PMET: GND University VC had sought counsel’s ouster
Chandigarh, August 10
Peeved at the stand taken by counsel for Baba Farid University, Faridkot, during hearing of a petition filed by Saumil Garg and other candidates seeking quashing of the result of the second examination of PMET-2005 conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, its Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.P. Singh, had sought the ouster of Baba Farid varsity counsel.
PMET: varsity ‘shielding’ actual culprits
PMET: criminal case against VC demanded
GND varsity man ‘forced’ Taruna to sign papers
Baba Farid varsity VC may face action
Abohar, August 10
All the government-aided recognised private schools in this subdivision remained closed today as teachers proceeded on mass leave and left to participate in the dharna and protest march in favour of their demands.
Teachers and employees of aided schools hold a rally outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, demanding withdrawal of the decision of the state government to stop release of grants, on Wednesday.
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Honour for gallantry award winners
Jalandhar, August 10
Lying motionlessly on his bed with his speech and hearing impaired, 86-year-old Gurcharan Singh, a retired Subedar, is not aware that he is one of the 52 Gallantry Award winners who are to be awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh by the state government at a function in Ludhiana on August 22.
Row over Mayor’s foreign ‘jaunt’
Jalandhar, August 10
Jalandhar Mayor Surinder Mahey’s reported weeklong secret foreign “jaunt”, allegedly along with a senior controversial official of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation and a select group of journalists, has kicked up a controversy.
Farmers stop paying power bills
Free power decision to cost PSEB crores
Bathinda, August 10
About 50,000 farmers of the west zone have become defaulters, as they are yet to pay the power bills of their tubewells. Now, with the announcement of free power, the Punjab State Electricity Board
is apprehensive of losing crores of rupees to them.
Amarinder ignoring SCs, say PPCC members
Dhanaula (Sangrur), August 10
Mr Bachan Singh Pakho, a former Congress MLA and now a member of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, today accused the Amarinder government of ignoring Scheduled Castes
in the state. He said due to indifferent attitude of the government, the SCs could revolt against the Congress party.
4 SAD activists hurt in clash
Joy of freedom: Independence Day is only a few days away. However, preparations to celebrate it are in full swing. In the frame a woman stitches Tricolours at Patiala on Tuesday.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
Preparations for refinery’s re-launch begin
Bathinda, August 10
Preparations are on at war footing for the re-launch ceremony of the prestigious Guru Gobind Singh Refinery here on August 12.
Community Policing Resource Centre launched
Ludhiana, August 10
After becoming the first police district in the state to start a regular video conferencing between the SHOs and the senior police officials, the Jagraon police has now set up a fully computerised Single Window System Community Policing Resource Centre
in the office of the SSP Jagroan.
Health insurance for coop society members
Ghanaur (Patiala),
August 10
The Punjab Government has decided to provide health insurance cover to the members of all 4,200 cooperative societies functioning in the state from October 2 to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi.
Attacks on Sikhs: Badal conveys concern to UK official
Chandigarh, August 10
The Shiromani Akali Dal President, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today conveyed his concern over incidents of racist attacks against Sikhs in the wake of the recent bomb blasts in London to Ms Joanne Caley, First Secretary (Political) in the UK High Commission in India, here today
Badal visits Chhajjumajra
Kharar, August 10
Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal today visited Chhajjumajra village here to pay condolences to the family of Prem Singh who lost his brother and two sons to an attack by robbers on Sunday.
Probe report on Basali resort awaited
Ropar, August 10
After raising an alarm against the construction of a luxury resort at Basali village in
Nurpurbedi, the Punjab Forest Department seems to have now turned a mere spectator in whole issue.
Special train for pilgrims
Phagwara, August 10
The Railway Ministry has decided to run a special train on the Ferozepore-Hoshiarpur section for pilgrims.
MC employees plan agitation
Batala, August 10
While talking to the mediapersons here yesterday Mr Bakshish Singh president of the municipal Karmchari Sangh said they were not being paid their salaries regularly as per the agreement between the sangh and the Municipal authorities.
Justice after 15 years!
Faridkot, August 10
Fighting a battle against the Punjab Government for about 15 years to get their dues, two terrorist-affected police families here at last got justice.
Court sends rape victim to Nari Niketan
Chandigarh, August 10
Adding insult to injury of a minor rape victim, a Jalandhar district-based couple allegedly “tried to hush up the matter by accepting money from the accused”, forcing the girl to flee to her sibling’s house. But for the victim, there was no solace even there.
10 years’ RI for possessing opium
Jalandhar, August 10
Mr S.K. Aggrawal, Additional Sessions Judge, sentenced Sodhi Ram, a resident of Talwan village, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for possessing opium and acquitted
Kebo, a woman of Chak Kalan village in a poppy husk case for want of evidence in two separate judgements yesterday.
Gang of drug traffickers busted
Batala, August 10
Dr Jitendra Kumar Jain, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), told mediapersons here today that the police had busted the gang, indulging in drug-trafficking and selling of CDs of blue films. One person has been arrested.
6 held for murder
Amritsar, August 10
With the arrest of six persons the district police today claimed to have solved the blind murder case of a retired bank employee in Feteh Singh Colony who was found strangled on July 27.
Son kills father
Tarn Taran, August 10
Mukhtiar Singh (60), a resident of Rajoke village falling under police station Khalra was killed by his son Chanan Singh this
morning.
Truck driver dies in accident
Phagwara, August 10
A truck driver was killed and three other travelling in it were injured when the truck hit a tractor-trailer near the Hargobindnagar
traffic-lights around 4 a.m. here today.
Rule book for youth fests
Patiala, August 10
The Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor Mr Swaran Singh Boparai, today released a book of rules for youth festivals of the university.
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