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Vigilance
probe against PTU ex-VC
Chandigarh, August 26
A vigilance inquiry has been
initiated against Mr H.S. Guram, a former Vice-Chancellor of Punjab
Technical University, Jalandhar, who allegedly committed
irregularities in preparing results, appointments, misbehaved with the
female staff and got bribes at the time of admission. He remained
Vice-Chancellor even at the age of 66 years, while the age for
superannuation is 62.
Tubewell
tariff may fetch PSEB 600 cr
Ropar, August 26
As it is certain that the supply
of free power to run tubewells will go in the days to come, the Punjab
State Electricity Board (PSEB) is likely to earn about Rs 600 crore
per annum from the tubewell connections in the state if the state
Electricity Regulatory Commission allows it to impose a tariff of Re 1
per unit on the supply to the tubewells.
Row
over votes of two colleges in PUTA poll
Varsity deletes college
teachers’ votes from list
Patiala, August 26
The stage has been set for a
conflict between rival teacher factions of Punjabi University even
before the arrival of its newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Mr S.S.
Boparai, on the campus, with the United Teachers Front (UTF) claiming
that its rival faction had entered into a conspiracy with the
institution’s Registrar to delete the names of teachers of two
institutions in Damdama Sahib and at Bathinda from the voters’ list
of the Punjabi University Teachers Association (PUTA) election.
Fake
encounter case: PHRC takes note
Amritsar, August 26
The hearing of an alleged false
case against Karanjit Singh Laddi has been scheduled for October 30 by
the Punjab Human Rights Commission.
Constable
shot, SPO escapes unhurt
Jalandhar, August 26
A Punjab police Constable was
shot dead while an special police officer (SPO) escaped unhurt in an
attack by a group of five persons on the railway bridge near the
Chugitti bypass on the Jalandhar-Amritsar road today.
BJP
agitation on Sept 3: Tandon
Amritsar, August 26
Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, a former
Minister for Local Bodies, has accused the Congress government of
unleashing a “reign of terror” in the state by conducting a
vendetta against Opposition parties.
15
file papers for civic body poll
Phagwara, August 26
Fifteen nominations were filed
today for the local Nagar Council poll slated for September 8,
according to SDM-cum-Returning Officer Pritam Singh. All candidates
had filed their nominations as independents, he said.
‘Include
Punjab MPs in Khurana panel’
Phagwara, August 26
Mr Jaskaran Singh, SAD(A) General
Secretary and co-convener of the party’s Border Area Panel headed by
a former MP, Mr Dhyan Singh Mand, today demanded that the 11 member
Central Committee headed by Mr Madan Lal Khurana to study the border
situation should be broadbased and MPs from Punjab like Mr Simranjit
Singh Mann should be included in it.
SGPC
poll: 60 pc rise in number of voters
Amritsar, August 26
More than 60 per cent increase
has been noted in the number of voters for the SGPC elections as
compared to the number of voters registered for the elections held in
1996.
Ropar
brick-kilns flout fly ash order
Ropar, August 26
All brick-kilns in Ropar are
violating a Union Government order. As per Section 3, Sub-section (2)
of the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and
Forests on September 14, 1999, no brick-kiln within a radius of 50 km
of a coal or lignite-based thermal plant can manufacture clay bricks
or tiles without mixing at least 25 per cent fly ash with soil on a
weight basis.
CJI
to open Lok Adalat on August 30
Hoshiarpur, August 26
Mr Justice B. N. Kripal, Chief
Justice of India, will inaugurate a special Lok Adalat being organised
by the Punjab Legal Services Authorities in association with bar
associations of Hoshiarpur, Garhshanker and Dasuya at the Government
College Complex here on August 30.
Three
labourers buried alive
Jalandhar, August 26
Three labourers were buried alive
when a portion of a retaining wall of a well collapsed at Sarnana
village, near Rama Mandi, here this evening.
Freedom
fighter’s widow feels ignored
Amritsar, August 26
Freedom fighters and their
dependants who get pension under the Special Pension Scheme are
feeling ignored. Ms Gurvel Kaur, now 90, is sore with the government
for ignoring the supreme sacrifice that her husband Gurcharan Singh
made for the country.
Police
drive against anti-social elements
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
26
The district police has launched
a special campaign against the anti-social elements, particularly
those involved in the operation of satta and smuggling of narcotics.
In a crackdown on such elements, different police parties raided
various hideouts of satta operators today.
Families
lose earning hands to spirit
Bathinda, August 26
“I have lost every thing as I
am finding it difficult to look after my three children after the
death of my husband Joginder Singh.
Only
PSERC can fix tariff, say engineers
Patiala, August 26
The Punjab State Electricity
Board Engineers Association today contested the government’s right
to take a decision on the revision of electricity tariff in the state
at a Cabinet meeting and treat the decision of the Punjab State
Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) as recommendatory in nature.
MC
acting chief beaten up
Malerkotla, August 26
Mr Kewal Jindal, acting president
of the Malerkotla Municipal Council, was beaten up by certain persons
near the State Bank of Patiala main branch here today.
Hooch
deaths: cop suspended
Bathinda, August 26
Even as the two persons involved
in the sale of spirit, Ladoo and Joginder Singh, have been arrested,
the district police chief, Mr Ishwar Singh, placed Head Constable
Iqbal Singh under suspension for giving two bottles of liquor to Ladoo.
Ravi
Sidhu moves bail application
Patiala, August 26
Former Chairman of the Punjab
Public Service Commission (PPSC) Ravi Sidhu has moved a bail
application in the court of the Additional District and Sessions
Judge.
Be
vigilant, SSP told
Amritsar, August 26
In view of the Assembly elections
in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab
Director-General of Police, Mr M.S. Bhullar, has directed the SSP,
Gurdaspur, to be extra vigilant.
Implement
Dalit agenda: morcha
Phillaur, August 26
The Bahujan Samaj Morcha has
urged the Congress government led by Capt Amarinder Singh to implement
its Dalit agenda to protect the rights and interests of Dalits in the
state.
Neighbours
clash, 7 injured
Jalandhar, August 26
Seven persons were injured in a
clash between two groups of neighbours at Gadhra village in Nakodar
subdivision late last night.
Another
cleanliness drive in Patiala
Patiala, August 26
The Patiala Municipal Corporation
has decided to initiate another cleanliness campaign close on the
lines of the ‘Mera Patiala Main Sawaran’, albeit this time it will
be the corporation which will be conducting the cleanliness exercise.
Walk
regularly to keep fit: doctor
Bathinda, August 26
The district unit of the Indian
Medical Association organised a seminar last night during which
speakers spoke about new methods of keeping fit.
Man
held for selling fake licences
Bathinda, August 26
The police has detected fake
registration of documents following the arrest of Ashok Kumar who had
managed to procure official stamps of various District Transport
Officers (DTOs) and used to sell fake driving licences and
registration copies of vehicles.
ETT
students decry education policy
Deon (Bathinda), August
26
Students of the District
Institute of Elementary Training (DIET) today sat on dharna here in
protest against the proposed education policy of the state government.
Sales
tax advisory panels soon: CM
Chandigarh, August 26
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, said today that to facilitate interaction between the
government, traders and industrialists, district-level sales tax
advisory committees would be constituted, shortly.
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