Driver,
32 buffaloes killed in accident
Lalru, April 7
One person and 32 buffaloes were
killed and one person was injured in a head-on collision between two
trucks on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway near here today.
Congress
rally against NDA Govt
Dhuri, April 7
More than 200 Congress activists,
including women, led by Mr Ramesh Singla, General Secretary, Punjab
Pradesh Congress Committee, held a rally and burnt an effigy of Mr
Atal Behari Vajpayee at the Old Grain Market here today in protest
against the alleged involvement of members of the NDA government in
shady defence deals.
Cong
workers hold protest rally
Tarn Taran, April 7
Hundreds of Congress workers on
Friday organised a protest rally at block headquarters Naushehra
Pannuan demanding stepping down of the NDA government at the Centre in
view of Tehelka expose. Effigies of Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and Mr
Bangaroo Laxman were burnt.
People’s
Front to stage rallies
Hoshiarpur, April 7
The People’s Front at its
meeting has decided to stage rallies in the district against those
involved in tehelka.com episode.
Do
dampers minimise quake damage?
Amritsar, April 7
Close on the heels of the visit
of the former President of the USA, Mr Bill Clinton, to the quake-hit
areas of Gujarat, questions continue to be raised whether the damage
to man and material could have been minimised.
Historic
garden gets new look
Patiala, April 7
Patiala’s historic
Baradari Garden, which had recently been spruced up, will now
also boast of a modern fountain, constructed at a cost of Rs 8
lakh.
Docs
drawing NPA do private practice
Mansa, April 7
A majority of doctors
posted at government hospitals in the district are reportedly
indulging in private practice right under the nose of the
authorities concerned. The illegal practice is going on despite
the fact that all doctors are being paid the non-practising
allowance regularly. |
The newly built fountain which is in full swing and decorated with colourful lights and heavy fall of waters at Baradari Garden in Patiala.
— PTI photo |
Villagers
hold dharna
Chhat Bir (Patiala),
April 7
A number of Bahujan Samaj Party
activists, who were on their way from Anandgarh Sahib to Damdama
Sahib, joined a dharna staged by the residents of Chhat village along
the Zoo Road against the removal of dung heaps by the panchayat. The
panchayat had removed these heaps on February 18.
Need
for youth to check MNCs’ march
Sangrur, April 7
On the second day of all-India
conference of the All-India Federation of Democratic Youth (AIFDY)
here today, delegates of the conference held discussions on the draft
programme and constitution of the AIFDY.
Diagnostic
lab for animals to be set up
Jalandhar, April 7
A regional diagnostic laboratory,
which will provide diagnostic facilities to the livestock of Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi, will be set up
at Jalandhar at a cost of Rs 19 crore.
IMA
to organise seminars on mental health
Sangrur, April 7
The Punjab unit of the Indian
Medical Association has exhorted the medical fraternity to devote this
year to mentally ill persons. It has also appealed to the Punjab
Government to consider mental health services an integral part of the
health care system.
Fodder
scam: panel for official’s removal
Amritsar, April 7
While welcoming the Animal
Husbandry Minister’s order to probe the alleged fodder scam, the
Punjab Animal Husbandry Services Association a representative body of
feed and fodder development staff in the department, observed that a
fair and free probe could not be conducted unless the accused, a high
official, was removed from office.
25
operations performed at eye camp
Lalru, April 7
As many as 25 persons were
operated upon at the 6th annual 4-day free eye operation camp
organised by the Baba Prithvi Singh Azad Memorial Civil Hospital here
today.
Mann
assails ban on militant groups
Ludhiana, April 7
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
president, Akali Dal (Amritsar), on Friday assailed the British
Government for banning the Babbar Khalsa International and the
International Sikh Youth Federation without issuing them any
show-cause notice.
Halt
of key trains sought at Phagwara
Phagwara, April 7
The Railway Travellers Welfare
Association, Phagwara, today sent a representation to the Union
Railway Minister demanding that certain important trains should halt
at the local railway station.
