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Ringing in austerity, govt
cuts officers’ phone grant...
...But CM’s office paid Rs 3.21 crore bill in 10 years
SGPC takes over Jandalisar
gurdwara
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Police plea declined, Daduwal sent to judicial lockup for 12 days
Turmoil in Pak hits bilateral trade
Ajnala martyrs’ remains immersed in Ganga
AAP workers thrashed
We are here to stay, says Patiala MP
New prisons being built to tackle rush, HC told
Sewage from Ropar thermal plant polluting Sutlej
Soon, bakery products from
jail
Sikh bodies call for boycott of Patna Sahib Jathedar
Jakhar demands high-level probe into blue card scam
Fazilka residents join hands to save 113-year-old building
Owners shut brick-kilns, demand easier norms
‘Veer Naris’ honoured
Mata Gujri College told to refund fee
Murder case cracked in Phagwara; 2 held
Illegal immigration
Kidnapped Sangrur boy found dead
Farmer guns down wife, commits suicide
1 dead, 2 injured in clash between two families
SGPC member booked for clash
Three rounded up for alluring TET candidates
Murder convicts escape from open jail
Lab technician attacked in Phagwara Drug peddler arrested
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...But CM’s office paid Rs 3.21 crore bill in 10 years
At present, the CM’s office has 87 telephone connections, which are installed at the offices and residences of the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, cabinet ministers, the Leader of Opposition, a media adviser, some principal secretaries and special principal secretaries of the CM, the Deputy CM, Deputy Superintendent of Police in the CM’s security and some other employees. Perusal of the documents revealed that on an average, nearly Rs 32 lakh is being paid every year for telephone and internet facility alone. Over the last 10 years, the maximum telephone bill of Rs 54.83 lakh was paid during the Congress regime in 2004-05. In 2005-06, the bill stood at Rs 55.49 lakh and Rs 49.32 lakh in 2006-07. When the SAD-BJP coalition government was formed in 2007, the bill decreased to Rs 24.68 lakh in (2007-08), Rs 25.77 lakh in 2008-09, Rs 24.79 lakh in 2009-10, Rs 26.05 lakh in 2010-11, Rs 19.61 lakh in 2011-12, Rs 17.78 lakh in 2012-13 and Rs 22.45 lakh in 2013-14. Though information was sought about each telephone number separately, the Public Information Officer in the CM’s office stated that it was unavailable. He said they were getting a consolidated bill as the telephone numbers had been installed under a corporate plan.
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SGPC takes over Jandalisar
gurdwara
Bathinda, August 24 The name and telephone number of Baba Daduwal on boards installed outside the gurdwara have been erased with a coat of paint. Amrik Singh denied the SGPC had taken over the gurdwara. “We have begun sewa at the gurdwara in the absence of the granthi (priest). A committee, to be formed in a day or two, will decide if the gurdwara charge should be handed over to Daduwal after his release from jail,” he said. Baba Daduwal had led HSGMC supporters to successfully wrest control of the historic Guhla Cheeka gurdwara in Haryana which was with the SGPC.
