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SBP ‘modernising’ heritage building
with tiles, aluminium
Patiala, December 20
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh may want
to make Patiala a heritage destination, but the State Bank of Patiala,
headquarters of which are located in one of the land marks given to it
by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, is clearly not in sync with the plans of
the state government. The bank is going in for an extensive renovation
exercise, including pasting tiles on the building’s exterior, which
will completely change the facade of the historic building.
MLA objects to bridge opening
Chandigarh, December 20
Capt Balbir Singh Bath (retd), MLA from Sri Hargobindpur, has objected to the inauguration of a bridge over the Dhirowal drain by Punjab PWD Minister Partap Singh Bajwa as a blatant violation of the model code of conduct as the municipal elections have already been announced in the state.
Ayurveda herbal garden a non-starter
Patiala, December 20
Even though diversification may be the buzz word and the growth of herbs way up on the government’s agenda, a 42-bigha herbal garden of the Ayurveda Department has been leased out for wheat-paddy cultivation due to lack of initiative on the part of the Punjab Government to form a plantation board which was to receive Rs 1 crore from the Centre to develop the garden.
Children
taking to gun: expert
Jalandhar, December 20
More than 3 lakh children have
been fighting for rebel armies with child recruits as young as
12-year-old. Nearly 30 per cent of child recruits are girls. These
child recruits are called “Little Bells” or “Little Bees”.
Children from wealthy and educated families are, however, at lesser
risk of recruitment as their families send them to schools.
Project
to control lantana
Ropar, December 20
To check the unabated growth of
lantana camara, a foreign weed in the forests, a project for its
utilisation and control has been launched in Punjab. Under the project
scientists of Horticulture University, Nauni in Solan, will study the
chemical control measures on lantana and the effect of the measures in
association with the plantation of fast-growing forestry species at
various experimental sites in Punjab.
High
priests to meet on Dec 23
Ludhiana, December 20
The five Sikh high priests will
discuss the issue of alleged police entry into the Golden Temple
complex at the time of the SGPC elections on November 12. They will
also discuss the Nanakshahi calendar issue.
HIGH COURT
Panchayat
secys’ petition
Chandigarh, December 20
Taking up a bunch of petitions
filed by panchayat secretaries sought to be terminated by the Punjab
Government, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
today fixed January 7 as the next date of hearing in the case. The
state of Punjab will, meanwhile, file their reply a day before the
next date.
- Valtoha seeks pre-arrest bail
Councillor,
aides out on bail
Abohar, December 20
Mr Satish Narang, BJP councillor,
and his supporters Ramsaran Gumber and Ved Parkash were released
today. The District Court had accepted their bail applications
yesterday. The court had earlier granted bail to Mr Narang’s
brothers-in-law.
Tributes
paid to martyr
Faridkot, December 20
Mrs Angrej Kaur, mother of martyr
Sukhjinder Singh (22), has offered to send her four other sons to the
Army. She was talking to this reporter at Aalamwala village in Muktsar
district yesterday at the antim ardas of her son, Sepoy Sukhjinder
Singh (22) of 30 Rashtriya Rifles, who laid down his life after
killing two militants in an encounter in Kupuwara district
8
buffaloes electrocuted
Jalandhar, December 20
Eight animals charred to death
today in a fire that broke out due to short-circuit in the
high-tension wire passing over place where the animals were tied at
Manak Rai Lohara village under the Bhogpur police station.
Ex-sarpanch
sentenced to one-year jail
Pathankot, December 20
Mr Ranjit Singh, Judicial
Magistrate (Class I) here today sentenced former sarpanch of Dholowal
village to one-year jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him
for a breach of trust.
Paper
leak case: accused in judicial custody
Kharar, December 20
A court here today remanded
Punjab Nurses Registration Council’s examination superintendent
Gurpal Singh Kang and junior assistant Charanjeet Singh in judicial
custody till December 24.
2
killed, 2 hurt in mishap
Sangrur, December 20
Two women were killed and as many
seriously injured when their car rammed into a truck-trailer near the
Punjab State Electricity Board office at Bhawanigarh in this district
today.
Martyrs
cremated
Their (MUKTSAR)
The mortal remains of a jawan of
69 Battalion of the BSF, Mandeep Singh, a resident of Their village
who died while on duty in the Kupwara sector in Jammu and Kashmir
recently, were consigned to flames here on Friday with full police
honours.
Kisan
conference from March 6
Jalandhar, December 20
30th national conference of the
All-India Kisan Sabha will be held here from March 6 to 9 next year.
