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Badal
will have to restore pre-split position
Ludhiana, June 15
With the achievement of unity of
Akali Dals Mr Parkash Singh Badal will have to restore the status quo
— the position which prevailing before the split in the Dal. This is
stated to be the broad agreement between the two senior leaders — Mr
Badal and Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra who were closeted for more than one
hour before the final announcement of unity at Patiala on Friday.
The
trio that brought peace to Talhan
Jalandhar, June 15
Not many people might be knowing
that it was a team of three top police officials, which played a
vital, but, ‘behind the curtain’ role in breaking the ice and
hammering out the much-needed Dalit-Jat compromise.
Ludhiana
students excel in plus 2
SAS Nagar, June 15
Recording a marginal decline in
the overall pass percentage of the Punjab School Education Board Class
XII (Humanities and vocational) examination, 60.33 percent of the
students who appeared in the examination in March this year have
passed. However, majority of these (63.6 per cent) have passed in the
second division.
Creation
of new panchayats opposed
Jalalabad, June 15
Mr Zora Singh Mann, SAD MP from
Ferozepore, has criticised the authorities for creating a new
panchayat from the existing panchayat of his native village, Chak
Suhelewala.
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against death due to negligence clause |
Muktsar, June 15
The Punjab unit of Indian
Medical Association is up in arms against the practice of
registration of criminal cases against doctors if a patient died
during or after treatment, as the association felt that such
cases were registered without proper enquiry.
Dr Sukhwinder Singh, advisor, IMA Action Committee,
speaks during a function at Muktsar on Sunday. — Photo Kulbir
Beera |
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Health
of ayurveda pharmacy may improve
Patiala, June 15
From having practically no
medicines for nearly four years at a stretch, hundreds of Ayurvedic
dispensaries across the state will now be supplied sugar-coated
Ayurvedic preparations through the state of the art machinery being
installed at its only state pharmacy here.
Where
is the pilot’s memorial
Pride turns into despair for
parents
Birdhano, June 15
A nostalgic trip of a
Hyderabad-based couple to this village today to see a spot, situated
just on the Sangrur-Patiala-Fatehgarh Sahib border, where their son,
Sq. Ldr Ram Parkash, had died in an air crash three years ago, turned
into utter despair when a memorial promised by the Punjab government
and the local villagers to be built in his memory was nowhere in view.
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‘dharmi faujis’ honoured
Chandigarh, June 15
The apathy of the SGPC, the
Damdami Taksal, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the previous SAD-BJP
Government towards Sikh soldiers “dharmi faujis” who left
their barracks in protest against Operation Bluestar was decried
at a function here today.
Bibi Kulwant Kaur, widow
of a “dharmi fauji”, is felicitated at a function in
Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph |
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Officials
‘doctor’ records to sell land
Ropar, June 15
The revenue officials are
allegedly manipulating the entries in the possession columns
(girdawaris) of the revenue records and helping the encroachers in
selling the government land. Many such cases have come to the fore in
the Anandpur Sahib tehsil where the land of the BBMB, Irrigation
Department and Railways has been sold by encroachers in connivance
with the revenue officials.
Making
most of summer holidays
ABOHAR: They had
come to spend summer holidays with their grandparents but the summer
camp-cum theatre workshop organised by Natrang, an NGO, lured them.
Now over 100 children, some of them from New Delhi, Gurgaon,
Faridabad, Hisar and Chandigarh, spend their full day at DAV Model
School here, where they learn swimming and run on lushgreen lawns.
VB
summons MC records, officials
Mansa, June 15
The Vigilance Bureau has summoned
some records from the local Municipal Council in connection with an
inquiry against Mr Pawan Kumar Matti, a former president of the
council. The records include those regarding contract for cleanliness
of the city, receipt of grant from the Central Government for the
construction of a rose garden and taking on lease a private building
for Municipal Council office after vacating its own office from the
first floor of the local bus stand.
Judge
summons six Welfare Dept officials
Pathankot, June 15
The local Additional Civil Judge
(Senior Division), Mr Bhajan Ram, has issued summons to six officials
of the Welfare Department, including the District Welfare Officer of
Amritsar and Tehsil Welfare Officer of Zira in a suit filed by Ms
Pushpa Devi, Tehsil Welfare Officer, here for the recovery of Rs 25
lakh as damages for loss to her reputation.
Cable
scam: CBI remand of accused extended
Patiala, June 15
All five accused in the Amritsar
cable scam were remanded in the CBI custody till June 18 by the Duty
Magistrate, Mr Sat Pal, here today.
Ayurvedic
docs’ meeting on June 18
Faridkot, June 15
The 89-day unadjusted qualified
Ayurvedic Doctors Association Punjab has convened its meeting in
Patiala on June 18 to decide future course of action due to the
indifferent attitude of the state government to reemploy them in the
service since long in the state.
Education
drive for cotton growers
Bathinda, June 15
Chief Agriculture Officers of
seven districts yesterday held a meeting at the local Agriculture
Bhavan under the presidentship of Dr Kulwant Singh Billing, Joint
Directorate of Agriculture, Punjab.
Farmers
burn effigy of govt
Nathana, June 15
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta)
today burnt an effigy of the Punjab Government on the third day of its
indefinite dharna near the local branch of Primary Agriculture
Development Bank.
Measures
to meet flood-like situation
Sangrur, June 15
To meet flood like-situation in
the district during the monsoon, the district administration has
geared up its machinery by allocating duties to all government
departments and ordering them to be ready to meet the challenge of
floods in the district, especially in the Moonak and Khanauri, the
most flood-prone areas.
Officials
briefed on anti-flood steps
Mansa, June 15
A meeting of the district
officials on floods was held here yesterday under the chairmanship of
Mr Raj Kamal Chaudhary, Deputy Commissioner Mansa where steps to
control floods in the district were discussed.
Blind
assigned poll duty
Fazilka, June 15
The act of assigning poll duties
to a blind teacher and a retired teacher has put a question mark on
the efficiency of the civil administration of this district. The
office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepore, has worked out schedule
for duties of officials for the panchayat poll to be held on June 29.
Former
Akali leader booked
Amritsar, June 15
Former Akali leader Pardeep Singh
Walia has been booked by the district police for allegedly trespassing
in the house of Surinder Singh, a resident of Hukam Singh Road here on
June 7 and injuring him. A case has been registered under Sections
447, 452, 427, 506, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC at Civil Lines police
station on the complaint of Surinder Singh last evening.
Girl,
paramour kill youth
Amritsar, June 15
Harpreet Singh (27), resident of
Kot Mit Singh was stabbed to death by a girl and her lover for
objecting to alleged illicit relations, here late last night. The
deceased was sleeping in the house of girl at the time of incident.
Woman
commits suicide
Hoshiarpur, June 15
Satwinder Kaur (25) wife of
Malkiat Singh of Mehtabpur committed suicide by consuming poisonous
substance on Friday.
IDA
plea to govt on DRME
Patiala, June 15
The Indian Dental Association,
Patiala, has appealed to the Government of Punjab to appoint the
Principal of the Dental College, Patiala as the next Director of
Research and Medical Education as the post was going to fall vacant on
July 1 after the retirement of Dr Ravinder Singh.
B.Ed
entrance test conducted
Amritsar, June 15
As many as 43,484 students
appeared for the state level B Ed entrance test conducted by Guru
Nanak Dev University today.
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