commission by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited. Innovative measures
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Moga shootout: Lab report delay hits investigation
Moga, August 21 Those killed in the shootout are Sukhdev Singh, an alleged land shark, and his private gunman Inderjit Singh Gora. Two youths Gurcharan Singh Rinku of Channuwala village and Sukhpal Singh alias Khuspinder Singh of Sangatpura village were taken into custody and allegedly tortured. A senior police officer said the Moga police had collected weapons used by the UT police and others in the shootout. These had been dispatched to the forensic laboratory, but its examination report was yet to be released. He said the SIT had almost completed its investigation, but was awaiting the forensic laboratory report. He said the laboratory report would establish whether the weapons recovered from the spot were used in the attack on the police. If the illegal .12 bore gun and the licensed weapon belonging to the accused were not used in the shootout, then the role of Chandigarh Police would come under scanner, he said. The family members of those killed in the shootout had alleged that local Akali leader Gursewak Singh Gholia, chairman of the Baghapurana block samiti, was also present on the spot. They alleged that he too could have used his weapon in the shootout. Inspector Ranjodh Singh of the crime branch of Chandigarh Police, who led the police squad that got involved in the incident, is a close relative of Gholia. The SAD leader did not get along with Sukhdev, who was killed in the shootout. Harpinder Singh, residing in Chandigarh at present, had lodged an FIR of assault and robbery against the two youths picked up by the UT police after the shootout. The UT police had come to Moga to arrest these youths, but got involved in the shootout. The youth, who lodged the police complaint in Chandigarh, is reportedly also a relative of Gholia, but the SIT is yet to establish this fact. Why the report is significant
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Rival Akali Dal workers set up separate kiosks
Talwandi Sabo, August 21 When enquired about the reason for this, the SAD supporters in Jiwansinghwala village said the rift was over representation in the panchayat. “The workers sitting in one kiosk owe allegiance to the village sarpanch while those in the other are the supporters of the former sarpanch, both of whom are Akalis,” said a SAD worker. But, both the kiosks were supporting the posters of Akali candidate Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu. Chathewala village, not too far away from Jiwansinghwala, depicted a similar picture of SAD workers sitting in separate tents. But here, the Akali workers cited a different reason: “Since ours is a big village, the SAD has divided it into two parts. Therefore, we have put up separate tents.” There were a few other villagers in Rama Mandi and Talwandi Sabo blocks where the Akalis had raised separate tents. Gursewak Singh, a SAD leader from Mansa, said the party workers may have put up separate kiosks but they were united in their cause to see Jeet Mohinder victorious. “It hardly matters whether they have put up two or more kiosks. Their only aim was to seek votes for the SAD candidate,” said Gursewak. He said there were a few villages where more than two polling booths had been set up.
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Independent Balkar spent more than AAP candidate
Bathinda, August 21 The party had initially named Balkar as it candidate. He was later replaced him with Baljinder, who spent Rs 5 lakh. Expenditure details submitted by the candidates and their parties a day before the bypoll show that the amount spent by Balkar was quite higher that that spent by other Independent candidates. At Rs 59,000, Makkhan Singh is the second highest spender among the Independents, followed by Sarup Singh at Rs 39,000. Congress candidate Harmohinder Singh Jassi was the top spender at Rs 9 lakh. The SAD-BJP candidate, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, spent Rs 7.5 lakh on his campaign. Who spent how much
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Co-accused in shoe hurling case ‘untraceable’
Dhanaula (Barnala), August 21 Tari is known to Bikram Singh Babbi who had hurled a shoe at Chief Minister during a function at Issru near Khanna. Tari earns his livelihood by working as a labourer or a public announcer. His elder brother Sukhdev Singh said the family had no information about his whereabouts. He said the Dhanaula police had told them that they had handed over Tari to the Khanna police while the Khanna police was not ready to divulge any information about him. Sukhdev said he along with his cousin and other relatives had gone to the Sadar police station, Khanna, yesterday, but the police did not let them meet Tari. He said the police, however, assured them that no case had been registered against Tari and he would return home soon. Sukhdev, who is also a daily wage earner, said he was hopeful that his brother would return home safely as he was innocent and had no role in this incident. Gurbhajan Singh, Station House Officer, Dhanaula police station, confirmed that they had handed over Tari to the Khanna police. Taari was detained by the Dhanaula police since he had rung up Bikram soon after the shoe hurling incident.
