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Rain fury: 14 dead, crops damaged
Seeking bailout package from Centre our legitimate right, says Sukhbir
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Opposition mocks at govt after Jaitley ‘snub’
Reduced to beggar for grants: Navjot
Teacher’s Day: Power failure trips Modi show
Despite inclement weather, Patiala students pour in
Rural students face tough time
BJP to chalk out strategy for civic poll on Sept 9
Probe into tree felling in Ludhiana
Post-SC order, 100 undertrials may be set free
New vocational courses from Sept 8: Cheema
State govt orders closure of 7 schools
Govt to set up fund for prominent Punjabi writers: CM
Houses collapse; Armymen begin relief operation
Tax hike unfair: Lottery operators
Missing persons: Panel calls for bandh on September 12
241 e-kiosks set up in Ferozepur area
Daduwal’s remand extended
Gallantry awardee booked for rape
Four killed in
accidents
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Rain fury: 14 dead, crops damaged
Chandigarh, September 5 The state, which had sought a drought
relief package, is now on the alert because of the torrential rain at several places. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered that the damage to crops in Muktsar be assessed. Revenue and Agriculture Department officials have been asked to submit a report by tomorrow. In the past 24 hours, Amritsar has recorded a maximum rainfall of 118 mm, Muktsar 92 mm and Faridkot 73 mm. Officials in the Met Department said that most parts of Gurdaspur district, Pathankot, Madhopur, Tibri, had been lashed
by heavy rain and high-velocity winds. Suresh Kumar, Financial Commissioner, Development, said the rain had led to lodging of the standing paddy (basmati) crop in Muktsar and Gurdaspur. Fields have been inundated in Muktsar. Several low-lying villages in Muktsar district have been submerged. Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Gidderbaha legislator, said that Karmuwala, Bhunder, Ludewali and Gurusar villages had been inundated. The water level in these villages was rising steadily. Fazilka: Five persons, including an old man and his grandson, were killed in various incidents of roof collapse in the district during the past 24 hours. Sixty-year-old Sikander Singh and his five-year-old grandson Shivam of Ghubaya village were killed as the verandah roof collapsed while they were asleep. Chhabo Bai (80) of Dhandi Kadim village and Amarjit Kaur (25) of Aliana village were
killed as the roofs of their houses caved in. Sadda Singh (63) of Shahtirwala village was also killed in a roof collapse. “Hundreds of houses have collapsed in the rain. The administration is surveying the exact loss,” said Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Manjit Singh Brar. Muktsar: The town has recorded 143 mm rainfall in the past three days. Faulty design of drains has brought misery to the residents of Muktsar district. At least 26 villages have been declared “severely affected”. Most of them are in the Malout
subdivision. People are moving to safer places. The rain has caused a huge loss to the cotton crop. In some villages, paddy too has been affected. A number of drains are overflowing. The Irrigation Department has decreased the water
level in all canals flowing in the district to drain out rainwater. Amritsar: Seven persons have died in separate instances of roof collapse in the district. While five members of a family died in Jassonangal village near Khalchian in the wee hours today, a minor girl, Simranjit Kaur (8), and an elderly woman were killed in Chhota Haripura and Preet Vihar on the Airport Road. Those killed in Jassonangal were identified as Harjinder Kaur (50), Sandeep Singh Sonu (30), Gurinder Singh (25), Jagdeep Singh (22)
and their relative Sukhbir Singh. Among the injured are Harjinder Kaur’s mother and Sonu’s seven-year-old daughter Tania. Harjinder’s husband Jagir Singh and Sonu’s wife Kulwinder Kaur and their two minor daughters had a narrow escape. They were sleeping in the adjoining room.
