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BJP condemns attack on RSS activists
Catholic Church not opposed to Sudershan’s visit
Hoshiarpur, September 27
The district unit of the BJP at its meeting held here today strongly condemned members of the Punjab Christian Movement for their “violent agitation” at Jalandhar yesterday held in protest against the proposed visit of RSS Chief K. C. Sudershan at Sain Dass School, Jalandhar, on October 2.
Head sevadar of Tikana Bhai Jagta Ji murdered
Bathinda, September 27
Armed men murdered the head sevadar of Tikana Bhai Jagta Ji, Baba Gurcharan Singh, with sharp-edged weapons at Goniana Mandi before decamping with valuables worth lakhs last night.
SSP Kapil Dev inspecting the crime scene after the murder of Head Sevadar Gurcharan Singh at Tikana Bhai Jagta Ji in Goniana Mandi, near Bathinda, on Tuesday.—
Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
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Malwa cries for place in state’s tourist map
Bathinda, September 27
Even as the state celebrates the World Tourism Day with fanfare today, Bathinda, Muktsar and Faridkot districts appear to be grappling to make it to Punjab’s tourism map despite having several religious places including Takht Sri Damdama Sahib.
A view of historic Quila Mubarak in Bathinda.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera |
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Six held for immoral trafficking
Hoshiarpur, September 27
The district police has arrested three teenager girls, a pimp and two boys, for immoral trafficking at Tagore Nagar, here today. All were arrested at the house of the pimp, Surinder Kaur, alias Jyoti (40), from where she had been running the trade for a long time.
Bodies of Punjab cops flown in
Chandigarh, September 27
The cremation of Additional Director-General of Punjab Police P.M. Das is scheduled for tomorrow at Patiala. Senior police functionaries said the body of Das and the two others, Sub-Inspector Inder Kumar and Head Constable Nari Dhami were being flown in on a special Indian Air Force aircraft.
Punjab, Haryana prepare for Cong CMs’ conclave
Chandigarh, September 27
As several VIPs, including the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and the President of the All-India Congress Committee, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, will arrive here on October 6 to attend the Congress Chief Ministers’ conclave, the Punjab and Haryana Governments are putting all arrangements in place to welcome the high-profile guests.
Panel to discuss issue of kirtan by women
Amritsar, September 27
The issue pertaining to allowing baptised Sikh women to perform kirtan and seva in the sanctum sanctorum of Harmander Sahib and ensuring their participation in ‘amrit sanchar’ is unlikely to be resolved, in the near future as the Sikh clergy today constituted a 13-member committee to submit a detailed report after consulting various Sikh organisations.
Encyclopaedia of Sikh Panth released
Amritsar, September 27
The five Sikh high priests released the two volumes of ‘Sikh Panth Vishavkosh’, at Akal Takht Secretariat, here today.
Sarna, 2 former DSGMC chiefs awarded ‘mild tankhah’
Amritsar, September 27
The Sikh clergy today awarded ‘mild tankhah’ of offering ‘kadah parshad’ at Harmandar Sahib to Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna, President, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Mr Parlahad Singh
Chandok, Mr Avtar Singh Chandok, both former DSGMC chiefs and seven others for engaging Mr Vemaraju Bhanu Murthi, a Telugu-speaking person, who had committed ‘fraud’ in the name of translating Gurbani in 17 languages.
SGPC’s assurance on procession from Delhi to Pak
Amritsar, September 27
After initial hiccups, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today agreed to make all the necessary arrangements to mark the biggest ever (670-km long) religious procession from New Delhi to Nankana Sahib being organised on October 23.
World Tourism Day celebrated
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 27
Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister for Tourism and Animal Husbandry, today inaugurated a function to mark World Tourism Day. It was celebrated by the District Administration in collaboration with the Tourism Department, Punjab, at Aam Khas Bagh, Sirhind.
Stalemate over phari allotment ends
Phagwara, September 27
The stalemate over allotment of ‘phari’ sites to arhtiyas ended today in the new Grain Market, which had been brewing up for the past four days between the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Market Committee, Phagwara.
Rotarians pay tributes to Das
Amritsar, September 27
ADGP P.M. Das will not only be remembered as a brave mountaineer but also as a social crusader who led by example to eradicate evils like drug menace.
