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SAD (A)
protest against police high-handedness
Phagwara, October 11
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), SAD (A) would hold a state level conference
at Phagwara on November 22 to protest against police high-handedness, including
the one in which party president and Lok Sabha, member Simranjit Singh Mann was
ill-treated by the police on October 4.
Cop
fearing threat from SP, moves court
Bathinda, October 11
Mr Ravinder Kumar, Sub-Inspector (SI), a former station house officer (SHO),
Sadar police station, Dabwali (Sirsa district of Haryana), has alleged threats
from the then SP of Sirsa, Mr A. S. Ahlawat, and DSP, Dabwali, Chander Singh and
petitioned to Mr Rajesh Garg, Judicial Magistrate, Dabwali for protection.
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NCM to take up
helmet issue with Centre
Jalandhar, October 11
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has decided to take up the issue of
challaning of Sikh women by the Punjab police for not wearing helmets with the
Centre and the state government. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
(SGPC) and Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti have condemned the
traffic wing of the Jalandhar police for challaning a Sikh woman yesterday.
Punjab post
offices to accept water, power bills
Chandigarh, October 11
The Punjab circle of the Department of Posts will accept payments of water,
electricity and telephone bills at its 3400 post offices in the rural and
semi-urban areas in the state.
Gender bias
behind declining sex ratio
Chandigarh, October 11
The Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner, Mr J.K. Banthia, has
expressed concern over the declining sex ratio in Punjab. The decline in the sex
ratio, indicated in the last census, was due to the low rate of birth
registration of the girl child, he said.
Dell
all set to start operations
Patiala, October 11
Information technology giant Dell is all set to start commercial operations in
Punjab in a big way and the state government has promised the multinational
company every help in order to facilitate its operations.
The Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, being conferred with the Degree of Doctor of Science at the 17th annual convocation of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
(TIET). — Photo by Subhash Patialavi |
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SAD,
BJP men block traffic
Gurdaspur, October 11
At least 200 activists of the SAD and the BJP from the district gathered at
Hanuman Chowk here today and marched, in procession under the leadership of Mr
Avinash Rai Khanna, President of the state unit of the BJP, to the post office
crossing, where they sat in a dharna from 12.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. and blocked
traffic.
Fernandes should
quit, says Mann
Nawanshahr, October 11
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, MP and President, SAD (Amritsar), talking to
mediapersons here today at Bazid Palace said that keeping in view the
involvement of staff of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in a rape case, the Central
Government should immediately initiate steps to bring the military and para-military
forces under the purview of National Human Rights Commission. He also demanded
the resignation of the Defence Minister on moral grounds.
BJP
office-bearers
Barnala, October 11
Mr Dhiraj Kumar Goyal, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Barnala
Mandal announced the office-bearers and executive committee members of the
mandal.
Criminals
have become part of governance: DGP
Amritsar, October 11
After Independence political leaders of our country became bosses and they
considered their political opponents as target groups, they used the police the
way the Britishers did, a policeman who is trained to obey orders is in a
dilemma, whether to obey wrong orders or to displease the boss, for those who
are in power often change their places with those out of power.
US bid to disarm
N. Korea will be foiled, says envoy
Ropar, October 11
North Korea will foil all attempts of the
Bush administration to disarm the country, said Mr Jang Kwang Son, Ambassador to
North Korea to India, while addressing a function organised by the All-India
Forward Bloc to mark the 58th founding anniversary of North Korea at Netaji
Model School here on Thursday.
Christian
family accuses minister of shielding culprits
Jalandhar, October 11
Even as the police has initiated investigation into allegations of a Christian
family of Gakhlan village that its head, Chanan Masih, died on Wednesday after
being beaten up by four Christians of the same village, the family has alleged
that a Punjab minister is shielding the “culprits” and the police is working
under pressure from him.
Vajpayee
decried for wearing shoes while performing puja
Hoshiarpur, October 11
Mr Kuldip Kumar Nanda, President District
Congress Committee here criticised Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of
India, for performing arti of idols of Lord Rama and Lord Laxman with shoes on a
Vijaydasimi function at Ram Lila Ground, Subhash Nagar, New Delhi.
MP
accuses union of exploiting farmer’s death
Bathinda, October 11
Mr Bhan Singh Bhora, MP, today alleged that some vested interests were trying to
exploit the situation which arose after the death of farmer Gurdev Singh of Maur
Charat Singhwala village in a rail accident while he was sitting on a dharna on
September 30 at Bhai Bakhtaur level crossing.
One dead, 7 hurt
in clash
Hoshiarpur, October 11
One person was killed and seven others were wounded in a clash between two
groups at Oharpur village under Tanda police station yesterday.
Togadia’s
statement provocative, says Calcutta
Amritsar, October 11
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and many Sikh organisations,
including the Dal Khalsa, today described the statement of Mr Parveen Togadia,
general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), terming Sikhs as Hindus as
extremely provocative, unwarranted and illogical.
