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The International News Weekly India July 12, 2019 | Toronto 08 India fully committed to Kartapur Sahib corridor, says MEA over Pak's allegations Continued from page 01 Three rounds of technical level discussions have been held with the Pakistani side and they have been asked not to create structures that will, in any manner, endanger life and property on the Indian side due to flooding, the sources said. India is already building a bridge on its side to provide all-weather connectivity for the Kartarpur corridor, they said. Pakistan has also been urged to build a similar bridge on their side that will provide safe and secure movement of the pilgrims and also address concerns regarding flooding, according to the sources. The passenger terminal building is being constructed by the Land Ports Authority of India. The work for it was awarded to the Shapoorji Pallonji Group on May 29. The land acquisition process has been completed with the support of the Punjab government and the project is scheduled to be completed by October 31. The total cost of the project is Rs 177.5 crore. The four-lane highway connecting the 'zero point' of the Kartarpur corridor up to National Highway-354 is being constructed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), the sources said. In November 2018, Pakistan agreed to set up the border-crossing linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, the final resting place of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak, to Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district. Kartarpur is located in Pakistan's Narowal district across the Ravi river, about 4 km from Dera Baba Nanak. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had, on November 26 last year, laid the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor in Gurdaspur district. Two days later, the Pakistani prime minister laid the foundation stone of the corridor in Narowal, around 125 km from Lahore. SC to hear Ayodhya pleas from July 25 if talks nixed Continued from page 01 the mediation proceedings should be ordered to be concluded, the court will do so and order commencement of the hearing of appeals before it, tentatively on and from July 25. Hearings, if required, will be conducted on day-today basis,” the bench said. The order came after Hindu parties joined hands to demand an end to the mediation process which has been favoured by the Muslim side. Both Hindu and Muslim parties to the dispute have challenged in SC the September 30, 2010 judgment of Allahabad HC which had divided the 2.77-acre disputed land into three equal parts and given ownership of one part each to Ram Lalla (idol), Nirmohi Akhara and Sunni waqf board. Amid the heat of arguments, the SC on March 8 brushed aside vehement opposition from Hindu parties and suo motu set up a three-member panel comprising Justice Kalifulla, renowned mediator and senior advocate Sriram Panchu, and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar to explore the possibility of anegotiated settlement. While the Sunni waqf board has consistently supported negotiations, the Nirmohi Akhara broke ranks with Hindu parties and lent its support for mediation. However, four months later, the Akhara, through its counsel Sushil Jain, did a U-turn on Thursday and criticised the procedure adopted by the SC-appointed panel. “There should be a joint meeting of parties. When mediators are not attempting any meeting of the parties to the dispute, what negotiated settlement can take place?” CM reviews power scenario in state in Sidhu’s absence Chandigarh: With cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was given the power portfolio after a reshuffle following the Lok Sabha election results, not assuming the new charge, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has stepped in to oversee the functioning of the power department. Capt Amarinder on Wednesday ordered a ordered a crackdown on power theft to check the huge losses suffered by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), particularly in areas bordering Pakistan and Haryana.An official spokesperson said Amarinder chaired a high-level meeting to review the state’s power situation in the prevailing peak power demand season. He directed the chief secretary to issue detailed guidelines to the district police and civil administration in the districts concerned to work with PSPCL to check power theft. PSPCL chairman-cummanaging director B S Sra informed the meeting that maximum losses on urban power supply (UPS) feeders were reported in the border towns of Bhikiwind (80%), Patti (71%), Zira (61%), Patran (57%), Baghapurana (55%), Tarn Taran (51%) and Ajnala (50%). He also asked the chief secretary to tie up with the DGP to ensure adequate police protection to PSPCL staff engaged in taking action against unscrupulous elements engaged in pilferage of power through ‘kundi connections’. To clear PSPCL’s mounting subsidy arrears, Amarinder directed the finance department to ensure timely release of payments to help the power entity operate efficiently. He asked the finance department to ensure release of subsidy payments at regular intervals. On the tardy supply of coal to thermal power plants in the state, Amarinder informed the CMD, PSPCL, that he had already taken up the issue with the Centre and requested it to direct Coal India Limited to ensure regular and uninterrupted supply for smooth generation of power in the state. He asked the CMD to expedite the Shahpur Kandi Power Project as an alternate source of eco-friendly hydropower generation, which would result in financial benefit of Rs 250-300 crore per year to PSPCL. It was pointed out that the total power demand in the state went up by 17.78% in June this year, and further escalated to 33.31% as of date, compared with the corresponding periods of the year gone by. This, he said, was the result of the prolonged dry spell and delayed monsoon. There was also a substantial increase of 37% in the demand for power consumption in agriculture sector this June as against the corresponding month last year, primarily due to advancement of sowing of paddy by 10 days. The maximum demand during 2019-20 was 13,633 MW as compared to last year’s demand of 12,638 MW.