3-day
mourning in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 7
As a mark of respect to Mr Devi
Lal, a former Deputy Prime Minister, who died in New Delhi yesterday,
the Punjab Government has declared three days of state mourning. The
national flag in the districts will be flown at half mast during the
period of mourning. An official spokesman said there would be no state
entertainment during the period of mourning.
Muktsar
fetches highest revenue from auction
Muktsar, April 7
Muktsar district has fetched the
maximum revenue from the auction of liquor vends in Faridkot and
Ferozepore Divisions.
Crime
on rise in Punjab
Bathinda, April 7
Even as the ruling politicians
have been making claims that peace prevails in the state, the crime is
on rise. In the past few years, the situation has become so that after
every 45 minutes, a major crime takes place, while after every 14.30
minutes a minor girl crime happens in Punjab.
Woman
dies of burn injuries, in-laws booked
Faridkot, April 7
Mrs Neenu, wife of Deepak Kumar,
a resident of Kotkapura, died at the local Government Guru Gobind
Singh Medical Hospital on Thursday evening due to serious burn
injuries. The police has registered a case under Section 302 against
her husband, father-in-law Duli Chand and mother-in-law Chando Devi.
Travel
agent booked
Hoshiarpur, April 7
The Tanda police has registered a
case under Section 420, IPC, against a ‘travel agent’ from Delhi.
Shiv Singh and Sadhu Singh, both residents of Rana Gram, Dilraj Singh
of Zahura and Baldev Singh of Khurdan had stated in their complaint
that Om Parkash Bhalla, a ‘travel agent’ of Delhi, had told them
that he sent persons to the USA and Canada. They were told that the
Prime Minister was scheduled to visit the USA. Many ministers would
accompany him and the agent would manage to send up to 50 persons with
them to the USA.
Held
for singer’s rape
Ludhiana, April 7
The Jagraon police has arrested
Mukesh for allegedly raping a popular Punjabi singer who is said to
have been a friend of his. In her FIR, the singer said she had been
living with him for the past two years, and they had been planning to
marry.
Punjabi
varsity convocation held
Patiala, April 7
The Union Human Resource
Development Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today said stress would
be laid on studying WTO rules and patents so that the country could
compete with developed nations in the new economic era.
PTU:
inquiry panel finds irregularities
Ludhiana, April 7
A four-member inquiry committee
set up by the Punjab Government to look into the irregularities
committed at the Punjab Technical University has found many
irregularities. All appointments of Class III and IV employees have
been made without conducting any written test, interviews and even
without inviting any applications. No government rules were followed.
All of these employees were given the verbal appointment orders.
PTU
to shift out of REC campus
Jalandhar, April 7
Shocked at the paper leakage in
the Punjab Technical University, the Punjab Technical Education
Department has decided to shift the university out of its makeshift
campus in the Regional Engineering College here.
Farmers’
mela disturbs examinees
Bathinda, April 7
A sarpanch mela was organised at
Government Rajindra College here today, which created a problem for
the university students, who were appearing for their final exams.
Members of panchayats and other invitees were here to attend the mela,
from all over the state in large numbers.
Six
students pay for college’s lapse
Mansa, April 7
Educational career of six
students of National College, Bhikhi is in jeopardy due to the failure
of college to send their admission fee to the Punjabi University,
Patiala. Enquiries reveal that Rajiv Kumar, Jatinder Singh of BA part
(I), Rakesh Arora, Jagtar Singh BA (II) and Sukhjit Singh and Jagjit
Singh of BA (III) students submitted their admission forms and fees in
the college office on December 26, last year. They have not received
their roll numbers till.
Minister
lays stone for school
Bathinda, April 7
The government in Punjab has been
paying special attention to the primary education in the state.
Power
cuts add to unit owners’ woes
Nawanshahr, April 7
Frequent and prolonged power cuts
here have added to the woes of owners of small scale industrial units
of plastic, wire, fibre glass, paints distemper, farm machinery,
ayurvedic medicines and readymade garments in the local Industrial
Focal Point, already sick and almost a ‘non-existent’ due to
apathy of the government.
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