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14
Navodaya Vidyalaya students found
Jalandhar, January 29
The Nawanshahr police has finally
recovered 14 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Pojewal, who had
gone missing on the night of January 25.
When
Irish govt-in-exile was formed
JALANDHAR: Despite
having kept one of the biggest and sensational historical facts under
wraps for over 80 years, hardly anyone knows today that Jalandhar
Cantonment was once declared a seat of “Free Irish
government-in-exile” and was a place where a rebellion, by 1000-odd
unsung Irish soldiers-turned-freedom fighters, who were inspired by
the ongoing Indian freedom struggle, turned out to be one of two
mutinies — after the famous naval mutiny — faced by the British
armed forces.
 Horrors
of Partition recalled
Amritsar, January 29
As many as 495 RSS veterans or
their family members out of 600 reached the city to be honoured at the
“1947 Shauraya Samriti Samroah” held here. Many of those present
felt being valued for their bravery for the first time in their lives.
RSS chief K.C. Sudarshan
lights a lamp to
inaugurate a "1947 Shauraya samriti samroah" at Amritsar on Wednesday.
— PTI photo
Industries
for Lakhanpal, Excise for Dubey
Chandigarh, January 29
The Punjab Principal Secretary
(Finance), Mr K.R. Lakhanpal, will hold additional charge of
Industries and Commerce while the Principal Secretary, PWD (B and R )
Mr A.K. Dubey, will look after Excise and Taxation as well.
Rinwa
seeks central observers for civic poll
Phillaur, January 29
The Punjab BJP president, Prof
Brij Lal Rinwa, here today urged the Union Government to make
arrangements to send central observers for the coming municipal
elections.
Trial
begins in Ravi Sidhu case
Chandigarh, January 29
Trial in the PPSC Chairman
corruption case started today when main witness Bhupjit Singh deposed
in the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr A.S.
Kathuria, at Ropar today.
Maya’s
Jalandhar visit in March
Jalandhar, January 29
To revamp the Bahujan Samaj Party
structure in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will visit
the state in March. She will address state party workers at a cadre
camp, said Mr Narinder Kashyap, coordinator of party affairs in
Punjab.
Highlight
achievements, Hanspal tells workers
Nawanshahr, January 29
Mr H.S. Hanspal, PPCC President,
addressed a district-level Congress Workers’ meeting here today at
Punjab Mata Vidhyawati Bhavan and called upon them to highlight
achievements of the Congress government in the past one year.
Mann
for effective ban on cow slaughter
Barnala (Sangrur),
January 29
The Punjab Government in its
Budget should provide for funds to registered “gaushalas” for the
protection of cows. The government should also initiate steps to
implement ban on cow slaughter.
MLA
‘prevented’ from casting vote
Talwandi Sabo, January 29
Even as the MLA, Talwandi Sabo,
Mr Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, today was not allowed to cast his vote
in the election to the posts of chairman and vice-chairman of the
local panchayat samiti allegedly by the DSP and the SDM, supporters of
different candidates pelted each other with stones at the office of
the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO).
The expelled families of three Indian diplomats in Pakistan
return across the Wagha border on Wednesday. — PTI |
30
gifted buses leave for Kabul
Wagah, January 29
As many as 30 buses, gifted by
India, left for Afghanistan from this joint checkpost today.
Pensioners
await justice
Chandigarh, January 29
The Municipal Corporation
Pensioners’ Association, Punjab, despite several representations,
has failed to get any response as to why the notifications in respect
of dearness allowance and pension benefits already in operation are
not made applicable in respect of pensioners who belong to the Local
Government Department.
HIGH COURT
PIL on
Panchkula incident dismissed
Chandigarh, January 29
In less than a week after an IAS
officer was found with his colleague’s wife at a Panchkula house, a
Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a
public interest litigation filed by an advocate seeking directions for
declaring the police action as unconstitutional and infringement of an
individual’s right to privacy.
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Vacate order
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Arguments
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Dismissed
SE
remanded in police custody
Patiala, January 29
A Superintending Engineer (SE) of
the Irrigation Department, Mr S.K.Bansal, who was booked by the state
Vigilance Department yesterday on graft charges, was remanded in
police custody till January 30 by a local court.
PCMSA
demands more consultations by panel
Hoshiarpur, January 29
The Punjab Civil Medical Services
Association (PCMSA) today demanded that the high-level committee
constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary for
preparing fresh guidelines concerning organ transplantation for
hospitals, doctors and donors, should hold consultations with
representatives of medical fraternity, religious, social organisations
and leading social activists before submitting the final draft.
