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Desperate
to return home
Thein
dam progress PTU
proposal to ensure accuracy |
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'Thikri
pehra' to check crime Punjab
sets up panel on infotech strategy |
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BKU: suicides by farmers
ignored 17
officials found absent during raid Teachers
hold rallies Teachers
invited for talks Central
team visits Anandpur Sahib Punjab
decision on contract system Students'
plea to Tohra IFUTA
members set separate terms |
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Desperate to return home JALANDHAR, Aug 25 (PTI) — An odyssey full of hopes of prosperity has turned sour for hundreds of construction workers from Punjab in Libya who are now desperate to return after 10 workers were jailed for protesting against "hazardous" living conditions. Some of the workers, who escaped the ordeal, told PTI today that the 10 workers had been languishing in jail since January this year after some of them protested against the "apathy" of a Delhi-based labour recruitment company that had its operations in Libya. A senior Indian Embassy official in Libya had written to the Punjabi NRI Welfare Society that the Libyan Foreign Office had been requested to sympathetically consider the plea for release of the Indian workers. After a Bengali worker died in Tripoli because of lack of medical treatment after a fall, a number of workers staged a protest demanding they be provided with safety belts, boots and helmets. Instead, the workers were assaulted and fired at, in which two lost their lives, alleged Balbir Ram of Landhra village here who recently returned to India. "The workers had paid a hefty amount to the Delhi-based company which had promised jobs in construction business in Libya with a salary of Rs 8,500 to Rs 10,000," said Balbir Ram. But once they arrived in Tripoli, the company provided them neither with the promised accommodation nor with proper food and paid them a meagre amount in sufficient to even buy a square meal, he said. "Workers are kept in buildings under construction where they used to toil and, upon completion of each building, they are shifted to the next," said Tarsem Lal, brother of Avtar, who is in Libya jail. The president of the welfare society, Mr Sohan Lal Chauhan, who is spearheading efforts for the release of Indian workers in Libyan jails, accused the owner of the company of browbeating the workers into submission and preventing their return even after the expiry of their two-year contracts. The company officials had earlier got 68 workers arrested on charges of sabotage following adverse reports in the Indian media about the labour recruiting firm, the workers claimed. Baldev Raj, another worker who had gone to Libya through the same company, was now handicapped after he was shot at and threatened against pursuing any case against the company. "Sharpnel pieces are embedded even now in my forearm though doctors have removed the bullet. But I cannot spend Rs 35,000 required for another operation," he said. The parents of two of the
jailed workers had filed a case in the Punjab and Haryana
High Court seeking the Centre’s intervention to get
these and other detainees released and action against the
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'Thikri
pehra'
to check crime FEROZEPORE, Aug 25 — The Punjab police has decided to introduce 'thikri pehra' in all villages falling in the Faridkot and Ferozepore division to check the activities of a gang, whose member had killed three persons and injured more than 20 persons in the past four days in the region. Police sources said the decision to introduce 'thikri pehra' during night was taken at a meeting of senior police officials convened by DIG, Ferozepore range, Mr Hardeep Dhillon. The SSPs of Muktsar, Ferozepore, Moga districts and senior police officials of Jalandhar, Bathinda and Faridkot districts also participated. A gang of armed robbers killed one person and injured nine others in Ghal Kalan village in Moga district on August 21. Another vehicle-borne gang wearing 'kala kachas' struck at Dharamkot in Ferozepore district on August 22 and killed two persons and injured 11. These two incidents had created a terror among the villagers and they had been demanding adequate security. Mr Dhillon, while talking to TNS today said that the police had launched a massive hunt to nab the criminals. He said the 'thikri pehra' had been introduced at the village-level to prevent any untoward incident in future. He said that each 'thikri pehra' team would be given two constables. He said people who were residing in the 'thanis' or 'deras' on the outskirts of the villages had been advised to remain more vigilant and use traditional mode of communication in emergency. Mr Dhillon said the criminals who had struck twice in the region belonged to a particular community known for its criminal tendencies. He said investigating agency of the Punjab police was identifying the gang and the assailants would be arrested soon. Villagers had been asked
to keep a close watch on strangers moving in their area
under suspicious circumstances. More police parties had
been detailed to patrol the area, he added. |
