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Navjot
Sidhu issued warrants Bridging gap between two
Punjabs Villagers loot Patiala ex-PM’s
gold, complains grandson Graft charges: probe against admn begins Pharmacists seek to prescribe
brands SHSAD pamphlets
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BJP to demand 35
seats
Millers up in arms against govt order Paddy purchase: inquiry officer visits Sangrur Breach in drain floods
localities Declamation contest on drug abuse Punjab Govt gets hard
on quacks Body flays PSEB over bills
PSEB staff serve strike notice PWD workers not regularised:
union Lone survivor of
Jallianwala Bagh massacre dead Three unclaimed bodies cremated Mushaira
held Rename India as ‘Bharat’: Chawla
Transport office computerised Ferozepore Telecom Dept goes hi-tech
Tantrik summoned in fraud
case Villagers looted, 3 injured
PU zonal youth fest
results
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CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Mr Justice S.S. Sudhalkar and Mr Justice M. S. Gill today admitted an appeal against former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu and his accomplice Rupinder Singh and issued bailable warrants against them. They were charged by the prosecution under Sections 304/34 ( culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and acquitted by the District and Sessions Judge, Patiala, ruling that the “case against the accused has not been established beyond doubt”. An FIR against the accused was lodged by the Patiala kotwali police after they thrashed Gurnam Singh over a dispute of parking the vehicle they were driving in front of the State Bank of Patiala in Patiala town on December 27,1998. The victim later died in hospital. The appellants described the Sessions Judge’s decision “erroneous on law and facts as the Judge had pointed out that FIR was lodged belatedly”. However, the petitioners pleaded that witnesses were not “interested parties”. The appellants said the FIR was not lodged belatedly as they had to rush their father to Rajendra Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and after that they informed the police. |
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Bridging gap between two
Punjabs AMRITSAR: Punjabi literature of East Punjab (Indian) and West Punjab (Pakistani), has been playing a significant role in bridging the gap between people of both countries. A new trend has emerged lately as Punjabi writers of both Punjabs have been publishing their works in the Persian and Gurmukhi scripts simultaneously for the benefit of readers in India and Pakistan. Guru Nanak Dev University has published a special issue of Khoj Darpan (a biannual research magazine) on Pakistani Punjabi literature. This issue has been edited by Dr J.P.S. Jolly, a senior lecturer of the School of Punjabi Studies and authority on Pakistani literature. Dr Jolly was the first person to do his Ph.D on the “Socio-cultural study of Punjabi fiction in Pakistan” from Guru Nanak Dev University in 1993. Earlier, Dr Jolly had completed his M.Phil dissertation on the “Fictional vision of Afsal Ahsan Randhawa”, an eminent Pakistani Punjabi writer, in 1983, under the supervision of Dr K.S. Thind, the then Registrar and Head of the Punjabi Department of the university. Talking to Tribune News Service, Dr Jolly said about 50 books of Pakistani Punjabi writers had been published in the Gurmukhi script in Indian Punjab. However, books published recently in both the Gurmukhi and Persian scripts simultaneously had attracted the attention of intellectuals and the common Punjabi. Dr Thind, eminent Punjabi critic and authority on Pakistani literature, said had the Punjabi language been introduced in Pakistan at the primary school level, more books would have been published in the Gurmukhi script by now. He said Punjabi was being taught at the matriculation and MA levels in selected institutes in Pakistan. He emphasised the need for introducing it at the primary level in Pakistan. Interestingly, Dr Jolly and his late wife, Narinder Kaur, had jointly transliterated at least 15 books from the Persian to the Gurmukhi script for Eastern Punjabi readers. Certain books are part of the syllabi of MA (Punjabi), BA (Honours in Punjabi) and M.Phil. Dr Jolly said a set of 10 books, including novels, short stories, poetry and travelogues (in poetry for the first time) would be transliterated from the Persian to the Gurmukhi script by the end of this year. Many students of Guru Nanak Dev University had been doing M.Phil and Ph.D on Pakistani Punjabi literature. Khoj Darpan includes research-based articles of Dr Dharm Singh, Dr Thind, Dr Jagbir Singh, Dr H.S. Bhatia, Prof Riaz Ahmed Shad from Sargodha (Pakistan), Sayad Asaf Shahkar, Dr Baljit Kaur, Principal Narinder Singh Soch, Dr Jatinder Paul Singh, Dr Mehal Singh, Dr Maninder