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Himachal page: Punjab,
HP Govts pull in different directions
Akali workers meet
on panchayat poll
Gurdaspur, May 11
Akali workers from all over the
district participated in a meeting held at Dhariwal today to chalk out
strategy to contest panchayat poll slated for June 29 in Punjab. The
speakers included Mr Sucha Singh Langah, president, district unit of
the SAD; Mr Nirmal Singh Kahlon and Mr Sewa Singh Sekhwan, PAC member
of the SAD and former Rural Development and Revenue Minister,
respectively; Mr Natha Singh Dalam, former Minister for Public
Relations and Capt Balbir Singh Baath, MLA.
Temple panel shows
papers to prove claim
Phagwara, May 11
The All-Party Action Committee,
constituted to spearhead an agitation for the Thakurdwara Bairagian
Shri Hanuman Mandir, today presented at a press conference, documents
to authenticate its claim that the nine kanal and17 marla of land,
which had earlier housed the Civil Hospital, actually belonged to the
temple.
Invited
to wedding, NRI alleges rape
Amritsar, May 11
Mr G.S. Sahota, DIG, has directed
the SSP, Mr Narinderpal Singh, to register a case against an NRI
family on the complaint of another NRI, Mrs Kamaljit Kaur, alleging
rape and illegal detention.
Punjabi folk singer Pammi Bai
(right) performs during Eureka-2003, a cultural programme organised at Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology, at Bathinda on Saturday.
— Photo by Kulbir Beera |
Bathinda
to be slum-free
Bathinda, May 11
This city, known as heartland of
the Malwa region, will be first city of Punjab which will have no slum
areas, jhuggis and hutments. The city, which has already acquired the
status of fifth municipal corporation and first powercuts-free city of
Punjab, will be cleaned of slums within few months. Three agencies,
PUDA, Improvement Trust and Municipal Corporation, have started
working in tandem to accomplish the job at the earliest.
Trees
cut
to save wires
Bathinda, May 11
The local Rose Garden, including
the Leisure Valley, situated on the Bathinda-Barnala bypass, has lost
a part of its green cover as the local Municipal Council authorities
have started cutting full grown and old trees.
Fire-victim
traders seek compensation
Faridkot, May 11
All 11 shopkeepers whose shops
were damaged in a fire in the old vegetable market here adjoining to
the main bazaar on May 9 night have appealed to the government for
financial help. They had also demanded repair of all shops. They
requested the Punjab government for help in their hour of crisis.
Sunita
died due to ‘hospital
staff’s negligence’
Rampura Phul (Bathinda), May
1
Mr Parshottam Lal, president,
Vikas Committee, Rampura Phul, today alleged that the administration
had given a clean chit to the staff members of the civil hospital here
whose negligence had caused death of Mrs Sunita Rani admitted here on
March 22 for delivery.
DM
to
probe Dalit families’ case
Jalandhar, May 11
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission has directed the District Magistrate to personally conduct
an inquiry into the allegations of forcible removal of some Dalit
families of Para village in Kartarpur from their houses by some
influential persons.
Manch
hails
launch of Astra
Bathinda, May 11
The district unit of the Swadeshi
Jagran Manch said today that the use of indigenous technology should
be encouraged in every sphere so as to make the country
self-sufficient and self-reliant.
IMA
branch seeks boycott of PMC
elections
Sangrur, May 11
The Muktsar branch of the Punjab
unit of the Indian Medical Association has urged the state unit to
boycott the elections of the Punjab Medical Council to be completed by
May 22 as more than 26,000 doctors registered with the PMC would not
be able to cast their votes due to their non-enrolment as voters.
Border farmers get
compensation
Tarn Taran, May 11
A sum of Rs 75 lakh has been sent to the administration to be
distributed among farmers of the border areas whose land was used by
the Army for mining purpose.
3 travel agents
held
Phagwara, May 11
The police has arrested three
travel agents, Gurdev Singh of Pandwa village, Joga Singh of Mohalla
Prempura, Phagwara, and Kashmiri of Sangha Jagir village in Noormahal
tehsil, for cheating four persons of lakhs of rupees. A press note by
the SP, Mr Harmanbir Singh Gill, issued this evening said that cases
against these agents had already been registered.
Kerosene
scam detected
Bathinda, May 11
The district police has busted a
gang active in the diversion of kerosene meant for the public
distribution system and has arrested four of its members. However, the
kingpin is still at large.
Poppy
husk
seized
Bathinda, May 11
The police here has arrested five
persons from different places for their alleged involvement in the
smuggling of poppy husk. According to information, Amarjeet Singh of
Chak Heera Singhwala village and Gurdeep Singh of Gehri Bhagi village
were arrested from near Naruana village last evening while they were
allegedly carrying 90 kg of poppy husk.
Youth
held
with 54 bottles of liquor
Bathinda, May 11
The police yesterday arrested
Vicky, while he was trying to smuggle 54 bottles of IMFL into the
city. Police sources said the accused was arrested while he was coming
from the Kaile Wander area in a car, the number plate of which had
been changed by the accused.
Man
kills
father
Amritsar, May 11
In a bizarre incident, a son shot
his old father dead over some dispute of distribution of water in
their fields late last evening.
Woman
killed
in accident
Patiala, May 11
A woman was killed and 10 others
injured when the Toyota Qualis in which they were travelling rammed
into a truck near the Patiala Aviation complex on the outskirts of the
city yesterday.
Principal in a fix
over son’s admission
Amritsar, May 11
The Principal of Khalsa College
of Education, Dr Jaswinder Singh Dhillon, is in a fix as Guru Nanak
Dev University, after seeking legal opinion, has reached the
conclusion that granting of one-year leave to him during his stint as
lecturer in the academic college of the university was ‘not
according to the university statute’.
Teachers
hold dharna against govt
apathy
Gurdaspur, May 11
A large number of teachers owing
allegiance to the Government Teachers Union Punjab held a dharna here
today in protest against the apathy of the Education Minister, Mr
Khushal Behl, to hold negotiations with the union regarding their
demands.
Hundal-Tiwari
group sweeps PCCTU poll
Jalandhar, May 11
The Hundal-Tiwari group swept the
Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union poll held here by winning
all seven key posts this afternoon. The old groups, Prof S.S. Hundal
and Dr V.K. Tiwari retained the posts of the president and the general
secretary, respectively, as they were polled 275 and 239 votes. Prof
Guram Singh Kahlon was elected to the post of vice-president, while Dr
V.K. Sharma bagged the post of finance secretary.
College
re-election result
Amritsar, May 11
Dr J.S. Arneja, Head of the
Department of Economics-cum-returning officer, declared the Khalsa
College Teachers Union election held on April 21 as null and void. It
was alleged that the election were not held as per the procedures laid
down by the PCCTU.
Reintroduce
bus passes: college
Jalalabad, May 11
The local GGS DAV College has
sought reintroduction of concessional bus passes for its students as
the facility had been withdrawn by the Punjab Government sometime ago.
Students
seek change in exam date
Bathinda, May 11
Students of bachelor of
management and information technology, of Punjabi University, Patiala,
have urged the university authorities to change the examination
scheduled on May 30, as it clashes with the entrance test for MBA of
another university.
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