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Cops' houses enjoy free power? FAZILKA: Police officials living in police quarters have been getting free electricity for several years causing losses worth several lakhs to the Punjab State Electricity Board, according to reliable sources. There are 18 old residential quarters for policemen at the local Sadar police station. Twelve more quarters were constructed in 1991. In the same year another set of a dozen quarters was constructed for policemen at the City police station complex. Surprisingly the occupants of these quarters at the City and Sadar police stations have been getting electric power illegally by connecting their supply lines to the main lines supplying power to the two police stations. According to PSEB sources, this illegal practice has been going on ever since the construction of the residential colonies as no meters have been installed at their houses. Police constables, head constables, ASIs and SIs occupy these residences. Taking into account the minimum bimonthly power consumption to be around Rs 500 for a single house, the total loss amounts to about Rs 1,25,000 per year for 42 houses. Hence in the past eight years the P.S.E.B. has suffered losses mounting to about Rs. 10 lakh just to oblige these law-enforcers. Although PSEB officers are aware of the theft by the policemen yet they prefer to be silent. Perhaps they are afraid of telling the police officials to install meters. However at the City and
Sadar police stations, three power meters have been
installed — one each in the name of the police
stations and the third at the residence of the SHO
(City). The bills of the City police station are being
paid regularly while bills totalling Rs 17,921 over the
past six months of the Sadar police station remain to be
cleared. |
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Punjab sets up panel on infotech
strategy CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab, has announced the constitution of a high-powered information technology vision group to assist the Government in finalising the information technology strategy, information technology policy and a crisp information technology action plan. The group will consist of the country's top information technology experts from the industry as well as the Government. The terms of reference of the information technology vision group are to draw up a vision paper how Punjab could effectively harness information technology for helping the State's economy and improving the process of the development. A number of task forces in different focus areas will be constituted under the information technology vision group. Keeping in view the time constraint for the implementation of information technology, the information technology vision group has been requested to finalise the vision paper, the strategy and the action plan within a period of two months. Unfolding the ambitious information technology plan of the government, the Chief Minister said that the memorandum for carving out a new Department of Information Systems and Administrative Reforms has already been approved for placing before the Council of Ministers. Mr Ramesh Inder Singh, Secretary Industries, stated that SAS Nagar was being developed as the intelligent city of northern India offering high quality pollution free working environment to information technology professionals. He said that main attraction for software companies to put up their unit at SAS Nagar was availability of quality manpower at 50 per cent rates of that of the crowded cities like Bangalore and Hyderabad and the high quality luxurious lifestyle offered by the towns of Chandigarh and Panchkula. The package of incentives
being offered by the State of Punjab was better than the
incentives being offered by the other states, he added. |
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Thein dam progress to be
reviewed CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — The SAD-BJP Government in Punjab is doubly unblessed: it received brickbats for giving "free" electricity for tubewells and "free" water for irrigation; it was denied the bouquets for giving "free" electricity for domestic purpose up to 30 units per month to Scheduled Caste and backward class consumers having a sanctioned load up to 300 watts. Either way the loser is the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), which has been promised financial compensation by the government which itself is in financial straits. Despite the "noble" intentions of the Chief Minister, who sees farmers as "patriots", the two decisions have had a cascading effect on economic development. The state has been denied certain projects which international monetary agencies were once keen to finance. Both politically and administratively such populist decisions suffer from congenital defect. There is, according to reliable sources, a "rethinking" in the government on how to provide "correctives" without ruffling too many feathers among the beneficiaries and also to enable the PSEB to improve its financial health. Several suggestions are in the pipelines. These include levy of "electricity development cess", exempting only those tubewells which are below or upto say 10 H.P. and billing "rich" farmers, who can afford to pay. The field feedback with the Government is that people are willing to pay but on the condition of assured, uninterrupted electricity or proper voltage. Payment of "bonus" by the state on agriculture produce in the mandis is another suggestion to compensate farmers in lieu of withdrawal of "free" power facility. There are several "innovative" schemes which are under consideration. But political