WOMAN
POWER
Exchanging
dupattas to secure votes
Bathinda, January 30
The exchange of pugri (turban) by
two persons as a symbol of deal for a life-long association as
religious brothers has been an important tradition of the Punjabi
culture. But what has been generating the interest of the people is
the fact that some rural areas of various Assembly segments falling in
this district have been witnessing the exchange of duppattas
(headgear of women) by relatives of various contestants, who have been
trying to make it to the Vidhan Sabha through the February 13 poll.
Live political debates on Alpha Punjabi
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Election material on sale at a shop in Jalandhar for the
Assembly election. — PTI photo
Captain Amarinder Singh and local Congress candidate
Choudhary Santhok Singh at a rally in Chak Dana (Phillour).
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PROFILE OF
CONSTITUENCIES
SAD
rebels give edge to Cong
Sangrur, January 30
Though Sangrur district is
considered a stronghold of the SAD, after the withdrawal of
nominations, the Congress seems to have got an edge over the ruling
Akali Dal in several Assembly constituencies due to the presence of
rebel SAD candidates, who are in the fray as Panthic Morcha candidates
or Independents. However, in other constituencies, the Congress
candidates will also face problems from rebel candidates in the fray.
Harry
Mann, Bhangu expelled
Patiala, January 30
A day after the Punjab Pradesh
Congress Committee (PPCC) President, Capt Amarinder Singh, expelled 21
senior leaders of the party, two more rebels have been expelled from
the party on disciplinary grounds.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Toddler
LBP takes steps forward
Hariana (Hoshiarpur),
January 30
It's 3 pm. A sizeable crowd has
assembled in freshly ploughed fields. Everyone looks expectantly
towards the vehicles passing by on the link road. The man they are
waiting for is late. He was supposed to have turned up at 1.30 pm.
Ladoos
replace coins
Mansa, January 30
Candidates cutting across party
lines in this district have no option but to grin and bear. The reason
they are being weighed against ladoo’s and not coins, as was the
common practice in the previous elections. This way they are unable to
pocket substantial sums needed for their campaign expenses.
 FIRST
TIMER
Setting
up hospital her dream
Malerkotla, January 30
She is the wife of an IPS officer
with a keen interest in politics and a spirit to serve people. Mrs
Razia Sultana, who has been associated with the Congress for the past
14 years, is the party’s candidate from Malerkotla. Her husband, Mr
Mohammad Mustafa, is the DIG, Jalandhar.
Dedicated
workers
Payal
The Congress has a history and a
long unending list of dedicated and committed workers. Ch Kartar Chand,
a close confidant of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, is one
who belongs to this band of dedicated workers.
Pawar
campaigns for Cong rebel
Amritsar, January 30
Mr Sharad Pawar, President of the
Nationalist Congress, kick-started the party’s election campaign
from the Amritsar (west) constituency here today.
Promise
to revive industrial units
Zirakpur, January 30
The Congress will try to revive
the industrial units that faced closure in the Banur area due to
policies of the Shiromani Akali Dal during its rule of five years,
besides introduce post-mortem facility in Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi,
said Ms Seelam Sohi, the Congress candidate from the Banur assembly
constituency.  Candidates promise district headquarters status
SAS Nagar, January 30
The five prominent candidates in the poll fray for the Kharar Assembly today promised proper educational and industrial infrastructure, better village link roads and district headquarters status for the town.
The five prominent candidates in the poll fray from the Kharar
Assembly segment (from left): Mr Balbir Singh Sidhu (Independent), Mr Bir Devinder Singh (Congress), Mr Rajbir Singh Padiala (Panthic Morcha), Mr Harnek Singh Gharuan (Independent), and Mr Kiran Bir Singh Kang (SAD) at a
meet-the-Press programme organised by Mohali Press Club on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
Clash averted
Kharar, January 30
A clash was averted between supporters of Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Congress candidate from the Kharar constituency, and Mr Harneik Singh Gharuan, Independent, from Kharar who was expelled from the party here today.
Kang
cautions voters
SAS Nagar, January 30
The SAD candidate from Kharar, Mr
Kiran Bir Singh Kang, has cautioned the voters against the propaganda
of the Congress. He was speaking at the function organised by the
Industrial Welfare Association of Phase IX here today.
