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Dry
spell plays havoc: minister
Hoshiarpur, July 16
On account of the continuous dry
spell and a late monsoon this year, the entire kandi belt of Hoshiarpur
district is facing drought like conditions. Mr Romesh Chander Dogra,
Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab, said here yesterday that the
Kandi Canal had become dry.
PPSC
ignored merit: charge sheet
Patiala, July 16
The state Vigilance Department has
accused a PPSC member of playing a dubious role in the interview of
candidates for the PCS (Executive) and Allied Services examination of
1998 by giving the same marks as awarded by the suspended Chairman
Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu to “tainted” candidates.
Badal
for judicial intervention
Disappearance of Rs 2 cr
Chandigarh, July 16
SAD President, Parkash Singh Badal
today sought judicial intervention to unravel the mystery of the
disappearance of Rs 2 crore in the jobs-for cash scam. In a statement
here Mr Badal said the sensational disclosures made by former ADGP
(Intelligence), A. P. Bhatnagar that he was prevented from getting at
the truth about the missing cash showed that the government was going
out of its way to hide the truth.
Officers’
body to oppose PRTC closure
Patiala, July 16
The Pepsu Roadways Transport
Corporation Officers Association has decided to protest against the
report of the State Disinvestment Committee recommending closure of the
corporation claiming that the commission had factually erred in
reporting data besides portarying the performance of the corporation in
a manner which led to “wrong conclusions”.
Punjab slow in filling top slots
Chandigarh, July 16
The Punjab Government is rather slow in filling important slots. Take the case of the Agriculture Department. While farmers are battling hard to save their crops in absence of rain, the Department of Agriculture has been headless for the past two weeks.
Baba
Bhaniarawala out on bail
Ropar, July 16
Controversial Baba Piara Singh
Bhaniarawala was released on bail by the Nurpur Bedi police last
night. He was arrested yesterday under Section 188 of the IPC for
violating the order of the District Magistrate here.
HIGH COURT
SGJC case
for Division Bench
Chandigarh, July 16
Taking up Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbhandhak Committee’s petition seeking the quashing of a
notification whereby the previously constituted Sikh Gurdwara Judicial
Commission was ordered to be restored, a Full Bench of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court today ordered that the case would be heard by a
Division Bench on July 18.
- Proceedings dropped
- Baba contests order to leave
Badungar
moves application against SGJC
Amritsar, July 16
Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, SGPC
chief, in an application has stated that the present Sikh Gurdwara
Judicial Commission cannot be recognised since a case challenging it
is pending with the high court.
Missing
paddy: SGPC member arrested
Ferozepore, July 16
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested
an SGPC member for the alleged embezzlement in paddy belonging to the
Punjab Warehousing Corporation. A Vigilance team arrested Mr Tirlochan
Singh, SGPC member and owner of a rice mill, from his residence at
Mamdot and presented him in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate
who remanded him in police custody till tomorrow.
Director
delaying action in sodomy case?
Amritsar, July 16
Despite the instructions of the
Director, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, the Director-cum-Medical
Superintendent of mental hospital here has failed to take any action
against Kaso Ram, who was indicted for allegedly sodomising a
mentally-challenged patient.
CM’s
assurance on relief for artistes’ kin
Patiala, July 16
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh has expressed sympathies and has assured of immediate attention
for providing relief/compensation to the kin of three young artistes
who died in a road accident with theatre director Harpal Tiwana near
Dera Gopipur, HP, recently.
Many
carnage victims were from Abohar
Abohar, July 16
Many of those massacred by
militants in the Qasimnagar-Rajiv Nagar locality in Jammu on Saturday
night originally belonged to the Sansi community of Abohar. None of
the families residing in a locality near Old Fazilka Road cooked food
yesterday after they learnt about the tragedy in which their near and
dear ones were killed through a telephonic call on Sunday night.
Mann
seeks probe into Pannu’s death
Amritsar, July 16
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
president, Akali Dal (A) who is also a member of the Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has sought a high-level probe into the
death of Balbir Singh Pannu, senior vice-president, SGPC in a road
accident in Uttar Pradesh in 2000 under mysterious circumstances.
Loomba held on flimsy grounds: BJP
Chandigarh, July 16
A meeting of office-bearers of the Punjab BJP took cognizance of the framing of false cases against
Akali-BJP leaders by the Congress Government, which has created an atmosphere of terror.
Use
water, nutrients judiciously: ICAR
Moga, July 16
There is a need to recognise the importance of efficient management of
plant nutrients and water resources for sustainable agriculture,
Assistant Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Gurbachan Singh has said.
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GNDTP employees suspended
Bathinda, July 16
Karamjit Singh, senior assistant,
and Babu Singh, technician, grade-1, of Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant,
have been placed under suspension for their alleged involvement in a
fraud with another employee, Mr Avtar Singh Lubana. They had
fraudulently secured a loan from a Patiala-based bank by submitting
documents of property, owned by Mr Lubana, as security.
Technical staff
threaten protest
Bathinda, July 16
Resentment prevails among members
of the Technical Services Union of the Punjab State Electricity Board
against the non-implementation of a decision taken during a meeting of
union representatives and the PSEB authorities in June last year.
SDMs
to work as sub-registrars
Ropar, July 16
The Ropar Deputy
Commissioner-cum-Registrar, Mrs Seema Jain, has appointed the SDMs of
Kharar, Ropar, Anandpur Sahib and SAS Nagar subdivisions as
sub-registrars for doing the registration work in the registration
offices of their respective sub-divisions as all sub-registrars
(tehsildars/naib tehsildars) of the district, on the call of the
Revenue Officers Association, are on a pen-down strike since July 6.
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killed, robbers strike at deras
Jalandhar, July 16
One person was beaten to death in
a clash over the sale of wooden stock at Khaira Majha village near
here last night. According to the police, the victim Sawaran Singh
along with his nephew Harvinderpal Singh went to the fields of Amrik
Singh of Khaira Majha village near here on Monday to clinch a deal
involving the sale of wooden stock.
Undertrial
escapes
Ludhiana, July 16
An undertrial, Antarpal Singh,
escaped from the District Courts here today while he was being
produced in the court in connection with charges of liquor smuggling.
His disappearance came to light late this evening when muster roll
call was taken in the jail.
Teachers
decry voters’ list duty, 7 schools closed
Fazilka, July 16
Seven schools have been closed as
their teachers have been deputed in connection with amendments in the
voters’ list. A large number of teachers in the state have been
assigned the duty. As a result of this, the teaching and
administrative work in most schools would suffer.
Students threaten stir
Patiala, July 16
Various student bodies of Punjabi University, after a meeting held on the campus here today, issued an ultimatum to the university authorities to accede to their demands within one week failing which the students would be forced to resort to agitation.
Staff
of private colleges to launch stir
Barnala, July 16
The Private Colleges Non-Teaching
Employees Union, Punjab and Chandigarh, has announced its agitation
programme and will stage a state-level rally on September 14 in
Patiala to express its resentment against the “indifferent”
attitude of the Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Government towards
them.
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