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SAS Nagar: The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority has failed to clear illegal settlements near Phase I residential area, as jhuggis that were removed three years ago are back on the same place.

According to information, former Gurdwara Singh Sabha president Harinder Singh had filed a complaint with the grievances committee of the Punjab Assembly around three years ago against illegal settlements here.

Harinder Singh told Newsline that the jhuggis had been removed then, however, the encroachers started making them again

At present, there are more than a hundred jhuggis on the same place that was once cleared by the GMADA.

When contacted, GMADA ACA Manjit Singh Narang said that it has come to his notice that many illegal settlements have come up in Mohali. “The jhuggis will be removed soon,” he said.

He said that he had written a letter to SSP Mohali for providing police protection during the demolition drive.

Source: Express News Service

Panchkula: Almost a month into the Army flats trespassing case, Panchkula police are sleeping over the issue with nothing concrete having come out of the case. As per High Court orders, Atul Nibber, the accused, had to join the investigation as and when called by the police, but it seems the officials are waiting for Nibber to show up for the investigation himself.

The SHO of Sector 5 police-station Balwant Singh said that he wasn’t aware of the case as he’d just been transferred as the new SHO on Saturday.”

A senior police official said on conditions of anonymity, “Atul Nibber should come to us and join the investigation rather than the other way round. He has been directed by the High court. Besides, it is not a very big crime and is only a simple case of trespassing. After receiving bail and getting out, it is his duty to contact us and let us know what happened that night.”

Panchkula SP Sandeep Khirwar said that though investigation is on, he still has to look into some facts before commenting on the issue. Khirwar said, “I do not think Atul Nibber has joined the investigation but it’s still goin on.”

Talking to Newsline, Atul Nibber’S counsel said that it was clearly mentioned in the High court orders that Atul was supposed to join the investigation and fully cooperate with the police as and when called by them.
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SAS Nagar: The Sohana police today recovered the dead body of a Swaraj Mazda owner from the vehicle, parked in a petrol pump on the main Landran-Banur road near Saneta village since Saturday night. While police claim the owner died in his sleep in the vehicle itself and denied any foul play, the wife of the deceased said that her husband had been murdered. The deceased has been identified as Paramjagjit Singh, a resident of Phase IX, Mohali.

The deceased was on his way to New Delhi when he stopped at a petrol pump to fill fuel for his vehicle and later parked it in the premises. The employees said it was a commonplace thing for truck and other commercial vehicle drivers to park their vehicles at the pump during the night and stay in the vehicle. “We didn’t notice the vehicle till Sunday as we thought he might have gone somewhere or might be resting in the vehicle.” Gurbachan Singh, the owner of the pump said.

Singh said it was only this morning that he realised the vehicle had been standing since last night and he sent one of his employees to check. The employee found the owner lying on the seat and bleeding from the mouth. He said the police was informed immediately.

Police recovered a mobile phone and Rs 2,470 from the pocket of the owner. His wife Arvinder Kaur, a teacher in Govt School Sector 52, Chandigarh, said that she tried calling her husband on the mobile phone on Sunday and again on Monday at around 6.00 am but he didn’t picked up. She claimed her husband had been murdered as it didn’t seem like a natural death.
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Panchkula: Many people who came from various districts of the state to attend the birth anniversary celebrations at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, here were disappointed due to poor arrangements.

“We could not enter the auditorium, and there were no arrangements for drinking water. I could not attend the programme,” said 75- year-old Lilu Ram from Nadana village in Jind.He added the auditorium was full and programmes like these should be arranged in the open auditoriums.

The Rajiv Gandhi award function was organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Criticism of post of working president mars Rajiv Gandhi’s anniversary celebration

When contacted, programme coordinator and Congress Media Cell vice-president Rajender Singh Pammi said, the arrangements were made for around 1,500 people. “The number of people who had come to attend the function were five times more than what we had expected,” he said.

Source: Express News Service

MAGIC NUMBER : IT WAS EARLIER DECIDED TO CONDUCT A DRAW OF LOTS TO ELECT THE CANDIDATE

SAS Nagar: Six councilors of the ruling group of Mohali Municipal Council (MMC, Sidhu camp) are interested in contesting the post of the senior vice-president of MMC, the election date for which is yet to be announced by the SDM, Mohali. All these councilors will contest the seat in an inter-group voting, according to the sources, and the winner will be made candidate of the SVP from the ruling group. It is pertinent to note here that the Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, has already written a letter to the SDM for convening the election meeting for the post of senior vice-president and vice-president for the MMC. The six councilors are Gurmeet Singh Walia, Suresh Kumar Lucky, Amteshwar Kaur, Prabhjot Kaur, Rajinder Parsad Sharma and Amrik Singh Somal.

According to sources in the ruling group, the group had earlier decided to conduct a draw for the post of SVP if no consensus was formed on a single candidate. But when six councilors showed interest, it was decided that a voting within the group would be held after the announcement of the date of election. It was also decided that MLA, Kharar, Balbir Singh Sidhu and the MMC president Rajinder Singh Rana will not cast their votes in favour of any councilor in the group.
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Chandigarh: The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana was issued notices by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on a petition filed by the District Bar Association in Sector 17

The petitioner has urged the High Court to direct the Bar Council to create sufficient polling booths at District Courts for the Bar Council elections. The petitioner claimed that the Bar Council had not created a polling station in the UT District Bar until 2002. This created a lot of problems for the district level judges, who wanted to vote.

The petioner said that Rule 5 (ii) mandates that there will be polling station at every place having more than 20 enrolled voters. The petitioner argued that nearly 2,000 voters in the district court will be participating in the Bar Council elections.

Source: Express News Service