A monkey drinks water from a public
tap as the mercury soar in Jalandhar on Monday. — PTI |
GND varsity refuses to accept IGNOU degrees
Amritsar, April 25
Guru Nanak Dev University has
refused to give recognition to certain degrees awarded by Indira Gandhi
National Open University and other such universities, having glaring
disparity in the syllabus and eligibility criteria.
Irregularities worth 25.75 cr detected in excise duty
Chandigarh,
April 25
Irregularities worth Rs 25.75 crore have been detected in the state
excise duties of the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department.
Clash
between rival Akalis averted
Ropar, April
25
Tension prevailed in the town for more than five hours when hundreds of
Shiromani Akali Dal supporters reached Nangal Chowk here to prevent
workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) from burning effigies of
SAD President Parkash Singh Badal and the SGPC President, Bibi Jagir
Kaur.
SAD (A)
workers burn Badal’s effigy
Phagwara, April 25
Despite heavy police deployment and
preventive arrests of four leaders of the SAD (A), activists of the
party burned an effigy of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, former Punjab Chief
Minister and SAD President, near the Chahal Nagar traffic-light crossing
here today in protest against alleged anti-panthic policies of the SAD.
Amarinder
govt is anti-Dalit: BSP
Hoshiarpur,
April 25
Addressing a rally of BSP workers in front of the Mini Secretariat here
today, Mr Narendra Kashyap, national general secretary, Bahujan Samaj
Party, alleged that Capt Amarinder Singh’s government was anti-Dalit.
Woman alleges rape in police custody
Bathinda,
April 25
A woman, who was arrested with 150 gm opium a few days back,
was today brought to the Civil Hospital for medical examination after
she alleged that she was raped in the police custody.
Slogans greet minister during MC visit
Amritsar,
April 25
Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Minister for Local Bodies, today faced
a protest on his first visit to the municipal corporation (MC) after two
and a half years to preside over the House proceedings. The Safai
Karamchari Union protested against the local government’s lopsided
policies of not regularising temporary employees.
47 pc milk samples found adulterated
Chandigarh,
April 25
Pure facts about milk adulteration in Punjab: for creating
awareness among residents, the state’s Dairy Development Department
tested 3,162 samples till March 31. Out of the total, an estimated 47.62
per cent of the samples were found to be adulterated.
Rotarians’ salute to Paul Harris
Patiala, April 25
The local Rotary Club organised a
programme — A Centennial Salute to Rotary’s Founder Paul Harris — at
Hotel Flyover Classic here today to mark of the birthday of the
founder of Rotary International .
Bank staff observe strike
Patiala, April 25
A one-day strike was observed by
employees of the Oriental Bank of Commerce today in protest against
the government’s decision to bring down their capital in the public
sector banks to 51 per cent and at the same time to increase private
capital in these banks to 49 per cent.
BSP rally opposes govt schools in pvt
hands
Sangrur, April 25
Activists of the
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by Mr Ran Singh Mehlan, general
secretary of the Punjab unit of the BSP, today held a dharna and rally
in the district administrative complex here in protest against the
proposed move of the Punjab Government to hand over 2,000 government
schools to private parties.
BSF, Pak Rangers to step up vigil
Amritsar, April 25
The BSF and the Pakistan Rangers
have decided to increase vigil to stop smuggling of narcotics and
other illegal substances on the Indo-Pak border.
ATM replaces water taps
Bathinda, April 25
The
railway authorities have removed water taps from the circulating area at
railway station here to create space for an ATM.
Cong to launch ‘nari
chetna lehar’
Kharar, April 25
The Congress will
start a ‘nari chetna lehar’ in the state soon. This was stated by
Ms Sarbari Begum, secretary, PPCC, at a meeting held in connection with the
employment of women at Khanpur here today.
Major power shutdown today
Patiala, April 25
The Punjab State Electricity Board
has announced an eight hour power cut in various areas of the city to
the shutdown of the 66 kv grid sub station at the NIS.
Lightning kills two labourers
Amritsar, April 25
Two migrant labourers were killed
and two injured in separate lightning incidents at Tong and Butala
villages in the Rayya area here today.
HIGH COURT
28-year-old FIR quashed
Chandigarh, April 25
A Bench of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court headed by Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar has ordered quashing of the
FIR registered about 28 years ago against a former Executive Engineer of
Punjab under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Irked over illicit relations, man kills wife
Zira,
April 25
In a case of cold-blooded murder, a husband brutally killed
his wife and her grandmother and then surrendered before the
police. Gurpreet Singh of Ratholrahi village under Zira subdivision
killed his wife Chinderpal Kaur and her grandmother Surjit Kaur.
