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Pak
visitors relive past
Chandigarh, May 29
  Excited, they fetched bottled
soft drinks for him, but he refused. Then they brought chilled milk,
he refused again with folded hands; the offer of tea met the same
response.
Eminent women writers from Pakistan share light moments with Dr Satinder Noor, president of the Indian chapter of the World Punjabi Conference, at Hotel Shivalik View on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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2
nephews of wife’s abusers killed
Patiala, May 29
In a gruesome revenge, a resident
of Yadavindra Colony in the city killed two nephews of two brothers in
two separate incidents, after they allegedly abused his wife sexually
after taking her pictures in compromising positions.
Fear
grips industrialists after Vij’s arrest
Jalandhar, May 29
While the two factories of
industrialist-exporter Shital Vij, who was arrested by officials of
the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday evening at
Ludhiana for allegedly evading customs duty running into crores,
started functioning this morning, his arrest has instilled a fear
psychosis among a large number of local industrialist-exporters.
Ex-minister’s
aide evades arrest
Pathankot, May 29
Vigilance Bureau sleuths have
failed to arrest Harjinder Singh, an aide of former Akali minister,
Sewa Singh Sekhwan.
DCC chief urges
Sonia to check Bhattal’s activities
Faridkot, May 29
Mr Surinderiqbal Singh Brar, president of the District Congress
Committee (DCC), Faridkot, has appealed AICC President, Mrs Sonia
Gandhi, to check the activities of the Deputy Chief Minister, Mrs
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, in the interest of the party as well as of the
state.
Wildlife wardens to
seek cancellation of SDM's bail
Chandigarh, May 29
It was a day of respite for the
wildlife wardens of Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur who are fighting it out
against SDM Puneet Goel, Pathankot, charged with poaching of the
national bird. The case took a dramatic turn today with the Chief
Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice B.K. Roy
allowing petitioners in the case to apply for the cancellation of SDM
Puneet Goel's bail.
PCMS
body blames admn for diarrhoea outbreak
Faridkot, May 29
The Punjab Civil Medical Services
(PCMS) Association has held the district administration responsible
for the recent outbreak of diarrhoea in Sukhchainpura, Himmatpura and
Ambedkar bastis, besides Kasambhatti, Surghoori and Chandhan villages
in Jaito subdivision of the district, which claimed nine lives and led
to the suspension of Dr Ajit Pal Singh, SMO, Civil Hospital, Jaito.
Withdraw ‘anti-Punjabi’ decision, writers urge VC
Sangrur, May 29
The Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha (Sekhon) has urged the Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.S. Boparai, to withdraw his decision with regard to reducing total marks of Punjabi as a compulsory subject at the graduation level.
Villagers
bear brunt of PSEB red tape
Nawanshahr, May 29
Even though Jagatpur, village
about 25 km from here, was brought under the 24-hour power supply
scheme by the PSEB a year ago, about 40 families of the village are
still deprived of the facility. The affected families have been
running from pillar to post to bring their houses under the scheme for
the past many months but in vain.
Boy
with hole in heart needs aid
Patiala, May 29
Hardev Singh prays for everyone.
He is a granthi and lives on the doles of the righteous. However, his
prayers have not helped his 14-year-old son Jaskirat who has been
diagnosed with a hole in the heart for the past four years.
Granthi Hardev Singh with his son Jaskirat |
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Police remand for
accused under PNDT Act
Bathinda, May 29
Mohinder Kaur and Sukhpal Kaur,
who were arrested yesterday for their alleged involvement in carrying
out sex-determination test, were remanded into police custody till May
30 by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Rajiv Malhotra, when the two
were produced in his court today.
Inside
Babudom
No more than one pen a
month for ADGP
Chandigarh, May 29
If you are an Additional
Director-General in the Punjab police in charge of Operations or
Training and Police Rules, make sure that tea-sets and glasses in your
office last for at least six months, lest you have do without these.
1 dead, 7 hurt in
mishap
Lalru, May 29
A 19-year-old girl, Rekha Rani,
died and seven other members of a Delhi-based family were injured when
a Maruti van in which they were travelling overturned on the
Kalka-Ambala highway in Sarseeni village near here, early this
morning.
Stolen
truck recovered, 5 held
Kapurthala, May 29
The police has succeeded in
tracing a truck which was taken away by armed persons on May 26 on the
GT Road near Ramidi village. The truck was loaded with sun flower
crop.
Thief
arrested, admitted to hospital
Sangrur, May 29
The local police last night
arrested an alleged thief, Vijay Kumar, resident of Dhuri, and seized
Rs 2,500, gold earrings and artificial jewellery from him in the local
Patiala Gate phirni road area.
5
booked after clash over land
Lalru, May 29
For their involvement in a clash
over a land dispute in Chandiala village near here yesterday, the
police booked five persons today.
Teachers allege
favouritism in allotment of schools
Bathinda, May 29
The Democratic Teachers Front,
Punjab Bathinda district unit today condemned alleged irregularities
in the allotment of stations (schools) to the Elementary Teacher
Training teachers yesterday.
Sumeet
of Budha Dal gets 95.2 pc marks
Patiala, May 29
Sumeet Tiwana, who secured 95.2
per cent marks in the Class X examination of the CBSE, stood first in
Budha Dal Public School. Tiwana was followed by Navneet Kaur and Mamta
Goyal who jointly got 94.8 per cent marks while Anmol Singh stood
third with 94.6 per cent marks. Whereas Manreet Kaur Dhaliwal bagged
87.3 per cent marks.
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