Red
alert in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, May 18
The police has been put on red
alert in the city following the recent spate in crime incidents of
crime, especially involving free use of arms. Special nakas have been
set up at different points in the city. Besides, extensive patrolling
is being done to ward off any untoward incident.
Sikh yatrees wave to people when their special train entered Pakistan at
the Wagah border to the east of Lahore on Friday. — Reuters photo |
Jatha
leaves for Pakistan
Amritsar, May 18
Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi,
president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee, flagged off
a Sikh jatha to Pakistan today. The jatha comprising 624 members of
the SGPC and 350 from the Paramjit Singh Sarna group and Harpal Singh
Bhullar group of Bhai Mardana Yaadgar Society left India for
observance of the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev ji at Dera Sahib,
Lahore.
Sukhbir
‘pleasing’ SCs
Lambi (Muktsar), May 18
Toeing the line of his father, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab, Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal,
General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal, has started making inroads
into the backward and Scheduled Caste sections by holding small
“sangat darshan” programmes in the localities inhabited by them in
this assembly segment.
RS
seat: SAD PAC to meet on May 22
Chandigarh, May 18
The President of the Shiromani
Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, has called a meeting of the
Political Affairs Committee of the party on May 22 to select the
party’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat which fell vacant
recently following the election of Mr Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha to
the state Assembly.
Kanwaljit misused funds: Parneet Kaur
Chhat Bir (Patiala), May 18
The Punjab Government has been sidelining the Congress MPs while taking important decisions during the past four-and-a-half years, alleged Ms Parneet Kaur, MP from Patiala, here today.
Cong
leader admits differences
Sangrur, May 18
Admitting that there are
differences among the leaders of the Sangrur District Congress
Committee, Mr Arvind Khanna, Treasurer of the Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee, here today said there was a dire need to sort out these
differences though it could not mar the prospects of the party in the
ensuing Assembly elections.
Jaundice
cases on the rise
SMO, civil hospital staff
also in grip
Malout, May 18
Even as the local civil hospital
authorities have been claiming that cases of jaundice have been on the
wane patients suffering from the disease have been reporting in
various hospitals dotting the city.
Harike:
dry spell hits water quality
Chandigarh, May 18
The quality of water in the
Harike wetland has deteriorated to Class “D” mainly because of a
continuous dry spell and exceptionally low flow in the Sutlej. This
was stated at a meeting held here on Wednesday on conservation and
management of the Harike wetland so as to improve the habitat and
conserve this vital and fragile ecosystem. Mr Rajan Kashyap, Principal
Secretary, Science, Technology and Environment, Punjab, presided over
the meeting.
MCs
oppose octroi abolition
Bathinda, May 18
The presidents of Municipal
Councils of towns and cities of Bathinda, Muktsar and Mansa districts
said that the octroi should not be abolished. They were having a
meeting with the Chairman and one member of Second Finance Commission,
Punjab, here yesterday.
Encroachments spring up again
Patiala, May 18
Encroachments which were removed in a joint action led by the Drainage Department and supported by the Municipal Corporation and the district administration four days back, are again taking shape on both sides of the ‘ganda nala’ in the Tafazalpura area making the entire exercise pointless.
BKU
dharna in front of police station
Bathinda, May 18
A large number of activists of
the BKU (Ekta) today held a dharna in front of the Ballianwali police
station, in this district for pressing the authorities concerned to
register a case against a commission agent of Maur Mandi, Mr Sham Lal,
who has purchased allegedly a piece of land of farmer Maggar Singh of
Jhundeke village by keeping him in the dark. The activities of the BKU
(Ekta), who have been holding the dharna in front of the police
station, were also demanding that a case registered against Maggar
Singh and his kin by the police be withdrawn.
Bishop
demands author’s arrest
Amritsar, May 18
The Amritsar diocese has sought
immediate arrest of Satnam Singh advocate (73), a retired district
language officer, for using highly objectionable language against
Jesus Christ, Sikh leaders and the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak
Committee in his book, “Satguru Nanak Dev ji”, a complete life
history of the first Sikh Guru.
Power
supply scheme ‘discriminatory’
Bathinda, May 18
The 24-hour uninterrupted power
supply scheme has failed to take off due to several flaws. The major
bottleneck in the scheme for villages is the political pressure.
Ministers and influential persons “force” the PSEB to give
priority to the villages of their choice even if the villages did not
fulfil the minimum condition laid down by the board.
Mystery
shrouds death of two kids
Goraya (Jalandhar), May
18
When his two smiling
grandchildren came to have juice and ice-cream at his juice shop last
evening, aged Sony Ram would never have thought that he won’t see
them hopping around again next morning. But unfortunately, this
happened as both of them were in their no more by this morning.
BSF
kills Pak national
Ferozepore, May 18
The Border Security Force foiled
an attempt by two Pakistan nationals to intrude into the Indian
territory thereby killing one of them on the spot near Mavo ke
checkpost along the Indo-Pak border.
