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Union
leader’s health deteriorating
Indefinite fast enters 9th day
Bathinda, June 9
The health of Mr Beant Singh Kainth,
president of the Sugar Mill Chalao Action Committee, who has been
observing an indefinite fast since June 1, has started deteriorating.
The local health authorities who have been monitoring his condition
since June 6, have started contemplating his hospitalisation.
No takers for govt commercial
schemes
Patiala, June 9
The Punjab Government's plan to commercialise all its land and buildings, which are not being properly utilised in the city to mop up revenue, may not fructify with there being no takers for various schemes launched by it recently.
Zaffarwal
swears by democracy
Hoshiarpur, June 9
Self-styled Khalistan Commando
Force chief Wassan Singh Zaffarwal was produced in the court of Mr G. D.
Gupta, Additional Sessions Judge Hoshiarpur this afternoon under tight
security.
Cops
in state of hibernation: MLA
Fazilka, June 9
Dr Mohinder Kumar Rinwa, former
MLA and secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, in a
statement here today expressed grave concern over the deteriorating
law and order situation in the Fazilka area.
Even as the authorities have
imposed a ban on the sale of cut fruits and exposed food
items, the same are being sold unabated in Bathinda.
— Photo Kulbir Beera |
Sale
of cut fruits on despite ban
Bathinda, June 9
Despite the district
administration having banned the sale of cut fruits in the city, sale
of watermelon, papaya, cucumber, tomato, ‘chat’ and sugarcane
juice in the open without regard to the risk to the health of people
has been going on.
Don’t
ignore English: Dhindsa
Sangrur, June 9
Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union
Minister for Chemicals and Fertiliser and Secretary-General of the
Shiromani Akali Dal today stressed on upon the need of cordial
relations between India and Pakistan to strengthen Punjabiat. He said
Punjabiat had suffered in both countries whenever a war took place
between India and Pakistan in the past.
Land
for Army institute selected
Chandigarh, June 9
The Army authorities have
identified land near Anandpur Sahib to set up an in-service training
institute for the junior-level officers. Informed official sources
said that as part of the first phase of the project, about 500 acre
had been identified near the Dasmesh Academy, at a short distance from
Anandpur Sahib. Besides, the Institute, there is also a proposal to
set up an “Army location” in the area, it is learnt.
SGPC
drops resolution on Sikh clergy
Amritsar, June 9
Following strong opposition by
members of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, the SGPC executive which
met under the presidentship of Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi yesterday
dropped the resolution which suggested that any religious issue should
be first referred to the Sikh Advisory Board and then the Dharma
Parchar Committee and the SGPC Executive before being taken up by the
Sikh Clergy.
Probe ordered into ‘purchase scam’
Amritsar, June 9
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today ordered probe into the alleged purchase scam by the management of Takht Kesgarh Sahib. The inquiry has been ordered on the direction of its chief, Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi.
Heart institute to open in Mohali
Patiala, June 9
The Fortis Heart institute will soon be opened in SAS Nagar. This was stated at a seminar on “Advances in cardiac care”, organised by the institute here today to discuss advances in the world of cardiac care. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Harinder Singh Bedi of the institute said that experts working in the institute have tried to introduce new techniques that are employed abroad.
Poor
families to get land: Sukhbir
Moga, June 9
Member Lok Sabha and former Union
Minister of State for Industry Sukhbir Singh Badal today alluded to
serious political, cultural and religious crisis in the state which he
alleged had weakened the base of the social fibre.
Squall
hits city
Bathinda, June 9
A number of trees and electricity
poles were uprooted and boundary walls of a few industrial units
collapsed following a squall that hit some pockets of the city and the
surrounding areas this noon.
Lok
adalat settles 90 cases
Abohar, June 9
In keeping with the directions of
Mr Justice H.S. Bedi, Executive Chairman of the State Legal Services
Authority a lok adalat was held at court complex here today under the
guidance of Mr M.M.S. Bedi, District and Sessions Judge, Ferozepore.
Action
against MC chief sought
Ropar, June 9
The Punjab Municipal Executive
Officers Association has demanded the removal of Mr Dhingra, president
of the Fazilka Municipal Council, for allegedly beating up executive
officer Jagdish Raj Wadwa.
Grapes
turn sour for growers
Bathinda, June 9
After paddy, wheat, cotton and
potato growers, it is now the turn of grape growers to suffer heavy
losses due to untimely rain, which lashed this region for the past
several days.
Waive
farmers’ loans: Amarinder
Chandigarh, June 9
Urging the Badal government to
waive the loans advanced to small and marginal farmers, the President
of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Capt Amarinder Singh, said
today that the indifferent attitude of the Badal government towards
farmers, distressed by indebtedness, was driving them to suicide.
51-member
Cong panel on farmers’ problems
Jalandhar, June 9
The Punjab Congress today set up
a 51-member committee on agriculture headed by Capt Amarinder Singh,
President PPCC, to recommend welfare schemes for farmers, to be made
part of party’s election manifesto for the forthcoming Assembly
elections.
Two
killed in road mishap
Sunam, June 9
Two persons were killed and one
injured seriously in a road mishap when the Maruti car they were
travelling in collided head on with a Haryana Roadways bus at Mehlan
Chowk, 7 km from here, last night.
Retain
Bathinda as PMET centre: PCMS
Bathinda, June 9
The Medical Service Centre and
the PCMS Association today condemned the decision of the Baba Farid
University of Medical Sciences to cancel Bathinda examination centre
for the Pre-Medical Entrance Test to be conducted on July 7 and
instead make Faridkot the centre.
MCA
examinees can now verify results
Amritsar, June 9
Guru Nanak Dev University in an
important decision here today decided to make the MCA Entrance
Test-2001 transparent.
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