Girls wear traditional costumes at the Folk Art Mela organised
by Government College of Girls in Patiala on Thursday. — Photo by Rajesh
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Badal
uses Panth to solve his problems, says Gill
Bathinda, March 25
Mr Jagroop Singh Gill, Chairman,
Improvement Trust, Bathinda, and senior Congress leader, today
cautioned the people that they should be aware of the “tactics”
being adopted by former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to get
their votes in the Lok Sabha elections.
In a press note issued here today, Mr Gill alleged that it was Mr
Badal who played an active role in disturbing the law and order
situation in Punjab in 1984 by instigating the ‘dharmi faujis’.
Revamp
of school board after elections
Chandigarh, March 25
Rattled by the question paper
leak in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), the Punjab
Government has decided to go for drastic changes in the existing
structure of the board. The restructuring process of the board will
start immediately after the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Missing
question paper packet found
Mohali, March 25
In an interesting development,
the Punjab School Education Board Chairman today stated that they had
‘found’ the question paper packet that had gone ‘missing’ from
Gurdaspur, thought to be the source of Class X question paper leakage.
Father
searching for soldier son for 3 yrs
Faridkot, March 25
Naib Subedar Roop Lal (retd), a
local resident, is moving from pillar to post for the past three years
to get information about his only son, Naik Sukhpal Singh, a serving
soldier, missing for the past over three years.
BSNL
mobile fraud case: official suspended
Patiala, March 25
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
today suspended its Rajpura-based Junior Telecom Officer, who was
responsible for activating connections of subscribers of the town who
defrauded the company of Rs 80 lakh even as further investigation
revealed that the racket might be even bigger than the Rs 1 crore
figure.
Sukhbir Badal
accuses Cong of nepotism
Faridkot, March 25
Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, General
Secretary of the SAD asked people of Punjab not to be misled by
propaganda against senior Akali leaders by the government of Chief
Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
Spinal injuries
centre before year-end
Mohali, March 25
The Regional Spinal Injuries
Centre at Mohali will start functioning before the end of this year.
After three years of the Punjab Government running the centre from
temporary premises at the Government Medical College and Hospital,
Sector 32, finally the unfinished building of the centre in Sector 70
will be completed with construction starting this week.
Homecoming
for rickshawpuller’s son
Abohar, March 25
Four-year-old Gobinda, who was
allegedly sold by his father, a rickshawpuller for Rs 4,000 to an
issueless milkman here last fortnight, would be restored to his
family, sources said.
Bid to
grab gaushala land alleged
Kapurthala, March 25
A delegation of representatives
of the Bajrang Dal, the Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray), the RSS and temple
committees of the town today met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Rakesh
Kumar, in connection with the change in revenue records of the land
pertaining to a gaushala.
Culture
endorses bias against women: paper
Amritsar, March 25
More than 24 research papers were
presented on Folklore on the second day of the Indian Folklore
Congress hosted by the School of Punjabi Studies of Guru Nanak Dev
University here today.
Protest
against ‘disowning’ of martyrs today
Jalandhar, March 25
To lodge protest against the
“disowning” of the Kamagatamaru freedom fighters by the Union Home
Ministry, which had filed an affidavit in the Punjab and Haryana High
Court expressing doubts whether the Kamagatamaru passengers had any
link with the country’s freedom struggle, members of the local Desh
Bhagat Yaadgar Committee have decided to converge at the Jallianwala
Bagh in Amritsar tomorrow.
Octroi
collection staff beat up truck driver
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 25
Octroi contractors of the
Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib area and their employees have allegedly beaten
up a truck driver for refusing to pay more than the fixed fee for
getting a transit pass.
‘India
Shining’ hollow claim, says former CBI Director
Jalalabad, March 25
Mr Joginder Singh, member
Interpol and former CBI Director, has said that during the past
five years of the NDA rule, the economy of country has improved but
the claim of “India Shining” seems to be far from reality.
