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NEWS ANALYSIS
SGPC poll likely early next
year
Chandigarh, April 5
The General Election to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
due in October 2001 is now likely to be held in early 2004, if the pace of poll process set in motion by the Gurdwara Election Commission is any indication. The commission had reviewed the progress with all deputy commissioners at Ludhiana on Friday.
DCC
infighting intensifies
Faridkot, April 5
Infighting in the District
Congress Committee intensified here yesterday when seven of the
party’s 14 municipal councillors did not attend the installation
ceremony of the newly elected president at the Nagar Council office.
Cong
rebel is Hoshiarpur MC chief
Expelled for ‘anti-party’
activities
Hoshiarpur, April 5
Mr Ajay Mohan Babbi, a rebel
Congress municipal councillor, was declared president of the Municipal
Council by lot today. Mr Babbi and the official Congress candidate, Mr
Brij Mohan Batra, secured 15 votes each.
Passi
expelled from YC
Hoshiarpur, April 5
Mr Devinder Singh Babbu,
President, Punjab Youth Congress, said today that he had removed Mr
Gulshan Rai Passi from the post of General Secretary of the party and
had expelled him from the party for six years for his anti-party
activities.
Butchers
may get land
Patiala, April 5
Ensuring a ban on butchering in
the city continues to be a pipe dream for the Municipal Corporation
which has run out of ultimatums as far as shifting shops of butchers
out of the city is concerned. After trying its hand at wielding the
stick now it plans to give land at nominal rates outside the city to
butchers.
Disabled
soldier fights on
Chandigarh, April 5
In 1948, he fought against the
enemies in Jammu and Kashmir for his country’s honour. Sustained
bullet injuries in combat. Today, 55 years later, Sepoy Dalip Singh is
still struggling hard against the government for his rights.
Alleged
rapist moves rights panel
Phagwara, April 5
The alleged rape case, took a
turn with the main accused Gurdip Singh knocking the door of the
Punjab State Human Rights Commission demanding a probe into the case,
claiming the victim to be his wife, he has also sought protection for
his family members from his in-laws and release of his wife from their
captivity. The PSHRC Chairman, Justice N.C. Jain has directed the IG
(Litigation) to get the case probed by a gazetted officer, it was
learnt here today.
‘Awareness
needed on environment laws’
Jalandhar, April 5
While holding over-exploitation
of the natural resources, in the name of economic development, as a
major factor responsible for the ecological imbalance on the earth,
the Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Ashok Bhan, today advocated
that “sustainable” development was the only way out before the
civilisation for preserving the environment for the generations to
come.
Hope
for Parsees comes from UNESCO
Ludhiana, April 5
Parsees in India, who are
virtually on the verge of extinction, have received a shot in the arm
with UNESCO deciding to work for the preservation of the community
that had migrated to different parts of the world from Iran to evade
forcible conversion to Islam. Code-named PARZOR (Preservation of
Parsee-Zoroastrian heritage campaigns and international conventions),
the project aims at working towards the preservation and documentation
of the Parsee traditions and culture.
Justice
Bhan defends judicial activism
Jalandhar, April 5
Defending judicial activism in
public interest litigation for giving justice to the people at large
the Supreme Court Judge, Mr Justice Ashok Bhan, said today that the
PIL cases were being taken up on priority basis by the courts as these
involved interests of a section of the society.
PTDC
staff ‘forced’ to opt for VRS
Ropar, April 5
The employees’ union of the
PTDC today flayed the statement of the MD, Mr Jagjit Puri, that 360
out of 373 regular employees of the corporation had voluntarily opted
for the VRS offered by the government. Reacting to the statement that
was reported today, the president of the PTDC Karamchari Dal, Mr
Surjit Singh Saini, told this correspondent that the employees had
been forced to opt for the VRS.
132
trees face axe
Bathinda, April 5
The Rose Garden, including the
leisure valley, situated on the Bathinda-Barnala bypass road in this
city will lose a section of its green cover as the local municipal
council authorities have decided to cut as many as 132 full grown
trees to protect high tension electric wires from damage, which pass
through its premises.
‘Abducted’
girl produced before SDM
Pathankot, April 5
A week-long controversy of
abduction of the girl ended yesterday when she was produced before Mr
Puneet Goyal, SDM by the police.
