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Punjab
Govt a failure: BJP
Chandigarh, January 1
Commenting on the performance of
the Punjab Government during the past year, BJP General Secretary,
Avinash Jaiswal said today that the government failed on all fronts.
Mr Jaiswal said the Congress had made false promises to win the
Assembly elections.
BJP
men burn effigies of 3 Cong ministers
Jalandhar, January 1
Many BJP activists today burnt
effigies of three Congress ministers, Punjab allegedly involved in
objectionable activities during Gujarat elections. They raised
anti-Congress slogans and demanded that the government to order a CBI
probe into the matter.
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Patasa, a traditional sweet made mainly of sugar and baking
powder, is prepared in Amritsar
on Wednesday.
— Reuters
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Development
main focus in Patiala in 2002
Patiala, January 1
This was a year to truly rejoice
for Patialvis. A Patialvi — Capt Amarinder Singh — became Chief
Minister of the state and promptly announced that he would make the
city a model one. The year saw a large number of development works
being initiated by Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority and
the Municipal Corporation even as final touches are being given to the
schemes envisaged for the city under Central schemes.
Encroachers
hurdle to four-laning of road
Ropar, January 1
Encroachments on the main
Ropar-Chandigarh road within the municipal limits of Ropar have become
a major hurdle to the four-laning of the road. The Deputy
Commissioner, Ms Seema Jain, has sent a proposal to the Ministry of
Surface Transport for the widening of the road, but the proposal is
likely to face stiff resistance from encroachers who have raised pucca
structures on irrigation land.
All
set for Pulse Polio drive
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
1
As many as 71,447 children up to
five years in Fatehgarh Sahib would be administered polio drops on
January 5 and February 9 under the Pulse Polio Campaign. Mr Vikas
Partap Deputy Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, said this, while
presiding over a review meeting regarding the Pulse Polio Campaign
arrangements at Bachat Bhawan here today.
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linemen hold dharna |
Patiala, January 1
The Unemployed Lineman
Union today started a 24-hour fast in front of the Punjab State
Electricity Board headquarters here to register their protest
against the failure of the board to fill up vacancies in their
cadre.
Unemployed Linemen’s Union representatives sit on dharna outside the PSEB
Headquarters building in Patiala on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph
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Doctor
commits suicide
Moga, January 1
A local doctor, Gagan Bijon (40), committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head with his .32-bore revolver at his residence here
today.
A thick curtain of fog greeted the residents on New Year's
Day in Patiala.
— Photo Pawan Sharma |
New
Year begins with power cut
Bathinda, January 1
The power supply remained
disrupted in most parts of the city here today. Sources said a
transformer of the GNDP had developed a snag which resulted in the
disruption of power supply.
Eight
of family hurt in mishap
Mansa, January 1
Eight persons, including four
children, of a family travelling in a Tata-Sumo suffered injuries when
a tyre of the vehicle burst near Kot Dharmu village of the district
today.
Engineers:
make all levels accountable
Patiala, January 1
The PSEB Engineers Association
today suggested bringing in functional accountability in the board
instead of changing its structure by splitting it into various
companies in a memorandum submitted to the Haldea Committee.
Head
constable suspended
Bathinda, January 1
Head Constable Kulwant Singh
posted with the traffic wing was suspended for being drunk while on
duty last night. Sources said that 20 police patrol parties comprising
a head constable and constable each, were deployed to check rowdyism.
5
cops booked for corruption
Tarn Taran, January 1
Five policemen working in Patti
police station have been booked under the corruption Act by the
police. The accused include three head constables and two constables.
The accused are Harjinder Singh, Madan Lal and Amarjit Singh (head
constables) and Baldev Singh and Wazir Singh (constables).
Travel
agent held for duping youths
Phagwara, January 1
The police has nabbed one travel
agent while the other has absconded. The action followed a complaint
by Balbir Singh, sarpanch of Balalon village and his friend Mohinder
Pal that they were duped of Rs 2 lakh by travel agents.
2
held for robbery
Muktsar, January 1
The police today claimed having
arrested two persons and solved six cases of robbery and kidnapping.
Mr Shiv Kumar, SSP, in a press note said here today that the accused
Amarjeet Singh resident of Punia village and Balbir Singh of Rerwan
village in Jalandhar district were arrested from near Kollianwali
village in the district.
Fake
will: order to register case
Mansa, January 1
Mr S. K. Ahluwalia, Deputy
Commissioner, Mansa, yesterday ordered the registration of a criminal
case against Naib Tehsildar, Sardulgarh, Gurpreet Mohinder Singh
Chahal, Revenue Patwari Halqa Ullak, Harjinder Singh, witnesses of a
fake will Kaka Singh, Pritam Singh, Arjun Singh, deed writer Rajinder
Singh and Beant Singh and Jaspal Singh of Burj Bhalaike village in the
district for hatching conspiracy to grab 63 kanals, 7 marlas of land
by doctoring a fake unregistered will.
4
smugglers arrested
Pathankot, January 1
The Narote Jaimal Singh police
has arrested four persons allegedly involved in the smuggling of
wooden sleepers from Jammu and Kashmir. According to police sources,
on a tip-off a special naka was laid at Kot-Bhatian village near
Kathua border, and the accused who were coming in three tractors
loaded with wooden sleepers were nabbed.
Students’
strike on Punjabi issue
Patiala, January 1
Punjabi University students
belonging to various student organisations today affected a strike in
the varsity to protest against the academic council’s decision to
waive the necessity to take Punjabi as a compulsory subject in B.Sc
course and also abolishing the clause making it mandatory to pass the
standard 10 level Punjabi examination to enroll for a Ph.D degree in
the university.
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