Jaswant
assures Badal on Baddowal depot
New Delhi, April 17
The Centre today assured
Punjab over the shifting of Baddowal ammunition depot which is
only 7 km away from the heart of Ludhiana city to some other
suitable place.
Who
is PSGPC co-Chairman?
Amritsar, April 17
The antecedents of Sham
Singh (65), a co-Chairman of the PSGPC, are doubtful as most of
the Pakistani Sikhs allege that he is basically a Muslim and
adopted Sikhism at the behest of the ISI. |
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, accompanied by Manpreet Singh Badal, MLA, calls on Union Defence Minister Jaswant Singh in Parliament House on Tuesday. |
Kidnapped
infant rescued
Jalandhar, April 17
The city police today claimed to
have solved the kidnapping case of a three-month-old infant from near
Jyoti Chowk in the city and recovered the child and arrested two
perpetrators of the crime.
Jail
Supdt refutes allegation
Jalandhar, April 17
The Superintendent of the Central
Jail here, Mr Jagjit Singh, today refuted the allegation levelled by
Mrs Paramjit Kaur, wife of an undertrial, that her husband had died
last Saturday due to negligence of the former in providing proper
medical aid to him.
‘Hold
SGPC elections on schedule’
Chandigarh, April 17
The Sikh Core Group wants that
appropriate steps should be taken to ensure that the SGPC elections,
due in November, are held onschedule and not postponed for political
reasons.
Army
holds medical test in downpour
Bathinda, April 17
Thousands of youths from
Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Ferozepore, Moga and Muktsar districts
awaited their turn for medical test in the downpour at the ground of
the local Government Rajindra College where the recruitment for the
Army started today.
New
turn to civic body row
Kotkapura, April 17
The controversy between the
executive officer and the president of the local municipal council
which erupted about more than two weeks ago over the passing of a
resolution for transfer of the former has taken a new turn with nine
municipal councillors out of the total 23 alleging that the resolution
was not valid as it was not passed in a proper manner.
Murder
case: Bittu acquitted
Patiala, April 17
Daljit Singh Bittu, president of
the Sikh Students Federation (SSF) and his accomplice Gursharan Singh
Gama, were acquitted by the Ms Sabina, Additional District and
Sessions Judge, here today, in a case pertaining to the alleged murder
of a sarpanch in 1990.
Recruitment
rally from April 21
Amritsar, April 17
An Army recruitment rally will be
organised at Kathunangal (Amritsar-Batala road) for soldiers to
(general duty) for Sikhs, Sikh (Mazhabi and Ramdasia), Hindu Dogras,
Brahmins, Muslims and other Indian castes and solider clk/sket,
technical for all-India all caste from April 21 to April 29 for youths
of Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts. The candidates are required to
report at the Army ground near Kathunangal police station.
1
pilgrim killed, 13 hurt in mishap
Hoshiarpur, April 17
Hazari Lal of Gundpur district in
Gurdaspur died on the spot ‘while 13 other pilgrims wounded when
their Tata 407 over-turned near Nangal Kalalan village on the
Hoshiarpur-Tanda road, 25 km from here, today.
Cheque
bouncing case: 1 acquitted
Pathankot, April 17
Mr Bhajan Ram, Subdivisional
Judicial Magistrate, Pathankot, recently acquitted Sat Paul Singh of
United Builders Pathankot, in a case involving the bouncing of a
cheque.
CM
takes absentee officers to task
Abohar, April 17
Two senior officers of the Public
Works Department (B and R) had to apologise when found missing at a
“sangat darshan” programme of the Punjab Chief Minister here
yesterday.
More
lawyers join relay fast
Sangrur, April 17
On the second day of a relay fast
by the members of the Sangrur District Bar Association, another group
of 15 bar members observed fast today in the existing Judicial Complex
here protesting against the nonconstruction of chamber block for the
lawyers in the newly-built District Judicial Complex.
Martyrs
ignored by DD, says Sena chief
Amritsar, April 17
Mr Surinder Kumar Billa, head of
the All-India Hindu Shiv Sena, lashed out at the government for not
telecasting on DD-1 the homage paying ceremony held at Jallianwala
Bagh on April 13.
