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Jail
staff “thick with drug peddlers”
Amritsar, July 18
While intelligence agencies have
sent reports of trafficking growing prevalence of drug trafficking in
the local central jail, to the Home Secretary there seems no visible
action to prevent it. Hence, the drug smuggling, addiction and sale in
the jail premises continues unabated as jail employees are allegedly
partronise the illegal activity. Involvement of employees can be
gauged from the fact that warden Paramjit Singh was booked when a drug
dealer Satpal Singh revealed his contacts in the trade a few months
ago.
Pak
provides access to 29 jailed youths
Hoshiarpur, July 18
The Government of Pakistan had
provided Indian consular access to 29 Punjabi boys who were perishing
in Balon Central Jail in Baluchistan, said Mr Charanjit Singh Channi,
Member of Parliament from here.
IA
served with notice in hijacking case
Patiala, July 18
The Designated Judge, Anti
Hijacking Act, Mr S.N. Aggarwal, today served notice to Indian
Airlines for tomorrow in the Kandahar hijacking case. Arguments will
also take place tomorrow on the application filed by defence counsel
Brijinder Singh Sodhi demanding that he be allowed to take photograph
of the plane.
99
pc pesticides remain in environment: Paroda
Ludhiana, July 18
Less than one per cent of
pesticides applied to crops reach the target pest while 99 per cent of
these remain in the environment and cause pollution. The information
was given by Dr R.S. Paroda, Director General, ICAR and Secretary,
Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of
India, New Delhi, in his keynote address delivered at the “Symposium
on biocontrol-based pest management for quality crop protection in the
current millennium,” which began here today.
Charge
sheet against Badal govt soon: Cong
New Delhi, July 18
The Punjab Congress “charge
sheet’ against the Badal government will be ready by next week. The
party’s coordination committee on Punjab, discussed the contents of
the charge sheet at a meeting here today and assigned the task of
finalising it to Punjab PCC chief Amarinder Singh.
Singla
heads PPCC media panel
New Delhi, July 18
The Congress high command today
constituted a seven-member Punjab Pradesh Congress Media Committee
with Mr Surinder Singla, a former MP, as its chairman.
Power
cuts add to misery of patients
Amritsar, July 18
Insecurity lurks among the
patients at the tuberculosis hospital here because of the failure of
power supply to the hospital almost daily at night. The fear is
confined not just among the patients; even staff nurses face a similar
situation as the hospital premises spread over more than four acres of
land is plunged into darkness as evening approaches.
Scholars at odds on
suspension
issue
Patiala, July 18
Scholars of the Punjabi
Lekhak Sabha have taken different stands over the suspension of a
research assistant in the Punjabi Language Department headquarters here
with the President and General Secretary of the Sabha questioning the
locus standi of Sabha Vice-President Tejwant Mann in demanding the
removal of the Department Director, Dr Madan Lal Hasija.
‘Judicial
activism needed for courts’
Chandigarh, July 17
“Judges of the nineties and the
Judges of today are somehow more important than the judges of
yesteryear simply because they have been called upon to discharge and
have fully assumed, far greater responsibilities than their
predecessors.”
PUDA
ignoring Amritsar: manch
Amritsar, July 18
The Amritsar Vikas Manch has
taken a serious note of Amritsar “being ignored” in all urban
developmental schemes by the Punjab Urban Planning and Development
Authority.
Residents of affected colonies of Bathinda
block traffic at the level crossing, protesting against the accident on Wednesday.
— Tribune
photo Kulbir Beera
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‘Khooni
phatak’ claims another life
Residents block traffic,
magisterial inquiry ordered
Bathinda, July 18
A large number of residents of
trans-railway colonies today blocked rail traffic for many hours
following the death of a youth, Rinku, resident of Partap Nagar, after
he was crushed to death by a train today.
Army to
create buffer zone
Bathinda, July 18
The sale of residential plots and
the construction of houses have come to a standstill at Bhai Mati Dass
Nagar here on the Bathinda-Mansa road on the orders of the Army
authorities as the colony falls within the limits of the clearance
zone to be created for the safety of the ammunition depot at the local
military station.
Academicians’
plea to save Pingalwara
Chandigarh, July 18
Two prominent academicians of
Amritsar — Dr G.S. Bhalla of Guru Nanak Dev University and Mr
Gurcharan Singh, a retired Principal — have urged the Punjab Local
Government Department and the Amritsar Improvement Trust to slightly
change the alignment of a proposed road than force the famous
Pingalwara to shift to a new location.
