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Paper
leakage: PTU sacks 4 officials
Jalandhar, April 5
Taking note of the recommendations
of a high-level four-member committee constituted by the Punjab
Technical Education Minister, Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, to look into the
paper leakage and selling scam in Punjab Technical University, the
Vice-Chancellor fired four employees this evening.
PPCC
chief seeks Langah’s clarification
Patiala, April 5
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
President Captain Amarinder Singh today demanded that the Punjab
government should come clean on the role of Minister Sucha Singh Langah
in the alleged presence of former Panthic Committee member and Khalistan
Commando Force Chief Wassan Singh Zaffarwal in the state.
Tohra
questions Badal on Tur’s win
Ludhiana, April 5
Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, President
Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) yesterday asked Mr Parkash Singh
Badal to clarify that how his party’s candidate Mr Tarlochan Singh Tur
had secured seven votes in the election to the board of the Hazur Sahib
Gurdwara when three of his party members could not cast their vote in Mr
Tur’s favour.
Cong
men burn effigies of NDA leaders
Nangal (Ropar), April 5
Congress men of the district
burned effigies of the NDA leaders and held rally here today to
protest against corruption allegedly exposed in the tehelka.com.
Congress men of the block Nangal Congress led by the office-bearers of
the district, started protest procession from Barhampur village near
Nangal.
Effigies
of PM, Advani burnt
Phagwara, April 5
Congress activists today burnt
the effigies of the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister outside
the local courts complex. Joined by senior Congress leaders, youth
workers and mahila wing leaders, congressmen took out a protest march
in bazaars and held rally outside the office of the SDM demanding
dismissal of the NDA government.
Cong
holds rally
Fazilka, April 5
After about a decade the Congress
in Fazilka displayed unity and organised a rally today against the
“anti-people” policies of the government and called for stringent
action against all politicians involved in the Tehelka expose.
Bahujan
Morcha to unite Dalits
Faridkot, April 5
The Bahujan Samaj Morcha
will hold a state-level conference at Jalandhar on April 14 to decide
the course of action to bring Dalits and the poor at one platform to
safeguard their interests in Punjab.
People
fed up with SAD-BJP govt: MP
Rajpura, April 5
Congress MP Preneet Kaur today
said the Bharatiya Janata Party had been exposed and people of the
state were ready to teach the Akali-BJP government a lesson in the
forthcoming Assembly elections.
Power cuts far
ahead of summer
Bathinda, April 5
Residents of the state have
started facing power cuts, though summer is yet to reach its peak when
power cuts are imposed with stock excuse of “low-generation”,
‘peak loads’ etc.
Power
cut
Bathinda, April 5
The power supply will remain cut
off in some colonies of the city tomorrow from 10 am to 5 pm due to
the shifting of the 11 kv Gole Market supply line.
Pak
refusal irks Hindu bodies
Amritsar, April 5
Hindu organisations are agitated
over the refusal by Pakistan Government to allow Hindu religious
jathas to shrines in Pakistan. The statement by Hindu associations
comes close on the heels of preparation by a Sikh jatha to visit
gurdwaras in Pakistan. The SGPC-sponsored jatha will reach Pakistan on
April 9 to visit Nankana Sahib, Dera Sahib, Panja Sahib and Gurdwara
Sacha Sauda.
Hospital
cries for attention
Pathankot
Pathankot is one of the important
towns of Punjab, with a population exceeding two lakhs. Strong
resentment prevails among residents of the town and adjoining villages
due to poor services provided by the Civil Hospital.
BKU
against import of foreign goods
Moga, April 5
The Bharatiya Kisan Union
today decided to wage a war against the Union Government if it did not
withdraw the terms and conditions it had signed with certain countries
to import foreign goods. An agitation will be launched all over the
state from April 15. This decision was taken at a convention of the
union members held on the premises of Gurudwara Atat Kahan Kaur today.
The meeting was chaired by the general secretary of the Punjab unit of
the union, Mr Manjit Singh Kadian.
Plea
to promote SC doctors
Hoshiarpur, April 5
The Punjab Civil Medical Services
Welfare Association has deplored the decision of the Punjab Government
to promote doctors from general category to the posts of Deputy
Director in the Health and Family Welfare Department.
