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SAD
to launch morcha
Faridkot, June 29
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has
decided to launch a morcha from the second week of July against the
atrocities being committed by the ruling Congress government against
senior Akali leaders for the past one and half year in Punjab.
Index page:
Case
against Badal a bold step: ministers
High
command upset over negative publicity
Tohra
to follow party line if Badal arrested
Tough
task awaits Vigilance Bureau
Top
Health Dept posts vacant
Chandigarh, June 29
The Health Department is in a
state of paralysis at the top level as 21 of the 36 posts of Deputy
Director and Civil Surgeon are vacant.
Homoeopathy
Assistant Director retired
Jalandhar, June 29
The Punjab Government has ordered
to relieve the Assistant Director of the Homoeopathy Department, Dr
Ramesh Rattan of his post “for unsatisfactory service record and for
possessing doubtful integrity”.
MC
may raise water tariff, sewerage cess
Batala, June 29
Municipal Councillors of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), (SAD-B) and an
independent Mr Dharam Veer Seth an opposition leader of the House. Mr
Surinder Kansra, Mr Sunita Handa (all of BJP), Mr Balbir Singh Bitoo
(SAD-B), and Mr Kulwinder Singh (Independent) said here today that the
Congress ruling Municipal Council, Batala was going to raise the water
tariff and sewerage charges.
 Durgiana
Temple to be gold planted
Amritsar, June 29
The Laxmi Narayan Mandir Dham,
Delhi, will do the gold plating of the ‘garbha griha’ (sanctum
sanctorum) of the Durgiana Temple. The gold plating will be done in
the fourth phase of the kar seva on the premises of the temple on the
lines of the Golden Temple, which would be completed in next three
years.
The Durgiana Temple at
Amritsar, where the gold plating will be done in the fourth phase.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma
Cultural
society’s website re-launched
Faridkot, June 29
The district Cultural Society has
relaunched its website www.faridkotonline.com 2000 to give information
on activities of the different non government organisations, district
administration and the Red Cross Society in Faridkot district.
Trade
union leader dies in Ludhiana
Moga, June 29
Punjab Government Transport
Workers Union president and noted trade union leader Balwinder Singh
Sandhu, who had received injuries in a road accident a fortnight ago,
passed away in a hospital in Ludhiana last night.
Bodies
of jawans brought home
Gurdaspur, June 29
Bodies of sepoy Dalip Raj of
Habibpur in Dinanagar block and sepoy Surinder Singh of Wahini Khader
also in Dinanagar block who were killed in a suicide attack on an Army
camp near Jammu yesterday were received today.
Stolen
truck recovered
Three
rice millers held
Gurdaspur, June 29
The Vigilance Bureau today
arrested three partners of Marwaha Rice Mills for their alleged
involvement in embezzlement of rice belonging to the Warehousing
Corporation, Gurdaspur.
500
kg of poppy husk seized
Kapurthala, June 29
The police today claimed to have
seized about 500 kg of poppy husk from a truck during checking of
vehicles near the Fettudhinga octroi post on Saturday.
8
teachers placed under suspension
Mansa, June 29
Ms Tajinder Kaur, Principal
Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Department of Education
(Schools), has ordered to place under suspension with immediate effect
Mr Inderjit Attari, head teacher of Government High School (GHS) Heron
Kalan, Mr Kewal Krishan, Hindi teacher of GHS, Behniwal, Mr Inderpal,
science teacher, Mr Kaur Singh, math teacher, Mr Nettar Pal Singh,
lecturer, Ms Santosh Kumari, English lecturer and Ms Bimla Devi,
Punjabi teacher, all of Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS)
Mansa, and Mr Ruldu Khan PTI of GSSS, Budhlada, in the district.
DIET
staff resents non-payment of salaries
Bathinda, June 29
Resentment prevails among
employees of the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET)
Deon, village due to the non-payment of salaries for the past three
months.
DAV
Engineering College gets AICTE approval
Jalandhar, June 29
The All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) has recognised DAV Institute of
Engineering and Technology here and allowed it to run new engineering
courses from current session.
Fee
hike in colleges flayed
Amritsar, June 29
Ms Laxmi Kanta Chawla, former BJP
MLA, in a press note here today, expressed concern over the steep hike
in the fee structures of colleges and universities.
Urdu
teaching camp for children
Amritsar, June 29
In a bid to revive the Urdu
language, the Ladies Club of Guru Nanak Dev University has organised a
month-long summer camp to teach the language to children.
Nominated
Beopar
Mandal’s anti-graft panel
Faridkot, June 29
The Punjab Beopar Mandal has
constituted a six-member anti-corruption committee headed by its
patron Mr Bimal Gupta to check malpractices of the senior officers of
various departments in the state.
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