Talking to reporters here, the Chairman of the reception committee of
the conference, Mr Rachpal Singh, said the main agenda of the
conference was to oppose the ongoing process of privatisation and
liberalisation which had virtually ruined the Indian agriculture and
industrial sectors in the past one decade.
Kisan
Sanman Divas observed
Jalandhar, December 20
Kisan Sanman Divas was observed
by the Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural and Technology
Management Agency here today. Addressing the gathering, Dr R.K.
Rampal, Director, Agriculture, Punjab said efforts were being made by
his department to bring farmers out of the wheat-paddy crop cycle.
Probe
into bogus votes begins
Jalalabad, (Ferozepore),
December 20
Mr Roshan Sunkaria, Director,
Technical Education, Punjab yesterday started an inquiry into the
registration of fake voters in the recently revised electoral rolls of
this town for the municipal council elections.
Inquiry
report submitted
Bathinda, December 20
Mr D.R. Verma, Chief
Commissioner, Income Tax, has submitted to the higher authorities in
New Delhi the report of inquiry conducted into the alleged suspect
functioning of a section of income tax officials who were posted here
recently.
Rail
booking computerised
Kapurthala, December 20
The long-standing demand of
residents of the town was met today, with the start of computerised
reservation of rail tickets. Mr R.K. Singh, General Manager of
Northern Railway, inaugurated the facility at the local railway
station.
Ban
on DPC meetings extended
Chandigarh, December 20
The Punjab Government today
further extended the ban on holding the departmental promotion
committee meetings for one month. An order to this effect has been
issued by the Special Secretary, Personnel Department. However, the
order will not apply in those cases where courts have passed orders
for holding such meetings.
Four
found absent during DC’s raid
Mansa, December 20
House surgeons Dr Jagtar Singh
Sidhu and Dr Rajiv Kumar, chief pharmacist, Mr Mohinder Singh, and
radiographer, Mr Surjit Singh, working in the local Civil Hospital,
were found absent during a raid conducted by the Deputy Commissioner,
Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, yesterday.
Boy
rescued from exorcist
Amritsar, December 20
The police yesterday rescued a
seven-year-old boy from an exorcist who had kidnapped the boy for
sacrificing please gods. Mr
Narinderpal Singh told this correspondent that the exorcist, Kaladas,
and his accomplices kidnapped Jagprit Singh, from his house in
Sultanwind village yesterday morning for sacrificing.
“Supari”
killer shot dead
Shivdaspur (Jalandhar),
December 20
A farmer shot dead a “supari”
killer, allegedly a member of a faction of the All-India Sikh Students
Federation, who had come to his house to collect Rs 10 lakh for
“sparing” the farmer’s life.
Youth
found dead in hospital bathroom
Tarn Taran, December 20
Shamsher Singh (22), resident of
the local mohalla Tonk-Kashatrya, was found dead in a bathroom of the
local Civil Hospital last night. His body was found hanging with a
piece of cloth from the ceiling. The local police has registered a
case under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC against Goldy, Vicky and
some other youths of the town.
House
attack case: 1 more arrested
Bathinda, December 20
The district police today
arrested Parmod Singh and seized a countrymade. 315 bore revolver with
one cartridge from him. Parmod Singh is the fourth of the accused who
had ransacked the house of former Punjab Minister, the late Kasturi
Lal, on December 10.
Inter-state
lottery gang busted
Bathinda, December 20
The district police today busted
an inter-state gang involved in selling lotteries that had been banned
by the Punjab Government. It said it had seized lottery tickets worth
Rs 1.75 lakh.
Two
robbers arrested
Hoshiarpur, December 20
The Hoshiarpur district police
arrested two members of a gang of robbers last night. Mrs Gurpreet
Deo, SSP, in a press note here today said during nakabandi at Bhangi
choe bridge, Dhobi Ghat, here last night, Dharamvir, son of Balbir
Singh, and Raju, son of Ram Kishan of Adarsh Colony, PS Civil Line,
Muradabad (UP) where arrested.
Vishvavidyalaya
plan on herb medicines
Jalandhar, December 20
Gurukul Kangri Vishvavidyalaya,
Hardwar, has decided to explore the potential in the international
market for the export of its herb medicines being manufactured at its
pharmacy.
20
colleges take part in youth festival
Barnala, December 20
A four-day-long Punjabi
University Sangrur zone youth festival began here. The local S.D.
College is hosting the festival on the college premises from December
18 to 21.
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