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Police plea declined, Daduwal sent to judicial lockup for 12 days
Faridkot, August 24 The police said that they had found pictures of AK-47 assault rifles in the Baba’s laptop and he needed to be further interrogated for recovering arms and ammunition from Gujarat. Also, his bank accounts needed to be looked into. But Kulwinder Sekhon, the Baba’s counsel, said the police were “ making flimsy stories” to keep his client in custody with the sole motive to harass him for extending support to the HSGMC. The duty magistrate also refused the plea of the Mansa police for Baba Daduwal’s custody in connection with an attempt to murder case registered against him and his 11 supporters on January 2, 2011, at Bhikhi in Mansa district. “The Mansa police first needs to approach the local court to procure warrants against Daduwal in the attempt to murder case,” argued Sekhon. Sukhmeet Kaur, the Baba’s wife, who was at the court complex with her nine-month-old son, alleged that the police did not allow her to meet her husband. “Besides reopening old cases, the police are looking to book him in new cases to keep him in jail as punishment for having supported the HSGMC. Ever since my husband expressed solidarity with the HSGMC, he has been hounded by the police on the directions of the state government and SGPC leaders,” she alleged. She pointed out that after her husband’s arrest at Gurdwara Jandalisar near Kotshamir in Bathinda, the SGPC, with the help of the police, had wrested control of the gurdwara. A large number of Baba Daduwal’s supporters had assembled in the court complex. But none was allowed to approach him. The Baba was brought to the courtroom through the back door. Sheer vengeance: Nalvi Jind: The ad hoc committee of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) has accused Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of misusing the state police for "harassing" its member Baljit Singh Daduwal. "Badal wants to harass HSGMC members to avenge the formation of a separate gurdwara committee for Haryana. Daduwal is not alone in his fight for justice. The HSGMC stands by him," Didar Singh Nalvi, HSGMC senior vice-president, said. Release Baba: Khaira Faridkot: In a statement to the mediapersons, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, former MLA and senior Congress leader, alleged that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was victimising Baba Daduwal for his role in setting up the HSGMC. “The dictatorial Badals, unable to tolerate dissent or opposition, are now misusing the state machinery, especially the police, to implicate the Baba in false cases.” He demanded that the preacher be released
forthwith.
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Turmoil in Pak hits bilateral trade
Amritsar, August 24 Anti-government protests in Islamabad and restrictions imposed to curb these have slowed down the movement of goods within the neighbouring country, thereby delaying imports and hitting exports. Talking to The Tribune, Rajdeep Uppal, an exporter, said perishable items like potatoes were not reaching their destination due to restrictions on the movement of vehicles in view of widespread protests in Pakistan. Similarly, he said, the arrival of goods from Pakistan had been sluggish for the last few days. He, however, said the number of trucks arriving from Pakistan daily remained almost the same. He opined that India's move to call off foreign secretary level talks had also hit the trade as they were expecting a forward movement in the trade ties. At present, India can export only 137 items to Pakistan via the Attari border and the trading community was hoping for a review of the list. Jaspal Singh, a clearing agent, said the traders were apprehensive due to the prevailing political instability in Pakistan while adding that exports to Pakistan had come down by around 50 per cent. Among the items that were being exported are potatoes, soyabean and polymer. He felt that the import was not affected much, although the movement of trucks was slow. However, MPS Chatha, president, All India Cement Importers Association, said the cement import from Pakistan had reduced by almost 50 per cent. He said the traders were treading cautiously while carrying out transactions in Pakistan due to the current political atmosphere there. Officials at the Integrated Check Post in Attari claim that the bilateral trade between the two countries was "normal". They said a total of 193 trucks, including 53 of cement, arrived from Pakistan on Saturday. They said around 20 to 30 trucks crossed over to the neighbouring country on Saturday, but they attributed low exports to the ongoing lean season. They claimed that the political situation in Pakistan had not affected the trade as yet. Exports down
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Ajnala martyrs’ remains immersed in Ganga
Haridwar, August 24 Their remains were found during a recent excavation at the site. A number of medals, coins and badges of the soldiers were also excavated. Kochar said the exaction was well supported by local people of Ajnala who did not even hesitate to remove portions of a gurdwara constructed at the site 42 years ago. Brought by Gurudwara Shaheedganj Shaheedanwala Khoon Committee members, the remains were immersed at the Ganga ghat of Sati Kund in Kankhal. A large number of people gathered to witness the historic moment. A state CPI-ML leader urged the Union Government to set up a memorial at the historical site in Ajnala.
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AAP workers thrashed
Talwandi Sabo, August 24 Gurpreet claimed that they were attacked as they had organised a road show for AAP and had opposed bogus voting by SAD activists. Akali worker Harcharan Singh was also injured. He was hospitalised at a hospital in Bathinda. Baljinder Kaur, AAP candidate, accused the police of playing into the hands of the ruling party. “ The police have yet to register a case against those who attacked me at Jagah Ram Tirath village,” she said. She accused SAD workers of damaging the vehicles of AAP media in charge outside the party office last night. She demanded that a case be registered. A police official at the Rama police station said they had recorded the statements of both the parties.
