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SGPC
coldshoulders BJP
No siropa for leaders
visiting Akal Takht
Amritsar, September 24
State and national level leaders
of the Bharatiya Janata Party, today received a cold welcome during
their visit to Golden Temple and Akal Takht as neither any
office-bearer of the Shiromani Akali Dal, its political ally, nor any
senior functionary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee were
there to receive them.
Police
fails to trace Baba Piara Singh
Ropar, September 24
Despite frantic efforts by the
police to trace Baba Piara Singh Bhaniara, who is wanted for
instigating his followers to burn Guru Granth Sahib, could not be
traced for the second day today. The police had yesterday raided his
dera after acquiring his arrest warrants from the CJM here.
No
change in specifications, rice millers told
Chandigarh, September 24
On the rice “out-turn” issue,
the Punjab Government has made it clear to rice millers that a change
in the specifications is not possible.
Controversy
over IOC chief
Jalandhar, September 24
Even as the Punjab Congress chief
Capt Amarinder Singh has appointed Mr Daljit Singh Sahota as president
of the UK-based Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), Mr Mohinder Singh
Jaiswal, an NRI, today claimed that he was still functioning as the
president of the IOC.
Moga man
bags Rs 1-cr lottery
Chandigarh, September 24
The Punjab State Lotteries, which
has already created 22 multi-millionaires, today handed over a bank
draft for Rs 1 crore to the 23rd winner of its first prize. The lucky
winner, Mr Major Singh of Kishanpura Kalan village in Moga district,
who bagged the first prize of Rs 1 crore in Punjab State Lotteries’
Rakhi Bumper 2001, was handed over the bank draft by Mr V.K. Bhalla,
Director, Punjab State Lotteries, at a function held at the office of
the Punjab Lotteries Directorate here today.
Lawyers
seek removal of encroachments
Sangrur, September 24
In a representation to the Chief
Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, at least 25 local lawyers
have prayed to intervene in the matter related to the alleged
encroachment of land and erection of sheds by some lawyers on the land
in front of the newly built District Judicial Complex here.
IN FOCUS
Her new world of sound and speech
Patiala
Whenever the telephone rings at 108, Power Colony, four-year-old Parul rushes to pick up the receiver. Nothing remarkable except that Parul has been hearing and speech impaired since her birth.
Unscheduled
power cuts
Pathankot, September 24
Unscheduled power cuts and low
voltage are causing great inconvenience to residents of the town and
its adjoining areas.
Cosmetic
cure for yellow teeth
Sangrur, September 24
Cosmetic dentistry is getting
popularity in the Malwa region as the people suffer from flourosis
(yellow teeth) disease due to higher contact of flouride in the
underground water.
Recruitment
rally
Paddy
procurement at snail’s pace
Bathinda, September 24
The euphoria which had gripped
farmers of the state when the state Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, formally inaugurated paddy procurement at Ferozepore on
September 21, along with several of MLAs, ministers and officials who
also inaugurated the same at various procurement centres did not last
long as the procurement process has been progressing at a snail’s
pace since then.
Farmers wait for their turn of paddy procurement at the grain market of Bathinda on Monday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera
Develop
indigenous farm methods: MLA
Bathinda, September 24
Farm scientists of Punjab should
develop new varieties and evolve new technologies in the agricultural
field keeping in mind the climatic condition of the state instead of
depending on ready-made techniques exported from Western countries.
Milkfed
distributes 1.27 cr as bonus
SAS Nagar, September 24
The Punjab Cooperation Minister,
Mr Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, urged the Milkfed authorities to improve
the quality of milk and milk products in order to compete in the
international market.
Mobile
testing labs sought
Abohar, September 24
The Indian National Lok Dal has
demanded that mobile testing labs be introduced in the cotton belt
between Sangrur and Abohar to facilitate farmers to get insecticides
tested instantly before spraying.
CRRID to
prepare report on Punjab
Chandigarh, September 24
The Planning Commission of India
has commissioned the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial
Development (CRRID) to prepare a state development report on Punjab
under the chairmanship of Dr K. Venkatasubramanian, Member, Planning
Commission, and in collaboration with the Planning Department, Punjab.
Rape of
9-yr-old: suspect ends life
Bathinda, September 24
A sadhu allegedly committed
suicide by hanging himself from a tree near the Abohar railway bridge
on the banks of the canal on the outskirts of the city, here this
morning. Man stabbed to
death
Lalru, September 24
The body of a 50-year-old man was found with multiple stab injuries in a sugarcane field along the Jolli-Bhagwasi village link road about 10 km from here on Sunday.
According to the police, the body was thrown in the fields after the man was stabbed somewhere else. Some property dispute is said to be the reason behind the murder.
Restore
re-employment scheme: teachers
Patiala, September 24
Closing down of the re-employment
scheme by former Vice- Chancellor Joginder Singh Puar and its partial
implementation by present incumbent, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, has
come into focus again with the Punjabi University Teachers Association
(PUTA) demanding that the scheme be introduced again after drawing up
definite criteria.
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