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15
lakh released for bundh repair
Ropar, July 22
The Punjab Government has released
Rs 15 lakh for emergency flood control measures in the district. The
Deputy Commissioner, Mr G.S. Grewal, in a press note issued here today
said with these funds, the authorities would be able to repair damaged
bundhs and embankments on Siswan, Budki, Debetwali and Sutlej rivers.
SP’s
gunman hurt, BKU blamed
Farmers allege lathi charge
Maur Mandi (Bathinda), July 22
Kishan Singh, gunman of the SP
(Headquarters), Mr Harbaz Singh, was injured when BKU (Ekta) activists,
who were approaching Maisarkhana, allegedly pelted their police Gypsy
with stones.
Act
to be amended to boost eye donation
Patiala, July 22
The Union Ministry for Health is
bringing out an amendment in the Transplantation of Human Organs Act
1994, to encourage eye donations. This was stated by Dr J.S. Saini,
President of the Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI), while addressing
a gathering of north Indian ophthalmologists to mark the eye donation
fortnight beginning on August 25.
Cong
not to project CM beforehand
Jalandhar, July 22
The Congress will not project any
leader as the future Punjab Chief Minister in the forthcoming Assembly
elections in the state. This was stated by Mr Moti Lal Vora, treasurer
of the All-India Congress Committee and senior Congress leader, who
was here to attend the bhog ceremony of Congress councillor Vijay
Kumar Papplu, who died in the local Central Jail on July 6.
Khaira
making inroads into Bibi’s turf
Kapurthala, July 22
Farmers of the Bholath assembly
constituency today organised a junction to honour Mr Sukhpal Singh
Khaira, Secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, and president of
the Punjab State Progressive Farmers Association, at Nadala village,
15 km from here.
Ultras
not Cong agents: Goyal
Sangrur, July 22
The Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee has asked the state unit of the BJP to clear its view on the
arrival of militants in Punjab from abroad in the recent past. Mr Brij
Lal Goyal, Vice-President of the PPCC, said the people of Punjab
wanted that the BJP should clarify its stand on the issue.
Beopar
mandal to contest poll
Bathinda, July 22
In a significant move, the Punjab
Pradesh Beopar Mandal declared here today that it would be contesting
the state Assembly elections from at least 25 seats. Mr Madan Lal
Kapoor, President of the mandal, said while talking to this
correspondent here this evening that the mandal would field candidates
for the coming elections without the support of any political party as
the traders had been cheated by almost all parties.
Badal
betrayed masses: Lok Morcha
Malerkotla, July 22
The Lok Morcha, Punjab, held a
political convention here today to organise the masses into a movement
against the “misdeeds, profligacy and bad governance” of the
SAD-BJP combine.
JD
leader joins BJP
Mansa, July 22
Mr Jagpal Singh Chahal,
Vice-President of the Punjab unit of the Janta Dal, who unsuccessfully
contested elections to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha from the Mansa constituency, along with more than 100 workers of the Janata Dal joined
the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) at a simple function held at Chetan
Singh Sarvhitkari Senior Secondary Vidya Mandir here today.
Shergill flays govt
for not holding poll
Chandigarh, July 22
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Legal Cell chairman, Mr Shamsher Singh Shergill accused the SAD-BJP government of destroying the democratic institution in the state.
Concern
over female foeticide
Fatehgarh Sahib
Though most of the social and
religious organisations of the state and even the Supreme Court of
India have expressed concern over the menace of female foeticide, yet
a public awareness campaign and mass movement in the state has to be
launched if we want to control this inhuman act, said Mr R.L. Kalsia,
Director, Child and Women Development, while addressing a state-level
seminar here on “Female foeticide and its implications”, organised
by the district administration.
Row
over booth construction near library
Jalandhar, July 22
Countless readers and residents
of the city are sore and surprised over the district
administration’s “nod” to some taxi operators to construct five
booths for setting up stands on prime government land in front of the
District Library here.
Work
on airport from July 27
Jalandhar, July 22
Work for upgrading the Amritsar
airport to international standard would be launched on July 27, the
Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mr Chaman Lal Gupta, has said.
“The Rs 150 crore project for the Raja Sansi airport in Amritsar
will be completed in two phases”, Mr Gupta said at Udhampur
yesterday.
Traffic police officials check
for drunken driving on the Mall, Patiala. — Photo
Subhash Patialvi
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7
woman cops hurt in mishap
Phagwara, July 22
Six women constables of the
Punjab Police and ASI Palwinder Kaur sustained injuries when their
Phillaur-bound autorickshaw rammed into a truck whose driver was
forced to suddenly apply brakes to save itself from another vehicle
coming in the opposite direction near Phillaur last evening, police
sources said.
Accidents
claim two lives
Moga, July 22
Two persons were killed and two
others seriously injured in different accidents around Moga during the
past 24 hours.
Ex-MLA
held, bailed out
Bathinda, July 22
Mr Baldev Singh Ballamgarh,
former MLA, Malout, was arrested and bailed out in a criminal case
registered against him and others in a city police station yesterday
on charges of trespassing.
Lakhbir Lakha performs at a jagran organised by the Shri Durga Jagran Mandal in Bathinda on Saturday night.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera. |
Lakha
draws crowds at jagran
Bathinda, July 22
Thousands of devotees were
spellbound by the performance of Lakhbir Lakha here last night
at a jagran organised by the Shri Durga Jagran Mandal. The
jagran was organised at Government Girls Senior Secondary
School. The city was decorated with lights, banners, posters and
welcome gates. The jagran was organised by the mandli with money
collected from the charity and funds donated by residents of the
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Phone
facility at Gobind Dham
Chandigarh, July 22
A satellite telephone facility
has been provided at Gobind Dham, en route to Hemkunt Sahib, a popular
pilgrimage shrine. The calls will be charged at the rate of a normal
STD PCO telephone.
