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Uncertainty
ails govt schools: DTF
Bathinda, May 2
The district unit of the
Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) has alleged that education in
state-run schools has been badly affected by the uncertainty over the
implementation of the Punjab Education Policy, 2002, by which the
four-tier system of school administration had been changed into a
two-tier system.
Vigilance
Bureau raids schools
Bathinda, May 2
Ten vigilance parties conducted
raids in 100 schools of Bathinda, Mansa and Faridkot today to check
absenteeism among teachers. About 30 employees were found absent. Mr
Barjinder Singh Grewal, SSP (VB), said here this evening that no
hospital or government office was checked.
Navjot
tops Ropar dist in Class VIII
SAS Nagar, May 2
Navjot Kaur, a student of Vikram
Public High School, Kharar, has topped Ropar district in the Class
VIII (middle) examination conducted by the Punjab School Examination
Board (PSEB).
Gurdev
Badal’s son goes underground
Bathinda, May 2
Even as a case under the
Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against Mr Manjeet Singh
Badal, alias Suba Singh Badal, son of a former Akali minister, Mr
Gurdev Singh Badal, at the local police station of the Vigilance
Bureau, the leakage of this information has sabotaged the plans of the
bureau authorities to arrest him.
Give
Nanakshahi calendar free of cost: SAD (A)
Bathinda, May 2
The Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar) has urged the SGPC President, Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, to
distribute the Nanakshahi calendar free of cost among people so that
confusion prevailing among the Sikhs about the celebration of
different festivals linked with Sikh Gurus is removed.
Strong
winds create havoc
People near thermal, NFL
plants worst hit
Ropar, May 2
The strong winds that blew in the
region today proved to be a nightmare for the people residing near the
ash dykes of the Ropar thermal plant and the NFL plant at Nangal.
Teacher
with fake degrees surrenders
Bathinda, May 2
Kulwinder Singh, son of a former
SGPC member, Mr Hakam Singh, against whom the Punjab Vigilance Bureau
had registered a case under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471, IPC, and
the Prevention of Corruption Act last year, as he had obtained some of
this educational degrees through fraudulent means, has surrendered
before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
Employees
greet Ratra with slogans
Patiala, May 2
The new chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Mr Y.S.
Ratra, today on his first visit to the board headquarters here was
greeted with slogans by employees protesting against the
government’s move to dismantle the organisation.
Probe
finds self-help group guilty of fraud
Bathinda, May 2
A fraud allegedly by the members
of the self-help group of Gill Khurd village, who used to give loans
under the Swarn Jayanti Gram Self-Employment Scheme, for tent house
business was detected by Mr D.P.S. Kharbanda, Additional Deputy
Commissioner (Development) following a probe into a complaint made to
the Deputy Commissioner, here.
Two
Bathinda docs make it to IAS
Bathinda, May 2
Two doctors of the city have been
selected in the civil services examination, the result of which was
declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) last evening.
Curb
deras, Dang urges SGPC, govt
Amritsar, May 2
Senior Communist leader Satya Pal
Dang expressed concern over the mushrooming “Dera culture” in
Punjab and lamented that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee,
the Akali leadership and the Punjab government had done nothing to
control the Deras.
HIGH COURT
35
centre head teachers get relief
Chandigarh, May 2
After holding that 35 centre head
teachers were entitled to the benefit of two advanced increments from
the date their juniors were promoted, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the state of Punjab and
other respondents to refix the petitioners’ pay after granting them
the benefit.
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Hearing
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Petition
dismissed
Judicial
remand for dowry death suspect
Phagwara, May 2
Ms Navjot Kaur Sohal, Sub-Judge,
Junior Division here, has remanded Mr Samir Bansal in 14 days’
judicial custody. Mr Bansal was presented in her court yesterday, it
was learnt here this evening.
10-yr
jail for Pak national
Gurdaspur, May 2
A Pakistan national was sentenced
to 10 years by a fast-track court here today. Awarding the sentence
under Section 307 of the IPC, Section 25,54,59 of the Arms Act,
Section 4/5 of Indian Explosive Act, Section 3-34-20 of Indian
Passport Act and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, the court imposed a
fine of Rs 1000, Mohammad Akram of Kalaswala village in Sialkot
district.
10
jhuggis destroyed in fire
Jalandhar, May 2
Ten jhuggis and one house were
today destroyed in a fire due to sparking in a transformer in a field
at Rahimpur village in the Kartarpur area, near here.
Cong
MLA warns govt officers
Sangrur, May 2
Mr Arvind Khanna, Congress MLA
from Sangrur, instructed government officers today to either mend
their ways of functioning or be ready to face stern action if they
showed reluctance in redressing problems and grievances of the people.
All
set for gilding of temple ‘deori’
JALANDHAR: The
historic Devi Talab temple here is all set to adorn a fresh look with
the gilding of its “deori” (entrance), which is scheduled to take
off on May 5.
Arrested
for selling PDS wheat
Bathinda, May 2
The police today foiled an
attempt of a depot holder of the district to sell wheat meant for
Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, in the open market.
PSCST
holds National Science Day
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 2
The National Science Day was
observed jointly by the National Council for Science and Technology,
Delhi, and the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST),
Chandigarh, at Baba Banda Singh Bahadhar Engineering (BBSBEC),
Fatehgarh Sahib, on April 30.
National
award for varsity professor
Patiala, May 2
The Punjabi University Hindi
Department head, Dr Chaman Lal, has been given a national award by the
Central Hindi Directorate of the Union Government for his book,
“Kabhi Nahin Socha Tha.”
Fee
hike: ABVP activists to beg
Jalandhar, May 2
Members of the state unit of the
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) will observe “Bheekh
Saptah” from May 7 to 14, during which students will beg, to protest
against the recent fee hike by educational institutions.
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