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Tohra
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HC restrains DSP from entering
Ropar Three undertrials stabbed in jail Unauthorised emigration on Fake cassette trade boom in
Bathinda Minister finds 50 pc employees
absent Youth held for murder 2 revenue officials suspended Postings soon for reappointed
teachers Inspector’s bail plea
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Tohra promises more fireworks LUDHIANA, Nov 11 — Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra may be down but he certainly is not out. Despite the failure of the move orchestrated by him a couple of weeks ago, to oust Mr Parkash Singh Badal as Chief Minister over the poll debacle and his inability to prevent the re-election of Bibi Jagir Kaur as President of the SGPC yesterday for another term, Mr Tohra remains buoyant. The wily old politician of Punjab now promises more political fireworks immediately after the proposed Cabinet expansion by Mr Badal later this month. He obviously expects all those who are left out of the ministry to veer round to him. Talking to TNS here today, he noted that the BJP had already begun to demand up to four seats more in the expanded Council of Ministers. There were so many other pulls and pressures from MLAs belonging to his own party. "Under these circumstances, I have my doubts if Mr Badal will be able to enlarge his ministry at all", he quipped. Punjab was a small state and in any case, the strength of the Cabinet should not exceed 10 per cent of the total strength of the state assembly. That figure had already been crossed. "Moreover, the manner in which Mr Badal kept most of the important departments with himself, I don’t think he needs any more ministers to run the state. On the one hand, he has kept key portfolios with him and on the other, hand he has trifurcated departments like education to accommodate more ministers. This is ridiculous." He was of the view that it was more than likely that Mr Badal would finally take the easier way out by postponing the expansion of his ministry on the ground that panchayat and zila parishad elections were round the corner. As a matter of fact, the postponement would go down well with the people because they were in no mood to tolerate any more financial burden on the state exchequer at a time when Punjab was on the brink of bankruptcy. Mr Tohra denied that he had anything to do with the signature campaign spearheaded by the SAD leader, Mr Ravi Inder Singh, for a discussion on reasons for the poll debacle. "I have no knowledge about the signature drive. Nor did anybody come to me or ask me about it. Therefore, I do not know how many signatures were collected by them...." The move was undertaken by certain leaders in the SAD who felt that the reasons for the setback suffered by the government must be gone into. "How can Mr Badal term this as an act of indiscipline and issue a show cause notice to Mr Ravi Inder Singh? What happens to Mr Badal’s own commitment to the ideals of freedom of speech and inner party democracy?" He noted that in UP, Mr Kalyan Singh had been changed by the BJP high command because of the poll reverses in the parliamentary election. What was wrong in undertaking a similar exercise in Punjab. MLAs had every right to discuss the pros and cons of the given situation and take appropriate action. Mr Tohra denied that the setback suffered by him first in the signature drive against Mr Badal and then in preventing the re-election of Bibi Jagir Kaur as the SGPC chief had led to demoralisation among his supporters. "This is not so. As a matter of fact, in the SGPC election, we were expecting to poll 41 votes but secured 51. This is a sign of accretion in our strength". He accused Mr Badal of not being serious about eradicating corruption in the state and said he was just "staging dramas" by asking minor officials like patwaris and others to return bribes at his public meetings. He pointed out that when irregularities in the plying of buses without route permits were pointed out, Mr Badal transferred the Secretary and the Director of the department concerned. Similarly, when the "substandard crates scandal" was unearthed, Mr Badal instituted an inquiry but simultaneously transferred the officials who had highlighted the scandal. And look at the fate of the Lok Pal whose appointment had been struck down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The state machinery had been used ruthlessly to accommodate favourites, he alleged. He complained that more than 2000 policemen at been deployed in and around the Golden Temple complex. "There was an atmosphere of fear and terror created by the government. Mr Badal was just trying to intimidate us. And by deploying force in such a brazen manner, he had proved that he was no better than the Congress rulers. How can he now ever ask others to maintain the sanctity of Darbar Sahib when he himself has been doing everything possible to undermine it?" Mr Tohra alleged that
the 11 MLAs belonging to the SHSAD were being
discriminated against by the Badal government. Although
the government had announced that every MLA was entitled
to recommend the construction of 10 km of road and 30 km
of road repairs in his constituency every year, not an
inch of road construction or repairs had been undertaken
at their recommendation so far. "Even the late Beant
Singh used to be more accommodating towards his political
rivals...", Mr Tohra said. |
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Mystery of Tohra’s invalid
