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Langah
prays for bail
Ropar, September 5
Sucha Singh Langah, former Punjab
Public Works Minister and senior Akali leader, today filed a bail
application in the court of District and Sessions Judge here today.
Langah is currently in the judicial custody till September 13 in a
case registered against him by the Vigilance Bureau at SAS Nagar under
Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC and 13 (1) (a) (c)
(d) (e) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Teenaged
victim’s grandpa shattered
Khatra’s exoneration
in ‘fake encounter’ case
Walipur (Tarn Taran),
September 5
Mastan Singh a 75-year-old
poor farmer was inconsolable today as the news of exoneration of
former Tarn Taran SSP Ranbir Singh Khatra allegedly responsible
for the death of his young grandson reached him this morning
while he was working in his fields. He had to sell his land to
meet legal expenses of the case. He sobbed uncontrollably over
the killing of his 17-year-old grandson Gurpratap Singh, alias
Tabboo, who allegedly was eliminated in a fake encounter. |
Punjab ban
on promotions to go
Chandigarh, September 5
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, today said that all proposals pertaining to the
employees contained in the Finance Minister’s Budget speech for the
current financial year would not be implemented. And if at all there
will be any need to implement them, then the representatives of
various employees unions would be taken into confidence before taking
a final decision in this regard.
Teachers
called to negotiating table
Gurdaspur,
September 5
The Education Minister, Mr
Khushal Behal, today called upon the teachers to shun the path
of agitation and come to the negotiating table by forming “one
union” for getting their demands accepted.
Mr Khushal Behal, Minister for Higher Education, with the state awardee teachers at Gurdaspur on September 5.
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Badal
has sources in govt: Hanspal
Phagwara, September 5
PPCC President H.S. Hanspal has
made a startling revelation that former CM Parkash Singh Badal still
has sources in the Punjab government. He was talking to mediapersons
here today. He declared that the state PPCC executive committee would
be constituted this month and the principle of one-man one-post would
be followed.
TRIBUNE FOLLOW-UP
Hanspal
sends team to Mehru village
Jalandhar, September 5
Taking prompt action on a Tribune
report on Dalits, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mr H.S.
Hanspal, today sent a two-member team to Mehru village in Nakodar
subdivision, which inspected the site and restored the possession of
houses to the affected Dalit families.
Farmers
warned not to boycott Dalits
Moondkhera September 5
One day after the district
administration claimed that reports of any social boycott of Dalit
families whose male members had left the jobs of their landlords and
subsequently filed cases against them under the Bonded Labour Act were
unfounded, a team of senior officers visited this village today and
warned the landlords not to indulge in any boycott of the Dalits as
was disclosed to them on the spot.
Tributes
paid to doyen of Gurmat sangeet
Ludhiana, September
5
A sea of humanity gathered
to pay respects at the bhog ceremony of Baba Sucha Singh, a
leading light of Gurmat Sangeet, and the chief of the Jawaddi
Taksal, Ludhiana, who left for his heavenly abode on August 27.
He leaves behind a rich legacy of hymns from the Sikh scriptures
based on 31 ragas.
Akali leaders at the bhog ceremony of Baba Sucha Singh at
Jawaddi Kalan (Ludhiana). |
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Ex-servicemen’s
wards denied concession
Bathinda, September 5
The hopes of Rajbir Singh of Ghal
Khurd village in Ferozepore district for serving in the Army through
the ongoing recruitment rally here were dashed to the ground when he
was denied in the medical check-up which was normally relaxation given
to wards of ex-servicemen.
Terrorism
victim’s plea on DA
Faridkot, September 5
Capt Gulab Singh (retd), a
terrorist victim, here today appealed to the Punjab Government to
review its decision on the deduction of dearness allowance from the
monthly pensions of all those families who had lost their near and
dear ones in the fight against militancy in the state a decade ago.
Dist
police chief denies allegations
Jalandhar, September 5
The district police chief, Mr
Paramjit Singh Gill, yesterday denied allegations levelled by the
Pendu Mazdoor Union, Punjab, that an ASI of the Shahkot police station
was pressurising Chaman Lal, a labourer, to withdraw a case against
his former land lady Kashmir Kaur.
Bus
pelted with stones, 6 hurt
Jalandhar, September 5
Six passengers, including a
woman, were injured when some labourers, who had been demanding the
release of their friend allegedly detained by the police in a criminal
case, started pelting stones on a private bus, near Transport Nagar,
on the Jalandhar-Amritsar road here today.
End
female foeticide: NTAS
Patiala, September 5
Rotarian G.S. Kakkar and NTAS
director Pran Sabharwal have called for a mass movement against female
foeticide. They have appealed to Mrs Preneet Kaur, MP, Chairperson,
State Advisory Committee on the PNDT Act, to join the NTAS anti-female
foeticide awareness campaign.
High
Court Judge inspects local courts
Fatehgarh Sahib,
September 5
To provide speedy justice and
relief to litigants, “fast track courts” have been constituted in
the state and Parliament had allocated Rs 400 to Rs 500 crore for the
purpose.
Poor
roads ‘affect’ transport business
Bathinda, September 5
The condition of roads here has
deteriorated to such an extent that truck drivers consider it an
adventure to drive on these roads. Ajay Singh Tomar, a truck driver
employed with a Jaipur (Rajasthan)-based transport company said a few
years ago Punjab was considered a “priced route”.
Insurance
staff hold protest rallies
Jalandhar, September 6
On a call given by the All-India
Insurance Employees Association, a large number of employees of the
Jalandhar division of the Life Insurance Corporation of India today
held a rally here in protest against the failure of the management to
revise the wages due on August 1.
