02022023-JTR-01.qxd 2/2/2023 12:22 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune DECEASED COUNCILLOR’S KIN HOLD CANDLELIGHT MARCH ALEC BALDWIN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER Hollywood star Alec Baldwin has officially been charged in the Rust fatal shooting case. P3 CLEAR SKY MAX 21°C | MIN 8°C YESTERDAY MAX 22°C | MIN 7°C SHAMITA DISMISSES DATING RUMOURS WITH AAMIR ALI A candlelight march was held demanding justice for deceased MC councillor Sushil Vicky Kalia. P2 FORECAST Bigg Boss 15 fame Shamita Shetty has been making headlines for her rumoured dating with Aamir Ali. P4 » » SUNSET THURSDAY 6.00 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 7:12 AM » THURSDAY | 2 FEBRUARY 2023 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF NAKODAR WOMAN GOES MISSING Nakodar: The Nakodar city police have registered a missing report in connection with the disappearance of a married woman. Surjit Singh, a resident of Sharak Pur village, has told the police that his wife Rekha (29) had left home on January 25, but she is yet to return home. Investigating officer Sarabjit Singh said a missing report has been registered. OC 1 BOOKED FOR SELLING LIQUOR Nakodar: The Nakodar city police have booked a man on the charge of selling smuggled liquor. Investigating officer Sarabjit Singh said the accused has been identified as Lovleet, a resident of Malarri village. As many as 90 bottles of whisky were seized from his possession. A case has been registered against the accused under the Punjab Excise Act. OC MISCREANTS STEAL TAPS IN BILGA Phillaur: The Bilga police have booked some unidentified miscreants on the charge of stealing water taps from a house. Makhan Singh, a resident of Partab Pura village, has told the police that some unidentified thieves had barged into the house owned by his brothers — who live abroad — and decamped with taps from bathrooms and lobbies. A case has been registered against the accused under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC. OC TWO HELD FOR STEALING TRACTOR Shahkot: The Shahkot police have arrested two villagers on the charge of stealing a tractor. Investigating officer (IO) Balbir Singh said Gurbakhash Kaur, a resident of tThamu Wal village, had complained to the police that the accused, Raj and Jagdish Singh, both residents of the same village, had stolen her tractor last year on September 19. OC ‘Tax relief to salaried class welcome; but nothing much for industry’ NO MENTION OF R&D CENTRE SOUGHT BY US rising inflation, ❝Amiddecision taking a Aakanksha N Bhardwaj regarding income tax was necessary. However, there is no mention of an R&D centre that we had been seeking. The setting up of a tax intelligence unit is like a sword hanging over one’s neck. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February1 Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the much-awaited Union Budget 2023-24 today, and tax exemption for the people with salary up to Rs 7 lakh has come in for praise. City traders and industrialists said it was a good step, but in the same breath most of them added that “there is nothing for the industry”. They had several expectations from the government. Gursharan Singh, a senior industrialist said there was no relief for micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). “Small industries provide employment and generate huge revenue, but their condition is not good at all,” he said, adding that Residents watch the live telecast of tabling of the Union Budget in Parliament. SARABJIT SINGH BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES ❝ ❝ ❞ there was no subsidy at all. “Also, Punjab doesn’t have its own raw material and labour. Overall, it’s a big disappointment,” he said. Echoing similar sentiments, ❞ Cops probe the firing incident at Amrit Vihar in Jalandhar. air and fled the spot, leaving their bike on the spot. Some distance away, two Class X students of showed up on a bike. The two youths waylaid the students, took away their bike and fled the spot. ADCP-1 Balwinder Singh Randhawa said the youths fired four to five gunshots into the air. He said a case has been registered against the two unidentified youths on the basis of the statements given by the complainant and the eye-witnesses. “An investigation is under way, and we are scrutinising the CCTV cameras installed nearby,” he added. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February1 Latifpura oustees, farmers and activists of various social organisations under the banner of Latifpura Murh Waseba Sanjha Morcha today broke the barricades put up by the police to stop them from taking a protest march to the office of the Commissioner of Police. ALLEGE 72K CASES OF BLUE CARD FRAUD, WHY ONLY ONE BOOKED intelligence unit is like a sword hanging over one’s neck,” he said. Some also appreciated the Budget. GNA Gears Ltd CEO Gurdeep Singh termed the Budget a balanced one. “The Budget has proposed greater opportunities for auto sector, infrastructure and skillbased education. The focus of the government to manufacture hydrogen-based vehicle has opened more vistas of opportunities. Incentive of less taxation to