‘Enlarge
ambit of kidney probe’
Ludhiana,
January 29
The state unit of the Indian
Medical Association (IMA) has welcomed the directions of the National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the Punjab Government regarding the
Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the problems relating to kidney
transplant and urged the commission to take steps to get the records
of the SIT sealed.
BKU(E)
to back PSEB staff stir
Bathinda, January 29
Employees of the PSEB got a shot
in the arm today as the BKU (E) has decided to support their agitation
against the new economic and industrial policies of the government,
leading to the board being dismantled and a corporation formed in its
place.
Fog
forces CM to return
Ferozepore, January 29
The Chief Minister, Capt,
Amarinder Singh, who was supposed to inaugurate a tehsil complex in
Jalalabad and lay the foundation stone of Rs 32-crore rural water
project today could not make it to the function reportedly due to
heavy fog.
Octroi
refund: legal action threatened
Bathinda, January 29
The Consumer Welfare Council,
here today threatened to launch legal action against Punjab State
Electricity Board (PSEB) authorities for inordinate delay refunding
the octroi charged on the consumption of electricity as per the
verdict of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2001.
‘Stop
vulgarising religious functions’
Chandigarh, January 29
A deputation of the Istri Akali
Dal (Badal) led by Dr (Mrs) Shavinder Kaur Johal, today met the Punjab
Governor, Lieut Gen JFR Jacob, and submitted a memorandum seeking his
intervention to stop the alleged vulgarisation of functions held on
important religious occasions like the Maghi mela.
Mann
opposes book on PM in colleges
Phagwara, January 29
President of SAD (A) and Lok
Sabha Member Simranjit Singh Mann has written a letter to the
vice-chancellors of various universities of Punjab and Chandigarh,
opposing the UGC proposal of introducing in the reference book list of
the universities and colleges a book written on Prime Minister A.B.
Vajpayee, published by RSS right-wingers A. Joshi and Seshadri Chari.
Fraud
charge against board employee
Amritsar, January 29
Mr Balwinder Singh Dhudhala,
district secretary of the CPI, and Mr Devinder Kumar, general
secretary of the All-India Youth Federation, in a joint press release
issued here yesterday alleged that Ram Singh, a resident of Partap
Nagar and an employee of the Mandikaran Board has defrauded hundreds
of youths by luring them for getting recruited to the Army.
Jail
guards demand uniforms
Patiala, January 29
Members of the Punjab Jail Guard
Association today held a dharna in front of the Central Jail here in
protest against the non-supply of uniform for the guards.
 Jail
guards stage dharna
Bathinda, January 29
The local Central Jail working
was hit for about three hours today, as the jail guards staged a
dharna near the jail in protest against the non-acceptance of their
demands.
Jail guards protest near the Central Jail, Bathinda, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera
Fake
insecticides detected
Moga, January 29
Some samples of insecticides and
fertilisers taken by officials of the Agriculture Department in this
district during the past few days have been found to be substandard
and spurious.
Lala
Lajpat remembered
Moga, January 29
The Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan
Sabha, Dr Kewal Krishan, yesterday said Punjab would not give water to
any other state as it was already facing an acute water shortage with
the groundwater level going down several hundred feet.
Drug
smuggling thrives
Bathinda, January 29
Despite a campaign launched by
the police authorities against drug smuggling, this district bordering
Haryana and Rajasthan, which over the years has become a thriving
market for smugglers and drug peddlers, witnessed registration of a
case under the NDPS Act after every 40 hours in 2002.
ASI
held for helping drug peddler
Tarn Taran, January 29
An Assistant Sub-Inspector Shiv
Nath was arrested by the police station he was posted with for
releasing a drug peddler arrested under the NDPS Act after taking a
bribe, here today. Earlier, 20 police personnel were arrested on
charges of corruption by the Tarn Taran police.
Two
held on extortion charge
Gurdaspur, January 29
The police here today arrested
two members of a family belonging to Bholath in Kapurthala district
for allegedly extorting large sums of money from innocent persons on
the pretext of sending them abroad and getting them settled there with
handsome salaries.
Medical
students left in lurch
Bathinda, January 29
Confusion prevails among students
who had appeared for pre Medical Entrance Test (PMET) held by the Baba
Farid University of Health Sciences last year as they are not sure
about the result of the counselling held by the university from
January 22-24.
Paper
reading contest
Patiala, January 29
The Department of English,
Punjabi University, today organised the annual Sood memorial symposium
paper reading contest.
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