Malta
boat tragedy facts on website
Hoshiarpur, March 25
Mr Balwant Singh Khera, Chairman
of the Malta Boat Tragedy Probe Mission, said in a press note here
yesterday that the CBI had decided to place information on Malta boat
tragedy on its website. Mr S.K. Upadhyaya Joint Director, CBI, whom a
deputation of the mission met at Delhi, said human trafficking was
increasing day by day and the prevailing laws were not sufficient to
deal with the craze of the youth for going abroad.
BSP
eyeing non-Dalits’ votes
Jalandhar, March 25
The Bahujan Samaj Party, which
has decided to go it alone in the forthcoming Punjab Assembly poll,
has left most other political outfits far behind as far as election
preparations are concerned.
No
poll pact, says Lok Jan Shakti
Bathinda, March 25
The Lok Jana Shakti will have no
alliance with any party in the coming Assembly elections of the state
and will contest all 117 seats on their own. Stating, this, Mr Amar
Singh Mehmi, state President of the party, talking to mediapersons
said here today, that the party would not enter into any alliance
before or after the elections.
Widow
may have to pay for MC’s fault
Abohar, March 25
Poonam, widow of Vinod Kumar, an
employee of the local municipal council, may have to pay a heavy price
for the negligence of the authorities in not depositing the amount of
the life insurance premium which had been deducted from the salary of
the deceased.
Rs
2 crore spent on Talwandi Sabo: MP
Bathinda, March 25
Mr Balwinder Singh Bhunder,
senior Akali leader and Member of Parliament, today said Rs 3.50 crore
was being spent on the construction of a new water house and so far
the Punjab Government had spent Rs 2 crore for the development of
Talwandi Sabo, a historical and a religious place.
Milk
vendors plan tit for tat
Jalandhar, March 25
Irked over the move of the Punjab
Government to hold camps to check the quality of milk supplied by
vendors, the Punjab Dodhi Union, has decided to counter the government
move by organising similar camps for testing milk processed and packed
by government milk plants.
Jathas
may face insults: Bibi
Phagwara, March 25
Joining issue with her successor
on several counts here today, Bibi Jagir Kaur, former SGPC President,
asserted that without the required amendment in the SGPC Act 1925, it
was an insult to the SGPC as well, as the Sikhs to accept a Pakistani
Muslim as head of the Pakistan Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and send
Sikh jathas to Pakistan.
Give
up slave mentality, Dalits told
Bathinda, March 25
Mr Kiranjit Singh Gehri,
President, Dalit Sena, Punjab, said the Dalits would have to struggle
to be psychologically independent in today’s world.
Saplings
given at eye camp
Jalandhar, March 25
A unique eye checkup-cum
environment awareness camp was organised at the local Akal Eye
Hospital today where apart from free diagnosis, saplings of various
species of shady trees were distributed by the hospital management
among at least 1000 patients.
Traders
‘harassed’ by ST officials
Bathinda, March 25
The Punjab Yuva Beopar Mandal (PYBM)
has alleged that traders are being harassed by the Sales Tax officials
after the Punjab Government took the decision to realise more sales
tax from traders.
TSU
decides to intensify stir
Bathinda, March 25
Activists of the Technical
Services Union (TSU) has decided to intensify their struggle in
protest against the Power Minister, Punjab and the Superintending
Engineer (SE), Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB).
IG
announces remission for convicts
Sangrur, March 25
The IG, Prisons, Mr K.L. Sharma
today announced a remission of five days, per month, of the sentence
undergone on the basis of good conduct for each convict of the local
district jail. There are about 125 convicts in the jail.
57
kg opium seized
Abohar, March 25
The sadar police on Saturday
arrested Avtar Singh, Jasbir Singh and Lakhwinder Singh of Amritsar
and seized 57 kg of opium from their possession. Mr Harchand Singh
Sidhu, SSP, had reminded the subdivisional police that on the eve of
harvesting of wheat crop, there had been a spurt in smuggling of poppy
husk and opium in the past. Poppy husk was freely available in
Rajasthan province bordering this subdivision and opium had been
smuggled from Madhya Pradesh en route Rajasthan.
2
constables held
Barnala, March 25
Two constables Surjit Singh and
Parminder Singh have been arrested and a case has been registered
against them under Sections 399 and 411 of the IPC. According to
police sources, following efforts of the CIA staff the arrest of the
constables became possible.
Liquor
vend looted
Jalandhar, March 25
Three persons looted 28 bottles
of wine and Rs 2,700 cash from a liquor vend at Lakhanpal village late
last night. According to the police, the trio came to the vend and
ordered for some bottles of liquor which were given to them by the
vendor Gobind Singh.
Ludhiana
woman dupes 22 persons
Amritsar, March 25
A fraud involving a
Ludhiana-based woman, who duped 22 persons of Rs 60 lakh, came to
light when they presented themselves before the media yesterday. The
lady had promised them migration to Canada in lieu of Rs 2 lakh each.
Inquiry
ordered against “erring” invigilator
Dharamkot (Moga), March
25
An overly duty-conscious
invigilator who disallowed a student to go out and relieve himself
during the board exams, is all set to face an inquiry. Amandeep Singh,
a Class X student, had sought permission to ease himself during the
mathematics paper, but was told by the Superintendent to wait till the
exam was over.
Students
criticise exam postponement
Amritsar, March 25
In a memorandum to the
Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot,
post-graduate students of three major Government Medical Colleges have
decried the postponement of examinations till September or later than
that.
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