cooperatives for opening manufacturing units till March 2024 will also boost the manufacturing sector and supplement the ‘Make in India’ regime of the government,” he shared. Industrialist Balram Kaur also gave the thumbs up to the Budget, saying it envisions a prosperous and inclusive India in which the fruits of development reach all sections and citizens, specially youth, women, farmers, middle class, OBCs, SCs and ST. another industrialist, Tajinder Bhasin, said: “I can’t find anything for the industry. There is fluctuation and variation of steel prices, last year the prices varied from 30-40 Sikh prisoners: KMSC jatha sets out to support Mohali morcha Day after, MC, Waqf Board told to maintain status quo Tribune News Service DC INTERVENES, SEEKS REVENUE RECORDS Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Withdraw FIR, demand Latifpura oustees Protesters were adamant to take out a protest march from Latifpura Model Town to the Police Commissioner’s office. However, police personnel deployed at the protest site didn’t let protesters come on the road. The protesters alleged that they were manhandled by the cops and were forcibly stopped from exercising their right to hold protest. Meanwhile, a representative from the administration arrived at the spot around 4:30 pm to control the situation. He talked to the protesters, and they arrived at a mutual decision of not holding a protest march but going by cars to the Police GST ISSUE OF RUBBER MANUFACTURERS REMAIN Small industries provide employment and generate We had been demanding the reduction of the GST huge revenue, but their condition is not good at all. Also, from 12 to 5 per cent on rubber slippers, but there was Punjab doesn’t have its own raw material and labour. no mention of it in the Union Budget. Our industry is Overall, it’s a big disappointment. Gursharan Singh, INDUSTRIALIST nowhere right now. Neeraj Arora, RUBBER MANUFACTURER 2 open fire, snatch bike from students Jalandhar, February1 Two youths fired gun shots into the air following a minor altercation over bike collision in New Amrit Vihar locality here on Wednesday afternoon. They later stole a bike from two schoolstudents who were nearby and fled the spot. As per information, Surendra Kumar, a resident of Salempur, was on his way back home. When he took a turn towards the New Amrit Vihar Road, his bike collided with two bike-borne youths. In the collision, his bike was damaged. So, he asked the youths to pay for the loss he suffered. Surendra and the two youths then started quarreling. Some local residents also gathered on the scene. The two youths opened fire in the ❞ Ravinder Dhir, KHEL UDYOG SANGH CONVENOR per cent. We wanted some regulatory body, but nothing of that sort happened.” Rubber industry manufacturer Neeraj Arora said they had been raising their demands with the Central Government of reducing the GST slab from 12 to 5 per cent on rubber slippers, but there was no mention of the same in the Budget. “We appeal to the government to listen to this demand because our industry is nowhere right now,” Arora said. Harvinder Singh Chitkara, president, Rubber Association, Punjab, said it was important to bring down the GST slab from 12 to 5 per cent. “Otherwise, it is a good Budget. For the first time, a taxpayer has been given the right regard,” he shared. Ravinder Dhir, convener, Khel Udyog Sangh, said: “We have been demanding R&D centre, but there is no mention of it. Also, to tackle tax evasion, the setting up of a tax Jalandhar, February1 A huge jatha of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) headed off to Mohali today to lend solidarity to the morcha being held to seek the release of Sikh prisoners and to demand action against those involved in the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib. Hundreds of farmers from across Doaba and Majha set off in buses to Mohali to lend support to the Mohali morcha on several buses. They set out from Jalandhar amidst raising of slogans and carrying farmer unions’ flags. SLAMS GOVT FOR BEING INDIFFERENT TO SEVERAL KEY DEMANDS State orgational secretary Sukhwinder Singh Sabhra said despite the long-drawn morcha at Mohali to ensure justice in the sacrilege cases and for the release of Sikh prisoners, the government was not paying any heed to the calls for justice. This raised questions on the intentions of the state government. They demanded strict action against those responsible in the sacrilege cases and master planners of the Lakhimpur Kheri murders, the release of Sikh prisoners whose terms had been already over; Rs 5 lakh compensation, complete debt waiver and a Continued on Page 2 Jalandhar, February 1 After a showdown between officials of the Municipal Corporation and the Punjab Waqf Board over the issue of occupying 1 kanal 14 marla land in Hansraj Stadium yesterday, the district administration directed either side to maintain status quo on the matter. All claimants of the property, including the MC, Waqf Board and the Sports Department, have been directed by the administration to show documentary evidences regarding their claim to the land. On Tuesday, ADGP (PAP)cum-administrator of