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Pherurai’s
PCS kin suspended
Mansa, December 31
The Punjab Government has
suspended PCS officer Arvinderpaul Singh Sandhu, Assistant
Commissioner (Grievances), Mansa, and son-in-law of Gurcharan Singh
Pherurai, jailed former Senior Superintendent of Police of Ferozepore,
for remaining in police custody for more than 48 hours.
A milkman rides a bicycle as he carries metal pots of milk on a foggy morning on the outskirts of Amritsar
on Tuesday. Fog covered the city with temperatures dipping as low as 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit).
— Reuters |
With cold sweeping the region, the poor sit around small fires
to keep warm, at Bathinda on
Tuesday. — Photo Kulbir Beera |
IAS
officer denies allegations
Killianwali (Muktsar), December
31
A team of revenue officials of
Malout subdivision today descended on this town to gather facts in
connection with the alleged encroachment of a piece of land belonging
to “Jumla Mushtarka Malkana” category by a kin of an IAS officer
posted in Madhya Pradesh.
Bathinda-Delhi
Shatabdi may be discontinued
Bathinda, December 31
The Bathinda-Delhi Shatabdi
Express, flagged off by Union Railway Minister, Nitish Kumar on August
16 this year with fanfare, may come to a halt forever from January 16
as it has been losing lakhs of rupees daily on account of shortage of
travellers since day one.
Rights
panel direction in bribe case
Malerkotla, December 31
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission today directed the Director, Health and Family Welfare,
Punjab, to ensure that Darshan Singh of Hathoa near here is provided
with necessary medical treatment, preferably at the Civil Hospital,
Dhuri, within 24 hours and an action taken report submitted within two
days.
Scam
accused remanded
Jalandhar, December 31
Nardev Kumar, accused of the
“salary scam” of the Municipal Corporation, has been remanded in
police custody till tomorrow.
Register
case against Manager: DC
Bathinda, December 31
Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy
Commissioner, today directed the police to register an FIR against Mr
Sukhdev Singh Sra, manager and Mr Baltej Singh, field officer, PADB,
Mansa, in a cheating case.
26
Junior Engineers reverted
Amritsar, December 31
As many as 26 junior engineers of
municipal corporations in the state were reverted yesterday. The
reversion orders were issued by Mr B.R. Banga, Special
Secretary-cum-Director, Local Government, last evening.
Customs
seizes yarn worth Rs 46 cr
Amritsar, December 31
The Customs Commissionerate at
Amritsar today achieved a breakthrough in busting a major racket by
seizing polyester yarn worth Rs 46.72 crore from the godown of a
leading transporter at Ludhiana.
PUNJABI UNIVERSITY YEARENDER
Year
of controversies
Patiala, December 31
Year 2002, which started with the
ouster of Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia from the Vice-Chancellorship of
Punjabi University following a sustained campaign by a joint action
committee formed by varsity teachers, turned a full circle with the
new incumbent in the chair unceremoniously replacing a prominent JAC
member from Registrarship with his own relative.
PNB
widens retail segment operations
Patiala, December 31
Punjab National Bank has decided
to widen the range of offerings under the retail segment under the PNB
- Fin basket scheme under which housing and personal segment loans
will be disbursed through simplified procedures. which would include
softer interest rates, lower margins and insignificant processing fee
irrespective of the loan amount.
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