Resolution on
Pheruman amended
Jalandhar, October 11
The SGPC yesterday amended an over 33-year-old resolution regarding Darshan
Singh Pheruman, who died in Amritsar on October 27, 1969, after observing a fast
for 74 days in support of Sikhs’ demands.
Pollution
damaging wetland ecology
Ropar, October 11
Though the recent breach in coal ash dykes of the Guru Gobind Singh Super
Thermal Plant here has caused concern regarding pollution in the international
wetland, damage to its ecology has been continuing for decades.
BJP to
honour martyrs’ kin
Chandigarh, October 11
The Punjab Unit of Bhartiya Janata Party
has decided to honour families of soldiers hailing from the state who were
killed during the Kargil conflict. A statement issued here today said that the
families of all 78 martyrs would be honoured by December 13.
SSPs, DSPs
taught to manage stress
Phillaur, October 11
A one-day training programme on Behavioural Science for Senior Superintendents
of Police and Deputy Superintendents of Police of Punjab was held at the Punjab
Police Academy, here yesterday. The course was inaugurated by Dr G.S. Aujla,
Director of the Academy.
Vigilance to
probe flush latrine scam
Malout, October 11
Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister, Jagmohan Singh Kang today said the Vigilance
Bureau, would conduct an inquiry into the Rs 25-lakh flush latrine scam, in the
Gidderbaha Assembly segment during the tenure of the SAD-BJP government.
Rs 50
postal orders disappear
Gurdaspur, October 11
Resentment prevails among residents of the
area for un-availability of Postal Orders of the denomination of Rs 50 for more
than a month.
Couple killed in
road mishap
Kharar, October 11
A man and his wife were killed when the
motor cycle they were riding was hit by some unidentified vehicle on the Kharar-Banur
road near Bhagomajra village last night.
Litigants
suffer as posts of judge lie vacant
Jalandhar, October 11
Hundreds of litigants are at the receiving end due to a shortage of judges in
Jalandhar.
Ex-VC Ahluwalia
granted bail
Patiala, October 11
The Sessions Court today granted bail to former Punjabi University Vice-
Chancellor Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia in the corruption case registered against him
by the Vigilance Department.
CM’s
intervention sought
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 11
Resentment prevails among commission agents, rice millers, farmers and staff of
procurement agencies due to frequent changes in the allotment of grain markets
from one agency to another, which affects the entire procurement process.
Industrialist
held for duping bank
Jalandhar, October 11
The Economic Offences Wing of the district police has arrested an industrialist
for duping Canara Bank of more than Rs 1.17 crore by allegedly selling the
property which had been mortgaged with the bank for procuring loan to set up an
industrial unit in 1997.
Murdered
man’s kin question police role
Rajpura, October 11
Family members of Narinder Kapur, who was stabbed to death by three members of a
family on October 2 night inside a PCO located at Focal Point near here, allege
that police is trying to hush up the case. The police had arrested Arjun Singh
and his two sons Tejinder Singh and Surinder Singh on murder charge the same
day.
3 held, 217 LPG
cylinders seized
Sangrur, October 11
The police here has recovered 217 LPG cylinders from three persons. These
cylinders were stolen from a local gas agency on April 23, 2003. A case was
registered under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC on April 24.
Truck
driver murdered
Abohar, October 11
The body of Rattan Lal (45), who had been working as the driver of a truck owned
by Mr Gurmukh Singh of Jammu Basti here, was recovered from the tool box of the
truck near the inter-state border last night.
Woman cop held
for theft
Bathinda, October 11
A woman constable, Balbir Kaur, posted in the city police station, was arrested
today for her alleged involvement in theft at the house of police constable Prem
Kumar in June.
1 held for
making fake documents
Ropar, October 11
The Ropar police has busted a gang involved in making fake driving licences and
registration of vehicles with the arrest of Sant Singh, a resident of Molli
Vedvan village under the Sohana station of Ropar. Sant Singh used to make fake
documents along with his son Bikram Singh.
Irregularities
in college affairs alleged
Sangrur, October 11
Dr Tejwant Mann, a representative of the College teachers in the management of
the Akal Degree College, Mastuana Sahib, near here, has urged the college
management to remove the Principal of the Akal Degree College following an audit
report which showed “irregularities”, in the college.
Forcible
collections for schoolchildren
Gurdaspur, October 11
The district administration has announced to hold a film festival in the
district in eight cinema houses at various places in the district for the
students from October 21 to October 26, and every student without exception,
will have to pay Rs four.
Plan to upgrade
medical colleges
Amritsar, October 11
The minister for Medical Education and Research, Mr Santokh Singh, said that the
state government had undertaken concrete steps towards global target of vision
2020 ‘right to sight’ and focus on major areas which include controlling
major causes of blindness, human research development and building
infrastructure with appropriate technology.
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Chandigarh,
October 11