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Hike
in legislators’ incentives flayed
Bathinda, April 3
Mr Hardev Arshi, CPI leader and
former MLA, has criticised the decision to increase the salaries and
allowances of ministers and MLAs, terming the additional burden of Rs
8 crore on the state exchequer as unjustified.
GSP’s
party constitution
Bathinda, April 3
The General Samaj Party (GSP)
will hold a function on April 6 at public library in the city to
announce the party constitution, symbol and flag.
Congress
govt a failure: Sukhbir
Jalandhar, April 3
Criticising the Congress
government for its “failure” on all fronts, Mr Sukhbir Badal,
Shiromani Akali Dal MP, today expressed hope that the SAD would win
all 13 seats in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
HIGH COURT
Compensation
ordered for illegal detention
Chandigarh, April 3
Directing the registration of an
illegal detention case against two police officials, Mr Justice K.C.
Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the payment of
Rs 25,000 as compensation to the victim.
UK
cops visit Golden Temple
Amritsar, April 3
 As
many as eight British police officers, including women, visited the
city today to continue the interaction between British and Indian
police personnel. The British officers have come here to finalise the
details of a two-day conference for about 50 Indian police officers to
be held in Merseyside in September this year.
Members of a delegation of British police officers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.
The delegation is in India to reinforce ties between police personnel
of the two countries. — Photo Rajiv Sharma
Charges
framed against ex-MLA
Sunam, April 3
Mr Sham Lal Chalana, Judicial
Magistrate, First Class, here has framed charges against Mr Manmohan
Singh Sathiala, a former SAD MLA of Beas, who had allegedly slapped
and pushed a constable of the Punjab Police Ranjit Singh to the ground
when he (Ranjit Singh) objected to the entry of Mr Sathiala into a
polling booth at Daska village during the Sunam Assembly byelection on
September 29, 2000. Mr Ranjit Singh was on poll duty at the booth.
Ultrasound
centre loses registration
Sangrur, April 3
The Malerkotla Subdivisional
Appropriate Authority for the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT)
Act-cum SMO of Malerkotla Civil Hospital has reportedly seized two
ultrasound machines, including an unregistered machine, from the
premises of Surinder Ultrasound Scan Centre, Malerkotla, for allegedly
violating the provisions of the PNDT Act.
Punjab
officials review SARS threat
Chandigarh, April 3
A high-level meeting, chaired by
Mrs Rupan Deol Bajaj, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare
Department, Punjab, was held here today to review the steps taken in
the state to ensure preparedness in tackling the worldwide health
threat posed by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The meeting
was attended by senior health administrators.
Garcha
released on bail
Jalandhar, April 3
Former Technical Education
Minister SAD MLA Jagdish Singh Garcha was released from the Central
Jail here this afternoon.
Police
‘shielding’ guilty cop
Amritsar, April 3
The Deputy Chairman of the Punjab
Human Rights Organisation (PHRO), Mr Kirpal Singh Randhawa, has
alleged that the district police had not taken any action against the
Constable who had beaten up Surat Singh Manawala more than six months
ago.
 Debate
standard has fallen: Bir Devinder
Kharar, April 3
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy
Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha and MLA from Kharar, has said that he
will work with responsibility in this new post which has been given to
him by his party and members of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha unanimously.
The Deputy Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bir Devinder Singh,
addresses officers of various departments at the P.W.D. rest house, Kharar on Thursday.
Meat
shops foul up things for residents
Bathinda, April 3
Residents of a colony opposite
Rose Garden rue their decision to construct their houses there, so
intolerable is the stench emanated by shops selling meat near their
colony.
Four
FCI officials suspended
Bathinda, April 3
Four officials of the Food
Corporation of India (FCI) have been placed under suspension after the
grains stored under their charge were found to be less than recorded.
PRTC
losses mounting
Chandigarh, April 3
The Comptroller and Auditor
General of India (CAG) in its latest report submitted in the Punjab
Assembly has rapped the management of Pepsu Road Transport Corporation
(PRTC) for not making enough efforts to check the embezzlement of
cash.
Road
cleared of encroachments
Bathinda, April 3
In the anti-encroachment drive
launched by the district administration, the ‘tandoors’ of two
restaurants owned by a relative of a former Punjab Congress Cabinet
minister at the Gole Diggi Market here were removed today.
Robbers’
gang busted, arms seized
Gurdaspur, April 3
The police has busted a gang of
robbers and recovered a revolver and two pistols with live cartridges
from their possession.
VB
nabs 2 officials on graft charge
Ferozepore, April 3
Vigilance Bureau sleuths have
arrested two police officials while accepting bribe. According to Ms
Anita Punj, S.P. Vigilance, Assistant Sub Inspector, Jatinder Singh
and Gurbaksh Singh, Head Constable, were arrested by the vigilance
team while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from Ghuman Singh,
a resident of Alike village.
Man
absconds after duping investors
Pathankot, April 3
The owner of a finance company
has absconded with more than Rs 2 crore collected by him from
investors, in deposits raised on the promise of high interests. The
affected businessmen and employees, who are mostly retired, have
formed a joint action committee also to raise the issue with the
police and the civil authorities.
Robbers
injure MC official, son
Pathankot, April 3
At about 1 am today, robbers
struck at the house of Mr Raj Kumar, Sectional Officer in the
Municipal Council, at Lamini village on the outskirts of the town and
injured the SO, his son Vikram and servant Samita. They also took away
cash, jewellery and other articles.
Convict
commits suicide
Gurdaspur, April 3
A prisoner, serving life sentence
in Central Jail here, allegedly committed suicide in the prison
hospital last night.
Cash,
gold looted from dera
Nawanshahr, April 3
As many as 15 youths armed with
iron-rods entered the Suraj Kund Dera, a historic temple near Rahon,
and took away cash, gold ornaments, silver utensils and coins worth Rs
70,000 with them on Wednesday.
Engineering
students to be honoured
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 3
Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Member,
Rajya Sabha, while addressing a gathering at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur
Engineering College (BBSBEC), here today said students who had done
outstanding work in social and religious field would be honoured at
annual convocation of the college.
PCCTU
executive meets on April 6
Phagwara, April 3
An emergency meeting of the
executive of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU)
will be held at DAV College, Jalandhar, on April 6 to decide the
future course of the teachers’ agitation in the wake of
dilly-dallying attitude of the state government towards teachers’
demands.
Excise
duty on knitwear favoured
Hoshiarpur, April 3
Mr M.K. Jutshi, Chairman, Central
Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi, said that incentives like
reduction in taxes on various items had been given in the Budget to
encourage manufacturers and exporters to compete in world market under
WTO agreement.
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