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Over 16000 metric tonnes of scrap from the debris of the World
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HIGH COURT
ADGP to
probe murder of Akali leader, 5 others
Chandigarh, August 28
Entrusting the investigation of a
case — pertaining to the murder of Akali leader Gurdial Singh and
five other activists — to Punjab’s Additional Director-General of
Police (Crime), Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court today directed that the probe should be completed within
two months.
Villagers
without power for 14 days
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
28
Residents of Rampur Nobad village
near the Sadugarh railway station have been without power since August
14. The power failure has also caused drinking water scarcity in the
village. A few farmers who have their own generators are providing
drinking water to other resident of the village.
BARBERIC ACT
Sikh boy
cuts hair, blames it on ragging
Patiala, August 28
In an inquiry conducted by the
local Punjab Aircraft Maintenance College has revealed that a Sikh boy
had falsely accused a senior of having got his hair cut forcibly
following a ragging session as he was afraid to face his father’s
wrath.
Tubectomy
death: SMO, another doctor indicted
Bathinda, August 28
“Poor arrangements in the civil
hospital, Raman Mandi and negligence of the doctors on duty have
deprived three children of their mother. It is not a small crime,”
says the magisterial probe conducted by ADC, G.K. Singh into the
tubectomy death, which took place on July 4, 2002.
Give Sinha case to CBI: Badal
Chandigarh, August 28
SAD headed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal today demanded that the recruitment scandal involving Mr Sanjit Sinha, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, be handed over to the CBI for an independent and impartial probe.
 Cong
activists hold protest
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
28
The factionalism in the Congress
came to the fore during a dharna organised by the DCC in front of
Deputy Commissioner’s office here today as the Forests Minister, Dr
Harbans Lal, and activists owing allegiance to him abstained from the
dharna.
Congress workers stage a dharna in front of District Complex, Fatehgarh Sahib, on Wednesday.
Hanspal
favours consensual approach
Ludhiana, August 28
The newly-appointed President of
the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, (PPCC), Mr H.S. Hanspal, today
said he would adopt a consensual approach to strengthen the party in
the state by taking everyone along with him. He said this while
talking to TNS here after addressing a demonstration organised by the
District Congress Committee against the NDA government at the Centre.
Relief
for drought-hit
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
28
All loans credited to the farmers
affected by the prevailing drought would be converted in to mid-term
loans for three years and no extra interest would be charged from
them.
Kohar’s
judicial remand extended
Jalandhar, August 28
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr
A.S. Grewal, today extended judicial remand of former Minister for
Jails and SAD MLA Ajit Singh Kohar, who was arrested by the Vigilance
Bureau for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of
income, for 14 days.
DSP’s
arrest further stayed
Ropar, August 28
Mr Maghar Khan, Sessions Judge,
here today further stayed the arrest of Parampal Singh, DSP, Morinda,
till September 11 on an anticipatory bail application filed by the DSP
on August 16 apprehending his arrest under Sections 420, 467, and 471,
IPC and 13 (1) 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Prevention
of nuisance or crime by cops
Khanna, August 28
Rashwinder Singh, a resident of
Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar here was taking an Ice-cream at the Lalheri
Road railway crossing on Monday evening. Constable Karam Singh
accosted him.
Confusion
marks half-day holiday
Bathinda, August 28
Confusion marked the half-day
holiday in government offices today as a word spread around that the
state government had not announced the same.
Rajwant
waits for PoW brother
Ludhiana, August 28
When Flight Lieutenant Gurdev
Singh, 27, led a unit of Indian Air Force planes to attack Pakistani
radars on December 5, 1971, he was hailed as a national hero.
PSEB reduces peak load restrictions
Patiala, August 28
The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) today reduced peak load restrictions on Category II, III and IV industrial consumers even as no coal was received at its Lehra Mohabbat and Bathinda thermal stations. However, the coal supply is expected to pick up with some payments being made to various coal companies.
Probe
ordered into foeticide
Kapurthala, August 28
Mr Rakesh K. Verma, District
Magistrate, yesterday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the abortion
of girl foetus, allegedly by a government doctor of a local dispensary
at his private clinic.
Move
on Beant Singh’s anniversary flayed
Phagwara, August 28
The move of the Punjab Government
to celebrate the death anniversary of Beant Singh, a former Chief
Minister, at state-level was a retrograde step.
Mann’s
UK, US tour from today
New Delhi, August 28
SAD (Amritsar) President
Simranjit Singh Mann is all set to proceed on a month’s tour of
Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Britain and the USA to address
Sikhs, meet political heads of foreign offices and counterparts in
consultative committees.
MC
meeting to clear 40-cr projects
Jalandhar, August 28
The local Municipal Corporation
has finally decided to convene a meeting of the House on September 4
to approve development projects involving an amount of about Rs 40
crore.
‘Sand
lessees charging heavy royalty’
Ropar, August 28
The national secretary of the
All-India Forward Bloc, Mr V.P. Saini, today asked Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh to take action against lessees of “khuds” (sources
of sand and rubble) whose employees were allegedly cheating the public
in the name of royalty by charging exorbitant rates.
5
lakh to be spent on roads : DC
Ropar, August 28
Ms Seema Jain, Deputy
Commissioner, has announced that the district administration will
provide Rs 5 lakh for the repair of roads and Rs 2 lakh for the repair
of streetlights in the local Giani Zail Singh Nagar.
MC
removes encroachments
Jalandhar, August 28
The local municipal corporation
authorities carried out a demolition drive in Gandi Camp and Ram
Nagar, which is part of the assembly segment represented by the Punjab
Industries Minister, Mr Avtar Henry, here this afternoon, in which
unauthorised constructions, including gates and toilets on streets,
were razed to the ground.
Dacoits
kill guard, loot 3.6 lakh from bank
Hoshiarpur, August 28
Dacoits looted a branch of the
Oriental Bank of Commerce of Rs 3,60,810, killed its security guard
and injured two staff members at Bakapur Guru village near Garhshanker,
47 km from here, today.
Robbers
strike at rice mill
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
28
A gang of robbers last night
struck at the Zimidara rice mill situated on the GT road and took away
two truck-loads of wheat from the sheller. Wheat of PUNSUP agency was
stored in the rice mill.
Computer
institute ‘dupes’ 35 students
Amritsar, August 28
As many as 35 students have been
allegedly duped by a computer institute which has reportedly issued
them fake certificates and decamped with the money.
1
held for selling spurious fertiliser
Gurdaspur, August 28
The Punjab police has arrested
the owner of a factory which was producing spurious zinc sulphate and
selling it through retail outlets to farmers. Disclosing this here
today, SSP Varinder Kumar said Braham Kumar, owner of S. K. Industry
in Khanpur village under the Shahpur Kandi police station, was
arrested on the complaint of the District Agricultural Officer, Mr G.
S. Sidhu.
Man
held with fake passport
Amritsar, August 28
An Indian national, who flew to
the city from London by a Turkmenistan flight last night, was arrested
on the charge of travelling on a forged passport.
Students
gherao police station
 Mansa,
August 28
Students and residents of Jhunir
town of this district today gheraoed Jhunir police station for about
four hours in protest against the alleged high-handedness of the
police.
Students and
residents gherao Jhunir police
station on Wednesday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera
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