Phone
connection of minister’s son cut
Moga, May 18
The telephone connection of a son
of Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurdev Singh Badal has been
disconnected by the Telecommunication Department, according to a
report received here today.
Villages
cut off from DD
Pathankot, May 18
Residents of many border villages
of this subdivision are forced to watch PTV programmes as weak
transponder of the relay centre near Shimla Park here fail to beam
Doordarshan and Jalandhar Doordarshan programmes.
Tohra
medically examined
New Delhi, May 18
The SHSAD president and former
SGPC chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, today underwent medical
examination at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here for suspected
“carotid artery” problem.
Ranjit
dam water outflow increases
Chandigarh, May 18
More water and power have been
made available from the Ranjit Sagar Dam as the outflow of water has
been increased to 6000 cusecs while 200 mega watt of power was being
generated, the dam authorities said yesterday.
Panel
to devise ways to reduce tariff soon
Abohar, May 18
The state BJP President, Prof
Brij Lal Rinwa, has said here that a committee would soon be formed to
devise ways and means to reduce power tariff for domestic, commercial
and small scale industries consumers.
Writers
vow to oppose revival of militancy
Amritsar, May 18
Punjabi writers have pledged to
launch a movement against moves of reviving militancy, from tomorrow
to mark the 12th death anniversary of Dr Ravinder Ravi, noted Punjabi
critic gunned down by terrorists on May 19, 1989.
154
hospitals to be constructed in Punjab
Patiala, May 18
As many as 154 new hospitals will
be constructed in the state at an expenditure of Rs 422 crore under
the health system project. About 100 of these hospitals are already
ready, while the others will be built by March next year.
DM
orders removal of ramp
Bathinda, May 18
Mr Jaspal Singh, District Magistrate,
has ordered the removal of an encroachment from the sub-street number
1 of Powerhouse Road of the city. Mr Jaspal Singh passed order under
Section 133 of the Cr PC on the complaint lodged by Mr Lakshmi Narayan
Goel, advocate and resident of the same locality.
1
killed, 2 hurt in car-truck collision
Kapurthala, May 18
One person was killed while two
others were injured in a head-on collision between a car and truck
near Hamira village on the GT road yesterday.
Worker
thrashed to death by employer
Jalandhar, May 18
A migrant labour was allegedly
beaten to death by his employer at the local Model House locality this
evening.
Child
held hostage by in-laws
Amritsar, May 18
In laws of Dolly Bindra, alias
Kajal Arora, first turned her out of her house after mistreating her
and later held her nine-month-old child Riship hostage to press upon
her not to file a case against them.
Jeweller
getting threat calls
Jalandhar, May 18
A Nurmahal-based renowned
jeweller family has been living under shadow of terror facing the
demand of a huge ransom amounting to Rs 2.5 crore from a Delhi based
“gang”. It has threatened that if the demand was not met their
house will be blown up.
Youth
beaten up, commits suicide
Abohar, May 18
An alleged paramour of a married
woman was brutally beaten up and reportedly forced to commit suicide
in nearby Kikkarkhera village.
PTU
affiliation for 25 institutes
Jalandhar, May 18
Punjab Technical University has
granted affiliation to 25 more private institutes for running of the
master of computer application course in different cities of Punjab.
The admissions to the course in these colleges will start in August
after the holding of an entrance test by the university authorities.
Denial of promotions: PUTA holds dharna
Patiala, May 18
The Punjabi University Teachers Association (PUTA) today organised a dharna in front of the office of the Vice-Chancellor to protest against alleged victimisation of two teachers who were not given promotions yesterday besides deciding to hold an indefinite dharna on the issue till justice was given to the ‘victimised’ teachers and other pressing demands of the teaching community were met.
PCCTU
threatens agitation
Barnala, May 18
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers Union has condemned the decision of the management of Dev
Samaj College for Women, Ferozepore, to place under suspension Mrs
Harbans Kaur, president of the college unit of the PCCTU.
New posts of farm teacher
Chandigarh, May 18
The Punjab Education Department has decided to create new posts of agriculture teacher in government schools from the current academic session.
KV girls back from trekking expedition
Chandigarh, May 18
Forty girls belonging to the Kendriya Vidyalayas of Zirakpur, Mullanpur
Garibdas, Dappar (Punjab) and High Grounds (Chandigarh) were given a warm welcome when they returned here yesterday morning after a week-long trekking expedition to the hills of Pithoragarh region in Uttaranchal.
Income
from lotteries rises
Mansa, May 18
The coffers of the State of
Punjab were empty when Mr Parkash Singh Badal took over as Chief
Minister. This was disclosed by Capt Kamaljit Singh, Punjab Finance
Minister, while presiding over a state-level small savings function
here today.
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