Grim scenario
— Inputs from Praful Chander Nagpal, PK Jaiswar and Archit Watts
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Seeking bailout package from Centre our legitimate right, says Sukhbir
Amritsar, September 5 Talking to mediapersons after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple here, Sukhbir said, “Punjab’s demand is reasonable and it should be met unconditionally. The state has suffered a lot during the militancy period.” Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had yesterday asked the state government to rationalise its power subsidy to various sectors. Sukhbir said the fight against terrorism was the nation’s war, which was fought by Punjab for the sake of the country. He said he along with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would soon call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and urge them to consider the state’s demand on sympathetic grounds. The Deputy Chief Minister said Punjab was also lagging on the economic front due to tax concessions extended to the neighbouring hill states. Sukhbir blamed the Congress for the “false” propaganda of the state’s fiscal health. He said the Congress leadership should know that during the party’s regime from 2002-07, the state’s debt ratio was 45 per cent, which was brought down to 31 per cent by the SAD-BJP government. On the delay in inauguration of Bathinda Airport, Sukhbir said the project had been completed but Punjab had sought time from the Union Aviation Minister for its inauguration. He alleged the previous UPA Government created obstacles in making the airport functional. The Deputy Chief Minister said Punjab would be taking up the issue of expanding Ludhiana Airport so as to start international flights. Sukhbir also reviewed various projects in the holy city and set the deadline of March 2015 for the BRTS, the work on which was underway.
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Opposition mocks at govt after Jaitley ‘snub’
Chandigarh, September 5
The parties opposed to the ruling alliance today mocked at the government for failing to secure any financial package from the NDA Government, of which the Akali Dal too was a constituent. People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal alleged the denial of package had not only exposed the tenuous relationship between the SAD and the BJP, but had also shattered the myth created by the alliance that the change in leadership at the Centre would translate into huge grants for Punjab. Manpreet reminded the SAD that as Punjab's Finance Minister, he had taken up the case of the rising debt burden with the UPA Government, “and that the response was encouraging, but his moves were scuttled deliberately”. PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa said the state government stood exposed on the issue of central assistance. "This has vindicated our stand that the UPA Government had always gone out of the way to allocate funds for Punjab. The Badal government had all along been alleging discrimination,” he said.
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Reduced to beggar for grants: Navjot
Amritsar, September 5 Talking to The Tribune, Dr Sidhu said she had time and again approached the government authorities to facilitate basic amenities in her Amritsar-East constituency, “but to no avail”. “The government is spending Rs 500 crore on the BRTS project in which elevated bus corridors will be built. But it is least concerned about the fact that an hour of rainfall inundates the city roads,” she said. She said the city’s sewerage system was in a bad shape and water was entering into houses. She said the civic authorities lacked funds to extend basic amenities to the residents. Dr Sidhu claimed she had been running from pillar to post for the last two and a half years to get her projects cleared, “but none of them had got the approval”. “They neither listen to us nor give us power. What I will do with my vision and intelligence when the government doesn’t provide funds for my projects?” she asked. She said she could only manage to provide Rs 25 lakh for water harvesting in her constituency from the funds allocated to her. “Good ideas can only be implemented with funds. I feel like a beggar going every other day to all concerned,” she said. Dr Sidhu also targeted Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi: “He must remember that he is not only the minister of his Amritsar-North constituency, but of the entire state.”
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Teacher’s Day: Power failure trips Modi show
Chandigarh, September 5 Nearly half of the schools in Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's home district Muktsar could not show live telecast of the Prime Minister's speech to the students due to heavy rain. In fact, the administration had to announce a holiday in all schools in Malout subdivision due to rain. Muktsar Deputy Commissioner Jaskiran Singh said the holiday was announced in schools as rainwater had caused massive damage in villages in Malout subdivision. Muktsar Deputy District Education Officer Jaspal Monga said, "Rainwater had entered some schools, so it was not possible to hold classes and a holiday was announced." A visit to various parts of the district revealed that attendance remained thin in most of the schools. Most parents preferred not to send their children to schools due to heavy rain. Kanwaljit Singh, Principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Udekaran village, said, "We showed the live telecast of the PM's speech to the students, but the attendance was thin. Less than 100 students out of total 500 came to the school today." Similar scenes were witnessed in other schools due to rain. Phagwara
Incessant rain and unscheduled power cuts disrupted the live telecast of the Prime Minister's address to the students and his conversation with them on Friday. A primary school in Prempura mohalla was seen locked around 4 pm. The school students watched the live telecast of the show in a private hospital. Students of another primary school in Kaulsar locality were seen watching the programme at the house of a villager. Block Resource Person Satwant Toora said several schools made alternative arrangements to show the telecast of Prime Minister's speech to the students. Many panchayats also contributed in the effort by providing TV sets for schoolchildren.
