Envoy
to take up corridor issue with Pak
Amritsar, March 20
The Indian High Commissioner, Mr
Shiv Shankar Menon, would take up the issue of corridor for Gurdwara
Kartarpur Sahib with the Pakistan Government on a priority basis.
Mr Shivshankar Menon, India's High Commissioner in Pakistan,
being honoured at the information centre of SGPC inside the
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 75 pc
prisoners are undertrials, says Kalha
Chandigarh, March 20
The National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) is keen on bringing down the population of under
trials who are 75 per cent of the total prisoners in the country, says
Mr Ranjit Singh Kalha, a member of the commission, revealing that the
prisons are overcrowded by 31 per cent.
PUDA
chief divested of powers to issue licences
Mohali, March 20
The Punjab Government has
divested the Chief Administrator, Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority (PUDA), of his powers to issue licences to real
estate promoters to colonise.
Politics
not for me, says Naseer
Jalandhar, March 20
Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah
has said that theatre has a future. Refusing to comment upon the
“new-found love” of most of Bollywood artistes in politics,
Naseeruddin, who was here to stage his “Ismat Apa Ke Naam,” said
since politics was not his cup of tea, he would not try his hands on
it.
Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah and his wife and co-actress Ratna at a
Press conference in Jalandhar on
Saturday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra
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YC seeks Bathinda
seat for its nominee
Sangrur, March 20
Mr Raminder Singh Awla, president
of the Punjab Youth Congress, today said that it had demanded from the
Congress High Command party ticket for its nominee, Mr Jagtar Singh
Dhanaula, president of the Sangrur district Youth Congress, for
Bathinda (reserve) Lok Sabha seat in the forthcoming Lok Sabha
elections.
Mann
decries Vajpayee on linking of rivers
Sangrur, March 20
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), a candidate from
Sangrur parliamentary constituency, yesterday criticised Prime
Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for his statement on linking of
rivers of the country, at Patiala.
Death in mishap:
police shielding accused,
says victim’s father
Amritsar, March 20
Even after two weeks the Majitha
police has failed to arrest three youths who were allegedly involved
in an accident in which seven-year-old girl Bikramjit Kaur died on
March 7.
Closure
notice to 300 industries producing
hazardous waste
Chandigarh, March 20
Closure notices have been served
on the owners of about 300 industrial units which were defying the
directive of the Punjab Pollution Control Board with regard to the
disposal of hazardous waste in the state.
Bank
staff oppose waiving of loans taken fraudulently
Ropar, March 20
Employees of Ropar Central
Cooperative Bank have opposed the decision of the Registrar,
Cooperative Societies, to waive a sum of Rs 43 lakh fraudulently taken
as loans from the two societies of the Nurpurbedi area by a secretary.
Installation
of tower on roofs dangerous, says SDM
Amritsar, March 20
The installation of a tower by
the Hutch company in the Kot Atma Ram and Sultanwind areas, has raised
a controversy. The Subdivisional Magistrate I in his report has said
the installation of tower on the roofs of certain houses along with
generator in the area could prove dangerous to life and property.
Boy’s
‘selling’: SDM orders probe
Abohar, March 20
Taking suo motu notice of the
media reports on alleged sale of four-year-old boy Gobinda for Rs
4,000 to a milkman by his father a poor rickshaw-puller Teja Ram of
Bhagwanpura locality here, SDM Yash Raj Bhatti has asked the Naib
Tehsildar (Executive Magistrate) Virender Garg to probe the matter.
Mill
owner fined Rs 1.9 lakh
Kot Kapura, March 20
The Punjab State Electricity
Board (PSEB) authorities have imposed a penalty of Rs 1.9 lakhs on a
rice mill located in this area.
Truckers
form association
Chandigarh, March
20
The Truck Operators Welfare
Association was set up today in Punjab to protect operators from
exploitation by various agencies and also to solve their other
problems.
Plea of undue
favour to firm dismissed
Chandigarh, March 20
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
has dismissed a writ petition filed by a Ludhiana-based firm claiming
that the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation was showing undue favour to
another firm while allotting work for the construction of an indoor
stadium.
20-yr-old girl
strangled
Hoshiarpur, March 20
Some unidentified persons killed
Navjot Kaur (20), daughter of Kuldip Singh by strangling her with her
dupatta today. The young girl was killed around 11 am at her home in
ward No. 6 of Mahilpur town, 24 kms from here.
Bid to
take over building, 7 booked
Bathinda, March 20
Even as a criminal case has been
registered against seven persons for their alleged turning to
illegally take over a building owned by a local trader, the Deputy
Inspector-General (DIG), Punjab Police, Faridkot Range, placed Mr
Gulzar Singh, in charge, police chowki, Civil Lines, under suspension
not taking proper action in this regard.
Labourer
commits suicide
Bathinda, March 20
Maghar Singh, an agricultural
labourer and a resident of Pakka Kalan village of this district, today
committed suicide by jumping before a running train on
Bathinda-Dabwali rail section.
Controversy over
law entrance test
Chandigarh, March 20
The conducting of the entrance
test for Panjab University’s Law College, Muktsar, has stirred up a
controversy. While PU has been holding the test since the college came
up in 1999, this year the Punjab Government has expressed its desire
to conduct the test through Punjabi University, Patiala.
Copying
case: Dang for action against parents,
invigilators
Bathinda, March 20
A senior communist party leader
and former MLA, Mr Satya Pal Dang today sought serious action against
those VVIPs, who were involved in forcing the invigilators to help
their wards in copying appearing at one of the examination centres set
up in local SSD Senior Secondary School for the plus two board exams.
Govt
decision on paper leak probe hailed
Mohali, March 20
Members of the Punjab School
Education Board Employees Association today welcomed the decision of
the Punjab Government to hold its own inquiry into the leak of
question papers of the board.
Punjab
history conference ends
Patiala, March 20
Dr Balwant Singh Dhillon, Head of
the Department of Guru Nanak Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, said the history of Sikh culture began with Guru Nanak.
Language
skills must for effective communication,
say experts
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 20
A national seminar on
“Importance of communication skills” yesterday was organised at
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib.
Dr A. Kalanidhi former-Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University,
Chennai, presided.
Registration
in govt school starts
Kharar, March 20
The registration of students of
Government Model Senior Secondary School started here today. As many
as 45 students were registered on the occasion.
289
get degrees at convocation
Kapurthala, March 20
Justice O.P. Verma, Governor of
Punjab, today said that India would not be able to achieve its goal of
becoming a developed country by 2020 without ensuring complete women
literacy.
1,000
B.Tech students appear for test
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 20
The placement cell of Punjab
Technical University organised placement test for 1,000 B.Tech
students at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh
Sahib. Students from the 14 engineering colleges affiliated to the
university sat in the test.
Trust recommends
cancellation of allotment of 7 shops
Pathankot, march 20
The sub-committee appointed by
the Pathankot Improvement Trust House has recommended the cancellation
of allotment of seven shops in Dr Shayama Prasad Mukherjee Market
here. The shops had allegedly been allotted by flouting rules and
using unfair means.
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