Singh Kang, Dr Baldev Singh Dhaliwal, Dr Kanwaljit Kaur Jassal, Dr S.K. Verma, Dr Jagdish Rai Garg, Dr S.N. Sewak, Prof Jamil Ahmad Paul (Lahore) and Ms Narinder Kaur Jolly. At one time there were very few Pakistani writers who would write in Punjabi (in the Persian script). However, lately Punjabi writers of Pakistan have become household names in Indian Punjab, which is the result of the movement launched by lovers of Punjab of both Punjabs. Iqbal Qaisar, Janab Ilias Ghuman, Tauqeer Chugtai, Ashraf Suhel and Afzal Tauseef are among the writers of Pakistan who have been promoting the use of the Gurmukhi script in their country. While Guru Nanak Dev University, Jammu University, Delhi University, Punjabi University and Panjab University have been teaching the Persian script in India for bridging the gap between both Punjabs, Dr Harbhajan Singh Soch, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, visited Pakistan for taking up the case of exchanging students of both countries for promoting the Gurmukhi and Persian scripts. |
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Villagers loot Patiala ex-PM’s
gold, complains grandson PATIALA, Nov 29 — The gold worth crores buried in the haveli of the last Prime Minister of the Patiala state, Gen Gurdial Singh Harika, at Bakshiwala village near here has been looted by residents of the village. A grandson of General Harika has said this in an application to the police. Rajeshwar Singh, the grandson of General Gurdial Singh has claimed that some persons of Bakshiwala village had dismantled the entire haveli and taken away five ‘gagars’ containing gold weighing about 100 kg. In his complaint to the police Rajeshwar has claimed that his grandfather buried around 60 kg of gold after converting them into gold sheets which were cut into small pieces in three gagars and later another 40 kg in gold coins and jewellery in two gagars. He said the gold was buried under the stairs leading to the first floor of the haveli and two drums filled with wheat had been placed above the spot for identification. Meanwhile sources close to the family said Kesar Singh, a ‘sevadar’ of the late General, had revealed the story of the burial after he came to know that it had been dug up by miscreants. According to them gold weighing around 60 kg was buried by Kesar Singh along with the late General in 1964 at the haveli in Bakshiwala village near here. The Harika family claims, another 40 kg was buried by the late General later at the same spot. They said part of the gold belonged to Muslims who had to migrate to Pakistan during Partition. They said as the late Prime Minister was an eminent person and many of them handed over their gold jewellery to him. They said some Muslims came back after Partition to take their jewellery back but many others could not do so. The ‘sevadar’ of the late General, who is around 92, is presently living in Akalgarh village near Shahbad Markanda in Kurukshetra district. According to the sources the General first tried to enter politics after Partition by fighting elections against Col Raghbir Singh in which he was defeated. They said later the General become involved in the managing committee of the Fatehgarh Sahib gurdwara to which he donated around 60 kg of the gold. The sources said when the General fell out with other members of the gurdwara managing committee, he took out the gold from the gurdwara premises with the help of a clerk and took Kesar Singh along with him to Bakshiwala where the gold was buried in three ‘gaggars’. They said following the burial of the gold the General took an oath from Kesar Singh that he would not reveal the secret to anyone adding Kesar had told the Harika family of the entire incident few years ago only when he came to know that part of the haveli had been demolished and the gold dug out. The Harika family itself says though there was talk of buried gold in their family they never took it seriously. They say even when the wife of the late General spoke about the gold she too was not taken seriously as there was a general impression in the family that the General had donated gold in his possession to the Fatehgarh Sahib gurdwara. The latest turn in the story relates to the alleged digging and demolition of part of the haveli in 1996. The Harika family claims that it complained to the then district police chief and other authorities but no action was taken in the matter. District police chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu when contacted said he had received the complaint and that it would be looked into. He said it was too soon to verify the details of the case as it was very old and there was no proof of burial or subsequent theft. |
