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Farmers’
agonising wait for rains
Mansa, July 11
With their crops having started to
wither, farmers are in a desperate situation and are trying to save
their crops by spending a lot on diesel to operate tubewells as power
supply is available to them only for limited hours.
Removal
of Brar, 2 others ‘violative’ of Gurdwara Act
Faridkot, July 11
Mr Mohinder Singh Romana, senior
advocate Punjab and Haryana High Court and chairman of the Shiromani
Akali Dal’s legal cell has questioned the removal of Mr Manmohan
Singh Brar, Mr Ajwant Singh Maan and Mr Amrik Singh Randhawa president
and members respectively of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission on
July 5 by the Punjab government at Amritsar.
Ranjit
Singh, Sarna fail to bury hatchet
Amritsar, July 11
Bhai Ranjit Singh, former Akal
Takht Jathedar, has said he will not support the SAD during the
formation of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee house, but
at the same time he will not allow Mr Parmjit Singh Sarna to head the
DSGMC.
Maluka’s
bail plea rejected
Bathinda, July 11
Additional District and Sessions
Judge Jaspal Singh here rejected today the blanket bail plea of former
Akali Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.
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Patiala, July 11
The Patiala District Congress Committee today issued a statement saying that Capt Amarinder Singh should continue as PPCC president to keep the party “effective, united and result oriented”.
District presidents of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee call on Congress
President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday. |
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BJP
to play role of model Oppn: Jaiswal
Phillaur, July 11
The BJP will support any
agitation launched by the Shiromani Akali Dal against the wrong,
vindictive, and anti-people policies adopted by the Congress
government in Punjab.
Man
dies in custody, kin allege torture
Ferozepore, July 11
A property dealer today died
while he was being taken to police station by policemen led by ASI
Shamsher Singh from his office in Jalalabad. According to the
information, Malkit Singh son of Kartar Singh around 35 years of age
and resident of Jalalabad was wanted by the police in connection with
a case of theft of vehicles.
Scrutiny
of yatris intensified
Abohar, July 11
Following renewed threats from
militant outfits, scrutiny of pilgrims during Shri Amarnath yatra has
intensified. The Jammu and Kashmir government reportedly has asked the
Langar Seva Samiti enlisted for running free kitchen on the route of
the yatra, to collect permission-cum-identity cards for the volunteers
from Srinagar.
Kids
spread message of population control
Nawanshahr, July 11
The district Education and Health
Departments jointly organised a “chetna rally” to mark World
Population Day in the town here today in which at least 500 students
belonging to different schools took part.
World
Population Day
Fatehgarh Sahib
Seminars, painting competitions
and awareness rallies were organised in various towns of the district
on the occasion of World Population Day. Addressing a district-level
function, Mr Vikas Pratap, Deputy Commissioner, gave detailed
information about the growing population in the country. He said the
population of the country was 24 crore in the beginning of the 20th
century, but now it was more than one billion.
Rally
marks Population Day
Muktsar, July 11
A seminar and rally was organised
here today for creating awareness among people on World Population
Day. Mr Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Additional Deputy Commissioner, presided
over the function.
Police
appoints receiver for ‘felled’ trees
Sriganganagar, July 11
The Punjab police today appointed
a receiver for the trees allegedly felled illegally along the Gang
Canal by an influential person, official sources said here today. The
police appointed the receiver under Section 145 of the CrPC on a
complaint lodged by the Rajasthan police, Additional District
Collector (Administration) Rajendra Mena said here.
Shopkeepers,
residents hold protest rally
Abohar, July 11
Residents of Sadar Bazaar today
held a protest march while shopkeepers observed a bandh in protest
against the “callous” attitude of the local fire brigade during
the blaze that gutted three shops on Tuesday night.
Rs 104-cr welfare plan for
Punjab cops
Chandigarh, July 11
The Punjab police would spend Rs 104 crore on modernisation as well as providing housing facilities to its staff. Against Rs 52 crore offered by the Centre, the state will add a matching grant of Rs 52 crore.
DC:
sangat darshan funds misused
Kapurthala, July 11
Deputy Commissioner Rakesh K. Verma today disclosed that funds to the
tune of Rs 25 lakh under the sangat darshan programme had been found
to be allegedly misused in the district.
Punjab
postings, transfers
Chandigarh, July 11
The following postings/transfers
in Punjab were ordered today with immediate effect: Dr Manmohan Singh
is Secretary, Department of Public Grievances and Pensions and also
Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs. Dr Roshan Sunkaria is Director,
Technical Education and Industrial Training vice Mr Surjit Singh, who
goes as Deputy Director Colonisation.
Flood-control measures adequate:
DC
Patiala, July 11
The Patiala Deputy Commissioner, Mr Tejveer Singh, has directed the Drainage Department to ensure the proper functioning of the water exit system in the district, besides announcing that sandbags will be transported to flood-prone areas to tackle any eventuality.
Six
held for showing porn
Amritsar, July 11
The Amritsar police on Wednesday
arrested six owners of cyber cafes, including a relative of an MLA,
for allowing school and college students to view pornographic sites.
Robbers
loot 26,000, injure six
Hoshiarpur, July 11
In three separate incidents, as
many different gangs of armed looters injured six persons at different
places in the district and looted Rs 26,000 last night. A police
report here today said a five-member gang of looters entered the house
of Purshotam Singh Purewal in Santnagar village under the Mukerian
police station and decamped with Rs 26,000 and expensive clothes.
Man
murdered by neighbour
Amritsar, July 11
Kamal Kishore (45) of Gali
Gandawali here, allegedly murdered by his neighbour late last night
following a minor dispute over a cable connection.
PTU
counselling put off yet again
Jalandhar, July 11
Hundreds of candidates and their
parents faced inconvenience owing to the decision of Punjab Technical
University to postpone counselling for the selection of students to
various engineering colleges of the state scheduled to be held on the
PTU campus here today.
Now
bachelor’s degree in multimedia
Jalandhar July 11
Educated but unemployed
youngsters from Punjab would now be able to venture into
unconventional fields like sound recording, film production and
television, thanks to the introduction of Punjab’s first four-year
Bachelor’s degree course in multimedia by the local Apeejay College
of Fine Arts.
Jacob
lays stress on computer education
Dhuri, July 11
Lieut-Gen JFR Jacob (retd),
Governor of Punjab, today inaugurated the Sant Kartar Singh
Information Technology Centre at Desh Bhagat College, Bardwal, two km
from here.
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