Pbi varsity admits Hawara’s arrest outside gate
Patiala, June 16
In a significant development which can put a question mark on the claims of the state police authorities in connection with the place of arrest of hardcore terrorist Jagtar Singh
Hawara, the Punjabi University authorities today categorically admitted that he (Jagtar Singh
Hawara), the alleged assassin of the late Chief Minister Beant Singh, was arrested from the highway outside the university.
Encroachments removed from CPWD land
Pathankot, June 16
A bid by some miscreants to encroach upon the CPWD land on the Pathankot bypass was foiled today by the local administration and the police.
Last night some miscreants started raising wooden vends on the Pathankot bypass near the railway overbridge. By morning, besides raising wooden vends, they put barbed wire around about 100 square feet land.
14 SDMs, 11 DTOs shifted
Chandigarh, June 16
The Punjab Government transferred 14 Subdivisional Magistrates, 10 Additional Deputy Commissioners and 11 District Transport Officers in a mid-level reshuffle late last night.
Five bodies brought out from canal
Ludhiana, June 16
Rescue workers removed five bodies from Sidhwan canal, today while search was on for more victims in the last evening incident when several persons drowned after being electrocuted while bathing in the canal.
Mann’s residence raided
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 16
The Ropar police, led by Mr Narpinder Singh Sekhon, SP(D), and Mr Jasdev Singh, DSP, Anandpur Sahib, today raided the residence of Mr Simranjit Singh Mann president of the SAD(A), who has been booked under Sections 124A, 153A, 148 and 149 of the IPC.
SAD(A) leaders’ houses raided
Industry to challenge power tariff hike
Ludhiana, June 16
Industry associations in the city have decided to challenge the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission’s decision to increase power tariffs in the state electricity tribunal. Industry representatives also alleged that the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) gave distorted facts to the commission, that led to the decision of hike in tariffs.
150 benefit from limb replacement camp
Bathinda, June 16
The Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) organised a limb replacement camp to aid the physically challenged on the company premises today. Over 150 persons were benefited from the camp.
Mrs Sushma Singla, wife of Punjab Finance Minister Surinder Singla, helps out a doctor in fitting an artificial arm to a physically challenged person in Bathinda on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera |
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Glaxo workers compromise
Nabha, June 16
The ongoing tussle between the terminated workers and the local management of Glaxo-Smithkline ended on a happy note today when both parties entered into an agreement with the intervention of MLA Kaka Randip Singh, the SDM and the DSP of Nabha. The terminated factory workers and the Nabha police clashed on May 22, injuring 13 workers and five policemen. Since then the matter was burning and it was sorted out today when the factory accepted many demands of the workers with the mediation of the MLA.
Villagers determined to end flooding woes
Kharar, June 16
Taking a step in the right direction, residents of Sukrulahpur village, near here, are determined to put an end to the problem of flooding which the village has faced over the past many years.
SGPC appoints three more secretaries
Amritsar, June 16
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has appointed three more secretaries bringing the total number of secretaries to four.
Golden city residents without power, water
Kharar, June 16
Residents of Golden City Enclave here have complained that they are getting virtually no water and electricity supply.
According to Mr Ravinder Singh, a resident of the colony, over 25 families were living in the colony, which were facing acute water and electricity shortage.
Audio cassette on blood donation
Bathinda, June 16
Somi Tungwalia, a Punjabi singer from Malwa, has come up with a novel audio cassette having songs based on the theme of blood donation. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Rahul Bhandari, released the cassette, “Khundania nu Pranam”, on the occasion of World Blood Donors Day yesterday.
Journalists, cops donate blood
Kharar, June 16
A blood donation camp was organised by the Ropar unit of the Chandigarh Punjab Union of Journalists (CPUJ) and the local police at the Civil Hospital here today.
The camp was inaugurated by Mr Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu, DSP, by donating blood.
Funeral van donated
Kharar, June 16
A funeral van, purchased by the local municipal council and the Rotary Club, was donated to the public at a function organised here today.
The keys of the van were handed over by the Kharar MLA, Mr Bir Devinder Singh, to the council president, Mr Charanjit Singh. The maintenance of the van will be done by the civic body.
Dowry death: husband gets life term
Moga, June 16
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Sukhdev Singh, today sentenced a man to life imprisonment and his mother and father to 10-year in jail in a dowry death case.
Sources said the victim, Manjinder Kaur, had got married to Sukhwinder Singh of Bilaspur last year. Her parents had given Rs 2 lakh in dowry, but soon after her marriage her in-laws started harassing her for more money.
New posting orders for IT officials
Ludhiana, June 16
The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Ludhiana, Mr S.J.S. Pall, has issued new posting orders for eight Additional and Joint Commissioners of the department.
4 involved in thefts, dacoity arrested
Patiala, June 16
The district police authorities, which have been finding itself on the tenter hooks after a number of incidents of thefts and dacoity rocked this area in the past few months, heaved a sigh of relief after the arrest of four persons.
Minor kidnapped
Amritsar June 16
A red alert was sounded by the police over the kidnapping of two-and-half-year old Sehajpreet Singh, from Baba Bakala yesterday .
Police teams were dispatched and a manhunt launched on for alleged suspect Tarsem Singh who is the maternal uncle of the child and reportedly had disagreement with Hardeep Singh, father of the boy, living in Dubai .
FEAR flays appointment of ‘stand-by Registrar’
Patiala, June 16
The Forum for Education Action and Reform (FEAR), in its meeting held here today, critisiced the appointment of a “stand-by
Registrar” by Mr S.S. Boparai, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, which it said was not only unprecedented in any university but also a violation of the University Act.
4 PAU hostellers get expulsion notice
Ludhiana, June 16
Punjab Agricultural University authorities have served an expulsion notice upon four student leaders from hostels, accusing them of creating indiscipline on the campus. Surprisingly, one of the student leaders, Jaswinder Singh Cheema, is a day boarder and has still been served the expulsion notice.
Pbi varsity BA-III result out
Patiala, June 16
The result of BA Part-III conducted in April by Punjabi University was declared today. Giving this information in a press note, Dr Baldev Singh, Chief Coordinator, Examination, said the result would be available on the university website — www.universitypunjabi.org — by tomorrow.
Cocoons costly, produce cheap
Gurdaspur, June 16
Silk farmers in the district have been facing exploitation by traders. They get very low price of their produce. While price of cocoons was Rs 250 to Rs 300 per kg farmers here get only just Rs 200 to Rs 210 per kg.
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