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Badal
to take up US Nagar issue with PM Panel
soon on ‘hukamnamas’ Airport
expansion: facts negate claims No
smooth run for km scheme
CPM
condemns Exim policy |
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PUDA
for scrutiny fee on building plans Probe
sub-standard injections: PCMSA Akal
Takht chief to join Khalsa march ‘Khalsa’
maker a disgruntled man An
ASI with 4 PG degrees Kikars
turn a new leaf Sedated,
but not operated on Employees
to hold rally on April 5
“Death
was not natural”
40
cr earmarked for primary education
Coop
marketing societies role ‘vital’ RCF
achieves record output
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Badal to take up US Nagar
issue with PM PHAGWARA, April 1 — The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal said today that he was in favour of keeping Udham Singh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and would take up the issue with Mr Vajpayee during his proposed meeting with him on April, 14. Talking to newspersons at K.V. Guest House of the Indian Auto Industries here Mr Badal was commenting upon the presidential reference of a Bill sent to the Bihar Assembly envisioning the inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar in the proposed new state of Uttaranchal. On Chief Election Commissioner M.S. Gill’s rejection of the open ballot system in the Rajya Sabha poll, Mr Badal asserted the suggestion for an open ballot was good for curbing menace of cross-voting and the influence of money power. Refusing to entertain any query about Akal Takht and SGPC stand-off, Mr Badal, however, criticised Mr G.S. Tohra and his supporters. When asked that the Tohra faction had blamed him (Badal) for the row between Giani Puran Singh and Bibi Jagir Kaur, Mr Badal shot back that Mr Tohra had never recognised Giani Puran Singh as Jathedar of Akal Takht. He has no locus standi to speak on the issue as he himself had never recognised the Jathedar, continued Mr Badal. The Chief Minister lost his temper when questioned about Mr Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, President, Lok Bhalai Party. Who is Ramoowalia? Why do you ask questions about him? he asked reporters. When told that Mr Ramoowalia had alleged that the Union Government had shelved issues regarding the international airport at Amritsar and an oil refinery at Bathinda, Mr Badal again shot back that for Mr Ramoowalia “Punjab hi khatam ho gaya”. Mr Badal refused to say anything on the prospective candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat that had fallen vacant because of the resignation of Mr Barjinder Singh. When asked whether the Punjab Government would downsize the police bureaucracy as it was planning to do with civil bureaucracy, he disclosed that he would consider the issue of winding up police districts. We are sending the officers back to their parent states and won’t take anybody on deputation. When asked as to whether IAS officers should write CRs of police officers or demand for creating police commissionerate, Mr Badal stated that current system of civil magistracy and status quo in police administration would continue. Later while addressing
exporters at a conference at K.V. House, Mr Badal
declared that a state export award for outstanding
exporters would be instituted soon. He assured exporters
that he would take up the demand of keeping exporters out
of income tax ambit at his meeting with Mr Vajpayee. |
Panel soon on
‘hukamnamas’ CHANDIGARH, April 1 — The President of the SGPC, Bibi Jagir Kaur, said today that a committee would be set up soon, to prepare a “system” for the issuance of ‘hukamnamas’ (edicts) from Akal Takht. Bibi Jagir Kaur was here to finalise the programme for the Baisakhi celebrations which mark the end of tercentenary functions. She held a meeting with head priests and others in this connection. The SGPC President said a series of seminars would be held for evolving a consensus among intellectuals, scholars and the sangat on the issue of preparing the “system”. On the basis of the consensus, the committee would frame rules and regulations. She was of the opinion that the Gurus had not set any traditions for removing or excommunicating any Sikh from the community and the religion. Because of the recent controversy regarding hukamnamas, a number of questions and issues had cropped up. The sangat and intellectuals wanted that such issues and questions should be addressed by the community by evolving a consensus. Hence the decision to set up the committee, she asserted. Bibi Jagir Kaur said “ultimately truth has prevailed in my case”. Reacting to the removal of Giani Puran Singh as Jathedar of Akal Takht, Bibi Jagir Kaur said there was no programme to remove the Jathedar at a meeting held in January. But certain persons created misunderstandings which led to the crisis. She said Sikhs all over the world had accepted the decision of the SGPC pertaining to the removal of the Jathedar of Akal Takht, and the confusion which prevailed for some weeks had ended following the decision Saying that there was no place for dictatorship of any individual in Sikhism, Bibi Jagir Kaur said in the recent past, those having no understanding of Sikh traditions and Gurmat were dictating terms and playing a vital role in influencing the decisions. Due to actions of certain persons, many people felt dejected. There was need to bring back such people to the fold of Sikhism. She would also make efforts in this regard. Urging various