Khanna police deny having Tari’s custody
Khanna: The local police have admitted that they had called Tari for questioning, but claimed that they had let him off. Harsh Kumar Bansal, Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna, said: “He is not in our custody. He was named in the FIR registered in the shoe hurling case, but was released as at that time we had no sufficient evidence against him.” Main accused Bikram’s wife Nisha alleged Tari and another youth Gagan were in illegal custody of the Khanna police. The SSP said Tari was now wanted by the police and he might be hiding fearing his arrest. —
Gurminder Singh Grewal
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Work yet to begin in areas affected by waterlogging
Muktsar, August 21 The villagers said that the state government had chalked out a special plan to spend Rs 4.19 crore on laying 28,000 metre pipeline to drain out water from the ponds of these two villages that are located in low-lying areas. They said, however, work was yet to begin. “If it rains now, the situation will be same as last year. Nearly 80 per cent of the crops had been damaged and it took over a month for the government to drain out the rainwater. Initially, there was a proposal to carve out a new drain, but that matter is also pending in court,” said Gurmeet Singh, sarpanch of Khokhar village. He said, “Though Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Principal Secretary Irrigation and the Deputy Commissioner have visited our village, work is yet to begin.” A panchayat samiti member of the area said, “In case the fields get waterlogged, the state government can only drain the water using tractors.” The villagers said that earlier a makeshift drain was created, but that too had been closed. An official of the Drainage Department said the project of carving out a new drain had been delayed because the residents of a nearby village objected to it. He said they feared that their village would get inundated. Poor show by state government
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Clerks’ Recruitment
Chandigarh, August 21 The Punjab government had sought a reply from the board regarding the controversy over the recruitment of 1,192 clerks recently and the need for investigating the role of the board chairman and other members. Other than the applicants, several politicians have alleged that the recruitment process was not fair and that Scheduled Caste and Backward Class members were ignored in the final selection list released on June 26. They say the board has violated the law which says if a reserved category candidate scores more than the general category candidates, the former must be selected against the general seats and not just against the reserved seats. But the board had rejected applicants belonging to Backward Classes who had scored more than the general category candidates. Of the total posts, 107 were reserved for the BC category. In its reply to the government, the SSSB has maintained that the recruitment for clerks was initiated on the plea of various departments. Posts were advertised and it was made clear that candidates applying in a particular category would be considered for that category alone and not for the general category. The board has clarified that the posts have been filled as per the categorisation under the Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes (Reservation in Service) Act, 2006. The allegation
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Soon, 3 copies of answer sheet for TET
Ropar, August 21 While the top and original copy of the answer sheet will be sent for evaluation, the second carbon copy will be sealed in the examination hall and candidates will be allowed to carry the third copy with them. This was stated by Education Minister Daljeet Singh Cheema. Cheema, who was the chief guest at Peer Baba Jinda Shaheed festival organised by district police at Nurpur Bedi near here, said the answer key of the questions would be uploaded on the website after the examination so that the candidate were able to assess their score on their own. The new examination system would be helpful in ending controversy over the evaluation of answer sheets, he said.
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PTU gets approval to restart courses
Chandigarh, August 21 The university was barred from conducting admissions under its distance education programme after the Distance Education Council (DEC) had failed to renew its recognition to run the courses. The distance education programme had remained closed since October 2012, affecting thousands of students not only in Punjab but also in other states. The university has over 2,100 distance education centres across the country being run in the public private partnership mode. Punjab Technical Education Minister Madan Mohan Mittal told The Tribune that he had been pursuing the matter with the UGC. “Because of a Supreme Court directive, we have been allowed to run the distance education programme of PTU only in Punjab. The UGC has said we cannot run the centres outside the state. Even then, it is a big relief for students who cannot go to the university but were studying through the distance education programme,” he said. Officials say a joint committee of the DEC, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and University Grants Commission (UGC) regulate the running of distance education courses. The PTU’s programme was shut in 2012. The grant of permission to PTU was delayed as the university was embroiled in a controversy after a former DEC chairman and IGNOU Vice-Chancellor was booked by the CBI for allegedly granting permission to two private universities to run distance education courses in violation of rules. One of these universities was PTU, and the CBI had then said the DEC had allowed PTU to offer courses despite a negative opinion of the AICTE-IGNOU-UGC joint committee.
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paper tampering
Chandigarh, August 21 Acting Chief Justice Ashutosh Mohunta and Justice HS Sidhu issued the directions while entertaining a petition filed in public interest by Joginder
Nath. An inquiry by Judge OP Garg had indicted three government employees-SS Master Vinod Kumar
Rawal, DPE Bikramjit Bhanot and work attendant Dharampal Singh of Government Senior Secondary School (Boys),
Samrala.