Bathinda
Despite instructions to the electricity department to ensure uninterrupted power supply from 3pm to 5pm while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to the students was telecast live on Teacher's Day, the schools had to rely on generators, both owned and borrowed, to make sure that they abided by the orders of "mandatory" viewing. While some areas in the city witnessed power outages that lasted for three-four hours, the power supply was restored quarter to 3pm to make sure that the telecast could be screened properly. Power men worked hard to rectify faults that were reported in the city due to heavy rainfall. Rain also forced schools to change their plan of accommodating students in playgrounds. They had to adjust students in corridors and classrooms. In the absence of requisite number of television sets, government schools had to rely on Edusat systems, radios and TV sets borrowed from neighbours. At Government Girls Senior Secondary School, which has more than 2,200 students, children had to make efforts to save themselves from rain as they sat in the corridor listening the PM's speech. At Government Elementary School near the stadium, students were made to hear the PM’s speech on a radio. Private schools in the district fared better. Most of these had set up LCD screens in auditoriums and arranged generators to make sure that the screening of the PM's speech was not hindered.
Fatehgarh Sahib
Chaos prevailed in Fatehgarh Sahib district schools as rain played spoilsport in the arrangements made by school managements. Venues had to be shifted from open grounds in schools to lobbies or classrooms at the eleventh hour, resulting in a chaos that created problems for both students and teachers. Rural schools were the most affected. School managements at some places had to shift venue from school premises to private houses or other bigger accommodations. Electricity was another problem. School managements had arranged LED TVs and radios, but the equipment remained non-functional in the absence of power supply. Sirhind town was without power supply since morning. The supply was restored around 6 pm. Private and government schools had made special arrangements for showing the telecast of PM's address to the students. The principal of a school where special tents were erected in the open said first the rain forced them to change the venue and then the power supply failed all their efforts.
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Despite inclement weather, Patiala students pour in
Patiala, September 5 TV signal and Internet connection snapped every now and then, but the enthusiasm of the students was worth watching. Prince Pal Singh of Government High School, Baran, reached the school completely drenched. When asked what actually brought him to the school, he said he was very excited about the preparations being made in the school and that it was the first of its kind effort on part of the country's Prime Minister. "I have often heard him speak on various political issues, but hearing him speak about students and his plans for government schools was highly encouraging," he added. Jyotika and Kanchan from Government Senior Secondary School, Tripri, said the speech of the Prime Minister was highly inspiring. "He narrated his childhood experiences and also threw light on his struggle in life. Such informal and first-hand information about a man of his stature coming directly from him is certainly a booster and it motivates students to work hard to achieve their goals. If he can do it, everyone can," they added. Many schools, however, faced difficulty in accommodating students in lecture halls or conference halls as grounds were flooded with rainwater. The authorities at many schools sent students of junior classes back home. Power failures and poor TV signal complicated things at many schools.
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Rural students face tough time
Jalandhar, September 5 Though most of the schools had arranged multiple connections of satellite TV channels and cable connections, children went home disappointed as they could not listen to the Prime Minister. The Principal of a government school at Udesiyaan, near Jalandhar, said she had arranged an old television from a shop in the village, but the children could not watch the telecast due to power failure. "There was no electricity in the village since 7 am. I wanted to hire a generator, but it would have cost around Rs 3,000. Since we could not arrange that amount, we finally arranged an old transistor from a nearby house. But even that did not work properly due to poor quality of signal," she said. Students finally went home without listening to the PM's speech, she added. Students of Madaar village school were seen watching a poor quality telecast of the PM's speech at the village gurdwara as a schoolteacher held the antenna wire in his hand throughout the telecast. "I wish Modi uncle visits our school someday and addresses our concerns. Although we did not get lucky his time to listen to his speech, we may get a chance to meet him," said Shruti, a student.