All set for counting
— Gurdeep Singh Mann
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We are here to stay, says Patiala MP
Patiala, August 24 Gandhi said, “The fact that the polling percentage in an educated city like Patiala was less than the Lok Sabha election speaks volumes of the kind of terror spread by Akali and Congress goons, who had come from all over Punjab. Both SAD and Congress candidates distributed freebies worth crores to woo voters. We have videos to substantiate our claim. The evidence has been submitted to the returning officer. Neither do we have that kind of money nor will we indulge in such malpractices." He said though AAP was sure of its victory, but winning or losing was just a part of the bigger game plan. “We are a futuristic party and we are here to stay till we uproot both the Akalis and the Congress from the state. These elections were just the beginning. Even if we lose these elections, we will continue to strengthen our party,” he said. Adaltiwala alleged the Akalis made use of the government machinery and defied model code of conduct. The district administration did not take any concrete action on the complaints filed by AAP, he said. “On the polling day, Akali workers captured our booths and took away chairs and tables from there. They even threatened our workers of dire consequences
following which our workers got intimidated and some booths fell vacant. I personally went to some polling stations, including Ablowal and Mathura Colony, and got our booths vacated from their control,” Adaltiwala alleged.
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New prisons being built to tackle rush, HC told
Chandigarh, August 24 Information to this effect was given to the Punjab and Haryana High Court during the hearing of a case. The High Court had earlier taken cognisance of a communication addressed to the Chief Justice by a Judge after carrying out inspection of the Ferozepur District Jail. The Judge had pointed out “unsatisfactory conditions” prevailing in the jail. As the case came up for resumed hearing, the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ashutosh Mohunta and Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu was told that over 44 acres of land had been identified in Khai Pheme Ki village for the construction of a new Central Jail. An affidavit submitted before the court also added that the Punjab Police Housing Corporation had started the repair and renovation work of the present building. The Bench was also told that a committee under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Government of Punjab, on June 23 also decided that separate vehicles would be provided in the future for timely production of the under-trials and inmates in the courts. The Bench was also told that video-conferencing system was functional in the Ferozepur Central Jail and a separate proposal for its upgradation had already been moved. It was further claimed that disciplinary action had been initiated against jail doctor and superintendent for negligent discharge of duties. The claim came in response to an observation made by the Judge, who had asserted that jail officials, particularly the superintendent, lacked sense of responsibility towards the inmates. It was also claimed that the process for filling two vacant posts of medical officers in the Central Jail had also been started. In his report on the factual position, the Ferozepur District and Sessions Judge said that the actual construction of the new jails was yet to commence and the number of inmates was 1,940, against the authorised capacity of 1,236. The Bench asserted: “From the reports, it appears that concrete action in the right direction has been initiated. There has been substantial improvement in the conditions in this jail since the inspection. However, certain actions that have been initiated are yet to reach culmination.” Disposing of the matter, the Bench directed the State of Punjab and other respondents to file a progress and status report “depicting up-to-date position”. The case will now come up on March 19, 2015.
Packed to capacity
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Sewage from Ropar thermal plant polluting Sutlej
Ropar, August 24 A visit to the Nuhon Colony (the residential area of GGSSTP complex) revealed that three pumps had been set up at different places in the area to pump sewage into the Sutlej. Residents said initially sewage from their quarters did not flush out properly and they were not able to use their washrooms. Some years ago, the plant authorities installed electric pumps to drain sewage directly into the Sutlej. Environmentalist Jasbir Singh said the discharge of sewage into the Sutlej had not only endangered aquatic life, but also proved a bane for local dairy farmers. They had to keep a check on their animals so that they did not enter the polluted water of the river, he said. Plant deputy chief engineer (civil) Niranjan Singh said there was a fault in the design of the pipeline that carried sewage from a few rows of quarters to the nearby STP. He had already ordered to lay a new sewer and remove electric pumps, he said. Plant chief engineer HP Singh said he would inquire into the matter.