POLL
BRIEFS
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Cong goes musical
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INLD support
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Forum backs Cong
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Party observers
Where
politics is a way of life
Moga, January 30
They have not only completed half
a century in electoral politics but are a household name here. They
are none other than the ‘‘Saathis’’ about whom people all over
the town will tell you their stories.
Remembering
the Gandhi of Doaba
Chandigarh
To achieve something one has to
sacrifice his self. This one sentence changed the life-style of Pandit
Mul Raj Sharma which made him to jump into the arena of education,
freedom struggle and social reforms.
‘Daire’
can create awareness: Bhatti
Patiala, January 30
Mr D.R. Bhatti, Director, Punjab
Police Academy, Phillaur, strongly stressed the need for creating
awareness and healthy change in the attitude of the people towards the
girl child. International
seminar concludes
Patiala, January 30
The two-day international seminar on “inter-faith work to social harmony and world peace” organised by Punjabi University in collaboration with the World Congress of Faith (England) concluded today with the adoption of “declaration on ecology and spirituality” introduced by the Vice-Chancellor of the host university, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia.
Tributes
paid to Gandhi, martyrs
Ropar
Tributes were paid to Mahatma
Gandhi during a function organised here on Wednesday. A two-minute
silence was observed in his memory and a contingent of the police
reversed its arms to pay homage to freedom fighters and martyrs.
Conserve
oil, says DC
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
30
Mr Vikas Partap, Deputy
Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mr M.L. Toora, CDM, Indian Oil,
Chandigarh, flagged off a march past organised by oil companies to
make the people aware for oil conservation.
Two
lecturers killed in mishap
Gurdaspur, January 30
Two college lecturers and a
government employee were killed when their car collided head-on with a
truck coming from the opposite direction at Suchetgarh village near
Pathankot today.
Army
recruitment rally on Feb 6
Amritsar, January 30
An Army recruitment rally will be
held at Gurdaspur. Applications have been invited from Ramdasi Mazbi
Sikhs and Dogra castes specifically for soldier (general duty)
category.
Jawan
cremated
Batala, January 30
The body of an Army jawan Jagdish
Singh, who died in Jammu and Kashmir recently, was cremated with
military honours at his native village Riali Kalan near here,
yesterday.
Relief
sent for Kashmiri migrants
Bunglings
in voters’ list, 2 suspended
Ferozepore, January 30
Mr S.R. Ladhar, Deputy
Commissioner-cum-district election officer, today placed Mr Jugraj
Singh, Block Primary Education Officer (BPEO), and Mr Sukhwinder
Singh, a clerk in the district Education Department, under suspension
after they were found guilty of bunglings in the registration of new
voters when the electoral rolls were revised.
Rs
3.2 lakh looted from bank
Moga, January 30
Some persons escaped with a booty
of over Rs 3.2 lakh after breaking a safe in the strong room of
Central Cooperative Bank at Khosa Panoo village last night, the police
said here today.
Murder
suspect eludes police
Abohar, January 30
A police party from Sri
Ganganagar in Rajasthan today went to Shergarh village of this
subdivision in search of Amar Singh, who had allegedly murdered his
two daughters at Raziasar village by throwing them into a canal. His
eldest daughter survived as she had gone to her maternal parents’
house few days ago.
ASI arrested on graft charge
Chandigarh, January 30
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested ASI Jatinder Pal for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant of Saidpur village in Chamkaur Sahib.
PCCTU
seeks CEC’s intervention
Phagwara, January 30
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers Union (PCCTU) today sought the intervention of Chief Election
Commissioner J.M. Lyngdoh for preventing the Punjab Government from
“misinterpreting and misusing” the election code to exploit and
harm 7,000 college teachers by allegedly not implementing the
Pension-Gratuity Act passed in April, 1999, and not releasing Rs 21
crore as pay scale arrears received from the Centre in March, last
year.
Training
camps for students on anvil
Moga, January 30
The Punjab School Education Board
was actively considering organising training camp during summers at
some hill station for promoting the talent of primary schoolchildren
and teachers’ training camp at Tara Devi in Himachal Pradesh.
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