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Bungling
of gurdwara funds to be probed
Amritsar, August 1
The new management of Takht Patna
Sahib is likely to take drastic decisions, including the appointment of
a new Jathedar, sending the draft proposals to the Bihar Assembly for
amending the 45-year-old Act and ordering a probe into the alleged
embezzlement by the former president, Mr S.S. Ahluwalia, a Rajya Sabha
member of the ruling BJP.
Phase
IV of corridor scheme to start soon
Amritsar, August 1
The Minister for Local Government,
Punjab, Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, has announced that phase IV of the
corridor (galiara) scheme for beautification of the surrounding areas of
the Golden Temple will be taken shortly. The scheme which has been
hanging fire for the past couple of years will be taken up as the funds
sought from the Centre for it were expected soon.
Activists of the BKU raise slogans against the Punjab Government while holding a rally on the Bathinda-Mansa road near Maur Mandi when they were not allowed to enter the town on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera |
BKU (E)
holds rally against lathi charge
Maur Mandi (Bathinda),
August 1
Thousands of activists of the BKU
(E) held a rally on the outskirts of the town today to express their
resentment against the lathi charge by the police on union activists
and residents of Maiserkhana village on July 24. The police had made
elaborate arrangements to prevent the activists from entering the town
to prevent any untoward incident. Police personnel were deployed at
various entry points to the town.
PSEB to
buy power with bonds
Patiala, August 1
The cash-strapped Punjab State
Electricity Board will now pay part of its dues for power purchased
from Central generating agencies through power bonds guaranteed by the
state government.
SAD
counters BSP move
Plan to woo Backward Classes
Bathinda, August 1
To counter the BSP move and to
strengthen base among the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, the
SAD has initiated several programmes. The Backward Caste Welfare Dal, a
wing of the SAD, has started setting up its unit at district, block,
village and “mohalla” level.
‘Grant
autonomy to Kashmir’
Jalandhar, August 1
Dubbing Kashmir as a major bone
of contention and a cause of mutual hatred between India and Pakistan,
noted journalist and parliamentarian, Kuldeep Nayyar, today suggested
that both countries should grant ‘greater autonomy’ to the
disturbed hill state.
Police
settling scores: MLA
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 1
Mr Sanjeev Gupta, DIG (Patiala
Range) has ordered an inquiry into the alleged looting of a wine shop
and beating up of certain persons by Mr Balwant Singh Sahpur, SAD,
MLA, and the role of the district police. The inquiry has been marked
to the SP (City), Patiala.
No
Rafi memorial in home state
Jalandhar, August 1
Mohammed Rafi’s music continues
to haunt music lovers even after 21 years of his death, yet none of
the successive governments of his home state have bothered to set up a
memorial to him.
2
girls injured as parapet gives way
Amritsar, August 1
Two girls were severely injured
when the parapet of a double-storeyed building of Garhwali Sabha
collapsed here on Monday. The building located at Krishan Nagar near
Chowra Phatak was under construction by the Public Works Department.
Mr Tajwar Singh, member of the sabha, blamed substandard material used
in construction work as the cause of the mishap.
Probe
ordered into cracks in houses
Sunam, August 1
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief
Minister, Punjab, has directed the Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur, Mr
Sarbjit Singh, to conduct a high-level survey of the badly damaged
houses and shops located in the Kailash Parbat locality here.
Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar, Akal Takht, and activists of
the Sikh Students Federation (Mehta) perform 'ardas' at Akal
Takht after giving a call for total de-addiction in society on
Wednesday. — Photo Rajiv Sharma
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Vedanti’s
call to curb drug addiction
Amritsar, August 1
As part of the de-addiction
drive, the Jathedar, Akal Takht, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, gave a
clarion call for eradicating the evil at the Akal Takht today.
Expressing concern at the alarming rise in the number of drug addicts
in villages, he said majority of the families in villages had fallen
prey to the evil.
Illegal vehicles ply with
impunity
Morinda
Tempos and locally built three-wheelers are used to ferry passengers from Morinda to the rural areas around the town. These vehicles, which are the most common mode of transport in this area, are generally overloaded with passengers in gross violation of safety norms.
Minister unhurt in road
accident
Kharar, August 1
Mr Manoranjan Kalia, Medical Education and Research Minister, Punjab, had a narrow escape in a road accident last night when his car (PB-08-AD-9000) was hit by a Tata Sumo (JK-02-G-4216) near Chanalon village on the Kharar-Kurali road.
RAJPURA DIARY
Fake notes in
circulation
Rajpura
Spurious currency notes of Rs 500 denomination have made their appearance in Rajpura. The police has arrested two persons who were trying to get such notes exchanged at shops here. Their modus operandi was to purchase goods worth Rs 20 or Rs 50 from a shop and offer a 500-rupee note for the payment and get back genuine currency from the shop.
Govt
guarantees loan for sewerage
Rampura Phul (Bathinda),
August 1
Mr Sukhbir Badal, MP and SAD
general secretary, said the state government had guaranteed a loan of
Rs 8.5 crore to be sanctioned by the HUDCO for laying sewerage in the
town.
A trench dug up by one of the
departments of state government in the Kanhaiya Nagar area of
Bathinda for the past few days poses danger of accidents. No
work has been done by the authorities concerned.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera. |
Lovers
attempt suicide
Ludhiana, August 1
Two lovers attempted suicide in
Lalton village, about 15 km from here, today. While the girl died on
the spot, the boy is struggling for life in a local hospital.
According to reports received here, Manpreet and Dheerpal Kaur, both
around 20 years old, had gone together to Ludhiana.
Staff
watch cricket, work hit
Pathankot, August 1
Most of the employees of the
various government departments remained busy watching cricket match on
television being played between India and Sri Lanka. According to
sources, a large number of employees of the local bodies department
and other offices after marking themselves present in the morning were
found watching T.V. at local dhabhas, hotels and other places.
Undertrial
escapes from lock-up
Amritsar, August 1
Lakhwinder Singh, alias Lakha, a drug peddler and undertrial, gave a
slip to the Kotwali police on Monday night after breaking bars of the
lock-up. Lakhwinder was arrested last evening from the telephone
exchange area in the city while he was selling drugs. He was found in
possession of 10 gm of smack and was booked under Sections 22, 61 and
85 under the NDPC Act.
Jeweller’s
shop looted
Bathinda, August 1
Six persons, including two women,
allegedly looted a goldsmith in broad daylight today. Sources said six
persons went to a jeweller’s shop. As Mr Rakesh Kumar, one of the
relatives of the shop owners, was showing the jewellery, three of them
took away gold items worth about Rs 1 lakh.
Registry
clerk held for taking bribe
Gidderbaha, August 1
Mohan Singh, a registry clerk in
the local tehsil and his agent Chander Mohan were arrested by a team
of Vigilance Bureau while taking a bribe of Rs 2000 from Mr Sucha
Singh, a resident of Karaiwala village of Muktsar district today.
PTU
courses UGC approved: Garcha
Jalandhar, August 1
To end the ongoing controversy
regarding the non-approval of some of the courses started at different
colleges and centres affiliated to the Punjab Technical University by
the University Grants Commission or the All-India Council to Technical
Education, the Punjab Technical Education Minister, Mr Jagdish Singh
Garcha, today said all degree courses offered by the PTU were approved
by the UGC.
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