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DC
stays execution of eight trust resolutions
Bathinda, June 18
The passing of eight resolutions
by the local Improvement Trust authorities at its meeting held on May
28 in connection with acquiring land in and around the town for
developing it into commercial and residential areas has sparked off a
controversy.
PCS
officer moves court for bail
Chandigarh, June 18
In less than a fortnight after a
case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered by the
Vigilance Bureau against PCS officer Kiran Rosy, the officer has moved
a court in Ropar for grant of anticipatory bail.
 Plea
against Jagir Kaur dismissed
Kapurthala, June 18
The Deputy
Commissioner-cum-Returning Officer, Mr Rakesh Kumar, today dismissed a
petition seeking the cancellation of nomination papers of former SGPC
President Bibi Jagir Kaur, who is contesting the SGPC elections from
Bholath.
Directive
to SSP against forcible marriage
Chandigarh, June 18
In a unique case, a 22-year-old
girl has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking directions
to her parents not to marry her off without letting her finish her
studies.
Amarinder
to fund US visit of space city designers
Patiala, June 18
The Punjab Chief Minister is
finally coming to the rescue of “Team Force”, an 18-member team,
including 11 students who have been selected to take part in a
competition involving designing of a space city on the Moon at the
Kennedy Space Centre in the United States.
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BJP men stage
dharna against DC
Bathinda, June 18
Office-bearers of various units
of the BJP in the district today staged a dharna in front of the
residence and office of the Deputy Commissioner and raised slogans
against him in protest against his refusal to accept their memorandum,
to be submitted to the President, pertaining to the removal of
“tainted” ministers from the Union Cabinet.
Jail to seek
shifting of inmates
Jalandhar, June 18
After the bloody clash which took
place in the Central Jail here on Wednesday night, the jail
authorities a considering to shift the notorious inmates to some other
jails in the state.
Nation
forgets its martyrs sooner than expected
Chandigarh, June 18
A few months ago, the Punjab
Government had spent about Rs 80,000 on a campaign to attract
donations for the depleted Punjab War Heroes Family Relief Fund, out
of which grants are paid to the next of kin of the soldiers killed in
action. But the campaign could generate as meagre an amount as Rs
8,000.
Pak
boys in jail seek freedom
Faridkot, June 18
Lamenting that their government
is “not taking them back”, three teenaged Pakistani boys,
languishing in a juvenile jail here for the past about two years, have
urged the Union Government to free them so that they can earn their
livelihood in India till the time their government is prepared to take
them back.
 Youth
Congress vents ire on ‘Girlfriend’
Amritsar, June 18
After radical organisations,, it
is the turn of the Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress to come down on the
film “Girlfriend”. In a press note issued here today, the senior
secretary of the party, Mr Narinder Teenu, along with other members,
criticised the film for portraying lesbianism.
Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal activists burn a poster of ‘Girlfriend’ in Amritsar on Friday. — PTI
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Arrest
accused, demand Tapriwas
Faridkot, June 18
A delegation of 80 senior members
of the All-India Tapriwas and Vimukti Jatis led by Mr Nacchhatar Singh
Mahala, senior vice-president, Punjab unit, met the Chief Minister,
Capt Amarinder Singh, in Chandigarh yesterday and demanded arrest of
Ravinder Singh Bedi, an employee of the District Public Health
Department, Faridkot. Bedi had allegedly raped a woman on April 18.
Three
calves electrocuted
Jalandhar, June 18
Three stray male calves were
electrocuted early this morning on the Police Colony premises,
adjoining the police division Number 2. The three calves were
electrocuted at around 6 am as they reportedly touched the joint box,
holding power meters of different houses in the colony.
BJP
protest on ‘tainted’ ministers
Sangrur, June 18
Activists of the Bharatiya Janata
Party, led by Mr Satwant Singh Punia, district president of the party,
today held a protest march from the local BJP office to the office of
the Deputy Commissioner here, demanding the removal of six
“tainted” ministers in the government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh.
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| BJP activists stage a demonstration against the inclusion of tainted ministers in the UPA Government in the Centre, in Amritsar on Friday. — PTI
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14
fresh cases of gastroenteritis
Hoshiarpur, June 18
Fourteen fresh gastroenteritis
cases have been reported in the local Civil Hospital during the past
24 hours.
Convict
dies in hospital
Jalandhar, June 18
Gurmit Singh Mita (47), who was
serving a life term in Central Jail here, today died in the Civil
Hospital, where he was admitted on the complaint of dysentery
recently.
Farmers bribing
PSEB staff for more power
Malout (Muktsar), June 18
With no irrigation water being
released in the rajbahas (mini-canals) of the sub division for the
past over one month and electricity being supplied only for about two
hours a day, employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board posted at
the Aulakh sub station have allegedly started taking bribe from
farmers on the promise of providing them electricity for about 10
hours a day.
Transport workers
resent delay in supply of buses
Moga, June 18
Protesting against the delay in
the launching of a fleet of 400 buses and “ignoring” of their
“genuine” demands, the Punjab Government Transport Workers Union
has decided to burn the effigy of the Director, State Transport, in
all 18 depots of Punjab Roadways on June 30. The union will also hold
gate rallies in all depots on June 25.
Trader arrested for
evading sales tax
Bathinda, June 18
A local iron trader, Mr Bhagwan
Dass Singla, was arrested yesterday by the Sales Tax Department
authorities after he failed to fulfill his sales tax liabilities.
Official sources said that Mr Singla,
who was running firm M/s Singla Enterprises, was arrested under the
Land Revenue Act for not paying sales tax due against him in the shape
of arrears of land revenue.
Editor
held for threatening trader
Bathinda, June 18
Mohan Krishan Nagpal, Editor,
Dainik Pilot, a Hindi daily being published from this city, was
arrested today for his alleged involvement threatening a trader.
Robbers’
gang busted
Jalandhar, June 18
The district police today claimed
to have busted a nine-member gang of robbers with the arrest of four
members.
Arts students' pass
percentage goes up
Mohali, June 18
Showing improvement in the
performance of Class XII examinations, 68.02 per cent of the Arts
students of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) here who appeared
for the Board's Senior Secondary Examination this year have passed.
Last year, the Board had registered a pass percentage of 60.50 per
cent.
MoU
with US varsity on Punjabi course
Amritsar, June 18
Guru Nanak Dev University has
signed an MoU with Berkeley University, USA, to start a graduate-level
integrated Punjabi course for students of the US university. Dr S.P.
Singh, Vice-Chancellor, said that initially the course would enroll 15
students of Berkeley University. He said the university would arrange
the faculty and research exchange programme.
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