“sampardais” (sects) to join the mainstream of
Sikhism she appealed to them to submit to Guru Granth
Sahib. |
Airport expansion: facts negate
claims JALANDHAR, April 1 — Except the erection of a boundary wall around 125 acres of land acquired by the Punjab government for the proposed expansion, upgradation and raising of its standard to the level of an international airport, no monetary allocation has allegedly been made by the central government towards the Rs 105 crore project even after the passage of three years. The project, it is learnt, had been envisaged and approved by the Deve Gowda government just a day before its fall in the first half of 1997 and even a direct Amritsar-Sharjah flight had taken off on December 17, 1997 during the tenure of its successor — the United Front government led by Mr I.K. Gujral. But the much touted project has allegedly been lying in abeyance since then for want of initiative and lack of funds affecting the proposed expansion of the airstrip from about 9150 feet to 12000 feet. Even as the state government has been claiming that the work on the project was on, but documentary evidence proves that little efforts were being made to see it materialised and it is standstill as no successive government had allegedly shown any interest in it leading to disenchantment among people, particularly about 30 lakh Non-Resident Indians and nearly 15000 people who were direct or indirect employment after the completion of the proposed project. The indifference of the central government towards the project was such that though the project estimate was approved by the Deve Gowda government but it had not been sent to the Public Investment Board thereafter for clearance as is mandatory under norms. So much so that the scheme wise details of plan outlay and expenditure during the ninth plan period in respect of Ministry of Civil Aviation revealed that not a singly penny was set aside for the project under the ongoing ninth Five Year Plan since its inception in 1997. Under the plan expansion and upgradation of 26 airports in the country have to be done at an estimated cost of Rs 1078.4 crore. Under the plan the amount is to be spent on jobs like extension of runway, extension of present infrastructure, resurfacing of taxi tracts, extension of terminal buildings, construction of new arrival halts. The amount is to spent as following Agartala (Rs 32 crore), Ahmedabad (Rs 35 crore), Agra (Rs 8 crore), Bangalore (Rs 19.9 crore), Bagdogra (Rs 6 crore) Baroda (Rs 2 crore), Bhuaneshwar (Rs 18.9 crore), Kalikat ( Rs71.8 crore) Dabolin-Goa (Rs 1.4 crore), Dibrugarh Rs 4.6 crore, Dimapur (Rs 3.7crore) Guwahati (Rs 22.3 crore), Hydrabad (Rs 23. 7 crore) Imphal ( Rs 17.1 crore), Indore (Rs 1.6), Jabalpur (Rs 11.2 crore), Jammu (Rs 6.4 crore), Lucknow (Rs 14.2 crore) Lilabari (Rs 12.5 crore) , Madras (Rs 16.5 crore), Nagpur (Rs 1.6 crore), Patna (Rs 1.6 crore) Portblair (Rs 19.8 crore), Tejpur (Rs 15.0crore), Vijaywada (Rs 16.3 crore) and Rs 99.8 crore for undertaking other miscellaneous works. The outlay of the Ninth Five Year Plan for the next financial year — 2000-2001—too does not have any provision for the expansion of the Amritsar Airport, the plan report revealed. Mr Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, the former Union Minister and the president of the Lok Bhalai Party and Mr Balbir Singh the local MP have been critical of the project and alleging that the project had been almost been dropped for want of initiative on the part of the state government. Mr Ramoowalia said yesterday that the Punjab Chief Minister was responsible for the “dropping” of the project. Mr Balbir Singh said while not a single penny was spent by the central government, nothing was being done by the Punjab government to get the project going. On the contrary, the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mr Chaman Lal Gupta, got Rs 50 lakh sanctioned for the expansion of the Jammu airport which was not even a part of the original expansion plan, he alleged. The central government
went out of the way just last month to make out of the
budgetary allocations of Rs 60 lakh and Rs 40 lakh for
the upgradation of Bangalore and Jammu airports
respectively. The foundation stone of upgradation of the