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Graft charges: probe against admn begins FEROZEPORE, Nov 29 — Following allegations of corruption against top administrative and revenue officers by the Moga District Bar Association, the Commissioner of Ferozepore Division has started probe into the controversy. While the Commissioner, Mr Jagpal Singh Sandhu, is silent about the terms and references, besides time frame of the probe, a group of lawyers is learnt to have levelled serious charges of corruption in the Red Cross and Revenue Departments allegedly at the behest of the Moga Deputy Commissioner. In a submission addressed to the Commissioner, the president of the District Bar Association, Mr Janak Singh Brar, and the secretary, Meena Sharma have categorically charged the administration with collection of funds illegally through the Red Cross and accepting bribe of Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 from the applicants of fire arms licences. The administration has also been accused of effecting frequent transfers of patwaris and accommodating a clerk of the Arms’ Licence branch earlier held for graft. The angry lawyers had earlier suspended court work and roped in four legislators of the Moga district to press upon the Chief Minister for a thorough probe into the charges. Cutting across party lines, the MLAs including Punjab Education Minister, Tota Singh had extended support to the agitating lawyers. The others to support the lawyers were Mr Sheetal Singh, Mr Sadhu Singh and Mr Ajaib Singh Raonta. A memorandum submitted to the government on their behalf prompted the Chief Minister to order a probe. While the Commissioner, Mr Jagpal Singh Sandhu, declined to comment on the matter at this stage, sources in the Moga administration revealed that the allegations were direct fall-out of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr K.B.S. Sidhu’s anti-encroachment drive in the court complex. Mr Sidhu is learnt to have annoyed the lawyers by asking them not to indulge in subletting of the unauthorised chambers and shops within the court complex, as these properties belonged to the administration. On being contacted for comment, Mr Sidhu admitted having warned the lawyers not to indulge in unauthorised subletting of the administrative property. Denying the charge of encouraging illegal collection of funds the Red Cross or Revenue Departments, he claimed that the funds were being accepted through voluntary donations, and nobody was being forced to shell out money. He added that limited collection of funds through donations was necessitated to pay the salaries of Red Cross employees. |
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Pharmacists seek to prescribe
brands ROPAR, Nov 29 — Qualified pharmacists should be given the right to recommend the brands of medicines to the patients, while the role of the doctors should be limited to just diagnosing the disease and prescribing the therapy for its treatment. This was the theme resolution adopted in the programme organised under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Council of India (PCI), by the Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Naya Nangal, on the occasion of the conclusion of pharmacy week. The pharmacy week was observed by the college to mark the golden jubilee of the formation of the PCI in the country. During the week pharmacists held a rally carrying placards demanding the rights to prescribe the brands of medicines. Mr R.C. Roy the Principal of the college, said in most developed countries, the pharmacists had the right to recommend the brands of medicines to the patients. Though a few states like Himachal and Madhya Pradesh have initiated the move in this direction but this right of the pharmacists remain a distant reality in other parts of the country, he said. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its study had noticed that there were about 60,000 brands of medicines created out of just 15 medical combinations, that are being sold at varied prices in the Indian markets. This availability of wide range of brands of similar salts at varied prices has given rise to a nexus between doctors and certain drug manufacturers. To substantiate his claim Mr Roy said stergin, an anti-allergic salt is available in two shapes in the market. While the generic medicine with the stergin salt was available at a cost of Rs 5 per 10 tablets, the branded version of the similar medicine costs about Rs 27, he said. By virtue of their education and experience in dealing with the brands of the drugs, the pharmacists are better placed than the doctors, Mr Roy claimed. A seminar on AIDS was also organised during the celebrations, Dr Sony delivered a lecture on the possible cures of the AIDS in future. Dr Milind Parley from Guru Jambeshwar University spoke on community medicine and Dr Amrita Parley from the Delhi college of Pharmacy spoke on need to develop the entrepreneurship skill among pharmacy students. During a debate it was concluded that the allopathic drugs were still the best available treatment, but more research was required to study the side effects before launching the drugs in the market. On the last day of the pharmacy week, a medical check-up camp was organised by the college in which about 55 persons from the poor families were checked up and given free medicines. |