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Sangrur MP takes up Punjabi students’ cause with UK official
Sangrur, August 21 Bhagwant Mann said Lelliott visited Patiala today to see the polling process during the Assembly byelection there. Lelliott had also visited the Sangrur parliamentary constituency during the Lok Sabha election campaign. Mann said he told Lelliott that there were a large number of Punjabi students in England with whom agents had committed fraud on the pretext of securing their admission in colleges
there. The agents duped students of lakhs of rupees as the colleges in which the students had been provided admission were not recognised, he said. Lelliott said the students should not go to unauthorised agents. They should seek emigration to England directly through their offices situated at Jalandhar, Chandigarh and Delhi. Mann said Lelliott assured that the British Council would organise training sessions for students wanting to go England for study. Such a training session would also be organised at Sangrur, he said. Mann said he also raised the issue of Punjabis living in England illegally. He said he told Lelliott that he had been receiving phone calls from such persons who wanted to return to India but had no safe way to do so. Lelliott asked Mann to upload phone numbers of such persons on Facebook and they would help them.
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Safai sewaks burn state govt’s effigy
Abohar, August 21 Workers of the Safai Mazdoor Union said it was difficult to maintain hygienic conditions when the number of safai sewaks had decreased from 300 to 165. They said no one had been recruited in the past ten years. They asked why the company that had been contracted to lift garbage from dumping centres was not directed to clean the dumps. The safai sewaks have been on a strike for the last two weeks.
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4 hurt at Ropar thermal plant
Ropar, August 21 While three injured workers were discharged from the hospital after administering them first aid, one was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, for treatment. Thermal Plant Chief Engineer HP Singh said over 10 persons were working near the hopper ash vessel in the evening when pressure leaked from a cylinder, causing injuries to workers. All workers were deputed by a contractor, he said. One of the injured, who suffered eye injuries, was taken to the PGI, Chandigarh, while others were discharged after first aid, HP Singh said.
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Fire at shrine: Sikh bodies want culprits arrested
Abohar, August 21 The complex was gutted at a remote village in Chunawadh area yesterday. A holy book was found
missing. The complex, which is located in a field, houses a gurdwara and “mazaars” of a peer. Baba Amritpal Singh, Surjit Singh Kang, Jagjit Singh Buddha Johad and Tejinderpal Singh Timma later submitted a memorandum to Superintendent of Police Hari Prasad Sharma, giving him a two-day ultimatum to nab the miscreants. They threatened to launch a stir if the culprits were not nabbed.
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BKU to hold rally at Moga
Moga, August 21 A decision in this regard was taken by the BKU and its allied organisations at a state-level meeting held at Machike village in Nihalsinghwala subdivision today. BKU president Joginder Singh Ugrahan and general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri said they had also decided to launch an awareness campaign against drugs by holding rallies, nukkar sabhas, dramas, etc.
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Canadian province refuses helmet exemption to Sikhs
Toronto, August 21 "After careful deliberation, we have determined we will not grant this type of exemption as it will pose a road safety risk," Wynne was quoted as saying in a letter. "Ultimately, the safety of Ontarians is my utmost priority, and I cannot justify setting that concern aside on this issue," Wynne said. The Canadian Sikh Association said it received a letter last week from Wynne stating the Liberal government, for safety reasons, will not allow Sikh motorcycle riders to wear only turbans. Wynne said safety trumps religious freedoms in this case. There are nearly 2 lakh Sikhs living in Ontario. "As you know, the issue of balance between religious accommodation and public safety has been considered by the courts in Ontario which, on this issue, have found that Ontario's mandatory helmet law does not infringe on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, nor the Ontario Human Rights Code," she said. The group for almost four years has been demanding exemption for Sikh riders on religious grounds, Manohar Singh Bal, secretary of the Canadian Sikh Association, was quoted as saying by the Toronto Star. Jagmeet Singh, Member of Provincial Parliament of the New Democratic Party, said he was "deeply disappointed by Wynne's decision not to grant exemption to motorcycle helmet laws for turbaned Sikhs". — PTI
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US gurdwaras back drive
Washington, August 21 Meeting here over the weekend for a grassroots meeting called by the newly formed NSC, the gurdwara representatives set a target of raising $5 million to shape the Sikh image in America, according to a press release. During the strategy session, Geoff Garin of Hart Research, who served as Hillary Clinton's former top political strategist, and Isaac Baker of the AKPD Message and Media, President Barack Obama's media firm, outlined a roadmap of how Sikhs can change perception in the US and how crucial the campaign will be to the future of Sikhs. — IANS
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Illegal detention: HC summons Amritsar cops
Chandigarh, August 21 The directions by Justice TPS Mann came after the Bench was told that the warrant officer appointed by the High Court in the case was misbehaved with. The directions came on a habeas corpus petition filed by Rajwant Kaur, alleging her husband Karnail Singh had been detained illegally. As the case came up for hearing, Justice Mann was told that the warrant officer found Karnail Singh at a police station in Amritsar. At that time, there was no entry of his detention in the records. Justice Mann was also told that Senior Superintendent of Police (Detective) Rajeshwar Singh reached the police station while the warrant officer was still there. It was then the warrant officer was misbehaved with. Justice Mann was also told that at least three policemen were in an inebriated state. Taking a serious view of the matter, Justice Mann directed the policemen and the senior functionaries to remain present. The alleged detainee, Karnail Singh, was also asked to come to the court. The Amritsar police had in May this year recovered the body of a Chandigarh-based youth under mysterious circumstances from Gill village located on the Amritsar-Mehta road. The victim was identified as 28-year-old Harinder Singh Tinnu, son of a Chandigarh police inspector, Tarsem Singh Rana. He was a law student at Chandigarh.
