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Border
residents feel relieved
Indo-Pak Border, January 13
Ban on the Lashkar-e-Toiba and
Jaishe-e-Mohammad by Pakistan has inculcated a sense of security among
residents of the border areas who felt that the standoff between India
and Pakistan would be eased shortly.
Arora
denied ticket, Cong men revolt
Hoshiarpur, January 13
Dozens of district Congress
office-bearers, including Mr Parshotam Lal Bedi, Mr Didar Singh, Mr
Baldeep Singh Bal, Mr Surinder Pal Singh, Mr Satish Kumar, all
secretaries of the DCC and pro-Congress sarpanches and panches of more
than 45 village panchayats of Hoshiarpur have revolted against the
decision of the Congress high command of not allotting party ticket to
Mr Sunder Sham Arora, member, PPCC, from the Hoshiarpur segment in the
coming elections of the Punjab Assembly.
Punjab
BJP recommends 23 names
Chandigarh, January 13
The BJP State Election Committee
today drew up a panel of 23 names for as many seats that it will
contest in the Punjab Assembly poll. The
BJP will be contesting the same number of seats as in 1997. It had
been claiming more seats. But eventually, following a meeting between
SAD and BJP leaders, the contentious issues were sorted out and the
“winnability” of a candidate was accepted as the basic criterion
by both parties.
Development
to be SAD poll plank
Joga (Mansa), January 13
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)
has decided to release the manifesto containing issues related to the
people-oriented economic development of state and of making Punjab the
number one state in the country in the next five years.
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SAD leaders quit party over ticket allotment
Faridkot, January 13
Mr Lakhbir Singh Arayianwala,
president, SAD district unit, and Mr Gurtej Singh Gill, senior party
leader and president of the local nagar council, have resigned from
the party and its primary membership in protest against the allotment
of party ticket to Mr Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon, son of former Akali
MLA Jagdish Kaur Dhillon, for the Faridkot Assembly constituency.
Rebel
SAD leaders may join morcha: Mann
Ludhiana, January 13
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
President, Akali Dal (Amritsar), today claimed that a number of rebel
SAD leaders may join the Panthic Morcha in the near future. He said
several former SAD leaders, unhappy about the allotment of tickets,
were in constant touch with the Panthic Morcha to contest as its
candidates.
Waive
farmers’ loans: BKU (Ekta)
Mansa, January 13
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta)
has sought the waiver of all loans of the farmers of the state and any
political party that concedes this demand would be supported by the
union. This was stated by Mr Ruldu Singh, senior vice-president of the
state unit of the BKU (Ekta), while talking to the mediapersons here
today.
Candidate
opposes caste-based quota
Bathinda, January 13
The district unit of the General
Samaj Party was launched here today. Party activists said they would
fight to end caste-based reservation system and, if need be, establish
a new reservation system based on the economic condition of an
individual.
CPM
to go it alone
Nabha, January 13
The CPM will contest from
Ghanaur, Sherpur, Dhanaula, Garhshankar, Nangal, Nurmahal, Lohian,
Banga, Verka, Dakha, Raikot, Amritsar, Sangrur, Hoshiarpur and a few
other constituencies, independently, in the forthcoming elections in
Punjab.
Gutted
trucks were from Bathinda
Bathinda, January 13
Sadness was writ large on the
faces of several truck owners and operators of Bathinda, Bhucho,
Goniana and Rampura Phul as about 75 trucks that went up in flames at
Udasar in Rajasthan on January 11 belonged to them. Information
gathered by TNS revealed that about nine trucks were from Bhucho, 22
from Goniana and 44 from Bathinda.
Plea
on Kewal Singh’s resignation
Talwandi Sabo, January 13
The issue relating to the
resignation of Giani Kewal Singh as Jathedar, Takht Damdama Sahib,
after the stay granted against the non-bailable warrants against him
and his kin in a dowry death case was vacated by the Additional
Sessions Judge, Mr Surjeet Singh, recently, today took a new turn when
as many as 14 social, religious and educational societies urged the
SGPC not to accept it and decided to oppose the decision to give
additional charge of Takht Damdama Sahib to Prof Manjit Singh,
Jathedar, Takht Kesgarh Sahib.
Maghi
fair inaugurated
Muktsar, January 13
Mr Dharamveer, Deputy
Commissioner of Ferozepore division, today inaugurated the Maghi fair.
Mr Babu Lal, Deputy Commissioner, Muktsar, among other senior
officers, was also present. soldiers
 Jacob
celebrates Lohri with jawans
Chandigarh, January 13
The Punjab Governor, Lt-Gen
J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today celebrated Lohri with jawans deployed in
the forward areas of the Dera Baba Nanak sector in Gurdaspur district.
The Army Commander, the Corps Commander and the Deputy Commissioner
received General Jacob.
Mine
damage: relief for crops
Pathankot, January 13
Following Army deployment in the
border areas of Bamial and Narote Jaimal Singh, sub-tehsils, of this
subdivision, standing rabi crops spread over 5,400 acres have been
completely damaged.
Punjab
pensioners hold protest rally
Amritsar, January 13
Hundreds of pensioners of the
district held a protest rally at Ram Bagh and urged the Chief
Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to intervene to remove the
unwarranted harassment to them.
EVMs
sealed in presence of poll observer
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
13
The District Election
Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mr Vikas Partap,
said here today that the electronic voting machines to be used in the
coming Vidhan Sabha elections had been sealed in the presence of Mr
Sanjay Joshi, Election Observer, by the Returning Officer.
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Chandigarh, January 13