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Jagmeet
firm on attending rally
PPCC hardens stand on rebel
activities
Patiala,
Jan 10 — The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee today further hardened
its stand on the holding of a rally by Jagmeet Brar loyalist Harinderpal
Singh Mann, who has been suspended from the party, at Samana tomorrow
saying such parallel activity would not be allowed even as Mr Jagmeet
Brar asserted he would attend the rally at all costs .
BJP
delegates’ meeting likely to be stormy
MOGA, Jan 10 — The
meeting of the Punjab BJP delegates to be held here tomorrow on the
sidelights of a three days’ party training camp is likely to be
stormy. Several organisers of the camp told TNS that the delegates and
district BJP presidents were likely to raise their difficulties before
the party ministers and senior leaders.
Diversify
crops: Kalkat
FARIDKOT, Jan 10 — Dr
Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agriculture University,
Ludhiana, has appealed the farmers to pay more attention to the
diversification of crops to enhance their income and strengthening the
economic condition of the state.
Foundation
stone of lawyers’ chambers laid
ANANDPUR SAHIB (Ropar), Jan
10 — The long-standing demand of the lawyers of Anandpur Sahib yielded
result today, after the Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, Mr G.S. Grewal, laid
the foundation stone for advocates’ chambers here today.
Celebrating
Lohri with lepers
ABOHAR, Jan 10 — Members
of the Samaj Sewa Sanstha, an NGO, have been celebrating Lohri festival
with lepers for the past 10 years. Lepers, including 32 women, 30 men
and 8 children, came here from the Kusht Seva Ashram, Malout on Sunday
and spent the day at Geeta Mandir in the company of members of the
sanstha.
Auction
stayed at CM’s intervention
AMRITSAR, Jan 10 — On the
intervention of the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, the Local
Bodies Department has stayed the auction of prime land in Ranjit Avenue
here which had become a bone of contention between local Improvement
Trust and the Punjab Urban Development Authority. The auction was fixed
for January 15.
Don’t
meddle in Sikh affairs, RSS warned
MOGA, Jan 10 — The All- India Sikh Students Federation president
Harminder Singh Gill today warned the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh of
“severe consequences” if the latter did not stop interfering in the
Sikh religious practices and rituals.
Report on hijacked
plane submitted
Patiala, Jan 10 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr J.S. Chawla, who had been appointed by the sessions court here to inspect the ill-fated Indian Airlines plane which had been hijacked to Kandahar from Kathmandu, today submitted his report in the court of the District and Sessions Judge.
Fishermen
‘rescued’ by contractors
HARIKE (Ferozepore), Jan 10
— In a dare-devil act, five fish contractors ‘rescued’ their
labourers arrested by the wildlife staff for fishing in the Harike bird
sanctuary lake. Even as the Wildlife Department has sought police help
to nab the contractors, no arrest has been made so far.
Chawla
assails govt on crime rate
AMRITSAR, Jan 10 — Mrs
Laxmi Kant Chawla, BJP MLA, has alleged that at least 150 children are
missing in Punjab but the administration is sitting pretty in
Chandigarh, unmindful of the rising crime rate in the state.
Kiranjot
Kaur to sue Editor of ‘Sikh Shahadat’
AMRITSAR, Jan 10 — Bibi
Kiranjot Kaur, general secretary, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak
Committee and granddaughter of Sikh leader Master Tara Singh, has said
that she would file a defamation case against Editor, publisher and
proprietor of monthly magazine “Sikh Shahadat”, published from
Ludhiana for carrying out “incorrect and misleading report” against
her.
Army
starts removing hyacinth in Kanjli
FEROZEPORE, Jan 10 — In
what could be termed as the New Year gift to the Kanjli picnic spot at
Kapurthala, the Indian Army has taken upon the task to rid the area of
ugly hyacinth cover.
Tributes paid to Udham Singh
PATIALA, Jan 10 — The Punjab Pradesh Congress President, Capt Amarinder Singh, today said his party would continue to provide free electricity to the farming sector if voted to power in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.
Cyber
crime on the rise
PATHANKOT, Jan 10 —
Cyber-related crime is on the rise in the town. The authorities are
helpless as complainants do not get the case registered.
Punjab
postings
CHANDIGARH, Jan 10 — The following
postings/transfers were ordered in Punjab with immediate effect
today.
New
power scheme under consideration
ROPAR, Jan 10 — The
Punjab State Electricity Board is considering a new scheme to expedite the pace of providing 24-hour power supply in the villages of the state.
Fake
job agency: 3 held
BATHINDA, Jan 10 —
Markets of the city are flooded with fake goods being sold off under
reputed brand names. The police in the past few months, has succeeded in
busting the gangs, which had been cheating unsuspecting unemployed youth
on the pretext of arranging government, semi-government and corporation
jobs for them in lieu of money.
Army
man held for drug smuggling
GURDASPUR, Jan 10 — The
police today arrested Dhagala Ram, a resident of Jajiwal Kakrala in
Rajasthan who is a Havaldar in the Army posted at Pathankot, for his
alleged involvement in smuggling opium from Rajasthan. According to Mr
Varinder Kumar, SSP, 5 kg of opium was seized from his possession.
2
held for killing blue bull
BATHINDA, Jan 10 — The
district police has arrested Kuldeep Singh and Pammi Kang of Virk Kalan
village allegedly for killing a blue bull, a protected animal. Police
sources said the two accused along with Bansa Singh killed the blue bull
with the fire arms yesterday.
Dharna
by college students
BATHINDA, Jan 10 —
Students of various colleges of the city and rural areas staged dharnas
at the Ambedkar Chowk, at the district courts complex, protesting
against the government’s decision to ban the use of concessional bus
passes in buses operated under the Kilometre scheme and mini buses.
A
forgotten college complex
BATHINDA: Ask any
politician, whether of the state or the Centre, when he last laid the
foundation stone of any complex, building, bridge, school building or
community hall. Perhaps, he may not tell you as it has become routine
stuff for almost all politicians.
PCCTU
stir postponed
PHAGWARA, Jan 10 — The
Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU), has postponed its
statewide education bandh and state-level rally and protest march at
Gidderbaha slated for January 18. This was stated by Prof K.B.S. Sodhi,
president of the PCCTU, here today.
Schools to be upgraded
Patiala,
Jan 10 — The Punjab Government has decided to upgrade 40 primary 41 middle and 44 high as middle, high and +2 levels respectively.
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