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 Amarinder
has tough tasks ahead
Chandigarh, May 14
Punjab Congress will have
difficult time explaining to the party high command why it had
performed poorly in the Lok Sabha elections. Knives are already out
between Capt Amarinder Singh and his Deputy Chief Minister, Ms
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who had a wordy dual in the media yesterday.
 Harping
on SAD rebounds on Mann
Amritsar, May 14
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) who had made a record
of sorts in the Akali politics by polling the second largest number of
votes in the country (5,27,707) during 1989 Lok Sabha elections, is a
sad man today. In 1989 he had defeated the Congress candidate, Mr Ajit
Singh Mann, who had secured 47,290 votes .
CPI to
ponder on reasons for defeat
Bathinda, May 14
The CPI will discuss on May 25
and 26 reasons for the defeat of its only candidate, Ms Kushal Bhora
from this constituency at the hands of the SAD-BJP candidate, Ms
Paramjit Kaur Gulshan.
How
women fared in elections
Chandigarh, May 14
Punjab is yet to not only empower
its women political aspirants but also to correct its skewed sex
ratios. Out of the 13 successful candidates, there would be two women
in the 14th Lok Sabha, Ms Preneet Kaur and Ms Paramjit Kaur Gulshan,
representing two arch political rivals, Congress and SAD,
respectively. Both parties will be long remembered for their fierce
sleaze campaigns.
Candidates from eight districts of Punjab participate in a five-day
Army recruitment camp on one of the hottest days in Patiala on Friday.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
S.S.
Virk may stay on
Chandigarh, May 14
The tug-of-war between the Centre
and the Punjab government — over the issue of allowing IPS officer
S.S. Virk to stay in the state — is likely to end soon. Though there
is nothing official about it, sources in Punjab Home Department claim
that the officer is likely to get an extension.
SGPC
poll: all-party meeting on May 21
Amritsar, May 14
The Chief Gurdwara Election
Commission has convened an all-party Panthic organisations’ meeting
on May 21 in Chandigarh to discuss issues relating to the July 11
general election of the SGPC. Jathedar Akal Takht, Giani Joginder
Singh Vedanti, has emphasised the need of fielding ‘clean’ Panthic
candidates.
People lay siege to
police station
Demand murder case against SHO
Gurdaspur, May 14
Hundreds of residents of Kalanaur
today laid a siege to the police station in the border town, demanding
registration of a case of murder against SHO Kulwant Singh on the
charge of killing a resident of the city in custody.
Directions
to check spread of diarrhoea
Faridkot, May 14
Mr Hussan Lal, Deputy
Commissioner, has directed the District Public Health Department to
segregate the drinking water supply of Sukhchainpura, Himmatpura and
Ambedkar Basti at Jaito town in the district to detect the reason
behind the spread of diarrhoea in these areas. He said effective
measures should also be initiated to repair three of the seven filters
at waterworks.
The 8-member delegation of Rafi Peer theatre group of Lahore, Pakistan, led by
Usmaan Peerzada waves to the Indian media after arriving at the
Wagah border on Friday.
— PTI photo |
Retreat
ceremony at cross purposes with peace moves
Joint Check Post,
Hussainiwala, May 14
Notwithstanding the ongoing peace
process, the retreat ceremony of the BSF and the Pakistan Rangers at
the Indo-Pakistan Joint Checkpost, Hussainiwala, continues to be
mutually hostile.
Dalit
woman dies after illegal abortion
Police initiates action against
doctor, staff
Bathinda, May 14
Karamjit Kaur, a Dalit woman of
Mehna village in Muktsar district, died in the local Civil Hospital
late last evening. An unregistered medical practitioner of Lambi town
had allegedly carried out an illegal abortion on her on May 10.
Woman
locked in bank strongroom
Amritsar, May 14
In an alleged case of negligence
of bank employees, a housewife, Mandeep Kaur, was accidentally locked
in the strongroom of Bank of Punjab, Guru Nanak Dev University branch,
for more than an hour.
Red
Cross honours 25 for social service
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 14
The District Red Cross Society
today celebrated World Red Cross Day as Bhai Kanhaiya Divas at the
Bachat Bhavan. Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy Speaker, presided over
the function.
High
Court
Jagir Kaur’s bail
Chandigarh, May 14
Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar on Friday
adjourned a petition seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail to
former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur. Earlier, a Bench headed by Mr Chief
Justice B.K. Roy had ordered that the petition be heard by another
Bench.
Punjab police
stations to keep track of eunuchs
Chandigarh, May 14
The Punjab police has directed
all police stations in the state to update and maintain complete track
record of eunuch groups so that inhuman incidents to convert normal
males into one of them could be avoided.
2 killed, 6 hurt in
attack on farmhouse
Amritsar, May 14
Two persons, including a woman,
were killed and six others including children, seriously injured when
several unidentified persons attacked a family living in a farmhouse
here last night.
Patwari
arrested
Kharar, May 14
Officials of the Vigilance Bureau
arrested a patwari who was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting
a bribe of Rs 500 from a resident of Chadiala village here this
evening.
College trust chief
alleges intimidation
Ropar, May 14
The infighting among trustees of
the Institute of Engineering (IET) Bhaddal, got murkier today with the Chairperson of the trust, Ms Kulwinder Kaur, alleging that Mr
Gora Kang, brother of Minister of Animal Husbandry Jagmohan Singh
Kang, and Chairman of Ropar Central Cooperative Bank, was intimidating
her.
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Mr Sukhbir Badal, SAD-BJP
alliance candidate from this prestigious parliamentary constituency,
who has secured victory over his nearest rival, Ms Karan Brar, joint
candidate of the Congress, the CPI and the CPM, in the just concluded
Lok Sabha elections has created history in many ways.
