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Second
tourist plane lands at Raja Sansi
Amritsar, October 21
Within five days, second chartered direct flight from UK’s Monarch
Airlines landed with 166 passengers British nationals and Punjabi NRIs
landed at Amritsar’s Raja Sansi international airport here today.
However, Boeing 757 aeroplane got delayed by two hours due to
non-clearance at Pakistan airbase.
Punjab
Food Secretary to take up foodgrain
claims with Centre
Chandigarh, October 21
The Union Food Ministry continues to dodge the Punjab Government and
its procurement agencies over the issue of settling claims worth Rs
4,300 crore regarding the procurement of foodgrain for the Central
pool for the past some years.
SPOs
may get salary before Divali
Police martyrs remembered
Jalandhar, October 21
Mr A.A. Siddiqui, Director-General of the Punjab police, today said
efforts were being made to ensure the release of salaries of about
6000 SPOs before Divali. These SPOs have not received their salaries
for the past three months.
Efforts
to acquire Udham Singh’s gun from Britain
Jalandhar, October 21
Indians might be able to see the gun, certain books and personal
belongings like kurta-pyjama of Shaheed Udham Singh soon as serious
efforts are being made by the Punjab government and the
Birmingham-based Shaheed Udham Singh Welfare Trust in this direction.
The famous gun of Shaheed Udham Singh and other items listed in
“Challenge to imperial hegemony” are currently in possession of
New Scotland Yard, Broadway London and the New Scotland Museum.
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Tohra to take up Sikh
Chair issue with Canadian PM
Ludhiana, October 21
The SGPC chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, will take up the issue of
setting up of a Sikh Chair at the University of British Columbia in
Canada when the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Joseph Jean Chretian, will
visit the Golden Temple on October 25.
A girl gives final touches to clay temples (commonly called Khrundis), which are worshipped
during Divali, in Bathinda on Tuesday. — Photo by Kulbir Beera |
Open
Hussainiwala border, says Mann
Ferozepore , October 21
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) yesterday organised a rally at
Hussainiwala near the Indo-Pakistan border and exhorted the
governments of India and Pakistan to open the Hussainiwala border for
trade and transit. The border was closed in the aftermath of the 1971
Indo-Pakistan conflict.
India,
Pak should change mindsets: MP
Amritsar, October 21
Governments of India and Pakistan should change mindsets instead of
changing geographical positions, says
Mr Abdul Rashid Shahid, an MP
from
Baramula.
IT
raids on three jewellery shops
Patiala, October 21
Income tax sleuths today conducted raids on three jewellery shops in
the city besides a sweets shop in Bahadurgarh and recovered
unaccounted money in the process.
5
killed, 9 hurt in mishaps
Hoshiarpur, October 21
Five persons were killed and nine were injured in separate road
accidents in the district last evening, the police said.
National
award for social worker
Bathinda, October 21
Mrs Raj Gupta, a retired lecturer and social worker who was conferred
with the state award about seven years ago, has been honoured with the
Indira Gandhi National NSS Award for her services in the field of AIDS
awareness and social service by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs
and Sports.
PACL
workers gherao GM
Nangal, October 21
Employees of Punjab Alkalis and Chemicals gheraoed the General
Manager of the company, Mr Rawat, today to protest against the
non-payment of Divali bonus. The workers, led by union leaders R.K. Dewedi and Rajan Puri
gheraoed the vehicle of the General Manager as he was coming out of
the plant.
No
headway in shooting incident
Dera Bassi, October 21
The police has failed to make any headway in the shooting incident in
which Rajinder Singh, a resident of Punsar village, was shot at on the
Dera Bassi-Mukandpur link road in the Bir Dandrala area on Saturday
morning.
Punjab given 2
weeks to file reply in cops’ case
Chandigarh, October 21
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted the state of Punjab
two weeks’ time to file a reply on a petition filed by 26 head
constables seeking directions for the reversion of Assistant
Sub-Inspectors working on adhoc basis to make place for them.
Bar
threatens agitation
Mansa, October 21
Members of the District Bar Association, Mansa, today resolved to go
on indefinite strike against the registration of a ‘false’ case
against one of their members, Mr Jagtar Singh Dhaliwal, advocate, by
the Muktsar city police under Sections 452, 506, 148 and 149 of the
IPC.
Man
sentenced to death in double-murder case
Hoshiarpur, October 21
Mr Harbans Lal, District and Sessions Judge Hoshiarpur, has sentenced
Kulwinder Singh, son of Santosh Singh of Sujon village, to death for
killing two women of the same village.
PSEB announces VDS
for farmers
Patiala, October 21
The Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to reintroduce
the voluntary disclosure scheme for regularisation of load in the
agricultural sector. A press note said today that this was being done on the persistent
demand of farmers. The scheme will remain valid till December 31 this
year.
Efforts
on to get seed potato released
Bathinda, October 21
The Vigilance Bureau has initiated efforts to release seed potato
lying in a sealed cold storage owned by Mr Anil Kumar, son of Mr
Harbans Lal, at Rampura Phul. Mr Anil Kumar had disappeared with the
stock register after his father was arrested in a corruption case.
Panel to suggest
correctives
Chandigarh, October 21
The Punjab Police today constituted a five-member committee under the
ADGP (Administration) to provide more promotional avenues in the
wireless wing. The committee has been asked to work out a scheme to bring
officials working in the wireless wing on a par with those in the
general executive line. It has been asked to submit its report within
15 days.
Rs 8.10 lakh looted
at gunpoint
Patiala, October 21
Armed robbers today looted Rs 8.10 lakh at gunpoint from a shop in the
local grain market today. Police sources said two young men
entered the shop of Krishan Kumar Aggarwal, a commission agent, in the
grain market at 11 am today.
Punjab to fill
teachers’ vacancies
Chandigarh, October 21
With the Centre having released the first instalment of Rs 64 crore as
part of the Rs 200 crore approved annual work plan (2003-04) under the
‘Sarv Sikhia Abhiyan’ and Punjab contributing its own share of Rs
17 crore, money is set to be disbursed to all districts in the next
week or so.
Action
against teachers recommended
Bathinda, October 21
Mr B. Sarkar, Commissioner, Faridkot division, who conducted a
surprise visit in various schools of city, today directed the District
Education Officer, elementary, to take disciplinary action
against teachers of Government Primary School, Nahianwala, who despite
being present in the school, were not taking their classes after the
recess period.
Pak
homoeopaths for Indian courses
Amritsar, October 21
Pakistani homoeopathy doctors have sought permission to pursue
post-graduate and doctoral courses in homoeopathy in India. In
Pakistan, only diploma courses are available.
Varsity
constitutes panel to probe student’s suicide
Amritsar, October 21
The Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Dr S.P. Singh, today
constituted a high-level subcommittee headed by Dr Jairoop Singh,
Dean, Academic Affairs, to probe in to the allegations that Saurav
Mahajan, a final-year student of law department, was forced to commit
suicide when ‘baseless’ allegations of stealing a mobile phone of
a son of SP (Tarn Taran) were levelled against him.
Kulwinder
wins mehndi contest
Bathinda, October 21
At the 10-day National Service Scheme camp being held at SSD
Girl’s College, a mehndi competition, besides competitions in
poster-making, painting, dance, poetry etc were organised yesterday.
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