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HC orders age test of younger Nooran sister
Chandigarh, August 21 The two were again sent by Justice TPS Mann to a protection home. The test to ascertain Jyoti’s age will be conducted at the Sector 16 hospital. The direction on age determination came after the Sufi Bollywood crooner’s family claimed the girl was a minor. The couple alleged forging of a certificate by the other party to prove their case. Describing her parents as “very clever and greedy persons”, Jyoti had earlier claimed that singer and her husband Kunal Passi were major and that they tied the knot on August 2. But the relevant documents were with her parents. In an attempt to project her as a minor, they have, however, forged her matriculation certificate and changed her age. Giving reasons behind the discord, the counsel for the couple said the parents wanted to marry her off to someone “unsuitable”. The two, he claimed, had known each other for two years now and were in love. Jyoti tried to convince her parents, but they did not agree to the match. Annoyed and unhappy, they rather threatened them, and are bent upon finishing the two for breaking their matrimonial ties. In an attempt to save themselves, the duo had even approached the Jalandhar Police Commissioner with a representation.
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Attack on naib tehsildar: Two get bail
Abohar, August 21 The Bar Association had organised a protest and demanded that the “false” allegations of attempt to murder should be deleted from the FIR since no serious injury was detected in naib tehsildar’s medical examination. Naib tehsildar Neeraj Sharma had on August 7 filed a complaint that he was attacked by the duo when he was on an official visit to settle a dispute over girdawari. Sharma had gone to settle the dispute with patwari Jagsir Singh, nambardar Mohan Lal and driver Kuldeep. Farmer Shaminder Singh had submitted an application to address the issue. The rival faction had reportedly engaged advocate Jagnandan Singh Brar for opposing the application. During the course of hearing, Neeraj Sharma was allegedly attacked by Jagnandan Singh Brar and Jasbir
Kaur.
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Man held for killing 3 of family
Abohar, August 21 The police said the accused had thrown the three into the Indira Gandhi canal. The police today recovered the body of the girl near RD 84 Lakhuwali Bridge on Rawatsar-Hanumangarh road. The police said that Fatta Ram alias Sant Lal of Thirana village near Pallu had on August 10 lodged a complaint that his wife Mohran Devi and his two children had gone missing on August 8. The police found that Mohran Devi had been having an extra-marital affair with Krishan since 2009. The two had met when Krishan Lal, a mason, had gone to work in Panniwala village of Dabwali situated on Malout-Sirsa road in 2009. The call details of the duo’s mobile phones revealed they were in constant touch. When questioned, Krishan Lal reportedly confessed that he wanted to get rid of Mohran Devi since he was to marry another girl. He took Mohran Devi and her two children away on August 8. He then pushed the three into the Indira Gandhi canal near Abubshehar on Sangria-Dabwali road on August 13. Divers have been hired to recover the other two bodies. A case has been registered.
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Amritsar, August 21
Factionalism within the ruling SAD came to the fore in several parts of Talwandi Sabo constituency where the party supporters had put up separate kiosks.
When enquired about the reason for this, the SAD supporters in Jiwansinghwala village said the rift was over representation in the
panchayat.
Muktsar, August 21
British Deputy High Commissioner David Lelliott met Aam Aadmi Party MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann today. They held discussion on problems being faced by Punjabi students in England, Punjabis living in England illegally and the drug-menace.
The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC), which will announce its tariff order for the current fiscal year tomorrow, will reportedly offer incentives to power consumers to bring down their overall annual bill.