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Drive to register migrant labourers fails to take
off
Patiala, July 25
The exercise to register all migrant labourers in the district has turned out to be a nonstarter with not a single labourer being registered in any police station in the city even though nearly one week has passed since directions were given in this regard by the District Magistrate.
2,000 crore project for
roads, bridges
Patiala, July 25
The Punjab Government has devised a Rs 2000-crore project for the construction of major roads and bridges in the state.
Disclosing this here yesterday while addressing youth workers at a rally organised here by youth leader Kulwinder Singh Lovely, Public Works Minister Suchha Singh Langah said two major roads which would be constructed under this project were the
Gurdaspur-Mukerian road at a cost of Rs 64 crore and the
Nawanshahr-Khanna road at a cost of Rs 24 crore.
Bhai Ram Singh , General Secretary Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar ), addresses a press conference at Amritsar on Wednesday.
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SAD (A) to
contest 117 Vidhan Sabha seats
Amritsar, July 25
The Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar) will contest all 117 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in alliance
with the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal and the BSP. This was stated by
Mr Ram Singh, General Secretary of the SAD (A), at a press conference
here today. He said Mr Simranjit Singh Mann would be projected as the
next Chief Minister of Punjab.
YC
condemns CM’s statement
Bathinda, July 25
Mr Jagpal Singh Abulkhurana,
spokesman, Punjab Youth Congress, had condemned the statement of the
Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, in which he had stated
that Capt Amarinder Singh, President, Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee, required lessons in basic public decency.
SSP
justifies lathi charge
Bathinda, July 25
Dr Jatinder Kumar Jain, SSP, said
a mild lathi charge at Maiser Khana village yesterday was resorted to
disperse the BKU (E) activists and was justified in the larger
interests of the public.
Parents’
plea to nab son’s killers
Phagwara, July 25
Mr Jagdish Lal Nanda and Mrs
Santosh Kumari Nanda, the parents of Deepak Kumar Nanda, today wrote
to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister
Jaswant Singh, Home Minister L.K. Advani and Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal, seeking their intervention and help in tracing
the killers of their son who was allegedly murdered in Italy a few
days ago.
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Roads dotted with potholes
Bathinda, July 25
This town is fast emerging
as an industrial and educational centre but roads and other
infrastructure are not keeping pace with the development. Most
of the roads are dotted with potholes due to which the movement
of traffic has become unsafe.
The potholed Goniana road
reflects the condition of roads in Bathinda. — Tribune photo
Kulbir Beera
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Come
rain, phones go dead
Bathinda, July 25
Residents here have been facing
problems regarding their telephones, especially during rainy season.
Office-goers, businessmen are the worst-hit. Residents allege that the
complaints in this connection to the authorities concerned are
generally not entertained. And if the subscriber shows some patience
and keeps on trying he gets the reply that his complaint has been
received and will be dealt in turn.
Services
at Civil Hospital inadequate
Bathinda, July 25
The local Vigilant Citizens Forum
took up the matter of lacunas in services at the Civil Hospital here
with the Deputy Medical Commissioner, Dr Gurjant Singh Sekhon. The
forum said in a press note issued here today that though some of the
services of the hospital had been improved, yet much remained to be
done.
Steps
to check diarrhoea
Barnala, July 25
Sensing the gravity of situation
pertaining to the diarrhoea menace in Bhadaur town, about 25 km from
here, and some of its surrounding villages, the Health Department and
the Barnala administration have initiated remedial measures to prevent
the outbreak of diarrhoea at a large scale in the region.
Announce MSP
for paddy : CM
Chandigarh, July 25
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, has urged the Union Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, to
consult the paddy-producing states before finalising the
specifications relating to the procurement of the commodity.
Committee on urban projects set up
Chandigarh, July 25
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today set up a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Local Bodies Minister, Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, to prepare an action plan for giving a big push to the ongoing urban development projects in various parts of the state and prepare new area-specific projects.
JE
held for demanding bribe
Jalandhar, July 25
The Vigilance Bureau today
arrested an employee of the Punjab State Electricity Board for
demanding a bribe of Rs 1,000 from a consumer.
Man
alleges sodomy
Fazilka, July 25
Mr Gurdev Singh (36) of Baghewala
village, about 10 km from here, in statement before the police here
today, alleged that three youths of the village sodomised him.
According to the statement, when he was returning his home on last
Tuesday, the three youths standing near a dharamshala allegedly
dragged him into it and sodomised him.
Agriculture
officer held for graft
Barnala, July 25
A six-member Vigilance Department
team, headed by Mr R.S. Dhillon, DSP, Vigilance Sangrur conducted a
raid on the Agriculture Department Office in the local Pharwari bazar
and arrested Dr Gurtej Singh Madahar, Soil Testing-cum-Block
Agriculture Officer, Barnala, under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Another colleague, Dr Surjit Bawa, Agriculture Development Officer,
however outsmarted the Vigilance team and escaped from the office
complex.
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