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Crises
galore as govt tries to come out of poll debacle
Chandigarh, June 4
There are crises galore as the
Congress government in Punjab is trying to put behind the debacle it
suffered in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Generations
fed on hatred: Pak writer
Amritsar, June 4
Generations of Pakistani youth
have been fed on hatred for India through textbooks that taught enmity
right from the primary stage for “Hind, Hindu and Hindustani”,
revealed eminent Pakistani writer Ahmad Salim.
Pakistani writer Ahmad Salim with Gandhian Nirmala Deshpandey in Amritsar on Friday.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
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Cong
leader involved in sex scandal
Ludhiana, June 4
In a major embarrassment for the
Congress government in the state, a Youth Congress leader, who is
close to a sitting Congress MLA, has been found to be involved in a
sex scandal busted by the local police. A senior official of the
Police Department is also said to be involved but no action has been
taken so far against him.
MC can cancel deed
with temple body, say legal experts
Amritsar, June 4
Legal experts of the local
Municipal Corporation opine that the corporation here has “every
right to cancel the lease deed with the Durgiana Temple management in
which the latter had allegedly violated terms and conditions of the
land, measuring 972.32 sq yrd, leased out to it to build a primary
school.”
Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, releases a souvenir on the occasion of the first birth centenary of Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara in Amritsar on Thursday. Ms Inderjit Kaur president, All-India Pingalwara Charitable Society, Mr S.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University and Dr S. Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-exile, are also seen in the picture.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
Dharna
by MC employees
Phagwara, June 4
The spat between Congress
Councillor Brij Bhushan Parbhakar and a Municipal Workers’ Union
leader Ms Surjit Kaur today became serious as municipal employees
started a dharna in front of Nagar Council’s office demanding action
against the Councillor, who the protesters alleged, had misbehaved
with their leader, The Councillor denied it. The protesters threatened
to intensify their stir.
Lobbying
on for Gymkhana poll
Jalandhar, June 4
Intense lobbying for top posts
has started gripping the Gymkhana members as the date of elections,
scheduled to be held on June 13 after a period of three years, is
drawing near.
Police
draws flak for inaction
Abohar, June 4
Three physically challenged
persons, including a married woman, admitted to the Nehru Memorial
Civil Hospital on Wednesday are waiting for action by the police
against those who attacked them. Sources said that Chander Kumar son
of Jain Kumar of Azeemgarh was coming in a wheel chair. A boy hit
polio-hit Chander on head with a pipe.
Agro
factory workers seek reinstatement
Sangrur, June 4
A large number of men and women,
led by Dr Joginder Dayal, state unit secretary of the CPI, took out a
protest march from the CPI office to the office of the Deputy
Commissioner, here today.
10-day
camp for disabled begins
Faridkot, June 4
A 10-day summer camp organised by
the District Red Cross Society for mentally and visually challenged
children started here today.
Vij files plea in
Sessions Court
Ludhiana, June 4
A day after the dismissal of his
bail application by the Ludhiana’s Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Sheetal Vij, a Jalandhar-based industrialist, who is accused of
evading customs duty, filed an application before the Sessions Judge,
Mr Baldev Singh, seeking bail, here today.
Inside
Babudom
Gupta in DGP’s
saddle
Chandigarh, June 4
The dust of controversy is
beginning to settle down, finally. In just over a week after
Punjab’s Director-General of Police A.A. Siddiqui proceeded on
leave, senior-most police officer R.K. Gupta has been placed in the
saddle. The additional charge — initially handed over to 1974-batch
IPS officer Mohammad Izhar Alam — has been taken away.
Probe
sought into functioning of municipal council
Kotkapura, June 4
Seven municipal councillors (MCs)
of the local municipal council have alleged that crores of rupees have
been siphoned off by a section of those “who mattered most” in its
running during the past five years. They demanded a CBI or a Vigilance
Bureau probe into the running of the council after sealing its
official records.
Ropar
DC asks for NoC for housing corpn land
Kharar, June 4
The Ropar Deputy Commissioner has
asked for an NoC from various government departments concerned in
connection with the acquisition of land in Kharar and Khoonimajra
village for the Punjab Police Housing Corporation.
Retd
SP to probe awards list tampering
Amritsar, June 4
Guru Nanak Dev University has
appointed Mr Apar Singh Bajwa, retired Superintendent of Police, to
conduct an inquiry into the alleged tampering of the awards list
during table-marking of MA ( Punjabi) papers.
3 booked in dowry
case
Pathankot, June 4
The police here has booked three
persons, including husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law of Sunita
Kumari, a resident here, for subjecting her to cruelty for, dowry,
under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code.
Man
robbed of Rs 4.9 lakh
Jalandhar, June 4
Four youths robbed a
money-exchanger of Rs 4.9 lakh in Tashpur area at Shahkot near here
today. The incident occurred in the morning.
Another intrusion
in girls’ hostel
Faridkot, June 4
Even as the dust raised by an
incident pertaining to intrusion of a stranger in the girls’ hostel
of the local Guru Gobind Singh Medical College on May 21 is yet to
settle down, another person entered the hostel and made derogatory
remarks against residents despite the presence of a police post on the
premises.
Nobel
Prize winners’ books to be translated
Patiala, June 4
A meeting of the standing
committee of the Punjabi Language Development Department, Punjabi
University, was held under the chairmanship of Mr Swarn Singh Boparai,
Vice-Chancellor, here today.
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