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Finance
panel recommendations-III
Incentive fund for local bodies
Chandigarh, February 22
An incentive fund is mooted for
urban local bodies and panchayati raj institutions in addition to the
two making efforts to raise their ‘’own’’ resources. The Finance
Commission has recommended Rs 10 crore per annum as incentive fund for
the ULBs and Rs 20 crore per year for the PRIs from 2003-04 onwards.
STATE OF BUREAUCRACY
Less hope,
more despondency
Chandigarh, February 22
Polarisation of the bureaucracy, a
phenomenon witnessed in Punjab since the late 80s, the continuous
absence of the Chief Minister from the state headquarters,
centralisation of powers and alienation of the people from the
administration are being cited as the prime reasons for the civil
governance to touch its nadir in this otherwise forward looking State.
Special
girdawari in border areas
Fazilka, February 22
Confidence building measures are
being taken by the Army in this sector. A majority of the 34,000
residents of 54 border villages, who had migrated due to tension along
the border, have started returning. The presence of the Army continues
in the same strength and along with the civil administration, the
problems of irrigation and cultivation are being solved.
4
hepatitis-B cases detected
Bathinda, February 22
As many as 10 patients suffering
from hepatitis-B have surfaced in the tiny Sooch village of this
district ever since the district health authorities started a
comprehensive survey after it received a report from a paramedical
staffer on February 20.
BKU
chief opposes memorial plan
Chandigarh, February 22
Mr Bhupinder Singh Mann,
President of the Bharti Kisan Union, today cautioned the people of
Punjab against their exploitation in the name of religion. Talking to
newsmen here, Mr Mann assailed the SGPC for its decision to raise a
“suitable memorial to Operation Bluestar”.
SGPC
meets Jacob for penalty waiver
Amritsar, February 22
The Chandigarh Administration has
asked the SGPC to deposit Rs 90 lakh as penalty for the delayed
construction of ‘Kalgidhar Niwas’. Irked by the action of the
administration, SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar has met Lieut-Gen
J.F.R. Jacob and urged him to waive the penalty.
NCP
candidate sent to judicial custody
Fatehgarh Sahib, February
22
Nationalist Congress Party
candidate Rekha Jangra from the Sirhind constituency has been sent to
judicial custody by the judicial court in a case under Sections 420,
468 and 471, IPC, registered against her. She had obtained
anticipatory bail from the High Court and had now applied for the
regular bail in High Court, but the court directed her to get the
regular bail from the lower court.
Company
told to refund deposit
Abohar, February 22
The District Consumer Forum has
directed Amar Finance Company to refund the amount received in
instalments for a scheme with 18 per cent from the day of the deposit.
Country
wine claims three lives
Ropar, February 22
Three youths died in Makrona
Kalan village in the district today reportedly after consuming country
wine, an official said here this evening.
Thousands
of kikar trees on govt land cut
Moga, February 22
Several thousand kikar trees
which had dried up due to some disease right from Sirhind canal to
Ferozepore and other places in Punjab standing on the banks of these
canals had been cut leaving stumps of these trees.
Stress
laid on fish farming
Chandigarh, February 22
Fish farming not only provides
diversification from crops but is also highly remunerative, said Mr
Sawinder Singh, Director, Fisheries, Punjab, while inaugurating a
training camp at Sangrur today.
Notify
varsity Act: IMA
Phagwara, February 22
In a representation to the Chief
Secretary and Principal Secretary, Health Services, Punjab, the State
Indian Medical Association today said the Government should issue a
notification of the Act under which Baba Farid University of Health
Sciences was created as the future of thousands of students was
uncertain.
Headmistress,
science teacher suspended
Bathinda, February 22
The Headmistress and a science
teacher of Government High School, Lehra Bega, have been suspended
with immediate effect by Mr Jagtar Singh Khattra, DPI. Mr Khattra, who
visited the school today for a surprise check, found irregularities in
the functioning of the Headmistress, Ms Veena Kumari, while the
science teacher, Mr Kastori Lal, was absent from the classroom.
National
seminar on art concludes
Amritsar, February 22
A three-day national
workshop-cum-seminar, “Creative Minds in Art” concluded in the DAV
College of Education for Women here today. Mr A. R. Kohli, Governor of
Mizoram, presided over the function.
Students
allege harassment
Rampura Phul, February 22
Students of the local Malwa
Institute of Management and Technology have alleged harassment by a
superintendent at their examination centre. The students of PGDCA and
M.Sc (IT) alleged that when one of the students went to the toilet
after taking permission from the invigilator, he was not allowed to
sit in the examination hall by the superintendent.
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