Charge
of Kamal Chaudhary refuted
Hoshiarpur, April 5
Dr D. R. Bhatia, Principal of
D.A.V. School, Hoshiarpur, has refuted the allegation of Mr Kamal
Chaudhary, a former MP, contained in a news report “CM’s
wife shielding suspended Principal”, in The Tribune dated March
4. The allegation, he says, is based on a false statement and is
contrary to facts.
PSEB
step to check ‘match-fixing’
Patiala, April 5
The Punjab State Electricity Board has
changed its rules to check ‘match-fixing’ by its sportspersons who
participate in events that offer big cash awards.
Forest
mafia active again
Gurdaspur, April 5
The forest mafia engaged in the
felling of sheesham and khair trees in forests under the Dhar
subdivision has become active. According to official sources, the
mafia has political patronage.
Chemists
asked not to sell drugs
Phagwara, April 5
Under the ongoing statewide drive
against the sale of drugs, Mr A.R. Salwan, state Drug Controller,
today held a meeting with the local chemists and asked them not to
sell drugs. He said in case of violation penal action would be taken.
About 70 chemists, who attend the meeting, assured the Controller of
cooperation.
10,000 quintals of
seed to be distributed
Chandigarh, April 5
The Punjab Department of
Agriculture will distribute 10,000 quintals of quality paddy seed,
approved by Punjab Agricultural University, in the next kharif season.
A press note, quoting the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Gurdev Singh
Badal, said yesterday that Punseed had already made arrangements for
providing the PR-116, PR-114, PR-106, PR-108 and PR-115 varieties at
the rate of Rs 1,250 per quintal.
Ban orders in
Bathinda dist
Bathinda, April 5
Mr Jaspal Singh, District
Magistrate, has imposed various restrictions in the district under
Section 144 Cr PC. A ban has been imposed on the assembly of five or
more than five persons at public places. Meetings can not be held at
public places without prior permission of the DM. The order would
remain in force till June 3, 2001.
Two opium smugglers
held
Bathinda, April 5
Giving in to the demands a
consumerist culture smugglers have started providing opium to
customers at their doorstep. This trend came to light when the
district police, which has launched a fullscale war against the
narcotics smugglers and as well as the consumers, arrested two
inter-state opium smugglers today. These inter-state smugglers had
been supplying opium to their customers at the doorstep according to
their requirements.
Housefed
clerk held for fraud
Gurdaspur, April 5
The police today arrested Manjit
Singh of Thikriwal village in the district for committing a fraud at
Housefed, here to the tune of Rs 70,000. The accused is presently
posted as a clerk in Housefed, Chandigarh.
Eight-member
gang of thieves busted
Jalandhar, April 5
The district police claims to
have busted an eight-member gang of thieves with their arrest and
recovered a Matador laden with stolen aluminium cable worth Rs 1 lakh.
Mr Gaurav Yadav, SSP, stated here today that after receiving a
tip-off, a police party laid a naka at Padhi Khalsa village and
intercepted a Matador (PB 08 U 8814) laden with stolen wire.
Case
registered after 18 years!
Kapurthala, April 5
A case was finally imparted to
Mohinder Singh, a Dalit of Kishansinghwala village, falling under
Kotwali police, who was deprived of 5 acres two decades ago, with the
registration of a case under Sections 467, 420, 471 and 120-B of the
IPC against four persons, including Amar Nath, a sheller owner, and
commission agent, who is since dead, on the charge of forging a
general power of attorney in the name of Mohinder Singh.
Move to close B.Ed
colleges draws flak
Phagwara, April 5
The proposal of the Punjab
Government to close B.Ed colleges for three years today drew flak from
the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union. Prof K.B.S. Sodhi,
PCCTU President, said the move was ill-conceived, unwise and
impractical and should be abandoned at the earliest.
Bathinda
boys’ robot bags national prize
Bathinda, April 5
Students of the local Giani Zail
Singh College of Engineering and Technology (GZSCET) have won the
second prize at a national competition held at the Delhi College of
Engineering, New Delhi, from March 26 to 28.
Question
not from syllabus
Bathinda, April 5
Students who are already under
pressure during the examinations are being taken by surprise when they
find that question papers are not from syllabus. In the latest
incident of this kind, the students of B.Com I of Punjabi University
were taken by surprise when they found that question number 1 (part
b), Punjabi (compulsory), was not from the prescribed syllabus. The
question relating to “Das Maluka Yun Kahe” was not from the
syllabus and three texts “Man di Mauj”, “Bharat which kala”
and “Das Maluka Yun Kahe” — were deleted from the syllabus by
the university.
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