compulsions and administrative compunctions are understandable. Insofar as "free" power to Scheduled Caste and backward class domestic consumers, this decision was taken, again, because of political considerations. The PSEB issued a circular, sources say, in May last "defining" who all could avail of the facility. The targetted consumers, therefore, were required to complete certain formalities and furnish certain relevant information. The "documents" required to be submitted by the desirous beneficiaries were: (a) certificate issued by sub-divisional magistrate or competent state authority regarding consumer being a SC or a BC; and (b) submitting fresh test report, supporting that the installed electricity connection load is not more than 300 watts. The junior engineers concerned were directed to verify the same within seven days and have the same sent to computer centre for billing consumers according to the new policy. An entry in the ledger in "red ink", stating the status of the consumer to give "free" power up to 30 units per month, is to be made. Enquiries reveal that not many people have come forward to avail of the opportunity afforded. One hears of rumblings in Ropar district where some would-be beneficiaries are reported to have alleged that the facility or concession had been denied to them. Sources in the PSEB, however, say that on verification the ones denied the benefit did not conform to the definition prescribed by the board. The instructions of the commercial wing of the board are explicit: the facility is to be made available from the day a consumer submits the documents. It is in this backdrop one has to view the "review" meeting called by the Chief Minister at Chandigarh tomorrow. Primarily, it is to take stock of the on line power projects. The main thrust is to be on the never ending completion of the Ranjit Sagar Dam (Thein) multipurpose hydro-electric project. As per information gathered by TNS from different sources, despite the keenness shown and monitoring by the Chief Minister there is reported to be "slippage" in the time schedule to the extent of nearly eight weeks. This project was scheduled for completion and commissioning in June, 1998. Now, sources say, Thein will not be commissioned till the end of January, 1999. The meeting tomorrow will ensure "rescheduling" and a hard look at the "work schedule". The review tomorrow will
also cover Guru Hargobind thermal plant, Lehra Mohabat;
hydro-electric projects at Shahpur Kandi; Goindwal Sahib
thermal power project; and liquid fuel based power
plants. |
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PTU proposal to ensure
accuracy CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — Pursuant to the directions issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday, the Punjab Technical University today came out with a proposal purported to satisfy each student about the correctness of his result. Addressing a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arun B. Saharya and Mr Justice Swatantar Kumar, counsel for the university sought the court's permission to get the revised result published within two to three days in leading newspapers in this region. The result would also be published in the gazette which would be sent to each participating institution. The university also offered to send marksheets to each students. In the past marksheets were sent only to those candidates who qualified in the written test. This time these would be sent to all candidates who had appeared in the test. Counsel further told the Bench that on the fourth day the university would issue a notice in those newspapers in which admission notice was published asking the students, it they had any doubt, to satisfy themselves about the correctness of their result. Counsel, however, made it clear that the students would not be given original answersheets because there was a possibility of these being mutilated. The students would be given photocopies of their answersheets. The students will be given eight days to file representations over the correctness of the result. The university would start handling the representations from the day these land in its office. The university urged the court to grant four more days to deal with representations received on the last day. After completing this exercise, the university will again approach the court in 22 days to submit the consolidated and complete report. To avoid further litigation against admissions, the university also decided to invite those students who had failed to supply sports or rural area certificates in the absence of which their admission could not be finalised. The university also assured the Bench that there would be no loss to students in the quantity and quality of instruction. The Bench adjourned the
case till tomorrow with directions to counsel of the
university to file written statement in the form of an
affidavit about the measures it proposed to adopt for
ensuring the correctness of the result and other actions
it planned to take on admissions. |
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Clergy fight spills over to