Different voices I wish Modi uncle visits our school someday and addresses our
concerns. Shruti,
student of Govt School, Madaar The attendance was thin. Less than 100 students out of total 500 came to the
school today. Kanwaljit Singh, Principal of Govt Sr Sec School, Udekaran We were expecting that a long speech of the PM would be boring, but the way he interacted with the students was very
appealing. Vijaypal, Principal, Arya Sr Sec School, Ludhiana I liked his gesture, but the content was similar to any other speaker interacting with
students. Gurjot Anchala,
student, Sacred Heart, brs
Nagar, Ludhiana
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Former MLA Dhanda quits SAD
Ludhiana, September 5 Dhanda claimed he had renounced politics and would not join any party. The Akali leader had been in political wilderness ever since he lost the municipal corporation election by a narrow margin. “I have quit politics to pursue the legal profession. I have requested the Chief Minister to relieve me,” he said. In the previous SAD-BJP government, Dhanda was in charge of the Vidhan Sabha committee entrusted with the task of probing Capt Amarinder Singh’s role in the Amritsar Improvement Trust scam. The committee had recommended Captain Amarinder Singh’s expulsion from the Assembly. During the 2007 Assembly elections, Dhanda contested from Ludhiana-West constituency on the SAD ticket. He won and was made Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Local Bodies.
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BJP to chalk out strategy for civic poll on Sept 9
Chandigarh, September 5 Elections to about 100 municipal committees and six municipal corporations are to be held in November. “We will contest the municipal elections on our party symbol. In view of the delimitation exercise, wards will be redistributed between the alliance partners,” said Kamal Sharma, state BJP president. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president, Sukhbir Singh Badal, had announced a fresh list of party office-bearers on Wednesday. To expand the party base in urban areas, he chose Hindu leaders to head urban units. There have been reports that Sukhbir’s strategy to enlarge his party base in the cities has alarmed the BJP leaders and they have been thinking of a way to counter the move. Sukhbir is not afraid to dilute the party’s Panthic character. As SAD president, he had allotted the ticket to Hindu candidates, especially in the Malwa belt, in the last Vidhan Sabha elections. Many of them were elected MLAs. However, analysts say that this can prove harmful to the party at a later stage with the SAD support eroding in villages. They say such signs were visible in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The SAD was defeated in constituencies such as Sangrur, Faridkot and Fatehgarh Sahib that were once Akali strongholds. Kamal Sharma said there was nothing wrong in the SAD trying to enlarge its support base in the cities. “This step is in the interest of the state because it is aimed at promoting harmony,” he said. The BJP too had its units up to the block level in the rural areas. In both Ludhiana and Amritsar, the BJP had two rural district units, he pointed out.
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Probe into tree felling in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, September 5 Taking cognisance of the matter, Conservator Forest South Circle Surinder Kaur said he had told the official concerned to table the inquiry report by Monday. The panchayats of four villages — Neelon, Lall Kalan, Bijlipur and Kubay — had staged a dharna at Neelon against the illegal felling of trees. Zila parishad member (sarpanch) Prem Singh, panchayat member Charanjit Singh and Lall Kalan sarpanch Kulwinder Kaur told the police that the trees were being axed for the widening of the 64-km-long highway being constructed from Doraha to Neelon. The panchayat members alleged that besides axing the marked trees, the workers had axed unmarked trees too. The villagers alleged that the malpractice had been done in connivance with some forest employees. They said the felling was going on along the highway on a very large scale. Residents of the village said two groups of workers allegedly fought with each other on a minor issue. The panchayat had to intervene in the issue, which brought the matter to the fore. Harish Kumar, who has been raising his voice on “malpractices” by the Forest Department, wrote a letter to the department and sought an investigation as per the record in the numeration register. Harish said it was just the tip of an iceberg. “If nearly 200 trees were axed in the area falling under four villages, imagine the magnitude of illegal felling on the whole 64-km stretch from Doraha to Ropar,” he said. Divisional Forest Officer Daljit Brar said if the contractor was found guilty, he would be blacklisted.
