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ex-members of PSSSB
Kharar, July 14
Mr Roshan Lal Chouhan, Judicial Magistrate, Kharar today remanded in police custody till July 19 three former members of the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board Ashok Loomba, Jarnail Singh and Manuwar Masih who were arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau yesterday.
Anti-graft drive selective: Pasla
Bathinda, July 14
If the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, is sincere in eradicating corruption from the state, he should also take action against Congress ministers who allegedly took bribe for getting some persons transferred to prized posts besides taking the probe against Akalis to a logical end.
2 former SAD MLAs join SHSAD
Amritsar, July 14
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal received a shot in the arm yesterday when two former SAD MLAs, Mr Ajai Pal Singh Mirankot and Mr Ujjagar Singh Rangretta, joined the party in the presence of its President, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra. Earlier, an Independent MLA, Mr Gobind Singh Kajla, had joined the SHSAD.
Punjab govt has lost popularity: MP
Bathinda, July 14
Ms Gurcharan Kaur, MP and senior BJP leader yesterday said the Congress Government in the state has lost popularity as it has failed to provide basic facilities to people and has taken anti-people and anti-employee decisions.
Sonia urged to name PPCC chief with CM’s consent
Faridkot, July 14
Mr S.K. Gupta, a former president of the district Congress committee, Faridkot, has appealed to AICC President Sonia Gandhi to nominate the next President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
with the consent of the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh.
BJP improving base: Gautam
Tarn Taran, July 14
Mr Sangh Priya Gautam, Rajya Sabha member and in charge of the state BJP has said indiscipline in the party and negligible attitude of ministers in the previous government were the reasons behind the poor performance of the party in the Vidhan Sabha elections.
SSF to fight
anti-Panth bodies
Amritsar, July 14
The Sikh Students Federation (Mehta) has decided to fight the alleged anti-Panthic organisations and the indifferent attitude of the state government towards such organisations.
Police image: facts belie claims
Ferozepore, July 14
No marked improvement has been witnessed in the image of the police in the district since the formation of the new government in the state. Although a few landmark decisions have been taken by the state government to improve the efficiency and root out corruption in the police department but people feel that the attitude of police officials towards common people remains as it used to be.
Posters deface Amritsar despite ban
AMRITSAR: Even as the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the states of Punjab and Haryana, besides the Union Territory of Chandigarh, not to display or paint advertisements on the walls of public toilets, guide maps, kiosks and dumping sheds and despite a ban imposed by the District Magistrate under Section 144, Cr PC, one can see vulgar and other posters pasted all over the holy city.
Khanna plans ‘spiritual tourism’
Phillaur, July 14
The government wants to promote “spiritual tourism” to attract foreigners and is planning to increase the tourism budget by 200 per cent. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Mr Vinod Khanna, while talking to this correspondent in an exclusive interview yesterday.
Roads go from bad to worse
MALERKOTLA: Though the general condition of the roads belonging to the old princely state are not user-friendly but the segment from Malerkotla to Dera Baba Atma Ram is one of the worst examples. The road from Malerkotla to Kanganwal that connects historical places of worship such as Idgah and the famous dera of Baba Atma Ram to the city has been a nuisance to pilgrims as well as visitors from nearby area.
Bikaner fire : affected
truckers defer stir
Bathinda, July 14
The transporters of the city and nearby areas who had threatened to gherao Parliament and commit suicide there on July 15 to express resentment against non-payment of compensation to them for the trucks, hired by Army authorities and which ‘trucks’ were destroyed in a fire near Bikaner on January 11, 2002 while the vehicles carrying ammunition.
Hike in hospital charges opposed
Amritsar, July 14
The maintenance charges for patients of Government Mental Hospital here have, seen a three-fold increase from April this year. Earlier, Rs 210 was charged per patient for diet and Rs 350 was charged for a “better diet”.
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Injured Major
killed four militants before dying
Patiala, July 14
Local boy Maj Yogesh Gupta, who was cremated here on Friday after being killed in the Kashmir valley, had showed exemplary valour by gunning down four militants, two of them after he was shot in the stomach.
