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Row
over Mayor’s office intensifies
Amritsar, August 7
The tussle between the local BJP
and the SAD may snowball into a major controversy as Mr Lakha Singh
Gumtala, senior Akali leader and Senior Deputy Mayor, municipal
corporation, has threatened to stage a protest dharna on the even of
Independence Day if the Commissioner of the corporation fails to give
keys of the Mayor’s office to him.
Khandelwal
demands more powers for states
Phillaur, August 7
BJP national General Secretary
Piara Lal Khandelwal has admitted that regional parties in the country
are becoming stronger and described it as a political reality.
Chained
man released
Ludhiana, August 7
The Moga police today registered a
case against the father and brother of Jagtar Singh, a mentally challenged
man of Talwandi Malian village, who was chained to a tree for the past
seven years by his family members.
MLA
‘tarnishing’ party image
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 7
In a new development the district
president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Jathedar Swarn Singh Chanarthal,
and other office-bearers in a press note issued here yesterday lashed
out strongly against the alleged wrongdoings of the SAD MLA and his
supporters and condemned his anti-party and anti-social activities
which had tarnished the party image.
Cong
councillors stage walkout
Allege discrimination against
their wards
Bathinda, August 7
Eight municipal councillors
belonging to the Congress today staged a walkout from a council
meeting when its president, Mr Bhupinder Singh Bhullar, allegedly
refused to record their protest resolution concerning the
discrimination being made in matters of development against the wards
represented by them.
Sarpanch
installed
Bathinda, August 7
Mr Buta Singh Dhillon, a resident
of Naruana village in the district, took oath as Sarpanch of the
village yesterday at the office of the local Block Development and
Panchayat Officer. According to information, Mr Buta Singh lost by 19
votes the 1998 election for the post of Sarpanch to Mr Shamsher Singh,
another resident of the village.
PUDA
builds district admn complex
Chandigarh, August 7
The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority has started construction of the Bathinda
District Administrative Complex. The complex has a covered area of 3
lakh sq ft, said the Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister, Dr
Upinderjit Kaur.
Report
on damage to buildings in a week
Sunam, August 7
The survey report regarding
assessment of losses caused due to cracks in the houses and shops at
the local Kailash Parbat locality here will be submitted to government
within a week. The cracks appeared due to the seepage of water into
the plinth of the buildings about three weeks ago during installation
of a tubewell by a private company engaged by the local municipal
council. The loss due to damage to the buildings is estimated at about
Rs 1 crore.
Manned
railway crossing sans gatekeeper
Kot Ram Dass
(Jalandhar), August 7
A dysfunctional railway
crossing on the Jalandhar Cantonment-Jammu track has been giving
sleepless nights to residents of Kot Ram Dass, Chaugitti and
Ladhewali villages for the past six months.
An unmanned railway crossing near Ladhewali village in Jalandhar district.
— Photo Ruby |
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Engineers:
end curbs on use of vehicles
Chandigarh, August 7
The Joint Action Committee of the
Senior Engineers Forum and the Subdivisional Engineers Associate-ion,
PWD (B and R), Punjab has urged the state government to remove
restrictions on the use of official vehicles by the field staff for
the inspection of various works.
Pakistani border security guards hand over Anat Kumarjee,
center, an Indian citizen who illegally entered in Pakistan,
to Indian border security officer, right, on Monday at the Wagha
border post. — AP/PTI |
Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor,
Punjabi University, presenting a fellowship award to famous Punjabi Sufi and
folk singer Hans Raj Hans in Patiala on
Tuesday. — PTI |
Farm
labourers hold dharna
Amritsar, August 7
Member of the Punjab Agriculture
Labour Union, the Punjab Agriculture Sabha and the Punjab Village
Union staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner office
jointly here today.
Union
to gherao FCI godowns
Sangrur, August 7
Members of the Punjab Khet
Mazdoor Union will gherao the godowns of Food Corporation of India in
Punjab on September 18 to compel the government to distribute the
foodgrains through the public distribution system at cheap rates among
the rural weaker sections.
Badal
to unfurl flag at Ferozepore
Chandigarh, August 7
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief
Minister, Punjab, will unfurl the National Flag at a state-level
Independence Day function at Ferozepore on August 15,
Resentment
among health staff
Hoshiarpur, August 7
Mr Lal Singh Dhanaula, Mr Amar
Singh and Mr Surinder Ghai, chairman, convener and co-convener,
respectively, of the coordination committee of the Paramedical Health
Employees Association, Punjab, and Mr Dharam Singh, president, Class
IV Health Employees Union, in a joint press statement issued here
today alleged that the Health Minister, Punjab, had failed to solve
most of the problems of health employees.
Protest
against Kishtwar killings
Phagwara, August 7
Activists of the Bharatiya Janata
Yuva Morcha today burnt the Pakistani flag and the effigy of General
Pervez Musharraf in protest against Kishtwar killings by
Pakistan-backed terrorists.
Protest by Bar
association members
Patiala, August 7
The District Bar Association today abstained from work in protest against the implication of Harbhajan Singh Virk, advocate, in a false case. It was further resolved to get the false case withdrawn.
POSTING/ TRANSFERS
27 civil
servants shifted
Chandigarh, August 7
The Punjab Government today
ordered postings and transfers in respect of 27 IAS and PCS officers
with immediate effect. Among those given new postings are Mr S.S.
Brar, who becomes Secretary, Cooperation, against a vacant post, and
Mr Rakesh Singh, who goes as Managing Director, Punjab State
Industrial Development Corporation, in place of Mr Brar.
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Red
Cross medical store raided
Bathinda, August 7
A team of doctors and
pharmacists led by Dr Bawa Ram Gupta, Civil Surgeon, raided the
medical store run by the Red Cross on the premises of the civil
hospital here today.
Civil Surgeon Dr Bawa Ram Gupta and a team of doctors
conducting a raid on a Red Cross medical store in Bathinda on Tuesday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera |
Wanted
in Jammu, held in Jalandhar
Jalandhar, August 7
The Jalandhar police has arrested
a Jammu-based dreaded criminal and history-sheeter, who was living in
the city in the garb of a labourer and was wanted by the Jammu and
Kashmir police for a number of crimes ranging from murders to thefts.
Two
bodies found under wheat stack
Budhlada (Mansa), August
7
Two Dalit boys, Binder Singh (10)
and Jagsir Singh (11), were found burried under wheat bags in a godown
of the District Food and Civil Supplies Department on the Jakhal road
yesterday, according to information here today.
Teacher
posing as doc enters female ward, held
Amritsar, August 7
Satnam Singh, a private school
teacher from Ajnala was arrested after he entered the gynaecology ward
of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital posing as a doctor on Monday night.
6
hurt as two groups clash
Phagwara, August 7
In what could well be its first
kind, a face-off between Punjabis and Purbias took place here today,
leading to a clash in which six persons were injured and traffic
blocked on the G.T. road. The blockade was lifted only after Inder, a
migrant meat supplier, tendered an apology.
Lobbying
on for post of DPI
Chandigarh, August 7
Lobbying is on for the post of
Director of Public Instructions (Colleges), Punjab. The post, which is
currently held by Mr Gulzar Singh, will be vacated by the end of this
month when he retires.
Decision
on private schools’ demands
Phillaur, August 7
The Punjab School Education Board
has planned to implement all decisions taken by the government on
December 12 last year regarding demands of the Punjab Private
Schools’ Organisation. A letter has been issued by Secretary of the
Board to the organisation.
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