Labourers rally for free power
Bathinda, May 22
Protesting against the denial of free power to farm labourers, scores of activists of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union today staged a dharna in front of the office of the Chief Engineer of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB).
Illegal mining continues in Khadi rivulet
Pathankot, May 22
Illegal mining in the Khadi rivulet is continuing despite a ban by the Department of Mining. When The Tribune team visited the area JCB machines were being used for illegal mining in the rivulet close to Government Senior Secondary School,
Lamini.
Four labourers hurt as construction material falls on them
Rajpura, May 22
Four migrant labourers were injured, two of them seriously, when the shuttering and other construction material fell on them at Gian Sagar Medical College in Ramnagar village in Banur, near here, this afternoon.
No action against lift pump operators
Abohar, May 22
Hundreds of farmers in villages located at the tailend in this subdivision and neighbouring areas are reeling under canal water crisis as the Irrigation Department has failed in taking action against lift pump operators in Lambi, Gidderbaha, Muktsar and Malout areas even after 10 months of directions issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Jobless vet pharmacists stage protest
Chandigarh, May 22
Members of the Unemployed Veterinary Pharmacists Union today staged a protest in front of the the Punjab Animal Husbandry office in Sector 17.
Yoga in day’s routine
Abohar, May 22
Mr B.B. Sharma, a former Principal of LRS DAV Senior Secondary School, here has recently joined Children Memorial DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Dabwali, after serving some institutions in tribal areas in Orissa. One can do yoga while performing routine functions, says
B.B. Sharma, a practitioner for 35 years.
Duststorm lashes region
Amritsar, May 22
A large number of trees and electricity poles were uprooted due to a duststorm that hit the region late evening here.
2 held for killing diamond merchant
Amritsar, May 22
The police achieved a major breakthrough in the sensational murder and looting of diamond merchant Sunil Kumar Bhatia on April 22 by apprehending two accused here today.
Garments, Rs 25,000 stolen
Rajpura, May 22
Garments worth lakhs and cash were stolen from Seth’s and Sons, a showroom of readymade garments, at the Caliber Market on the Rajpura-Zirakpur highway here last night.
Two jail inmates try to flee
Patiala, May 22
Rajinder Kumar, an undertrial in a murder case, and Naresh Kumar, an undertrial in a narcotics smuggling case, were caught by a jail warder when they tried to escape from the Central Jail here after coming out of the cell by making a big hole in its wall early this morning.
Dean writes to Governor against VC
Amritsar, May 22
Dr Kanwaljit Singh, Dean, Faculty of Physical Education, in a communication to the Governor-cum-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, has alleged that the Vice-Chancellor wanted to “hush up” the evaluation scam in the department.