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SHSAD pamphlets
indict Bibi AMRITSAR, Nov 29 — The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) has got pamphlets, enlisting the ‘mismanagement’ during the tenure of Bibi Jagir Kaur as the SGPC President, printed to be distributed during the general house meeting of the SGPC tomorrow. Mr Harbans Singh Manjpur, executive member of the (SGPC) alleged that Bibi Jagir Kaur had violated the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, while taking ‘arbitrary decisions’ during her tenure. He claimed that only four meetings of the executive body were held during last year against the 12 meetings as per norms of the Act. “Bibi Jagir Kaur had allocated funds to sports clubs and village gurdwaras, especially in Kapurthala district, from the SGPC funds which was in violation of the Act”, he said. Mr Manjpur alleged that Bibi Jagir Kaur had recruited ‘surplus staff’, especially from her Assembly constituency. The Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission had already stopped salaries of 273 employees who were recruited in violation of the bye-laws of the Shiromani Committee. |
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Badungar is
willing... AMRITSAR, Nov 29 — Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, Officer on Special Duty to Chief Minister, has said despite ill-health, he was ready to accept the coveted post of the SGPC chief as a “disciplined soldier of the party”. He said he was, however, not in the race for the post as his health does not allow him to take bigger responsibility. According to sources, senior party leaders have been asking Mr Badal to nominate Mr Badungar for the post of the SGPC chief. Mr Badungar is being considered as ‘non-controversial’ and experienced leader. He is one of the highly qualified Akali leaders with long administrative experience. On the other hand, the supporters of Bibi Jagir Kaur have been lobbying for her re-nomination. |
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BJP to demand 35
seats SANGRUR, Nov 29 — Claiming that the BJP has broadened its base in the rural areas of the state in the past more than three years, Prof Brij Lal Rinwa, president of the party’s Punjab unit, today said the BJP would demand 35 assembly seats, out of a total of 117, from the SAD as an alliance partner in the next assembly elections. Talking to newsmen at Gurdaspura village, about 3 km from here, Mr Rinwa said the BJP would also demand more representation in the Council of Ministers the assembly elections. Depending on the BJP’s performance in the poll. Mr Rinwa was in the village to attend a sammelan of party workers organised by the district unit of the party’s Kisan Morcha. The sammelan was also attended by Mr Harjit Singh Grewal, national vice-president of the BJP Kisan Morcha, Dr Anup Singh, President of the morcha’s Punjab unit, Dr Balwant Singh Kapila and Mr Sukhwant Singh Dhanaula, both vice-presidents of the Punjab BJP. He ruled out the possibility of mid-term assembly elections in the state, saying these would be held in February, 2002, as scheduled. He alleged that the SAD had not fulfilled its promise of giving the posts of vice-chairmen to the BJP in 13 Market Committees of Sangrur district. Likewise, in Bareta and Budhladha, the vice-chairmanship of the market committees had also not been given to the BJP by the SAD, he alleged. At the sammelan, problems being faced by farmers were discussed and solutions suggested. The sammelan also raised demand for extending benefits given to OBCs to the Jats, including reservation in the government jobs in Punjab. |
Millers up in arms against govt order JALANDHAR, Nov 29 — While the state government has issued a new circular directing all rice millers to ensure the delivery of custom-milled and levy rice in the ratio of 4:1, rice millers in the Doaba region, who are heavily dependent on the levy rice, have virtually stopped milling paddy in about 175 rice shellers to register their protest. The government had issued an order on October 19 that levy rice would be accepted on priority and exclusively up to December 31 to encourage levy route and the FCI would not accept custom-milled rice of any agency till then. The order further stated that preference would be given for the acceptance of the common variety of levy rice in Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur keeping in mind the huge stocks of paddy procured by the millers in the region. Mr