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Charge sheet
against Badal likely next week
Ludhiana, November 4
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau is unlikely to
file a chargesheet against the SAD chief, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, this week. The
chargesheet which is being given a final shape by the Vigilance bureau would be
presented in court sometime next week, it is learnt.
 Tohra tells Capt
to shun politics of confrontation
Nawanshahr, November 4
The SGPC chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra,
while talking with the mediapersons at Sikh National College, Charan, Kanwal,
Banga, about 12 km from here today refused to answer any question regarding the
allegations of corruption against the former Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh
Badal.
Khalsa Diwan honours SGPC
Amritsar, November 4
The Chief Khalsa Diwan honoured prominent personalities, NGOs and the SGPC for
rendering services for the welfare of humanity at a function held here
yesterday.
NRI Sikh jatha
leaves for Pak
Amritsar, November 4
A jatha of 40 NRI Sikhs, led by Mr
Balwinder Singh Chicago, today crossed over to Pakistan through the Wagah joint
check-post for undertaking pilgrimage of Sikh shrines there.
Rights panel’s
directions to SSP in dowry case
Chandigarh, November 4
Taking serious note of the inability of the
Basti Jodhewal police (Ludhiana district) to register an FIR despite repeated
complaints of dowry harassment and even burning filed by one Manju Bala against
her in-laws, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission has directed Ludhiana SSP
to look into the matter and submit his report to the Commission within eight
weeks time.
 Mann meets World
Bank team
Chandigarh, November 4
While interacting with the World Bank team,
the President of the SAD (Amritsar), Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today enlisted
several reasons for the stunted economic growth of Punjab. He suggested several
remedial measures to put the state’s economy back on the rails. The team is
here to review the state’s financial situation.
 Calcutta
inspects langar kitchen
Amritsar, November 4
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
today directed its task force to keep strict vigil on the movement of suspects,
especially near the Guru Ram Dass langar hall in the Golden Temple complex,
following a bid to throw ‘poisonous substance’ by two persons.
SGPC secretary Manjit Singh
Calcutta gives directions to the task force and other employees for taking
precautions for regulating the entry into the langar hall of Golden Temple,
Amritsar, on Tuesday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma
15 suspected
cases of dengue
Amritsar, November 4
Even as more than 15 persons were suspected
of being suffering from dengue as per the health department, the department and
the municipal corporation have done little to check the spread of dengue.
 SAD names 2 candidates for
Rajasthan poll
Gidderbaha (Muktsar), November 4
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President of the
SAD, said today that the party would field Mr Surjeet Singh Kand, chief of the
Rajasthan unit of the party, and Mr Joginder Singh in the Shrikaranpura and
Kesrisinghpura Assembly segments of Sriganganagar district in Rajasthan for the
coming Assembly elections.
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal, discusses something with his brother, Mr Gurdas Badal, after
a meeting with the party MLAs, MP and other senior leaders before announcing the party candidates for
the Rajasthan Assembly elections, at Gidderbaha (Muktsar) on Tuesday.
— Photo by Kulbir Beera
Central Govt
policies anti-farmer, says SAD
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 4
The Central Government has adopted
anti-farmer policies which will ruin the country. This was stated by the SAD
General Secretary, Capt Kanwaljit Singh.
BJP men hold
protest
Phagwara, November 4
BJP activists, led by its Punjab
vice-president and former Punjab Minister Mr Swarna Ram, today took out a march
in town and held two rallies to protest against hike in the rates of drinking
water and sewerage, false implication of its councillor and state vice-president
of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Arun Khosla and district vice-president of
the Morcha Bantu Walia in a case of murderous assault on Congress councillor
Sanjiv Bugga here on August 12 and delay in arrest of the culprits who had made
a murderous attack on BJP stalwart Ram Saroop Arora and looted his house a few
months ago.
Homoeopaths get chance to
review registration
Sangrur, November 4
Nearly, 5,000 homoeopathic practitioners,
whose registration was cancelled recently by the Registrar of the Council of
Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab, for want of renewal of their
registration, will now be allowed to get their registration renewed following a
decision by the government.
Chargesheeted
SGPC secy rejoins duty
Amritsar, November 4
Mr Harbeant Singh, SGPC secretary who has
been facing charges of getting the job on the basis of a fake certificate, today
rejoined duty following rejection of his appeal for extending leave by the
Shiromani committee.
 Comedy king
Bhagwant Mann enthrals audience
Patiala, November 4
Comedy king Bhagwant Mann enthralled the
audience with his live performance in a comedy play ‘No Life with Wife’
organised by Hyundai Motor India at Dhillon Farms here last night. The whole
play revolved around the relationship of husband and wife who end up fighting
over small things.
Comedian Bhagwant Mann
presents his play, "No Life With Wife", in Patiala on Monday evening . — Photo by Subhash
Patialavi.
 Poor response to
book fair
Patiala, November 4
The book fair organised by the State
Language Department as part of the ongoing Punjabi week celebrations which
commenced on November 1 is a lacklustre affair with hardly any buyers trickling
in to see the books on display.
