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Plan
to build DAC hanging fire
Gurdaspur, August 2
The plan to build the district
administrative complex on the premises of the office of the District
Animal Husbandry Department appears to have been shelved for the time
being. So much so that half of the building having the office of the
Animal Husbandry Department was got vacated and hoardings regarding the
site for the complex were put up on the premises of the department.
MLA
to move HC against bias
Bathinda, August 2
Mr Harminder Singh Jassi, MLA from
Talwandi Sabo, today said he would approach the Punjab and Haryana High
Court against the discrimination being meted out to the area represented
by him in the Vidhan Sabha by the Punjab Government in the allocation of
funds under various heads for development purposes.
Dewater
houses, orders DC
Mansa, August 2
Ms Raji P. Shrivastava Deputy
Commissioner, yesterday directed the District Development and
Panchayat Officer for dewatering of the houses located in Nangal Kalan
village of the district, so that people could return to their houses.
This was stated by him while presiding over the monthly meeting of the
local district officers. Due to the rains, the water-level of all the
rivers has gone up.
Hearing
in arms licences case on Aug 6
Fazilka, August 2
Mr Justice V.M. Jain of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court has fixed August 6, 2001, for hearing
the public interest litigation petition into the fake arms licence
scam of Ferozepore district filed by Dr Mohinder Kumar Rinwa, former
MLA, Fazilka and Hans Raj Josan, a former minister, Punjab, on August
1, 2001. The petitioners had demanded a CBI probe into fake arms
licence scam alleging that about 15,000 out of 30,000 arms licences
issued by office of the District Magistrate, Ferozepore, from 1997 to
2001 were fake.
IMA
hails move on medical waste fee
Phagwara, August 2
Dr O.P.S. Kande, President,
Punjab unit of Indian Medical Association, and Dr Raman Aggarwal,
Chairman, Medical Action Committee-cum-Legal Cell, IMA, Punjab,
yesterday hailed the government’s decision to reduce the
authorisation fee payable to the Punjab Pollution Control Board for
treating bio-medical-waste. The government should now also provide
services, facilities commensurate with the fee to be charged from
different categories of hospitals, nursing homes. The hospital staff
should be trained for the segregation of the bio-medical waste, the
association demanded.
PATIALA DIARY
Patiala
can draw tourists
Patiala
This city has suffered a loss of
position twice in the post-independence era. It lost its grandeur with
the end of the princely order. Then it was made the capital of PEPSU,
a position which it lost when PEPSU was merged with Punjab. From the
capital city of a state it was reduced to the status of a divisional
headquarters.
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Sheesh Mahal, Patiala. —Photo Subhash Patialvi
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Farmers
seek abolition of octroi
Sangrur, August 2
Leaders of the Punjab unit of the
BJP Kisan Morcha have demanded the abolition of octroi in the state as
there is resentment among the urban voters over the non-abolition of
octroi.
Inquiry
against Imam ordered
Jalandhar, August 2
The district police has ordered
an inquiry into allegations levelled against the Imam of Nasir Dargah,
Mr Abdul Rashid Peerzada, that he has been harbouring Kashmiri
militants.
SGPC
panel to look into promotions
Amritsar, August 2
The SGPC chief, Jathedar Jagdev
Singh Talwandi, today constituted a three-member committee to lock
into the grievances of its employees who had expressed resentment over
“demotions, reversions and promotions” during the past over year.
The All-India Pingalwara Society took out a unique awareness rally
on cycles and tongas, sending a message to save fuel, in Amritsar
on Thursday. — Photo Rajiv Sharma |
Pingalwara
Society holds rally
Amritsar, August 2
On the ninth death anniversary of
Bhagat Puran Singh, the founder of the All-India Pingalwara Society,
an environment awareness rally was held in the main bazar of the city.
Two
killed in house collapse
Amritsar, August 2
A middle-aged woman identified as Bhagwan Devi and her relative
Sangeeta (11) were killed and two others injured when a house
collapsed in the Putligarh locality of the city today evening.
Mandeep
Kaur wins Miss Punjaban title
Bathinda, August 2
Mandeep Kaur, a local resident,
was elected as Miss Punjaban for her excellent performance in the
traditional dress competition held as a part of the 12-day Teej
celebrations which concluded here on Tuesday.
302
farmers given credit cards
Bathinda, August 2
The Faridkot Bathinda Kshatriya
Gramin Bank today held a kisan credit card distribution camp at
Gidderbaha in Muktsar district in which 302 farmers were given the
cards.
Compensation
for paddy losses
Patiala, August 2
A sum of Rs 700 per acre would be
given as compensation for those fields where the paddy has been
destroyed, but can be grown again. An amount of Rs 1,000 per acre
would be given for those fields where paddy cannot be grown again.
CPI
condemns lathi charge
Bathinda, August 2
Mr Bhan Singh Bhaura, MP,
condemned the lathi charge on farmers of Maisarkhana village by the
police on July 24. Mr Bhaura was addressing a gathering in the village
today.
CM:
free power, water to farmers to cost 400 cr
Bathinda, August 2
The state Chief Minister, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, has said the state will have to bear an
expenditure of Rs 400 crore to give free electricity and water to
farmers of the state.
Shortage
of NSCs to end soon
Sangrur, August 2
The National Savings Certificates
and Kisan Vikas Patras, which are in short supply in Punjab, will be
made available in post offices in about 10 days. Giving this
information here yesterday, Mr Sher Singh Sidhu, Director, Small
Savings, Punjab, said to bring the NSCs and KVPs from Nasik, a truck
was being sent in a week by the Small Savings Department in
coordination with the postal authorities.
POSTING/TRANSFERS
Ravneet
Kaur, Kain swap posts
Chandigarh, August 2
The Punjab Government today
ordered the following transfers and postings. Ms Ravneet Kaur,
Chairperson, Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial
Training, swaps positions with Mr Vijay Kain, Principal Secretary,
Department of Defence Services Welfare.
Compulsory
retirement for FCI officer
Mansa, August 2
Having found 10 per cent shortage
in the stocks of paddy procured during the tenure of Mr Gurcharan
Singh, Assistant Grade-II of the Food Corporation of India at Budhlada
in the district, Mr H.L. Parshad, Senior Regional Manager, FCI has
ordered his compulsory retirement.
13
arrested under NDPS Act
Bathinda, August 2
Under the campaign launched
against the menace of narcotics the police has arrested 13 persons
allegedly involved in smuggling and has seized 1 kg of opium and 30 kg
of poppy husk from different places in the district.
Militant
arrested from Maharashtra
Majitha, August 2
The Majitha police today arrested
Kanwarjit Singh, a terrorist, from district Vardha in Maharashtra who
along with his gang was allegedly planning to commit crime and destroy
public property on the directions of the ISI.
Bungling
in PTU counselling alleged
Bathinda, August 2
Many students who attended the
second counselling for admission to the first year of engineering
degree courses being conducted by Punjab Technical University at
Jalandhar on Tuesday, have alleged large-scale bungling by the
university authorities.
Management
college earns wrath of students
Patiala, August 2
A local college has earned the
wrath of students after taking affiliation from two universities, with
students boycotting classes and demanding that it should be affiliated
to Punjabi University only. Students of Sri Guru Harkrishan College of
Management and Technology today held a demonstration demanding that
the college remained affiliated to Punjabi University only and did not
take affiliation of Punjab Technical University also.
PUTA chief’s son refused admission
Patiala, August 2
The Punjabi University Teachers
Association today claimed that the Vice-Chancellor had denied
admission to PUTA President B.S. Khaira’s son in Master of Computer
Application and threatened Dr Khaira with physical
liquidation.
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