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RDX seizure: Jaitley for CBI probe
Residents gherao police station
Woman’s bid to commit suicide
Three arrested for murder
Aided school teachers resume work
Six held with poppy husk
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Dhanota joins BSP
Safai workers begin protest
House burgled in Hargobind Nagar
Foundation stones laid
BEd teachers’ front flays govt
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RDX seizure: Jaitley for CBI probe
Jalandhar, December 26 The Akali Dal (1920) has also alleged that the recovery and arrests were “stage-managed” by the Punjab Police and its objective was to stall the ongoing formation of a third front in the state. Accompanied by senior BJP leaders, Mr Jaitley, who was in the city today, said he had heard about the arrests and seizure of RDX from Jalandhar. “We are not an investigating agency. We feel that a CBI probe into the incident could shed more light on the incident,” said Mr Jaitley. Meanwhile, addressing a press conference here today, Mr Ravinder Singh, chief of the Akali Dal (1920), and other senior leaders of the party - Jasbir Singh Rode, Ranjit Singh Chajjalwaddi, Darshan Singh Issapur, Tejinder Pannu and Mohinder Pal Singh Binaca - alleged that “three Sikhs were framed by the police falsely”. “There is no truth in the incident and the story has been cooked up. If this story is proved false, both the Congress and the SAD should be punished by people of the state. This drama has been staged to prevent formation of the third front in Punjab. SAD president Parkash Singh Badal has been making false claims about threat to his life, while Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has failed to check the unbridled activities and powers of the Punjab Police.” “The entire conspiracy has been hatched by an adviser of Mr Badal and a senior police officer of Jalandhar. We demand action against them from the Punjab Human Rights Commission,” said the Akali leaders. |
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Residents gherao police station
Phagwara, December 26 Residents of the Bhagatpura locality got agitated when the police failed to register a case against the in-laws of a girl, Kavita Joshi, who was allegedly beaten up by her in-laws, in spite of repeated assurances by it. Kavita Joshi (24) was thrown out of her in-laws’ house as her parents were not able to accede to their demands for dowry. After being assaulted by her husband and father-in-law, Kavita was taken to the local Civil Hospital, where she has been admitted for the past six days. In her statement to the police today, Kavita alleged that her husband Deepak Joshi and father-in-law had beaten her up and thrown her out of the house on December 20. She somehow rang up her mother Shashi and brother Amit in Phagwara and told them about the incident. They went to Ludhiana, where her in-laws live, and brought her back to Phagwara. She was later admitted to the Civil Hospital in an unconscious state. Talking to The Tribune at the hospital, she said she was married to Deepak in 2002 and had two sons from him. “Soon after my marriage, my in-laws started torturing me for more dowry. I gave them Rs 50,000 after they demanded Rs 2 lakh. But they kept demanding for more.” She was allegedly sent back to her paternal house at Bhagatpura here in August. After staying there for some months, she was sent to her in-laws in the first week of December after some persuasion. She had been living there ever since. The police said it was trying to effect a compromise between the two sides till the filing of the report. |
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Woman’s bid to commit suicide
Hoshiarpur, December 26 They also demanded Rs 2 lakh from her parents. Frustrated by the demands, she consumed poison. Sushma Devi was married to Rakesh Kumar on November 21, 2005. The Hoshiarpur police registered a case under Section 498 A of the IPC against Rakesh Kumar, his father Jagiri Ram, mother Gian Kaur, all of Manji village and Bimla Devi, wife of Dharampal of Shergarh. |
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Three arrested for murder
Hoshiarpur, December 26 SSP R.N. Dhoke said Gurtej Singh’s father Tasveer Singh had stated to the police that his son was crushed to death under a tractor by the accused at Adda Nasrala when he along with his son were purchasing a medicine. The three had fled after the murder and were arrested today. During their interrogation, they revealed that they had killed Gurtej as they wanted to settle an old score with him. A quarrel between Gurtej and Devinder’s father on Lohri had enraged Devinder and he along with his accomplices had decided to kill Gurtej. |
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Aided school teachers resume work
Jalandhar, December 26 He said the members appreciated role of ministers and those officials who had stood by them and helped them expedite the work in this regard. The members said they had resumed teaching and would now work in the winter break to make up for the loss that the students had to face owing to their strike. |
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Six held with poppy husk
Hoshiarpur, December 26 The driver of the auto-rickshaw who fled the scene was identified as Jaswinder Singh, alias Kala, of Mirzapur village. The police also arrested three others - Ishwar Singh, alias Manga, Naresh Kumar, alias Popa, and Rajdeepak, alias Babbi, all of Salempur - and seized 60 kg poppy husk from them. Cases under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the IPC have been registered. |
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Dhanota joins BSP
Hoshiarpur, December 26 He said the party had received encouraging response from people during its rallies held in different parts of the state. He said the BSP would strive for providing free electricity and water supply along with education and health facilities to the poor.
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Safai workers begin protest
Jalandhar, December 26 Safai Mazdur Union representative Naresh Kumar said Local Bodies Minister Ch Jagjit Singh, and Mayor Surinder Mahey had assured them of fulfilling their demands last month but nothing had been done so far. |
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House burgled in Hargobind Nagar
Phagwara, December 26 Five thefts have been reported from different localities this month only, belying tall claims of heightened patrolling by the police. Reacting to the growing number of thefts in the area, a resident of the locality said: “The thefts seem to be the handiwork of some insiders, either tenants or domestic help.” “This is not the first time when incidents of serial burglaries have been reported,” the police said, adding that it had started investigation after registering a case at the City police station. The landlord of the house and his family were away to Jalandhar when the theft took place. |
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Foundation stones laid
Hoshiarpur, December 26 He was here to lay the foundation stones for Dr B.R. Ambedkar Bhawan and Community Hall to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1 crore at Mukerian today. He said the state government was spending Rs 990 crore for providing potable water, sewerage and other facilities to the urban areas of the state. He claimed that the past five years had seen a lot of development in the state. Octroi had been abolished and water supply and sewerage bills of all houses constructed within give marla plots had been waived. He said the SAD had no issue to go to the public with for seeking votes in the forthcoming elections of Assembly. He alleged that SAD leaders were misusing money of the SGPC. He announced Rs 20 lakh for the development of parks in the town. Dr Kewal Krishan, Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Manglesh Kumar Judge, president, Municipal Council, were among those present. |
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BEd teachers’ front flays govt
Nawanshahr, December 26 Addressing a meeting of unemployed BEd teachers here at Baradari Garden today, they said the policies of the Education Department were being ignored while recruiting teachers by the Zila Parishad. They said if the government did not have jobs for BEd teachers, it should close private colleges in the state. They added that there was no point in producing BEd teachers in large numbers every year when there were no jobs for them. |
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Candle-lit evening
Jalandhar, December 26 |
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One killed in mishap
Nawanshahr, December 26 |
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