Rotary Club formed
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 27
Dr Harbans Lal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, addressed a gathering on the charter presentation ceremony of the newly formed Rotary Club, Fatehgarh Sahib, yesterday.
Anganwadi workers hold protest
Jalandhar, September 27
Protesting against the move of the government to open pre-primary government schools, members of the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Coordination Committee, Punjab, held a rally outside Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall here today.
Over 1,000 members of the committee raised slogans against the Punjab
Government, demanding a hike in their wages as per the promises made to them two
years back. They also demanded that the workers be given the privilege of a
government Class III worker, while the helpers be equated with the Class IV
workers.
Members of the Anganwari Workers and Helpers Coordination Committee, Punjab, stage a dharna at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall in Jalandhar on Tuesday.
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Stalemate over phari allotment ends
Phagwara, September 27
The stalemate over allotment of ‘phari’ sites to arhtiyas ended today in the new Grain Market, which had been brewing up for the past four days between the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Market Committee, Phagwara.
Dera followers hold protest
Faridkot, September 27
As a part of its district-wise stir, more than 10,000 followers of the Sacha Sauda sect took out a protest through the main streets of the town today to register their resentment against the Punjab and Central governments for failing to “check the unlawful activities of the CBI which had been implicating senior members and sadhvis of the mission in false cases”.
Special trains for solar eclipse mela
Phagwara, September 27
The Northern Railway will run ‘mela special trains’ to facilitate the devotees to reach Kurukshetra to have a holy dip in Brahm Sarovar and Sunhit Tank during the solar eclipse fair from September 30 to October 3.
Petition allowed
Chandigarh, September 27
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday allowed the petition filed by retired teachers of privately managed, recognised and aided schools, seeking setting aside of the action of the Punjab Government in not accepting pension cases of the petitioners.
Agitating farmers block road
Kapurthala, September 27
Protesting against the alleged failure of government procurement agencies in lifting paddy brought by them to the mandis in the district, farmers blocked the road leading to Sultanpur Lodhi and staged a dharna in front of the new grain market here today.
Paddy procurement starts
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 27
Though the district Food and Civil Supplies Department has claimed to have purchased 434 metric tonnes of paddy from the district mandis but procurement in the major grain markets of the district has not yet started.
Farmers advised against using pesticides
Ropar, September 27
Farmers should stop the use of pesticides as it has badly affects the health of people. A large number of people were suffering from cancer in Bathinda following high use of the pesticides, said the Parliamentary Secretary Industry and Commerce, Mr
K.I.P. Rana, while addressing farmers at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Bhavan, here today.
Midwife held for selling child
Hoshiarpur, September 27
The police arrested Madhu Bala, a midwife, and resident of the local Mohalla Gautam Nagar, for allegedly selling a newborn baby of an unmarried woman today.
Drive against land mafia
Phagwara, September 27
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) and the Phagwara police have launched a crackdown against the land mafia in the area. Criminal cases have been registered against Sandeep Singh and Jasbir Singh of the Gobindpura locality for raising illegal colonies.
PO wanted for robbery held
Rajpura, September 27
The local police today arrested a proclaimed offender (PO) wanted in a robbery case.
Family identifies held gang members
Kharar, September 27
Members of the Chajjumajra family today “identified” the members of the gang arrested by the Kharar police yesterday as the killers who had attacked their house on August 7 this year.
3 Bangladeshi nationals held near border
Amritsar, September 27
Three Bangladeshi nationals were nabbed in two separated cases here.
One Khalil-ur-Sikdar, a resident of Hazibari, Bangladesh, was nabbed by the BSF
while he was trying to cross the border illegally.
MLA gives grant to govt school
Kharar, September 27
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, MLA, Kharar, gave a grant of Rs 1 lakh for the construction of a room to Government Elementary School, Bajheri, near here, today.
SGPC-run medical college refuses to accept fixed fee
Amritsar, September 27
The directions of the Department of Research and Medical Education Punjab, notwithstanding, the SGPC-run Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
here today again refused to admit students under government quota and asked them to pay the entire fee of Rs 2.50 lakh.
Pbi varsity to interact with students, parents
Patiala, September 27
Punjabi University, Patiala, has decided to write letters to the students and their parents for an open interaction so that the situation and issues raised by protesting student leaders may be cleared.
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