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Punjab plan afoot to cut
loan burden CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 — Exercise has begun in Punjab for converting the short-term crop loans into medium-term loans to provide relief to farmers who have suffered heavy losses. Graft to be
"Cong plank" in Adampur byelection |
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 No plan to give bonus says Kanwaljit
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Panel set up to fix
responsibility on CET results CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 — After procrastination for several months, the Board of Governors of the Punjab Technical University today decided to swoop down on those who were responsible for creating a mess in the compilation of the CET results for admission to various engineering colleges in the state. Freedom
fighter dead; son alleges neglect Arshi
seeks CBI probe into paddy purchase Nature
cure camp a big draw Varsity
teachers' salaries released Relief
for boat tragedy victims 5
killed in bus collision Slain
militants' kin defends commission CM
orders purchase of all paddy Lawyers
continue strike BKU
leader quits, floats new faction |
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Plan to expand Kharar MC limits |
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Punjab plan afoot to cut loan
burden CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 — Exercise has begun in Punjab for converting the short-term crop loans into medium-term loans to provide relief to farmers who have suffered heavy losses due to unprecedented rains in the recent weeks. Informed official sources said here today that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had directed the Punjab State Cooperative Bank and the Punjab State Agriculture Development Bank to find a way out to minimise loan burden on farmers. Sources said there was a provision in the rules that short-term loans of farmers could be converted into medium-term loans if they had suffered more than 50 per cent damage to their standing crops. A certificate in this connection had to be given by the District Collector. Under the rules, short-term loans had to be returned after six months of payment by the bank. It was given twice in a year for rabi and kharif crops. If one failed to return the loan after six months, he was declared a defaulter and became ineligible for the next loan. Sources said if the short-term loan was converted into a medium-term loan, which is most likely, the loan amount would have to be returned within a period of 36 months. However, interest would have to be paid at the same rate as levied on the short-term loan. A meeting for a decision on the conversion of loan was expected to be held within a day or so. The bulk of funds for advancing the loan by the Punjab State Cooperative Bank and the Punjab State Agriculture Development Bank were provided by NABARD. While converting the loans, the authorities would have to operate within the framework of rules of NABARD, the sources said. Already, the Chief
Minister has requested the Central Government to defer
the recovery of loans from the farmers in the state. He
has made this request in case of commercial banks which
also advance a considerable amount as crop loan. |
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Graft to be "Cong
plank" in Adampur byelection BHOGPUR, Oct 22 — The Congress today formally launched its campaign for the November 25, Adampur byelection. Briefing reporters after launching the campaign of Congress candidate Kanwaljit Singh Lali, the PPCC chief Capt. Amarinder Singh, said the party's success would mean defeat of the communal forces, rejection of the state government's anti-people policies and support for the Congress which would only provide economic stability." Referring to his party's strategy, he said the Congress would fight on the issue of "corruption" which was rampant. He accused the Chief Minister of governing without vision and ignoring development work in the state. Answering a question about the report of the Lok Pal, indicting three former Congress ministers, he said "we do not recognise him since he is close to the Chief Minister's family. The son of the Lok Pal is an Assistant Advocate-General and his nephew is the Principal Secretary of the Chief Minister." He said the Congress apprehended that the evidence the party had collected against SAD-BJP ministers would not be submitted to the Lok Pal. "We demand that the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court should appoint a new Lok Pal. Speaking about the Congress's alliance with other parties, he said the CPI and the CPM were anti-BJP and were inclined towards the Congress at the national level. They should support his party's candidate and defeat the communal forces, he said. The PPCC chief would stay put in the constituency to campaign for the party candidate. Some state ministers are also camping here. There are 1.20 lakh voters in the constituency spread over 146 villages. The filing of nominations for the November 25 byelection will begin on November 1. One hundred and fortyfour polling stations have been set up. PTI adds from Jalandhar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has accused the Congress of opposing the institution of the Lok Pal due to a "guilty conscience." "The Congress move to create a controversy was prompted by a guilty conscience," Mr Badal told reporters here when asked to comment on PPCC President Amarinder Singh's threat to boycott the institution opposing the appointment of Justice Harbans Singh Rai as Lok Pal. Mr Badal ridiculed the