Madan Mohan Mittal, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, had also announced on October 10 that rice millers, who would purchase more than 2,000 quintals of paddy at the minimum support price would get an incentive of Rs 30 per quintal to promote the levy route. But the recent order of the department has put the rice millers in a tight spot since they feel punished for procuring more paddy. “The rice millers of the Doaba region had procured paddy more than their capacity on a written assurance of the government that levy rice would be purchased on priority up to December 31, but the fresh order, according to which we will have to mill, 4,000 tonnes of government paddy per 1,000 tonnes of levy quota, has forced us to stop the milling in about 175 shellers in the region since we are unable to pay the farmers for their crop in time”, said Mr Kulwaran Singh Atwal, general secretary of the Doaba Rice Millers Association. Mr Atwal said the rice millers had purchased more paddy than the six government agencies and the 4:1 milling ratio was totally impractical. “It may have suited other districts where millers had purchased only 5 to 10 per cent of the total paddy but we will be declared defaulters for not paying the farmers since no rice miller can mill his own purchase on these terms”, he added. As per the official records of the department, of the total purchase of paddy in Jalandhar subdivision which was 1,48,243 tonnes the private traders had purchased 1,32,698 tonnes (80 per cent). The 20 mandis that fall under the Jalandhar subdivision are Bhogpur, Kandhala Guru, Jalandhar City, Ladra, Koiala, Jalandhar Cantt, Raipur, Partapura-Lambra, Adampur, Alawalpur, Dhandhor, Daroli Kalan, Bahodinpur, Dheerowal, Kartarpur, Sarai Khas, Alampur Bakka, Nagajja, Kahola and Khaira Majja. Mr Parmod Kumar, a local rice sheller owner says, “I have a rented accommodation for the storage of paddy since the district administration had shortage of space. In fact, millers are feeling punished for cooperating with the government during the paddy procurement, which is least bothered to honour its own commitment”. Mr Paramjit Singh of Hoshiarpur district alleged that the allotment of additional paddy for custom milling and fixing the milling ratio at 4:1 for custom-milled and levy rice would prolong the delivery of levy rice and high interest loans taken from banks would certainly burden the millers turning them defaulters. Similarly, Mr Davinder Singh, a rice miller in Kapurthala, said: “I have no option but to stop milling of paddy till the state government withdraws its recent circular”. |
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Paddy purchase: inquiry officer visits Sangrur SANGRUR, Nov 29 — Mr Joginder Singh Gill, Additional Director, Food and Supplies Department, Punjab, today visited the town to hold an inquiry into the alleged malpractices in paddy procurement, renewal of licences of defaulters rice shellers and allotment of paddy stocks to the them by the local food and supply authorities. It may be mentioned here there were reports that officials and arhtiyas, in connivance with each other, had procured paddy at lower price than the Msp fixed by the government on the pretext of poor quality of the paddy. Talking to TNS here today, Mr Gill said he could not hold inquiry as the complainant had not turned up today. The inquiry would now be held on Monday. Regarding the renewal of licences of the defaulter shellers and allotment of paddy stocks to them, Mr Gill said he had sought the entire record in this regard from the food and supplies officials to look into the matter. Likewise, he had asked them to provide record with regard to the allotment of work of four seats to a junior employee. He said after going through the records, he would submit his report to the higher authorities to take necessary action. |
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Breach in drain floods
localities JALANDHAR, Nov 29 — The Bashirpura drain breached from the Church Gate end for the second time in a fortnight yesterday, submerging the neighbouring localities, thanks to the “apathy” of the local municipal corporation. Residents of Krishanpura, Vivek Nagar and Balmiki Mohalla are having a tough time with water having entered their houses. MC officials’ claim that the Bashirpura drain would not breach again since they had undertaken some permanent measures to avoid it, has once again been proved wrong with around 200 houses having been affected due to the breach. Mr Charanjit Singh Channi, a local resident, alleged that they had met Mr B.C. Thakur, Commissioner, in the past who had assured that the MC had taken some concrete steps to permanently solve the problem, but the sludge water had once again entered their houses making life difficult for them due to “indifferent” attitude of the civic authorities. Another resident, Mr Kamal Kumar, alleged that though the drain had breached in the morning, yet no senior official of the MC visited the place despite complaints having been lodged with the authorities. |