Baba
Thakur Singh hospitalised
Amritsar, April 5
Acting Chief of Damdami Taksal,
was rushed to a private hospital in a critical condition after a road
accident here yesterday.
Notices
to two pvt ultrasound centres
Malout, April 5
The district authorities
concerned of the Health Department, Muktsar, has issued notices for
explanation to two private ultrasound centres running in this city as
large-scale irregularities were found in their respective records.
Ridding
city walls of posters, graffiti
Amritsar, April 5
The Convener of the Citizen Forum
Helpline, Mr Brij Bedi stated that the Forum had launched a campaign
with police help to make the walls of the holy city free from posters
and graffiti.
Health
clinic for ex-servicemen
Jalandhar, April 5
Lieut Gen K. Nagraj, GOC 11
Corps, today launched an Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme
clinic at Military Hospital near here today.
Order
on panchayat land stayed
Chandigarh, April 5
Issuing notice of motion to the
state of Punjab and other respondents the Punjab and Haryana High
Court has stayed the operation of an order passed in December, last
year.
Report
of VB raid on DEO (S) office submitted
Mansa, April 5
The report of a raid by sleuths
of the Vigilance Bureau, Mansa, on the office of the District
Education Officer ( Secondary ) regarding an alleged fraud being
played on the government by certain persons has been sent to the
Chandigarh office of the bureau. This was stated by Mr Harnek Singh,
Inspector , Vigilance Bureau, here yesterday. The raid was conducted
on March 27.
Petrol
station attendant booked
Bathinda, April 5
The police today booked Sanjiv
Kumar Thakur, an attendant of a petrol station, under Section 420 of
the IPC for cheating a customer while filling petrol in his vehicle.
ASI held
on graft charge
Bathinda, April 5
An assistant Sub-Inspector of the
Punjab police, Jeet Singh, the in charge of the police chowki at Singo
village, under the Talwandi Sabo police station, has been arrested by
the state Vigilance Bureau for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,500 from a
resident of the village.
Couple
booked for duping youth
Phagwara, April 5
The police has booked a couple of
a nearby village Mehtan for allegedly defrauding a youth of Rs 8.25
lakh on the pretext of sending him to the USA. It was learnt today
that the complainant Joginderpal of Virk village had alleged that the
travel agent, Hukam Singh, and his wife, Darshana Rani, had received
the first instalment of Rs 2 lakh and the passport in March 1998, for
sending his son, Buta Ram, to the USA.
1 held
for defrauding patient
Jalandhar, April 5
The district police has arrested
one person on the charge of duping a patient of Rs 2 lakh for the
treatment of his spinal injury.
Thieves’
gang smashed
Patiala, April 5
The local police today claimed it
had busted a gang of scooter thieves by arresting its kingpin during a
drive initiated against anti-social elements in the city.
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Saru
gets special chance to reappear
Patiala, April 5
Setting aside all norms,
Punjabi University, Patiala, has exempted Fine Arts student Saru
Rana, who had accused the former Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jasbir
Singh Ahluwalia, of attempting to rape her, of the necessity of
sitting for practical examinations of the Fine Arts second-year
postgraduate course in which she had failed last year while
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PSEB
books carry stickers against rules
Abohar, April 5
Even though the highest court had
prohibited the use of stickers to exhibit revised rate on any of the
commodity, stationery shops in the district have been flooded with books
published by the Punjab School Education Board carrying stickers of
revised rates.
Kids
paint their dreams at carnival
Patiala, April 5
Children relived their dreams
through paintings at an art carnival organised at Yadavindra Public
School here where for once they did not have anyone telling them as to
what they should draw and how.
Jacob
confers degrees on graduates
Ropar, April 5
The Governor of Punjab, Lt. Gen
J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today criticised the education policy of the
state. In the state’s education policy much of the budget had been
allocated for arts and humanity fields, he added.
BSNL
mobile users’ directory not on cards
Sangrur, April 5
Though the BSNL has about 1.65
lakh mobile phone subscribers in the state yet its Punjab Telecom
Circle authorities seem to be in no mood to print a mobile phone
users’ directory on the pattern of landline phone directory.
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