vote AMRITSAR, Nov 11 — The rejection of two votes at the time of annual election of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president is still shrouded in mystery. The two votes found invalid were of Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra and Bibi Kulwinder Kaur Lohgarh. Both had written their own names on the ballot papers instead of the names of candidates. This has led to an interesting debate in Sikh circles. Why Mr Tohra had made a "blunder" while casting his vote is still a mystery. In all, 177 votes were cast during the secret ballot. Bibi Jagir Kaur, a candidate of the Shiromani Akali Dal, secured 126 votes while Mr Surjit Singh Cheema jointly fielded by the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal and SAD (Amritsar) got 49 votes. Had Mr Tohra cast his vote carefully, his candidate, Mr Cheema, would have got 50 votes. A close confidant of Mr Tohra who pleaded anonymity said though Mr Tohra was elected SGPC chief 25 times yet he was not well versed with the secret ballot and committed the mistake. During his tenure as SGPC chief, Mr Tohra hardly allowed secret ballot. However, another
supporter of Mr Tohra in a lighter vein said Mr Tohra
still had a "hangover" of being the SGPC chief
and must have thought that he was again a candidate for
the post. Another supporter of Mr Tohra said it was
somebody else who had "deliberately" written
the name of Mr Tohra for obvious reasons. Bibi Jagir Kaur
on learning about this "favourable mistake"
said in a lighter vein that Mr Tohra did this as he
"never wanted to vote against her". |
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Engg college teachers’
protest today CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — Teachers posted in engineering colleges in Punjab are up in arms against the state government as new pay scales have not been implemented for them so far. Following submission of a report by the Fourth Pay Commission, all government employees in Punjab got new pay scales since January 1, 1996. Likewise, the teaching staff posted in universities and medical institutions also got their new scales implemented as per the recommendations of the authorities concerned. However, this is not the case with the teaching staff of engineering colleges though non-teaching staff of these institutions have got the new pay scales implemented. Upset over the delay in the implementation of the new scales, the teaching staff of these institutions have adopted the path of agitation. Mr Khushdeep Singh, vice-president of the Punjab State Engineering Colleges Teachers’ Federation, said here today that teachers would wear black badges tomorrow and observe a stay-in strike on November 17. If their demands were not accepted by then the next phase of agitation would be announced. Mr Khushdeep Singh said the teaching staff in engineering colleges were getting less salary than the non-teaching staff and it was most insulting and humiliating. Teachers had met the Punjab Government authorities concerned but things have not moved in the right direction. When contacted for official version, Mr N.S. Rattan, Secretary, Technical Education and Industrial Training, said the new scales for the teaching staff of engineering colleges in Punjab were to be released by the Union Ministry for Human Resource Development on the recommendations of the All-India Council of Teaching Education. The council had approved the new scales for the teaching staff in March but it did not forward its recommendations to the ministry till the third week of October. However, it is learnt that the council has sent its approval recently to the ministry, which is on the job. Mr Rattan said the authorities concerned had assured the teachers that the new pay scales would be released soon. Mr Rattan urged the teachers not to resort to agitation and wait for some more time for the decision of the union ministry. He said he would get the new pay scales implemented within a week after he got the list of the recommended pay scales by the union government. He claimed that the problem pertaining to the new pay scales for engineering colleges was not confined only to Punjab. Other states had also not implemented the scales. The scales had been implemented in those institutions which directly come under the jurisdiction of the Central government. In case of Punjab’s engineering colleges, the Ministry of Human Resource Development pays 80 per cent bill of the wages of the teaching staff for the first five years after the opening of the institutions. The Longowal and the
Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, are the
institutions which get full salary bill from the union
government. |
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FEAR criticises appointment
ways PATIALA, Nov 11 — The Forum for Educational Action and Reform (FEAR) yesterday criticised the university authorities for starting a new appointment procedure. In a statement here, the Forum President, Dr Amarjit Singh Dhillon, said the appointments of Dr Kuldeep Singh Dhir, Dean Academic Affairs and Dr B.S. Bhatia, Dean Research, have been appointed till further orders for six months whichever was earlier. He said Dr S.S. Khaira, who has resigned as director of the Audio Visual Research Centre (AVRC), has also been appointed for six months or till further orders. Dr Dhillon has also criticised the manner in which two teachers had been given more than one additional charge. He said, Dr B.S. Bhatia, a teacher in Business Management, had been given additional charge of Dean Research and after the resignation of Dr S.L. Singla, the additional charge of Dean of Colleges had also been given to him though