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BKU
dharna: traffic normal
Bathinda, July 28
Even as BKU (E) activists
sat on dharna near Bhuchu Khurd village on the Bathinda-Barnala
road, vehicular traffic in the district was near normal, today
despite a statewide ‘traffic jam’ by the union. The traffic
was diverted to a link road.
BKU activists stage a dharna on the Bathinda-Barnala road near Bhuchu Khurd village (Bathinda) on Sunday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera
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Pensioners
yearn for meeting with CM
Chandigarh, July 28
The Government Pensioners’
Association is sore over the slashing of allowances to employees,
serving and retired, in the current year’s Budget. Mr Yash Paul
Ghai, additional general secretary of the association, says the
government must also lend its ears to the retired employees, who are
equally affected by the “harsh” measures.
Man
murders wife, 2 kids
Abohar, July 28
A sales representative of a tea
company brutally killed his wife and two children, locked the bodies
in an iron container and fled.
Removal
of Vedanti, Manjit demanded
Chandigarh, July 28
Prominent Sikh leaders today demanded the resignation of Akal Takht
Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti and Keshgarh Sahib Jathedar Manjit
Singh for reportedly exonerating the in charge of a trust of charges
of allegedly raping a girl recently.
Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Makhan Gujjar who was arrested by
the Hoshiarpur police on Sunday. Gujjar was involved in various recent
terrorist attack in J&K and Punjab. — PTI |
Family
takes milk, three dead
Nawanshahr, July 28
A man and his two daughters have
died after consuming poisoned milk in Jagatpur village here. According
to reports, on Friday night, Amreek Singh, his wife, Sarabjeet Kaur,
and two daughters, Amandeep Kaur(12) and Kuljeet Kaur(10), drank milk.
After some time, Amandeep Kaur complained of stomach pain and
inflammation.
In-laws’
mohalla remembers Kant
Phagwara, July 28
Several old associates of
Vice-President Krishan Kant, who died yesterday and was married at
Phagwara, while mourning his untimely demise, offered prayers here
today for the peace of the departed soul. Kant’s father-in-law
Joginder Chander Prem was a scribe and freedom fighter, and ran a
stationery shop on the local Banga road. Prem’s ancestral house is
in the local Satnampura Mohalla where Kant had come to wed Suman
before Independence.
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mines blast in Khemkaran area
Tarn Taran, July 28
Four landmines blasted today at
Rampur village that fall under the Khemkaran police station, when
standing wheat crop caught fire due to short-circuit.
Nepalese
labourers hold rally
Jalandhar, July 28
Hundreds of Nepalese labourers
and workers of the CPI (ML) today participated in a rally at the local
Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall here in protest against the decision of the
Central Government to ban the Akhil Bharatiya Nepali Ekta Samaj under
POTA.
Survey
on crop diversification
Fazilka, July 28
Punjab Agro Industries in
collaboration with Arther Enderson Ltd, a multinational company, has
conducted a survey of the Fazilka area to promote diversification of
crops. A team of senior officers led by Amber Doobey conducted an
on-the-spot survey on cultivation of oilseeds in place of traditional
wheat and paddy here and in surrounding areas which are major wheat
and paddy producing areas of the northern region.
Personal
tours in office vehicles
Bathinda, July 28
Even as the state government has
imposed heavy taxes on agriculture-related items and cuts in salaries
of employees to improve the financial position of the state, a section
of senior officials of various departments have been misusing their
official vehicles.
Fake
road tax receipts seized
Bathinda, July 28
Even as the state transport
authorities have been trying to work out strategy to arrest the fall
in revenue due to registration of vehicles, purchased by people of the
state, in Haryana, seizure of two fake receipts pertaining to special
road tax (SRT) by the district transport authorities, has left them
shocked.
Attack
on witness raises questions
Amritsar, July 28
The murder case of Devinder Singh
Walia, a Junior Engineer in the Punjab State Electricity Board, has
taken a fresh turn, with Gurjit Kaur, the main eyewitness to the
crime, having been attacked and critically injured on July 26 at
Gurdaspur, just three days before the hearing on the bail petition of
main accused Satpal Singh, alias Satta, in the Punjab and Haryana High
Court. Walia was stabbed in his residence on October 8 last year.
Student
held on murder charge
Jalandhar, July 28
The district police today
arrested Gauravjit Singh, a B.Com. II student of the local Lyallpur
Khalsa College, on the charge of murdering Amit Kumar in broad
daylight in the Model Town market here on Saturday.
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held in Damtal firing case
Hoshiarpur, July 28
Makhan Gujjar, son of Dalbir
Gujjar, resident of Chamba was arrested from a house in Gandla Nari
Mor Muda in Sujanpur police station of Gurdaspur district, last
evening.
GND
varsity teachers’ body poll: 2 in fray
Amritsar, July 28
It will be a straight contest
between two teachers’ groups for the Guru Nanak Dev University
Teachers Association elections. While it will be a holiday tomorrow on
account of the sudden demise of Krishan Kant, Vice-President of India,
activists of the Progressive Teachers Front, the Democratic Teachers
Front and the Radical Teachers Front have begun door-to-door
canvassing.
Trust members flay school secretary
Patiala, July 28
Children Memorial School, an educational institution, which was established to commemorate the death of 22 schoolchildren from the city in Nangal in 1983, has come under a cloud with nine members of its trust, comprising parents whose children were drowned in the tragedy, condemning trust secretary
J.R. Sethi for compelling school Principal Remneek Ghumman to resign from his post.
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