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Rebel
MLA’s area denied grant
Khadoor Sahib (Amritsar),
April 10
Even as the gram panchayats,
block committees and other social work organisations enjoyed the
“generous largesse” of the Chief Minister who sanctioned Rs 2.10
crore at the Sangat Darshan programme here today, Mr Badal denied that
it was an exercise to woo voters for the oncoming Vidhan Sabha
elections.
Stall
House session over Tehelka: MP
Hoshiarpur, April 10
Mr Charanjit Singh Channi,
Congress, MP from Hoshiarpur, said here today that the Congress should
not allow the proceedings in Parliament during the forthcoming session
till cases are registered against those involved in the deals exposed
by tehelka.com and the NDA government resigns over the issue.
IAF
technicians await pay arrears for 30 yrs
Ludhiana, April 10
It has been 30 years now since
about 25 persons from the technical cadre of the Indian Air Force
began making rounds of various offices of the Defence Ministry and the
Air Force officials to get what they claim to be the arrears of the
salary due to them under pay scales revised as long ago as 1959.
PSEB
employees violate rally ban
Bathinda, April 10
Even as Section 144 has been
imposed by the District Magistrate, more than 2,000 employees of the
Punjab State Electricity Board Employees Struggle Committee held a
rally in the city and burnt effigies of Mr Sikandar Singh, Power
Minister and Mr N.S. Deol, Superintending Engineer, Bathinda.
Forum
orders PSEB to pay compensation
Faridkot, April 10
The District Consumer Disputes
Redressal Forum, Muktsar, has ordered the Punjab State Electricity
Board, Muktsar, to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 to Mr Jasvir Singh
of Rahurianwali village in Muktsar district following its failure to
release his SP power supply connection.
Recounting
unseats 6 panches
Sangrur, April 10
Six panches namely Mr Sohan
Singh, Mr Jodha Singh, Mr Ujjagar Singh, Mr Gurtej Singh, Mr Mukhtiar
Singh and Mr Darshan Singh of Shadi Hari village in Sunam tehsil were
unseated following a recounting of the votes by the Deputy
Commissioner, Mr Anirudh Tiwari, here today. They were elected panches
on June 21, 1998.
Project
for blind launched
Chandigarh, April 10
The Punjab Chief Secretary, Mr N.
K. Arora, today presented a Braille book to Savita, a 10 year-old
blind girl, formally initiating the Amway Opportunity Foundation’s
National Project for the blind in the state in collaboration with the
All-India Confederation of the Blind.
Attack
on workers: BSP threatens stir
Hoshiarpur, April 10
The BSP has threatened to launch
a statewide agitation if the Punjab Government fails to arrest the
culprits responsible for the attack on workers participating in the
Shiri march at Nijamibad near Makhu on Saturday. This was stated by Mr
Hargopal Singh, secretary of the BSP unit, Punjab, while talking to
mediapersons here today.
Ophthalmologists’
meeting concludes
Bathinda, April 10
Several eminent ophthalmologists
participated in a meeting organised by the Bathinda Ophthalmological
Society which concluded here on Sunday. The guest faculty included Dr
Amod Gupta, Dr S.S. Pandav and Dr Jagat Ram, all from the PGI,
Chandigarh. The specialists delivered lectures on endophthalmitis,
phacoemulsification and glaucoma.
‘PR
men must keep govt informed’
Chandigarh, April 10
“The media, both electronic and
print, must treat Public Relations personnel as a part of it,” says
Mr Tarlochan Singh, Vice-Chairman, National Minorities Commission,
maintaining that governments must take PR Departments into their
confidence for a proper feedback from the general public on their
policies and programmes.
Shopping
complex stone laid
Faridkot, April 10
A function held here on Sunday to
mark the foundation stone laying ceremony of a shopping complex by the
local Improvement Trust was turned into an election meeting when Mr
Sukhbir Singh Badal, Member of the Rajya Sabha and general secretary
of the Shiromani Akali Dal sought people’s vote in his party’s
favour in the forthcoming assembly poll in Punjab.
Ex-gratia
grant for widows of martyrs
Patiala, April 10
The widows and family members of
six martyrs were given an ex-gratia grant of Rs 7 lakh during an
ex-servicemen rally held at Polo Ground here today. The widows of 34
other martyrs were also honoured on the occasion.
