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SYL
exercise in futility: Capt
New Delhi, July 23
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh today termed the construction of the SYL canal as an exercise in
futility and maintained that Haryana already had more than its share of
waters from various rivers.
PSEB
threat to cut supply to MC tubewells
Amritsar, July 23
The municipal corporation and the
Punjab State Electricity Board are on a collision course as the latter
has served a notice on the former that it will disconnect seven
tubewells, which supply drinking water to more than 1.5 lakh residents
for non-payment of arrears to the tune of Rs 2.48 crore.
Power
crisis boosts generators’ sale in Doaba
Wariana (Jalandhar), July
23
Facing acute power crisis and a
drought-like situation, farmers of the Doaba region have started
testing their ingenuity by connecting their usually power driven submersible
pumps to high power diesel generators sets and by putting sullage of
village ponds to use for irrigation of their paddy fields.
Bottle-guzzling
Punjab
Chandigarh, July 23
Punjab every year empties 12
crore bottles of “desi sharab’’ (Punjab Medium Liquor — PML),
four crore bottles of IMFL and two crore bottles of beer. No wonder,
the revenue collection graph under the Excise Act goes up each year.
It is expected to cross Rs 1,440 crore in the current year, against Rs
1,350 crore in 2001-02.
CM’s
property: Badal for impartial advocates
Jalandhar, July 23
The SAD chief, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, today demanded that a panel of impartial
advocates should be deputed instead of the Advocate-General of
Punjab, Mr Harbhagwan Singh, to defend the ongoing civil suit in
a Hardwar court over property owned by Capt Amarinder Singh.
From (L to R): Former
Punjab Chief
Minister Parkash Singh Badal, former minister Ajit Singh
Kohar and former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur during an Akali Dal meeting in
Jalandhar on Tuesday. — PTI photo |
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BJP
rally against Cong ‘misrule’
Ferozepore, July 23
BJP activists held rally in front
of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in protest against the
vindictive attitude of the Congress government towards it party cadre
in the state. Mr Harjit Singh Grewal, All-India, Vice-President, BJP,
Kisan Morcha, who led the rally asserted that the Congress government
was harassing BJP workers and implicating them in false cases under
garb of the anti-corruption drive.
SAD
(A) not to vote for Cong, BJP in VP poll
Phagwara, July 23
In case no third front emerged
then SAD (A) will abstain from voting in the August 12
vice-presidential elections. This was stated by Mr Simranjit Singh
Mann, President, SAD (A) last night.
‘Contaminated’
water scares slum dwellers
Jalandhar, July 23
Even as residents of the local
Gandhi Camp and adjoining localities are up in arms against the local
Municipal Corporation for the supply of “contaminated” drinking
water in the area, the health department has taken a serious note of
the allegations levelled by them.
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slum areas flooded in Amritsar
Amritsar, July 23
Yesterday’s torrential rain has
exposed the precarious condition of the sewerage system in and around
the city with most of the slum areas getting inundated with knee-deep
water.
Meeting
of Sikh clergy today
Amritsar, July 23
Amid serious allegations of
corruption, levelled by the Shiromani Khalsa panchayat, a crucial
meeting of Sikh head priests will be held at Akal Takht tomorrow.
Uphold
dignity of Akal Takht: Sikh bodies
Amritsar, July 23
Five Sikh bodies today condemned
leaders of the Khalsa Panchayat for levelling graft charges and
indulging in mudslinging against the institution of Jathedar of Akal
Takht.
Chohan
to head jatha to Takht
Hoshiarpur, July 23
A jatha of five Akali Dal
leaders, including 103-year-old Jagir Singh, will go to Amritsar on
August 1 for delivering a letter on behalf of the Sikh masses to Giani
Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar, Akal Takht, asking him to summon Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, President of the SAD, and Jathedar Gurcharan
Singh Tohra, President, SHSAD, for awarding them punishment for not
keeping their promise of getting the Anandpur Sahib Resolution
implemented.
Langah
to surrender soon: Badal
Gurdaspur, July 23
Mr Parkash Singh Badal,
President, SAD and Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Legislative
Assembly has said Mr Sucha Singh Langah, former PWD Minister will
surrender to the Vigilance Bureau or in the court in near future.
