Akal Purakh ki Fauj
honours seven
Amritsar, October 12
Baba Kanwar Singh Negi (72), Padam Shree (1981) and Padam Bhushan (1990) awardee
who developed the Gurmukhi script in Braille, helped hundreds of blind ragis
find jobs in gurdwaras here and abroad but he has failed to find any support for
financing his master strokes on to a computer software or special machines to
make imprints for posterity.
SAD to contest Rajasthan poll
Bathinda, October 12
Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today that the SAD was
consulting legal experts for criminal proceedings against the Punjab Vigilance
Bureau for its alleged torturing of party workers. His son Sukhbir Badal said
that state Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh would meet the fate of
President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein for his for his anti-people policies.
Mann-police row: youth body to
move court
Phagwara, October 12
The October 4 police-politician row took a new turn today. The five
office-bearers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar Youth Federation Punjab declared that a
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) writ petition would be filed in the Punjab and
Haryana High Court against SP Phagwara for showing disrespect to the
Constitution by raising casteist feelings an allegation denied by the SP.
Writers not welcome
at Writers’ Home
Patiala, October 12
Writer Home in the State Language Department complex, built in 1992 to provide
inexpensive lodging to Punjabi writers, has lost its relevance for writers. A
Shiromani Awardee, Lakh Karnalvi, visited the home better known as Sahitya Sadan
recently he found both gates locked.
Cultural show
dedicated to Halwarvi
Patiala, October 12
The monthly haas raag rang programme of Punjabi humour, music, dance and drama,
which was postponed to today, got good response from the audience.
Rabies claim 1
more life
Amritsar, October 12
Raman (5) alias Raja, a resident of the Preet Nagar locality in the Verka area
who died of rabies here on October 9 was cremated here yesterday. This is the
second such incident reported from the area.
‘Shift labour court to
judicial complex’
Patiala, October 12
The Labour Court here which caters to disputes of Patiala, Sangrur, Fatehgarh
Shaib and Ropar districts, is functioning from a very old building which has
been declared unsafe nearly 15 years ago. The Bar Association has been seeking
the shifting of the Labour Court to the new District Courts complex.
2 juvenile justice
boards set up
Faridkot, October 12
The Punjab Government has constituted two juvenile justice boards here and at
Ludhiana comprising three members each to solve the problems of juveniles in the
state.
Ferozepore tops in paddy
procurement
Ferozepore, October 12
For the first time since the process began on October 1 the border districts has
topped in paddy procurement. The paddy procurement chart has touched 10 lakh
metric tonnes against 7.26 lakh metric tonnes during the year 2002 to 03.
Licences of 2
grain dealers suspended
Faridkot, October 12
Mr Hussan Lal, Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, has suspended the licences of two
grain dealers, of Chandbaja and Kotsukhiaya villages for allegedly committing
irregularities in the purchase of paddy. The Deputy Commissioner who visited
different purchasing centres like Pucca, Chahal, Chandbaja and Kotsukhiaya to
ensure the proper procurement of paddy found excess weight of the produce in
many gunny bags against the actual weight of the purchase made at both centres.
Sarpanch suspended
Fazilka, October 12
Gurlal Singh, sarpanch of Ghattianwali Jattan village has been suspended by the
Deputy Director Rural Development and Panchayats on the alleged charge of
committing irregularities.
Man rapes minor daughter
Amritsar, October 12
In a heinous crime, a father raped his minor daughter at a godown in Tangra
village falling under the Majitha police district on the night of October 5. The
incident came to light after a case was registered under Section 376 of the IPC
against the accused on a complaint lodged by Ms Kashmir Kaur, mother of the
girl, at Jandiala police station here late last evening.
Security guard
murdered
Phagwara, October 12
A private security guard, Chatar Singh (32), was today found murdered in the
cabin of a Nepali watchman, Lashman Singh, on the Green Planet India Enterprises
premises near Kanchi Nagar on the GT Road. The Nepali watchman was found missing
from his cabin. The salary of the security guard, Rs 5,800, 10 live cartridges
and a cycle were allegedly taken away by the watchman.
SI, ASI held on
graft charge
Gurdaspur, October 12
Sub-Inspector Baldev Singh, in charge (police) at the Pathankot railway station
and Assistant Sub-Inspector Sain Dass posted with the Dorangala police station
have been booked on charges of corruption.
Two held for
robbery
Gurdaspur, October 12
The police here has arrested two persons for robbery. Mr R.P.S. Brar, SSP today
identified the accused as Deepak alias Deepa of Pathankot and Inder Dass
resident of Mukerian in Hoshiarpur district. One .30 bore Chinese, mauser one
.303 bore country-made pistol, six cartridges and one scooter (PB-35-8046) were
recovered from their them.
Two held on murder
charge
Abohar, October 12
The mystery behind the death of Dalip Kumar of Sardarpura village in the
subdivision has been solved.
Priests strangle
man with ‘siropa’
Ludhiana, October 12
Two priests of a gurdwara in Janakpuri here have been arrested allegedly for
killing a mentally-challenged person in gurdwara two days ago.
2 killed in
accident
Bathinda, October 12
Two persons were killed in a road accident near Talwandi Sabo sub division of
the district today, when their scooter was hit by a speeding canter.
Students seek refund of excess
fee charged
Gurdaspur, October 12
Resentment prevails among parents of the students who sought admission to
BA/B.Sc. (part-I) and MA/M.Sc. part-I in government colleges in this academic
session for government’s failure to refund them the additional fee charged
from the students.
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