Jammu and Bangalore was laid by none other than the Union
Civil Aviation Minister Mr Sharad Yadav on March 12 and
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No smooth run for km scheme PATIALA, April 1 — Hiccups seems to have appeared in the progress of kilometre scheme of Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) as due to shortage of conductors many private transporters’ buses are not able to ply. The kilometre scheme, a form of semi-privatisation plan was aimed at earning revenue for the corporation besides getting more buses on the road. The scheme involved that the private buses could ply on PRTC routes with earnings divided on kilometre basis. The PRTC had only to provide conductors for the buses and the maintenance and expenses including the driver was of the private transporter. It was also agreed that private buses would get a minimum kilometres of travelling in a month to ensure profit to these. Also, the PRTC was supposed to pay around Rs 8 per km to the transporter and the remaining amount of the ticket was agreed to be the property of the PRTC. In December, shortage of conductors seriously hit the continuation of the scheme forcing the corporation to send an SoS to the Punjab Roadways for sending on deputation more than 100 conductors for the continuation of the scheme. The conductors of the Punjab Roadways have, however, refused to help the PRTC. Some of them have been even approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court and obtained stay orders on the deputation move. The shortage is hitting the private transporters who have invested about 8 lakh on each bus. Due to unavailability of the conductors many buses though officially approved to ply remain parked in the bus stand. One such transporter of this district requesting anonymity said his bus remained stranded for four days as there was no conductor. He said many of the 100 buses have faced similar problems. Sources in the PRTC revealed that after every 10 buses the PRTC has to recruit 13 conductors but the present availability is far less. This figure has been calculated keeping in mind the permissible working hours and rest of the conductor. The transporters also alleged that the PRTC was not following in toto, its promise of providing more than 400 kilometres travelling daily to each bus. They say the buses can only run in profit if they achieve this target daily but so far most of the buses have only been less than 300 kilometre. Mr B. Vikram, Managing
Director of the PRTC when contacted said the corporation
definitely required conductors but due to the state
government’s ban on recruitment the shortage
remained. He said he had written to the government for
some internal adjustment by appointing conductors from
other transport corporation on deputation basis. He said
to meet the problem faced by the transporters the PRTC
had decided to plan proper scheduling of commissioning of
buses. Mr Vikram said the allegations of giving less
kilometre routes to the transporters had not come to his
notice. He said under the arrangement 10,000 kilometre of
travel was to be provided every month which is being
strictly followed. |
CPM condemns Exim policy LUDHIANA, April 1 — The CPM has condemned the lifting of restrictions on the import of certain articles as announced by Mr Murasoli Maran, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry under the Exim policy, in which economic zones have been proposed. In a press statement, Mr Kuldip Singh, Secretary, MCPI, Punjab, today said that it was wrong to compare India with China because in China socialist policies and public sector were playing a leading role while in India a capitalistic system had been developed. Mr Jagjit Singh Lyalpuri, General Secretary of the MCPI said that this Exim policy would affect domestic market badly. The United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association described the Exim policy as anti-small scale sector, specially to the bicycle industry and on the guidelines and pressure of the World Trade Organisation. In a press Mr G.L. Pahwa, president and Mr D.S. Chawla, Senior Vice President of the association alleged that the bicycle market in India will be captured by China and other countries. The manufacturers will have to shut down their units due to price and quality war. The association urged
the government to reconsider the decision of the Exim
policy. |
PUDA for scrutiny fee on building