charges, saying the Lok Pal was not appointed by the
Chief Minister alone and claimed that he had discussed a
panel of names with the former PPCC chief Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal and obtained the approval of the assembly Speaker
and the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. |
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No plan to give bonus says
Kanwaljit Singh ANANDPUR SAHIB (Ropar), Oct 22 — The Punjab Government is not considering any proposal for granting bonus to about seven lakh employees for the year 1997. Talking to newsmen here today, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, in reply to a question said that there was no such proposal so far. He added that the employees had already been benefited in a big way by the state government through its pay-scales and other allowances. It is worth mentioning here that employees have been demanding bonus for several months. The statement today ended speculation over the issue. Regarding Udham Singh Nagar he said the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was hopeful that it would not be included in Uttaranchal. He gave three reasons for this; First, all parties concerned would be consulted; second, the three member panel headed by Mr Fernandes would decide through consensus and third Mr Badal, who is a member, had already made his stand clear. He avoided direct comment on the SAD's reaction if Udham Singh Nagar was included in the Uttaranchal saying the SAD had forged its alliance to ensure the safety and protection of Sikhs in other parts of the country. The Congress is considered to be an enemy of the Sikhs he said. He said the SAD would not hesitate to make any sacrifice for Punjab or Punjabis. Regarding laying of foundation stone of the Ajoob project and Khalsa heritage memorial complex on November 22, he said it would be the event of 1998. Earlier, at the meeting of
Anandpur Sahib foundation, presided over by Capt.
Kanwaljit Singh to review arrangements for the November
22 function here, he directed the officials concerned to
complete all arrangements relating to the foundation
stone laying ceremony by November 15 next. A review
meeting will be held on October 31. |
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PTU move on CET results CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 — After procrastination for several months, the Board of Governors of the Punjab Technical University today decided to swoop down on those who were responsible for creating a mess in the compilation of the CET results for admission to various engineering colleges in the state. According to official sources, the board at its meeting on October 14 under the chairmanship of Mr N.S. Rattan, Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Industrial Training, had taken a serious note of the lapses. Other members of the board include Mr Rajan Kashyap, Finance Secretary, and Mr V.S. Raju, Director, IIT, Delhi. The sources reveal that the board had decided to constitute a committee headed by Dr T.C. Goel, a professor with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, "to determine and identify the reasons for various lapses and to fix responsibility." The other members of the committee are Mr K.K. Dhir, Registrar of the University, who will act as its Convener-Secretary, and Dr J.K. Sharma, Principal, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur. The panel has been asked to submit its report by December 15. The committee will also suggest remedial measures to avert recurrence of mistakes in the results. Still in its infancy, the credibility and reputation of the University had suffered a serious dent, owing to the unprecedented, if not incredible, mistakes committed by it in tabulating the results. A total of more than 14,000 students had taken the CET this year. Of them errors were detected in the results of over 7,000 students. A re-check of the answersheets in the objective type papers, ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, resulted in the marks of 4,365 students being increased, while the marks of 3013 candidates went down. The ranking of all the candidates, but one, underwent a change. Following marathon hearings of the case spread over two months, the high court finally organised a Lok Adalat on the university campus at Jalandhar with a view to satisfying each student about the correctness of his result. Contrary to expectations,
and much to the chagrin of the university, a large number
of mistakes both in the objective and subjective type
papers were detected during the Lok Adalat as well. |
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Freedom fighter dead; son alleges
