Revival of shooting range evokes protests
Bathinda, August 17
While some shooting enthusiasts are reportedly making a bid to revive a shooting range near Deer Park here, the People For Animals
has come out against the move stating that it will disturb the ecological balance of the area.
Villagers protest against confinement of youth
Mukerian, August 17
Residents of Purana Bhangala village near here have been sitting on dharna in front of the local police station for the past 12 days. The residents are alleging illegal confinement of a youth of their village by the police in a murder case.
Residents of Purana Bhangala village on dharna in front of the Mukerian police station in protest against the illegal confinement of a youth of their village in a murder case. |
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Minorities panel urges Punjab Govt to check farmers’ suicides
Chandigarh, August 17
Expressing serious concern over the suicides by farmers in Punjab’s countryside, the National Commission for Minorities has urged the Punjab Government to take effective steps to deal with the problem.
Members of the Punjab Rights Forum present complaints about the false implication of Sikh youths by the police in cases of sedition and the Explosive Act before members of the National Commission for Minorities in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
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Punjab may get relief on Central loan
Ludhiana, August 17
Punjab is like to get some relief in the return of a Central loan of Rs 3,800 crore which was spent on the security forces during militancy in the state.
Rajasansi airport gets Rs 80 cr for makeover
To have state-of-the-art facilities
Rajasansi (Amritsar), August 17
Following unprecedented passenger rush, the “Corporate Headquarters, Airport Authority of India”, Delhi, has approved a sum of Rs 80 crore for the upgrade of Rajasansi International Airport here.
French envoy clarifies on ‘patka’ issue
Amritsar, August 17
The French Ambassador, Mr Francois Goldblatt, has clarified to the SGPC regarding reports of approval to ‘patka’ for Sikh students in French schools as reported in a section of the Press .
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Taksal against kirtan by women in Golden Temple
Amritsar, August 17
The Damdami Taksal, yesterday outrightly rejected the proposal for allowing the baptised women to perform “kirtan” inside the Harmandir Sahib, the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple.
Women kirtan jatha case sent to Akal Takht
Amritsar, August 17
Even as the SGPC is facing opposition from a section of the Sikh Panth for its attempt to end gender bias by allowing baptised Sikh women to perform kirtan in the sanctum sanctorum of
Harmandir Sahib here, the case has been referred to Akal Takht for the final nod of the Sikh clergy.
Cong MLAs absent at meeting
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 17
The meeting of the District Grievances Committee, chaired by Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Deputy Chief Minister here today lasted only for 20 minutes and looks like a mere formality.
Shifting of PSEB office: an ordeal for consumers
Bathinda, August 17
With the Punjab State Electricity Board shifting its Cantonment Office to Power House road, people have to sweat it out to pay their bills, as consumers from rural areas, who earlier were making payment at Cantonment Office, have now been asked to pay their bills at the Power House road.
Consumers with electricity bills stand in a queue at the PSEB office on the Power House road in Bathinda on Wednesday.
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Local bodies must govern themselves, says Singla
Chandigarh, August 17
The bureaucracy and politicians are reluctant to share power with the municipal bodies and panchayats, thus denying them the power to govern themselves. This was the opinion expressed by Mr Surinder Singla, Minister for Finance and Planning, Punjab, while speaking at the national seminar on “Capacity building of the local self-government institutions in Punjab” here today.
Raj Babbar to produce ‘Maharaja Ranjit Singh’
Patiala, August 17
Bollywood star Raj Babbar has started work on a TV serial on the last Sikh ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, by keeping a focus on the fact that it should have international viewership.
Actor Raj Babbar interacts with students of the Department of Theatre and Television of Punjabi University in Patiala on Wednesday. — PTI
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‘Shramdaan’ to revive Kanjli wetland
Kapurthala, August 17
Hundreds of migratory birds that are expected to arrive in their winter home of Kanjli wetland are likely to get a cool surprise this year.
