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Doctor descendent of Hari Singh
Nalwa
Chandigarh, May 18
Dr Sarvjit Singh Nalwa, a seventh generation direct descendent of
Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, the great Sikh general of Maharaja Ranjit
Singh, has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of
Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences at the Medical College of
Wisconsin in the USA.
Father
‘beats’ daughter to death
Fazilka, May 18
A father, with help of his
nephew, has allegedly beaten his daughter to death. According to an
FIR lodged with the Sadar police, Fazilka, last evening, Piare Lal
resident of Alamshah village of this subdivision, with help of Satnam
Chand, son of his elder brother, reportedly killed his daughter Neelam
(18) by throttling and beating her.
JP
open
to poll pact
Phagwara, May 18
The SAD-BJP combine will jointly contest the June 29 panchayat poll,
but like-minded parties are welcome for electoral adjustments,
according to Mr Avinash Jaiswal, general secretary, BJP, Punjab.
Resumption
of water supply after 30 years
Faridkot, May 18
More than 10,000 residents of
four villages, Kothe Fatehgarh, Gobindgarh, Kothe Bambia and Kothe
Mahalgarh, have heaved a sigh of relief following the resumption of
regular drinking water supply recently in their respective areas after
a gap of about 30 years.
Train
fire: goods lie unclaimed
Ludhiana, May 18
Even as all bodies of the victims of the Frontier Mail fire incident
have been identified, the Railway police is yet to identify the owner
of a stove, that, according to one theory, caused the fire. Along with
the stove, some other belongings of the dead or injured persons have
not been claimed by anybody.
16 cases of
enteritis reported
Phagwara, May 18
Sixteen cases of gastroenteritis have been reported in the past two
days from the Onkar Nagar mohalla, which is an epitome of squalor and
peopled by migrants. A visit to this area today by this correspondent
revealed that the drinking water was laced with sullage. Sewerage was
choked and the slum area, where people live in inhuman conditions with
over 10 persons huddled like sardines in one room, had become a
breeding ground for flies.
‘Awareness
must to check foeticide’
Jalandhar, May 18
For the eradication of female foeticide, effective implementation of
the PNDT and MTP Acts and creation of awareness among the masses are
the two most important preconditions.
College
land dispute takes new turn
Amritsar, May 18
The Khalsa College land dispute took a new turn after Dr Harbhajan
Singh Chhinna claimed to have a legal right on the disputed land,
which, he said, was registered in his name in the revenue records.
There was an attempt to grab the 5 kanal prime land on Ram Tirath Road
by the Khalsa College Management Committee by misrepresenting facts
and misleading the administration on the issue, alleged Mr Chhinna, a
resident of Abadi Nika Singh near Khalsa College, at in a press
conference here today.
Kendra
trains
village women
ABOHAR
Women in this politically and economically
well-placed subdivision were more backward than those in other areas.
If the village has a primary school, the parents hardly allow their
daughters to go to a neighbouring village for continuing education up
to middle standard.
Setting
up of distillery opposed
Pathankot, May 18
Members of the Pathankot Chamber of Commerce, panches, sarpanches and
other residents of the area are agitated over the setting up of a
distillery, by an industrial house at the Industrial Growth Centre
here.
Town
needs
judicial complex
Jalalabad, May 18
This border town was made subdivision in 1995 and as per instructions
of the Punjab and Haryana High Court it should have separate courts.
Presently, the judicial work of this subdivision is attached with
Fazilka courts, 32 km away from this town. According to an estimate,
60 per cent of total cases pending with the Fazilka Courts pertain to
Jalalabad subdivision.
Hit
by
bull, man run over by truck
Bathinda, May 18
Even as the district authorities have been making efforts to control
the flow and movement of traffic, the increasing number of stray
animals on the roads have led to many accidents. One such accident
claimed one life today.
Relay
fast
against lathi charge
Phagwara, May 18
An indefinite relay fast will be started beginning tomorrow by
followers of Thakurdwara Bairagian, Hanuman Mandir, here to demand an
apology from officials who had “denigrated the maryada” of the
temple by resorting to a lathi-charge on followers inside the temple
and withdrawal of “false” cases registered against them.
