Fake
identity case: FO reinstated
Gurdaspur
October 20
Forest officials are allegedly protecting the Ferozepore-based
forester who has been accused of working on fake identity for past 27
years. After a report was published in these columns, the Chief
Conservator of Forests ordered the Conservator of Forests Ferozepore,
to take action against the guilty official.
Dullo
cautions ticket-seekers
Ferozepore,
October 20
Sending a strong signal that he means business, the PPCC chief,
Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, today exhorted the party workers and
leaders to first set their house in order and then think of
fighting the enemy. The “issue-less” Akalis couldn’t stand
in the battleground and the party feared its own people, he
said.
PPCC president Shamsher Singh Dullo greets party workers at the Congress Bhavan in Ferozepore on Thursday.
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Centre
seeks time on turban issue
Chandigarh,
October 20
Counsel for the Central Government today sought time to seek
instructions on the stand of the Government of India on the issue of
Sikhs, especially students, in some foreign countries being forced not
to wear the turban.
Opening of
Hussainiwala border sought
Ferozepore,
October 20
The 27th International Prof Mohan Singh Yadgari Punjabi Sabhyacharak
Mela concluded here today. It aimed at promoting Indo-Pak friendship.
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Members of the Maharani Ladies Club perform garba during Karva Chauth in Patiala on Thursday.
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Rai Sikhs
may get SC status
Ferozepore,
October 20
The Rai Sikh community will get benefits of Schedule Castes after a
Bill is passed in the next session of Parliament, said Rana Gurmit
Singh Sodhi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Sports and Youth Affairs),
Punjab, after laying the foundation stone of Rai Sikh Bhavan at
Dasehra Ground here.
10
students hurt in mishap
Barnala,
October 20
Twelve persons, including 10 schoolchildren were injured in a road
mishap at Dhanaula 10 km from here on the Barnala-Sangrur road
yesterday.
Panel
formed to put pressure on police
14-year-old untraced since June last year
Sangrur,
October 20
A 40-member action committee, comprising representatives of political
parties, the Bharatiya Kisan Union and members of various panchayats
was formed at Badrukhan village, near here yesterday, to put pressure
on the police to trace a 14-year-old Jugraj Singh of Badrukhan
village, gone missing since June 4 last year under mysterious
circumstances.
Harassment
by ST officials alleged
Batala,
October 20
Businessmen here feel harassed by the Excise and Taxation Department
officials here. Businessmen particularly Mr Dev Raj Chachowalia and Mr
Rishi Dutt Gulati, office-bearers of the Beopar Mandal here said
Excise officials of Gurdaspur district were harassing traders on
alleged illegal directions of district Assistant Excise and Taxation
Commissioner B.S. Bal and were not following norms prescribed under
the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act.
Labourers
electrocuted
Bathinda, October 20
Two labourers engaged in repair
at a factory here were electrocuted here today. One of them died, the
other was reported to be in a critical condition.
3
hurt as bus hits bicycle
Kharar,
October 20
Three boys were injured, two of them seriously, as a bus hit a bicycle
near Khanpur here today.
High
Court
Liquor contractor
alleges re-auction of vends illegal
Chandigarh,
October 20
Liquor contractor Sanjeev Bhandari, who had challenged re-auction of
liquor vends of excise districts of Jalandhar-I, Jalandhar-II,
Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr on November 5, 2004, today alleged that the
re-auction was conducted in an illegal manner to benefit the firms of
liquor baron Ponty Chadha at the cost of the state exchequer.
Extend
period of relaxation of procurement specifications: govt
Chandigarh,
October 20
The Punjab Government today urged the Union Government to extend the
period of relaxation of specifications for paddy procurement till the
end of the procurement season in the state.
Cotton
stages comeback
Bathinda,
October 20
Cotton has staged a great comeback, as almost all markets in the belt
are overflowing with bumper crop.
Now
pomegranates from Abohar
Abohar,
October 20
Known for the one-fifth of the cotton produce of Punjab, Abohar will
soon be counted among pomegranate exporting areas. Dr Ram Asrey, a
scientist at the Central Post Harvest Engineering and Technology
Institute, here took the initiative of growing pomegranate in the area
in 1999.
Gurdwara
poll on Dec 11
Chandigarh,
October 20
Elections to the management committees of gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana
and Chandigarh will be held on December 11.
Salary
release on Oct 27, 28
Chandigarh,
October 20
Employees of the Punjab Government will get their salaries for this
month on October 27 and 28.
2 hurt in
clash
Hoshiarpur,
October 20
Mr Gursewak Singh son of Kewal Singh of Dade Khurd and Gurnek Singh
son of Sat Pal Singh of Kang Kothi were wounded seriously in a clash
between two groups at Kot Fatuhi village, 38 km from here this
afternoon.
Synthetic
milk racket busted
Barnala,
October 20
The police arrested two person on the charge of producing synthetic
milk here yesterday. Those arrested were Bhola Singh and Mani Ram.
Two
killed in accident
Ludhiana, October 20
Two persons were killed and 11
others injured when a private tourist bus collided with a tractor
trailer at Giaspura Chowk here early today, the police said.
Varsity
students hold rally
Patiala,
October 20
Students of the Law Department, Punjabi University, Patiala, held a
rally outside the main library and started a relay fast today on a
call of the Punjabi University Students Confederation.
Verka
milk set for Mumbai launch
Chandigarh,
October 20
The rich and creamy milk from Punjab will soon be available in Mumbai.
Verka- the premium brand of MILKFED, Punjab, is all set to launch
ready- to- use milk in tetrapacks in the cosmopolitan to cater to the
demand of the beverage lovers.
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