neglect MANSA, Oct 22 — Maggar Singh, a freedom fighter, who was severely injured in a murderous attack, died at the Civil Hospital here late last night allegedly due to want of proper medical care. Maggar Singh who was member of the Indian National Army was jailed for more than nine months in 1942. Maggar Singh, who was severely injured in a murderous attack by Balwinder Singh and Mithu Singh in his village Bapiana on September 25 was admitted to the hospital in a serious condition. Maggar Singh was allegedly forcibly discharged from the Civil Hospital. The necessary medical tests were not conducted before discharging him. Sukhdev Singh, son of the deceased who is a shepherd alleged that his father was maltreated in the hospital and forcibly thrown out. He said that no help came from the district administration or any other government agency. Even the police registered a case against the accused three days after the incident and arrested the accused after about 25 days. Maggar Singh was rehospitalised on October 21 when his condition deteriorated and he died at 8.50 p.m. on the same day. Mr Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, when contacted said that he was kept in the dark by the Chief Medical Officer about Maggar Singh. He said that he was not informed about the murderous attack on the freedom fighter either. He said the last rites of the freedom fighter would be performed by the district administration and the whole matter would be looked into. For the moment though Sukhdev Singh has been pleading with residents of his village for money for purchasing wood for the cremation and transporting the body. Mr Yurinder Singh, SSP, when contacted said that first a case under Section 324 (grievous hurt) of IPC was registered against the accused on September 28. The section was changed to 307 (attempt to murder) on October 10 on the opinion of doctors and after Maggar Singh recorded his statement before the police. The section was changed to 302 (murder) after the death of Maggar Singh. He said that there was no delay in arresting the accused and added that one accused was arrested on October 20 while the other who was undergoing treatment in a hospital was arrested on October 21. Dr S.P. Bansal, SMO, Civil Hospital, when contacted denied that Maggar Singh was not cared for properly. He said the best possible treatment was given to the freedom fighter and he was discharged from hospital only when he had recovered. He said it was the privilege of the doctor to discharge a patient any time after recovery and Maggar Singh had been kept in emergency ward continuously. The medicines were also supplied by the hospital authorities. He said Maggar Singh was suffering from severe gastro-enteritis and died due to kidney failure and severe angina. He said the post mortem report would be submitted to the concerned authorities tomorrow. Dr Rameshwar Chander,
Chief Medical Officer, Civil Hospital could not be
contacted as he was away to Chandigarh. |
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Arshi seeks CBI probe into paddy
purchase BATHINDA, Oct 22 — Mr Hardev Arshi, leader of CPI group in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, today demanded a CBI probe into bulk purchase of paddy from the grain markets by private rice mill owners at a rate much below the minimum support price fixed by the Central Government. Addressing a press conference here, he alleged that rice mill owners were allowed to "loot paddy growers by the government by keeping its own procurement agencies out of grain market". When rice mill owners could purchase the paddy in bulk, why government agencies were sluggish in procurement. He demanded that a special session of the Vidhan Sabha should be called to work out the policy for giving immediate relief to the farmers whose crop had been widely damaged owing to unseasonal rain. For the time being the Punjab Government should purchase the entire paddy stocks at the maximum support price so that the looting of farmers by private rice mill owners could be stopped. He alleged that market committee officials in connivance with mill owners had allowed the latter to evade market fee to the tune of crores of rupees by not registering sales of paddy in their record books. The visit of the central
team to assess the loss of paddy and the cotton crop
could not bring any relief to the farmers as the state
government was hiding its "corrupt practices"
from it. |
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Nature cure camp a big draw FATEHGARH SAHIB: A 15-day free yoga and nature cure camp organised by the Sirhind unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad at Sirhind recently proved a boon for the area. Hundreds of patients from the area who had no hope of cure from various diseases, some malignant, benefited from the treatment given at the camp. The youth outnumbered elders for getting lessons in yoga asanas. It is also interesting that in this camp the response from women was overwhelming. Old women were full of praise for this noble cause. They said attending this camp was their last resort for relief from their malady. Conducting the yoga classes early in the morning, Dr Ved Parkash, who was in charge of the camp, stated that in this materialistic age more and more people were becoming victims of mental tension, strain and stress and only yoga could provide relief. He did a demonstration and camp participants followed suit. After