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Forensic
experts examine blast site
Huge quantity of explosives
stored in malkhana
Amritsar, February 20
While the Army and forensic
experts were called to the site of the twin explosions in the
judicial complex here, efforts are afoot to shift huge
quantities of highly powerful explosives including PNET and
RDX, and arms and ammunition to a safer place from the
dilapidated pre-partition building of the ‘malkhana’.
Explosive material lies near the site of the blast in the malkhana in the Amritsar District Courts complex on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Restraint
on approval of octroi contract bid
Chandigarh, February 20
Acting on a petition for quashing
an order of the Punjab Principal Secretary, Local Self Government,
reducing the minimum reserve price for auctioning the octroi
collection contract of the Mohali Municipal Council, a Division Bench
of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today restrained the approval of
the bid.
5-day
function to celebrate Guru’s anniversary
Faridkot, February 20
The Punjab Government has decided
to organise a five-day state-level function to celebrate the birth
anniversary of second Sikh Guru Angad Dev at his birth place at Sarai
Naga village in Muktsar district from April 14.
Protesters seek
DSP’s arrest for custodial death
Barnala, February 20
Hundreds of men and women
demonstrated in front of the office of the SSP here today as the
Ravinder Katal Kand Virodhi Action Committee rejected the police
inquiry into the death of Ravinder Singh (25), a resident of Kala Bula
village, near Sherpur, allegedly in the custody of Sherpur police on
January 18. The committee also demanded a judicial inquiry into the
custodial death and immediate arrest of DSP Gurjit Singh, holding him
responsible for Ravinder’s death.
DGP
inaugurates community centre
Fatehgarh Sahib, February
20
The Punjab Police has made plans
with regard to security arrangements for the coming parliament
elections. It has demanded 140 companies of paramilitary forces from
the Central Government. This was stated by Mr A.A. Saddiqui, DGP,
Punjab, while talking to mediapersons here.
Ex-Services
League holds rally
Nawanshahr, February 20
The Indian Ex-Services League,
Punjab and Chandigarh, today organised a rally at JSFH Khalsa High
School in protest against the injustice being done with ex-servicemen
and their widows by the successive government at the Centre since
Independence. A large number of ex-servicemen and their widows attend
the rally.
Pensioners
stage dharna
Jalandhar, February 20
On a call given by the Punjab
State Aided School Pensioners Cell, hundreds of pensioners from
different state government aided schools today staged a dharna outside
the Nehru Garden Park to register their protest against the recent
decision of the government to discontinue the pension scheme.
Foundation
stone of health centre laid
Sujanpur (Pathankot),
February 20
The Punjab Health Minister, Mr
Romesh Dogra, laid the foundation stone of a community health centre
here today. Later, while addressing a rally, he said that 650 vacant
posts for doctors would be filled soon.
Simple yet
meaningful, ‘Charan Das Chor’
delights viewers
Patiala, February 20
Amazingly simple yet explicitly
meaningful. That’s Habib Tanvir for you. The man who introduced the
irrepressible folk singer Teejan Bai to the world was here to present
his masterpiece ‘Charan Das Chor’ at the ongoing Heritage
Festival. Based on the Nacha theatre tradition of Chattisgarh region
in Madhya Pradesh, the play is unique in both form and content.
A scene from the play ‘Charan
Das Chor’ which was staged at the NIS Sports Complex in
Patiala on Thursday night. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar
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Strict vigil at
railway station to check sales tax evasion
Amritsar, February 20
In order to thwart the attempts
of tax evaders, officials of the Sales Tax Department with the help of
the police here today sealed all exit points of parcel booking and
delivery sections at the railway station.
Building
violations to be compounded
Bathinda, February 20
The Punjab Government has issued
a notification to provide one-time settlement for building violations
made in respect of those constructed in the areas falling in municipal
councils and corporations.
CM
launches social security scheme
Chandigarh, February 20
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, today launched Janashree Bima Yojana, a Social
Security Scheme of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, here
today.
Voter’s
list prepared
Faridkot, February 20
Mr Hussan Lal, Returning Officer,
Faridkot parliamentary constituency, comprising nine assembly segments
in Faridkot, Moga and Muktsar districts, has prepared a list of
4,50,341 voters besides 1,137 service voters in the three Assembly
segments of Kot- kapura, Panjgrain and Faridkot.
DC
suspends six employees
Mansa, February 20
Six employees of various state
government departments who were found absent from their duties during
the visit of the Commissioner, Faridkot division, Mr B. Sarkar, were
placed under suspension by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Raj Kamal
Chaudhary.
CM to
open admn complex today
Moga, February 20
The District Administrative
Complex, which was built by PUDA at the cost of Rs 19 crore, will be
formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh,
tomorrow.
A view of the District Administrative Complex, which will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister at Moga on Saturday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera
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Hunt on to nab
liquor baron’s killers
Rampura, February 20
A number of police parties headed
by senior officials have started conducing raids in the state to
arrest Prabhjinder Singh, alias Dimpy, and his associates, who
allegedly had a hand in the killing of known liquor contractor of the
region Darshan Bajakhana yesterday.
11 medical students
leave institute
Jalandhar, February 20
Eleven girl students of Indian
Medical Institute and Charitable Hospital here have left the premises
alleging harassment at the hands of its Director and the Principal
while maintaining that the institute was not recognised by any
university.
Chinese
delegation visits Guru Nanak Dev varsity
Amritsar, February 20
A five-member Chinese delegation
led by Mr Ge Gaolin Deputy Director-General of Jiagsu Provincial
Department of Education visited Guru Nanak Dev University here last
evening.
Workshop
on ‘practical commerce’
Fatehgarh Sahib, February
20
A one-day workshop on
“Practical Commerce”, organised by the Department of Commerce,
Mata Gujri College, was inaugurated here today. Dr Gurmohan Singh
Walia welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries.
Phase
II of digital library project opened
Fatehgarh Sahib, February
20
Deputy Commissioner S.K.
Ahluwalia yesterday inaugurated the second phase of scanning religious
books under the Universal Digital Library Project run by Punjab
Technical University at the local Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering
College here.
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from youth, Mr Naresh Gujral, a son of former
Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral and a candidate of the SAD-BJP
combine, has made “all-around development” of Jalandhar as his
main poll plank. He has also made a promise that he will follow the
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu model of politics for
ensuring development.