The International News Weekly india July 12, 2019 | Toronto 09 Lynchings: UP law panel pushes for special legislation, punishment up to life term Lucknow: Taking cognisance of incidents of mob lynching, including those by cow vigilantes, the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has submitted a draft Bill recommending up to life imprisonment for the crime. Commission chairman Justice (retd) AN Mittal submitted a report on mob lynching, along with the draft Bill, to Chief Minister Adityanath on Wednesday. The 128-page report cited various cases of lynching in the state and recommended the immediate enactment of a law as per recommendations made by the Supreme Court in 2018. The commission said the existing laws to combat lynchings were not sufficient and asserted that there should be a separate law to tackle them. It suggested a punishment ranging from seven years in jail to life imprisonment for the offence. Suggesting that such a law may be called the Uttar Pradesh Combating of Mob Lynching Act, the commission specified the responsibilities of police officers and district magistrates, spelling out the punishment for failing in their duty. The panel said the law should also provide for compensation to the family of the victim for grievous injury or loss of loss of life and property. There should also be provisions for the rehabilitation of the victims and their families, it said. According to data available from 2012 to 2019, 50 incidents of mob violence have taken place in the state. Of around 50 victims, 11 died. Twenty-five of these were cases of major assault, including those by cow vigilantes. "In the backdrop of this situation, the commission took up the study suo motu and accordingly recommended the state government the need for having a comprehensive law to combat lynching," law commission secretary Sapna Tripathi told media on Thursday. The report said only Manipur has made a special law against lynchings and, as per media reports, the Madhya Pradesh government is soon going to enact it. It referred to various cases of lynching and mob violence in the state, including the 2015 killing of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri on the suspicion of beef consumption. It mentioned the killing of Inspector Subodh Singh on December 3, 2018, in a clash between police and Hindutva groups in Bulandshahr after cattle carcasses were found in a field. The chairman noted that mobs were now turning on police as well. "Incidents of mob violence have taken place in districts of Farukkhabad, Unnao, Kanpur, Hapur and Muzaffarnagar. Police are also becoming victims as people have started thinking of them as their enemy," Mittal said in the report. "The killing of a head constable in Ghazipur and a jail warden are examples of this," he said. The panel studied laws of different countries and states, and decisions of the Supreme Court while preparing the draft legislation. It suggested punishment for conspiracy, aid or abetment in such cases, as well as for obstructing the legal process. Teen raped at rly station by 2 home guard jawans in Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur : A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two Punjab home guard jawans at Cholang railway station here, police said. Accused identified as Dilbagh Singh and Dharampal, posted at the railway station, have been arrested and a rape case was registered against them, they said. The minor girl was waiting for a train on Thursday morning to go to her village near Mukerian, police said. Accused after questioning about her whereabouts allegedly took the minor to a room at the railway station and then raped her, Deputy Superintendent of Police (GRP), Surinder Kumar said. An Assistant Sub Inspector, who was the in charge of the Government Railway Police post at the railway station, has been suspended, Kumar said. The medical examination of the victim was conducted at a hospital in Tanda, police said. Set up censor board for songs: Punjab women’s panel chief Chandigarh: Expressing displeasure over use of vulgar language by rapper Honey Singh in his latest Punjabi song, Punjab State Women Commission chairperson Manisha Gulati demand setting up of a censor board for songs in Punjab. Gulati said vulgar language used in the song ‘Makhna’ by Honey Singh crossed all boundaries. “I demand that a censor board be constituted for the songs on the line of the censor board for films. The song ‘Makhna’ sung by Honey Singh misguide the youngster with its lewd lyrics,” said Gulati. Terming it as need of the hour, Gulati said that a censor board for songs will act as deterrent against such singers who were singing vulgar songs. She said that she would personally meet the chief minister to request him to form the censor board in Punjab. Gulati also urged Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann to come forward and support the Punjab State Women Commission in its campaign against vulgar songs. She said that Gurdas Mann should persuade the singers and producers not to produce vulgar songs in future. She said after the commission acted against Honey Singh, some of his supporters are threatening her of dire consequences. She said she had informed the police about this.
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