A senior official of the
Indian Border Security Force (R) presents sweets to his Pakistani counterpart at
the Wahga border, near Lahore,
on Tuesday. Pakistan celebrates its 54th independence anniversary on Tuesday.
— Reuters |
CBI
plea for further questioning of pilot
Patiala, August 14
The Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) today requested the Designated Court under the
anti-hijacking Act here to allow it to further examine Capt Devi
Sharma, commander of the ill-fated Airbus IC-814 which was hijacked
from Kathmandu to Kandahar .
Maharashtra
yet to decide on memorial
Chandigarh, August 14
While the bicentenary
celebrations of the coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh are almost
half -way through, the Maharashtra government is yet to take a final
decision on raising a memorial for Maharani Jindan, wife of the
Maharaja,
at Nasik, where she was cremated.
CPI
secretary foresees hung Assembly
Says party will contest 30
seats
Hoshiarpur, August 14
There will be an hung Assembly in
Punjab as no political party will get majority in the forthcoming
elections, claimed Dr Joginder Dayal, Secretary, CPI, Punjab, while
talking to mediapersons here today. He said to defeat the
“corrupt” SAD-BJP government, the CPI would forge an alliance with
all secular parties. However, it would enter into only an
“honourable” pact with the Congress.
Cong
promises free power to Dalits
Sangrur, August 14
If the Congress comes to power in
the ensuing Assembly elections in Punjab, it will provide free power
supply to Dalits in the state. Besides, it will also provide houses to
all homeless Dalits by constructing the same on “shamlat” land.
Notice
to Dhillon for anti-party activity
Faridkot, August 14
The district unit of the SAD
served another show-cause notice yesterday to Mr Kushaldeep Singh
Dhillon, a former general secretary of the Youth Akali Dal, Punjab,
for anti-party activity.
Thakur
nominated Cong observer
Mansa, August 14
Mr Ram Lal Thakur, former Health
Minister, and sitting MLA of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, who has
been nominated as Congress observer for Mansa district, arrived here
yesterday. Mr Thakur while speaking to mediapersons said his priority
was to bring unity among the party workers to face the forthcoming
elections of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
Major-Gen R. K. Kaushal listens to grievances of war veterans at a function organised by the Chetak Corps in Bathinda on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera |
War
veterans unhappy with pension disbursal
Bathinda, August 14
“We had fought with the enemy
when we were young, but now we have to fight with our own people for
getting our dues,” these were the general views of the war veterans
who assembled today at the local cantonment to participate in the
“War Veterans Day” function.
Destroy
N-weapons, doctors ask nations
Sangrur, August 14
The Punjab unit of the Indian
Doctors for Peace and Development has sent letters through its
national president, Dr L.S. Chawla, to nuclear power countries with an
appeal to eliminate nuclear weapons for the welfare of humanity in a
time-bound programme. These letters have been signed by more than
1,000 doctors of Punjab.
Bar
seeks CBI probe into missing girl case
Ropar, August 14
The case of the missing girl of
an employee of the judicial courts here took a new turn today when the
District Bar Association demanded a CBI inquiry into it. The president
of the association, Mr Sarabjit Singh, in a press note issued today
stated that members of the local Bar were not satisfied at the way the
local police was handling the case. The police was under political
pressure to save the accused in the case, they alleged.
UK
police keen on grasping Punjabis’ psyche
Chandigarh, August 14
The British police is keen to
interact with the Punjab police more often so as to understand the
psyche, culture and general attitude of the people of this border
state, says Mr Sarabjit Singh, Punjab Director-General of Police, who
returned here after a 14-day tour of Britain.
Dharna
over failure to nab kidnapper
Sangrur, August 14
On a call by the “Sunil agwah
action committee”, members of political parties, employees and the
local Beopar Mandal today staged a dharna in front of the district
administrative complex here against the failure of the police in
tracing the year-old Dalit boy, Sunil Kumar, who was abducted on July
19 by a woman from a temple near the main bus stand here.
Honoured
for helping to nab corrupt
Bathinda, August 14
Under its drive to arrest corrupt
government officials, the Vigilance Department has arrested nine
persons during the current year and cash awards of Rs 25,000 have been
given to those who helped in arresting them.
I-Day
programmes on Lashkara
Chandigarh, August 14
Punjabi digital channel Lashkara,
will telecast a special programme on Independence Day titled
‘Jashn-e-Azadi’ anchored by famous Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans.
The programme will be telecast at 9.30 pm.
Children enjoy the flooding in a
bazaar after heavy rain in Patiala on Tuesday. —
Subhash Patialvi |
Man,
daughter die in house collapse
Patiala, August 14
A father and his two-year-old
daughter here killed when the roof of their house at Baltana village
in Dera Bassi subdivision collapsed in the early hours today following
torrential rains.
1
killed, 4 hurt as jeep, truck collide
Abohar, August 14
Five persons travelling in a jeep
were injured, one of them seriously who died later, when it collided
with a truck near Sayyedwala village on Abohar-Sriganganagar road
today.
Mini
bus operators threaten agitation
Mansa, August 14
The mini bus scheme introduced by
the Punjab Government to provide livelihood to kin of victims of
terrorists, ex-servicemen and unemployed youth, is proving to be a
failure due to the “callous” attitude of the government, alleged
Mr Jatinder Agra, president, Punjab Mini Bus Operators Associations,
while talking to mediapersons here today.
Dang
quits legal services authority
Amritsar, August 14
Mr Satya Pal Dang, veteran CPI
leader, resigned from the Amritsar District Legal Services Authority
(ADLSA), saying the legal authority had not held any seminar for legal
redressal since its inception in September last year.
Furniture
of tubewell corporation attached
Chandigarh, August 14
On the orders of the Debt
Recovery Tribunal, Jaipur, the authorities here today attached
property belonging to the Punjab State Tubewell Corporation to recover
dues totalling Rs 18.78 lakh.
Rally
held against ITI fee hike
Bathinda, August 14
Students of the local ITI today
held a rally here to express resentment against the increase in fees
and the shifting of some of the trades to the non-functional ITIs in
the district. The students shouted slogans against the authorities who
were responsible for the increase in the expenditure of the ITIs which
had made it difficult for poor students to continue their studies.
Nathana
ITI to be reopened: CM
Nathana (Bathinda),
August 14
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, said the Industrial Training Institute at Nathana
would be opened and admissions would be done from the next academic
sessions.
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