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Symbols
allotted for SGPC poll
Chandigarh, May 21
Apart from political and
religious organisations, four Akali parties are set to take part in
the SGPC elections scheduled for July 11. These are the SAD (Badal),
the SAD (Amritsar), the Akali Dal headed by Mr Ravi Inder Singh and
the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) headed by Mr Kartar Singh Takkar. The
SGPC management is currently in the control of the SAD (Badal).
From
farmers to expert fishers
Bhakra, May 21
Life never stops. It evolves with
times and circumstances. The biological law is illustrated in the
change adopted in their lifestyle by the people residing in the areas
surrounding Gobind Sagar.
Inside
Babudom
Police science
congress in Jalandhar
Chandigarh, May 21
Top policemen of the country,
including chiefs of Central police organisations (CPOs), states and
union territories, besides of the Intelligence Bureau and Bureau of
Police Research and Development will be in Jalandhar early next week
to participate in the 35th All-India Police Science Congress.
Woman
kills daughter, self
Bathinda, May 21
Kulwinder Kaur, a resident of
Rampura town in the district, committed suicide and administered
poison to her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter late last evening after
she got fed up with the repeated torture by her paramour Bhura Singh,
with whom she had been living after leaving her husband.
Eradi panel in
Nangal
Chandigarh, May 21
Three-member Eradi Tribunal,
headed by Justice V. Balakrishna Eradi, reached Nangal for visiting
Bhakra Dam and Ropar headworks after their return from Manali this
morning. The team, along with other officers and advocates from
Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, were expected to carry on-the-spot
survey of the area on Saturday also.
Woman
breastfeeds fawn, saves it
Abohar, May 21
Mrs Vijay Luxmi Sahu of
Narainpura village has saved a female fawn by breastfeeding it. She
had gone to meet her parents at Dhaani Jodkian, near Kainchian
village, in Sriganganagar district earlier this month. Her husband, Mr
Vijay Pal Sahu, accompanied her. One day, when their dog did not
return home till late evening, they went to the fields.
Home
Guards
refuse to note down order
Sangrur, May 21
Hundreds of jawans of the Punjab
Home Guards of this district who came here on the invitation of the
Punjab Home Guards District Commander at his office today, refused to
note down a speaking order. The order has been issued by the Principal
Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Punjab. It mentions
that as all Home Guards are volunteers so they are not entitled to
regular pay scales.
Diarrhoea
stalks Gidderbaha area
Gidderbaha (Muktsar), May
21
Gidderbaha town of Muktsar
district is in the grip of diarrhoea. Jaitu town of Faridkot district
and many parts of Bathinda district too have been hit by the disease.
It seems to have acquired an epidemic dimension in a locality of
Gidderbaha as 11 patients of the area were admitted to the local Civil
Hospital in a serious condition today.
Water
shortage in Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur, May 21
Residents of Hoshiarpur city are
facing an acute shortage of drinking water for the past five days. Mr
Vir Partap Singh, a former chairman of the local Improvement Trust and
resident of the local Mohalla Krishan Nagar, told this correspondent
today that the entire locality was facing an acute shortage of water.
Boy
dies of gastroenteritis
Jalandhar, May 21
a nine-year-old child today died
of gastroenteritis, which has stalked some localities of the city for
the past couple of days. Rahul, a resident of Ekta Nagar, was admitted
in a private hospital two days back and was suspected to be suffering
from gastroenteritis. He died this morning.
Cases
of typhoid in Phagwara
Phagwara, May 21
Some cases of typhoid fever have
been reported in Phagwara. It is a high-grade fever caused by bacteria
Salmonella typhi. Doctors say that flies and contaminated food,
over-ripe fruits, uncovered cut fruits/eatables and contaminated water
are the causes of the disease.
Heat
wave claims life
Tarn Taran, May 21
The heat wave claimed on life
here and the deceased has been identified as Maninder Singh (40), a
resident of Fatehbad village, who was residing here these days.
High
Court
Halt police harassment, pleads stone crushers’ body
Chandigarh, May 21
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
today issued notice to the Haryana government on a writ filed by the
All Haryana Stone Crusher Owners Federation. The federation is seeking
directions to the government and district administration of Faridabad
and Gurgaon to allow them to carry out stone crushing.
Fruit growers feel
the heat
Pathankot, May 21
The steep rise in temperature is
likely to mar the prospects of a high mango and litchi yield in the
district.
Encroachment on
PSEB land: DC conceals facts
Amritsar, May 21
Instead of initiating action to
remove encroachment on prime land belonging to the Punjab State
Electricity Board, the district administration has appointed a
Tehsildar to hold an inquiry, who himself was accused for favouring
the alleged culprits. However, the PSEB has refused to cooperate the
‘inquiry officer’ and sought to appoint some other official with a
‘clean image’.
MC
against land for PPHC within municipal limits
Kharar, May 21
The local Municipal Council has
decided to write to the Punjab Government asking for acquisition of
land for the Punjab Police Housing Corporation outside the municipal
limits.
VB books four
Punsup officials in paddy scam
Moga, May 21
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau, has
registered a case against four officials of Punsup, including a
District Manager, an Assistant District Manager, a Field Officer and
an Inspector and also against two partners of a sheller of Kotisekhan
in Moga district, on charge of misappropriation of paddy worth Rs
1,14,97,647.
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youths hurt in attack at Kharar
Kharar, May 21
Two youths were seriously injured
when they were attacked by a group of boys with swords and metal rods
here this evening.
Varsity invites
applications for vocational courses
Amritsar May 21
The Guru Nanak Dev University has
announced admission to three one-year vocational courses in Dress
Designing-Cutting and Tailoring; Textile Designing, and Electronics
and TV Maintenance and Servicing.
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Chandigarh, May 21