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Soon, bakery products from
jail
Chandigarh, August 24 Similar units will be opened in other jails as well. The bakery was the first-of-its-kind initiative in the state. The Department of Hotel Management of Lovely Professional University (LPU) had provided training and expertise to the jail staff. The trial production of the biscuits has brought a profit of over Rs 20,000 per month. "Besides earning money, the venture helps channelise the energy of convicts in a positive direction," said Rajpal Meena, ADGP, Jails. "The unit is self-sufficient. We don't need funds from the government to run it. We have found the results encouraging. With the expansion, the Ludhiana jail and the other state jails can match the growth of similar units in the Tihar Jail," he said. Ashok Mittal, chancellor, LPU, said the university felt honored to be associated with the project. "Our staff and trainee students were initially apprehensive of visiting the jail and working with convicts. But when they interacted with them, they found that there was an urge of learning among them. The convicts displayed good behavior and were fast learners.
Now our staff share a good bonding with them." The ADGP said the convicts working in the bakery get Rs 35 per day. "It is a skilled work. Even undertrials have joined as volunteers. They too get the same amount," he said. The department is now planning to share profits with the bakery workers. "We are planning to share some of the profits with them. The best part is that the convicts feel they are doing a productive work which will help them return to the mainstream after their release."
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Sikh bodies call for boycott of Patna Sahib Jathedar
Amritsar, August 24 The resolution was passed during a seminar on “Jathedar Sahibaan Di Padwi, Chaun Ate Karaj Khetar” (position of Jathdar, selection and area of jurisdiction) organised by Panthic Talmel Sangathan, a Chandigarh-based body, here today. The speakers expressed their displeasure at the Jathedar sharing stage with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. They claimed this “exposed his anti-Sikh stance”. They also called upon the Sikh sangat to abstain from his programmes. The resolution would be forwarded to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh for discussion during the forthcoming meeting of the Jathedars of all the five Takhts. The Sikh bodies stressed for re-evaluation of selection, appointment and working jurisdiction of the Jathedars. They demanded formation of a 21-member committee, which would prepare a report after holding discussions with Sikh intellectuals. The report would focus on streamlining the appointment of Jathedars, their jurisdiction, working style, which should be free from any external influence, and ways to maintain the Sikh maryada (religious code).
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Jakhar demands high-level probe into blue card scam
Abohar, August 24 Addressing meetings in tail-end villages Kallarkhera and Panniwala Mahla, he said Congress legislators had produced affidavits signed by thousands of ration-card holders declaring that they had been never supplied kerosene oil and fake entries had been made in the stock issue registers to siphon off the essential commodities. Jakhar said the Chief Minister had not kept his word about a high-level inquiry into the scam. Claiming that complaints over the issuance of blue cards to affluent families were pouring in from across the state, he demanded a high-level inquiry by an independent agency.
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Fazilka residents join hands to save 113-year-old building
Fazilka, August 24 The building was constructed in 1901 by late Seth Munshi Ram Aggarwal, a philanthropist , in the memory of one of his relatives. He raised a garden spread over 16.36 acres of prime land on the Freedom Fighter Road around the building for cultural activities. He later constituted Lala Munshi Ram Aggarwal Public Trust and dedicated the property for promotion of educational activities. Last year, the Fazilka Improvement Trust acquired the land where Raghuvar Bhawan stands for carving out a residential colony for alleged commercial gains. The sale of plots in the colony has already begun. Deputy Commissioner Manjit Singh Brar said the building had been kept out of the colony. “Its present structure will be preserved,” he said.
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Owners shut brick-kilns, demand easier norms
Hoshiarpur, August 24 The decision was taken at a meeting of Garhshankar unit of the Punjab Brick-Kiln Association. Its president Kulwinder Singh Virdi told the members that the association was firm on its decision that all 2,700 brick-kilns would remain closed till their demands were met. He said the ever tightening labour, environmental, industry and taxation related laws had brought the industry on the verge of closure. “We are left with no other option but to close down our units,” said Sanjeev Kumar Dutt Aggarwal, chairman of the association. The members alleged misuse of the bonded labour and child labour laws.
