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SHSAD
to begin stir on people’s demands
Ludhiana, December 1
The SHSAD chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh
Tohra, today said his party would launch an agitation on the
long-pending demands of the people, the programme for which would be
announced at Fatehgarh Sahib on December 26. He flayed the SAD for
allowing the Noormehlias to flourish and said the Congress, too, was
protecting them.
Police
‘overthrows’ truck union chief
Ferozepore, December 1
The tussle over the leadership of
the local Truck Union between two groups in the city has taken a new
turn with the local police ‘overthrowing’ the sitting president, Mr
Harbans Singh Palla, member of the Zila Parishad, and helping a Congress
supporter, Mr Narinder Singh, to sit on the chair.
5 of marriage party crushed to death
Amritsar, December 1
Five persons of a marriage party, including a woman and a child, were killed here tonight after they were run over by a truck allegedly being driven by the driver under the influence of liquor, police source said here.
PAC
meeting of SAD on Dec 10
Jalandhar, December 1
The Shiromani Akali Dal has
called a meeting of Political Affairs Committee on December 10 at
Amritsar to discuss the current political situation after the Jail
Bharo Morcha on November 27.
Check
interference by MLA, CM urged
Bathinda, December 1
Mr Paramjeet Singh Dhillon,
Vice-President, Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, and Mr Tejbir
Singh Dhillon former president of the Municipal Council, Kotfatta, has
urged the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to look into
the interference by an Independent MLA into the affairs of Pakka
Kalan.
Drug
abuse middle class bane: study
Amritsar, December 1
The menace of drug addiction has
assumed alarming proportions in Amritsar so much so that even people
staying in religious places or ‘deras’ are reportedly taking
drugs. There is hardly any case of conviction of such persons
belonging to these deras in police records. This is revealed in a
report “Addiction to alcohol and other drugs” prepared by the
Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Mr Baljit Singh Virk.
Milkmen demonstrate against the Municipal Corporation in
Amritsar on Saturday. The protesters brought huge number of buffalos
to disrupt the train service in protest against a court order.
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HIGH COURT
HC
directs payment of DA on family pension
Chandigarh, December 1
Allowing a bunch of 18 petition
filed by Punjab Education Department employees “whose spouses had
died in harness”, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Mr Justice M.M. Kumar
of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed the state and
other respondents “to grant dearness allowance on family pension in
accordance with law”.
Dairies continue to make residents’
life miserable
Patiala, December 1
Even three
years after the Patiala Municipal Corporation first expressed its
commitment to shift hundreds of dairies situated in various localities
in the city to somewhere outside the city, the move has not met with
any success and no land has been earmarked for the purpose yet.
Dairies, meanwhile, continue to pollute the city, clog drains thereby
causing blockages in the sewers, besides causing health
hazards.
Judicial
remand for MC president, EO
Rampura Phul, December 1
Mr Charanjit Singh Jatana,
President, and Mr Rakesh Kumar Garg, Executive Officer, local
Municipal Council, who were booked in a criminal case pertaining to
embezzlement of council funds and for corruption charges by the local
police had been sent to judicial custody when they were produced
before the Judicial Magistrate here yesterday.
Drug
store row costs patients dear
Ferozepore, December 1
Patients are made to cough up
more than the market cost for medicines as the drug store of the Red
Cross Society in the Civil Hospital, Ferozepore, has been lying closed
since October, 1993, following a dispute between the local
administration and chemists.
Missing
youth’s father alleges police inaction
Bathinda, December 1
Mr Balbir Singh, a resident of
Maur Mandi in the district, in a complaint to the Punjab Governor, has
alleged that though his son is missing since November 22, the police
has not registered a case.
Bathinda
finds place on cultural map
Bathinda, December 1
The city has been brought on the
cultural map of the world with troupes from foreign lands performing
here as part of the cultural exchange programmes of the Ministry of
External Affairs.
Mann
favours ban on cow slaughter
Sangrur, December 1
Akali Lok Sabha member Simranjit
Singh Mann has extended support to the demand for a ban on cow
slaughter in the country. Mr Mann told reporters here today that he
had supported the proposed resolution on the matter inside Parliament
when he asked the government to have a legislation on cow protection.
Cost
of delay in Kandi project
Gurdaspur, December 1
Since the Shahpur Kandi Dam
Project is yet to start the Ranjit Sagar Dam is proving less
beneficial. Laying the foundation stone of the SKDP in April, 1995,
the then Prime Minister, Mr Narsimha Rao had said that if the Punjab
government completed the project within four years, the Centre would
meet the entire cost of the project.
PSEB
seeks data on purchases by plant
Ropar, December 1
The PSEB has sought data
regarding the purchase of ‘proprietory’ items by Guru Gobind Singh
Super Thermal Plant authorities in the past few years. Reliable
sources said the board had sought the data apprehending
misappropriation.
Follow
ethics, pharmacists urged
Bathinda, December 1
The national pharmacy week was
celebrated with enthusiasm at the local Government Polytechnic College
by the Pharmacy Department and the Punjab Pharmacy Graduates
Association.
World
AIDS Day observed
Bathinda, December 1
Volunteers of the National
Service Scheme unit of the local SSD Girls College have been working
for the past many years to spread awareness about AIDS. The University
Talk AIDS Programme, launched by the Union Government in 1992, has
drawn regular participation of the volunteers.
BKU
(E) rally on December 3
Bathinda, December 1
The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta)
will hold a state-level rally at Mansa on December 3 to show
resentment against the indifferent attitude of the state government
towards the demands of farmers.
RDOs
up in arms against bureaucrats
Bathinda, December 1
The Rural Development Officers Association, Punjab, has decided to
raise a banner of revolt against a section of bureaucrats for their
alleged “unjust tendency” to make cases against departmental
officers and send them to the Vigilance Bureau or the police without
prior permission of the department.
Three
held on car theft charge
Bathinda, December 1
The police today claimed to have
busted a gang involved in smuggling of drugs and vehicle theft and
arrested three members of the gang. Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, in a press
note issued here, said Harvinder Singh, Sukhjit Singh and Amandeep
Singh were arrested after a tip-off from Bir Behman village.
2
held on rape charge
Kapurthala, December 1
The Sadar police has arrested
Mangal Singh and Dalbir Singh of Madhupur village on the charge of
raping Harpreet Kaur (15) of the same village on November 24.
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The
major difference between the Canadian and Indian systems of education is
that the students there interact more in the classroom while here the
students only listen to the teacher. Mr Bruce Condie, director of the
Canadian Institute for International Studies, SAS Nagar, said yesterday
that there should be more interaction between the students and teachers,
lest education became a formality in place of a learning process.
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