Life went out of gear after incessant rain in
Amritsar on Thursday. — Photo Rajiv Sharma |
17 to get Punjab Rattan awards
Patiala, July 12
Seventeen persons will be honoured with Punjab Rattan and Patiala Rattan awards at a function being organised on September 23 by the Punjab Writers Forum. Three awards are being given posthumously to Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, Beant Singh and Lala Jagat
Narain.
Rs
2 cr cotton scam detected
Mansa, July 12
Officials of the Punjab Mandi Board
have detected illegal sale/purchase of agricultural products worth Rs
1.95 crore on which market fee and Rural development Fund payments were
not made. This was allegedly done by a cotton processing firm under the
jurisdiction of the local Market Committee.
Computers clear backlog of Languages Dept
Patiala, July 12
Punjabi books and magazines may now be available in time to the public with the state Languages Department taking the help of computers to shorten the entire publication procedure.
Badal’s
US visit ‘eyewash’
Hoshiarpur, July 12
Ch. Jagjit Singh, of the
Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has alleged that Mr Parkash
Singh Badal has gone abroad for reasons other then for the operation
of his eyes. He said going to the USA for an eye operation was merely
to befool the public. He was talking to the correspondent at the local
PWD Rest House here yesterday.
Dy
chief of state SJP suspended
Bathinda, July 12
Mr Sukhwinder Sukhi,
vice-president of the Punjab unit of the Samajwadi Janata Party, has
been placed under suspension for his alleged involvement in anti-party
activities.
No
clue to missing son
Bathinda, July 12
Mr Baldev Singh of Seman Kalan
village of the district is running from pillar to post in search of
his son who is reportedly missing since June 15. Narrating his tale of
woes to this correspondent here today, Mr Baldev Singh said his son
Beant Singh had gone to Lucknow along with 16 other labourers of his
village on a labour contract. The boys were taken to Lucknow by Mr
Bhappa Singh, munshi of a labour contractor, about two-and-a-half
months ago, Mr Bhappa Singh belonged to our village and so we trusted
him, but he cheated us, he lamented.
SC
orders “not implemented”
Mansa, July 12
Mr Sikander Singh, state
president of the Punjab Medical Laboratory Technicians Association,
said here yesterday that the PMLTA was struggling to get its demands
accepted for the past 12 years. He said the association had knocked at
the doors of the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the Punjab Health
Department failed to accept their demands.
Brother,
not son-in-law, killer
Surrenders before the police
Abohar, July 12
Dwarka Ram, who killed his
brother, sister-in-law, a nephew, a niece and two servants, at
Dutaranwali village yesterday surrendered before the police in the
presence of Mr Ramesh Bishnoi, general secretary, All-India Jeev
Rakshra Samiti, official sources said.
Magistrate
summons ASI
Pathankot, July 11
The Judicial Magistrate, First
Class, Pathankot, Mr Harish Anand, yesterday summoned ASI Baldev Singh
in a case pertaining to the snatching of money and beating up of a
complainant.
Action
sought against mahant
Barnala, July 12
A rape scandal action committee
of the (Tapa region) has demanded action against Mahant Sewa Dass Muni,
chief of Dera Baba Inder Dass Tapa 20 km from here, who allegedly
raped a minor girl. It said he should be sent to jail from Government
Rajindra Hospital Patiala and a CBI probe should be conducted into the
incident.
BSP’s
ultimatum to admn
Phagwara, July 12
The BSP yesterday served an
ultimatum on the local administration that it would hold a
demonstration against the administration on July 17 if a case was not
registered against those whose negligence led to the death of four
Dalit labourers on July 6.
Panchayat
poll to be held on July 29
Kharar, July 12
Election to fill the vacancies of
two sarpanches and nine panches of villages falling in the Kharar
Block would be held on July 29 and the State Election Commission has
finalised the programme for this poll.
First
phase of science city by year-end
Jalandhar, July 12
Mr Chiranji Lal Garg, Punjab
Science and Technology Ministry, has said the first phase of the Rs
100-crore Pushpa Gujral Science City will be completed by the end of
December.
Subedar
cremated with honours
Gurdaspur, July 12
Subedar Satnam Singh of the 7th
Sikh regiment who laid down his life recently while fighting militants
in the Rajouri area of the Kashmir valley was cremated today with full
military honours at his native Mari Pannua village in this district.
Havaldar
cremated with honours
Ghudda (Bathinda), July
12
Havaldar Kala Singh who was
killed in an encounter with terrorists at Hamirpur along the LoC on
July 9 was cremated with full military honours at his native village
here today.
34
cops honoured
Kapurthala, July 12
Mr J.P. Virdi, Inspector-General
of Police, Jalandhar zone, today honoured 34 police officials of the
district, who had solved several robbery cases and helped solve the
child abduction case at Phagwara.