an hour of yoga classes, Dr Ved Parkash examined patients. He listened to their problems, and after attending on them, sent them to a big hall where Parishad volunteers helped patients in carrying out an oil massage and applying a pack of clay on to the body. The patients were then given various types of bath. The Parishad has provided different types of tubs for steam bath, spinal bath, hot and cold bath, hip bath, hot-foot bath and ritze bath. For those patients who are suffering from skin diseases, chromopathy is given. The patients are taught yogic kirya like "jal neti" and "kunjal". Dr Ved Parkash, a retired IAF man who got a degree in nature cure and yoga from Gorakhpur, stressed that the root cause of all diseases was the stomach and therefore the removal of toxins was the basic requirement. He said if a patient failed to undergo strict diet control he invited problems. Through nature cure several diseases like asthma, arthritis, eczema, diabetes, gout, skin diseases, paralysis, heart ailments, obesity and high blood pressure could be cured. He said naturopathy was based on practical therapeutic principles and it cured patients with mud and water therapy. The golden principle of the therapy was to consume food that could easily be digested. A normal person should take two or three teaspoons of watermelon juice, petha seeds, besides honey mixed with lemon or ginger (to reduce acid content) twice or thrice a day. Special stress was laid on salads with lesser consumption of chapatis. Germinated grains were ideal to keep diseases away. This also helped in getting rid of the habit of drinking, smoking and chewing paan. Overweight people, specially girls, were treated to reduce their weight with diet control, yoga, mud and water therapy. He claimed 100 p.c. control on diabetes after a month but the patient had to carry on exercises and diet control after that if the effects were to last. Nature cure was successful only if diet was kept under control, he emphasised. Appreciating the Parishad's efforts in spreading and promoting nature cure treatment, he said 95 per cent of the patients at this camp complained of stomach disease, joint pains and diabetes. He apprehended that the drinking water of Sirhind was not safe for consumption that is why a majority of the patients complained of stomach diseases. Mr Ashwani Gupta and Mr Ashok Bansal, president and project chairman, respectively of the Parishad, said they visited the SD Nature Cure Hospital at Ambala Cantonment and were impressed by the way the elderly were treated. They met Dr Ved Parkash, who was running the hospital, there and invited him to manage the 15-day camp at Sirhind. The Parishad arranged natural products like honey, eye drops and other items and distributed literature about health free of cost to the camp participants. It was the most successful camp of its kind. Now another organisation,
Ashoka Educational Trust, also of Sirhind, has decided to
extend this camp for three months. |
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Varsity teachers' salaries
released PATIALA, Oct 22 — The Punjab Government has decided to provisionally release the salary of teachers in the three state universities for the month of September. This was earlier withheld owing to the teachers' participation in a nation-wide stir demanding implementation of UGC scales. As a response to the government's decision, the Punjab Federation of University Teachers' Association (PFUTA) has decided to suspend its ongoing agitation at GNDU Amritsar, PAU, Ludhiana, Panjab University Chandigarh and Punjabi University here. The teachers were staging dharnas in front of the respective vice-chancellors offices in all these universities to press the government for release of their withheld salary. Dr S.S. Khehra, Chairman PFUTA said that as a goodwill gesture the association has decided to suspend the agitation. However, they will go ahead with their scheduled programme of holding a meeting at Chandigarh on October 24 to chalk out their strategy regarding non-implementation of UGC scales. He said that the HRD Ministry had assured the teachers that UGC scales would be given to them but no notification had been issued so far. He said that PFUTA may decide to organise a stir on the matter. A highly-placed official in the university here said that the Finance Secretary and Education Secretary, Punjab have in a communication to the Registrars of the three universities stated that the salary for the strike period be released provisionally. A copy of these orders has
been forwarded to the Deputy Controller, Local Audit
Office for necessary action. |
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Relief for boat tragedy victims LUDHIANA, Oct 22 — On the directions of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Mr Arun Goel, Deputy Commissioner, yesterday presented cheques for Rs 50,000 each to the families of Chhinder Singh of Barewal village and Jasbir Singh of Parjiran Beharipur in Ludhiana district who were killed in a boat tragedy in the Sutlej near Madhepur, on Sunday. Mr Goel said the bodies of three out of the 10 victims had been recovered so far and search operations were being carried out on a war footing to trace the remaining bodies in the river up to Harike Patan. Eight divers, including one from the BBMB, and two motorboats had been engaged in the search operations. The boat carrying 10