Workers being made scapegoat?
Harish Kumar had stated in his complaint that forest officers were deliberately trying to “save the contractors” from action and were penalising the workers instead. “How can a worker with a daily wage of few hundred rupees pay fine amounting to Rs 50,000-Rs 1 lakh?” questioned Harish. If the Forest Department starts registering cases under the Indian Forest Act 1927, the authorities would get to know about the nexus between the forest officers and contractors, he said.
‘Unmarked trees axed’ during road widening
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Post-SC order, 100 undertrials may be set free
Chandigarh, September 5 Jail officials, though, said they would read the order for “complete clarity” before preparing the list of the beneficiaries. They said under the existing rules of the jail manual, they were already releasing undertrials on bail once they completed half of the likely punishment they could get. “About 70 to 100 undertrials can benefit from the order. Usually undertrials face multiple charges and their release is possible only if they qualify for relief under all charges,” said a jail official. He said currently, an undertrial needed to apply personally or through a lawyer for bail. “The permission of the court is also required. The Supreme Court order, as we have heard on the TV, needs to be read to ascertain if it has changed the process or not,” he said. The Supreme Court has reportedly asked district judges to visit jails once a week for two months from October 1 in their respective areas and identify undertrials who could be let off. Officials said the Supreme Court had issued the orders to benefit the undertrials languishing in jails for years and also to reduce overcrowding. Against the capacity of 19,000, various prisons in Punjab have 28,500 inmates (figures available till August 31). About 18,600 (65 per cent) of the inmates are undertrials, of whom half have been facing charges under the NDPS Act.
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New vocational courses from Sept 8: Cheema
Jalandhar, September 5 After honouring 34 teachers at the state-level Teacher's Day function, Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said courses would be started in six trades (health care, IT, retail, automobile, security and beauty and wellness). He said the students would get L1 to L4 certificates at the completion of each level of these courses so that they were eligible to get employment whenever they pass out. An MoU had been signed with the National Skill Development Corporation in that regard, he said. Teachers had been already appointed and the infrastructure was being strengthened for it, he added. From the next admission session, all administrative officers would go door-to-door in rural areas, urging parents to get their wards admitted to schools. On board exams for Classes V and VIII, he said a provision of the Right to Education Act was coming in the way of implementing this move. "We have passed an approval of restoring board examinations for these classes in the Vidhan Sabha and have forwarded it to the Centre for necessary action," he said.
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State govt orders closure of 7 schools
Phagwara, September 5 These schools are at Wahid in Phagwara sub-division, Talwandi Bhurdal, Nasirpur, Sachetsar, Takia, Lameh and Fatehpur. This was confirmed by the Education Office here today. It has also been found that several schoolbuildings in Phagwara sub-division had been declared unsafe by the Public Works Department, Punjab. The PWD Department declared unsafe 17 classrooms of four Government Upper Primary Schools, three of Government School, Harbanspur, four of Rihana Jattan School, six of Munde Village School and four of Lakhpur Village School. It had suggested that these be demolished immediately. Moreover, seven classrooms of Government Elementary Schools at Mukulgarh (2), Hadiabad (2), Miherru (3), Bhakhriana (1) and Madhopur (1) were also declared unsafe.