Canada CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — As the wordy duel among the Sikh high priests sharpens, the edict on how langar is to be partaken has lead to violence in gurdwaras in Canada. Yesterday, the police sealed the famed historic gurdwara at Abotsford in British Columbia after violent clashes left four persons injured. This gurdwara, currently the seat of heated politics, was established way back in 1911. The two sides are fighting on the issue of langar. While one side supports the hukamnama issued by Bhai Ranjit Singh, head of the Akal Takht this year asking the Sikh sangat to have langar while sitting on the floor, the other side insists that langar will be served with the sangat sitting on chairs and on tables. Early this month, after clashes , the Supreme Court of British Columbia had directed that a six member committee under the leadership of a moderate Giani Mohinder Singh should be formed and elections held within a month. This gentleman has been excommunicated by Akal Takht chief Bhai Ranjit Singh last month. While the apparent issue is clear, the real cause is that these gurdwaras are powerful in terms of their influence and money. These had been under control of the people with extreme views. Later, however, moderates captured the management of these gurdwaras. These are once again hotbed of politics. This edict has just provided enough fire to launch a battle. Gurdwaras all over North America are facing the same power struggle. This issue has clearly divided the Sikh clergy in Punjab. While Bhai Ranjit Singh is asserting that his edict is in order and Sikhs all over the world are bound to follow, this enthusiasm is not shared by two other high ranking priests, Bhai Manjit Singh, who heads Takht Kesgarh Sahib at Anandpur Sahib, and Bhai Kewal Singh who is the Jathedar of Takht Talwandi Sabo. Bhai Ranjit Singh was instrumental in the excommunication of six prominent Sikh leaders, including the editor of a popular Punjabi weekly, Indo Canadian Times, Mr Tara Singh Hayer. They have not accepted the excommunication and challenged the decision of the Akal Takht chief. Describing this edict as flawed, Dr Pritam Singh Queens Counsel from Montreal in his letter to the Sikh intelligentsia summed up the feeling. Alluding to these head granthis as Singh Sahibs is unacceptable and only jathedars of the five Takhts can decide such vital issues. A superstition is being created regarding how to partake langar. This approach is alien to the Sikhs. The havoc that is being caused in North America and the United Kingdom is distressing . This needs to be tackled judiciously and firmly". What is at the back of the current feud is the fact that Bhai Ranjit Singh does not see eye to eye with the all powerful SGPC Chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra. The trouble started when the SGPC withdrew the car given to the Akal Takht chief and later when the World Sikh Council chose a former Supreme Court Judge , Mr Kuldip Singh, as president. Mr Tohra's position was reduced in this powerful body. It has now set up a people's commission to go into the atrocities against the Sikhs in Punjab by the security forces. Mr Tohra and his supporters have not taken this lying down. But in order to uphold certain traditions, they have been only waiting for a right opportunity. This moment is now drawing
near. While a big section of the SGPC members, including
some ministers, have been feeling agitated and wished Mr
Tohra to take action and also constitute a body which
could first vet such vital decisions like the one about
langar or the excommunication Sikh leaders, the World
Sikh Council has suggested that a body of prominent
retired Judges should be formed for this purpose. It is
clearly meant to undermine the elected SGPC which Mr
Tohra would not tolerate. |
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BKU: suicides by farmers
ignored CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — The Punjab Government is not sincere in solving the problems of the farmers in the state despite the alarming rise in suicides. Mr Bhupinder Singh Mann, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union(BKU), said this while addressing a press conference here today. The government had ignored the suicides on the pretext that they were due to personal and domestic problems. Families of those who committed suicide were being threatened by the police and the district administration to cover up the real cause — the poor economic conditions of the peasantry, he alleged. He criticised the Punjab Agricultural University authorities on their lack of research in finding new varieties of foodgrains and said because of old varieties the yield had come down to 20 quintals per hectare from 30 quintals a decade ago.The farmers were not being counselled about the latest trends in farming. The state government had done little in opening marketing avenues for crops like sunflower.Small farmers who had taken to bee keeping in the past were ruing the lack of markets and storage infrastructure. He alleged that the farmers in this country were the victims of an "economic blockade" at the hands of politicians and bureaucrats. For instance, the
authorities instructed the railways not to transport
private consignments of wheat or rice to other states
except that of FCI stocks.Similarly, banks are told not
to lend any money to private foodgrain traders. |
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17 officials found absent