A bookstall owner sleeps during the book fair organised by the State Language Department.
Unidentified man
still in coma
Kharar, November 4
An unidentified man, who was found lying
unconscious in a field in Sawara village, near here, and later admitted to the
Civil Hospital, Kharar, by the sarpanch and panchayat members of the village on
October 30, is still in coma.
Rly mishap
averted, probe ordered
Phillaur, November 4
Divisional Railway Manager Hukam Chand
Punia has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident in which a major rail
mishap involving Himgiri Express was averted.
Missing fish
plates: probe ordered
Phagwara, November 4
Mr H.C. Punia, Divisional Railway Manager,
Ferozepore Division, has constituted a three-member committee to probe
yesterday’s incident in which the driver of the Jammu-bound Himgiri Express
averted a mishap by applying emergency brakes after noticing that the fish
plates were missing.
IAS officer dead
Chandigarh, November 4
Mr B. Vikram, a 1991 batch IAS Officer of
the Punjab cadre, died in Delhi today, He was on deputation to the Union
Government in the Ministry of Power.
High
Court
CBI seeks time in hijacking case
Chandigarh, November 4
The Central Bureau of Investigation sought
time for filing a reply to a petition filed by an accused in the Kandhar
hijacking case. The case will now come up for further hearing on November 13.
Mere seal
tampering not power theft, rules forum
Ludhiana, November 4
Mere tampering of seals does not proves
theft of electricity, ruled out the District Consumer Forum in a significant
judgement, relying upon the two judgements delivered by the Punjab and Haryana
High Court in different cases.
BKU threatens to launch stir
on MSP
Ludhiana, November 4
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has
threatened to launch an agitation to pressurise the government for the
announcement of the minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops on the basis of
wholesale price index, if the government failed to come out with the suitable
revision by November 9.
Admn to fix ‘lal dora' for
46 villages
Kharar, November 4
The administration has decided to fix
‘lal dora' of 46 villages falling under Kharar and SAS Nagar Subdivisions.
Panchayats get
2.5 crore
Gurdaspur, November 4
Ms Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder, Congress leader,
talking to newspersons here today said that she was not a candidate for the
Chief Minister’s post as reported in a section of the press.
SHO suspended
Phagwara, November 4
The SHO Sadar police station, Phagwara, Mr
Sarabjit Rai, was today suspended for lapses in investigation of the Mananwali
case. The SSP Kapurthala, Dr R.N. Dhoke, confirmed today that the SHO had been
suspended.
4 booked on murder charge
Phagwara, November 4
The police has booked four persons Harmel
Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Inderjit Singh and Amandeep Singh of Panshata village
under Section 302, IPC for clubbing to death a nineteen-year-old college student
Sandeep Kumar yesterday.
Local man shot
in Delhi, 10 lakh looted
Abohar, November 4
Heart-rending scenes were witnessed at the
residence of Parmod Kumar Gupta (38), who was killed by car-borne robbers in the
Jakhira area of New Delhi today. Members of the bereaved family were in a state
of shock. Parmod was a ward president of the BJP.
NRI’s purse
snatched
Amritsar, November 4
Two unidentified scooter-borne youths today
snatched the purse of a non-resident Indian woman on the Mall Road here today.
NRIs booked in
dowry case
Amritsar, November 4
US residents Rupinder Singh, his father
Sulakhan Singh and sister Navjot Kaur were booked by the Civil Lines police here
for allegedly demanding more dowry from Anand Kaur Gill, wife of Rupinder Singh,
late last evening.
Inter-state gang
of robbers busted
Abohar, November 4
Three members of an inter-state gang of
robbers, including one wanted in a murder case, have been arrested, the police
said today.
Minor raped,
murdered
Mansa, November 4
A minor girl of Ramgarh Shahpuria village
of this district was raped and subsequently murdered by unidentified person late
last evening.
Man consumes
poison in court
Chandigarh, November 4
A 38-year-old Bathinda-based writer,
Rajinder Raj, reportedly consumed some poisonous substance before placing a
complaint in the court of the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s Chief Justice
here today.
 Dy Speaker opposes
privatisation of polytechnics
Kharar, November 4
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy Speaker of
the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and MLA from Kharar, has opposed the move of the Punjab
Government to privatise some polytechnic institutes in the state, including the
institute at nearby Khunimajra village.
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha,
meets one of the contingents at a championship organised by the All-India Women's Folk Dance
Federation at Aam Khas Bagh, Sirhind, on Tuesday. — Photo
by Jasvir Uppal
Bhagat Namdev
Chair to be revived
Jalandhar, November 4
The Punjab Government has decided to revive
Bhagat Namdev Chair in Guru Nanak Dev University and Rs 5 lakh has been
sanctioned to fund research work on the life and philosophy of the saint.
PCCTU cancels
protest
Phagwara, November 4
The much awaited second quarter salary
grant for June, July and August of Rs 14.40 crore was today released for the
non-government aided colleges, it was learnt here tonight. Its draft had been
released by the treasury and it had reached DPI (C).
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Patiala, November 4