Dera
chief dead
Tarn Taran, July 12
Baba Charan Singh (54), head of
Dera Nawan Paraow, Sarhali Sahib, and patron of Guru Gobind Singh
Khalsa College, Sarhali, died in Mumbai yesterday night. The body was
brought to Sarhali Sahib from Mumbai.
Order
cutting off funds stayed with costs
Chandigarh, July 12
Directing the state of Punjab and
other respondents to release funds within a month to the gram
panchayat of Nazamudeenwala village in Ferozepur district for the
construction of nine houses under the Indira Awas Yojana, a Division
Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today imposed costs of Rs
5,000 on the state.
- Judgment reserved in MLA’s
case
- Notice on Chohan bail plea
- Truck union chief’s removal
revoked
- Notice on PMET exam
Attend ‘sangat darshan’
or face action: DC
Patiala, July
12
Mr Jasbir Singh Bir, Deputy Commissioner, today issued strict
instructions to the district officials to remain present during the
“sangat darshan” programme failing which strict action would be
taken against them.
DC
directs officials to remove encroachments
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 12
Block development and panchayat
officer BDPOs, the executive officers of the municipal councils have
been directed to accord top priority to clearing encroachments from
the government lands in the district if necessary, seek the police
help.
Pensioners
condemn move on DA
Bathinda, July 12
The Punjab Government Pensioners
Association has condemned the government decision to stop DA for the
next five years not to appoint any pay commission in future and the
introduction of contributory pension scheme.
Punjab
Govt urged to increase HRA
Patiala, July 12
Former Punjab minister Prem Gupta
has urged the state government to immediately accept the demand of
government employees here regarding an increase in the house rent
allowance from 7.5 to 15 per cent of their pay.
Cops
launch Dastak plan
Kapurthala, July 12
Mrs Gurpreet Deo, SSP, today
announced the launching of a ‘Dastak programme’ in the district as
was being done in Jalandhar. Talking to mediapersons, Mrs Deo said the
programme was being launched with an aim to make the police
accountable to the public.
New
office timings cause inconvenience
Amritsar, July 12
The decision of the government to
have office hours from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. has been causing inconvenience
to the public. Residents of border areas and other far-off villages in
the district have to travel to the city early in the morning to reach
the office before the office hours are over.
4
members of killer gang arrested
Batala, July 12
The police today claimed it had
arrested four persons, including a woman, involved in two murder
cases, which occurred last year. Giving this information here, SSP
Sukhdev Singh Brar identified the arrested as Amrik Singh, a resident
of Gaunspura, Kashmir Singh, a resident of Ghasitpura, Lakhbir Singh,
a resident of Nijampura and Kanta, a resident of Talwandi Lal Singh
villages.
Man
stabbed to death by brother
Ferozepore, July 12
In yet another incident of murder
in broad daylight, a local businessman was stabbed to death today.
According to information, at around 11.30 a.m., Ashwani Kumar (40) was
murdered when he was opening the shutter of his shop in Dana Mandi
locality. Ashwani Kumar was allegedly stabbed a number of times by a
sharp-edged weapon before he collapsed.
12
held for opening fire to get shop vacated
Moga, July 12
Several persons armed with
firearms and sharp-edged weapons yesterday attacked the premises of
Trikon Computer on the G.T. Road and fired indiscriminately in a bid
to get the shop vacated. On hearing shots, shopkeepers of adjoining
shops ran away and reported the matter to the police.
Diploma
in pharmacy to continue for a year
Ropar, July 12
The All-India Council of
Technical Education has given permission for the continuation of the
diploma courses in pharmacy for another year in the state. With it
many private and government polytechnic institutes running the course
have got a fresh lease of life.
Cell to study impact of WTO
Patiala, July 12
Punjabi University will establish a monitoring cell to study the impact of World Trade Organisation
policies on the economy of the state. This was stated by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, while starting the new academic session during a function held at Arts Auditorium of the university here today.
Few
takers for medical stream
Patiala, July 12
Students taking up admission in
various colleges of the city seem to have forsaken the medical stream
and are going in for professional courses or taking up non-medical and
the commerce streams.
The rush of students seeking admission in a local college of
Bathinda city.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera
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Admission
rush in colleges
Bathinda, July 12
Long queues of students seeking
admissions can be seen in schools and colleges of the city. Good
results shown by city students have created competitions and craze
among students from nearby cities to seek admission to schools and
colleges here.
Denial
of admission triggers suicide
Bathinda, July 12
In a bizarre incident, Dheeraj
Kumar, a student residing in the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant colony,
committed suicide on the night of July 10 when he was reportedly
denied admission to a college by its authorities.
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