persons was crossing from Jalandhar side when the tragedy
occurred. Out of the 10 persons two belonged to Ludhiana
district, six to Jalandhar and Ferozepore and two were
Bihari labourers. |
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5
killed
in bus collision KAPURTHALA, Oct 22 — Five persons including three women were killed, and five others injured in a head-on collision between a mini bus and a Punjab Roadways bus of Batala depot, near Gadana village on GT Road, about 18 k.m. from here yesterday night. The dead were identified as Soni daughter of Madan Lal, Giano, wife of Mangal Dass, Kaushalaya Rani, wife of Baldev Raj, Madan Lal and the driver of the mini bus, all of them residents of Mandi Haripur village. The injured have been identified as Soni, daughter of Mangal Dass, Gian Chand, son of Budha Ram, Surjit Lal, son of Sant Ram, Usha Rani, wife of Surjit Lal and Harmesh Rani, wife of Madan Lal. They were admitted in a hospital at Amritsar. All those killed were
travelling in the mini bus, carrying a marriage party
returning to Amritsar, from Jalandhar, when it collided
with the Delhi bound roadways bus. |
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Slain militants' kin defends
commission AMRITSAR, Oct 22 — In a joint representation to the Chief Minister, more than 200 families of the slain militants have urged him to allow the People's Commission to record their agony. The joint representation was faxed by the Dal Khalsa International to the Chief Minister today. The representation says that some of their kin were still missing and no action had been taken to record this. It read that the people of
Punjab had voted the Shiromani Akali Dal to power with a
hope that Congress leaders and police officials behind
'fake encounters' would be booked. However, no action in
this regard had been taken due to alleged pressure from
the BJP. |
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CM orders purchase of all
paddy PHAGWARA, Oct 22 — Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today warned the procurement agencies that no laxity or complaint regarding paddy procurement would be tolerated and no erring official spared. He was addressing a meeting of officials of procurement agencies here to review the progress of paddy procurement. Mr Badal directed the Deputy Commissioner and officials of the procurement agencies to procure every type of paddy and follow government instructions in letter and spirit. He disclosed that the issue of relaxation in specifications had been taken up with the Centre and hoped for a positive outcome. Directing the officials to speed up the pace of procurement, Mr Badal asserted that farmers' interests would be fully safeguarded and no grain of paddy would be allowed to rot in mandis. Mrs Usha R. Sharma, Deputy
Commissioner, Kapurthala, told the Chief Minister that
3.5 lakh tonnes of paddy had arrived at 44 purchase
centres in the district till yesterday. |
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Lawyers continue strike FEROZEPORE, Oct 22 — Members of the District Bar Association struck work for the ninth day today in protest against the alleged move of the state government to exclude the Abohar and Balluana areas from Ferozepore district and merge them with Muktsar district. Talking to this reporter here today, the District Bar Association Secretary, Mr P.C. Munjal, said the future course of action would be decided at the Bar Association's next meeting which would be held on October 24. He warned that if their demand was not accepted, the agitation would be intensified and social and public welfare organisations would be asked to extend their support to the agitation. Mr Munjal added that an 80-member deputation of the association under the presidentship of Mr B.S. Sekhon had met the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, at Muktsar yesterday to apprise him of the situation. But, Mr Badal didn't give
any concrete assurance to the deputationists, he said and
condemned the statement of the Chief Minister appearing
in a section of the Press today that the demand regarding
the transfer of the Abohar and Balluana areas to Muktsar
district would be considered. |
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BKU leader quits, floats new
faction FEROZEPORE, Oct 22 — A former state general secretary of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), Mr Ajaib Singh Khaihra, has revolted against the Lakhowal faction and set up a new farmers' body — Kisan Union (Khaihra). At a press conference here today, he accused Mr Lakhowal of a dictatorial attitude. "Mr Lakhowal is nothing except an agent of the SAD President and Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal", he said. Indebted farmers are in distress but the leadership is silent. Mr Khaihra who had also worked as a general secretary of the union's national body, said, it was a matter of regret that the BKU (Lakhowal) had not started any struggle for the cause of farmers in a long time. Reacting to the suicides by indebted farmers, Mr Khaihra said that the government was responsible for their plight. "I am also an indebted farmer and my economic condition has deteriorated. The result is that I am also in a condition to commit suicide", he said in a choked voice. He asked farmers of the