during raid MUKTSAR, Aug 25 — As many as 17 employees of the state Agriculture Department and the Employment Department were found absent when these offices were raided by Mr K.A.P. Sinha, Additional Deputy Commissioner, today. Official sources said the Chief Agriculture Officer, five Agriculture Development Officers, one technical assistant, two clerks and seven peons were found absent in the local agriculture office. In the employment office, a senior assistant was found absent. The attendance register was also in the custody of senior assistant , the sources added. These raids were conducted following a programme of making the administration more responsive towards the public by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Phulwant Singh Sidhu. Mr Sinha has asked Mr
Sidhu to make reference of the unauthorised absence of
these officials to the senior functionaries of the
government. |
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Teachers hold rallies LUDHIANA, Aug 25 — As the ongoing university and college teachers' strike entered the 15th day today, teachers held rallies on their respective campuses and raised anti-government slogans. According to Prof K.B.S. Sodhi, secretary PCCTU, the agitation would be intensified as per directions received from the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisations. A joint rally of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, the Government College Teachers' Association and the Punjab Agricultural University Teachers' Association will be held on the PAU campus on August 27. JALANDHAR: A joint rally of teachers from government and non-government colleges of Jalandhar district was held in front of HMV here. It was attended by nearly 1,000 teachers. It was addressed by Mr Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Principal P.P. Sharma and teachers Dr V.K. Tiwari, Prof Veena Wanti, Prof Parveen Kaur, Prof Jagir Singh Kahlon, Prof J.S. Randhawa and Dr R.B. Singh. Mr Kaypee criticised the distortions being made by the Central Government in the UGC recommendations and assured full support of his party and declared that the Congress would play a front role if required. Prof Jaspal Singh
Randhawa, president, Jalandhar district unit of PCCTU,
said that a large number of teachers from the district
would join the zonal rally at Amritsar on August 28 and
satyagrah at Delhi on September 4. |
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Teachers invited for talks CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — The Punjab Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, has invited the Punjab Aided School Teachers and other Employees Union for discussing its pending demands on August 27 here, according to a press note issued here today by Mr M.L. Chopra, General Secretary of the union. Mr Chopra said that at an
earlier meeting Capt Kanwaljit Singh had accepted some of
the demands, including grant of seven D.A. instalments
and two interim relief instalments to aided school
pensioners, benefit of maternity leave for women teachers
and grant for increased medical allowance with effect
from April 1,1996. |
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Central team visits Anandpur Sahib ANANDPUR SAHIB (Ropar), Aug 25 — A high-level team of Union Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment visited the town last evening and took stock of the development projects in progress in connection with the celebrations of the 300th birth anniversary of the Khalsa Panth. The team visited the water-treatment plant, Sri Naina Devi-Charan Ganga road, a 100-bedded hospital, railway station extension, sewerage works and various other projects. A member of the team, Mr S.P.S. Parihar, asked the Chief Administrator of Anandpur Sahib Urban Development Authority (ASUDA), Ms Vini Mahajan, to send a detailed report to the central government for seeking financial aid for the over-all development of Anandpur Sahib. Ms Vini Mahajan said the
on-going projects would be completed by all means by
February, 1999, for the occasion. |
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Punjab decision on contract
system CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — The State Advisory Contact Labour Board has decided to abolish labour contract system in three establishments in different towns of Punjab. A decision to this effect was taken today at a meeting of the board chaired by Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, Labour and Employment Minister, Punjab. The meeting was attended by the Principal Secretary, Labour and Employment,the Labour Commissioner and other department officials, representatives of workers and employees. The decision would directly affect Maharaja Engineering and Investment (Punjab) Ltd, SAS Nagar, Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, Ghanauli, Distt. (Ropar) and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar On the demand of worker's representatives, the Minister directed the department to issue instructions to its field staff to implement the labour laws strictly. This decision of the board
will benefit thousands of workers employed on contract
basis. |
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Students' plea to Tohra FATEHGARH SAHIB, Aug 25 — Students of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College have urged Mr G.S. Tohra, president of the managing committee of the college to sort out the problems of the teaching and non-teaching staff so that the ongoing strike of the staff may not affect their studies. Meanwhile, the strike of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college entered its sixth day today. The entire staff sat on a dharna in front of the gate of the college and raised slogans against the "dictatorial attitude" of the principal of the college. Addressing the dharna,
