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Is Vigilance Bureau ‘soft’ on bureaucrats?
Chandigarh, May 1
The Punjab bureaucracy’s opposition to the registration of a case by the state Vigilance Bureau against an IAS officer, Mr R.
Venkatratnam, without the permission of the three-member committee set up in this connection, is likely to blunt the campaign launched against corruption by Capt Amarinder Singh.
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Afghan
Hindus, Sikhs invited to return
SGPC to send jathas
to Afghanistan
Jalandhar, May 1
The Hamid Karzai
government will return the property of thousands of Hindus and
Sikhs, which had been freezed by the Taliban regime and offer
protection and support to them on their return to Afghanistan.
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A
policeman on duty near one of the 25 buses which are
donated by the Indian Government to Afghanistan, near the Indo-Pak
border on Wednesday.
— PTI photo |
In
search of ‘captive’ daughter
Afghan couple camping in
Amritsar for months
Amritsar, May 1
A desperate Afghan couple has
been moving heaven and earth for a glimpse for their beautiful
daughter Mooska. Nida Mohammed Kakar her father, has been camping in a
city hotel for the past many months.
Murder bid case
against Mukhmailpur
Patiala, May 1
The police here today registered a case of attempt to murder against former Shiromani Akali Dal Minister Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpur and six others, including his brother, for attacking a member of Panchayat Bahadurgarh near his house opposite Punjabi University.
SGPC
meeting to frame rules postponed
Amritsar, May 1
Even as the SGPC has postponed
the meeting of the Dharam Parchar Committee scheduled for tomorrow to
frame rules for the appointment and removal of Sikh High Priests,
indefinitely, the Akhand Kirtani Jatha has taken a serious view of
authorising Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, President, SGPC to select
Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib.
Panel
to review labour laws
Jalandhar, May 1
The state government, in its bid
to ensure speedy disposal of cases related to problems of labourers,
has decided to set up a committee of experts to review the existing
labour laws.
A protest march in Jagraon
in connection with May Day.
— Photo Jasbir Shetra
PSEB to buy power from Kol Dam
Patiala, May 1
The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) today signed a power purchase agreement with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for purchase of power from the 800 mw Kol Dam Hydroelectric Project.
Too
busy to unveil statue
Ludhiana, May 1
In the twilight of her life, the
mother of a 1965 Indo-Pak war martyr, is looking towards 18th Cavalry
Regiment of the Indian Army and the Punjab Government for the past
about four months to unveil the statue of her only son erected by her
at her native Latala village in this district.
Cleanliness drive a sham?
Patiala, May 1
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s move to sweep away corruption may have met with success, but his act of actually picking up the broom to clean up his city and encourage his partymen to do likewise has been a damp squib. Congress politicians have made the ongoing cleanliness drive in the city a sham, leaving school children to sweat it out in the heat for the ‘cleaning’ part. |
Man
seeks protection
Amritsar, May 1
Mr Dalbir Singh, a resident of
Goindwal Sahib, has appealed to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder
Singh, to ensure protection to his life following threats by eight
persons to eliminate him.
BSNL
to give phones on demand
Jalandhar, May 1
BSNL today announced that it
would provide telephone connections on demand basis to subscribers
falling under 29 rural telephone exchanges of the Jalandhar telecom
circle comprising Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts, in
which they had already achieved zero-pendancy target during the last
financial year.
Entertainment
complex for Punjab mooted
Chandigarh, May 1
The Canadian High Commissioner,
Mr Peter Sutharland, today called on the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, at his residence.
Driving
schools function sans instructors
Mansa, May 1
A large number of driving schools
are being only on papers in the district and have no vehicle or
instructor available for training.
Doctor’s
16-year wait for justice
Amritsar, May 1
A doctor with 16 years of service
is allegedly being denied the right of regularisation even after
promotion.
Ex-servicemen for CSD
facility for car
Kharar, May 1
The Ex-Services League Punjab and Chandigarh District Ropar, in a letter written to the Chief of Army Staff, has demanded CSD (I) facilities to ex-servicemen of all ranks for the purchase of car.
1
killed, 7 hurt in accident
Mansa, May 1
The driver of a car was killed on
the spot while seven other occupants, including two women, and a
child, were seriously injured when their car collided head-on with a
tractor-trailer near Kottra village situated on the Patiala-Mansa road
in the district.
Arrest
of doctor condemned
Bathinda, May 1
The district unit of PCMS has
today condemned the implication of Dr Harbhajan Singh Hayer an eye
specialist posted at Talwandi Sabo hospital, by the Vigilance Bureau
for allegedly accepting bribe.
Fire
in cotton mill
Rotary
drive to eradicate polio
Farmers cautioned against Bt cotton sowing
Chandigarh, May 1
The Punjab government today cautioned farmers against sowing of Bt cotton as no variety of the seed had been approved for the state yet. Vested interests have been inducing farmers into sowing Bt cotton in various parts of the state.
MC
staff to get salary for March
Amritsar, May 1
A cheque for Rs 4.95 crore for
the payment of salary to municipal corporation employees today brought
cheer to them. The salaries for March will be paid tomorrow.
Travel
agent held for duping woman
Kapurthala, May 1
The Bholath police today arrested
Gurmej Singh, a travel agent on the charge of duping Mrs Kamaljit Kaur,
a resident of Rajpur village in Jalandhar district of Rs 2.25 lakh for
sending her son to Italy.
Car
thief held, 12 vehicles recovered
Faridkot, May 1
A four-member interstate gang of
car thieves was busted with the arrest of one member of the gang. As
many as 12 vehicles, worth Rs 50 lakh, were recovered from him. The
members of the gang have been identified as Gurcharan Signh, alias
Charna, and Ajit Singh, both residents of Madoke under Nihal Singh
Wala police station, in Moga district, and Manoj and Kala, alias
Mukesh, of Delhi.
Sarpanch
booked on assault charge
Bathinda, May 1
The police today booked Thana
Singh, sarpanch of Mohallan village, for allegedly making an attempt
on the life of sarpanch and other residents of Dhunike village when
she objected to interference by the former while the voters’ lists
were being corrected at Dhunike.
Gang
of cheats busted; 1 held
Bathinda, May 1
The police has busted a gang of
cheats by arresting one of its members. The gang members used to cheat
people by promising them that they would double their money.
Two
nabbed for killing labourer
Patiala, May 1
Killers of a brick-kiln labourer,
who was found murdered on the roadside in Rajpura on April 22, have
been nabbed by the Rajpura police.
No
more dissection of live animals
Ludhiana, May 1
A decision that will be hailed by
animal lovers, the Punjab School Education Board has decided to omit
dissection of animals in the syllabus of science in schools. According
to information available here, the Additional Secretary, Education,
Punjab, Mr S.S. Johal, has communicated this to the Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation (Animal Welfare Division),
Government of India.
US
company invites GND varsity teacher
Amritsar, May 1
Dr P.K. Sehajpal, Reader and Head
of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Guru Nanak
Dev University, has been invited by the research committee of Harbour
Medical Associates Inc, California, USA, to join their prestigious
group as Director of Research.
Beopar
Mandal urges for relief
Faridkot, May 1
The Punjab Beopar Mandal has
appealed to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to take some
measures to give economic relief to the business community after the
quashing of the decision of the previous SAD-BJP government by the
Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding the abolition of octroi in the
state.
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