he did not have experience of working in a college. He said in addition, Dr Bhatia was also administrative head of all the centres of the university outside the campus like Damdama Sahib, Bathinda, Malerkotla, Jaito and Dehra Dun. Dr Dhillon said another teacher of the Punjabi Department Dr G.S. Arshi, having already additional charge of Director, Development and Monitoring, had also been given additional charge of Director, AVRC, after the resignation of Mr S.S. Khaira. He said according to administrative norms, there could not be more than one additional charge. He said even certain decisions taken by the standing committee of Academic Council at its meeting held on October 14, were objectionable. He said out of these, two decisions were very significant namely starting of law classes at Fairdkot, where the experiment had failed earlier and B.Ed classes at Bathinda in the current academic session. He said it was pertinent to note that according to the ordinances of the university, the colleges that wished to start new courses must apply by December 31 of the preceding year in which they proposed to start new courses. He said so far as the B.Ed course was concerned, only independent training institutions were supposed to run such courses. Recently, the All-India Council of Training Institutions (AICTI) had made strict rules for B.Ed classes. These rules were ignored at the meeting of the standing committee of the academic council. He said FEAR had also
asked its committee to review the functioning of
professional colleges, including Patiala College of
Management and Technology, being run near Ayurvedic
College, Patiala, by a son of Dr B.S. Bhatia. |
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HC restrains DSP from
entering Ropar CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained Mr H.S. Bhullar, DSP of Dera Bassi in Patiala district, from entering Ropar district. Mr Justice T.H.B. Chalapathi, who handed down this order on a petition filed by Mrs Naseeb Kaur Bath, a resident of Pabhat village in Ropar district, also directed the Punjab Government not to post Mr Bhullar in Ropar district till further orders. The Judge further directed the Ropar SSP to provide sufficient security to the petitioner and her family. The petitioner stated that the DSP was the son of an Additional Director-General of Police of Punjab. A few months ago the DSP visited her house. She alleged that he "made passes at her for entering into an illicit affair". She claimed to have rebuffed his overtures. She added that in June the DSP visited the house of the petitioner when she was all alone and her children had gone to school, caught hold her with the intention to outrage her modesty. When he attempted to embrace her, she pushed him out of the house. A few days after the
incident, the DSP made a telephone call to the petitioner
and asked her either to submit herself to his wishes or
face the "consequences". On September 17 a
police party visited her house and told her that she was
booked in a criminal case. She alleged that she was taken
in custody. The DSP hurled abuses at her and implicated
her in a false case. |
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Three undertrials stabbed in jail JALANDHAR, Nov 11 (UNI) — Three undertrials, including two murder accused, were stabbed and wounded by three other undertrials in the high-security Central Jail here today, police and jail officials said. Confirming the incident, the Jail Superintendent identified those wounded as Sukhwinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh, both murder accused, and Balwinder Singh. Undertrials Gurmail Singh, Gurpartap Singh and Lakhbir Singh were involved in the attack. Sources in the civil hospital, where all three wounded were admitted, said the condition of Sukhwinder Singh was serious. While police and hospital sources said the accused had used a knife for stabbing, the Jail Superintendent claimed they had improvised and sharpend an "iron strip" used for cutting vegetables in the jail kitchen. Meanwhile, a reporter and photographer of a local Hindi daily had a tussle with jail officials in the civil hospital where they had gone to inquire into the incident and click the photographs of the wounded. Reporter Abhinandan
Sharma alleged Deputy Jail Superintendent Surinder Singh
not only prevented the photographer from doing his job
but also snatched and threw away the camera, smashing it
in the process. |
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Unauthorised emigration on BATHINDA, Nov 11 — The unauthorised travel agents involved in sending youths from Punjab to foreign countries through illegal means engage women to procure customers. Sources said travel agents who were operating from the Confederation of Independents States (CIS) were managing the business through their women relatives. The sister and mother of Paramjit Singh Pamma, the agent whose customers are languishing in jails of Kiev, capital of Ukraine, are dealing with customers from Fatehgarh Sahib, Khanna, Mohali and Ludhiana. Certain kin of agents who were involved in sending hundreds of Punjabis to Moscow, who landed in jails, have also hired goons to intimidate the relatives of the victims from raising their voice against their illegal business. In the Doaba region even the palmists and heads of certain ‘deras’ have been acting as touts of such agents. Despite the Malta boat tragedy off the Greek Coast in December 1996 which claimed more than 250 lives, the unauthorised travel agents are still active in Punjab. Certain agents, enjoy
patronage of those who matter most in the state affairs.