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Cheated youth returns
Bathinda, July 14
“I was taken to Singapore then to Indonesia and was left there in a small room without any legal documents to stay in that country and it was only the Punjabi community which helped me escape the torturing and humiliating conditions,” said Jaspal Singh in a tearful tone.
Transporters allege harassment
Amritsar, July 14
Small transporters of the district have alleged harassment by a ruling party MLA and a staunch Akali supporter, who is also a close associate of the Kairon family.
The two enemy-turned friends are big transporters of the area and are allegedly harassing small transporters to hoodwink the government of crores of rupees in revenue.
Foundation to broaden base
Sangrur, July 14
The Umeed Khanna Foundation, a voluntary organisation here, has hired the services of Peter
Luff, a UK based consultant, said to be a moving spirit behind the International Red Cross Society, to broaden base of Umeed for serving the down-trodden with devotion.
BSNL pays Rs 22,000 to subscriber
Abohar, July 14
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has paid Rs 22,000 compensation to a telephone subscriber here on account of deficiency in service.
A press note issued by the Consumers Movement here yesterday said a revision petition filed by subscriber Har Kishan Lal Kamboj in this regard was decided in favour of the consumer by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
Project for preserving litchi
PATHANKOT: A refrigeration-cum-sulphuration plant to preserve litchi fruit will be set up at Pathankot. Disclosing this Mr RK Mahajan, President of the Pathankot Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative Society, said the state government had cleared the project for the installation of the plant which would include facilities of pre-cooling, storage, processing (packing), sulphuration and waxing chambers besides fruit-reaping and fumigation units.
Milking machines a
success
Chandigarh, July 14
An experiment by Punjab Milkfed to use automatic milking machines for indigenous buffaloes has proved to be a success.
Stating this here today, Dr B.M.Mahajan, Managing-Director of Punjab Milkfed, said the milking machines, introduced as a part of Milkfed’s campaign to give exposure to dairy farmers on the use of modern milking and scientific technologies, had resulted in increasing their milk production at lower
cost.
Employees threaten to revive agitation
Chandigarh, July 14
The Confederation of Employees of the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has threatened to revive its agitation by sporting “black badges” from tomorrow as the department has failed to shift the Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner-I during the stipulated 10-day period.
JE among 15 held for theft
Jalandhar, July 14
The district police has arrested 15 persons, including a Junior Engineer of the Panchayati Raj Department, on the charge of stealing a car.
Mr Paramjit Singh Gill, SSP, addressing a press conference here today said Navdeep, a Junior Engineer of the Panchayati Raj Department, had allegedly stolen a car from New Jawahar Nagar locality.
2 held for selling fake degrees
Gurdaspur, July 14
The police has busted a gang engaged in the sale of fake university degrees and certificates of Guru Nanak Dev University, and Jammu University, Punjab School Education Board, Mohali and the Industrial Training Institutes of Batala and Ludhiana.
Judicial remand for
SI, Head Constable
Bathinda, July 14
Joga Singh, a Sub-Inspector, and Azad Pal, a Head Constable, who were booked yesterday for accepting bribe were today remanded in judicial custody till July 28.
Joga Singh and Azad Pal were booked under Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act as they were caught red-handed by the police while accepting bribe.
A sea change in rural primary school
Phulewal (Kapurthala): Enthusiastic teachers, progressive villagers and NRIs of the area have joined hands to transform a government primary school in this tiny village into a model school, boasting of facilities which can even put even most convent schools in Punjab to shame.
Declare result, say
engineering students
Bathinda, July 14
Students of the eighth semester of chemical engineering studying at various colleges affiliated with Punjab Technical University have requested the authorities concerned that the result of the examination conducted about a month ago should be declared immediately so that they could get admission in postgraduate classes.
CPI against closure of college
Amritsar, July 14
Mr Amarjit Singh Asal, a CPI leader, today condemned the government’s decision to close down the only Government College for Boys in the district.
He said due to exorbitant fee structure of private colleges, poor or middle class families could not afford to admit their children in these institutions.
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