Punjab Waqf Board MF Farooqui reached the site and got a wall constructed inside the open space of the stadium to stake the claim. The boundary wall work went on a war footing for the whole day, but in the evening a bulldozer of the MC reached the site on the orders of Commissioner and IAS officer Abhijeet Kaplish and demolished it. The matter began to take a religious colour late last night as the Muslim community leaders gathered outside the residence of Kaplish alleging that a part of the wall of the ‘mazaar’ at the site too had been demolished in the process. Their protest continued till 3 am. However this morning, a video surfaced which showed that the wall of the ‘mazaar’ The razed boundary wall at Hansraj Stadium in Jalandhar. ENTIRE STADIUM SPORTS HUB, & NOTHING ELSE Hansraj ❝The entireI compound ofknow whyStadium is clearly a sports hub. really do not the Punjab Waqf Board officials staked their claim on the land and that too with full police strength sans any prior notice. Raj Kamal Chaudhary, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SPORTS was razed with a hammer during the day time by the Waqf Board teams themselves. This morning, DC Jaspreet Singh convened a meeting with Farooqui and Kaplish at the PAP compound, and decided to maintain status quo till all revenue records are thoroughly checked. Later, the DC called a meeting of Kaplish, DCP Jagmogan Singh, SDM Jai Inder Singh, DSO Lovejit Singh, Waqf Board members, and President of the District Table Tennis Association ❞ Viney Gupta in his office. They all were directed to visit the site and take steps to reinstate the previous position of the stadium. Raj Kamal Chaudhary, Principal Secretary, Sports, who earlier remained posted as the Commissioner of Jalandhar Division, said, “I am fully aware of the matter. The entire compound of Hansraj Stadium is clearly a sports hub. I really do not know why the Punjab Waqf Board people or their supporters came up to stake their claim on the Continued on Page 2 DC sacks 5 nambardars for moving abroad Tribune News Service ABSENCE FROM DUTY VIOLATION OF RULES Latifpura residents and activists jostle with cops near the Police Commissioner’s office. SARABJIT SINGH Commissioner’s office. The protesters then held a dharna outside the office and burnt an effigy of CM Bhagwant Mann and the JIT Chairman, demanding withdrawal of a recent FIR lodged against one of the Latifpura residents. They alleged that CM Mann recently made an announcement that nearly 72,000 blue cards have been fraudulently made in the state, however, an FIR has been registered against only one woman resi- dent of Latifpura. Morcha leaders alleged the FIR against the woman resident of Latifpura was done to weaken the morale of protesters and to spread false propaganda. “The government is adopting every means to stop this ‘pucca morcha’. When the talks didn’t work, the government resorted to lodging FIRs and spreading false propaganda of land mafia”, said one of the leaders, Kashmir Singh Ghugshore. He added that until the government settled the affected families, withdraw these false cases and offer adequate compensation, the protest will not end. Among others present on the occasion include Santokh Singh Sandhu, Gurdeep Singh Bhandal, Sukhjit Singh Droli, Jathedar Kashmir Singh Jandiala, Parminder Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Gurbaksh Singh, Lakhvir Singh, Pindu Basi and Paramjit Singh Jabowal. c m y b Jalandhar, February 1 Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh has dismissed five nambardars of the district for unauthorised absence from their respective villages and moving abroad. In an order issued on Wednesday, the Deputy Commissioner dismissed nambardars of Gorsianpeera, Arjanwal, Sagrawali, Raipur and Salempur Musalmana villages for their gross misconduct. In the orders, the Deputy Commissioner said it had come to his notice that ❝ Some nambardars have either moved abroad or remained absent from their Revenue Estate without information. Some have even got permanent residency abroad which is in violation of the revenue rules. Jaspreet Singh, JALANDHAR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER some nambardars either moved abroad or remained absent from their Revenue Estate. He said even some had got permanent residency abroad which is the gross violation of the revenue rules. The DC said the nambardars move abroad without ❞ informing the Deputy Commissioner’s office whereas as per rules they cannot move abroad without getting his sarbraah appointed who functions in his absence. He said the nambardars were duty bound to serve the people of his revenue estate but by moving abroad without permission, they create nuisance for the common man. He said on the one hand, it created problem for people and on the other, it caused problem for revenue officers. The DC also asked the Circle Revenue Officers to desist from the practice of allowing nambardars to move abroad without his permission. He said circle officers should ensure strict compliance of these orders. He said if any Nambardar went abroad then report for his dismissal must be sent to him within a fortnight.