A view of Kaulsar, named after Mata Kaulan , adjoining the Golden Temple. The kar seva of this sarovar will begin next week.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
Kaulsar
also to get filtered water
Amritsar, March 27
The kar seva of the first-ever
sarovar named after a Muslim woman, Mata Kaulan, adjoining the Golden
Temple, will start next week. Significance of Gurdwara Mata Kaulan and
Kaulsar sarovar could be adjudged from the fact that Guru Hargobind,
the sixth Sikh guru, had directed the devotees to take dip in Kaulsar
before the Golden Temple sarovar.
Tohra’s condition
better
Amritsar, March 27
The condition of the Mr Gurcharan
Singh Tohra, President Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee
steadly improved during the past 48 hours, but still continues to be
serious. He was admitted to the Escorts Heart and Superspeciality
Institute here on Thursday.
Matharu’s charges
against CM’s aides
Chandigarh, March 27
Mr Gurmeet Singh Matharu,
propaganda secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal( Ropar district), has
levelled serious allegations against certain political and official
associates of the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh.
Congress
protest against party’s candidate
Phillaur, March 27
Situation became tense when some
Congressmen started raising slogans against the Congress candidate
from the Phillaur Lok Sabha constituency, Ms Santosh Chaudhary, who
was here to address party members to activate her election campaign.
Experts want all
services taxed
Patiala, March 27
Economists today urged for
extending the service tax net in the country to cover all services
which they claimed would have a positive impact. Speaking on the
second day of the three day National seminar organised by the
Department of Economics in Punjabi University here, Dr Om Parkash and
Dr Navjot Dhingra said surveys should be conducted to raise this tax
and make it consistent with VAT.
Rotary
International to promote literacy, improve water supply
Faridkot, March 27
Under its several welfare
schemes, the Rotary International plans to improve health services,
promote literacy and supply of drinking water free of cost this year
as it is centennial year of the organisation.
Mann
for re-building Babri mosque
Bathinda, March 27
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), today stated that his
party was for the construction of a mosque at the old place in Ayodhya
while Mr L.K. Advani wanted to construct the Ram temple at the site.
He also said Mr Advani had favoured the scrapping of Article 370 in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Dal
Khalsa to hold ‘Sikh freedom march’
Amritsar, March 27
On the pattern of Deputy Prime
Minister L.K. Advani’s "rath yatra”, the Dal Khalsa today
announced to undertake a statewide yatra under banner of “Sikh
freedom March” and spread message of sovereign Sikh rule. The march
would start on April 26.
Devotees
flock to Kali temple
Patiala, March 27
Faith in Kali Mata today pulled a
stream of devotees to her temple here on the Mall to offer liquor and
goats to propitiate the goddess and ensure their wishes
come true.
Bir
Devinder vows to donate his body
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 27
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy
Speaker, Punjab Legistative Assembly, today announced to donate his
body after death to a medical college. He was addressing a gathering
after inaugurating an eye operation camp, organised by the Bassi
Pathana unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad.
IOA Secretary
summoned
Chandigarh, March 27
Acting on a petition filed by
karate player Charanjit Singh of Amritsar challenging the decision of
the Indian Olympic Association to reselect the team for representing
the country in the ninth South Asian Federation Games at Islamabad in
Pakistan, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has
directed that the respondents may consider sending the petitioner
subject to the condition “that he was selected on competitive
basis”.
Diversify crop
pattern, farmers advised
Abohar, March 27
Mr Surender Kumar Jakhar, member
of the board of Directors, Iffco and Kribhco, has advised farmers to
diversify the crop pattern and prefer crops which need less
quantity of water for irrigation.
Farmers
to block rail track tomorrow
Amritsar, March 27
Thousands of farmers will block
the Amritsar-Jalandhar railway track for about 24 hours on March 29
against “indifferent attitude of the state government”, led by the
Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh.
Natural disaster
cell for Punjab likely
Chandigarh, March 27
Punjab is likely to set up a
disaster management cell in accordance with the disaster management
policy evolved by the Centre. Stating this, the Director-General of
the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Public Administration said since
natural disasters were inevitable, there was a need to be prepared for
them. He was speaking at the inaugural session of a national-level
conference on “Natural disasters: institutional building for
mitigating the impact on vulnerable sections” here.
BSNL
chargesheets 6 employees
Abohar, March 27
The BSNL has chargesheeted its
six employees in the ISD calls scam and effected recovery of Rs 50,000
claiming that the total loss was estimated at Rs 70,000 only.