plans SAS NAGAR, April 1 — To generate additional resources the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has imposed a scrutiny fee on sanctioning of all building plans in its urban estates throughout the state with effect from today. The Chief Administrator of PUDA, Mr K.B.S. Sidhu, said the fee at a rate of Rs 2.50 sq ft of the proposed total area covered on all floors would be charged for residential buildings, including Group Housing Societies, government offices, government-aided schools, charitable and non-profit institutions and religious buildings specified under category-1. For commercial, industrial, corporate and commercially run educational institutions put under category-II, the fee charged would be at a rate of Rs 5 per sq ft. For construction of boundary walls the fee had been fixed at Rs 2.50 per running feet for all buildings excluding residential plots up to two kanals of size. For the commercial, corporate and commercially run educational institutions the fee would be Rs 5 per sq ft. In another order PUDA has revised the security amount refundable after the completion of the buildings. Mr Sidhu said in case of institutions allotted land free of cost the security amount would not be charged. In case the building
plans had not been sanctioned but the application had
been submitted the fee would be charged. |
Probe sub-standard injections:
PCMSA PATIALA, April 1 — The PCMS Association Punjab yesterday condemned the purchase and supply of “sub-standard and injurious anaesthetic injections” by the Punjab Health Systems Corporation, which had resulted into suffering to hundreds of innocent patients in the state. The president and general secretary of the PCMSA in a joint statement here yesterday said, that the incident had exposed “serious loopholes and flaws” in the functioning of the Health Systems Corporation, which needed to be exposed in the interest of the patients to check such happening in future. Describing the episode only “the tip of the iceberg”, the association demanded thorough probe by an independent agency to expose shady deals in multi-crore project funded by loan from the World Bank. The association also
demanded registration of criminal cases against the
manufacturers and supplying firms besides stern action
against the persons and agencies involved in the purchase
and supply of sub-standard medicine and material to
hospitals. |
Akal Takht chief to join
Khalsa march CHANDIGARH, April 1 — A march being held in connection with the tercentenary of the Khalsa will be joined on the inaugural day by the Acting Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Jogidner Singh Vedanti and the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Ms Jagir Kaur. This was stated by the Haryana Agriculture Minister, Mr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, while presiding over a meeting at Gurdwara Nadha Sahib today. The march would start from Nadha Sahib on April 8 and end at Yamunanagar on April 13 were a state-level function would be held to conclude the celebrations, Mr Sandhu said. Speakers at the meeting
appreciated various initiatives taken by Haryana Chief
Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to celebrate the
tercentenary in a befitting manner. |
‘Khalsa’ maker a disgruntled man AMRITSAR, April 1 (UNI) — Despite rave reviews from audiences for his historic film “Khalsa”, producer-director-actor Mangal Dhillon is a disillusioned man today.He said he had used his own resources for the making of the film and not a single panthic leader, including the SGPC or the rich Sikh industrialists or non-resident Indians came forward to sponsor the public shows of the film which were held without charging any ticket fee. Since the premiere of the film on Baisakhi, last year, at Anandpur Sahib, a total of 85 shows have been organised in different cities and towns of Punjab and he had to spend money of his own for each of these shows, Mr Dhillon told reporters here. Mr Dhillon and some of the members of the film unit are at present touring the two border districts of Amritsar and Gurdaspur to screen. The only help he received was a sum of Rs 24 lakh of the promised amount of Rs 30 lakh from the Punjab Government when he launched the film. He lamented that not a
single distributor ventured to distribute the film but
acknowledged that the Bank of Punjab had sponsored 30
public shows. Other companies refused to help on the
ground that it was a religious film and they did not want
to invite trouble from radical ‘panthic’
leaders, who might find fault in the film’s script. |
An ASI with 4 PG degrees BATHINDA: Mr Jeet Singh, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Punjab Police, has created a record of sorts by getting four postgraduate degrees. Mr Jeet Singh, hailing from Faridkot district and posted at the local city police station, is perhaps the only police official in the state who has done four postgraduate courses after joining service. Mr Jeet Singh joined the Punjab Police as ASI about eight years ago. He was then a postgraduate in economics. After joining the police service, he acquired three other post-graduate degrees in social science, history and public administration in his spare time. Jeet Singh is still continuing his studies along with wielding the “danda” to maintain law and order in the city and would appear for the MA (Political Science) examination this year. After doing B.Sc in agriculture, he took up economics and after passing MA (Economics) he did not allow his odd duty hours and other obstacles to kill his passion for more academic qualification and every year he is getting new degrees. Interestingly, Mr Jeet