State-level
Lok Adalat at Mansa
Mansa, April 17
Mr B.C. Rajput, District and
Sessions Judge, Bathinda, while presiding over a meeting of the
district Free Legal Services Authority, Mansa, yesterday said so far
60 persons had availed of free legal service. He laid stress on giving
wide publicity to the availability of free legal aid to the public
through sarpanch, patwaris and gram sevaks.
PRTC
men up in arms against GM
Kapurthala, April 17
Employees of Pepsu Roadways
Transport Corporation are up in arms against the General Manager,
Kapurthala depot, Mr H.S. Dhillon for his alleged dictatorial
behaviour and corrupt practices and demanding probe by a high-ranking
officer in the alleged charge of corruption against the General
Manager.
Action
against speeding vehicles in cant area
Patiala, April 17
A campaign has been started to
measure the speed of vehicles in the Army Cantonment Area, running
through Rajindra Hospital and Bhakra mainline road on the busy Sangrur
road.
OPD
schedule
Phagwara, April 17
The Punjab Government has changed
the O.P.D. timings of all government hospitals and dispensaries with
immediate affect.
Barley,
gram, sarson fetch prices below MSP
Mansa, April 17
Even as the Punjab Government is
yet to give compensation to those farmers who have sold off their
paddy crop at a rate much below than the minimum support price (MSP)
last season, the farmers have again been forced to sell off of crops
of barley, gram and sarson at much below the MSP to the private
traders as the authorities concerned have failed to start its
procurement.
Farmers
face seed shortage
Bathinda, April 17
Even as the sowing season of
cotton crop has started from April 15 in the state, the growers are
facing a acute shortage of certified seed of the same. To
clash in on the situation, a number of seed producing companies from
Mahrashtra and Gujarat have started flooding the markets with the seed
and have been doing roaring business by selling off the hybrid seed to
the farmers.
Licences
of 22 arhtiyas suspended
Bathinda, April 17
As many as 22 licences of
commission agents of various purchase centres of this district have
been suspended by the Deputy Commissioner and District Food and Supply
Controller after a surprise check was made in the past two days.
12
PSEB employees suspended
Barnala, April 17
As many as 12 employees of the
Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Shehna, including Mr Harjinder
Singh, Junior Engineer, and two linemen, Mr Amarjit Singh and Mr
Darshan Singh, have been placed under suspension, whereas six
assistant linemen and three work-charged staff have been transferred
out of zone on administrative grounds over the “controversial
inauguration of a 24 hour power supply incident at Tallewal village
about 20 km from here.
Robbers
loot jewellery, cash from dera
Phillaur, April 17
More than 12 armed robbers with
muffled faces looted more than Rs 20,000 in cash and gold ornaments
from a dera known as “Mai Daa Darbar” here late last night.
Plan
to improve conduct of exams
SAS Nagar, April 17
The Punjab Government is working
on a major plan to improve the conduct of the annual examinations of
the Punjab School Education Board. The objective is to decentralise
the process of conduct of examinations, said the state Education
Minister, Mr Tota Singh, here today.
Accreditation
of medical institutes sought
Ludhiana, April 17
The Medical Council of India has
recommended to the Union Health Ministry that an accreditation scheme
for the medical universities and medical institutions in the country
be introduced to ensure quality of education on the pattern of
gradation of the engineering institutes.
Where
quality education, danger go hand-in-hand
Patiala, April 17
No Principal, no main office, no
librarian, no bathrooms, poor wiring system, improper water supply,
dilapidated building, screws coming out of doors and hanging window
panes, are some of the characteristic features of Government Sanskrit
Mahavidyalaya, located in the Sirhindi Gate locality in the city.
Grace
marks sought for wrong question
Phagwara, April 17
In a Guru Nanak Dev University
faux pas, an incorrect question was put in the B.Com I (Regular) Paper
IV namely Quantitative Techniques for Business in the evening session
in the ongoing annual examinations.
Principal’s
post: recommendation on PhD condition
Phagwara, April 17
In a significant step, the State
Council for Higher Education has recommended that the UGC condition of
Ph.D for the post of college principal be held in abeyance for four
years and instead teachers with 25 years’ experience be considered
eligible for the post.
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