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Mohindra
college shimmers at night now
Patiala, January 8
The building of Mohindra College which received a fresh coat of paint
after decades recently, has now been lighted up restoring the glory of
one of the most prominent landmarks of the city.
A night view of the Mohindra College in Patiala on Thursday. |
3-member panel
formed to probe torture charges
Bathinda, January 8
The Punjab Human Rights
Commission today constituted a three-member panel to investigate the
alleged brutal torture of a youth, Gurpreet Singh, by the SHO,
Talwandi Sabo police station, Mr Devinder Attri, while the youth was
in police custody.
Political
leaders pay tributes to Bhaura
Bathinda, January 8
Political leaders cutting across
party lines descended on the local Government Girls Senior Secondary
School today to pay tributes to the late MP Bhan Singh Bhaura, who
died a few days ago, at a function held here today in connection with
a ‘shradhanjali samaroh’ by the CPI.
Illegal
construction by temple authorities?
Amritsar January 8
Corporation owned Prime land
worth crores given on lease to the Durgiana Temple authorities for
constructing a school was allegedly misused to construct shops. As
many as shops as a dozen shops are being constructed at the site. Due
to the prime location these shops would fetch crores of rupees.
Kharar:
town with surfeit of cremation points
Kharar, January 8
Performing the funeral ceremony
at places set aside for the purpose at Kharar for generations is now
more or less a tradition. No wonder there are 8 points, falling within
the municipal limits, where people are cremated. None of these are
being run by the Municipal Council.
Naughty
monkey caught at last
Patiala, January 8
A wild monkey which had developed
a penchant for attacking women in Urban Estate phase two has finally
been caged, with Divisional Forest personnel getting the better of him
today.
No
headway in human trafficking case
Jalandhar, January 8
The police has failed to arrest
former Miss Punjab-turned-model Parpreet Kaur, who was booked by the
Jalandhar police in an alleged human trafficking case, along with the
other accused.
Six
papers presented
Patiala, January 8
Six papers were presented today
on the second day of the International Punjabi Language Development
Conference on “Sri Guru Granth different perspective’”. Dr
Harkirat Singh in his paper on “Gurbani and grammar” emphasised on
the need to have a common grammar containing words from different
languages so that the difference between Hindi and Punjabi words which
were used in the compilation of Guru Granth Sahib could be clarified.
Painting
competition on traffic awareness
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
8
The district police, Transport
Department in collaboration with the Lions Club, Sirhind, today
organised an interaction programme with the students of the local BZFS
Senior Secondary School. A painting competition on traffic rules was
also organised as part of the traffic week celebrations.
Patwari’s remand
extended
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 8
Ms Neelam Arora, Chief Judicial
Magistrate, today extended the police remand of the patwari, Gurpal
Singh, alias Raja, for one day.
MC to reverse
decision on illegal colonies
Jalandhar, January 8
The local Municipal Corporation
has decided to revert the decision of the state Local Bodies
Department pertaining to the imposition of a ban on approving plans of
buildings to be constructed in unauthorised colonies within the city.
Three more held in
fake currency case
Jalandhar, January 8
The district police has arrested
three agents dealing in fake currency and seized Rs 2.55 lakh in the
denomination of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes from them. The district
police chief, Mr G.P.S. Bhullar, in a press note issued here today,
said that following revelations made by the already arrested members
of the gang dealing in fake currency, the police conducted raids at
specific hideouts and arrested three more agents and recovered fake
currency worth Rs 2.55 lakh from them.
Fake
degree racket busted
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
8
The district police claims to
have busted a racket of selling fake degrees, with the arrest of
Ravinder Singh, a resident of Chandigarh. The police has registered a
case under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 of the IPC at Sirhind police
station. The culprit was today presented in the court of Mrs Neelam
Arora, CJM, who remanded him to police custody for one more day.
Gang
of thieves busted, 5 held
Amritsar, January 8
With the arrest of five persons,
the district police today claimed to have busted a gang of chain,
purse and mobile phone snatchers and vehicle thieves here. The police
has also seized arms from them.
Gang
manufacturing spurious mobil oil busted
Kapurthala, January 8
The Punjab police today claimed to have busted a gang and arrested its
two members allegedly involved in preparing spurious mobil oil under
the fake brand name of ‘BSA highpower oil’.
Undertrial
escapes after spiking ‘barfi’
Patiala, January 8
An undertrial escaped from the
custody of three police personnel who were taking him to Chandigarh
yesterday night after offering them spiked “barfi”.
Patiala, January 8
“Journalists are not born, they
are made,’’ said veteran journalist Mr Kuldip Nayar while
addressing students of the Department of Journalism and Mass
Communication, here today.
Mr Kuldip Nayar addresses students of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Patiala |
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State,
district orders on timings differ
Faridkot, January 8
The variation in the orders
regarding the change of timings in the educational institutions issued
by the district administration in Faridkot district and the Punjab
Government due to inclement weather in the state caused confusion in
the institutions.
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