Singh got his boss who is also one of the most educated
persons now serving the Punjab Police. Mr Jatinder Kumar
Jain, the district police chief, has been awarded the
doctorate by the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar for
his thesis on police administration. |
Kikars turn a new leaf PATIALA, April 1 — Leaves are sprouting in feared dead kikar trees along the river side forests in the state. After having gone bald last year kikar — the state tree, has again shown signs of life. The balding had been attributed to the severe water-logging problem. Environmentalists, State Forest Department officials and botanists had begun to ponder over the reasons for untimely dryness in kikar trees. Life has returned to the trees as mysteriously as it had presumably gone out of those. “It is all natural change”, said Mr Jasbir Singh Gill, Deputy Divisional Forest Officer, here. He said the trees must have got healed up of their own. He said the Forest Department would conduct a survey soon to gauge the latest development. Mr Jethu Singh, who was grazing his herd in green strips along the Patiala-Samana road said he noticed the rejuvenation of the trees about a week back in the Bhakra canal forest. Later he said he also noticed greenery in most of the dried up desi trees along the road. Mr Baldev Singh, a resident of Passiana village said the pahari kikar had not dried, but the desi kikar had. He said even in his village many kikar trees have sprouted leaves. Mr Tarsem Verma, journalist and Mr Surinder of Patran town shared their surprise at the plants turning a new leaf with this correspondent. They said not only on the road and canal side kikar had dried up even in forests and cremation grounds, the drying up of these trees had strengthened the belief that the nature was punishing the mankind for sins. Sprouting of new leaves is also regarded as a miracle. The trees in the Patiala-Samana belt have turned green, while trees in the Patran area have started sprouting leaves. The Punjab Government had ordered felling of more than 50,000 dried up trees. A Supreme Court intervention had shelved the order. Reports of the Forest
Research Institute, Dehra Dun and experts of Punjab
Agriculture University, Ludhiana, are yet reveal their
finding about causes of drying up of these trees. Many
villagers here say water-logging can’t dry up trees
in forests. The smog had dried up the trees. |
Sedated, but not operated on LUDHIANA, April 1 — Chaos prevailed at the Civil Hospital here yesterday when more than 50 patients, who had been sedated for performing operations at a family welfare camp, were asked to leave without operated on allegedly as the hospital authorities did not have the facility for more than 100 persons. It is learnt that nearly 200 persons had come to the camp. The organisers injected sedative to all those who came. After operating on 100 persons, they asked the others to leave. The Civil Surgeon, Dr
Rajinder Kaur, when contacted, said she was unaware of
this incident. She, however, said though earlier she had
been asked to send 100 blankets for those being operated
on, she was later requested to send 50 blankets more.
“So, I assume that around 150 persons must have been
operated on, but I am not aware if some people have been
sent back”, she said. |
Employees to hold rally on April 5 CHANDIGARH, April 1 — The Punjab Mulazam Sangharsh Committee today said that employees would hold a rally here on April 5 against the Punjab Government’s order regarding the recovery of Rs 17 crore from those posted in border districts in the state. Mr Ranbir Singh Dhillon, convener of the committee, said the Punjab Government had allowed house rent on a par with ‘A’ class cities for employees in cities and towns in border districts. However, this benefit was withdrawn by the Brar Government. Mr Dhillon said the
employees approached the Badal Government to cancel the
order issued by Brar Government and the demand was
conceded. However, the Finance Department had issued a
notification for the recovery of the amount. |
Lucky millennium baby draw CHANDIGARH, April 1 — Mr Ramesh Inder Singh, Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister, will draw the lots for the four lucky babies of the millennium at a function to be held at a hotel near the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana on April 2. Contesting in the draw
will be 225 babies born at Iqbal’s hospital, where
the first test tube baby of the region was born in 1992.
