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Parties seek end to dynastic rule in state
Supriya suicide case Dr Supriya
Now, Suvidha Centres to issue birth certificates in Gurdaspur
Golden Temple plaza set for Diwali opening
Cong seeks action against RSS activists
SAD defends diesel price hike
File chargesheet against Tytler: Phoolka to Sukhbir
PAU identifies agent that can sting dengue mosquitoes
Buyers missing, cotton farmers at arhtiyas’ mercy
Stacking paddy a headache for officials
Opinion divided over deceased brothers
Hoardings of youths killed in police encounters dot village
55-yr-old farmer commits suicide
SDM-Nagra spat: Congress workers resume protest
Parents dressed up girl as bride before murder: Probe
Generation at Ropar plant reduced
PGI team visits Ferozepur
Kilns operating despite ban
Kidnapped infant’s relatives protest police ‘inaction’
Zila Parishad ex-chief Mahesh Budania (centre) and other protesters at the SP’s office in Sriganganagar on Tuesday. Tribune Photo
Clean-up drive at cancer-prone village in Abohar
Anganwari workers protest in Fazilka, demand salary hike
Anganwari workers protest outside the office of Deputy Commissioner in Fazilka on Tuesday. Tribune photo
BJP workers ‘wrongly’ figure on SAD list
Cop, aide get 20-year RI for raping minor
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In Mansa, pvt grain market coming up illegally on village common land
Mansa, October 7 Not only this, the construction has been started without even acquiring the mandatory change of land use certificate. The site is on the Budhlada–Bareta highway. The foundation stone of the project was laid a few days ago by Chittan Singh
Smao, legislator of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. “Yes, I had laid the stone. But it was not for any grain market. Some other project is coming up,” said
Smao. Deputy Commissioner Parveen Kumar Thind has already ordered an inquiry into the illegal transfer of the common land. “We had received three different proposals for the grain market, including the one on the Budhlada–Bareta road. The project for which the MLA laid the foundation stone violates norms. The Jumla Mustarka Malkan land has been illegally transferred. An inquiry has been marked to the Budhlada Sub-Divisional Magistrate,” said
Thind. Janak Singh, Harbant Singh and Bhagwan Singh, all brothers, had sold 10 acres of their private land to the society. The brothers were also in possession of the 6 acres of the common land. After selling their private land, the trio also transferred the “ownership” of the common land to the society free of cost. The registration of the ‘Jumla Mustarka’ land was done on March 3. Another group of arhtiyas in Budhlada is opposed to the construction of the private grain market. “The present market as well as the traders and farmers will suffer if this private market comes up. Only a handful of arhtiyas stand to profit,” said a trader. Budhlada Youth Akali Dal president and a former panchayat member, Rajinder Singh
Jhanda, said, “A group of arhtiyas in connivance with the local MLA wants to profit through sale of shops at the private grain market. Sixty shops have already been marketed and advance has been collected from some
arhtiyas. Smao is supporting the illegal activity while the district administration is mum.” Sham Lal
Dhalewan, society president, said, “We had sent a proposal for the grain market but the construction is yet to begin. If our proposal is accepted, the common land will be transferred to the Mandi Board.”
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Parties seek end to dynastic rule in state
Bohapur (Ludhiana), October 7 BJP national vice-president and former minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla criticised the government, targeting the Badals. Two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Members of Parliaments (MP) Bhagwant Mann and Dr Dharamvira Gandhi, CPI national executive member Joginder Dayal, state Congress spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira, BSP president Avtar Singh Karimpuri, Akali Dal-Mann vice-president Jaskaran Singh and trade union leader Tarsem Jodhan made a call for a fight against the state government. They claimed that the two brothers had been killed as they had supported the AAP. At least 300 of the 450 votes polled in the village during the Lok Sabha elections had gone to AAP. Alleging “ goonda raj” and “jungle raj” in the state, the parties, in one voice, demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the removal of the state police chief, Sumedh Saini. Laxmi Kanta Chawla said she wanted to be on any committee that was set up to seek justice in cases of police high-handedness. Taking on Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, she claimed that no case was registered in the state without his permission. “Halqa chiefs appointed by the SAD have become more powerful than sitting MLAs,” she alleged. Neither any SAD leader nor any district official attended the bhog. Tarsem Jodhan, who anchored the proceedings, said the leaders had gathered here to seek justice for the two youths and not as politicians. Dr Gandhi, Patiala MP, comparing the incident with the cold-blooded murder of an ASI in Amritsar, said: “The Akalis are blinded by power. We must fight for justice in the streets, villages and cities as Punjab has become a fiefdom of one family.” He announced Rs 1 lakh for the bereaved family. Karimpuri said the two killed youths were Dalits. “The capitalist forces resented their activism.” Dayal said the youths were “martyrs” as they had chosen to fight the SAD’s “jungle raj.” He said earlier the police had protected a criminal who had kidnapped a minor girl in Faridkot. Jaskaran Singh said suspending the area SSP was not enough. He sought action against the state DGP.” Bhagwant Mann said: “It is not a mere coincidence that one or the other Akali leader is present during such incidents,” He said he would raise the issue in Parliament and with the standing committee on law and order. Khaira pointed out that the state DGP himself was facing criminal cases. “All political parties should pledge not to remote control the police as is being done by the present government,” he added.