Lokpal
to the rescue of SC applicant
Chandigarh, July 23
Mr Sucha Singh Dhaliwal, a
Scheduled Caste boy with a brilliant academic record, can at last hope
for a job in the Punjab Education Department. Justice D.V. Sehgal,
Lokpal, Punjab, has not only provided justice to him but also asked
the authorities concerned to take to task those who bungled in case of
Mr Sucha Singh.
Bank
employees hold rally
Bathinda, July 23
As part of an ongoing agitation,
of the employees of Bathinda Central Cooperative Bank today held a
rally in the city to protest against the policies of the government
putting curbs on salaries and other allowances given to them. T
Dismantling
of bridges affects 40 villages
Pathankot, July 23
The dismantling of pantoon and
stringer bridges over the Ravi and Ujh in Narot Jaimal Singh and the
Bamial area of the subdivision has caused a lot of inconvenience to
the residents of these areas. The residents of about 40 villages
living across these rivers are resentful against the PWD Department
and local leaders.
Money
played role in transfers: Pasla
Jalandhar, July 23
The secretary of the state CPM,
Mr Mangat Ram Pasla, today alleged that money had played a role in
transfers and postings ordered in various government departments
recently.
Nepalese
workers hold silent march
Phagwara, July 23
Migrant Nepali workers, including
women, today held a silent march here in protest against police
inaction to arrest the culprits who had raped and robbed five migrant
women on the night of July 6 in the Mazdoor Colony, near Chaheru
bridge.
Farmers
resent 4.4 pc sales tax
Amritsar, July 23
Punjab farmers and small scale
manufacturers of zinc sulphate fertilisers have been up in arms
against the recent decision of the Punjab Government to impose a 4.4
per cent sales tax on the main chemical nutrient.
Panels
to monitor power, water supply
Moga, July 23
The district administration has
constituted subdivisional-level committees to be headed by the SDM to
monitor the availability of power and water to the agricultural sector
in the district. Control rooms have also been set up where farmers can
report their complaints regarding the breakdown of power and water
supply.
CM
to launch sikhya abhiyan today
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 23
The Punjab Government is going to
introduce a new educational scheme, “Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan,” under
which education will be made compulsory for all children falling in
the 6-14 age group, said Mr Sadhu Singh Randhawa, Director, Sarv
Sikhya Abhiyan, while talking to reporters here today. He said Capt
Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, would formally launch the scheme on
July 24 by organising a function at Patiala.
Behl’s
remarks invite educationists’ ire
Amritsar, July 23
Minister for Education Khushal
Behl’s recent utterances on making Ph.D mandatory for teachers of
plus II classes is being termed as “outrageous” by educationists.
BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla said a Ph.D was not mandatory for a
principal, college lecturer or District Education Officer.
Principal
goes scot-free
Bathinda, July 23
Even two months after the District Education Officer’s
recommendation, no action has been taken against the Principal of a
government school at Bhuchu Kalan village for her alleged negligence
and inaction in an incident in which a Class VIII student’s feet got
burnt. The victim, Gurbinder, had been asked by a sweeper to collect
waste paper and throw them in a pit.
Varsity
claims good response to admissions
Patiala, July 23
Contrary to the presumption that
Punjabi University may not be able to attract a good number of
students for the current teaching year thanks to the negative
publicity garnered by it during Vice-Chancellor Ahluwalia’s tenure,
the response to admissions as claimed by the university is rather good
and in certain departments even better than the response last year.
NABARD
holds bank officials’ meet
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 23
A number of schemes have been
formulated by NABARD for promotion of rural non-farm sector (RNFS) in
the district. An orientation meet for the officers of commercial
banks, Malwa Gramin Bank, Fatehgarh Sahib, Central Cooperative Bank,
PADBs, DIC, KVIB, KVIC, DRDA, etc covering the district was organised
by the AGM, District Development, NABARD here today with a view to
create awareness and familiarisation with the field-level
functionaries of NABARD’s various schemes under non-farm sector.
Cable
operators hike charges
Bathinda, July 23
The Cable Operators Association
has decided to charge Rs 250 per connection throughout the state to
give cable connection. Mr Sunny Gill, president of the Punjab Cable TV
Network Association, while addressing a meeting of cable operators
here this afternoon, said as they had to pay heavily to the owners of
pay TV channels, there was no option other than to increase the rates
of cable connections.
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