Gurpreet, in presence of panchayat members surrendered before the police
this morning. He told mediapersons that he was perturbed over the
illicit relationship maintained by his wife.
Man killed by wife, paramour
Tarn Taran, April
25
Kuldeep Singh alias Manak (38) was electrocuted by his wife and her
paramour last night here at a bunga. The police has registered a case
under Sections 302, 34, IPC, against the accused.
Insurance officer held for graft
Pathankot, April
25
The Punjab Vigilance Department today arrested Ashok Kumar Marwah,
Manager in the New India Assurance Company, on the charges of
corruption.
Girl, brother found murdered
Gurdaspur, April
25
Ramanjit Kaur (20) and her brother Lakhminder Singh (14) have been
found murdered at their residence in Jogi China village, near Kanuwan,
under mysterious circumstances.
Six booked for fraud
Muktsar, April 25
Six persons, including a woman, have been
booked for duping people of lakhs under the pretext of sending them
abroad.
2 injured in attack
Kapurthala, April 25
Tension gripped parts of the city
following two persons, including a 76-year-old man, were injured when
they were attacked by a group of assailants carrying swords and
sharp-edged weapons at old Subzi Mandi here today.
Three held for selling adulterated
petrol
Amritsar, April 25
The Majitha police has
arrested three persons while adulterating petrol at Bhinder Filling
Station at Adda Khujala and sealed the petrol station besides a tanker
of Mineral Turpentine Oil meant for adulteration.
Three die in accident
Hoshiarpur, April 25
Vishal
Shastri, head priest of Raghunath Temple, Jammu, Ashok Kumar, priest,
and Kamal Kumar, all belonging to Raghunathpura, Jammu, died on the spot
when a truck collided head-on with their car at Ralhan village on
Jalandhar-Pathankot Road last evening.
One killed in accident
Kharar, April 25
One person got killed in a collision
between a scooter and a jeep near Desumajra here today.
TRIBUNE IMPACT
School dogged by
controversy reopens
Jalandhar, April
25
Following a Tribune report pertaining to holding of a marriage
function at Government Middle School, Qadian and Bhullar, in Noormahal
subdivision, the school that had been lying locked for the past few
months has been reopened and admissions have begun.
Teething troubles in store for new veterinary university
Ludhiana, April 25
Although the Punjab Government has created
the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University with
headquarters at Ludhiana, yet teething troubles in the smooth
functioning of the new university appear to be in store. It looks as if
the state Government has acted in a manner of ‘might is right’.
Teacher complains to DC against Headmaster
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 25
Adding a twist to the ongoing twist between
the school Headmaster and the woman teacher, parents and the husband of
the teacher today submitted a copy of the complaint to the Deputy
Commissioner against the Headmaster alleging that he had caught her hand
after the teacher marked her attendance in the register.
Topper loses seat due to change in norms
Amritsar, April
25
For Dr Arvind Bhandari, topper in the postgraduate entrance test in
dentistry, denial of admission into a government college has come as a
bolt from the blue.
Teachers hold rally against
privatisation of education
Ropar, April
25
Hundreds of teachers from government schools today held a rally
against the move of the state government to privatise the education
system. The teachers gathered at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Park in the
city on the call given by the Punjab Subordinate Service
Federation.
Painting competition results
Patiala, April 25
The
Rotary Club, Patiala (Mid Town) and the Inner Wheel club (Mid Town)
organised an inter-school on the spot painting competition in memory of
Major B. S. S. Bedi at the Rajindra Gymkhana club here today.
Arhtiyas warn of fast
Bathinda, April 25
Arhtiyas
in the local vegetable market today set the alarm bells ringing with
their announcement that if the state government didn’t pay heed to their
demands they would resort to fast soon.
Vegetable traders go
on strike
Malerkotla, April 25
Vegetable traders of
Malerkotla today went on strike in protest against the Punjab
Government’s decision to introduce the contract system for the
collection of market fee on fruit and vegetables.
Punjab reduces rate of interest on cooperative loans
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 25
To ensure the regular supply of power to
the agriculture sector as well as the industry and the domestic sector,
the government has earmarked Rs 2400 crore to purchase power from
outside sources, whereas last year Rs 1600 crore were spent on it.
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