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Supriya suicide case
Jalandhar/ludhiana, October 7 Supriya’s father Dr Balwinder Singh, who is the Jalandhar District Health Officer, said the police were merely following procedure despite the fact that they had pressed charges against certain people. The FIR lodged by the Ludhiana police today states: “Dr Supriya was upset due to some personal issues. She did not share her feelings with anyone and neither did she mention it in her suicide note. To find out about the issues that forced her to commit suicide a case under section 306 of the IPC has been registered. It is imperative that the issue be deeply investigated.” While the FIR earlier mentions that the parents have accused two professors in the case, it does not book them under the said Section. However, Police Commissioner Pramod Ban has ordered to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident. Supriya’s parents have also been pointing out that they did not find her diary and only received photocopies of the suicide note. Meanwhile, people held a march seeking justice for Supriya at Kapurthala. While her maternal grandparents stayed there, about 500 residents took out a candlelight march. The body of Dr Supriya, a third-year student at Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, was found hanging from the ceiling of her hostel room on September 29.
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Now, Suvidha Centres to issue birth certificates in Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur, October 7 The administration was receiving numerous complaints everyday about inordinate delay in the issuance of these certificates that are supposed to be provided within five working days as per the Right to Service (RTS) Act. Allegations of corruption against certain employees preparing these documents in the hospital were also worrying the administration officials. Suvidha Centres have been set up across the state to provide essential services to people. For rural people, the issuance of birth and death certificates was under the domain of Civil Hospitals. For people living in urban areas, these documents are to be procured from Municipal Committees. Gurdaspur district is the first district in Punjab to have adopted such a measure. The administration had asked students of the Beant College of Engineering and Technology to develop a software through which employees of Suvidha Centre could handle the project. A mobile service provider has also been roped in to ensure that SMSs are sent to people, who apply for these documents, about the status of their applications. “Now rural people will have to go to Suvidha Centre instead of Civil Hospital. They will be issued a docket number and will be informed about the status of their applications through SMSes. The emphasis will be on the provision of documents within five working days as envisaged under the RTS Act,” said Deputy Commissioner Abhinav Trikha, who conceptualised the project before handing it over to Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) A Kartik for its execution. “We had been grappling with the problem of issuing these documents within five days. Shortage of staff at the civil hospital was the major reason why people could not get these certificates on time. However, the process has been smoothened now. The role of unscrupulous agents has also been minimised,” said a senior official associated with the project. Pilot project in state
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Golden Temple plaza set for Diwali opening
Amritsar, October 7 Reviewing the progress of the plaza, the Deputy CM asked the authorities to ensure its completion by Diwali to make the festival special for devotees. He directed the officials to conclude the internal decoration and beautification of the plaza, besides reducing congestion around it by prohibiting the vehicles near it for the facilitation of devotees. He asked them to initiate cleanliness work of all roads, streets and other places around the shrine during the night so as Sukhbir said the project to beautify the stretch from Hall Gate to the Golden Temple would give a unique and traditional look to the entire passage with world-class landscaping, fountains and trees. On setting up of proposed Apollo Hospital, Sukhbir asked the district administration to identify land for this purpose so that work on the project could be initiated at the earliest. He said the holy city would become a hub of healthcare with the availability of world-class treatment facilities. On Ludhiana fake encounter case, Sukhbir said maintaining law and order in the state was their top priority and that the SAD-BJP government had “zero tolerance towards dereliction in duty”. He said action against the erring officials was not limited to routine inquiries or suspensions. They would be dismissed for their lapses. “In fact, maximum dismissals of guilty officials have been ordered during the SAD-BJP regime,” he claimed. Cash reward for winners
On the achievement of state sportspersons in the Asian Games, the Deputy CM said the state government would felicitate all medal winners from Punjab. They would get Rs 26 lakh, Rs 16 lakh and Rs 11 lakh for gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, at a special felicitation ceremony which would be held soon. ‘Will win in Haryana’
On the Haryana Assembly elections, Sukhbir expressed confidence that the INLD-SAD alliance would form the next government. He said the Akali Dal had decades’ old relations with the INLD and that they would continue to support it. He said the BJP was well aware of this fact and understood the situation so it would not have any adverse effect on
SAD-BJP ties.
