Suresh Pande of Kendriya Vidyalaya
Number 3,
Jalandhar, demonstrating a science project, "Production of
electricity through vehicles," which was
adjudged the best model in the energy theme at the All-India Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
National Science Exhibition 2001 at Guwahati on Friday. —
Picture Eastern Projections |
Police
officers to return awards on Aug 15
Chandigarh, August 11
Officers of the Punjab Police who
have won the President’s gallantry and distinguished service awards
will return their medals to the President of India in New Delhi on
August 15, 2001. If some responsible representative does not come
forward to receive the returned medals, these will be hanged outside the
Rashtrapati Bhavan Gate.
Morcha
leaders to visit Golden Temple
Chandigarh, August 11
Leaders of the newly formed Panthic
Morcha will gather at Amritsar on August 18 to pay obeisance at the
Golden Temple, according to a Press note issued here today by Mr Prem
Singh Chandumajra.
HARPREET CASE
Dr
Sohal was asked to abort
Patiala, August 11
Dr Balwinder Singh Sohal, who has
turned approver in the Harpreet Kaur murder case in which the former
President, Bibi Jagir Kaur and six others were held accused, today
claimed he had been contacted by a confidant of Bibi to conduct the
abortion of Harpreet.
Political
parties wooing SCs
Bathinda, August 11
Even as the general assembly
elections are due after six months almost all political parties have
started making efforts to make Scheduled Castes and backward classes
their vote bank.
BSP
cashing in on caste issue: Cong
Bathinda, August 11
Mr Mohinder Singh Kalyan, former
MP and state president of the SC/ST cell of the Congress, said the
benefit of reservation should be discontinued to the creamy layers of
society.
PPCC
chief’s warning on indiscipline
Chandigarh, August 11
Capt Amarinder Singh, President
of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, has warned all those who are
violating discipline and has called upon office-bearers of the
party’s front organisations and cells not to resort to anti-party
activities.
Plea
to Badal for action against Mann
Sangrur, August 11
Mr Gurbachan Singh Bachi,
Chairman of the Punjab State Co-operative Bank and a senior SAD
leader, has urged the Punjab Chief Minister and President of the SAD,
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to take disciplinary action against Mr Baldev
Singh Mann, General Secretary of the SAD and administrative member of
the PSEB, for his anti-party activities and violating party
discipline.
Partap
Singh made dist SAD chief
Jalandhar, August 11
To end the ongoing tussle between
two Akali factions, Mr Partap Singh, an SGPC member on Thursday was
nominated president of the district Akali Jatha, Jalandhar (Urban)
replacing Mr Inderjeet Singh.
Cong
decries BJP’s friendly bias to MNCs
Jalandhar, August 11
The All-India Congress Committee
observer for Punjab, Mr Ram Narayan Mina, today criticised the BJP-led
NDA government for pursuing anti-people policies in the name of
liberalisation and privatisation.
Justice
eludes Bathinda trader
Punsup reduced him from
riches to rags
Bathinda, August 11
Justice has been eluding a local
resident, Mr Ram Gopal Bansal, for the past two years whose story is
that of riches to rags due to the alleged high-handedness of Punsup
authorities for the last more than two years.
Sirhind
residents hold night vigil
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
11
Residents of Sirhind town have
started organising “thikri pehras” as the police has failed to
solve the fortnight-old murder of Devinder Sharma, a social worker and
his wife. Though the police has increased the night patrolling and
deployed commandos for night vigil, yet the people are frightened.
DCs
directed to help women victims
Amritsar, August 11
Startling cases of crime against
women came to light when victims narrated their tales to the Governor
at a state-level seminar organised by the Shakti Mahila Sahayata
Kendra here today. The Governor asked Deputy Commissioners to take
immediate action.
More needle destroyers for hospital
Patiala, August 11
It seems to be a case of never too late for the once premier Government Rajindra Hospital here, with needle destroyers likely to make their appearance in the hospital in a big way years after the emergence of the threat of AIDS and other deadly viruses emerged in the
country.
