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Row
over ration depot allotment
Bathinda, August 22
Even as the dust raised by the
shagun scheme scam is yet to settle down, another controversy has
erupted over the decision of the state Food and Supplies Department
authorities to hold fresh interviews of the applicants for allotment of
ration depots (fair price shops) in the city.
Punjab
silent on basmati issue
Chandigarh, August 22
While a heated debate has been
going on in Parliament for the past two days over the basmati issue,
Punjab, which gave this variety of rice to the world, remains
indifferent to the issue.
DTO
questioned for graft
Sangrur, August 22
Officials
of the Vigilance Bureau here today rounded up Deepak Raj Garg, District
Transport Officer, Sangrur, and arrested his driver, Baldev Singh, a
havildar, and Happy, in a corruption case. The DTO was, however, allowed
to go home this evening by the Vigilance authorities.
FCI
to set up panel on transit losses
Bathinda, August 22
In an important decision, the Food
Corporation of India has decided to constitute a committee to evaluate
factors responsible for storage and transit losses and complaints
regarding the quality of foodgrains. The committee will make
recommendations on these issues on the basis of which new norms and
parameters for the same would be laid down.
Ads
about Badal misleading: Khiala
Bathinda, August 22
Mr Baldev Singh Khiala, MLA and
rebel Akali leader, said yesterday that advertisements that appeared
recently in newspapers, portraying Mr Parkash Singh Badal as the best
Chief Minister Punjab had ever were misleading.
DCC
appointments ‘not valid’
Chandigarh, August 22
Capt Amarinder Singh President of
the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, has taken a serious view of the
list of office-bearers of the district unit announced by the District
Congress Committee, Muktsar.
Akalis, Congress to ‘blame for waters muddle’
Chandigarh, August 22
Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta and Mr Maheshinder Singh Grewal, former Punjab Ministers, today said that both the Akalis and the Congress were to blame for the river waters muddle. Merely apportioning blame to each other would not help.
Sheelam Sohi starts campaign
Dera Bassi, August 22
Accepting the requests of the public and Congress workers to lead them, Ms Sheelam Sohi, wife of late Ravinder Singh Sohi, a former Zila Parishad Chairman, today addressed six rallies in the subdivision.
Officials
‘pocketing’ damages
Kapurthala, August 22
Six prominent CPI leaders of the state have demanded a CBI probe into
the recent disbursement of compensation among the farmers for the
distress sale of the paddy. The Punjab Government has given more than
Rs 3 crore for distribution as compensation among the farmers whose
paddy had been purchased below the fixed price in the district.
Shift
bones disposal site: residents
Bathinda, August 22
Residents of Badal road here have
demanded that the site for disposing of bones of dead animals be
shifted to another site as it had a bad effect on environment. Mr
Rajinder Singh, former senior vice-president of the municipal council,
in a letter to the Deputy Commissioner has alleged that four years ago
Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal had announced that the same
would be shifted to Bhagu.
IN FOCUS
Ancient structures in decay 
Morinda
A number of ancient structure, under the control of the Wakf Board, are in a state of extreme neglect. These octagonal structures, believed to have been built during the Mughal period, are fast becoming heaps of rubble.
‘Guard’
farmers against WTO challenges
Mansa, August 22
A senior leader and chief
whip of the Congress Parliamentary Party, Mr Jagmeet Singh Brar,
said today that the Central Government should present its case
solidly in the next meet of the WTO to be held in Doha lest it
should expect another failure like the Agra summit. He said the
government should take steps to strengthen the economic
condition of farmers. |
An ancient octagonal structure near Morinda. — Photo Devinder |
Beant
murder case: witness identifies accused
Chandigarh, August 22
The main accused in the Beant
Singh assassination case, Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh, were
today identified by one of the witnesses in a makeshift court at the
Model Burail Jail.
RAJPURA DIARY
Polemics at sangat
darshan
Rajpura
A sangat darshan programme fixed for Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, Punjab’s Minister for Local Bodies, turned out to be a forum for political polemics, and the common residents did not get a chance to present their problems.
Power fluctuations
damage gadgets
Patiala, August 22
Fluctuation in power has damaged electrical gadgets of residents of Old Bishen Nagar, with a number of refrigerators, television sets and cordless phones being rendered useless.
Health
Dept appointments
Chandigarh, August 22
The Punjab Health and Family
Welfare Department has decided to issue appointment letters to the
eligible legal successors of those employees who died while doing
official duty.
Gang
of robbers busted, 2 held
Jalandhar, August 22
The police has busted a 15-member
gang of robbers following the arrest of two its members. Arms and
stolen vehicles, including a Tata Sumo, were recovered from their
possession. With these arrests, a large number of robbery cases in
Phillaur subdivision have been solved.
Drugs
seized, shopkeeper held
Amritsar, August 22
A shopkeeper was arrested
yesterday and over 1,000 capsules of proxywon and 2,000 tablets of
lomotil were seized during a raid on his shop at Jethuwal village by a
team led by the Civil Surgeon, Dr Ajaib Singh Sandhu.
Man
kills infant daughter
Jalandhar, August 22
Driven by poverty and family
circumstances, a man killed his three-month-old daughter and threw her
body in a well at Kutbewal village yesterday. Joginder of Pratapara
village, who had recently returned from Dubai, was going through
mental tension. Unable to make both ends meet, he took up jobs like
whitewashing. His parents allegedly threw him, his wife Kulbir Rani
and their daughter Harvinder out of the house.
Toppers prove unfit
for scholarship
Patiala, August 22
One may be a merit holder in the state conducted Class-V examination, but still be able to secure only average scores of 25 per cent in mathematics, 25 per cent in science, 23 per cent in Hindi and, surprise of surprise, only 24 per cent in one’s mother tongue Punjabi.
Schools
asked to get permits for vehicles by Aug 26
Amritsar, August 22
The Punjab Government has
directed the district transport officers to impound all vehicles
plying without a valid permit. The government would also penalise the
owners of such vehicles as per the provisions of the Motor Vehicles
Act.
Federation submits
memo to Badal
Chandigarh, August 22
The Non-Teaching Employees Federation today submitted a memorandum to the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, in support of their demands.
The memorandum stated that employees of four universities in Punjab and the Punjab School Education Board were getting pay and allowances on the pattern of employees of the Punjab Secretariat. These allowances were, however, stopped in 1994.
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