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Declamation contest on drug abuse NAWANSHAHR, Nov 29 — Under its special awareness drive launched against the menace of drug abuse, the district administration organised a district-level declamation contest on drug addiction at JSFH Khalsa High School here yesterday. As many as 22 students of high and senior secondary schools, who had won positions in the zonal-level competitions held on November 21 at Nawanshahr Banga and Balachaur, participated. Dr Roshan Sunkaria, Deputy Commissioner, presided. Taranjit Kaur of BWS Khalsa High School, Nawanshahr, and Heena of Government Senior Secondary School, Chak Bilga, won the first and second prizes, respectively. In the high school category, Sarabjit Singh of BAV Senior Secondary School, Balachaur, and Meena of Government Senior Secondary School, Banga, won the first two positions. In the senior secondary category, Navkiran Kaur of JSFH Khalsa High School, Nawanshahr, was given a special prize of Rs 1,000. Dr Sunkaria exhorted the students and teachers to create awareness among the masses against drug abuse. |
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Punjab Govt gets hard
on quacks MALERKOTLA, Nov 29 — The Health Department will soon get FIRs registered against unauthorised medical practitioners. This was disclosed by Dr V.P. Goyal, Chief Medical Officer, here today. The Directorate of Health Services has issued directives to all medical officers in the state, asking them to identify unauthorised practitioners and get FIRs registered against them. The Punjab Government has adopted this tough stance to check quackery. According to Dr Goyal, about 200 medical practitioners are likely to be booked in Malerkotla in the first phase. He said a list of RMPs, who were not authorised to serve, had been prepared and raids would be conducted to nab them. Medical officers had been asked to file duplicate list and copies of the FIRs to the directorate by the end of every month. In case, any unauthorised medical practitioner was found in any area, the responsibility would be fixed on the medical officer concerned. |
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Body flays PSEB over bills HOSHIARPUR, Nov 29 — Mr Kulwant Singh Saini, president of the district unit of the Public Anti-Corruption Board of India, has criticised the local PSEB authorities for harassing consumers by sending excessive bills for their domestic electricity consumption. In a press note issued here yesterday, Mr Saini said the PSEB had recently sent two months’ bill of Rs 4,487 to Mr Karnail Singh a resident Subhahngar Mohalla here. When he checked his meter he found that less electricity had been consumed as against that mentioned in the bill. On enquiry, he found that Rs 814 of AB 2/160 account and Rs 761 of AB 2/47 account were added to his bill. Mr Saini has urged the PSEB authorities to examine the case and take action against the guilty. |
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PSEB staff serve strike notice PATIALA, Nov 29 — The Punjab State Electricity Board Sangharsh Committee at its emergency meeting held here today has decided to take serious note of the apathy of the board management towards the removal of the genuine grievances of the employees and has decided to serve ‘notice’ on the management in the form of a one-day token strike slated to be held on December 12. The committee has sought that the management stop the issue of privatisation from flaring up, house rent at the rate of 15 per cent be given to the employees posted at Patiala, regularise the services of daily-wage earners who have completed 240 days of service and to stop direct recruitment to Superintendent (grade-1) and accounts officers.
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PWD workers not regularised:
union AMRITSAR, Nov 29 — The PWD Field and Workshop Workers Union, Punjab, in a press note have stated that despite an assurance by the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, daily-wage workers have not been regularised. Mr Badal had promised the union that those daily-wage workers who had completed 240 days of work would be regularised, it was stated. However, the assurance was given at the time of Bathinda Parliamentary elections and in spite of a year having passed nothing has been done. In the meantime many of the daily-wage workers who have put in 10 years of service have not been regularised. Many of them have died and many retired without the facility. The union urged for the speedy implementation of the promises made by the Chief Minister. Mr Sukhdev Singh, spokesman of the union, informed here yesterday. |