A woman residing near Chandigarh having links in the
Punjab Government has been illegally sending youths to
the USA through her US citizen brother. She has succeeded
in sending a large number of people to the USA in the
past four years as spectators of various sports events,
including 1996 Olympics. |
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Bridge on Tangri remains
still-born PATIALA: A year after the announcement of the much-needed bridge over the Tangri, near Lalru in this district, residents of over 10 villages are earnestly waiting for construction work to begin. It was on November 7 last year that the Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, in whose constituency the villages fell, had laid the foundation stone of the bridge on the Lalru-Handesar road on the outskirts of Sarangpur village. A notice board was put up at the site by the Public Works Department which claims that a bridge under construction is the only reminder of the government’s promise. The villagers say the bridge has been a persistent demand for the past 50 years, which no one had fulfilled. They say their hopes were high last year with the laying of the foundation stone, but owing to lack of construction work, their hopes have gone sour. While the residents claim they have been taken for a ride by a "false" promise, PWD officials stand by the government’s promise. Mr Kewal Krishan, Executive Engineer, also denies the allegation of fund shortage levelled by them. He states that work had been delayed due to technical reasons. One of them being that the tenders received for the project were not found up to the mark. He assures that the process for new tenders is under way and work would start shortly. Sources in the department, however, maintain that the work is being delayed due to fund shortage. They claim that a few contractors are inclined to take up projects at a cost "convenient" to the department. Throwing light on the need of the bridge, residents of Malan, Rajapur, Jodhgarh, Sarangpur, Antala and other surrounding villages say the bridge, when operational would reduce the distance between Lalru and Handesar by about 15 km. During the monsoon the
villages are cut off from this district and have to reach
Patiala or other places through Haryana. If the bridge
comes into being, time and travelling costs would come
down sharply. |
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Fake cassette trade boom in
Bathinda BATHINDA, Nov 11 — The city seems to have emerged as the centre of fake audio cassettes as unsuspecting buyers from Punjab and neighbouring states of Haryana and Rajasthan are thronging the town to buy cassettes. The close proximity of this town with Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts of Rajasthan and Sirsa district of Haryana, where Punjabis live in large numbers, has given an opportunity to unscrupulous elements to indulge in piracy. In the past three years, the local police unearthed about five factories which were manufacturing fake audio cassettes of reputed companies which were popular. The police also seized large number of taped fake cassettes. Mr Dinesh Sharma, SHO city police station, told TNS that a large number of blank and taped cassettes, recording machines, wrappers of reputed companies and master prints were seized from these factories. Sources said these fake cassettes were being sold at busy places, including bus stand and railway station. A large number of duplicate cassettes of popular Punjabi songs were finding their way into various markets of towns of Rajasthan and Haryana where Punjabis live in large numbers. Sources said after militancy was contained in the state, the audio-cassette business saw a boom. The boom also brought with it the menace of piracy which continues despite efforts by renowned companies to check it. Sources said that
persons involved in the manufacturing and selling of fake
cassettes had amassed wealth by evading sale tax and
income tax worth lakhs of rupees. The sale tax
authorities were not dealing strictly with these elements
due to the reasons best known to them, they added. |
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Minister finds 50 pc employees
absent CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — The Punjab State Minister for Irrigation, Mr Sikander Singh Maluka, in a statement here today said that as many as 50 per cent employees were found absent following a surprise checking made by him in different offices of the Irrigation department in Amritsar yesterday. The authorities concerned have been told to call for an explanation of all such employees. After Amritsar, he made a similar checking at Jalandhar and found there nearly 25 per cent employees absent. Some employees had not marked their presence in the past week and the relevant register was not complete. Mr Maluka has ordered