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Cong seeks action against RSS activists
Chandigarh, October 7 Partap Singh Bajwa, PPCC chief, said it was perhaps for the first time post-Bhindranwale era that any organisation in Punjab had held a march brandishing revolvers. “Is there a clause in the CrPC under which permission can be given to an organisation to take out a procession brandishing revolvers? If not, a case must be registered against those who took part in the march,” said Bajwa. “The RSS activities may provoke trouble as there are reports that terrorists are trying to stage a comeback in Punjab,” Bajwa said.
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SAD defends diesel price hike
Chandigarh, October 7 SAD general secretary Maheshinder Grewal alleged despite the fact that the government had explained that it was an appropriate decision to increase VAT on diesel by just 1 per cent keeping in view the state's agrarian economy, both leaders opposed it with misleading statements. He said they were trying to outsmart each other in impressing the Congress high command. Grewal said the petrol price was increased by Rs 33 and that of diesel by Rs 22 during the UPA rule from 2009-14. Calling Captain as a “non-resident Punjabi”, he said: “Amarinder owes an explanation to the people in this regard. The UPA had ordered decontrol of petroleum products, but the Congress leaders never protested. They did not even raise their voice when diesel price was increased by 50 paisa per month during the UPA rule.”
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File chargesheet against Tytler: Phoolka to Sukhbir
Ludhiana, October 7 He said if chargesheets were not filed against Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, there would be no doubt that the NDA and the SAD governments were shielding the accused. He said in such a case, they would start an agitation against both the parties. Phoolka said, “The 30th anniversary of the 1984 carnage is approaching, but most of the crucial cases are still being investigated by the CBI. The instance of a charge sheet against Sajjan Kumar going missing shows that the government is willing to go to any extent to shield the guilty.” He said the case pertained to the killings of 4 Sikhs in Nangloi Police Station. After concluding the investigation, chargesheet was prepared and signed by the investigation officer and the ACP on 08/04/1992. However, 22 years had passed and that chargesheet had not been filed in the court, Phoolka said. He said now the NDA and the SAD should ensure that the chargesheets were filed since they had been raising the issue during the UPA rule. Phoolka said the case against Jagdish Tytler was also lying pending with the CBI. This case pertains to the murder of three Sikhs at Gurudwara Pull Bangash, Delhi, on November 1, 1984. The court had rejected the clean chit the CBI had given to Jagdish Tytler and ordered that the matter be investigated further.
