AMRITSAR
DIG honoured: The Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress honoured newly appointed DIG (Jails), Mr Kunwar Vijay Partap, his achievements here on Friday. Mr Narinder Kumar Tinu, secretary, said the organisation honoured him for exposing crimes during his stint as SP city in the holy city.Urged: The Fruit and Vegetable Merchants Union wrote to the Punjab Human Rights Commission (PHRC) about the lathi charge on Friday. Mr Harish Taneja and Harbans Singh Kamboj, office-bearers of the union, urged the commission to intervene to get 'false' cases cancelled against traders and get them justice.
Action sought: Gurdwara Guru Singh Sabha of the Islamabad area on Friday urged Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti to take stern action against the authorities of the gurdwara concerned from where Guru Granth Sahib was taken to the disputed site of old Sabzi Mandi where incident of alleged sacrilege happened.
Two held: The Immigration Authorities has arrested two persons for allegedly possessing fake passports at the Amritsar International Airport, Rajasansi, in two separate incidents. Amardeep Singh, a resident of Phulla village in Bathinda, and Gurbhajan Singh of Partappur in Udhampur district were caught during checking. A case under Section 420, 468, 471 of the IPC has been registered.
ABOHAR
NSS camp: The 10-day National Service Scheme (NSS) residential camp concluded at Government Senior Secondary Model School for Boys here on Saturday. The Youth Services Department, Punjab, that monitored these camps has been paying only Rs 30 to each student for diet. The grant had not been enhanced for last four years, some teachers said.
BATHINDA
Demanded: Efforts should be made to open Hussainiwala border for trade between India and Pakistan, as it will boost state's economy and also provide other profitable avenues to Punjab's farmers. This was stated by Mr Balwinder Singh Bhundar, general secretary, SAD, while talking to mediapersons here on Saturday.
HOSHIARPUR
Package hailed: Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, MP and BJP chief, Punjab, welcomed the package of Rs 715 crore for the 84 riot victims by the Central Government. In press note issued here on Friday, he said though the package was announced after 21 years of the incident, it was a right step to console the riot victims. He also urged the Central Government to take care of all those families who had migrated to other states during the period of terrorism.
PATIALA
Urged: The Patiala Chamber of Industries has urged the Punjab Finance Minister for waiving the penal interest on the interest free loan (IFL) scheme of the state government considering the weak financial status of the concerned units.
TARN
TARAN
Assaulted: Ms Jatinder Kaur, an NRI, a resident of Goindwal Sahib village, 22 km from here, was assaulted at her village by three persons on Friday. The police has registered a case.
Jalandhar
Farmers’ protest: The All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha would organise protest rallies from January 15 to press for loan waiver by the government, Mr Satbir Singh, General Secretary of the union said on Saturday. To organise support for the same, the union, he said, would hold meetings in villages from Jan 1.
Tension in village: Tension prevailed in Najaka village after a resident of the area set afire a dharamshala and a few jhuggis belonging to the members of the Dalit community on Saturday. Sarpanch of the village, Mr Amardeep Singh, and some villagers have sent a complaint to the State SC/ST Commission and the district administration on the matter. The police have registered a case under the SC/ST Act. The accused is said to be absconding.
Camp: Indian Oil’s LPG bottling plant organised a “Consumer Health & Safety Week-2005.” An eye check-up camp was held on the occasion on Friday. Also conducted was a training programme for TT crew, security personnel on safety aspects to be taken care of while handling petroleum products.
Cultural night: A cultural night was organised at Lovely Institutes campus for nearly 200 principals from various colleges across country, in city to attend a national conference, on Friday.