teachers alleged that SGPC-governed institutions were
being denied their basic rights as were enjoyed by their
counterparts in the state. |
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IFUTA members set separate terms AMRITSAR, Aug 25 — The Indian Federation of University Teachers Association (IFUTA), yesterday refused to be bound by any agreement negotiated by the AIFUCTO unless its representatives were associated with the decision. In a press note, Prof Gurnam Singh, convener of the IFUTA, said though the association had been forced by circumstances to endorse the agitation spearheaded by the AIFUCTO, it reserved the right to hold negotiations with the central government on the demands and grievances of university teachers. However, in a communication sent to Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, Minister for Human Resource Development, Prof Gurnam Singh urged the implementation of the UGC pay scales from January 1, 1996. He said the IFUTA was of the opinion that university teachers had not been given their due. He further alleged the
teachers had been given a raw deal by the two previous
pay commissions regarding pay scales. |
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Health Minister conducts raid KAPURTHALA, Aug 25 — Mr Inderjit Singh Zira, state Health Minister, conducted a surprise raid at the local Civil Hospital on Sunday night and found the entire staff present in the hospital. He inspected the wards and inquired about the medical facilities being provided to the patients. Mr Zira before conducting the raid sent his personal assistant, Mr Darshan Singh in the guise of a farmer to get medicine from the hospital. The doctor on duty attended to him and gave him medicines. Mr Zira expressed unhappiness over the bad condition of the toilets and directed the SMO to improve the sanitary conditions. Mr Zira asked the doctors
to desist from private practice and warned action against
the erring doctors. |
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Allowance for ’84 riots-hit
raised CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — The Punjab Government has decided to enhance monthly subsistence allowance of widows of November 1984 riot’s victims from Rs 1500 to Rs 2500. The decision would be implemented from August 1, this year, according to Captain Kanwaljit Singh, Punjab, Finance Minister. This decision would benefit 300 widows, according to an official press note released here today. He added that earlier only
terrorism-affected persons, including widows and 100 per
cent disabled persons were getting Rs 2500 per month as
subsistence allowance. Additional burden on the state
exchequer would be around Rs 36 lakh due to this
decision. |
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CPI conference from Aug 28 LUDHIANA, Aug 25 — The Communist Party of India will hold its Punjab state conference here from August 28 to 30. A rally against price rise
will also be held on August 28. It will be addressed,
among others, by Mr Chaturanan Mishra, a former union
minister, Mr Gaya Singh, MP, Mr Shamim Faizi, a member of
the party's central secretariat, veteran Communist leader
Satya Pal Dang and Mrs Vimla Dang. |
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HSEB ‘adopting’
double standards PATIALA, Aug 25 — The PSEB Engineers’ Association today condemned the Haryana State Electricity Board for removing two senior engineers from service on "flimsy charges". In a statement association general secretary H.S. Bedi said there was a general protest in Haryana against the move of the World Bank to force the so-called "reforms" on the HSEB as a precondition to the grant of loans. Mr Bedi accused the HSEB management of adopting double standards. He said on the one hand it had condoned the strike period of the employees and on the other hand it had chargesheeted two engineers. Mr Bedi said the
association would hold protest against these dismissals
and draw plan of action on August 29. |
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MP's assurance to residents KHARAR, Aug 25 — Mrs Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, Members of Parliament, Ropar, has assured the residents of Mundi Kharar villagers, which falls in Kharar municipal limits, that she would try her best to solve the problems faced by them. She was addressing a gathering in the village yesterday which was organised by the Nagar Sudhar Sabha. Mrs Dhaliwal assured the village that she would take up the issues of disposal of dirty water, supply of drinking water and other problems with the Punjab Government. She announced a grant of
Rs 50,000 out of her MP fund for the development of the
village. Mr Harjit Singh, Mr Hardeep Singh, Dr Gurnam
Singh and Mr Bhag Singh were among those who addressed
the gathering. |
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Dina Nath Aggarwal dead CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — Mr Dina Nath Aggarwal, a former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, died at Ludhiana today. He was 84. Mr Aggarwal was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1962. One of his sons, Ashok, is Secretary of the Punjab Handball Association. Another of his sons, Surinder, was a former Chairman of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust. Mr Dina Nath Aggarwal
leaves behind three sons and a daughter. |
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