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Bandh
against hike in steel prices
Jalandhar, March 2
Terming the “feel good” factor of the BJP a
myth, about 5000 industrial unit owners of the city today announced that they
would oppose the NDA candidates all over the state in the coming general
election for the failure of the NDA government to redress the issue pertaining
to the unprecedented hike in steel and pig iron price ranging between 80 and 150
per cent in the past six months.
Punjabi varsity Pro-VC relieved of charge
Patiala, March 2
Within minutes of receiving the order by
which the posts of Pro-Vice-Chancellor in universities of the state were
abolished, Punjabi University relieved its Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr R.N. Pal, of
his charge, besides withdrawing all official facilities which had been extended
to him.
Silt delta reduces Bhakra Dam’s lifespan
Ropar, March 2
The water storage capacity of the Bhakra Dam will
be nearly finished in the next 30 to 40 years, about 20 years before its
expected lifespan of 100 years. The dam, which was inaugurated in 1964, will
once again become part of the river basin with the river water just flowing
through it.
Punjab Govt to give Rs 6
crore for
Beant Singh’s memorial
Chandigarh, March 2
Within days of the announcement of Lok
Sabha elections, the Punjab Government today agreed to pay Rs 6 crore for the
completion of Beant Singh memorial in Sector 42 in the next calendar year.
Aspiring Sikh male and female models during a fashion show
organised by a Canada-based event management and modelling agency
in Amritsar on Tuesday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
Re-construction
of demolished structure
comes under a cloud
Amritsar, March 2
Construction activity in the posh Basant
Avenue area has once again come under a cloud with the residents of the colony
complaining that owner of the building was constructing a ‘commercial
establishment’, including shops and a hall. While he had got a residential plan
passed from the municipal corporation.
3 Badal loyalists
removed from Dharam
Parchar Committee
Amritsar, March 2
The Dharm Parchar Committee of the SGPC
today replaced its three members, Sant Hardev Singh Loolon, Mr Bir Singh and Dr
Darshan Singh with immediate effect. They have been replaced for absenting
themselves from three consecutive meetings.
Training
programme for field officers
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 2
A training programme for managers and field
officers of cooperative organisations was organised by Kribhco at Bassi Pathana
here today.
Protest march by
SAD (A)
Kharar, March 2
A march was organised here today by the
members of the SAD (A) in protest against the French Government’s move to ban
the wearing of turbans by school children.
Amritsar bus
stand may be shifted
Amritsar, March 2
The makeshift bus stand in Mall Mandi area
is likely to be shifted to yet another place following complaints of
inconvenience to public and traffic chaos on the G.T. Road. The district
administration has proposed to shift the bus stand.
Pak Hindu jatha
to arrive on March 11
Amritsar, March 2
A 500-strong Hindu jatha from Pakistan will
visit India from March 11 on the invitation of Indian chapter of the Shradhani
Darbar of Raipur whose Pakistan chapater is located in Sind.
Bharat Vikas
Parishad office-bearers
Bathinda, March 2
Prof Ashok Gupta (Bathinda), Mr Rajinder
Garg (Mansa) and Mr Naresh Pal Kansal (Kotkapura) were elected president,
general secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Bharat Vikas Parishad,
Punjab (south) at the state council meeting last evening.
Punish SDM, says
forum
Bathinda, March 2
The local unit of the Punjab Law Forum a
body of law graduates and lawyers, today urged the authorities concerned not to
adopt soft attitude towards the Pathankot Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Mr
Puneet Goyal.
Seminar on
novels of Yashpal
Patiala, March 2
The Department of Hindi, Punjabi
University, organised a two-day national seminar on ‘The novels of Yashpal’ to
commemorate the birth centenary of Hindi novelist here today. The winner of this
year’s Sahitya Academy Award, Kamleshwar, was the chief guest on the occasion.
Ex-IG (Prisons) Shenmar dead
High Court
Panchayat fund
Chandigarh, March 2
In a petition filed before a Division Bench
of the High Court, a gram panchayat in Sangrur district today alleged
non-payment of development fund. The petitioner added that the cheque for the
fund was given to an Executive Engineer for carrying out developmental work,
instead of being handed over to the panchayat as mandatory under the relevant
rules.
Clubbing of
liquor circles challenged
Chandigarh, March 2
In a petition filed before the Punjab and
Haryana High Court, a liquor contractor today alleged that the Punjab Government
was encouraging monopoly in liquor trade to favour a baron.
Dera head gets
life term for couple’s murder
Faridkot, March 2
The fast-track court here has convicted and
sentenced a dera head and his three accomplices to life imprisonment for
murdering a couple at Khokhar village in Muktsar district on May 22, 1996.
Sukhbir directed
to produce second passport in court
Ropar, March 2
The Special Judge, Ropar, Mr S.K. Goel,
today directed Mr Sukhbir Badal to produce his second allegedly expired passport
in the court.
Police remand
for PA in bribery case
Kharar, March 2
The personal assistant (PA) of the
Chairperson of the Punjab State Women Commission, who was arrested yesterday by
the Punjab Vigilance Bureau on a charge of accepting a bribe, was remanded to
one-day police custody by a Kharar court here today.
Court summons
doctors
Patiala, March 2
A local court today ordered three doctors
of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi to be summoned
for prosecution on the charges of causing the death of a patient from the city.
A clarification
Farmers asked to cut input
costs
Amloh, March 2
The survival of marginal farmers in the era
of globalisation and high costs can be made possible by adopting a scientific
approach in agriculture. Also, family members, including women, should use their
spare time for extra income, for which the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU),
Ludhiana, has been organising awareness workshops in villages.
Man booked on charge of
cheating
Bathinda, March 2
The Phul police has registered a case
against Satguru Singh, a resident of Nainewal village under Bhadaur police
station, under Section 420 of the IPC.
Mischief at
shrine
Malerkotla, March 2
A holy book was burnt by miscreants at a
place of worship here today. The police has registered a case under Section 295
A of the IPC on the complaint of the president of the management committee of
the shrine.
Mobile phones,
cash stolen from shop
Bathinda, March 2
Mobile phone sets and spare parts of mobile
phones and computers worth about Rs 5 lakh were stolen from a shop opposite MSD
Senior Secondary School here last night.
Arrange funds for farm
varsities, VCs urge ICAR
LUDHIANA: The Vice-Chancellors of state agricultural universities
have urged the ICAR to take up with the state governments the need for granting
more funds to the varsities to meet their research and educational needs.
PTU students
flay lathicharge
Jalandhar, March 2
The PTU Engineering Colleges Vidyarthi
Sangarsh Committee has flayed the police for allegedly cane-charging students,
who were sitting on fast last evening.
Old Students
Association of Akal College formed
Barnala, March 2
Akal Degree College, Mastuana, about 30 km
from here, has formed its Old Students Association. Prof Jeet Pal Singh Sandhu,
Head of the Department of Mathematics of the college, has been appointed the
coordinator of the association and Mr Gurdev Singh Gill, former manager Punjab
and Sind Bank, is the co-coordinator.
Teachers
threaten to hold protest
Phagwara, March 2
The All-India Federation of University and
College Teachers’ Organisations today threatened to hold protest in the
constituencies of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Human Resource
Development against the malgovernance, misleading statements in Parliament
regarding issues of teachers and dishonouring of the legitimate commitments made
to the AIFUCTO by the ministry on September 5, 1998.
Property dealers seek ID
cards
Patiala, March 2
Members of the local Property Dealers
Welfare Association today demanded that identity cards should be issued to all
members of the association so that they could conduct them work in a better way.
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