MC Polls
No SAD-BJP pact on Bhawanigarh
Sangrur, June 14
The SAD-BJP alliance today “failed” to reach a consensus on the distribution of wards of the Bhawanigarh municipal council.
Police wing to guide, help tourists
Phillaur, June 14
The police in Punjab is to have a wing to promote tourism and help in tourism related affairs in the state. A pilot project training junior officers from Amritsar,
Kapurthala, Patiala and Ropar districts ended at the Punjab Police Academy (PPA) here today.
Security Breach at Attari Post
Customs officer transferred
Amritsar, June 14
The fallout of the security breach by Bangladeshi national Abu Tahir, who sneaked into the Pakistan territory hiding himself in an onion-laden truck, resulted today in the shifting of a senior Customs officer to the headquarters with immediate effect.
Use of Fly Ash
Highway officials flout norms
Chandigarh, June 14
The Ropar thermal plant authorities have taken a serious note of the violation of the notification issued by the Union government with regard to the use of fly ash generated by the thermal plant for a national road project.
Tehsildar in soup again
Amritsar, June 14
Tehsildar Rajesh Sharma, who had been suspended for allegedly registering a fake power of attorney of Prime Minister’s property in New Delhi, has now been indicted for conniving with two persons in a land scam. A probe into the case was carried out by deputy commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu.
Vedanti for avoiding code row
Amritsar, June 14
Even as Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti has admitted that there is disparity of “maryada” (Sikh code) being pursued by managements of certain gurdwaras in the country, he has urged the Sikh Sangat not to kick off any controversy till the tercentenary celebrations of the “Gurta Gaddi” of Guru Granth Sahib, which falls this year.
Ex-minister Khiala dead
Mansa, June 14
Former Punjab minister and leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal (1920) Baldev Singh Khiala (72) died in a private hospital here today.
Rurka Kalan (Jalandhar), June 14
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