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Lone survivor of
Jallianwala Bagh massacre dead AMRITSAR, Nov 29 — The lone surviving witness to the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh and leading advocate Krishan Chandra Grover (96) passed away here last night. Eminent educationist and social activist, Grover was the president of BKE and I higher secondary schools and Shri Ram Kanya Mahavidyalaya Senior Secondary School. The Amritsar Bar Association, in a condolence resolution, expressed deep sense of grief over the passing away of their oldest and the senior-most member. The members of the Bar did not attend court work today, to pay homage to the departed soul. He leaves behind four sons and two daughters besides, large number of grandchildren. |
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Three unclaimed bodies cremated BATHINDA, Nov 29 — Volunteers of the Sahara Welfare Club today cremated three unclaimed bodies found from different parts of the city. Mr Vijay Kumar Goyal, president of the club, in a press note issued here today, said an 80-year-old woman who was very ill and had come to the office of the club a few days back, died here today. He further said another person who had died near oil tanks of the railways was also cremated. The last rites of Ramesh Kumar, who had died at the TB Hospital here were also performed. The relatives of Ramesh were too poor to perform the rituals. |
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Mushaira
held MALERKOTLA, Nov 29 — In honour of Urdu poet Jigar Jalandhari, a mushaira was organised by the local Pasdaran-e-Urdu society at the Nawab Sher Khan Institute of Advanced Studies here yesterday. Mr
D. D. Bhatti, a sanskrit scholar, presided over the function. Jigar Jalandhari, Aslam Habib, Zeenatula Javed, Mushtaq Warsi, Mehmood Alam, Naz Bharti, Anjum Kadri, Anwar Ansari, Rahat Ali Mohinder Deep, Riaz Khilji, Saleem Zuberi, and Ali Zameer Ali recited their poems. |
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Rename India as ‘Bharat’: Chawla AMRITSAR, Nov 29 — In a letter to the Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, Ms Laxmi
Kant Chawla, MLA, has reminded him about her request to get the word “India” on the “swaran jayanti dwar” at Wagha changed to “Bharat” in the Hindi script. Ms Chawla had met the Union Minister at Wagha on November 26. She urged in her letter to endeavour to cultivate in the new generation a feeling to make a “swadeshi Bharat” instead of a “videshi India”. |
Transport office computerised BATHINDA, Nov 29 — The procedure of issuing permanent driving licences in this district has been computerised from today. Mr Jaspal Singh, Deputy Commissioner, today inaugurated the computerisation facility at District Transport Office here. Mr R.S. Sidhu, local DTO while talking to the mediapersons said that the new process would streamline the licensing process and the functioning of office. The licences would be issued within a week from the date of application. He said the learners’ licence would now be issued on every Monday. Wednesday would be the day for driving tests and the permanent licences would be issued the next day i.e. Thursday. |
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Ferozepore Telecom Dept goes hi-tech FEROZEPORE, Nov 29 — The local Telecom Department will offer new facilities like Internet, Global mobile service, ISDN, video phone and voice telephone to customers. In the past two years, the DoT has released more than 60,000 connections. According to Mr G.S. Julka, General Manager, Telecom, connections on demand will be given by the end of March. As many as 1,500 STD/PCOs had been sanctioned and licences for the same were sanctioned the very next day. Also telephone facilities had been provided in all villages of Ferozepore. The DoT would soon start Mobile service for which 7,000 lines had been allotted to the Ferozepore telephone circle. |
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Punjab postings,
transfers CHANDIGARH, Nov 29 — The following postings and transfers were ordered by the Punjab Government here today: Mr Hussan Lal has been posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot and also Additional Deputy Commissioner (Dev) vice Mr J.S. Dhillon, who goes as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur, and Additional Deputy Commissioner, Batala. Mr Balwinder Singh goes as Chief Manager (Personnel), Markfed. Mr Vinay Bublani is the new Settlement Officer, Consolidation of Holdings, Jalandhar. Mr Gurpreet Singh Khera has been posted as Sub Divisional Magistrate, Jalandhar-I. Mr Rupinder Pal Singh is the new District Transport Officer, Jalandhar. |
Tantrik summoned in fraud