1,000
treated at medical camp
Fazilka
The Shankar Dass Daulat Ram
Nagpal Charitable Trust organised a free medical camp conducted by a
team of eminent specialists. It was for the first time that
specialists from a half dozen branches of medicine provided free
consultation to nearly 1,000 patients.
Panchayats
begin dharna
Bathinda, July 18
Panchayats of Behman Jassa Singh,
Tangrali, Sangat Khurd and Teona Pujarian villages today started an
indefinite dharna in front of Government High School, Teona Pujarian,
after locking it to lodge their protest against the transfer of a
teacher from the school without any replacement and against the
non-filling of various posts lying vacant in the school.
Lawyers
observe strike against police inaction
Jalandhar, July 18
More than 500 lawyers observed
strike in the district courts here today in protest against the
failure of the district police to arrest the son of a senior official,
who allegedly misbehaved with a senior lawyer and damaged his car
yesterday.
Protest rally by postal and
telecom staff
Patiala, July 18
Postal and telecom employees held a protest rally in front of the head post office here today.
The protest rally was held on the call of the confederation against the privatisation policies of the Central Government which included establishment,
disinvestment, contracterisation, de-casualisation and downsizing the staff strength in government offices.
Congress
activists hold dharna
Ropar, July 18
Congressmen today held a dharna
in front of the local Secretariat against the alleged violation of the
Cooperative Act by the SAD-BJP government in the forthcoming elections
for the Directorate of Central Cooperative Bank Limited here. Members
of various cooperative bodies associated with the bank also
participated in the dharna.
Cops
to return gallantry awards
Jalandhar, July 18
Families of the police officers,
booked for alleged violation of human rights during decade-long
militancy in the state, today demanded immediate withdrawal of these
cases. The affected police
personnel and their families at the first ever meeting in a local
hotel here today said on condition of anonymity, that instead of
receiving bravery rewards for curbing terrorism in the state, hundreds
of cases were filed against them for the alleged violation of human
rights.
Withdrawal
of case against engineers sought
Bathinda, July 18
Members of the Council of Junior
Engineer, Punjab State Electricity Board today expressed helplessness
to keep uninterrupted power supply if the criminal case registered
against two staff members was not withdrawn. A decision to this effect
was taken in a meeting of the council held here today.
Havildar
cremated with honours
Hoshiarpur, July 18
The mortal remains of Martyr
Havildar Madan Lal of 8 JK Rifle who laid down his life during
operation Rakshak, near Kupwara in Baramula sector of Jammu and
Kashmir on July 15 were consigned to flames with full military honours
at his native village Chuck Gujran, 19 km from here, today. He is
survived by his wife, three daughters, one son and father.
Panel
formed to expose MC bunglings
Muktsar, July 18
Representatives of various
political parties, social organisations and prominent citizens formed
a committee here on Monday to expose the alleged bunglings of the
local municipal council in connection with the execution of various
development works.
Set
up agro-based industries: officer
Bathinda, July 18
Mr Harwinder Singh Bhatti, Chief
Agriculture Officer, has said more agro-based industries should be set
up in Bathinda as the region has adequate supply of fruits which are
used as raw material.
Medical
drive launched
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 18
After the publication of a news
item in The Tribune about the outbreak of gastroenteritis in Sirhind
and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district health authorities have swung into
action following directions from the Deputy Commissioner.
PUDA to harvest rainwater
SAS Nagar, July 18
Concerned at the depleting underground watertable, the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority
was framing a policy to harvest rainwater in urban estates. Guidance from the Central Ground Water Board, which had already initiated schemes for artificial recharging of underground water, was being taken to install roof-water harvesting structures.
Happy moments
for freshers on the Punjabi University campus in Patiala on
Wednesday. — Photo Subhash Patialvi |
Langah
plans to control educational institutions
Chandigarh, July 18
A group of Akali leaders led by
Mr Sucha Singh Langah, Public Works Minister, Punjab, is preparing to
get possession of the institutions run by the Sikh Educational
Society.
ETT
candidates block traffic
Ropar, July 18
Unemployed ETT candidates today
blocked traffic on the Sirhind Canal bridge on the Ropar-Jalandhar
road for about three hours. At least 200 candidates, who were also
supported by various local employees unions, were protesting against
the decision of the state government to recruit B.Ed candidates
against ETT posts.
College
teachers hold rally
Amritsar, July 18
On a call given by the Punjab and
Chandigarh College Teachers Union, the teachers of Khalsa College and
DAV College, Amritsar unit, held a massive rally in front of the
office of the Principal in protest against non-acceptance of their
demands.
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