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PSEB
sends SOS to Centre
Chandigarh, August 9
The PSEB has sent an SOS to the
Central Power Control Room in Delhi to divert to Punjab the share of
other states which are not using their power quotas in the national
grid. “As soon as any state surrenders its power quota, it should be
diverted to Punjab,” the board has pleaded.
Ex-PSSSB
members’ remand extended
Ropar, August 9
Mr A.S. Kathuria, Special Judge,
here today extended the judicial remand of Ashok Lumba, Virsa Singh
Valtoha, and Munawar Masih, all former members of the Punjab Subordinate
Services Selection Board, till August 23 next.
Security personnel use a sniffer dog to check the
luggage at
Jalandhar railway station on Friday to avoid any untoward incident ahead of the
Independence Day celebrations.
— PTI |
Cracks appear in
HIG, MIG flats
Amritsar, August 9
Cracks have appeared on roofs and
floors of the newly built HIG/MIG flats at Mal Mandi on the
Amritsar-Jalandhar road constructed by the improvement trust. The
plaster on the walls has also peeled off at many places. The
possession of the flats (270 in number) was handed over to the owners
in 1998-99. Shockingly, within a short time, their condition has
become pitiable.
Pen-down strike by
excise staff
Amritsar, August 9
It was a day of bandh, gherao and
dharnas, which paralysed life in many parts of the city today. While
the Sarafa Association and the Bazar Wahian Associations observed a
bandh on the third consecutive day to protest against the alleged
assault on a businessman by a team of Excise and Taxation, members of
the tempo union gheraoed the office of the District Transport Office.
Widow, in-laws
booked for murder
Amritsar, August 9
On the direction of the Judicial
Magistrate, the district police yesterday registered a case of murder
against six persons, including the widow of the deceased, after more
than six months of the crime committed on January 28.
25
lakh
seized from bus
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 9
The district police claimed to
have seized Rs 25 lakh during a nakabandi on the GT Road in Sirhind.
The money has been deposited in the state treasury at Fatehgarh Sahib.
Girl
rescued,
abductor held
Jalandhar, August 9
The police today claimed to have
solved a case pertaining to the abduction of a minor girl in May this
year from the Model House area by recovering the girl and arresting
one of the accused.
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