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University teachers to retire at 62 in Bihar

Patna: The long standing issue of raising the retirement age of university and college teachers and the non-teaching staff from 60 to 62 years was finally resolved with the Bihar Assembly on Thursday adopting the Bihar State University (Amendment) Bill 2006 and Patna University (Amendment) Bill 2006 after rejecting the cut motion of Ram Chandra Purve (RJD). Moving the two Bills aimed at enhancing the retirement age of university and college teachers and that of non-teaching staff with immediate effect, State Human Resource Development Minister Brishan Patel sought the house nod to amend section 67 (a) of the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976 and section 64 (a) of the Patna University Act which were passed by voice vote.

Mr. Patel said while implementing UGC pay scale for the universities with effect from January 1,1996, the erstwhile RJD government had, however, retained the retirement age at 60. The UGC again on July 27,1998 wrote to the State Government through the union HRD ministry to raise the retirement age to 62 but the government did not pay any heed to the UGC's recommendation.

He said by raising the retirement age the State exchequer would have to bear an additional burden of just Rs 50 lakh during the current fiscal.

Ten years' RI for rape

Hardwar: A fast track court on Thursday sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman in 2003.

The second fast track court of the additional district judge R.D. Paliwal also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

According to sources, the convict raped the wife of Dharam Singh of the village Hakimpur Turra on July 16, 2003.

The accused had also threatened the family of the victim with dire consequences, if they reported the case.

Besides 10 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000, the fast track judge also awarded one-year imprisonment to the accused under section 506 of the IPC for intimidating the family of the victim.

Woman gets lifer for husband's murder

Moga: A local court today sentenced a woman and her accomplice to life imprisonment for killing her husband two years ago.

Additional Sessions Judge Sukhdev Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 each on the two convicts, residents of Koti Sekhan village near here.

The duo -- Veero and Balwant Singh -- would undergo an imprisonment of one year more in default of payment of fine. Darshan Lal, a railway employee, was found murdered on April 9, 2004 in Firozepur district.

Woman beaten to death

Batala: A newly married woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and in laws for not bringing enough dowry in Nangal Zhore village near here on Wednesday night, the police said.

According to a complaint lodged by Gurmej Singh, a resident of Purana Pind near here, his daughter Varinder Kaur was married to army personnel Surjeet Singh one and a half years ago and was allegedly beaten to death by her in-laws for failing to fulfil their demand for dowry.

The police have registered a case against Surjeet, his elder brother Kuldip Singh, father Mohinder Singh and mother Sukhwinder Kaur and arrested him, Mohinder Singh and Kaur while Kuldip Singh was absconding.

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