the suspension of a superintendent for such a lapse in
the attendance register. He has directed all employees of
the department to attend the office in time and show
interest in work. |
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Youth held for murder LUDHIANA, Nov 11 — The police has arrested Sanjeev Kumar (28) for allegedly murdering his girl-friend’s brother Prem Dhir on November 9 here. A case under Section 304, IPC, had been registered against him on the complaint of a relative of Prem Dhir. Prem had been pushed down from the balcony of a restaurant at Fountain Chowk and was electrocuted when he got entangled in the electric wires. In another case, the
police has arrested Vicky Bindra, alias Ricky, for
allegedly preparing forged and duplicate video cassettes
and CDs and selling them under the trade mark of a
renowned company at cheap rates. A case under Section 51,
52-A, 63, 68-A, of the Copyright Act has been registered
and five cassettes of film "Baadshah", 290
cassettes of various other films, 118 CDs, five VCRs and
one colour TV has been seized. |
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2 revenue officials
suspended ROPAR, Nov 11 — Balraj Singh, Kanungo of Anandpur Sahib, and Baldev Singh, Patwari of Jhinjrri patwar circle in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, have been suspended by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Gurinder Singh Grewal. According to official
information received here this afternoon, the Deputy
Commissioner suspended them because they were caught
red-handed by the DSP Vigilance Bureau, Ropar, Mr
Malvinder Singh Sidhu, a few days ago in Anandpur Sahib
while accepting bribe of Rs 1500 from Mr Ram Singh, a
panchayat member of Tarapur village, for demarcating the
shamlat land of the village. |
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Postings soon for reappointed
teachers CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — Reappointed teachers will be posted in various schools within a week or so. This was disclosed here today by the Education Secretary, Mrs Surjit Kaur Sandhu. As many as 1,700 such teachers were getting trained in-service training institutes at district headquarters. She said posting orders were delayed due to some technical hitch. Now all technical problems had been cleared and posting orders would be issued soon. These teachers were reappointed by the Punjab Government by issuing a special ordinance. Earlier they were posted on an ad hoc basis but were removed from service following a verdict against them in court. These teachers belong to master and lecturer cadres. Asked about filling
vacant posts of principals and headmasters in schools,
Mrs Surjit Kaur said seniority lists were being finalised
in the light of Supreme Court judgement and promotions
would be made soon. |
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Inspector’s bail plea rejected BATHINDA, Nov 11 — Mr Surjeet Singh, Additional Session Judge, today rejected the bail application of Police Inspector Budh Singh, who was booked by the Sadar police station in a case relating to extortion and wrongful confinement under Section 384, 363 and 342 of the IPC. The Inspector was booked in this case on the complaint of Gurmit Singh of Chuge Kalan village. The case was registered following an inquiry SP(H), Mr Harbaz Singh. Budh Singh has created a
history of sorts by getting three criminal cases
registered against him in the last three years, including
a case relating to the stripping of a woman in front of
her son in the CIA staff police station. |
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UK musicians impressed by
Punjab lifestyle CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — After a three-week tour of Punjab, a group of 10 young musicians from Shropshire (UK) has returned to their county. Before departure the young musicians, who were led by Diana Walton and accompanied by Mr Simon Lanzon, a well-known composer and producer of Rock bands and Mr Patric McArdle, a percussionist, told TNS that they had a very rich experience with regard to Punjabi folk and classical music. Diana Walton said young musicians during their stay at different places in Punjab learnt a lot about local traditions, culture and customs. Young artistes from Shropshire were keen on learning about the Bhangra beat, which has become popular worldover. Ben Wilson, a student, who stayed at Sunam said he would come back to India soon for proper recording of local folk tunes and try for the fusion of local music with English music. The artistes were
fascinated by the local lifestyles. They were especially
pleased to see roaming around of stray animals in streets
and roads. "I have never seen such a thing in the
UK" said Ms Jennifer. "I liked it very much