Unsafe buildings Several schoolbuildings in Phagwara subdivision were declared unsafe by the Public Works Department, Punjab
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Govt to set up fund for prominent Punjabi writers: CM
Patiala, September 5 Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the seventh All-India Punjabi Conference at Punjabi University here, the Chief Minister said it would be ensured that the families of such prominent persons were taken care of. “The state government is duty-bound not only to preserve cultural heritage but to also look after the families of those who have dedicated their lives to promoting Punjabi language and culture,” he said. The Chief Minister said the achievements of eminent Punjabis must be documented and a directory published so that they could be felicitated. He suggested a task force for the purpose. Highlighting the importance of cultural monuments, the Chief Minister said the state government would be soon constructing ‘Jang-e-Azadi’ memorial at Kartarpur near Jalandhar at a cost of Rs 200 crore. It would showcase the role of Punjabis in the country’s freedom struggle. He said his government had raised memorials such as Virasat-e-Khalsa at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Chhota Ghallughara Shaheedi Memorial at Kahnuwan, Memorial of Wadda Ghallughara at Kup Rahiran and Fateh Burj at Chhapar Chiri to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of legendry Sikh warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. Earlier, Badal inaugurated an arts auditorium constructed at a cost of Rs 1 crore with the help of philanthropist SPS Oberoi and the Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust. Vice Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh said the Chief Minister had contributed immensely to preserving the state’s cultural heritage. The Chief Minister dedicated ‘Punjabi Pedia’ to the nation. He also released the English version of “Mahankosh” and a souvenir to mark the occasion. He announced a Rs 1 lakh grant for renowned folk singer Idu
Sharif.
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Houses collapse; Armymen begin relief operation
Abohar, Sepember 5 Two deaths were confirmed by the Civil Hospital. The deceased were Bhura Singh Yadav (25) of Dev Nagar and Gulab Singh Sawhney (50) of Jagdamba Colony. Also, a woman, Surati Devi (45), died when a wall of the local Municipal Council collapsed on dwellings near the Life Insurance Corporation office in Raisinghnagar segment. A team of the Army has installed ten motor pumps to drain out rain water. Arrangements were being made to divert gushing water in the link channel near Sadhuwali village, 32 km from Abohar, on the inter-state border. Markets remained closed as all the roads were inundated with knee-deep water. As no road was motorable and more rains are expected, the week-long Bhagwat Katha at Ramlila Ground were cancelled midway. Electricity supply was disrupted last night and could not be fully restored today. Water entered the basement of a newspaper office on Meera Marg, resulting in heavy losses. Residents from some colonies have shifted to various school complexes. Baba Deep Singh Seva Samiti and other NGOs have come forward to serve food to affected people. Official sources said rainfall beginning Thursday has been recorded 194.6 mm. In the past, it was recorded 106 mm in 2012 and 220 mm in 1921-22. Water Resources Department executive engineer RS Bhakar said breaches had been reported due to overflowing of Karniji, “B” farm and Hiranwali distributaries. Messages to reduce flow of water from the headworks had been flashed; plugging operations would be completed by tomorrow.
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Tax hike unfair: Lottery operators
Chandigarh, September 5 The operators have been on strike since September 1 in support of their demand. The government has increased the per draw tax on lottery from Rs 55,000 to Rs 80,000 (single digit), from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh on lotto games and from Rs 85,000 to Rs 2 lakh on four-digit lottery. The decision, aimed at augmenting revenue collection, was okayed by the Cabinet last week and implemented with immediate effect. Addressing the media here, operators claimed it was unfair that the tax had been imposed on them without the government holding any consultations. “We are giving the government a business of Rs 3 crore daily. In the last fiscal, we managed to pay a tax of Rs 120 crore. Even if the government does not increase the taxes, we have the ability to raise the collection to Rs 200 crore per annum,” said Rahul Tangri, Pan India Network Ltd, which runs Playwin lotteries. Operators said after their strike, the state was losing Rs 23 lakh per day whereas over 1 lakh people employed in the industry had been rendered jobless. Tangri said the government should check the illegal lottery business. “Matka, parchi and satta business in the state is worth Rs 15 crore per day as compared to the lottery business of Rs 3 crore,” he said. Rahul Tiwari, Director, Lotteries, said the additional revenue would be used for welfare projects.
