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CM should recall
Dhindsa, says Jagjit
Hoshiarpur, April 9
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal should withdraw Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa from the Union Cabinet and its support to the NDA Government on moral grounds following the Tehelka expose. This was stated by Mr Jagjit Singh, Leader of the Congress Legislature Party, while talking to mediapersons here today.
Sikh jatha leaves for Pakistan
Attari (Amritsar), April 9
A 3000-strong Sikh jatha left for Pakistan in three special trains today. The trains were flagged off in the morning by the SGPC President, Mr Jagdev Singh
Talwandi, for Panja Sahib in Pakistan.
Sukhbir fails to keep
date
Bathinda, April 9
The SAD General Secretary and MP, Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, today failed to keep his date with the people of Balluana village, near here as he was to lay the foundation stone of a 66 kv grid sub-station. In his absence the foundation stone was laid by Mr Manpreet Singh
Badal, MLA, though Mr Chiranji Lal Garg, Minister of Law and Justice, was also present on the occasion.
Use new study tools:
Doctors
Faridkot, April 9
A national-level medicine update-2001 conference, organised by the local Government Guru Gobind Singh Medical College here yesterday, underlined the need for introducing new techniques of teaching and learning besides holding seminars, symposiums and providing continuous medical education through tutorials.
Protest against closure of TB
hospital
Sangrur, April 9
On the call of the Ghabdan Hospital Bachao Action Committee, Sangrur, employees of various wings of the Health Department today staged a dharna in the complex of Civil Surgeon’s office here and took out a protest march through the town against the state government’s decision to close TB Hospital Hermitage, Ghabdan.
Village tank water
unhygienic
Abohar
Residents of Sayyedwala village with a population of over 2,000 have been facing a serious drinking water problem for three years. Water stored at Public Health waterworks has been found to be unhygienic.
Medical camp
organised
Jalandhar, April 9
The S.G.L. Charitable Trust in collaboration with the Punjab Health care, an England-based NGO, organised a free medical and eye operation camp at Bajwa Kalan village in
Shahkot, 30 km from here, today.
Foreign-breed pups
auctioned
Amritsar, April 9
It was an entirely different auction at the Customs office today. Residents bid for foreign puppies instead of the normal Customs-seized goods.
Lawyers start ‘no work’ campaign
Sangrur, April 9
Members of the District Bar Association here started “no work” campaign from today for three days in protest against the non-construction of the chamber block for the lawyers.
Rally against MC officials
held
Bathinda, April 9
A large number of shopkeepers of the city today held a rally and sat on a dharna near the municipal council’s office in protest against the alleged harassment by its officials in the name of implementing the government decision of selling the shops to the tenents.
Team of Punjabi papers’ body to meet PM
Chandigarh, April 9
A delegation of the All-India Punjabi Newspapers Association, led by Mr Jagjit Singh Dardi, will shortly meet the Prime Minister against the ‘’discriminatory attitude’’ of the Punjab Government against them in the matter of release of advertisements.
‘Give amnesty to migrant terrorists’
Jalandhar, April 9
Former head of the Workd Sikh Council and USA-based millionaire Didar Singh Bains said all terrorists who had migrated to the Western countries under the alleged threat from Indian security forces during the days of terrorism in Punjab, should be granted general amnesty and brought into the mainstream.
Regiment celebrates golden jubilee
Somewhere In The Western Sector, April 9
The 128 Air Defence Regiment, one of the finest air defence artillery unit of the Indian Army, which was raised on April 1, 1951, as 128 Light Ack-Ack Regiment (TA) at Arkonam near
Chennai, under the command of Lieut Col Atma Singh Punnu as its first Commanding Officer completed 50 glorious years of its existence.
Bank manager run
over
by train
Bathinda, April 9
Three persons, including a bank manager, died in separate incidents here today.
Hospital sources said Inderjit Singh, who was working as a manager at a branch of the Punjab and Sind Bank, was crushed to death by a train as a railway crossing.
Punjab memo to
Labour Commission
Chandigarh, April 9
The Punjab Minister of Labour, Mr Balramji Das Tandon, today presented
a memorandum to the Second Commission on Labour, headed by former
Union Minister Ravindra Verma.
Woman booked for killing
mother-in-law
Hoshiarpur, April 9
On the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Garhshanker police has registered a case of murder under Section 302,
IPC, after 10 months of the crime, against Surinder Kaur and her husband Nirmal Singh, residents of Saila
Khurd, for reportedly setting afire her mother-in-law Baldev Kaur.
Two children killed in
road mishap
Mandi Gobindgarh, April 9
Two children were killed while one person was injured when a truck hit a scooter near a traffic light chowk here today.
‘Clarify’ age relaxation
rules
Bathinda, April 9
The candidates, who have applied for various posts advertised by the Departmental Selection Committee (Teaching) of the Department of Education, Punjab, in 1997, have demanded that the rules regarding the age relaxation should be clarified.
PUTA welcomes inquiry against
VC
Patiala, April 9
The executive committee of the Punjabi University Teachers Association (PUTA) led by Prof Bhupinder Singh Khaira, President, and Dr Balwinder Singh, Secretary, met Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, here today and apprised him of the irregularities being committed by the Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor, Dr J.S.
Ahluwalia.
Resentment over waiver of interest
Bathinda, April 9
Waiver of Penal interest on the loans taken by industrialists has created resentment among a group of them, who have paid principal amounts before the publication of a notification regarding waiver of penal interest.
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