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NDA
team to visit Punjab on July 16
Jalandhar, July 2
The much-publicised visit to the
NDA team to take stock of the alleged atrocities on Akali workers by
the Congress government in the state, particularly after the
registration of a case against former Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal and his family members, will take place on July 16.
SAD,
BJP meeting today
Chandigarh, July 2
Feeling “ ditched” by the
Central leadership of the BJP for maintaining a studied silence over
the alleged “ political vendetta “ launched by Capt Amarinder
Singh’s government against Akali leaders, the Shiromani Akali Dal (
SAD) has decided to have a “ final word” tomorrow on this issue
with the top brass of the BJP.
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Badal
under pressure to snap ties with NDA
Wimpy
case: another notice to Amarinder Singh
Arrested
on graft charge, rejoins duty
Ropar, July 2
Accounts Officer of the PSEB A.K.
Mahajan, who was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance on June 24 on the
charge of accepting bribe, has rejoined office. Mahajan, who is posted
at Anandpur Sahib, was caught by the vigilance while accepting bribe
from a contractor. He was remanded in one-day police custody and then
three-day judicial custody before being released on bail on June 28.
Stone
laid by CM vandalised
Phagwara, July 2
The inaugural stone of the
Mehli-Mehtan bypass, bearing the name of the Punjab Chief Minister,
Capt Amarinder Singh, at the Mehli point of the 9.53 km bypass between
Phagwara and Banga, was found vandalised yesterday. The bypass was
inaugurated on June 25 by the CM with full fanfare and he had also
addressed a huge gathering there.
Chandigarh
cops roughed up
Amritsar, July 2
A team of the Chandigarh police
that came here to arrest Narinder Chopra, resident of Tilak Nagar, in
connection with a dowry case, had to return empty handed when family
members of the accused reportedly roughed up the SI who was heading
the team and helped the accused flee.
Programme
to solve problems of villagers
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy
Commissioner, addressing a meeting of district officials here today,
announced a special programme to provide speedy justice to the people
on their doorsteps and to sort out their problems in the district.
Truck
with goods seized
Patiala, July 2
Close on the heels of the seizure
of five new Indica cars which were trying to evade octroi, the
Municipal Corporation today seized a truck load of goods which had
been brought into the city last night without the payment of octroi.
Shiv
Sainiks hold rally
Kapurthala, July 2
Workers of the Shiv Sena
yesterday took out a procession in support of their demands. They also
held a rally in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner.
Employees
stage dharna
Amritsar, July 2
Members of the Market Committee
Employees Union today held a dharna against the arrest of three
employees accused of rigging in the recently concluded panchayat
elections. The employees led by its district union president Rajeshwar
Handa demanded the release of the employees.
Cleaning
of Kali Bein begins
Kapurthala, July 2
Mr Joginder Singh Mann, Social
Welfare Minister, today refuted the change that the case against Mr
Parkash Singh Badal was politically motivated.
Nodal
officer to redress grievances
Patiala, July 2
Deputy Commissioner Tejveer Singh
said today that a nodal officer had been appointed to address
grievances of ex-servicemen and widows of martyrs in the district.
Bharadwaj to head Punjab Warehousing
Corporation
Chandigarh, July 2
Mr Surinder Bharadwaj, president of the local unit of the Janata Dal (United) and Director of the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation, has also been appointed Director of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation as a nominee of the Central Warehousing Corporation.
Ice-cream
seller murdered
Bathinda, July 2
Ice-cream seller Suresh Kumar,
hailing from Rajasthan, was murdered by two unidentified youths near
the sports stadium while he was returning to his house late last
night.
Five
held on robbery charge
Kapurthala, July 2
The police has arrested five more
suspected members of a gang responsible for dacoities and highway
robberies in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan.
Students
protest against fee hike
Bathinda, July 2
Students of Government Rajindra
College organised a dharna on the college premises today to protest
against the fee hike by the Punjab Government. They raised slogans
against the state government and criticised the move to privatise
education.
Summer
camp concludes
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
The annual summer camp of Saffron
City School, Kotla Bajwara, concluded the yesterday. More than 300
students from different schools participated in one-month camp and
took training in computer designing, computer hardware, skating,
bhangra, classical dances, judo, spoken English, painting, soft toys
and oil painting.
Six
heads of dept appointed
Amritsar July 2
Six new heads of teaching
departments of Guru Nanak Dev University were appointed by
vice-chancellor S.P. Singh for three years here yesterday. According
to a press note Dr Pushpinder Kaur has been appointed head of the
department while.
Declare
Patiala SEZ: industry
Patiala, July 2
The Patiala Industries
Association has urged the Punjab Government to declare the city as a
“Special Economic Zone" (SEZ) to boost industrial climate
besides establishing an engineering cluster in the city by bringing in
big engineering and automobile industries to the city.
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