Powermen’s
dharna enters 15th day
Lalru, (Patiala) April 10
The dharna organised by the
members of Punjab State Electricity Board Employees Federation in
front of the Executive Officer’s office entered its 15th day here
today.
Delegates
favour WTO
Chhat Bir (Patiala),
April 10
A number of employees of the
Punjab Public Health Department, the Public Works Department and the
Irrigation Department gathered to mark the 25th delegate session here
today.
Campaign
against drug abuse
Hoshiarpur, April 10
A movement for the prevention of
drug abuse will be launched in Punjab with the help of various
religious, social and cultural NGOs.
PNB
workers hold meeting
Bathinda, April 10
A meeting of the members of the
Punjab National Bank Workers Union (north zone) was held here on
Sunday to discuss the discriminatory attitude of the higher officials
of the bank.
Lawyers
demand chamber block
Sangrur, April 10
Members of the District Bar
Association, led by its president, Mr Balraj Singh Sohi, staged a
dharna in the District Judicial Complex here today to protest against
the non-construction of a chamber block for the lawyers in the
newly-built complex.
Admn
gears up for Baisakhi
Talwandi Sabo, April 10
Even as Damdama Sahib is all
decked up for Baisakhi, where a large number of devotees are expected
to take a dip in the sarovar, the district administration has made
elaborate arrangements for the convenience of the public.
DC
releases credit plan
Faridkot, April 10
Mr A. Venu Prasad, Deputy
Commissioner, released an annual credit plan of Rs 274.25 crore for
advancing loans under different welfare schemes during the current
financial year in this district. In a press note released here today,
the Deputy Commissioner while launching the scheme at a senior
district and bank officers meeting, said a major part of the amount,
198.50 crore, would be utilised for agriculture and allied sector
while Rs 25.79 crore would be allocated for small-scale industry.
Embezzlement
of MC funds alleged
Mansa, April 10
Four local municipal councillors,
Mr Prem Sagar Bhola, general secretary of the local unit of the
Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Balwinder Singh Kaka, former president of the
district Youth Congress, Ms Amarjit Kaur, secretary of the district
unit of All India Democratic Women Association and Mr Harpal Singh
Palli, have demanded inquiry into embezzlement of municipal council
funds.
PWD
workers hold dharna
Bathinda, April 10
Activists of the Field and
Workshop Workers Union of the Public Works Department yesterday
organised a dharna against the Subdivisional Engineer (No 1),
Bathinda, to express their resentment.
Patwari
suspended in fraud case
Jalandhar, April 10
The Deputy Commissioner here has
suspended one official of the Revenue Department and chargesheeted two
others, who have been found guilty of a fraud with regard to a
property deed pertaining to the Central Government’s vacant land at
Hardosheikh village under Phillaur subdivision.
2 held
for defrauding bank
Bathinda, April 10
The district police has arrested
a retired constable along with another retired employee who had been
defrauding a bank for the past many months by forging pension
passbooks.
Bus
drivers, conductors caught smuggling liquor
Gurdaspur, April 10
The police has arrested three
drivers and two conductors of the Punjab Roadways Depot, Pathankot, on
charges of smuggling whisky from Jalandhar and Chandigarh to
Pathankot.
University
hacks trees to establish new bhavan
Patiala, April 10
Punjabi University has chosen to
axe a few trees, besides levelling a mound and accompanying landscaped
garden adjoining the Guru Gobind Singh bhavan on the varsity campus to
start work on building of a Kala Bhavan in the name of Maharaja Ranjit
Singh.
Varsity forces faculty to attend seminar
Patiala, April 10
Punjabi University is not sure whether its teachers will attend the seminar being held on April 13 on the campus to commemorate the bicentenary of the coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. So, it is putting pressure on all heads of departments to ensure maximum participation.
Exam
fever grips Bathinda
Bathinda, April 10
With the examinations of graduate
classes already on and those of postgraduate classes about to start,
students are busy with their studies. They are trying hard not only to
concentrate on their studies but also to ignore everything that is
going on in the outside world.
Roll
numbers for ETT test issued
Bathinda, April 10
The District Institute of
Education and Training, Bathinda, has issued role numbers to
candidates for the entrance test for admission to the elementary
teachers training course. The test will be held on April 15.
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