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Kanshi Ram wants power for Dalits
Ludhiana, April 14
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mr Kanshi Ram, and the Secretary General, Ms Mayawati, exhorted the Dalits to unite and get the “master key” of power so that their lot could be improved. They were addressing a party rally here to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
Mr Kanshi Ram and Ms Mayawati waves to the crowd in front of the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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BSP’s moratorium on electoral tie-ups
Patiala, April 14
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) supremo Kanshi Ram today announced that his party would not indulge in any electoral tie-up with any other political party in the country for the coming four years.
Maharaja’s kin feel ignored
Patiala, April 14
They do not have any royal airs. They do not want anything from the Punjab Government. However, there exists a feeling of hurt and anguish among the descendants of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at ‘not being recognised’ on the occasion of the bicentenary celebrations of the coronation of the last sovereign king, launched recently from this city itself yesterday. |
Istri dal to strive for
Indo-Pak amity
Bathinda, April 14
Dr Shawinder Kaur Johl, President of the recently reorganised Istri Shiromani Akali Dal (ISAD), has said that her party would work towards bringing peace and harmony between India and Pakistan.
Badal announces sops for Dalits
Ludhiana, April 14
In a significant development obviously aimed at garnering their support, the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today announced several sops for the Dalits. These include providing plots and legalising the unauthorised houses constructed by the Dalits on the government land.
Addressing a state-level function to mark the birth anniversary of the Dalit leader, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, the Chief Minister said all the roofless Dalits living in villages would be provided plots for the construction of houses.
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The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, pays floral tributes to Dr B.R. Ambedkar on his 110th birth anniversary at a state-level function organised in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo by
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Tiffin culture catching up
Bathinda, April 14
Four decades ago Bathinda was considered a backward area. But yesterday, with development in every social strata, trends are changing. The culture of ‘purdah’ has given way to the jean culture. The city of sand-dunes has become a city of thermal chimneys, lakes, industries and a large cantonment area full of greenery. Much more is on the anvil.
Chhat
Bir Zoological Park draws a lot
Chhat Bir (Patiala),
April 14
The first of lucky draws that have recently been introduced by the
Wild Life Society of Punjab to raise funds for Chhat Bir Zoological
Park, was held on the zoo premises here today.
Punjabi Development Conference ends
Patiala, April 14
Acamedician Surjit Hans has asserted that politicians in a democracy these days were protecting the rich while in the days of the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh the interests of the common man were protected instead of the rich.
Train extended to Hardwar
Barnala, April 14
The Jodhpur-Kalka Mail train (4887 Up) has been extended upto Hardwar.
According to reliable Railway Department sources here, the train leaving Jodhpur for Hardwar will pass through Barnala at about 1.20 a.m. with effect from today.
One killed, 9 injured in wall collapse
Barnala, April 14
One person was killed and nine others were injured in a wall collapse mishap this afternoon at Rajgarh Road, Dhanaula, 12 km from here.
Manual harvesting dominates
Punjab scene
Chandigarh, April 14
Intermittent showers and overcast conditions notwithstanding, harvesting of wheat, Punjab’s golden crop worth more than Rs 10,000 crore, has started picking up with the beginning of Baisakhi celebrations. The harvesting is at a more advanced stage in the Malwa belt than in the rest of the state.
A reason for farmers to smile
Khanna, April 14
The farming community in the state is in a upbeat mood. Reason being the high yield of wheat this year. The arrival of wheat in the main grain markets in this part of the country has started picking up, though in certain pockets inclement weather in the past 24 hours caused a bit of worry to the farming community.
3 held for drug smuggling
Bathinda, April 14
The district police, in its campaign against drug peddlers, has arrested three inter-state smugglers and recovered 1.75 kg of opium, 60 kg of poppy husk and three bicycles from them.
Two injured in attack
Phillaur, April 14
Two boys Deepak and Balwinder were injured when they were attacked by certain motor cycle-borne persons with sharp edged weapons near village Narur yesterday.
1 killed, 18 hurt in bus accident
Gurdaspur, April 14
One person died on the spot and 18, including a driver, were injured, one of them critically, in a bus accident near the milk plant here today. The seriously injured has been referred to Amritsar.
Man
kills father
Kapurthala, April 14
In a fit of rage, Jasbir Singh of Jhal Laiwala village, falling under
Sultanpur Lodhi police station, killed his father Shanker Singh (58)
who returned home in a drunken state after attending Baisakhi festival
at Sultanpur Lodhi.
CM has commercialised education: panel
Bathinda, April 14
The All-India Save Education Society has alleged that the Punjab Chief Minister has commercialised education in the state and pushed the poor and downtrodden towards illiteracy.
PUTA demands Dean’s resignation
Patiala, April 14
The Punjabi University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) today took a serious note of the humiliation of teaching faculty Dr Kuldip Singh Dhir, Dean Academic Affairs, on the occasion of bicentenary celebrations of coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Punjabi University yesterday.
‘Transport sector needs regulation’
Patiala, April 14
The subsides in the capital investment and other incentives for upgrading the industry should be given to the new upcoming entrepreneurs. This was stated by members of the Patiala Chamber of Industries here today to shun the policies which impede the production of goods on mass scale.
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