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NEWS
ANALYSIS
Huge backlog of issues
await Tohra’s attention
Chandigarh, November 20
Today’s SGPC Presidential
election was in sharp contrast to that of November 2002. At that time,
the election was held under the shadow of the police. There was
tension in the air. Mr Parkash Singh Badal had sheltered the members
loyal to him in his Balasar farm in Haryana, while Mr Tohra had
enjoyed direct or indirect Congress support.
Sikhs
‘discriminated’ against in HP, Rajasthan
Jalandhar, November 20
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
has demanded the revocation of “discriminatory” and
“anti-Punjabi” and “anti-Sikh” rules and laws in congress
ruled states of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
Panel
on surplus irrigation staff
Chandigarh, November 20
Alarm bells have started ringing
for thousands of employees who have no work to do in the Punjab
Irrigation Department. The State Government has set up a three-member
committee of Chief Engineers of the department to decide what should
be done in case of such employees, who have been taking salary without
performing any duty.
Punjab
to pass orders on ineligible cops
Chandigarh, November 20
Claiming to have initiated the
process of reverting ineligible police officials, the state of Punjab
today asserted that substantial orders would be passed in the matter
after receiving the reply of officials to show-cause notices issued to
them.
Fast-track
courts to hear NRI cases
Kapurthala, November 20
Mr Balbir Singh a Congress member
of the Lok Sabha from Jalandhar has said that fast track courts would
be set up in the state for settling the disputes of Non Resident
Indians.
Emergency ward door
shut on patients
Phagwara, November 20
Mr Vikas Kumar of Professors’
Colony here has complained to the DC Kapurthala and Civil Surgeon that
he had to take his ailing brother Raj Kumar back because the door of
the Emergency Ward of Civil Hospital here was not opened though he
knocked at it for long. The staff on emergency duty was apparently
asleep.
A still from the play ‘Bullah’ staged at Central Library Hall at Patiala on Wednesday. |
‘Bullah’
faces another ‘fatwa’
Organisers censor out
Banda Bahadur’s role in the play
Patiala, November 20
When Pakistani director Madeeha
Gauhar stated in the preface to her play ‘Bullah’ that Baba Bulleh
Shah lived in times of religious and ideological intolerance not much
different from present day conditions in South Asia, her words had a
ring of truth.
Kharar all set for 7-cr sewer system
Kharar, November 20
The town will at last have a much-needed sewer system with preparations afoot for the implementation of the Rs 7 crore project by the municipal committee. The water supply system of the town is also being augmented at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore.
Play
staged on female foeticide
Fatehgarh Sahib, November
20
The students of Gobindgarh Public
School during their annual function today held a Punjabi play
“Kangiari” which attacked the social evil of female foeticide. The
play was highly appreciated by the audience. The Deputy Commissioner
said the play would be staged in the entire district to create
awareness about the crime.
Regulate
labour influx, says Dal Khalsa
Jalandhar, November 20
The Dal Khalsa yesterday demanded
laws for regulating the entry of migrant labourers in Punjab and
reservation of jobs for Punjabis in the agricultural and other private
as well as public sectors.
Seven
injured in group clash
Patiala, November 20
Seven persons, including a woman,
were injured following a group clash over a piece of land at Seomajra
village, around 30 km from here today. The injured were admitted to
Government Rajindra Hospital here.
Sena
for ban on Pak pilgrims
Amritsar, November 20
The All-India Hindu Shiv Sena
demanded a ban on Muslims’ visits to India in view of the ban on
Hindu pilgrims visiting Pakistan.
Milk import to hit
Punjab dairy farmers
Bathinda, November 20
The Punjab government has urged
the Centre to impose duty on the import of milk products to save
Punjab dairy farmers. After getting reports that import of milk
products have been causing a setback to the economy of Punjab dairy
farmers.
Bill to amend
cooperative Act in winter session
Ludhiana, November 20
The Punjab government has decided
to provide more powers and autonomy to the cooperative institutions by
amending the ‘Punjab Self supporting Cooperatives Societies Act.
Licence of diagnostic centre suspended
Kharar, November 20
The Senior Medical Officer, in charge of the local Civil Hospital, suspended the licence of a diagnostic centre here today for functioning in violation of the guidelines laid under the PNDT Act.
Akali leader booked
for bribery bid
Amritsar, November 20
Mr Tarsem Singh Sialka, a
Shiromani Akali Dal leader, was booked by the Majitha police allegedly
for trying to bribe Jagdev Singh, an Assistant Sub Inspector of Tahli
Sahib Chowki under the Majitha police district last evening.
Rs
4.38 lakh looted from bank
Moga, November 20
In a broad daylight robbery,
three unidentified scooter-borne youths looted Rs 4.38 lakh at
gunpoint from Central Cooperative Bank at Saidoke village under the
Nihalsingh Wala police station yesterday.
Former
sarpanch commits suicide
Ropar, November 20
Former sarpanch of Surtapur
village, about 15 km from here, Ram Singh, reportedly committed
suicide by hanging himself.
PTU to
‘e-monitor’ distance education centres
Jalandhar, November 20
To revamp its distance education
programme, Punjab Technical University has initiated
“E-monitoring” of its all 400 distance education centres across
the country.
Essay
writing contest results
Nawanshahr, November 20
The Punjab State Council for
Science and Technology organised a district-level “National children
science congress-2003” at Government Senior Secondary School, here
yesterday. Essay writing and declamation contests were organised.
Raid
on varsity don’s house decried
Amritsar, November 20
The executive committee of the
Guru Nanak Dev University Teachers Association, taking serious note of
the police raid on the house of Dr M.D. Singh, head of Department of
Laws, in connection with the suicide by a student of department,
demanded that the university should take up the matter with the
authorities concerned.
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