here. People are liberal and they wanted to know about
the UK." |
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Fix retirement age of
politicians: Mehta PHILLAUR, Nov 11 — The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee member, Mr Parminder Mehta, has urged the Central Government to fix the retirement age of politicians as is the case with government employees. While talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Mehta said people often joined politics after their retirement from government jobs. Commenting on present situation in Punjab, Mr Mehta urged the state government to gear up the state machinery for collection of taxes instead of imposing new ones. He alleged the SAD-BJP Government had failed to provide a transparent administration in the state. Appointments, promotions
and transfers were on sale, he alleged. He also raised a
query about the recent appointments made to the Punjab
Youth Congress and said he would soon meet the Congress
president to apprise her of the situation prevailing in
the state. |
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Lok adalats on Nov 27 LUDHIANA, Nov 11 — Lok adalats would be organised in all the judicial courts in Ludhiana on November 27. This was announced by Mr S.S. Arora, District and Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, while presiding over a meeting of the District Legal Services Authority. Mr Arora said the litigants should apply to the judge concerned for putting up their cases before lok adalats. Mr Arora also directed all the judicial concerned and lawyers and the Legal Services Authority to persuade people to bring their cases before lok adalats. He said the District
Legal Services Authority had also been activated to
provide free legal services to the poor eligible
litigants. He appealed to the people to make maximum use
of this scheme, as reputed lawyers were being engaged to
present cases. |
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Three killed in road mishap MUKTSAR, Nov 11 (PTI) — Three persons died and two others were injured when two trucks collided head on near Lubianawali village on the Muktsar-Ferozepore road last night, the police said today. One of the trucks was carrying cattle and the other foodgrain. Those killed were identified as Gurcharan Singh and his son, Harvinder Singh, residents of Logarh in Ferozepore district and Virsaram, a resident of Fajoopura (Dhariwal). The injured have been admitted to the local civil hospital and their condition is stated to be out of danger. The police has registered a case against Gursewak Singh driver of one of the trucks. The driver, however, managed to escape but the police impounded the truck. The bodies were handed
over to the next of kin after post-mortem examination,
the police said. |
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Protest against ‘fiscal
emergency’ TARN TARAN, Nov 11 — A large number of employees of different departments, on a call given by the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation (PSSF), organised a demonstration in front of the office of local Treasury Officer against the alleged anti-people policies of the Punjab Government. Mr Sucha Singh,
convenor, border area Mulazam Sanghrash Committee Punjab,
Mr Bachan Singh Gill, co-convener, Paramedical Talmel
Committee, Amritsar, Mr Manjit Kumar Davesar, Mr Kewal
Singh, Mr Ajmer Singh and other leaders of the PSSF
condemned the unannounced financial emergency in Punjab
and raised the demands of employees. |
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Special train for Ahmadiya convention BATALA, Nov 11 (PTI) — The railways has introduced a special train on the Amritsar-Qadian section from today in view of 108th international convention of Ahmadiya sect being organised at its international headquarters at Qadian town in the Gurdaspur district from November 13 to 15. The train will leave from Amritsar at 10.25 a.m. and will reach Qadian at 12.20 p.m. It will leave from Qadian at 12.55 p.m. and reach Amritsar 3.05 p.m. Besides, the Punjab
Roadways depots at Batala and Amritsar have also decided
to ply special buses from Wagah border, Amritsar station
and Amritsar bus stand to Qadian for the convenience of
Ahmadiya delegates. |
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Dang demands CBI probe AMRITSAR, Nov 11 — CPI leader Satya Pal Dang has sought CBI inquiry into the alleged evasion of octroi by traders who had imported large quantities sugar from Pakistan last year. Mr Dang in a letter to
the Minister for Local Government, Mr Balramji Dass
Tandon, which was released to the press, sought a probe
into the allegation of large-scale evasion of octroi
involving a senior officer of the local municipal
corporation. |
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