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A white deer that has become the cynosure of all eyes at Deer Park in Patiala.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
SAD,
SGPC violate model code
Amritsar, June 13
In violation of the model code of
conduct issued by the Sikh Gurdwara Election Commission, the offices
of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee remained opened today
to conduct the election of the SAD President despite it being a
gazetted holiday.
Chandok
may be summoned to Akal Takht
Amritsar, June 13
Even as the SAD has taken serious
note of presenting siropa (robe of honour) to Mr Jagdish Tytler, Union
Minister, by Mr Parhlad Singh Chandok, President, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Management Committee, the latter could be summoned at Akal Takht by
the Sikh clergy any time.
Parents
of jailed youths in Pak a harassed lot
Ferozepore, June 13
Parents of Indian youths who are
lodged in various jails of Pakistan, have condemned the casual
approach of the Indian Embassies in Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. In a
joint statement, the parents asserted that officials of these
embassies had not done enough to get the youths released.
Four
pilgrims killed in mishap
Phagwara, June 13
Four pilgrims, including three of
a family, were killed and seven others were injured in a accident on
the GT road near Chiheru Bein, 8 km from here, early this morning.
Their Qualis overturned when its driver lost control over the vehicle.
They were going from Gurgaon to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine near Katra in
Jammu.
Mandi board says no
to crumb bitumen
Chandigarh, June 13
The controversy over the use of
crumb rubber modified bitumen in new roads and repair of old ones has
taken a new turn as the Punjab Mandi Board has stopped its use
following complaints from both contractors and engineers alleging
large-scale malpractices in its procurement and usage.
Shun
tainted leaders, Atwal urges parties
Amritsar, June 13
“Political parties should shun
tainted leaders”, said the newly elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok
Sabha, Mr Charanjit Atwal here today. He was in the city to pay
obeisance at Golden Temple, Durgiana Temple, Jallianwala Bagh and Ram
Tirath.
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha Charanjit Singh Atwal being greeted by BJP workers in Amritsar on Sunday. — PTI
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Child
wounded in mine blast
Behak Khas (Ferozepore), June
13
A five-yr-old child, identified
as Gurpreet Singh, suffered multiple injuries when a mine blew up
while he was playing in the courtyard of his house this afternoon.
A
courier of thrill
Ropar, June 13
Mr Jagdeep Singh Dua, lecturer in
Shivalik College of Pharmacy here, received a courier from Delhi
recently. On opening the courier, Mr Dua was surprised when he saw
that the courier contained his driving licence which he had lost to a
pickpocket in Delhi.
Bhakra
turbine damaged
Ropar, June 13
The second turbine of the left
hand power house of the Bhakra got damaged today due to low water
level in the dam. Sources said due to the low level the water pressure
in the dam had decreased.
Roadways
staff oppose privatisation
Chandigarh, June 13
The secretariat of the Haryana
Roadways Workers Union, affiliated with the Sarb Karamchari Sangh,
will chalk out a strategy to oppose privatisation of the roadways at
its meeting to be held in Rohtak tomorrow.
More tubewell
connections for farmers
Kharar, June 13
The Punjab Government will
release 40,000 tubewell power connections to farmers this year against
25,000 cleared during the previous financial year.
3 of a family
killed as car rams into truck
Jalandhar, June 13
Three members of a family were
killed while five others were injured, one of them seriously, when
their car rammed into a truck near Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Institute
of Technology on the Jalandhar-Amritsar road here this morning.
A Punjab Police cop checks the remains of the car which was damaged in a road accident on the Amritsar-Delhi national highway, near Jalandhar, on Sunday.
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Two
killed in separate accidents
Bathinda, June 13
Two persons were killed in
separate road accidents here during the last 48 hours. The deceased
have been identified as ex-serviceman Nirmal Singh of Gidderbaha in
Muktsar district and Karamjit Singh.
College to hold
digital design course
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 13
A short term training programme
on Very Large Scale Integration design ‘Idea to Chip’ will be
organised by the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, from
June 14 to July 23.
Plastic
institute to get national status
Amritsar, June 13
The Director-General of the
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Dr Sushil
Verma, said the institute would soon acquire national status. Talking
to this correspondent on his day-long visit here yesterday, Dr Verma
said at present institute had 21 centres across the country and it was
one of the premier institutes of international standard.
17,000
appear for JET
Amritsar, June 13
As many as 17,000 candidates
appeared for about 8,000 seats in diploma courses of 46 polytechnics
of Punjab and Chandigarh in the joint entrance test. It was conducted
by the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial
Training today.
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