PSEB engineer,
flying squad attacked
Bathinda, March 27
The Kotfatta police has
registered a case against Nachhattar Singh, a resident of Gehri Bara
Singh village, for allegedly attacking a Junior Engineer of the Punjab
State Electricity Board at the Gehri Bara Singh village.
3 held
with fake currency
Tarn Taran, March 27
The local district police has
arrested three members of a gang involved in a fake currency racket.
Rupees 6.27 lakh of fake currency was seized from them. The gang was
also involved in the illegal sale of smack.
Three
held for cheating
Pathankot, March 27
The district police has arrested
three persons Yaqub Bapu, Dalip Kumar, both residents of Vadodra,
Gujarat and Karan Kumar, a resident of Dinanagar, under Section 420 of
the IPC from Dinanagar yesterday. The SSP said the brain behind the
gang is known as tantrik Baba Bapu ji.
Two
held for smuggling arms
Jalalabad, March 27
The police here claimed arresting
two persons and recovering four country- made unlicensed pistols from
their possession. Those arrested are Gurmit Singh alias Billa
and Harbans Singh resident of Krishna Nagar Hoshiarpur. Mr Rajesh
Asthir, SHO at press conference on Thursday said that the
arms recovered, included .38 bore two pistols, one .315 bore and
one of .12 bore.
Woman,
paramour held for killing husband
Tarn Taran, March 27
Gehal Singh (55), a resident of
Sabhra village, falling under the Patti police station, was allegedly
killed by his wife Jasbir Kaur (40) and her paramour Heera Singh (26)
of the same village last night.
Girl
raped
Ludhiana, March 25
A 19-year-old girl was allegedly
raped by two unidentified persons at Phagwara some days ago. The girl,
a resident of Amritsar, was visiting her aunt Binder Kaur in the city.
Special observers
for Class X, XII exams
Mohali, March 27
The Ludhiana police today shifted
its investigations into the Punjab School Education Board paper
leakage case to the SSP Jagroan for action. According to SSP Ludhiana,
Mr Narinder Pal Singh, the Board had informed that the leakage
allgedly started from a Centre in Dehlon which technically fell within
the jurisdiction of SSP Jagraon.
Experts
discuss role of DNA in crime investigation
Jalandhar, March 27
A two-day national seminar on
“DNA and the law: new dimensions”, organised by the School of
Legal Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, started at the GNDU’s
regional centre at Ladhewali village, near here, today.
VC,
Registrar can’t expunge my letter, says FDO
Amritsar, March 27
Finance and Development Officer,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Varinder Pal Sharma today challenged the
authority of the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar for expunging the
contents of his letter, written against Dr Narpinder Singh, President,
GNDU Teachers Association wherein he had levelled charges of financial
irregularities.
“India
Shining” a misnomer, says Johl
Patiala, March 27
The Vice-Chairman of the State
Planning Commission, Dr S.S. Johl, today said the size of the per
capita economy should be the main concern of planners instead of
calculating the per capita earning of an individual.
World
Theatre Day celebrated
Patiala, March 27
Students of the Department of
Theatre and Television of Punjabi University today celebrated World
Theatre Day by putting up a lively day-long show. The package included
two ‘nukkad’ plays, an open-air mime and a ‘mashaal’ march
through the campus, besides a couple of plays in the department
studio.
Degrees
conferred on nursing college pass-outs
Nawanshahr, March 27
The Guru Nanak College of
Nursing, Dhahan Kaleran, about 20 km from here, organised its annual
convocation today. Dr J.S. Gujral, Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid
University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, was the chief guest and Mr
Baljinder Singh Dhahan, president, Canada India Education Society,
Vancouver, Canada, presided over the function.
Bhaddal
institute celebrates annual day
Ropar, March 27
Vista, annual cultural function
of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhaddal, was organised
on its premises with enthusiasm last evening. Mr K.S. Bahra, Chief
Engineer, Operation, PSEB, Patiala, was the chief guest.
Reunion
by Law alumni
Patiala, March 27
Alumni of Department of Law,
Punjabi University, Patiala, will organise a felicitation
programme-cum-reunion for students of 1974-77 and 1975-78 batches on
March 28 at Hotel Narain Continental here, according to a press note.
Tribune holds
meeting of sales agents
Jalandhar, March 27
About 190 sales agents of the
Tribune Group of Newspapers and hailing from different townships of
Jalandhar, district participated in a meet organised by the
organisation here today.
BSNL
launches WLL service
Bathinda, March 27
Mr G.S. Bhatia, Chief General
Manager, BSNL, Punjab Circle Chandigarh, here today inaugurated the
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) 3000
lines fixed/mobile service for Bathinda, Raman, Phul Mandi and Mansa
area.
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