state to join his newly formed organisation which would
struggle for their economic freedom. The office-bearers
of Kisan Union (Khaihra) would be announced soon, he
added. |
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Police Martyrs Day observed FATEHGARH SAHIB, Oct 22 — Police Martyrs Day was observed by the district police at Mandi Gobindgarh yesterday. Mr P. M. Das, DIG, Patiala Range, along with other civil and police officials paid homage to those policemen who laid their lives for the country. Wreaths were laid on the memorial to the martyrs. A two-minute silence was observed. Addressing the gathering, Mr Das said that during terrorism 1,867 police officials, including two DIGs, four SSPs, nine SPs, 13 DSPs, 36 Inspectors, 98 Sub-Inspectors and 186 ASIs were killed. He honoured the families
of 17 police martyrs. |
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Plan to expand Kharar MC limits KHARAR, Oct 22 — The Punjab Government has decided to extend the present limits of the Kharar Municipal Committee. According to a copy of the notification issued by the Secretary, Local Self Government, Punjab received here today, the government has asked for objections from the public, if any, within six weeks regarding this extension to be given to the Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Kharar. According to notification
the government plans to include parts of village
Chajumajra, Desu Majra, Sante Majra, Khumi Majra,
Fatehrulapur etc in the present limits of Kharar. |
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15 illegal structures
demolished KHARAR, Oct 22 — The PWD swung into action today to demolish unauthorised structures on both sides of the Chandigarh-Kharar national highway falling within the Kharar municipal limits. Till late evening today as many as 15 shops and houses were demolished. Mr Jagdish Walia, Asstt. Engineer of Central Works Division, Mohali PWD, B&R and some other offices supervised operations. According to official sources the department had filed cases against building owners in the court of the Collector Kharar. These cases were decided against the builders in the month of July 1998. The department started the action as a follow-up. About 80 buildings within Kharar municipal limits are to be demolished. Traders however, said they
were not given prior information about the demolition
drive. |
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BSP claims support of CPI, CPM JALANDHAR, Oct 22 — The BSP today announced its candidate for the Adampur byelection and claimed the support of the CPI and the CPM. The president of the state unit of the party, Mr C.D. Kamboj told reporters here today that the delay in the announcement of the party candidate was due to talks with leaders of other parties. He said his party would
expose the wrong economic and anti-people policies of the
SAD-BJP Government before the people of Adampur. |
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Sudarshan award for Indu Bali CHANDIGARH, Oct 22 —
The Punjab Language Department has chosen "Panchvan
Yug" by Dr Indu Bali, a former Principal of
Government Girls College, Sector 11, here for the
"Sudarshan Award" in the competition for best
books in Hindi literature for 1998. A communication to
this effect has been received by Dr Bali from the
Director of Language Department, Dr Madan Lal Hasija. The
award carries a cash prize of Rs 5,000. |
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Bhakra dedication day observed NANGAL, Oct 22 — Bhakra's thirtyfifth dedication day was celebrated here today. A memorial parade was organised in Nangal to commemorate the workers, technicians and engineers who laid down their lives during the construction of this second-highest man made gravity dam. The parade was organised on the left bank of the Sutlej, at Bhakra Dam, where the names of 156 martyrs have been etched on a stone. The Jawans of Dam Protection Force, project security personnel and fire guards participated in the parade. Chairman of B.B.M.B., Maj
Gen R.R. Oberoi, (VSM) was the chief guest on the
occasion. |
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Decline in malaria cases in
Amritsar AMRITSAR, Oct 22 — The district has witnessed a sharp decline in malaria cases. As compared to 2689 cases last year, 522 malaria cases have been reported so far. Only four cases of cerebral malaria have been reported this year. According to press note issued by the Punjab Service Doctors Organisation, the district had an infant mortality rate of 29.5 per 1000 live births as compared to 50/100 live births in the state and a maternal mortality rate of 0.2 per 1000 births. Even the crude birth rate of 22.6 is less than that of the state which is 26.3. The leprosy elimination programme in the district has already been lauded by the WHO. Dr Dinesh Kumar, state
coordinator, said the impact of awareness drive in the
district for HIV was being felt with people with high
risk behaviour voluntarily approaching the health
authorities for counselling. |
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