At stake are cash prizes. |
Giani Chet Singh’s death
mourned CHANDIGARH, April 1 — The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has expressed grief over the death of Giani Chet Singh. Mr Kirpal Singh
Badungar, party secretary, said that Giani Chet Singh
played a vital role in maintaining Panthic maryada and
traditions as the Head Granthi of the Golden Temple. |
Pak delegation arrives today AMRITSAR, April 1 —
A strong delegation of 125 members comprising artists,
writers and journalists from Pakistan will arrive here
tomorrow.The Pakistanis, members of the Indo-Pakistan
Friendship Forum for Peace and Democracy, will be
accorded a welcome at the local Khalsa College. After a
day’s stay they will proceed to Bangalore for the
forum’s annual meeting next week. |
Ghadar revolutionary bereaved JALANDHAR, April 1 (UNI) — Ram Baksh, the elder brother of Ghadar Party revolutionary Bhagat Singh Bilga, died in Canada today. Ram Baksh, 96, is
survived by a son and four daughters. He had been living
in Canada for over 10 years, according to a Deshbhagat
Yadgar Committee spokesman. |
“Death was not natural” AMRITSAR, April 1 — Mr Jai Karan Pathania and Mr Amarjit Asal, assistant secretary and secretary, respectively, of the Amritsar City Committee of the CPI in a press note here yesterday said inquiries by them regarding the death of Charanjit Singh of Chheharta in the custody of the RPF on March 26, 2000 was not natural death as was being alleged by it. The death was due to beating. It was also noticed that mother and the wife of the deceased were forced to sign a false document/application to hush up the case, they observed. The ‘so-called
inquiries’ being held by the RPF are only to white
wash the crime, the alleged. |
40 cr earmarked for primary
education ROPAR, April 1 — The Punjab Government will spend Rs 40 crore in the current financial year on the expansion of primary education and strengthening of the basic structure in the primary schools in the state. This was stated by Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, while addressing the annual function of Gurdev Singh Kang Memorial Rural Institute for Career Courses today at Bassi Gujjran village near Chamkaur Sahib. He announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for the institute and laid the foundation stone of the Amar Singh Tung Science block at the institute to be built at a cost of Rs 10 lakh. On the occasion students
were honoured for their excellent performance in studies.
A cultural programme was also presented. |
RCF achieves record output KAPURTHALA, April 1 — The Rail Coach Factory here has surpassed all production targets of the 12 years of inception by rolling out 1181 coaches of various designs, including 232 air-conditioned coaches, till March 31. This was disclosed here today by the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) General Manager, Mr V.P. Ojha. Mr Ojha complimented the employees and engineers for surpassing the target against its installed capacity of 1000 coaches annually. The RCF have turned out 9635 coaches, including 1215 air-conditioned coaches, in a span of 12 years. More than 30 per cent coaches in operation in the Railways are manufactured by this factory. The General Manager
claimed that the RCF was pioneer in the introduction of
AC three-tier coaches for economical AC travel and also
introduced first indigenously designed and developed
“Swaran Shatabdi Express” now successfully
running on tracks. |
Coop marketing societies role
‘vital’ PATIALA, April 1 — The cooperative marketing societies can play an important role in strengthening the economy of the farming fraternity besides protecting the interests of the farmers. This was stated by Anoopinder Kaur, newly elected president of the society, here today while talking to newsmen after formally taking charge of her new assignment. She said the marketing society also worked as a katcha aarhat, with farmers getting Rs 5 per quintal additionally on the sale of wheat and paddy from the fixed price for the procurement of the produce. She said about 1000 farmers were its members at the tehsil level. Listing the achievements of the society she said through its channel of service it was supplying essential commodities like cloth, pulses, soap, ghee, stationery and other household items to the people. She said the society was also involved in supplying the spare parts related to the machinary meant for use in agriculture and seeds production. Before this, Hari Singh
Daunkhurd was unanimously elected the vice-president
during a meeting attended by the elected directors of the
society, including Tejinder Pal Singh Janherian, Ajit
Singh Sandhu Sanour, Avtar Singh Mandi, Jagjit Singh
Nanansu, Kesar Singh advocate Guthmara and Anoopinder
Kaur Sandhu. Others present on this occasion included
Surinder Kaur Grewal, Chairperson, Punjab Women
Commission, and Jasdev Singh Sandhu, Chairman, Punjab
Subordinate Services Selection Board. |
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