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NABARD adopts
Bathinda
Bathinda, April 24
The NABARD has adopted this district under the District Rural Industry Programme (DRIP) in which rural people will be given incentives for starting small-scale industries.
Branding in jail alleged
Medical check-up of undertrial ordered
Ludhiana, April 24
A judicial magistrate today directed the Civil Surgeon, here conduct the medical examination of an undertrial Raman Kumar, alias Nikka, who has filed a petition before the court that two officials of Central Jail here to branded ‘qatil’ word in punjabi on his back with a hot iron rod after brutally beating him up.
SAD dist chief’s
removal sought
Jalandhar, April 24
The simmering
differences in the district unit of the SAD (Badal) reached the
boiling point today when a powerful group opposing the district unit
president, Prof Inderjit Singh, refused to recognise him and urged the
party high command to sack him.
Amarinder denies deal on giving
ticket
Chandigarh, April 24
Capt Amarinder Singh, President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, said today that he had not struck any deal with the party Members of Parliament from Punjab on the issue of allotment of assembly seats. He said that the reports appearing in a section of the press had no basis.
Antique British clock to chime
again
Kapurthala, April 24
Residents of the princely town will soon hear the melodious chimes of
the famous British-made clock, popularly known as “Ghenta Ghar”,
situated in the heart of the town, after a gap of four decades.
Resentment against
re-employment
Chandigarh, April 24
There is resentment among employees of the Punjab Architectural Department against the move of the State Government to re-employ a senior functionary of the department in the same capacity for one year immediately after his retirement. The functionary is due to retire on April 30.
Litterateurs kick up row
Chandigarh, April 24
The storm kicked up by the haphazard manner in which the Indian delegates to the recent World Punjabi Conference held at Lahore were selected by the organisers refuses to die down.
Sheikh Hasina’s
effigy burnt
Phagwara, April 24
Activists of the Punjab Hindu Shiv Sena today burnt an effigy of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a Bangladesh flag outside the bus stand on the G.T. Road and disrupted traffic for about 20 minutes in protest against the brutal massacre of 16 BSF jawans by the Bangladesh Rifles.
NFL employees hold
dharna
Bathinda,
April 24
The employees of the local unit of the National Fertilisers
Limited (NFL) held a dharna and a rally here yesterday. The employees
have been protesting over privatisation of the Public Sector
Undertaking (PSU).
Two shells
recovered
Ludhiana,
April 24
Bomb-defusing experts and divers of the Army along with
officials of the district police today recovered two live shells from
under a Sirhind feeder bridge.
The experts said at least five more
shells were still in the water which could be recovered only after the
water level in the canal was reduced.
Diversion leads to traffic jam
Bathinda, April 24
The traffic to Mansa, Dabwali and
Talwandi Sabo came to a standstill today when the level crossing near
the TV tower was closed for repairs at about 11 a.m. It was later
diverted through the Hazi Ratan road, which is hardly fit for heavy
traffic.
Cops’ plea for
cancelling FIR refused
Abohar, April 24
Mr Lalit Kumar Singla, Judicial
Magistrate (First Class), has rejected an application by the city
police for cancellation of an FIR relating to alleged forgery and
original conspiracy in a land deal. The court ordered that the accused
be summoned under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the IPC read with
Section 120-B. The court also ordered that it should be treated as a
state case.
Plan to sell Lahori
Gate draws flak
Amritsar, April 24
The proposed move to sell a portion of the Lahori Gate at Sri Hargobindpur has drawn strong protests from art and cultural preservation societies in the state.
Girl abducted
Pathankot, April 24
Failo, a 16-year-old girl, was reportedly abducted by seven persons from Bahadur Lahri village under Pathankot subdivision.
Woman, daughter commit suicide
Jalandhar, April 24
Extreme poverty forced a woman and her 22-year-old ailing young daughter to commit suicide by consuming poison in their small house in Mohalla Chandigarh in the basti area yesterday.
PUTA to launch stir against VC in
May
Patiala, April 24
The Punjabi University Teachers Association (PUTA) today announced
that it would launch an agitation on the university campus in May with
the help of other teachers’ organisations in case the
Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, did not stop the “violation”
of university rules and regulations, the “creation” of fraudulent
organisations and the “blackmail” of teachers under the career
advancement scheme (CAS).
Private schools
mushroom
Jalalabad
Over
the past couple of years this border town has witnessed a mushroom
growth of unaffiliated private schools. The ongoing academic session
has seen the opening of eight such institutions. Perhaps, these days
the setting up of a school is a good business proposition.
Office-bearers of PCCTU elected
Doraha, April 24
Prof Kuldip Singh of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, and Prof Parminder Singh of Arya College, Ludhiana, have been unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively of the Ludhiana district of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, respectively. Prof Kuldip Singh has been elected for the office of the district president for the second time.
Class X exam to be reconducted
Bathinda, April 24
The Social Studies paper of Class X
will be conducted again on April 29 as the paper taken earlier on
March 23 has been cancelled.
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