Bank
staff
strike on May 21
Bathinda, May 18
Bank employees all over the country will observe a strike on May 21 in
protest against certain policies being pursued by the Central
Government. Mr N.K. Gaur, joint secretary of the Patiala unit of the All-India
Bank Employees Association, in a statement release here today, said at
least six other banking unions had announced support to their demands.
Rs
100
cr for rural uplift
Ferozepore, May 18
The Congress government has planned development of rural areas of the
state under which villages would be provided with basic amenities and
infrastructure, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, MLA and Political Adviser to
the Chief Minister stated this to reporters here today.
Bhatlan
girl 15th in IAS exam
Hoshiarpur, May 18
Though Ms Avantika Gautam, daughter of Lt-Col. Ashok Kumar Gautam
(retd), who secured the 15th position in the All-India Civil Services
Examination, is not residing in her native Bhatlan village, even then
inhabitants of the village, especially family members of the late
Vinod Kumar Gautam, younger brother of Lt-Col. Gautam, are overjoyed
over the rare distinction won by Ms Gautam.
Army’s
cycle rally on unity ends
Amritsar, May 18
A nine-day cycle-rally for ‘unity’ concluded at the headquarter of
Panther division amidst warm reception by Major-General Ashok
Samantaray here today. The Sixteen-member team on ‘ekta’
expedition was flagged off from here on May 10 aiming at spreading
message of national unity among people of Punjab in villages.
Janata
Yuva Dal chief surrenders, in police remand
Phagwara, May 18
Mr Bikramjit Singh Khehra, president of the Punjab Janata Yuva Dal,
yesterday surrendered in the court of Mrs Navjot Kaur Sohal, Subjudge,
Junior Division, Phagwara. He was remanded in police custody till May
20.
MP
assures
return of abducted girl
Patiala, May 18
The case of the alleged abduction of a minor girl from the city to
Bihar in which the Motihari MP (BJP) was accused of being part of the
conspiracy, has taken a new turn with the MP giving an assurance to
Patiala MP Preneet Kaur that the minor girl and the main accused would
be presented before the Patiala police shortly.
BKU
to
oppose privatisation of PSEB
Bathinda, May 18
Mr Joginder Singh Kokri Kalan, state general secretary, Bharatiya
Kisan Union (Ekta), in a press note here yesterday said that their
union would oppose privatisation of the state power board and added
that they would attend the Kisan Conference to be held at Tarn Taran.
Special
drive launched
Bathinda, May 18
An official press release issued here today said that the revenue
department had started a special drive to decide all pending cases of
land records pertaining to mutations.
Seven
injured
in accident
Bathinda, May 18
Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously when a truck and a
bus collided head on near Bhucho crossing on the Bathinda-Barnala
road, 13 km from here, this evening. A Haryana Roadways bus was coming
from Chandigarh towards Bathinda when a truck coming from the opposite
side hit it around 8 pm. The truck belonged to Rajasthan.
Fire in hosiery
factory
Ludhiana, May 18
A massive fire broke out in a hosiery factory near the MC octroi post on the Tajpur road late
tonight.
BKU leader for
Senegal meet
Chandigarh, May 18
The president of the Kisan Coordination Committee, a former MP and
national president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Mr Bhupinder
Singh Mann, has been invited to attend a meet on “Global forum on
agricultural research” to be held from May 22 to 24 in Dakar,
Senegal.
Octroi staff not to
be retrenched: minister
Kapurthala, May 18
Chaudhry Jagjit Singh, Local Bodies Minister, Punjab, today announced
that no employee of the octroi staff of municipal councils of the
state would be retrenched with the abolition of octroi in the state
from July 1.
Seven arrested for mahant’s
murder
Patiala, May 18
The police has arrested seven persons, including a disciple of Mahant Nirman Muni who was murdered on May 5 along with his driver, following which their bodies were put in their Armada vehicle and thrown into a canal at Pabri village, near here.
Schools to get
computers
Gurdaspur May 18
Mr Khushal Bahl, Education Minister, has said that 1910 computers
would be provided in schools in Punjab for computer education from
Class VI onwards from the current academic session.
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