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SGPC to
refer Pak Sikhs’ visa plea to Centre
Amritsar, October 18
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee has decided to refer the request of Pakistani Sikhs to the
Central Government for granting visas to those who want to pay
obeisance at the Golden Temple. At least 25,000 Sikhs are living in
Pakistan.
Varsity
don held for student’s suicide
Amritsar, October 18
Dr M.D. Singh, Head of the
Department of Law, Guru Nanak Dev University along with Harminder
Singh Mintu, IInd semester student of law were booked by government
Railway Police for “forcing” allegedly Sourav Mahajan, a final
semester student (of law) to commit suicide here late last evening.
BJP leaders to
attend party office
Chandigarh, October 18
The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya
Janata Party has decided that on each working day, a senior party
worker will sit in the BJP’s state office to interact with party
workers and the public, a release issued here said.
Police yet to
identify kidnapper
Jalandhar, October 18
The district police is still
groping in the dark to ascertain the identity of the kidnapper, who
had kept seven-year-old Ashna hostage at her Adarsh Nagar residence
and was later killed in the wee hours of Thursday during a police
operation.
Now,
send messages via e-post
Chandigarh, October 18
After three years of receiving and
sending e-mails in four states, the Indian Postal Department is
extending the service in the rural areas of Punjab by the end of this
year.
Heart
check-up camp at Barnala
Chandigarh, October 18
The Umeed Khanna Foundation is
holding a free heart checkup camp in SD College, Barnala, on October
19. This is the third such camp being organised by Umeed, which has
been serving the people of the district. Heart checkup camps is an
annual feature of Umeed.
IMA
lauds SSP for action against SHO
Ferozepore, October 18
The Indian Medical
Association’s, meeting here took up the issue of the death of
patient Baaz Singh in one of the private hospitals here. The
association in a resolution lauded police chief, Praveen Sinha for
action against SHO Satnam Singh for harassing the doctor and demanding
the bribe to settle the case in his favour.
Workshop
on crime against women held
Hoshiarpur, October 18
The Hoshiarpur police organised
workshop-cum-seminar on crime against women at the local Services Club
yesterday. Mr Dinkar Gupta, DIG, Jalandhar Range, was the chief guest
on the occasion. He spoke about the emerging strategies to deal with
crime against women. Dr Ravinder Kala, practising psychologist in
Ludhiana, gave presentations on counselling techniques and counselling
of victims of crime.
Singh
sabhas for action against journal
Jalandhar, October 18
Taking exception to certain
contents alleged to be against the dignity of the Golden Temple and
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, published in a Chandigarh-based monthly
magazine, the Singh Sabhas of Jalandhar have urged Akal Takht Jathedar
to take legal action against the publisher of the magazine.
3 remanded in
police custody
Kharar, October 18
Mrs Baljinder Kaur Bhatia,
Judicial Magistrate, Kharar, today remanded Darshan Singh Pavitter
Singh and Sukhmander Singh, all from Muktsar District, in police
custody till October 20. They were arrested by the Vigilance Bureau,
Punjab, in connection with an FIR registered against Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, former Chief Minister, and others.
2 cops
to be tried for murder
Mansa, October 18
Mr Harsh Mehta, Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Mansa, today committed Gurjit Singh, Deputy Superintendent
of Police (DSP) Mehal Kalan in Sangrur district and Inspector Chuhar
Singh, now Station House Officer, Joga in the district, to the court
of Additional District and Sessions Judge Mansa for trial in a murder
case registered against them under Sections 302, 364 and 34 of the IPC
at Sadar Mansa police station.
1,234
cases settled at lok adalat
Gurdaspur, October 18
A lok adalat was held here today
which was attended by judges, lawyers, general public and law
students. Mr Justice H.S. Bedi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
and Executive Chairman of the state Legal Services Authority, Punjab,
Chandigarh, was to preside over the adalat, but could not attend due
to his pre-engagements.
Punjab to set up
traffic authority
Chandigarh, October 18
In view of the chaotic conditions
on the roads, resulting in over 2500 deaths annually in Punjab, the
Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has decided to set up a Traffic
Regulatory Authority in the state. The concept would be to regulate
traffic on the pattern of developed countries.
College Principal arrested on graft charge
Ropar, October 18
Vigilance sleuths have arrested Principal of the Shaheed Kanshi Ram College of Physical Education Bhupinder Singh on the charge of corruption.
Vigilance sources said the Principal was booked for giving admission, a student to, Nishan Singh, in the Bachelor of Physics Education course on the basis of a fake certificate.
Doctor booked for
bid to rape patient
Moga, October 18
The police has registered a case
against a private doctor allegedly for attempting to rape a patient.
The case was registered yesterday. According to an FIR lodged the
Dharamkot police, a woman of Maujewala in this district was admitted
in the hospital of the doctor for severe pain on October 12. On
October 15, doctor came to her bed asked to come to the cabin for
examination.
Man commits suicide
Blames Inspector, three others
Patiala, October 18
A 46-year-old man allegedly committed suicide last night by consuming sulphos tablets and left behind a suicide note in which he named a police inspector and three others and claimed they had forced him to take this extreme step.
Punsar resident shot at
Dera Bassi, October 18
Two unidentified youths snatched a motor cycle from a resident of Punsar village at gunpoint and later shot at him before speeding away on the same motor cycle in broad daylight near here today. The incident occurred in Bir
Dandrala, a forest area, located on the Dera Bassi-Mukandpur village link road, at about 9.30 am.
Three
killed in road accident
Sangrur, October 18
Three persons were killed when
their car and a Tempo collided near Channo village on the
Sangrur-Patiala road last night.
Cong
leader shot at
Ludhiana, October 18
Mr Parminder Mehta, Secretary,
Punjab Pradesh, Congress Committee, escaped a bid on his life when
three persons shot at him near Civil Hospital here late this evening.
BAMS student seeks
grace marks
Amritsar October 18
Nine years after the lodging of a
complaint of “sexual harassment a student has now written to the
Governor and Chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Medical
Sciences, the Chief Minister and the Vice-Chancellor of University to
treat her case as a special one.
Techfest
concludes, students told to have
analytical bent
Longowal, October 18
On the concluding day of
“Techfest 2003” to the national-level technical festival, at Sant
Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology here today, Dr S.S.
Oberoi from Tata Consultancy Services, New Delhi, asked the students
to cultivate analytical approach, excellent communication, indepth
knowledge, ability to lead and work as a team, honesty and integrity.
Mizoram
Governor lays stress on moral education
Amritsar, October 18
Indian educational institutes are
equipped with the best infrastructure, but lack “gurus” to
inculcate moral, ethical, social and religious values in the youth,
said Mr Amolak Rattan Kohli, Governor of Mizoram, while speaking on
“Higher education — education reforms” at Guru Nanak Dev
University here today.
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