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PAU identifies agent that can sting dengue mosquitoes
Chandigarh, October 7 DK Kocher, principal investigator of the project, said, “We have successfully tested the biological agent, known as copepods (a type of zooplankton), for killing the larvae”. Kocher said the results of the lab tests were encouraging. “More tests will be conducted at a large scale at various places, including ponds, to arrive at a concrete conclusion,” he said. The PAU was assigned the project by the Union Department of Science and Technology. GK Sangha, head of Department of Zoology, said scientists from the Punjab Science and Technology Council were also collaborating with the PAU team. Kocher said most of the aedes larvae-killing copepods had been found in fish ponds in Muktsar, Bathinda and Ludhiana districts. “The copepods, which are smaller in size than the larvae, attack the latter and kill it,” he said. “Mosquitoes are blood sucking insects and these act as carrier of diseases like dengue, chikungunya, malaria and encephalitis. If successful under field conditions, this may provide an alternate and eco-friendly means of controlling mosquitoes,” said Sangha. Kocher said three types of larvae — aedes (dengue spreading), anopheles (malaria transmitting) and culex (responsible for encephalitis) — were found during this study. A recent American study had reported that India was under-reporting its dengue cases. It stated that the incidence of dengue was in the range of 6 million cases per annum whereas only a few thousand cases were being actually reported. Vital discovery
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Buyers missing, cotton farmers at arhtiyas’ mercy
Mansa, October 7 The crop fetched Balwinder Rs 7,000 a quintal two years ago and Rs 4,000 last year. “The white gold is selling at throwaway prices. Instead of going up, the rates are falling at an average of Rs 1,000 a quintal every year. We are helpless,” he said. The Union Government had fixed the minimum support price of Rs 3,950 a quintal. But farmers alleged the price was not being honoured as the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) had failed to enter the market. As such, hundreds of farmers like Balwinder are at the mercy of arhtiyas (traders). “The buyers come, usually in pairs, and settle the rates among themselves,” he said. When The Tribune team visited the market around 10 am, there seemed no movement for any purchase. After taking another round of the market an hour later, an elderly farmer from Kheri Chelan village, Kaka Singh, said: “It’s no point walking around in the sun. Come, sit here. We are here since Sunday evening. No one comes before noon. Even when they come, the purchase prices are pre-decided. Having no other option, we have to accept whatever they offer.” Kaka’s words seemed to have come true after some time. Two traders, Amar and Dewan Chand, moved from one pile to another speaking out the rates varying between Rs 3,900 and Rs 4,100. Asked for their comment, both refused to give any details or provide their mobile phone numbers. “We are here to help our farmer brothers. There is no issue worth reporting as we pay them as per the market demand,” they said. Karamjit Singh from Anandgarh village said, “We are being looted. How can the state government, which claims to be pro-farmer, turn a blind eye to out sufferings? When will our ‘achhe din’ come?” Kaur Singh of Ramdittewala village said they had already suffered a lot this year on account of drought and then floods. “Against the normal produce, there has been a loss of 4 to 5 quintals this time. Now this lack of buyers is dealing the final blow,” he said. The procurement in Mansa district, including the markets in Mansa, Budhlada, Bareta, Bikhi, Sardulgarh and Boha, today stood at 6,070 quintals.
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Stacking paddy a headache for officials
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 7 About 6,000 tonnes of paddy has arrived at 33 purchasing centres run by five market committees. But only 1,082 tonnes have been purchased by private and government agencies so far. According to official estimates, more than 4 lakh tonnes of paddy is likely to arrive in various markets this year and if paddy is not lifted in time, it will lead to a glut at the purchase centres. Meetings are being held between shellers and the district officials to sort out the issue so that the paddy can be stored in godowns of private shellers. Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, chairman, Market Committee, said the norms laid down by the Centre were unacceptable. Harjit Kaur, District Food and Civil Supplies Controller, said they had prepared a list to allot paddy to 125 shellers in the district.
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Opinion divided over deceased brothers
