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Bail plea of police
officers rejected
Patiala, March 16
The Special CBI Magistrate today rejected the bail application of three Punjab police officers, including a Superintendent of Police (SP) and two Deputy
Superintendents of Police
(DSPs), in the case involving the “illegal” detention and subsequent disappearance of a Babbar Khalsa International activist in 1993.
HC:
treat CJM’s report as petition
Chandigarh, March 16
In a report submitted to the Punjab
and Haryana High Court, Faridkot’s Chief Judicial Magistrate has
stated that the undertrials in the Ferozepur Central Jail were treated
as animals.
Vajpayee
should resign: Tohra
Bathinda, March 16
Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra,
President of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD), has sought
resignation of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, on moral
grounds.
Parties
plan conferences at Khatkar Kalan
Nawanshahr
Various political parties and the
district administration have drawn up plans for the ‘‘shradhanjli
samaroh’’ to be organised at Khatkar Kalan, native village of
Shaheed Bhagat Singh, on March 23 .
Procession
by BYJM
Patiala, March 16
Hundreds of activists of the
Bharatiya Yuva Janata Morcha took out a procession , amidst tight
security, against the action of Congress party activists who had burnt
an effigy of the Prime Minister in New Delhi.
KMC
to take up Sikh issues with Annan
Amritsar, March 16
After a “smooth going” of the
1984 riots issue in the Vidhan Sabha recently Sikh radical
organisations have taken the opportunity to take a step forward to
highlight the Sikh issue on an international level.
SPCA
enrols 400 members
Sangrur, March 16
The membership drive by the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (SPCA), Sangrur, is
nowadays in full swing. More than 400 members have been enrolled so
far since March 1 by the SPCA with the active participation of the
district Animal Husbandry authorities.
Quake
experts for micro-hydel projects
Amritsar, March 16
Experts on earthquakes, floods,
landslides, floods and cyclones of international and national repute,
who participated in the four-day international conference on natural
hazards, mitigation and management, have recommended that wrong
signals about earthquake prediction should not be encouraged. Building
code should be made mandatory, landslides should be monitored by the
Institute of Geological Sciences (GIS) and remote sensing techniques
in Himalayas. They also stressed micro-hydel projects and community
participation in disaster mitigation.
Pingalwara
branch inauguration
Sangrur, March 16
Another branch of the All-India
Pingalwara Charitable Society, Amritsar, will be inaugurated on March
25 by Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Chemicals and
Fertilisers, on the Sangrur-Dhuri road, near here.
Unhygienic
conditions irk residents
Mansa, March 16
Residents of the town have
complained about poor condition of cleanliness in the local Civil
Hospital. They said heaps of garbage could be seen lying in the
hospital backyard. An official of the Civil Hospital said there were
five posts of nursing sisters and one of matron, out of these only
three nursing sisters were filled.
Ranjit Singh
celebrations planned
Chandigarh, March 16
As a tribute to Maharaja Ranjit Singh and to carry forward his legacy, the Punjab Government has decided to organise year-long bicentenary celebrations of his coronation in the state which falls on April 12. A decision in this connection was taken at a meeting presided over by the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh
Badad, according to a press note.
Sewage
floods houses
Malerkotla, March 16
Hundreds of residents of Khatikan
Mohalla, Sirhandi Gate and Talab Bazar today protested outside the
Municipal Committee office against the failure of the committee to
clear drain water and sewage which entered their houses eight days
ago.
Demonstration
on vermiculture
Chandigarh, March 16
The Umeed Khanna Foundation (UKF), which has earned a name for itself in Sangrur by its free health care scheme and other social projects, today took the initiative to promote and create awareness about
vermiculture.
Wheat procurement from April 1
Patiala, March 16
Punjab will start procurement of wheat from April 1 with arrangements being made to procure 1.20 crore tonnes of wheat during the current procurement season.
Farmers to continue stir
Chandigarh, March 16
Despite Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal having given assurances to leaders of the Kisan Unions, at a meeting here today, the unions have decided to continue the agitation till their demands are fulfilled.
Women’s
police station set up
Hoshiarpur, March 16
A women’s police station has
been set up at the district headquarters and to deal with only
women’s cases of the district. Mr Sanjeev Kalra, SSP, Hoshiarpur
said this here yesterday that as many as 333 cases, mainly disputes
between husbands and wives, were reported at the police station during
2000. He said compromise in 246 cases had got been done.
Mahila
police station sans facilities
Bathinda, March 16
The lone mahila police station
(MPS) of the city, which was inaugurated in 1997 by Mr P.C. Dogra, the
then DGP, Punjab, has failed to deliver the goods. The main motive
behind the launching the MPS was to cater to the needs of women.
Red
tape holds development
Bathinda, March 16
Insufficient funds, departmental
bottlenecks, corruption, red tapism and political considerations have
deprived major section of the city of the basic amenities. Though
there has been expansion of city and new colonies developed recently
but the Municipal authorities have not been able to provide basic
amenities to the residents.
Police
checks khair smuggling
Ropar, March 16
The Chief Conservator Forests,
Himachal Pradesh, has issued an appreciation letter to the Ropar
police for its role in curbing the smuggling of the khair wood. The
SSP Ropar, Mr G.P.S. Bhullar said a drive had been launched to check
illegal cutting and smuggling of the khair wood in Ropar and its
adjoining areas of Himachal.
Kerosene
racket unearthed
Jalandhar, March 16
The district police has unearthed
a massive racket of the sale of white kerosene converted from blue
kerosene by seizing 20,000 litres of adulterated kerosene and 100 kg
of chemical used for treatment of the commodity.
Fake
money seized from Pak national
Attari, March 16
Fake currency amounting to Rs
48,600 was seized from a Pakistan national, Mohammed Suleiman. The
counterfeit notes were detected by custom official during a routine
search operation after the late arrival of the Samjhauta Express at
Attari last night. Suleiman (30) is a resident of Rahimyar district of
Pakistan. The money was found in the big Rajasthani-style turban that
most residents of Kutch wear.
Mother,
2 kids run over by train, killed
Jaitu, March 16
As many as three persons — a
mother and two children — were killed when they were run over by a
3442 Ferozepore-Delhi passenger train near Chandbhan village today.
Kidnapped
child traced
Amritsar, March 16
A one-and-half-year-old kidnapped
boy was traced by the Civil Lines police, disclosed Ms V. Neerja, SP,
Traffic, at a press conference yesterday.
3
held for possessing poppy husk
Bathinda, March 16
The district police has arrested
three persons allegedly for smuggling narcotics and 1 kg opium and 10
kg poppy husk was seized from them.
2
hurt in row over institutes
Bathinda, March 16
Two persons were injured when
supporters of Mr Harpal Singh Mithoo and Mr Baldev Singh, former and
present president of the Khalsa Dewan, clashed today at the local
Khalsa school. Today’s incident was result of the ongoing tussle
between two groups for possession of educational institutes being run
by the organisation.
Bleak
business for cold storage owners
Jalandhar, March 16
Two years ago, cold storage
owners were in great demand with farmers wanting some space to store
of their potato crop. However, now the cold storage owners are
persuading potato growers to keep their crop in cold storages and are
even offering heavy discounts in the charges and throwing other baits
to allure them.
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