Hefty pay hike for Punjab law officers
Chandigarh, June 15
The Punjab Government has ordered a hefty increase in the salaries payable to its law officers. A decision in this regard was communicated to the Advocate-General (AG), Punjab, by the Home Department, Punjab.

Convicts to get one-year remission
Chandigarh, June 15
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, will announce a one-year remission of sentence to convicts lodged in various jails in the state.

Punjab Development Initiative in House of Commons
Chandigarh, June 15
Mr John McDonnell, Member Parliament and Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Punjabis in Britain, and Rob Marris, another MP and treasurer of the group, launched the Punjab Development Initiative at the House of Commons this evening.

COURTS

CMC yet to comply with court order
Abohar, June 15
Despite the Supreme Court not giving any “relief” on an SLP filed by the management of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, against orders passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the CMC is not inclined to give admission to three students of the region.

AGRICULTURE

MPs to assess relief to farmers
Chandigarh, June 15
A committee of Members of Parliament on Defence, will visit Punjab to asses the losses made by farmers and address the issue of compensation for damage when the Indian Army was deployed at the border with Pakistan during Operation Parakaram in December 2001. The two-day visit starts on June 19 and a meeting with farmers of the border areas is scheduled at Amritsar that day.

Farmers stage dharna
Moga, June 15
The Kirti Kisan Union staged a dharna outside the DC office in protest against the increase in the prices of petroleum products here today. The union submits a memorandum to the DC and addressed to the Punjab Governor.

ADMINISTRATION

30 SMOs cleared for promotion
Chandigarh, June 15
The Departmental Promotion Committee of the Punjab Health Department has cleared the names of 30 senior medical officers (SMOs) for promotion as Deputy Directors and Civil Surgeons.

DPIs, DEOs transferred
Chandigarh, June 15
The Punjab Government today ordered the transfer of two Director Public Instructions (DPIs) and also shifted more than a dozen District Education Officers. The orders have come about as part of the restructuring process of the Education Department.

CRIME

Inebriated SPO kills labourer
Batala, June 15
An inebriated SPO of the Punjab police killed a labourer at Gaini village, near here, today. As per sources available here, SPO Surinder Singh, working as a cook in the house a local SHO, went to the house of the labourer, Kashmir Messih, last evening.

Bank manager in Vigilance net
Bathinda, June 15
The Vigilance Bureau nabbed the manager of an agricultural development bank while he was reportedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 at Rampura Phul today.

Probe ordered into slapping case
Bathinda, June 15
The SSP has ordered a DSP-level probe into an incident in which a police party from the Sadar police station reportedly abused and slapped a resident of Bir Behman village “without any rhyme or reason”.

MC official held for taking bribe
Patiala, June 15
Harish Bhatia, a junior assistant, Municipal Council, Nabha, was caught red handed by a team of Vigilance Bureau led by DSP, Mr Jaspal Singh while he was taking bribe of Rs 3000 from Mr Dheerander Kumar for sanctioning the site plan of his house.

Case filed against ultrasound centre
Chandigarh, June 15
Dr Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Civil Surgeon, Fatehgarh Sahib, today said a case had been filed in the court against Shelly Nursing Home and UltraSound Centre. He said a lot of discrepancies were found in the record with regard to the ultra sound scanning of pregnant women by the centre.

EDUCATION

Girls are welcome
Bathinda, June 15
They have all set an example in the state known for rampant female foeticide by giving birth to daughters and yesterday they were felicitated at a unique ceremony organised by the PNDT Cell at Rajindra College here.

15 unemployed teachers hurt in lathi charge
Patiala, June 15
At least 15 activists of Unemployed B.Ed Teachers Front, including girls, today suffered multiple injuries after the police allegedly resorted to a lathi charge on them near Modi College crossing when they were proceeding towards the New Moti Bagh, the private residence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, for submitting a memorandum in connection with their demands.

Students charge Asst Director with favouritism
Patiala, June 15
The Punjab Student Union while alleging that the Assistant Director, Youth Welfare, Mr Jeet Singh Butter, misbehaved and maltreated students of a government school in the Devi Garh area, demanded that stern action should be taken against him.