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Mata Gujri College told to refund fee
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 24 PD Goel and Siddheswar Sharma, PLA Chairman and Member, respectively, have also directed the college to pay litigation cost of Rs 2,500 to the student. The PLA directed the college to refund the fee of Rs 42,216 in 30 days from the date of award, failing which the applicant would be entitled to recover the fee along with 9 per cent interest per annum. Appellant Maninder Singh, a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar Patiala, had stated that he took admission in the college in MCA-I on July 9, 2013, and deposited Rs 42,216 as the fee. However, due to some domestic problems, he got admission in another institution and applied for the refund of fee from Mata Gujri College. The college officials informed him that his application had been misplaced and advised him to move another application, which he submitted in the third week of July 2013. The college initially delayed the refund of fee on one pretext or the other and finally refused to refund the amount. The counsel for the college denied it and said the applicant did not move any application in July 2013. Moreover, the seat vacated by him remained vacant, he added. The PLA observed that the respondent college had not earlier raised the defence that the seat vacated by the applicant remained vacant, therefore the evidence produced by the college to prove that the seat vacated by the applicant remained vacant and the college suffered loss on account of withdrawal could not be looked into.
Lok Adalat comes to rescue of Patiala student
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Biomedical waste seized from junk dealer’s shop
Hoshiarpur, August 24 The seized waste included a large number of used syringes, needles, pricks, cannulas, glucose and other intra-venous fluid bottles illegally disposed of as junk. The medical officer in charge of the Garhdiwala dispensary, Dr Sarup Singh, reached the spot after receiving the information and further informed Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Sandeep Kharbanda. The said material had been reportedly sent to the junk dealer by a quack running a clinic near the junk shop. The junk shop owner, Mohan Lal Arora, informed the police and the health officials that the waste was sent by a “doctor” running a clinic nearby. He said the “doctor” used to sell him such junk earlier. Mohan claimed he had told the “doctor” that he did not want to take the waste but he had continued to send the waste to his shop. SMO Kharbanda told mediapersons that MO Dr Sarup Singh had been directed to investigate the matter and file a report
by Monday morning. He said strict action would be taken against the quack if found guilty.
Sent by a quack
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Murder case cracked in Phagwara; 2 held
Phagwara, August 24 Kapurthala SSP Dhanpreet Kaur said the arrested accused were produced before Judicial Magistrate, Phagwara, who remanded them in police custody till Tuesday. Vinay was reportedly going to open a restaurant near Lovely Professional University on the Chiherru-Miherru road. It was to be inaugurated on Saturday. After making preparations for the event, Vinay, two cooks (Rohit and Balla of Amritsar) and two others (Samit and Kaka of Jalandhar) went to have dinner on Friday night. A violent clash took place between two groups there. While Rohit was killed, his friend Paras was critically injured in the incident. The police said the trouble started when 10 youths of Jalandhar,
who had gone to Haweli to celebrate their friend Sahil Puri's birthday,
got annoyed at the rowdiness of the said accused sitting nearby. After a heated argument, Rohit Sharma (alias Raju) of Amritsar stabbed Paras of Dayal Nagar Jalandhar. When Rohit Sabharwal came to his rescue, the assailants stabbed him, too. He
died on way to the hospital. Raju was also injured in the fight. Two accused were arrested on the national highway near Mehtan on Saturday night.
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Illegal immigration
Chandigarh, August 24 Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director, NAPA, said it was learnt that 33 of 100 detainees were kept at an El Paso detention centre. He said NAPA had found that three detainees were deported to India and others were shifted to different detention centres nearest to the locations of their relatives or family friends. He alleged the detainees were being subjected to inhuman conditions. Chahal, in a communication to the Chief Minister and the NRI Commission, said NAPA was extending legal assistance to the detainees, but the Punjab
Government and the NRI Commission were yet to respond to the plight of the youths. He said though cases of illegal immigration were being exposed, there seemed to be no end to human trafficking from Punjab to the US. He said the Punjab Government must take stringent measures to check the menace.
— TNS
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Kidnapped Sangrur boy found dead
Sangrur, August 24 The boy, a student of Class I of Government Primary School, Sheron, was kidnapped by two motorcyclists on Friday when he had come out of the school premises to drink water during recess. Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur, said accused Harwinder Singh committed the crime as he had suspected that victim's father Gurbhey Singh had illicit relations with his wife. On the complaint of the victim's father, the police had registered a case against Lakhi of Chhajli village with regard to the kidnapping of Harwinder. The SSP said during investigation it had come to fore that Harwinder Singh and Gagandeep Singh had kidnapped the child. The accused had confessed that they had thrown the child into a canal near Gujjran village, he said, adding the motorcycle used in the crime had been recovered.
