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SAD activist accused of duping farmers
Abohar, September 1
Some farmers of Bahawalbassi village near here have earmarked their fields as “exhibition plots” to tell the people that they have been duped by a senior worker of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) who sold them unbranded Bt cottonseed bought from Gujarat using unauthorised channels. Three of them today started uprooting the cotton plants using tractors.
A farmer of Bahawalbassi village uproots inferior cotton plants from his fields, which were planted using unapproved Bt cottonseed bought allegedly from a SAD activist, in Abohar on Friday. |
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Maj Kular, Lt Ashta scale Mt Elbrus
Chandigarh, September 1
Major Sarfraz Singh Kular of 5 Para, presently posted at Goma, Congo with UN peacekeeping forces, accompanied by Lt Ashish
Ashta, also from 5 Para, has joined a select band of Army officers, who have scaled Mount
Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe. A fourth generation soldier, Major Sarfraz Kular is the son of hockey Olympian Colonel Balbir Singh of
Sansarpur.
Major Sarfraz Singh Kular on the top of Mount Elbrus. |
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Suspended SGPC secy’s charges against Badal, SGPC chief
Amritsar, September 1
Suspended Shiromani Committee secretary Raghubir Singh on Wednesday blamed SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal and SGPC chief Avtar Singh for his ouster and levelled serious charges
against them.
Mann against ‘frivolous’ foreign tours
Chandigarh, September 1
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) President, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today said Chief Ministers and ministers, especially Captain Amarinder Singh, should not go on foreign trips on “frivolous grounds” as it leads to public criticism.
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Denied entry into Canada, Bhai Ranjit Singh back today
Amritsar, September 1
Former Jathedar Bhai Ranjit Singh, who was stopped at Vancouver airport and questioned for about 12 hours, would land at New Delhi with a brief stopover in Hong Kong tomorrow. He had gone to Canada to attend religious meetings in Abbotsford and British Columbia, but was stopped at Vancouver by security agencies.
Punjab to have surplus power by 2012: Bhattal
Banarasi/Chottian (Sangrur), September 1
Punjab will have surplus power by 2012 after meeting its agriculture, industry, domestic and other requirements as the state government has made elaborate arrangements to generate and arrange power from various sources in the years to come.
Dalhousie road a bone of contention
Pathankot, September 1
The MC has demanded the control of the Amritsar-Pathankot road back from the local Improvement Trust. The council authorities have maintained that the trust authorities are illegally retaining the control of the road that is leading to illegal constructions and revenue loss to the council.
US fellowship for Punjab doc
Patiala, September 1
Dr Mehboob Singh Sran, who has been doing his postgraduate degree in family medicine in local Rajindra Medical College, has done the state proud after being becoming the only candidate in the country who has been selected for prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship programme in USA for further studies.
Services of 2 contract employees terminated
Gurdaspur, September 1
Project Director Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan, Ms Seema Jain has removed from service two contract employees when they were found absent from duty.
Widow in search of son for 13 yrs
Chandigarh, September 1
Mrs Satwant Kaur, a widow hailing from Dhuri in Sangrur district, is struggling to know the whereabouts of her son, Harjit Singh, alias
Pappu, who is missing for the past 13 years.
MCPI delegation meets SDM
Rajpura, September 1
A delegation of the Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI) today met the local SDM and brought to his notice the alleged corruption in the Revenue Department.
Nagar kirtan on parkash utsav
Amritsar, September 1
Even a heavy rain could not dampen the spirits of devotees to participate in the nagar kirtan to mark the 402nd parkash utsav of Guru Granth Sahib here today.
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