‘Notice’
to DC on wall demolition
Bathinda, September 5
Mr Ved Parkash Gupta, a resident
of the city, today claimed he had sent a legal notice to the Deputy
Commissioner, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council, and
Director and Secretary of the Local Bodies Department, asking them to
make arrangements for demolition of a wall in Afimwali area of the
city.
CM
for check on drug addiction
Chandigarh, September 5
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh today called upon the civil and police administration to chalk
out a joint action plan to check drug addiction. Presiding over a
high-level joint meeting of the civil and police administration here
today, Capt Amarinder Singh said though the problem of drug
trafficking and drug addiction had assumed alarming proportions, this
problem had to be tackled in such a manner that youth did not go
astray.
Lok
Morcha to launch stir
Bathinda, September 5
Mrs Pushap Lata, district
president of the Punjab Lok Morcha, today said their association would
launch a campaign against anti-employee policies of the Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh.
Delimitation
panel seeks ’91 census data
Ropar September 5
After Fatehgarh Sahib district
was carved out of Ropar and Patiala districts parts the Assembly
constituencies spread out of the limits of respective districts. The
Chamkaur Sahib and Kharar constituencies of Ropar district spread in
Fatehgarh Sahib district.
Probe
sought into Dhaki’s property
Kharar, September 5
The Gharuan Gram Panchayat native
village of Sant Darshan Singh Dhaki Sahib, has urged the Punjab
Government to order a CBI inquiry into the property worth crores of
rupees amassed by the sant and his family members.
Arrangements
for paddy procurement
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 5
All arrangements for the purchase
of paddy have been completed and the entire paddy would be procured as
per the minimum support price without, said Mr Vikas Paratap, Deputy
Commissioner, while presiding over a meeting of the procurement
agencies, agriculture officers and Mandi board officials.
Ex-ADGP
denied retirement benefits
Chandigarh, September 5
The Union Home Ministry has
directed the Punjab Government not to pass on post-retirement benefits
to D.S. Bhullar, a former ADGP, who has been sentenced to life
imprisonment in a murder case.
Jail
inmate escapes, five suspended
Bathinda, September 5
Karamjit Singh, an inmate of the
Central Jail here escaped from police custody at the local Civil
Hospital when he was brought there for treatment yesterday. An
Assistant Superintendent of the jail, Mr Gurjeet Singh, and five
others, including three Punjab police personnel, were placed under
suspension by the district police and Central Jail authorities for
their negligence. A case in this connection has been registered.
Police
searching for murder accused
Maur Mandi , September 5
The local police has been trying
to nab the accused involved in the murder of Harpal Singh Palli of
Ghuman Kalan village of the district, which took place few days ago.
Information gathered by the TNS revealed that some prominent persons
of the area had handed over the accused to the local police on
September 1. The accused was a close relative of Harpal Singh Palli.
Travel
agent held for duping youth
Gurdaspur, September 5
The district police has arrested
one of the three persons who had been involved luring several youths
for jobs abroad. Senior Superintendent of Police Varinder Kumar said
here today that Tarlok Singh, a resident of Shanker Nagar in the
district complained that the three had promised to send his son
Amritpal to Holland and demanded Rs 5 lakh.
Trader
robbed of car, cash
Moga, September 5
Four car-borne armed robbers
allegedly robbed a trader of his car, a large amount of cash and nine
mobile phones at Jalalabad in the district yesterday evening. Mr
Jarnail Singh Randhawa, SP, told mediapersons here today that
according to an FIR lodged by the trader, Jatinder Kumar, his car was
overtaken near Jalalabad on the Jalalabad-Jagraon link road by another
car which blocked its way.
JE
caught taking bribe
Fatehgarh Sahib,
September 5
The district Vigilance Department
today caught red handed Surinder Singh JE-1 posted at the Punjab State
Electricity Board Amloh taking a bribe and seized Rs 1,000 from him.
2
held for selling spurious drugs
Mansa, September 5
Pawan Kumar and Ravinder Kumar,
both local residents, have been arrested for being in possession of
spurious drugs. The accused brought these drugs from Delhi for
supplying these to chemists.
DIET
students continue to boycott classes
Deon (Bathinda),
September 5
Students of the local District
Institute of Education Research and Training (DIET) continued to stage
dharna and boycott their classes for the tenth day today in protest
against the new education policy of the state government.
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Saru
Rana fails in exam
Patiala, September
5
Punjabi University today
claimed that Saru Rana, a student of Fine Arts (second year),
who had accused former Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jasbir Singh
Ahluwalia, of attempting to rape her, flunked her theory papers
which had been checked by external examiners even as Saru’s
family claimed that they were expecting such a result. |
Acrobatics
in bhangra banned
Amritsar, September 5
Guru Nanak Dev University has
included folk orchestra and “vaar” singing in the cultural
competitions of youth festivals recently. This was stated by Dr S.P.
Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, while
inaugurating a one-day cultural workshop here today.
Website
of science academy launched
Amritsar, September 5
Dr S.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor of
Guru Nanak Dev University, launched the website of the Punjab Science
Academy at a function here today. Dr J.S. Puar, a former
Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala, presided over the
function.
BSNL
to release 10,000 connections
Jalandhar, September 5
The BSNL has decided to release
10,000 telephone connections in Jalandhar up to March, 2003, under
“Phone on Phone” scheme, which was launched here today. The
telephone connections under this scheme would be energised within 48
hours after completing all formalities.
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