Martyr cremated
Rajpura, August 11
Body of Darshan Singh, a soldier who laid down his life
fighting terrorists in the Kupwara sector, was cremated with full
honours at Gopalpur village today. He belonged to the Sikh Regiment.
Training
camp for granthis
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
11
To implement the ‘Hukamnama’
issued by the Akal Takht to check female foeticide, a training camp
for the granthis, dhadhis and the preachers of the religion was
organised in Diwan Todar Mal Hall in Fatehgarh Sahib gurdwara today,
by the Voluntary Health Association of Punjab.
City
gets facelift for CM’s visit
Bathinda, August 11
The city, known as the “dust
bowl of Punjab”, is getting a facelift for the proposed sangat
darshan of the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, here on August
12. Official sources said funds had been released for the
beautification of the city which would include tree plantation and
drainage of rainwater. A private agency would be hired for the
purpose, the sources said.
FCI
staff threaten to go on fast
Bathinda, August 11
Activists of the FCI Executive
Staff Union, Punjab, today threatened to start on indefinite fast from
August 13 at the FCI headquarters in New Delhi to lodge their protest
against the “victimisation” of employees by the management on the
pretext of storage and transient losses of foodgrains.
Tipnis
visits IAF station at Bhisiana
Bathinda, August 11
The standard of Indian Air Force
has to improve as per the need of the hour, said Mr A.Y. Tipnis, Air
Chief Marshal, while addressing station personnel at Bhisiana village
of the district yesterday. Mr Tipnis was here on a visit to Air Force
Station, Bhisiana.
Phone
service in poor shape
Gurdaspur
The telephone service here is far
from satisfactory and subscribers’ complaints are increasing every
day. Telephone faults are frequent. The situation worsens during the
rains. When one visits the telephone exchange premises in the morning,
one usually finds a number of subscribers requesting the area
officials concerned to set faults right. Often faults are not
rectified for days together.
Team
gives report on cracks in buildings
Sunam, August 11
Mr Sarvjeet Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, Sangrur following the orders of the Punjab Chief
Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, on July 31 last to survey the
buildings which had developed big cracks last month in the local
Kailash Parbat locality had constituted a two member team to assess
losses to the damaged buildings.
3
get life term for rape, murder
Hoshiarpur, August 11
Mr L. R. Roojam, District and
Sessions Judge, here has sentenced Jaswinder Pal of Samundra village,
Rajesh Kumar of Pahalewal village and Ram Krishan of Ajit Market,
Nurpur, to life imprisonment, under Section 302, IPC, for murdering a
girl.
ASI
suspended for forging record
Jalandhar, August 11
The police has suspended an
Assistant Sub-Inspector for forging office record. Mr Gaurav Yadav,
SSP, said here yesterday that ASI Rachpal Singh, who earlier was
posted at Goraya, had forged the record by writing a false statement
under Section 161, Cr PC, of a dead person, Kartar Singh.
Field
officer caught taking bribe
Jalandhar, August 11
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested
a field officer of Backward Class Finance Corporation, Kapurthala, for
demanding and accepting Rs 1000 as bribe for sanctioning a loan to a
woman.
Man
killed as truck hits scooter
Dhuri, August 11
Hans Raj (35) of Bari village in
Sherpur police station was killed on the spot when his scooter was hit
by a truck near the Sangrur bypass here late last evening. According
to police sources, Hans Raj, employed as a constable in the Punjab
police, was posted as security guard with DSP Malerkotla. The body was
handed over to his relatives today after a post-mortem examination at
the local Civil Hospital.
Nabha
college merged with Patiala institute
Patiala, August 11
In a strange case, the Punjab
Government has closed down the Sanskrit Mahavidyala in Nabha
established during princely times and transferred its students and
teachers to the even more old local Mahavidyala which is presently
functioning from a dilapidated building part of which has been
declared unsafe. Meanwhile, even as a few of the students who had been
enrolled earlier in Nabha Mahavidyala have been shifted here, the
teachers of the Nabha institution have dug in their heels refusing to
shift to Patiala even though they have been formally transferred
there.
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