PSSF
gears up for today’s rally
Ludhiana, March 25
The Punjab Subordinate Services
Federation (PSSF) has claimed that there was great enthusiasm among
the government employees for the proposed state level protest rally at
Patiala on March 26 against the indifferent and apathetic attitude of
the state government.
Rs
1280 cr credit plan for Sangrur
Sangrur, March 25
Mr Sarvjit Singh, DC, Sangrur,
today launched the annual district credit plan of Sangrur district for
2004-05, prepared by the State Bank of Patiala at a district-level
Review Committee Meeting here.
Rape victim can’t
be quizzed about character
Chandigarh, March 25
After amendment to the Indian
Evidence Act, an accused in a rape case could not be allowed to adduce
evidence for proving immoral character of the prosecutrix, the Punjab
and Haryana High Court has held in a significant judgement.
High
Court
Two rescued
from illegal detention
Chandigarh, March 25
A warrant officer, appointed by
the Punjab and Haryana High Court, reportedly rescued two Jalandhar
district residents from lock up after raiding a police station late
Wednesday night.
Jagir
Kaur’s security officer out on bail
Patiala, March 25
Former SGPC President Bibi Jagir
Kaur’s personal security officer and Sub- Inspector Nishan Singh was
today released from the Central Jail here after he submitted a surety
and a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each on the directions of a local
court.
Lawyers
want judge shifted
Pathankot, March
25
Lawyers here continued the
boycott of the court of Mr Ranjit Singh, Judicial Magistrate, for the
third day here today. They are demanding his transfer.
Inspections reveal
anomalies in MC contracts
Ropar, March 25
A major bungling in the sanitary
contract of the Mohali Municipal Council was detected during the
annual inspection conducted by the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Seema Jain.
Executive Engineer
caught taking bribe
Bathinda, March 25
Mr Baldev Singh Mittal, Executive
Engineer, Public Health, Mansa, was caught by a team of the Vigilance
Bureau, led by DSP Vinod Chaudhary, accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000
from a civil works contractor yesterday.
Patwari
held on bribe charge
Amritsar, March 25
The Vigilance Bureau has nabbed
Mohan Lal, a patwari, in Sri Hargobindpur sub tehsil of Gurdaspur
district while taking a bribe of Rs 6000 for issuing copy of Intakal.
This was informed in a press release by Mr Dilraj Singh Gill, Senior
Superintendent of Vigilance Bureau here, yesterday.
3
arrested for smuggling bats
Pathankot, March 25
The Pathankot police has arrested
three persons for smuggling bats from Srinagar and seized 5,700 bats
loaded in two trucks. Their accomplice, however, managed to escape.
Stir threat by
college teachers
Chandigarh, March 25
The Punjab Government College
Teachers Association today threatened to stage a dharna in front of
the private residence of the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder
Singh, at Patiala. The General Secretary of the Association, Mr Jaipal
Singh, said that several demands of college teachers were hanging fire
for the past several years.
Notice
against leaders motivated, say students
Patiala, March 25
The Punjabi University Students
Confederation (PUSC) has asked the university authorities to withdraw
a notice, banning the entry of three student leaders on the university
campus.
Teachers
denied salary for want of approval
Fazilka, March 25
Sanjeev Kumar Grover a JBT
teacher who has been teaching in government-aided Satsang Primary
School, here since September 20, 2002, has not been paid salary for
want of sanction from the Finance Department, Punjab.
Job
placement at engg college
Fatehgarh Sahib, March
25
Leading placement company
VinzinfoZ visited the local Baba Banda Singh Bahadhur (BBSB)
Engineering College for campus placements here yesterday. Recruitment
Officer Ramandeep Singh interviewed 107 final year students of
electronics and computer engineering of the college.
Annual credit plan
of Mansa launched
Mansa, March 25
Mr Raj Kamal Chaudhary, Deputy
Commissioner, Mansa, today launched the annual credit plan of the
district.
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