case FEROZEPORE, Nov 29 — The Chief Judicial Magistrate, (CJM) here has summoned a self-styled tantrik and two of his accomplices in a case of cheating registered against them in 1996. Holding that there are sufficient grounds to proceed against them, the CJM, Ms Harpreet Kaur, has summoned them for January 4 under Sections 420 and 120-B, IPC. The two suspects, Jatinder Mehra, a tantrik, and Veer Bhan, were booked on the complaint of Mr Mulkraj Sethi on December 12, 1996, Dharamveer, another suspect, has also been summoned in the case. Since no arrest was made, allegedly due to the influence of Jatinder Mehra on senior police officers and ruling BJP leaders, Mr Sethi had lodged a complaint in the court of the CJM in April, 1997. Mr Sethi also apprehended an attempt by the police to exonerate Mehra. Jatinder Mehra and his two accomplices were booked for not executing the sale deed of a property even after accepting Rs 50,000 from Mr Sethi as earnest money in 1995. The suspect had reportedly “allured” Mr Sethi to sell a haveli that actually belonged to a third party. However, on becoming aware of this, Mr Sethi pursued the matter with the police who registered a criminal case against Mehra and Veerbhan. On being contacted, Mehra refused to comment on the court order. |
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Villagers looted, 3 injured NAWANSHAHR, Nov 29 — A gang of robbers struck Rakkaran Dhahan and Sajawlapur villages in the district on Tuesday night and looted three houses and wounded three persons, including two women. According to information, about 15 robbers with sharp-edged weapons, lathis and iron rods entered the house of Mr Harbans Singh at Rakkaran village Dhahan and looted Rs 7,000, Silver ornaments, and some blankets. |
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2 held in NRI’s
murder case PATIALA, Nov 29 — The Patiala police claims to have solved the murder of an NRI Prem Singh, a resident of Model Town, Khanna, by arresting two persons, a press note of the district police said. The press note said the police had arrested Mewa Singh and Amrik Singh. |
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PU zonal youth fest
results HOSHIARPUR, Nov 29 — A three-day Panjab University zonal youth festival of Hoshiarpur zone concluded at GGDSD College, Hariana, 15 km from here, last evening. Mr Mohan Lal, Minister for Higher Education, Punjab, presided over the function and gave away the prizes. Results: Shabad/Bhajan:
Khalsa College Garhshankar (I) SD College, Hoshiarpur, (2) and Government College, Hoshiarpur (3) Group singing:
Government College, Hoshiarpur (1), DAV College for Girls Garhshankar (2), and SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur (3) Orchestra:
DAV College, Hoshiarpur (1), and Government College Hoshiarpur (2) Instrumental Music (Tabla):
DAV College, Hoshiarpur (1), and Government College, Hoshiarpur (2) Folk songs:
Satwinder Kaur, Khalsa College, Garhshankar (1), Baljit Kaur, DAV College for Girls, Garhshankar (2) and Rajwant Kaur, Government College, Hoshiarpur (3) Ghazal:
Shivani Deepsing , DAV College, Hoshiarpur (1), Shaveta Jain, Government College, Hoshiarpur (2) and Punit Lamb, Khalsa College, Garhshankar (3) Classical (vocal):
Hira Lal, Government College, Hoshiarpur (1) and Gurta Singh, SD College, Hoshiarpur (2) Creative writing (short story):
Karnail Singh, GGDSD College Hariana (1), Neetu Randev, DAV College Girls, Garhshankar (2) and Suman, DAV College, Hoshiarpur (3). Creative Writing (Poetry):
Mamta, DAV College for Girls, Garhshankar (1), Annu Bhardwaj, SD College, Hoshiarpur and Sandeep Kaur, DAV College, Hoshiarpur (3) Poster Making:
Opinder Kaur, Government College, Hoshiarpur (1) and Simzanpreet Kaur, Khalsa College, Garshankar (2). Rangoli:
Paramjit Kaur, Government College, Hoshiarpur (1), Kirna Devi, MBBGRGC Girl College, Manowal (2) and Sunita Rani of the same college (3). College Making:
Meenu, Government College, Hoshiarpur (1), Umesh Sharma, DAV College, Hoshiarpur and Pooja Rani, Khalsa College, Garhshankar (3). Group Dance: Government College, Hoshiarpur (1), DAV College, Hoshiarpur (2) and GGDSD College, Hariana (3) Bhangra:
Government College , Hoshiarpur (1), SD College, Hoshiarpur (2) and GGDSD College, Hariana (3) Individual Category:
Sukh-winder Singh, GGDSD College, Hariana (1), Hardip Singh, Khalsa College, Garhshanker (2) and Apnder Singh, SD College, Hoshiarpur (3). Poetry recitation:
Sukhwinder Singh, GGDSD College, Hariana (1), Rajwant Kaur, Government College, Hoshiarpur (2) and Satinder Kaur, DAV College, Hoshiarpur (3). Debate:
Arshreet, Government College, Hoshiarpur (1), and Harinderpal Singh, GGDSD College, Hariana (2). Quiz:
Government College, Hoshiarpur (1), SD College, Hoshiarpur (2), Khalsa College, Garhshankar (3). Drama:
DAV College, Hoshiarpur (1), Khalsa College, Garhshankar (2), and DAV College Girls, Garhshankar (3). |
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