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Hearing
on Chohan’s bail
plea adjourned
Chandigarh, August 21
Mr Justice Nirmal Singh of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court today adjourned the hearing of the
anticipatory bail application of self-styled president of the
so-called Council of Khalistan Jagjit Singh Chohan for September 10.
Mann
flays
Advani’s proposal on amnesty
New Delhi, August 21
Hardline Akali leader Simranjit
Singh Mann today warned that the demand for Khalistan could be revived
if Home Minister L.K. Advani went ahead with his “dangerous and
explosive” proposal to give amnesty to police personnel facing
prosecution for their role in anti-terrorist operations.
PUDA earmarks Rs 26 cr for PF, gratuity
Chandigarh, August 21
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority has made a provision of Rs 26.52 crore in respect of dues payable to its employees on account of contributory provident fund, gratuity and leave encashment.
Sharing of river
waters to be poll issue: Cong
Chandigarh, August 21
The general house of the Punjab
Pradesh Congress Committee at a meeting today reviewed the political
situation and discussed the strategy for the coming Vidhan Sabha
elections.
Ailing dept needs attention
Patiala, August 21
The Nephrology Department of the Government Rajindra Hospital here is being managed by a medical officer and an essential medical service like dialysis is not available for patients coming to the hospital from the Malwa belt of Punjab and parts of Haryana.
Remarks on octroi
raises furore
Amritsar, August 21
There was bedlam after former
Mayor Subhash Sharma made certain remarks regarding octroi collection
at a meeting of the municipal corporation here today. Mr Sharma, who
had resigned as Mayor on the allegations of moral turpitude attended
the meeting for the first time after his resignation in October last
year.
Murder
triggers protest
Jalandhar, August 21
The traffic on the
Jalandhar-Amritsar road remained disrupted for about five hours today
following a dharna on the Football Chowk here, by relatives and
friends of a local businessman who died under mysterious circumstances
at the Central Institute of Hand Tools yesterday.
Man
falls
into well, dies
Nabha, August 21
Bhupinder Singh (34) of Ghanurki
village, near here, was killed after he accidentally fell into a well
near Majni village yesterday. His friend, Gian Singh, who tried to
save him, was seriously injured. He has been admitted to Civil
Hospital, Nabha, with a broken thigh and hand.
PSEB
tells
man to pay brother’s arrears
Pathankot, August 21
A case has been reported from
Bharoli Kalan village here in which Mr Darshan Kumar, son of Mr
Shanker Dass, vide a notice, was asked by the Assistant Executive
Engineer, PSEB Sarna, to clear dues of his brother Jagdish Raj within
seven days. If he failed to do so his power connection would be
disconnected.
Portion
of overbridge caves in
Bathinda, August 21
Even as the work on the bridge
over the “khooni phatak” in the city has not gathered momentum, a
portion of the overbridge of the city on the Multania railway crossing
caved in today. Through the crack that appeared in the footpath of the
flyover, rain water flowed down over the rail track under the
bridge. Some residents alleged that condition of the bridge,
which was inaugurated about five years ago with much fanfare by
local politicians, was deteriorating.
A caved-in portion of the overbridge. — A Tribune photo |
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BSP
(Ambedkar)
men stage dharna
Kapurthala, August 21
Workers of the BSP (Ambedkar)
today the staged a dharna in front of the District Courts in protest
against the alleged registration of a false criminal case by the
police against party’s youth wing state president Jia Lal Nahar and
17 others.
DCs’ offices to accept passport applications
Chandigarh, August 21
The Punjab Government has declared the offices of the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in all districts as “collection centres” for duly filled application forms for the issuance of passports. This has been done to remove several bottlenecks faced by passport seekers at various levels, according to a press note issued by the state government here today.
Probe finds
Tehsildar guilty of misconduct
Jalandhar, August 21
The Nakodar Tehsildar and six
other revenue officials are in the dock for allegedly causing a huge
loss to the state Exchequer by issuing a sale certificate of a piece
of land belonging to the Central Government at Bir Baloki village to
the bidder in spite of the cancellation of an auction in this regard
by the SDM, Nakodar.
Son-in-law held for
murders
Bathinda, August 21
The Muktsar police has solved the
murder case of Baltej Kaur (52) and her daughter Kanwal Jit Kaur, who
were murdered on the night intervening August 10-11 at their
residence.
Six accused who were
arrested by the police for their alleged involvement
in a murder. — A Tribune photo |
Man
feigns
death to be with paramour
Kills village youth for an alibi
Bathinda, August 21
It seems a perfect script for a
‘masala’ Bollywood movie. A youth of Kothe Kaursinghwala village
of this district murdered his friend and disfigured his face beyond
recognition. He changed his clothes with those of the deceased and got
an FIR registered in the police station at Nahianwala in connection
with his murder through his brother.
Teachers’ front
pamphlets target VC
Patiala, August 21
The Teachers United Front, which
commands a majority in the Punjabi University Teachers Association and
is stridently anti-Vice-Chancellor, has started a pamphlet campaign on
the campus as a run-up to the elections to the teachers’ body,
alleging that the VC is himself fighting the elections against the
body.
ITI
overcharging
students, says committee
Bathinda, August 21
Students of the Industrial
Training Institute here have alleged that the authorities were
charging exhorbitant fee. A representative of the Shaheed Kartar Singh
Sarabha Memorial Committee, Jaswant Singh said here yesterday that
according to rules of the state government, Rs 300 were to be charged
from them whereas college was charging Rs 1,800 as fee.
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