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Farmer guns down wife, commits suicide
Abohar, August 24 Police sources said preliminary investigation indicated that Radhey Ram Sihag (52) had used a double-barrel licenced gun to kill his wife Madhubala (50) and then had shot himself dead. The gun, along with 20 live cartridges and two empty cartridges, was found in their bedroom on the ground floor of their palatial house at Basant Vihar near Tripuli on the outskirts of
Sriganganagar. The police reportedly recovered a diary in which Radhey Ram had been writing regularly. A perusal of the diary reportedly revealed that Madhubala had “refused to pay Rs 2 lakh” to her husband for his bypass surgery. Family members reportedly informed the police that Radhey Ram had been using three mobile phones and a lap top and he preferred to remain busy with the gadgets.
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1 dead, 2 injured in clash between two families
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 24 Deceased's son Happy Ram told the police that two children belonging to these families had a verbal duel over some trivial issue. When Swarn Kaur came to know about it, she visited their school and settled the issue between them amicably. However, family members of the other child got annoyed over it and entered into arguments with her yesterday. Later on, members of both families entered into a scuffle. They used sticks and iron pipes in the fight. Ambu Ram was seriously injured and he later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The police have booked Balkar Singh, Ravinder Singh, Mukhtiar Singh, Varinder Singh, Jaspal Singh, Sito Rani, Sewa Ram and Sucha Ram under various Sections of the IPC.
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SGPC member booked for clash
Khamano, August 24 The family members of the opposite group along with an Akali leader have also been booked. The sources said Kulwinder Kaur, a village resident, alleged the SGPC member barged into their house and thrashed her. Hearing her cries, her brother-in-law came for help, but he too was beaten up by Avtar’s family members. The victims were admitted to the Khamano Civil Hospital. On the other hand, Avtar Singh alleged his driver was beaten up by the opposite group and when he along with his wife tried to save him, they were also attacked.
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Three rounded up for alluring TET candidates
Ludhiana, August 24 Cheema, who was in the city to attend two bhog ceremonies, said, "I got a complaint that some persons were trying to allure some TET candidates at Sangrur to bribe them for clearing the examination conducted today. I alerted the SSP, Sangrur, and three persons were rounded up. However, there is no complaint of leakage of the question paper from any place in the state." As many as 1,83,695 candidates appeared for the examination at 345 centres. Cheema checked a few centres at Jalandhar and Ludhiana. He said, "The result of the test will be declared after two days."
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Murder convicts escape from open jail
Abohar, August 24 They were initially locked in the district jail, Hanumangarh, and later shifted to the Sriganganagar open jail located at the Agriculture Research Station on the basis of good conduct. Kalu Khan had been working as a mason and had yesterday gone to Mohanpura village. Lal Chand had gone to work as a labourer in Sriganganagar. They were found absent during the evening roll call. A case under Section 224 of the IPC has been registered at the Jawahar Nagar police station.
— OC
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Faridkot, August 24
The mortal remains of martyrs of the 1857 uprising, which were recovered from a historic well in
Ajnala, were immersed in the Ganga here today.
Surendra Kochar, a historian, said a total of 282 Indian sepoys who had revolted against the British rule in 1857 were shot in
Ajnala. Their bodies were dumped in a well, which was later covered with mud.
Talwandi Sabo, August 24
With less than 24 hours left for the counting of votes for the Patiala (Urban)
byelection, Aam Aadmi Party leaders, Dharamvira Gandhi (Patiala MP) and party candidate HS
Adaltiwala, have lashed out at the ruling SAD-BJP alliance and the Congress for allegedly threatening AAP volunteers ahead of the polling day following which the poll percentage in the city went below 60 per cent.
The Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant (GGSSTP) authorities seem not to care two hoots about the advice of environmentalists or the Punjab Pollution Control Board norms. 
Talent show held at Abohar college
The move is aimed at saving over Rs 20 lakh a month. The government, however, has spared the employees from furnishing certificates that all calls made through these phones were for official purpose.
Muktsar, August 24
