Black bucks under threat
PAU team visits Deer Park
Bathinda, January 23
Following 21 deaths due to pneumonia, tuberculosis and trypanosomiasis in the last few months, black bucks are under threat at the local Deer Park.
A Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) team
comprising Dr M.P. Gupta and Dr Hardeep Kumar visited the park and collected
blood and faecal samples of black bucks. The
doctors, who conducted the post-mortem examination of the black bucks, said the
first few had died of pneumonia due to inclement weather while the last three
were found to have tuberculosis.
Punjab Agricultural University experts examine an ailing black buck at the Deer Park in Bathinda on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
Egyptian vultures “holidaying” in Ropar areas
Chandigarh, January 23
As three of the nine species of vultures found in India have become rare to sight, a migrating species, the Egyptian vulture, can be seen these days 'holidaying' in Punjab.
Egyptian vulture
Arrest Dhindsa ‘for connections with Dawood’
CPM’s “jail bharo” from February 1
Sangrur, January 23
The Punjab unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) today asked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to arrest Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, secretary-general of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), if he (CM) had proofs with him, regarding the allegations that Mr Dhindsa had collected unaccounted wealth in a short span and his relative (father-in-law of Dhindsa’s son) was a smuggler and had close links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Teenager married to one thrice her age
Tarn Taran, January 23
A teenaged girl of nearby Naurangabad village 6 km from here was lured by her sister and sister-in-law into marrying a person three times of her age. She was allegedly raped by the person whom she was married to without her consent.
Two youths killed
in accident
Rajpura, January 23
Two young professionals were killed and another seriously injured when their car rammed into a truck parked near the Shambhu police post on the Ambala-Ludhiana road this morning.
The mangled remains of the car that hit a truck on the Rajpura-Ambala highway on Monday. Inset: Tanpreet Singh and Rakesh Kumar.
— Photo by J.S. Virdi
Jagmeet Brar gets prominence at Hyderabad session
Chandigarh, January 23
Mr Jagmeet Singh Brar, a senior Congress leader who was virtually sidelined in Punjab politics by the big guns of the ruling party in the state a few months ago, was today given prominence by the party high command at the 82nd plenary session of the All-India Congress Committee in Hyderabad.
Power generation stopped at Mukerian project
Gurdaspur, January 23
Power generation at the Mukerian hydel project has been hit once again.
Scam: inquiry finds coop staff guilty
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 23
The inquiry into the fraud allegedly committed by Mr Baljinder Singh, secretary of the Cooperative Agricultural Society, Ambey Majra, worth Rs 3.78 crore by opening bogus accounts in a bank of members and getting loans sanctioned in their names has found its employees, including the secretary and the salesman, besides the bank manager, prima facie guilty.
Netaji’s birthday celebrated
Sangrur, January 23
The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Foundation celebrated the 109th birthday of Netaji here today.
Remove slums, minister tells officials
Bathinda, January 23
Punjab Urban Development Minister Raghunath Sahai Puri today asked the officials concerned to remove slums from the city limits under beautification plan. The direction came at a meeting of District Grievances Committee here today.
SGPC to honour Mattewal
Chandigarh, January 23
Senior Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Hardev Singh Mattewal will be bestowed a rare honour by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for his exemplary services to the society in general and the
"panth" in particular.
Another contempt notice to Bibi Jagir Kaur, others
Chandigarh, January 23
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of contempt to former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, Dr U.S. Dhaliwal, Director-Principal of SGPC-managed Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Education and Research, Amritsar, and SGPC secretary Dalmegh Singh.
Special survey to assess loss to potato crop
Kapurthala, January 23
Deputy Commissioner Sameer Kumar today ordered special revenue survey to assess damage caused to the crops, specially potatoes due to the frost and extreme cold in the district earlier this month.
Farmers submit memo to DC
Amritsar, January 23
Activists of the Kirti Kisan Union held a rally to press the state government to accept their various demands here today.
The farmers converged at Ram Bagh and from there marched to the Deputy
Commissioner’s office in procession.
Activists of the Kirti Kisan Union stage a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Amritsar on Monday.
Doctor, nurse booked for child’s death
Batala, January 23
A three-year-old child Ashish Singh died in a private hospital on the Jalandhar road here allegedly due to the negligence of doctor Dr Harpal Singh and nurse Manjit Kaur.
Man found dead under mysterious circumstances
Amritsar, January 23
Paramjit Singh of Nagoke village in the Tarn Taran police district was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Angarh area here today.
Woman killed in mishap
Moga, January 23
A woman was killed and a child seriously injured when a Tata Sumo collided with a Maruti car near Bughipura Chowk here yesterday.
Seminar briefs colleges on accreditation
Patiala, January 23
A seminar-cum-workshop was organised by the NAAC quality assurance cell of the DPI (Colleges) for non-accredited government and aided colleges affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala, at the Government College for Girls here today.
Govt rejects varsity’s proposal to hand over medical college
Faridkot, January 23
The Punjab Government has rejected the proposal of the Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences
(BFUHS) to hand over the reins of local Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital and transfer its employees to the university.
Post offices earn Rs 1.96 crore
from money transfer
Chandigarh, January 23
Post offices across Punjab are successfully catering to the monetary needs of lakhs of NRIs and their families by way of its international money transfer service.
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