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Forward Bloc to contest 20
seats
Ropar, June 18
The All-India Forward Bloc has decided to contest from 20 assembly seats in the forthcoming assembly elections in Punjab. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Northern India Steering Committee of the bloc held here last evening.
Residents sick of power cuts
Bathinda, June 18
City residents have been facing the power cuts problem although the district boasts of having two power plants. Official statements released by the management of Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant have claimed that they have been functioning above the plant load factors, consistently and have been awarded by the Union Government.
Inquiry report on depot fire this
week
Pathankot, June 18
The court of inquiry ordered by the Army Headquarters to probe into the probable cause of the fire incident at the ammunition sub-depot at Mamoon on April 29 this year may submit its report to the Directorate, Ordnance, this week.
New bus stand by
year-end
Pathankot
This gateway to Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir is set to acquire a new bus stand by the end of this year, provided everything goes according to plan.
Domestic help or threat to life?
Bathinda, June 18
Be careful while engaging a domestic help or worker in the city. If the domestic helper to be engaged is from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar get his
antecedents verified. Not only this, if he happens to hail from Nepal, he can be a potential criminal.
Govt compromising security:
CPM
Nawanshahr, June 18
A ‘shradanjali samaroh’ to pay tributes to Comrade Kesar Singh
Surapuri, was held at Suranpur village near here yesterday.
Funds released for jobless
youth
Gurdaspur, June 18
The Punjab Government has released Rs 20 lakh to give a facelift to vacant premises in the proximity of the office of Subdivisional Magistrate, Dhar sub division, and the crossing opposite the office. Official sources said as many as 22 shops would be constructed in the area for the economically backward and needy unemployed youth on merit, under the self-employment scheme. The allotment authority has been wested with the Deputy Commissioner.
Rally against demolition of building by owners
Bathinda, June 18
Activists of the Shahar Bachao Committee today took out a rally through the various bazars of the city in protest against the demolition of a building by its owners with the help of more than 100
goonj. They raised slogans against the district administration and the state government.
The activists were demanding a judicial probe into the incident
and demanded the arrest of all those who were involved in the
incident.
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Members of the Shahar Bachao Committee raise slogans during a rally organised at Bathinda on Monday to protest against the forced-eviction of tenants of a building by
the owners.
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Police takes away fasting mill workers
Mansa, June 18
The police today took away Mr Binder Singh Gurne and Mr Ajmer Singh
Kotli, workers of Budhlada Cooperative Sugar Mill, who have been on an indefinite fast since June 10. It also took away Mr Beant Singh Kainth who has been on an indefinite fast since June 1 after his condition worsened.
Badal concerned over
poverty
Amritsar, June 18
The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, expressed concern over the growing unemployment and poverty in the country at Guru Nanak Dev University after inaugurating Maharaja Ranjit Singh Bhavan here last evening.
Tension over gurdwara land defused
Mahema (Jalandhar), June 18
Tension between Jat Sikhs and Dalits over the possession and alleged desecration of a “dera” of here seems to have partly subsided following the arrest of the “head” of the “dera” and two others today.
Innovative designs prove ray of hope for phulkari
artisans
Patiala, June 18
Traditional phulkari as an old-age Punjab craft may be on its way out losing out to new fashions, but new innovative designing juxtaposing traditional phulkari motifs with modern fashion is acting like a ray of hope for thousands of women of this district for whom phulkari embroidery is a way of life.
Water supply scheme
inaugurated
Patiala, June 18
A special master scheme worth Rs 200 crore has been launched to ensure increase in agricultural produce and provide more facilities to the farmers to grow good quality species of seeds.
Disaster prevention
committee
Patiala, June 18
About 2.5 lakh persons die by the roadside without receiving any help from others, while about 3.5 lakh people throughout the year are left handicapped. As much as 37 per cent of the population gets treated for AIDS, tuberculosis, heart attacks and other diseases.
Woman dies after ‘abortion’
Fazilka, June 18
Karima Bai (35), of the Dhobi Ghat locality died last night allegedly due to an infection which she developed after the abortion of her pregnancy by an untrained midwife
(dai) of Odanwali about five days back.
Ex-servicemen rue govt apathy
Ludhiana, June 18
A meeting of the state executive of India Ex-services League (Punjab and Chandigarh) was held here today to take stock of various issues to be settled. The meeting was chaired by its president Lt Col
C.S. Dhillon (retd).
AISSF seeks apology from Canadian radio
channel
Nawanshahr, June 18
Mr Manjit Singh Bhoma, president All-India Sikh Students Federation, while addressing a district-level meeting of the federation activists, at Gurdwara Singh Sabha yesterday took a serious note of the alleged derogatory comments about Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale broadcast on ‘Rim Jhim’ radio channel of Canada and demanded that they should tender an apology within a week otherwise the AISSF would organise district-level protest
dharnas.
Stagnant water irks residents
Gurdaspur, June 18
Resentment prevails among residents of the town due to the failure of the local municipal committee in providing facilities for disposing of rain water. The localities affected are Sadar
Bazar, Geeta Bhavan Road, Normal School, Employees Colony, Adarsh
Nagar, Prem Nagar and Sangatpura Road.
Relief sought for grape growers
Bathinda, June 18
Mr Harminder Singh Jassi, General Secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, has urged the state government that suitable compensation be paid to the growers of grapes whose crop was destroyed due to untimely rain.
125 lakh tonnes of paddy for Central pool
Chandigarh, June 18
The Punjab Food and Supplies Minister, Mr Madan Mohan Mittal, said today that the state would contribute 125 lakh tonnes of paddy to the Central pool this year.
MC, police join hands to streamline
traffic
Amritsar, June 18
Mounting public pressure over the growing traffic problem due to blatant encroachments has forced the Municipal Corporation and the traffic police to put their heads together to formulate a plan to remove encroachments and streamline the
traffic.
Bid to drug
scribe, two sons
Phagwara, June 18
An attempt was made by a servant to drug a known family of journalists here last night. It was learnt today that when senior journalist
M.L. Kaura and his two journalist sons Romesh Kaura and Shiv Kaura sat down to dine their servant Des Raj served them
food.
14.5 kg of opium seized
Patiala, June 18
Opium weighing nearly 14.5 kg worth Rs 5 lakh has been seized during different raids conducted in Patiala district, according to Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Senior Superintendant of Police, Patiala.
Jawan
shoots himself dead
Gurdaspur, June 18
Inderjit Singh, a Jawan posted at Tibri cantonment and resident of
Nirwana in Himachal Pradesh, allegedly shot himself dead yesterday
while he was on firing duty with his colleagues.
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