• PMET results on July 6

Duggri villagers lock yet another school
Ropar, July 3
In a span of three days villagers today locked another government school in Duggri village, about 10 km from here because of its poor result of Class VIII and X.

 

POLITICS

Badal promises to waive farmers’ loans
Chandigarh, July 3
The President of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today declared that his party would completely waive farmers' loans in Punjab if it was voted to power in the coming Assembly poll.

SAD-BJP dharna before DC’s office tomorrow
Abohar, July 3
BJP president Rajnath Singh and SAD (B) chief Parkash Singh Badal will lead a dharna outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner at Ferozepore on July 5. State BJP president Avinash Rai Khanna and other senior leaders will also join them.

COMMUNITY

Illegal sawmills throw norms to winds

Hoshiarpur, July 3 Closure notices issued by the Department of Forest notwithstanding, illegal sawmills continue to operate in the district with impunity. These mills operate from the Mukerian-Talwara road, near Talwara and in grave violation of the norms, most of these fall within 10 km of the protected forest area. An illegal sawmill being run within the prohibited 10-km radius of forest land, near Talwara. — Photo by Jangi

Jatha complains of poor lodging
Bathinda, July 3
Over 1,000 devotees today reached Takht Sri Damdama Sahib through a special train that would take them to the pilgrimage of all five takhts of Sikhs. However, much to their chagrin they didn’t find lodging and board arrangement at the takht up to the mark.

Rs 63.18 cr for development
Amritsar, July 3
The Punjab Government released Rs 63.18 crore for comprehensive development of the holy city here today.

INTUC to stage dharnas on July 5
Chandigarh, July 3
The Punjab unit of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), the labour wing of the ruling Congress, will stage dharnas at all district headquarters on July 5 in protest against the state government's "indifferent" attitude towards its demands.

SGPC honours Kuldeep Nayyar
Amritsar, July 3
Veteran journalist Kuldeep Nayyar was among 10 persons honoured by the SGPC here yesterday.

AGRICULTURE

Farmers gherao DC office, block rail traffic
Sangrur, July 3
Tension gripped the railway-level crossing area, near the local Police Line on Sangrur-Barnala road, as hundreds of activists of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) led by Mr Joginder Singh Ugrahan, state president of the union, blocked vehicular and rail traffic for about two hours by staging a dharna in support of their demands here this afternoon.

Farmers gherao DC’s office
Tarn Taran, July 3
Hundreds of activists of the Kisan Sangharash Committee and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) gheraoed the office of the Deputy commissioner for hours together today as a results of which the normal functioning remained paralysed.

ADMINISTRATION

Probe ordered into milk plant losses
Chandigarh, July 3
The Punjab Cooperation Minister, Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa, has ordered an inquiry into the alleged fraud in the Mohali Milk Plant. The inquiry has been marked to the Additional Secretary, Cooperation.

CRIME

4-yr-old sodomised, strangulated
Ropar, July 3
A four-year-old boy of Dashmesh Nagar was allegedly first sodomised and then strangulated to death here. The body of the boy, Aditya Dhanraj (Bilu), was recovered from a sewerage gutter near his house this evening.

Farm labourer dies under mysterious circumstances
Patiala, July 3
Nachhattar Singh, a farm labourer of Sher Majra village of this district, died under mysterious circumstances late last evening at the local Rajindra hospital where he was admitted on July 1.

Rs 1 lakh stolen from car
Hoshiarpur, July 3
Miscreants stole a bag containing Rs 1 lakh from a car (PB-54D-7700) at Mukerian today.