Bohapur, October 7 The villagers seem divided over their opinion of the victims, who were brothers. “The two were a terror. They slapped a girl travelling in a bus,” claimed a shopkeeper in Takhran village near Bohapur. Vishwajit Singh, a friend of the deceased brothers, rubbished such talk. “They were courageous and took a stand on various issues,” he claimed. A neighbour, when approached, said the brothers deserved no adulation. “ They mercilessly beat up our son who had to resettle in Mohali,” they said. Jaswinder Kaur claimed that her daughter was persistently harassed by the brothers and she had to shift to another village. The brothers lived in a two-room house at the edge of the village. The rooms were dingy. An old fridge and a TV set were placed near the cots. The house did not have a concrete roof. A niche in one of the rooms niche displayed pictures of the two with the medals and trophies won by them in kabaddi and cricket tourneys. Rupinder, a Class XII student, who hasn’t gone to school since September 27 when her brothers were killed, said: “My brothers were my main support. They were gems.” At Takhran village, Harmanbhinder Singh claimed he was still nursing his wounds inflicted by the two brothers. He said on August 21, they had thrashed him at a village mela as he belonged to a rival group. To escape arrest, the two had then taken refuge in a house in Jamalpur on the outskirts of Ludhiana where they were shot. The house owner, Harpreet Kaur alias Simran, is yet to be traced. Two policemen stand guard outside the locked house. None in the village could explain the rivalry between the deceased brothers and the main accused, Gurjit Singh, an Akali leader, who allegedly shot the brothers at point blank range in the presence of the police. Looking back
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Hoardings of youths killed in police encounters dot village
Bohapur, October 7 Besides the pictures of brothers Harinder and Jatinder, the hoardings carried the pictures of Lovpreet Singh, Satvinder Singh Nagra of Bahadurke and Gagandeep Singh alias Gogga. The body of Lovpreet Singh (14) was found on the banks of the Sutlej on July 26. A BJP worker Yajram Yadav, his son Ravi Yadav and an unidentified person were booked for murder. Nagra alias Kala was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants on the Rahon road on September 6. Former Congress sarpanch Rajwinder Singh alias Ravi and his accomplices were booked for the murder. Ravi and Kala were bitter political rivals. Both faced criminal charges. Kala was out on bail in an attempt to murder case. Gogga’s death is shrouded in mystery. His family claims that he was beaten to death at the ‘behest’ of BJP leader and Deputy Mayor RD Sharma on March 17 and his body thrown near a railway track. But a probe conducted by the Railway Police has given a clean chit to the BJP leader. The case has been closed. The police claim that Gogga was hit by a train while talking on the cellphone. Mysterious deaths
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55-yr-old farmer commits suicide
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 7 Singh, a father of four daughters and three sons, had taken land on lease for cultivation but he could not get desired result, they said. Upset over this, he took the extreme step, they added. The incident took place when he had gone to meet one of his daughters who was married at village Rorewal. When Singh did not return home, his siblings started searching for him, police said, adding, his slippers were recovered near Bhakra Canal. The body was recovered on October 6, they said. —PTI
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SDM-Nagra spat: Congress workers resume protest
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 7 The SDM alleged Nagra had abused her on September 16 during a meeting of the Sirhind Municipal Council, while Nagra claimed the SDM violated protocol and humiliated him in public. The matter is still pending before Assembly Speaker and the Patiala Divisional Commissioner is probing the matter. Harinder Singh Bhambri said since they wanted to corner the government, they decided not to hold the protest on government holidays. He said they would not protest on Wednesday and Thursday due to government holidays on the birth anniversary of Maharishi Balmiki and Guru Ram Das.
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Parents dressed up girl as bride before murder: Probe
Batala, October 7 A police officer said the parents initially tried to persuade Paramjit to end her affair. But when she refused to listen to them, they hatched a plan to kill the couple. Paramjit’s parents and uncles told her that they had no objection to her getting married to Shamsher Singh. They asked her to call her lover to a desolate place where their marriage would be solemnised. To mislead the girl, the parents reportedly performed certain marriage rituals at their house. The police officer said when Shamsher Singh reached the designated place as told, he noticed Paramjit’s parents forcibly taking her towards the river’s embankment. Sensing trouble, he fled. Paramjeet’s parents and some relatives allegedly tied her legs with a nylon rope and bricks and threw her into the river. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Shamsher Singh with the Sri Hargobindpur police station on September 30. Manminder Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, said they had arrested Baljeet Singh, the deceased’s uncle, for his involvement in the crime. He said raids were on to arrest the remaining accused. Honour killing
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Generation at Ropar plant reduced
Ropar, October 7 Sources at the plant said that a rake of coal carrying 3,000 metric tonne of coal had recently reached the plant so the plant would run for the next 1.8 days. With another rake of coal reaching today, the authorities were able to keep the four running units operational. Each of the power generation units required 3,500 tonne of coal to run at full capacity for a day. He said with the current stock, only four units could run for six hours a day.
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PGI team visits Ferozepur
Ferozepur, October 7 The team will finalise the site for the project. The centre is likely to give major fillip to the healthcare sector in this border district. The team comprised 12 members from various departments of the PGI, including its Chief Engineer PS Saini and Trisha. They visited various sites in the town.
