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We’ll check unemployment, says
Amarinder
Kapurthala, August 15
Exhorting the younger generation to spare a moment to ponder over the sacrifices made by Punjabis for the freedom of the country. The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, said today that the state government was committed to removing unemployment.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh takes the salute during a marchpast on Independence Day at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Kapurthala on Friday. — Tribune photos
Improvement Trust to get 20 crore
from two institutions
Jalandhar, August 15
The local Improvement Trust is all set to earn about Rs 20 crore as two Jalandhar-based premier educational institutes of the Doaba region have offered to purchase land which has been in their possession for over four decades.
8 Pak boys hope for a stroke of luck like
Munir
 Amritsar, August 15
Like Munir, who has gone back to Pakistan on the intervention of the Prime Minister, there are eight Pakistani teenagers, including a Hindu boy, Dinesh Lal, a resident of Umar Kot (Sindh province), lodged in Faridkot’s Observation Home (Juvenile Jail), awaiting a similar gesture from Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Eight Pakistani teenagers behind the
bars of a juvenile home in Faridkot. —
Photo Satwinder Satti
Rights panel seeks report on custodial
death
Amritsar, August 15
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission in a case of the alleged custodial death of a minor boy, Pardeep Singh (17), involving an Assistant Sub-Inspector at Tarn Taran, has directed the SSP, Amritsar, to submit a report to the commission within six weeks.
Tricolour hoisted, saplings planted on
I-Day
 SAS Nagar, August 15
Fancy-dress competitions, sapling plantation and flag-hoisting ceremonies marked the Independence Day celebrations at various schools and other institutions in the township today.
Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Chaudhary Santokh Singh inspects a parade on the occasion of Independence Day at
the Nehru Stadium in Ropar on Friday.
— Photo Lalit Mohan
Mentally challenged kids pay homage
 Amritsar, August 15
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Rajiv Pratap Rudy today accompanied a group of freedom fighters and physically challenged children in a special chartered flight to pay homage to the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs to commemorate Independence Day. The minister and the entire group laid wreaths at the memorial.
Minister of State for Civil
Aviation Rajiv Pratap Rudy (right), Bollywood stars Jitendra and Amrish Puri
pay homage to the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs in Amritsar on Friday.
— PTI photo
With the recent thawing of
relations between India and Pakistan, the people from the
Hussainiwala border are demanding opening of the border with
Pakistan in order to improve business relations.
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Similar chlorination plants but at different
cost
Nangal (Ropar), August 15
What could be the difference in the cost of similar plants procured by two organisations. Well, if the data collected from the Nangal Municipal Council and the BBMB are compared the difference raises eyebrows.
Provident Fund scam: 4 thermal plant officers join
probe
Ropar, August 15
Four officers of Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, here, including Mr
H.S. Heera, Harnek Singh, D.S. Mann and Balbir Singh accused in the EPF scam joined police investigation today.
Ramoowalia focuses on deserted brides
Issru (Ludhiana), August 15
Member of Parliament and President Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Simranjit Singh Mann today denounced the Indian National Flag arguing that it did not represent the Sikh community. He was speaking at a political conference on the martyrdom day of Shaheed Karnail Singh here today.
SGPC reverts 24 illegally
promoted employees
Amritsar, August 15
The SGPC today reverted the 24 employees who had been "illegally promoted" during the tenures of Bibi Jagir Kaur and Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar both former SGPC presidents.
State-level seminar on lung diseases
Sangrur, August 15
The Association of Chest Physicians of Punjab will organise a state-level seminar on recent advances in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary (lung) diseases as “COPD Update-2003” on August 24 at Government Medical College, Patiala.
Recovery ordered in tree-felling cases
Mansa, August 15
A sum of Rs 50 lakh has been ordered to be recovered from officials of the District Forest Department here in connection with 160 cases of illegal tree felling. This was stated by Mr P. Ram, Financial Commissioner, Forest and Wildlife, Punjab, while talking to mediapersons here yesterday.
Army recruitment
rally
Patiala, August 15
The Army will be organising a recruitment rally for aspiring candidates of Patiala, Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar and Kapurthala and for candidates belonging to Sikh Mazbi and Ramdasia caste of all districts of Punjab at Punjab Public School,
Nabha, from August 22 to August 31.
Engineer
acquitted of corruption charge
Chandigarh, August 15
The Punjab and Haryana High Court in a significant judgement has ruled
that an offence under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption
Act was not proved beyond reasonable doubt if an independent witness
regarding the demand of money was lacking.
2 remanded in judicial custody
Former sarpanch booked in
assault case
Bathinda, August 15
The Sangat police of the district has registered a case against Mr Thana Singh, former sarpanch of Mohallan village and a close associate of senior Congress leaders of this region, for his alleged involvement in the beating up of a panchayat secretary, Mr Balkar Singh, a few days ago.
Farmer found dead
Bathinda, August 15
Gurjeet Singh, a farmer of Bagha village under the Raman Mandi police station in the district, was found murdered in his field yesterday by members of his family.
Punjab
to have 3 information technology parks
SAS Nagar, August 15
After five years of declaring Punjab as the next information
technology destination of the country, now three information
technology parks have been planned in the state with the first
beginning its operations in SAS Nagar by the end of this month.
Dean accused of dereliction of
duty
Amritsar, August 15
Tiff between two professors of the Political Science Department of Guru Nanak Dev University took a new turn with Prof Gurnam Singh, director Research and Coordinator School of Social Science counteralleging that Prof S.S.
Bindra, Dean Social Sciences of dereliction of duty and vilification campaign prejudicial to interests of the department.
Plan
to privatise ITIs put off
Nawanshahr, August 15
The Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister, Mr Mohinder Singh Kay Pee, said here today that the state government had postponed the move to privatise 12 ITIs in the state for the time being as the delegation of employees had assured that they could give better results.
Schools, colleges closed today in Ropar
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Shiromani Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal today demanded the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh following the judgement of Punjab and Haryana High Court in the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission case.