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Missing persons: Panel calls for bandh on September 12
Faridkot, September 5 The members of the Action Committee are touring all the towns of the area to collect information on the missing persons and put pressure on the police. Gurdial Singh Bhatti, the district convener of the committee, said an increasing number of youths were going missing in almost all districts of the state. In Moga, 143 persons went missing in the past two years. The bandh call on September 12 was to sensitise the state government about the increase in the number of crimes, said Bhatti. He alleged that a human organ racket worth billions of rupees was being run in the country. He alleged it was an open secret that human organs were being supplied to rich clients from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Greece. He alleged that the police had failed to find the missing persons. Bhatti said the police in Punjab took too long to upload information regarding missing persons on the Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) national portal introduced in 2004 to help the police across the country in checking and solving crimes in real-time. He alleged many districts in Punjab had not uploaded information on missing persons on the portal in
the last four years. Police ‘slack’ Jabar Virodhi Action Committee has alleged that the police took too long to upload information regarding missing persons on the national portal concerned.
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241 e-kiosks set up in Ferozepur area
Ferozepur, September 5 Deputy Commissioner (DC) DPS Kharbanda said 241 such kiosks had been set up in Ferozepur circle that includes Ferozepur, Fazilka, Moga, Muktsar and Faridkot districts. He said villagers can not only access internet at a very reasonable rate but can also hold video-conferencing, download forms, deposit bills etc. He said facilities such as printer, scanner and webcam were also being provided in these kiosks by the Ministry of Communication.
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Daduwal’s remand extended
Faridkot, September 5 Two days after he was arrested by the Faridkot police on August 22 for possessing illegal firearms, Daduwal was sent to judicial custody in a five-year-old attempt to murder case. On March 16, 2009, Daduwal and his eight supporters were booked for allegedly assaulting policemen.
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Gallantry awardee booked for rape
Tarn Taran, September 5 The complaint was lodged by a married woman of Meera Kot (Amritsar) village. She alleged that she had gone to a school being run by Balwinder at Bhikhiwind to get the peon’s job. She said she reached the school at 2 pm and The police said a case under Section 376 of the IPC had been registered against Balwinder and the investigation was on. Balwinder, popularly known as Comrade Balwinder Singh, was an activist of the CPM for a long time but left the party and joined the Congress some time ago under the leadership of Harminder Singh Gill. Balwinder was given the prestigious award for fighting terrorism during militancy. His wife, brother and brother’s wife had encounters with militants a number of times during those turbulent times. Balwinder remained very close to CPM leader Harkrishan Singh Surjit.
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Four killed in
accidents
Abohar, September 5 In other incident, three persons identified as Ram Pratap (35), Bajrang Dass (36) and Prakash Chander (33) were killed when
the jeep they were travelling in collided head on with a mini-bus near Bikasar Ramsara village
in West Rajasthan on Friday evening.
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Incessant rain across Malwa and Majha for the past two days has failed to bring cheer to farmers
facing a drought-like situation. The late spell of rain has left 14 persons dead.
Amritsar, September 5
Amritsar, September 5
Heavy rain and recurring power failure played spoilsport as schools across the state made arrangements for their students to view live telecast of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the Teacher's Day today.
Nearly half of the schools in Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's home district Muktsar could not show live telecast of the Prime Minister's speech to the students due to heavy rain.
Undeterred by bad weather and heavy rain, students of government schools poured in to listen to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live telecast on the occasion of Teacher's Day. Although it had been raining continuously since morning, they did not let their enthusiasm to hear the PM's speech die down.
Jalandhar, September 5
Chandigarh, September 5
The state government is set to start a Rs 31-crore project under which skill development courses would be introduced for students of Classes IX to XII in 100 government schools of the state from September 8.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a dedicated fund for the welfare of litterateurs, folk singers and other personalities who have promoted Punjabi language and culture.
The authorities in the border district town of Sriganganagar, 40 km from Abohar, in Rajasthan today sought help from the Army as about 85 per cent of the residential areas were inundated and hundreds of houses collapsed due to rains.
Chandigarh, September 5
About 70 to 100 undertrials are likely to benefit in Punjab from the Supreme Court order directing the release of all inmates who had served over half of their prospective maximum punishment.