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It took over 44 years for Gurmit Singh of Jalandhar,a former soldier,to get his disability pension. After several bouts of litigation...

70-year-old soldier gets pension after 44 years
CHANDIGARH: It took over 44 years for Gurmit Singh of Jalandhar,a former soldier,to get his disability pension. After several bouts of litigation,the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal allowed an appeal filed by the 70-year-old mentally unstable soldier who had challenged the rejection of his disability pension. Justice Ghanshyam Prasad and Lt General N S Brar constituted the bench and allowed the disability pension from July 25,1993 within a period of six months along with interest at eight percent on the arrears. The appeal was filed by Bhim Sen Sehgal,chairman of the All India Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association (Regd) under the Legal Aid scheme of the association as the petitioner was invalided out of service due to a mental disease and nobody had taken up his case in the court of law. Gurmit Singh joined the army on August 27,1963 and was invalided out of service on May 4,1966 on medical grounds. However,his claim of disability pension was rejected by military authorities. The suit and appeal filed by Gurmit Singh was dismissed on the ground of delay of 30 years,despite the fact that the court admitted that he was entitled for the disability pension. The case was transferred to the Armed Forces Tribunal,Chandigarh after consultation last year.

Kurukshetra resident dies in accident
AMBALA: Sohan Lal (50),a resident of village Jogi Majra in district Kurukshetra,was killed when his motorcycle was hit by unidentified vehicle near Galaxy college last night. The family members stated that he was returning from his in-laws house when the accident happened. The police have registered case against driver.

Four-year-old girl raped in Ram Darbar
CHANDIGARH: A four-year-old girl was raped by Vijay (21),a labourer in Ram Darbar on Wednesday. The police have arrested the accused in a case of rape under Section 376 of the IPC.
According to preliminary investigations,both the victims family and the accused were known to each other as they were former neighbours. The family of the victim then moved to another house in the same area two months ago. Vijay used to visit them frequently. On Wednesday,girl was sent to the home of the accused by her parents to bring ice at 11.30 am. Vijay,who was alone at that time,lured her with a chocolate and then raped her. Meanwhile,the mother of the victim,on finding her missing,went to Vijays house and was shocked to see her daughters condition, said the police.

Five arrested on robbery charges
CHANDIGARH: The police claim to have arrested five people on charges of robbing a bank employee. According to the police,Vicky,Nagesh,Jony,Rohit and Ravi have been arrested.
Harish Tiwari,who is working as a sales manager with HDFC Bank in Sector 7,hired an autorickshaw from outside his office to his residence in Baltana. The auto driver,Vicky,stopped near a deserted place near Hallomajra on pretext of some work. The moment he stepped out of the auto,four other accused joined him. On description given by Harish,Vicky was first arrested while the other four accused were nabbed on tip-off given by Vicky. They will be produced in the court on Thursday.

Two youths snatch purse
AMBALA: Two youths snatched a purse of one Archna,an officer in the Railway Electrification Project,on Wednesday. The victim said the incident took place when she was on a way to her office. Two youths chased her and snatched her purse at Kali Paltan bridge. She said that purse contained Rs 1500,two mobiles and important documents. The police have registered a case.

189 recruits sent for preliminary training
AMBALA: The Air Force Recruiting Centre,Ambala Cantonment,on Wednesday sent 189 recruits for 12 weeks preliminary training of first phase at Belgaum. Centre Commanding Officer,Wing Commander R Kannan said new recruits were selected from Punjab,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir and after completing basic training,the recruits will be sent to trades allotted to them.

PGI to celebrate foundation day on July 7
CHANDIGARH: The Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) will celebrate its foundation day on July 7 at the Bhargava Auditorium. Minister of State for External Affairs,Preneet Kaur,will be the chief guest and Dr T Ramaswami,Secretary to the Government of India,Department of Science and Technology will be the guest of honour.

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Tiwana takes over as dean at Punjabi University
PATIALA: S S Tiwana,Professor in the Department of Public Administration,took over as new Dean in Academic Affairs of Punjabi University here today. Tiwana has an illustrious academic career where he has published more than 80 research papers. He is presently the Vice-President of Indian Public Administration Association (IPAA) and Indian Political Science Association (IPSA).

Five firms under I-T dept scanner for tax evasion
CHANDIGARH: In a major operation,over 200 officials of the Income Tax department carried out searches and raids on nearly 35 premises of five companies on Wednesday. The firms under the scanner are Gulati Group,Sector 17,Chandigarh; Narayan and Company,Mandi Gobind Garh; Verma Transport Company; Atul Allied Industries and Nand Lal Bajaj Educational Charitable Society Group,Chandigarh. While searches were carried out at 17 premises,surveys were carried out on the remaining units. Narayan and Company and Verma Transport Company manufacture steel while the Gulati Group owner is a cloth merchant. Talking to Newsline,Pawan Parmar,director (Investigation),Income Tax department,Panchkula,said they had received complaints and secret information regarding the companies following which the search operation was launched. Cash worth Rs 2 crore was recovered from the five firms while 15 lockers,jewellery and relevant documents have been taken into possession by officials. The operation which started early morning today is likely to carry on till Thursday. Sources said complaints of tax evasion by the groups were received from various quarters.

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