Fair on Pathania to be sponsored by Punjab soon
Dalla (Pathankot), August 17
The Punjab Government has decided to give official status to annual fair being celebrated in the memory of freedom fighter of the 19th century Ram Singh Pathania.
Akalis attend bhog of Chajju Majra victims
Kharar, August 17
The bhog ceremony of those killed by robbers in Chajju Majra village was held today. Akali and Congress leaders gathered in large numbers at the ceremony to pay condolences to Prem Singh’s family.
Probe into fake pensions ordered
Bathinda, August 17
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Rahul Bhandari, today asked the District Social Security Officer to probe into the cases in which ineligible people were drawing pensions and ensure the payment of pension to genuine beneficiaries.
Pre-selection defence training centres set up
Chandigarh, August 17
Two centres for imparting pre-selection training for joining defence services and para-military forces, besides providing gainful employment-oriented training skills to the youth, are being set up at Talwandi Sabo near Bathinda and Dera Baba Nanak near Gurdaspur district.
Farmers protest against poor power supply
Jalalabad, August 17
To protest against the non- supply of power to their tubewells, farmers of certain villages staged a dharna outside the office of the Executive Engineer of the Punjab State Electricity Board here yesterday.
BKU defers ‘chakka jam’
Abohar, August 17
The BKU and its allied trade unions here have deferred the proposed “chakka jam” till Monday following an assurance from DSP Narinder Pal Singh that the Sadar police would make efforts within the next four days to trace Maninder Singh who had allegedly been kidnapped on August 1 to prevent his appearance in a court on August 3.
Man kills brother with sword
Malerkotla, August 17
Kuldeep Singh, son of Gulzar Singh of Dulman Khurd village, was killed by his brother Binder Singh here last night. The accused also injured seriously the wife of the victim, Inderjit Kaur.
Murder case solved
Pathankot, August 17
The police has managed to crack the mystery of the murder of maid Rajni in Prem Nagar. The body of the maid was recovered from the house of the Subdivisional Officer (SDO) of the Public Health Department where she used to work.
Bangalore DCC gen secy held
Ludhiana, August 17
The city police here has arrested a general secretary of the Bangalore District Congress Committee in a two-year-old case of duping a doctor’s family of Rs 22 lakh, which she allegedly took to get admission in the MBBS course for a son of the complainant.
Missing Pak cricket fan held in Delhi
Amritsar, August 17
Tazviz Khan, one of the 11 missing Pakistan nationals who had come here to see the cricket match between India and Pakistan held at Mohali, has been arrested and sent in one-day police remand by duty magistrate here.
‘Doctor’ held for aborting foetus
Bathinda, August 17
Continuing with its crackdown on private clinics indulging in sex determination tests and medical termination of pregnancy, the Health Department last evening caught a “doctor” while he was performing abortion on a 28-year-old woman at her clinic near
Bhisiana.
Man killed by younger brother
Abohar, August 17
Kulwant Singh (40) was allegedly killed by his younger brother in Sujawalpur village, located near the Indo-Pakistan border today sources at Hindumalkot police station, 27 km from here said this morning.
Agitating students rounded up, let off
Amritsar, August 17
At least five students of Khalsa College, who were protesting against the college management for refusing admission, were today rounded up by the police when they tried to bring the students out of the classes for strike.
College students, teachers allege harassment
Phagwara, August 17
Several instances of alleged high-handedness and harassment by a college principal has come to light here.
Law graduates pay for degree
Patiala, August 17
A senior lawyer has charged Punjabi University of fleecing students of law in the name of law. Students who have just passed their three-year LLB course have been asked to pay a fee of Rs 1,000 by the university if they want to have their degree now.
First law college for women inaugurated
Jalandhar, August 17
The Khalsa College Lyallpur Institute of Laws, which is the first law college exclusively for women, was inaugurated on the premises of the Khalsa College for Women here today.
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“We are ready for a special session of the Vidhan Sabha to discuss who all had been responsible for disturbing the peace in the state”, says the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, while rejecting the demand of the Shiromani Akali Dal
for a debate on the Nanavati Commission report in the State Legislature.