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Kilns operating despite ban
Chandigarh, October 7 Around 2,700 brick kilns had to shut operations following the ban imposed by the Supreme Court on the excavation of brick-earth from fields or vacant plots without an environmental clearance. As some brick kilns in Moga, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Hoshiarpur districts had started production, members of the Punjab Brick Kiln Association have alleged that the group had benefited due to their political or official links. The members, led by association president Devinder Rajdev, today met the Director (Industries), Raminder Singh. The Director (Industries) said he had asked the officials concerned to ensure no kiln was allowed to operate without environment clearance. Ashok Mittal from Jalandhar said: “We have already paid Rs 4 lakh per kiln as advance VAT, though we have not been baking bricks since September 1.” Harwinder Singh Sekhon, who owns a brick kiln in Sangrur, said the court order would soon lead to shortage of bricks and, thus, hit the realty sector. “As of now, all kilns have two-month stocks in reserve. The state government should formulate a policy that allows us to extract brick-earth up to one-and-a-half meter from the earth’s surface without getting environmental clearance. Haryana and Rajasthan have already allowed this as getting environment clearance is a tardy process,”
he said. B Purushartha, Director (Mining), said the kilns could not be allowed to excavate earth without environmental clearance. “But we can study how the neighbouring states have allowed the process,” he said.
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Kidnapped infant’s relatives protest police ‘inaction’
Abohar, October 7 In a memorandum submitted to the district police chief, the protesters said Munshi Ram’s wife Saroj gave birth to a girl on September 16 at a private hospital in Sriganganagar. The family returned to their native Kalian village. A religious ceremony was scheduled for September 25 but on September 24, when Saroj and her mother Radha woke up, the infant was missing. Protesters said Munshi Ram was under “depression” and was unable to do justice to his duty at a private shop. “No visible efforts seem to have been made by the police to solve the case,” Budania alleged. The SP assured the protesters to push the investigation to crack the case soon. Three days on, no clue about missing boy Hoshiarpur: Three days after a 13-year-old boy, Sonu Kumar, went missing from Bheem Nagar on the outskirts of Hoshiarpur, the police are yet to find a lead in the case. The police on Tuesday conducted a combing drive and claimed to have searched intensively in the area and in the nearby fields. However, nothing concrete was found. Sonu’s father Murari Lal of Bihar, who resides at Bheem Nagar, said he and his wife had gone to their workplaces and Sonu and his sister were at home. Around 2 pm, Sonu went to play but did not return. In the evening, when the couple returned from work, they looked out for him but couldn’t find him.
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Clean-up drive at cancer-prone village in Abohar
Abohar, October 7 Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Rajpal Singh, along with a team of the Health Department led by Dr Yuvraj Narang, and engineer Vijay Kumar inspected the water works, pond, reverse osmosis plant and the Lambi minor (sub canal). Paramedics were assigned the task of distributing chlorine tablets in all the houses and officials discussed the situation with village nambardar Inderjit Bhadoo, Gram Vikas Samiti representative Sunil Yadav and some other activists. The villagers said the Irrigation Department had not ensured supply of canal water for the past six weeks. They said due to this, the water tank had almost dried and most of the residents had to consume contaminated water as they were unable to arrange potable water from neighbouring areas of Rajasthan. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate said a meeting of all officials concerned would be convened soon to redress the grievances and to check further spread of diseases.
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Anganwari workers protest in Fazilka, demand salary hike
Fazilka, October 7 While addressing the protesters, she said workers and helpers should be accorded the status of government employees. The protesters have been demanding a salary of Rs 21,500 per month for anganwadi workers and Rs 11,500 per month for helpers till their grade is fixed. Hargobind said the state-level protest, which started on October 2, would continue till December. She said if their demands are not fulfilled, they would gherao Parliament in Delhi at the end of this year. The protesters also sought uniforms and holidays in summer and winter season.
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BJP workers ‘wrongly’ figure on SAD list
Abohar, October 7 Ashok Munjal, president, Arorvansh Dharamshala Trust, and Dr Shrawan Kumar claimed none of the SAD leaders had spoken to them over their induction and they were still loyal workers of the Bhartiya Janta Party. — OC
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Cop, aide get 20-year RI for raping minor
Faridkot, October 7 The court of District and Sessions Judge, Faridkot, held police constable Kulwinder Singh and his aide Kuldeep Singh guilty of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl in February last year. The accused had abducted the girl from the house of her maternal grandfather at Sukhanwala village. After raping the girl, they had dumped her near a water channel at Golewala village. Kulwinder Singh was recruited as constable in the Punjab Police a few days before the crime. He was under probation and posted at the city police station. The accused had produced some certificates in the court claiming that the girl was above 18 years of age and that she went with them on her own. The certificates were found fake.
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