Detained
migrants released
Jalandhar, July 22
Two of the three Kashmiri
migrants who were detained since Friday by the local CIA staff to
verify their alleged links with a Kashmiri militant, were today
released by the police. Police officials identified the released
Kashmiris as Ghulam Nabi Rath and Bashir Ahmed. The third identified
as Mansoor Ahmed was still under detention with the CIA staff, the
officials said.
Minister
opens dharamshala
Patiala, July
22
More than 2700 km of link roads have been laid in villages during
the past four years to facilitate transit and help in the development
of villages while only 700 km of road was laid during the reign of
Congress.
Dharna
held against police excesses
Nathana (Bathinda), July
22
Workers of the CPI and the
Congress yesterday held a dharna in front of the local police station
to protest against the alleged atrocities of the police against the
Sarpanch of Gidder village.
Israeli way to preserve
fodder
Amritsar, July 22
Feed and fodder development
experts of the Animal Husbandry Department are popularising an
Israeli technique for the preservation of green fodder by making
silage. Dr Hazara Singh Cheema and Dr Anup Kumar, are
experimenting on the technique at the farm of Gurmeet Singh,
Thatta, Paramjit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh Rana and Iqbal Singh
Gill all from the Bikhiwind area. By using the technique the
farmers can preserve surplus green fodder by making silage. The
fodder used for making this is cut at an optimum level. |
Chaffed fodder being manually pressed for making silage to preserve
for the lean period, at Bhikhiwind in Amritsar on Sunday.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma |
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PCS officers shifted
Defacing of
walls may attract action
Patiala, July 22
A
strict action would be taken against those advertisers who put up
posters on the walls of government buildings and spoil the beauty of
the city. This was stated by Mr Jasbir Singh Bir, Deputy
Commissioner, during a meeting held to discuss matters regarding the
Independence Day celebrations to be held at Yadavindra Stadium here.
Mr Bir said cases should be registered against such advertisers so
that legal action could be taken against them.
Cough
syrups being smuggled
Bathinda, July 22
In an unusual trend cough syrups
have started flowing to this part of Punjab from Haryana. The cough
syrups are being supplied to the drug addicts of the city at their
doorstep after fetching the same from the chemist shops located in
various towns of Haryana.
Bid
to loot farmhouse
Phillaur, July 22
About six armed robbers entered
the farmhouse of Ratinderjit Singh and made an unsuccessful attempt of
robbery at Kherra village near here today. The
police, while confirming the incident, told the correspondent that the
robbers after tying up the servant to a tree entered the farmhouse.
Six
injured in group clash
Kapurthala, July 22
Six persons were injured in a
group clash at Bhulana village under sadar police station last night.
Sharp weapons, rifle and lathies were used in the clash. The injured
have been admitted to the local civil hospital where the condition of
four of them is stated to be serious.
7.5
kg of opium seized, 1 held
Barnala, July 22
Ajaib Singh Kaleka, SSP, said
here today that an opium dealer hailing from Khuddian of Rajasthan was
apprehended and 7.5 kg of opium worth Rs 1.5 lakh was seized from his
possession.
Minister’s remark draws flak
Patiala, July 22
The statement of Higher Education Minister Master Mohan Lal that the Punjabi University Pro Vice-Chancellor post was likely to go to a BJP man has stirred a hornet’s nest amongst academicians in the city who are unanimous in their view in condemning the move.
ETT
teachers’ interview
Nawanshahr, July 22
Mr Santosh Singh Ranu, District
Education Officer-cum-Chairman of the District Selection Committee (ETT
teachers), in a press note here today said candidates, who had not got
letters for the ongoing interview for the selection of ETT teachers at
Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Model Town, Jalandhar, since
July 16, could appear for the interview on July 27 at the same venue.
ETT
candidates gherao minister’s houses
Ropar, July 22
ETT candidates today gheraoed the
residence of the state Minister for Education, Mr Tara Singh Ladal, in
protest against the ongoing recruitment of B.Ed. candidates against
their posts.
Garg’s
house gheraoed
Bathinda, July 22
After burning yesterday the
effigy of Mr Tota Singh, Minister for Education, Punjab, members of
the unemployed Elementary Teachers Union here today gheraoed the
residence of Mr Chiranji Lal Garg, Minister for Science and
Technology, Punjab, as part of their intensified stir to get their
demands fulfilled. The union had decided yesterday that if their
demands were not fulfilled, they would gherao Punjab ministers at
their residence.
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Members of
the Unemployed ETT Union gheraoed the residence of Punjab
Science and Technology Minister Chiranji Lal Garg, protesting
against the non-fulfilment of their demands, at Bathinda on
Sunday. — Tribune photo Kulbir Beera |
Teachers
showing poor results to lose increments
Bathinda, July 22
Punjab Education Minister Tota
Singh said the grade increments of the teachers of government schools
showing less than 25 per cent results would be stopped. Mr Tota Singh
who was here in connection with the meeting of the District Grievances
Committee said while talking to mediapersons that the state
government, to improve education and quality of services of the
government teachers, had decided that the teachers showing more than
70 per cent results would be felicitated. The District Education
Officers had been directed to forward lists of the teachers giving
details of the results produced by them.
Where individual bed is a luxury
Patiala, July 22
It may sound bizarre but it is true. Eight girls are sharing one room in Government College for Girls. That is not all. It helps to be in the science stream as in that case four to five girls get one room. Those in the arts stream have to wait to gain seniority with the passage of years. New entrants are doomed to a miserable existence in cramped quarters.
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